יום ראשון, 4 בנובמבר 2012

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Posted: 03 Nov 2012 08:59 PM PDT

From Ian:
Rabin's last Knesset speech by Dore Gold
When Rabin began detailing his map he began with what meant most to him: "First and foremost a united Jerusalem ... as the capital of Israel, under Israeli sovereignty." In 1994, he concluded the "Washington Declaration" with King Hussein, which stated that Israel "respects the present role of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Muslim Holy Shrines in Jerusalem." It added that "when negotiations on the permanent status will take place, Israel will give high priority to the Jordanian historic role in these shrines."

School text book that mixed up Jews and Muslims withdrawn
A error-strewn school religious studies text book has been withdrawn after mixing up Jews and Muslims.
"Staff at the Jewish Free School, in Kenton, North West London, have issued GCSE pupils with a list of corrections. One angry parent of a JFS pupil told the Jewish Chronicle newspaper: "The textbook contains countless errors and general, confused assertions about Judaism. The factual errors are laughably bad."A section headed 'Reform Judaism' in fact talks about the practice of Orthodox Jews. A picture of a person kneeling in prayer, described as a Jew, is in fact a Muslim, while a picture of Jews ostensibly at a Seder table, is a Shabbat meal."

Abbas: No justification for Gaza rocket attacks
In Channel 2 interview, PA president denounces Hamas, firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel; denies Fayyad resignation.
"Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel in an interview with Channel 2 that aired in its entirety Friday night. The comments could deepen a rift between the PA and Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip and remains committed to terrorism as a tactic in its fight against Israel.
"There is no justification for rockets from Gaza or anywhere else," Abbas said. "Rockets attacks are in vain because they do not bring peace any closer."

Senior Palestinian official says UN upgrade will lead to suing Israel for 'its crimes'
Nabil Shaath, of Abbas's Fatah party, claims nonmember status bid will receive 'overwhelming' support
"Shaath's belligerent remarks were in stark contrast to the conciliatory tone struck by Abbas in an interview televised Friday on Israel's Channel 2, where he declared his willingness to restart peace negotiations."

Haniyeh blasts Abbas over moderate remarks in Israel TV interview
Hamas PM says PA president's statement that he does not have the right to live in Safed, where he was born, is 'extremely dangerous'

UNRWA teachers in Jordan refuse to teach Holocaust
Refusal comes after the UN's Palestinian refugee agency said Holocaust studies would become part of the elementary school syllabus.
"It's impossible that I would teach my students about the so-called Holocaust. UNRWA is planning to impose this on us, but we refuse to teach the history of our eternal enemies," he insisted to The Media Line.

'Gaza Ark' flotilla set to break blockade from inside
A ship attempting to break the blockade on the Gaza Strip is set to sail from inside Gaza, taking goods to international markets in the early months of 2013, Ma'an News Agency quoted a Red Crescent official as saying on Friday.

Turkish PM in talks with Hamas to visit Gaza
Erdogan would become second head of state to visit Strip since Hamas takeover in 2007

Syrians choose war over Jordan Zaatari refugee camp
The Zaatari camp in northern Jordan was meant to be a place of refuge for 30,000 Syrians. But every day, dozens are choosing to leave the safety of Jordan and make the perilous journey back into the war zone.
"This place of refuge has become the setting for an increasingly ugly battle between Syrian refugees and their Jordanian hosts. Demonstrations inside the camp have, on at least one occasion, turned violent, prompting an exodus back into Syria."

UK Raises Terror Level Threat in Egypt

Iranians mark 33rd anniversary of US embassy seizure
Students in Tehran chant 'death to Israel,' call Obama Jerusalem's 'loyal dog'; Revolutionary Guard commander urges Washington to stop supporting the 'usurper Zionist regime'

Pelosi holds secret fundraiser with Islamists, Hamas-linked groups
Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi headlined a high-dollar fundraiser in May that was attended by U.S.-based Islamist groups and individuals linked by the U.S. government to the Hamas jihad group and to the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood movement.

West Bank security barrier to be adorned with pro-Israel art
As part of initiative, Israeli artists and schoolchildren will paint pictures on Israeli side of barrier depicting terrorist attacks that originated in Palestinian Authority-controlled areas • Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli Edelstein: From PR standpoint, security barrier has been a burden for Israel.

Egyptians blaming "Zionists" for El Arish police murders

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:52 PM PDT

From Al Ahram:
Three policemen were reported killed of gunshot wounds and three others injured during an armed assault by unknown assailants on Saturday in Al-Arish, in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

A medical source from Al-Arish hospital said that six policemen were admitted to the hospital at 3:00pm Saturday.

According to a security source, the assault is believed to be in response to the killing of three men by police in Sinai last week.

Sinai, on the border with Israel, has been witnessing increasing violence in the past months with recurring clashes between security forces and militants.

Bedouins living in the Sinai Peninsula have had long-standing grievances with Egyptian police and have long complained of government neglect.
But Arabic media know who the culprits are!

Egypt's Youm7, and other Arabic media, claim that "witnesses" say that the gunmen were "Zionists." Their proof? Because the shooters had cars and heavy weapons.

I guess that they looked Jewish.

UNRWA affirms it will continue to quote the Quran in ceremonies

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:00 PM PDT

UNRWA opened up a new school in Gaza that was funded by Bahrain last week.

During the opening ceremonies, journalists noted that UNRWA omitted public recitation of verses from the Quran, as well as the Palestinian Arab national anthem, as is usual in these events. UNRWA, stung by the charges, responded that this was a technical error, and of course they will continue to recite verses from the Quran in their activities in the territories.

UNRWA's educational vision supposedly endorses "religious tolerance." How can than be possible when only one religion is a source for recitations at official UNRWA events?

Then again, UNRWA has been proven to do far worse than that at their schools in Gaza, and when they were called on it, they simply erased the evidence.

By the way, here is a computer lab at the new school in Gaza:


For a territory supposedly teetering on the brink of starvation, this seems a bit lavish - much nicer than the computer labs at many Jewish private schools I've seen.

But you won't hear any Gazans protesting that money is being spent on computers instead of food - because there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and it hasn't had one since Egypt administered the area.

Abbas explicitly affirms the "right of return," says Israel might assassinate him

Posted: 03 Nov 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Mahmoud Abbas has explicitly affirmed that he in no way, shape or form was weakening the long-standing Palestinian Arab demand to destroy Israel demographically using the bogus "right of return" in an interview on Israeli TV on Thursday. After much criticism from Arabs across the board, he said, as  I predicted, that he was only speaking about his own personal position, but not about the bogus "right" as a whole.

The PA's official WAFA news agency reports that Abbas claims that his words in the interview were taken out of context. He then said that "my talk about Safed was my personal position, but it does not mean a waiver of the right of return. No one can waive the right of return, all international texts and resolutions of Arab and Islamic states speak of 'a just and agreed solution on the issue of refugees in accordance with UN Resolution 194', and the words 'agreed' means the agreement must be made with the Israeli side."

He said that the so-called "right of return" would be put to a referendum to Palestinian Arabs who have been brainwashed for generations that they have such a right, and who have been refused citizenship in most Arab countries based on their own explicit discrimination against them, making such a referendum a fait accompli.

Abbas stressed that "the issue of refugees is sacred."

Abbas also claimed that Israel might consider assassinating him "like what happened with the late martyr Abu Ammar [Yasir Arafat.]"

Now, will the media that fell over themselves to report Abbas was showing new flexibility correct themselves now that Abbas has proven that he has once again not changed the official PLO position one bit since 1988?

Yeah, right.
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