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The British Left & Israel

Friday, 16th May 2008

Just as a PS to James's post about Martin Bright, I thought I'd mention that the Statesman columnist has more to say about his trip to the Middle East in this article. It's a plea to socialists to re-think the simplistic Jews-bad/Palestinians-good approach to the problem:

Postings on our blog casually link Zionism to fascism or South African apartheid. The language is so unpleasant that it is difficult not to draw the conclusion that many of the comments are driven by anti-Semitism...There are all sorts of good reasons for the left to fall out of love with Israel. At the same time, it is quite possible to understand how left-wing Israelis feel betrayed by international liberal opinion.

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