Yesterday
we
reported about how Amnesty International UK members voted at their annual
general meeting against a resolution calling on Britain to fight antisemitic
attacks.
The
Coalition Against Antisemitism in Europe tweeted to Amnesty-UK asking for
comment. Here was their shameful response:
Here
are the resolutions, outside of internal governance topics, that easily passed
in the meeting:
– Amnesty International’s stance on Abortion: Pro – Choice
– Addressing impunity in Guatemala
– Violations of the rights of Colombian activists including trade
union leader Huber Ballesteros
– The United Kingdom: Rendition and Torture
– Asylum detention in the UK -AIUK will undertake research into
the wrongful detention of torture and trafficking victims in British detention
2014
resolutions all passed as well, including:
– Sex Work – Decriminalisation
– Garment workers in Asian countries
– Guantanamo
– Guatemala
– Sri Lanka Human Rights
Their
mission statement says:
But, hey, you can’t
campaign on everything.
You can,
however, campaign on everything
except antisemitism.
This is a neat inversion
on the answer that latent antisemites give for choosing to condemn only Israel
for things that every nation does – “You’ve got to start somewhere. ” Just like the
Jewish state is always the first, last and only one to be condemned by so many,
so is Jew-hatred the first, last and only human rights issue that cannot be
tackled because of so many other issues worldwide.
