Article feedback

Submitted by John Schwartz (Germany), Feb 15, 2005 at 13:45

Hi Daniel,

This article is a bit too negative in my opinion. We live in a hate filled society and just about every grouping I know has its roster of hatemongers. I wonder if every outburst of anti Jewishness is symptomatic of a rising anti-semitism or symptomatic of a rising bar of hatred in our society in general. It seems to me to be the latter. I am Jew living in Germany who honestly feels that I have suffered less anti-semitism here than I would had I stayed in the States. Maybe my eyes are glued wide shut.

Of course, I see the extreme right growing, but their main platform is not anti-semitic but rather a political call to revisionist history, as exemplified by their march in Dresden this week. It may be relevant to put these attacks in perspective.

Where I do agree with you 100% is on the threat from the Moslem community here.

Finally, don't you think that if the new PLO leaders create a mood of nonviolence that it may have the positive effect of enabling the Palestinians to see the benefits of living peacefully with Israel-and this may create a positive dynamics for change. I may be delusional in your opinion, but I feel that the world is better with Arafat gone.

All the best,

John Schwartz

---

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".