Post by fraserinbc on May 11, 2012 3:46:22 GMT
The owner of a Premier League football club is listed as an advisory member of a group which claims Israel is an apartheid state.
The Global March for Jerusalem's website claims that Queen's Park Rangers owner Tony Fernandes is a signatory.
And it claims on its website to "support the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, to liberate their lands and to live on them in freedom and dignity like all other people on earth".
Besides the Global March's "No Israel" logo, the use of certain phrases in official March statements makes clear its view of Israel.
"Zionist Enemy", "the racist Zionist state of Israel", "Israeli apartheid", "crime against humanity", "ethnic cleansing" and "the occupation of Palestine in 1948" are just some of the horrific terms used on the website.
Football fan Martin Josephson was shocked when he discovered Mr Fernandes' alleged connection to the group.
He said: "It is totally irresponsible. The owner of a professional football club can have his own religious and political views, but should not be involved with something like this.
"Can you imagine what would happen if the owner of Manchester United made a joke about Christians?"
Mr Josephson, of Manchester, also expressed his concern that Mr Fernandes' alleged political beliefs may influence relegration threatened QPR's fans.
He said: "It is almost enticing QPR fans to follow his lead. What is stopping him using it on match days for publicity and what about QPR's Jewish fans?"
The Global March chose March 30 to "march on Jerusalem" and predicted "massive marches" at Israel's northern and southern borders. But fewer than100,000 around the world took part.
The Global March's organising statement declares that "the March will demand freedom for Jerusalem and its people and to put an end to the apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaisation policies affecting the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem."
It continued: "The march will confirm that the policies and practices of the racist Zionist state of Israel against Jerusalem and its people are a crime not only against Palestinians, but against all humanity."
Zionist Federation co-president Professor Eric Moonman told the Jewish Telegraph: "I am saddened that someone who owns a football club should be engaged in such a provocative and prejudicial campaign. This is something that will need to be examined and investigated.
"The Football Association need to be made aware of this and I will be happy to take it up with them."
Mr Fernandes was unavailable for comment when contacted by the Jewish Telegraph.
www.jewishtelegraph.co.uk/nat_1.html?
The Global March for Jerusalem's website claims that Queen's Park Rangers owner Tony Fernandes is a signatory.
And it claims on its website to "support the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, to liberate their lands and to live on them in freedom and dignity like all other people on earth".
Besides the Global March's "No Israel" logo, the use of certain phrases in official March statements makes clear its view of Israel.
"Zionist Enemy", "the racist Zionist state of Israel", "Israeli apartheid", "crime against humanity", "ethnic cleansing" and "the occupation of Palestine in 1948" are just some of the horrific terms used on the website.
Football fan Martin Josephson was shocked when he discovered Mr Fernandes' alleged connection to the group.
He said: "It is totally irresponsible. The owner of a professional football club can have his own religious and political views, but should not be involved with something like this.
"Can you imagine what would happen if the owner of Manchester United made a joke about Christians?"
Mr Josephson, of Manchester, also expressed his concern that Mr Fernandes' alleged political beliefs may influence relegration threatened QPR's fans.
He said: "It is almost enticing QPR fans to follow his lead. What is stopping him using it on match days for publicity and what about QPR's Jewish fans?"
The Global March chose March 30 to "march on Jerusalem" and predicted "massive marches" at Israel's northern and southern borders. But fewer than100,000 around the world took part.
The Global March's organising statement declares that "the March will demand freedom for Jerusalem and its people and to put an end to the apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaisation policies affecting the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem."
It continued: "The march will confirm that the policies and practices of the racist Zionist state of Israel against Jerusalem and its people are a crime not only against Palestinians, but against all humanity."
Zionist Federation co-president Professor Eric Moonman told the Jewish Telegraph: "I am saddened that someone who owns a football club should be engaged in such a provocative and prejudicial campaign. This is something that will need to be examined and investigated.
"The Football Association need to be made aware of this and I will be happy to take it up with them."
Mr Fernandes was unavailable for comment when contacted by the Jewish Telegraph.
www.jewishtelegraph.co.uk/nat_1.html?
