#Rohingya #Refugees wait for their new #shelter in #Taknaf. This Unpublished image from my work #RohingyaExodus Bangladesh @ Image copyrighted by K. M. Asad: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 10 July 2018
Joseph Ceravolo: December 10, 1986
Hardly a lightning flies over head,
bands together the silver and gold
in your eyes
like a welder's spark. Then
the hydrogen of surf waters
bands together the silver and gold
in your eyes
like a welder's spark. Then
the hydrogen of surf waters
the oxygen of tides
keeps the ocean breathing
in our ears from hill to hill,
like the kiss of a wild eagle
keeps the ocean breathing
in our ears from hill to hill,
like the kiss of a wild eagle
in death. Morning
comes on like the unstoppable,
like the notes of a singer
in prison, about to be free.
comes on like the unstoppable,
like the notes of a singer
in prison, about to be free.
Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988): December 10, 1986, from Collected Poems (2012)
#Rohingya #Refugee #boy #shower in the open #sky at a refugee #camp in #Ukhiya, #Cox's #Bazar.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 4 October 2017
Badly injured in my foot when I was covering #Rohingya people entering at night in shaw porir coral beach.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 4 October 2017
Badly injured in my foot when I was covering #Rohingya people entering at night in shaw porir coral beach.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 4 October 2017
#Rohingya #refugee #children walk in #muddy field entered last night at Shaw pori island and early morning they are coming in #Teknaf: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 28 September 2017
A #Rohingya #refugee #father tries to cut his boys hair at Thankhali refugee #camp in #Teknaf: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 26 September 2017
#Rohingya #Muslim #refugees arrive from #Myanmar state through Lomba Beel no mans #border area after #crossing the #Naf #River in #Bangladesh: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 26 September 2017
#Rohingya man gets injured in his shoulder from carrying their belongings to make a tent in #Rohingya #Refugee #camp at Cox's Bazar: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad, 26 September 2017
After crossing the #Naf #River a #Rohingya mother with her son enters #Teknaf #Bangladesh from #Myanmar: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 14 September 2017
Without any food or water after 3 days hard walking an old age Rohingya woman entered in Bangladesh border from Myanmar.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad, 12 September 2018
A Myanmar rohingya refugee boat in naf river. I was taken this image when working in Bangladesh Myanmar border at Naf River Teknaf 2012.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad, 12 September 2018
Border children in Bangladesh who never see the urban city!: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad, 7 July 2015
Without any belongings 12 days long walk from Myanmar to #Bangladesh a #Rohingya #refugee family take rest in the open sky at Taknaf. This Unpublished image from my work #RohingyaExodus Bangladesh @ Image copyrighted.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 11 July 2018
‘The US partnership with the Israeli occupation came to a head with President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.’ Trump, Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.: photo by GPO/Getty Images via The Guardian, 19 July 2018
Hungary's Victor Orbán is being fêted in Israel, where he is being welcomed as 'True Friend of Israel', as he undertakes a large-scale official visit with a number of his senior ministers.: photo by Karoli Arvai/AFP/Getty Images, 19 July 2018
Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Joint List, a coalition of Israel's four Arab-dominated political parties, said that with this new law, Israel has told Arabs "that we will always be second-class citizens.": image via Ayman Odeh @AyOdeh, 18 July 2018
Following the 62-55 vote—with two abstentions—Arab lawmakers reportedly ripped up paper copies of the legislation in protest, then were forced to leave the Knesset hall. Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Joint List, a coalition of Israel's four Arab-dominated political parties, said in a statement that Israel has "declared it does not want us here," and that it "passed a law of Jewish supremacy and told us that we will always be second-class citizens."
"Israel is now openly and unblushingly a racist, apartheid state," responded human rights activist Craig Murray, a former British diplomat.
Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of the U.S.-based Jewish Voice for Peace, weighed in on Twitter:
"I announce with shock and sorrow the death of democracy," Ahmed Tibi, an Arab lawmaker, told journalists. Tibi and fellow Arab legislator Ayeda Touma-Souliman confronted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the vote, according to Haaretz, by yelling at him, "You passed an apartheid law, a racist law."
"Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, and respects the rights of all of its citizens," Netanyahu claimed Thursday. "This is our country, the Jewish state. In recent years there have been those who have tried to undermine that and question the principles of our existence. Today we made it into law: This is the country, the language, the anthem, and flag."
About 1.8 million Arabs—primarily descendants of Palestinians who stayed on their land during and after the war of 1948—live in Israel, making up about 20 percent of the country's population.
"Those who remained have full equal rights under the law but say they face constant discrimination, citing inferior services and unfair allocations for education, health, and housing," Reuters noted. Critics warn that "the new law will deepen a sense of alienation within the Arab minority."
The law details Israel's national symbols, designates Hebrew as the state's official language—downgrading Arabic to "special status"—and claims the "unified and complete" city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The city, which is home to some of the holiest sites in both Judaism and Islam, is a key element of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, and most countries do not recognize it as Israel's capital.
The law also asserts that Israel "views the development of Jewish settlement as a national value and will act to encourage and promote its establishment," though that line is a scaled-back version of the original language. As Reuters explained, "clauses that were dropped in last-minute political wrangling—and after objections by Israel's president and attorney-general—would have enshrined in law the establishment of Jewish-only communities, and instructed courts to rule according to Jewish ritual law when there were no relevant legal precedents."
Thank you to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the warm welcome in the Hungarian parliament.: image via Benjamin NetanyahuVerifiedaccount @netanyahu, 18 July 2018
Thank you to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the warm welcome in the Hungarian parliament.: image via Benjamin NetanyahuVerifiedaccount @netanyahu, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
A Myanmar rohingya refugee boat in naf river. I was taken this image when working in Bangladesh Myanmar border at Naf River Teknaf 2012.: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad, 12 September 2018
Border children in Bangladesh who never see the urban city!: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad, 7 July 2015
#Rohingya
#Muslim men carry the body of 68-year-old man Asad Ali, who according
to his relatives was #shot by Myanmar's army while crossing the Naf
#river, during his funeral at
Kutupalong #Rohingya #refugee camp in the Ukhia. #RohingyaExodus #story
of a #refugee @kmasad04: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 12 July 2018
After entering from Myanmar to #Bangladesh a #Rohingya #refugee #mother waits for #aid at the side of the #street while #rain falls in #Taknaf. This unpublished #image from my work #RohingyaExodus @image copyright @kmasad04: image via K.M. Asad @kmasad04, 11 July 2018
Israel: RIP Democracy
‘The US partnership with the Israeli occupation came to a head with President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.’ Trump, Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.: photo by GPO/Getty Images via The Guardian, 19 July 2018
Hungary's Victor Orbán is being fêted in Israel, where he is being welcomed as 'True Friend of Israel', as he undertakes a large-scale official visit with a number of his senior ministers.: photo by Karoli Arvai/AFP/Getty Images, 19 July 2018
חוק
העליונות היהודית עכשיו בדיון במליאה. אני פונה לציבור שלי, לילדים שלי -
המדינה אומרת לכם היום שאתם לא רצויים פה. אבל זו מולדתנו, אנחנו פני הנוף.
אנחנו, אני וילדי והוריי, נישאר כאן. על אפם ועל חמתם של הממשלה שמבקשת
לנדף אותנו. דגל שחור מתנוסס מעל החוק הזה.: image via Ayman Odeh @AyOdeh, 18 July 2018
'Enshrining Apartheid Into Law,' Israeli Legislature Approves Bill Making Nation's Palestinian Arabs Second-Class Citizens: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams, 19 July 2018
Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Joint List, a coalition of Israel's four Arab-dominated political parties, said that with this new law, Israel has told Arabs "that we will always be second-class citizens.": image via Ayman Odeh @AyOdeh, 18 July 2018
The Knesset, Israel's legislature, provoked immediate outrage early Thursday when it passed a controversial law that critics within and beyond Israel have denounced as "an apartheid bill."
