Property Giant Withdraws Sponsorship Over “Quenelle”
The property website Zoopla has announced that it will end its sponsorship of West Bromwich Albion at the end of the current season. Zoopla said its decision was prompted by the actions of French striker, Nicolas Anelka, who has been photographed (right) making a gesture known as the quenelle which, Zionists claim has “anti-Semitic” connotations. Zoopla is owned by the Jewish businessman Alex Chesterman. It was reported last week that the company had told West Bromwich that it would withdraw its sponsorship if Anelka wasn’t dropped from the team. Zoopla was reportedly “stunned” when the team didn’t comply. The Football Association has announced that it has appointed an “expert” to look into the matter. The Football Association has not yet named the “expert” who will lead the investigation into the gesture, which was made by the French striker after he scored against West Ham in late December.
The quenelle – which translates literally as “dumpling” in English – is a straight-arm salute with one arm pointing downwards and the other hand across the chest. It has been made famous by the French comedian Dieudonné M’Bala M’Bala, who has described it as a gesture of defiance, not specifically against Jews but against the establishment in general. Although Dieudonné denies the gesture is “anti-Semitic” it has been described by his critics as an inverted Nazi salute. As has been pointed out however, an inverted Nazi salute could just as easily be interpreted as a gesture of defiance against “anti-Semitism” rather than support for Nazism. Dieudonné , who French authorities claim has been insulting the memory of Holocaust victims during his stage shows, has been banned from performing in a growing list of French towns and cities.