(Jewish Group) British daily drops claim that West Bank settlements are 'the trouble with Jews today

[Behind the Aegis]

The Independent daily in the United Kingdom revised an op-ed that called West Bank settlements “the trouble with Jews today.”

The change was made Thursday to an op-ed by the influential philosopher Slavoj Zizek published two days earlier titled “There is no conflict between the struggle against anti-Semitism and the struggle against Israeli occupation.”

It contained an apparent defense of Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, from allegations of anti-Semitism.

The original language said that “the trouble with Jews today is that they are now trying to get roots in a place which was for thousands of years inhabited by other people.”

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The online article does not indicate that it had been revised.

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Shhhh...Don't tell no one.

[LeftishBrit]

1. Zizek is what's sometimes called a clever idiot

He has a big vocabulary and sounds clever, but doesn't make a lot of sense IMO. He's a cult figure for some, though most haven't heard for him. Someone I know calls him 'the left-wing Jordan Peterson'; they have a point.

Although he is supposedly left-wing, he supported Trump over Clinton and didn't know who was worse, Macron or LePen. Twerp!

I am not a great fan of current Israeli government policies, but:

“the trouble with Jews today is that they are now trying to get roots in a place which was for thousands of years inhabited by other people.”

Huh? Isn't that true of practically everyone? (Apart from the fact that there have always been some Jews in the Middle East). It sounds like the far right talking about migrants, to be frank. And people have always migrated.