Elder of Ziyon Daily News

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• Hamas poster contest entries
• Documenting the massive Veolia #BDSFail
• Egypt wants Interpol to enforce Sharia
• Get psyched: Here are the Thursday links!
• Muslim chant "Death to Jews!" on the Champs Elysées (video)
• Contest: Make the best terrorist sign
• Report: Assad has plans to transfer WMD to Hezbollah
• Female prisoner swapped for Shalit tries to set herself on fire
• Iran admits lying to the IAEA about its nuclear program
• More Charlie Hebdo Mohammed cartoons

Hamas poster contest entries Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT Four intrepid EoZ readers decided to enter the terrorist poster contest: From LBS From AA From DG From SG survey solutions

Documenting the massive Veolia #BDSFail Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:30 PM PDT From a report by Christian Middle East Watch: ★ In 2000 Veolia Transport became a minority shareholder in the consortium contracted to plan, build and operate a light rail transport system (LRT) in Jerusalem, running from the west to the north-east of the city, its route crossing the 1949 armistice line between Israeli and Jordanian forces. The LRT had been conceived following the Oslo Accords of 1993, as a means to bring together the Arab and Jewish populations of the city and to encourage growth and more efficient public transport. ★ Since its participation in the light rail consortium, Veolia has been the target in several countries of groups representing the Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In Britain, one aspect of this campaigning has been to pressure local councils and joint authorities to refuse to allow Veolia to bid for contracts or to reject bids submitted by Veolia (or even to terminate existing contracts). Councillors and councils are fully aware that, under UK regulations, they must not allow political considerations to affect commercial decisions in the bidding process. ★ In order to evaluate the true results of the BDS Veolia campaign in the face of dramatic claims of success at every turn, we sent freedom of information (FOI) requests to 18 councils that (a) had been the subject of a local BDS anti-Veolia campaign, and/or (b) had recently either accepted or rejected a Veolia bid for a future contract, and/or (c) were due to consider a Veolia bid in the near future, and/or (d) had voted on an anti-Veolia resolution, and/or (e) were the subject of claims of success by the BDS movement. Our FOI requests revealed that every one of these contracts was decided on straight commercial grounds and that political considerations were not applied in rejection of Veolia's bids. ★ Our research included 17 situations where BDS campaigns had pressured local authorities to break their legal obligations in spending public money by asking them to deny Veolia the opportunity to bid for contracts or even to break existing contractual arrangements. We found that the BDS campaigns had failed in every case to achieve their aims. ★ The BDS campaign against Veolia has clearly failed and the main reason why is not hard to find. Any decision by a local authority to reject a commercial bid by Veolia on political grounds would be illegal; and even though the movement has tried to get round that by alleging "grave misconduct" on Veolia's part (an exception under EU procurement regulations), council lawyers are highly unlikely to advise that participation in a legitimate light railway project in another country is an act of "grave misconduct". ★ Furthermore, since Veolia never held more than a 5% stake in the LRT consortium and sold that stake in 2010, there is even less point in continuing to wage an empty and doomed campaign against a company no longer holding even a tiny financial stake in the project. The campaigners clearly sought to exploit Veolia's commercial dependence on UK public sector contracts, but have been defeated by the strict regulations governing the local authority bidding process. ★ In order to cover up its defeat, the BDS extremists have been reduced to constant repetition of the mantra that Veolia is "losing" contracts "following" BDS campaigns: a charade which this paper exposes. The upshot is - BDSers are lying again, and did not succeed in forcing Veolia to lose a single contract. Big surprise. There is something else I just noticed. You know how the BDSers always say that "Palestinian civil society" calls for their boycotts? I've discussed many times how most of the groups that signed on to the original BDS call were tiny groups (many of whom probably no longer exist) and many are not even from "Palestine." But if you look at the original 2005 call for BDS, you see something interesting: We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call, for the sake of justice and genuine peace. This appears to be a call for direct boycotts against Israel, not secondary boycotts against those who do business in Israel  - like Veolia. Now, who did support secondary (and tertiary) boycotts against Israel? The Arab League, continuing their policy of boycotting Jewish businesses since 1922! The current BDS campaign didn't start in 2005 - it started as a purely anti-semitic initiative before Israel was born, and there is a straight line between the old Arab boycott of Jewish businesses, to the Arab boycott of Israel before "occupation," to the BDS movement today.

Egypt wants Interpol to enforce Sharia Posted: 20 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT Egypt Independent reports: An Egyptian Interpol official said Wednesday that theoffice sought the issuance of a red bulletin, an international wanted persons alert, against the eight defendants implicated in producing an amateur film that denigrates Islam and Prophet Mohamed. "The warrant of arrest was issued [in Egypt] against the defendants after the prosecutor accused them of committing crimes harming the unity of the nation and defamation of the Islamic religion," said the head of Egypt's Interpol office, Brigadier General Magdy al-Shafei. He added that his office had asked its counterpart in the US to arrest the defendants. While the US has condemned the film as reprehensible, it is unlikely the American government would prosecute the filmmakers given protections for free speech and expression in that country. Then again, this wouldn't be the first time that Islamist countries used Interpol to persecute those who insult Islam.

