A Case of Rotten Coffee

The Israeli incursion into West Bank towns, the alleged Israeli massacres committed in the Palestinian refugee camps of Jenin, and the spectre of suicide bombers have provoked some stark commentary from luminaries around the world.

In a speech made to members of Seattle's Jewish community, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz warned American Jewry against complacency in the face of what he termed growing global anti-Semitism.

According to an Idaho news portal, Channel 7's KTVB.Com, Schultz told Jewish Americans that "If you leave this synagogue tonight and go back to your home and ignore this, then shame on us." Schultz did not elaborate on whom he referred to as 'us' - Jews, Americans, Israelis, or the general public, leading some to question where his loyalties really were.

Nevertheless, dozens of Jews gathered outside the meeting to protest Israel's invasion of the West Bank and the appalling conditions in which Palestinians live.

"We only get the side that talks about Palestinians as terrorists," Alethea Mundy told Channel 7. She was protesting media bias and coverage of Palestinians in North American media.