MSU "Anti-Israel" Week; May 7 - May 15

UCI MSU WILL AGAIN HOST SPEAKERS NOTED FOR ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-SEMITIC AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL THEMES. MAY 7-15, 2008. CONTACT UCI ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN.


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The following excerpt is taken from Haaretz Israeli think tank:

"..........Among the central themes in contemporary Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism are Holocaust denial coupled with claims that Israel is carrying out a holocaust against the Palestinians, as well as the drawing of parallels between Israel and Nazi Germany, the study found.

"The motifs used in anti-Semitic propaganda are often taken from Western neo-Nazi literature, media and rhetoric and there are clearly reciprocal relations between Holocaust denial in the West and denying it or trying to minimize it in the Arab-Muslim world," it said.

The study also found that Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism has a broad field is widespread among both lower classes and intellectuals, opposition groups and radical Islamic movements.

"Arab-Muslim regimes in the Middle East all use it, although the way they use it changes from country to country. It is not limited to the Middle East, since anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic propaganda are distributed to Muslim communities all over the world, especially in Europe. Anti-Semitism is marketed in a variety of ways (books, the Internet, television) and helps fan the flames of hatred for Jews and Israel among Muslim communities far beyond the Middle East........."