יום שבת, 15 בדצמבר 2012

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Chanukah video night 7: Pass it On (What's Up Band)

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST

Weekend links

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:00 PM PST

Don't ingest them all at once; they are best taken slowly.

From Ian:
LATMA: Up to date Hanukah celebrations and a glimpse at European shock - VIDEO



The ICRC and 'the occupied territories'
The ICRC's bias against Israel disgraces its humanitarian mission and its claims of impartiality.
"Using its exclusive position, it turned GC IV – which was intended to ensure the protection of civilians threatened by war and other conflicts – into a political sledgehammer against Israel.The ICRC contrived the term OPT, promoted it in every forum and unilaterally designated what is at best a disputed area as (1) illegally occupied by Israel, (2) belonging to Palestinian Arabs and (3) an unnamed and undefined territory without a history."

Oren: Israel must prepare for ICC action
Ambassador to US says Israel cannot discount possibility that Palestinians, empowered at UN, will take action at int'l court.
"Oren expressed disappointment not only with the Palestinians for going to the UN, but with the European countries who didn't oppose their move, and said that was particularly because the Palestinian step violated the Oslo Accords to which the Europeans were witnesses."

The Unbearable Silence about the Jewish Refugees by Michael Curtis
"The status of those Jews as refugees has been found to be in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees. The UNHCR announced on two occasions, in February 1957 and in July 1967, that Jews who fled from Arab countries "may be considered prima facie within the mandate of this office," thus regarding them, according to international law, as bona fide refugees."

OpEd: Leunig, your provocative use of Nazi analogies is so tiresome
THERE is a classic joke that tells of two elderly Jews sitting in a Berlin park during the 1930s. Isaac is reading the virulently anti-Jewish Nazi weekly, Der Sturmer, laughing to himself. ''Isaac!'' his Yiddish newspaper-reading friend Simon exclaims. ''How can you read that trash?''
''I used to read the Yiddish press, but all it talked about was Jews getting beaten, expelled from their homes and having their businesses burnt down,'' Isaac responds. ''It made me feel miserable. But here in Der Sturmer I read that Jews are powerful and in control of the world, and it makes me feel great.''

BBC Watch: RTS Chief Exec flags up "culture of denial" at BBC News
"In a speech at his retirement dinner, the outgoing chief executive of the Royal Television Society, Simon Albury, reportedly stated that "the BBC's news and current affairs departments are beset by a "culture of denial" in which editors are unwilling to "address things that are manifestly wrong"."

BBC turns Palestinian attacker into passive victim
"The reader is therefore left with a distorted impression of events which implies trigger-happy Israelis needlessly shooting Palestinians. And just in case the reader failed to get the 'proper' message, the article reinforces it by ending with the context-free words"

Anti-Semitic cartoons in Toronto-area muslim newspaper - VIDEO



CAMERA: Where's the Coverage? Construction in Truly Occupied Territory
"What about other media coverage of Chinese construction in Tibet? Virtual silence. Although Reuters reported that thousands took to the streets of New York City protesting Chinese occupation of Tibet, there was not a word about the construction.
How much construction is there? More than the 3,000 housing units contemplated for E-1? You betcha."

New Photos of Zoabi with Marmara Terrorists
MK Danon says new pictures of MK Hanin Zoabi with Turkish terrorists could be her downfall.
"A video already released shows Zoabi knew in advance that Turkish men aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, which attempted to forcibly break the IDF naval blockade on Hamas, were planning to attack soldiers. Danon said that in addition to that, there are new photos "that the public has not seen" that he hopes will be revealed in court."

Poll: Only 28% Still Believe in 'Palestinian Partner'
Only 28.2% of Israelis think Israel has someone to negotiate with. 75% see Netanyahu winning the elections.

Abbas mulls forming confederation with Jordan By Khaled Abu Toameh
PA officials say a confederation would only take place after the creation of a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 lines.
Abbas's rapprochement with Jordan is the result of a Saudi-Qatari-Turkish alliance that backs Hamas and ignores the PA, the politicians noted.

Palestinian Authority still waiting on emergency funds promised by Arab states
Arab League official says no date has been set for transfer of $100 million to Ramallah

Jordan prince scorned for attending Jewish event
Anti-normalization groups up in arms over British fundraiser held less than a week after the end of Operation Pillar of Defense.

