Writing his weekly column in the SMH today, Mike Carleton says:
"....in these times, to write anything even mildly critical of Israel attracts a hail of letters from furious Jews hurling the charge of anti-Semitism. After last week's column, which canvassed the immorality of the Israeli Defence Forces killing Lebanese civilians, a hysterical Melbourne dentist wrote to accuse me of Holocaust denial."
Carleton draws on his response to visiting Dachau many years ago and reflecting on what the Israelis are visiting on the Lebanese in the current war.
Read Carleton's column here - and ponder the critical questions he raises. Fair or otherwise? Anti-semitic or merely the position of decent and concerned human being?
On the subject of being critical of Israel see also this feature piece, here, in the SMH today - "The dissenter who dared to ask why".
"....in these times, to write anything even mildly critical of Israel attracts a hail of letters from furious Jews hurling the charge of anti-Semitism. After last week's column, which canvassed the immorality of the Israeli Defence Forces killing Lebanese civilians, a hysterical Melbourne dentist wrote to accuse me of Holocaust denial."
Carleton draws on his response to visiting Dachau many years ago and reflecting on what the Israelis are visiting on the Lebanese in the current war.
Read Carleton's column here - and ponder the critical questions he raises. Fair or otherwise? Anti-semitic or merely the position of decent and concerned human being?
On the subject of being critical of Israel see also this feature piece, here, in the SMH today - "The dissenter who dared to ask why".
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