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Civil servant fined for racist outburst against Jews

Rowan Laxton, a Foreign Office civil servant, has been found guilty of shouting '******* Jews'' while he exercised in a gym.

The 48 year-old, head of the South Asia desk of the British Foreign Office, was watching a television report about the death of a farmer killed by Israeli bombs when he exclaimed: ''******* Israelis, ******* Jews''.

Fellow gym members Gideon Falter and William Lemaine, who were on a lower floor using weights, overheard Laxton, who was on an exercise bike, and complained to staff at the gym.

The incident, which took place at the London Business School gym on the evening of January 27, was described by Laxton's counsel as a ''moment of madness''.

Julian Knowles said: ''It is a cliche, but it's a cliche that fits in this situation.

''It was a moment of madness for Mr Laxton, which is going to have very grave and long-term consequences.''

He told the court Laxton had completed divorce proceedings that morning and added: ''Whatever happens in court is secondary to the effect it will have on his career and his reputation.''

The outburst was not premeditated, Mr Knowles told the court, and said: ''It was extraordinarily out of character for Mr Laxton. He used utterly debase comments, but he is not an anti-Semite.''

Laxton, whose salary after tax is £3,000 a month, was fined £350 at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court after District Judge Howard Riddle found him guilty of racially aggravated harassment, a charge he had denied.

He was also ordered to pay £500 prosecution costs and a £15 victim surcharge. District Judge Riddle said there was no need for compensation to be paid.

Mr Falter claimed he also heard Laxton say: "If I had my way, the ******* international community should be sent in, and if the Israelis got in the way, they'd be blown off the ******* earth."

Laxton denied saying that however, and told Mr Falter he was sorry if he had offended him.

Laxton previously told the court he was embarrassed by what happened, and was aware he had embarrassed the Foreign Office.

He said during an earlier hearing: "We are all human. I erred. I don't normally swear."

Laxton also said "******* despicable" while watching the television report, and admitted it was an "unhelpful and gratuitous comment".

In a written judgment, District Judge Riddle said Laxton had been under stress on the day, and may have been oblivious to others around him.

He said: "This was not a legitimate protest - it was an emotional reaction.

"It is hard to imagine the circumstances when saying '******* Jews' in a gym used by other people, and overheard by two strangers 20 feet away, could be considered reasonable."

Speaking outside court on Thursday, Mr Knowles said: "Mr Laxton is very disappointed by the outcome of today, and he will be considering his next steps with his legal team."

Laxton was suspended from his job earlier this year and could now be sacked. A misconduct hearing is likely to start this week.

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokeswoman said: "The FCO takes very seriously any suggestion of inappropriate behaviour by its staff.

"The case will now be considered under the FCO's misconduct procedure. This is an internal matter and it would therefore be wrong to comment further."

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/6226053/Civil-ser
vant-fined-for-racist-outburst-against-Jews.html

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Semite.
A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including ARABS.
—Merriam Webster Dictionary

"A 'Semite' is any person living in that area, including Arabs and Christians. It's time we start talking about 'The Other AntiSemitism'. A Semite is not a Jew living in America or Europe."
-Ralph Nader (Arab from Lebannon), C-SPAN, 2003

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazars
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Ashkenazim.html

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"Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
-Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to Jonathan Pollard (convicted traitor and spy in USA) upon exiting Pollard's jail cell

"Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
-Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001

"Them Jews ain't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office. They will not let him to talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is. I said from the beginning: He's a politician; I'm a pastor. He's got to do what politicians do. Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing by the Zionist is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don't want Barack talking like that because that's anti-Israel."
-Rev Jeremiah Wright

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