Thursday, September 05, 2019
Elder of Ziyon
Ma'an reports that the President of the Union of Palestinian Consumer Protection Societies and the Secretary General of the Popular Committees, Azmi Al-Shyoukhi, has revealed "a new Israeli occupation program targeting the Jordanian dinar in occupied Palestine."
Shyoukhi is claiming that Israel is flooding the Palestinian markets with Israeli shekels, pushing out the Jordanian dinars that some merchants apparently prefer.
Yes, this is written in 2019, not 1970.
Shyoukhi calls this supposed dumping of Israeli currency in the territories "Judaization of Palestinian markets" and the "destruction of the Jordanian dinar."
He goes further in saying that Israel is trying to destroy the Jordanian economy as well.
He is especially upset at rumored 500 and 1000 shekel notes being issued by Israel, all part of this nefarious scheme.
But here's the best part:
Al-Shyoukhi considered the Israeli measures against the Jordanian dinar a real massacre committed by the Zionist occupation against the Jordanian dinar and the right of its place in Palestine and the Jordanian economy and the Palestinian national economy at the same time, especially since the Jordanian dinar was the currency in our Palestinian areas before Israel occupied Palestine.
As usual, I can find no media outlet that simply calls out Al-Shyoukhi as being completely crazy. I'm sure many Palestinians feel that way, but the fear of speaking out loud and disturbing the illusion of unity (where Westerners can notice it) with the nutcases is entrenched in Palestinian society, a small fact that most journalists, pundits and diplomats simply don't think about.