It proclaims "the state of Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish
people" and "the actualization of the right of national
self-determination in the state of Israel is unique to the Jewish
people."
Following the 62-55 vote—with two abstentions—Arab lawmakers reportedly ripped up paper copies of the legislation in protest, then were forced to leave the Knesset hall. Ayman Odeh, chairman of the Joint List, a coalition of Israel's four Arab-dominated political parties, said in a statement that Israel has "declared it does not want us here," and that it "passed a law of Jewish supremacy and told us that we will always be second-class citizens."
"Israel is now openly and unblushingly a racist, apartheid state," responded human rights activist Craig Murray, a former British diplomat.
Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of the U.S.-based Jewish Voice for Peace, weighed in on Twitter:
"I announce with shock and sorrow the death of democracy," Ahmed Tibi, an Arab lawmaker, told journalists. Tibi and fellow Arab legislator Ayeda Touma-Souliman confronted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the vote, according to Haaretz, by yelling at him, "You passed an apartheid law, a racist law."
"Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, and respects the rights of all of its citizens," Netanyahu claimed Thursday. "This is our country, the Jewish state. In recent years there have been those who have tried to undermine that and question the principles of our existence. Today we made it into law: This is the country, the language, the anthem, and flag."
About 1.8 million Arabs—primarily descendants of Palestinians who stayed on their land during and after the war of 1948—live in Israel, making up about 20 percent of the country's population.
"Those who remained have full equal rights under the law but say they face constant discrimination, citing inferior services and unfair allocations for education, health, and housing," Reuters noted. Critics warn that "the new law will deepen a sense of alienation within the Arab minority."
The law details Israel's national symbols, designates Hebrew as the state's official language—downgrading Arabic to "special status"—and claims the "unified and complete" city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The city, which is home to some of the holiest sites in both Judaism and Islam, is a key element of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, and most countries do not recognize it as Israel's capital.
The law also asserts that Israel "views the development of Jewish settlement as a national value and will act to encourage and promote its establishment," though that line is a scaled-back version of the original language. As Reuters explained, "clauses that were dropped in last-minute political wrangling—and after objections by Israel's president and attorney-general—would have enshrined in law the establishment of Jewish-only communities, and instructed courts to rule according to Jewish ritual law when there were no relevant legal precedents."
Thank you to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the warm welcome in the Hungarian parliament.: image via Benjamin NetanyahuVerifiedaccount @netanyahu, 18 July 2018
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WILLING TO LISTEN THOUGHTFULLY TO EVERYBODY ANDS KIND BUT I DONT
UNDERSTAND WHY HE ALLOWS SAUDIS TO BOMB YEMEN FOODSTUFFS MEDS WHICH
STARVES DISEASES TO DEATH YEMEN KIDS+IGNORED SLAUGHTER OF BOER KIDS
THANK GOD RUSSIA ACCEPTS BOERS NOW. #BRUCEJOHNKENNEWAY
tweet via )))ANOINTED BY MY SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS((( @brucekenneway, 14 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
1/2 AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY BELOVED PRESIDENT DONALD ALLOWS NONGOYEM JERUSALEMERS INSTIGATED BY #netanyahu TO SHOOT TO DEATH AND WOUND THE LEGS OF GOYEM ARAB KIDS USING MY USA M4s AND GIFTED JUMP JETS TO SPLATTER THOSE CHILDREN W BOMBS AGAINST OUR USA CITIZENRY'S WILL. ISRAEL... tweet via )))ANOINTED BY MY SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS((( @brucekenneway, 14 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
2\2 CLEARLY BELONGS TO THOSE CHILDREN SINCE ISRAEL WAS STOLEN FROM THEM VIA THE CLEARLY CRIMINAL\ILLEGAL #BALFOURINVASION BACKED BY #ENGLAND: tweet via )))ANOINTED BY MY SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS((( @brucekenneway, 14 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
