I came across one of those "help a Jew emmigrate to Israel" ads on one of the paid programming channels. It did the usual, played up the myth of 'tiny, helpless Israel,' portrayed the Palestinians as a gaggle of rioting thugs (and Arafat as their Moe-like leader), and asked for exorbitant sums of money. This time the focus was on effects of the Intifada on the Israeli economy, especially the big hit to the tourist industry and the effect on the elderly whom the organization (Guardians of Israel?) had already helped to emmigrate. Of course, they don't show the effect on the Palestinians of either the militarization of their territory or of the land grabs justified by the aforementioned immigration. I just got too sick and angry to watch it any longer and shut the thing off. The sad thing is that I know, once upon a time, America was advertised in an equivalent manner: the key to a better life for the downtrodden. Nevermind that those who made the advertisements were only looking after their own economic and political advantage, nevermind that the immigration would be at the cost of the Native American peoples. When one is powerful one can legislate entire peoples out of existence.