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Posted: 27 Jan 2013 08:12 PM PST

As I wrote last week, I will be speaking at Yeshiva University on Tuesday night.

It will be at 8 PM at Belfer 218, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue. I looked it up - it is a lecture hall that can accommodate 115 people. The Facebook invitation page  already has 43 people who confirmed and 29 "maybes." This doesn't count any non-students, but my understanding is that the public can definitely come.

Once you get past security :)

No cameras, please!

I spent much of Sunday finishing my slides and deciding on the winners of the 2012 Hasby Awards based on a complicated, purely subjective and completely irreproducible algorithm.

It should be fun. Hope to see many of you there!

Sunday links

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 01:30 PM PST

From Ian:
Melanie Phillips: A LibDem MP gives voice to Britain's national sickness
"For the really terrible thing here is not the grotesque misuse of the Holocaust, nor the vicious suggestion that 'the Jews' are guilty of behaviour that is somehow analogous to the Nazi genocide inflicted upon them, nor even the sickening insult that they have to 'learn the lessons' of their own suffering.
No, the true venom of these remarks is the way they reverse the position of today's Jewish victims – the Israeli survivors of the Holocaust and their children and grandchildren -- and their current would-be exterminators – the descendants of Hitler's Nazi collaborators in Palestine during the Holocaust.
For the fact is that Israel is not trying to exterminate the Palestinians – indeed how could this possibly be the case, since the Palestinian population has more than quadrupled since the rebirth of Israel in 1948. Nor are the Israelis oppressing the Palestinians, who have benefited from some of the highest rises in GDP and lowest child mortality ratios in the Middle East.
Nor are the Israelis behaving inhumanely; it is the Palestinians who are committing crimes against humanity by targeting Israeli innocents for mass murder without remission, both from Gaza and from the West Bank. It is the Palestinians, in the West Bank as well as Gaza, who are brainwashed from the cradle to hate Jews and to believe that murdering Israelis is their highest glory."

David Ward Car Crash Sky "Jews" Interview
David Ward has gone rogue and just had a Mel Gibson moment live on Sky News:

CIF Watch: Turn David Ward's vile charge on its head
"As Howard Jacobson argued, the argument leaves the Jewish people doubly damned: to the Holocaust itself and to elevated moral scrutiny as a result of it. By this logic, Jacobson argued, "the Holocaust becomes an educational experience from which Jews were ethically obliged to graduate summa cum laude, Israel being the proof that they didn't."
Further, as Chas Newkey-Burden so eloquently argued, those who employ the "they of all people" argument are, in essence, saying that it is Jews, and not the antisemites, who have lessons to learn – that it is Jews, not the antisemites, who need to clean up their act."

BBC tones down British MP's comments on Jews and the Holocaust
It also published an article about the incident on the UK Politics page of the BBC News website. There, it stated that: [emphasis added]
"He accused "the Jews" in Israel of "inflicting atrocities on Palestinians… on a daily basis".
Except he didn't. Ward referred to "the Jews" in general.
So why did the BBC think it appropriate to try to tone down and 'contextualise' Ward's abhorrent remarks?

Institute to shed light on Islamic anti-Semitism
Why one scholar insists we are ignoring rampant anti-Semitism, especially in the Muslim world, at our peril

PA tells Tunisian president to cancel Gaza visit By Khaled Abu Toameh
Official says PA has been trying to dissuade President Moncef Marzouki to cancel visit to avoid solidifying Palestinian divisions.

Holocaust film covertly beamed into Iran by Wiesenthal Center
"On Friday, an opposition Iranian satellite channel based in London aired "Genocide," an Academy Award-winning 1980 documentary on the Holocaust produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The sobering film, aired with subtitles in Farsi, was shown in order to combat the Iranian regime's frequent denial of one of history's most tragic events."

Iran: Syria's problems rooted in Zionist meddling
As Iran's threats to strike at anyone that will contribute to end of Assad's regime grow bolder Israel is stepping up fortification of northern border
"Iran reiterated Saturday its threats that any attack on Syria would be perceived as one on the Islamic Republic and will meet "a harsh response."
Tehran's IRNA news agency quoted Defense Minister Brigadier-General Ahmad Vahidi as saying that Syrian Army, which is "the vanguard of campaign against Zionist regime should not be weakened."

Washington exasperated with Iranian evasiveness
US says Tehran keeps coming up with 'new preconditions, new dates' for nuke talks; Prosor lashes out at Ahmadinejad
"Also on Friday, Israeli UN ambassador Ron Prosor accused Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of denying the Holocaust "while threatening to carry out another one."
In a speech marking International Holocaust Day, Prosor warned that Iran and Hamas were teaching the next generation that the Holocaust "is a lie made up by the Zionists," imbuing them with anti-Semitism.
"Our duty has never been clearer. The hands of time threaten to cloud the world's memory. It is our responsibility to rescue the history and lessons of the Holocaust," said Prosor."