tweet via )))ANOINTED BY MY SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS((( @brucekenneway, 14 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
1/2 AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY BELOVED PRESIDENT DONALD ALLOWS NONGOYEM JERUSALEMERS INSTIGATED BY #netanyahu TO SHOOT TO DEATH AND WOUND THE LEGS OF GOYEM ARAB KIDS USING MY USA M4s AND GIFTED JUMP JETS TO SPLATTER THOSE CHILDREN W BOMBS AGAINST OUR USA CITIZENRY'S WILL. ISRAEL... tweet via )))ANOINTED BY MY SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS((( @brucekenneway, 14 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
2\2 CLEARLY BELONGS TO THOSE CHILDREN SINCE ISRAEL WAS STOLEN FROM THEM VIA THE CLEARLY CRIMINAL\ILLEGAL #BALFOURINVASION BACKED BY #ENGLAND: tweet via )))ANOINTED BY MY SAVIOUR CHRIST JESUS((( @brucekenneway, 14 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
#Palestinian protesters during a #demonstration along the border east of #Gaza City on July 6, 2018. #afp: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 6 July 2018
Thank you to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the warm welcome in the Hungarian parliament.: image via Benjamin NetanyahuVerifiedaccount @netanyahu, 18 July 2018
Thank you to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the warm welcome in the Hungarian parliament.: image via Benjamin NetanyahuVerifiedaccount @netanyahu, 18 July 2018
Thank you to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the warm welcome in the Hungarian parliament.: image via Benjamin NetanyahuVerifiedaccount @netanyahu, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
Palestinian #fishermen seen on their #boats with national flags at the seaport of #Gaza City, while the #fishing zone enforced by Israel off the Gaza Strip was also reduced from six nautical miles to three. #Israel tightened its #blockade of the Gaza @AFP by SAID KHATIB: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 18 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
#Palestinian #artists display their artwork in the yard of the damaged #Arts and #Crafts Village which was hit by #Israeli air #strikes two days before in #Gaza City by SAID KHATIB /#AFP: image via Said Khatib @saidkhatib, 16 July 2018
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Steam billows on New York's Fifth Avenue today. A steam pipe exploded beneath Fifth Avenue in Manhattan early Thursday, sending chunks of asphalt flying, a geyser of billowing white steam stories into the air and forcing pedestrians to take cover.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 July 2018
A steam pipe explosion erupted on Fifth Avenue near the Flatiron District in #NYC forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings
Photo: @drewangerer: image via Getty Images @GettyImagesNews, 19 July 2018
epa editor's choice 19 July 2018: Firefighters work on the scene of a high-pressure steam explosion on Fifth Avenue in New York, New York, USA, 19 July 2018. No one has been reported to be injured in the incident which took place in the Flatiron neighborhood. #Firefighters #SteamExplosion #HighPressure #SteamPipes #FifthAvenue #Flatiron #NewYorkCity #NewYork #USA #UnitedStatesofAmerica #epaphotos Photo epa-efe / Justin Lane: image via epaphotos @epaphotos, 19 July 2018
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Netanyahu, Orbán meet
in Jerusalem
Posted by Daily News | Jul 19, 2018 | Politics | 0
Netanyahu, Orbán meet in Jerusalem
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, after talks with Israel’s prime minister in
Jerusalem on Thursday, said he and Benjamin Netanyahu share the same
views about a variety of 21st-century issues such as security, the fight
against terrorism, border protection and anti-Semitism.
At a joint press conference with Netanyahu, Orbán said he and his
Israeli counterpart agree that security is the number one issue today
and that all nations have a right to their own security and a duty to
protect their citizens.
Europe today is suffering from migration and terrorism, and these
problems should be combatted, Orbán said.
He also touched on the issue of modern-day anti-Semitism, saying it was a
concern in Europe. “We’re living in a time when anti-Semitism is rising
in western Europe but is on the decline in central Europe,” Orbán said.
