Comments on: Palin’s Charge Of ‘Blood Libel’ Spurs Outcry From ‘Jewish Leaders’; Dershowitz Defends Term

By: charliehall

charliehall — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:03:25 +0000

As Jeffrey Goldberg put it, Fox News is not Mendel Beilis. The attacks on Palin are no more blood libels any more than Limbaugh’s opponents have been “nazis” no matter what he may have called them.

By: HaKatan

HaKatan — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:41:33 +0000

As “frum not crum” said:
“There was nothing wrong with Mrs. Palin’s use of this term. Her context was the political reality that liberal political inciters (read r’shoi’im) attempted to establish conservatives as some kind of a predicate or provocation for this monstrous act. The original blood libels were similar – innocent people were linked to monstrous acts of murder.”

Besides for fnc’s omments:
As can be seen from the news stories today, the alleged murderer was a loner who did not follow the news so he certainly was not a follower of Mrs. Palin nor her target illustrations nor anything else from her nor any other political figure, so this reprehensible allegation that Mrs. Palin is responsible for this tragedy is, of course, nonsense and beyond the pale.

However, while on the topic, having seen the illustration quoted in a news story, I think it would be wiser to use a more toned down rhetoric rather than a bullseye and the like even if it is 100% clear that she is obviously not suggesting murder, G-d forbid.

By: simple shimon says

simple shimon says — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:11:29 +0000

There is nothing wrong with the termenology Ms. Palin used,the charges made are totally false.
It looks like Mr. Dershowitz is doing “teshuva”.

By: zingy

zingy — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:35:10 +0000

My initial reaction to Sarah Palin’s usage of “blood libei” was that she made a Kiddush Hashem by showing how absurd and false the blood libel was and is. I was appalled by the reactions of Harris Greer and Foxman who somehow could take such an appropriate remark and with their twisted minds and crooked agendas find fault in this expression. Woe is it to us that we have such spokesmen.

By: wanderingchana

wanderingchana — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:12:28 +0000

#12 – “To blame Palin for the death of Giffords” – as far as I’ve heard, she is still alive.

By: rabbiofberlin

rabbiofberlin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:19:44 +0000

david harris and simon greer are leftist hacks and they will find anything to attack a republican. Where were they when Israel was demonized- anoher blood libel- by Goldstone (afru lepumeih). Where were they when our Administration- the President at its head- savagely accused Israel for its legitimate right to build in our eternal capital and totally ignored the Arab sins? Any Jew who still supports the left in this country is a self-hating jew and should be shunned.

By: Yehoshua Kehati

Yehoshua Kehati — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:51:11 +0000

As for ‘blood libel’, it is quite appropriate, and I urge Anthony Weiner, Charles Schumer & Kristen Gillibrand to speak out in support of Palin’s wise criticisms. Those who agree with this should call or e-mail their congress people now and support free speech and forthright criticism from conservatives.

By: REACTION

REACTION — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:21:13 +0000

The Jews always and consistently FAIL to see who is the ally, our pres. Hates Israel and all it stands for Palin loves Israel and all it stands for, the Liberal Jews have been the champion of Obamaides and all the failure we have seen, yes Has-m send s them but when are we as a people going to learn our lesson and drop the democrats like a hot potato??????????? we’re losers and self defeating.

By: Halelujah

Halelujah — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:41:50 +0000

I don’t necessarily agree with Palin, and the Democrats have a right to point fingers at her (ie cross-hairs on certain senators which even Palin admitted was a mistake after much criticism). However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Palin using this word; it’s merely a general phrase which can be used to describe a broad scope of false accusations.
If liberal groups want to target Palin, there’s a lot more outrageous statements they can use than reverting to this.

By: mark levin

mark levin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:24:35 +0000

Gimme a break!! We don’t own specific words or phrases. What a bunch of leftists clamoring for attention they desire but don’t deserve.