Posted on 07/31/2010 9:50:54 PM PDT by Nachum
Israel's president has accused the English of being anti-semitic and claimed that MPs pander to Muslim voters.
Shimon Peres said England was "deeply pro-Arab ... and anti-Israeli", adding: "They always worked against us."
He added: "There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary."
His remarks, made in an interview on a Jewish website, provoked anger from senior MPs and Jewish leaders who said the 87-year-old president had "got it wrong".
But other groups backed the former Israeli prime minister and said the number of anti-semitic incidents had risen dramatically in the UK in recent years.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
He’s absolutely right. And they were anti-Semitic long before the present problems in the Mideast. The things you can hear at a London dinner party at which the guests are educated, distinguished people, would shock almost any American. They are absolutely open about their distaste for Jews. I’m not Jewish but I’m a Zionist, and I have been shocked by British thinking. Prince Charles is NOT out of the mainstream on this.
We are spoiled here in the US—we all basically get along pretty well, give or take a small minority of racists (most of whom are black or Hispanic). We’re not accustomed to hearing such shocking racism from the mouths of white people. In Europe it’s common.
Sheriff Bart had it right — “All right, you caught me. Speaking the plain truth is getting pretty damn dull around here.”
Well, if some weren’t anti-semetic, they will be now. Great way to win friends and influence people... making stereotypical comments. Moron.
There’s nothing controversial about this, it’s a provable and longstanding fact not even worth investigating. I love the Brits and am grateful for the terrific alliance the US and they share, but they are indeed anti-Semitic. They would be and were anti-Semitic long before they allowed their nation to acquire serious momentum towards Sharia law and a dangerous demographic sure to load them with Muslims for a dozen decades.
No matter what else may be in the article or the response - THIS is the quote that matters because it is true and because it is presently in danger.
“There’s nothing controversial about this,..”
In truth, I had really not thought about this lately. You are correct though. England has the same anti-semitic disease that the rest of Western Europe has had for...centuries. Perhaps to a lesser degree than some other countries, but they do have the fever.
Since WWII US children have lead a fairly cloistered existence when it came to anti-semitism. Kids from my generation just never thought that way. What is common behavior and attitude in Europe, would get you bounced out on the street in the US.
The US is generally where the Enlightenment went, when Europe became atherosclerotic.
Amazing to witness people get terribly bent when confronted with the truth..... =.=
I guess I don’t understand how you can be “deeply pro-Arab” and be anti-Semitic; Arabs are a Semitic people.
'Anti-Semetic is only a politically correct way of saying "Jew-hater".
Do pay attention: the British have ALWAYS been anti-semitic: it goes back at least to the time of Shakespeare.
And who do you think the Israelis won their independence from in 1948?
(Using terrorist tactics, btw)
The Brits have never forgotten THAT loss either.
“Anti-semitic” is a phrase borrowed from the German meaning “Jew hater.” The word “semitic” was coined to categorize language groups although pseudo-racist theories applied it to races that don’t exist. If “anti-Semitic” were applied to Arabs, then Hitler would not be an “anti-Semite” since one of his best friends was the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Mufti headed a Waffen SS group consisting of Muslims of various backgrounds who slaughtered thousands of people in Yugoslavia.
Very surprising that Peres, the consummate diplomat, would attack the Brits so bluntly. I haven’t seen the original site but Cameron ticked everyone off by taking Turkey’s side when they were to blame for the flotilla incident.
And now that the British have been thoroughly dhimmified by the Muslim occupiers, it’s even worse. Dare to say something good about Jews in public in England, and Moose will rage and spout and fume about it and demand an apology.
The heavy evangelical bent of America makes it a harder nut to chew for the Moose.
Shakespeare certainly knew he could count on a lack of public outrage when he created his caricatured Shylock character in “The Merchant of Venice.” He knew enough not to alienate his audiences because he made money on performances of his plays, and still did this.
For once Peres may have actually told the truth.
Must be getting senile. Should have been tried for treason a long time ago.
The British have always hated the Jews.
But then, the British have always looked down upon every other race of people and even most other Christians.
Is that the Ustashi you're referring to? IIRC, they committed the worst atrocities of WWII.
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