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- Muslim Brotherhood tortures opponents, part 2
- Bonus Chanukah video: Yeshiva Boys Choir "Daddy Come Home"
- Trading girls in Yemen creates forced marriages
- Photos of Jews "desecrating" Temple Mount for Chanukah
- Israel lit up for the Festival of Lights
- Chanukah video night 5: Bubala Please
- Wednesday links
- "Rabin would have cancelled the Oslo accords and sent Arafat back to Tunisia"
- What do Jordan and Denmark have in common? Advising Jews to hide their Jewishness.
- More bad news from Egypt, including the beauty of chopping off hands
- Video of Gaza children imitating their terrorist heroes
- One "collaborator" murdered in Gaza only guilty of badmouthing Hamas
- Israeli Arab students score higher in tests than those from every Arab country
- Bonus Chanukah video - Racing Home (Aish)
Muslim Brotherhood tortures opponents, part 2 Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:00 AM PST I recently posted about a literal torture chamber run by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. That was only the tip of the iceberg: On 5 December, violent clashes raged for hours between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy, after the latter attacked a sit-in outside the presidential palace by protesters rejecting the constitutional declaration and a snap referendum on the constitution.Add torture and mob rule to the list of President Morsi's accomplishments in office. Morsi looks a lot like Mubarak, but without the ability to think past the 15th century. |
Bonus Chanukah video: Yeshiva Boys Choir "Daddy Come Home" Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:00 PM PST |
Trading girls in Yemen creates forced marriages Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:00 PM PST From Now (Lebanon): Exchange, or tradeoff, marriages provide a suitable solution to address the problem of high dowries and dire living conditions in Yemen. The idea sounds strange, more like a bartering of goods as in the past, except that goods are replaced by women in this case. Basically, whoever is unable to pay the dowry of the girl he wants marry has to offer his sister to be married to the bride's brother. Both men thus avoid paying dowries, while the bridegroom's sister is denied her right to choose her husband, or even her right to a dowry.The article goes on to say that this is against Islamic law. |
Photos of Jews "desecrating" Temple Mount for Chanukah Posted: 12 Dec 2012 05:30 PM PST Arab media is livid - as always - that Jews have the audacity to visit the site of the first and second Temples, especially during a holiday that celebrates the re-dedication of that same Temple. Qudsmedia notes - correctly - that the Jews are making visiting the site a daily occurrence, with the intent that it is considered a basic right and that Arabs would get used to it. The Muslims are bringing in lots of Muslim students from schools on field trips to strengthen their own presence there. More than sixty settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque before prayers Monday afternoon via the Mughrabi Gate, and organized a tour in various parts of the al-Aqsa mosque interspersed with performing some biblical and Talmudic rituals, all amid tight security by the occupation forces. They were storming collectively and in two batches, and an atmosphere of tension and anger to this intrusion and desecration prevailed, in the presence of hundreds of Muslim students in the project to revive interest in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.Here are a couple of photos of the evil Jewish desecrators, in what looks like a nice Chanukah field trip: |
Israel lit up for the Festival of Lights Posted: 12 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST |
Chanukah video night 5: Bubala Please Posted: 12 Dec 2012 02:30 PM PST |
Posted: 12 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST From Ian: California College Students Press for Hatred of Israel "After the California Assembly passed resolution HR 35, which "Calls upon officials of California public post secondary educational institutions to increase their efforts to condemn acts of anti-Semitism on their campuses," the University of California Students Association Board of Directors drafted a petition which opposes HR 35." Barry Rubin: A Turning Point in Egypt: Not on Direction But on the Speed of Islamist Transformation "President Mursi has rescinded much of his decree claiming total power right now. But he could accomplish much the same thing after the Constitution is confirmed and perhaps by forcing reinstatement of the parliament whose election was declared invalid by a court. At any rate, Mursi's concession has not quieted the demonstrations--another sign that concessions in the Middle East don't bring agreements--and so this crisis isn't going away. Abbas' Fatah Praises Hamas' Call For Israel's Demise "The Roman statesman Cato the Elder is remembered by history for concluding his speeches with the words, "Carthage must be destroyed." Today, the refrain from Hamas is that "Israel must be destroyed" – and Fatah wants to unite with them. The international response? Negotiations with Fatah/PA. Where the facts are so radically at variance with received wisdom, change comes hard and slow. But until Israel drops the politically correct pretense that the Abbas regime is a peace-maker, it is difficult to imagine this changing." FM, Livni slam world stance on Israel-Palestinian conflict Some world leaders would sacrifice Israel "without batting an eyelash," Liberman tells 'The Jerusalem Post' Diplomatic Conference; Livni: International community still equating IDF, terrorist casualties. Congressional letter urges Obama to shut PLO office "Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Howard Berman (D-Calif.), Edward Royce (R-Calif.) and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) are circulating the letter that says the lawmakers are "deeply