Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Hamas to kids: Shoot all the Jews
Teaching genocidal aspirations to young children ought to be considered a form of child abuse. But the international “human rights community” is too busy issuing condemnations of Israel and wringing its hands over “Islamophobia” to take notice of this, or to take the time even to stop according the “Palestinians” the moral high ground.
“Hamas to kids: Shoot all Jews,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, May 5, 2014:
On Israel's 66th Independence Day, Peres is optimistic
Be it peace with
the Palestinians, the increasingly problematic economic gaps in Israeli
society or the fate of our Arab neighbors, President Shimon Peres,
nearing the end of his term, is as optimistic as ever.
In
less than five months, President Shimon Peres will leave the
President's Residence in Jerusalem and move into a new office in Jaffa,
overlooking the sea. At the end of an interview with Ynet, before he
moves on, one thing remains crystal clear: Peres has no intention to
enjoy his well-earned retirement, not even for a single day.
President Peres talks with with Attila Somfalvi and Ynet's former editor-in-chief Yon Feder (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
What can you tell the Israeli public concerned with security and growing economic gaps?
"We have a young generation which will invigorate the energy needed. Our generation did what we had to do, and we can be proud."
But this young generation needs leadership?
"Not true, we do not need leadership. Leadership in the old sense has weakened, and this is true across the globe; because the state is no longer the central organ, all the decisions taken throughout history by any leadership cannot ignore its surrounding reality, there are larger forces in play.
"Economy is more influenced by globalization then by state governments and the globalization does not have any government at all. It is built on will – take the young man (Mark) Zukerberg, he has no state or government, he did not kill and did not jail anyone, and he led a massive revolution. Economy is built on good intentions; good products and good relations.
Yon Feder, Attila Somfalvi
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President Peres talks with with Attila Somfalvi and Ynet's former editor-in-chief Yon Feder (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
What can you tell the Israeli public concerned with security and growing economic gaps?
"We have a young generation which will invigorate the energy needed. Our generation did what we had to do, and we can be proud."
But this young generation needs leadership?
"Not true, we do not need leadership. Leadership in the old sense has weakened, and this is true across the globe; because the state is no longer the central organ, all the decisions taken throughout history by any leadership cannot ignore its surrounding reality, there are larger forces in play.
"Economy is more influenced by globalization then by state governments and the globalization does not have any government at all. It is built on will – take the young man (Mark) Zukerberg, he has no state or government, he did not kill and did not jail anyone, and he led a massive revolution. Economy is built on good intentions; good products and good relations.
American Red Cross rejects Israeli blood donors, cites bureaucratic error as reason
Israel
listed as country with risk of mad cow disease, Red Cross doctor
explains, even though there's only ever been one reported
case here.
For the
past six months, the American Red Cross has been refusing to accept
blood donations from people who have lived in Israel for five years or
longer. The reason: a “bureaucratic misunderstanding”
that marked Israel as a risk for mad cow disease.
Raz, an
Israeli student at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, signed up for a
university blood drive last month. According to Raz, who insisted on
anonymity, when the nurse on duty realized
he was Israeli she rejected his donation, saying that Israel is one of
the 54 countries which Red Cross guidelines preclude from donating
blood.
The
rejection surprised Raz. "People there saw me leaving the station after a
minute and I bet they wondered what could be wrong with my blood," he
said.
Red
Cross guidelines indeed list 54 countries, most of which are European,
where there is risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD or vCJD), the
human form ofbovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE,
but commonly referred to as mad cow disease).
Monday, May 05, 2014
Life under the Obama Doctrine
CAROLINE GLICK
For most commentators, President Barack Obama's biggest
achievement in his four-nation tour of Asia was the enhanced defense
treaty he signed with Philippine President Benigno Aquino. The pact
permits US forces to operate on Philippine military bases and sets the
conditions for joint training of US and Philippine forces, among other
things.
There are two problems with the treaty, however.
And they reflect the basic problem with US foreign policy generally, five-and-a-half years into the Obama presidency.
First, there is the reason that the treaty became necessary.
The Philippines has been under attack by China since 2012 when China seized the Scarborough Shoal from the Philippines. Despite its mutual defense treaty with Manila, Washington did nothing.
This non-response emboldened China still further.
And today China is threatening the Second Thomas Shoal, another Philippine possession.
So, too, late last year China extended its Air Defense Identification Zone to include Japanese and South Korean airspace. The US responded to the aggressive move by recommending that its allies comply with China's dictates.
There are two problems with the treaty, however.
And they reflect the basic problem with US foreign policy generally, five-and-a-half years into the Obama presidency.
First, there is the reason that the treaty became necessary.
The Philippines has been under attack by China since 2012 when China seized the Scarborough Shoal from the Philippines. Despite its mutual defense treaty with Manila, Washington did nothing.
This non-response emboldened China still further.
And today China is threatening the Second Thomas Shoal, another Philippine possession.
So, too, late last year China extended its Air Defense Identification Zone to include Japanese and South Korean airspace. The US responded to the aggressive move by recommending that its allies comply with China's dictates.
In Newly Uncovered Audio, Young Senator Joe Biden Slammed Previous Administrations for Pressuring Israel to Make Concessions to Arabs
When Ronald Reagan was president and Joe Biden was a senator from Delaware, Biden criticized the Republican administration and President Jimmy Carter for pressuring Israel to make concessions that could threaten the Jewish state’s very survival, newly uncovered audio shows.
Israel’s Army Radio on Friday first reported on the existence of the recording from the mid-1980s in which Biden emphasized Israel’s delicate position in a hostile Middle East, comparing the Jewish state to a farm pig about to be slaughtered for breakfast ham.
TheBlaze has obtained excerpts from Biden’s speech which were found in the archives of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.
