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JOURNALfor the STUDYof ANTISEMITISM

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2011] ARAB SPRING SPRUNG 223<br />

cally acceptable not only by people in <strong>the</strong> Muslim world, but also by liberals<br />

in <strong>the</strong> West. So it was during <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong> war in Iraq, so it is with<br />

Afghanistan. If we permit this Middle East crisis to be tainted by anti-Israel<br />

rhetoric, <strong>the</strong> first to be affected will be us: hundreds of millions of people<br />

have been oppressed for decades, and today <strong>the</strong>y can be guided to extremism<br />

and war.<br />

*Fiamma Nirenstein is a journalist and author and member of <strong>the</strong> Italian Chamber<br />

of Deputies, where she serves as vice president of <strong>the</strong> Committee on Foreign<br />

Affairs and chair of <strong>the</strong> Committee for <strong>the</strong> Inquiry into Antisemitism. A Board<br />

member of Journal for <strong>the</strong> Study of Antisemitism, she blogs regularly on her Web<br />

site: http://fiammanirenstein.com. This essay was originally published March 6,<br />

2011, in Il Giornale daily. Reprinted by permission.

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