Talk:Rosemary Church
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Rosemary Church's question was:
"ROSEMARY CHURCH: But they’re crude rockets aren’t they, and after all their impact has been minimal compared to the impact of Israeli strikes on Lebanon. Explain something to us, why would you not try to be shooting these missiles, these Katyusha missiles, or rockets, we should say, they’re not missiles at all, they’re rockets. Why would Israel not be trying to shoot them out of the sky? They – they have the capability to do that."
She is quoted by the pro-Israel organisation CAMERA ( http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=14&x_article=1172 )
While CAMERA alleges that this question, which could be simply rhetorical or intended to allow Miri Eisen to give more specific information, and while it could be argued that the question is awkward or even anti-Israeli, it can certainly be described as bearing "anti-semitic bias". Rosemary Church was not attacking Jews or saying anything about Jews or Jedaism. Rather, she was questioning Israeli military means and policy. This is not anti-semitic even if it could be defamatory to an Israeli institution.
I am changing the article accordingly.
Such statements were blatantly ignorant, especially regarding "shooting down" katushas (which Israel cannot do). Her attitude on the programme was inherently biased, and I would argue anti-semitic. Will gladly re-edit the article. Learn how to spell.
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- She should not be given the benefit of the doubt, Church is famous for her public anti-Israel and anti-American views, stating on the air that "Iraq used to be perfectly fine, no that's not the case, is it?"DMCer 01:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
