Comments on: The U.S. Must Reverse Its Decision to Bar Gaza Boy From Coming Here to Study http://mondoweiss.net/2008/08/the-us-must-reverse-its-decision-to-bar-gaza-boy-from-coming-here-to-study.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: MRW. http://mondoweiss.net/2008/08/the-us-must-reverse-its-decision-to-bar-gaza-boy-from-coming-here-to-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-54583 MRW. Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/08/13/the-us-must-reverse-its-decision-to-bar-gaza-boy-from-coming-here-to-study.html#comment-54583 <p>He was refused because he was a threat to Israeli security. That's the reason why Israel will only allow 60 Palestinian kids to get a higher education. This was reported as such early last week. SPECIFICALLY: only 60 kids allowed to get a higher education because it was" a threat to Israeli security."</p> <p>People occasionally mention here how these comment boards are filled with "anti-semites." News of this sort should underscore how it's also filled with people struck by the profound unfairness of actions such as this. To call any objection to this unfairness anti-semitic is like listening to Bill Clinton complain about his racism charge.</p> He was refused because he was a threat to Israeli security. That's the reason why Israel will only allow 60 Palestinian kids to get a higher education. This was reported as such early last week. SPECIFICALLY: only 60 kids allowed to get a higher education because it was" a threat to Israeli security."

People occasionally mention here how these comment boards are filled with "anti-semites." News of this sort should underscore how it's also filled with people struck by the profound unfairness of actions such as this. To call any objection to this unfairness anti-semitic is like listening to Bill Clinton complain about his racism charge.

]]> By: charles Keating http://mondoweiss.net/2008/08/the-us-must-reverse-its-decision-to-bar-gaza-boy-from-coming-here-to-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-54584 charles Keating Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/08/13/the-us-must-reverse-its-decision-to-bar-gaza-boy-from-coming-here-to-study.html#comment-54584 <p>"It is hard to convey the amount of bile and reductionist, blame-the-Jews-for-every-sin rhetoric that has taken over much of the blogosphere. Phil Weiss’s blog generally attracts some of the most articulate Jew-bashers, so I tune into the comments from time to time in order to gauge the level of hatred."--Dan Fleshler, March 7, 2008 (On Realistic Dove)</p> <p>No mention of SOG, or Witty, the lights of objectivity. </p> "It is hard to convey the amount of bile and reductionist, blame-the-Jews-for-every-sin rhetoric that has taken over much of the blogosphere. Phil Weiss’s blog generally attracts some of the most articulate Jew-bashers, so I tune into the comments from time to time in order to gauge the level of hatred."–Dan Fleshler, March 7, 2008 (On Realistic Dove)

No mention of SOG, or Witty, the lights of objectivity.

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