Thursday, February 09, 2023
Elder of Ziyon
Romanian media are reporting that a team from Romania rescued a family from under the rubble in Turkey.
Chinese media are proud that a Chinese team rescued a pregnant woman.
The UK government issued a press release about the large team they sent to Turkey.
Algerian officials are proud of their rescue team.
So are Palestinians.
UAE media are similarly reporting on their own teams who have rescued people in Syria.
It is natural to be proud that your own people are helping others. Even local media in Los Angeles are showing pride that rescue dogs being sent by the US were trained in Ventura County.
Yet when Israel sends a massive number of experienced experts to set up a field hospital, and shows pride in helping save ten people so far, some people bristle.
Palestinian media have had multiple articles that say that Israel's rescue efforts are only for PR purposes, and they are not interested in saving any Muslim lives.
"Rabbi" David Mivasair calls it "cynical propaganda." Someone named Dan Easterman gleefully tweeted and defended, "Every time there is an earthquake or humanitarian disaster, Israel immediately tries to exploit the tragedy to gain political capital and improve it’s [sic] international image. The cynicism makes me sick."
This has been a theme for previous rescue missions, where "critics" even accused Israel of using the rescuers as cover for doing crimes in the disaster zone.
It is yet another case where Israel acts like every other country on Earth - and people single it out as being immoral.
Yes, this is the definition of antisemitism.
