Sherman123
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... did you read what I wrote?
Jews aren't in any way more special than tartars are. And tartars were targeted and intimidated before the referendum in Crimea, over 200k of them, and they were denied the chance to vote in the referendum too. Why? To crush dissent. To make sure that nobody voices an opposing point of view. to make it seem that all of crimea was in one mind.
It's the same now in eastern ukraine with the regions that are very unstable and full of pro-russian activists. Only now, it's with jews because jewish groups have voiced pro-ukrainian comments and stances and hence, like the tartars in Crimea, they have to be silenced. The eastern part of Ukraine must be seen as being overwhelmingly pro-russian. So it has nothing to do with anti-semitism.
Again, I repeat myself. I'm not saying that every single individual who is taking part in intimidating and silencing opposition voices has no anti-semitic sentiments. I'm saying that the principle reason for this action is to silence dissent. if the jewish groups in Ukraine had voiced pro-russian sentiments instead of pro-ukranian ones, the jews in eastern ukraine wouldn't have been targetted.
So it's not anti-semitic motivation. It's censorship. there must be no dissent.
You are completely missing the point. Or like others here, are incapable of understanding the point. Read above.
Considering the long and thoroughly documented history of anti-semitism in Ukraine, especially in the eastern half of the country, on what basis do you assert that this crackdown is about silencing dissent? Ukraine has consistently been a topic of deep concern on this issue. The ECRI and other human rights groups have issued frequent reports on the matter, I'm looking for the report but I believe it was also cited as the most likely to have an anti-semetic pogrom in Europe.