Deutch Gambit - Follow-up
Sunday September 24 5:52 AM ET
U.S. Jewish Leader Questions Envoy's Suspension
By Howard Goller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. Jewish leader questioned on Sunday whether anti-Semitism was behind the State Department's suspension of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk's security clearance.
``First of all he is a political appointee. Secondly, he doesn't come from the community of State Department officials, he comes from outside. And thirdly, he is a Jew,'' said Abe Foxman, national director of the U.S. Anti-Defamation League.
``And until I see other people in the same situation, I have to ask the question,'' Foxman told Israel's Army Radio.
The State Department suspended Indyk's security clearance, requiring him to stay in the United States for now, pending an FBI investigation into alleged security violations.
Israeli officials were quick to defend the 49-year-old Australian-reared Jew, who has long been involved in Middle East peacemaking. They voiced fears his absence would harm U.S. efforts to forge a final peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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dailynews.yahoo.com
Such an arrogance! Such in-your-face nerviness! For two-timing Foxman to "see other people in the same situation", he should indeed envision that, some day, a Chinese-American ambassador be appointed to Beijing and then, that same ambassador clueing Jiang Zemin in on the US diplomacy with Taiwan.... In this case, I think everybody would agree on stripping off any clearance from the Chinese-American diplomat and no (Chinese-)American would cry foul --at least not on the People's Liberation Army's radio! |
