Garbage in Israel
Aussie Dave | Mar 29, 2005 | 1 comment
“Baldilocks” Barthez, who recently refused to travel with his teammates for a planned soccer match with Israel’s national team next week, gets the sarcastic treatment from the Jerusalem Post.
‘Fabien the Brave’ lands in IsraelFabien Barthez plucked up his courage and arrived here together with the rest of the French squad ahead of Wednesday s World Cup qualifier with Israel. Barthez, who threatened not to make the trip to Israel due to fears for his personal security, landed at Ben Gurion Airport before being whisked to the team’s Tel Aviv hotel.
While I agree that Barthez and the French deserve some good old-fashioned, sarcastic treatment, I am a bit confused, since I was under the impression that he did not want to come “because of the the Israeli army’s actions against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza”, rather than security fears.
Either way, he is French, and a jerk. So he deserves the negative press.
Meanwhile, I do not know what to make of this:
In a bid to avoid the local media, the French squad was taken through a side door. Though photographers managed to catch a glimpse of the former European and world champions, journalists were left guessing as to the meaning of a four-finger signal by some of the French players.*
I am willing to guess that it does not mean “Shalom, it is nice to be here.”
Now how about leaving the French players guessing the meaning of an outstretched arm and raised middle finger?
* You can learn more French hand signals here.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
He is much more than a jerk, he is an anti-semite. While many say that the word should not be thrown around in this case it’s completely justified.
He complains about Israeli military operations yet he doesn’t really care what the French military did. I reccomend that you type “Ivory Coast” into the LGF search feature, and see how many times the French did things it accused Israel of (remember that they accuse but they are getting it from a PLO arab source).
They shot into crowds without warning shots with BOTH soldiers and a HELICOPTER. After a few french soldiers were killed they completely leveled the Ivory Coast airforce. Yet when a guy comes and blows himself up inbetween babies, the French tell Israel to excercise restraint.
The French constantly censure Israel over not allowing self-determination to the PLO arabs. But what about the fact that they refuse to allow the Basque people self-determination. There are Basque people also in france but they are in some ways held by the balls, stopping them from having any chance of becoming their own nation. They also turn a blind eye to the oppression of the Spanish on the Basque.
And finally just look at french history, look at what they did in Algeria. They massacred people there left and right. But I guess non of this deserves complaint because it wasn’t done by Jews.
Remember this is just a few examples of french colonialist tyranny.
Fabien is anti-semite because he has one standard for Israel and one for everyone else.
I personally hope that every goal that is scored on him is because it bounces off of him while Israeli fans boo the crap out of him.