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Tuesday, March 04, 2014

CodePink co-founder "jailed" in Cairo, "arm broken", haters blame Israel

Code Pink, the Israel-hating uber-leftist organization, was planning a publicity stunt to try to get into Gaza for "International Women's Day." Of course, they knew quite well that it was a stunt and there was very little chance that they would actually  get into Gaza.

We will meet in Cairo on March 5. We will attempt to enter Gaza on March 6 and return from Gaza on March 12, 2014. Due to the political and security issues in Egypt, there are no guarantees that we will be able to get into Gaza. If we get to Gaza, we will spend our time meeting with women's groups, human rights leaders, fisherfolk, farmers, UN representatives, youth activists and journalists. If we do not get into Gaza, we will make your time in Cairo very worthwhile.

(That webpage, by the way, was created using Israeli webpage software from WiX.)

Then, early today, co-founder Medea Benjamin tweeted:



Following that is a series of tweets about her awful predicament:



That's a jail cell?



See all that dirt?



For someone who hates America, there is nothing worse than this!



Tweeting that must have been painful!

Anyway, her buddies in Israel-hater universe are tying themselves up in rhetorical knots trying to blame Israel for this:



Can any Israel-hater find the logical hole here? Anyone? Hello?


He's just jealous no one calls him "Mibi."

Also funny is the unsigned letter from "women of  Gaza" who supposedly asked CodePink to visit:

We invite you to come on March 8th, International Women’s Day, to see firsthand how the Israeli blockade is making life intolerable in the besieged Gaza Strip.

We, the Palestinian women of Gaza are being forced into isolation by the Israeli policies of apartheid. We continue to live the terrible consequences of the 7-year-blockade and the ongoing occupation of the Gaza Strip. We call on you to stand in solidarity with us to end this unjust, inhumane, and illegal blockade.
Not a word about Egypt, even though the number of people traveling between Gaza and Egypt are a small fraction of those who cross the Erez crossing to Israel.

(h/t MtTB)