Comments on: Seven Jewish Children: one Guardianista hypocrite

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:41:11 +0000

it’s not even masked: they are in fact 7 *Jewish* children, not *Israeli* children. But anyway, the anti-zionist / anti-Jewish line is not a clear one, and the Grauniad gave up caring about differentiation between the two long ago (if such a thing is in fact possible).

By: Stephen M. Flatow

Stephen M. Flatow — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:04:01 +0000

Why should we be surprised by the Guardian’s actions? At least one Jewish sponsored theater in the states, Theater J at the Washington DC Jewish community center has staged the play. And Jewish notables such as Tony Kushner have stood up for the play.
The play is anti-Semitism masked by anti-Zionism. For some reason, intelligent folk believe there is a distinction between them.

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:18:59 +0000

There are so many reasons for the growth of antisemitism among the Guardian crowd.

However, I think back to the words of Neville Chamberlain, who said one of the reasons for the persecution of German Jews in the 1930s was: “a jealousy of their superior cleverness”.

There are few people in Britain more keen to think they are the cleverest kid on the block than Guardian-types and therefore likely to succumb to just that jealousy.

By: finden

finden — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:10:28 +0000

Очень занятные мысли, хорошо рассказано, все просто таки разложено по полкам )

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:09:54 +0000

Tom Happold, we salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability! We know you will do the same for Seven Other Children! Then the fearless unbiased Grauniad can lead the nation into a mass debate!

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:29:37 +0000

Shmuel, you’re right. That can only really explained by their general dislike of Israel and Jewish people.

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:55:33 +0000

Good point Mike. Don’t hold your breath.

By: Mike Cook

Mike Cook — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:32:16 +0000

So “people will have different views”, I look forward then to seeing similar publicity about “Seven Other Children”

By: Shmuel

Shmuel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:32:15 +0000

True. That explains his cowardice when it comes to Islamists, but not his vindictiveness by showing Seven Jewish Children in the first place. Horrible man.

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:14:03 +0000

We tend not to threaten the lives of publishers and newspaper people, so our feelings are usually ignored in these sorts of cases. What’s the worst we’ll do? Write a blog entry about it? At worst, an article about it in the newspaper. Who cares, huh?