Claire Rayner: Jewish people's claim to a historic homeland was "a load of crap".

[Gengis_Khan]

Claire Rayner: Jews have no right to Middle East land
By Robert Men****
21 April 2002
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Claire Rayner, Britain's best-known agony aunt, has outraged the Jewish establishment by declaring a loathing of Israel and an apparent empathy with Palestinian suicide bombers.

Ms Rayner, 71, who was born Jewish , has said that the Jewish people's claim to a historic homeland was "a load of crap".

The comments from the "mother of all agony aunts" have infuriated the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Only last week it castigated another television personality, the poet and Oxford University don Tom Paulin, for suggesting in an interview that American-born settlers in Israel were like Nazis who should be "shot dead". Mr Paulin, in a letter to today's Independent on Sunday, says his views have been distorted.

Ms Rayner told this newspaper: "I have never had any attachment to Israel. The only time I went there I loathed the country. People were abominably rude. I am appalled by the right wing hawkishness of this government. What upsets me even more is so many of the constituents seem to approve of what Sharon is doing.

"People say the Jews have a historic right to live on the land * how can they? What a load of crap. You could also say Sephardic Jews have a right to Spain."

Ms Rayner, the president of the British Humanist Association declares a firm preference for a world without national boundaries. She added: "If you treat a group of people the way Palestinians have been treated they will use the only weapon they have which is their individual lives. This is why there are suicide bombers."

Fiona Macaulay, public affairs director of Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: "There can never be any justification for terrorism where innocent civilians die for political ends. I am appalled that Claire Rayner could believe otherwise."

In his letter, Mr Paulin writes: "I have been and am a life-long opponent of anti-Semitism and a consistent supporter of a Palestinian state. I do not support attacks on Israeli civilians."

[Muslim Sista]

salaam,
subhanallah
you write a lot
It was different first time i've ever heard a jew or jewish born say that.

[Sultan]

And what about that Jewish labour MP who called Isreal a 'Pariah state' and Sharon a War Criminal.

Even then, the Board of Deputies tried to label the guy as an 'anti-semite'!!!!!

[Noor]

It appears that all the zioniy supporters seem to block their ears when facts are spoken or if they do hear, they start to whinge!!

[Agent 99]

salaams
Yes i thought it was wonderful a jew knocking down their own ppl....wow...this 71 yr old women....did say alot in 4 words though..
the Jewish people's claim to a historic homeland was
"a load of crap".
SO true

[F R E S H]

An earlier thread of this already exists,!

[Agent 99]

Originally posted by F R E S H
An earlier thread of this already exists,!

your right FRESH....i thought i read this before...just did not post to it....i think...hahhahaha