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Blonds needed to justify Israeli ugly practices, Feminist activist
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Additional
reporting by Khaled Mamdouh, IOL Staff
TEL
AVIV, June 14 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – The Israeli Foreign
Ministry is adopting a new policy that depends on appointing blond women
in media posts so that they explain the stands of the Israeli government
concerning various issues. The move was dubbed “racist and abusive of
women rights” by feminist activists in the Middle East.
Israeli
daily newspaper Yedioth Ahranot said Friday, June 14, 2002, that the
media adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, American, recommended
appointing women in media posts, especially those with blond hair to
explain the government stands to the international television networks.
The
paper said that the Israeli Foreign Ministry received this
recommendation while it was discussing the problems facing the Israeli
media corps abroad.
The
ministry has received many e-mails and phone calls from Israeli women
who want to apply for the job, while many others sent their photos, the
paper said.
The
applicants for this job in the Foreign Ministry were not limited to
Israeli women, as many Russian and American immigrants have also sent
their photos and resumes to the ministry, the paper said.
Commenting
on the issue, an Egyptian feminist activist accused the Israeli
government of “abusing women rights and using racist ways to mislead
the world”.
Dr.
Sahar el-Mogy, writer and teacher at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo
University, told IslamOnline Friday that she was not “actually
surprised, because Israel itself is an illegal entity in the first
place.
“To
resort to cheap, racist means like that is nothing short of political
prostitution. Israel does not respect even the mentality of the
Israelis. They hire blond women to justify the ugly practices of Israeli
occupation in the Palestinian territory. That way, they are trying to
fool the world public opinion. However, they won’t be able to.
“I
think such move, if adopted, will only hurt them; Israel’s image and
even the blonds themselves,” Dr. Mogy added.
