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Richard Falk's criticism of US policy

mercredi 19 avril 2017 à 02:00

This 2013 article by Richard Falk has been cited as an example of "antisemitism".

There is nothing antisemitic in that article. It criticizes US policy towards the Muslim world and towards Israel, and it mentions the extent of political influence that Israel exercises on US politics (through its lobbying arm, AIPAC, whose conference was recently protested by many American Jews). But there is nothing in Falk's article that expresses any attitude about Jews.

Falk points out that various Israeli officials have also described the occupation as a policy of apartheid.

Falk condemns Palestinian war crimes, too, to the extent that the Palestinian Authority asked him to resign from his UN post.

Notwithstanding these facts, an organization called "UN Watch" cited Falk's article as supposed proof that Falk is antisemitic while calling for the UK to expel him.