The More Things Change . . . .

Sixty-two years after the defeat of Nazi Germany, anti-Semitism remains alive and well in many parts of Europe. Defaced, toppled or broken headstones in France, Belgium, Poland or the Czech Republic. Or, the defacing of Berlin's Holocaust Memorial the same week it opened, societal losers continue to demonstrate their bravery through the perpetration of such acts.

Unbeknownst to these genii, they also demonstrate exactly who the untermenschen really are.

Is Anti-Semitism in Europe on the Rise?
A sober show in Berlin offers an introductory treatment -- if not a thorough examination -- of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the Middle East since September 11.

When an exhibition on contemporary anti-Semitism opened this month at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler said it was "appropriate" that the topic wasn't squirreled away in a historical museum but on display in the bright atrium of a German ministry.

"Anti-Semitism has sadly not been left where it belongs, in the poison cabinet reserved for the pathogens of hard-to-cure diseases of the past," he said. "Unfortunately it is a phenomenon of today's Europe which our foreign policy has to confront as well."

The exhibit, called "Anti-Semitism? Anti-Zionism? Criticism of Israel?" is a series of anti-Jewish posters and cartoons from Europe and the Middle East. It covers manifestations of anti-Semitism in the era of September 11, the second intifada, and the Iraq war -- from left-wing groups in Europe calling for boycotts of Israel to white supremacist bands and soccer hooligans behaving badly on the distant right.

"We have to uncover the roots of anti-Semitism," said Wolfgang Benz, director of Berlin's Center for Anti-Semitism Research, in an interview with the German daily Die Welt. (The Center organized the exhibition along with Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial.) "Above all we have to show that behind all forms of Jew-hatred there's some sort of instrumentalization: Jews are made responsible for grievances which they had nothing to do with."

The exhibition shows ugly examples of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that surfaced after the September 11 assaults in America and the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia.

Perhaps Kosling Conspiracy Theory No.___ is on display in Berlin?

How appropriate.

There's more. Much more.

The Latest Jew-rant

Nope. This one isn't from the dailyProtocols of the Elders of Koslam.

We're treated this time by Irma Grese al-Guardian's Naomi Klein.

Naturally, the twit is very generous in linking eeeevil America to the International Joooish Conspiracy. For good measure, frau Klein also throws the Brits into the mix.

So, put on ye olde tinfoil helmet and Death Ray Deflector Vest™ and enjoy the ride.

Political chaos means Israel is booming like it's 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians

At least the nitwit isn't bashful about revealing her agenda.

------ ker-snip ------Discussions of Israel's military trade usually focus on the flow of weapons into the country - US-made Caterpillar bulldozers used to destroy homes in the West Bank, and British companies supplying parts for F-16s. Overlooked is Israel's huge and expanding export business. Israel now sends $1.2bn in "defence" products to the United States - up dramatically from $270m in 1999. In 2006, Israel exported $3.4bn in defence products - well over a billion more than it received in American military aid. That makes Israel the fourth largest arms dealer in the world, overtaking Britain.

Much of this growth has been in the so-called homeland security sector. Before 9/11 homeland security barely existed as an industry. By the end of this year, Israeli exports in the sector will reach $1.2bn, an increase of 20%. The key products and services are hi-tech fences, unmanned drones, biometric IDs, video and audio surveillance gear, air passenger profiling and prisoner interrogation systems - precisely the tools and technologies Israel has used to lock in the occupied territories.

And that is why the chaos in Gaza and the rest of the region doesn't threaten the bottom line in Tel Aviv, and may actually boost it. Israel has learned to turn endless war into a brand asset, pitching its uprooting, occupation and containment of the Palestinian people as a half-century head start in the "global war on terror".

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