Attacking Finland’s Muslim community is not hard for the likes of Jussi Halla-aho and the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party. It is, however, a different story when anti-Semitic rhetoric comes to play.
Halla-aho’s racism and, in particular, his anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and Afrophobia are well known. Of these three, anti-Semitism is the biggest threat to his political future.
The PS chairperson’s racism has long roots, and therefore we should do everything possible to prevent a politician who built his political career on racism and becoming prime minister.
The Jews have political power and resources to counter anti-Semitism. This is not the case for Muslims and people of color. It explains why Halla-aho prefers to be quiet about his anti-Semitic writings.
About two weeks ago, Halla-aho was confronted about his anti-Semitic writings. The PS head naturally denied being an anti-Semite and dismissed the claim by Lauri Nurmi, who recently published an unofficial biography of him and made such an observation. He called it a publicity stunt.
Gideon Bolotowsky had a straightforward opinion about Halla-aho’s anti-Semitic writings. The well-known representative of Finland’s Jewish community was quoted as saying in Uusi Suomi: “Based on these [Halla-aho’s] texts, he is definitely an anti-Semite and an anti-Judaist.”
So what has Halla-aho written about the Holocaust and the Jews?
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