Vice
President Joe Biden speaks during the 2nd Annual Creativity Conference
presented by the Motion Picture Association of America at The Newseum on
May 2, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)
(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)
Then-Senator Biden warned in his speech to Los Angeles Jewish leaders of the “grave injustice” were Israel to be pushed into a position where it had to say “no” to concessions, while he dismissed the notion that the Palestinian issue was key to tranquility in the Middle East, a worldview that has been promoted by Obama officials.
Israel haters really frightened by my posters
Elder of Ziyon
Some Facebook idiot tried to refute one of my many posters proving that Israel isn't an "apartheid state" by creating this:
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Unfortunately, as Israellycool points out,
Some Facebook idiot tried to refute one of my many posters proving that Israel isn't an "apartheid state" by creating this:
Unfortunately, as Israellycool points out,
Amy Kleinhans was crowned Miss South Africa in 1992, the year following the repeal of South Africa’s apartheid laws. It was the official end of apartheid that paved the way for her participation to begin with.
So the Amy Kleinhans poster actually reinforces the point about the Israel-Apartheid comparison being erroneous.
Remembrance Day at the Western Wall, May 4, 2014. Hundreds of mourners gather at Western Wall on eve of Remembrance Day
05/05/2014
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz Photo: Courtesy Defense Ministry
Cast aglow by numerous incandescent spotlights below a crescent moon,
the Western Wall last night once again served as center stage, as
hundreds of soldiers and Jews from across the globe gathered before it
to honor the country’s fallen on the eve of Remembrance Day.
As soldiers, past and present, surrounded the Wall amid several vertical Israeli flags, one was lowered to half mast as a haunting air raid siren followed by a muffled trumpet playing taps signaled the beginning of Israel’s national day of mourning.
Behind metal partitions, a cross section of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and secular Jews stood side by side as the nation’s leaders commemorated the dead.
“It feels good to look around and see the continuity of the Jewish people,” said Shmuel Eliwatt, of Beit Shemesh, who attended the ceremony with his wife, Miriam.
As soldiers, past and present, surrounded the Wall amid several vertical Israeli flags, one was lowered to half mast as a haunting air raid siren followed by a muffled trumpet playing taps signaled the beginning of Israel’s national day of mourning.
Behind metal partitions, a cross section of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and secular Jews stood side by side as the nation’s leaders commemorated the dead.
“It feels good to look around and see the continuity of the Jewish people,” said Shmuel Eliwatt, of Beit Shemesh, who attended the ceremony with his wife, Miriam.
Sunday, May 04, 2014
“Continuing Thoughts...”
I would like to pick up on the two topics I wrote about before Shabbat:
accusations of Israel as “apartheid” and the debate about Israel as a Jewish
state vs. democratic state. These subjects may overlap, but they are separate
issues.
As to apartheid. Warren Goldstein, chief rabbi of South Africa,
offered an important take on the matter in yesterday’s JPost. What Kerry
has done in using the word inappropriately, he say, is to trivialize it, and
desecrate the memories of those who truly suffered under the apartheid
system. “No one who truly understand the brutality and the systemic racism
and denial of basic human rights that made apartheid nefarious could possibly
use the the word in a discussion relating to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict...”
The choice of this word, of course, is not accidental, nor does it
originate with Kerry. It has been the stock in trade of the Palestinian
Arabs all along – part of the attempt to delegitimize Israel. Abbas, for
example, in coming before the UN in 2012, spoke about Israel’s “apartheid
policies.” Just as an apartheid South Africa was read out of the community
of nations, so must Israel be, he and his cohorts are implying.
Regrettably, on occasion it has even been picked up by Israelis – such as Livni
– who are hungering for that Palestinian state.
Words have power. And it is our task to challenge all references to Israel
as “apartheid.” We cannot ignore them.
Fatah official during peace talks: "Not a centimeter of Jerusalem will be liberated unless every grain of Palestinian soil is soaked in the blood of its brave people"
Negotiations with Israel only "the fighter's rest"
[December 2013]
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Even at the height of the peace negotiations with Israel, in December 2013,
Fatah
official Tawfiq Tirawi said that Palestinians were not committed to
non-violence. Rather, he said that negotiations are just one option, and
do not preclude use of the "rifle," which the Palestinians have never
abandoned.
Last week, Palestinian Media Watch reported that Tirawi had essentially proclaimed the end of the peace process, saying that "the two-state solution does not exist." He
further called for Israel's destruction, asserting that "Palestine is
Gaza... the West Bank... and Haifa, Jaffa, Acre," meaning all of Israel
is "Palestine."
Norway to introduce new regulations on circumcision
Baby undergoes circumcision Photo: REUTERS
Norway will promote new legislation to “regulate ritual circumcision,” the country’s health minister said.Bent Hoie said the new legislation on non-medical circumcision of boys under 18 will be introduced before April 20, according to a report by the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.
“We will review submissions on the matter before we can decide what should be the government’s position. We aim to present a bill before Easter,” Hoie told Aftenposten last week. He did not say whether the regulations would introduce new restrictions.
His announcement follows renewed calls by Norway Children’s Ombudswoman Anne Lindboe to ban non-medical circumcision of minors without their consent, which she says violates their rights.
“This is not due to any lack of understanding of minorities or religious traditions, but because the procedure is irreversible, painful and risky,” Lindboe told Aftenposten.
Saturday, May 03, 2014
Following steep rise in "honor killings," Abbas orders review of "laws that discriminate against women" and preparation of "the necessary amendments"
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Following
a steep rise in the number of "honor killings" of Palestinian women,
Mahmoud Abbas has announced plans to improve protection of women's
rights. The official PA daily stated that Abbas "ordered the government
to establish a legal committee to comprehensively review all sections of
the various laws that discriminate against women, and to prepare the
necessary amendments." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 7, 2014]
Palestinian Media Watch reported recently that the Palestinian society has seen a 100% rise in the so-called "honor killings" during the last year.
