יום רביעי, 8 באוגוסט 2012

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Summer rerun video: Save the Gazans

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT

I made this during Cast Lead:

What? No boycott?

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT

The sister of Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh recently entered Israel along with her husband, who received urgent treatment at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Ynet has learned.

Four months ago the husband of Suhila Abd el-Salam Ahmed Haniyeh suffered a serious cardiac episode which could not be treated at any hospital in Gaza. After the couple filed an urgent entry request with Israeli authorities, a Palestinian ambulance transported the husband to the Erez Crossing, where he was moved to a Magen David Adom vehicle and taken to the hospital in Petah Tikva along with his wife.

The husband was hospitalized in Israel for about a week, during which his condition was stabilized. Following the treatment, the couple returned to Gaza.
I know, I know. I'm engaging in "terrorist-washing," publicizing how Israel treats the families of terrorists in a vain attempt to distract the world from their daily attacks against, uh, terrorists.

(h/t GM)

Nasrallah brags that Hezbollah is #1 threat to Israel

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:30 PM PDT

From Al Manar:
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the main threat for Israel in the world is Hezbollah and not the Arab regimes whose decision-making is within the United States.

"The number one threat for Israel in the world is Hezbollah," His eminence assured, indicating that the Zionist entity does not worry when some Arab countries buy advanced and expensive weapons and warplanes. "Israel feels comfortable in front of some Arab countries' huge armies because the decision-making of these regimes is within the US."

Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that the main concern for 'Israel' is Lebanon, because of the existence of a strong Hezbollah which is incubated by huge part of the Lebanese people , "this is a natural result and comes due to their [Zionists] crushing defeats in 2000 and 2006. "This explains why Israel didn't exploit the incidents in the region and launch an attack on Lebanon despite its history of attacks."

"Have Israel's ambitions ended? Will Israel be satisfied with its oil and gas resources amid remarks that it will only generate $250 billion?" His eminence wondered.
If Israel is so scared of his might, then why doesn't he just grab the Shebaa Farms area that he claims is so important?

(Or, as commenters have noted - why is he the one hiding in a bunker?)

Tuesday links

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT

From Ian:

Exclusive excerpts from Cameron's speech on Munich victims, 6th August 2012
"Tonight, David Cameron will address the Official Memorial Ceremony for the 40th Anniversary of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The Commentator brings you an exclusive preview of his speech tonight, that will serve to commemorate the lives of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered."

'Shame on you!' Ankie Spitzer tells Olympic president
Widows of murdered Israeli athletes excoriate IOC president Jacques Rogge at London Jewish community's memorial for Munich massacre victims

Video: Israelis Remembered at Memorial for Munich


Netanyahu sought dialogue with Erdogan, but was rejected'
Officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in bid to reconcile with Turkey, but Erdogan responded that "there is nothing to talk about" until Israel apologizes for Mavi Marmara raid.

Palestinian PM calls for West Bank elections
Salam Fayyad doesn't want to wait for reconciliation with Hamas
[Also, reports that Abbas refused to meet with Meshal in Cairo. -EoZ]

No plans to elope: Romney shows his support for Israel in public
Thomas Friedman has long been a critic of conservative support for the State of Israel. But his most recent article attacking Mitt Romney gets it all wrong

CIFWatch: CiF Watch 'Style' Guide to the Middle East for the Perplexed: A to Z
A: Abu Mazen, leader of the Palestinian Authority and its chief non-negotiator. Last heard to say: "I am perfectly prepared to meet with the Israelis as soon as they agree to all my demands. Unless I can think of some more in the meantime"

Al Qaeda trio arrested in Spain 'wanted to attack busy Gibraltar shopping centre from the air during the Olympics'

1,000 days in a Cuban prison, Alan Gross dreams of ribs and baseball
American convicted of espionage for importing equipment to provide internet access to Jewish community

Standard Chartered bank 'in $250bn scheme with Iran'
Standard Chartered bank illegally "schemed" with Iran to launder as much as $250bn (£161bn) for nearly a decade, a US regulator says.

