Money grubbing? Check War mongering? Check Hook noses? … [Darleen Click]
Well, geez, that’s the only thing missing from Time’s Why Israel Doesn’t Care about Peace Heli and Eli sell condos on Exodus Street, a name that evokes a certain historical hardship in a neighborhood that suggests none at all, the ingathering of the Jews having entered a whole new realm here. The talk in the little office is of interest rates and panoramic sea views from handsomely appointed properties selling on the Ashdod waterfront for half what people are asked to pay in Tel Aviv, 18 miles (29 km) to the north. And sell they do, hand over fist — never mind the rockets that fly out of Gaza, 14 miles (22.5 km) to the south. “Even when the Qassams fell, we continued to sell!” says Heli Itach, slapping a palm on the office desk. The skull on her designer shirt is made of sequins spelling out “Love Kills Slowly.” “What the people see on the TV there is not true here,” she says. “I sold, this week, 12 apartments. You’re not client, I tell you the truth.” The truth? In the week that three Presidents, a King and their own Prime Minister gather at the White House to begin a fresh round of talks on peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the truth is, Israelis are no longer preoccupied with the matter. They’re otherwise engaged; they’re making money; they’re enjoying the rays of late summer. A watching world may still define their country by the blood feud with the Arabs whose families used to live on this land and whether that conflict can be negotiated away, but Israelis say they have moved on. JOOOOS and money and stolen land — where have we heard that refrain before? Never mind that Hamas is adament about a Judenrein Middle East senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told faction members on Wednesday night that Abbas “has no right to represent the Palestinian people.” “Today marks the start of direct negotiations between someone who has no right to represent the Palestinian people and the brutal occupier, to provide a cover for Judaizing [sic] Jerusalem and stealing the land,” he said. Al-Zahar said liberating all the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River is both a moral and religious duty for Muslims and armed resistance (a euphemism for terror attacks) is the way to defeat the occupiers. Yep, no anti-Semitism here … nothing to see… move on ….just remember, it’s all the fault of the money-grubbing (it’s in their DNA) JOOOOOOS. h/t VDH
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Money grubbing? Check War mongering? Check Hook noses? … [Darleen Click]