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AN ISRAELI TALK show host and wife of the country’s interior minister caused a stir yesterday when she tweeted a joke about US President Barack Obama.
Judy Mozes quickly deleted the tweet, which compared Obama to a cup of coffee, after a backlash from followers who accused her of being racist.
Mozes, who is married to the minister and current vice prime minister Silvan Shalom, then posted a series of tweets apologising and attempting to explain herself:
She also said she hoped she’d still have a husband after he heard what she did…
Her “stupid joke” came at a time when relations between the two countries are tense. However the talk show host is well known for her bizarre outbursts, regularly posting tweets and Facebook posts about a wide range of social and political issues.
This includes criticisms of Israel’s political left for what she perceives as a lack of patriotism. Netanyahu is also a regular target for her criticism.
- With reporting from AFP.
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What? a xenophobic Israeli?? I don’t believe it!
Israel has always had a good relationship with America. A relationship built on trust.
But it can’t be easy dealing with a Muslim US president.
When Jeb Bush gets in the White House next year things will be back running smoothly again.
Noah you gobsh.te
‘gobsh.te’
Please.
There’s no place for racism here on the journal.ie.
We have high standards.
Stick to building arcs
Noah hasn’t mastered subtle trolling. Too obvious.
Noah where did you get such a stupid notion. Obama was the only leader that came out in a dealt basis to defend Israel during protective edge or the latest massacre as it should have been called. Not only did Obama public back Israel they restocked them with artillery during it all. Obama and Israel get in just fine, skipping hand in hand breaking international law.
A relationship built on billion dollar weapons systems and Senators getting the Jewish vote
That’s it Israel, bite the hand that feeds you.
nasty comment.
Israel expects America to jump immediately, to its every demand.
They don’t like Obama because he has recently started to question this policy.
Sure.
Isis running riot over the whole region, armies falling like dominoes in their relentless path, the last barrier to their relentless march will soon be Israel.
The whole of western civilization will soon be dependent on the tiny oasis of freedom the Jewish state to stop their trot.
An opportune moment indeed to fall out with the 12 tribes.
Brilliant timing Obama.
That’s what happens when you have AIPAC running America .
Isis…. the right arm of the cia you mean. keep fear instilled in the middle east incase we need to go back in because our last excuse had been found out. God help the planet if the gun toting “christian” hypocrites the republicans get into office.
@ Noah_MacMurchada
ISIS The Inside Story Caleb Maupin on Fars News Agency
Why Israel will not be attacking ISIS anytime soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBuTAgJODV8&feature=player_detailpage
Pat your video shows an arms drop which ended up in the hands of ISIS by accident. The video claims this was a covert drop by the Americans to give arms to IS.
Now if that was true, why would IS make a video and upload it to the internet showing the world the arms cache? Wouldn’t that remove the word ‘covert’ from the whole supposed operation.
Not everything is conspiracy theories man. But I guess people believe what they want to believe!
@ BannerBot Desmond : I take it this is also a conspiracy theory :
2012 Defense Intelligence Agency document: West will facilitate rise of Islamic State “in order to isolate the Syrian regime”
Newly-Declassified U.S. Government Documents: The West Supported the Creation of ISIS
http://levantreport.com/2015/05/19/2012-defense-intelligence-agency-document-west-will-facilitate-rise-of-islamic-state-in-order-to-isolate-the-syrian-regime/
DIA Docs: West Wants a “Salafist Principality in Eastern Syria”?
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/dia-docs-west-wants-a-salafist-principality-in-eastern-syria.html
Pat I read the book ‘Inside ISIS’. The author claims IS were created by ex Saddam Hussein’s commanders who want to be back in control of the country, that they were once in control of. Which to me makes a lot of sense.
Now why would America topple Saddam, install a Shiite government, but then create another group to topple the same government they installed? For fuk sake man..
Sense? sure that’s just something invented by the CIA to hold back true knowledge, or something.
@ BannerBoy Desmond : So you believe the above released documents are forgeries ? Here is what Ron Paul had to say :Former Republican congressman, and Republican presidential candidate, Dr Ron Paul claims : New Evidence US Backed ISIS
http://truthinmedia.com/dr-ron-paul-new-evidence-us-backed-isis/
Destabilization, divide and rule. Destroy all strong Governments in the region and replace them with ISIS type rule. Libya, Iraq, Syria etc. All small factions perpetually at war with each other and all sides constantly in need of arms.
