If this is Pakistan’s top diplomat, just imagine how bad the flunkies at their foreign ministry must be at their jobs. Appearing on CNN last night, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tried to claim that Israel was “losing out,” and “losing the media war despite their connections” against Hamas and the Palestinians. When Bianna Golodryga asked what connections Qureshi meant, the diplomat meant, er … global control of the media by the Joooos, of course.

To her credit, Golodryga took that hanging curve over the wall in dead center field:

QURESHI: I am convinced the tide is turning. I am convinced the public pressure. The pressure of public opinion is mounting and cease-fire is

inevitable. Israel is losing out. They’re losing the media of war despite their connections. They are losing the media war. The tide is turning.

GOLODRYGA: What are their connections?

QURESHI: Deep pockets.

GOLODRYGA: What does that mean?

QURESHI: Well, they’re very influential people. I mean, they control media.

GOLODRYGA: I mean, I would call that an anti-Semitic remark.

Nor did Golodryga stop there. After Qureshi continued to insist that the Israelis were losing in the media that they control (!) thanks to their alleged violations of human rights, Golodryga put Qureshi on the spot regarding Hamas’ human-rights violations. Y’know, like firing rockets at civilian population centers more than four thousand times in less than a fortnight:

GOLODRYGA: But, Mr. Ambassador, can we not separate the fact that there are calls for peace and for equal human rights for both sides, for Palestinians and for Israelis without anti-Semitic talk and rhetoric? And we are seeing an increase in anti-Semitism around the world, many of these protests are showing signs and images of anti-Semitism, as well. Shouldn’t you be condemning that?

QURESHI: I will not justify any rocket attacks and I cannot justify and I cannot condone the aerial bombardment that is taking place. What I’m saying —

GOLODRYGA: What about anti-Semitism and rockets and what about Hamas’s role in stopping the rockets?

QURESHI: I am saying when you do not engage, when there are no negotiations, when there’s occupation, when there’s genocide, when there’s war crime, when there’s ethnic cleansing, then an extremist element takes advantage of that situation. Avoid it. How do you avoid it? You avoid it by pursuing a two-state solution, by adhering to the Security Council resolutions, respecting them, implementing them, fulfilling the promises that have been made and have been often broken.

So, I believe that the answer is Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace and can only be done through a two-state solution, through negotiations, by cessation of hostilities and cease-fire is the first step in that direction.

GOLODRYGA: Does that include condemning anti-Semitism and condemning statements —

QURESHI: I am not justifying any of that.

GOLODRYGA: You began this conversation. I am so sorry. There are so many things I want to talk to you about. But I am personally offended as a journalist, you began this conversation by saying that Israel — suggesting that Israel has “close friends and powerful friends in the media.” That is an anti-Semitic trope.

By the end of the exchange, Qureshi was left groping for an exit. He admitted that the “perception” of Jewish control of the media was “wrong,” but that it was up to the media to “negate it.” Golodryga smacked Qureshi down again:

GOLODRYGA: The onus is not on those being who are accused of things that aren’t true. It’s on people like you in powerful positions to say that that’s wrong.

In the grand scheme of things, Qureshi doesn’t matter much at all. He’s clearly out of his league with Golodryga, and apparently used to much more friendly venues than CNN. But Golodryga’s challenge to — and humiliation of — Qureshi over anti-Semitic tropes does matter, and it matters a lot. Kudos to Golodryga, and best wishes to Qureshi on his future endeavors after he leaves the diplomacy industry, which in a sane world would be happening today.