A Dialog about Anti-Semitism and the Fate of the State of Israel
Rabid anti-Semitism, coupled with inane and outlandish conspiracy theories of world dominion, is easy to counter and dispel. It is the more “reasoned”, subtle, and stealthy variety that it pernicious. “No smoke without fire,” – say people – “there must be something to it!”.
In this dialog I try to deconstruct a “mild” anti-Semitic text. I myself wrote the text – not an easy task considering my ancestry (a Jew) and my citizenship (an Israeli). But to penetrate the pertinent layers – historical, psychological, semantic, and semiotic – I had to “enter the skin” of “rational”, classic anti-Semites, to grasp what makes them click and tick, and to think and reason like them.
I dedicated the last few months to ploughing through reams of anti-Semitic tracts and texts. Steeped in more or less nauseating verbal insanity and sheer paranoia, I emerged to compose the following.
The Anti-Semite:
The rising tide of anti-Semitism the world over is universally decried. The proponents of...