The Rhetoric of Genocide by Ben Voth

Author:Ben Voth
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

The concept generally posits that much of what purports to be criticism of Israel by various individuals and world bodies is, in fact, tantamount to demonization and that together with an international resurgence of attacks on Jewish symbols and an increased acceptance of anti-Semitic beliefs in public discourse, such demonization represents an evolution in the appearance of anti-Semitic beliefs.

The most recent State department report on anti-Semitism continues to show explosive examples of the argument within the global public sphere:

On October 19, President Morsy [Egyptian President] said “Amen” during televised prayers in Mansour after an imam stated, “Oh Allah . . . grant us victory over the infidels. Oh Allah, destroy the Jews and their supporters.” This is a common prayer in Egyptian mosques and came in a litany of other prayers. Also in October, Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badei made several anti-Semitic statements, including saying in a sermon that was also published online that “It is time for the Muslim [nation] to unite for the sake of Jerusalem and Palestine after the Jews have increased the corruption in the world. . .” He added that “Zionists only know the way of force.” In Iran, the government regularly vilified Judaism. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to question the existence and the scope of the Holocaust, and stated that “a horrendous Zionist clan” had been “ruling the major world affairs” for some 400 years, while Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi publicly blamed the “Zionists” for spreading illegal drugs around the world.[18]

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