Britannia Radio

Tuesday, 21st July 2009

Britain's anti-Israel frenzy deepens

12:20am

Great piece by Robin Shepherd in theJerusalem Post drawing attention to the unprecedented and sustained frenzy of anti-Israel bigotry erupting almost daily in Britain. Shepherd comes up with several possible explanations for why this is happening now, including the election of Netanyahu, or the recalibration of Israel-bashing onto a new level by Obama and Miliband and the way this is inciting the bigots to ever-greater hysteria. For me, the money quote is this:

Netanyahu’s new emphasis on insisting that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a specifically Jewish state is pushing Israel’s opponents against the wall and forcing them to declare themselves with greater clarity. Of course, this does not just apply to Britain. But as a country whose opinion forming classes rank among the most hostile to Israel in the Western world, the move has provoked a particularly

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