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Elder of Ziyon Daily Digest

Elder of Ziyon Daily Digest

Recognizing "Palestine" will lead to unending war (NewsRealBlog)

Posted: 12 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Cross-posted from NewsRealBlog:
Since World War II, Europeans have been understandably skittish about doing anything that could lead to armed conflict. Europe, and later the EU,  has generally stuck to using negotiations and (in extreme cases) sanctions as the only tools in their arsenal to cajole dictators and despots to get in line.


Not surprisingly, this strategy often fails.
Nevertheless, one can understand the European fear of conflict. Europe was devastated by WWII and the collective memory of the horrors of that war are still raw. Medium-sized towns in Europe lost more people in the war than America lost on 9/11.
All of this makes the recent flurry of stories about European countries being eager to recognize a Palestinian state all the more puzzling.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Britain is prepared to formally recognize an independent Palestinian state in September unless Israel opens peace talks with the Palestinians. (He somehow didn't seem to notice that it has been "moderate" Mahmoud Abbas who has resisted negotiations, not Israel.)
French President Sarkozy has made a similar statement. So has Norway's foreign minister. Spain doesn't look too far behind.
Such a unilateral move is a recipe for disaster.
Negotiations are meant to solve the biggest issues between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs: Israeli towns and villages in Judea and Samaria, Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, water resources, Palestinian Arabs who live in other countries wanting to "return" to Israel, incitement to terrorism in the Palestinian Arab media and schoolbooks, Israel's security, and Jerusalem. By recognizing a state, Europe would not be solving a single one of these issues. On the contrary, they will be exacerbating them.
Today, despite these outstanding issues, there is relative peace. Palestinian Arabs in the West Bank are doing well economically, they are not worried about Israeli army actions, their travel restrictions have been consistently diminishing, and they have more autonomy than they have ever had in their history. Even in Gaza, under the autocratic rule of Hamas, as long as Hamas is stopping rocket fire the Gazans can start to gain a semblance of normal lives.
If "Palestine" is unilaterally declared, all of the gains over the past two decades would disappear in an instant.
Israel's Oslo obligations would no longer exist. Security cooperation between Israel and the new "Palestine" would disappear. The Palestinian state would consider Israel to be its enemy (this language is used daily in mainstream Palestinian Arab media). The peace treaty that the PLO signed with Israel would be null and void because the PLO would no longer exist. Israel would no longer provide electricity to Gaza – part of an enemy state. Tax revenue collected by Israel that make up 70% of the PA budget would disappear.
Most importantly, it would solve none of the issues that are outstanding in the conflict. On the contrary, it will encourage Israel to make its own unilateral moves concerning land, water, Jerusalem and so forth.
"Palestine" would not want to naturalize millions of Arabs of Palestinian descent who now live in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and their problem of being forced to remain stateless by the Arab League will remain. In fact, the Palestinian entity would continue to insist that they move to Israel, destroying the Jewish state demographically–a negotiating position that they have never wavered on, and a problem that is kept artificially alive by the Arab states.
Any of these issues–"refugees," land, water, Jerusalem–is enough to spark a regional conflict. Together, such a conflict is inevitable.
Only Israel has made real, concrete concessions during the long Oslo process. The PLO has not only not budged–they have bragged about their own intransigence. If the Europeans decide to recognize a Palestinian Arab state, they would be rewarding intransigence. And if that state includes Hamas, then the EU will also be explicitly rewarding terror.
One thing is certain: if a Palestinian Arab state becomes generally recognized by the world community in September 2011, then the Palestinian Arabs who such a state is supposedly meant to help will be in a much worse situation for years, if not decades, afterwards. Terrorism–which has been successfully fought by Israel over the past eight years–will return, as the Palestinian Arab security forces would abandon all cooperation with Israel. Hezbollah and Hamas would be emboldened to increase rocket fire and other terror attacks.
More likely than not, European recognition of a Palestinian Arab state will culminate in another major Middle East war–and possibly a series of them.

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Posted: 12 May 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Freedom of expression, Jordanian-style

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

From Ammon News:
Chief of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) on Wednesday stood before Amman Public Prosecutor to submit complaints against three Jordanian electronic news websites for what he considered offensive reports about PSD and personal character assassination.

Lt. General Hussein Hazza' Majali voluntarily stood before the judge and explained the repercussions of publishing offensive reports against the country's security forces and the personal harm against him in what he considered an offense to his reputation and status.
Majali sounds like a real jerk.

Oops! He might go after me now.

Speaking of....
Jordanian security officials summoned the parent of a college student over what they considered are blogs that criticize government performance, "Dhabahtuna" a students' rights watchdog group said.

A statement issued by the group reported that the female student's blogs critiqued government performance "within the limits allowed by the law."

It added that the student and her family received threats to expel the student from the university if she does not stop writing blogs about the government.

The blogger resorted to shutting down her blog after pressure from her family out of fear that their daughter would be punished for her opinions.

A similar incident also took place last month in which Dabahtuna said that security forces threatened a mother of arresting her daughter if the latter doesn't curb her activism on university campus.

Egyptians preparing for "Naqba Day" march to Gaza

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:38 AM PDT

From Al Masry al-Youm:
Egyptians planning to march to Gaza in a protest scheduled for 15 May - the 63rd anniversary of the day when Israel was established - have gathered in Sinai to cross to Gaza through the Rafah crossing.

The gathering comes after news that Egyptian authorities plan to close all entrances leading to Sinai, such as the Salam Bridge over the Suez Canal and the Martyr Ahmed Hamdy Tunnel, as well as take other measures to reduce the number of people crossing into Gaza at Rafah.

The Egyptian city Arish in particular reportedly witnessed an influx of Egyptian young people staying in hotels.

