Israeli Spring?

It seems the disenfranchised in Israel, a demographic usually invisible to the American public, has taken to heart the examples set by their Arab, Greek and Spanish counterparts.  Not only have they launched massive street-clogging protests, but they've launched their own tent city.  Even the country's physicians have begun a hunger strike.

Israel's version of Tahrir Square

According to Turkish Weekly, up to 30,000 protesters clogged Tel Aviv Square this past Saturday night, July 23.  What are they so worked up about?  Apparently it's not just in America that The Rent Is Too Damned High!  “Out of 45,000 Israeli couples who got married last year, 35,000 were unable to buy a flat,” said 29-year-old newlywed Meytal Cohen Akerman.  Apparently she and her husband aren't the only professionals seeing the Israeli middle class slipping into poverty. 

Tent cities popping up

Since many young Israelis are finding themselves with nowhere to live, they've started a tent city along Rothschild Blvd., hailed as "Israel's version of Park Avenue."  This location is particularly interesting to anyone who tracks the Illuminati/Bilderberg/Dark Cabal conspiracy.  Rothschild is the family alleged to be at the head of the European branch of the Old World Order, reportedly in its death throes at the time of writing. 

Also interesting is that this is neither one of the uprisings reported to be on the agenda of the global elite according to insiders, nor is it a politically divisive issue.  A recent poll show 87% of Israelis are in solidarity with the protesters. If' George W. Bush considered 51% a mandate, I wonder what he'd say about this.

Prime Minister "Bibi" Netanyahu has canceled a trip and the Israeli interior minister is calling on the Knesset to cancel their summer recess in order to respond to the crisis.

Doctors on hunger strike

And if Netanyahu is getting migraines from all this stress, he might want to consult his personal physician.  It seems Israel's doctors may not be too keen to help him, at least not the younger ones.  Not only are they protesting in the streets carrying signs calling on Israel to "Save Public Medicine" (even ISRAEL has universal health care?  So unfair!), but one of the physicians leading the protest has begun a hunger strike that may well spread to others if their demands for a livable wage are not met by the Israel Medical Association.  Doctors are actually threatening to resign from hospitals en masse!  While this 16-week strike may be nothing more than your typical trade union tactic, the timing couldn't be worse for Israel's government - and the root cause, a debt-riddled society on the cusp of economic collapse, won't be settled any time soon.

That is unless the world financial system as it has stood for the past century is completely dismantled and replaced.  You may not think that's impossible, but a ridiculous multitude of sources - financial, political, spiritual, and even extraterrestrial - say that's exactly what's being set up behind the scenes on a global scale.  But that's a topic for another post...

Wichita Chamber: Just say NO to W.

The following is an email I've just sent to the Wichita Chamber of Commerce imploring that they retract their invitation to have George W. Bush speak.  I would encourage other Wichitans to do the same.  If a phone call is more your style, try 316-265-7771. The email address is info@wichitachamber.org.

Dear Wichita Chamber of Commerce:

I would strongly encourage you to rescind your invitation to allow George W. Bush to speak in Wichita. I'm forced to question the intelligence of such a decision as to use Wichita businesses' chamber dues to pay the fee of a person who has brought so much suffering to this planet. Aside from making decisions that have led to the loss of more than a million lives, including scores from our own state not to mention the rest of our country, the supposed leadership of this man led our nation and the globe into an economic crisis and depression. He's a failed businessman himself who had every opportunity to do well. How many Wichita businesses are headed by folks who would love to have George W. Bush's connections? And still he couldn't run a business!

George W. Bush is a failure as a leader. He's a failure as a CEO. And he's responsible for unnecessary and illegal wars that still rage - and kill - today. What about this legacy could possibly make you think he should be given a podium from which to speak in our fair city?

For the love of all that is good, please retract your invitation to have him speak here. If you do not, rest assured I will join many others who will protest him and your decision loudly and visually during and even days before his speaking engagement.

Very sincerely,