Today I have formally reported @JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl to the Independent Press Standards Regulator @IpsoNews under the Editor’s Code of Practice Clause 1. Accuracy i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews Article 4/12/19 makes assertions of fact about me that are categorically untrue. One passage reads: “…Shahrar Ali, Green candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow, [after he] was revealed to have compared one of Israel’s 2009 offensive on Gaza to the Shoah on Holocaust Memorial Day.”
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews This is demonstrably false on any literal interpretation of the words. I neither gave a speech on Holocaust Memorial Day in 2009 nor did I compare Israel’s onslaught upon Gaza to the Shoah or Holocaust.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews Fact: HMD 2009 was on 27 January 2009.
Fact: My speech was delivered on 24 January 2009.
Fact: 24 Jan is not 27 Jan.
Fact: My speech was delivered on 24 January 2009.
Fact: 24 Jan is not 27 Jan.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews Nor did I make this comparison in any event, on that or any other day. The subjects of my political criticisms were three individuals – Olmert, Bush and Blair – whom I described as warmongers and who, I went on ....
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews ..had no right to push us aside, had not learned the lessons of history and should be facing war crimes tribunals. I did not compare Israel’s actions on Gaza to the Holocaust on any reasonable interpretation of my words.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews Furthermore, Board of Deputies President @marievanderzyl
libels me. It is not the case that I compared Israel to Nazi Germany or blamed the victims or claimed the legitimate anxiety of the Jewish community about the rise of antisemitism is fabricated. Three false claims in one.
libels me. It is not the case that I compared Israel to Nazi Germany or blamed the victims or claimed the legitimate anxiety of the Jewish community about the rise of antisemitism is fabricated. Three false claims in one.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews I am calling for immediate retraction of the comments by @JewishChron and for an apology to be issued with all due prominence at the earliest opportunity.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews The targeting of Green spokespersons with false allegations of anti-Semitism is designed to stifle legitimate criticism of the Israeli government. This form of deceit is especially dangerous as it sets back the cause of tackling all forms of racism and xenophobia.
@JewishChron @AleksPhillips1 @marievanderzyl @IpsoNews It is imperative that we continue to speak out on behalf the oppressed and challenge their oppressors. Tackling anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and all racism wherever they exist and by whomever they are perpetrated is core to Green Party aims. #antisemitismsmears #truthinpolitics
