Elder of Ziyon Daily News

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• EoZNews: The Soccer Desecration Video
• To CBS' Bob Simon, Israelis deserve to be blown up if settlements are built
• Monday Links Part 2
• Where even the street signs teach history (correction)
• Monday Links Part 1

EoZNews: The Soccer Desecration Video Posted: 18 Feb 2013 02:00 PM PST You asked for it...and here it is. Taken from the Mount of Olives/Har HaZeitim.

To CBS' Bob Simon, Israelis deserve to be blown up if settlements are built Posted: 18 Feb 2013 12:00 PM PST Of course, he wouldn't characterize it this way, but how else can you explain this bizarre linkage he suggests? The $270 million the U.S. has provided Israel to help build Iron Dome is in addition to the three billion dollars Israel gets annually from the U.S. in military aid. Palestinians complain that while all this U.S. support is being given to Israel, the Israeli government has repeatedly defied U.S. policy and approved the construction of new settlement blocks in the West Bank. Bob Simon: The Americans have already given $270 million dollars. Ehud Barak: More than this, I believe, along the, yeah. Bob Simon: And they're promising just the Iron Dome another $660 million-- Ehud Barak: Yeah. Yeah. $680-- probably $211 might be given in the coming fiscal year. Bob Simon: While the Americans are helping you so much in your defense. Israel goes on building settlements, which is exactly what the Americans don't want. How does that work, when you're asking America for help and doing exactly what the Americans don't want you to do? ....How does it work? I mean, right now, Israel has just announced the building of a gigantic settlement project. This is at the same time that the Americans are providing the money for Israel's most important defense system. So if Israel builds settlements, Simon is saying, then the US should no longer help fund Iron Dome to save Israeli lives from rocket attacks. Israelis in Ashkelon must die because the Knesset allows Jews to build houses in their historic homeland. (h/t O)

