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Here's a sobering piece by David Gutmann on "The Anglo-Jewish Wars":
Robert Wistrich also examines the history of modern anti-Semitism in Britain, pointing out that "Great Britain is today second only to France in serious anti-Semitic incidents reported among European countries." Wistrich documents the persistence and wide reach of anti-Jewish mainstream prejudice, particularly among the media and the upper echelons of British society - "the same group that supported Hitler in the 1930s." Thus, the Muslim promotion of anti-Semitism in England has been very successful, perhaps because it has been able to graft onto longstanding, well-established British anti-Semitism. Most disturbing, "anti-Semitic sentiment is a part of mainstream discourse, continually resurfacing among the academic, political, and media elites," often taking the form of unsubstantiated, unreasoning criticism of Israel, while Arab terror is condoned or excused.
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Surely Austria is still top of the anti-Semitic tree?
It has been said that Joshie is anti-British. This is not true at all. He admires the Brits greatly. He loves their sense of humour, their sense of fair play, their creativeness, their quiet eccentricities, their courage and coolness under fire. He also thinks that much of Britain is exceptionally beautiful and really quite inspiring.
It's just that he knows full when that when it comes to Jews little separates the average Brit from the average Nazi. He of course realises they can't help it as its something deep inside their culture, something that can never be changed. And that's why he believes that the Jews of Britain should leave before it's too late. That's something that should make both sides very happy - the gentiles of Britain will have fewer Jews to blight their lives, and the Jews will be able to live out of the shadow of an omnipresent anti-Semitism and exist safe in the knowledge that their children will not be beaten and their places of worship not attacked.
'when that when it comes to Jews little separates the average Brit from the average Nazi'
You sad man.
"You sad man."
I couldn't agree more. Are you like this at dinner parties, Joshua? Or do you get invited to that many?
"Places of worship set alight, Jewish children being beaten up"
Do I live in a parallel universe?
Perhaps I do.
Joshie, Joshie you do have such a warped view of Britain I seldom recognise it. The truth is that the vast majority of us Brits don't spend much time thinking about (or persecuting) Jews at all.
You want to know what people talk about behind closed doors, when they feel free to air their opinions? Want to know what prejudices and bigotries I've heard growing up in this country and living here all my life? The long and short of it is that unless you're a muslim you have little to worry about.
Joshie does go around with ""victim written on his/her forehead.
The words "get" "a" and "life" spring to mind.
...It has been said that Joshie is anti-British. This is not true at all. He admires the Brits greatly... Yeah - we saw that during the Lebanon business.
Josh may overstate the case, a bit. But his main point about British antisemitism is right on.
How else do you make sense of the not so silent boycot of Israelis being carried on by British academics?