BLACK, WHITE AND FRED ALL OVER

We all see/hear a great deal of anti-Israel statements in the media, but do you know if there is any truth to them? Could you respond if such statements came up in a conversation to which you were a party? Below are the 2010 top ten anti-Israel lies as discussed in an article posted at www.aish.com. Ask yourself if you know enough to respond to them. If not, then go to the web site and read the article. At the aish.com home page you will see on the top right a list of “most popular” articles which includes the “2010 Top Ten Anti-Israel Lies” link. Click it and read the responses to these lies:

1: Israel was created by European guilt over the Nazi Holocaust. Why should Palestine pay the price?
2: Had Israel withdrawn to its June 1967 borders, peace would have come long ago.
3: Israel is the main stumbling block to achieving a Two-State solution.
4: Nuclear Israel, not Iran, is the greatest threat to peace and stability.
5: Israel is an Apartheid State deserving of International Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns.
6: Plans to build 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem prove Israel is ‘Judaizing’ the Holy City.
7: Israel policies endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
8: Israeli policies are the cause of worldwide anti-Semitism.
9: Israel, not Hamas, is responsible for the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. Goldstone was right when he charged that Israel was guilty of war crimes against civilians.
10: The only hope for peace is a single, bi-national state, eliminating the Jewish State of Israel.

Fred Benson
Springfield Jewish Federation President
2010-2011