Monday Links Part 2 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 10:00 AM PST From Ian: Dore Gold: The Time for a Final Status Agreement Has Passed In light of developments over the last few years, there has been a growing realization in Israel that the chances of reaching a complete final status agreement with the Palestinians are presently extremely small. This is not just an ideological position coming out of certain quarters in Israel, but it is also the professional view of practitioners who have been involved in the political process itself. Last June in an interview in Haaretz, Professor Itamar Rabinovich, Israel's former ambassador to Washington and head negotiator with Syria, reached this very conclusion. He added, as part of his proof of this point, that "the bold proposals" by former prime ministers Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert were not even responded to by the Palestinians. Looking back on Olmert's far-reaching proposals, Mahmoud Abbas himself told The Washington Post on May 29, 2009 that the gaps between the parties were just too wide. PA: Keep Jerusalem Runners Away from Mosque The Palestinian Authority warned Israel not to use the Jerusalem Marathon as an attempt to "Judaize" the city With the Jerusalem Marathon set to take place March 1, the Palestinian Authority is warning Israel not to use the race to "Judaize" the city, presenting it as a "unified capital of Israel," said the chairman of the PLO's action committee, Ahmed Qureia. Qureia is also the head of the "Al-Aqsa Department" in the PA, and on Sunday he warned Israel to ensure that marathoners stay away from the Temple Mount, where the mosque is located. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Getting the Apartheid-Israel equation right The obscene comparison of Israel with apartheid South Africa also ignores the fact that Israel is the first country in the history of the world to airlift tens of thousands of black men, women, and children to become free and full citizens in its borders, as Israel did with Ethiopian Jews. Indeed, the comparison of the Palestinians, rather than the Jews, to black South Africans, is unfortunate and misdirected. Whereas Black South Africans inspired the world with their decency and humane capacity for peaceful coexistence with their white brethren even after having been so grievously wronged, our Palestinians brothers have tragically embraced hatred, terror, and racism. Arab newspapers are filled with grotesque caricatures of ethnic characteristics of Jews. Innocent Palestinian youth are brainwashed by the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah to grow up and blow up Israeli buses. Nelson Mandela rose to become the foremost statesman of the world by preaching forgiveness and reconciliation. Yasser Arafat fathered international terrorism and then stole hundreds of millions of dollars from his own people who continue to live in abject poverty despite being the largest per capita recipients of international aid in the world. Overtones of Antisemitism in York University Boycott The Costcutter supermarket at the University of York has initiated a boycott of Israeli goods at the behest of the newly formed Palestinian Solidarity Society (PSS). The first product taken off the shelves was Jaffa oranges, a company that PSS has accused of profiting from production in settlements. However, customers are still able to buy Iranian pistachios, whose industry, unlike that of Jaffa oranges, actually has a close connection to the oppressive Iranian government. Standforpeace, a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organization focused on countering extremism notes: "In 2000, Patrick Clawson from the Washington Institute, reported, 'while he was president, [Hashemi] Rafsanjani shut down a magazine that had the temerity to publish a petition from the pistachio growers of the Rafsanjan region complaining about how his family had monopolized the trade to its profit.' Two years later, Michael Rubin, writing in the Wall Street Journal, noted that 'former President Hashemi Rafsanjani … controls more than 70% of Iran's multimillion dollar pistachio trade.' Unsurprisingly, Iranians often refer to Rafsanjani as the 'King of Pistachios.'" Isi Liebler: Candidly Speaking: Reviewing the case of Prisoner X Anti-Israeli elements in Australia, supported by sections of the media, tried to exploit the situation in order to besmirch Israel's image. In response to questions, the Australian foreign minister did indicate that Australia would conduct further investigations but it was unclear whether this related to an apparent breakdown in communications between the Australian authorities and ASIO or to a broader level. Anti-Israeli elements in Australia, supported by sections of the media, tried to exploit the situation in order to besmirch Israel's image. One prominent anti-Zionist Jewish extremist, on Australia's national radio, accused his fellow Jews of harboring dual loyalties and claimed that the Jewish school system was a breeding ground for brainwashing children to settle in Israel. Contender for papacy accused of anti-Semitism Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras has compared 'Jewish controlled media' to Hitler JTA – In a letter to the editor of the Miami Herald, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said that one of the leading candidates to replace Pope Benedict XVI is an anti-Semite. Responding to a list published last week after the resignation of Benedict, which identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras as a possible successor to the current pope, Dershowitz wrote: "He has blamed the Jews for the scandal surrounding the sexual misconduct of priests toward young parishioners! He has argued that the Jews got even with the Catholic Church for its anti-Israel positions by arranging for the media — which they, of course, control, he said — to give disproportionate attention to the Vatican sex scandal. He then compared the Jewish controlled media with Hitler, because they are 'protagonists of what I do not hesitate to define as a persecution against the church.'" Israel fears for Tunisia's Jews North African country's Jewish community suffering from wave of anti-Semitic attacks, including shattered gravestones, fiery protests and verbal violence. Israel urges world to intervene in crisis The Israeli Foreign Ministry has instructed Israel's representatives abroad to ask the international community to pressure Tunisian government officials to safeguard the North African country's Jewish community, heritage and property. The order was issued following fears for Tunisia's 2,000 Jews due to the hostile anti-Israel atmosphere in the country and anti-Semitic statements made by religious clerics. The riddle of the Czech-Israeli alliance The ranks of Israel's staunch supporters in the European Union may be thinning, but Benjamin Netanyahu's government can still count on a loyal champion: the Czech Republic. As the European Commission braces for a crackdown down on Israeli settlement products, the Czech president-elect, the Cherub-faced social democrat Milos Zeman, declares unwavering support for a pre-emptive strike against Iran. A mishap? Hardly. IDF claims victory in Pillar of Defense social-media war Social-media experts say official Israel effectively conveyed its narrative to unprecedented numbers The eight-day conflict, which ended with an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire that has held for the three months since, saw six Israelis killed, about 170 Palestinians killed (120 of whom were engaged in terrorism, according to the IDF), Gaza rocket fire hitting as far north as Rishon Lezion, and the Iron Dome defense system intercepting 84% of the rockets at which it was fired. It also marked the first time Israel beat the Palestinians in hasbara — public diplomacy — said Sacha Dratwa, the IDF director of new media. How does he know? "This was the first time the foreign media asked more questions about our Twitter activity than about our bombings in Gaza." Spy-tech used to inspect bell peppers Advanced detection technique developed by US intelligence agencies guards Israeli consumers from hazardous substances in crops A major Israeli agricultural conglomerate announced Sunday that it was using advanced detection techniques originally developed by the FBI and CIA to ensure its crop of bell peppers is free of dangerous pesticides, chemicals or bacteria. Ein Yahav, which oversees 120 cooperative farms responsible annually for 34,000 tons of produce for the domestic and export markets, said the new technology can identify minute amounts of more than 300 types of hazardous substances, even if they are blended together, part of what the company said is a quest to provide "the maximum security technology allows" to the consumer. The company uses a "minimal amount" of pesticides on its products and tests the soil, air and water on the farms it oversees for hazards, according to the Ein Yahav website.

