Author Archives: Jean Calder

Anti-semitism and Crying Wolf

Argus title : My fears for this event in our city

A senior Sussex police officer is likely to receive “words of advice” from his own force following criticisms of peace campaigners protesting about the 2006 Israeli bombing of Lebanon.

In a letter sent to and published by The Argus last year, Ch Supt Moore said the decision of peace campaigners to hold their protest in Palmeira Square – an area he claimed was home to a large population of Jewish people – was a “deliberate attempt to provoke and incite”.

However the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) upheld an appeal made by three of those who attended the demo that the comments were “inaccurate and inappropriate”. Continue reading