This is not the first time, however, that Abbas has promised to change the laws that endanger and discriminate against women. For years, voices in the Palestinian Authority have complained about the leniency granted to murderers who claim their crimes were committed for "family honor," and in 2012, Abbas appointed a similar committee "to
examine the law of personal status and others... [and] improve the laws
and amend them, so Palestinian women's rights will be protected and
defend them from oppression, violence, and discrimination." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 10, 2012]
Netanyahu: Learning the lessons of the past; J Street: The Pro-War Group
Elder of Ziyon
From Ian:
Binyamin Netanyahu: Learning the lessons of the past
From Ian:
Binyamin Netanyahu: Learning the lessons of the past
Today, we are unafraid to speak the truth to world leaders. As is written in the Bible: "I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed… listen, for I will speak the truth." Unlike the Holocaust, when the Jewish people were like a wind-tossed leaf and utterly defenseless, we now have great power to defend ourselves, and it is ready for any mission.
This power rests on the courage and ingenuity of the soldiers of the IDF and the men and women of our security forces. It is this power that enabled us, against all odds, to build the State of Israel. Look at the remarkable achievements we have made in the 66 years of our independence.
All of us – scientists, writers, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, employees, artists, farmers – the entire people of Israel, each one in their own field – together we have built a glorious state. The spirit of the people of Israel is sublime, our accomplishments tremendous. Seven decades after the destruction of the Holocaust, the State of Israel is a wonder of the world.
Friday, May 02, 2014
Benghazi, Lies and Videotape
Shocking
White House emails released to the public Tuesday by government
watchdog group Judicial Watch shed new light on the Obama
administration’s brazen dishonesty with the public about the deadly
Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. Statements from top
Obama adviser Ben Rhodes confirm what critics have long alleged: that
the Obama administration’s to priority in the wake of the attack was not
to seek justice for the fallen or confront the threat to our nation,
but to lie to the public about the nature of the attack in order to
improve President Obama’s image in an election year.It is the tragedy of our times that that the US government advocated the video excuse as a justification for the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi — or even the attack on the US embassy in Cairo on 9/11/12. It should be common knowledge to Western governments by now that Islamic leadership habitually justifies Islamic terrorism as a reaction to some kind of injustice or offense perpetrated against Muslims. This happens all the time in the commission of terrorist attacks or after they have been perpetrated. But instead of exposing the Islamic lie as usual, America facilitated the terrorists’ excuses. This is not a bad deal for jihadists who are only too happy to see nations victimized by terror defend jihad on behalf of Muslims.
Meet the Israeli Christians who actually want to be drafted
| Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade take part
in a military training exercise in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria. |
JERUSALEM (Global Post) — For the first time in its history, Israel's army is getting ready to send voluntary military enlistment notices to Christian Arab citizens when they turn eighteen.
The unlikely impetus behind the move is none other than the Arab Spring, the popular rebellion revolutionizing the Arab world and in the process recalibrating the relationship between Christian citizens and the State of Israel. Shocked by a new climate featuring violence against Christians in Egypt and Libya, among other countries, and displacement in Syria, some of Israel’s Christian Arabs are pushing for greater participation in their home state.
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Sterling, Media and the Race Card -- a Confederacy of Dunces
Larry Elder
5/1/2014 - Larry Elder
A secretly taped conversation between long-time L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his then-girlfriend was released. The NBA has now banned Sterling from the league. The commissioner recommends that Sterling sell his team.Goodness, what happened?
The old guy had a quarrel with his girlfriend, which she apparently -- surreptitiously -- recorded. The most eye-raising parts have to do with Sterling, 80, telling his less-than-half-his-age girlfriend that he doesn't want her attending games with black people, specifically with Magic Johnson. She can "f--k" anybody, he said, just don't bring "them" to the games.
His reasons appear to be that his girlfriend, who describes herself as black and Mexican, would look -- to others -- more white if she sat next to white people. I guess. I really don't know. He probably doesn't.
Despite his obvious anger, Sterling never says the "n" word, let alone calls her a "c" word. He expresses admiration for Johnson. He says to the girlfriend, almost in disbelief, "You think I'm a racist!" The now ex-girlfriend is currently being sued by the Sterling family for allegedly embezzling almost $2 million.
Fatah depicts unity with Hamas as unity between two terror organizations
"Men's shoulders were created only to carry rifles.
Either we will be mighty above the earth,
or we will be bones in it"
"We will not surrender;
we will win or die"
by Itamar Marcus Nan Jacques Zilberdik
On
Facebook, Fatah welcomes the unity with terror organization Hamas,
depicting it as a unity between two military organizations. On Fatah's
"Main Page" a picture shows two masked men carrying machine guns. One
wears the yellow headband of Fatah's military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs'
Brigades, while the other wears the green headband of Hamas' military
wing, the Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades. Both organizations are listed as
terror organizations in the US, the EU and in other countries. The
administrator of the page wrote, "Yes to unity and to ending the rift,"
while the text on the photo proclaims:
"Men's shoulders were created only to carry rifles. Either we will be mighty above the earth, or we will be bones in it."
[Facebook, "Fatah - The Main Page" April 24 and 30, 2014]
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Obama: Passover Wrap Up, "Next Year In Jerusalem ," Deemed "Provocative"
Shana Habbab (AP White House Correspondent)
(AP) — An unidentified Israeli official has confirmed that private discussions between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu included an urgent request from the President that the traditional closing refrain “next year in Jerusalem” be deleted during the upcoming Passover holiday, calling the ancient passage provocative and unhelpful for the future of peace talks. Calling it “an easy fix,” Obama strongly urged the Jewish People to replace it with “next year in peace” or “next year in Tel Aviv,” leaving the exact wording to final status talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Netanyahu is said to have balked at the request, indicating that the refrain dates back well before the UN Partition of 1947 and well before the U.S. Declaration of Independence, for that matter. The Prime Minister reportedly attempted to diffuse the situation by offering to remove it from the conclusion of the lesser-known Yom Kippur service, and suggesting the phrase was defunct anyway since Jews have controlled all of Jerusalem since 1967. However, a visibly irritated President Obama flatly rejected the compromise, adding it was another indication the “stiff-necked” Prime Minister did not appear “serious about peace.”
