By Asa Winstanley: Sarah Leah Whitson, the head of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East division, was fiercely attacked by anti-Palestinian groups and pundits this weekend.
She had shared a posting of mine on the manufactured “Labour anti-Semitism crisis” story.
My tweet included an article from last year in which I reported a clear example of Israeli interference in British politics.
The “Act.IL” organization, which is coordinated and backed by Israel’s so-called Ministry of Strategic Affairs, had used a troll army to spread false information about Jeremy Corbyn – the leader of the UK’s official opposition party.
Whitson commented, “Why is this #Israel interference in domestic UK politics acceptable? Is it only a problem when Russia does this?”
Why is this #israel interference in domestic UK politics acceptable? Is it only a problem when Russia does this? https://t.co/frsAdFXpez— Sarah Leah Whitson (@sarahleah1) 9 February 2019
Both are pertinent questions.
But predictably, Israel’s propagandists attacked the article as “anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.”
Executive Director of @hrw, @sarahleah1 shares antisemitic conspiracy theories on “manufactured antisemitism crisis” of #UK’s Labour Party, then claims its because of “#Israel interference”. Human Rights Watch - this is what you stand for?! pic.twitter.com/cbGun6r7mF— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) 9 February 2019
Executive Director of @hrw, @sarahleah1 shares antisemitic conspiracy theories on “manufactured antisemitism crisis” of #UK’s Labour Party, then claims its because of “#Israel interference”. Human Rights Watch - this is what you stand for?! pic.twitter.com/cbGun6r7mF— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) 9 February 2019
Yesterday @sarahleah1 of @hrw said #Israel manufactures & is responsible for Antisemitism crisis in UK Labour.— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) 11 February 2019
Today, Member of U.S. Congress @IlhanMN implies @AIPAC is ‘buying’ American politicians to be pro-Israel.
This is progressive #Antisemitism & bigotry! Welcome to 2019! pic.twitter.com/ydZjk4z6RW
Mideast director for @HRW endorses Electronic @Intifada conspiracy about “long-running influence operation by Israel and its lobby groups to smear Corbyn, a veteran Palestine solidarity activist and to label the party he leads ‘institutionally anti-Semitic.’” https://t.co/2bWLrg7mt1— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) 10 February 2019
What Whitson’s attackers refused to address was the substance of the report. Instead, they falsely accused her of spreading “anti-Semitism.”
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