Let us be clear. Israel and Zionists are desperate for any kind of Arab acceptance and attention. Any kind. An Arab can make a career by advocating peace with Israel. Look at the career of the sleazy and superficial Egyptian playwright, `Ali Salim: and he only advocates for peace in English, while he rails against Israel (and even rails against Jews, but that is not surprising as almost all advocates of peace between Arabs and Israelis are unrepentant anti-Semites: from King Hassan II to Anwar Sadat). Salim visited Israel and wrote a book about it that nobody read, and Zionists managed to translate it into English. They are just desperate, literally. I remember that Washington Institute for Near East Policy was so desperate to have a token Arab among its "fellows" that it begged Anwar Sadat's spokesperson, Tahsin Bashir. I once debated Judith Miller in New York City and I criticized Fouad Ajami and Tahsin Bashir (as the only Arabs who are quoted then (in the 1990s) in US newspapers, in addition to cab drivers). Unbeknownst to me, Bashir was in the audience. So he was defending himself to Edward Said and me after the debate, and he said that Martin Indyk had told him to write his own salary at WINEP but that he refused because he knew that they wanted a token Arab to lend them legitimacy. All this is to introduce you to this pathetic propaganda piece (is there anything that Bronner writes that is not propaganda?) by Ethan Bornner. Comrade Electronic Ali does a magnificent job of deconstructing the piece. And Bronner so exaggerates the significance and popularity of this silly FB group that I have not heard of it until today. And then, as Electronic Ali points out, it was had only 3000 likes or less, until more people (Zionists for sure) joined in AFTER the propaganda piece by Bronner. So I visited the site. I like potato FB group has many more visitors and likes than this. But the site is really overwhelmingly Israelis and Zionists talking among themselves: It is like the Syrian dialogue session today, where members of the regime engaged in dialogue amongst themselves. I scrolled down to the bottom and you see a handful of Arabs who left a one sentence (using corrupted Arabic words where Hummus become Humas--kid you not) and then left. I mean, forget about politics, but what is the newsworthiness of this piece of.....journalism? I really, dont get it, even as someone who consumes daily the propaganda trash of the New York Times. It such a scam: I now after writing this, went back and clicked on some of the handful of Arabs who allegedly left a few words on the wall: it is clear that most if not all are FAKE ACCOUNTS. One alleged Arab has a wall filled with ads and his info has stuff about Muhammad and...about this silly Zionist FB group. Don't get me wrong: this FB group will stay and it will be a place where Zionists and Israelis can get together and engage in dilalogue among themselves, and they can even date one another. Read Electronic Ali's piece and you will discover that the two token Arabs featured in the New York Times' piece are most likely...employees of this Israeli propaganda outfit. Don't get me wrong: I am happy to read about this. Why? Because: 1) it confirms to me how dumb Israeli propaganda has become; 2) it shows me how desperate Israelis are for any Arab attention and acceptance. 3) I want to see how clumsy Zionists are when they create fake Arab identities. I bet you the handful of Arabs on the site has camels in their profile pictures. (thanks Sarah)
PS They even misspelled Yalla in Arabic in the very title of the group. Ha.