Elder of Ziyon Daily News

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• Early weekend links
• The birth of an new Muslim lie
• Kuwait MPs approve death penalty for "cursing God"
• Sinai Bedouin hijack a fuel tanker (photos)
• Muslims continue to freak over Jews peacefully visiting Temple Mount
• Nablus governor bans Israeli potatoes, PA violating Oslo
• Saudi youth call for end of religious rule
• BDS fail in Minnesota
• Mel Gibson calls Jews "oven dodgers," says Torah mandates killing Christian babies

Early weekend links Posted: 12 Apr 2012 01:40 PM PDT I will not be posting anything until Saturday night or Sunday, so have a great weekend/chag sameach! To tide you over, here are some links: Another British group supporting Habima playing at the Globe. While there are a lot of Israel-haters in USC, it didn't stop a delegation from the school from visiting Israel in February. Sarah Honig on the bigger picture around Gunter Grass. Obligatory NYT piece about supposed "Islamophobia" following the Merah murders. Time for the eight-state solution? Good morning Tehran! Israeli radio station broadcasts in Farsi, and a lot of Iranians tune in. The most profane bar mitzvah ever filmed. The Titanic had a kosher kitchen! (h/t DKrieger, Norman, Zvi, Ronald)

The birth of an new Muslim lie Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:40 AM PDT From Al Resalah: The Jewish settlers are desecrating the Ibrahimi Mosque in Passover this year through burning parts of it, resulted from the candles left behind by the extremist settlers. "Thousands of Zionists broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque to celebrate the Passover," said Hassan Alrejoub, a Palestinian journalist. "Muslims were thoroughly denied access to the Mosque," added he, " and the Islamic section of the Mosque was burnt because of the candles the Zionists left behind". Yet Palestine News Network even reported that the fire was accidental and caused no (or little) damage. Israeli sources show that the fire occurred during early morning prayers on Monday, and from the photos is appears that it was apparently on the Jewish side of the building, inside a structure meant for candles. It was put out by Israeli police using sand and water. There was slight smoke damage. During the incident, Jews were not allowed to enter the building. Al Resalah also doesn't mention that for ten days a year Jews are denied access to the entire building so Muslims can perform their "Koranic rituals." Nor does it mention that some 81% of the building is used by Muslims during the year.

Kuwait MPs approve death penalty for "cursing God" Posted: 12 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT Moderation! From AFP: Kuwait's parliament on Thursday provisionally passed amendments to the Gulf state's penal code stipulating the death penalty for those who curse God, Islam's Prophet or his wives. Forty-six MPs, including cabinet ministers, voted for the key amendments that will come into effect only after another round of voting and government approval. The second and final vote will take place in two weeks. Four Shiite MPs voted against the law, a pro-Shiite Sunni lawmaker abstained, while two MPs refused to vote. Shiite MPs have demanded that the new amendments also enforce the death penalty for anyone who curses their sect's 12 revered Imams, but the Sunni- dominated parliament rejected their requests. The move to stiffen penalties for religious crimes came after authorities last month arrested a Shiite tweeter for allegedly cursing the Prophet Mohammed, his wife and some companions. This might get me in trouble:

Sinai Bedouin hijack a fuel tanker (photos) Posted: 12 Apr 2012 09:15 AM PDT Palestine Today has photos of how Bedouin in the Sinai yesterday hijacked a fuel truck that was meant to go to  the international forces military base. They siphoned out the fuel, they said, to distribute them to citizens who suffer from fuel shortages, saying they don't want the fuel to go to their "enemies."

Muslims continue to freak over Jews peacefully visiting Temple Mount Posted: 12 Apr 2012 08:05 AM PDT Every day this week, Jews visited the Temple Mount - and every day this week there were angry articles about those visits in the Arab media. Today, the last day of Chol HaMoed Pesach, Muslims called for thousands of their people to go there are prevent Jews from doing any "Talmudic rituals." Specifically they called for "an extensive and significant presence to counter any attempt of desecration by Jewish extremist groups that have continued to storm the mosque today....They called upon the citizens who have access to the city of Jerusalem to be present early in the mosque to deal with the settlers and thwart their plans." Here is one of their photos of those terrible Jewish "settlers" desecrating their holy spot. Simply because they are Jewish. Their press releases go on to charge that Israel is planning to divide the Temple Mount, either into Jewish and Muslim areas or by banning Muslims to be there altogether at certain times of the day or year. Because this week showed a strengthening of the Jewish presence on the holiest Jewish site, here's a video that is appropriate for the occasion. Chorus: Rejoice with Jerusalem, be glad about her, be glad all you that love her, all who love her. On your walls, Oh city of David I have stationed watchmen, all day and night. (repeat) Chorus Do not fear, my servant Jacob, for your enemies shall be scattered before you. (repeat) Chorus Look about you and behold; see all as they are all gathering and coming unto you. (repeat) Chorus And your people are all holy and forever shall inherit the land. Chorus

