Haiti numbers – 27 days after the quake

890 million.…  Amount of international debt that Haiti owes creditors. Finance ministers from developing countries announced they will forgive $290 million.…  Source: Wall Street Journal 644 million.…  Donations for Haiti to private organizations have exceed $644 million.…  Over $200 million has gone to the Red Cross, who had 15 people working on health projects in…

Aussie Jews may wet their pants when Obama comes

Another day and another pathetic example of parochialism from the Australian Jewish News. Imagine the scene at the newspaper. Barack Obama is coming to Australia. Maybe he’ll speak to some Jews. Imagine the excitement. Let’s speak to some Jewish leaders about this possibility. God, this is SO amazing: When the United States presidential visit was…

The American campus is the new Israeli battleground

Israel is facing an increasing challenge to get its voice heard at American universities. That’s what happens when you spend decades occupying another people. Take this continually interrupted speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. Hours before he spoke this was released: UCI’s Muslim Student Union said in an email today that its members “condemn and…

The Daily Show is selective about Middle East outrage

Jon Stewart covers anti-Semitic Hamas cartoons and worries about the kid’s education in Gaza. Fair enough, but can you even imagine the same show looking into US-backed, settler material that routinely demonises Arabs? Of course not: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Story Hole – Children’s Cartoons From Hamas…

Palin shows her love for two key countries

During the weekend’s Tea Party convention in the US, the Washington Post reported the following: Sarah Palin had on three opera-length strands of pearls, two white and one multi-colored.…  [O]n her lapel, a small pin with two flags – for Israel and the United States.

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