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"Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism"
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 at 7:02 AM

If you are anti Zionist, you are racist.

"Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism"
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

". . . You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely 'anti-Zionist.' And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--this is God's own truth.

"Antisemitism, the hatred of the Jewish people, has been and remains a blot on the soul of mankind. In this we are in full agreement. So know also this: anti-Zionist is inherently antisemitic, and ever will be so.

"Why is this? You know that Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. The Jewish people, the Scriptures tell us, once enjoyed a flourishing Commonwealth in the Holy Land. From this they were expelled by the Roman tyrant, the same Romans who cruelly murdered Our Lord. Driven from their homeland, their nation in ashes, forced to wander the globe, the Jewish people time and again suffered the lash of whichever tyrant happened to rule over them.

"The Negro people, my friend, know what it is to suffer the torment of tyranny under rulers not of our choosing. Our brothers in Africa have begged, pleaded, requested--DEMANDED the recognition and realization of our inborn right to live in peace under our own sovereignty in our own country.

"How easy it should be, for anyone who holds dear this inalienable right of all mankind, to understand and support the right of the Jewish People to live in their ancient Land of Israel. All men of good will exult in the fulfilment of God's promise, that his People should return in joy to rebuild their plundered land.

This is Zionism, nothing more, nothing less.

"And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism.

"The antisemite rejoices at any opportunity to vent his malice. The times have made it unpopular, in the West, to proclaim openly a hatred of the Jews. This being the case, the antisemite must constantly seek new forms and forums for his poison. How he must revel in the new masquerade! He does not hate the Jews, he is just 'anti-Zionist'!

"My friend, I do not accuse you of deliberate antisemitism. I know you feel, as I do, a deep love of truth and justice and a revulsion for racism, prejudice, and discrimination. But I know you have been misled--as others have been--into thinking you can be 'anti-Zionist' and yet remain true to these heartfelt principles that you and I share.

Let my words echo in the depths of your soul: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--make no mistake about it."

From M.L. King Jr., "Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend," Saturday Review_XLVII (Aug. 1967), p. 76.
Reprinted in M.L. King Jr., "This I Believe: Selections from the Writings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."

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King loved Israel
by but he didn't write that letter Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 at 10:55 AM



On March 25, 1968, less than two weeks before his tragic death, he spoke out with clarity and directness stating, "peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity. I see Israel as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world, and a marvelous example of what can be done, how desert land can be transformed into an oasis of brotherhood and democracy. Peace for Israel

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thanks fro having nothing but dung
by PrionPartyy Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 at 11:56 AM

No, Zionism is the Zionist's murderous theft of Palestinian lands. And hebrews slaughtering and enslaving the Canaanite tribes will NEVER give Zionist a birthright of murderous theft of even 1 single rock in Palestine. NOT ONE SINGLE ROCK!!!

WHo cares about how ZIonist want to steal their neighbor's homeland. That would be a stupid as appeasing a rapist's assault on someone who is a hottie. Ohhh, but she gave me a stiffy. See? See how retarded such suppositions sound?

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so thisis a 3000 year old grunge?
by are you emailing from a mental hospital? Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008 at 12:36 PM

The Palestinians are not Cannanites.
There is no Caanite history in this land for thousands of years.

If there were you could tell me , oh, lets say "Who was the king of the Caananites in 1457?"
What was the response of the Caananites to the Crusades?
How many Caananites were killed in the Black Death?


If the caananites managed to live for 3,000 year without being noticed by history, they must be related to the aliens at Roswell, or to Elvis, who was just at my local mall.

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Zionism, World's oldest national
by Zionism, World's oldest national Sunday, Apr. 27, 2008 at 6:54 PM

Zionism, World's oldest national liberation movement. Even Jews have the right to national self determination and soveriegnty in their ancestral land. Its our "reservation".

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white washed crimes are still crimes
by PrionPartyy Monday, Apr. 28, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Palestine is still not the Zionist's homeland. Hebrews were just one of many foreign invadors of the land.

And the ZIonist right to national self determination does NOT include any birthright of murderous theft of ANY palestinian lands just as the NAZI's right to self determination didn't include a birthright of murderous theft of Czechoslovakian lands even if germans once invaded and ruled Bohemia and Moravia in the Holy Roman Empire and Ethnic germans lived in the SUdaten mountains. Odd thing that, ZIonists and their enablers use the same BS rationalizations to be murderous thieves of palestinian lands that NAZIs used to be murderous thieves of Czech lands.

Thanks again for showcasing how the ZIonist enablers share the moral ethics of NAZIs.

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have you considered suicide?
by its painless, I hear Monday, Apr. 28, 2008 at 5:57 PM

So this idiot is saying the Hebrews who conquered the caanites 3,000 years ago were "zionist" murderers, and that all Jews should be held collectively responsible for that?

Time for the loony bin, buddy

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thanks for insultring everyone's inteligence
by PPyy Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 at 5:06 AM

ALL that da dink is saying is that he CAN'T deal what what I do write, so he makes up a delusional rant he can deal with.

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it is like u don't even try anymore
by PPyy Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 at 5:22 AM

So this idiot is saying that Germans of the Holy Roman Empire who invaded and conquered Bohemia and Moravia were NAZIs and that ALL germans should be held accountable for their offenses.

Of corse that is a load of dung.

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