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Titolo: Israele : FM calls envoy back after controversial remarks on Asians

FM calls envoy back after controversial remarks on Asians 
 
By Charlotte Halle, Haaretz Correspondent 
 
Synagogues in Australia were abuzz on Sunday over controversial comments
made by Israel's ambassador to Canberra in an interview with Haaretz last
week. 
"I can't tell you how sensitive these things are here," said a senior
member of Sydney's Jewish community, referring to Ambassador Naftali
Tamir's description of Asians as having "yellow skin" and "slanted eyes."
The source added that the comments were the hot topic at both the
synagogues he attended over the Simhat Torah holiday, which falls a day
later in locales outside of Israel. 
Tamir, who was on his way back to Australia from Israel when the report
broke, was intercepted at a stop-off in Asia and recalled to Israel to
"clarify" the matter with his superiors at the Foreign Ministry. 
 
 
"If the article is accurate, this is a grave and unacceptable remark,"
said the ministry in a statement on Friday, adding that it will not return
to business as usual if an internal examination confirms that the
ambassador did indeed make the comments attributed to him.
The key concern of the Jewish community, the source in Sydney explained,
was that the broad coverage of the comments in the Australian press would
fuel those who charge that Israel is a racist state and that the
Australian government is erring in its overtly pro-Israel position. He
added that while the comments were considered offensive and embarrassing,
the community would "rally around [the ambassador]," while distancing
itself from the sentiments. 
Grahame Leonard, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry,
the community's umbrella organization, told Haaretz on Sunday that the
community holds Tamir "in the highest regard," and praised his
"outstanding" representation of Israel during the recent Lebanon war.
Leonard added: "As far as the reported remarks are concerned, we
understand the Foreign Ministry is checking into those and we'd prefer to
make no comment until we hear the official report." 
The Australian government refused to comment following an inquiry from
Haaretz, but Sunday's Sydney Morning Herald quoted opposition foreign
affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, as saying: "If accurate, these comments are
completely unacceptable." 
In the interview with Tamir, which appeared in Haaretz on Friday, he said
Israel should utilize its strong links with Australia to enhance its
position with Asian countries. He described Israel and Australia as
"sisters" in Asia and added: "We are in Asia without the characteristics
of Asians. We don't have yellow skin and slanted eyes. Asia is basically
the yellow race. Australia and Israel are not   we are basically the white
race." 
 
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 week. 
Ecco Sergei il razzista che cerca di rifarsi una verginita' col razzismo 
altrui.
Am.
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 altrui.
certo che ti viene facile fare sempre la figura del coglione eh?

 razzista verso chi, anonimo cagasotto halfbrit?
Razzista antislavo.
E' noto il tuo odio verso ucraini, galiziani, polacchi, inglesi (mi sa che sono 
un po' slavi anche loro).
Tb
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 un po' slavi anche loro).
ma rotfl!!!!!!!!!!!
bella coglionata goebbelsuccio. Con te come maestro di cialtronaggine
il senzapalle amalric farà strada

 ma rotfl!!!!!!!!!!!
Non hai definito gli ucraini "ladri di gas", i "galiziani" a sentire te sono 
tutti SS, i polacchi complottavano contro l'urss, gli inglesi "amichetti di 
Basayev" e nazzisti...
Tipico del razzista antislavo questo generalizzare negativamente popoli ed 
etnie. Che ti avranno fatto poi...
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 Tb
Be', non bisognerebbe neanche dimenticare i 100.000 ebrei deportati dal 
NKVD dai paesi baltici in Siberia che il fesso si ostina a negare.
 Ma forse bisognerebbe discutere se si tratta di razzismo antibaltico o 
antiebreo, o tutti e due assieme.
Pratiche le SS per coprire il tuo razzismo, vero Sergei?
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 etnie. Che ti avranno fatto poi...
e gli bbbbrei non li metti nella lista? ma rotfl!!!
p.s.: sei un mentecatto, benedè 
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