The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont yesterday reportedon the seizure, by Israeli Custom officials, of thousands of stone-throwing dolls with keffiyahs saying “Jerusalem is ours” and “Jerusalem we are coming.”
Just in time for Christmas
The shipment, noted Beaumont, “was found last week hidden among other goods coming into the port at Haifa”, and was purportedly “shipped from a supplier in the United Arab Emirates.”
The report quoted Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely thusly:
“These dolls were making their way to the Palestinian Authority with one clear purpose, and that was to poison the minds of innocent children. The Palestinians are continuing to incite their youth using any means necessary to educate them about violence and hatred. Here, it’s in the form of a doll.”
Beaumont then responded:
Despite her claim, it was not entirely clear who the recipient was intended to be.
However, multiple news reports on the incident cited…
View original post 262 more words
teddymcnabb 