Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 For the winning punters chancing their luck at Hawaiian Gardens' charity bingo hall in the heart of one of California's poorest towns, the big prize is $500. The losers walk away with little more than an assurance that their dollars are destined for a good cause. But the real winners and losers live many thousands of miles away, where the profits from the nightly ritual of numbers-calling fund what critics describe as a form of ethnic cleansing by extremist organisations. Each dollar spent on bingo by the mostly Latino residents of Hawaiian Gardens, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, helps fund Jewish settlements on Palestinian land in some of the most sensitive areas of occupied East Jerusalem, particularly the Muslim quarter of the old city, and West Bank towns such as Hebron where the Israeli military has forced Arabs out of their properties in their thousands. 'The majority of bingo customers don't realise where their money is going' Link to this audio Over the past 20 years, the bingo hall has funnelled tens of millions of dollars in to what its opponents — including rabbis serving the Hawaiian Gardens area — describe as an ideologically-driven strategy to grab land for Israel, as well as contributing to influential American groups and thinktanks backing Israel's more hawkish governments. But the bingo operation, owned by an American Jewish doctor and millionaire, Irving Moskowitz, has taken on added significance in recent weeks as President Barack Obama has laid down a marker to Israel in demanding an end to settlement construction, which the White House regards as a major obstacle to peace." It makes one wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17828 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 The Kamikaze Bingo episode of Curb your enthusiasm was canny funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 0 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 The link between Bingo & Settlements sounds very tenous. a guy makes money from a bingo business. he spends his profits on whatever he wants. therefore Bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements..... hmmmmm..... its like i sell you a TV. i go & buy a gun. i kill someone. therefore you are funding murder? hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Bingo wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 The link between Bingo & Settlements sounds very tenous. a guy makes money from a bingo business. he spends his profits on whatever he wants. therefore Bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements..... hmmmmm..... its like i sell you a TV. i go & buy a gun. i kill someone. therefore you are funding murder? hmmmm. It's a registered charity that's how they found out where the bulk of the money was going (ie not to local causes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 0 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 The link between Bingo & Settlements sounds very tenous. a guy makes money from a bingo business. he spends his profits on whatever he wants. therefore Bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements..... hmmmmm..... It's a registered charity that's how they found out where the bulk of the money was going (ie not to local causes). ah i see. so they think its going to a local good cause, but in reality its up to the owner to decide what a good cause is! i see the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 The link between Bingo & Settlements sounds very tenous. a guy makes money from a bingo business. he spends his profits on whatever he wants. therefore Bingo dollars are funding Israeli settlements..... hmmmmm..... It's a registered charity that's how they found out where the bulk of the money was going (ie not to local causes). ah i see. so they think its going to a local good cause, but in reality its up to the owner to decide what a good cause is! i see the problem. Well I'm sure the locals weren't aware it was building homes in the West Bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17828 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not sure Bingo players are capable of deciding what a good cause is for themselves. On a related note, those protestors outside the BBC and M&S have been completely counterproductive for me. What a bunch of tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not sure Bingo players are capable of deciding what a good cause is for themselves. On a related note, those protestors outside the BBC and M&S have been completely counterproductive for me. What a bunch of tools. What's that about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17828 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not sure Bingo players are capable of deciding what a good cause is for themselves. On a related note, those protestors outside the BBC and M&S have been completely counterproductive for me. What a bunch of tools. What's that about? I'm not sure what there motives are, but on several occassions a group of people with palestinian flags have been trying to enforce a boycott of M&S and the BBC. Probably because there's a lot of jews in these organisations? They just come across as pricks is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not sure Bingo players are capable of deciding what a good cause is for themselves. On a related note, those protestors outside the BBC and M&S have been completely counterproductive for me. What a bunch of tools. What's that about? I'm not sure what there motives are, but on several occassions a group of people with palestinian flags have been trying to enforce a boycott of M&S and the BBC. Probably because there's a lot of jews in these organisations? They just come across as pricks is all. How bizarre. I miss those M&S microwave meals, especially the curries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26470 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not sure Bingo players are capable of deciding what a good cause is for themselves. On a related note, those protestors outside the BBC and M&S have been completely counterproductive for me. What a bunch of tools. What's that about? I'm not sure what there motives are, but on several occassions a group of people with palestinian flags have been trying to enforce a boycott of M&S and the BBC. Probably because there's a lot of jews in these organisations? They just come across as pricks is all. Isn't it simply because M&S trade with Israel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17828 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I'm not sure Bingo players are capable of deciding what a good cause is for themselves. On a related note, those protestors outside the BBC and M&S have been completely counterproductive for me. What a bunch of tools. What's that about? I'm not sure what there motives are, but on several occassions a group of people with palestinian flags have been trying to enforce a boycott of M&S and the BBC. Probably because there's a lot of jews in these organisations? They just come across as pricks is all. Isn't it simply because M&S trade with Israel? Maybe although boycotting Israeli goods will do diddly squat you'd have thought. I think they think the BBC's coverage is biased as well. Or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26470 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Run by Zionists apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9015 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Bingo wings. What's with you today? More clipped and dismissive than we normally expect from you. You been starting early today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 FFS, Parky. You have too much time on your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 FFS, Parky. You have too much time on your hands. I like to keep an eye on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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