Stop arguing that people who criticize Israel are supporters of Hamas or anti-semitic.
WE ARE NOT!
We fucking HATE Hamas. We hate the fact that they refuse to recognize Israel and we hate their tactics and we hate how they squander peace deals and other opportunities. (and we hate Fatah too)
We hate anti-semitism. We wouldn't be on this fucking site if we were bigoted assholes, we would be on redstate. We make nazi metaphors because palestinians live in conditions similar to ghettos and Jewish settlements unfairly push Palestinians off their land.
What we do believe is that Zionism is bullshit and that Israel SHOULD be held to a higher standard because it is a democracy.
Zionism is silly. The idea that Jews have a right to live in Israel because that is where god told them to live is simply ridiculous. God also told the jews to wander in the desert for forty years. Should every good jew aspire to wander the desert for forty years! God also had Jonah eaten by a whale in order to learn a valuable lesson, should all Jews aspire to be eaten by whales? Zionism seems to me to be an obvious case of selective interpretation eh?
Lastly, the ever-present claim that Israel is being held to a higher standard. It is, because Israel is a FUCKING DEMOCRACY. It enjoys all the benefits of democracy, namely legitimacy and vibrant trade with other nations. We don't expect much from North Korea or Egypt because they are run by petty dictator scum of the Earth. We expect democracies to respect human rights. Sorry for holding you to that "high" standard.
We desperately want Israel to succeed in securing a safe place for itself but we believe it to be impossible as long as they treat Palestinians like animals and use violence to accomplish their means. The only possible way for long term peace is for Israel or the Palestinians to break the cycle of violence and turn the other cheek
Also many others and I are Jews ourselves so to call us anti-semitic is really oxyMORONIC
Update When I say zionism I mean the zionism
that the settlers preach and the zionism that the current Israeli Government practices
Update 2 A lot of people have been commenting on the nazi comparisons in my diary. My main point with that was to say that I think when someone makes a nazi comparison to Israel they are not neccesarily being anti-semitic.