Get psyched: Here are the Thursday links! Posted: 20 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT From Ian: Barry Rubin Romney Tells the Key Truth Needed to Comprehend the Israel-Palestinian Conflict "So, of course, Romney was correct in what he said. Indeed, he was merely stating the obvious. In the current upside-down era, telling the truth is heresy, or at least there are powerful establishment figures who try to make it seem so. What's most important here, though, is not just this specific statement or this particular issue but a basic principle absolutely vital to the survival of the United States: If we are barred from recognizing the nature of our problems we will surely find no solutions." Friedman has a broken clock moment: Look in Your Mirror by Thomas Friedman "They might want to look at the chauvinistic bile that is pumped out by some of their own media — on satellite television stations and Web sites or sold in sidewalk bookstores outside of mosques — insulting Shiites, Jews, Christians, Sufis and anyone else who is not a Sunni, or fundamentalist, Muslim. There are people in their countries for whom hating "the other" has become a source of identity and a collective excuse for failing to realize their own potential." Are Radical Imams Going to Redefine Freedom of Speech? by Alan M. Dershowitz "Individuals have the right to pick and choose which expressions to condemn, which to praise and which to say nothing about. Governments, however, must remain neutral as to the content of expression. And governments must protect the rights of all to express even the most despicable of views. Finally, the international community must use its collective power to apprehend and punish anyone who commits violence in reaction to expressions with which they disagree. Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence." Mideast carnage: Appeasement and history's lessons By ISI LEIBLER "Today, the forces of Islamic extremism are testing our resolve to stand up and resist their efforts to globally extend their evil totalitarian ideology. If we continue burying our heads in the sand and minimizing the threat emanating from these barbaric reincarnations of the Dark Ages, we will be paving the way for our children to inherit a world which has reversed the great advances of Western civilization, especially the Judeo-Christian heritage." The Peace Process: View from the West Bank by Hisham Jarallah "The actions and words of Abbas and his aides over the past three years prove beyond any doubt that they have chosen to abandon the path of peace in favor of a huge diplomatic effort to delegitimize Israel in the eyes of the international community. Romney should be commended for understanding that the conflict in the Middle East is not over a settlement or a checkpoint. Rather, this is a conflict over the very existence of Israel. In the Arab and Islamic world, there is still a majority of people who have not come to terms with Israel's right to exist. Unlike Barack Obama, Romney appears to have understood where the real problem lies." PCC rules that Guardian's Conal Urquhart 'significantly misled' readers in flotilla story "The Guardian's initial coverage of the 2010 incident was as obsessive as it was one-sided, and included 71 separate pieces published in the first four days following the incident – most of which was based on the presumption that the passengers were innocent victims of Israeli aggression. Urquhart's grossly misleading claim – running interference for violent IHH terrorist peratives - was thoroughly consistent with the Guardian's ongoing ideologically motivated script regarding Israel's immutable guilt." The Attacks on Israelis You Won't Read About Anywhere Else, September 9-13 IAF kills Hamas operatives in Gaza airstrike Army Radio says targets were planning major terrorist attack Firebombing of kosher store outside Paris injures four Motives of two men, dressed in black, who tossed Molotov cocktail into Sarcelles supermarket are still unclear. Libyan preacher urges followers to 'detonate wrath' against West for anti-Islam film Call in Benghazi mosque for economic boycott of West, and for 'Allah to destroy' Christians and Jews, comes days after mob kills US ambassador, torches consulate in city. Pakistani man accused of blasphemy for not protesting Muhammad film A Pakistani businessman who declined to take part in protests over an anti-Islam film now faces charges of blasphemy, which in Pakistan carries a death sentence. Pakistan declares Friday a day of protest against anti-Islam film Hebrew U — now anytime, anywhere, and for free Israel's premier higher education institution will be enrolling students from around the world over the Internet Also: 18 Palestinians killed in Damascus Eli Lake: Who's Sabotaging Iran's Nuclear Program? The chief of Iran's nuclear program says the power lines to his nuclear facilities were sabotaged. U.S. Special Forces have trained for operations inside Iran for years. Do these latest disclosures suggest they are already on the ground? David Keyes: Hamas Advances Peace How unfortunate that many will try to drown out the great news about Hamas by using logic, reason, fact and sensibility. They are missing the point: Hamas may be stopping rocket fire and that cannot be bad. If Hamas wanted war, it would wage war. Can anyone think of an example when a regime bided its time waiting until the right moment to attack? Besides Germany in 1938, Japan in 1941, North Korea in 1950, the Soviet Union in 1956, Egypt and Syria in 1973, Iraq in 1990, Gaza in 2009 and a few hundred other cases, I can't think of a single one! EJP: EU parliament committee vote on Israeli pharmaceuticals is step towards EU ACAA agreement Warnings ahead of Yom Kippur War did not reach prime minister (h/t Yoel) Israel's team of American (Jewish) ringers beats South Africa in the World Baseball Classic Commentary notes what I've been saying for years - the PA budget crisis is because of Gaza, not Israel

Muslim chant "Death to Jews!" on the Champs Elysées (video) Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:30 AM PDT From a Muslim rally in Paris earlier this week: Dozens of times they chant "Khaybar, Khaybar al-Yahud" (the traditional implicit threat to kill Jews the way Mohammed did in Khaybar) and, more explicitly, "Tuer les juifs!" ("Kill the Jews!") All of this happened before a grenade was thrown in a kosher supermarket in Paris. But French imams are calling on the government to protect Muslims from violence. Because, you see, there must be lots of other rallies in France calling for "death to Muslims," and bombs thrown into Halal grocery stores, that somehow escaped the media's attention.