The Attacks on Israelis You Won't Read About Anywhere Else, August 3-6

NGO Monitor: What are you hiding? NGO's, funding and websites

PMW Video:
Israel is in the final stage of destroying Al-Aqsa Mosque, says Israeli-Arab Islamic leader – Raed Salah
Israel spreads chemicals under Al-Aqsa Mosque to destroy it, on PA TV news
Terrorist who stabbed 76-year-old man glorified by Fatah official on PA TV

Israel Daily Picture: Bnei Brak, 2,000 Years Ago Home to Talmudic Scholars, Reborn in 1924 as an Agricultural Village, Today, an Ultra-Orthodox City
"Mentioned in the Book of Joshua, the town of Bnei Brak was well known in Talmudic days as home to the famous Rabbi Akiva (second century, CE). The town is also mentioned in the Passover Seder service as a meeting place for the leading rabbis of the Talmud."
Also, a very interesting NYT magazine account of the intrigue behind the Aleppo Codex (h/t CHA)

UAE photo contest website still excluding Israelis (UPDATE: FIAP withdrew patronage)

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Last week I reported on the Emirates Photo Competition (EPC), sponsored by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP). Both the cotest and the FIAP have strict anti-discriminatory rules.

And yet the EPC did not have a way for Israelis to register for the competition.

A number of my readers contacted the president of the FIAP, and he responded quickly with a very nice letter saying that

As this is a clear discrimination and an infringement with the FIAP rules, the FIAP Patronage Service wrote two hours ago an E-mail to the organiser telling him that he is formally requested within 24 hours to add all the countries including Israel to the drop down country list or to delete this list completely from the online entry form.

In case of refusal, the FIAP Patronage will immediately withdrawn.

That was Friday.

As of today, the EPC website still does not allow Israelis to register and it still claims it is under FIAP patronage. And the president of FIAP, Mr. Emile Wanderscheid, has not responded to emails asking him to update what he is doing about this.

Wanderscheids's email is e.wanderscheid@fiap.net . He also uses wanefiap@pt.lu . His response emails were copied to Jacky MARTIN (j.martin@fiap.net), Riccardo BUSI (busi.fiap@gmail.com), and "Willy A. Suys" (suyswill@pt.lu).

The director of the competition, who has also ignored all emails, is Mr. Bader Al Nomani, bader.alnomani@gmail.com .

FIAP's Facebook page might be a nice place to raise the issue as well.

It is entirely possible that FIAP is doing everything possible and that the EPC is ignoring them. There is no mention of this competition on the FIAP website. Really, the only thing FIAP can do it to announce publicly that EPC is violating its rules and to publicly demand a response.

UPDATE: Mr. Wanderscheid was true to his word; the patronage for this contest was withdrawn:


And the EPC site is now lying about the patronage.

Thanks for those who wrote in.

So what is the Multi-National Force in the Sinai doing? Nothing.

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:45 AM PDT

The mission of the MFO [Multi-National force and Observers) is to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace and employ best efforts to prevent any violation of its terms.

So where were they when people in Egyptian Army uniforms broke through the border between Egypt and Israel on Sunday night?

Judging from their website, nothing has happened of note in the Sinai since they received a sizable donation from Sweden in 2011.

But they have pretty good facilities:
The MFO does its best to provide for the education, welfare and recreation of all of its members. Education facilities and programs from several colleges and universities, postal services, internet and telephone services are available at both of our camps. Chaplains, medical and dental professionals are present at both camps. Should the need arise arrangements are also in place for treatment of serious illness or injury in cooperating regional hospitals.

›› Sports facilities are available to cater to most sports. The gymnasia at both camps are run by professional staffs, and are well equipped. At our northern camp is a swimming pool and in our southern camp a beach facility on the Red Sea.

›› The libraries at both camps contain a large selection of books and periodicals in all of the national languages represented in the Force. DVD's, videos and music CD's are also available for loan. Two Force Exchanges (FX) provide a range of necessities as well as sundry items, magazines, electronics and clothing at a reasonable prices.

›› The profits from the FX and MFO sponsored Clubs fund our morale support programs. Morale Support tour and travel programs offer a wide range of excursions and accommodations throughout Egypt and Israel. Feature films are shown in the theaters, and satellite TV/Radio stations provide programming from various sources and in several languages.

›› Beyond these activities directly supported by the MFO is a spontaneous and entirely welcome system of individual and contingent sponsored recreational activities and Contingent clubs.
And a magazine.

It is not a UN organization - but the MFO seems to be as bloated and useless as any UN agency is.

