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Anti-Semitism and the far left

David Baddiel argues that the ‘anti-racist’ far left do not include Jews in their sacred circle, and that anti-Semitism is now a ‘second-class racism’

David Baddiel. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 10 April 2021

The comic David Baddiel has written a book which explains that much of the far left hates Jews. There are exceptions. They are OK with dead Jews (the Holocaust gets a sad face emoji if it isn’t ‘exploited’ by living Jews, in which case it gets an angry face emoji), and penitent Jews (the ones who hate Israel in any form).

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