(AP) — An unidentified Israeli official has confirmed that private discussions between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu included an urgent request from the President that the traditional closing refrain “next year in Jerusalem” be deleted during the upcoming Passover holiday, calling the ancient passage provocative and unhelpful for the future of peace talks. Calling it “an easy fix,” Obama strongly urged the Jewish People to replace it with “next year in peace” or “next year in Tel Aviv,” leaving the exact wording to final status talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Netanyahu is said to have balked at the request, indicating that the refrain dates back well before the UN Partition of 1947 and well before the U.S. Declaration of Independence, for that matter. The Prime Minister reportedly attempted to diffuse the situation by offering to remove it from the conclusion of the lesser-known Yom Kippur service, and suggesting the phrase was defunct anyway since Jews have controlled all of Jerusalem since 1967. However, a visibly irritated President Obama flatly rejected the compromise, adding it was another indication the “stiff-necked” Prime Minister did not appear “serious about peace.”
Blueprint's Discovery Fuels UK "Trojan Horse" Concerns
IPT News
While British officials
investigate an alleged "Trojan Horse" plot to replace state school
leaders with people sympathetic to Islamist ideology, the Telegraph reports that a 2007 blueprint "closely resembles what appears to be happening in Birmingham."
The 72-page document was published online by the Muslim Council of Britain, reports Telegraph London Editor Andrew Gilligan.
It was co-authored by Tahir Alam, chairman of governors at
Birmingham's Park View school. The document called for "girls [to] be
covered except for their hands and faces." Alam has also promoted gender
segregation in some school activities and slammed a "multicultural
approach" to collective worship.
Secular UK schools must "take account of Muslim sensitivities and
sensibilities with respect to sexual morality," the document says, with
"girlfriend/boyfriend as well as homosexual relationships" considered
"not acceptable practices according to Islamic teachings."
Libya Urgently in Need of Military Intervention
Anna Mahjar-Barducci
"The current situation in Libya is a standing invitation for the intervention of foreign powers," according to Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat's deputy editor-in-chief, Ali Ibrahim. Ibrahim writes that armed militias, who often enjoy the support of sectors of local populations, are committing abuses and violations of human rights, while radical Islamist groups are taking advantage of Libya's chaos to transform the country into a home for training camps for militants. "In other words, Libya has become a security threat, with the effects extending even beyond its borders," Ibrahim states.
Former Libyan Prime minister Ali Zeidan recently warned
that Libya is in danger of becoming an Al-Qaeda terror base for attacks
targeting European countries, in particular Britain, France, Italy and
Spain.
The West is leaving Libya on its own -- but another Afghanistan is on the way.In Libya, a descent into chaos, leading to the "disintegration of the state and its power," seems to be reaching a critical point.
The Libyan security forces are struggling to contain the violence, but they are not large enough or strong enough.
"The current situation in Libya is a standing invitation for the intervention of foreign powers," according to Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat's deputy editor-in-chief, Ali Ibrahim. Ibrahim writes that armed militias, who often enjoy the support of sectors of local populations, are committing abuses and violations of human rights, while radical Islamist groups are taking advantage of Libya's chaos to transform the country into a home for training camps for militants. "In other words, Libya has become a security threat, with the effects extending even beyond its borders," Ibrahim states.
Libyan rebel fighters in 2011. (Image source: VOA/Wikimedia Commons)
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Secretary Kerry, please get the Jewish-Arab demographic record straight
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Dr.
Guy Bechor discusses the actual demographic balance between Israel and
the Palestinians on Israel TV Channel 2's morning show. His data are
aligned with those set out in Caroline Glick's book: The…
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Secretary Kerry, please get the Jewish-Arab demographic record straight
Dr. Guy Bechor, a leading Israeli Mideast scientist
Israel TV Ch#2, http://youtu.be/Ra879tN9pAA, April 18, 2014
The
following TV interview, by Dr. Guy Bechor from the Herzliya
Interdisciplinarian Center (IDC), one of Israel's leading Middle East
scientists, sets the record straight on the Jewish-Arab demographic
balance west of the Jordan River.Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Aggression - The Illegal Use of Force
29 April 2014 | Eli E. Hertz
UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 have never branded Israel as an occupier or aggressor. As a matter of fact, the UN rejected every draft resolution that attempted to brand Israel as aggressor and those calling on Israel to withdraw from all the territories.
The
wording of UN Resolutions 242 and 338 clearly reflect the contention
that none of the territories were occupied territories taken by force in
an unjust war.
Because
the Arabs were clearly the aggressors, nowhere in UN Security Council
Resolutions 242 or 338 – the cornerstones of a peace settlement – is
Israel branded as an invader or occupier of the Territories.
It
is imperative to view Resolution 242, as finally approved, in
distinction to draft resolutions that were more adamant of Israel and
which none received the needed votes to become effective:
The Palestinian ‘Unity’ Deal: The Charade Is Up!
“Our
aim is the liberation of all of historic Palestine from the (Jordan)
river to the (Mediterranean) sea, even if the conflict continues for a
thousand years or many more generations.” - Faisal Husseini, considered a
great Palestinian moderate, in his last interview, shortly before his
death in 2001.A Rubicon has just been crossed. Wednesday’s announcement by Abu Mazen of the Palestinian Authority that he has joined a national unity government with Hamas has unmasked the nature of the Fatah beast, once and for all, and revealed the naked intentions of the P.A. The fig leaf has fallen, and it does not reveal an attractive picture.
