I occasionally post to a site, bh@..., which seems to be
populated by teachers, ex-Labour councillors, and various others. Normally
there are hardly any posts, and they are usually about litter and such like.
All very worthy and I'm not knocking it.

However as a result of the Atzmon controversy, whcih some people may be aware
of, someone who I and others consider anti-Semitic, something was posted on the
list which I consider clearly and explicitly anti-Semitic. I don't make a habit
of accusing people of anti-Semitism. As an anti-Zionist and long-time supporter
of the Palestinians I'm well aware of the fact that this accusation is used, as
a matter of course, more as a means of intimidation and defamation than because
it is true. But occasionally, as Jean Calder said in her Argus article of a
couple of weeks ago, just because the boy cries wolf it doesn't mean that there
isn't one. So I am going to ask people to make their own judgement.

What do others think? Is the e-mail below anti-Semitic or not. Clearly
ex-councillors Roy Pennington and Joyce Edmond Smith and a fair few others can't
see what the fuss is about. But I'd be interested in others opinions.

Tony Greenstein

Very glad to hear it went ahead, even if I missed it due to last week's
misinformation about its cancellation not being corrected. Presumably Greenstein
knew it was in fact on and chose not to inform us. He was uncharacteristically
silent - after bombarding us with so much cliche and rhetoric against the
speaker. How very typically jewish! Or should I say Israeli? It's a fine
distinction it seems to me, as most jews I've met (admittedly not a huge or
necessarily representative number) are supportive of Israel and its existence in
Palestine - and therefore its brutal oppression of the Palestinians. It would
have been interesting to hear from an Israeli with a different point of view.
And if that makes me antisemitic, then I'm proud to be antisemitic!
....

B->
Bernard Claydon Info about Bernard Claydon:
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