You've been looking in the wrong direction, the dangers are coming from the right.

And the quoted article doesn't say that. It says, there's more anti-semitism from the left, and things like BDS make it palatable. It rehashes Corbyn's anti-semitism as 'proof' the problem's on the left. That's overblown, and Corbyn's no longer a leader like the article claims. Corbyn's the only example of 'left-wing anti-semitism.'

But their primary point is, it's from the right, and its from Islamists. No surprises there.

I thought the article to be reasonably even-handed fo rsuch a hotbutton issue. The author's not happy with the EU being 'Israelophobic,' that's her choice of course, it's an editorial.

In any event, the anti-semitic incidents described in the article are from the right, or the Muslim world.

That website belongs to the Jerusalem Centre for Public affairs which is a recognised Israeli research organisation that has been around since 1976.

It's a legit site even if it might need some modernisation.

I'm not a fan of a lot of Israeli policy, particularly their treatment of Palestinians but it's strange how as Western Conservatives have moved to be even more supportive of Israel (they always have been), particularly with Donald Trump being so hawkish in his support for Israel the left has almost out of spite began to at least on the surface appear to be comfortable with embracing antisemitic ideas to some extent (see UK Labour Party etc).

There certainly isn't anything positive to be gained from ignoring these issues or dismissing them out of hand.

It comes back to the tribalisitic nature of this thread, some people are happy to blame one camp for everything and won't even acknowledge the problems caused by their own.

How left leaning would you say most Islamic nations would be?

Is there a massive appetite within Islam for improving the rights of women or LGBTQ people for example?

Those are issues the left occupies itself with in the west, yet curiously they cease to be of importance when their relationship to Islam is questioned.

To any rational person this boils down to internalised racism within the left. You see Islam as a religion of people who you perceive within the west as a minority, people who's skin is a different colour to yours therefore they need a white saviour to stand up for them. It's pathetic, and the fact the internalised racism that informs this attitude isn't evident to the people who hold it is laughably ironic.

How am I supposed to know what a radom poster has said to you somewhere else on the site?

Don't take my word for anything, I'd be disappointed if you did so there's a link above.

yes, of course, only the left can be right.

Islamophobic?

Stating facts about the ultra conservate nature of Islam is Islamophobic?

Pretty low bar.

Pretty poor argument.

I could make those arguments about Christianity and nobody on the left would accuse me of being a bigot.

It comes back to the Internalised racism in the left wing psyche.

So the fact that it is an Israeli organisation isn't important in your view?

It's just as accurate to suggest that it is some random "right wing" organisation whose nationality isn't relevant?

And on and on. We don't even have to look at the culture of anti Semitism that thrived under Corbyn and still does among his supporters.

Is anti Semitism exclusive to one side of politics, no.

At this time, it is in the western world dominated by the Left and Islamists.

I know that it has Jewish in the URL, my apologies, but do not dismiss out of hand automatically, change that habit.

One could post thousands of links from multiple sources on this problem.

The editor is a democrat donor.

Far right you mean.

That article has nothing to do with the left?

Plus, it's the right wing that has dedicated years to the denial of the holocaust in various forms and, in fact, the Netherlands has been leaning more to the right over recent years. They currently have a right wing government in power with the VVD, and the rise of the far right over there, such as Geert Wilders and Thierry Baudet, has been a concern throughout Europe.

You keep trying to peddle your lies, but everyone sees through you.

Not all on the left are antisemitic, majority aren't but there is a very very sizeable minority who are.

They don't like it being called out because 1.A deep sense of almost holy morality and belief in the sanctity of their ideology and 2. They nearly always feel that the Jews are suffering hogs who are fat cats in reality. The tropes are very old.

Same as ye have been told for decades now, Never again.

Ireland doesn't have an anti Semitism problem in the Left. You could never imagine a Jeremy Corbyn and friends takeover in any left Irish party .

You're basing your opinion on people you saw calling out Qatar during the world cup?

I've seen left wing posters on this site tie themselves in knots to ignore the things that happen in places like Saudi Arabia, usually by saying they are relevant to the lives of people on this site or some other cop out.

You created a thread largely based on things happening in places a that aren't relevant to Irish people (the majority of people on this platform) but we're supposed to take your word for it that conservatives in the United States pose a bigger threat to the world than Communist China or North Korea, or that fundamentalist Christian groups in the American rust belt holding signs or shouting at people is a bigger threat to LGBTQ people than them being locked up or executed by Islamic fundamentalist governments in other countries.

Your views are so narrow and childish that it's to be expected that you project things onto people but for the millionth time, I'm not right wing and I am concerned about minorities, women's rights and LGBTQ rights. I just don't think those people need me to crusade on their behalf not do I feel the need to virtue signal by doing so.

Pffft...go away Danzy. Your attempt to try and claim a moral high ground is laughable. 🤣