Notez qu'elle n'a pas dit "sioniste". Mais on sait de toute façon que cela
ne fait aucune différence pour les médias et les organisations juives.
BBC Washington correspondent Katty Kay
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BBC correspondent has been criticised by the Board of Deputies for
using the term “Jewish lobby” in discussing the American election.
Washington correspondent Katty Kay, in a recent Twitter question and
answer session, had been asked why both American President Obama and
Republican challenger Mitt Romney were “so defensive” when questioned
about their commitment to Israel.
She replied that the US “sees Israel as a key ally in Middle East —
but no one running for president wants to alienate the power and money
of the Jewish lobby”.
Board chief executive Jon Benjamin said that the reporter’s “loose
use of language really has to be seen in a context where support for
America’s key ally in the Middle East is cynically questioned — and the
motives of Israel’s supporters are seen as suspect”.
Successive US governments, he said, “have recognised the value of
this strategic relationship to the national interest, and it is
unfortunate that a BBC journalist falls into the trap laid by Israel’s
enemies and conspiracy theorists of reducing support for Israel to
parlance of Jewish money and power”.
A spokesman for the Anti-Defamation League in the United States said
that Ms Kay’s remark “reveals a surprising lack of understanding of the
broad support of the American people for a strong US-Israel
relationship, which is the underpinning of US foreign policy toward
Israel.
“And, at worst, the remark suggests she accepts the mythic notion of a
powerful Jewish cabal able to control how US foreign policy toward
Israel is determined.”
He added: “Of course, this just may be another example of how
complexity and context are sacrificed for the sake of an answer limited
to 140 characters.”
A BBC spokesman said that the correspondent’s “primary point in
responding was that the US regards Israel as a key ally in the Middle
East and also recognises the importance and influence of this
relationship on the voting”.
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