If he had said Israeli that would have also implied the minority of citizens of Israel who are not Jewish as well as the majority who are Jewish, which might have prevented the joke from working (if indeed, it did work).
Perhaps he should have said "Israeli Jew who does not actively oppose their government's policies"? Or "Zionist"?
Makes me wonder about Spitting Image's "Never Met a Nice South African" and where Nelson Mandela would have fit in there, or any other South African who wasn't a white pro-apartheid type for that matter.
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Perhaps he should have said "Israeli Jew who does not actively oppose their government's policies"? Or "Zionist"?
Makes me wonder about Spitting Image's "Never Met a Nice South African" and where Nelson Mandela would have fit in there, or any other South African who wasn't a white pro-apartheid type for that matter.
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