Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent: Marked rise in attacks on Jews in Europe over the past year
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Title:To #6
Name:Brian
City: TorontoState: Canada
Hi Meir, as a fellow Torontonian and as a non-Jew I can`t help but be a bit offended when you say the attacks against your people are only going to get worse. Are you saying your fellow Canadians such as myself are somehow biologically incapable of treating you with decency? Last I checked I had no plans to beat up any Jews...

It`s messed up that people are so confused as to attack Jews in general because they disagree with violence committed by the Israeli state (just as it was messed up when Canadian Arabs were attacked for 9/11), but the mere fact that some people turn criticism of Israeli policy into anti-Semitism doesn`t mean the whole world is out to get you.