In case you missed it amidst a larger post on Jewschool, I vented my frustration with the predictabile destructiveness of Israel’s military operations (of both public relations and human lives) by creating Israel mad libs: Israel invaded (place) today, rolling in (number 100-1,000) troops along with aerial strikes. The operation killed (10-1,000) civilians according to [...]
Archive for June, 2010
American Jewish Committee: harsbara involves lying?
The AJC’s official statement on the Gaza flotilla claims that Israeli soldiers recevied fire from automatic weapons on board the Mavi Marmara. No such reports have come from the IDF spokesperson or any media outlet. I inquired via Twitter (twice), wrote about it on Jewschool, and contacted them via their web site. No response. Assuming [...]
Jun 7th, 2010 Israel 0 Comments
Statement on the Gaza Flotilla by National Security Council Spokesman Mike Hammer
From the White House press office, dated June 4, 2010: The Government of Israel has stated its desire to avoid a confrontation and a repeat of Monday’s tragic events on the Mavi Marmara. It remains a U.S. priority to provide assistance to the people of Gaza. In the interest of the safety of all involved, [...]
Jun 7th, 2010 Israel 0 Comments
Making Turkey the enemy? Idiocy!
I love how in casting about for someone else to blame, people like StandWithUs have centered their sights not on the people who founded and led the Free Gaza Movement, but the government of Turkey. Few are making the very wide distinction between Turkish political hot air and private parties hoping to ride the coattails [...]
Jun 1st, 2010 General 2 Comments
A day on twitter when the Middle East explodes
kungfujew18 Am I the only person on the internet who isn’t blindly blaming one side or the other? #FreedomFlotilla #Flotillahttp://ow.ly/1Sil223 minutes ago via HootSuite @Jinjirrie So you’re defining what is Zionism? Fine. I get to define Palestinian nationalism. I chose to include Islamic Jihad. Fair?24 minutes ago via HootSuite in reply to Jinjirrie @yeahthatskosher And what evidence do [...]
Jun 1st, 2010 General 2 Comments