tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2740403285059066185..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Getting Labour to adopt the full IHRA definition of antisemitism is not the answer.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-63630745821548004222018-07-23T10:22:00.008+01:002018-07-23T10:22:00.008+01:00I listened to the interview on Radio 4 this mornin...I listened to the interview on Radio 4 this morning with Margaret Hodge. Martha Kearney to some extent did play Devil’s advocate but Margaret Hodge was not overly interrupted and on the surface it was a fair interview. There are lots of elephants in rooms at the BBC, but this is a pretty big one. The BBC is hugely complicit the rise of anti-Semitism for all the reasons Melanie Philips correctly identified. Margaret Hodge is completely right to attack Corbyn over IHRA, but until someone in her position has the courage to take on the MSM and the left leaning anti-Israel academic institutions nothing will change. The BBC will continue to lie about Israel. Even if Labour grudgingly accepts the full terms of IHRA, anti-Semitism in the ranks of Corbynistas will carry on unabated. Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-39115147496958813542018-07-20T20:29:06.155+01:002018-07-20T20:29:06.155+01:00An historical aside: Hyndman, who initially formed...An historical aside: Hyndman, who initially formed the Social Democratic Federation, later founded the British Socialist Party and then, when that split - wait for it - the National Socialist Party...and that party then affiliated to - wait for it - the Labour Party!! They've kept that quiet! :) <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_(UK)Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83045025879090207212018-07-20T20:17:00.586+01:002018-07-20T20:17:00.586+01:00I agree with Melanie P that "irrational, mend...I agree with Melanie P that "irrational, mendacious and obsessive incitement against Israel is the new form of antisemitism". I don't see how one can conclude otherwise. When you look around the world at Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Congo, Morocco, N Korea, China, Russia...singling out Israel for opprobrium to the exclusion of other countries make no kind of sense. <br /><br />Of course anti-semitism on the Left is not a new phenomenon. Karl Marx, Ferdinand Lassalle,Henry Hyndman, and Josef Stalin to name a few all expressed strong anti-semitic opinions. Some people feel Corbyn is not anti-semitic. But you have to ask what the hell he was doing taking the Ayatollah's shilling on Press TV if that is not the case. <br /><br />But I think Melanie is being a little disingenous in not referencing as a significant factor Islam or indeed the huge growth in the Muslim population in the UK and Muslim representation within the Labour Party. It is this new social reality that is feeding anti-semitism and its close bedfellow, the anti-Israel obsession. <br /><br />I don't agree the IHRA definition which seems to say you cannot ever accuse anyone ever of split loyalties. But we know for instance as a matter of historical record that a number of supporters of Israel did, without permission, smuggle arms and materials from the British Armed forces to the Jewish milita in Palestine, some of whom then attacked British forces. Is stating this to be made a hate crime? Split loyalties have been witnessed in lots of communities over the years all around the globe: people of Irish descent in England, Germans and Italians in the USA, Japanese in Hawaii...there are plenty of "Chinese" citizens who don't feel very loyal to China. <br /><br />Treating one community on an exceptional basis is never a good idea. We have seen how the legislative promotion of Beth Din courts provided an "in" subsequently for Sharia courts which can now also have a role in statutory divorce procedures. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com