In Egypt, the warning signs of Genocide
"In the last half-century, Egyptian Coptic Christians (roughly 10 percent of Egypt's 80 million) have been suffering from increasing discrimination and persecution. Due to rising Islamic extremism, tensions between Egypt's majority Muslim population and its Coptic minority have resulted in even more violence against this ancient religious minority. What is often reported as a sectarian dispute is rapidly becoming a systematic and often deadly targeting of Egypt's largest minority."

Israeli held in Egypt released, then rearrested
A day after a court decided to let Andre Pshenichnikov out of jail, local public prosecutor orders a retrial

Irish Official Denounces 'Corrosive Rise in Racist Rhetoric'
Irish official denounces "corrosive rise in racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric by a malign minority of politicians" in EU member states.
"Addressing an event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the European Parliament in Brussels, an Irish official denounced the "corrosive rise in racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric by a malign minority of politicians" in a number of EU member states.
"It is a moral imperative that we unequivocally repudiate the reprehensible rhetoric of those who seek to contaminate our political discourse and attempt to inflame dangerous prejudice," said Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter, whose country currently chairs the rotating EU presidency."

Google Removes Hitler Quote App
Google's Android App Marketplace has removed an Arabic language app with daily Hitler quotes.

Israel's New Gaza Security Strategy: Trees
"A tree-planting ceremony was held Thursday near the Israeli village of Netiv HaAsarah, on the Gaza perimeter, as part of a newly revived defensive forestation project. The project is meant to act as both a defensive tool and as a public works project. Within two to three years, as the trees grow, it will be fully functional. "This way, we can both protect the security of the residents of the area and provide them with greenery," said Brig. Gen. Elkabatz."

IDF Blog: 5 Most Hardcore Female Combat Roles
"On the ground, in the air or at sea – the IDF's women soldiers take equal part in protecting Israel at all times. The following positions are the most hardcore battle roles for women in the IDF"
Also:

Richard Behar at Forbes "There He Goes Again: Egypt's Morsi Stuns U.S. Senators In Meeting With 'Jews-Control-Media' Slur" - includes my ElderToon on Morsi

And similarly, more Morsi statements found (IPT)

What does an Islamic Jihad reporter look like?

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 11:30 AM PST

Remember during Operation Pillar of Defense that human rights organizations and the media were up in arms over Israel killing reporters that Israel said were in fact terrorists?

Here are photos of Islamic Jihad's mass communications" unit celebrating the birthday of Mohammed last week, together with the Al Quds Brigades and members of the Qassam Brigades of Hamas.

Try to figure out who the "reporters" are:

Sunday Times publishes disgusting anti-semitic cartoon on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST

From Raheem Kassam in The Commentator:

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Traditionally, and in line with common decency, it is a day to remember the atrocities of the Second World War, particularly the six million Jewish people slaughtered at the hands of Hitler.

For some, however, Holocaust Memorial Day is transfiguring into a day that 'the Jews' or 'Israel' (for they will use these terms interchangeably), are to be attacked or set up, completely leaving behind the idea that the country came into existence in the wake of the greatest single crime in history.

...[W]ho can blame them when some of the country's smartest media outlets present Israel and its leaders in this particular light: the large-nosed Jew, hunched over a wall, building with the blood of Palestinians as they writhe in pain within it.

For this is exactly what the Sunday Times has today done; not simply treading the fine line between criticism and blood libel, but indeed spitting all over it, leaving it for dust, and careering head first into anti-Semitismsville.

"Will cementing peace continue?" reads the caption beneath the image of a Quasimodo-like Netanyahu. As if this half-hearted attempt at a pun would help masquerade the overt racism within the image. No.

In conversation with a friend of mine recently, I was asked, "Do you think in 200 years time, people will have forgotten the Holocaust, or believe that it was a myth?" I naively responded, "No. I believe there are enough good people in the world to ensure that doesn't happen." At the time, I would never have thought the editors of the Sunday Times were in amongst those who would seek, in true Der Sturmer fashion, to use Holocaust Memorial Day to publish a blood libel, and knowingly undermine the memory of one of the worst genocides ever.

I guess I was wrong on that count. I sure hope I'm not wrong on the other.
Honest Reporting released a statement:
Holocaust Memorial Day is an opportunity to remember the most appalling atrocities carried out in modern history. It should also be a day when the media remembers that Israel's actions to defend its citizens bear no relation whatsoever to the genocidal crimes of the Nazis. On any day, this cartoon's imagery is an assault on the real victims of genocide, demeans their suffering and insults their memory. The Sunday Times should be mindful that what started as cartoons in the 1930′s ultimately led to violence and unspeakable tragedy. This is a lesson that The Sunday Times has clearly not absorbed.

A personal story for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 07:30 AM PST

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the theme this year is "Righteous Among the Nations" - to commemorate those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

When the situation in Poland became intolerable for Jews, my grandparents - who owned a farm supply store - asked one of their good customers if they could help save their family, in exchange for the remaining part of the business. They agreed.

This couple built a false wall in their barn and hid my grandparents, my father, two brothers, two sisters and a sister-in-law in the tiny, hidden room.

My father a"h and his brothers only stayed for a few weeks, as the conditions were intolerable for so many people in such a small space. But before they left he told a story of how some Polish anti-semites were going around looking for Jews, and the couple urged the family to temporarily escape up an adjoining forest until the danger had passed.

