Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: X-washing

Showing posts with label X-washing. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Academic journal accuses Israel of 'vegan-washing"

In the latest Journal of Intercultural Studies, there is an article by Esther Alloun called "Veganwashing Israel’s Dirty Laundry? Animal Politics and Nationalism in Palestine-Israel." Predictably, the article accuses Israel is using vegan-friendly policies to distract from, yes, its "occupation." The abstract: In popular media and public discourse, Israel has been referred to as ‘the first vegan nation’ and the ‘global centre for veganism’...

"Vegan-washing" and the fanaticism of the far-Left

+972 has an unintentionally hypocritical article about tensions within Israel's vegan community. A fanatic animal-rights activist named Gary Yourofsky is planning to speak about his passion in Ariel, which is of course in the "territories." +972 finds this hard to believe, because it is such a left-wing topic; how could he even think about speaking in a city that is deemed illegal by the international community? His answer shocked the +972-niks: “Since...

50 years ago, before "occupation," Israel engaged in "X-washing"

We have ridiculed the concept, that has gained currency in recent years, that every humanitarian thing Israel does is really meant to hide its many crimes of "occupation." I guess when Israel helped out other nations before 1967, they were engaging in pre-emptive "X-washing". October 9, 1963 - Germwashing: An El Al Boeing airliner left Israel today bearing a shipment of antibiotics as an Israeli contribution to the victims of Hurricane Flora in...

Earthquake-washing - in 1953

You know how Israel-haters claim that anything humanitarian that Israel ever does does not reflect the true attitude of Israelis, but are only meant to cover over their supposed crimes? I'd love to hear how they explain this: In August 1953, Israel had just concluded celebrations of the country's fifth anniversary. The festivities weren't joyful: An economic recession...

Sarah Schulman of "pinkwashing" fame is a paranoid fraud

Remember Sarah Schulman, who wrote one of the most bizarre op-eds in NYT history in her crazed attempt to say that anything Israel does that is gay-friendly is really to whitewash its alleged crimes, and whose hate for Israel makes it impossible for her to say a bad word about the undeniably homophobic terror group Hamas? Well, she organized a conference on "Homonationalism...

4 more Pals killed in Syria - but by mentioning it I'm engaging in "Assad-washing"

Palestine Today reports four more Palestinian Arabs killed in Syria in the past couple of days. But don't expect to find anything about this in the "pro-Palestinian" Electronic Intifada site. In fact, if I dare to mention Palestinian Arabs being killed in Syria, I'm engaging in a horrible crime myself. One that the human rights defenders in EI call "Assad-washing." Really! Already last April, they were getting nervous that the tens...

Clown-washing

From the US Embassy in Israel: The Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem was smiling and laughing as a colorful group of clowns, led by "Nurse Nice" (aka Hilary Chaplain), a medical clown from New York, walked through the corridors of the Pediatric Ward and entertained sick children in the dialysis room. With her visit supported by the U.S. Embassy, Tel Aviv, Hilary gave several workshops to Israeli medical clowns and worked with the "Dream...

Onco-washing

From COGAT: In the [IDF] Civil Administration they were hard at work in the last few weeks, preparing a special summer camp for cancer-stricken children from Judea & Samaria and from Gaza. 24 Palestinian children along with their parents departed, from Monday, July 2nd until Thursday, July 5th, for four days of fun in the Jordan Park, financed by the Civil Administration....

"Metalwashing" - Biggest #BDSFail Ever?

As I write this, Guns N' Roses is playing a sold-out show in Tel Aviv. And in September the Red Hot Chili Peppers is playing in Israel as well. No one is more frustrated about this than the BDS group that calls itself Metalheads Against Apartheid. As one of its members lamented in February: Metalwashing? The trend to attract metal bands to play in Israel is not new. I’m...

The EoZ Pinkwashing Poster

Last year I made a series of posters called Real Liberals Love Israel. Here's a worthy addition to that series. Photo courtesy of the IDF. One of the Facebook comments on the photo: Aharon Cohen Mohliver: Just to clarify to all the skeptics: this picture was taken during gay pride in israel. It's not "just two men holding hands" and it is absolutely reflective of how...

And now...FemTechWashing

More hasbara from the US Embassy in Israel. ...

A stunning case of "eye-washing"

From Israel's MFA: When the seven-person crew from the Israeli volunteer organization Eye from Zion arrived in a remote region in Ethiopia in February to provide free cataract surgery, they were expecting several dozen patients. Instead, hordes of adults and children were waiting to receive the life-changing operation. And one young girl with a protruding eye was given a...

A clear case of - snow-washing

From Israel's COGAT: 3 Palestinian children went to Mount Hermon in Israel on March 19th, with a group of Israeli children, to enjoy the mountain and the snow. The children, treated in Schneider Hospital and Sharei Tsedek Hospital were accompanied by soldiers from the Alpine Unit of Tsahal, who enjoyed the day with them. The event was organized by the Civil Administration...

Germwashing! (Israelis saving the world, again)

From Times of Israel: Consumers in the U.S. and Europe could soon benefit from the fruits of an Israeli technology that can prevent microbacterial infestation of foods and beverages. Ness Ziona-based Oplon has signed an agreement with a large multinational food manufacturer for the development of packaging materials based on Oplon’s technology. The 3-year deal is worth $8 million, not including royalties that may accrue based on the products developed,...

Anti-Israel gay conference on "Homonationalism and Pinkwashing" at CUNY

From Times of Israel: An academic conference planned for next year in New York will use Israel’s largely positive record on gay rights to denounce its treatment of Palestinians. City University of New York last week announced Homonationalism and Pinkwashing, a gathering that will provide “an opportunity to examine Queer Resistance and Complicity globally” — but with a special emphasis on Israel. Hosted by CUNY’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies,...

Pukewashing: Knesset votes to ban underweight models in ads (includes gratuitous photos)

From Ha'aretz: The Knesset yesterday passed a law banning the use of underweight models in advertising. The so-called "Photoshop law" also requires that any ad agency digitally altering photos to make models look thinner must disclose the fact in the advert. The legislation is an effort to change idealized perceptions of beauty that, according to evidence presented to the...

City of Seattle snubs Israeli gays over "pinkwashing" charge

From Seattle Times: Bowing to pressure from some gays outraged by Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, the city of Seattle commission that represents gays canceled a Friday reception at City Hall for a visiting delegation of Israeli gay leaders. Commission members, some City Council members and local gay-community leaders had been invited. The Seattle LGBT Commission...

Tech-washing!

From WSJ: Who is going to be Europe's main technology hub? While London and Berlin both see themselves as claimants to the title, if you look at the numbers (and you take a Eurovision Song Contest view of the Continent) arguably neither can challenge Tel Aviv. It was Ron Huldai, Tel Aviv's 13-year mayor and a former combat pilot, who, while London's Tech City was not even the subject of an interdepartmental memo, had got on with building a tech...

Bakewashing

An Israeli team of bakers won two first-place awards at the International Baking Championships held in Rimini this past week. They won in the healthy bread category, for a pita bread stuffed with fresh spinach and cheese risotto balls. They also won in the dessert category, for a strawberry and fruit brioche-style Black Forest. Based on these results, the Israeli team...

Here's some "quake-washing"

From the IDF: Lt. Col. Dr. Ofir Cohen-Marom receives a delegation from Japan that came to Israel to thank the IDF for their efforts in helping the residents of Minamisanriku, Japan after it was devastated by a heavy earthquake in April 2011. There are real people out there whose blood boils when they see photos and stories like this. They would prefer that Israel never...