Sunday, November 29, 2009
Very bad says Robin Shepherd: Is British anti-Semitism in danger of getting out of control?
Last week, Oliver Miles, Britain's former ambassador to Libya and a pillar of the country's foreign policy establishment, put his thinking cap on, put pen to paper and came up with the following thoughts in a column in the Independent newspaper about the presence of the esteemed historians Martin Gilbert and Lawrence Freedman on the board of the UK's latest Iraq Inquiry:
"Both Gilbert and Freedman are Jewish, and Gilbert at least has a record of active support for Zionism," he said. "...if and when the inquiry is accused of a whitewash, such handy ammunition will be available. Membership should not only be balanced; it should be seen to be balanced." (My italics)
In other words, Jews are an embarrassment. Ban them...
Read the rest.
[h/t: Citizen Wald]