What did he actually say?
There's a difficulty in that anything critical of the state of Israel is prone to be categorised as anti Semitic.
Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: "Azeem Rafiq has suffered terribly at the hands of racists in cricket so he will well understand the hurt this exchange will cause to Jews who have supported him.
"His apology certainly seems heartfelt and we have no reason to believe he is not completely sincere."
Maybe, just maybe, the anti Semitic stuff was posted to try and find favour with his team mates.
I think those here crying hypocrisy, as if that justifies the actions of his Yorkshire team mates, need to do a bit more thinking...
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