Comments on: Joel Pollak Takes on Arabic Textbook and Loses

By: The rise and rise of Joel Pollack, Israel lobbyist

The rise and rise of Joel Pollack, Israel lobbyist — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:48:40 +0000

[...] rise at Harvard Law School as an acolyte of Dershowitz, proselytizing the Palestinians. And attacking Arabic textbooks. The Washington Post–surprise–gave him a [...]

By: alfannaan

alfannaan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:29:00 +0000

as for al-Kitaab, honestly – propaganda? I know the textbook well. one of my professors was a contributor to it. he said that all the literature in it was taken from material published elsewhere, nothing was written for the textbook (as far as essays and the like)but wait….could khalid and maha be sending subliminal messages? lol

p.s. – I am sad to see the trolls are back at it….just when you think it’s safe to have a real discussion….haziin!

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:29:00 +0000

The United States has spent 'billions' on Palestinian refugees?

Why do you embarrass yourself so?

If you want though, you can try to advocate for the end of occupation, oppression and dispossession that keeps us refugees. You might save a couple bucks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:00 +0000

"Yup, with all the tax money that goes towards supporting Israel's occupation"

No, he means the billions we've spent giving the 38th generation of Palestinians free food, medical care, education, housing, etc. through UNRWA. Possibly the most subsidized people in the history of mankind, with no end in sight.

The "thanks" to our billions? Hatred. Violence. Jihad. KabobFest.

By: Guns

Guns — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:11:00 +0000

You sent this to the Post, right?

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:12:00 +0000

I thought it was me paying for Palestinians to stay in refugee camps?

Yup, with all the tax money that goes towards supporting Israel's occupation:)

What is it that offends you about learning foreign cultures?

By: programmer craig

programmer craig — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:39:00 +0000

I’d pay for him to spend 48 hours at a Palestinian refugee camp.

I thought it was me paying for Palestinians to stay in refugee camps? I probably paid for that stupid ass propaganda piece posing as an Arabic language primer too! You know, back when I was in school we only got propagandized about the coming Ice Age and the horrors of marijuana. But that was in social studies, not in language courses. I wonder what “Maria” is going through in Spanish class? She was such a good hardworking girl! But I bet she’s a crack whore and wannabe marxist these days, right QuiQui? Thank God for progress! It’s good to “educate” people while they try to learn foreign languages, isn’t it?

By: S.T.

S.T. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:35:00 +0000

Joel Pollak: what is he good for? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. This idiot tried weasel attacks on my law school professor for a semester but it backfired and he ended up alienating everyone with his blind loyalty to the State That Can Do No Wrong. I’d pay for him to spend 48 hours at a Palestinian refugee camp.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:50:00 +0000

No, it is a swap. After all, if Israel didn’t value the bodies of those soldiers enough, it wouldn’t trade them for those it holds captive. Swap is a fair term here.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:40:00 +0000

Yeah, this guy's a douche. There's one or two on every campus, and while everybody on campus knows not to take them too seriously, they seem to be the only ones who make the press.

The "one or two douchebags in every bunch" rule applies to most Israel Alliance clubs I've seen, but no side has a monopoly. Take, for instance, this remarkably stupid NYT op-ed from 2005, so hilariously bad that I remember it three years later:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/opinion/23abdrabboh.html?_r=1&oref;=login&oref;=slogin

Or, for instance, the Muslim Students Association at UCI, a little ways down the road from me, who always seem to be in the news for getting up to some College-Republicans-esque bullshit or another.

College campuses get a lot of people. Some of them are not the brightest bulbs, even at top schools. Some of the dimmer bulbs still get their op-eds published.

So, any thoughts on the prisoner swap Israel is doing? Less of a 'swap' and more of a give-away, amirite?