Comments on: I’m gonna wave my freak flag high (why I say I’m an ‘Anti-Zionist,’ not a ‘Post-Zionist’)

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Phil quotin' Jimi. This be the post-zionist Woodstock.

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

A corollary of ascribing to the proverbial 'two-state solution' is that it complicates the task of formulating a 'pro-something' label in place of 'anti-zionism.'

After all, if a single state became the goal, 'pro-Palestinian' could refer to Jews as well as Arabs. I'm convinced that some day it will.

By: HA

HA — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Still waiting for J Street to swoop in and save the day for the Gazans who are being mass murdered? The latter don't have the luxury of debating semantics.

By: otto

otto — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

No liberal would describe their politics towards South Africa pre-1993 as merely 'post-apartheid'…

By: rabbi kook

rabbi kook — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

The money shot people like Phil's boyhood buddy, Richard Witty don't see:

"To say you're a post-Zionist is like saying you're a post-Communist during the Stalin purges."

Worse, Richard is a self-proclaimed Zionist.

Fittingly, Phil has assimilated, Richard--not at all.

You tell me which of them deserves the title of American patriot, and which, the title of Fifth Columnist.

The proverbial Reasonable Man knows...

By: americangoy

americangoy — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Perhaps start with something simple.

A terrorist is someone who deliberately targets civilians.

Is Hamas a terrorist organization?
Yes.

Is IDF?
Yes.

And move from there.

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Did I say Woodstock? Aww shucks, I meant to say Altamont! 'Ceptin' the dead 'uns is a gonna be ZIONAZIS dis time!

By: Colin Murray

Colin Murray — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Bravo.

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Ho ho -- an Israeli comedy show brightens the mood with some light-hearted schtick:

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With nearly 800 Palestinians and 13 Israelis killed, four of the latter by so-called friendly fire, the Gaza war is no laughing matter, putting Israel's most popular comedy show in a delicate position. Eretz Nehederet (Wonderful Country) – the Israeli equivalent of the Daily Show – has nonetheless been highlighting the lopsided fatality count of the war raging in the Gaza Strip.

Last week's episode featured a warmongering military correspondent, played by actor Tal Friedman, repeatedly breaking in to the newscasts with updates on the rising Palestinian death toll as if the war was a sports match.

"It's 500 for the visitors, four for the home team," the correpondent says. "The result is good but we can't be complacent and we have to widen the lead." A moment later he announces "a direct hit on a fashion studio, we are up to 501". That may be in poor taste, but at least it constitutes a mention of the civilian casualties, something getting little coverage in the largely mobilised Israeli media.

In another sketch, Defence Minister Ehud Barak, also played by Mr Friedman, tells a spoof press conference that the next phase of the campaign is "untargeted artillery fire into Gaza", and later asks, "How are we supposed to know it was a kindergarten? They should put a sign on it in Hebrew".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israeli-comedy-show-satirises-gaza-violence-1297579.html

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Man, they got some great comedy writers, don't they?

That's funnier than loading dead babies into a freight car with a pitchfork.

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Post no. 7 at 1:06 PM is fake, by an imposter.