Yes, if she chose to walk alone through a bad part of town, if she chose to get drunk with strangers, if she met someone online and then invited him to come to her apartment and to get rough with her so she could live out some fantasy, yes, I would hold her accountable, in part, for getting raped. <\/p>\n
And yes, when groups hate Jews or hate America, I ask, what did Jews do, what did America do, to bring on the hate, and then I would ask what we could do to reduce the hate. <\/p>\n
REPORT<\/a>: The next question from Groll was far more problematic.<\/p>\n The Swedish journalist asked the Israeli Ambassador: \u201cDo the Jews themselves have any responsibility in the growing anti-Semitism that we see now?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy response?\u201d Bachman said, \u201cI told her \u2018I reject this question completely.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut she did not grab this chance to move on,\u201d Bachman said. \u201cShe failed to grab this opportunity to retreat.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, Groll kept shooting, \u201cwhy?\u201d when Bachman responded that \u201cthere is no place for such a question to be asked.\u201d<\/p>\n As Groll began talking over Bachman, asking him to \u201ctell me then, explore with me why is that a question of\u2026\u201d Bachman finally silenced her, by putting the situation in terms that she would be better able to understand.<\/p>\n He said, his voice becoming firmer and louder until Groll finally stopped talking: \u201cTo ask the question of whether a woman contributes to being raped is irrelevant altogether. I don\u2019t think there is a provocation that the Jews are doing. They just exist.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes, if she chose to walk alone through a bad part of town, if she chose to get drunk with strangers, if she met someone online and then invited him to come to her apartment and to get rough with … Continue reading