Comments on: Guess The Antisemite http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Tue, 21 May 2013 15:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Antisemites Are Not Necessarily Creatures Of Hobbit | Israellycool http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-189966 Antisemites Are Not Necessarily Creatures Of Hobbit | Israellycool Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:31:26 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-189966 [...] number of months ago, I wrote of H G Wells antisemitism, followed by a post on Roald [...]

]]> By: uncle joe mccarthy http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184567 uncle joe mccarthy Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:04:06 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184567 it should be noted that dahl’s antisemitism didnt rear its ugly head till late in his life, when he may have started suffering from the symptoms of the disease that killed him

there is nothing in his literary fiction that points to antisemitism

not excusing it, but it might explain it

]]> By: zionair http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184553 zionair Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:33:09 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184553 gerald for some reason problems posting.
i also am interested but now time for the moment has gone
i did look at.
http://www.independent.co.uk/article-archive/

http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/54747/childrens-favourite-roald-dahl-proudly-antisemitic

]]> By: zionair http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184550 zionair Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:22:53 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184550 i have a little time so i also had a look but had no luck.
http://www.newstatesman.com/search/google/roald%20dahl?query=roald%20dahl&cx=014587529549946006773%3Aq0ke2unon2y&cof=FORID%3A11&sitesearch=

]]> By: Naomi http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184532 Naomi Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:42:54 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184532 James and Giant Peach????

No, say it aint so.

]]> By: Aussie Dave http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184524 Aussie Dave Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:14:12 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184524 Yes he was. They divorced in 1983.

]]> By: Aussie Dave http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184523 Aussie Dave Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:13:51 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184523 No, I could not find the link sorry.

]]> By: Travis http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184519 Travis Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:05:02 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184519 Wasn’t he married to the actress Patricia Neal?

]]> By: Travis http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184517 Travis Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:03:18 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184517 I had read about Dahl’s anti-Semtism a long time ago. A good writer but a creep.

]]> By: JF http://www.israellycool.com/2012/08/23/guess-the-antisemite/comment-page-1/#comment-184514 JF Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:16:29 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=42349#comment-184514 I never could read Dahl. I found his nastiness came through in his writing. I was not at all surprised when i discovered (more than 20 years ago) that he was an antisemite.

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