Pat switch on your brain for a second will you?
In the video Ron Paul admits he MIGHT have ‘some confirmation’ that the US backed ISIS. What do we know about Ron Paul?
He attempted to become president three times but lost. Now he is making a fourth attempt. He was not voted in as senator in the last election. Oh yes and he ended up in a sleazy hotel room with BRUNO!! Did you ever see that film? :)
Seriously man you need to find a more credible source for your information!
@ BannerBoy Desmond : Did you read the above released documents ? They were released against Government wishes. It’s the very last thing they need at the moment.
Ron Paul will never become President, Wall street and all major financial backers of would be presidents will never, never allow this. He is not obedient enough.
US supports ISIS indirectly. They function as mercenaries in the ME with the intention of destabilising the entire region.
General Wesley Clark explains ISIS was created by U.S. Allies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ojcoKnTGf4s
Joe Biden blames US allies in Middle East for rise of ISIS
http://rt.com/news/192880-biden-isis-us-allies/
@BannerBoyDesmond. Best short explanation and rebuttal of that weird theory put out by the hate- America and Israeli-demonizers that I have read yet.
Let’s not forget the reason why ISIS now exist. Because if the shrubs invasion of Iraq.
The tiny oasis of freedom with its illegal apartheid wall, child murdering bombing campaigns, Illegal settlements, racist laws, and the brutal occupation of the West Bank. Go away with yourself.
Berlusconi once complimented Obama on his tan. ‘Obama is young, handsome and suntanned’.
It’s probably from all his time spent on the golf course.
@Scipio Af. And Kim Il Jong-his newsmedia that is- called him a monkey in a cage.
Good ol Israel.
so the wife of a minister of government of an a apartheid state is worried about being seen as racist! !!! IRONY…
The only Democracy in the Middle East , surrounded by people who want to kill them , I know you would turn the other cheek M but when you have the Shinners friends Hamas as neighbours it might lessen your empathy , re Obama he is weak whatever his skin colour is , his Bob The Builder mantra hasn’t worked , let’s be honest a lot of people lost the run of themselves when he was elected primarily because of his skin colour
elected twice because of his skin colour……..really
Now Eugene ! , you know I didn’t say that
mike if a foreign force had consumed over 90% of any country through agression and illegal land grabs then of course they are met with hostility and opposition. or where the men of 16 / 22 here in Ireland wrong not to have turned the other cheek..
I completely agree with you M , I want to take the opportunity through the Journal to call on the USA to return all the land it has stolen through war , aggression , land grab etc to the Native Americans , I include of course Canada , Australia , New Zealand , China etc , and certainly the Normans who came here in 1169 should also pack their bags and return to Wales , I am not sure where the name Bowe originated but I am sure you will do what’s right
The only democracy in the region because western power have a habit of propping up dictators and overthrowing any democratically elected governments that try to go their own way
@MBowe. Jews have had a continuous presence in Judea/Palaestina for 4,000 yrs. Palestine is a Roman name given to Judea to try to de-ligitamize the right of the Jews to Judea….as you are attempting to de-ligitimize now.
the concentration camp known aa Gaza can never be legitimate in the eyes of humanity. .
Get rid of Hama’s guards and their genocidal intentions to kill all Jews everywhere and their captives will go free. Read Hama’s Charter.
Media savvy wife of the interior minister sends a derogatory tweet about Obama and then acts like she’s slow.. I wonder what they’re up to?
Put down that shovel dear and get that ridiculous looking hat off your head
Israeli politicians seem to have trouble with their wives. The Israeli ambassador to Ireland has had the same problem in the past. How did she label Irish people again…. Oh yes “an ignorant [and] anti-semitic with an intensely rooted hatred of jews.”
I blame the Dept of Education for having The merchant of Venice on the syllabus for that. Its written by anti Semitic Shakespeare and it paints the Jewish money lender Shylock in the worst possible light, to a load of highly impressionable teenage junior cert students.
While at the same time we scream for the blood of the developers in Ireland who have bankrupted the country by refusing to pay off what they borrowed!
So in others words she thinks we are all shinners?
@BannerBoyDesmond. I agree.Except I recall doing the Merchant in 7th class primary. Thereafter overseas to work and among the Irish lads anyone suspected of being a skinflint or economically prudent was always referred to as a ‘real Jew’ or ‘an ‘effen Jew. I might add that the Church influenced the curriculum in those days and no doubt continued vilification of the Jews as scapegoats to deflect from the real money-grabbers,-those who ran Irish society in those days.
