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Is this my ancient homeland or are you just happy to see me?

Two entries from a really good blog Max Blumenthal spotted called Tinfoil Yarmulke. They’re written by a woman on a birthright trip (where Jewish people under 26 get a free trip to Israel in order to fall in love with the country and mate with other Jews) who offers her experience transparently so as to educate the rest of us. You go girl. (Her name is Liz and she also has a really funny post about her big nose on the site, too.) 2 entries.

Entry 1:

“Can you believe? The Jews had to purchase their OWN land. They paid the Turks MONEY to buy their own homeland back. That’s not how it usually works! It’s the newcomers who have to pay. The white faces arrive and buy the land from the natives. How much did the Dutch pay for the island of Manhattan? Twenty four dollars! In wooden beads! Now that’s how you make a bargain! But in Israel, only in Israel, did the native people have to buy their own land from the settlers.”

–Guide at Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall, getting worked up about how the Jews are more indigenous than the Arabs.

Entry 2:

Our security.  Avi always walks at the back of the group, always carries the rifle, and always flirts with every girl.
I should note that this photo was taken illicitly - we’re not allowed to photograph the gun.

Our security.  Avi always walks at the back of the group, always carries the rifle, and always flirts with every girl.

I should note that this photo was taken illicitly – we’re not allowed to photograph the gun.

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