Saturday, August 15, 2009

Pro-Western Anti-Semites

I notice this about MEMRI: they are very meticulous in finding evidence (real or imagined) of anti-Semitic expressions in the Arab media that are opposed to US/Israeli wars and foreign policies, and yet they are completely silent when it comes to blatant anti-Semtism in Saudi and Hariri media. For example, this March 14 intellectual, Paul Shawul, talks about "the barbarians of the Torah". Such anti-Semitism is acceptable by MEMRI's standards provided that Hariri remains pro-US.