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“Chief rabbi says Dutch Labour Party opposed an anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims,” JTA, November 30, 2018:
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said he was “shocked” that the Labour Party rejected a motion calling for the adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, saying its vote aimed to curry favor with some Muslim voters.
On Tuesday, a majority of lawmakers in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, the Tweede Kamer, passed a nonbinding motion calling on the government to adopt the definition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. But Labour, along with all the other left-wing parties, voted against it.
The definition has been adopted as official policy by the United Kingdom, Germany and five others in the European Union, as well as the EU as a whole.
Some pro-Palestinian activists have opposed the definition because it says that some forms of vitriol against Israel are anti-Semitic.
Jacobs, a member of the Rabbinical Center of Europe, rarely comments on political votes. He made an exception here.
The lawmakers who voted against the motion, he said, “did so out of political considerations.” Asked whether he meant that Labour opposed the motion to woo some Muslim voters, he said “Yes.”…
Frank Scarn says
Woo Muslims?
Apparently this political party doesn’t realize that if they are successful, current leadership types have a short shelf life.
Andy says
‘They Completely Lost Their Minds’
jule says
They should be required to read the Qur’an/Hadiths before they vote on anything like this & e told by alTayab (whatever it is) in Egypt or leaders of Iran if every word is to be followed today by Muslims as it was in 600AD. They have said yes, but too many people have not gotten the message.
No Fear says
I looked up the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti semitism and I don’t agree with some of it either. I totally agree with not inciting hatred and not inciting violence. I don’t agree with the idea that no one should “deny the scope” of the holocaust. Obviously there were many many many Jews killed by Nazis. The precise number should be a matter for discussion and investigation on a scientific basis. I don’t like the idea that the number is set by the Jews themselves, at 6 million, and that number is not able to be discussed or challenged or denied. I understand that many people totally deny the holocaust. That is silly, obviously it occurred. But denying the “scope” of the holocaust? That should be open to research.
Buraq says
@ No Fear
You’re a clown! There are hundreds of thousands of harrowing photographs and miles and miles of film footage of starved, emaciated and murdered Jews in dozens and dozens of concentration camps. Check YouTube for just a few. Then try to deny ‘the scope’ of the industrial scale murder of an entire people.
What kind of idiot are you?
Indiana Tom says
At least should be open to discussion as reading many German accounts during WW2 a lot of the drivel the Official Jewish Propaganda spouts is pure BS.
Most of the Nazi propaganda was actually anti Bolshevik and anti slav. Some anti Jewish, but not nearly the scale of anti Russian propaganda.
25 million slavs versus 6 million Jews, and I would take that with a grain of salt.
The concentration camps started out being meant for Russians.
A lot of Wehrmacht officers and soldiers actually prohibited Einsatz groups in their areas.
Most Jews and Slavs were taken out in a field and shot by both Germans and Russians. SS and NKVD were both bad.
Most of the normal soldiers that were drafted to shoot civilians were not morally up to it and they had to get more ideologically programmed units to do it.
Kriegsmarine was full of Jews..
Not enough fuel to burn all the bodies in the ovens.
A lot easier ways to kill people than the Nazis did at Auschwitz.
A lot more people died during the bombing of Dresden and other cities than Allied propaganda states.
SS killed American soldier prisoners and American soldiers killed SS prisoners, in cold blood.
The good war.
b.a. freeman says
“The good war …”
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war *A*L*W*A*Y*S* sucks, and innocents *A*L*W*A*Y*S* die; furthermore, being a “good guy” is relative. my father served in north africa and italy during the war, and although he rarely talked about the war, he did mention – once – how his unit took german prisoners to the front lines and exposed them to live fire to induce them to answer questions. he didn’t explicitly say that any prisoners died, but the implication was there, because he said that they *did* get the answers they needed.
we don’t need to rehash the war here; its end was better than many wars, because out-of-control monsters (*SOME* of them – stalin and his crew, who were probably responsible for even larger numbers of murders, stayed in power) lost their grip on power and were prevented from killing any more innocents. as to “Official Jewish Propaganda,” i call BS. if we’re going there, then there is *NOTHING* but propaganda, and *EVERYBODY* is a f***ing liar. jewish organizations have no more “official” status than any other organizations of people, and i, for one, am tired of a**hats pretending to be OK with “official” holocaust totals while really casting doubt on the whole thing. if U have figures, then by all means, let’s see them, and we can discuss “numbers” as if each single number were not a PERSON who was f***ing MURDERED, but back up the numbers with references; otherwise, U’re probably just another lying antisemite busily spreading rumors and lies.
