The family suddenly notices the cameras, and immediately, the expression on their faces changes. "We have no food," they say in Arabic, as one of the youngsters suggests we interview him in English about their plight. Givati troops are extremely concerned about being portrayed as abusing innocent civilians. Perry points to a stack of canned goods, water bottles and other provisions. "We provided some of that and they cook and eat quite well," said Perry. The Palestinians seem to understand him and one of them smiles. It's a war – they had to try...."
-- from the article above

Anyone who has bargained with someone in an Arab souk knows the way in which the owner of, say, a carpet store will smile, and tell you to come and please have tea, and perhaps take a look at his marvellous carpets, but don't misunderstand, he has absolutely no intention of trying to sell you something, it's just his family's store, and he wants you to meet his father and his brothers, and they are all so proud of their interesting rugs, and hope you will have tea with them, and you, innocent that you are, enter, and have the tea, and then the soft sell starts, and quickly becomes a hard sell, and then you stupidly ask the price of a rug, and you are told that "for you effendi, a special price, because effendi, I love you more than I love my father, I love you more than I love my mother, effendi" so for you the price is -- and then a figure is given that is absurdly high, twenty times what the rug should be selling for, and you demur, and suddenly, right away, the price is cut so that now it is down to only ten times what it should be, and then you demur again, and the price is now swiftly cut again, to only five times what it should be, and this is accompanied by protestations of "this is only for you" and "only because I regrad you as my friend" and "I have never given such a price to anyone in my life" and "my brother is telling me he can't believe I am doing this, he thinks I have gone crazy, he is begging me to stop, he says we will die of starvation if we sell rugs at this price" and you demur again, and so he cuts again, and sells you the rug for only three times what it should sell for, which is about ten times its actual worth, and you leave the store, with your rug, and feel proud of yourself, for having made such a bargain.

Yes, these Arabs sweetly trying to blacken the name of Israel -- but in this case, ooops, they'd forgotten to hide the canned goods, and the bottled water, and the other provisions provided by the Israelis, and pointed out by Perry. Well, so they smile. They did their best. They lied as best they could. Come back tomorrow, cameramen, and this time they'll have the same lies ready, but with the canned goods, and the bottles of water, and the other provisions all carefully hidden.

Yes, do come back, won't you, please?

Posted by: Hugh at January 9, 2009 12:09 PM

The ART OF TAQQUAY

In the terrorist handbook they state that they condone the taqquay--which means tell the intended victims what they want to hear in order to hide their "true" intent from the victims till it's too late.

As a result of America not tying our exit to political progress SHARIA LAW has been implemented in Pakistan.

2 days ago the UN endeavored to vote and PASSED SHARIA LAW. which states it is a crime punishible by death to anyone whom claims the muslim/islam/sharia law murders rapes crimes are bad. it also states it is punishible by death to be a CHRISTIAN OR any OTHER religion different from Muslim.

24 hours later 30 christian families were kicked out of their homes and their possesions confiscated because SHARIA LAW koran says non-muslims are to be 'ruled over' (koran uses the word ruled )by muslims and that non-muslims are "servants' (you heard right the koran says servant) to muslims and that the koran "entitles" the muslims to all the land,homes, possesions and funds of non-muslims thru the process of JIHAD at a "time" when the muslim "deem suitable"-- because non-muslims are servants and therefore, they have no freedom and no rights and no possesions no land, no homes.

it should come as no surprise that "it is what is with" the whole SHARIA LAW wanting to get itself into the banking industry and every other aspect of our economy before anyone realizes what it "really" is.

The sharia law koran says that the religion is not separateable from the law therefore, any Society stupid enough to vote for it will one day "wake up" to find they have no land, no home, no possessions, no money no rights and no freedom.

While the terriorists are sitting around catching a breather--here in the USA SHARIA LAW has been hoping that the bamboozled American doesn't "notice" that the SHARIA LAW has deliberatly been "mislabeled" as "fairness doctrine"--because the DEMS and ACLU think American's are too stupid to look further than the "title" of something before voting on it.

Whaat is sharia law?? it states that it is punishble by death to 'anyone' whom claims that the murders rapes and criminal activities are bad. It also states it is a crime punishble by death to be a Christian or any OTHER religion EXCEPT muslim. It also state the "forcible" practice of female mutilation.

