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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Lost In Translation

Israeli minister calls for action over insult

Danny Ayalon furious at insult hurled during speech at Oxford Union

Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, announced yesterday he was exploring ways of pressing charges against a student protester who shouted "slaughter the Jews" in Arabic during a disrupted speech he was giving at the Oxford Union this week...
Film showing a student shouting "Itbach Al-Yahud " [slaughter the Jews] during rowdy scenes at Monday's event were shown on Israel's Channel Ten television.

Problem is, "Itbach" doesn't mean "slaughter". I'm not saying it wasn't meant to be offensive, however. It means "Bake the Jews!"

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