Top British official accused of saying: "Blow Israel off the face of the Earth"
What he said would probably not be illegal in America but it shows appalling judgement for someone in his position. He should lose his job for that reason, not because he was racist. Arab-lovers are however something of a tradition in the Foreign Office. Empathy with the secretive but widespread homosexuality among Arabs is alleged to be the cause.
The British establishment generally is very antisemitic (See here and here and here), so he will probably escape any serious penalty.
"A Foreign and Commonwealth Office civil servant told a Jew that the Israelis should be “blown off the face of the Earth” during an altercation at a gymnasium, a court was told yesterday. Gideon Falter claimed that Rowan Laxton, 48, was also heard to shout “f***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews” while watching a television news report about Israel bombing Gaza as he worked out on an exercise bicycle.
Giving evidence at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Mr Falter said he arrived at the London Business School gym shortly after 8am in January and overheard the outburst. “I started to work out,” he said. “I heard someone shout, ‘F***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews’.
“I could hear that it came from above me. I wanted to see who shouted. I couldn’t see anyone who was particularly aggravated. Mr Laxton came downstairs to the lower part of the mezzanine and I spoke to him.”
Mr Falter claimed that Mr Laxton, head of the South Asia desk in the Foreign Office, admitted that it was him who had launched the tirade before allegedly adding: “It’s not racist. If I had my way, the international community would be sent in and if the Israelis got in the way, they would be blown off the face of the f***ing Earth.”...
The court was told that Mr Laxton had settled a “difficult” divorce with his Muslim wife on the same morning as the incident....
When interviewed by police after his arrest, Mr Laxton said: “I was horrified by what I saw and I said, ‘I’m sorry I said it’. I said ’f***ing Israelis’.”
Mr Laxton, who answers to David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, has been suspended from his £70,000-a-year job and could be dismissed if found guilty.
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Mrs. Clinton has made some similar, but less severe comments, and is Secretary of State now. Carter (the cesspool that he is) is a raving Anti-Semite and won the Nobel Prize, and is now attempting to speak on behalf of BO. I surprised anything came of it being how hip it is to hate Jews on the left.
Whenever I read stories like this I always have to ask: Why is it that most Jews tend to be libs? Isn't that kind of like blacks being pro KKK?
Well second anon, I am Jewish and I have been wondering the same thing my whole life. Other Jews are extreme left, while I am a conservative with libertarian leanings, and I do not get them. Bobby it is wrong to say the Jews never did anything against the Brits. Before Israel's founding groups like the Hagganah did attack British troops in Palestine and blew up the British military command at the King David Hotel.
Is it now illegal to dislike someone, or is it only certain protected groups?
The court was told that Mr Laxton had settled a “difficult” divorce with his Muslim wife on the same morning as the incident....
Excuses are like assholes.....
Everybody has one.
He'll most likely be give one of those laughable ASBOS things.
You're right Bobby! People should only be allowed to say things we like and agree with.
"You're right Bobby! People should only be allowed to say things we like and agree with."
---I guess you don't know the meaning of civility.
The only mistake Gideon Falter made was not beating the crap out of Rowan Laxton. That's how we fix things in the south, we don't call the cops, we mind our manners and expect others to do the same.
And yes, here in the south we do have our racists and whatnot, but even they behave themselves with civility in front of others.
Bobby, the British do remember that, it is very prominet in the history books for that era. They remember the Irgun and Hagganah quite well.
Under control? There are more "active" Al Qaeda cells here in the US than in Iraq.
First of all, where do you come by this "information"? Do you know how many cells are in Iraq? How many cells are in the U.S.?
Second, if they're "active", we're not hearing about their attacks for some reason. Are they using Pepsi to power their IED's or something?
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