Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Children's alphabet book sold in NYC: "I is for Intifada" and P is for... - by Elder of Ziyon

...Yes, killing Jews in buses and pizza shops is "rising up for what is right." Nothing offensive there.

Elder of Ziyon..
20 November '17..

From the New York Post:

A children’s book titled “P is for Palestine” is infuriating some New York Jewish mothers — who charge that it’s nothing but anti-Semitic propaganda disguised as a kids’ alphabet book.

“Omg. Crazy. I’m livid at this,’’ one woman wrote on Facebook. “I can’t believe it’s real and in NYC!”

Another post reads, “You have gall advertising your incredibly politically insensitive book on this site.

“You must have known you would be igniting a political firestorm by posting that in the hopes of drumming up sales for your ridiculous book . . .It’s disgraceful.’’

And still another Facebook user wrote, “A children’s book on Palestine that doesn’t recognized the state of Israel . . . is very sad.’’

But the author, Golbarg Bashi, a Pace history professor and former Rutgers Iranian-studies instructor, told an audience at a bookstore reading Saturday, that she “came up with the idea for this book after I couldn’t find a book about Palestine for children.’’

The book says, "I is for Intifada, Intifada is Arabic for rising up/for what is right, if you are a kid or grownup!

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