London – A discussion thread on The Sun website headed ‘Jews control America – Proof’, and littered with virulently anti-Semitic postings has been removed, after the Jewish News contacted the paper, following a complaint from one of our readers.
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The messages on the redtop’s MYSun forum, which included claims that American Jewry funded the Holocaust and comparing Zionism to ‘Satanism’, came as tensions rose during the Gaza conflict and as incidents of anti-Semitism soared across the UK and Europe.
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The thread was started last week by an individual posting a news story regarding the America’s abstention from a United Nations vote calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, an article that prompted one poster to call Israel a “weak, pathetic country”.
Writing in response to a query of why the Jews were consistently vilified, another user wrote: “I guess, it’s because they have so much power, in so many places, and should you choose to accept the possibility that the true philosophy behind Zionism, is ‘Satanism’, then there is a real cause for concern.”
A third messenger wrote “[Jews] control what you know, control what you think and control the money supply”, while another stated: “Now you are beginning to realise why the European population supported Hitler.”
A fifth posting went on to say: “I would have thought that most intelligent people would have realised this years ago. The Jews that financed Hitler in the 30s were American Jews.”
The page remained up for three days and was ultimately removed after Jewish News reader Julian Fraser made an official complaint to The Sun, prompting us to follow up on the query.
Edgware resident Fraser told the Jewish News: “First and foremost, it was important to me to do something positive for Israel and do my bit against media bias. Once I noticed these comments, I felt compelled to act.
“I was just totally shocked that the biggest selling newspaper in the UK could print such offensive and disgusting bile on its website.
“The Sun, after all has a clear responsibility to uphold the law and prevent itself from being used as a tool to promote anti-Semitism.”
Mark Gardner, media director of the Community Security Trust, told the Jewish News: “This thread was clearly, grossly anti-Semitic and we’re glad that the management of The Sun has removed it in its entirety.”
A spokesperson for the paper told the Jewish News: “Discussion forums for MYSun are reactively moderated. All complaints received are reviewed by our moderation team and swiftly dealt with on a case by case basis, including removal where appropriate.”
My fellow yidden, Please Please realize that you can’t live in these vitriolic anti semetic europian countries.
You can’t deny it any longer.
I don’t really know what the solution is though since it’s so hard to uproot entire families and start anew somewhere else.
I’m surprised that anyone would be surprised at the anti semitic tone of the Sun newspaper. When I was in London twenty years ago their paper spewed vile anti semitism.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
One question. Why are the really so scared of the Jews?
its becoming more and clearly that once more people are not liking us, as it is 60 years after to one of the most worest pages in our history. we must now more then ever stick together. there are so many types of jewish people out there we must try and stop looking at the types of yamulkes and kippahs and really come together.