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Old 09-05-2019, 12:12 PM #91
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Farage even registered in the preface to the annual Antisemitic Discourse Report by CST for 2017

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The controversy over antisemitism in the Labour Party endured throughout 2017, having come to national prominence in the previous year (it would also continue into 2018). But antisemitism in political life was not confined to ongoing Labour antisemitism row. People on different parts of the political spectrum were accused of talking about the “Jewish lobby” or “Israel lobby” in terms that evoked antisemitic conspiracy theories. Examples of this phenomenon involved both Nigel Farage and the Al Jazeera TV network in 2017.
https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2018/11...se-report-2017
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In October Nigel Farage, the former leader
of UKIP, discussed the United States’ “Jewish
lobby” with a caller on his LBC radio show in
terms that were condemned by the Board of
Deputies of British Jews as having “crossed
the line into well-known antisemitic tropes”.

The caller, “Ahmed” from Leyton in east
London, telephoned Farage’s show which
was discussing the question of whether US
President Donald Trump “is involved in some
form of Russian collusion”. Ahmed began by
asking “how come there’s such an issue with
Russia, Russian involvement, and there’s no
one really highlighting AIPAC [American Israel
Public Affairs Committee] and the Israeli lobby
and their involvement in American politics
and elections?” Farage agreed with Ahmed
in language that immediately conflated the
“Israeli lobby” with American Jews, saying:
“Well, the Israeli lobby, that’s a reasonable
point Ahmed because there are about six
million Jewish people living in America, so
as a percentage it’s quite small, but in terms
of influence it’s quite big.” Farage then said:
“I don’t think anybody is suggesting that the
Israeli government tried to affect the result
of the American elections,” and contrasted
this with allegations that Russia had tried to
influence the 2016 US Presidential Election in
favour of Trump.
Ahmed then brought the conversation back
to the subject of Israel, saying “with Israel,
they affect both Democrats and Republicans,
they’ve got them both in their pockets.” Again,
Farage agreed and changed the discussion
from “Israeli lobby” to “Jewish lobby”, saying:
“Well, in terms of money and influence, yep,
they are a very powerful lobby…Ahmed, new
caller from Leyton, I thank you; he makes the
point that there are other very powerful foreign
lobbies in the United States of America, and
the Jewish lobby, with its links with the Israeli
government, is one of those strong voices.”

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