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| Hamas: 'Jewish Lobby' in U.S. to blame for global financial crisis |
| 2008-10-08 |
| The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday accused a "Jewish Lobby" in the United States of fomenting the global financial crisis. The crisis was the result of "bad administrative and financial management and a bad banking system put into place and controlled by the Jewish lobby," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said in a statement. Barhum said that despite approving a bailout plan of $700 billion dollars, the U.S. government was ignoring the role of "the Jewish lobby that put the U.S. banking and financial sector into place." This lobby, said Barhum, "controls the U.S. elections and defines the foreign policy of any new administration in a manner that allows it to retain control of the American government and economy." The Anti-Defamation League reported last week a major upsurge in the number of anti-Semitic postings on the Internet relating to the financial crisis engulfing the United States. The Jewish-American organization cited hundreds of posts regarding the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers and other institutions affected by the subprime mortgage crisis. The messages railed against Jews in general, with some charging that Jews control the U.S. government and finance as part of a "Jew world order" and therefore are to blame for the economic turmoil. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, said: "We know from modern history that whenever there is a downturn in the global economy, there will be an upturn in the level of anti-Semitism and bigotry, and that is what we are seeing now. |
| Posted by:Spaish Flomble3461 |
| #12 As an example of the problems in the Islamic world, the Arab Banking Corporation has lost about 50% of its value in the past year. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-10-08 11:44 |
| #11 ahhhh those "New York Money Men" /Wesley Clark (D-Unblinking) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-08 10:59 |
| #10 Well at least they didn't blame Bush... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-08 10:45 |
| #9 Enlightening indeed. Someone should write a thesis, a book for...the volk. Possibly title it, |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-08 10:26 |
| #8 Sun-tzu's maxim about knowing your enemy and knowing oneself is always applicable. Encourage your enemy (Hamas) to be as wiggy crazy as possible. If they can be induced to have delusions and see a screws within screws reality, all the better for us. A nutjob is not going to be a calculated planner or a determined executor of any realistically effective strategy. He will be erratic as booga hell and blunder into the open just waiting to howl with a cement bag headed for the end of the pier. Wave at him and let him have all the rope he needs. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2008-10-08 10:11 |
| #7 I should have mentioned that the "this proves Islamic banking is best" meme is probably not going to work well in the Islamic world because the big banking companies in the Islamic world took basically the same major hits as did the banking companies in the non Islamic world. And Sharia banking companies were, as I understand it, hit similarly (notwithstanding the 'no interest' boilerplate they just call it something else). |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-10-08 10:09 |
| #6 If Nancy Pelosi could get them to modify that to "Republican Jewish Lobby" they'd have a unified platform to speak from. Same style, same substance. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-10-08 09:11 |
| #5 The "Jews are to blame for it" meme is only one of the Islamic world themes on this crisis. Another is "This shows Allah is against capitalism and credit". |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-10-08 08:50 |
| #4 Out of left field, It hit me totally by surprise. I don't know why, everyone knows jews are the root of all that is evil and stinky in this world. There's just one thing they don't explain: How does Israel profit from this turmoil??? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-10-08 08:41 |
| #3 For those of you who tend to forget what a walking Godwin Effect Hamas is, Hamas provides a reminder. What is that, auto-Godwinizing? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-08 07:06 |
| #2 I thought it was the will of Allan. Do you mean the Jewish Lobby and Allan are one of the same? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-10-08 05:47 |
| #1 Just in time for the Kol Nidre Fund drive. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2008-10-08 00:20 |