Outrage over Orla

I've just read in Jewish News (a mostly London based free paper) that Orla Guerin has been awarded an MBE for services to journalism. She's by no means an anti-zionist but zionists hate her. Her biggest crime against them was that she wondered out loud as to what the Israelis were trying to achieve by parading a child with special needs in front of the world's media in just his underwear. The Guardian showed the picture of the boy with his hands in the air on its front page at the time. I remember thinking that the boy must have been set up by the Israelis because, whilst some Palestinian armed groups have not been averse to using youngsters to carry out suicide attacks, this boy had learning difficulties and couldn't possibly be relied on to carry out the mission. Anyway, Orla Guerin was accused of anti-semitism by the world's leading authority on the subject, Nathan Sharansky. The report in Jewish News demonstrates something extremely unpleasant in the Jewish community nowadays. Here's lawyer Trevor Asserson who heads "BBC Watch":

The impression I have is that no one is more detested by the Jewish community than Orla Guerin. In that respect her achievement is outstanding.

Detested by the Jewish community? Sheesh! I know I was irritated when she reported a suicide bombing close to what she called Ariel Sharon's house in Jerusalem without troubling to mention that "his" house is in occupied territory, but I wouldn't say I detested her.