Nablus governor bans Israeli potatoes, PA violating Oslo Posted: 12 Apr 2012 06:45 AM PDT From Ma'an: The governor of Nablus on Wednesday prevented Israeli potatoes from being introduced to the Palestinian market, in line with an agriculture ministry decision issued this month. Maj.-Gen. Jibrin al-Bakri said the decision aimed to protect national products and farmers' livelihoods. The ministry decided this month to remove foreign produce from Palestinian markets, and the governor was implementing that decision, he told Ma'an. The PA is trying to skirt around existing agreements that prohibit the PA from boycotting Israeli goods by pretending that they want to stop all imported produce. But a glance at the speech by the PA Agriculture Minister shows beyond any doubt that this is meant to be a boycott to hurt Israel and to stop supporting "Zionist farms." Up until now the PA was careful to say that they were only against "settler goods" and not Israeli products altogether because they did not want to violate signed agreements. It looks as if they are now no longer concerned about such public violations of Oslo. When the economic agreement was forged between Israel and the PA, Israel let it be known that if the Palestinian Arabs wanted to implement boycotts or similar measures against Israel, then Israel would reserve the right to stop Palestinian Arabs from working in Israel - and a huge part of the Palestinian Arab economy is dependent on people working in Israel and for Israelis.

Saudi youth call for end of religious rule Posted: 12 Apr 2012 05:35 AM PDT On April 2 AFP Arabic reported on a new Saudi youth movement to get rid of the role of religious authorities in Saudi Arabia and to move towards democratic ideals. The letter they wrote complained about the "bullying" that the Saudi religious authorities do to citizens. 2,100 people, mostly academics, including a large proportion of young women, signed the letter, which called for a rejection of "patriarchal" control exercised by the religious groups in Saudi society. The letter talks about the inability of publicly speaking about ideas that run contrary to the official Saudi-approved groupthink. It said, "We are young Muslims who reject this patriarchal muzzle which hinders our exercise of the right of free thought and research (...) We do not accept anyone that questions our patriotism or our Islamic identities." It went on to "renounce all forms of incitement and bullying meant to remove the other [ideas] and we seek to build institutions of civil society to accommodate everyone," adding that they cannot accept anyone who "claims the monopoly of truth and righteousness on behalf of the law." While the article was widely reported in Arabic media, so far it has not been reported anywhere in English.

BDS fail in Minnesota Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:46 AM PDT From the Minnesota Post: Ramsey County Judge Margaret Marrinan has dismissed a lawsuit that called for the state of Minnesota to sell the $18 million in Israeli bonds held in the state's portfolio. Four groups and 23 individuals filed the lawsuit in 2011, claiming that the bonds were supporting settlements in Palestine and other activities in the West Bank that had been deemed illegal under international law. They also claimed that Minnesota law does not allow investments in foreign countries other than Canada. Marrinan threw out the suit, ruling that the plaintiffs do not have standing to file the lawsuit, and said that "the authority to make social, political and economic policy decisions of the kind Plaintiffs complain about in this case resides with the Legislature and the SBI [State Board of Investment], not this Court." Even if the plaintiffs did have standing, the judge said Minnesota law does allow the State Board of Investment to purchase international securities. Someone should really do a survey to see what percentage of BDS initiatives get anywhere. It appears to be in the low single-digits. Unfortunately, the webpage of the Minnesota BDSers who devoted so many futile hours on publicizing their hate of the Jewish state has not yet been updated with the news of their latest failure. (h/t The Jewish Press)

Mel Gibson calls Jews "oven dodgers," says Torah mandates killing Christian babies Posted: 12 Apr 2012 01:00 AM PDT From The Wrap: Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is accusing Mel Gibson, his recent collaborator on a movie about Jewish revolt, of "hating Jews" and using him to deflect his anti-Semitic reputation. In an explosive nine-page letter to Gibson obtained by TheWrap, the screenwriter wrote that the director of "The Passion of the Christ" never intended to make the movie about Jewish heroism, called "The Maccabees." Instead, Eszterhas said, Gibson announced the project "in an attempt to deflect continuing charges of anti-Semitism which have dogged you, charges which have crippled your career." He added: "I've come to the conclusion that the reason you won't make 'The Maccabees' is the ugliest possible one. You hate Jews." Eszterhas' letter reveals a more complex dynamic, a disturbing picture of Gibson as a man yet again out of control, inflicting frequent rages on those around him, in the grip of an anti-Semitic obsession, and possibly dangerous to those around him. Gibson's anti-Semitic obsession was a leitmotif of working on the film together at Gibson's homes in Malibu and Costa Rica, Eszterhas said. "You continually called Jews 'Hebes' and 'oven-dodgers' and 'Jewboys.' It seemed that most times when we discussed someone, you asked 'He's a Hebe, isn't he?' You said most 'gatekeepers' of American companies were 'Hebes' who 'controlled their bosses.'" The slurs continued, through their work: "You said the Holocaust was 'mostly a lot of horseshit.' You said the Torah made reference to the sacrifice of Christian babies and infants. When I told you that you were confusing the Torah with The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, ... you insisted 'it's in the Torah -- it's in there!' (It isn't)." And he said Gibson told him that his intention in making "The Maccabees" was "to convert the Jews to Christianity." (h/t @ChallahHuAkbar)

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