Are you confused by the word"Anti-Semitic?"

[Snowdoove]

I received this article from Astisan Publishers.com.

It appears to be an interesting article.

The article explains the misunderstandings in these words, Israelite, Semite, Jew and Gentile.

In the study Mr. Williams examines the correct meanings of "Hebrew", "Israel(ite)."Semite<" and "Jew" as found in the Scripture.

To read this article please go to: ArtisanPublishers.com. Kigdom Bible Studies, Lesson 1,BS00240,Author Ben Williams.

Feel free to comment on this topic.

Thanks,

Snowdoove

edited on 2-29-04 for correct thread to article.

[other one]

I don't think the entire url is there, when I select it I get an error.

[Guest hummingbird]

Shucks! I would have liked to have read this!

[traveller]

http://www.artisanpublishers.com/cgi-artis...talogno=BS00240

It's not an article, but a synopsis of a book. Anyhoo - there's the link

[Guest shiloh357]

If you do a little searching on that site, you will find that they believe that America is Israel. His book on the Abrahamic Covenant teaches Americans about their "Israelite" heritage. Basically, it is along the lines of those who believe that the Jews are not really Jews. Hearkens back to the "British Israelism" or the "Identiy" cults. They have some pretty flaky stuff on that site.

[Guest idolsmasher]

I couldn't find an article there, just a store but anywho, I would be interested in learning people's definitions of anti-semetism. Who wants to start.....Shiloh???

[Guest shiloh357]

I couldn't find an article there, just a store but anywho, I would be interested in learning people's definitions of anti-semetism. Who wants to start.....Shiloh??? 

You can navigate around there and find syopsis of various books. That is where I found the garbage about "American Israelism."

[Guest hummingbird]

Jewish History fascinates me, so am always looking for new "sites" and happned upon this (same place just different types of info):

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/...ntisemitism.htm

http://jeru.huji.ac.il/open_screen2.htm

http://jeru.huji.ac.il/ed31.htm

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Anti-Semitism is a racist ideology directed against the Jews. It has old roots. The Anti-Semitism of the Second World War, carried out by the Germans, was one of the worst crimes of the twentieth century.

But the campaign against the supposed new 'anti-Semitism' today is basically a ploy on the part of the Israeli Government to seal off the Israeli state from any criticism of its regular and consistent brutality against the Palestinians. The daily hits carried out by the IDF have wrecked the towns and villages of Palestine, killed thousands of civilians (especially children) and people are aware of this fact. Criticism of Israel can not and should not be equated with anti-Semitism. The fact is that Israel is not a weak, defenseless state. It is a regional superpower. It possesses more tanks and jet fighters than the rest of the Arab world put together.

There is a big difference between racist anti Semitism, hatred towards Jews and those who condemn the Israeli state sponsored terrorism and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

[Guest shiloh357]

The Anti-Semitism of the Second World War, carried out by the Germans, was one of the worst crimes of the twentieth century.

No, it was carried out by the NAZI's. Many good Germans were also killed by Hitler because they were morally opposed to his madness. Do not to try to blame Germans entirely, blame the NAZI's.

But the campaign against the supposed new 'anti-Semitism' today is basically a ploy on the part of the Israeli Government to seal off the Israeli state from any criticism of its regular and consistent brutality against the Palestinians.

Incorrect.

The campaign against the New Antisemitism is to combat the accusation that Israel is the worst human rights violator on the planet, and is singled out as such while ignoring the human rights records of Israel's enemies.

Israel's books are open for the world to see. They allow you to see the good, the bad and the ugly. There have been substaniated cases of human rights abuses at the hands of Israeli authorities. In those cases the violators were punished and many still sit in prison, enduring life sentences. Israel punishes its people for mistreating the Palestinian terrorists. They do not celebrate such behavior.

In the territories, Palestinians who murder Israelis are not punished but treated as heroes. Streets are named after them, their pictures are painted on billboards and buildings, and they become virtual objects of worship. Many children are encouraged to see them as role models.

The daily hits carried out by the IDF have wrecked the towns and villages of Palestine, killed thousands of civilians (especially children) and people are aware of this fact.

That is because the terrorists use the children as human shields. They provoke Israsel to react in self defense and then deliberately put children and women in harm's way in order to score propaganda points. Israel does not intentionally target civilians. It is the Pallies who do that.

Criticism of Israel can not and should not be equated with anti-Semitism.

Criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic. It is when Israel is singled out for unique, and international condemnation for sins that other nations in the region are more guilty of, and when the human rights records of the Arab/Muslim nations is ignored, and Israel is castigated for lesser violations, that criticism crosses the line into anti-Semitism.

The fact is that Israel is not a weak, defenseless state. It is a regional superpower. It possesses more tanks and jet fighters than the rest of the Arab world put together.

Not true. Israel has less than the Arabs put together. Israel is outnumbered on the ground and in the air. Israsel is surrounded by 22 Arab states and 550,000,000 maniacal enemies. We are talking nearly a 100 to 1 ratio. Israel's armed forces are less than 600,000 strong. The combined Armies of the Arabs number at 3,799,500 apprx. Israel is significantly out-manned and out-gunned. Israel has better weapons because they do get some weapons from the US. However, Israel is the ONLY country in the Middleeast that creates their own technology. Many military advancements in the US military are actually Israeli inventions.

There is a big difference between racist anti Semitism, hatred towards Jews and those who condemn the Israeli state sponsored terrorism and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

Israel's self defense is not state sponsored terrorism. That is just ridiculous. Furthermore, what ethnic cleansing would you be referring too?

1948 there were only 600,000 "Palestinians." Today, they number at over 5,000,000. The Arab citizenry of Israel in 1948 was 100,000. Today, they number at nearly 2,000,000. If there was any ethnic cleansing going on, the populaton numbers would be decreasing, not increasing.