So what if he is Jewish. Jewish != Israeli On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/02/barney-frank-as-a-jew-ashamed_n_597331.html > > "JERUSALEM -- Israel on Wednesday began deporting the bulk of nearly > 700 international activists detained during its deadly raid on an aid > flotilla bound for Palestinians in the blockaded, Hamas-ruled Gaza > Strip. > > The raid that ended with Israeli soldiers killing nine activists has > strained diplomatic ties, sending Israeli relations with Turkey, in > particular, to a new low. At least four of the nine killed were > Turkish and the ship Israel attacked was Turkish. Israel ordered > families of its diplomats out of that country a day after Turkey > branded the raid a "massacre." > > Israel also faces significant new levels of criticism within in the > United States. In an interview with the Boston Herald, Rep. Barney > Frank (D-Mass.) said that that "'as a Jew,' Israeli treatment of Arabs > around some of the West Bank settlements 'makes me ashamed that there > would be Jews that would engage in that kind of victimization of a > minority.'" (Read more from the interview HERE.)" > > Well..at least some folks in the halls of power are speaking out. > >
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