I've written here previously about the selection of Jeremy Corbyn as the head of the British Labour Party. One point about this result, however, is made quite clearly by Jonathan Tobin in Commentary. Corbyn's election brings hate back into the political mainstream in Western Europe for the first time since the end of World War II. That is not to say that hatred was banished from the continent, but the major political parties of the NATO countries had all managed to stay away from it until now. Corbyn changes that. Here's how Tobin puts it:
Corbyn’s CV of outrageous positions are well known. He has stated that he considers the United States to be the moral equivalent of ISIS. He is a fervent opponent of Israel and openly sympathetic to Hamas and Hezbollah. He has supported those who promote 9/11 truther myths and praised vicious anti-Semites. He called Osama bin Laden’s death “a tragedy” and campaigned for the release of terrorists convicted of attacking Jewish targets. And he has praised Russian and Iranian propaganda channels and even hosted a show on Iran’s Press TV. In other words, he is a typical example of the way left-wing Western European elites have crafted a bizarre alliance with radical Islamists that has created such a hostile atmosphere for Jews and friends of the Jewish state. Muslim immigrants to Europe have brought with them their own traditions of Jew-hatred and prejudice. But they have found partners among Western intellectuals, academics and others who falsely believe Zionism is a vestige of European imperialism — the cardinal and original sin in the view of the continent’s elites — rather than the national liberation movement of the Jewish people. The result is a toxic mix that has brought anti-Semitism back from the margins of European society in the aftermath of the Holocaust to being something that can be expressed unashamedly in the public square.
For what it is worth, this is the guy whose election "thrilled" Bernie Sanders.
Thrilled? Really?
Corbyn’s CV of outrageous positions are well known. He has stated that he considers the United States to be the moral equivalent of ISIS. He is a fervent opponent of Israel and openly sympathetic to Hamas and Hezbollah. He has supported those who promote 9/11 truther myths and praised vicious anti-Semites. He called Osama bin Laden’s death “a tragedy” and campaigned for the release of terrorists convicted of attacking Jewish targets. And he has praised Russian and Iranian propaganda channels and even hosted a show on Iran’s Press TV. In other words, he is a typical example of the way left-wing Western European elites have crafted a bizarre alliance with radical Islamists that has created such a hostile atmosphere for Jews and friends of the Jewish state. Muslim immigrants to Europe have brought with them their own traditions of Jew-hatred and prejudice. But they have found partners among Western intellectuals, academics and others who falsely believe Zionism is a vestige of European imperialism — the cardinal and original sin in the view of the continent’s elites — rather than the national liberation movement of the Jewish people. The result is a toxic mix that has brought anti-Semitism back from the margins of European society in the aftermath of the Holocaust to being something that can be expressed unashamedly in the public square.
For what it is worth, this is the guy whose election "thrilled" Bernie Sanders.
Thrilled? Really?
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