Leave it to Lieberman...

Gracious. Was the most controversial member of the current Govt (of whom I am not a fan, in case that wasn't blindingly obvious) perhaps reading my blog last week when I called for strong steps to be taken to remedy the tensions between the Arab and Jewish resident populations of Israel?

Well, if so, he completely misunderstood my general direction. Maybe his English isn't so great- it certainly would appear that way, being as in the exclusive interview he just gave to the Sunday Telegraph, his aides had to re-tread his soundbites, presumably trying to make him sound less of a racist nutjob.

- I personally don't think they were particularly successful in that regard- but hey, who am I to judge?! Please, read for yourselves! And consider how the perusers of that publication across the UK (Morning, Mum. Morning, Dad) might have enjoyed such indigestion-inducing reading with their coffee this morning...

The Haaretz take- fleshed out with responses from opposing MKs, and the usual fiesta in the comments box- is here.

And what with this week being the one post-Rabin Memorial, pre-Gay Pride battles, and, lest we forget, of ongoing Gazan violence- I really should have known that today would not be a good one to attempt to reduce sugar.