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Thread #164041   Message #3921407
Posted By: Jim Carroll
01-May-18 - 12:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Israel's Sharpville
Subject: RE: BS: Israel's Sharpville
The first credential needed from a defender of the Jewish people is the willingness to criticise Antisemitism even when it comes from a friend - present company fell at that fence
Jim

More wisdom from Hajo Meyer
Auschwitz survivor, Hajo Meyer, used a speech to encourage support for the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. Approximately 100 people attended the meeting in The Grosvenor Hall, Belfast on Friday 29 January 2010. During his speech, Meyer condemned the misuse of the holocaust for political purposes and compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians today to Nazi treatment of Jews before and during the second world war. The meeting, to be repeated in Dublin on Saturday 30 January, concludes a month-long series of events organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign to mark the first anniversary of Israel's invasion of Gaza in December 2008. Prior to arriving in Ireland, Meyer had spent the previous week on a speaking tour in Scotland and England organised by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. In February, Meyer is to continue his speaking tour in France, Austria and Germany.