Israel Matzav

A Jewish plot

Well, of course they are. A 'Saudi scholar' (how's that for an oxymoron?) says that Mickey Mouse and Sesame Street are a 'Jewish plot.'

Let's go to the videotape.

Welcome to the 8th century....

Labels: Arab backwardness, Mickey Mouse, Saudi Arabia, Sesame Street

Sesame Street's Maria bashes Israel on Twitter

Sonia Manzano, who plays Maria on Sesame Street, has been bashing Israel on her Twitter feed (Hat Tip: Jack W).

The actress sent out two pro-Palestinian messages relating to the latest unrest in the Middle East, first calling Israel bullies and then comparing the Jewish state to early American settlers who wiped out Native Americans.

Israelis retaliate the simple recognition of Palestinians by UN by deciding to build 3,000 more settlements. Bullies!
Why do Israelis need to be "recognized" by Palestinians. Did Native Americans need to "recognize" their tormentors?

It's 'apartments' (actually housing units) - not 'settlements.' But I guess you can't really expect a moron to know how to tell the difference.

So long as it's her twitter feed and not the publicly financed show, she's entitled to her opinion. Besides, given the other things for which Sesame Street has been in the news lately, support for the 'Palestinians' fits right in as just another Leftist political cause. It's not like she's thought about it or something.

And I vote to cut off PBS's funding....

Labels: anti-Israel obsession, Sesame Street

Priorities man, priorities

Heh. (Hat Tip: Dan F)

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Campaign 2012, Mitt Romney, Sesame Street

The State Department v. Israel's Jewish identity

I wrote a couple of times last month about a State Department report that criticized freedom of religion for Jews(!) in Israel. The main conclusion that can be drawn from that report is that the State Department has concluded that Israel is too Jewish.

Well give them credit. The State Department is putting its money where its mouth is, and those of you who are American taxpayers are paying for an effort to make Israel less Jewish.

The American State Department gave $770,000 in grants to Merchavim, an Israeli organization working to weaken the character of the Jewish state under the guise of "promoting diversity" and "shared citizenship" in Israel.

Most of the grant, some $750,000, will go to expand the collaboration between Merchavim and the American nonprofit Sesame Workshop, producer of the Sesame Street program, to continue to produce Israel’s version of the show, "Rechov Sumsum," which features both Jews and Arabs as characters. The grant will reportedly be used to develop content in Hebrew and Arabic for use by 1,200 kindergarten teachers in order to indoctrinate children away from Jewish national sentiment.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Israel is a Jewish state, Merchavim, Sesame Street, US State Department

Video: Matisyahu sings One Day with Sesame Street

I need to take a break....

So here's Matisyahu singing One Day with Sesame Street.

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: William Daroff via Twitter).

One Day with Sesame Street

Labels: Matisyahu, One Day, Sesame Street