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Gaza conflict sparks billboard battle in Texas |
2009-07-12 |
![]() On Monday, two pro-Israel groups put up two giant roadside billboards bearing the message: "Save Gaza from Hamas. Teach peace, not hate." The signs - featuring a picture of two boys, an Arab and an Israeli, sitting arm-in-arm and smiling - was put up in response to an earlier roadside campaign by a pro-Palestinian group under the banner "Pray for Gaza," featuring crying Arab children. The 10 "Many Houstonians were upset by the 'Pray for Gaza' propaganda campaign," observed Ira Bleiweiss, founder of Bridge Houston, a local pro-Israel group. "But they didn't know what to do," Bleiweiss told the local Jewish Herald Voice. Talking to Haaretz, Bleiweiss said that "people are delighted that someone finally took a stand in public," made possible by a joint low-key fundraising campaign Bridge Houston launched together with the international Israel-advocacy group StandWithUs. "Organizations that misrepresent the struggle for peace in the Middle East should be placed on notice that groups like ours will stand up to them," said Roz Rothstein, international director of StandWithUs. "We believe in confronting big lies about Israel head-on, and they don't come much bigger than on a billboard," said U.K.-born Michael Dickson from Jerusalem, head of the organization's Israel branch. "Pray4Gaza, via their campaign and their Web site, deliberately twist facts and distort history to demonize Israel. People should pray for Gaza; pray for it to be free from Hamas' tyranny." |
Posted by:ryuge |
#5 Actually Pray for Gaza is associated with End the Occupation which is a member group of United for Peace and Justice UFP&J is a socialist advocacy group which has associations with Huffington Post, The Nation, Tom Hayden and many, many others. Paraphrasing, you will never see a more wretched hive of scum and villainy... |
Posted by: badanov 2009-07-12 21:50 |
#4 Thank you, Hellfish. That does help. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-07-12 19:51 |
#3 The phrase in the above posting "Domains by Proxy" is a service that allows you to register domain names without using your own name. I court order can force the revelation of the owner's name but I think we all know you won't get that without cause. |
Posted by: Hellfish 2009-07-12 19:43 |
#2 Can you translate that for the internet-impaired, Parabellum? What's being hidden? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-07-12 16:32 |
#1 Somebody's hidin' somethin': Domain ID:D155181701-LROR Domain Name:PRAYFORGAZA.ORG Created On:24-Jan-2009 19:34:14 UTC Last Updated On:15-May-2009 02:42:00 UTC Expiration Date:24-Jan-2011 19:34:14 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR) Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED Registrant ID:CR2960094 Registrant Name:Registration Private Registrant Organization:Domains by Proxy, Inc. |
Posted by: Parabellum 2009-07-12 13:05 |