So here is a new type of post I will be playing with over the next week. It's all about the many things that have been blamed on Israel over the past decade. Some are interesting, some paranoid and other damn funny. If we're brutally honest, a few a probably true.
So in the name of fun and more fun, over the next few days I'll be publishing a few of each type.
Here is the first batch:
Israel blamed for Africa’s wars.
Oh yes, you read correctly. Muammar Gaddafi, the well dressed Libyan dictator, has taken it upon himself to blame Israel for stoking the many conflicts in Africa. These words and the evidence that did not follow were uttered at the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Gaddafi to power in the first place. I won't ask if he blames that on Israel as well.
This story is a wonderful example of stupidity coming from two very separate nations. A Canadian woman, who went to Saudi Arabia to visit her father was subsequently not allowed to leave. As it seems, there are laws in Saudi Arabia placing a woman under the supervision of her father (even at the ripe old age of 24). When the father decided not to allow his daughter to leave the country, Saudi officials saw nothing wrong with his logic and took away her passport. Commenting on this issue, a Canadian Foreign Service veteran made it clear that this has a lot to do with Canada's relationship with the state of Israel.
An actual draft of an actual UN resolution was worded as follows: “the grave situation of Palestinian women in the occupied Palestinian territory... resulting from the severe impact of the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation and all its manifestations.”
This is a resolution blaming Palestinian violence against women on the Israeli occupation. The basis? poor economic condition lead to family stress which leads to violence against women. In fact, they claim the Israeli occupation is a major obstacle for women in their advancement. Lets forget for moment that in other poor parts of the world this seems not to be such a significant factor; And that the rest of the Arab world (rich and poor alike) seem to suffer from the same affliction; Or even that Israel is considered a shining light among western countries in the realm of gender equality; By that logic, couldn't we just blame all violence against women on the United States and be done with it?
A very smart man once said: "Honor in an empty bag equals an empty bag." (actually it was a character on Star Trek). When the transmition of the world cup in the Arab world fails, it's considered quite the embarrassment. Since Arab countries don't respond very well to embarrassment, it's only logical that it must all have been an Israeli plot. Probably the Mosad.
OK, this one is probably true. On the other hand, it didn't take much investigating for Israel to be blamed in this case. When Israel is the default scape goat, blame tends to move very fast. "who farted? It was Israel!!! oh no, it was me."
I love conspiracy theories. If Turkey is embarrassed by the Wikileaks and Israel is not, it must only mean Israel engineered them. It's all about the outcome, a conspiracy theorist will tell you, you have to look at who gains from it all. Once again, let us forget for a moment the virtual impossibility of faking three million documents, or the fact that Israel was not saved embarrassment at all; by that logic, Hezbollah actually engineered the first and second Lebanon wars and Hamas was responsible for the deaths on the Gaza flotilla. It's just a plausible.
And last for today, as something should be left for the coming week.
Israel blamed for Tsunami in southeast Asia
Oh you know it's true. If a tsunami kills hundreds of thousands of people on the other side of the planet, how could it not be Israels fault. In this case it was a secret underwater nuclear test run by the United States, India and Israel that created the planet sized phenomenon. I wonder how one can both believe a country the size of Jersey can have so much global power and yet be week enough to bow to his demands in response to a bit of terrorism. But honestly, the surf in Israel is nowhere near good enough to warrant that level of accusation.
That's it for today, but don't you fret. We have genocides, supermodels, sharks and non existent modern day Josef and Mary coming up. So stay tuned.
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