The caveats mentioned by Ian and the (usual) response from Keith reinforces and only adds weight to how unexpected and politically radical this speech and its publication by the Guardian was. If you can't see that, there's something wrong with your radar.

Given that Klein, as a jew, reacted as she did to October 7 makes it all the more astounding that she now comes out (Okay, seven months later!) and makes this remarkable (I still maintain) statement. One: she didn't need to make it at all, and Two: if she felt compelled to say something could have trotted out a few platitudes and soft-soaped the atrocities being committed in her (jewish) name. But she is scathing and unremitting in her condemnation of zionism and zionists, and powerfully rejects their attempt to collate the two. Neither does she shy away from describing the horrors being carried out in her name.

And for the Guardian, of all papers, to run the speech without redactions or qualifying weasel words marks a seismic shift in their attitude and media stance. Ian says they can easily cut ties with her if they so choose, and of course they can, but why run the risk in the first place when they didn't need to do it? As I said before, this decision wasn't taken lightly. They could have either just ignored the speech or commented on it briefly and in passing. They didn't.

Keith's infantile remark is like that of a sulky child throwing its toy out of the pram. I just wish he'd grow up once in a while.

I'm not usually as convinced I'm right in my views about a news event, but with this one I have no doubts it's a landmark.