ADL: Michael Jackson Has 'An Anti-Semitic Streak'

[Fillmore]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=57131

11/23/2005 11:34:00 AM

To: National Desk

Contact: Myrna Shinbaum, 212-885-7747 or Todd Gutnick, 212-885-7755, Both of Anti-Defamation League

NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Reacting to revelations that Michael Jackson referred to Jews as "leeches" in a voicemail to a former business manager, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said the pop music icon "has an anti-Semitic streak" and hasn't learned from his past mistakes, including the use of anti- Semitic epithets in a 1995 song he wrote.

In tapes aired yesterday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Jackson was heard saying of Jews, "They suck...They're like leeches... I'm so tired of it...It is a conspiracy. The Jews do it on purpose."

Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:

"Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak, and hasn't learned from his past mistakes. It seems every time he has a problem in his life, he blames it on Jews. It is sad that Jackson is infected with classically stereotypical ideas of Jews as all-powerful, money-grubbing and manipulative.

"We had hoped that Jackson would have learned from his mistakes. While he apologized for, and later removed the anti- Jewish lyrics in 'They Don't Care About Us,' it is clear now that he never was able to completely remove the bigotry from his own heart.

"It is important now for Mr. Jackson to stand up and acknowledge that his words are hurtful and hateful. He needs to show his fans that he rejects bigotry and is truly serious about stamping out, in his words, 'the ugliness of racism, anti- Semitism and stereotyping.' This can only begin with an apology to Jews everywhere, especially those fans who have been deeply hurt and offended by his words."

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The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry

[voltaires_priest]

I was worried about you; I'd heard that your new career as a prizefighter had run into trouble.

Still, I'm glad to see ya fighting fit and raring to get into the mix again





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[Boogski]

Yep, that's our Mikey!

What's with some of these great artists? I heard that Richard Wagner had a problem with Jews as well.

On another note, I hear that the Syrians have embraced David duke. Seems they have something in common.

[voltaires_priest]

Phasses isn't Syrian. He's just a very special boy



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[LalaMimi]

MJ is no way anti-Semitic! If so, why would he hold up and wave Israeli Flags at Press conferences.. be best buddies with Uri Geller and publically hang around with a bunch of old Orthodox Jews and Rabbis...?

It is more likely that the ADL doesn't like the idea of him now living with a bunch of Arabs in Bahrain. J/K

[NAK__-KKK]

let me give you the inside storry :
well you should know that the brother of Michael jackson converted to Islam few years ago , and the "J-Globalists" who control the world fear that he can influence Michael jackson , they fear that Michael could convert to Islam , because he is so famouse and many people could follow him , hence the strategy they started which is trying to discredit Michael and depect him in the mind of the masses as a pedophile and a fool , they want to do that before he declares his conversion to Islam so to reduce the impact of this conversion and also to pass the message that Islam attracts only weird people and maniacs ...this is why Michael Jackson is under attack from the media there are pop stars who are doing unbelievably filthy stuff but nobody mentions them in the media , the media does not attack the satan worshippers for example , they are only attacking Michael Jackson in order to tarnish his image ...now the attacks have dramatically increased cause Michael have chosen to live in Bahrain and very lickely he will declare his conversion to islam over there .....

[LalaMimi]

I thought the Jackson family were all Jehovah's Witnesses - and that it was a myth that his brother had converted to Islam.