It’s an angry exchange between an Israeli man and the demonstrators. He says they should be in a mental hospital. I come in at the end and when the guy determines I’m with the demonstrators, he says that I’m a miserable Jew.
The demonstrators are singing a variation on a union song: “I aint going to let occupation turn me round.”
The incident is a reflection of how contemptuous Israelis can be of Americans with liberal opinions about Palestinians. Also note that he denies that the West Bank is occupied.
“I don’t buy SodaStream because they are made by Palestinians. . . . Close the factory. Close the factory. Close the factory. Put the Palestinians out of work.”
nice.
But then, destroying the economies of other people’s nations has become a hallmark of USA “diplomacy.”
Do Americans who gripe about unemployment in the USA ever reflect that the USA is pulling levers to cause the misery of unemployment among other “children of Abraham”?
In my life
why do I give valuable time
to hasbara muppets ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPhzgxe3L0
Sterling, it would appear, wasn’t an outlier.
OT, from Firedoglake piece on Greenwald’s new book:
” Two weeks ago a coalition of groups including Adalah-NY, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Jews Say No held a demonstration outside Zabar’s calling on New Yorkers to boycott SodaStream seltzer-makers,’……
oh hum…wake me when they march on congress demanding halt to US aid to Israel.
But they are never going to do that……protesting SodaStream is just dribbling on our legs and telling us its a hurricane.
Religious leaders ask Congress to condition Israel military …
http://www.pcusa.org/…/religious-leaders-ask-con...
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Oct 5, 2012 – Signers of the letter include Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated … They urge Congress to hold hearings to examine Israel’s …
Church Appeal on Israel Angers Jewish Groups – NYTimes …
http://www.nytimes.com/…/church-appeal-on-israel-ange...
The New York Times
Oct 20, 2012 – Fifteen leaders of Christian churches signed a letter accusing Israel of human … that calls for Congress to reconsider giving aid to Israel because of … Gradye Parsons, the top official of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), “to