Saturday, June 6, 2009
In Argentina, apparently even attacking Jews as a mob on the street can't be described as other than legitimate criticism of Israeli policies without an argument. At Z-Word: Argentine Left Calls for Open Season on Misbehaving Jews
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, holder of the Nobel Peace Prize, Federico Shuster, Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires and Osvaldo Bayer, a writer regarded as something of a guru on human rights, are just three of the pillars of Argentine progressive and left option who have signed a petition calling for the release of detainees being held in connect with an attack on Jews and others celebrating the 61st anniversary of Israel's independence in Buenos Aires on May 17th.
The intellectuals and human rights activists say that those who attacked - with clubs and chains - the crowd celebrating Israel's independence, and their comrades who were later arrested on premises where illegally held firearms were found, are neither violent nor antisemitic and were simply protesting against the war-loving and imperialist Israeli government.
Further comment or analysis would be really, really, superfluous.
Indeed. Adam Holland (from whom, the link) has some more information, as well as pictures from the event these leftists are willing to simply write off: Argentine intellectuals demand release of Israel Day attackers
