Marvin said:
Maybe you will not agree, but I would say to those people who think anti-Semitism is outrageous, and it is, that they should also think about the tradition and upbringing of Arabs which is suffused with the creation of the state of Israel and subsequent humiliation. It is a totally different outlook to that of a young English racist who has no reason to hate the Jew other than that he is different. I am not looking to justify the belief, I am just offering an explanation as to why it finds a home. It's also worth noting that you can be an anti-Zionist without being anti-Jewish. Zionists would argue that the interests of the Jews and the interests of Israel are one and the same, but there are also Jewish opponents of the state of Israel.
I don't agree and that's a nonsensical argument. Anti-semitism existed long before Israel came into existence in 1948. The Holocaust had nothing to do with Israel;
it was plain-old fashioned European/Christian Jew hatred. And even if your argument held any water, why would the mainly Algerian/Moroccan people who make up most of the French Arabic population have been affected? It's like saying all Protestants have a right to hate, abuse and attack Catholics (or vice versa) because of the situation in Northern Ireland.