Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Antisemitism: Beirut and Norway; Strange Bedfellow Books; and Secret Cables


By Barry Rubin

The above photo is taken at a bookstore in Lebanon (the photographer will remain anonymous). It shows two copies of my book on Syria--which is banned in Syria--right next to a copy of the antisemitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Speaking of antisemitism, yet another cable has turned up from Wikileaks proving me correct about that country's growing, often officially sanctioned, antisemitism. Unlike some newspapers, I'm not intimidated by the untruths told by the Norwegian government. In my last piece on this subject, I quoted the U.S. ambassador speaking about how the Norwegian government supports the terrorist Hamas group.
Now, we have this one from the U.S. embassy in Oslo, February 2009 :

"Anti-Semitism in Norway, and the expression of anti-Semitic comments, has increased since the Gaza war....

"`Jew' 'has become more popular as an epithet....Israeli embassy officials have told us that increased Norwegian anti-Semitism is viewed in Israel as consistent with Norway's general anti-Israel bias...."

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