Upping the Ante

Identity politics is a paralytic force on any political figure. After they have accepted its buzz-words and enshrined it - as it wishes to be - as the central issue, they are subject to increasingly personal and sneaky attack by its purveyors.

So despite people's penchant for 'shock,' things like this easily get past certain organisations:

"President Obama’s refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. resolution was ranked Tuesday as the most anti-Semitic incident of 2016 by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

"In the annual anti-Semitism report, the center placed the Obama administration’s decision Friday to abstain on the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements at the head of its list, the “Top 10 Worst Global Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel Incidents.”

"“The most stunning 2016 U.N. attack on Israel was facilitated by President Obama when the U.S. abstained on a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel for settlement construction,” the center said."

 (Link.)

And this for neutrality.

When accused of Anti-Semitism, there is often no way out unless you're the Prime Minister of Israel.