Remember how this former journalist and current Israel-hater claimed we only help when there are humanitarian disasters in the world in order to improve our international image?
He is not alone with this sick thought.
Keep this in mind as we continue to actually save lives in Turkey with little fanfare:
Albeit with much gratitude:
And I suppose the Chief Rabbi just had PR on his mind when he told the Israeli delegation to Turkey that in any place where is any chance whatsoever of rescuing a survivor from beneath the rubble, rescue teams should do whatever they can to save lives, even if it means breaking the Jewish Sabbath.
Meanwhile, the “Palestinian urgent intervention and response team” has arrived in Syria and Turkey. No-one is claiming they are doing it for the PR points – even though all I have seen so far is a slickly-produced video with dramatic music and hero camera angles trumpeting their arrival: