Speak out when encountering injustice

I could not agree more with Eric Bahrt when he pinpoints in The Nation the fact that anybody who has the guts to utter some critical word on the policies of Israel, is immediately slandered by this rogue and racist state and its adepts as being anti-semitic.
It happened to me too – and likewise to a former prime minister of my European homeland, who is a highly esteemed professor of international law and a defender of Palestinian rights.
Criticising Israel, for example because of its continuous human rights violations, or for its ongoing atrocities in illegally occupied land, is anti-semitic, by Tel Aviv’s definition. New generations, well informed by news organisations, will no longer accept this. No justice, no peace!
When some people occupy a part of your house because they were badly prosecuted and have nowhere else to seek refuge, one might agree to help until a solution is found. However, when the occupiers eventually take over your whole house and try to kick you out by all illegal means, no one should be surprised that the owners of the house will resist and that their children will throw stones at the brutal invaders. Israel expects to be welcomed with champagne and anybody who dares to criticise its scandalous behaviour is an anti-semite. My answer has always been that I am not an anti-semite and I certainly have nothing against the Arabs or anybody else from the Middle East. When I see injustice, I will speak out, freely and without considering my opponent’s religion.
Joe Argusoog
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