The Labour Party

That's very easy to explain, Roguey.

How many people have been cold-bloodedly murdered by Islamic extremists in France in the last couple of weeks for displaying cartoons of Mohammed or as a result of the President's justification of the right to do so?

How many people have been cold-bloodedly murdered by Christian extremists in France in the last couple of weeks for displaying cartoons of Jesus?

There's your answer.

For sure, Christianity has been a force for evil for centuries – whether justifying the slave trade, hiding sexual abuse by priests or dehumanising young girls in Magdalene Laundries – but it is not a dangerous or overbearing religion today in the same way as Islam.

So it's the religion that encourages people to do these rather than an individual's interpretation?

What about the Christian militias fighting in Beirut in the 80's and in Yugoslavia in the 90's?

Don't get me started on the Crusades and the Spanish inquisition.

You seem to have a selective memory when it comes to religious'terrorism'.

Seems to me you have a basic, naive understanding of the world which is why I suggest you educate yourself before debating.

Zionism was a political movement before a lot of atrocities committed against Jewish people and in the middle east it was almost an irrelevance.

However, surprise, surprise in England it slowly but surely gained enough of a lobby in order to make it a future consideration for the British Ruling class in the maintenance of it's empire in the early 20th century.

However, when Israel was created this was no bloodless 'revolution' it was a violent displacement which ethnically cleansed the people who were already living there.

If you think ethnic cleansing is a 'nuance'then it just goes to prove that you should start educating yourself as quickly as possible before you start commenting on certain subjects.

Ethnic cleansing is one way of describing what happens but as is so often the case there's the context to consider e.g.

The genocide of European Jewry (six million exterminated by the Nazis) (and which continued after WW2 in some states), the onset of the Cold War, the closing of liberal democratic gates to Jewish refugees, and the ethnic nation-state as the only available avenue for national emancipation

I'm not saying any of that makes it "right" (whatever that means) - just that it's a bit more nuanced than your reading appears to suggest. I say appears as you don't elaborate.

To what extent do you have sympathy with the Jewish plight? What would you have wanted to happen next if you were let's say a German Jew who had survived Auschwitz?

'Nuanced' seems to be your get out clause for any political argument.

Nothing justifies the the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

Having visited Auschwitz in 2014 I was angered by the activities of the fascists on jewish people as I see the same mindset prevalent in British society.

One of the places that was a cold house for Jewish people after World War2 was England.

So much so that a group of jewish ex servicemen formed the '43 Group'led by Morris Beckman to fight the anti semitism of the far right and the bigotry of the general public. You should read his book if you can still get a hold of it.

Also, try and read 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine' by Ilan Pappé, the Israeli historian for a truthful insight into the origins of Zionism and ethnic cleansing.

Endorsed by both John Pilger and Noam Chomsky.

He's bang on.