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(A7) UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese was again the subject of an antisemitism controversy when she expressed gratitude at the sharing of an antisemitic quote by a white supremacist.
Francesca Albanese thankful for antisemitic quote from white supremacist
UN Special Rapporteur at heart of numerous antisemitism controversies thanks X user for sharing quote that was originated by white supremacist Joseph Sobran at a Holocaust denial organization.— Shlem Uzzel (@ShlemU) October 21, 2024
The quote Albanese responded to was attributed to the late Dr. Hajo Meyer, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who expressed extreme anti-Israel views and even engaged in conspiracy theories claiming that Israel was involved in the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. In the quote attributed to him, Meyer stated, “An antisemite used to be someone who disliked Jews, now it is someone who Jews dislike.”
Albanese wrote in response to the sharing of this quote, “Thanks for sharing this, I will look for Dr Meyer’s work.”
However, the quote did not originate with Dr. Hajo Meyer, who said it in 2007, but with Joseph Sobran, who coined a nearly identical line seven years earlier in 2000.
Omg, omg, omg… Francesca Albanese approves the fake quote from Hajo Meyer (he was deeply unwell, but it’s a completely different story), but this quote in reality comes from a white supremacist Joseph Sobran
How this person can work in UN, for f* sake?@GnasherJew@HillelNeuer https://t.co/g5yFQUiUHu pic.twitter.com/6cWLE4uOib
— Michael Elgort (@just_whatever) October 20, 2024
In a book for the Institute for Historical Review, a Holocaust denial and Nazi apologist organization, Sobran wrote “An antisemite used to mean a man who hated Jews. Now it means a man who is hated by Jews.”
He repeated that exact line in an article defending the Institute for Historical Review in 2002.
Sobran was considered an antisemite by conservative leader William F. Buckley. In 1999, Sobran wrote an article in which he claimed that “Jews have been brilliantly subversive of the cultures of the natives they have lived amongst. Their tendencies, especially in modern times, have been radical and nihilistic.” He also wrote, “History is replete with the lesson that a country in which the Jews get the upper hand is in danger.”
