Here is his most recent effort -
(Turkish Troops on Patrol)
4. Rant - Let's be clear. I am not trying to deflect attention away from legitimate criticism of Israel. You have a beef, then discuss it reasonably and intelligently (hint - not starting with, or even mentioning, Israel's legitimacy as a nation would be a great start). Do it the same way that you would criticize South Korea, the Philippines or Belgium.
I am absolutely sick and tired of seeing rampant, rabid and unbridled criticism of Israel that ignores facts, questions Israel's legitimacy and completely ignores similar or worse situations going on right in front of the whole world.
That agonizes over the Palestinian refugees who were supposedly ethnically cleansed from Israel in 1948 (even giving them their own relief agency, the corrupt UNRWA) but totally ignoring a probably equal if not larger number of Jews who at the same time were chased out of Arab countries.
That can freely criticize Israel, but ignore (or even worse, support) Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and the like - do you self-righteous types know how to read - read what these guys freely and proudly write - and if you can't read, then watch the YouTube videos - do you think they are kidding?
That claims Israel is occupying the territory of others, but fails to criticize other occupations - like Turkey in Cyprus, for example.
That can somehow detect apartheid in Israel, but doesn't notice anything untoward about Saudi Arabia and its attitudes toward non-Muslims, women and gays.
(from Saudi Arabia)
That castigates Israel for defending itself, but fails to notice much more heinous acts committed by, for example, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, and Turkey.
(Russian troops in Chechnya)
That criticizes Israel for building a separation barrier that has (thankfully) proven to be an enormously effective barrier in preventing suicide attacks against Israeli citizens, but ignores similar barriers around the world.
(barrier in Cyprus)
In my opinion, that is all antisemitism, pure and simple.
5. The Rant Continues - I am especially tired of hearing the type of criticism mentioned above from Jews who somehow fail to realize that to Hamas and their ilk, we are all the same - you are nothing more than a means to an end - and what will you do when (G-d forbid) you have undermined Israel to the extent that it could not come rescue you like the Jews in Kyrgyzstan (or Iraq, or Yemen, or Ethiopia, or Entebbe and so on) - what will you do then, huh? Come crying to be saved? Talk reason with a bunch of racist & genocidal thugs? Good luck. After all, remember this cute little excerpt from the Hamas Covenant:
"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews."
Notice that it says "Jews" - not "Zionists"? Keep digging your own graves - Hamas and their buddies will make sure you will get paid in currency of their realm - hatred and death.
"Meanwhile, Yasser Kashlak, a Syrian businessman of Palestinian descent who heads the “Free Palestine Organization” and is funding this boat, as well as another that is to carry journalists and parliamentarians, said over the weekend on Hizbullah’s al-Manar television station that he was more and more optimistic that one day these same boats would take “Europe’s refuse [the Jews] that came to my homeland back to their homelands.
“Gilad Schalit should go back to Paris and those murderers go back to Poland, and after that we will chase them until the ends of the earth to bring them to justice for their acts of slaughter from Deir Yassin until today.” Kashlak, a fervent Hizbullah supporter, called Israel a “rabid dog sent to the region to frighten the Arabs. He said he had a message for Israelis: ‘Get on the ships we are sending you and go back to your lands. Don’t let the moderate Arab leaders delude you, [you] cannot make peace with us. Our children will return to Palestine, you have no reason for coexistence. Even if our leaders will sign a peace agreement, we will not sign.’” He said the boat carrying journalists and parliamentarians will carry 12 former American diplomats as well."
9. Israeli PR Problems - Many people ask me why Israel is so bad at its own PR. I think that it is a complicated answer that sometimes involves stupidity or arrogance on the part of the Israelis, a biased media, and an unwillingness (for reasons ranging from indifference to hatred) for many to listen to what Israel has to say. But I am no expert - read this critique from someone who knows a lot more than me - and see what you think - Why Israel Cannot Solve Its PR Challenge.
10. Bring On Wimbledon - The NBA Finals are over (my Celtics lost), the US Open is over, and the World Cup is underway - Wimbledon will soon be upon us. Here is English (or should I say Scottish?) tennis star Andy Murray
