Those who routinely and uniquely demonize Israel always deny they are antisemitic. Of course some of them are not – but with so many the evidence makes it hard to conclude otherwise.

Foreign Office civil servant Rowan Laxton was watching a news report about the Middle East while exercising in a gym. He shouted that Israelis should be “blown off the f***ing earth” and ranted about the “f**king Jews”.

Yet his counsel told the court that Laxton “is not an anti-Semite”. No, he doesn’t sound like one at all, does he?

11 Responses to “I’m not antisemitic but…”

  1. Lawrence says:

    The report you link to shows he completed his divorce the morning of the incident. Can’t blame her really.

  2. Chas Newkey-Burden says:

    You may think that, I couldn’t possibly comment!

  3. Chas Newkey-Burden says:

    A work colleague once said that she found me so unceasingly sarcastic that she coined a new term: sarchasm.

  4. Brenda says:

    Some of my best friends are: a) Jewish b) Black c) Gay d) Lesbian e) Feminist f) Disabled………………..blah, blah, blah DELETE AS APPLICABLE ALL YE BIGOTS OUT THERE.

    N.B. If Zionism is the so-called unattractive quality, and not being Jewish per se, why react with the “f’ing Jews” rant anyway?

  5. Damian says:

    I’m not usually sarcastic, but…on this occasion, Chas, I think you’ve overreacted somewhat!! Maybe he meant Israelis are ‘mind blowing people’ and that he’s into “f*cking Israelis”?!?!?!?!

  6. Chas Newkey-Burden says:

    Well, I do recall my morning jogs up the beach in Tel Aviv with enormous fondness…

  7. Arthur says:

    She’s a muslim, why would she divorce him for anti-Jewish comments? She probably got him started.

  8. Matty says:

    A rather tasteless and bigoted statement there Arthur. I hope Laxton gets the boot pronto. I’d imagine he’s been on full pay during this whole affair no?

  9. Mark2 says:

    Let me get this right – a Muslim wife divorces the guy and he takes it out on the Jews. He then claims not to be anti-semitic huh? Is that where we are on this?

  10. Chas Newkey-Burden says:

    I don’t know what religion his ex-wife is, and I don’t think it’s relevant.

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