The Israeli Far Right Is Doing Its Part To Encourage Reasoned Public Disputation (Plus: Is Bibi Disconnected From Judaism?)

Do you ever wish you were a left-wing blogger, so that you could call this guy a wanker and have people smirk at the sophisticated irony of your idiotic and simplistic attempt at public discourse? Alas, around these parts we prefer to maintain a more elevated discourse.

What a douchebag:

Professor Hillel Weiss, soon after submitting a written apology for disparaging remarks he made on an Israel Defense Forces commander last week, said on Monday that leftist “terrorist” pressure forced him to do so. Weiss, a professor at Bar Ilan University, sent a letter apologizing for wishing death on IDF Hebron Brigade Commander Yehuda Fuchs during the forced evacuation of the Hebron wholesale market last week. The apology was addressed to IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and Police Commissioner David Cohen. Soon thereafter, he told Israel Radio that he had been forced to apologize by the president of the university, who in turn was being pressured by “Mapai terrorists.”

The Mapai party, for those of you just joining us from home, no longer “exists.” As such.

But nice to see the Israeli right has matured not at all during the month we were gone. On that topic, incidentally – we imagine that this is a lot more entertaining for us than it is for some of you. This is where we would put a lolcat with a worried expression on its face and an “oh noes” caption, but we’re sandbagging that for the next time that Abbas threatens to cut off negotiations with Israel.

References:
* Professor says leftist ‘terrorists’ made him apologize for comments [Ha'aretz]
* You Can’t Say That – De Hartog Should Have Slapped Yacov Cohen Twice For Calling Him A Nazi [MR]
* Feiglin blasts Netanyahu HQ location [JPost]

Previously:
* Israeli Rightists Need To Stop Defending Ron-Tal
* Oh God. Not the Peres Is a Traitor Debate Again.
* Israeli Troops Are Not Nazis, Criticism Of The Right Edition