Antisemitism Report 2009 - World Jewish Congress

ook was riddled with factual inaccuracies and sloppiness, it was speedily given iconic value
by a range of critics of Israel, including overt antisemites. It was promoted and sold by
extreme right wing political organisations, available at a bookstand which otherwise
exclusively sold fundamentalist Islamic texts at a Muslim fair and the author was promoted
by a variety of far-left groups existentially opposed to Israel. The author‘s personal
moderated internet discussion forum published a series of items making offensive comments
about individuals opposed to Holocaust denial and others accusing critics of the author of
using ―every weapon in the Jewish armoury of self-victimisation‖ , while the author
himself used offensive anti-Jewish language, but the utility to anti-Israel groups and
individuals of having a self-identified Jewish person who was eager to criticise Israel and
Australian Jewry seemingly over-rode any concern with factual accuracy or concern with
racism.
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