[Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News] Amnesty-UK's outrageous justification for rejecting resolution fighting antisemitism

Yesterday I posted about how Amnesty International members voted at their annual general meeting against a resolution calling on Britain to fight antisemitic attacks.

The Coalition Against Anti-Semitism in Europe tweeted to Amnesty-UK asking for comment. Here was their shameful response:

@caasecoalition We condemn all forms of hate crime and discrimination. Unfortunately we can't campaign on everything.
— Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) April 21, 2015

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.



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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News at 4/22/2015 08:00:00 AM