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Article: `New Statesman' admits mistake over Kosher Conspiracy cover
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2002
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THE EDITOR of the New Statesman has admitted he was wrong to
publish a front cover that has been condemned as anti-Semitic.
A group styling itself Action Against Anti-Semitism marched into
the offices of the left-wing weekly last week, demanding a printed
apology. They were angered by the cover of the edition of 14 January,
which showed a gold Star of David impaling a Union flag and the
title: "A kosher conspiracy?"
The editor, Peter Wilby, did not accede to their demands. But he
was clearly upset by a raft of objections to the cover and
accompanying articles. Most significantly for the radical magazine,
it was denounced by the general secretary of the Labour Party, David
Triesman.
Mr ...