A renowned Irish broadcaster has referred to Israel as a “cancer”.
Speaking about the US presidential debates on Tuesday night, Vincent Browne lamented the lack of discussion of American support for Israel. “Israel is the cancer in foreign affairs,” he said, adding: “It’s a massive injustice — they stole the land from the Arabs.”
The comments were made on Mr Browne’s show on Ireland’s TV3 channel, Tonight with Vincent Browne.
Defending his remarks, Mr Browne said that by calling Israel a cancer “I didn’t mean it should be eliminated. It was an infelicitous use of the word.