Israel Paying Students (30 pieces of silver?) to be Apologists for Israel (archive)

(archived from July 13, 2014)

by Scott Creighton

#GazaUnderAttack #PrayForGaza #PrayForPalestina #SaveGaza #SavePalestine #GazaUnderFire

plural noun: apologists

1. a person who offers an argument in defense of something controversial.

“an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s“

synonyms:

defender, supporter, upholder, advocate, proponent, exponent, propagandist, champion, campaigner;

There are tons of rabid apologists lurking all about the social media platforms ready to do Israel’s bidding while the IDF commits one crime against humanity after another in Gaza. Go ahead and Tweet something honest about what is going on and you’ll see what I mean.

I wondered what motivated them, in the face of the undeniable, to continue their efforts to defend the indefensible. I should have known. I should have remembered. It’s money. It’s always been money.

 

College students are being paid to be online apologists for the barbaric inhuman policies of Israel and the IDF. The more lies they post about glorious Israel, the higher up the corporate-styled ladder they climb, looking to achieve the ultimate goal… a free ride in college… proving once again: it’s never too early to sell-out.

“A lot of the discussion and debate about the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been taking place on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sources.

In light of that, I think it’s important for people to know that social media is by no means immune to government propaganda. Far from it in fact.

Back in August of last year, a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that the Israeli government would be giving scholarships to college students who, “engage international audiences online” by posting pro-Israel tweets/statuses etc. online.

“This is a groundbreaking project aimed at strengthening Israeli national diplomacy and adapting it to changes in information consumption,” the statement said.

Students at each university are organized into units. At the top is the chief-coordinator, who gets a full scholarship. Under the chief-coordinator are three “desk coordinators” in charge of language, graphics and research who receive lesser scholarships. Then there are student “activists” who receive, “minimal scholarships”.

The program is run by Danny Seamen, an Israeli public diplomacy official who drew the ire of Muslims in the region when he posted the following status on his personal Facebook page:

“Does the commencement of the fast of the Ramadan mean that Muslims will stop eating each other during the daytime?”

from Higher Learning

Yes, it’s money. It’s always money isn’t it?

I suppose one could argue that everyone in college these days understands they are going to have to sell-out upon graduation to someone. Might as well be Israel, right?

Don’t see a lot of Palestinians working on Wall Street or the sitting on the boards of the big banking conglomerates do you? and God forbid you support Palestinian rights and want to break into show business or the network news (same thing right?). That ain’t happening. We all know that.

Yeah kids, you might as well learn early. Take the silver and move on. We ain’t in Kansas anymore. That’s a fact.

And just for the record all you apologists out there… you sold out CHEAP:

AD 33/34 is the year some Biblical historians have ascribed to the crucifixion of Jesus. Because this coin type is very likely the one to have been given to Judas Iscariot for his betrayal of Christ (“30 Pieces of Silver”), this date is the most desired of this lengthy series. It has become one of the central coins in any Biblical coin collection.
Estimated Value $500 – 600. source Goldberg Coins

$600 (value of Tyrian shekel) X 30 = $18,000 and the average you are getting paid by Israel is $2,000. This one sold for $2,645.  Just thought you would like to know how cheap you guys are. A dime a dozen as they say.

UPDATE: Hey, college megaphonies! Imagine the fun you can have playing “Apologist Drinking Bingo” with all your sell-out friends! Go over to What Really Happened and get your cards. It’s educational propaganda and you might get some goy-girl drunk enough to SCORE! What could be better? (“apologist bingo”. that’s f’in funny)

UPDATE: Who can blame the students when the campus administrators are stuffing their pockets with shekels as well.