Swedish radio asks ambassador: Are Jews causing anti-Semitism?
Israel's ambassador to Sweden was blindsided by a provocative interview question on Tuesday. Isaac Bachman appeared on state radio in a conversation about anti-Semitism when he was asked whether Jews themselves bear responsibility for the rising anti-Semitism in Europe.
The interview occurred soon after the shooting at a synagogue in neighboring Denmark, and dealt with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call for European Jews to move to Israel.
The interviewer suddenly turned to Bachman with the surprise question: "Do Jews themselves bear any responsibility for the rising anti-Semitism we are witnessing here?"
"I reject the question entirely," Bachman replied.
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When she continued to press him, Bachman answered: "I am not angry at you personally. I am used to these questions. The question of how a woman is responsible for being raped is absolutely irrelevant. There is no provocation made by Jews other than their very existence. For as long as the Jews have existed – perhaps because of their success – that may have created feelings against them, but they have done nothing that justifies such treatment."
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This is not in the least bit shocking.
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