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(Almost) the First Jewish Ugandan Parliamentarian [Global Jewish Voice]

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

A supporter of Rabbi Sizomu campaigns by affixing a poster to his "boda-boda" or bicycle taxi

A local Jewish politician campaigns for the goyishe vote - in Uganda:

At one time, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, who spent five years at the seminary of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a year in Israel, was planning to run for Parliament in Uganda – perhaps one day to run for President.

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With the hope of stimulating development and easy access to social services – for the Abayudaya and non-Abayudaya alike – he campaigned from village to village to tell the people about his political ideals and expectations. He gave speeches at school patios, soccer fields and places of worship.

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All these ambitions and dreams were brought to a halt when Sizomu’s political rival was declared winner.

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…Sizomu’s supporters… claimed that the opponent’s thugs had beaten his agents, stuffed their own ballot boxes with illegal votes and stolen some of Sizomu’s boxes from their precincts.

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Check out the rest over at the Global Jewish Voice.

Piss on the Queen of England [Global Jewish Voice]

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Israeli native Liran Shamriz grew up with rabid, Israel-obsessed articles an international media mainstay. Here, he turns the tables.

French people are whores and Americans are all fat and stupid.

If that makes you angry, then I’ve succeeded. If not, just tell me who you are and I will find the words to make you feel the way I feel when I read a foreign news article about Israel.

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News reporters are supposed to search for the truth. But it doesn’t happen anymore. All I can feel is their search for fame through cheap headlines.

Two examples, in two top newspapers in the world, of outrageous headlines: “Israel is a Pirate State,” from the French newspaper Liberation referring to the Gaza Flotilla

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Sometimes, the articles don’t do justice to the headlines. In the English Guardian newspaper, we see “Mutilated children of a Crippled Palestine.” The article doesn’t read as inflammatory, (as inflammatory). The bashing isn’t just the result of a few outspoken journalists – this is editorial discretion.

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Keep reading at the Global Jewish Voice.