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Originally Posted by kirklancaster
I LOVE Israel, and I too have Jewish friends, but I'm not Jewish - guess you could call me a 'GOY BOY'  - but both my Jewish friends and I, DO find offense in parts of Corbyn's statement.
By implication, Corbyn's phrasing leaves no doubt that he is 'indicting' Israel and Netanyahu's Government of 'something', and also 'condemning' their actions, and though he never elaborates as to just WHAT this 'something' is or just WHY he is indicting Israel and Netanyahu's Government, Corbyn's use of 'self styled Islamic states or 'organisations' as a comparator, coupled with his long established support and empathy for Hamas and other terrorist organisations, renders it perfectly clear that he WAS being slyly antisemitic.
As the the part of your post which I have emboldened, perhaps some sympathy might be forthcoming now for all of us who dared to broach our concerns about 'unfettered and unvetted immigration, and were EVERY TIME - wrongly and unfairly lambasted as xenophobic or racist for our efforts. |
That is only your view, not fact, so accusing him of that should be wrong in my view and that is also is in fact inflammatory terminology.
Clearly you have different Jewish friends to me, I spend a lot of time with them and they do not like Corbyn at all but they saw no wrong in this statement,in fact they go further, they actually have said for many years I ahve known them, Jewish people generally should not be tarnished with the actions of the Israeli govt.
Frankly,I support Israel and always have done, on here and off here, so please don't presume to even try to lecture me on this issue just because you have Jewish friends who think what he said offensive.
My Jewish friends are no less equal as to views than yours.
However when I talk to people as to Corbyn, I come from the angle of not blaming him for everything and I do not see him as any terrorist sympathiser either.
Oddly enough,seemingly coming from that non prejudicial view of him, in that I do not find the hostility to him that you and your friends appear to have.