Annapolis: The very definition of antisemitism

"Applying double standards by requiring of [Israel] a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation" is antisemitism.

U.S. Department of State
Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/56589.htm

This comes from Eli Hertz, in the introduction to an article not yet up at Myths and Facts, in which he compares the process required of Turkey to join the European Union with that required of the Palestinians to join the "family of nations." To my mind, the State Department quote easily stands alone, making its point with no further explanation needed.

If you need extra ammo, though, Hertz has plenty. (Remind me to add the link when it becomes available.)

.... Comparison of the goals and the ramifications of each: The Turks' goal is membership in the European Union - a political alliance that the Europeans have already stated will have an iron-clad reversibility clause for Turkey if it fails to live up to its commitments.

The Palestinians' goal is sovereignty as a State - status for which there is no reversibility mechanism if 'Palestine'4 turns into a rogue state - the kind of polity the U.S. is currently grappling with in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, North Korea, and elsewhere.

Logically, the yardsticks of judging readiness and maturity should be at least equal, if not more stringent for the Palestinian Arabs, a society that consciously and purposely sacrifices its own youth for political gain and tactical advantage, with a leadership that champions suicide bombers.5

These "realities on the ground" are totally ignored by the U.S. in its effort to advance immediate Palestinian statehood, come hell or high water.

Requiring Israel to cede parts of its land in favour of the Palestinians' empty promises, while their Charters call for the dismantling of the Jewish State, is "applying double standards by requiring of [Israel] a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation."

Comments

[Kevin]

Friend, I'm not Jewish. And I'm only slightly Christian. But I support Israel with heart and soul. Bear that in mind as you read the rest of what I have to say. I think Israel SHOULD abandon the West Bank as they did the Gaza Strip. At least up to the line where they put the wall. Let the palestinians experience the hell that they've been fighting so long to achieve. I'm not advocating that Israel should give up. In fact, I'm supportive of much more aggressive tactics, such as slamming mortar/rocket launchers even when they are right next to a school. I'm just saying that it's time to let the palestinians choose their own destiny. If they choose peace, it's all good. If they choose the short path to allah, also good.

[Cao]

I remember Tali Hatuel, pregnant with her four daughters, shot down in cold blood by terrorists at Gush Katif. I remember all that Israel has given up as they fight the people who want to see the jews pushed into the sea, alone, while everyone else is trying to find ways to play 'patty-cake' with them. The terrorist Yassar Arafat admitted that they will not stop...it is time the world woke up and realized the Israel today, just as it did in 1948, has the right to exist. The State Department is right, when it says that double standards are being applied, and that those double standards are anti-semitic. I would like to see Americans stop coddling terrorists...and I wonder if that will happen before we are forced to live under sharia law and are regretting the politically correct choices we made? Arafat the terrorist won the peace prize, before he died, proving that liberalism is a mental disorder.