If American's vote in favor of this then it will be "manditory" to let out of prison all those murders rapists and criminals whom committed those crimes and they WILL be put back out on the streets because SHARIA LAW states that muslims are SUPERIOR (the koran uses the word superior) and they are exempt from prosecution for any and all crimes towards NON-Muslims.

The ACLU says Americans will never 'knowingly accept Socialism but 'disguised' under 'liberalism" Americans would accept every fragment of the Socialist and one day wake up in a Socialist Nation and "wonder" how it all happened to them.

Don't believe it??

Here is what Norman THOMAS one of the Founders of the ACLU says QUOTE Americans will never "knowingly" accept Socialism, but under "liberalism" Americans will accept every fragment; and one day wake up in a Socialist Nation and "wonder" how it all happened.

What we need to investigate is how the DEMOCRATS and ACLU think that they can continue to count on Americans being as stupid as the ACLU thinks Americans are so they can further their socialist/communist/marxist agenda.

As American's we need to LEGALLY and LEGISLATIVELY not leave WASH DC alone until eveyrone of our freedoms are iron-clad protected. WE THE PEOPLE need to make sure LEGISLATIVELY and legally we tell WASH DC that they must protect our flag our seal our allegience and that we WILL have a long memory when it comes to politics every step of the way.

whom was it who said that---Tolerance becomes wrong and EVIL when it is given and applied to criminals.

whom was it who said that---All that is needed for tyranny to reign is for good men to do nothing??

Whom was it who said that-those whom don't learn from history are doomed to repeat history.

go see how you can help The American Center for Law and Justice to protect WE THE PEOPLE and guess whaaat?? if they don't get the signature backing they need?? there won't be anyone left to protect WE THE PEOPLE ANYMORE

Posted by: SassyFrassy at January 9, 2009 12:22 PM

Odd how that young boy on the left is smiling, isn't it?

Would you be, in that situation?

Careful thinkers would wonder about that, wouldn't they?

Posted by: Vee at January 9, 2009 12:40 PM

War is Deceit.

Who said that?

Oh, yes. The founder of Islam.

Posted by: tanstaafl at January 9, 2009 12:42 PM

Magdi Allam Left Islam, "An Ideology That Legitimates Lies And Deception"

In describing his conversion in detail to the Vatican's Zenit News Agency, Allam contrasted his new faith with his old:

"…as my mind was freed from the obscurantism of an ideology that legitimates lies and deception, violent death that leads to murder and suicide, the blind submission to tyranny, I was able to adhere to the authentic religion of truth, of life and of freedom. On my first Easter as a Christian I not only discovered Jesus; I discovered for the first time the face of the true and only God, who is the God of faith and reason.

"I was forced to see that, beyond the contingency of the phenomenon of Islamic extremism and terrorism that has appeared on a global level, the root of evil is inherent in an Islam that is physiologically violent and historically conflictive."

Posted by: Hugh at January 9, 2009 12:43 PM

Classic Islamic Strategy, the Islamics have used this "We're the Victims" and act this strategy out for thousands of years, from Charles Martel "The Hammer" to the Crusades to the Mongols, to the Battle of Vienna, to World War 2 to currently fighting the US, Israel and other countries, and this occurs whether they are the victors or the losers, it is a way to gain Sympathy from politicians(Liberals/Democrats/Moderate Republicans), weak willed people(The U.N of course just to name a few) and from the rest of the Islamic population(Hence the reason why Hezbollah and other Islamics attacked in Northern Israel or is starting their own offenses.

Thats why you can never truly trust with what you see on T.V., Radio and even the Internet to an extent, because those images/videos can be and have been proven false, because the Victims in Question are in fact just plain old propaganda and Palestinian actors(Should be given an Global Award for fooling the U.N., Politicians and weak willed people so easily) just pretending to be victims of Israel, in order to gain supporters from all spectrum of the world. But I also bet the media never shows the damages that Hamas and other Islamics had done to the Southern parts of Israel, especially to the victims and their homes, never seen them nor their families and friends crying over their love ones, but instead they show you only the Palestinians as victims, so hence, the Media is to blame as well for this Islamic Propaganda, and not showing the Israel victims, but only showing the Palestinian victims and chances are some of them are not truly victims nor are innocence. That shows you how bias the media can be and then some. I wonder id the Media has an agenda here?

