tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post3066362279376246875..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: Antisemitism: where angels fear to tread.Peter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-60395364596577856402016-10-19T18:42:50.965+01:002016-10-19T18:42:50.965+01:00I'm not so sure arguing that the State of Isra...I'm not so sure arguing that the State of Israel should not be in Palestine (alternative location have been considered) is necessarily antisemitic but admit it does sail close to the line. <br /><br />What is clear, as I argue in the original post, is that both Israel and the Palestinians will need to row back on fundamental issues if there is ever to be a peaceful solution. This will clearly be difficult for both of them, but full and frank dialogue is necessary if anything acceptable to both is ever to be achieved. Attempts by ether side to stifle this debate will not help.<br /><br />I have little knowledge of the SWP but I'm told there aren't all that many of them so "thoroughly infiltrated" is probably a bit of an exaggeration. Nor have I any reason to suppose that they are more likely to be antisemitic in the sense of being opposed to Jews as such rather than simply critical of the government of IsraelPeter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-64978731912986707932016-10-18T09:44:08.341+01:002016-10-18T09:44:08.341+01:00There is also a big difference between 'critic...There is also a big difference between 'criticism of the actions of the Israeli government' and questioning the right of the state of Israel to exist at all (either de jure, by simply saying it should be removed, or de facto, by proposing 'solutions' which would leave it not a viable state), and a lot of Labour party discussion probably crosses that line (probably more, now Labour has been thoroughly infiltrated by the SWP et al). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com