In a
recent diary a poster discussed the inappropriateness of comparing Bush to Hitler, especially after recently touring the concentration camps himself/herself. Unfortunately, some posters said that the Jews/Israelis (ah someone's always willing to conflate the two) were hypocrites because they didn't care about Sudan. However, Israel is sending aid to Sudan, even though it has no relations with this Arab nation:
Israel to Aid Distressed Sudanese
This is the first time that Israel has sent humanitarian aid to an Arab nation with which it has no ties.
The Sudanese situation reminds Jews of the Holocaust, said Ambassador Arye Mekel, consul general of Israel in New York.
"Israel, as the Jewish state, can't sit idly by when such a humanitarian disaster is taking place," Mekel said, adding that this is only Israel's first step in offering aid to affected Sudanese.
"It is critical for the Jewish community to respond to this genocide" and to back the Jewish promise that "we would never again let the world stand silently by," [said Ruth Messinger, President of the American Jewish World Service].
I'm curious if the posters are going to take back their comments. And, more importantly, I'm curious if the US will follow Israel's lead in paying more attention to the horrors in Sudan.