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The following is a video of a young woman receiving Ron Paul’s book “Liberty Defined” as a Christmas present. Rather than express joy over her gift, however, upon reading an excerpt from the book aloud in which Paul allegedly refers to Israel as an “apartheid state,” the woman cries. Shocked and horrified over Paul’s views on Israel, the woman is visibly displeased with her Yuletide gift.
Bloggers on other websites claim that in Liberty Defined, Paul is not calling Israel an apartheid state himself, but is actually referring to questions raised by the liberal party in Israel over perceived “apartheid” conditions.
A Yahoo commenter with the screen-name “Need Nationalism” shares what he claims are Paul’s actual words:
“Meanwhile, within Israeli politics, there is a great deal of debate and diversity of opinion. The Liberal party in Israel often raises questions about the apartheid conditions that Palestinians are subjected to. “
It should be noted, however, that in the same book Liberty Defined, Paul makes no secret of the fact that he deems the Israeli blockade of Palestinians in Gaza as ”inhumane.” In this portion of the book, Paul does not include the context or security reasons for Israel’s blockade.
“Blockading the Palestinians in Gaza has proven to be a dangerous and inhumane policy that has precipitated a worldwide condemnation of Israel.” Paul writes. Supporters of Israel would likely perceive such comments to be in line with the “apartheid state” narrative commonly used by many foes of the Jewish State.
Not much else is known about this video except that, according to Mediaite, it has started to go viral…and that, if this was not a staged reaction, the woman is not on board with Paul’s politics.
It should be noted that the YouTube video was posted by Matt Schrader, whose online bio states that he is an investigative journalist who served as executive producer for USC’s Annenberg TV News, ATVN Sports Extra, and was sports radio producer for KXSC-AM 1560. The Blaze reached out to Schrader for more information on this video and is awaiting comment:"
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