My grandmother was having problems going up the hill, so they tried to quietly help her. Luckily the trees shielded them from sight.

While they were in the forest, they heard the conversation between the anti-semites and the farmer.

Upon being asked if he was hiding any Jews, my family's savior drew himself up and answered indignantly, "Jews? You think I would be hiding Jews?"

Satisfied, the haters left.

When my father's family returned, the farmer apologized to them for having to hear him say that to the Poles.

After my father and his brothers left the hideout, the couple continued to hide my grandparents and aunts for the duration of the war. My grandfather and one of my aunts succumbed to tuberculosis while hiding, and the farmer buried them himself. (After the war, they were re-interred in a larger Jewish cemetery.)

Food was rationed for the Poles, but somehow the farmer managed to get enough food for so many extra people for several years. He was truly heroic. No doubt he was in danger from someone noticing something like that.

Equally heroic was the couple's maid, a peasant woman who would every day transfer buckets of provisions to my hidden family through the rafters of the barn, and take back the buckets of waste.

This was how my father's family lived for some four years.

The farmer, of course, told no one what he was doing, not even his family. After the war, he admitted to his brother that he had hidden Jews during the war.

His brother answered that he, too, had hidden Jews during the war.

Afterwards, my relatives supported the couple for a while. My aunt met up again with the peasant woman around 1990 and they had a joyful reunion.

I thought that this story had been told to Yad Vashem although I couldn't find it, at least in the English archives.

Around 90% of Polish Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust, and many of the Poles were complicit in the Nazi crimes (indeed, some 1300 Jews who returned to their old homes after the war were murdered; one example was the Kielce pogrom of 1946 .) Today it is very appropriate to remember the Polish heroes. But there were way, way too few of them.


PA media justifies historic European anti-semitism

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 05:30 AM PST

From Palestinian Media Watch:



On International Holocaust Day, Palestinian Media Watch documents that messages of Antisemitism and hatred of Jews continue to be transmitted by official Palestinian Authority TV.

Earlier this month, on Fatah's 48th anniversary, PA TV broadcast a new film about the history of the Fatah movement: "Fatah: Revolution until Victory." The filmmakers chose to open the film by expressing classic Antisemitic demonization of Jews, stating that Europe "suffered a tragedy by providing refuge for the Jews." Having Jews living among them placed a great burden on Europeans:

"Faced with the Jews' schemes, Europe could not bear their character traits, monopolies, corruption, and their control and climbing up positions in government. In 1290, King Edward I issued a decree banishing the Jews [from England]. Following him were France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Italy. The European nations felt that they had suffered a tragedy by providing refuge for the Jews. Later the Jews obtained the Balfour Declaration, and Europe saw it as an ideal solution to get rid of them."
[PA TV, Jan. 1, 2013]
Is this any less offensive than what Egyptian president Morsi said about Jews being "apes and pigs"? At least he had a Koranic reference; the "moderate" PA is essentially justifying genocide and ethnic cleansing of Jews because of our "character traits."

And nothing gets on PA TV unless it is completely OK with Mahmoud Abbas, who just implied that Zionists were complicit with Nazis in the Holocaust.

The major purveyors of Holocaust denial and antisemitism today are the ones Israel is expected to make concessions to for peace. Does anyone see a problem there?

Turkish arms smuggling ship caught on the way to North Africa

Posted: 27 Jan 2013 03:15 AM PST

From Greek news blog Hessasfrappe; Greek-language news articles have this story as well:

Port and customs officials were put on alert on Thursday after finding out that a cargo ship that had requested to be refueled (transit oil) at the port of Heracles (in Asteria Agrias) was carrying heavy weaponry and ammunition. Officials immediately informed the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Merchant Marine and the headquarters of the Hellenic Coast Guard. Following this, officials secured the area around the port and special forces from the Coast Guard conducted a thorough investigation.

According to a report from the Thessaly Journal, the ship "Alexandretta" -which was flying the flag of Saint Vincent- was from Turkey, and although it is registered as a cement bulk cargo ship was in all reality suspiciously transporting a huge quantity of weapons and ammunition. It said that unconfirmed reports also spoke of portable antiaircraft guns and anti-tank missiles, ammunition and infantry weapons such as Kalashnikov guns, etc.

The newspaper noted that the ship was bound for Libya, but also said that it could have been headed towards Mali to arm Islamic rebels fighting there.

The newspaper, quoting reliable sources, said that as soon as Greek authorities were notified, they surrounded the ship, and prevented any embarking and disembarking to be conducted. For security purposes the ship was then forced to dock at the port of Volos, where it was immediately quarantined and under the watchful eye of competent authorities.

According to legislation, ships transporting weaponry -bound for countries such as Libya, Iran, Syria- are forbidden to pass through Greece. The newspaper said that the ship's capacity is 4,000 tonnes, but it did not disclose the exact weight of the cargo.
NATO defends Turkey while Turkey appears to be sending weapons to fight a NATO member.

Western media has not yet picked this story up, even though it was reported on Friday.

(h/t Israel Matzav via RK)
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