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Apart from that it was emptiness, weirdness, and in Andrea Levy's The Long Song, set on a slave plantation, "rape after rape after rape".

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Richard Pinder, one of Maurice Levy's key lieutenants at global marketing company Publicis Groupe, has thrown his support behind controversial plans to run government ad campaigns free on the BBC.

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Having been there, been in the hall, been on the panel, and seen the impact of Levy's remarks, I find the attacks particularly strange and out of place.

Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

Levy's formulation is no different than that I have heard from the very highest levels of the Israeli government and among a wide variety of factions in the Knesset.

Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

Ceren anticipates someone like me pushing back and saying "out of context don't you think?" by claiming to provide the full paragraph of Levy's statement (actually Ceren edits it in important ways, but I will get to that) but here's the part of the transcript Ceren posted:

Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

I think that Levy's critic, who did not link to a transcript or the video, heard or was directed to a moment in an exchange that was lifted from its context -- and in which Levy not only defended Israel but made a broader claim for the importance of acknowledging the humanity of Israelis to someone whose bias was opposed.

Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

However the financial realities at Tottenham – as displayed by the balance sheet accompanying Levy's remarks – point to straitened circumstances ahead.

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Overall, however, I agree with Levy's point that a temporary dividend tax cut is a bad idea.

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I don't fault Ceren at all for reacting to a transcript if that is what he had in hand (he doesn't offer a full transcript or link to one) -- but given Levy's stature on this issue and long standing profile in Israel, I'm surprised he didn't go beyond this.

Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010

But even watching and listening to Levy's background English in this case, I think it's clear that rather than questioning Israel's essence, founding, right to exist and the humanity of Jews -- Levy is -- though stopping and starting mid-thought too much in his response -- affirming the humanity of both sides.

Steve Clemons: Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate Steve Clemons 2010