The “While We’re At It, Let’s Redefine Something Else” edition.

– you can make the numbers say anything you want….. can the first “hate crime” trial for criticizing Israeli policy be far behind?

Canada’s foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.

THE Israeli Government has told a court that it does not want to reveal the true extent of Jewish settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories because the information would damage its image abroad, a local newspaper has reported.

“Israeli society is reaching new heights of racism that damages freedom of expression and privacy,” Michael said. The publication coincides with Human Rights Week, which begins Sunday. […] The number of Jews expressing feelings of hatred toward Arabs has doubled, the report stated.

Graffiti found on the Israeli security wall - at least it’s serving some useful purpose.

We’ve recently been accused of being anti-semitic for having the temerity to criticize some aspects of Israel’s policy. To stem any anxiety that the Bunker’s readership may have, here’s a partial list of things and folks Israeli and Jewish, that we really like.

University of St. Thomas banns Desmond Tutu from speaking for making comments that “some people judged to be anti-Semitic and against Israeli policy”, and who is this someone you ask…..

Or at least that’s one of the explainations Israel has for violating Syrian airspace….. this time.

The fact is that missionaries irritate the living hell out of me, there’s few things worse, IMO, than having someone try and tell you that unless you believe like they believe you are wrong — just how does one justify that sort of arrogance anyway?

There’s talk of unholy goings on at the UN Human Rights Council making Israel a permanent agenda item, I think my favorite post title was UN Hits Bottom, Digs (350 comments).

Israel is unhappy that a British lecturers union boycotting Israel’s academic institutions, and they had my sympathy right up until Professor Uriel Reichman opened his yop.

If I were a Jew, I would be a bit worried about many of the folks who express their passionate support for Israel or the US or Canada or “Our Way Of Life” by demonizing Islam.

Leave a trackback or a comment, and remember, Nelson Mandella was once a terrorist.

Personally I think this is unnecessary, like most other authoritarian democracies the state generally does it’s own harm to it’s own character - others just talk about it…. could that be their problem?