Volume 4 No 2 - Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Why There Is No Peace in the Middle EastItamar Marcus and Nan J. Zilberdik*In response to the film depicting Islam’s prophet Muhammad negatively,using terms like “child molester” and “murderous thug,” PalestinianAuthority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas “condemned the insult to[Islam’s] prophet” and added that he rejects “freedom of belief or freedomof expression when it comes to criticizing religion.” Dr. Abbas’s condemnationof the defamation of Islam is in sharp contrast to the PA policy ofdefamation of Judaism, demonization of Jews, and promotion of antisemitism,all of which are integral messages expressed by PA leaders and transmittedthrough the structures under their control.Recent examples of this policy can be found in all areas of PA expression.The moderator at a Fatah ceremony demonized Jews as “the descendantsof the apes and pigs.” A PA TV narrator said that Jews praying at theWestern Wall are “sin and filth.” Senior PA official Jibril Rajoub referredto Jews as “Satans” and “Zionist sons of bitches” on PA TV. The PA muftiand other religious leaders have defined Jews as the “enemy of Allah,” evenpreaching the following Hadith in PA TV sermons: “The Prophet says:‘You shall fight the Jews and kill them.’ ” Indeed, what these and manyother examples document is that in the PA, not only is demonization ofJews and Judaism common practice, but also is sometimes promoted as areligious Islamic imperative.Significantly, the PA’s promotion of hatred of Jews is not limited toreligious leaders and PA officials. PA TV featured young girls on children’sprograms saying that Jews and Christians are “inferior and smaller, morecowardly and despised” and that “our enemy, Zion, is Satan with a tail.”Following classical European antisemitism, a history program on PA TVteaches that “Jews are hated in every society in which they have lived,707
708 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM [ VOL. 4:707because of their behavior relating to their great love of money.” On Israel’sindependence day, the official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, said Israel’sgoal was to turn a “Jewish monarchy in Palestine into a basis for their [theJews’] eternal rule over the world, that others, ‘goyim’ (non-Jews), mustsubmit to their will.”PA hypocrisy is evident. Abbas condemns the recent video aboutMuhammad and states that “insulting religions, faiths, or religious symbols”is not protected “freedom of expression.” At the same time, his own government’spolicy is to indoctrinate Palestinians to hate Jews and to defameJudaism.The hate-monitoring group Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) has collectedrepresentative examples of antisemitic speech from 2011–2012; theseexamples are presented below. Documentation of previous years can befound on www.palwatch.org.Sheikh Taleb Al-Silwadi, columnist on religious affairs in the official PAdaily:One of the established facts is that the voice of falsehood does not rebel[against the truth] except where those who hold the truth [Muslims]forego their truth. Then there becomes room for falsehood, such that itcan kill, behave violently, spill blood, and desecrate sacred things. Thatis what Allah’s enemies, the children of Zion, are doing before the eyesand ears of the entire world.[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 1, 2012]PA:Young girl: [Christians and Jews] are inferior and smaller, more cowardlyand despised. They are remnants of the [Christian] crusaders andKhaibar [i.e., Jewish village destroyed by Muslims in 629] . . .Lina, young girl: Our enemy, Zion, is Satan with a tail . . .[PA TV (Fatah), May 8, 2012]Senior PA official Jibril Rajoub:We are prepared to bring the Executive Committee in helicopters . . . sothey will see no Jews, no Satans, no Zionist sons of bitches.[PA TV (Fatah), May 17, 2012]Moderator at Fatah ceremony:Our war with the descendants of the apes and pigs (i.e., Jews) is a war ofreligion and faith. Long Live Fatah![PA TV (Fatah), January 9, 2012]PA mufti Muhammad Hussein:The reliable Hadith (tradition attributed to Muhammad), [found] in thetwo reliable collections, Bukhari and Muslim, says: “The Hour [of Resurrection]will not come until you fight the Jews. The Jew will hide
Page 1 and 2:
JOURNAL for theSTUDY ofANTISEMITISM
Page 3 and 4:
Dedicated to the victims of Eastern
Page 5 and 6:
TABLE OF CONTENTSVolume 4 Number 2E
Page 7 and 8:
München-Gladbach, Germany, March 1
Page 9 and 10:
358 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISE
Page 12 and 13:
A Note from the Editors: The Year i
Page 14 and 15:
JSA Best Nominees—2012Best Articl
Page 16:
2012] BEST NOMINEES 365Honorees 201
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
Page 38 and 39:
Polls and Antisemitism inPost-Commu
Page 40 and 41:
2012] POLLS AND ANTISEMITISM IN POS
Page 42 and 43:
Page 44 and 45:
Page 46 and 47:
Page 48 and 49:
Page 50 and 51:
Page 52 and 53:
Page 54 and 55:
Page 56 and 57:
Page 58 and 59:
Page 60 and 61:
Page 62 and 63:
Page 64 and 65:
Page 66 and 67:
Page 68 and 69:
Page 70 and 71:
Page 72 and 73:
Page 74 and 75:
Antisemitism in Poland:Psychologica
Page 76 and 77:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 425Ano
