Top 10 anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slurs of 2011

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Brad A. Greenberg

December 21, 2011

This one slipped onto the backburner for me: the Simon Wiesenthal Center has complied 2011’s ” title=”Rev. Jeremiah Wright” target=”_blank”>Rev. Jeremiah Wright comes in at No. 10:

10. “The state of Israel is an illegal, genocidal place… to equate Judaism with the state of Israel is to equate Christianity with [rapper] Flavor Flav.”

– Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a speech to thousands of people, June 14, 2011, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Top 10 anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slurs of 2011

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