Stop the Presses: Blood Libel Goes Mainstream: Swedish Newspaper Proves Antisemitism Is Anti-Zionism Is Now Acceptab
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By Barry Rubin
Update (August 20):
What is provoking outrage in Sweden is not the article itself but the statement of Sweden's ambassador in Israel who expressed a partial apology, while defending free speech in Sweden. Where were all these people during the Danish cartoon controversy when Sweden's government went far out of its way to grovel and even try to repress those who published the cartoons?
Meanwhile, Jan Helin, editor of the newspaper that published the article accusing the Israeli army of murdering Palestinians to steal their organ defended it as an opinion piece and accused critics of using antisemitism as an excuse:
"It's deeply unpleasant and sad to see such a strong propaganda machine using centuries-old anti-Semitic images in an apparent attempt to get an obviously topical issue off the table."
The strong propaganda machine he should have had in mind was that of the Palestinians who use old antisemitic images to get off the table such topical issues as their intransigence and terrorism. Editors are not supposed to like being duped by false information.
But instead Helin reserves his wrath for those objecting to the Swedish media's endless defamation of Israel. They are the ones, he says, trying to hide something? Like what: murdering Palestinians to steal their body parts?
Let's remember this article was written by a known anti-Israel activist for an editor who is an anti-Israel activist accusing Jews of the modern-day equivalent of ritual murder without any evidence. The editor also misstates that point. If he thinks that the arrest of a Jew in New York for criminal activity automatically suggests that the state of Israel is involved officially in murder, he's acting out a pretty good example of classical antisemitism right there.
By Barry Rubin
Update (August 20):
What is provoking outrage in Sweden is not the article itself but the statement of Sweden's ambassador in Israel who expressed a partial apology, while defending free speech in Sweden. Where were all these people during the Danish cartoon controversy when Sweden's government went far out of its way to grovel and even try to repress those who published the cartoons?
Meanwhile, Jan Helin, editor of the newspaper that published the article accusing the Israeli army of murdering Palestinians to steal their organ defended it as an opinion piece and accused critics of using antisemitism as an excuse:
"It's deeply unpleasant and sad to see such a strong propaganda machine using centuries-old anti-Semitic images in an apparent attempt to get an obviously topical issue off the table."
The strong propaganda machine he should have had in mind was that of the Palestinians who use old antisemitic images to get off the table such topical issues as their intransigence and terrorism. Editors are not supposed to like being duped by false information.
But instead Helin reserves his wrath for those objecting to the Swedish media's endless defamation of Israel. They are the ones, he says, trying to hide something? Like what: murdering Palestinians to steal their body parts?
Let's remember this article was written by a known anti-Israel activist for an editor who is an anti-Israel activist accusing Jews of the modern-day equivalent of ritual murder without any evidence. The editor also misstates that point. If he thinks that the arrest of a Jew in New York for criminal activity automatically suggests that the state of Israel is involved officially in murder, he's acting out a pretty good example of classical antisemitism right there.
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