I should be writing a paper right now

In my editorial this week, I wrote about how Abu Mazen needs to rid himself of corruption in order for the Palestinians to get leaders who will build hospitals, not armies.

"It's time for us to stop making excuses for corrupt leaders. It's time to stop funnelling foreign aid that will only serve to further line the pockets of an elite regime."

In a "satirical" piece, the paper's left criticized York president Marsden as being too close to Israel, especially considering her recent visit to Israel.

"Participants in the rally criticized the administration's political relationship with Israel advocacy organizations. President Marsden has not yet publicly addressed these issues as she has been out of the country on a visit to Israel."

All right president Marsden!

And Randa Mouammar, who has written before, in an article about tsunami relief, notes briefly that Israel is, in fact, evil:

While the United States so kindly offered at first $35 and now $350 million to assist tsunami victims, it spends $8 million every hour on its occupation in Iraq and $3 billion per year on economic and military aid to Israel.

I wonder if Randa knows that Israel was one of the first countries to have disaster relief teams in tsunami-struck areas.