A Palestinian leather goods and embroidery shop in Ramallah, named "Rahala" ("nomad,") insists that American, British and French customers grovel and apologize before they are allowed to purchase any items:
This won't hurt their sales. On the contrary. Their products are meant to appeal to exactly the kinds of people who would happily grovel for the privilege of purchasing these items.
A Chicago Tribune article last year featuring Noora Jebreal, an American importer from the shop, says:
But more than pretty pieces, the products have a political meaning.
Holding up a pink slipper with black crossover threading resembling a wire fence, Imad says in Arabic, "I made this shoe in 1999, and it's called 'prison,'" during a March Instagram Live interview with Jebreal. The slipper represents the open-air prison that many Palestinians and humanitarians feel Gaza has become.
Of course, in 1999 Gaza was not under blockade and the Oslo process was in full swing, but why should a reporter bother to check the facts from people who are clearly pushing a political message?
One other part of the article struck me, and it is a small but telling example of how the media is willing and eager to allow Palestinian lies to become part of the record.
The Rahalah workers, according to Jebreal, couldn't take things to the post to get mailed from Bethlehem to Tel Aviv...Read More
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