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Mayor Livingstone v. Finegold and The Evening Standard

Irrational elements within the press are fond of maligning Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London. Livingstone has many flaws, among them political opportunism, but he tends towards progressive causes. He has made very many enemies with his courageous environmental policy, and his support for the Palestinian cause.

The favourite tactic of anti-Palestinians is to label those who disagree with them as ‘anti-Semites’, i.e. racists who hate Jewish people. We have personal experience of this. Mayor Livingstone has too. (more…)

In response to ‘Livingstone affirms anti-Semitic remarks’
by International Christian Assembly Jerusalem, 23/3/2006

Also in response to ‘Livingstone renews anti-Jewish slurs’
by George Conger, Jerusalem Post, 23/3/2006.

These two articles, and similar ones in various publications, explain how the Mayor of London got annoyed at the poor performance of contractors hired to build London’s Olympic City, complaining that the Reuben Brothers were the ‘main impediment’ to the successful completion of the project and that the taxpayer might have to ‘pick up the bill of £600m to £700m’ because of their actions.

Venting his frustration with the contractors, he said that they should go back to Iran (they are of Iranian descent) if they refused to accept the Mayor’s planning régime for the Olympic City. (more…)