Principled opponent of antisemitism

Oliver Kamm adds to the Corbyn debate:

Once left-wingers succumb to the fallacy that Israel, rather than being a flawed democracy with a just national claim, is an oppressive colonialist state, they misunderstand far more than just the geopolitics. They also fail to grasp the connection of modern Jews with the Jewish state, and the moral imperative of ensuring that Jews must have a place of refuge.

And because, in a peculiar far-left heresy, Jewish history is destined to come to an end, there needs to be an explanation for why it hasn’t done so. The answer that some on the far left come to, I fear, lies in those grotesque cartoons of Jewish bankers. There is a thin line between modern anti-Zionism and antisemitism, and the reason the boundary is so porous is that these do have common ideological roots.

I’m sure Corbyn is sincere in his belief that he is a principled opponent of antisemitism. It just happens not to be true.

Comments

[Fred Z]

"I’m sure Corbyn is sincere in his belief that he is a principled opponent of antisemitism."

The biggest and worst lies ever are the ones we tell ourselves, because we are incapable of understanding that they are lies.

[Fred Z]

But regardless of that, Jeremy Corbyn is an arsehole.