The Last Exile

Since this is my morning of hate I thought showcase the toxic diversity of modern anti-Semitism. The first comes via You Tube (h/tip Elder of Ziyon) and for context I will quote the introductory blurb from the site as an introduction:

On 1st December 2009, there was a pro-Israel rally outside the Palestine Solidarity Campaign ‘Christmas concert’ at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church on Tuesday December 1st, starting at 6pm.

British Anti-Semitism

And a Merry Christmas to you John Sullivan.

The second comes from the Ukraine courtesy of Ha’aretz:

Stories appearing on several Ukrainian Web sites claim Israel has brought around some 25,000 Ukrainian children into the country over the past two years in order to harvest their organs.

The claim, which was made by a Ukrainian philosophy professor and author at a pseudo-academic conference in Kiev five days ago, is the latest expression of a wave of anti-Semitism in the country. It comes a few months after a Swedish tabloid ran an article alleging that Israel Defense Forces soldiers have killed Palestinian civilians for their organs.

Jews, Israel and anti-Semitism have become a major motif of the presidential election campaign in Ukraine, with some figures making anti-Semitic statements and others condemning them. Some candidates, including a Jew and someone whose rivals claim is Jewish, blame a third rival – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko – for bringing anti-Semitism into the race.

“Ukraine’s political system is a parody of democracy,” Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Berel Lazar, said.

Vyacheslav Gudin told the estimated 300 attendees of the Kiev conference a detailed story about a Ukrainian man’s fruitless search for 15 children who had been adopted in Israel. The children, Gudin said, had clearly been taken by Israeli medical centers, where they were used for “spare parts.” Gudin said it was essential that all Ukrainians be made aware of the genocide Israel was perpetrating.

The conference, some of whose participants belong to a Slavic-rights movement, also featured two professors who presented a book blaming “the Zionists” for the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s as well as the country’s current condition.

Ah, yes, the old blood libel dressed up courtesy of Ukrainian academics. What in the world would we do without Ukrainian academics? And then, finally Jewish Israel points me to the more modern version of anti-Semitism which plays on the theme – we love you even as we hate you and pervert your symbols. For those not in the know – this tune uses the Israeli national anthem – the Hatikvah or The Hope to rewrite and deliver its toxic message. Here is a short English translation of the Hatikvah.

As long as in the heart, within,
A Jewish soul still yearns,
And onward, towards the ends of the east,
An eye still gazes toward Zion;

Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free people in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

Keep those words in mind as we roll to the video produced by the Westboro Baptist Church.

I think my hate is done for the morning.