Obsessive Guardian hostility to Israel sees paper run second anti-Israeli op-ed on same day
Is the Guardian out of control? On its Comment is Free website, it now has two anti-Israeli commentaries. The latest one is by Oded Na’aman — a member of the far-Left Breaking the Silence group which is involved in a long running campaign against the Israeli military. The other anti-Israeli commentary currently up on the website (see previous post) is on an Israeli “apartheid” theme. Two in one day? This is looking more and more like an unhealthy obsession.
Na’aman’s screed is a disingenuous attempt to defend Breaking the Silence’s methodology which has been properly discredited as hearsay. But I will not go into that further on this brief entry since I referred to it in my last blog but one which examined an appalling BBC story based on one of the group’s reports on Gaza.
My real point is that there are signs that the anti-Israeli constituency is becoming more and more emboldened. The language is sharper. The tone is ever more hateful. The apartheid and Nazi analogies are becoming more prevalent. The frequency of the attacks is intensifying. As the partial arms embargo announced by the British government this week suggests, inroads are being made in the domain of public policy. Where is this all heading?
To read the full article, click here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/17/israel-gaza-breaking-silence
July 19th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Mr. Shepherd, your site is wonderful and I truly appreciate it. Unfortunately you are also spot on abuot the mounting anti-Semitic atmosphere in the Britain, and in the British press in particular.
However as far as the Guardian is concerned, you’re quite out of date. This is certainly not the first time they have had more than one anti-Israel screed on their comment page in any one day. I have frequently seen 2 and even 3 such articles. Their anti-Israel hysteria knows almost no bounds. You would think there are no other troubles in the world.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:44 am
We know where it’s heading. It’s heading where Germany headed in 1920s-30s.