Accusation of Anti-Semitism During A Debate On Iran
In 2012, it was reported in the Jewish Chronicle that Peter Jenkins had been accused, during a debate at the University of Warwick, of lacing his speech "with subtle attempts at anti-semitism" for stating that: "the idea a just war requires the use of force to be proportionate seems to be a Christian notion and not a Jewish notion.". Sam Westrop, a blogger at the Jerusalem Post, subsequently described Peter Jenkins as a "traditional anti-Semite who thinks of Jews as perpetrating medieval cruelties and amassing influence and power".
The accusation was made during the debate by Jonathan Sacerdoti, director of the Institute for Middle East Democracy. The debate required Peter Jenkins and his partner to defend Iran's right to a nuclear programme and to argue against the use of force by the Jewish state of Israel or Western powers to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. Jonathan Sacerdoti and his partner, Davis Lewin of the Henry Jackson Society, lost the debate on a show of hands by a large majority
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