Since September 13, 1993, the Palestinian Authority has been playing a double, duplicitous, and highly dangerous game of “Good Cop/Bad Cop”. On September 13th, when the Oslo Accords were signed, the Palestinians pledged to refrain from acts of violence or from incitement to violence, against Israel. All subsequent agreements have been predicated along that same pledge.
Palestinian Arab Buildings On IDF Firing Range Demolished
Orly Harari
Security forces destroyed nine illegal Palestinian Arab structures east of Shechem, which were built directly in the line of fire on an IDF shooting range.
Three of the buildings had been occupied - an active mosque, a public toilet, and a building being used as a warehouse. Two goat pens were also erected on the site.
The Civil Administration indicated that the buildings were demolished after the owners filed a motion to the High Court of Justice, but that the petition was dismissed "in favor of upholding the law." The petitioners were given time to submit applications for official building permits or to evacuate, and this time had passed.
Kerry slams critics after 'apartheid' remark
John Kerry Photo: REUTERS
"I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone, particularly for partisan, political purposes," Kerry said in the statement, issued by the State Department. "I do not believe, nor have I ever stated, publicly or privately, that Israel is an apartheid state or that it intends to become one."
"I have been around long enough to also know the power of words to create a misimpression, even when unintentional, and if I could rewind the tape, I would have chosen a different word," Kerry added.
Monday, April 28, 2014
UK: Sharia-Compliant Student Loans?
Soeren Kern
April 28, 2014
The move to seek input from the general public comes amid rising complaints from Muslim students, who argue that the existing interest-based student loan system is unfairly forcing them to choose between getting a university degree and staying true to their religious beliefs.
The government says the establishment of a scheme that would enable Muslim students to finance their degrees in a way that complies with Islamic principles would "ensure that anyone with the ability and desire can go to university."
Critics counter that the dispute over interest-bearing student loans
follows stepped-up demands for Sharia-compliant banking and insurance as
well as credit cards, mortgages and pension funds, which—taken
together—are contributing to the establishment of parallel Islamic
financial and legal systems in Britain.
April 28, 2014
The documentary, filmed by the BBC, proved what had long been suspected: that Sharia courts... routinely issue rulings according to Sharia law that are at odds with British law.The British government has launched a public consultation on whether or not to introduce student loans that are compliant with Islamic Sharia law, which forbids loans that involve the payment of interest.
Paragraph 2.3 of the guidelines of the Law Society of Britain suggests that Sharia law could overrule British law in inheritance disputes.
Critics say the controversy is just the latest example of how the British legal and financial systems are being steadily transformed to comply with Sharia law.
The move to seek input from the general public comes amid rising complaints from Muslim students, who argue that the existing interest-based student loan system is unfairly forcing them to choose between getting a university degree and staying true to their religious beliefs.
The government says the establishment of a scheme that would enable Muslim students to finance their degrees in a way that complies with Islamic principles would "ensure that anyone with the ability and desire can go to university."
"I
want London to stand alongside Dubai and Kuala Lumpur as one of the
great capitals of Islamic finance anywhere in the world." — UK Prime
Minister David Cameron addressing the World Islamic Economic Forum in
London on October 29, 2013. (Image source: 10 Downing St. Facebook page)
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PM Netanyahu at Yad Vashem: do not repeat past mistake of ignoring reality
Translation
-IMRA
Address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem
Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 27, 2014
The last time I visited Yad Vashem was with the Prime Minister of Canada
Stephen Harper, a great friend of Israel and the Jewish people. We went
through the exhibition rooms which present heartbreaking documentation of
the destruction of European Jewry.
Today in my office, I met Felah, an 82 year old Holocaust survivor. It was
important to her to tell me on this day of all days how her memories as a
child of seven who was forced to leave her two year old sister behind to
die, how those memories are always with her. She told me, "I don't remember
what happened yesterday or the day before that, but as is the way of
memories from that age, I remember the tearing, sad eyes of my two year old
sister".
I met Shalom, an 89 year old Holocaust survivor, who told me how he left
home at 18. He was 13 and the conditions in the ghetto were deteriorating so
he, a young boy, decided to leave. He said, "Mother objected and wailed and
Father was quiet. He stood and put his hand on my heard and blessed me and
told me to save myself".
Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 27, 2014
The last time I visited Yad Vashem was with the Prime Minister of Canada
Stephen Harper, a great friend of Israel and the Jewish people. We went
through the exhibition rooms which present heartbreaking documentation of
the destruction of European Jewry.
Today in my office, I met Felah, an 82 year old Holocaust survivor. It was
important to her to tell me on this day of all days how her memories as a
child of seven who was forced to leave her two year old sister behind to
die, how those memories are always with her. She told me, "I don't remember
what happened yesterday or the day before that, but as is the way of
memories from that age, I remember the tearing, sad eyes of my two year old
sister".
I met Shalom, an 89 year old Holocaust survivor, who told me how he left
home at 18. He was 13 and the conditions in the ghetto were deteriorating so
he, a young boy, decided to leave. He said, "Mother objected and wailed and
Father was quiet. He stood and put his hand on my heard and blessed me and
told me to save myself".
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Alert-request your assistance...
Dear friends, Rabbi Mirvis, the new Chief Rabbi of
G.Britain
and a delegation of Rabbis from G.Britain are apparently coming
on an important Israel solidarity trip in a few days time. Please let us
know if you know or can find out anything of their itinerary; the concern is
that the British Rabbis may boycott Yehuda and Shomron either inadvertently
and/or out of fear of purported European sensitivities.
