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To: onedoug

No, we are not.

There is little or no anti-Semitism in Scotland, now or historically. One of the few European countries that doesn’t have a history of it.

What there has been is some noxious anti-Israeli nonsense from Scottish pro-Palestine groups who have sadly succeeded in putting pressure on a small handful of local councils to ban buying Israeli products.

They do not speak for most Scots, who even if they don’t agree with Israeli policy, find such banning wrong and rather fascistic.

A tiny minority of anti-israelism, yes, but anti-Semitism (too often the two are joined), no.

The Jews have a happy history in Scotland.

The Scots rejected and reject racist and anti-Semitic groups, from Mosley’s 1930’s blackshirts to today’s BNP. Jews have lived and thrived in my country, and have famous areas of residence and culture, such as Newton Mearns just outside Glasgow and the Garnethill area in Glasgow. There have been many prominent Jewish businesspeople, artists and politicians in Scottish life.


36 posted on 11/24/2013 4:27:40 PM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman

Walker’s Shortbread has sided with the pali’s. Tell them.


38 posted on 11/24/2013 9:00:25 PM PST by onedoug
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