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December 21, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/12/20/friedman-slur-israel-lobby/

Tom Friedman's Slur Swap Changes Nothing

(Commentary) Jonathan S. Tobin - Last week, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman asserted that the ovations Congress gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were "bought and paid for by the Israel lobby." Later, Friedman told New York Jewish Week's Gary Rosenblatt: "In retrospect I probably should have used a more precise term like 'engineered' by the Israel lobby." But there is no real difference between "engineered" and "bought and paid for." Both terms seek to describe the across-the-board, bi-partisan support for Israel in the ovations Netanyahu received as the result of Jewish manipulation, not a genuine and accurate reflection of American public opinion.

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