Israel: too screwy to Pass-Over.

I couldn't think of a witty picture to put here. Sorry. Suggestions are Welcomed.

Well, Passover is less than a month away from us. As a refresher for my reader(s), Passover celebrates the success of the Hebrews in fleeing an oppressive and genocidal regime for the relative freedom of the Sinai dessert, where they spend about 40 years before making it to the Holy Land. Now, every year Jews are commanded to see oneself as they (specifically) had been liberated.

(As an aside, we also remove ten drops of wine in a solemn commemoration of the death of a man who enslaved the Hebrews for 210 [or 400 depending] years and his fellow Egyptians: remember that the next time you hear the war mongering and hate speech that comes from many mainstream Jewish organizations)

So, what Passover themed incident could possibly give me the News Blues? Well, turns out another group of refugees crossed the Sinai with nothing but their clothes on their back. Ha'aretz reports:

"The plaintiffs, who fled the horror of the war in Sudan, knocked on the doors of Israel, desperate for refuge. Instead, they were immediately arrested and bound in handcuffs, which were not released for one moment after that," said attorneys from the human rights program at Tel Aviv University Law School.

According to the lawsuit, the refugees were dealt harsh treatment in spite of the fact that security forces had already been informed that Sudanese refugees had crossed the border with Egypt. In addition, the refugees did not resist arrest, having already turned themselves in to IDF forces in the area.

It was also clear that the refugees were not smuggling anything into Israel as they crossed the border with only the clothes on their backs, according to attorney Hicham Chabaita.

I guess given the treatment of another group of refugees by Israel, I really shouldn't be too surprised but somehow I am.

Can I have my religion back now?