יום ראשון, 24 בפברואר 2013

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Purim Video #4; "Homies Noshin' Hamantashen"

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:00 PM PST

Adult language and content. Don't click if you can't handle it. Funny, though.

Purim Video #3: Move Like Graggers

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 07:00 PM PST

Purim video #2:The Shlomones, Good Groggin'

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 03:00 PM PST

A PalArab dies in Israeli prison, and the Arabs go crazy (updated)

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST

From Ma'an:

A Palestinian prisoner held in Israel's Megido Prison died on Saturday, a Palestinian Authority official said.

PA Minister of Detainees Issa Qaraqe identified the victim as Arafat Jaradat, 30, from the Hebron village of Sair.

Israeli media had earlier reported that Jaradat suffered a cardiac arrest and prison staff tried to revive him to no avail.

Qaraqe told Ma'an that he holds the Israeli government responsible for Jaradat's death and demanded an immediate inquiry into the circumstances behind his death.

Jaradat was arrested three months ago, Qaraqe added, and was not involved in ongoing hunger strike action by Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas allies are demanding - get this - an international inquiry into the circumstances of Jaradat's death.

A couple of years ago I showed that the likelihood of a young, healthy person dying in Israeli prisons is far less than that of a young, healthy American dying in any given year.

When people die in most of the world, it is a tragedy. When an Arab dies in circumstances that can be remotely twisted as Israel's fault, it is an international incident.

UPDATE: BBC's Jon Donnison tweets propaganda as fact:


And so it goes.

(h/t JS)

Purim video #1: Maccabeats

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

Saturday Links Part 2

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 10:00 AM PST

From Ian:
Barry Rubin: Why the CIA Director is Wrong: Rethinking al-Qaida
Ironically, the United States has a counterterrorist policy but it does not have a national security strategy. It has a way of reducing anti-American terrorism—let or even help Islamists seize power—but does not realize that anti-American regimes are far more dangerous than a bunch of guys in caves.
If terrorism was ever merely a law enforcement issue that is certainly true today in terms of al-Qaida.
Instead, what the Obama Administration has done is like trying to reduce crime by turning over the cities to the Mafia and letting it make the laws and also run the police and court systems.

Rand Paul: Cut Foreign Aid From Countries Burning Our Flag VIDEO
"...what I would say is that I would start by cutting foreign aid from countries that are burning our flag and chanting 'death to America,' countries that don't really seem to be acting like our allies."

Senators Ask Obama to Withdraw Hagel Nomination
Fourteen U.S. senators asked President Barack Obama to withdraw his nomination of former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, who continues to come under fire for his record on Israel and other areas of foreign policy, for Secretary of Defense.
In a letter dated Feb. 21, the senators—all Republican—said Hagel in his confirmation hearing "displayed a seeming ambivalence about whether containment or prevention is the best approach [to Iran's nuclear program], which gives us great concern."

Palestine – Backtracking Begins As Democracy Dies by David Singer
Dr Zogby seeks to blame Israel's settlement policies for the lack of democratic reforms in the areas of the West Bank under full Arab administrative control.
It is time to end the blame game whilst perennially claiming victimhood status.
It is time to face up to the reality that only the fundamentals of a democratic state – free and fair elections, freedom of expression and the media – can lead to a negotiated end to this long running conflict.
The sooner elections are held to end the seven year drought since the last election was held – the sooner the hope of peace will become a flickering light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
Dr Zogby has done the Arab residents of the West Bank and Gaza a grave disservice by dashing the hope of democracy ever coming to change their lives – as it changed the lives of Sharansky and the million Soviet Jews who eventually made it to Israel.

Israel grapples with terror threats to its tourists in nearby countries
Ahead of Passover vacation rush, security officials working with Greek, Cypriot, Bulgarian counterparts to counter possible Hezbollah plots

Terror victims' monument vandalized
Inscription bearing Asher and Yonatan Palmer's names found desecrated
Unknown vandals desecrated an obelisk commemorating Asher and Yonatan Palmer, who were murdered near Kiryat Arba in September 2011.

Arabs Riot, Clash with Security Forces
Thousands of PA Arabs continue to riot and clash with security forces following prayer services at mosques in Judea and Samaria.
Thousands of Palestinian Authority Arabs continued to riot and clash with security forces on Friday, following prayer services at mosques in Judea and Samaria as well as on the Temple Mount.
According to various reports, dozens of PA Arabs suffered injuries during the clashes. At the same time, one policeman was lightly wounded by a brick thrown at him by Arab rioters in Hevron.
On the Temple Mount, dozens of PA Arabs threw rocks and firecrackers at police forces stationed outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. In response, dozens of soldiers entered the compound and dispersed the rioters with tear gas and stun grenades. The quiet in the area returned after one Arab was arrested and taken in for questioning.

