Saturday, 04 July 2009
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Arab Zionist (really!), Palestinian growth and cupcakes
News with a side of Randomness
If you have the time, I recommend all three news entries in their entirety. If you have a bit of time, definitely click through to read the first entry. I suppose the last entry is satire, but it is quite random satire, courtesy of The Onion.
Brigitte Gabriel is a Lebanese Christian, and one of Zionism's strongest defenders in the Arab world.
Gabriel, who lectures worldwide about Israel's valiant quest to preserve the ideals of democracy, says Israel has been sending all the wrong signals for the past 15 years, "empowering those who wish its destruction. The only language Arabs understand and respect is strength. Israel needs to get back its image of being a strong fighter instead of an appeaser." - JERUSALEM POST[tags: israel, news, palestinians, arab, jew]
A woman in Islamic veil, speaking in Arabic, has a gleaming smile as she explains she is having trouble deciding on which dish set to buy. She browses through a glitzy showroom boasting European and American brands in a scene that might appear to be a shopping mall in Dubai, Qatar, or New York. In fact, it is Jenin, in the West Bank. She says when she used to go to Amman and other places, she would hope that Palestinians would one day build a department store like this in the West Bank. She says she thanks God her expectations have been exceeded. - VOICE OF AMERICA
[tags: economy, palestinians, news]
The argument that Israel's possession of the Dead Seas Scrolls is illegal seems designed not to preserve, but to bury the very heritage that the Dead Sea Scrolls reflect. This is in line with a rhetorical tactic that has been periodically advanced by Palestinians, including the current Mufti of Jerusalem who has stated that as far as he can tell, "the Jews have no relation to [the Western Wall]," Judaism's holiest spot. It is no exaggeration to say that Palestinians are conducting not just a political campaign, but a "cultural battle" against Israel as a Jewish state. - NATIONAL POST
TOTALLY RANDOM - There is something quite pressing that I must make clear immediately. I am afraid I am going to have to take that cupcake. That cupcake with the red-colored frosting. The one with the soft, fluffy cake and the white-paper wrapper. Yes, the cupcake that is virtually indistinguishable from the 16 to 20 other cupcakes around me in the office at this time. This is the sole cupcake I have singled out. Granted, it happened to be the first to enter my field of vision as I came in the room. The cupcake situated in that location is the cupcake of my desire. The one at which I am at this moment intently staring. That is the cupcake that I will shortly be removing from its wrapper and consuming. The sooner you grasp the reality of this, the easier it will be for all of us. - THE ONION
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Comments (7)
Look ~ that cupcake one stole my heart......I haven't read the others yet....so, off I go to do that...
@Neeka1 - ROFLOL! Well, I'm glad somebody other than me was tickled by it. The length of the whole piece is astounding. The writers at the The Onion never cease to amaze in their audacity and shamelessness.
That first piece is a MUST READ in full. Really, really interesting. Thanks Chile Girl!!
i love reading the onion, but also their youtubes are great.
i agree, Israel needs to be less of an appeaser - excellent first article. there is much to pray about in the middle east, this is for certain. thanks for sharing these links and articles. i will add the sites to my collection =)
and, hey! i like your new profile pic w/ the home-made tortillas. wow, mine have never turned out that good! you don't even want to see my tamales...but my daughter still gobbles them up. lol.
not sure how you are going to celebrate independence day, but i'm sure at times you miss some of the things of home. praying that you will be encouraged and comforted today, that you and your neighbors would be safe and free from harm today and the next coming weeks, that you would continue to serve God with joy and peace in your heart, that God would use you as salt and light, that you would be used to bring people to Jesus Christ and salvation in Him, that God would put people in your path to welcome and bless, that you will be able to fellowship with people there who make you feel like family, as well as making them feel as though they were a part of yours. asking this all in Jesus name of course. amen. =)
@YouTOme - Thank you for the prayer. I stand in agreement. In the name of Y'shua, Amen.
Thanks for those articles! I definitely want to hear more from Brigitte Gabriel
, and the whole fuss over the artifacts is totally typical 
, and the cupcake thing...well, not so totally random--it totally fits the Arab-Israel conflict-- and though it's amusing, it's also sad. We all have a tendency to be fixated on our own selfish desires without regard to others, don't we?
@homefire - LOL! I hadn't seen the cupcake piece as an allegory for the conflict. That's hilarious. It fits since this was a bit of a Palestinian edition.