Date
November 23, 2005
Title
The Mary Robinson dilemma, The Canadian Jewish News
Author(s)
Gerald M. Steinberg
Original Source
http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=7845
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Answering the dilemma posed by Professor Steinberg requires answering two more questions. Why do positions of public authority (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, EU Commissioner for External Relations) lend incumbents to Jewish state-bating to a greater degree than positions of a more private character (university professor, research institute director, university chancellor)? Secondly, to what extent is the reference to familiar anti-semitism being used as a relatively easy vehicle towards changing a public persona, while averring clear statements that the demonization of Israel is a form of anti-semitism (and calling for its end)?