Posted on 11/19/2017 9:55:49 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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.’’
She told The Post after her reading at Book Culture on the Upper West Side, “I love ABC books personally, and I have so many of them at home about all kinds of places — Mexico, United States, Italy, everywhere.”
She added that she’s trying to get funding for a kids’ Hebrew language alphabet block set. She’s already produced a block set in Persian, a language spoken in Iran.
“I’m an American, too,’’ she said.
“I grew up in Sweden. I am not a representative of the Iranian government.’’
Iran has been siding with the Palestinians in their feud with Israel for decades.
At least one Jewish parent who attended the reading was supportive of Bashi.
Rafael Shimunov, of the group “Jews for Racial and Economic Justice,’’ brought his 7-year-old daughter.
He said he did not find the book anti-Semitic.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
‘P’ is for “Pathetic” liberal “Prig’s”.
> “Omg. Crazy. I’m livid at this,’’ one woman wrote on Facebook. “I can’t believe it’s real and in NYC!” <
That lady had better get used to it. In a few decades there will be more Muslims than Jews in the U.S. By the way, I wonder if she voted for Barack Obama.
A child’s introductory book to the alphabet and they use a 9 letter word that most kids using it don’t even know what it is. Whatever happened to pig, or paper, papa, or any of a number of recognizable words that start with P.
But why not use protagonist, promoter or proponent. Maybe they should just use perjurer, phony, or prevaricator? If the children can handle Palestine, they can work with these.
rwood
...the many maimings, the Arabs have committed under the name Palestinian.
It's a real tragedy that any adult could fail to grasp what the Arabs under the name Palestinian stand for.
At this moment, their number one goal in life is to kill every Israeli and take what was theirs.
Nothing, not spouses, their children, their mothers, their fathers, their children, their sisters, their brothers, their other family members, their friends, their associates, their jobs, their livelihoods, their neighbors, their community, their cities, or even their territory is more important to them than killing a Jew.
Now hold that book there airhead. Try to make those terrorist killers look humane in the eyes of very young children.
It's surprising her head doesn't cave in.
LSL is for Lying Scumbag Leftist.
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