Because we’re Jews: When have you ever read of any other country raising money for its enemies? This is Judaism.
Jerusalem native Moti Kahana heads a group of Israeli businessmen and American Jews who travel to the Syrian refugee camps to provide humanitarian aid to victims of one of the era’s bloodiest conflicts. “We are Jews and Israelis and we can’t sit still as women and children are being butchered nearby,” he told Ynet.
Yeah, good luck with that: Hassan Nasrallah is making threats from his undisclosed location again. Wait, what’s that noise? Run, Hassan run!
Shocker: I know you’ll find this shocking, but another UN report has condemned Israel, this time claiming that Israel is causing the Palestinians in east Jerusalem to live in poverty. Uh-huh. Sure. That’s why, when the separation barrier was built, many Israeli Arabs on the wrong side of the barrier bought property and moved to the other side so as not to get stuck in “Palestine”. Right. Oppression, yadayada, income inequality, yadayada, talking points, yadayada.
[Faints] A balanced AP piece on Israel: This article on The Women of the Wall praying at the Kotel today is–OMG–quite balanced and not anti-Israel. It doesn’t even seem to be anti-ultra-Orthodox. Or maybe I’m just too tired this morning. Of course, the photo illustrating the article is bizarre. Maybe that’s their little anti-Israel touch.
Well, they’re right: The Guardian is running an article noting that people critical of Stephen Hawking’s shitty decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference is a hypocrite, because the tool he uses to communicate with the world (he suffers from ALS and is completely paralyzed) was developed in Israel. For once, the Guardian published a completely true news article.
“Hawking’s decision to join the boycott of Israel is quite hypocritical for an individual who prides himself on his whole intellectual accomplishment. His whole computer-based communications system runs on a chip designed by Israel’s Intel team. I suggest if he truly wants to pull out of Israel he should also pull out his Intel Core i7 from his tablet,” said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of Shurat HaDin.
Have I mentioned how much I love Shurat HaDin? Donate to them if you can. They are an Israeli group that is fighting Israel’s enemies in courts–and winning.