US President Barack Obama is an anti-Semite and US Secretary of State John Kerry is a stand-up comedian hardly worthy of a stage, according to social media posts from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's newly appointed head of public diplomacy, Dr. Ran Baratz.<br />Possibly the most problematic comments for Baratz's new position came following the prime minister's a speech before Congress in march.<br />"Obama's attitude to Netanyahu's speech is what modern anti-Semitism looks like in Western liberal countries," wrote Baratz.<br />"And it of course comes with a lot of tolerance and understanding of Islamic anti-Semitism.<br />So much tolerance and understanding, to the point of being willing to give them the atomic bomb."<br />Baratz, a doctor of philosophy, was previously fired from his position as lecturer at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.<br />People close to him say he was fired due to his right-wing opinions but the University denied this.<br />He went on to found the right-wing website Mida.
