Vile, vile, vile

Not a good morning, I have just read this piece at Harry's Place and am so depressed at the state of this country and the way that Jews are being increasingly considered fair game. I hold the BBC responsible for much of the rise of anti-Semitism in the UK; their endless vilification of Israel and portrayal of the Jewish state as solely responsible for the woes of the Palestinians and most of the troubles in the Middle East has created the climate in which anti-Semitism flourishes.

You should read the whole Harry's Place article; here are some extracts:

'Imagine if a person were to march purposefully into a London library – perhaps the Camden one – and accost the librarian thus:
“I cannot seem to find any books explaining the negative impact of African immigration on European Civilisation. Perhaps you could order a book called “Are Blacks Destroying Britain?”. Here are the publisher’s details.”

Now imagine that the librarian agreed, and within a week or two the book was on the library shelf.

Fast forward a few years and the book is still there. It is found by a black grandmother scanning the shelves for something to read. She objects, but is fobbed off with the excuse that the librarian who ordered the book no longer works there. They apologise to her, but she feels the issue is bigger than that and wants to take it further. When challenged, local councilors responsibly for overseeing he library service refuse to discuss the matter. The national media isn’t interested.

Let’s face it, it’s unimaginable. Were such a book to be found on the shelves of a British library, there would – rightly – be an almighty stink.

That is, unless you altered one detail: the book was about Jews. Then, it seems, local politicians and journalists can’t see what all the fuss is about. Here’s the story (from London24, because apart from the Jewish Chronicle, no one else thought it was worth covering):

Grandmother Gillian Freedman was left shaking after she spotted the offensive item entitled ‘Are Jews Responsible for 9/11’ in the library.

She raised the matter with Camden Council and the head of library services. Both have apologised by email and admitted that is was an error.

But Ms Freedman is upset that Cllr Jonathan Simpson, the new chairman of the overview and scrutiny committee for culture and environment, has refused to discuss the matter at a public meeting.

Ms Freedman, who lives in Hampstead Garden Suburb, is concerned that the emails could be deleted and that it needs to be recorded in public.

She said: “With Camden’s anti racist, anti discrimination policies in the borough – which I applaud – it is a complete shock and disgrace to find that they have spent our rates on a blatantly anti-Semitic tract.

So, what’s this book about?

Here is the ‘Product Description’ courtesy of Amazon.co.uk:

ARE ENGLISH JEWS RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11? AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORY, PROBLEMS, AND CAUSES is a timely book for understanding Global Terrorism. In a daring foray into examining causes for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States of America, Devdas Pradesh dives into a difficult question that has not yet been asked in a serious way. Were English Jews somehow a contributing cause for the 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington, DC? In the process of addressing the question, Pradesh tackles interesting aspects of English Jewish history and experience. Particularly insightful is Pradesh’s discussion of the development of Jewish self-understanding on individual and communal levels within the Jewish communities in England in light of the larger, global context of Jewish history. This book is informative and provides much food for thought and discussion. Anyone who has any interest in the causes of 9/11 cannot go without reading this book. This book can be used as a source of discussion in book reading clubs, high school settings, and church settings. This book can also be used to complement college level courses on Terrorism, Conflict in the Middle East, Jewish Studies, and History.

Hang on a minute? We got that from Amazon? Why yes! They stock three editions, hard cover, paperback and Kindle eBook. Amazon stock a wide range of titles from the racist fringe publishers, The Hermit Kingdom Press.

So does Tesco!

Including this one: Why I Hate Israel.
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So, a book explaining why hatred of Israel is justified and to be encouraged in a post 9/11 world can be bought from everyone’s favourite supermarket. You can earn club-card points...

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So there you have it folks – books about how evil the Jews are, from a fringe conspiracy-nut publisher, found their way into public libraries, supermarkets and major online retailers in Britain.'

Imagine the outcry if books blaming Muslims for all the  troubles of the world were found in a Camden library. Imagine the outcry, the protests, the pickets, the claims of Islamophobia, the apology, the removal of the book. But in this case it's just Jews, so fob off the complainer and trust that most Jews are so apathetic and scared of reprisals that the matter will just disappear.


Too p***ed off to post any more at present and may take the rest of the day off in fact.