The New York Times Features Alice Walker’s Recommendation of Deranged Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Book
It is not news that author Alice Walker is a longstanding anti-Israel activist, that she frequently crosses the line into outright anti-Semitism, and that she promotes the theories of flagrant, anti-Jewish racist David Icke. Yet it is Alice Walker whom the NY Times featured in a book column, dutifully relaying her recommendation of Icke’s anti-Semitic book without any qualification or disclaimer.
Activist Medea (formerly Susan) Benjamin maligns Israel and demands end to U.S.-Israel military alliance. She might be seen as living up to her self-assigned name, that of a mythological Greek enchantress and witch. Certainly her anti-U.S., anti-Israel mind-set relies on myths.
Author/poet Alice Walker (1983 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction for The Color Purple), also something of a fringe activist, vilified Israel and Jews during a 2010 book tour to promote her new book based on travels to Africa and “Palestine/Israel.” Did Jewish philanthropists conduct due diligence before supporting her appearances?