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Defending Palestinian Rights Is Not Antisemitism
The Bogus Attack on Joel Harden
http://socialistproject.ca/2022/11/defending-palestinian-rights-is-not-antisemitism/
Publisher: Socialist Project
Date Written: 24/11/2022
Year Published: 2022
Resource Type: Article
A statement by Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) calling to reject the attacks on Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Joel Harden for his solidarity with Palestinian rights.
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Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) stands with Ontario MPP for Ottawa-Centre Joel Harden, who recently came under fire from pro-Israel lobby groups and the Jewish Federation of Ottawa for comments made regarding his advocacy for Palestine in a 2021 interview.
Harden was attacked for two quotes from his interview regarding Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestinians:
“And I have asked many questions of Jewish neighbours here, you know, how long should we put up with this?”
“If I were to name… the single greatest threat, the single greatest origin of violence in the Middle East, it is unquestionably the state of Israel and the way in which they feel absolutely no shame in defying international law, doing whatever they want.”
The second quote is patently not antisemitic. Is Israel “the greatest source of violence in the Middle East” or merely “one of the greatest sources of violence in the Middle East”? That is legitimately debatable. However, the allegation that it is an antisemitic statement should be firmly rejected.
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