Page 78 and 79:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 427The
Page 80 and 81:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 429rev
Page 82 and 83:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 431bet
Page 84 and 85:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 433FIG
Page 86 and 87:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 435vey
Page 88 and 89:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 437ren
Page 90 and 91:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 439per
Page 92 and 93:
2012] ANTISEMITISM IN POLAND 441Gli
Page 94 and 95:
Antisemitic Prejudice and Political
Page 96 and 97:
2012] HUNGARY: ANTISEMITIC PREJUDIC
Page 98 and 99:
Page 100 and 101:
Page 102 and 103:
Page 104 and 105:
Page 106 and 107:
Page 108 and 109:
Page 110 and 111:
Page 112 and 113:
Page 114 and 115:
Page 116 and 117:
Page 118:
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Page 143 and 144:
Page 146 and 147:
Back to the Roots:Are Antisemites S
Page 148 and 149:
2012] ARE ANTISEMITES STILL AUTHORI
Page 150 and 151:
Page 152 and 153:
Page 154 and 155:
Page 156 and 157:
Page 158 and 159:
Page 160 and 161:
Page 162 and 163:
Page 164 and 165:
Page 166 and 167:
Antisemitism and Criticism of Israe
Page 168 and 169:
2012] A METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGE 51
Page 170 and 171:
Page 172 and 173:
Page 174 and 175:
Page 176 and 177:
Page 178 and 179:
Page 180 and 181:
Page 182 and 183:
Page 184 and 185:
Jewish Girls and Their Experienceso
Page 186 and 187:
2012] JEWISH GIRLS AND ANTISEMITISM
Page 188 and 189:
Page 190 and 191:
Page 192 and 193:
Page 194 and 195:
Page 196 and 197:
Page 198 and 199:
Page 200 and 201:
Page 202 and 203:
Page 204 and 205:
Page 206:
Page 209 and 210:
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 218 and 219:
Rachel Corrie and the Rest of the S
Page 220:
2012] RACHEL CORRIE 569don’t thin
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228:
Page 229 and 230:
Page 232 and 233:
Letter from BudapestEszter Garai-É
Page 234 and 235:
2012] LETTER FROM BUDAPEST 583The f
Page 236 and 237:
2012] LETTER FROM BUDAPEST 585do th
Page 238:
2012] LETTER FROM BUDAPEST 587shoul
Page 241 and 242:
Page 243 and 244:
Page 245 and 246:
Page 247 and 248:
Page 249 and 250:
Page 251 and 252:
Page 253 and 254:
Page 255 and 256:
Page 257 and 258:
Page 259 and 260:
Page 261 and 262:
Page 263 and 264:
Page 265 and 266:
Page 267 and 268:
Page 269 and 270:
Page 271 and 272:
Page 273 and 274:
Page 275 and 276:
Page 277 and 278:
Page 279 and 280:
Page 281 and 282:
Page 283 and 284:
Page 285 and 286:
Page 287 and 288:
Page 289 and 290:
Page 291 and 292:
Page 293 and 294:
Page 295 and 296:
Page 298 and 299:
Jews Without Judaism:The Ambivalent
Page 300 and 301:
2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 649in a
Page 302 and 303:
2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 651In 19
Page 304 and 305:
2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 653first
Page 306 and 307:
2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 655in th
Page 308 and 309: 2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 657ment
Page 310 and 311: 2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 659love
Page 312 and 313: 2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 661the g
Page 314 and 315: 2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 663Chris
Page 316: 2012] JEWS WITHOUT JUDAISM 665and d
Page 319 and 320: 668 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISE
Page 330 and 331: The Tsar’s Other Lieutenant: The
Page 332 and 333: 2012] THE TSAR’S OTHER LIEUTENANT
Page 360 and 361: 2012] WHY THERE IS NO PEACE 709behi
Page 362 and 363: Antisemitism and Hollywood—Part I
Page 364 and 365: 2012] ANTISEMITISM AND HOLLYWOOD 71
Page 384: 2012] ANTISEMITISM AND HOLLYWOOD 73
Page 404 and 405: Forms More Subtle and Less Obvioust
Page 406 and 407: 2012] FORMS MORE SUBTLE 755enlighte
Page 408 and 409:
2012] FORMS MORE SUBTLE 757killed i
Page 410 and 411:
Monumental Treatise and Monumental
Page 412 and 413:
2012] MONUMENTAL TREATISE AND MONUM
Page 414 and 415:
Page 416 and 417:
Page 418 and 419:
Page 420 and 421:
Page 422 and 423:
Page 424 and 425:
Page 426 and 427:
Page 428:
Page 431 and 432:
Page 434 and 435:
Coming Attractions: Caliphates?Bat
Page 436 and 437:
2012] COMING ATTRACTIONS: CALIPHATE
Page 438 and 439:
Page 440 and 441:
Page 442 and 443:
Page 444 and 445:
Page 446 and 447:
Page 448 and 449:
Page 450 and 451:
An Easy HateGregg Rickman’s Hatin
Page 452:
2012] AN EASY HATE 801the United Na
Page 455 and 456:
Page 458 and 459:
Aktive Ignoranz/Active IgnoranceNei
Page 460 and 461:
2012] AKTIVE IGNORANZ/ACTIVE IGNORA
Page 462:
2012] AKTIVE IGNORANZ/ACTIVE IGNORA
Page 465 and 466:
Page 468 and 469:
Hezbollah’s Academy Award Nominee
Page 470:
2012] HEZBOLLAH’S ACADEMY AWARD N
Page 473 and 474:
Page 476 and 477:
Apology for TerrorJohn Adams’s Kl
Page 478:
2012] APOLOGY FOR TERROR 827At one
Page 481 and 482:
Page 484 and 485:
AntisemiticaRemembering Pogroms—T
Page 486:
2012] POGROMS 835antisemitic signs
Page 489 and 490:
Page 491 and 492:
Page 493 and 494:
Page 495 and 496:
show all

Volume 4 No 2 - Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?