Hmmm …
I’m looking at the situation with Ken Livingston.
He’s been suspected from the Labour Party, recently: after allegations of anti-Semitism.
I do know the allegations came in, after an interview Ken did, last year — one on Radio 4’s Today programme — where he pointed out Hitler had tried working with German Zionist groups, in order to get Jews out of Germany.
Personally?
I don’t know if Ken Livingston is or isn’t.
But am fairly certain, based on my own, fairly limited knowledge of history*, he has a point: that senior Nazi figures were trying to work with Zionist groups, especially in later years of the war. Not because the Nazis were pro Jewish — anyone who thinks that, really wants to write history based quiz questions! — but because the Nazis wanted Jews out of Germany.
I’ll apologise, now, if that’s offensive to anyone.
But must ask: does that make me anti-Semitic?
Sod off!
I’ve known too many good, nice, wonderful, Jewish people to give anti-Semitism — indeed, ANY form of racism — any time.
But the situation gets me thinking: that people should maybe check the evidence, first.
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