anti-semitism

From the Warsaw ghetto to Gaza

en Passant - March 15, 2010 - 10:09pm

Every year Jeremy Jones, the Director of International and Community Affairs, Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council, produces an anti-semitism report for the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

This year in his report, the section on the Left at page 64 includes the following:

A number of other individuals identified with the political left made intellectually and racially/religiously offensive comments on matters of concern to the Jewish community.

As well as naming Guy Rundle and Liam Byrne, Jones specifically refers to an article of mine, written at the time of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, called The Warsaw ghetto uprising – it is right to fight back.

He says:

Self-described ‘revolutionary’ John Passant published a blog post ? The Warsaw Ghetto uprising – it is right to fight back, making an analogy between the fascist Hamas movement and Ghetto-fighters, and Israel with Nazi Germany. Read more »