Really, David?

David Twersky is an old friend from way back. From way way back.

I in Betar; he in Habonim. I at Shiloh; he on Gezer for a long while.

I in Israel; he in America.

Nevertheless, with all the differences and even some similarities, I found his following statement troubling:-

"It appears to us that Chavez did not intentionally speak about Jews," said David Twersky, director of the AJCongress's Council on World Jewry. "I don't think we should raise the flag of antisemitism when it doesn't belong."

And what did the President of Venezuela say on Christmas Eve?

Read on:

Chavez lamented that while the world had enough resources for all, "some minorities, the descendants of the same ones who crucified Christ, the descendants of the same ones who threw out [South American liberator Simon] Bolivar from here and also crucified him in a way in Santa Marta, over there in Colombia — a minority took possession of all the planet's gold, of the silver, the minerals, the waters, the good land, the oil, the riches, and they have concentrated the riches in a few hands. Less than 10% of the world's population possesses over half of the world's riches, and more than half of the planet's population is poor, and every day there are more poor in the world."

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I doubt David doesn't know what antisemitism is, and what it can lead to.

The American Jewish Congress also knows what antisemitism is.

Maybe one should ask David Twersky? (dtwersky@ajcongress.org)

So, what am I missing here?