Contest: Make the best terrorist sign Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT Yesterday, I posted this incongruous photo: Very quickly, I saw that someone Photoshopped it, improving it somewhat: So can anyone do better? Here's my attempt to get the ball rolling (and the New Year started off right): I know you guys can do better than that!

Report: Assad has plans to transfer WMD to Hezbollah Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:30 AM PDT From Al Arabiya: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would transfer the chemical weapons to the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, a Syrian defected general told the Times of London. Former Syrian general turned defector, Major-General Adnan Sillu, said that aside from plans to transfer weapons to Hezbollah, Syria had planned to use chemical weapons on the Syrian people, "as a last resort," a report on the Israeli online edition of Haaretz said, quoting the Times. "We were in a serious discussion about the use of chemical weapons, including how we would use them and in what areas," Sillu said. "We discussed this as a last resort -- such as if the regime lost control of an important area such as Aleppo," the General was quoted as saying. The German weekly Der Spiegel on Monday claimed that Syria tested delivery systems for chemical weapons at the end of August. "Five or six empty shells devised for delivering chemical agents were fired by tanks and aircraft, at a site called Diraiham in the desert near the village of Khanasir," east of the city of Aleppo, Der Spiegel reported. The Safira research center in question is regarded as Syria's largest testing site for chemical weapons. It is officially referred to as a "scientific research center." Iranian officers, believed to be members of the Revolutionary Guards, were flown in by helicopter for the testing, according to the witness statements cited. Scientists from Iran and North Korea are said to work in the expansive, fenced-off complex. According to Western intelligence agencies, they produce deadly chemical agents such as sarin and mustard gas. If Assad feels desperate enough to use chemical weapons against Syrians in a last ditch effort, it seems likely that he would want to shoot a few rockets with chemical warheads towards Israel as well, to try to rally support. Most Arabs would cheer such a move, after all. By the way, the Al Arabiya article was illustrated with this really good infographic, but I cannot find a larger version:

Female prisoner swapped for Shalit tries to set herself on fire Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:45 AM PDT Arabic media is reporting: Freed prisoner Abeer Awda, 30, attempted to burn herself on the lighthouse roundabout in downtown Ramallah, in protest against the difficult economic conditions and the laws adopted by the Palestinian government on tax and price hikes. Palestinian police Palestinian at the scene prevented her self-immolation after she poured gasoline on herself. Awad is an officer in the National Security Service for the Ministry of Interior in the Palestinian government in Ramallah, after she was released in the prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel for the soldier kidnapped by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, Gilad Shalit. I think it would be much more effective if hundreds of the terrorists swapped for Shalit all decided to set themselves on fire simultaneously. Now, that would be a progressive protest!

Iran admits lying to the IAEA about its nuclear program Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT But I thought that lying was against sharia law! The mullahs would never allow this! Iran has been systematically providing false information to the International Atomic Energy Agency because it has been infiltrated by intelligence agencies keeping tabs on Iran's nuclear program, Iran's Atomic Energy Vice President Fereydoun Abbasi Davani has admitted. Abbasi Davani, who heads the Iranian delegation taking part in the 56th session of the agency in Vienna, made the revelation in an interview with the Al-Hayat newspaper. "The IAEA says it gets its information from the intelligence services belonging to the member states, and we monitor and followed up seven years ago activities of the British foreign intelligence service [MI6], which gathered information for people, which then exposed [Iranian nuclear scientists] to assassination at the hands of Zionist intelligence agents. Some of the information provided by the agency related to these events. For our part, we sometimes gave false information to protect our nuclear sites and our interests. This inevitably misled other intelligence agencies," Davani told Al-Hayat. Does this mean that the "anti-nuclear fatwa" might be a lie too? Allah forbid!

More Charlie Hebdo Mohammed cartoons Posted: 20 Sep 2012 02:28 AM PDT Besides the ones I posted yesterday, here are some of the others that is causing France to close embassies: "With my new iPhone 5 with 4" screen you can see clearly that they've insulted the prophet!" Problem teenager - He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't take drugs, he doesn't screw - "My son is a Salafist!!!" Riots in the Arab countries ... after publication of the photos of Madame Mohammed Salafist stupidity - Any pretext is good! "Another insulting representation of our prophet!" Stop kidding around about Mohammed! "I'm a Jew!" Mohammed reduces unemployment among young people - there are lots of new film critics A film about Islam triggers the rage of the fundamentalists - "Show us an intelligent film and we start World War III!" There are a few more that are somewhat more scatalogical.  (h/t Ishai, translation h/t Islam vs. Europe)

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