Israel offends Japan's prime minister by serving him dessert out of a SHOE

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(1) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife had their dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife interrupted by an offensive cultural faux pas — dessert was served in a shoe.

(2) Shoes are "despised" in Japanese culture, and it's a weird idea in any case to serve food out of a shoe.

(3) A Japanese diplomat called it offensive and questioned what the meal, prepared by an Israeli celebrity chef, was trying to accomplish.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/israel...18-5?r=US&IR=T

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There are speculations that it was a deliberate slight to send a political message, and not just some weird antics from an eccentric chef.
They argue that in high level meals like this, every detail is meticulously planned, from seating arrangements, decor, cutlery, timing, topics of conversation, background music etc.

Possible motives:

- Japan has historically sided with Arabs and avoided a meaningful relation with Israel (many Japanese companies avoided dealing with Israel because of the Arab boycott; merely for economic reasons)
- Japan was a former ally of Nazi Germany in WWII
- Japan has been warming up to China lately, which Israel (and USA) does not like

Thus they send a subtle and indirect message to convey disapproval rather than being confrontational

i copied it.. i didnt write it.

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wheres anglo-jew, & ak47 jewish guy?

thats messed up!!!!

[StonyArabia]

It is a very rude indeed but funny at the same time

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It is a very rude indeed but funny at the same time

its a political message, to japan..

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thats messed up... if it was a joke behind scenes when close friends are joking/goofing around., i can understand..

but its serious because they both took a picture to be published.

[MysteriousWays]

Seems like a faux pas, and not an intentional insult, but...Very strange. Never heard of having dessert served out of a shoe in my life.

[Dandelion]

Very unappetising anywhere if you ask me. Intentional of course and on the off-chance that it weren't, still to be treated as if it were intentional.

[B01AB20]

its a political message, to japan..

If it is, it's a quite retarded form of diplomacy.

[Dandelion]

If it is, it's a quite retarded form of diplomacy.

Jews are MENAs and MENAs communicate that way. In my opinion you should hand them pork cracklings not specifying it's 95% pork rind.



Japanese are passive aggressive and will let it pass, Middle Easterners will get violent because they think they've been slighted of their chances to paradise...

I would never do this to a jew or muslim, but those Israelis deserve it to be left with a pork aftertaste lasting an hour and only being told afterward they had pork.