Saudi ministry requests imams stop praying for the destruction of Jews and Christians

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT

According to numerous Arab websites (including UPI Arabic), the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs sent out an alert to mosque imams not to pray for the destruction of Jews and Christians in their Friday sermons, noting that the "correct" prayers should be against "aggressors" only.

Apparently, religious incitement in Saudi mosques is so widespread that even the government has to get involved to tone it down.

And these are the "moderates."

Israel re-opens crossing, but Egypt keeps Rafah closed

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Who is besieging Gaza again?
According to various security and official sources, in his meetings with top security, intelligence and military aides this morning, Morsi had to succumb to their suggestions of imposing a tight security grip on the borders with Gaza.

Morsi reluctantly agreed to shut down the Rafah crossing point – the only non-Israeli controlled border for the otherwise enclosed and besieged Gaza.

The president had recently promised Hamas leaders, effectively in control of Gaza since 2007 away from the clout of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, to reduce the tough security measures on the borders between Gaza and the Egyptian territories. Today, these and other relevant promises would have to be at least suspended.
But meanwhile, in the state whose civilians were actually was the target for the terrorists at the crossing:
A day and a half after the attack, Israeli defense officials decided to reopen the Kerem Shalom border crossing.
Keep in mind that the Kerem Shalom crossing itself was under mortar attack in an apparent attempt to distract Israel from the terror attack from Egypt, which is one of the reasons Egypt concluded that the attack was coordinated by Gazans.

Gaza officials confirm  that Kerem Shalom is open today.

Egyptians protesting against Islamists, Gazans - and, of course, Israel

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:14 AM PDT

Ma'an reports:
Sinai tribes say they repeatedly warned the Egyptian government about a jihadi threat in the peninsula, before Sunday's attack which left 16 Egyptian police officers dead.

"Military intervention came late after we warned the Egyptian authorities about extremism and terrorism in Sinai, especially after the revolution," Sheikh Khalaf al-Maniei, from the Al-Sawarka tribe said Monday.

A deputy from the al-Fawakhreyeh tribe, Abed al-Hamid Salmi, told Ma'an's correspondent that Sinai tribes had met Egyptian intelligence officials on Monday.

"We know that there are Israeli plans to re-occupy parts of the Sinai as Israeli authorities seek to protect its state from terrorism," Salmi said.

"This might happen if the Egyptian army fails in fighting terrorism in the Sinai which will lead Israel to legitimately control all the way between Sinai and el-Arish. Therefore, we warned the Egyptian security from such plans, and we will protest, and will plan for a public uprising, as well as closing the Rafah crossing," he added.
Such protests are already happening, according to Palestine Press Agency:
A resident of Sheikh Zuwaid who refused to be named told the Agency: the people of El Arish and Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah, forced the Palestinians since yesterday to return to their homes and beat them.

Egyptian news sites said that protesters torched tires, yesterday, on the 'Arish Rafah' road east of Sheikh Zuwaid, in protest at the lack of deployment of police so far in the Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah areas since January 28 last year.

The protestors demanded the closure of tunnels under the border, and the opening of the Rafah crossing in for commercial traffic and the prosecution of law breakers.
But one protest was inevitable:
Dozens of members from Youth for Freedom and Justice, the April 6 Youth movement, and Kefaya, The Egyptian Movement for Change, organized a march to the home of the Israeli Ambassador in Maadi to protest the killing of 16 security officers near the Egyptian-Israeli border on Sunday afternoon.

The protesters called for the expulsion of the Ambassador and to punish those who perpetrated or colluded in the attack.

Officials from Egypt and Israel said the attackers belonged to extremist Islamist groups in Sinai, but Islamist politicians and observers in Egypt said they suspect that Israel was behind the incident.

The protesters chanted slogans against Israel and raised black banners that read "in mourning."
Because despite decades of Muslims killing other Muslims by the millions, it is always easier to blame the Jews.

UPDATE: Video of the anti-Israel protest:



At 1:20 they say "ya safir al khanazir" which means "the [Israeli] ambassador is a pig".

At 2:00 they chant "Khaybar Khaybar ya Yahūd, jaysh Muḥammad saya'ūd which translates to "Khaybar, Khaybar o Jews, the army of Muhammad will return".

(h/t Yoel)
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