Judaism has been a problem in Britain for a long time. It’s time to face up to that

The Lord Goodman of Wycombe, commonly known as the former Conservative MP for High Wycombe and Editor for Conservative Home, Paul Goodman, recently wrote a propaganda piece for the Likudgraph titled “Islam has been a problem in Britain for a long time. It’s time to face up to that” we’ve linked to an archived version of the article as it sits behind a paywall. It does make for some shocking reading.

The levels of pro-Zionist propaganda that the Telegraph/ Torygraph/ Likudgraph has been pumping out in defence of their Israeli clients over the last couple of years has been at an all time high. Islamophobic rhetoric couched as academic discourse shows no letting up whatsoever at the Likudgraph, little wonder when the likes of its Political Editor Camilla Turner are part of the idealogical Zionists embedded into the establishment media to simultaneously cheer-lead for the genocidal Israeli state and to disrupt Pro-Palestinian sentiment and cause disharmony amongst British Muslims and the wider British community.

We wanted to provide a side-by-side comparative version of Goodman’s propaganda piece, showing how the tone and public acceptability of the same text shifts when you simply replace Muslim/Islam with Jew/Judaism.

We’ve presented it in two aligned columns for clarity (left = original, right = replaced?

· The structure and logic of the piece remain identical.

· But when Jew/Judaism replaces Muslim/Islam, the rhetoric instantly reads as openly antisemitic and extremist.

· The same sentences that might pass as “security commentary” in one form become clearly discriminatory and conspiratorial in the other.

· This comparison lays bare a double standard often present in mainstream discourse about religion, extremism and integration.

Only the Islamophobic version of the above would be considered acceptable to print in this day and age. As Tory peer, Baroness Warsi, spoke in 2011 of “Islamophobia passing the dinner table test. We see that Islamophobic attitudes are in the ascendency both in the media and within a number of the political parties on the right and the Labour party. These attitudes have effects in the real world and until Muslims engage in democratic political activism, this situation will only get worse.

Original (Muslim / Islam)	Rewritten (Jew / Judaism)
I represented more Muslims than any other Conservative MP for the best part of a decade…	I represented more Jews than any other Conservative MP for the best part of a decade…
During the 25 years that have passed since I was first elected, most British Muslims have been quietly getting on with their lives…	During the 25 years that have passed since I was first elected, most British Jews have been quietly getting on with their lives…
The first Jews have been murdered for their faith in Britain since their readmission to England in the 1650s. Anti-Muslim violence is at a record high.	The first Jews have been murdered for their faith in Britain since their readmission to England in the 1650s. Anti-Jewish violence is at a record high.
However, only one is linked to a major security problem here in Britain. Violence is not committed here in the name of Christianity or Islam…	However, only one is linked to a major security problem here in Britain. Violence is not committed here in the name of Christianity or Judaism…
But the murder of Lee Rigby, the Manchester Arena bombing, the London Bridge attack… were all committed in the name of Islam.	…were all committed in the name of Judaism.
What did conflict abroad have to do with… cartoons of the prophet of Islam…	…cartoons of the prophet of Judaism…
Until the renaissance, the Christian and Muslim worlds boxed roughly even. Then came the ascent of the West. Muslims have struggled to come to terms with it.	Until the renaissance, the Christian and Jewish worlds boxed roughly even. Then came the ascent of the West. Jews have struggled to come to terms with it.
The first was political – the rise of the belief that Islam provides a governmental system…	The first was political – the rise of the belief that Judaism provides a governmental system…
The second was religious – the ascent of Wahabi-ism, a puritanical and fundamentalist reading of Islam.	The second was religious – the ascent of ultra-Orthodoxy, a puritanical and fundamentalist reading of Judaism.
According to Freedom House, only one Muslim-majority country is free…	According to Freedom House, only one Jewish-majority country is free…
Over a long span of time, our governments made the problem worse… weakened the traditional, classical Muslim sources of authority and put Wahabis in power…	Over a long span of time, our governments made the problem worse… weakened the traditional, classical Jewish sources of authority and put ultra-Orthodox groups in power…
…from British mosques. Prosecutions are required.	…from British synagogues. Prosecutions are required.
And while a determined response to anti-Muslim prejudice and violence is required, the very concept of Islamophobia, which threatens free expression, must be resisted.	And while a determined response to anti-Jewish prejudice and violence is required, the very concept of Anti-Semitism, which threatens free expression, must be resisted.
Unless and until a campaign of this kind gets going… The number of Islamist-aligned MPs and councillors will rise… Ordinary Muslims will see their children targeted for recruitment by extremists.	Unless and until a campaign of this kind gets going… The number of Judaist-aligned MPs and councillors will rise… Ordinary Jews will see their children targeted for recruitment by extremists.