Let us just make
absolutely sure that we are worrying unnecessarily since it obviously
would be quite an embarrassing state of affairs if Jewish rabbis excommunicate
any portion of the Land of Israel or people of Israel. Direct question to Rabbi
Mirvis's office has unfortunately not yielded any response so far. Thank
you for finding out what you can about where the rabbis do intend to visit!
Susie Dym, spokesperson for Mattot Arim, sddym@bezeqint.net
Chana Givon
in beloved Jerusalem
The Holocaust's foremost unsung hero
Moshe
Kraus was behind one of the largest rescue operations of the Holocaust •
Using his wits, initiative and unparalleled courage, Kraus saved
between 40,000 and 100,000 of Budapest's Jews • So why has no one ever
heard of him?
Moshe Kraus
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In 1986, a 78-year-old
man named Moshe Kraus died in Jerusalem. You probably don't recognize
the name. He was never commemorated in any way. He is not mentioned in
any Holocaust encyclopedias. But Moshe Kraus is responsible for the
largest rescue operation during the Holocaust, on a huge scale. German
industrialist Oskar Schindler, with his resourcefulness and courage,
managed to save 1,200 Jews; Kraus saved tens of thousands.
Historians are divided on the exact
number, but the most conservative estimate talks about at least 40,000
people, and some estimates are even as high as 100,000 Jews who escaped
the Nazis in Hungary thanks to this daring man.
Abbas says unity gov't recognizes Israel, Hamas disagrees
Elder of Ziyon
Ma'an reports:
In reaction to this speech, however, Hamas tried to distance itself from that part about recognizing Israel emphasized by Abbas:
Ma'an reports:
President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that the unity government would continue to follow previous PLO policies and that he remains willing to extend peace talks with Israel, which halted the talks in response to a Fatah-Hamas unity deal signed earlier in the week.What does Hamas have to say? So far, despite days of PLO officials promising that they accept existing agreements with Israel, Hamas has not uttered a peep except for an MP who disagreed vehemently.
"The upcoming government will obey my policy," Abbas told the PLO council. "I recognize Israel and reject violence and terrorism, and recognize international commitments."
In reaction to this speech, however, Hamas tried to distance itself from that part about recognizing Israel emphasized by Abbas:
Ehab Ghussein, spokesman for the Hamas government in Gaza, said that "the speech of President Abu Mazen is mostly positive, except for some things that need to be emphasized. That which was contained in the agreement relates to the government of national consensus, and the only agreements we made [Cairo and Doha] for a government of national consensus have nothing to do in regard to political [policy] and are and non-binding, [such as whether the unity government would] recognize or not recognize Israel."
60 Minutes Source Undermines Credibility of Segment Aired in 2012
CAMERA
The truth had to come out, eventually.
In 2012, CBS aired a notoriously dishonest “60 Minutes” segment about Christians in the Holy Land. In the segment, prominent Palestinian Christians tried to dismiss legitimate concern about the suffering of Christians in Muslim-majority Palestinian society as a “great selling point.”
Now, one of the sources who appeared in the segment, Christy Anastas, has stepped into the spotlight to reveal the truth about the suffering endured by Christians living under the Palestinian Authority, a truth that is completely at odds with the “60 Minutes” story.
Anastas, who appeared in the 60 Minutes segment along with her mother came forward earlier this month in a talk she gave at Uppsala University in Sweden and which is now posted on Youtube.
The truth had to come out, eventually.
In 2012, CBS aired a notoriously dishonest “60 Minutes” segment about Christians in the Holy Land. In the segment, prominent Palestinian Christians tried to dismiss legitimate concern about the suffering of Christians in Muslim-majority Palestinian society as a “great selling point.”
Now, one of the sources who appeared in the segment, Christy Anastas, has stepped into the spotlight to reveal the truth about the suffering endured by Christians living under the Palestinian Authority, a truth that is completely at odds with the “60 Minutes” story.
Anastas, who appeared in the 60 Minutes segment along with her mother came forward earlier this month in a talk she gave at Uppsala University in Sweden and which is now posted on Youtube.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
What the Guardian won’t report: Arabs terrorize Jewish kids at Temple Mount
CiF Watch
h/t Yisrael Medad and Elder
In watching the following video of Jewish children being chased off the Temple Mount by angry Palestinians, I’m again reminded of Menachem Begin’s recollection (during an interview with David Frost) of his youth in Poland when he asked some Poles why they beat up innocent Jewish kids. Their reply: The mere presence of Jews is a provocation.
h/t Yisrael Medad and Elder
In watching the following video of Jewish children being chased off the Temple Mount by angry Palestinians, I’m again reminded of Menachem Begin’s recollection (during an interview with David Frost) of his youth in Poland when he asked some Poles why they beat up innocent Jewish kids. Their reply: The mere presence of Jews is a provocation.
In the five-minute clip filmed on Tuesday, we see a couple of dozen Jewish children touring the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, with their fathers. Muslim men and women screamed, pushed, threatened, spit and even reportedly hurled shoes at some of the young children.
What was the crime these children committed? They are (religious) Jews.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Abbas in 2009: There is "no disagreement between Fatah and Hamas"
"About belief? None!
About policy? None!
About resistance? None!"
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
The agreement signed this week between Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah and the terrorist organization Hamas to form a unity government should not have surprised international observers. For years Mahmoud Abbas has been seeking and demanding unity between Fatah and Hamas, despite international recognition of Hamas as a terror organization. In 2009, Palestinian Media Watch documented Abbas' assertion that there is nothing to prevent unity because Hamas and Fatah agree on all important issues:
"There is no disagreement between us [Fatah and Hamas]:
About belief? None! About policy? None! About resistance? None! So what
do you [Hamas] disagree about? Why are you not signing the
[reconciliation] agreement?"