Judea and Samaria Residents Reestablish Civilian Security Patrol
Following the recent deterioration of the security situation in Judea and Samaria, local residents have decided to take their security into their own hands, reestablishing the civilian based reconnaissance unit which was operative during the second Intifada. In recent months there has been a sharp upsurge in terrorist attacks against the residents of Judea and Samaria. The number of stone and fire-bomb attacks on the roads has increased dramatically. To contend with this reality the local security councils have decided to reestablish the civilian security patrols on the roads.

UN Watch: UN researcher reports UN session on Israel that never happened
The incident underscores the shoddy scholarship and disregard for facts that characterizes much of the anti-Israel propaganda produced by many of the researchers who write UN reports on Israel, including the Goldstone Report.
Will UNESCO and UNIFEM disclose which Palestinian matters have been handled by Perugini?
Is the kind of shoddy scholarship Bard College is trying to promote through its Palestinian summer school?

BBC selected 'expert opinions' and transparency
Of course Bennett-Jones provides no information for his readers as to Crooke's real background (or even the name of his organization) and he certainly does not inform them that the entire raison d'etre of Crooke's think tank is to turn that terrorist organization into something more palatable to Western minds.

Safer and greener: Israel's high-tech highways
Asphalt that uses recycled tires makes roads easier to brake on and helps the environment, says Dimona Silica Industries
Leave it to Israel to infuse high technology into something as prosaic as asphalt. A Negev company has developed a road asphalt compound that uses old tires for strength and safety, and is friendly to the environment to boot.
The new compound, called RuBind, is already in use in Israel. Approved by the Israel Standards Institute last October, the compound was used to pave roads in the Beit She'an Valley that are particularly notorious for their accidents. Among the qualities of RuBind is its "rubberiness," due to the bits and pieces of rubber mixed in with the asphalt, and as a result, cars have an easier time braking thanks to the higher friction that occurs when a car's rubber tires meets the rubber on the road.

Terror Victim's Purim Message: Despair is Just a Mask
Terror attack survivor Asael Shabo, who lost his mother and three siblings, has a message of hope for Purim.
Terror survivor Asael Shabo was there to give the group a first-hand account of overcoming disability. Shabo, who lost a leg in a terrorist attack over 10 years ago, has become a top athlete and is training for the 2016 Para-Olympics.
Asael's mother and three of his siblings were murdered in the 2002 attack, in which a Palestinian Authority terrorist entered the family home and began shooting the children at close range.
He had a message of Purim hope for the young women from Maagalim. "Know that despair and difficulty are just a mask," he told them. "If you believe, you can remove it and reveal your truth."

Saturday Links Part 1

Posted: 23 Feb 2013 08:30 AM PST

From Ian:
UK's Chief Rabbi: New Anti-Semitism is Number One Threat (VIDEO)
As part of his farewell tour, the chief rabbi of the UK, Lord Jonathan Sacks, visited Israel recently. During his visit he gave a lecture at Tel Hai College, titled "The 21st Century Challenge for Jews and Israel," that touched on anti-Semitism, the top challenge facing Jews, in his opinion. "Today we are living through a new anti-Semitism," he said. He expounded by saying that Anti-Semitism is anti-Zionism; it's epicenter is in the Middle East rather than Europe and it has gained an increasing amount of legitimization. He also pointed to the senselessness of the world's imbalanced diplomatic assault on the Jewish state.

London Metropolitan University suspends researcher with car bomb conviction
A university researcher has been suspended after it emerged he has a conviction over a car bombing at the Israeli Embassy in London.
Botmeh, who was released from prison in 2008, was found guilty of involvement in two car bombs set off in July 1994, one of which went off outside the embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens. Nobody was killed.
He and the woman were convicted on the basis they were part of a UK-based terrorist cell which planned to sabotage the Middle East peace process.

PMW: PA TV continues to honor terrorists in music videos
A new Palestinian Authority TV music video honors three terrorist prisoners serving a combined total of 40 life sentences. They are responsible for several terror attacks against Israeli civilians, including at least two suicide bombings that killed 35 and wounded 100.
The music video shows footage of the three arch terrorists while a song with the following words is heard:
"As long as it may last, the prison's doors will not stay shut [forever]... the clouds will disappear, and our honor will be restored."