Despite Controversial Israel Policy, Chuck Hagel Is Frontrunner for Defense Secretary Position
"He is one of the most hostile critics of Israel that has ever been in the Senate," Morton Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America told The Algemeiner bluntly.

Swedish gallery pulls art made of Holocaust victims' ashes
Painting with burned remains from Majdanek death camp removed following protests
"I think pulling the exhibition was the right decision," said Shimon Samuels, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's director of international relations. "I would further insist the painting be returned to Majdanek for burial there."

Public menorah vandalized in Sicily
Incident marks second year in a row that assailants have destroyed Hanukkah symbol
"Taking this all together, it's clear that we are dealing with an anti-Semitic act of intolerance," Benito Triolo, president of the Jewish cultural association B'nai Isaac, told the local Catania news website CTzen it. B'nai Isaac organized the menorah lightings, which were staged for the first time four years ago."

Israel Launches Public Diplomacy Department in Arabic
"Israel's Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Ministry has opened a Public Diplomacy Department in Arabic. A statement released by the Ministry states that the department "will be responsible for conducting public diplomacy activities for the media and public opinion on a global level in general and among Arab countries and the Middle East in particular."

For better or worse, cybersecurity a growth industry for Israel
No one is happy about the greatly increased need for cyberdefense. But some Israeli start-ups may keep hacks at bay
"Years after Israel established itself as a leader in computer security — with companies like Checkpoint introducing the information technology world to concepts such as firewalls — new companies like Cyvera, Lacoon Security, and Zimperium will provide new solutions to the more advanced cyber threats challenging today's businesses, governments, and individual computer owners."
Also:
Funny fake BDS page spoofing one of their main websites

Barry Rubin - Why Islamists always win in their societies

Jonathan Schanzer in Foreign Policy - After Abbas...Hamas.

Israel winning in Europe
Sure, the Jewish state may have liked a few more 'no' votes in their camp, but given the choice, Israel would take tangible results over symbolic victories at the UN any day.

Regrettably, when commentators lament how Israel has 'lost' Europe, they overlook the impressive list of achievements by this government in the past four years.
Ben Dror Yemini - Ethiopian integration into Israeli society going faster than any other group (Hebrew, h/t Yoel)

Americans continue to sympathize far more with Israel

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST

From Pew Research:
For decades, the public has sympathized with Israel over the Palestinians and that remains the case today. Overall, 50% say they sympathize more with Israel, compared with just 10% who say they sympathize more with the Palestinians; almost a quarter (23%) do not offer an opinion while 13% volunteer that they sympathize with neither side, and 4% say both.

Attitudes on this question have been stable over the past six years, after showing more volatility in the middle of the last decade.

There continue to be stark partisan differences in Middle East sympathies. Conservative Republicans maintain strong support for Israel with fully 75% saying they sympathize with Israel compared with just 2% who sympathize with the Palestinians. By contrast, liberal Democrats are much more divided: 33% sympathize more with Israel, 22% with the Palestinians. Independents sympathize more with Israel by a 47% to 13% margin.

Among religious groups, white evangelical Protestants remain strongly supportive of Israel. Two-thirds (67%) say they sympathize more with Israel; only 5% say they sympathize more with the Palestinians. Opinion among other religious groups is more mixed. Catholics, for example, offer more sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians by a 44% to 11% margin.

There also are age differences in Mideast sympathies. About four-in-ten (38%) people younger than 30 sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians. That is only slightly lower than the percentage of 30-49 year olds who sympathize with Israel (46%). However, more than half of those 50 and older (58%) sympathize with Israel more than the Palestinians. Age differences were more modest in 2011 and 2010.
Note that even the one group that was least sympathetic to Israel, liberal Democrats, shows that they are 50% more likely to sympathize with Israel than with the Palestinian Arabs.

And moderate Democrats were more sympathetic to Israel by nearly a 6-1 margin. Not the 37-1 of conservatives, but still very pro-Israel.

This must drive the haters completely bananas. Their shrillness gives the impression that they are mainstream, but they don't represent US liberals any more than Neturei Karta represent Jews.

I would love to see how J-Street members would answer the questions.

