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“Antisemitism – It’s a trick; we always use it”

How do guilty children get away with their mischief? They name-call.

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now:

Often, when there is dissent expressed in the United States against the policies of the Israeli government, people here are called “anti-Semitic.” What is your response to that as an Israeli Jew?

Shulamit Aloni, former Israeli minister:

Well its a trick, we always use it. When from Europe someobody is criticizing Israel then we bring up the holocaust . When in this country people are criticizing Israel then they are anti-semitic. And the organization is strong and has a lot of money. And the ties between Israel and the American estab- Jewish establishment are very strong and they are stong in this country, as you know. And they have power, which is ok. They are talented people and they have power and money, and the media and other things, and their attitude is ‘Israel my country right or wrong’, identification. And they are not ready to hear criticism. And it’s very easy to blame people who criticize certain acts of the Israeli govt as anti-semitic and to bring up the holocaust and the suffering of the Jewish people and that – that is justify everything we do to the Palestinians.