RANT: (Mostly) Shameful Numbers

As this is my 100th post of 2012 (and the first time I have hit the 100-post mark in a given year with this blog), I thought it only fitting that I mark the occasion by looking at some important numbers:

Here are some important numbers at this moment in time - shameful numbers at that:

455: the number of rhinos killed in South Africa this year to the end of October:

 
    Courtesy of Eye Witness News, South Africa


729:   The international barcode number designated for products from Israel:


   Courtesy of Zazzle UK


918: The number of days Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without trial:


   Courtesy of The Bean Blog


150: The number of acres of rainforest burnt every minute of every day:



 Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory

37: Number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli attacks in 2012:



18-month-old Eyad Abu Khosa, killed in the November Israeli airstrikes - photo by Mahmud Hams, courtesy of Russia Today


0: Number of Israeli children killed by Palestinian attacks in 2012:



 Courtesy of Al-Jazeera

They are in no particular order, as they all carry their own gravitas, and there are many, many other important numbers out there. The above were just a few numbers that have caught my attention thus far this year.


But there was a good number that came out of New York City last night:

138: The number of countries who voted in favour of Palestine being granted observer status (like the Holy See has) at the UN - 41 nations abstained and only 9 were opposed (I am proud to say that South Africa, Italy and Portugal all voted in favour)


   
    Courtesy of Mondoweiss
  
There are indeed statistics, statistics and more statistics, but sometimes a number can tell the story.

Do you get my point?

RANT: Boycott Israel, Boycott the 729 Barcode

As I am on a determined anti-Israel tirade, so I must once again make a plea (and continue my own pledge) regarding the boycott of all Israeli goods and services.

However, it's not always easy to know which products indeed come from Israel. One enormous help is knowing that the international barcode number assigned to Israeli products is (mostly) 729.

The following graphics serve to highlight the international campaign for the boycott and disinvestment of all things Israeli with the help of this barcode number:



Courtesy of OpEdNews

 
Courtesy of Indymedia of Ireland




Courtesy of the Misswinthrop blog



Courtesy of the Politically Confused blog




Courtesy of My Catbird Seat





Courtesy of Live From Occupied Palestine (an Australian blogger)


If South Africa had to endure boycotts, embargoes and sanctions in the 1970s and 1980s, then why not the Israel of today?

It's the very least every person with a conscience should do.

Do you get my point?