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From: jefff@cadovax.UUCP (Jeffery H. Fields)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish,net.politics
Subject: Definition of anti-Semitism; Tutu alledgedly anti-Semitic
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 17:08:07 EST
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     Joaquim Martillo asked me to define anti-Semitism.  That could be
hard  to  do  as  most Israelis, Arabs, Palestinians, and Lebanese are
Semitic.  The term Semite is a racial term and not  a  religious  one.
Of  course, the popularly accepted definition of anti-Semitism applies
to members of the Jewish faith.

    From this basis here is my definition:

    anti-Semitism: 1) The belief that members of the Jewish faith  are
not  human  to the exclusion of basic human rights. 2) The belief that
members of Jewish faith are members of an inferior, evil, or  subhuman
race.  3)  An  act  or acts that violate the basic human rights of the
members of the Jewish faith.

     Working from this definition, I would think that proving  Desmond
Tutu  is  anti-Semitic  is  rather  difficult.   I could be wrong; the
challenge remains: Provide  sufficient  proof  that  Desmond  Tutu  is
anti-Semitic  with  documented  examples  where  Tutu has said or done
something in accord with the definition above.  Mr.  Martillo  if  you
have a different definition of anti-Semitism, please let us know.

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				Jeff Fields
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