Well, it had to have some connection to the Jews I suppose. If anyone needed further proof the anti-Israel sentiment in the Far Left (and European mainstream) is based on something far deeper than the Israeli-Arab conflict, here you are.
(Too bad WSJ closes the story to subscribers. This should have gotten a lot more visibility. Do you read Nick Cohen?)
Rogel
· 2 years ago
No I don't know who Nick Cohen is, but I will be happy to discover. Can you provide a link?
Nir
· 2 years ago
Nick Cohen is a very astute, very leftist UK writer who at a certain point saw the absurdity of the far left's newfound sympathy to movements such as Hezbollah (or oldfound sympathy to Mao or Pol Pot) though their ideologies clearly contradict everything the left is supposed to stand for. IIRC, he also had some experience of strong antisemite response when he published some thoughts on the matter (though, in spite of his last name, he's actually not Jewish).
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(Too bad WSJ closes the story to subscribers. This should have gotten a lot more visibility. Do you read Nick Cohen?)
He wrote a book about this, "What's Left". Here's a chapter from it: http://www.newstatesman.com/200702050032