Israeli Propoganda Machine
Look how well organized the Israeli propaganda machine is, unbelievable. Wow, in this case seeing is believing.
Look how well organized the Israeli propaganda machine is, unbelievable. Wow, in this case seeing is believing.
disgusting
The Israely propaganda machine is live and kicking in QL too.
http://www.helpuswin.org/en/respond-to-these/
Red-pope leads the team.
January 16, 2009
Facts about Starbucks in the Middle East
It is disheartening that calls for boycotts of Starbucks stores and products, which are based on blatant untruths, have had direct impacts on local economies and residents, and have also led to violent situations involving our stores, partners (employees) and customers.
Our more than 160,000 partners and business associates around the globe have diverse views about a wide range of topics. Regardless of that spectrum of belief, Starbucks Coffee Company remains a non-political organization. We do not support any political or religious cause. Further, allegations that Starbucks provides financial support to the Israeli government and/or the Israeli Army in any way are unequivocally false. Unfortunately, these rumors persist despite our best efforts to refute them.
What we do believe in, and remain focused on, is staying true to our company’s long-standing heritage -- simply connecting with our partners and customers over a cup of high quality coffee and offering the best experience possible to them – regardless of geographical location. Though our roots are in the United States, we are a global company with stores in 49 countries, including more than 230 stores in nine Middle Eastern countries. In countries where we do business, we are proud to be a part of the fabric of the local community -- working directly with local partners who operate our stores, employing thousands of local citizens, serving millions of customers and positively impacting many others through our support of neighborhoods and cities.
Myths
Is it true that Starbucks provides financial support to Israel?
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Has Starbucks ever sent any of its profits to the Israeli government and/or Israeli army?
No. This is absolutely untrue.
Is it true that Starbucks is teaming with other American corporations to send their last several weeks of profits to the Israeli government and/or the Israeli Army?
No. This is absolutely untrue.
Is it true that Starbucks closed its stores in Israel for political reasons?
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Do you work with a Middle East partner to operate Starbucks stores?
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In which Middle Eastern countries do you operate?
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Are you still operating Starbucks stores in Israel? If not, do you have plans to re-open should the opportunity arise?
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Hey guys I am proposing all those who are anti-Israeli aggression to please come to the meeting on Wednesday so that we can counter all of this Jewish PR and cash.
check this out:
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/336179
britexpat, hope you are right. You think they're gonna register it under the UN treaty database and allow other countries to have a say in its administration? My toes are laughing but I could be wrong, of course. I hope I'm wrong.
Strictly speaking, USA can only demand action from the other signatory to the MoU and that too, may be ineffective. Can't really say because insufficient info on the details of the MoU. Everything depends on how the MoU is drafted. Time will tell - things will unfold, hopefully for the best. Maybe the jpost report is inaccurate and the MoU is in actual fact Bush's final redeeming action in his last days in power....
Crookedly speaking, maybe there's a way to turn things around for the better. I dunno. Insuff. info.
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
Thanks, KBO
From the above link ... hrumph!
"In a diplomatic race against the clock, Foreign Ministry Tzipi Livni concurrently met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in order to arrive at an MOU - a memorandum of understanding - to give guarantees of cooperation against arms smuggling.
Some of the clauses in the memorandum, that will bind the incoming US administration as well, include measures against Iran, Hamas's main backer as regards funding and armament."
Hmm.. and I wonder what else binds the incoming administration. WTH! How can they do this?!!!
But technically, a MoU does not have the force of law but only an understanding between the countries that chose to be bound. So Obama can still go against it, I think.
But if not, there must be some principle (if there is a lacunae, can someone who has rights of audience and knows the procedures in the US supreme court have a suit filed and argued to make this latest MoU or parts of it void? Or defend against anyone of Bush's cronies who files a suit to enforce it?)
Rationale - there should be a decision / law (or decision / law) which disallows the passing of laws (or MoUs) to shackle the next administration esp AFTER the elections and there is a president-elect with the people's vote already. Any laws and MoUs etc, ought to take the president elect's views into account.
