German judge rules: Anti-Zionism is code for anti-Semitism

[King_David]

At the height of this summer’s Israel-Hamas conflict, Europe erupted with anti-Israel sentiment. From London to Paris, large-scale violent demonstrations were seen in most European capitals and throughout Germany

Speaking at a special meeting at the Knesset in the end of July, describing demonstrations at home in which they heard regular shouts of “Death to the Jews,” “Jews are pigs,” prominent German Jews said the atmosphere in the country felt like shades of 1933.
“Why aren’t the German police taking the details of these people shouting in an aggressive way ‘Death to the Jews’?” asked Nathan Norman Gelbart, the head of Germany’s Keren Hayesod (United Jewish Appeal).

The wheels of justice move slowly, but they are inching forward in Germany. In a unprecedented case heard half a year after these violent anti-Israel demonstrations, last week in Essen, German Judge Gauri Sastry convicted 24-year-old Taylan Can for incitement against an ethnic minority for events at a July 18, 2014, anti-Israel demonstration in the town.

Eyewitness accounts report hostile anti-Israel chants and stones thrown from the anti-Israel camp to the smaller group of Israel supporters. According to the Anti-Defamation League, a breakaway group headed toward a local synagogue, intending to attack it.



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[King_David]

1. Exactly right nt

[NaturalHigh]

2. "Anti-Zionism is code for anti-Semitism"

That's pretty much my opinion.

[King_David]

7. The new one I've seen is "Israeli culture". nt

[azurnoir]

3. more from the article

Despite the large police presence, the crowd was clearly out of control. According to Die Welt, police arrested 49 protesters. Forty-five cases were dismissed in December.

Born in Germany to a Turkish family, Can is well-known for his anti-Israel activism. According to Die Welt, Can was caught on tape at a Copenhagen protest shouting into a borrowed police megaphone, “Death to the Jews,” “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas chamber.”

At his Essen hearing this winter Can was prosecuted for his use of the term “Zionist” as incitement against a minority.

During the hearing, Can claimed he was not an anti-Semite and had nothing against the Jewish people but only against the Zionist state. In response, Judge Sastry is quoted by Die Welt saying, “‘Zionist’ is the language of anti-Semites, the code for ‘Jew.'”

Sastry’s judgment, which does not form a binding precedent in German law, essentially semantically equates anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism.

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[King_David]

4. Thanks

Die Welt saying, “‘Zionist’ is the language of anti-Semites, the code for ‘Jew.'”

We see that all the time , this verbal gymnastics.

When someone claims they not antiSemitic just AntiZionist, they not fooling anyone not even themselves.

That's not to say that all criticism of the Israeli government is antiSemitic in nature but unfortunately a lot of it is.

[leftynyc]

5. Not a surprise to

any person with a brain.

[King_David]

6. Even people speaking in such code

Know that they are....

[King_David]

8. Bernard-Henri Levy - “delirium of anti-Zionism”

NEW YORK (EJP)---French noted intellectual, philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Levy denounced “the renewed advance of this radical inhumanity, this total baseness that is anti-Semitism” and the “delirium of anti-Zionism”


http://ejpress.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51381

[King_David]

9. French PM Valls:'Anti-Zionism is cover up for anti-Semitism'

http://ejpress.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49862&catid=2

[King_David]

11. Kick

[LeftishBrit]

12. Not always; but it can be

Many anti-Semites will use 'Zionists' for 'Joooos'; just look at the average Internet conspiracy site (or don't unless you have a strong stomach!)

And 'Death to the Jews' is of course very un-coded anti-Semitism!

[King_David]

13. Anti Zionism is antiJewish self determination

Can you think of any situation that a Person ,who is not a Palestinian affected by the injustice of the occupation or someone who is against all kinds of nationalism in the world , could be AntiZionist and not AntiSemitic?