Posted on 04/25/2005 10:19:58 AM PDT by quidnunc
A reader has sent me the following deeply disturbing account of the current atmosphere on a British law course:
'I must say it's been an eye-opener for me regarding the level of antizionism/antisemitism I have encountered from the people on the course, many of whom have training contracts and will go into practice as the next generation of lawyers. Upon realising the hostility I decided not to tell anyone that I was Jewish.'One day, at the end of a workshop, someone raised the issue that an Israeli soldier was in the headlines for shooting a Palestinian boy. Three other people - an Asian girl who is Hindu, an Asian Catholic and a Philipino Catholic all jumped in at how they "hate" Israel and "agree with suicide bombers". At that point a young, white girl joined in claiming how she also agreed and how she'd been to a meeting of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and heard of how a farmer had his house bulldozed by the Israelis.
'I just had to intervene, and when I spoke up that I didn't agree with suicide bombing one bit and that dialogue is the best way to secure long-term peace, they were all silent and drifted away but the looks on their faces expressed that I was politically barmy! There are some religious Jewish men at the college who wear black, velvet kippot and I know one of them. I was so angry by the encounter that I went to speak to him about it afterwards and to see if he'd encountered such problems. He was bemused and told me that of the 22 people in his group he reckoned 22 "wanted him dead".
'To me this was an eye-opener and very shocking. I don't consider that I have lived a particularly sheltered life and I have friends of different colour, religion and shades of political opinion. I wonder what is being taught at these students' universities or why none of them are willing to hear the other side of the question. I appreciate that students like to have a cause and side with the underdogs - but it is always Israel that is especially singled out as a pariah state. No mention of Burma, China, Tibet, Saudi Arabia etc. It is definitely creating an intimidating atmosphere for Jewish students on campuses, colleges etc.
I believe from my experiences the distinction between antisemitism and antizionism is blurred in young people's minds. My point in writing to you, and indeed emphasising the races/religions of those who are exhibiting these views, is that it is a cancer that goes deep into the heart of society and one that I was previously unaware of. No doubt this academic boycott of Israel will only serve serve to strengthen the hands of those who, from the comfort of their Islington armchairs, feel they can pontificate about the Middle East whilst I who have lived in Israel for a short while and have heard a bomb go off, must conceal my opinions/religion for fear of being ostracised and given an uncomfortable time.'
Well, what a surprise. The Power of Nightmares, the TV series which articulated the malevolent conspiracy theory that the threat of of Islamist terror has been deliberately and artificially whipped up by American neo-conservatives who have spent the past thirty years confecting one phantom enemy after another for their own power-crazed ends, has won a BAFTA award. No surprise, because Britain has now been consumed by a culture of lies, where palpable untruths win public acclaim and prizes because they play to a vicious set of prejudices against America and the Jews. Thus the BBC's Orla Guerin gets the MBE; and 'My Name is Rachel Corrie', the London play which draws on the writings of the ISM activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer, has become a sell-out. The Observer reported that the play was attracting young people who were avid for its message:
'Tickets for the play's 24 performances sold out in less than two days, the majority of them bought by one of the youngest audiences the theatre can recall. Actor and director Alan Rickman, whose idea it was to transform Corrie's life into drama, is already looking at taking the play to the US where, unlike in Europe, the 23-year-old's death has generated modest media coverage.In Britain in particular, the woman from Olympia, Washington, has become an aspirational figure for young people often seen as apathetic and uninterested in international issues.'
So young Britons are drawing inspiration from a play that incites hatred of Israel by presenting a selective, distorted and highly emotive account of the sad death of a misguided person who chose to support attempts to frustrate Israel's defence of its citizens from mass murder.
In an article in the Jerusalem Post entitled 'The Forgotten Rachels, Tom Gross writes:
'It is ironic to reflect that there have been several real victims of the intifada called Rachel — and hard to believe that these critics have ever heard of them. All these other Rachels died within a few months of Corrie but — unlike her — in circumstances that weren't disputed. They were deliberately murdered: Rachel Levy (17, blown up in a grocery store); Rachel Levi (19, shot while waiting for the bus); Rachel Gavish (killed with her husband, son and father while at home celebrating a Pessah meal); Rachel Charhi (blown up while sitting in a Tel Aviv cafe, leaving three young children); Rachel Shabo (murdered with her three sons aged 16, 13 and five, while at home) … Rachel Corrie's death was undoubtedly tragic. But ultimately, this play isn't really about Corrie, but about fomenting hatred of Israel.'
His article is not just a memorial to the murdered Rachels but to the lost culture of truth and justice, now eclipsed in Britain by lies and racial hatred.
(Melanie Phillips in 'Melanie Phillips's Diary', April 25, 2005)
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Some folks just don't like Jews---I've never found one who could give me an actual reason. The finer academic points of the discussions vary from one hi-brow bigot to another. But it really isn't news.
The resurgent Nazis. National Socialism = socialism = the left.
Why they don't see this when they look in the mirror beats me.
Failed to mention it wasn't the Jews who killed Jesus---it was the Italians. That old saw doesn't work either.
Why they don't see this when they look in the mirror beats me.
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What makes you think they have sufficient intelligence to look in
a mirror for anything other than makeup application ??? ;-))
Ha! And that's just the males. Although, can you be a liberal and a male? (At least a real one).
I can give you a reason...
It is because they are more easily persuaded by Satan than inspired by God.
That is my belief, they have the spirit of Satan in them. They hate both observant Jews and Christians which also explains their hatred of America as it is the only majority Christian country left in the world.
So much of this is coming from leftwing, really hard left commie teachers, stuck in the mindset of the cold war.
That's why so many young are keen to see such a play.
The teachers in the UK are utter bigots in their antisemetic views.
The house of “Saud” that finance Wahhabi mosques and politically left leaning university professors around the world was created through the guidance of a British subject. Jack Philby was an ex foreign affairs employee of the British Government. He hated his homeland and was a rabid anti Semite. Today, the anti-Semitism tradition continues in the UK. Nothing new as far as this aspect of that society! The left hates Jews because Israel is aligned with the US!
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