The Anti-Semitism of Stephane Dion

Well, congratulations to Jason Cherniak for (once again) exposing the anti-Semitism of Robert "fuck the Jews" McClelland.

There's no doubt that anti-Semitism is a problem on the Left, from Borys "Israel is a terrorist state" Wrzesnewskyjs, who thinks Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization, to Omar Alghabra, who thinks Hamas is not a terrorist organization. Of course, both groups are dedicated to killing as many Israeli civilians as possible. Both MPs are, you may note, members of the Liberal Party, who supported Kennedy and then Dion, rather than the guy with the pro-Israeli Apartheid Jewish wife, Bob Rae.

But I'd also call attention to this comment from Ed Morgan, back in 2004, about a statement by Stephane Dion:

While Prime Minister Paul Martin and Quebec Premier Jean Charest both hit the mark eloquently in labelling the arson attack in Montreal an un-Canadian and vile act, the statement by Stéphane Dion, MP for the district in which the United Talmud Torah school is located, missed the point by a country mile.

In his comments, Mr. Dion asked the rhetorical question, "Why link all Canadian Jews with the policy of a government?" His point, as reported, is that it is unfair to target Jews in Canada since they are not unanimously in support of the actions of Ariel Sharon's government.

With due respect to the former minister of intergovernmental affairs, those Jews and others who do support the Israeli government also do not deserve to have their books burned and property vandalized. Mr. Dion's comments do not counter the problem; rather, they play into it.

Contemporary anti-Semitism in Europe and now, apparently, in Canada, feeds on the vilification of Israel. For the new breed of anti-Semite, the Shylock of yesterday has become the Sharon of today. Our politicians and public spokespersons must take care not to exhibit the same prejudice.

Here, Dion apparently thought that the only thing wrong with a fire bombing attack against the United Talmud Torah school was that some of its teachers and/or students might not be Sharon supporters.

Honestly, if that's not anti-Semitism, I'm not sure what is.