Controversy Brewing

February 28, 2007 - 7:30 AM by

Israel and controversy you say? I’m stunned!

I won’t get into detail on the scandal currently brewing over Tourism Minister designate/MK Esterina Tartman and how she blatantly lied to press with claims of academic degrees – including a fictitious advanced degree in Business Admin. – or that she made “harsh” public statements about Arabs.

Read Life in Israel’s version here or a press story here.

What I find interesting is the fact that there will be no parliamentary recrimination and my guess is that she probably won’t step down in her bid for the ministry position. No shame I tell you. No shame.

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  1. larry laury on Wed, Aug 26th 2009 11:46 PM

    2. We reject any attempt to “balance” concerts or other artistic events in Israel–conscious acts of complicity in Israel‘s violation of international law and human rights–with token events in the occupied Palestinian territory. Such attempts at “parity” not only immorally equate the oppressor with the oppressed, taking a neutral position on the oppression (thereby siding with the oppressor, as Desmond Tutu famously said); they also are an insult to the Palestinian people, as they assume that we are naive enough to accept such token shows of “solidarity” that are solely intended to cover up grave acts of collusion in whitewashing Israel‘s crimes. Those sincerely interested in defending Palestinian rights and taking a moral and courageous stance against the Israeli occupation and apartheid should not play Israel, period.

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