Mona Levin

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Mona Levin (born 1939) is a Norwegian far right activist and public debater, most accurately described as the Norwegian version of David Horowitz. She is the main representantive in Norway of the Israel firsters, that is, the hysterical right-wing pro-Israeli lobby that labels all criticism of Israel as "anti-semitism."

[edit] Allegations against Kåre Willoch

She is most widely known for denouncing Norway's former conservative (as in centre-right) Prime Minister (and lifelong Israel friend) Kåre Willoch as an alleged "racist and antisemite," because of his moderate criticism of the right-wing Israeli government over the years.[1] Levin's comments were more directly an alleged response to a comment by Willoch in which he referenced statements by US politician and hardline Israel firster Rahm Emanuel's father on the appointment of his son as White House Chief of Staff. On his son's appointment, Dr. Benjamin Emanuel, a former Irgun terrorist, said that "obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he be? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to clean the floors of the White House."[2] Rahm Emanuel himself was publicly known as a staunch Israel supporter, having volunteered for its army in 1991, despite being a US citizen.[3] In 2003, Rahm Emanuel even criticized George W. Bush of not being supportive enough of Israel, claiming that Israel's policy of assassinating Palestinian political leaders "was clearly justified as an application of Israel's right to self-defense."[4] Willoch's statement that the appointment of Emanuel was probably an indication that the US would not change its policies toward Israel, where he basically agreed with the analysis offered by Emanuel's father and took the long track record of Rahm Emanuel himself into account, was then deliberately misrepresented by Levin as an "anti-semitic statement." Levin however did not make claims of anti-semitic statements against the original source of this analysis, Rahm Emanuel's father.

[edit] References

  1. Mona Levin: - Willoch er rasist og viser jødehat, Aftenposten
  2. Rahm Emanuel’s Father Problem, Time Magazine
  3. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3616306,00.html
  4. http://mondoweiss.net/2008/11/on-israel-rahm-emanuel-is-to-the-right-of-george-bush-and-the-paleos.html
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