Interesting sidebar on these folks:
Accusations of antisemitism
In March 2004, Adbusters was accused of
antisemitism after running an article
[30] that alleged many supporters of the Iraq War within the
Bush Administration were
Jewish. The article questioned why the political implications of this Jewish influence on
U.S. foreign policy in the
Middle East were not a subject of debate.
[31]
In October 2010,
Shopper’s Drug Mart pulled Adbusters off of its shelves after a photo montage
[32] comparing the
Gaza Strip to the
Warsaw ghetto was featured in an article critiquing Israel’s embargo of Gaza.
[33] Two frequently pro-Israel Canadian organizations, the
Canadian Jewish Congress and
Honest Reporting Canada, rallied to have the magazine
blacklisted from bookstores, accusing Adbusters of trivializing the Holocaust and of antisemitism.
[34][35][36] “The argument is obscene, and continues the disgusting tradition of some supporters of the Palestinian cause to turn Jews into Nazis and Palestinians into Jews. In so doing, these propagandists not only demonize Israelis (i.e., Jews), but minimize the murderous extent and intent of [Nazism’s] genocidal project.”
[37] Adbusters responded to the charges in an op-ed printed in the
National Post, arguing that the charge of antisemitism was being used to silence legitimate criticism of Israeli policies, namely “Israel’s occupation of Palestine.”
[38] Adbusters also pointed out that the Canadian Jewish Congress has itself been the target of complaints by Jewish Canadians, including
Naomi Klein, who signed an open letter declaring, “We are appalled by recent attempts of prominent Jewish organizations and leading Canadian politicians to silence protest against the State of Israel. We are alarmed by the escalation of fear tactics.”
[39] Others*
who?*] have pointed out that Adbusters was not the first to make the comparison. Some academics, including
Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish anti-Zionist political scientist, have also compared Gaza to the Warsaw ghetto.
The pictures of the Warsaw ghetto were obtained from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum a year and a half before their use and were provided for a one-time use only.
[35] When advised of the use, the museum sent Adbusters a cease and desist letter demanding that the photos be immediately removed from Adbusters’ website.
[40] It was later discovered that the images used by Adbusters were in the public domain and/or not owned by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The confusion resulted from the fact that the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has pictures on file that they do not own the copyright to, but merely provide access to.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adbusters
