Does vocal support for Israel give public figures a pass on just about anything else they say?

Rush Limbaugh and Abraham Foxman: Bitter left-right politics and perceived anti-Semitism collide
by Gary Rosenblatt
Editor And Publisher

Does vocal support for Israel give public figures a pass on just about anything else they say?

Case in point: A controversy that started Jan. 20 when popular conservative radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh made a critical comment about Wall Street bankers, apparently linking them with Jews, escalated the next day when Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman issued a press release calling on Limbaugh to apologize and asserting that the media personality “reached a new low with his borderline anti-Semitic comments about Jews as bankers, their supposed influence on Wall Street, and how they vote.”

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