Elder of Ziyon Daily News |  |
- Bonus Chanukah video 1: We're lighting the menorah (Reishit Yerushalayim)
- A challenge to "moderate Arabs"
- Chanukah video night 2: Technion's Rube Goldberg machine
- Jordan farmers proud that they aren't exporting many olives to Israel
- Sunday links
- A very Hamas Hanukkah (video)
- Today's lies from Time's Karl Vick
- Gazans upset at people dumping garbage in cemetery. But rockets from cemeteries are OK.
- Baby boom: Gazans name their child after Fajr rockets
| Bonus Chanukah video 1: We're lighting the menorah (Reishit Yerushalayim) Posted: 09 Dec 2012 08:00 PM PST I already have videos queued for every night, but I hadn't seen this one. So here's the first bonus video for Chanukah this year. (I'm only posting videos that were released this year.) (h/t Josh R)            |
| A challenge to "moderate Arabs" Posted: 09 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Is there any citizen of any Arab country who would publicly say, using his or her real name, anything negative about this photo of a baby wearing the headband of the Qassam Brigades terrorist group?  I have not yet found a single negative op-ed about Hamas in any Arabic-language media, except for tose that translate Hebrew articles, and one from a Shiite website upset that Meshal didn't thank Iran or Syria. So where are you, the so-called moderate Arabs? Where are the articles distancing yourselves from Hamas? Where are the people who are livid at the brainwashing of babies to learn terror? Where are the TV interviews with people skeptical about what Hamas can accomplish to help out ordinary Palestinian Arabs' lives? Where are you? (photo h/t JM) UPDATE: TOI actually published a Kuwaiti article critical of Hamas today, the exception that proves the rule. (h/t Pedro)       |
| Chanukah video night 2: Technion's Rube Goldberg machine Posted: 09 Dec 2012 02:30 PM PST       |
| Jordan farmers proud that they aren't exporting many olives to Israel Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:30 PM PST From Ammon News: In 2009, Jordan was exporting between 250-300 tons of olives to Israel a day. Last September, Jordanian farmers called to halt all olive exports to Israel.       |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:00 AM PST From Ian: Abbas' Suit and Tie Has Same End as Arafat's Pistol: Violence Abbas' unity with Hamas already has spawned violence. Woman hurt by rock before the Sabbath. PA lets Hamas run loose. "Abbas has cashed in the chips he has been stockpiling ever since he took over after Yasser Arafat died eight years ago last month. Replacing Arafat's pistol on the hip and his black-and white checkered kefiyah with a suit and tie, he built up an image as a "peace partner," convincing the United States to force the Sharon, Olmert and Netanyahu governments to make "good will concessions" towards a "final status" solution to PA demands." Palestine's strangely stubborn state of mind "The UN vote upgrading the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to a non-member state with observer status has done nothing to move the cause of Palestinian statehood forward. Instead, it repeats the old adage of Palestinian history: rather than seeking compromise with Israel, Palestinian leaders have again put the fate of their cause into the hands of others, foolishly believing that others will deliver what they themselves are not capable of obtaining." Pundit: Did Haaretz Make Up Crisis with Britain? Uri Elitzur of Makor Rishon asks if report Britain may cancel trade agreements with Israel was Haaretz's idea. "Uri Elitzur, a deputy editor and writer at the Hebrew newspaper Makor Rishon whose columns also appear on Maariv, has speculated that reports regarding a possible cancellation of the British-Israeli trade agreement were made up by Haaretz." Two scenarios in which Syria unleashes the world's first use of chemical weapons in 30 years Neither instance is likely — yet both involve civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence "The first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regime, would order chemical attacks — either as a limited demonstration to the rebels of his willingness to use the internationally banned weapons, or in a large-scale offensive designed to turn the tide of a conflict that already has killed an estimated 40,000. Syrian rebels claim new video shows victims of chemical attack Israeli special forces reportedly operating on the ground in Syria, monitoring chemical weapons stockpile How close did Israel just come to its own Cuban missile crisis? "Hundreds of Iranian-made, long-range missiles already smuggled into Gaza provided a secret sense of urgency behind Israel's recent campaign against Hamas, and the the Jewish state acted with the Obama administration's full knowledge, intelligence experts told FoxNews" Iranian warships dock in Sudan for second time, angering Saudis Presence of vessels is part of ongoing cooperation between the two countries, says Sudanese military spokesman "Though Saudi Arabia has not officially commented on the warships, the kingdom's pro-government daily Al-Riyadh warned that Sudan was risking its relationship with Gulf states. Iran claims Azeri drones are plying its border under Israel's watchful eye Israel and Azerbaijan signed a $1.4 billion arms deal in February "Azerbaijan in October denied reports that it had agreed to allow Israel to use its territory as a staging ground for a possible attack on Iran. Also in October, 22 people were sentenced behind closed doors to lengthy jail-terms in Baku for assisting Iranian agents in plotting terror attacks against US and Israeli targets in Azerbaijan." Italy Stops Weapons Shipment to Gaza Following a tip from Israel, Italian police seize a shipment of weapons intended for Egypt with a final destination of Gaza. "The weapons, which included a rocket launcher among other things, were part of a shipment that was supposed to go on an Egyptian ship which has