TV3 broadcaster Vincent Browne insists he is not anti-Semitic after branding Israel a “cancer” in foreign affairs.
Mr Browne had been complaining on his show about the lack of discussion of Israel during the last US presidential debate between Republican nominee Mitt Romney and US President Barack Obama.
“Israel is the cancer in foreign affairs. It polarises the Islamic community of the world against the rest of the world,” he said.
“Unless you deal with the problem of Israel and the Palestinians in that part of the world, there’s going to be conflict and disharmony. It’s a massive injustice — they stole the land from the Arabs.”
Mr Browne admitted that his choice of language could have been better but insisted that the criticism was justified.
“What I resent is the suggestion that because you’re critical of Israel, you’re automatically anti-Semitic. I don’t think that’s acceptable,” he said.
Mr Browne refused to apologise for his remarks, saying that Israel was founded in 1948 by taking land from the Arabs.
He said it was “blackmail” to try to brand everyone who was critical of Israel as anti-Semitic. “I don’t think I differ too much from Irish or European foreign policy,” he said.
traintosiberia
October 27, 2012 1:48 pm
Do you all have to do to be President Mr Obama. You should also consult the Drone manufacturer how to make sure that the little children killed in Pakistan by Drone can grow a wing and fly to freedom ,liberty,and justice offered by the US with the return leg of the Drone to play with your kids with crayon and sand or softball.
Stephen Shenfield
October 27, 2012 1:49 pm
Although the Holocaust was mentioned right after the rockets from Gaza, no explicit link was drawn.
gloopygal
October 27, 2012 3:47 pm
I’m voting for Jill Stein.
And, talk about trivializing the Holocaust!
October 27, 2012 5:57 pm
Obama says, “I went to Yad Vashem … remind myself of the nature of evil.”
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I went to Yad Vashem, too (Christmas Eve 2002) but learned something else there.
The place was nearly empty, an American couple, me and a group of American Yeshiva students with their Rabbi. I stood next to the group and listened what the Rabbi was explaining. At the end the Rabbi told his group: “We have a mission in the world”. – I didn’t know before about a Jewish-Israeli mission and to this day I wonder what it is.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/i-am-not-antisemitic-claims-vincent-browne-3276074.html
TV3 broadcaster Vincent Browne insists he is not anti-Semitic after branding Israel a “cancer” in foreign affairs.
Mr Browne had been complaining on his show about the lack of discussion of Israel during the last US presidential debate between Republican nominee Mitt Romney and US President Barack Obama.
“Israel is the cancer in foreign affairs. It polarises the Islamic community of the world against the rest of the world,” he said.
“Unless you deal with the problem of Israel and the Palestinians in that part of the world, there’s going to be conflict and disharmony. It’s a massive injustice — they stole the land from the Arabs.”
Mr Browne admitted that his choice of language could have been better but insisted that the criticism was justified.
“What I resent is the suggestion that because you’re critical of Israel, you’re automatically anti-Semitic. I don’t think that’s acceptable,” he said.
Mr Browne refused to apologise for his remarks, saying that Israel was founded in 1948 by taking land from the Arabs.
He said it was “blackmail” to try to brand everyone who was critical of Israel as anti-Semitic. “I don’t think I differ too much from Irish or European foreign policy,” he said.
Do you all have to do to be President Mr Obama. You should also consult the Drone manufacturer how to make sure that the little children killed in Pakistan by Drone can grow a wing and fly to freedom ,liberty,and justice offered by the US with the return leg of the Drone to play with your kids with crayon and sand or softball.
Although the Holocaust was mentioned right after the rockets from Gaza, no explicit link was drawn.
I’m voting for Jill Stein.
And, talk about trivializing the Holocaust!
Obama says, “I went to Yad Vashem … remind myself of the nature of evil.”
——————
I went to Yad Vashem, too (Christmas Eve 2002) but learned something else there.
The place was nearly empty, an American couple, me and a group of American Yeshiva students with their Rabbi. I stood next to the group and listened what the Rabbi was explaining. At the end the Rabbi told his group: “We have a mission in the world”. – I didn’t know before about a Jewish-Israeli mission and to this day I wonder what it is.