Lord Phillips: "The Jews Aren't Lacking in Intelligence. They May Be Deeply Prejudiced But .... "


By Jonathan Hoffman
February 23, 2011
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Yes welcome back Lord Phillips of Sudbury, the very same ignoble Lord who said that "America is in the grip of the well-organised Jewish Lobby" and that "non-Jewish critics of Israel are silent for fear of being labelled ‘antisemitic’".

http://www.thejc.com/blogpost/lord-phillips-america-grip-well-organised-...

Last night there was a meeting at Senate House, University of London, organised by the rabidly anti-Israel Middle East Monitor.

http://hurryupharry.org/2011/02/16/palestine-papers-seumas-milne-to-appe...

The subject was the "Palestine Papers". The speakers included Tim Llewellyn (ex-BBC), who said that Israel is a rogue state, who supports a boycott, who thinks that Resolution 242 was solely about Israeli withdrawal (it was about withdrawal in exchange for peace) and who spoke about "the ghastly stranglehold of the Israeli Lobby"; Clayton Swisher - the Al Jazeera reporter who analysed the Palestine Papers; Kathleen Christison who has been called "an Israel-hating loon":

http://hurryupharry.org/2009/10/15/amnesty-international-uk-going-out-in...

and Oliver McTernan of "Forward Thinking" who is critical of the demand that Hamas recognise Israel and denounce violence before it is allowed into negotiations.

It was chaired by Phillips and fittingly the prize for the most antisemitic comment of the evening went to him. Discussing a scenario from Swisher which saw Israel under attack on all fronts and the US not coming to its assistance, Phillips commented, looking at the Panel:

"The Jews aren't lacking in intelligence. They may be deeply prejudiced but they are saying the same things as you are saying."

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Well, if it quacks like an antisemite ... and Phillips sure does a lot of quacking

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Yvetta

23 February, 2011 - 08:11

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Despicable - the antisemites are not afraid to quack their true thoughts in today's climate. At least we know what they really think.

Yoni1

23 February, 2011 - 09:25

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This ridiculous 'Lord' isn't prejudiced at all, at all, of course ...
What a despicable little man. They really do take the dregs of society these days.

Jonathan Hoffman

23 February, 2011 - 10:09

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Richard Millett will blog about this meeting. Here is Phillips' full quote, thanks to him:

Everything I hear from the platform speakers makes me think that the world we are now moving into has been turned upside down and that, er, the Jews aren't lacking in intelligence, they may be deeply prejudiced, many of them, but they are going to be saying the same sort of thing as you on the panel are saying. It seems to me that it is not at all safe to rely on the past to interprete the future and that American, indeed American Jewry, quite apart from the progressive elements within Israel, who have been overshadowed in recent years, all of this could change quickly and rapidly in the face of a Middle East that suddenly becomes hostile.

mattpryor

23 February, 2011 - 10:26

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My comment was removed, but suffice to say I disapprove of Lord Phillips' comments in the strongest possible terms.

Now that I've seen the full quote - can someone translate it for me please? He doesn't seem to actually say anything at all.

Jonathan Hoffman

23 February, 2011 - 10:30

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@Matt:

Swisher posed an apocalyptic post-Arab Spring scenario whereby Israel was attacked from all sides and the US did not help it.

Phillips was saying that Jews in the US would - in such a scenario - not pressure their government to assist Israel, because "Jews aren't lacking in intelligence" ...

mattpryor

23 February, 2011 - 10:46

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Well he clearly doesn't know what he's talking about.

If Israel was attacked on all sides and the US government sat back and did nothing they would have a civil war on their hands. The urban liberal clique (Jewish or otherwise) would probably favour a "wait and see" approach (encouraged by anti-Zionists and Arabists), while the hawkish American right (Jewish or otherwise) would favour intervention. Passions would be very high.

The same would be pretty much true for Britain.

I am very frustrated when people talk about "the Jews" as if Jewish people act with one mind. It's deeply prejudiced, simplistic and stupid.

Jonathan Hoffman

23 February, 2011 - 12:18

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http://richardmillett.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/lord-andrew-phillips-of-s...

Richard Millett's account is now up; please comment on it on his blog, not here

Jonathan Hoffman

24 February, 2011 - 17:02

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http://www.thejc.com/node/45703

Joe Millis

24 February, 2011 - 17:12

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Indeed obnoxious and revolting. But in the grand scheme of things he is really a non-entity. So I am not sure of the need to get hot under the collar about this. Seems to me that we are letting the other side determine our agenda as well as terminology.

Yoni1

28 February, 2011 - 05:56

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Nothing to see here, move along. Let's do nothing, say nothing, never rock the boat and under no circumstances annoy the gentiles. It'll all pass soon enough.
Remind anyone of the 1930s?

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