Shot…
Rachel Ray posted images for her “Israeli nite” dinner, including “meze stuffed grape leaves, hummus, beet dip, eggplant and sun dried tomato dip, walnut and red pepper dip, and tabouli”:
Holiday Feast Highlights – Israeli nite, meze stuffed grape leaves, hummus, beet dip, eggplant and sun dried tomato dip, walnut and red pepper dip, and tabouli pic.twitter.com/pflF9Iv4DG
— rachael ray (@rachaelray) December 21, 2017
Chaser…
But it’s cultural genocide says famed pollster James Zogby:
Damn it @rachaelray. This is cultural #genocide. It’s not #Israeli food. It’s #Arab (#Lebanese, #Palestinian, #Syrian, #Jordanian). First the Israelis take the land & ethnically cleanse it of Arabs. Now they take their food & culture & claim it’s theirs too! #Shame. https://t.co/1nDXlcfRHA
— James J. Zogby (@jjz1600) December 26, 2017
Oh! Come! On!
This is really dumb. https://t.co/x0bLw16xEY
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) December 26, 2017
Hey James, can you tone it down to 11.
Thanks.
-Everyone https://t.co/HY9CJo84WC
— ClassicalLibMOT (@CygnusA81) December 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/AdamPlatt1999/status/945695766017843201
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/945674385523912709
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/945674418050789377
Where does this end?
https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT/status/945716516858814464
Keep in mind that this guy is helping shape Dem policy right now:
https://twitter.com/robertcaruso/status/945679469209145344
It’s disturbing that you have a position of influence within a majority US political party. https://t.co/2ocKjqT57t
— Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) December 26, 2017
This idiot helped write the Democrat platform in 2016 and until recently was on the party Executive Committee and co-chair of their Resolutions Committee. https://t.co/mJxCT0aYWg
— Jonathan Greenberg (@JGreenbergSez) December 26, 2017
But we should totally trust his polls after this BS, right?
And this guy wants you to trust his polling. https://t.co/FPXBWqM5Pb
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) December 26, 2017
Unfortunately Zogby isn’t the only one making this claim:
Arab cuisine stolen by the Israelis and promoted by ignorant assholes https://t.co/2d607cOoA5
— عمو حسام ???? (@3arabawy) December 25, 2017
I remember the day my Israeli Hebrew professor told the students in our class that most of the food they knew as Israeli was in fact Arab. They were shocked, disappointed, even upset. The propaganda of erasing Palestinians down to their cuisine had been profoundly effective. https://t.co/HQrHHQZDgv
— Timothy E Kaldas (@tekaldas) December 26, 2017
This is all Palestinian food. “Israeli” cuisine is stolen, just like the land the usurper “state” sits on. https://t.co/znWcSxTLmy
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) December 25, 2017
Umm, @rachaelray these foods are not Israeli. They are Palestinian, Lebanese & Syrian foods that Israel has appropriated and branded as their own. https://t.co/o7a2xmFg6A
— Deanna ديانا (@deannaothman) December 23, 2017
They have no culture or history of their own, so they have to steal #Syria's. https://t.co/Kv5xLuKTmP
— Syrian Girl ?? (@Partisangirl) December 26, 2017
Tomorrow's recipes will include Israeli tacos, Israeli sushi and Israeli tikka masala. https://t.co/U8BxTrd1L3
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) December 25, 2017
You spelled #Palestinian wrong @rachaelray https://t.co/5hGPcpYfUl
— Maysoon (@maysoonzayid) December 26, 2017
Sigh.
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