Egyptian preacher says Jews behind anti-Morsy protests

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST

From Egypt's Youm7 today:
The preacher in the Al-Madina Al-Munawara mosque in the Faysal quarter of the city of Suez vehemently attacked all those demonstrating against Muhammad Mursi and the constitution, describing them as "saboteurs", and that they are like the Jews, destroying Egypt, and that Israel and the Jews are training them to do that. These words raised the ire of a large number of the people who prayed there.

Ashraf Muhsin, a leader in the "Suez Youth Bloc" movement told the "Yawm Al-Sabi'" [newspaper] that after the prayers he spoke to the preacher asking for proof about the Jews training the demonstrators. The preacher refused and a verbal confrontation and a brawl broke out.

(Muhsin) said, "Some of the sheikhs and the preacher tried to drive me out of the mosque and accused me of deception. They said that the Islamic media said that the (anti-Mursi/constitution) demonstrators are agents working for the Jews, this is the truth, and they (the sheikhs and the preacher) believe this."
Note that the people were not upset at the sheikh's anti-semitism - but at the idea that the Egyptian opposition could be in cahoots with Jews.

(h/t al-Gharqad for translation help)

Facebook comments vs. Hamas (video)

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST

A nice video From StandWithUs:

Jewish War Heroes #1 (1944 comic book)

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 07:35 AM PST

I stumbled across this gem, released by the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1944.

There were three issues in total. Here is the first; I will publish the other two over the next two Fridays.

Jewish War Heroes 1

Understanding the Settlements: A Primer (The David Project)

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:10 AM PST

From The David Project, a fair and accurate backgrounder about the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria.

        

(h/t Ruchie)

Egypt bans "romantic" songs on state TV

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:30 AM PST

From Al Arabiya:
The broadcasting of any "romantic" songs or music videos on Egyptian state television channels has been banned, a state-run newspaper announced on Thursday, adding that only "patriotic" tunes will be allowed to be aired.

Nationalistic tunes "that are worth broadcasting" will be allowed on the country's 23 state-owned channels, the al-Ahram news website reported.

Meanwhile, sarcastic songs mocking public figures will be also banned because of the "sensitiveness of the political situation," it said.

Maybe it is time for someone to make a romantic song about Morsi.

PalArabs violently protest UNRWA

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:31 AM PST

The culture of entitlement continues:
Refugees continued to protest UNRWA cuts in West Bank camps on Thursday, burning tires and forcing staff from their offices.

Demonstrators shut down the UN agency's offices across the West Bank for the second day in protest over the dismissal of 130 employees and cuts to services.

In Bethlehem, dozens of protesters forced staff from the UNRWA center and burned tires, carrying signs condemning the decision to fire workers.

Sameer Attallah, popular committee member in Aida camp, said demonstrations sent a message to UNRWA's administration and that protests would escalate. He said the cuts were the first stage in withdrawing services to Palestinian refugees.

UNRWA is heavily dependent on voluntary contributions, which it says have not kept pace with the increasing needs of a growing refugee population.
Of course the budget of UNRWA cannot keep pace with the "growing refugee population" - because UNRWA refuses to come up with a definition of "refugee" that is remotely in sync with the rest of the world.

As I have shown, far less than 1% of those receiving free UNRWA services are true "refugees." And even if you include descendants of refugees in your definition, only about 20% of those receiving UNRWA services are deserving (the remainder are either Jordanian citizens or already live in "Palestine.")

But as this article shows, UNRWA is not the only party to blame. The "refugees" themselves in the camps that scandalously remain operational even within Areas A and B - under PA rule and in Gaza under Hamas - are not interested in becoming productive citizens of their own communities, but instead they demand more and more free services. These hypocrites close down the very UNRWA offices that they demand services from and deny those very same services to their neighbors.

They have been raised in UNRWA schools to learn that violence is the only way to get anything accomplished.

Instead of the UN looking at ways to slowly eliminate the "refugee" problem, countries continue to enable it. Only this week millions were donated to UNRWA from Japan, Malaysia. and Switzerland. And no one has the guts to say that this is not a sustainable model. The UN shoudl create a plan to close the "refugee" camps and integrate the residents into their host countries, with UNRWA funds being given directly to governments to offset the cost of integration over the next decade.

It will never happen, though, because these people are being kept in misery for one single reason: to continuously blame Israel.

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