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Shimon Peres on ‘English’ Anti-Semitism: Half-Right Isn’t Right
Peres: Wrongly conflates the English with the English political élites
Shimon Peres claims that the English are anti-Semitic. He is wide of the mark, scapegoating a whole nation for the actions of a vocal and powerful minority:
Shimon Peres said England was “deeply pro-Arab … and anti-Israeli”, adding: “They always worked against us.”
He added: “There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.”
His remarks, made in an interview on a Jewish website, provoked anger from senior MPs and Jewish leaders who said the 87-year-old president had “got it wrong”. But other groups backed the former Israeli prime minister and said the number of anti-semitic incidents had risen dramatically in the UK in recent years. Read the rest of this entry »
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