„Israeli Polonophobia and Fascist Russia” – ciekawy artykuł

Niezwykle rzadko w prasie używa się terminów takich jak „antypolonizm” czy „polonofobia”. Jeśli już, to są one uważane za prawicowe. To ogromny błąd. Nienawiść do Polaków nie jest ani prawicowa, ani lewicowa. Jest raczej antyludzka.

Polecamy interesujący artykuł w języku angielskim na temat antypolskiej wypowiedzi izraelskiego trenera Eli Cohena oraz kontekstu tej wypowiedzi (freepl.info, 29.09.2011). Potrzeba jest więcej takich głosów, aby przeciwdziałać nawet nieintencjonalnej polonofobii, która pojawia się w mediach, także izraelskich. Najważnejsze jest jednak właściwe nazywanie problemu – POLONOFOBIA i ANTYPOLONIZM:

Eli Cohen, former coach of Maor Melikson, Israeli football player of Polish origin, have said the following about Melikson’s wish to play for the national football team of Poland: “To reject patriotism? To represent the country where millions of Jews died and which until today has been struggling with antisemitism. He should rethink it. God knows how football fans accept this.”

This is an exact example of something I call Polonophobia or anti-Polonism. Jews were living in Poland for centuries, and they never were persecuted by the Polish state – despite other European states, which used to persecute, exterminate and expel Jews, who then were escaping to Poland. That is why Nazi Germany exterminated and killed millions of Jews in Poland – because there were millions of Jews in Poland, the most tolerant country in Europe.

Anyone who wants to see how today’s alleged “Polish anti-Semitism” looks like, can read the report entitled “Antisemitism Worldwide 2010” (Tel Aviv University Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism and The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry:

http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2010/general-analysis-10.pdf).

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