Criticism of Israeli Policies and Anti-Semitism

Often when there is dissent expressed in the

United States against policies of the Israeli government, um,

uh, people here are called anti-Semitic.

Uh, what is your response to that as an Israeli Jew?

Well, it's a trick. We always use it.

When from Europe somebody is criticizing Israel, then we bring up

the Holocaust. When in this country people

are criticizing

Israel, then they are anti-Semitic, and the organization is

strong and has a lot of money, and the,

the ties between, uh, Israel and the American

estab- Jewish establishment are very strong,

and they are strong in this country.

As you know,

uh, they have power, which it's okay.

They are talented people, and they have power, money, and, uh,

media and other things, and their attitude is,

Israel, my country, right or wrong, the identification.

And they are not ready to hear criticism, and it's very

easy to blame people who criticize

certain acts of the Israeli government as

anti-Semitics and to bring up the Holocaust and the

suffering of the Jewish people, and that's, that justify

everything we do to the Palestinians.