Comments on: Attack on Israel’s deputy UK ambassador illustrates growing dangers on the British campus

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:43:53 +0000

Famous Tony Judt said:
“The depressing truth is that Israel is bad for the Jews”

Today, non-Israeli Jews feel themselves once again exposed to criticism and vulnerable to attack for things they didn’t do. But this time it is a Jewish state, not a Christian one, which is holding them hostage for its own actions. Diaspora Jews cannot influence Israeli policies, but they are implicitly identified with them, not least by Israel’s own insistent claims upon their allegiance. The behavior of a self-described Jewish state affects the way everyone else looks at Jews. The increased incidence of attacks on Jews in Europe and elsewhere is primarily attributable to misdirected efforts, often by young Muslims, to get back at Israel. The depressing truth is that Israel’s current behavior is not just bad for America, though it surely is. It is not even just bad for Israel itself, as many Israelis silently acknowledge. The depressing truth is that Israel today is bad for the Jews.
‘Israel: The Alternative’ in de New York Review of Books (2003)Tony Judt

By: Gábor Fränkl

Gábor Fränkl — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:12:05 +0000

One more thing Peter – as I was thinking about what you said it just dawned on me why on earth you did not compare the British Police to the Israeli one? Apple to apple instead of apple to trolleybus. And why the IDF which is an army? Surely the IDF should be compared to the Royal Army as the corresponding force and not the Police, no??? Weasel thinking Paul but certainly revealing!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:09:23 +0000

I was intrigued to read that someone by the name of Raheem Kassam was standing up for the Israeli diplomat and criticizing the demonstrators. Who is this person?

By: Empress Trudy

Empress Trudy — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:39:47 +0000

England is as finished for the Jews as Iran is. Oh sure there’s still a revenant community in Iran, 25,000 or so cowed souls. Same thing for the UK. In a generation there will be a revenant community of terrified Jews still living there. And the government will point to them claiming religious freedom. That fact that occasionally a few are rounded up and lynched is Israel’s fault. England is dead and the only thing we can do is plan to evacuate as many Jews as we can when the time comes.

You are perhaps 5 years from having a new law that declares ‘Zionism’ is a crime requiring the harshest implementation of the law available. Assuming Sharia doesn’t take over and resurrect the death penalty.

By: MSM

MSM — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:37:45 +0000

We are glad that our propaganda has had an effect on Peter

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:01:05 +0000

peter, you mean like the man killed at the G20 protest?

So smug…

By: Gábor Fränkl

Gábor Fränkl — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:32:14 +0000

Peter, you know perfectly well that outright lies do not take you – and your kind – anywhere.

By: Gábor Fränkl

Gábor Fränkl — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:26:10 +0000

“Peter” – ha ha! It’s good, very good! Are you one of the thugs in the picture personally Peter? Or are you the little girl with the tzopf and kaffiyeh around neck expressing her courageous “manliness” at service of the Palestinians?

By: Jonathan Karmi

Jonathan Karmi — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:46:44 +0000

Peter Says: “.and the British police… …managed to handle the whole incident without gunning down one protester unlike the IDF who routinely shoot unarmed protesters.”

What a dumb comment. All that’s being asked here is that the university authorities and the police should have foreseen the danger and prevented the assault on the guest speaker’s vehicle. Or maybe Peter supports this thuggish and threatening behaviour ?

By: AKUS

AKUS — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:58:32 +0000

Am I mistaken, or did the Guardian somehow overlook this incident – while dedicating an entire page at least once to the matter of Goldstone being barred from attending his grandson’s bar-mitzvah?