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Assange: Jewish conspiracy comments 'distorted'

March 2, 2011 10:07
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

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Julian Assange has accused Private Eye editor Ian Hislop of distorting his comments about Jews in an interview published in the magazine.

Mr Assange said the suggestion that he had referred to a “Jewish conspiracy,” out to get him, was “completely false”.

According to Private Eye, Mr Assange told Mr Hislop that there was an “an obvious attempt to deprive him and his organisation of Jewish support and donations” and attacked three non-Jewish journalists, including Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, for leading a “Jewish” conspiracy against him.

In a statement published by WikiLeaks he said: “"Hislop has distorted, invented or misremembered almost every significant claim and phrase.”