As we all know by now, Romney’s visit to Israel was punctuated by his claim that Israel’s economic superiority over the Palestinians is due to culture and the hand of God — implying, of course, that Palestinians have a defective culture and God doesn’t love them as much. (Occupation? What occupation?) Oy. It would just be goofy if people who sincerely believe that — and are fully willing to act on it — didn’t have so much power. Luckily we have Jon Stewart to lay such utter foolishness bare in high, hilarious fashion.
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Romney’s probably going to win, so get used to this for four years.
But at least we have Jon Stewart!
I wish The Daily Show would allow non US to view their vids.
Any way around this?
Romney says this about Mexico and Ecuador and hopes to get Latino votes?
Yes, it is unfair to compare the Israeli economy to the Palestinian economy. Instead we should compare it to the surrounding Arab countries that aren’t under occupation. OK, well, better than them, and by more than the 3 billion in aid the U.S. gives them would indicate. GDP per capita in Israel is about $31k. Population is about 7 million, so subtract $500 each to account for the $3 billion. Heck, lets subtract a whole $1k. So that brings it down to about $30k. Let’s see, Jordan ~$6k, Syria, about $5k, Egypt, $6.5k. Surprisingly Lebanon ahead of them at $15k.
Of course the super rich oil countries do surpass it, on average. Qatar, UAE, and Kuwait all have higher GDP/c. The Saudis with $24k come close.
Obviously no cultural superiority of Israel then.
JS also mentions that the Rombot’s “cultural” remarks also suggest that Jews are adept at making money – an anti-Semitic “trope”.
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