Avi K:
“”The point is that you are making the Zionists (who are among the victims)scapegoats for the crimes of our enemies.”
I believe the correct term is “blame”. And yes, I am.
Oh, and I’m going to have see a reliable source for that story about the Satmar Rebbe before I even consider taking it seriously.
tahini:
“The Satmar Rebbe describes the hate towards Israel today, whom does he blame for the hatred that has existed for the last few thousand years, were the zionists to blame for pogroms, for the Chomnetzki massascre, for the blood libels?”
You are comparing apples to oranges. All of those events took place in Europe, thousands of miles away, and were not the fault of the Arab nation. A better comparison would be to the various Sephardi communities spread throughout the Arab Middle East, who lived in relative peace with their neighbors for thousands of years. (Until 1948 when they were, as a direct result of the founding of the State of Israel, all robbed, mobbed, and kicked out. Add them to the list of casualties caused by Israel’s creation.)
Now, no doubt there were instances of Arab persecution of the Jews pre-1948; but it never occurred on the scale that it happened on after 1948. Never did all the Arabs join together with the stated goal of pushing all the Jews into the sea. Never did the Arabs murder 15,000 of our brothers and sisters in a mere 60 years. Never were all the Sephardim expelled from their ancient communities. This only happened after, and due to, the creation of the State of Israel.