English language media ignores Dubai police chief's racism
Earlier, I reported that 'Israelis,' including dual nationals holding passports of other countries, have been banned from Dubai. In that post, I alluded to the fact that Inspector Tamim's references to 'physical features' had to relate to Jews and not just to Israelis.Elder of Ziyon reports that Tamim's comments in the Arabic original are actually much more explicitly anti-Semitic, and that - surprise - the English language media is ignoring them.
Earlier today I reported that the Arabic-language Al Khaleej (The Gulf) newspaper quoted the head of the Dubai police as ranting about how "Israelis" have been hated since the time of Pharaoh, how "Israelis" have had mental problems for thousands of years and how UAE authorities will now start looking for Jewish facial features and names to stop them from entering the UAE.Elder believes that the media cannot believe that anti-Semitism is a regular feature of the Arab world. I disagree. The media knows darned well that anti-Semitism is rampant, prevalent and acceptable in the Arab world. They just don't want the public to know it.
Every single English-language news outlet has been reporting his comments as saying that he was slamming "Israelis," not Jews, and some saying that he would be looking for "Israeli" facial features, not Jewish ones.
Read the whole thing.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:13 AM
1 Comments:
Dubai engages in racial profiling and the West snores.
But if the U.S. even starts a debate about profiling for suspicious behaviors during airport screening, suddenly we're "racists" (when Islam isn't even a race).
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