Jeffrey Goldberg, via Israel Matzav: The socialism of fools (for a minute there, I thought it said "tools" - same difference):
.... A BBC journalist named Thomas Dinham recently wrote of his own encounter with anti-Semitism in Cairo. Dinham, who is neither Israeli nor Jewish, told of one potentially dangerous confrontation: “Someone pushed me from behind with such force that I nearly fell over. Turning around, I found myself surrounded by five men, one of whom tried to punch me in the face. I stopped the attack by pointing out how shameful it was for a Muslim to assault a guest in his country, especially during Ramadan.”
He went on, “I was appalled by the apology offered by one of my assailants.
‘Sorry,’ he said contritely, offering his hand, ‘we thought you were a Jew.’”
Posted by: Joel | Wednesday, 30 November 2011 at 08:47 AM