Third Day, 19 January 2010 12:45
Several news events lately have been clear indicators of how the G-d of Israel continues to bless, and raise the stature of, His people Israel. Last week, there was a telling YNet opinion piece by Sever Plocker discussing Israel's $60 billion trade surplus compared to huge US trade deficits. Mr. Plocker points out that it is somewhat nonsensical for the US to act as though it can use (the threat of pulling) loan guarantees as a weapon against Israel when Israel is actually financing the US deficit. I am reminded of the t-shirts you can buy on the streets of Jerusalem: "Don't worry America, Israel is with you."
Today, the following CNN Video showing Israeli leadership in the Haiti earthquake catastrophe came across Twitter. Somehow, a nation that could fit three times in the state of Florida and that is at least seven times as far away from Haiti as the United States has managed to fly a fully-equipped field hospital to Port-au-Prince; a seemingly elementary form of assistance that no other nation, including the US, has been able to accomplish. Consider that Israel's GDP is about 1/70 the GDP of the US. To be fair, the US government's assistance represents more than 13% of total world contributions but one can't help identifying with the man in the video who is embarrassed for the US.
Google provides a breakdown of the aid coming into Haiti. Islam, representing over one billion people (or maybe nearly two), has managed to donate $2 million dollars via the nations of Indonesia and Morocco. I did read that the king of Saudi Arabia sent a letter of condolence to the Haitian government.
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