There was Clare Short, a member of the British Parliament and Secretary for International Development under Prime Minister Tony Blair until she resigned in 2003 over the Iraq war. Claiming that Israel is actually "much worse than the original apartheid state" and accusing it of "killing (Palestinian) political leaders," Ms. Short charged the Jewish state with the ultimate crime: Israel "undermines the international community's reaction to global warming." According to Ms. Short, the Middle East conflict distracts the world from the real problem: man-made climate change. If extreme weather will lead to the "end of the human race," as Ms. Short warned it could, add this to the list of the crimes of Israel.Can blaming Israel for earthquakes and tsunamis be far behind?
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
- Tuesday, September 04, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
The frothing-at-the-mouth Israel-bashing crowd is literally beyond parody: