Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumI knew BDS wouldn't be happy about this
Anti-Israel activists were angered over a Sabra hummus product endorsement during the first episode of the Late Show with new host Stephen Colbert Tuesday night.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/bdsers-not-amused-by-stephen-colbert-hummus-plug/
Will make sure to pick up some Sabra hummus for our New Years dinner on Sunday night. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year.
Israeli
(4,161 posts)....Sabra hummus wont be on my Rosh Hashanah table ....its god awful tasteless mass produced shit ....you should learn to make your own .
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)but I really don't and mom just was notified of 5 more guests so she's scrambling. Their pine nut infused stuff happens to be pretty good. We're going with appetizers of hummus, eggplant spread and whatever else I can find at this great market in Westchester that is close to my house. I think they're Armenian but have all the goodies I love and make a lot of the stuff fresh. I am so totally against BDS that I do whatever I can to thwart them.
Wishing you an yours nothing but love and laughter in the coming year.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Forget the Israel / Palestine stuff - Sabra is bean poop, and people shouldn't eat it.
It's sort of like Fosters beer. It's the shit beer Australians won't drink so they sell it to the US instead.
Blegh.
6chars
(3,967 posts)It is amazing the things they are calling humus now. Lima bean humus? I don't think so.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)but if you really think you're thwarting BDS by buying it, go ahead, but when it comes to eating it well there's almost got to be something better out there, maybe a Middle Eastern grocery store/deli where they make it fresh? That's where I get it and it beats Sabra hands down
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)If BDS is unhappy about it, I'm thrilled. But lovely to you to admit they're nothing but a bunch of thugs who go after anything remotely Jewish - even stuff not made in Israel. Just as expected from these clowns.
King_David
(14,851 posts)They don't care if it's Israeli or from occupied territories or anything else.
Recently the BDS movement wouldn't allow a Jewish American to perform at a festival but allowed a Gay hating performance.
Also recently the BDS movement left a severed bloody pigs head in a Kosher Jewish supermarket in South Africa.
The list is endless....
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I do my best to thwart them at every turn. There is nothing progressive about them at all.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)actually it's a non-issue and oh I doubt your cats will eat it either, mine won't neither will my dog for that matter (although she loves green papaya salad)- hummus in general not just Sabra
going after the Jewish artist at that festival and embracing that anti-gay bigot, I have ZERO use for BDS.
Israeli
(4,161 posts)about hummus or houmous leftynyc.......hummus is an Arabic word meaning chickpeas.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)who are mad at Colbert. It's just further proof they're lashing out at everything and anything.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)I'm sure it's a popular dish on many menus in Israel, just like baba ganoush and falafel. My husband makes hummus from scratch, using dry chickpeas that he soaks overnight.
I'm part Greek and love cold dips like melitzanosalata (eggplant spread) and taramosalata, made of fish roe, crusty bread, olive oil, lemon juice and onion.
Israeli
(4,161 posts).....as is calamari, prawns etc , pizza with salami and cheese , bacon sandwiches etc etc ..........on many menus in Israel.
Nothing " remotely Jewish " about them either .
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)When I was a kid I thought Jews only ate matzo ball soup and gefilte fish. Imagine my surprise when I was first invited to my friends house for dinner, and was served fried chicken, mashed taters, collard greens and corn bread. I was like, huh? LOL
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)King_David
(14,851 posts)Are you the Jewish food police?
Well I say Hummus and Falafel are very Jewish ....
So there !!!!
http://m.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/israels-obsession-with-hummus-is-about-more-than-stealing-palestines-food
Ha ha ha Ben White pffft
Hummus is as Jewish as Lockshen
Israeli
(4,161 posts)........" Hummus and Falafel are very Jewish " as much as you like King_David.
Nobody is stopping you .....they are just laughing at your stupidity .
King_David
(14,851 posts)As Keneidels / Matzah Balls and Gefilte fish
All of which will be in mums Rosh Hashonah table and there will be laughter and Joy and happiness for sure....and I'm pretty sure with my Yiddishe Sechel nobody thinks I'm stupid.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)One, Sabra is gross, no matter what. Like GoJo that someone spilled frito bean dip into.
Two... cats are obligate carnivores. Don't feed them vegetables, man!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)pissed at Colbert for "promoting" it:
Sabra is a target of BDS activists because it is co-owned by the Israel-based Strauss Group, which has provided care packages to the Golani Brigade, an infantry unit of the Israel Defense Forces.