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Labour official blames all world wars on Jews.

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Day6 Sun 16-Dec-18 15:53:21

From the Sunday Times.

Labour suspends official who blamed ‘all wars in the world’ on Jewish people

Andrew Gilligan
December 16 2018
The Sunday Times

Mohammed Yasin pictured with leader Jeremy Corbyn

"A senior Labour Party official shared anti-semitic material blaming Jews for “all the wars in the world”."

"Labour’s West Midlands regional organiser, Mohammed Yasin, was suspended last night after The Sunday Times approached the party with a dossier of his activity on social media. Labour has launched an investigation."

"For more than two years Yasin, not to be confused with the Labour MP with a similar name, shared anti-semitic posts and 9/11 conspiracy theories, praised a homophobic preacher and described his former leader Tony Blair as a “child-killer”."

Labour's links with racism/antisemitism just won't go away. It really is time for the party to sort itself out.

Fennel Tue 18-Dec-18 20:02:08

"and were being steadily bombed ". etc
Which is what is happening regularly, from Gaza and Lebanon. And constantly finding tunnels from these states.
As well as actual infiltrations and terrorist attacks. But you don't hear anything about those in the british media. Or about the aid that does get through to Palestine, and the Palestinians who come to Israel for medical treatment.
I can understand the motivation of the Palestinians. Not Hizballah though - they're under the influence of Iran.
The Israeli army is called the IDF, Israeli Defence Force. A tiny country not much bigger than Wales, surrounded by huge hostile Arab states. They're fighting for their survival.

trisher Tue 18-Dec-18 19:45:29

No lemon anti-semitism is being dealt with in the LP, hence the suspension of Mohammed Yasin. As far as preferring Palestine over Israel, can you explain to me what is anti-semitic about that? If the people of Israel had been removed from their land, were subject to a blockade and were being steadily bombed back to the middle ages I have no doubt that Corbyn would be supporting them. As it is he supports human rights in the area and the people suffering the most are the Palestinians.
Annie the people who are members of Jewdas are Jewish, in condemning them as you do you might be accused of anti-semitism.-hostility or prejudice against Jews.

Anniebach Tue 18-Dec-18 17:51:39

Corbyn isn’t anti semetic ? anyone who be present at a memorial ceremony to honour terrorists who murdered innocent .olympic athletes isn’t anti semetic ? Not forgetting his admiration for that vile wall mural and attending a Passover dinner with Jewdas,

‘.please God smash the state of Israel’

‘F**’ prince Phillip, f**k the queen,

burn down Parliament ‘

Full communism

lemongrove Tue 18-Dec-18 17:27:44

Exactly Day6 anti-semitism has flourished under Corbyn’s leadership, and there is a good reason for that, possibly several.Labour members know he favours Palestine and that he is a weak leader for starters.

Day6 Tue 18-Dec-18 17:20:16

Trisher, I'd say Jeremy Corbyn has generated all his own anti semitic publicity given his words and deeds have been well reported.

He favours Palestine over Israel, for a number of reasons, and that is OK but there is no escaping the fact that under his leadership we have had a whole barrage of incidents and personalities being newsworthy for all the wrong reasons. There has been one scandal after another, and now this latest involving a regional organiser of the Labour Party.

The Jewish community have not marched and protested against him and the Labour Party for no good reason, have they?

trisher Tue 18-Dec-18 16:14:39

that should be It's a pity.

trisher Tue 18-Dec-18 16:13:54

Day 6 can you post a single link which proves Corbyn is anti-semitic? You like many others confuse opposition to the state of Israel and its inhumane policies with anti-semitism.It's a pity you can't see the difference because it is attitudes like yours that result in many people taking the next step and beginning to believe in a worldwide conspiracy. It is unfortunate that people like you use an issue like anti-semitism to score political points and denigrate someone simply because you dislike him.

Day6 Tue 18-Dec-18 16:04:37

Ah Mel Gibson now there's a right wing anti-semitist for you. It isn't about left or right it is about repugnant ideas at both ends of the political spectrum.

For once, I completely agree with you Trisher.

