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Al Jazeera: Antisemitism via Satellite

Sep 02, 2003 3:14 PM
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update Maybe this anti-Semitic cartoon makes it clearer. Note the lack of even a nod towards characterizing the subject as an Israeli, not a Jew.

The "Arab CNN" returns from the ass-whipping hackers gave it, and this poll is on the front page of Al Jazeera's English-language website:

Al Jazeera readers blame the Jews

Amazingly, 1/4 of the respondents believe that "Israel's interests" were the number one reason for the war in Iraq.

And this is the English-speaking, literate, relatively wealthy (they have access to the internet, after all) segment of the Arab world (their core audience). I can scarcely imagine what the numbers would be among the poorer and less-educated.

Oh, wait, I forgot — they're not blaming the "Jews"; they're blaming "Israel" a.k.a. "the Zionists".


Comments: Al Jazeera: Antisemitism via Satellite

Hey, don't forget that there are people like Tom Delay (the puppet pushing for redistricting in TX) who are part of a "Christian Zionist" movement.

I think Delay made a comment recently that he thought a self-ruling Palestine would be a "terroist state." Several Houston area lawmakers scrambled to try to put out that fire.

There are probably more non-Jews in the US who support Israel than Jews, simply because they are less 2% of the population.

But, getting to the point, of course they meant "Jews."

Posted by: O'dell on September 3, 2003 4:56 PM | permalink

Well, yeah.

My basic point is this -- Al Jazeera put three options:

1) The primary reason as laid forth by the US/British-led coalition.
2) The most common contrarian view -- that it's about the oil.

and

3) That it's the fault of a nation who wasn't involved and, coincidentally happens to be the one non-Muslim state between Morocco and Pakistan.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on September 4, 2003 10:48 AM | permalink

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