The fine line for the rationale is the timing - cut off date - not at the date the president-elect takes over officially BUT at the time the new president is elected. Because that is the time when the people have spoken.
USA - where is your democracy? Your people have chosen. You could pass laws and MoUs before the election but after ... Barack Obama is being ethical in his actions - that there is only one president in office at any one time. HOWEVER, the current president is NOT ethical at all! Racing against the clock to pass MoU at the last minute to bind the incoming president??
Unless... Obama is not what he seems to be and the current govt did take his views into account and are using this drama performance to protect him so he can say that his hands are bound and nothing much he can do about it. I seriously doubt it as I think he is a man of integrity but time will reveal his true intentions. We will see if he is decisive and fearless.
/There is a Chinese saying - "when one needs to sh*t urgently, then only look for a toilet". So it's a mad scramble to go and dig a hole in the ground, like Bush is doing now. ... Shall I say my next sentence? Nah.. I'll be kind and leave it to your imaginations.
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
It actually puts the ONUS on the International community to address Hamas..
By this action , the USA can now DEMAND action from governments and also use it as an excuse to intercedee as and when it feels like (Thus leaving Israel out of the loop, whilst doing its work for it)..
BRAVO!
It's interesting, I was on the online newspaper thestar.com (Toronto newspaper) and I always read the comments. The majority of the comments are mostly anti-war, pro-peace, etc. Then yesterday, it was all anti-Palestinian, hoards of people using the same statements i.e. "Israel has the right to defend itself" or "Hamas uses children as shields".
Of course, all of the regulars got quite suspicious, you could tell that all of a sudden all of the newspaper's articles on Gaza were being hijacked by some sort of Jewish PR group. Finally, someone posted in the comment section the above website (http://www.helpuswin.org/en/respond-to-these/) and it was clear what was going on. I'm pretty sure most of the people writing pro-Israeli comments hadn't even read the article they simply go that site and write what they are told to.
Absolutely, unbelievable.
Excellent idea, cat.inc and I hope that those who are capable of arguing logically, do so with facts and without getting too emotional. (NB: Not that people are not emotional about what's happening). Use it as motivation to research and find innovative ways to speak out but be in control so that the PoVs presented are more persuasive. Purely emotional, blind hatred and bias can be sussed out and readers will most likely dismiss it or not bother to read the PoV and that defeats the purpose of your effort.
/Edit - Btw, the majority of people do not think critically. Take the hint but tread carefully.
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100163229&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
This what the Arabs and Palestinians have to learn from..
I was really impressed with the "Do you care about the Palestinian children of Gaza as much as Hamas does?" segment..
Learn from the Israelis and invest in "positive" propoganda for your own benefit..
Thank you, Mira.
Well said, ngourlay.
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
Definitely.. We need good media!
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Emad =>
That's brilliant cat.nic --> use the Pro-Israeli resources to educate people on the genocide in Palestine.
Have a look at the site and follow their sudgested links and post por palastinian comments or anti Israili comments
Use their propoganda machine against them
"well then why do the western media claim that the arab media reporting is biased??"
ah. well. that's another issue.
There is a lot of biased media in the Arab world. Hopefully, stations like Al Jazeera are doing something to fix that.
However, you can't really have an unbiased media without also having democracies. The two go hand in hand. Think of the trouble an unrestricted media could cause in Egypt right now.
well then why do the western media claim that the arab media reporting is biased??
I get one email a day from the Israelis, explaining their side of the conflict. It comes from an organization named The Israel Project.
Compare this with the PR from the other side. I've had one email, from The Organisation of the Islamic Conference. It contained no text, just a statement in an attached .docx file that I couldn't open.
Lots of people blame the US media for the one-sided coverage of the conflict on news channels. Perhaps the Arab world should start providing information to those journalists. They're lazy, just like rest of us, and if they have a stack of "facts" from the Israelis and nothing from the Palestinians, they're going to go with easiest story.
That's the least of it! Never underestimate the media smarts that Israel has. I just wish Palestinians ...
Mandi