disappointed and upset that the Palestinian leadership rebuffed the entreaties of your Administration and the Congress" by requesting non-member observer state status at the United Nations." IDF: Offices searched in Ramallah served terror IDF troops break into Women's Union, the Palestinian NGO Network and Addameer offices, confiscate computers. "The army carried out searches overnight of offices in Ramallah used by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization, an IDF spokeswoman said on Tuesday." IDF Defends Policy of Restraint Following Multiple Stone-Throwing Incidents "At a press briefing a senior IDF officer in the West Bank defended the army's policy of restraint. "The policy has led to safer roads and fewer casualties. Had we fired indiscriminately during the many protests surrounding Operation Pillar of Defense and shot at every 13-year-old stone thrower, then we would have seen the operation spill over to the West Bank," he said." BBC Watch: BBC sidesteps Hamas terrorism and oppression in order to advance a narrative "But no less disturbing to them should be the fact that a campaigning organization such as the ISM – the whole raison d'etre of which is to discredit, defame and destroy Israel – is capable of being more open and honest about Hamas oppression of women than the BBC." Another Star Soccer Play Denies Involvement With Anti-Israel Petition "Eden Hazard has denied any involvement with a petition released last Friday supporting Palestinian Arab groups and protesting the European Under 21 Championship, which is scheduled to be held in Israel next year. Obama planning direct talks with Iran; US will strike in 4-5 months if they don't bear fruit, Israeli TV report says Channel 10 News says US president keeping Israel out of the loop, holds Netanyahu personally responsible for leaks from UN reports "The channel's veteran diplomatic correspondent Emmanuel Rosen reported that President Barack Obama had decided to bypass Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and leave Israel out of the loop. Rosen said that Obama believed Netanyahu was personally behind a recent series of purported leaks from reports produced by the UN's International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) about the Iranian program." Iran: Proud of Our Support for Hamas and Islamic Jihad Iran boasts close relations with the terrorist organizations operating in Gaza, says the relations are better than ever. "Iran is continuing to boast close relations with the terrorist organizations operating in Gaza. Anti-Semitism 'doubled' after Middle East conflict Police have been asked to take "proactive measures" to prevent further anti-Semitic incidents across Britain, after November's Israel-Gaza clashes prompted a spike in anti-Semitism. "The Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Semitic incidents, suggested a possible doubling in the total number took place during one week in the London area as a result of violence in the Middle East." Dutch Jews slam sale of debris from Nazi camps Management claim revenues will be used for the sites' preservation "The Dutch Central Jewish Board condemned two recent incidents involving the sale by museums of debris from Nazi concentration camps. British PM Announces First 'Tech Envoy to Israel' British PM announced creation of a "tech envoy to Israel" as part of a move to encourage further co-ordination between the two countries. "Just last week the Tech Hub and UKTI brought over 19 Israeli tech companies over here to meet the best of British companies and investors. And I am delighted to announce today that we are appointing Saul Klein, someone with huge experience in early-stage investment, to be the UK's first tech envoy to Israel," Cameron continues. Israeli scientist awarded prestigious physics prize Zohar Komargodski recognized for his work on dynamics of four-dimensional field theories "This is the second consecutive year that a Weizmann Institute alumnus has received an award from the prestigious Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation. Last year, an inaugural Fundamental Physics Prize was awarded to Weitzmann graduate Nathan Seiberg, who is now also at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton." Israel's China challenge The world's second-largest economic power knows very little about Israel, although those who wish us ill have been telling it plenty. We should and can change that, and the sooner the better "Younger Chinese journalists, by contrast, are less focused on Palestinian cries of victimhood, unimpressed by the underdeveloped and failing Arab states, and more excited by the innovation and creativity of Israel. Set against that, though, is the party's traditional identification with the underdog, since China sees itself as constantly filling that role itself, whether in its relationship to the British, the West, and/or the Japanese. The Chinese recognize that Israel is tiny and outnumbered, but Israel has the US in its corner, so that leaves the Palestinians as underdogs. The IDF and the Mossad enjoy almost mythical status here, but again, that leaves the Palestinians as the weaker party." Navajo President Visits Israel, Lends Support Navajo Nation president arrived in Israel amid Hanukkah celebrations, to learn about the country's agricultural programs and tourism. Israel Daily Picture: Who Was the American Preacher Who Took This Rare 1859 Picture of the Western Wall? It was Mendel Diness who also took this photo of a derelict looking Dome of the Rock in 1859. Notice the weeds? Also: The day of the dhimmi is done New Fatah logo erases Israel The first war of national liberation How do goods get to Gaza? (IDF Blog) |
