The Jooooooos strike again

According to the National Post - yes, I finally broke down and started paying ten bucks a month for an electronic subscription - NDP members are complaining that Jack Layton is controlled by the omnipotent Jewish lobby:

A group of 25 New Democrats have distributed an open letter to Jack Layton criticizing the party's "sudden lurch toward Israel" and the pro-Israeli stances of NDP MPs Pat Martin and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.

The group, including defeated Ottawa NDP candidate Monia Mazigh, charges in the letter that the Canadian Jewish Congress is exerting "undue influence" within the party.

The group had complained to the NDP leader in a series of letters since Aug. 20 that he was turning the social democratic party into a "pro-Israel political party."

After Mr. Layton failed to respond, they fired off an open letter to all NDP members that ended up on the Web site of the U.S.-based Al-Jazeerah Information Centre. It was not released to the Canadian media.
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The group also deplored Mr. Layton for failing to join the United Nations and the International Court in the Hague in condemning Israel for building a wall to keep out Palestinian suicide bombers.

They suggested the NDP has come under the influence of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) since Mr. Layton became leader.

"We have noticed a subtle yet significant shift in the party's stance on Palestine," the letter said. "We are now worried that the recent tilt in the NDP toward Israel and the abandoning of its anti-occupation constituency, has come about as a result of lobbying and undue influence by the CJC and its partners within the NDP."

Note the wording: it's not that Layton has decided to moderate his party's Middle East policies now that Svend Robinson isn't around; no, it's all about "undue influence" (wink, wink) from the - say it with me, folks - powerful Jewish lobby.

Anyone want to tell me what "undue influence" means here? Will the CJC use the media (controlled by Jews, of course) to attack the NDP if it doesn't get its way? Have they used Jewish control over international finance to pay off Jack Layton? Are they threatening to use his children's blood for Passover pastries, as described in Saudi and Syrian newspapers?

Tell me. I really want to know.

Posted by damian at September 30, 2004 06:37 AM