Fina Aristic
The prime minister noted that Hungary still has a policy of zero
tolerance for anti-Semitism.
Hungary’s Jewish community is protected by the government, Orbán
said. “We’re proud that people who openly identify as Jewish can feel
safe in Hungary.”
Orbán said his government has “done a lot” to rebuild Jewish culture in
Hungary, noting that the government has supported the renovation of
synagogues and Jewish education.
He said Hungary was ready to cooperate with Israel in combatting
anti-Semitism.
Hungary always urges international organisations to apply a fair and
balanced approach to Israel, Orbán said, adding that the two countries
will continue to cooperate closely at international forums.
As regards economic relations, the prime minister said bilateral
economic cooperation was strong. He said there are 200 Israeli companies
present in Hungary, mainly in the tech industry, employing some 5,000
people.
Orban asked Netanyahu to support the Hungarian Cultural Season to be
organised in Israel next year.
He also asked his Israeli colleague to support the establishment of a
museum for the Hungarian-speaking community in Israel. “We’re not asking
for money, just goodwill and support,” he said.
Orbán noted that Netanyahu had paid a visit to Budapest last summer, and
underscored the importance of his reciprocation of that visit coincides
with the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding.
He also noted that Hungary and Israel will be celebrating the 30th
anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic ties next year.
Orbán is scheduled to meet President Reuven Rivlin later on Thursday. He
will then meet David Lau, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, before visiting
the Yad Vashem Memorial Center, where he will lay a wreath and plant a
tree in the Grove of Nations.
Hungary Israel Netanyahu Orbán
Photo: MTI
Netanyahu: Hungarian govt against anti-Semitism
Netanyahu noted that Hungary backed the UN resolution condemning
anti-Semitism. The Hungarian government has also allocated 10 billion
forints (EUR 31m) for the renovation of synagogues, he added.
While not large countries, Hungary and Israel are “big on ambition,
talent and intellectual ability”, Netanyahu said. Bilateral economic
ties, which already thrive in several sectors, have a lot of potential,
he said.
Netanyahu also addressed the issue of radical Islam. “We both understand
that radical Islam is a real threat to Europe, the whole world, us and
our Arab neighbours.”
The main source of militant Islam is Iran, he said, adding that
Israel is in the frontline of the fight against radical Islam, “in many
ways protecting Europe, too”.
Netanyahu thanked Hungary for “protecting Israel” and for “standing by
Israel again and again in international forums”. An important aim of
Israeli foreign policy is to change how Israel is treated by
international organisations and bilaterally, he said, adding that
Hungary often played a leading role in this effort.
Last July, Budapest hosted a summit between Israel and the Visegrad
Group, he noted, adding he had “fond memories” of that visit. Orban is
“a true friend of Israel”, Netanyahu said.
After the passage of the damn law there can be no dispute that Israel is an apartheid state. Obvious for many so long but now clear as a Gaza painting.
ReplyDeleteOrban and Bibi are like two peas in a pod, gawd bless 'em.
ReplyDeleteOcean breath gives way to the shrill hiss of the West's tongue held.
The law redundant and superfluous but a bit of decorative swagger, meant to restate the obvious. Bibi gleefully seizing upon and "repurposing" Th'Emp's every comical made-for-tv blunder now: the used car salesman "technique" of repetition-to-a-purpose, saying everything over and over, classic blunt force rhetorical tactic, the "successful" self-iterative "governing""style" catching on, the constant underwriting of malignity, the relentless issuing of tacit permission to thugs and goons, the tying of the hissy diplomatic tongues in knots, the open enabling of the killers and liars. Time is right for Dictators = hitler had his springtime, drumpf gets his endless summer of the 5000 year drumpfsreich, even orbán gets to play.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile the gaza lawnmower humming again, just now coming online as oft promist and doubtless foretold in some book writ in aramaic, morphed into hebrew, slopt out of the boat by the fisher man of galilee, on his day off.