Well, this is unsettling... A Dutch public broadcasting network last month offered its viewers a board game featuring Israeli settlers who use "Jewish stinginess" and "the Anne Frank card" to colonize the West Bank. The game, titled "The Settlers of the West Bank," is based on the multiplayer hit "The Settlers of Catan," first released in Germany in 1995. The Dutch variant appeared in 2010 on the VPRO website -- a self-described liberal-Protestant network. The board game features 'a board game featuring Israeli settlers who use 'Jewish stinginess' and 'the Anne Frank card' to colonize the West Bank." (JPost) |