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The Zionization of Disaster Relief

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Mary Hughes-Thompson says:

January 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM

01:29 Israeli field hospital in Haiti closes gates, en route back to Israel (Israel Radio)

I guess they can’t wait to fold their tents and go home. Couldn’t even wait out the week.

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- Richard Silverstein says:
  
  January 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM
  
  Grand total of 11 days in situ. Not even the 2 weeks Dr. Donchin claimed they would stay or the 5 wks. Janica the hasbarist claimed let alone the 2-3 months Donchin said they needed to stay to really have an impact!
  
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mary says:

January 27, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Daniel: First of all, my remark that Zionists have control over the news media is my own opinion, and there is nothing “dumb and thuggish” about it. You misquote me when you claim that I used the term “Jews” in my comment; kindly go back and read again and you will see that I said nothing about Jews. However, I will not withdraw or repudiate my remark about control of the media, and as a case in point I will remind anyone who cares to argue that Jared Malsin, an editor for Maan in Palestine and an American Jew, was deported from Israel recently, and it was painfully obvious to everyone that it was because of his so-called anti-Israel reportage. Once again, I caution you as to the language you use and ask that you think twice before you use it.
I also will not tolerate any remarks that generalize Palestinian resistance as being the cause of the failure of the fossilized “peace process.” It is obvious to most of us that the block in the “road” has in almost all cases been the Israeli government, and now it is at the point where it is too late for a two-state solution, and I believe this had been the Israeli intention all along. This is not the proper thread for a full blown argument on this, and it has been hashed and rehashed ad infinitum on others, but I am drawing attention to your comment simply to point out that you’re not as open-minded and liberal as you think you are. It is the Israeli government’s responsibility to end its illegal occupation of the West Bank and Jerusalem, and its brutal and disgusting siege on Gaza. As an Israeli citizen, I do hope you are active in achieving this goal.

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Wilpert; Australia Day and Movie World; Laor, Haiti, AJDS, Jewish News, Galus Australis « Michael Brull says:

January 28, 2010 at 11:57 PM

[...] enough, Stillman links to a very good article on Israel’s aid to Haiti, based largely around an article translated from Yediot Ahronot [...]

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Bryan says:

January 30, 2010 at 8:22 PM

“If a commenter behaves in an obnoxious way, they will be treated the way they treat others.”

Dear Mr. Silverstein: You’re fucking obnoxious. This may be your blog, so you’re technically allowed to say whatever you want, but when you set such a poor example for your commenters by being abusive, it’s difficult to see why anyone except supercilious yes-men bother to read this blog. You’re a vile hypocrite and a useful idiot for the enemies of both Israel and Diaspora Jewry.

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- Richard Silverstein says:
  
  January 30, 2010 at 9:37 PM
  
  This may be your blog, so you’re technically allowed to say whatever you want
  
  Not technically, I’m actually allowed to say whatever I want.
  
  You’re fucking obnoxious
  
  And you’re fucking BANNED.
  
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  - mary says:
    
    January 30, 2010 at 10:59 PM
    
    No big loss, Brian. Too bad that any Jew who criticizes Israeli policies is automatically branded “a traitor to Israel and world Jewry,” as if one cannot be a good Jew without being a Zionist. I would personally say that any Jew who speaks out against illegal occupation and abuse of the Palestinian people, and in favor of peace, is the better Jew than one who adopts a racist and abusive ideology and confuses political loyalty with religion.
    
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Israel and Haiti « The Daily Mohsin says:

January 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM

[...] Safety Unit at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, and veteran of Israeli relief efforts, states that Israel’s priorities were not non-showy staples such as chemical toilets and water purification [...]

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Refuting all the Zionist liars, on an old topic showing all the Muslim aid that went to Haiti at Forums.IslamicAwakening.Com says:

March 8, 2010 at 7:06 PM

[...] Owes Haiti Billions Why the Blood Is on Our Hands Also good articles exposing Zionist "Israel"- The Zionization of Disaster Relief | Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place Port-au-Hasbara Gaza collects Haiti aid, says it was similarly shaken by Israel – Haaretz – Israel [...]

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Mark says:

March 14, 2010 at 5:30 PM

A good article on Israel arming Baby Dock and Papa Doc Duvalier dictators back in the day!

http://globalgrind.com/channel/culture/content/13…

On Dec. 27, 1982, the US newspaper Christian Science Monitor reported that since 1968 Israel had sold weapons to two Haitian dictators-Francois Duvalier, who became president in 1957; and his son Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded him in 1971. The two, known as "Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc," controlled and terrorized the country with a private army. On March 27, 1983, the New York Times reported that Israel was among the few countries that had agreed to sell weapons to Baby Doc, and provided him with the long-term payment arrangement that he requested.

Paul Farmer, who would serve as President Bill Clinton’s deputy UN representative to Haiti, previously reported that Gen. Prosper Avril, the head of the military junta that took power in Haiti in 1988, received temporary asylum in Israel in 1990. Avril was the head of Baby Doc’s notorious "Presidential Guard," and a US court ruled that he was responsible for "scandalous human rights violations." He would later serve prison time in Haiti for his crimes.

