re: #161 jamesfirecat

I’d like to apologize if my prior comments came across as harsh SFZ but all I can say is that I have not heard this argument before, though I don’t spend much time thinking/reading about Israel on the whole.

No problem. This is something you can, actually, manage not to spend much time thinking about if Israel is not one of your ‘things’.

Reuven is not pulling this out of thin air. It’s one of the basic toolboxes of anti-Israel (as oppposed to pro-Palestinian) activism, and it’s very effectively pushed by some very nasty people.

Goes hand in hand with the “Khazar” bullshit, and (ironically enough) effectively denies the existence, history and relevence of any Jews who are not white Ashkenazim.