К вoпрoсу o грaблях

Если верить результaтaм недaвнегo oпрoсa, тo в вoпрoсе o демoкрaтическoй нoминaции нa 2016 гoд увереннo лидирует Хиллaри (этo не oчень бoльшoй сюрприз):

Hillary Clinton - 62%
Elizabeth Warren - 12%
Joe Biden - 10%
Oстaльные вooбще не зaслуживaют упoминaния.

A вoт у республикaнцев - тaки грaбли:

Mitt Romney - 19%
Пoсле чегo идёт Джеб Буш с десятью (тoже ещё тoт фрукт) и люди с цифиркaми пoменьше.

Я пoнимaю, девятнaдцaть прoцентoв - этo не шестьдесят. Ситуaция ещё мoжет сильнo измениться. Нo всё же. Лидер, пaнимaиш.

Irish Holocaust Memorial to Ban All References to Israel

From here:

In a letter obtained by The Tower, the chairperson of the Holocaust Educational Trust Ireland (HETI) announces that it will ban all references to Israel or the Jewish State at its upcoming annual Holocaust memorial in January.
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The event, which takes place at Dublin’s Mansion House, is Ireland’s main memorial event for the Holocaust, and HETI is the central organization in Ireland charged with Holocaust education. According to its website, HETI’s goal is “to educate and inform people about the Holocaust in order to combat anti-Semitism and all forms of racism and intolerance in Ireland.”

Yet a review of their website reveals that despite the direct link of modern anti-Semitism to attacks on Israel, and the central role Israel has played in absorbing Holocaust survivors, educating the world about the Holocaust, and prosecuting Nazi war criminals, HETI’s site almost entirely excludes any mention of Israel. A poster for an upcoming seminar at Yad Vashem at HETI’s website announced the location to be Jerusalem. No country is identified.

The Jewish Chronicle (JC) provides more background about HETI’s decision. The letter was written to HETI’s longtime Holocaust Memorial Day host, Yanky Fachler:

Mr Fachler said: “Four days before HMD this year, Lynn Jackson of HETI gave me an ultimatum that I was not to mention Israel in my narrative as the MC. I felt like I’d been hit very hard in my stomach. I couldn’t believe it. I was absolutely shocked.

“I was not going to pull out four days before the event but I said this was very wrong, very dangerous. I believe that it plays directly into the hands of everyone who doesn’t like Jews or Israel and I find it very sad that apparently the two Jewish members of the board did this.”

Fachler was subsequently replaced as host for future memorials.