Posted by: Bobby at January 9, 2009 12:46 PM

"Anyone who has bargained with someone in an Arab souk knows the way in which the owner of, say, a carpet store will smile,"

And anyone who has traveled to this part of the world, with an interest in carpets or not, will be familiar with that smile in any number of circumstances. Each and every smile betrays an ad hoc IQ test projected upon the foreigner, in which the foreigner is granted an initial IQ of -10. So the most outrageous demands are made for carpets, statues of Cleopatra, rare perfume, camel rides, special tours to spots never visited by tourists. And when these offers are rejected or laughed at, the smile remains, as if to say: So you caught me out. Good for you. Here are your minus ten points back. But these are our respective roles, no? To lie and to be lied to. And since you are not interested in buying, how about some baksheesh?

Then it hits you: The minus ten IQ points have been reapplied to you after all.

Posted by: Chatillon at January 9, 2009 1:29 PM

Chatillon and Hugh, I've seen that crap with my own eyes so many times. Of course, I've seen it happening to other fools, because I've never regarded their strategies of deception as anything besides what they truly are. Stores with no price tags on their goods are nothing but traps where fools get preyed upon and ripped off by muslims pretending to be their friends.

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And, as for the "starvation of 'Palestinian' A-rabs", I've brought it up before and I'll do it again.

According to data from the WHO, from 1999-2003, the male population of the West Bank and Gaza is the eighth more overweight in the world, while the females in those areas rank THIRD. That's in The Economist's "The World in Figures" pocketbook.

Posted by: Proud_Kafir7908 at January 9, 2009 1:42 PM

Why do they lie? Because Western media also lie.

Western media lie because Westerners are gullible idiots.

Posted by: Stephen Gash SIOE England at January 9, 2009 5:07 PM

I can't even afford bottled water.

Posted by: jdamn at January 9, 2009 5:38 PM

Why are my thumb and forefinger moving so curiously? I'm playing "Hearts and Flowers" on the worlds smallest violin and sobbing without shame. Please no photos....

Posted by: pismopal at January 9, 2009 6:07 PM

"Anyone who has bargained with someone in an Arab souk knows the way in which the owner of, say, a carpet store will smile, and tell you to come and please have tea, and perhaps take a look at his marvellous carpets, but don't misunderstand, he has absolutely no intention of trying to sell you something, it's just his family's store, and he wants you to meet his father and his brothers, and they are all so proud of their interesting rugs, and hope you will have tea with them, and you, innocent that you are, enter, and have the tea, and then the soft sell starts, and quickly becomes a hard sell, and then you stupidly ask the price of a rug, and you are told that "for you effendi, a special price, because effendi, I love you more than I love my father, I love you more than I love my mother, effendi""

Posted by: Hugh at January 9, 2009 12:09 PM

effendi...? You must mean beyefendi which means sir or mister. It's a Turkish word and Turkish people are not arabs.
But yes, they will try to screw over the rich western tourist. But hey, in Greece they will do the same and in New York aswel, everywhere where there is a free market and capitalism you will get screwed over by people like that. It is not something 'arab' beyefendi...

I read a column yesterday when I was reading the newspaper on the way to my work. And it was written by Mohammed Jabri and he is a writer for Mirsab, a weblog for and by muslims. And the title of the column was "We are better off without Israël". Needless to say I was blown away by his piece of mediamanipulating garbage. If I have time I will translate it for the non dutch speaking crowd.
Btw, above the column there was an article with the title: "Israël blocks help for Gaza" With a subtitle saying: "UN and Red Cross furious, situation deteriorates rapidly".

It is amazing how stupid most journalists are these days. They accept everything they hear as truth, without any critical eye. It is astoneshing!

Ps: If the family in the article want to be starving so much, let them starve! See if they still have something to say when they are dying!

Posted by: Sic at January 10, 2009 9:54 AM

i'll happily give them some food...bacon, ham, a serving of dog food.

Posted by: fightback at January 10, 2009 6:53 PM