Palestinians refuse to team up with Israel against soccer greats
Palestinian football officials on Friday said their players won't team up with Israelis in a match against FC Barcelona that was designed to promote peace.
Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub met with Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and said "there are lots of obstacles."
Rosell launched the initiative Thursday with Israeli President Shimon Peres. Barcelona FC is the most beloved foreign soccer club in Israel and in the Palestinian territories, Rosell told reporters, praising Peres as a man who "has done much for peace."

Alicia Keys, Depeche Mode Urged to Cancel Concerts in Israel
The US singer, one of the most popular and successful of the last decade, is due to perform in Tel Aviv in July for the first time in her career.
On Wednesday she released a statement saying, "I'm excited to go to new places on this tour, among them Tel Aviv. I plan on bringing with me a show full of emotion and inspiration."
Depeche Mode, one of the most successful rock groups in history, is also being called upon to cancel their show in Israel. The band is planning to launch it's world tour there in May. The band last played in Israel in 2009.

Berlin Film Festival Prize Winner Denies Israel's Right to Exist
Danish-Palestinian film director provoked controversy after publicly questioning Israel's legitimacy and right to exist.
Danish-Palestinian film director Mahdi Fleifel, who was awarded the Berlin International Film Festival's annual Peace Prize, provoked controversy after publicly questioning Israel's legitimacy and right to exist.

Spain arrests 3 suspected of spying for Iran
Interior ministry says men allegedly infiltrated local NGO to gain information on defectors
MADRID (AP) — The Interior Ministry says Spanish police have arrested three men on suspicion of spying on Iranian dissidents and reporting back to the ruling regime.
The suspects had allegedly infiltrated a Spanish NGO that helps asylum seekers and communicated to Iran's secret services the identities of Iranians who fled the country for ideological reasons, a statement said.

Hundreds Hold Anti-Morsi Protest in Egypt's Port Said
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Port Said on Friday to demand justice for protesters killed by Egyptian police, as a strike in the Suez Canal city entered its sixth day.
Protesters chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, while slamming the interior ministry it accuses of having killed at least 40 people in clashes with police last month.

Morsi to the moon
President's former April 6 allies want to send him to space as protest
An Egyptian opposition group is using a novel way to protest against President Mohammed Morsi: Sign him up for a chance to win a trip to space.
The April 6 Youth Movement said on its official Facebook page on Thursday that it had entered the Islamist leader's name in the online contest because it wanted to be rid of him. It called on supporters to vote for the president so he'd have a chance to win the trip into space.

Neo-Nazi Had Hit List of Jewish Leaders in Detroit
Richard Schmidt the owner of a sporting goods store in Bowling Green, Ohio, was originally reported to have been arrested by the FBI for trafficking counterfeit goods. But the case has become more worrying and bizarre since it was revealed that the former felon, who spent 13 years in Ohio state prison for a homicide after being convicted of killing a man and wounding two others in a shooting during a traffic stop, had a small arsenal at his disposal and a hit-list of Jewish and African-American targets in the Motor City.

Hungarian Jews ask government not to honor Nazi ally
Request follows growing list of public tributes to Holocaust-era ruler Miklos Horthy
BUDAPEST, Hungary (JTA) — Hungary's main Jewish organization urged the government and parliament to prevent the honoring of Miklos Horthy, the country's Holocaust-era ruler.
Horthy had "direct responsibility for the killing and destruction of several hundred thousand Hungarian Jews," the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities, or Mazsihisz, said in a statement Wednesday.

Polish Jewish cemetery, Russian center vandalized
"Kalisz without Jews" spray-painted on Jewish cemetery in Kalisz, according to news site; Holocaust memorial in Russia smashed.
A Jewish cemetery in western Poland and a Holocaust memorial site in Russia were defaced in suspected anti-Semitic attacks.
In Kalisz, near Wroclaw, a Star of David on a gallows and the inscription "Kalisz without Jews" (Kalisz bez Żydów) were spray-painted on a Jewish cemetery and discovered on Feb. 20, according to naszemiasto.pl, a news site.

4 Israeli apps nominated for Global Mobile Awards
Israel's Waze, MyCheck, uTest and recently sold Intucell are front-runners in the prestigious competition.
Waze, MyCheck, uTest and the recently sold Intucell are four Israeli startups nominated in the Global Mobile Awards competition, set to take place at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The mobile navigation and traffic community app Waze, which recently announced to have reached 36 million drivers in 2012, is nominated in the main category, Judges Choice – Best Overall Mobile App. Waze faces tough competition against the world's most famous applications: Dropbox file hosting service, Flipboard technology news application, Sky Sports F1 software and Square electronic payment service.
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