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Ami Eden argues against combating idiotic anti-semitism like Prince Harry’s recent Nazi costume.

Mr. Eden would save the strong public condemnation, hue and outcry in wait for more dangerous anti-semitism.

Yet Mr. Eden picks some strange examples:

In several recent controversies - including the debates over Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ,” the role of neoconservatives in promoting the invasion of Iraq war, and the public celebration of Christmas - we have seen a new willingness, whether by borderline bigots, respected celebrities or policymakers, to express aloud ideas about Jews and Israel that until recently were taboo. The protests by anti-Semitism watchdogs did nothing but embolden these people.

The controversy over the Passion was a drummed up by Mel Gibson and others to generate buzz. The neoconservative anti-semitism defense was the first recourse of scoundrels seeking to ad hominem their way past criticism of the war. The Christmas complaints were the Right Wing noise machine’s attempt to give Conservatives a cause to rally against over the holidays.

These are not examples of Jewish advocacy overreach, but rather pure media conflict, bred from the heart of 24 hour news and talk. Sure the outcry over Prince Harry’s uniform was overblown by some Defamation League types, but then all of everything having to do with British Royals is overblown. The reaction to a Bush daughter dressed as a KKKer would be no less swift and strong.

If one side of these artificial debates is now skirts just above anti-semitic words and theories, then the blame is not on the Defamation Leagues, but on the pundit culture inflaming these issues.

Blame Fox. Blame Bill O’Reilly. Blame Patrick Buchanan. But let us not return to blaming the Jews.

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