Elder of Ziyon Daily Digest |
- Weekend links
- Israel's deaf-blind theater troupe touches audiences
- Terrorist who stabbed a rabbi to death gets monthly salary from the PA
- Good analysis of the Netanyahu/Obama drama from JPost
- Latest Latma (5/27/11)
- UNIFIL member killed, 4 injured in Lebanese blast
- Why is BDS silent on Microsoft?
- Arab Spring: new Nazi party in Egypt
- Is Israel booby-trapping Hamas weapons?
- Bad anti-Israel folk-singer tries again
- Malaysian activists refuse to deliver aid for Gaza through Israel!
- Nevada isn't only larger than Israel.... (UPDATED)
Posted: 27 May 2011 01:09 PM PDT Daniel Gordis speaks to J-Street: "In the tent or out?" Krauthammer: What Obama Did to Israel Is Obama a Zionist Agent? (Toameh) Saudi Arabia gets a pass (Adam Daifallah) Canada's Harper blocks mention of "1967 borders" in G8 statement "Jordan Isn't Palestine, But It Could Be" (Victor Shikhman) Followup on the Saudi woman driver: she's in jail for another ten days at least, and has a sick son Egypt strips citizenship from Coptic Christian man. "According to the lawyer handling the case against him, Sadek is guilty of insulting Islam, supporting Judaism and "calling for the killing of Arabs." Additionally, the Egyptian court is upset over his call for the United States and Israel to get involved in the nation's internal affairs. And everyone's been sending this around - for good reason: (h/t Serious Black, Mike, Menachem, Ed, jzaik) |
Israel's deaf-blind theater troupe touches audiences Posted: 27 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT |
Terrorist who stabbed a rabbi to death gets monthly salary from the PA Posted: 27 May 2011 11:00 AM PDT Remember how people said that Hamas would become more moderate when they became part of a government? Hamas' AlQassam.ps site put up an article today about Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed Fallit, who has been in an Israeli prison for 19 years. In May 1992, Rabbi Shimon Biran was ambushed and stabbed in the back by the terrorist, near Kfar Darom. The article praises him for stabbing a civilian and then talks about how difficult his time in prison has been. Apparently, glorifying terrorists is still in style with the new, improved, moderate Hamas. By the way, Fallit has been getting a monthly salary since 1994, courtesy of the Palestinian Authority - and your tax dollars. As PalWatch reported last week: In 2004, the PA defined by law exactly who would be considered a prisoner as "anyone imprisoned in the occupation's [Israel's] prisons as a result of his participation in the struggle against the occupation." |
Good analysis of the Netanyahu/Obama drama from JPost Posted: 27 May 2011 10:15 AM PDT Herb Keinon in the Jerusalem Post has a thought provoking article that discusses, from a diplomatic perspective, why things happened the way they did over the past eight days. He gives fairly reasonable answers to the questions: Why did Obama surprise Netanyahu with a speech that clearly stated the 1967 lines as the negotiation baseline? Read the whole thing. To that last question, I will add another answer. Bibi's speech was not only important diplomatically, but also by its effect on the entire discourse around the Arab/Israeli conflict. His speech changed the discussion from one that is framed in a pro-Arab way ("the settlements are the main obstacle to peace") to one that is more accurate, that is, that Israel is never going to compromise on its security, regardless of what people want. Changing the framework in this way has resulted in reporters and pundits being forced to change their arguments. It has, in short, moved the goalposts and re-awakened people to hearing Israel's viewpoint after years of nonstop pro-Arab rhetoric that invaded mainstream news media. I don't know how long this will last, but that is not a small achievement. (h/t Russell) |
Posted: 27 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT |
UNIFIL member killed, 4 injured in Lebanese blast Posted: 27 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT From AFP: An Italian peacekeeper was killed and four wounded, one gravely, in an explosion targeting a UN patrol in south Lebanon on Friday, ANSA news agency reported, citing defence ministry sources.Other sources are saying two were killed. JPost notes: The explosion happened on the UN's International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, when peacekeepers killed in missions across the world are commemorated by their colleagues.Must be Israel's fault. Probably rage at Netanyahu's speeches. |
Why is BDS silent on Microsoft? Posted: 27 May 2011 08:16 AM PDT From Time in March: Microsoft's "Kinect" hands-free motion control peripheral for the Xbox 360 has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the fastest-selling consumer electronics device ever.More than 10 million XBox Kinects have been sold. The Kinect was designed by a company in Israel that sold it to Microsoft. So why are we not hearing from BDSers to boycott Microsoft, or at least the XBox and Kinect? After all, company size shouldn't matter. Isn't this a question of morality? (Well, yes, it is, but not in the way the BDSers pretend it is....) |
