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ATHENS-I commend our resident conspiracy theorist, Dan DeWalt, for perfectly timing his Israel bashing rant to coincide with antisemitic graffiti at a local Jewish cemetery and the attempted hijacking of an Israel bound plane with 172 passengers on board. Considering the frequency of Dan's hysterical letters and antisemitic incidents in our local papers, Vermont and the world, no one should be surprised.
In the very same issue Dan stepped up to his worn-out soapbox to promote trope after trope, Brattleboro Area Jewish Community reported its cemetery sign was defaced with antisemitic "antizionist" graffiti. Never mind the BAJC rabbi supports Gaza humanitarian issues and is on record objecting to the sale of offensive weapons to Israel. Apparently, the vandal forgot to check her politics.
(Note to self: Progressive bona fides don't save Jews from antizionist zombies.)
Dan laments Australia's treatment of antizionist protesters without mentioning the 15 people murdered at the Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration last December. Fifteen. In one day.
ATHENS-Jeff Potter's column argues that because some United Nations officials and nongovernmental organizations argue Israel's conduct in Gaza is genocide, it is "unrealistic to pretend otherwise." That framing misleads by inflating the credibility of those sources and emptying the word of its legal and moral definition. Genocide is not...
