RacecardIsrael and Palestine
Is anti-Zionism the same as anti-Semiticism? Can gentiles legitimately criticize Israel? Are Israelis or Zionists "playing the racecard" to quell legitimate opposition?
20060114
Amern-Arab Anti-Discrimination Cmte. -- Ad in "The Nation" Maligns Palestinians
Amern-Arab Anti-Discrimination Cmte. -- Ad in "The Nation" Maligns Palestinians: "Ad in 'The Nation' Maligns Palestinians
ADC Communicates Concerns, Will You?
BACKGROUND: This week, The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) sent a letter to The Nation, expressing concern over an offensive and misleading ad in the January 2006 issue entitled 'Arabian Fables (I).'
ADC has received many complaints regarding the extremely troubling contents of the advertisement, placed in the magazine by the Facts and Logic About the Middle East (FLAME). The ad, which claims, 'the concept of Palestinians is [a] fundamental myth,' goes on to list many outlandish and false statements, such as 'Palestinian Arabs were in Berlin hatching plans with Adolf Hitler for world conquest and how to kill all the Jews.'
Especially outrageous is the racist implication that the Palestinians are inherently prone to violence and deception, and that there can be no peaceful or diplomatic resolution to the conflict. For example, the ad, which clearly represents a radical and bigoted approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says Palestinians intend to "get as much land as possible carved out of Israel by 'peaceful and diplomatic means,' so as to make Israel indefensible and softened up for the final assault." To view ad click here.
Amern-Arab Anti-Discrimination Cmte. -- Ad in "The Nation" Maligns Palestinians: "Ad in 'The Nation' Maligns Palestinians
ADC Communicates Concerns, Will You?
BACKGROUND: This week, The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) sent a letter to The Nation, expressing concern over an offensive and misleading ad in the January 2006 issue entitled 'Arabian Fables (I).'
ADC has received many complaints regarding the extremely troubling contents of the advertisement, placed in the magazine by the Facts and Logic About the Middle East (FLAME). The ad, which claims, 'the concept of Palestinians is [a] fundamental myth,' goes on to list many outlandish and false statements, such as 'Palestinian Arabs were in Berlin hatching plans with Adolf Hitler for world conquest and how to kill all the Jews.'
Especially outrageous is the racist implication that the Palestinians are inherently prone to violence and deception, and that there can be no peaceful or diplomatic resolution to the conflict. For example, the ad, which clearly represents a radical and bigoted approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says Palestinians intend to "get as much land as possible carved out of Israel by 'peaceful and diplomatic means,' so as to make Israel indefensible and softened up for the final assault." To view ad click here.
