Letters
Don't blame the Jews for anti semitism
27 July 2007
Dear Sir
Michael Halpern argues that “if we insist on total identification with Israel” we must all “bear the consequences” (Letters, July 20). This is an entirely wrong-headed analysis. British Jews, like British Muslims, are entitled to support any nation or regime so long as they do not break the law in doing so. If he insists that we “curb our instinctive and indiscriminate” support for Israel, would he also insist that British Muslims curb their support for Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in order to combat anti-Muslim feeling? In effect, Halpern is calling for his co-religionists to become dhimmis with a second-class status in their own country. It is true that anti-Israeli feelings run deep “in every stratum of British society”, but the solution is not to acquiesce in bigotry and prejudice but to confront it. Clearly Halpern thinks otherwise.
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Havardi
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