jule says
Of course no one should ignore the whole “Scope” because it included first the mentally ill and then mainly Jews (who are still targets today world wide) with Gypsies and Jehovah Witness along with the Whole SCOPE that should not be forgotten. Nor should the genocide of Armenian Christians, Yazidi, Christians in Africa, Egypt, Pakistan and beginning in Indonesia moving to Malaysia, or Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Turkey ETC. But the “WORK” Camps and experimental work of NazisSS were the most inhumane Large Torture houses (like some countries secretly still do today in ‘black sites’……..makes one hate Human Beings for what they can do as a mob. I thought we were learning to live better but evidence proves otherwise. Its all over. But I have to say Islam is the biggest Gang Mob that has to change today. (and I do look at myself and try to be as strong and fair as can be following Universal Human Rights & logic…..and Globalism is NO answer it makes it worse)
revereridesagain says
I just love Katy! The woman just Does Not Care, she’ll ding her ex-husbands and her mother-in-law right along with Macron and the Muslim migrants, excuse me, JIHADISTS, and male rapists who “identify” as faster learners when it gets them into women’s prisons. We need all of this fearless brand of opposition, people who just throw this insanity back in the faces of every country’s own deep statists. We must continue to speak reason and defiance in the face of every kind of make-believe and insanity we, as individuals, identify, no matter whom it “offends”. REALITY. IS. SACRED.
Why don’t they demand that the Chinese take in more tens of thousands of migrants? How do you say “go stuff yourselves” in Chinese?
Speaking of those needing asylum, any word yet from that “no walls” Pope about sanctuary for Asia Bibi?
Rufolino says
I wish Asia Bibi, a Christian suffering unbelievable mental torture, would make a public appeal to the Pope for his help.
In 2016 Francis said Christians had to duty to take in refugees. One law for ordinary Christians but another law for the pope ! I’m not holding my breath.
Francis won’t do anything at all ! People have to earn respect. Francis has not earned mine.
b.a. freeman says
+1
b.a. freeman says
+1
mortimer says
The Red-Green Axis of EVIL is INHERENTLY ANTI-SEMITIC.
How long will it take for Jews to see this evil and abandon the RED-GREEN CONSPIRACY … and it is a conspiracy.
The Left is CONSPIRING against Muslims and the Muslims are CONSPIRING against the Leftists.
mortimer says
Let the Muslims show their good will by granting the right to a JEWISH HOMELAND.
jule says
That is step one.
gravenimage says
Netherlands: Labour Party opposed anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims
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Grimly, this does not surprise.
Clive Delmonte says
This move by Labour in Holland will give more room and ammo to Geert Wilders and his chums to go after Labour and the other “heads in the sand” politicos.
Rufolino says
In the UK the appeasement of Moslems, whatever the issue, will shortly be automatic policy by all parties. The death of the UK.
Jayell says
What’s this? The Dutch establishment collaborating with foreign murderous antisemitic criminals? Takes you back to the 1940’s!
Indiana Tom says
Semites, Semitic people or Semitic cultures (from the biblical “Shem”, Hebrew: שם) was a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group who speak or spoke the Semitic languages.
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. a Jew. a member of any of the peoples descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah.
Then we have definitions stating Semitism =Judaism.
Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people.
The belief or behavior hostile toward Jews just because they are Jewish. It may take the form of religious teachings that proclaim the inferiority of Jews,
Still trying to figure out what a Semite is, Semitism is, and anti Semitism is.
The word semitic seems to not have appeared until the 1850s or so.
With blond haired, blue eyed Jews not normally speaking Semitic languages, Judaism obviously in not a race, but a religion. Liberal Jews are really not very different than other Liberal Protestant citizens of the USA. Protestants are not a race either.
Next we will have anti Protestant means anti Saxon, and the Saxons will be a race..
Islam is not a race either.