Recently, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Israel has “deep pockets” in an interview with CNN journalist Bianna Golodryga. After which he was accused of being anti-Semitic.
However, actor Sheheryar Munawar took to Instagram and responded to British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan who also accused Qureshi of invoking anti-Semitic slurs.
The actor wrote, “When reputable foreign media agencies quote more than 200 ‘dead’ – how did they one day just internally combust? – and 12 Israelis ‘killed’, it proves Israel either has deep pockets or Professor Xavier on their pay roll controlling minds.”
He added, “Or maybe ‘credible’ journalists choose to bring in their own personal biases when reporting on the region (which could count as what racist? No wait, there’s no word for it – it’s known as Islamophobia which in itself justifies the act by using fear as reasoning and takes blame away from the one committing it – wow).”
Munawar questioned, “Either way how does stating facts make one anti-Semitic? Does saying Arabs have a lot of oil money make you…umm wait, yeah no word for it…for the sake of argument, Islamophobic?” Munawar then drew the line, “There’s a difference between being anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist. Just as every Muslim is not a Taliban, every Jew is not Zionist.”
He went on, “Am I or can the narrative from this side be called anti-Zionist? Yes! But we are anti-Zionist because we are anti-fundamentalism, whether we’re Muslim or Jewish.”
Taking a swipe at Hasan, Munawar stated, “But when Jewish toxic fundamentalism is backed by $3.8 billion of US Military funding (sponsored by US tax payer money), then I have no qualms about calling a wolf a wolf. Especially when it doesn’t even have the courtesy to at least try and hide in sheep’s clothing.”