Where even the street signs teach history (correction) Posted: 18 Feb 2013 08:32 AM PST Some of the street signs in Jerusalem explain the name of the street. Nahum Lifschitz was an agricultural scientist who made contributions to the field of herbicides. How many other countries in the region would honor someone like that? UPDATE: I got the wrong Lifshitz. Commentary 101 in the comments notes that this one was a pioneer in the publishing industry. I didn't do the research properly I blame a severe lack of sleep :)

Monday Links Part 1 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:00 AM PST From Ian: Douglas Murray: Blaming the Victim Since when is criticizing Islam a crime? Since when was defending the rights of writers, journalists and artists to say, write and draw what they like a crime? You really do have to rub your eyes. These are not Saudi papers or the Tehran Daily News running these smears — they are allegedly "liberal" papers in an allegedly "liberal" country in an allegedly "liberal" democracy. If someone carries out a terrorist attack, they worry: Is the attacker to blame or are the victims? When a country suffers an outrage, are the people who carried out that outrage to blame, or might it be the fault of the country which has been subjected to the assault? After 9/11, there were infamous examples of people claiming that America had "brought it upon itself." The Cambridge classics professor, Mary Beard, writing in the London Review of Books, famously commented, "However tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming." People will remember the infamous Ward Churchill's claim that it was the people in the Twin Towers who were "little Eichmanns," not the people who flew the planes into those towers. When whole countries get the blame for attacks on themselves it is bad enough. But infinitely worse – because there is none of the solidarity available with which a country can console itself – is when an individual is blamed for what has happened to him. In particular, when what happened was an attempt on his life – whether failed or "successful." When the Dutch politician, Pim Fortuyn, was murdered just before the elections in 2002, it was claimed that he had "provoked" people. The same was said of Theo van Gogh when he was murdered on an Amsterdam street in 2004: people said that he had brought it upon himself or even, amazingly, planned his death this way. Exposing false 'martyrs' as suicidal In the US, students are taught that suicide bombers are equivalent to a soldier who jumps on a grenade to protect his comrades. This view is not only dangerous – because it glorifies suicide attackers and thus encourages future recruits – but also factually wrong. I have spent more than three years studying interview transcripts, suicide notes, "martyrdom" videos, and witness statements, and have uncovered more than 130 examples of suicide terrorists with classic risk factors for conventional suicide. I have yet to come across even one suicide attacker driven purely by ideology and altruism. Those who volunteer are generally overwhelmed by personal crises and looking to escape their lives. Those who are coerced are usually weak and broken souls who'd rather die than risk trying to withdraw or disobey. Quick IDF Action Nets Arab Shooters Two Arabs arrested after they fired shots at Migdal Oz in the Etzion Bloc. A quick IDF operation led to the arrest of two Arabs who fired shots at the kibbutz (cooperative community) of Migdal Oz in the Etzion Bloc Saturday night. The shots were fired from the nearby village of Bayt Fajar. A military source told Arutz Sheva that the source of the gunfire was identified shortly after the shooting began, and that a force from the Nachshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade, which was on routine assignment in the area, was alerted. Syrian Druze call on community members to defect from army Leaders also tell coreligionists living on the Golan Heights to keep noses out of Syria's business Leaders of the Druze community in Syria on Saturday called on Druze soldiers to leave the army of President Bashar Assad, claiming it has betrayed its defensive mission and has become a tool of destruction. They also called on Druze living on the Golan Heights in Israel, who have traditionally backed the Assad leadership, to keep from mixing in the conflict, saying they are far from the action. Rebels: 1,000 Hezbollah fighters invaded Syria Fourteen Hezbollah men killed in past two days in battles over control of villages near Lebanon border Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war continues to grow. Syria's main opposition group claimed Sunday that no less than 1,000 Hezbollah men have entered Syria in the past 24 hours. "It's a coordinated ground invasion," the Free Syrian Army spokesman said. "Hezbollah has started a war against us." Egyptian police publicly beat to death man suspected of killing officer Officers and police personnel arrested and beat to death a man they accused of killing a colleague at the site of funeral for the fallen captain in the southern governorate of Beni Suef Egyptian policemen beat to death in public a man they believed was the killer of a police officer who was shot on Saturday morning in the Upper Egypt governorate of Beni Suef, according to Ahram's Arabic news website reporter. Soccer fans shut down Egyptian city Port Said residents disrupt rail services, close government office Thousands of soccer fans enforced a work stoppage Sunday in Egypt's restive city of Port Said to protest government "injustices," disrupting rail services and forcefully evicting workers from factories and provincial government offices. Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi had declared a state of emergency and 30-day curfew in Port Said and two other Suez Canal provinces following a wave of violence that left more than 50 people dead last month. The state of emergency is still in effect, though the curfew was reduced to only two hours after residents ignored it. Iran lawmaker says Fordo plant will never be shut down Offer for easing of sanctions in return for closing uranium enrichment site is a step 'to help Zionist regime,' parliament leader says A senior Iranian politician said Tehran would never shut down the controversial Fordo nuclear facility Sunday, insisting demands that it do so were aimed at helping Israel. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, made the comments several days after reports surfaced that the US and other world powers would offer to ease sanctions in return for shuttering the heavily guarded uranium enrichment facility. Iran confiscates Buddha statues to stop promotion of Buddhism An Iranian newspaper is reporting that government authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in Tehran to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the country. Sunday's report by the independent Arman daily quotes Saeed Jaberi Ansari, an official for the protection of Iran's cultural heritage, as saying that authorities will not permit a specific belief to be promoted through such statues.

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