Shoe dessert at Japanese & Israeli leaders’ dinner called out as ‘stupid & insensitive’ by diplomats https://t.co/ITiScl82ky pic.twitter.com/aVuTeiZVnX— RT (@RT_com) May 8, 2018
RT: Foot in mouth: Japanese PM served dessert in a shoe at Netanyahu dinner (PHOTOS)
Japanese leader Shinzo Abe and his wife were dished up dessert in a shoe during dinner at the Israeli prime minister’s residence.The culturally offensive move has been slammed by diplomats from both countries.
“This was a stupid and insensitive decision,” a senior Israeli diplomat who had previously served in Japan told newspaper Yediot Aharonot. “It is equivalent to serving a Jewish guest chocolates in a dish shaped like a pig,” he said, adding “there is nothing more despised in Japanese culture than shoes.”
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WNU Editor: This is not how diplomacy is done. But to be honest ....I have had my own share of diplomatic dinner snafus. My worst one .... being served dog and eel at a provincial banquet in China. When our host asked me why was I not eating my meal .... I took one bite of the eel, spat it out, and what I then said was undiplomatic and blunt. Best diplomatic meal that I have ever had was in the Chinese embassy in Ottawa, Canada when I was no longer a diplomat but a Canadian citizen. It was a Mongolian dish ..... the meat/sauce/preparation/everything about it .... even though it has almost 25 years, I still dream about it.
