Independent Jewish Voices

Critical Responses to Independent Jewish Voices

Some of the responses to IJV have been highly critical. In the interests of free expresssion we include links to some of those here:

Canadian Jeiwsh News, 19/4/2007: Loyalty and Shame

Jewish Press, 21/2/07: News and views from Europe (scroll down)

TotallyJewish, 20/2/07: IJV Holds First Public Meeting

Thoughts of a Christian Conservative, 19/2/07: The Jewish Enemy Within

Contentions, 19/2/07: News from the continent: False Prophets

Mealanie Phillips, 19/2/07: The Jewish enemy within

Batflattery, 11/2/07: Like apartheid? Don't make me laugh

American Wars, 10/2/07: Words and Deeds (by Gilad Atzmon)

Arnold Wesker, 8/2/07: The Goading of Israel

Melanie Phillips, 8/2/07: Jews for Genocide 

Comments on Melanie from Matthew Norman in the Independent:

"But only when she unleashes her full might on Israel does Mel paint her most compelling portraits, and the 8 February entry about Independent Jewish Voices, the new grouping of liberal British Jews, is an authentic masterpiece. Subtly entitled "Jews For Genocide", this delicate analysis makes two fundamental points:

1) that it's self-indulgent nonsense for IJV signatories to claim they are demonised by "mainstream Jews" for criticising Israel; and

2) that those who criticise Israel are a "Jewish fifth column for Arab and Muslim terror", and "prominent accomplices of those who wish to destroy the Jewish people".

What a talent she is, and so long as the Daily Mail seems oddly unwilling to publish such pricelessness, thank heaven for the Aladdin's Cave that is madmelphillips.com."

Blog Sabbah, 5/2/07: British Jewish Group Slams Israel