Thursday, July 08, 2010

Guess Who Reads the New York Times?

Who?

But first - what?

This, regarding the NYT's outrageous story of un-ivestigative reporting on the issue of tax-exempt status for charities providing humanitarian funds for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

This one. And this follow-up. And read this.

And the answer to the "who" is...

our Arab neighbors:

Palestinians urge Obama to stop settlement tax breaks


The Palestinian Authority has called on President Barack Obama to end tax breaks on American donations to Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The move would be more in line with stated US policy that settlements were an obstacle to peace, the PA argued.

The New York Times recently identified 40 US groups that have collected $200m (£130m) in tax-deductible donations over the last decade.

The gifts went to Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

"It simply makes no sense that on one hand the American government says the settlements are one of the primary obstacles to peace, and on the other hand gives tax credits for funding the settlements," said Ghassan Khatib, head of the Palestinian Government Media Center, in a statement.

President Obama has called for a halt to Israeli settlement building, saying it undermines efforts to restart peace talks.

...Close to 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

They are considered illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.

Well, the only thing correct in that story as a fact is the number of we Jews living across the Green Line. Well, almost. I think we are about 525,000 as in Arab eyes, all new Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem are "settlements" and their residents are "settlers."

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