Take the masterful work of Gregor von Rezzori with the slightly lurid title Memoirs of an Anti-Semite. The reasons lie deeper than our age is able to consider. It can be subdued, and it can be called out, but it cannot be ended ‘once and for all’. Have they read nothing? I ask because I am afraid that it is the nature of anti-Semitism that it is ineradicable. Whenever I read such a sentiment, I always wonder how people can know so little. It can be subdued, and it can be called out, but it cannot be ended ‘once and for all’ I am afraid that it is the nature of anti-Semitism that it is ineradicable. In the ensuing storm, and while removing the whip, Keir Starmer reiterated his claim that he would ‘tear out anti-Semitism by its roots’. As though such a day could ever come.ĭemonstrating that it will not, last week Corbyn’s old ally and motorcycling companion Diane Abbott could be found complaining that black people have always had it worse than other groups, and that while Jews, like gingers and gypsies, might be subject to ‘prejudice’, only black people can be subjected to ‘racism’. Though he was of course unable to resist forever adding ‘and all other forms of prejudice’. When in a corner, even Jeremy Corbyn could be found saying that we must end anti-Semitism for good. One of the best ways to work out that somebody has not thought deeply about anti-Semitism is if they say that they wish to destroy it once and for all.
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