[SJackson]

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[ken5050]

The British Union of Fascists, led by Oswald Mosely, were very popular in Britain right up to the outbreak of war..Anti-semitism runs deep in the British ethos

[Carry_Okie]

The main engine of the boycott campaign is the Socialist Workers Party, which has a disproportionate number of anti-Zionist Jews among its upper ranks, and it is the anti-Zionist Jews who are driving this issue.

The Sabbateans strike again, so to speak.

[Basheva]

The Jewish Community in England is far older than 350 years - but not continuously.

There were Jews already well established in England by the reign of Richard Plantagenet but they were expelled in 1290, though some managed to remain by “special permission” (the king needed them).

England was, as I recall from my reading, the first of the European nations to expel its Jewish population.

When Richard was coronated, the Jewish community arrived at the celebration bearing gifts to give to the king. Seeing the Jews, the rest of the celebrating party decided that killing Jews would add to the fun.

The killing spread throughout London and York and then into the rest of the country and hundreds were killed. After a while Richard decided to stop it because he needed them.

So, anti-semitism has an old history in England.

[stylin19a]

I thought this was a hockey thread....

[stylin19a]

I thought this was a hockey thread....

[Basheva]

So we can debate whether England has been - or is - against Jews or not, but there isn’t any argument that Britain has not had a similar problem letting in - welcoming - moslems.

Jews were never a danger to England.

Moslems are a danger to England.

Not logical, is it?

[Little Ray]

Why isn’t Galloway in jail? Don’t they plenty of evidence of bribes and what not from Saddam Hussein, and various terrorist organizations?