Bird-Brained
In the wake of our little bird flu scare, our neighbors in Lebanon are putting politics aside to deal with the problem.
Just kidding.
Lebanon on Saturday said it was increasing its vigilance after a case of H5N1 strain of bird flu that is dangerous to humans was detected in neighbouring Israel.
In a statement published on Saturday, the ministry of agriculture called on farmers to remain vigilant and mobilised teams close to the country’s southern border.
“The agriculture ministry’s teams will continue to work on the ground to monitor any such cases that could come up and put an end to it in order to keep Lebanon free from this disease,” it said.
“After bird flu cases were detected… in the region of Haifa… the ministry of agriculture calls on farmers and hunters… particularly in the southern area close to the border with occupied Palestine, to remain vigilant to birds passing over their regions, and to keep their own birds locked up to prevent them from mixing with them,” the statement said.
You do realize they are referring to the whole of Israel as occupied Palestine, and not just the disputed territories, whose relinquishing to the palestinians, we are told, will lead to peace.
And if you believe that, you might just have bird flu.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
What is it with those people and their obsession with calling Israel “Palestine”?
The Quran doesn’t call it “Palestine”. The Muslim rulers never called it “Palestine”. Only the Romans and the British called it “Palestine”.
The Quran only connects “Israel” with the land.
Andrew Brehm. This will go on until they have transformed a lie into a “founding myth”. Arafat usually presented himself and palestinian arabs as the true People of Cnaan when in reality the big Arab influx came after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Anyway, a good founding myth is nothing to be ashamed of and I think no one would have any objections to a Falestini state. If only it wouldn’t all be overshadowed by a society whose real-life ideals are dictated fascist death cult.
If only the Brits named the areas mandate something funny or offensive, I could at least have a laugh everytime the area is mentioned.
If only I had a time machine….
There are no such people as ‘Palestinians.’ I therefore, refer to them only as pseudo-stinians or terrorists. Or rodef. Or other names that I cannot print here.
Shavua Tov,
Yehudi
hey! i recently found ur podcast, and am catching up on some of the past episodes.
i wanted ur opinion on this story:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517271538&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
AJ, I read that JPost article and recall reading an article about this group a year or two ago.
From the articles, it would appear that most if not all of the people in this particular group are not Jewish. They might be very sincere wannabees but nothing more.
This commentary sums it up: Black or white – the issues are still the same.
point taken, but what about someone who was born muslim then wanted to covert to judaism at 18, does that make them any less jewish than someone who was born a jew?
and what about someone (who is of aztec ancestry) from mexico who was raised catholic, but wants to convert. does their “jewishness” hold less validity than someone born/raised in israel?
as long as they know about and follow the “halacha” they should be considered jewish am i right?
AJ, it makes no difference what a real truthfull righteous converts background is, so long as he abides by the obligations to be a Torah/Halachic observant Jew.
What makes you think otherwise?
In addition, there are specific Torah prohibitions against causing duress to any righteous convert.
afro jamaicano,
I hope you have been enjoying the podcasts. It is good to know someone is listening to them.
Sorry I did not reply to your comment until now. But seeing Shy Guy’s responses, I have to say I agree 100% with him.