Yonatan Mendel Explains Hasbara

Israeli mendacity long ago became a form of high art. Israeli pro­pa­ganda long ago merited its own spe­cial­ized synonym in the dic­tio­nary: hasbara, the hyper-sophisticated art of Zionist “expla­na­tion.” The messaging asso­ci­ated with sending aid to the Haitians, already the object of ridicule on Israeli tele­vi­sion, now has passed parody to being purely pathetic. A couple […]

Israel, Good Job!

From Half and Half:

I’ve always thought satire shows are a great way to under­stand how the locals see things. So, just to get you up to speed, this par­tic­u­lar skit is with Roni Daniel, the military cor­re­spon­dent for Channel 2. Daniel is known for his right wing views and that he can never say anything bad about the […]

Haiti Smashed

A 7.1 Richter scale earth­quake just pul­ver­ized Haiti. Casualty reports are utterly unre­li­able but 50,000 are feared to be dead, while gov­ern­ment halls and United Nations buildings are rubble. Hill-side shanties, within which tens of thousands of slum-dwellers live, will be hit incred­i­ble hard. They have no foun­da­tions, and are easily destroyed (when floods hit Caracas […]