In 1990, four years after Baby Doc was ousted from power, the popular priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti-in the first democratic elections the nation had seen. But in 1991 he was deposed in a military coup. Britain’s The Independent newspaper reported Oct. 14, 1991 that about 2,000 Uzi and Galil machine-guns from Israel were sent to Haiti in the weeks prior to the coup-with diplomats claiming the weapons went to military units especially loyal to the coup-plotters.

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- David Kessler says:
  
  June 28, 2011 at 9:57 AM
  
  How wide is the scope of this thread. The reason I ask is that the original posting was about Israeli aid to Haiti which has been criticized on the grounds that it was for PR reasons and not of the most helpful kind, according to the single source whom the author chose to quote.
  
  But then in the responses, I read references to Zionist “control over the news media” and then to Israel having sold weapons to the then dictators of Haiti. So I was wondering what is the subject of the thread? Is it Haiti? The wickedness of the Zionists? Or do the sales of weapons to other dictators (e.g. by Arabs or Muslims) also qualify as relevant? Or can we discuss aid by the Arabs to Haiti? if so, can we speculate that they too were motivated by PR considerations? Or is this another no-no?
  
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Hypocrisy, Nita Lowey, and Israeli to Aid Japan | talkingbacktomondoweiss says:

March 11, 2011 at 3:00 PM

[...] POST – http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2010/01/19/the-zionization-of-disaster-relief/ P.S. Video: ‘Israel’ Born in Haiti after IDF Delivers Healthy Baby, Arutz Sheva TV, 01/17/10 [...]

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- Mary Hughes Thompson says:
  
  June 30, 2011 at 2:39 AM
  
  Mazel Tov. A baby was delivered on January 17th by the Israeli relief team. I have no doubt the IDF saved lives in Haiti, and they should certainly be commended. The main problem was the way they responded. With great fanfare they announced they were sending massive aid and medical teams to Haiti, and they did so, preceded by a huge media and PR machine to promote Israel and all its do-gooding. They did arrive on the scene quickly, and went to work immediately. We certainly got to see every close up of every patient they treated. The Israeli comedy show that was a parody of what the team did in Haiti was hilarious.
  
  In fact because there were so many countries sending aid, there was great congestion at the airport, and I recall reading that several planes carrying relief workers were not able to land because of the massive number of Israeli press who were landing to cover Israel’s humanitarian mission.
  
  And they did not stay a full two weeks, as many of us expected would be the case. Once the media show was over they were gone. You can’t blame people for being cynical, especially when the Palestinians in Gaza were struggling to recover from the massive invasion a year earlier that left over a thousand dead and many more thousands injured and homeless.
  
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David Kessler says:

June 30, 2011 at 3:04 AM

“I recall reading that several planes carrying relief workers were not able to land because of the massive number of Israeli press who were landing to cover Israel’s humanitarian mission.”

Do you recall WHERE you read this?

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David Kessler says:

June 30, 2011 at 7:39 AM

Yeh I have plenty to say about the subject matter Richard,

1) The opinion of one disgruntled former aid worker doesn’t prove that mobile toilets were needed more than medicine. I know your standard answer: “He’s an expert and you’re not.” But that doesn’t cut it Richard because he’s just one expert and one swallow does not a summer make.

2) You tried to imply – with your usual innuendo and lack of evidence – that Israel was responsible for America turning away “precious, desperately needed medical supplies.” And this after telling us ad nauseum that it was toilets they needed not doctors.

What a pathetic attempt at anti-Israel Hasbara you engaged in Richard.

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drew says:

October 7, 2011 at 11:10 PM

im not a man that knows alot about alot of things in this life. im a simple jewish man with a simple jewish family. i take pride in that fact because of where we come from and how we work towards helping others and looking out for ourselves as jewish people. i know in a world of over 6 billion people our numbers are about 15 million and it profoundly saddens me to hear all the negativity generated by you and all the articles ive read on this site. its obvious you were hurt along the way embarrassed or otherwise by someone close to you in this life. my guess is most of the hatred you have for people stems from a jew that hurt you to deep to comprehend. so in the spirit of yom kippur coupled with the assumption that you have had no closure with your past issue id like to personally apologize for whatever had affected you in such a horrible way to have made you into such a bitter and venomous person. maybe one day you will find alittle pride in who you are rather that manifest an identity by fault u find in others. the simple fact is with all the fault u find in others there is 100x more good to discuss,hope to share,and positive vision to try and cultivate. in the end you just talk and stay a part of the problem or you can be part of a solution(and dont try and tell me your just trying to “give people something to think about ” or “awareness leads to positive change” because weve heard it, know it,and thats old…OLD! news) you DO NOT HEAL THE WORLD BY HATE AND BLAME! you heal the world with LOVE COURAGE CONSISTANCY and forgiveness…good luck with your new pair of glasses.shalom.

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- Richard Silverstein says:
  
  October 8, 2011 at 1:20 AM
  
  im not a man that knows alot about alot of things in this life.
  
  Beware of someone who begins a comment in this way. Either he’s genuinely humble (doubtful) or he putting up a big show of how humble he is only to lay a big fat one on ya.
  
  Thanks for all the pop psychology narishckeit. In fact, I’ve never heard of Jewish pop psychology, but you’ve started a new trend. BTW, someone who offers a fake apology is worse than someone who offers no apology at all. You have nothing to apologize for other than you’ve offered an entirely insincere apology. So do us all a favor & either read the blog & learn something or don’t. But do spare us the nonsense.
  
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