An Egyptian security official said there were no instructions on how to deal with participants on that day.
No security planning on how to handle potentially thousands of people? Should be fun.

PalArabs upset over Lebanese gay adult movie

Posted: 12 May 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Firas Press reports that a Lebanese adult movie featuring gay actors is upsetting not only the Lebanese, but also Palestinian Arabs.

Because one of the characters is wearing a keffiyeh during a love scene:


I don't know what the big deal is. We've seen at least one man with a keffiyeh kissing every strong, masculine terrorist supporter he could find:

NYT political correctness in NYC terror arrest

Posted: 12 May 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Here's how the New York Times reported the arrest of two men who allegedly planned terror attacks against area synagogues:
Two men who the authorities said intended to carry out a terrorist attack in New York City were arrested late Wednesday, two law enforcement officials said with knowledge of the matter.

The two men had sought to purchase hand grenades and guns, and they were arrested after what one law enforcement official described as a sting operation, saying that their aims appeared "aspirational." A person briefed on the matter said the men had discussed attacking a synagogue although they did not appear to have a particular one in mind.

The identities of the men were not released but another official characterized the suspects as "homegrown" and another said one of the young men was of Moroccan descent. The person briefed on the matter said the other was of North African descent. The case was being prosecuted by the Manhattan district attorney's office, and law enforcement officials said the men were expected to be charged under New York State's terrorism law.
Here's how ABC News reported the same story:
Two men allegedly trying to buy weapons including three pistols and hand grenades as part of a plot to attack Manhattan synagogues were arrested in New York City, averting a terror threat, law enforcement sources said.

The two men, at least one of whom was a Muslim of North African descent, had already obtained some guns and were trying to buy more, as well as a grenade, law enforcement officials said.

Their attempts were detected by investigators with the NYPD's Intelligence Division, who moved in to set up a sting.

One of the men, in his 20s, lives in Queens, N.Y. That man was allegedly going to sell drugs to buy the guns. He has prior arrests, including for drug possession. He said he was drug dealing for jihad, sources said.

The drug dealing suspect became more and more verbal about jihad as his interactions with an undercover police officer continued. Police considered just taking him under drug laws, but felt they finally had enough to make the arrest under state anti-terror statutes, law enforcement sources said.
From a pure news perspective, does the fact that at least one of the men is Muslim and talked about "jihad" a relevant detail, or is it a manifestation of Islamophobia?

I don't think there is even a question.

Which means that America's most influential newspaper decides that it will withhold important details about a news story to pander to political correctness.

More evidence that the London 2012 Olympics are a Zionist plot

Posted: 12 May 2011 07:06 AM PDT



Remember how Iran freaked out over the London 2012 Olympics logo, saying it spelled "Zion"?




I even made a T-shirt on the issue:



Well, here is more evidence:

Mossad officials participated in a security drill at London's Olympic Park last weekend.

A source at the British Cabinet told Yedioth Ahronoth that the drill simulated a terrorist attack on athletes, similar to the one that occurred in the Munich Olympics in 1972, when Palestinian terrorists took over the building where the Israeli delegation was staying, and killed 11 of them.

The UK's entire defense establishment, including the emergency services, participated in the massive drill, which was held secretly by the British Defense Ministry.

But British intelligence officials were not satisfied, and invited their Mossad counterparts to share their experience.
That Mossad pops up everywhere, doesn't it?

PLO reiterates that destroying Israel demographically is non-negotiable

Posted: 12 May 2011 06:04 AM PDT

From Palestine Press Agency:
The head of Department of Refugee Affairs in the PLO, Zakaria Al-Agha, said on Thursday that 'the implementation of UN resolution 194 and the return of Palestinian refugees to their homes with compensation is a right that is not subject to blackmail or barter in any settlement or political solution that comes'.

At a news conference on the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba at the Ministry of Information in the city of Ramallah, Agha said 'despite the difficult political situation, and obstacles and horrors, and the Israeli insistence on the looting of all Palestinian rights, still we send on this anniversary a message to all the world that we are committed to all of our rights, and especially the right of return and compensation.'
Of course, in the West, "everyone knows" that this will not happen and that the PLO will drop this demand in a negotiated solution. Too bad none of these "experts" actually bothers to read what the PLO has to say on the matter - and how consistent it has been about the issue since it was founded.

A unilateral Palestinian Arab state will not make this demand, to destroy Israel demographically, go away - it will intensify it.

Which is just one reason why the idea of European states and the UN recognizing the state of Palestine is a recipe not for peace, but for war.

Deep Purple calls bands that boycott Israel "wimps"

Posted: 12 May 2011 04:05 AM PDT

From Haaretz:
Ahead of their third Israeli tour, English rock band Deep Purple took a stand against other musicians who cancel their concerts in Israel due to politics, saying artists should not take sides in political conflicts, with drummer Ian Paice calling these musicians "real wimps."

The band spoke at a press conference Wednesday ahead of two concerts they are due to perform in Caesarea on Saturday and Sunday. This visit is Deep Purple's third Israeli tour. The last time they visited was in 2008, when they played four concerts to full crowds of cheering fans.

Deep Purple's vocalist Ian Gillen stressed to reporters that musicians should remain impartial in political disputes, and likened this to making the assumption that Deep Purple supported all of Tony Blair's policies because they gave a concert in London ten years ago.

Guitarist Steve Morse quipped that left-wing groups did not know what to say to them when they refused to cancel performances in Israel. Saying that in any case, Deep Purple doesn't respect politicians in their native England, and questioned why their attitude would be any different in other countries.
In 2008, the venerable band dedicated one of their songs, Contact Lost, to Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who was killed in the Columbia tragedy.

And here they are playing their most famous song in Caesaria:
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