The case of Malcolm Ross, the author of booklets alleging a worldwide Jewish conspiracy and denying that the Holocaust happened, may be reactivated because of a fresh complaint.
Dr. Julius Israeli, the original plaintiff in the case, has lodged a new complaint with New Brunswick Attorney-General David Clark, asking that Ross be charged with promoting hatred against Jews.
Israeli, an Orthodox Jew living in Newcastle, about 100 miles from here, argues Ross should be charged with disseminating hate propaganda, because of several articles Ross published in local newspapers in New Brunswick recently.
In articles published in the Northumberland News and The Miramichi Leader last month, Ross writes why he published his allegedly anti-Semitic books, where the public can buy them, and how he came upon his beliefs.
Israeli believes that it is enough to reactivate hate charges against Ross.
Earlier this fall, Clark decided not to charge Ross with promoting hatred against Jews after a year-long investigation by the Moncton police force and the Attorney General’s office.
Clark explained that two of Ross’s books did not fall within the definition of hate literature and that a third probably did, but was no longer available to the public, having been out of print for five years.
RECONSIDERED DECISION
An embarrassed Clark quickly decided to reconsider that decision after several journalists in New Brunswick were able to get copies of the book, “Web of Deceit,” from local libraries. Only a few days later, however, Clark announced his original decision not to charge Ross would stand.
Clark said in a telephone interview that the Public Prosecutor’s office is examining Israeli’s new complaint.
In the articles in question, Ross, the Maritime Provinces director of the Christian Defense League, writes that his “whole purpose in writing and publishing is to exalt Jesus Christ and to inform Christians about the great Satanic movement which is trying to destroy our Christian faith and civilization.
“I believe that by throwing off this hold of Jewish domination, we will usher in a period of economic, political and spiritual freedom.”
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