Need to hear what some smart people have to say about this.

[Ryan Prosser]

There is a long history of smearing or attacking of anti-Zionist movements. It’s prevalent in academia as well.

Noam Chomsky, a Jew, has been aggressively attacked for his anti-Zionist views.

Many other anti-Zionist Jews are labeled as self-hating Jews.

Anti-Zionist does not equal anti-Semitic.

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On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 03:52, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> First things first... and I hate that I have to state this up front (but considering the subject matter, I feel that I must)... I am not an anti-Semite. In fact, if anything, I'm a Judeophile, or philo-Semite. Many of my heroes are Jews. I think Jewish women are among the world's must beautiful. I have many Jewish friends, some of whom are among my closest and most beloved. In short, I am no Jew-hater.
>
> But I'm also a huge fan or the musician Roger Waters. A lifelong admirer of both his music and his obvious sincere, passionately held beliefs. Lately, I've noticed a significant uptick in attacks on Waters from pro-Israeli news outlets. This week, I learned that there is actually an entire documentary film that's been shot, apparently with the sole objective of smearing him as an anti-Semite.
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> While Waters is definitely an opponent of the current regime in Israel, and an advocate for Palestinian rights up to and including lending his support to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, I also have seen a lot of accusations made against him with little to zero supporting evidence (video, audio, etc). And I definitely think the attacks on him have taken on a dangerously aggressive tone.
>
> And then, today, I ran across this article...
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> https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.819132?v=448801475EBF52877C3C6DDD9BA51DFF
>
> My first compulsion was to check with Snopes, even though the original article is from an Israeli paper, just to see if maybe I'd fallen for an elaborate prank. There I find...
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> https://www.snopes.com/texas-harvey-israel/
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> And as I read, my blood runs a little bit cold.
>
> So I guess my question to you folks here is...
>
> What the fuck is going on here? And in what universe does anyone think denying aid to victims of natural disasters unless they pledge never to take part in the BDS movement isn't going to backfire spectacularly?
>
> Jerky
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