"Rabin would have cancelled the Oslo accords and sent Arafat back to Tunisia" Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:30 AM PST From Shmuel Hollander, former cabinet secretary under Yitzchak Rabin and Shimon Peres, in Ma'ariv (excerpted by MFA): The author, who served as Cabinet Secretary to the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his successor Shimon Peres, declares: "I have no doubt that if he had not been murdered, Yitzhak Rabin would have cancelled the Oslo accords and sent Arafat and his cohorts back to Tunisia," and adds: "I sobered up at that time, with great pain, from the vision of peace in which I believed and which crumbled before my eyes in the blood of innocent Jews."(h/t Yoel) |
What do Jordan and Denmark have in common? Advising Jews to hide their Jewishness. Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:00 AM PST From Times of Israel: The Jordanian Tourism Ministry on Wednesday warned Israeli visitors not to wear outwardly Jewish garb while visiting the Hashemite Kingdom and to avoid performing Jewish rituals during their stay.Here is the warning notice. It came as a result of Jordanians complaining about Jewish tourists acting too Jewish for refined Jordanian tastes. Good thing something like that could never happen in more civilized countries, right? Oh, wait: Israeli and Jewish officials in Denmark on Wednesday warned Jews to avoid openly wearing religious symbols and dress when moving about Copenhagen amid rising anti-Israeli sentiment. Avnon said that after the attack, a lower-ranking officer from Denmark's foreign ministry had called the embassy offering to pay for some of the damage to the building, but that otherwise official Denmark had not reacted to the incident. |
More bad news from Egypt, including the beauty of chopping off hands Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST From Reuters: An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting online an anti-Islam film that ignited Muslim protests around the world was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison, a court source saidAnd from MEMRI: Following are excerpts from an interview with Ahmad Al-Zind, chairman of the Egyptian Judges Club, which aired on Dream 2 TV on November 26, 2012: Also from MEMRI: Following are excerpts from a video featuring child preacher Muslim Sai'd, which was posted on the Internet on November 2, 2012: |
Video of Gaza children imitating their terrorist heroes Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:00 AM PST One can imagine that Hamas encourages this sort of play. Not only because it is a great recruiting tool for them, but also because they would love to see the IDF mistakenly blow these kids up. (h/t Israel Under Fire) |
One "collaborator" murdered in Gaza only guilty of badmouthing Hamas Posted: 12 Dec 2012 05:30 AM PST Al Majd, a website dedicated to protecting Gaza from Israeli intelligence, published the "confessions" of one of the "collaborators" who was gruesomely and publicly murdered during Pillar of Defense. But his "confession" does not contain any actionable intelligence. Instead, it reflects the typical skepticism and disillusionment of someone who sees corruption in his society. The "collaborator" was a taxi driver who would talk with his passengers about Hamas corruption. The "confession" includes his complaints about Suha Arafat stealing a fortune and spending it in Paris, Hamas stealing and storing fuel for its own purposes while Gazans went without, blaming Hamas for the blockade of Gaza, criticism of the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, Hamas stealing money, the pointlessness of the 2009 Gaza war, Hamas indifference to the fate of ordinary Gazans, and Hamas importing luxury cars only for their own members. The charge is that the driver was spreading rumors on the orders of Israeli intelligence. According to the site, he confessed. And, the article concludes, "the resistance has delivered justice to this spy during the battle of shale stones." In March, Hamas arrested dozens of taxi drivers for "spreading rumors" about the fuel crisis in Gaza. No doubt every disgruntled Gazan is a spy for Israel, because everyone knows it is really a paradise. |
Israeli Arab students score higher in tests than those from every Arab country Posted: 12 Dec 2012 02:46 AM PST From JPost: Israeli students from all sectors of society registered dramatic increases in test scores in all subjects, the Education Ministry announced Tuesday.Arab media, predictably, is emphasizing the gap between Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking students, saying that this shows that the Israeli education system favors Jews over Arabs. This is indeed a concern, and one that Israel seems to be taking seriously - if not, why did the Arabic-speaking students improve as well? But looking at the actual scores from the Arabic-speaking students alone shows another fact: Across the board, Israeli Arabs scored higher than their counterparts in Arab countries. In reading, fourth grade Israeli Arabs scored 479 (vs. 568 for Hebrew-speakers.) But no Arab country scored higher - UAE 439, Saudi Arabia 430, Qatar 425, Oman 391. In science, eighth grade Israeli Arabs scored 481 (520 for Hebrew speakers.) Compare to UAE 465, Bahrain 452, Jordan 449, Morocco 376 - and the PA with 420. In math, eighth grade Israeli Arabs scored 465 (vs. 536 for Hebrew speakers.) Compare that to UAE 456, Lebanon 449, Morocco 391, Oman 366 - and the PA with 404. So yes, there is a gap within Israel, and one that the Education Ministry is addressing. But isn't it interesting that Arabs are more upset over the gap within Israel and don't care at all about the gap between Arabs in Israel and the abysmal performance by Arabs outside Israel? When you live in a society where blaming others is more important than improving yourselves, one can expect both this type of reaction and many more decades of poor scores by students in Arab countries. After all, can you imagine an initiative in Arab countries to copy the Israeli educational model and curricula in order to improve their own scores? (h/t Yoel) |
Bonus Chanukah video - Racing Home (Aish) Posted: 12 Dec 2012 01:00 AM PST |
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