Israeli diplomat walks out on Jewish Leftist group

Israel's Deputy Consul General in New York City, Shlomi Kofman, walked out of a speech by Jewish Labor Committee Chairman Stuart Applebaum after Applebaum launched a vicious attack on the Netanyahu government. Speaking before more than 350 guests, most of them from various trade unions, Appelbaum condemned what he called “new expressions of contempt for Israel within the Arab world,” a reference