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Commentary;

Definition: Uncle Tom;

Uncle Tom is a pejorative for an African American who is perceived by others as behaving in a subservient manner to White American authority figures, or as seeking ingratiation with them by way of unnecessary accommodation. The term Uncle Tom comes from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, although there is debate over whether the character himself is deserving of the pejorative attributed to him.[1]

It is commonly used to describe black people whose political views or allegiances are considered by their critics as detrimental to blacks as a group. read more

Meir Sheetrit on School Visit Says Amona Residents are Evil

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“Education and Transportation Minister Meir Sheetrit (Kadima, formerly of Likud), told students on a visit to a school in Beit El yesterday that the residents of Amona and their supporters were evil.”

“Sheetrit responded to a girl who read him a letter relating to the events at Amona. The girl asserted that ‘G-d punishes evil doers.’”

“Sheetrit interrupted the girl and exclaimed angrily, ‘To whom exactly are you referring to by the word ‘evil’?’” read more

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Grad Missiles Fired at Western Negev No Injuries

Kassam Attack in Sha’ar HaNegev, No Injuries

Two Kassam Rockets Fall in Western Negev; No Wounded

Sheetrit: I Will Oppose Any Ceasefire With Hamas Brought Before the Cabinet [Has Mean Me’ir Reached His Appeasement Red Line?]

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“Without breaking Hamas’s ability to resist would be to put hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens in range of missiles in the future,” the interior minister continued, adding that “it is only a matter of time until rockets reach Ashdod, Beersheba, Netivot, Ofakim, and Kiryat Gat.” read more

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Minister Attacks Gaydamak

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At the weekly Cabinet meeting, Housing and Construction Minister Meir Sheetrit denounced an offer by Russian-born Israeli business tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak to provide fortification for 1,300 housing units in Sderot, calling the idea “ridiculous.”