Things That Make Me Go Hmmmmm

July 31, 2011 13:20 by

• Ahead of UN statehood bid, PA civil service union announces strike over late payment of salaries. According to Maan News, the open ended strike is due to begin on Tuesday. How can the world consider Palestinian statehood when the PA can’t pay its own bills?

• Samir Quntar was injured in a Beirut explosion. The world should know what Quntar did to Smadar Haran’s family back in ’79 . . .

• Last but not least, Danny Ayalon’s video about the West Bank has been viewed more than 240,000 times and has sparked 3,000+ comments. If you’ve ever kvetched about the Israeli government flailing at PR, you gotta give Ayalon credit getting the message out there.

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  1. Hattrick3

    3:20 pm

    Jul 31, 2011

    I saw the Ayalon video. I thought it was fine factually, and clever. It will be very effective in “preaching to the choir.” But (unfortunately) I thought the delivery was a bit smug and the cartoons of Arabs and Israelis are likely to be seen as condescending by people who do not already agree w/ Ayalon’s viewpoint

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  2. Amit

    11:48 pm

    Jul 31, 2011

    The Hebrew original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ_ozDPtAgc

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