Somebody had to tell her it was a stupid joke?
They have the God complex down there in Israel . Their connections in the world of high Finance has gone to their head.
Credit where credit is Jew! It was a funny joke.
But not as funny as when a woman was asked how she likes her coffee? She reply’s ” I like it just like my men. Strong, black and on the table” Ha!
“However the talk show host is well known for her bizarre outbursts, regularly posting tweets and Facebook posts about a wide range of social and political issues.”
So the tweet was wholly Moses then?
Gob$h1te
Have people lost all sense of humour? That one is a real rib tickler!
if the same derogatory remarks ware made about Jewish, there would be uproar and worldwide media condemnation.
One rule for them, one rule for everyone else…..
In Ireland they’d be celebrated.
Yeah yeah, so you think
Whats’ she looking at in her twitter profile pic….a plane?
She’s looking out for Palestinian missiles
An Obama drone probably.
An middle eastern Jew (whether they are white or not is debatable) making a crack about a black person is a bit sad.
Still debatable as to whether Jews are Caucasian or not.
There are different ethnic groups that all identify as Jewish. The ones we typically think of are Ashkenazi Jews aka European Jews. I would regard them as white. There are even Ethiopian Jews!
Obama.
Black and weak. (as much punch as a cardboard cutout)
Right on both counts.
This isn’t racist.
It isn’t even a joke.
It’s a statement of fact.
Bravo Judy.
The only ones offended by this are die hard liberals desperately clinging to the conviction that this guy still has any relevance in world affairs.
Get over yourselves.
Noah, you old Republican troll you, go away. People disagreeing with your extreme right wings views doesn’t make them liberal, just normal people who can spot racism masquerading as politics a mile away.
Yes John.
I was talking about you.
“It’s a statement of fact.”
That he’s weak is a statement of opinion, not fact. Good lad.
“die hard liberals desperately clinging to the conviction that this guy still has any relevance in world affairs.”
LOL! Right yeah. The President of the USA doesn’t have “any relevance in world affairs”.
Random troll on the internet casts aspersions on President Obama’s relevance on the world stage… conceited much?
America has become a joke on the world stage under Obama as he has acted like his Korean chum in removing any military officers who go against him and Hillary. Benghazi ring any bells ?
Benghazi? Stop watching Fox ‘news’.
America was a joke on the international stage long before Obama became president. Remember George Bush’s ‘war on terror’? How’s that been going for them? Invading Iraq because of its ‘links’ to September 11th? They sure put the ‘intelligence’ into CIA!
Mocking is catching…
Oy Vey
Having an American mother and a Kenyan father makes Obama 50% black and yet he made a big deal of being black to get himself elected. His achievements as POTUS are zero. Had this tweet been made by the ‘comedian’ Brand or some hack at the Guardian the lefties would be applauding it but any excuse will do the great unwashed to sneer at Jews and Israel.
Yawn.
Most Americans who are half black would consider their race to be black. He did not use his race to become president, he became president despite it.
What! you really believe that? he clearly used his race to become President
Yes – his healthcare programme was been a total disaster – that’s if you feel it’s fair that poorer people shouldn’t have access to adequate health services. Don’t let your prejudices get in the way of proper analysis.
Agree yawn……….
President Obama just laughed when he heard it was a Jewish joke. “It’s no skin off my nose” he said.
@Peter Higgins. At least he didn’t pretend to have any bawls.
Since when has calling someone “black” been considered racist? Obama is black, coffee is black. Big deal!!! Is the word black now considered racist? Should we change the name of the colour so as not to offend anyone whose skin tone resembles it? Take a step back people. I don’t see any cause for alarm here. It’s the media that’s promoting all this and has us all in an uproar over nothing.
Ciaran , a chap I know was teaching in a London School , he divided a Maths class into groups to explain a problem , everything was going grand with the Red group , Blue group etc , but when he mentioned the Black group there was holy murder , that was London but it is coming to a location near you soon
Didn’t Sinn Fein compare Alan Shatter to Goebbels and refused to apologise and they wasn’t even joking
How was her joke racist? itzza fact that jeez black and most sensible people believe him to be weak
There is a serious issue of racism in Israel…there was a riot a few weeks ago….
I still would.
And at the end of the day, isn’t that the most important thing really?
As grumpy cat would say.. I like people the way I like my coffee., I hate coffee..
Israel is an apartheid racist state, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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