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IPFS News Link • Philosophy: Zionism

For The Few, Not The Many

• http://www.gilad.co.uk, by Gilad Atzmon

But we are confused no more. Two weeks ago,  the chief rabbi of Britain together with 68 other rabbis mounted  pressure on the Labour party to change its 'antisemitsm code.' The British rabbis were upset because, although Labour generally adopted  the IHRA's working definition of anti-Semitism, left out of Labour's definition were four examples from the IHRA that restrict criticism of Israel* The Labour party seems to believe that it is kosher to criticise an ethnic cleansing state that deploys snipers against unarmed protestors. Chief Rabbi Mirvis couldn't agree less. He told the BBC that it is "astonishing that the Labour Party presumes it is more qualified to define anti-Semitism than the Jewish community." The clear message is that, at least from a rabbinical perspective, the distinction between Zionism and Judaism is nebulous to nonexistent.