This is what Maimonides, [one of Jonathan Sack’s hero] wrote in his hugely influential Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), one of the most revered and respected texts in the three thousand years of Judaism:
The people who are abroad are all those that have no religion, neither one based on speculation nor one received by tradition. Such are the extreme Turks that wander about in the north, the Kushites [Blacks] who live in the south, and those in our country who are like these. I consider these as irrational beings, and not as human beings; they are below mankind, but above monkeys, since they have the form and shape of man, and a mental faculty above that of the monkey. (Guide for the Perplexed, Book 3, chapter 51)
Now that is racism, ladies and gentlemen. And if you want proof that Maimonides’ poisonous ideas are alive and well in the Jewish world today, look no further than Yitzchak Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Israel, who was condemned this very year for “calling black people ‘monkeys’.” Rabbi Yosef has visited the headlines before: in 2016 he “stated that non-Jews should not be allowed to live in Israel, except to serve the Jewish population.” The Jewish Chronicle added that he “later reversed this position.”
UK – The Crucifixion of Jeremy Corbynby TUT editor |
BY PHIL GIRALDI – Many believe that the easily observable dominance of the friends of Israel over some aspects of government policy is a phenomenon unique to the United States, where committed Jews and Christian Zionists are able to control both politicians and the media message relating to what is going on in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the reality is that there exists an “Israel Lobby” in many countries, all dedicated to advancing the agendas promoted by successive Israeli governments no matter what the actual interests of the host country might be. Failure to confront Israel’s crimes against humanity combined with an inability to resist its demands regarding how issues like anti-Semitism and hate speech are defined has done terrible damage to free speech in Western Europe and, most notably, in the Anglophone world.
Ex-minister warns 80 MPs will rebel and cause a ‘catastrophic split’ in the Tories if May tries to force her Chequers plan through
‘Theresa May will trigger a ‘catastrophic split’ in the Tories if she tries to force through her Chequers plan, a former Brexit minister warned today.
Steve Baker, who quit over the blueprint in July, said there would be a ‘massive problem’ unless it was ditched before party conference at the end of this month.
He said as many as 80 Conservative MPs could vote against the proposals if they are put to the Commons.
Some 25 have now publicly signed up a ‘Standup4Brexit’ campaign vowing to oppose Chequers.
They include former Cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith, Priti Patel and Owen Paterson.
The warning comes as the PM faces a huge backlash against her policy – which would see the UK follow EU rules and collect some taxes on behalf of the bloc in order to keep trade flowing freely.
Boris Johnson delivered an extraordinary attack on Mrs May’s position yesterday by likening her approach to wrapping a ‘suicide vest’ around the British constitution.
But the premier is caught in a pincer movement as Tory Brexiteers and Remainers who are both threatening outright revolt unless they get concessions.’