[Official Palestinian Authority TV Dec. 31, 2009]
Click to viewWhat is clear from the documentation PMW has released in recent reports is that Fatah and the Palestinian Authority, like Hamas, deny Israel's right to exist, glorify terror and incite hatred against Jews and Israelis. The only reason there was no agreement between the two parties from 2009 until now was because of internal political competition between Hamas and Fatah, and not because of essential differences in their attitude towards Israel. |
America, where did you sense of honor go? Have you lost your way?
Oregon: “Carloads” of jihadis turned ranch into jihad terror training camp
“He
said he was there to train men for jihad,” and everyone who heard him
say it knew that what he meant was that he would be training men to
commit acts of violence against non-Muslims. No one thought that he
meant he would be training men for the interior spiritual struggle to
better themselves. Yet at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum,
Muslim leaders are angry at the Museum’s depiction of the hijackers as
waging jihad for the sake of Allah, even though that is what they
themselves said they were doing. It is, in other words, an official
dogma in the public square today that jihad is peaceful and benign, and
only greasy Islamophobes think otherwise. The only people who blithely
ignore his dogma and continue about their business are Islamic jihad
terrorists.
“He
said he was there to train men for jihad,” and everyone who heard him
say it knew that what he meant was that he would be training men to
commit acts of violence against non-Muslims. No one thought that he
meant he would be training men for the interior spiritual struggle to
better themselves. Yet at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum,
Muslim leaders are angry at the Museum’s depiction of the hijackers as
waging jihad for the sake of Allah, even though that is what they
themselves said they were doing. It is, in other words, an official
dogma in the public square today that jihad is peaceful and benign, and
only greasy Islamophobes think otherwise. The only people who blithely
ignore his dogma and continue about their business are Islamic jihad
terrorists.Does Israel’s triumph mean we are guilty?
Dror Eydar
Last week, while Israelis were celebrating the festival of freedom known as Passover, Professor Zeev Sternhell wrote an op-ed in Haaretz in which he criticized Israel for insisting the Palestinians recognize it as a Jewish state.
This "is a way to demand that the Palestinians accept their historic defeat and recognize the Jews' exclusive ownership of the entire land," Sternhell wrote.
There. With that single sentence, Sternhell encapsulated the Left's tendency to run away from historical facts. The Arabs have been asked to recognize the Jews' right to hold some part of their historic homeland, the Land of Israel. Every draft agreement since World War I has stipulated such a provision. Never has Israel asked the Palestinians to recognize its right to retain the entire land.
Only a left-winger who denies the Jewish claims on this land, only a person who scorns at the notion that there are valid legal and moral arguments that prove a historical and religious link between the Jews and their only homeland, can describe this demand as something that is akin to "accepting defeat."
Abbas may be using the agreement with Hamas to pressure Israel and the U.S. by demonstrating that he has other options.
While the Hamas and PLO delegations in Gaza were preparing to declare reconciliation on Wednesday, in Ramallah the diplomatic business of the “state of Palestine” was proceeding as usual. Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour arrived for a visit, meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and signing various economic, health and security cooperation agreements with PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
Almost simultaneously, the Hamdallah government’s foreign minister, Riyad al-Malki, was meeting with his Austrian counterpart
Sebastian Kurz and at a joint press conference said the Palestinians were committed to continuing the talks with Israel beyond the original target date of April 29, and that Israel had nothing to fear from the internal Palestinian reconciliation, which would not undermine the talks. (These remarks came, of course, before Israel cancelled Wednesday’s planned meeting of the negotiating teams.)
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary
Note: This is not easy to read but being forewarned is the name of the game. Hopefully, the West has time to thwart this insanity but. left unchallenged, the evil forces will continue to spread; that is their goal. Their arrogance in such advertising is, in itself, frightening. The enemy feels that it has nothing to lose and martyrdom is honorable. To us their ideology lacks humanity. This is the 'language' of their radicalism.
MEMRI
Our problem is that we need strong Western leadership to effectively counter the enemies of democracy and that it sorely lacking today. One cannot make agreements with those whose goal it is to destroy the Western civilization and replace it with a caliphate and sharia. They have one thought in mind and are deceptive in order to achieve this. We must not be fooled.CG
MEMRI
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock – among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.)
Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email.
EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Spokesman: 'Al-Qaeda Is No Longer The Base Of Jihad'
On April 17, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) media company Al-Furqan released a new audio message from the organization's spokesman, Abu Muhammad Al-'Adnani, titled "This was not our methodology, and it never will be." In the 17-minute message, Al-'Adnani assailed Al-Qaeda's leadership, accusing it of straying from the proper path of jihad and from the proper religious and ideological doctrine. Due its deviance, he stated, "Al-Qaeda is no longer the base of jihad."
German Rapper-Turned-Jihadist In Syria Threatens Obama With Throat-Slitting Gesture
Following are excerpts from a video-clip in which Abu Talha Al-Almani, a German rapper-turned-Jihadist fighting in Syria threatens Obama by drawing his finger over his throat and says: "The Islamic State will remain!" The video-clip was posted on the Internet on April 11, 2014.
Following are excerpts:
Abbas' fictional state
Dr. Reuven Berko
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has heard about the latest videotape by al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in which Zawahri calls Abbas a "traitor who is selling out Palestine," and has gotten cold feet.
But even without the tape, Abbas can imagine what the Islamists have in store for him, and his threat to "give the keys to the Palestinian Authority back to Israel" reflects the overall air of doom and gloom shared by him and his people over the crisis plaguing the peace talks.
Until recently Abbas and his people were under the impression that they would be able to leverage the pressure applied by the United States and European Union regarding the peace talks against Israel. The illusion of free achievements was backed by the Israeli Left's cries of gevald, fearing a "third intifada," a "boycott," or a "binational state."