been detained by local authorities, reported ANSA. The container in which the weapons were found was part of a shipment of five containers, and the four remaining containers are currently being examined by the Italian customs authorities." Italian deputy calls for EU ban of Hezbollah Fiamma Nirenstein submits resolution to parliamentary committee calling on Italian FM to urge EU to list Hezbollah as terror group. "The resolution bases the call to blacklist Hezbollah on a number of factors, including the July 18 bus attack in the seaside resort of Burgas, Bulgaria, which killed five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver, and wounded 32 other Israelis. American and Israeli intelligence officials attributed the explosion to a joint Iran-Hezbollah operation." Navy Prepares to Defend Gas Rig If Hizbullah carries out threats to attack Israeli rig, it will meet a well-prepared naval force. UN passes Israeli resolution on 'entrepreneurship development' 129 states back campaign to promote development and reduce poverty by encouraging entrepreneurship, despite efforts by Arab states to thwart it "Concerning the Arab states' opposition to the resolution, Prosor stated that these states had, to his regret, "chosen once again to struggle against a move that was meant to aid them, just because Israel was the one standing behind it." Friends of the IDF gala raises $14 million More than 1,400 FIDF supporters and dignitaries from around the globe gather to express support for the soldiers, citizens of Israel. "The participants at the gala included Gershon, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison; Guess cofounders Maurice and Paul Marciano; Israeli military attaché to the US and Canada Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Ayash; FIDF National Chairman Nily Falic; FIDF National President Julian Josephson; Hollywood film producer Meir Tepper and his wife, Katya; Israeli actresses Noa Tishby and Moran Atias; and Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren and American actor Robert Forster." Righteous Gentile Raoul Wallenberg to Have Street Named After Him in Brooklyn Aboriginal activist's anti-Nazi stand remembered Members of the Aboriginal and Jewish communities have observed the anniversary of a unique protest in Melbourne. "Seventy-four years ago Aboriginal activist William Cooper and his colleagues at the Australian Aborigines League tried to hand a resolution to the German consul-general condemning the Nazis' persecution of the Jews." Study of Holocaust mandated for schools THE study of the Holocaust will become compulsory for all NSW school students in years 9 and 10 after a lobbying campaign by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies prompted the state government to include it in the syllabus. With EPOS Purchase, Qualcomm Reveals Growing Presence in Israel "Qualcomm operates an advanced wireless communications R&D center in Haifa that founder Irwin Jacobs established almost 20 years ago. Qualcomm now has about 270 employees in Israel—which represents a 50 percent increase since 2010." A 'vaccine' to boost global food production A revolutionary new seed treatment from Morflora could improve the world's agricultural output, without the need for worrying genetic engineering.       |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:15 AM PST This video is at least as bizarre as the Chanukah video I made last year. And I'm sure some idiots will misinterpret it. But....what the hell. After I made this, I saw this photo from Gaza.  Notice the pattern on the tiles!       |
| Today's lies from Time's Karl Vick Posted: 09 Dec 2012 07:30 AM PST From Time (paywalled): After Statehood Bid, 'Doomsday'We have already shown that it doesn't chop the West Bank in half, that the Clinton parameters were much more expansive than this plan, and that the most liberal Israelis accept that Maaleh Adumim would be a part of Israel in any peace plan. Karl Vick doesn't mention that Daniel Seidemann is hardly an unbiased "geography specialist." Seidemann has founded at least two one-sided European-funded NGOs against any Israeli building in Jerusalem, Ir Amim and Terrestrial Jerusalem. Using Seidemann's loaded term of "Doomsday" to describe the building in the headline is more than irresponsible - it betrays Time's bias. Beyond that, while Israel has postponed building on E-1 in recent years, it never promised any administration that it would never build there as Vick implies. Moreover, there is zero reason that the E1 plan would end the possibility of a two state solution. Just because Palestinian Arabs pretend that they cannot have a state without arbitrary preconditions doesn't mean it is true. That simple fact eludes essentially everyone in the media. Yet another item to add to the ever-growing list of reasons that Karl Vick is an anti-Israel idiot.       |
| Gazans upset at people dumping garbage in cemetery. But rockets from cemeteries are OK. Posted: 09 Dec 2012 05:30 AM PST Palestine Today has an article about Gazans who are outraged at a cemetery being used as a garbage dump:   Nearby residents in the Shijaia neighborhood are complaining about the smell, the possibility of disease and the desecration of the dead. It is, they say, "an affront to Islamic sensibilities." Yet in what may be the very same cemetery in same neighborhood, there is no record of residents complaining when the cemetery was used as a site for launching rockets to Israel: Apparently, using a cemetery for terrorism isn't an affront to Islamic sensibilities.       |
| Baby boom: Gazans name their child after Fajr rockets Posted: 09 Dec 2012 02:56 AM PST From MEMRI: Following are excerpts from a TV report on the naming of a newborn infant in Gaza, which aired on Al-Manar TV on November 28, 2012.This is a good followup to my piece on the Arab honor/shame culture from Friday. That post stirred a great deal of comment on Reddit.       |
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