**Germannews.co.uk**: ‘Racist! The world is racist!!’
Anti Zionism is not anti semitism. He’s done nothing wrong other than being a Tory
I’m sure little miss Countdown will be along to vehemently condemn him any moment now…
Sounds like he’s anti-Zionist, which is a legitimate political position, and not anti-semitic. Any statement involving the word “Israel” is not about Jews, it’s about the state of Israel.
I don’t agree with all the positions he held there – I think Israel should be allowed to exist as a state – but it’s not anti-semitic to hold them. It’s interesting that nobody thinks it’s Islamophobic or suspension worthy to not recognise Palestine as a state – indeed that is the ongoing position of governments around the world.
Watch this attract a fraction of the controversy and attention than if the same occurred under Corbyn’s Labour.
Somebody should really do a study of what proportion of “abhorrent antisemitic” statements cited in the media actually turn out to be just criticism of jewish ethno-nationalism.
Then again, if they work in academia they’d better check if their university has adopted the IHRA guidelines on anti-semitism first.
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*Germany invades Poland*
**The world**: ‘this is disgusting behaviour!’
**Germannews.co.uk**: ‘Racist! The world is racist!!’
Anti Zionism is not anti semitism. He’s done nothing wrong other than being a Tory
I’m sure little miss Countdown will be along to vehemently condemn him any moment now…
Sounds like he’s anti-Zionist, which is a legitimate political position, and not anti-semitic. Any statement involving the word “Israel” is not about Jews, it’s about the state of Israel.
I don’t agree with all the positions he held there – I think Israel should be allowed to exist as a state – but it’s not anti-semitic to hold them. It’s interesting that nobody thinks it’s Islamophobic or suspension worthy to not recognise Palestine as a state – indeed that is the ongoing position of governments around the world.
Watch this attract a fraction of the controversy and attention than if the same occurred under Corbyn’s Labour.
Somebody should really do a study of what proportion of “abhorrent antisemitic” statements cited in the media actually turn out to be just criticism of jewish ethno-nationalism.
Then again, if they work in academia they’d better check if their university has adopted the IHRA guidelines on anti-semitism first.