Anti-Semitism
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Anti-Semitism is a term which has more meanings and interpretations, it is intended to describe opposition to or discrimination against Jews. It was coined by Wilhelm Mass in 1880, as the German antisemitismus. The term has been criticized by members other Semitic peoples such as Palestinians, as it is not usually used to refer to Semites other than Jews.
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[edit] Evolution of the meaning
In the beginning the word anti-semite was not much used. Its primary interpretation was to identify those who opposed to Jewish culture and religion. After WWII the idea of anti-Semitism became very strongly associated with the account of the Holocaust, and started to be used to denigrate anyone who criticizes or opposes Jewish actions by associating such people with the Holocaust. Holocaust revisionism, opposition to the actions of the State of Israel, criticism of the Jewish involvement in Communism, anti-racism and cultural anthropology, or opposition to Jewish power in banking, the mass media and politics are all labelled as anti-Semitic.
[edit] Double-meaning
Although at one time the term may have been useful in discussing various opposition to the actions of world Jewry, today its use is primarily to eliminate people whom the Jews do not like, because of its strong associations with the Holocaust and because its modern definition is vague. In fact the common meaning of anti-semitism remains its original form, but many modern formal definitions (e.g. the definition given by the United States government [1]) consider anti-semites many thoughts, such as these found on rense.com:
- Any assertion that the Jewish community controls government, the media, international business and the financial world is anti-Semitic.
- Strong anti-Israel sentiment is anti-Semitic.
- Virulent criticism of Israel's leaders, past or present, is anti-Semitic. According to the State Department, anti-Semitism occurs when a swastika is portrayed in a cartoon decrying the behavior of a past or present Zionist leader. Thus, a cartoon that includes a swastika to criticize Ariel Sharon's brutal 2002 invasion of the West Bank, raining "hell-fire" missiles on hapless Palestinian men, women and children, is anti-Semitic. Similarly, when the word Zionazi is used to describe Sharon's saturation bombing in Lebanon in 1982 (killing 17,500 innocent refugees), it is also anti-Semitic.
- Criticism of the Jewish religion or its religious leaders or literature (especially the Talmud and Kabbalah) is anti-Semitic.
- Criticism of the U.S. government and Congress for being under undue influence by the Jewish-Zionist community (including AIPAC) is anti-Semitic.
- Criticism of the Jewish-Zionist community for promoting globalism (the New World Order) is anti-Semitic.
- Blaming Jewish leaders and their followers for inciting the Roman crucifixion of Christ is anti-Semitic.
- Diminishing the six million figure of Holocaust victims is anti-Semitic.
- Calling Israel a racist state is anti-Semitic.
- Asserting that there exists a Zionist Conspiracy is anti-Semitic.
- Claiming that Jews and their leaders created the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia is anti-Semitic.
- Making "derogatory statements about Jewish persons" is anti-Semitic.
- Denying spiritually disobedient Jews the biblical right to re-occupy Palestine is anti-Semitic.
- Alleging that Mossad was behind the 9/11 attack is anti-Semitic.
This means that sharing just one of these points makes people anti-Semitic, but, by common meaning, this also means to hate Jews. There is an automatic mechanism by which people who just cricize Jews, Judaism or Zionism are considered haters.