Arab Spring: new Nazi party in Egypt Posted: 27 May 2011 07:20 AM PDT From Al Masry al Youm: A group of Egyptians have announced their intent to establish a Nazi party with "a contemporary frame of reference," an independent Egyptian news website said on Wednesday. I found a few Facebook pages, with lots of videos and photos and (predictable) anti-semitism. Here are two logos I saw: They might be fringe, and they might be small, but I am not seeing any outrage in Egypt. (h/t Elder of Lobby) |
Is Israel booby-trapping Hamas weapons? Posted: 27 May 2011 06:35 AM PDT Firas Press quotes Israeli media today as saying that Hamas is fearful that some of the weapons it is receiving are actually booby-trapped or otherwise tampered with by Israel. According to the story, Israel passes weapons to Bedouin in the Sinai who in turn smuggle them to Gaza. The Popular Front claims to have received weapons that were tampered with. I don't know if it is true, but it is a great idea, isn't it? They should add tracking systems as well. |
Bad anti-Israel folk-singer tries again Posted: 27 May 2011 05:51 AM PDT Last year a self-styled "folk singer" named David Rovics put out a truly horrible song that made the Mavi Marmara terrorists sound like heroes. It turns out he has an entire library of anti-Israel songs, each one written and sung worse than the next. He has a new song now because Netanyahu's speech really burned him up. It is so bad, it is funny. I wrote my own folk song in response to last year's Rovics train wreck that is much better, and I even made a video of my own where the singer, in the same faux-singing style of Rovics, sings almost as badly as Rovics does. So because it is Friday, here once again is the video and lyrics of my quickly written folk-song masterpiece, The Pawns of the Middle East: In 1948 their leaders abandoned them The rich Arabs packed up and went to Lebanon Their confident leaders told them to get out of the way So the Jews could be slaughtered and then they'll be back to stay But that's not what happened. Their fighters didn't fight. Wild rumors scared them, and most then joined the flight They ended up in Egypt, Syria, Jordan The Palestinian Arabs thought they'd start over again They thought that they'd be welcomed by the Arabs who said that they loved them But they were placed in giant camps, and had to stay in tents They thought that they were all Arabs, but they were only that in name The other Arabs didn't want them to remind them of their shame Chorus: Decade after decade, the Arabs let them down They treated them like animals, and just used them as pawns They thought that their problem was that they didn't have a state But the real problem was that they were taught only to hate. They wanted jobs, they wanted land, they wanted to fit in Their hosts only wanted the millions given by the UN They kept them stuck in camps, in disgusting misery They did everything possible to ensure they'd never be free. The Arab states passed laws to let them know where they stand They couldn't work in certain jobs, couldn't own any land They had no choice, no rights, no control over their fate And they raised a generation who was taught nothing but hate. Chorus Jordan never gave them an inch of "historic Palestine" The entire world had no problem. They thought that this was fine. The only land that Arabs would allow them to receive Was the land that would be left over when they forced the Jews to leave. Their new leaders taught terror, for them not to be so meek Jordan slaughtered thousands of them in a matter of just weeks And so it went, year after year, kept in dire straits 400,000 of them got kicked out of Kuwait Decade after decade, the Arabs let them down They treated them like animals, and just used them as pawns They thought that their problem was that they didn't have a state But the real problem was that they were taught only to hate. I made this song a "video response" to Rovics on YouTube, but somehow I doubt that he'll approve it. In fact, I predict that he'll complain to YouTube about mine and try to get it taken down. |
Malaysian activists refuse to deliver aid for Gaza through Israel! Posted: 27 May 2011 04:38 AM PDT The saga of the Malaysian ship that styles itself as an "aid" ship continues.... First Israel stopped it and it was going to go to Egypt to get its cargo delivered to Gaza. Then Egypt refused to let it dock. Then it tried to go to Gaza again, and got stuck with engine trouble. Now, the activists are refusing to allow Egypt to deliver the plastic sewer pipes the only way it can - via Kerem Shalom! From AFP: Malaysia activists refuse Gaza aid delivery via IsraelIn the past, Hamas refused to accept much of the symbolic "aid" that was delivered by various supposedly pro-Palestinian activists. Now the Malaysians are trying to say that Israel stole the piles of garbage that "activists" threw into their political flotillas. Of course, the Malaysian anti-Israel activists are not interested in delivering aid to Gaza, but in embarrassing Israel. As always, the joke is on them. As a reminder, here is the alleged "60 tons of aid" that was on board the Free Gaza ship that was intercepted in February 2009: (h/t Mike) |
Nevada isn't only larger than Israel.... (UPDATED) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:10 AM PDT |
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