[gogogodzilla]

The politician responded, “I disagree with the Obama administration on that. I *believe* that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon because the population of Israel is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead. And I don’t think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand.”

More and more Jewish people flocking to Israel? What’s Palin’s source of information? Since 2002—the year in which the major wave of immigration from the former Soviet Union came to an end—there has been a consistent downward trend in immigration to Israel. By 2006, immigration was down to 1980s levels, during which time 9,000-24,000 people immigrated annually. And in 2008, the number was 13,681, representing the lowest ratio of immigrants to Israelis since the establishment of the State – 1.9 immigrants per 1000 residents.

Palin is perhaps not best known for her close allegiance to the facts.

Obviously, the author of this screed thinks that belief=fact.

Talk about desperate!

[tet68]

More and more people would flock to Israel
if it were safe to go there, if one didn’t
have to worry about rockets and suicide bombers,
wacked out Islamic crazies, or annialation by
fanatic Islamic states.

Sarah was only speaking the truth.