Oh OK, you're talking about
anti-Zionism. There I absolutely agree that the BBC and many newspapers are in that fold. I also am willing to agree that many on the Left use anti-Zionism to cover anti-Semitic prejudices.
But speaking as a non-Jewish Englishman, I can't recall ever giving a toss about any of my co-workers being Jewish or not. I can't recall my co-workers ever giving a toss about such things. I can't recall my mates giving a toss about such things either. You do hear about wacko minority groups such as the National Front, and how they attach themselves to football, and of course the mosque at Finsbury Park, but that is not the same as saying that the nation itself is deeply anti-Semitic.
Anti-Semitism is evil and the BBC is full of nonsense; but I hope you are not basing your opinion of the rest of your countrymen on what the BBC has to say.
Regards, Ivan
"Anti-Semitism is evil and the BBC is full of nonsense; but I hope you are not basing your opinion of the rest of your countrymen on what the BBC has to say."
I am basing it on my own personal experiences and those of my fellow Jews. When Jewish journalists of the left can openly voice their fears in of all places the Independent; when famous Jewish playwrights can be asked whether they are ashamed to be Jewish; when Jews can be spat at and attacked in the street; when talk of Jewish plots are rampant; when a person does not feel safe to walk the streets displaying a Star of David; when the entire media can be virtually silent in the face of the most anti-Semitic campaign since Goebbels; when Israel is being sold down the river yet again by a British government; when many Jews are wondering if they should leave Britain because of fears about their safety - when all these things are happening at the same time, I can assure you that the "beast" as Ariel Sharon recently put it is once more stalking the streets of Britain.
Melanie Philips' article
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/870739/posts And many similar articles have been written by individuals like Conrad Black, Howard Jacobson, and Barbara Amiel about the upsurge of anti-Semitism specifically in Britain.