Thursday, September 07, 2006

RISING ANTI-SEMITISM IN GREAT BRITAIN

A British parliamentary report on anti-semitism has been issued. It is interesting to see the differences in coverage and interpretation.

The London Times: A sinister alliance has developed between far-Right groups and Islamist extremists who are united in their hatred of Jews, Israel and Zionism and are contributing to increasing anti-Semitism in Britain.

Haaretz has a slightly different view: The panel attributed the escalation to flare-ups in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (but did not specify a direct connection), as well as the "anti-Semitic discourse" being held openly among Muslims, the extreme left and, to a lesser extent, the extreme right.

The London Times, for some reason is ignoring the panel's inclusion of the left in the rise of anti-semitism.

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