Relentless.
“Jewish mom orders Israel book from Amazon — receives copy defaced with pro-Palestinian stickers,” by Deirdre Bardolf, New York Post, November 11, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Wisconsin woman who ordered a book about the history of Israel from Amazon was shocked to open it this week and find that it was defaced with stickers that said “Free Palastine.”
When Madison mom Shira Goldman cracked open “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth,” she noticed the stickers, which included a fake barcode and the incorrect spelling of Palestine.
“It was very disturbing and I felt violated,” Goldman told The Post.
Goldman, who is Jewish, feared that she was targeted for her faith.
She shared the unsettling discovery with those close to her and then took to Facebook to ask for advice.
Word spread through different Jewish moms groups, including Members of the Tribe Parenting and Mothers Against College Antisemitism — which has exploded to nearly 50,000 members since its Oct. 26 creation.
In addition to speaking out against antisemitism, many members of these online communities share book recommendations to help make sense of the war in the Middle East following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
One of those books is often Tishby’s. The Israeli actress and activist’s guide was published in 2021 but landed on the New York Times best-seller list last month.
Within hours of Goldman posting about her experience, a fellow member who works for Amazon was able to get to the bottom of who defaced her book, and the person was subsequently fired….
CogitoErgoSum says
The fact that Palestine is spelled incorrectly on the sticker is a clear indication of how stupid the people are who did this. Yet the supposedly smart people who run things in the name of equity keep saying “please, may we have some more?”
Bexarkat says
I seem to recall not too long ago, the president of the labor union representing Amazon or Amazon Prime employees was antisemitic and published a position paper supporting Palestine.
I hope this woman sues for emotional distress this has caused her. Actually I think we should all order a copy of that same book and sue in a class action!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
One alternative would be to buy e-books, which are not easily defaced, at least not by the type of geniuses who can’t spell “Palestine” correctly. The other would be to stop buying books from Amazon in the first place
Reziac says
Ebooks are very easily defaced, altered, and deleted.
Anyone with a text editor and access to Amazon’s copy of the file can have their way with it.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
At heart, they are PDFs, and one would need both access to Amazon’s files, AND their own version of Adobe Framemaker (or whatever it is they use these days in publishing)
James Lincoln says
I think that scanned paper PDFs pages would be the most secure, Infidel.
bagsgroove says
The POS wouldn’t care if he was fired,he’d just get free welfare.
SKA says
More likely a “she” or a “non-binary” with purple hair. Definitely an unmanly thing to do.
Hank says
It would be interesting to know if it was a Muslim or a left-wing hippie that defaced the book with stickers.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
More likely the latter