An Israeli in Berlin: The chocolate pudding exodus

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Voor Internationaal gekozen, sinds de oorsprong van dit artikel ligt in een reis van buiten Europa naar Europa en ook spreekt over de toestand in Israel.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-996503.html

Five days ago, he posted a shopping bill on Facebook: Orange juice, eggs, bread, pasta and three cups of chocolate pudding with whipped cream on top, "Milky" by nickname in Israel, which only cost 19 cents apiece. The 25-year-old challenged his readers: "Find any supermarket in Israel where you can get all of these things for less." He had bought his consumer basket in Berlin. "See you there!" he wrote.

Is het leven duur in Israel? Ik zou het niet weten. Nog nooit iets over gehoord eigenlijk...

Israel is one of the richest countries in the world, but it is also the outlier with the highest poverty rate among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the club of wealthy democracies. In 2011, the high costs of living drove a desperate middle class onto the streets for months.

Hoogste armoede ratio in de OECD. Hoe zou dat komen?

"We have waited three years for our politicians to do something", the 25-year-old says. "But nothing has changed. Our Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu always talks about the threat posed by Iran and rockets, but he never says anything about the high costs of living."

It is about a lot more than chocolate pudding for the young Israeli. "Right now, I can't see a future for myself in Israel. My parents have worked their entire lives, and they still can't afford an apartment. Grandmothers don't turn up the heating during the winter because electricity has become so expensive."

De prioriteiten liggen duidelijk anders. Hun volk wordt namelijk aangevallen door buitenlanders. Wat ze zelf hun eigen volk aandoen is echter van geen belang.

The chocolate pudding challenge caused an uproar in Israel. Finance minister Yair Lapid branded the owner of the Facebook page an "anti-Zionist", the equivalent of a traitor, because it calls on Israelis to leave their home for Berlin. "Olim le Berlin", as the page is called in Hebrew, means more than just "immigrating to Berlin". It is a word play likening the exit to Germany, of all places, to the return of the Jews from the diaspora to the Holy Land. A deliberate provocation.

En wie durft klagen is duidelijk een anti-zionist.

Hier sturen 2 groepen berichten de wereld in over wie ze zijn en wat hun doelen zijn. De 1 wil gewoon betaalbaar leven, de ander wil gehoorzaamheid en problemen negeren. Wie krijgt uw steun?