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Re: Distraction

Rogel — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:36:56 -0000

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Re: Distraction

Nir — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:36:42 -0000

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).

He wrote a book about this, "What's Left". Here's a chapter from it: http://www.newstatesman.com...

Re: Distraction

Rogel — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:14:28 -0000

No I don't know who Nick Cohen is, but I will be happy to discover. Can you provide a link?

Re: Distraction

Nir — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:35:12 -0000

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?)