Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes the IDF rescue crew back from Haiti: You have raised human spirits and elevated the name of the State of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces. As many plot against us, distort and muddy our names, you have shown the real IDF.
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What the US brought Haiti apart from a busy airport
John Pilger on the kidnapping of Haiti: The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured “formal approval” from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to “secure” roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power…
Israelis want the world to know that they’re not evil and Haiti proves it
The use and abuse of the Haiti disaster for Israeli PR has been getting a fair bit of press recently. Here’s a humourous and revealing Israeli skit from the country’s biggest comedy show, accurately ridiculing the absurd Israeli coverage of needing to tell themselves how humane and wonderful they are:
On the ground in Haiti it’s hell on earth
This is an email from Alison Thompson sent to her parents in Sutherland Shire (Sydney) on 24 January 2010. Alison, a Cronulla aid worker, has received an Order of Australia (OAM) this year on the Australia Day honours list. Email Subject: Hell in Haiti Hi mum and dad – I won’t be around when they…
Haiti has been wonderful for Zionist Israel
So writes a commentator in Haaretz: Aid to disaster victims around the world portrays a different Israel than the one depicted in the media – the Israel that systematically oppresses nations and kills innocent civilians. And leading Israeli daily Maariv: At a time when our country is under media attack on the basis of harsh…
Chomsky on what should happen to Haiti right now
The following letter appeared in the London Guardian on 22 January: We the undersigned are outraged by the scandalous delays in getting essential aid to victims of the earthquake in Haiti (‘Chaotic and confusing’ relief effort is costing lives, aid agencies warn, 19 January). As a result of the US decision to prioritise the accumulation…
Caring about Haiti from the desperation of Gaza
“As a humanitarian worker here [in Gaza], I can say that it has been really amazing to see that some needy people including women and children wanting to deliver food, toys, clothes and cash to disaster-affected people in Haiti. The scene in front of the office for the International Committee of the Red Cross in…
Israelis start to realise that everything they do is now related to occupation
“Israelis are caught in a great confusion over themselves,” says Uri Dromi, a commentator who used to be a government spokesman. “There is such a gap between what we can do in so many fields and the failure we feel trapped in with the Palestinians. There’s nostalgia for the time when we were the darlings…
Haiti from the centre of hell
The devastation in Haiti is heart-breaking but most of the Western media is missing the key reason behind the chaos; the militarisation of humanitarian aid. Some of the finest reporting I’ve seen is from Democracy Now!, now in Haiti itself. Here’s Amy Goodman explaining the chaos and producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous detailing the trauma. Jeremy…
Israel’s humanity in Haiti can’t hide its disregard for Gaza
Leading Jewish news agency JTA headlines a story like this: Israeli aid effort helps Haitians—and Israel’s image The article discusses the humanitarian work and adds: In a statement, the head of the delegation, Mati Goldstein, was quoted in an e-mail describing a “Shabbat from hell” in the earthquake-ravaged city. ZAKA is made up of Orthodox…