Israel libelled

This letter of mine appears in the Jerusalem Post, 7 February 2022

          Defamation by written or printed words, in other words libel, is a criminal offence in the UK.  In a 280-page document published on February 1, Amnesty International, a company registered in England and Wales, stated that Israel has “established and maintained an institutionalized…system of apartheid” directed against Palestinians.

          In short, the organization has libelled the State of Israel.

          English libel law permits individuals and companies to go to court to defend their reputations against the harm caused by false and defamatory publications.        A claimant must show that they have been identified in the publication, and that the publication was defamatory.

          The State of Israel should seek the remedy of British justice against the false claim that it is an apartheid state. It should charge Amnesty International in an English court with criminal libel.

          If the government balks at taking this action, surely there are organizations and individuals able and willing to defend the State of Israel, either in court or in other ways, against this monstrous accusation.

         A 280-page document, refuting Amnesty International’s charges point by point, would be a good start.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695688