After Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made an anti-semitic statement when he was being interviewed on CNN, Israel has expressed its regret over Qureshi expressing his anti-semitic views when he said Israel “controls media” and “they are influential people”.
Jews are often accused of controlling the media and the finance sector which is a clear indication of Antisemitism, a form of racism in which a person shows hostility and discrimination against Jews.
Israel’s Charge d’affaires in Delhi Rony Yedidia Clein said, “anti-semitism should be dealt seriously and rigorously and I’m sorry to hear Pakistan FM also expressed himself in an anti-Semitic manner,” In response to a question asked by WION during a virtual presser.
Rony Yedidia during her response to the incident explained while she hasn’t seen the interview said, “unfortunately, there have been a lot of anti-Semitic comments and actions coming up over the last couple of weeks, its something that we are very sorry to see…this Anti Semitism we have seen around the world” but this is something the international community should be condemning, in fact, the international community has started to condemn anti-Semitism whatever traces”.
Qureshi is not new to making insensitive and outrageous statements and has courted controversy many times in the past, and during his interview with CNN he said,” Israel is losing the media war despite its connections” and “deep pockets” and ability to “control media,” which offended journalist Bianna Golodryga.
The anchor, who happens to be Jewish, called the Pakistan Minister anti-Semitic on air immediately and said “What are their connections?”
The Pakistan Foreign Minister chuckled as he furthered that Israel has deep pockets. This was enough to irk the Jewish reporter who asked him to specify. Qureshi explained that he meant Israel “controls media”. “They are influential people”, opined the Pakistani minister.
Here, the CNN reporter snapped back saying that his remark was anti-Semitic.
Qureshi then tried to make a false equivalence by saying: “I will not justify any rocket attacks, and I cannot justify, and I cannot condone the aerial bombardment that is taking place.”
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