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Palestinians eat more meat per capita than any Arab nation. While they get more aid per capita.noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 20 Dec 05:45 AM The Fo Like   Tweet   Palestinians eat more meat per capita than any Arab nation. While they get more aid per capita. noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 20 Dec 05:45 AM The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations issued a report on meat consumption in the Arab world - and Palestinians eat more red meat per capita than any Arab nation, with 97 kilograms per person per year consumed. This was way ahead of the rich Gulf countries. Kuwait's rate was 67 kg per capita, the UAE was at 60 kg, Saudi Arabia had 54 kg. That would put Palestinians in the top ten worldwide in meat consumption per capita. What about other food metrics compared to the Arab world? The Lancet and NGOs constantly come out with statistics to make it sound like Palestinian children have high amounts of food insecurity, stunted growth or wasting. How do they compare with Arab states? Pretty well. Not the best and far from the worst. For stunting in children, the Palestinian rate is lower than nearly all Arab countries outside of wealthy Gulf states. For wasting for children under 5, Palestinians are better than nearly all Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and Oman: This points to one of the little discussed problems of the world's obsession with Palestinians: more aid is sent to them per capita that anyone else, and they need this help less than many or most other groups...Read More 14 expat Jews are eligible to vote in Lebanon noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 19 Dec 03:30 PM Al Modon reports that 14 Jews who left Lebanon are eligible to vote in upcoming elections. The Lebanese ambassador to France invited prominent Jewish expatriates to a meeting in Paris last month where he encouraged them to register to vote as citizens. Most ignored the plea, and according to published lists, only 14 Jewish expats are eligible to vote in the next Lebanese elections. 16 registered but to were disqualified after an audit. The sixteen included 13 from Europe, 2 from Latin America and 1 from Africa. The most interesting part of the article is perhaps how the Lebanese newspaper described the Jews. It consistently used the word "Israeli" instead of "Jew." * * * * * * ...Read More 12/19 Links Pt2: What Worked in the Golan Will Work in Judea and Samaria; Why the Double Standard on West Bank Violence?; Israel 'Bombs Auschwitz' noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 19 Dec 01:00 PM From Ian: What Worked in the Golan Will Work in Judea and Samaria The 40 years that have passed since the dramatic day the Knesset — at the initiative of then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin — applied Israeli sovereignty to the Golan Heights allow us to examine what has and has yet to be achieved following this historic step. The main goal of the legislation, enacted in three Knesset readings on the same day, was certainly achieved: Israel established its control over the Golan Heights and signaled to the entire world that the annexation of the territory had been finalized and there would be no going back. Up until that point, Israeli military control of the plateau had signaled transience. Israel may have previously made convincing arguments for its right to the region, but its decision to refrain from annexing the Golan Heights seemed to allude to Jerusalem itself being unsure as to the weight of those arguments. When you yourself send a signal you are unsure of the justice of your position, why would others stand with you? Begin's move put an end to this ambiguous state. Although the countries of the world have not officially recognized Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, they were forced to accept the move in practice. Whether willingly, indifferently or reluctantly, they have all come to terms with the fact. The most tangible proof of this is the absence...Read More "My son is a hero for murdering a Jew. How dare the police search my house for his gun?" noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 19 Dec 10:45 AM Today, Israeli security forces arrested six suspected members of Islamic Jihad for the murder of Yehuda Dimentman last week. The mother of two of those arrested spoke to Palestine Today. You get the feeling that every Palestinian is reading from a script when they get interviewed. First she talks about her outrage at Israeli police searching her house for the gun and arresting her sons: Ataf Bosef Jaradat stated that the soldiers turned the house upside down, isolated the family and subjected her son Ghaith (17) to a field investigation inside the house for an hour, adding, "We were surprised by more soldiers and intelligence storming our house, which they destroyed and searched until they found weapons." Jaradat explained that the intelligence officer told us, "Your son, Ghaith, is the killer who carried out the Homesh operation" and they found the weapon that was used in her house and the vehicle in the Al-Silah Al-Harith Mountains. Then she switches roles from the person upset at being senselessly searched by the evil Israelis to the proud mother of a terrorist: She said, "If Omar (20) and Ghaith...Read More Taking the wrong lesson from a photo of a "brave" Palestinian confronting a soldier noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 19 Dec 08:00 AM This tweet is going viral this morning, celebrating the fearlessness of a Palestinian arguing with a heavily armed Israeli soldier. Once we are imagining, can you imagine such a scene with a Palestinian arguing with a Palestinian Authority policeman? With a Hamas terrorist? With a Lebanese or Syrian soldier? You won't find photos like that, because the Palestinian would be arrested or beaten or killed. But there are lots and lots of photos of Palestinians unafraid to get in the faces of Israeli soldiers and police. The reason that you see so many photos of "brave" Palestinians confronting Israeli soldiers and police is because they know the soldiers will not touch them as long as they don't get violent. They know that Israeli security professionals are not going to hurt them. They would be equally brave to confront a soda bottle. These photos prove what the people posting them deny: that the Israeli security forces are professionals, who have no desire to hurt anyone. They prove that soldiers and police who take abuse every day, who are falsely accused of crimes every day, who are literally dared every day to respond with force, will adhere to their laws and regulations. They prove that the Palestinians tell one thing to Western media about Israeli forces abusing them for no reason but they know the truth - if Israeli forces were 10% as violent as they say, they wouldn't be around to confront the...Read More    ©2021 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company