Mel Gibson is hardly a role model, (he's a nasty piece of work imo) and yes, people who harbour antisemitic feelings, and voice them too, ought to be flushed out.

I wonder when it will be Corbyn's turn?

trisher Tue 18-Dec-18 15:22:02

Ah Mel Gibson now there's a right wing anti-semitist for you. It isn't about left or right it is about repugnant ideas at both ends of the political spectrum.
As for the 9/11 ideas there are numerous books, websites and articles saying things about conspiracy theories, some of them relate to jews and some to Saudi Arabia and its ties with terrorism (oh and to the CIA of course)!

Day6 Tue 18-Dec-18 01:25:04

The Sun reports

"On his Twitter account - which has since been deleted - he reportedly shared a Mel Gibson quote saying: "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

"Mr Yasin also posted a message last year which said the West had "lied about 9/11".

He's posted his antisemitic rants on public forums. Surely someone within the Labour party would have had the measure of him. How he became a regional organiser for Labour is astonishing.

Day6 Tue 18-Dec-18 01:21:38

The second link (The Sun) reports

"On his Twitter account - which has since been deleted - he reportedly shared a Mel Gibson quote saying: "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

"Mr Yasin also posted a message last year which said the West had "lied about 9/11".

Day6 Tue 18-Dec-18 01:09:25

Yes, thanks Fennel. The title I gave the article might be misleading but 'all the wars in the world" was quoted by the Sunday Times (as in the OP.)

Scapegoating Jews for every atrocity/conflict does seem rather biased, hateful, antagonistic - and very silly.

Fennel Mon 17-Dec-18 20:58:57

To be fair - Day6's OP quoted the ST 'All the wars in the world'.
Wat was really said we don't know.

M0nica Mon 17-Dec-18 20:54:12

....and they funded the Norman Conquest, but William paid them handsomely for the loan.

All that is left is to implicate them in the Mongol invasion and that is everything done and dusted.

Jalima1108 Mon 17-Dec-18 18:40:41

I expect the Jewish people invited the Romans to rule over them and the subsequent wars BC M0nica

Jalima1108 Mon 17-Dec-18 18:36:55

yes, was trisher

Anja Mon 17-Dec-18 16:23:36

I’m going to stick my head above the parapet and suggest that there are quite a few Asian men and women in local government or active in politics in general. Doubtless many will be Muslim.

I’d suggest that there is a certain amount of tension between some Muslims and some Jewish people, not helped by the situation in the Middle East.

If there are Muslim and Jewish Politicians spread across the political divide these feelings are going to surface now and again. Jeremy Corbyn was right to suspend this man and it sends out a clear message that these historical difference must be put aside in U.K. politics,

trisher Mon 17-Dec-18 16:10:31

He WAS Jalima1108 he is currently suspended.

M0nica Mon 17-Dec-18 14:38:28

Did he say 'world wars' or world's wars, because I was beginning to wonder about the Roman Invasion and 1066 and boggling.

Jalima1108 Mon 17-Dec-18 13:36:57

He's Labour's West Midlands regional organiser apparently.
And a bigot.

trisher Mon 17-Dec-18 12:51:58

But it is thinking that can be found at the both ends of the political spectrum- far right and far left. To look at anti-semitism otherwise is to use a disgusting and unacceptable concept for political point scoring.

Anja Mon 17-Dec-18 12:21:46

Fennel this is not Labour Party thinking, just some little official with his brains in his boots.

Fennel Mon 17-Dec-18 12:15:31

"To go back to the thread title - are the Jews to blame for all the world wars , surely a yes or no ?"
First, which wars have been world wars? As far as I know, only 1914-18 and 1939-45.
I can understand someone with twisted thinking blaming Jews for WW2, but WW1? Why?

Anja Mon 17-Dec-18 12:12:19

Just realise....having reread the post. It’s not a labour MP at all, just some ‘official’ ??

Anja Mon 17-Dec-18 12:10:37

Of course the Jews are not to blame for all world wars and the idiot MP who allegedly said that has been suspended.

Rightly so.
By his party.
Who don’t share his anti Semitic views.