A two page ad appeared in the New York Times on Sunday, September 21, paid for by a John Haywood, about whom we could find no reference on the Internet.
Some of the ten points made by Haywood are stridently anti-Israeli. That is not to say they are without some merit.
But the following have all been made, some again and again over the years by NewsLanc.
We feel they deserve repeating:… (more)
Submitted on 2014/09/21 at 7:36pm
Haywood is from S. Carolina , I believe, and has tried to run for president. His section on Israel is quite anti-semetic. What I don’t like is that he did not identify himself, and left no contact info to respond.
EDITOR: Thanks for the information. Although not obvious, there was a link to contact him and one to his web site.
Submitted on 2014/09/22 at 8:27am
To Anonymous,
You have fallen into the trap Haywood describes in his advertisement. Being critical of Israel’s foreign policy does not make you anti-Semitic.
Submitted on 2014/09/23 at 4:27pm
I agree, it would seem appropriate to know a little more about Mr. Haywood. I’m sure the NYT would have provided that information if it had been published as an editorial. But as a paid advertisement, it is a much different situation.
I was very surprised to find that I agreed with most of the positions he is taking. Concerning the comment made by “Anonymous about his positions as being “Anti-Semite.” I believe that is exactly the point of his position. If someone says something against Israel, that doesn’t make them an Anti-Semite. Israel was founded as an admittedly terrorist country, and the early leaders admitted to bombing hotels a buildings that killed, on purpose many British citizens. That has nothing to do with the Jewish religion, Jewish people or their religious leaders.
One of the reasons the Israel-Palestine problem continues is because American Jews have been brainwashed by the media to believe criticism of Israel’s policies is anti-Semitic, and they block all open discussion.
Submitted on 2014/09/23 at 6:14pm
This is not the kind of ad that should be in the New York Times.
Were they that hard up for $100,000 that they had to insult the intelligence of their readers, let alone offending every Catholic in the country?
Submitted on 2014/09/24 at 2:12pm
To anonymous:
The word terrorist is a pretty loosely defined word and too ofter one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
In the early days of the founding of the state of Israel there were three major factions among the Jewish fighters: Haganah, Irgun and Stern Gang. The Stern Gang were terrorists and were defeated by the other two groups.
The Irgun were accused of being terrorists mainly because the blew up British Headquarters located in the King David Hotel. But too many people forget that approximately twenty minutes to a half hour beforehand Begin called the British commander and warned him ahead of time that a bomb was to go off and to get his troops out of there, which he managed to laugh off.
Other than that, there were plenty of acts of terrorism on both sides.