The company you keep
Dan Margalit
"Will two walk together, except they have agreed?" asks the Bible (Amos 3:3).
The Hamas-Palestine Liberation Organization national unity government, signed between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, fits the old Talmudic adage, "Not for nothing did the starling follow the raven, but because it is of its kind." Yes, Abbas and Haniyeh are indeed Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Two days ago the trickster from Ramallah summoned Israeli journalists to elaborate on his preconditions for extending the peace talks. He said he was committed to peace, but he withheld an important piece of information: Before the sun rises on the following day, he will have effectively signed a "reconciliation agreement" to end the schism among Palestinian terrorist groups.
It’s Prom Time, and Abbas Must Choose a Dance Partner – Israel or Hamas
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
now must choose between Hamas and Israel.
It’s that time of year again — the Fatah
terror faction led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has for the
‘nth’ time managed to reach a “reconciliation” with the Hamas terrorist
organization that rules Gaza.
The two sides agreed Tuesday evening after talks in Gaza City to form a unity government “within the next five weeks,” according to an announcement by officials on both sides released Wednesday.
But Hamas is unwilling to negotiate with – or for that matter, even recognize the existence of – the State of Israel.
So the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) which represents the PA in all its affairs at the United Nations (UN), and thus the PA, meaning Mahmoud Abbas – who heads both – must choose who to take to the prom.
The two sides agreed Tuesday evening after talks in Gaza City to form a unity government “within the next five weeks,” according to an announcement by officials on both sides released Wednesday.
But Hamas is unwilling to negotiate with – or for that matter, even recognize the existence of – the State of Israel.
So the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) which represents the PA in all its affairs at the United Nations (UN), and thus the PA, meaning Mahmoud Abbas – who heads both – must choose who to take to the prom.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Despite US court ruling, ‘Jerusalem’ not likely to be on American passports
MK Nissan Smolanski and Housing Minister Uri Ariel inaugurate the building of housing units. Photo: REUTERS
Is it possible that the word “Israel” may finally get onto the
passports of Americans born in Jerusalem, following the US Supreme
Court’s Monday ruling to hear the case a second time? Probably not.
The court’s decision follows a July 2013 decision by the US District of Columbia Appeals Court declaring unconstitutional a 2002 congressional law that directed the US State Department to let US citizens born in Jerusalem register their birthplaces as “Israel” on their passports.
The same appeals court tried to halt the initiative of placing the word “Israel” on passports once before, in 2011. That time, the US Supreme Court swept in by surprise to put the case back on track.
With the Zivotofsky family – which started the march by suing the State Department for not registering “Israel” on their son’s passport – succeeding in getting the US Supreme Court to rehear the case, some underinformed observers may assume that the court will come in again to “save the day.” They would likely be mistaken.
The court’s decision follows a July 2013 decision by the US District of Columbia Appeals Court declaring unconstitutional a 2002 congressional law that directed the US State Department to let US citizens born in Jerusalem register their birthplaces as “Israel” on their passports.
The same appeals court tried to halt the initiative of placing the word “Israel” on passports once before, in 2011. That time, the US Supreme Court swept in by surprise to put the case back on track.
With the Zivotofsky family – which started the march by suing the State Department for not registering “Israel” on their son’s passport – succeeding in getting the US Supreme Court to rehear the case, some underinformed observers may assume that the court will come in again to “save the day.” They would likely be mistaken.
The Israeli Biblical Slave Mentality that Tragically Exists to this very Day
By SaraLehmann
The Jewish Press
The Jewish Press
Aside from the
clichéd quip about Pesach (Passover)
preparations mirroring Jewish labor in Egypt, a concept I can well relate to,
Pesach is universally regarded as the Jewish holiday of emancipation. The
precept of Zeman Cheiruseinu (Season
of our Liberation) is so fundamental to our Jewish identity that it is not
consecrated solely on Pesach but is repeated throughout the year in much of our
davening, berachos (prayer and blessings)
and practices.
This idea of Jewish independence from other nations and
dependence on Hashem (G-d) alone has
guided Jewish thinking and influenced humanity as to the innate worth of the
individual. And it is a reason so many Jews have found themselves at the
forefront of liberation movements over the years.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Turning a Blind Eye to Palestinian Bloodlust
President Obama has described Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as
“somebody who has consistently renounced violence.” Just the opposite
was on full display once again last week. An Israeli father was killed
and his pregnant wife and child were injured in a Palestinian terrorist
shooting attack, as the family members were on their way to a Passover
Seder on April 14th. Israel is monstrous soldier eating the Dome of the Rock Mosque
Cartoon repeats PA libel
that Israel is planning
to destroy Jerusalem mosques
PLO official: Israel wants
to "erect what they call 'the Temple' over Al-Aqsa"
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
One of the libels continuously repeated by the PA is that Israel is
planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and everything else on the Temple
Mount in Jerusalem - in order to build what the PA refers to as the
"alleged Temple." 
Official PA TV reiterated this libel when it broadcast on its show Circle of Events a cartoon from the Jordanian newspaper Al-Dustur, which depicts Israel as a monstrous soldier gorging on the Dome of the Rock Mosque, while a Hamas activist holding a flag with the word "Land" and a Fatah activist holding a flag with the word "Day" commemorate the Palestinian Land Day. [Official PA TV, March 30, 2014]
The Islamic war on Christians in the Middle East
This piece is generally good, as there is far too little attention paid in the mainstream media to the escalating Muslim persecution of Christians, but Prosor, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, manifests the same ignorance (or refusal to speak explicitly) that hamstrings the free world’s response to the jihad threat. “Radical Islamists in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa,” he writes, “are using an ancient law called the ‘dhimmi pact’ to extort local Christians. The community is faced with a grim choice: pay a tax and submit to a list of religious restrictions or ‘face the sword.’”
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