Anders Lindberg downplays the left’s hatred of Jews

There are two wolves in Aftonbladet’s political editor, Anders Lindberg. I have no doubt that one of them is honest, when Writes in the editorial column That we will need a very different conversation about anti-Semitism in Sweden – “both the one in the government documents themselves and the one on the left”.

The other wolf, unfortunately, is an experienced strategist in the Social Democratic Party, and he immediately raised the bar.

Ultimately, the core issue of his editorial column (27/11) seems to be to present criticism of anti-Semitic expressions within the left as a right-wing campaign, with the aim of purging the SD.

And certainly, SvD Chronicle by Zuzana Popova Lindbergh’s response was condescending and clumsy, unable to clearly explain why Greta Thunberg was “Hitler’s girl.” Perhaps this was only attractive to those with the same gut feeling as Popova.

Criticism of anti-Semitism, and the pro-Palestinian activism that radiates to it, needs to be worded sharper than that.

But what is more interesting than what Lindbergh’s text contains is what is left out. According to Lindberg, there are two events that the right points to as evidence of anti-Semitism in the S: the USS demonstration in Malmö where “Smash Zionism” was chanted and Jamal al-Hajj’s participation in the conference against the party’s advice.

But wait? Elmar Reballo then?

The former Social Democratic Party strongman in Malmö has received repeated criticism for his statements about Jews and Israel. Among other things Obama’s special envoy, whose language he believed was anti-Semitic.

Among other things, Ribalo urged the Jews of Malmö to turn away from Israel, likened Zionism to anti-Semitism, and suggested that the city’s Jewish community had been infiltrated by the SS.

Partial statements Jewish debtors Because of the hatred they are exposed to, which was expressed by a representative of a city that suffers from major problems with hatred against Jews.

Regarding the 2019 demonstration, Anders Lindberg ignores Kvällsposten’s revelations in 2018, that the SSU youth association in Skane was controlled by an extremist brigade, with members who expressed themselves as both anti-Semitic and homophobic.

Perhaps it should be possible to listen to old party representatives, who were able to talk more clearly about what happened in the party.

Hiding these examples, of course, makes it easy to downplay the criticism and make it seem like right-wing propaganda. But the least that can be said is that combating anti-Semitism is harmful.

How did large parts of the left, such as Anders Lindbergh, end up on the defensive in the wake of the events of September? Stina Wolters noticed this Spreading anti-Semitism and Criticism of Greta Thunberg Clear.

Perhaps it is too much to ask the Left to listen and absorb what is mainly formulated in the bourgeois editorial pages. The best self-examination rarely comes from a position of defensiveness.

But perhaps it would be better to listen to the old party representatives, who were able to speak more clearly about what happened in the party. Like Goran Persson, who was clearly committed to anti-Semitism.

He has it able to express He was deeply saddened by what happened in SV Malmö, after his party presidency, and believes there is great reason for self-criticism.

By the party leadership, regardless of whether this is the case Mona Saleen or stefan leuven, He was always far from Ribalo’s statements, and the question was whether that was enough when the statements came.

Even among the Social Democrats, there seem to be two wolves.