Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 04:50 PM Jun 2018

(Jewish Group)Newspaper deletes article that blamed 'Israel's crimes' for rising antisemitism

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

A far-left newspaper, for which Jeremy Corbyn has previously written, is at the centre of an antisemitism row after it blamed "Israel's crimes" for the rise in Jew-hate.

The Morning Star published an article headlined 'Rising anti-semitism cannot be tackled without addressing Israel’s crimes’ but later removed it from their website.

Campaign group Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS) demanded a "full apology" and called on Mr Corbyn to condemn it.

The article said “mainstream Jewish communities everywhere... appear unwilling to accept the connection between developing international anti-semitism (or anti-Israel sentiment) and Israel's decades long … acts of barbarism”.

more...

Seen this many times, basically anytime ant-Semitism comes up, someone will come along and sputter "B-b-but Israel!". Frankly, it is just another form of anti-Semitism and definitely falls into "blame the victim" category.
Latest Discussions»Alliance Forums»Jewish Group»(Jewish Group)Newspaper d...