When 'enlightened' means xenophobic

What the hell is he talking about??!! I read the Oren article and I have literally no idea what Leiberman is saying!

He is Putin's man. The current Prime Minister is pounding one more nail in the coffin of Israeli Democracy.

"Xenophobic" - fear of the different or foreign How paradoxical that our Foreign Minister satirically suggests that opponents prostrate themselves before President Mahmoud Abbas. If that isn't xenophobic, I don't know what is! Is this really the remark of a Foreign Minister? Shame!

Yeah, well, Amir Oren served Liberman the argument on a plate by writing this: "an immigrant youth from the Soviet Union, the kingdom of the Communist Party and KGB, climbs diligently up the political ladder" Sorry Amir but this in no way different than Liberman's racism towards the Palestinians. You are both in the same dark place.

If this is indicative of how Lieberman makes decisions (i.e. without examining evidence or offering his own; and basically just ranting in retaliation), we have sunk beyond a new low by re-affirming him as a key representative of Israel.

Most of his stuff is in Hebrew and I can't read it.

The thoughts expressed in this article reflect a level of paranoid hysteria that is impossible to imagine are the coherent thoughts of a party leader or government minister. They are reminiscent of the kind of utterances popular in Mussolini's Italy, but having said that, they would be seen at the fringe of the far right in that era.

The "elites" who represnt the Secularist Zionist do treat often treat the "recent immigrants" with disdain. haim Guri sometime ago made derisive comments about North African Jews, veteran moshaving were known to prement Ethiopin immigrant children from entering the qusi-private swimming pools they ran"for profit". President Nvon was quoed once at an exhibition to clebrate the centernary of one of the historn Moshaviot that he might not as well been heree--he was descented from olim from Tuinisa who arrived in the counry in 1721. That and other instances of "racism" towards people aren't Ashkenazim or socialists, or othewise "enlightened" are not uncommon among these elites. Again, Lieberman may not beas honest as he iought to be, but . . . the facs on the ground speak for themselves that the Ashkenazi elises for some reason have a problem with people who are not l"like them".

This is all Mr. Lieberman can come up with? Hiding behind the "Russians" and playing the "Jornalists that criticize me are Russian Haters and Arab lovers" card ?? Sad example of how low we have gone....A government made up of thugs, ignorants and fanatics...

Are "elite" units those that kill most?