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Friday Links Part 2

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:30 PM PDT

From Ian:
Latma's Tribal Update presents Apology Mania! And Yair Lapid gets down to business



Israel Divestment Resolution Overturned by University of California, Riverside Students
"There was not enough time or opportunity among Senators to discuss the resolution due to public forum, and there was not a presentation of the issue from both perspectives," student senator Megan Crail, who voted against the resolution March 6, told UCR's Highlander News.
This prompted the student government to revisit the resolution April 3. At a campus auditorium that was filled to capacity, speakers from both sides were able to present arguments for and against the resolution, according to UCR student Jackie Zelener, co-president of UCR's Highlanders for Israel, UCR Hillel president, and the UCR Emerson Fellow for the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs.
Following the presentations, the student government voted 10-2-1 to rescind the resolution.
Israel Hater Waters Washed Out of NYC 92nd Street Y
Given his role in attempting to block the Israeli Philharmonic from giving a purely musical performance at Carnegie Hall, it should be difficult for Waters' supporters to complain about efforts to prevent Waters from appearing to talk about his political views at the 92nd Street Y.
Terrorist Supporters and Anti-Semitism Permitted at Crime-Plagued York University (VIDEO)
Where anti-Semitism and racism thrive, it is often symbolic of larger problems at an institution. The student association of York University, Canada's third largest university, a public university in Toronto with 55,000 students recently passed a resolution endorsing the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.
And while they received attention for this initiative, there's so much more negative media attention that they have received, even a top crisis PR agency couldn't solve things for them.
Air France fined for kicking flytilla activist off plane
An Air France spokesperson said the company was acting in compliance with the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, which requires airlines to refuse to fly passengers who are "declared inadmissible in the country of destination."
The night when myths were born
The IDF's elite reconnaissance unit, Sayeret Matkal, is known for its daring missions behind enemy lines, most of which are still classified. Ahead of the publication of a new book, its former members speak.
IDF Blog: PROVED FAKE: Photo of Palestinian Prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya Handcuffed to Bed
The image implies that Abu Hamdiya handcuffed to a hospital bed. In reality, the arm pictured above is a cropped portion of a photo taken in Syria of a hospitalized rebel. The photo was originally published on December 8th, 2012.
Richard Landes: Islamism is winning the cognitive war – thanks to manipulative and gullible journalists
"Human Rights" NGOs made Israel the global villain, and at Durban, with Muhammad al Durah as the patron saint of the hatefest, this "conference against racism" laid out a plan for the systematic delegitimization and eventual destruction of Israel – a battle plan that suited both "progressive forces" in the West (like Judith Butler) and the global Jihadis whom the "Left" embraced in the war against imperialism (like Hamas and Hizbullah).
Nahum Shahaf's relentless Muhammad al-Dura dissent
The man who spurred on much of the investigation into the killing of the Gaza 14-year-old reflects on the controversy and vows to persevere
Israeli reporters covering Palestinians face threats By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian journalists on Thursday called on the Palestinian Authority to ban Israeli reporters from entering Palestinian cities in the West Bank.
Over the past few weeks, Palestinian journalists and activists have threatened or harassed a number of Israeli reporters covering Palestinian affairs.
Norway Foreign Minister in Israel Expresses Anger Over PA Use of Aid to Pay Terrorists
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide expressed anger at the Palestinian Authority during his visit to Israel on Wednesday, following the discovery that the PA was using Norwegian and British aid money to pay the salaries of convicted Palestinian terrorists serving time in Israeli jails, Israel Hayom reported.
Dutch PM on Anti-Semitic Video: "This Kind of Malice Calls for Forceful Responses from Society"
Israeli news website Arutz Sheva has come into possession of a letter written by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to the Simon Wiesenthal Center in late March. The organization had initially written the prime minister following the publication of a video which showed young Turkish immigrants in the country voicing extremely anti-Semitic views.
Swiss MP Visits Yesha Communities, Comes Away Impressed
In the wake of increasing calls for the boycott of products made in Judea and Samaria by European Union legislators, one senior EU politician - Yves Nidegger - a member of the Swiss Parliament – decided to examine the situation up close. Along with his wife, Maria, Nidegger on Wednesday visited numerous Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
Judea Pearl to Light Flame on Memorial Day
Professor Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, will light a memorial flame in Jerusalem on Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) this year.
He will take part on the morning of April 15 in the Jewish Agency's annual ceremony, which honors Jews murdered outside Israel in terrorist attacks or acts of anti-Semitism as well as fallen IDF soldiers.
Saved from the Nazis in the caves of the Ukraine
'No Place on Earth,' opening Friday in New York, shows how 30 Jewish relatives went to extraordinary lengths, and depths, to survive the Holocaust
It's been about a year since the theatrical release of Agnieszka Holland's "In Darkness," based on the true story of an extended family who hid from Nazis and their collaborators for 14 months in the sewers of Lvov. One-upping this story, at least from a survivalist standpoint, is "No Place on Earth," a documentary/narrative hybrid about an extended family hiding in Ukrainian caves for over 17 months – the longest stretch of time for humans to live in caves since they first left them.

YU law school defends giving award to Israel-hater Jimmy Carter

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Here is the official statement from the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University concerning the award being given to Jimmy Carter next week:

This year student editors of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution have chosen to honor former President Jimmy Carter with the International Advocate for Peace Award in recognition of his lifetime of work, from the historic Camp David Peace Accord between Israel and Egypt, to monitoring some 90 elections around the world and supporting fledgling democracies to resolve conflicts without violence. The Journal is recognized as one of the premier publications in the field of dispute resolution, and previous Peace Award recipients have included President Bill Clinton, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Senator George Mitchell, John Wallach and Seeds of Peace, playwright Eve Ensler, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Betty Murungi, Ambassador Dennis Ross, and documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney, among others. The students have made this decision based on President Carter's achievements, and we support their right to do so.
It is more than just a mistake for a school that is associated with traditional Judaism and religious Zionism to give an award to Jimmy Carter, no matter what his achievements in conflict resolution. Carter is, simply, anti-Israel.

As I noted, Carter's double standards of how he whitewashes Hamas actions while characterizing Israel's as "apartheid", and his interceding to stop a Nazi war criminal from being deported from the US, may cross the line to indicate that Carter has a real problem with Jews altogether.

Beyond that, how can any Jewish institution stomach the idea of giving an award to this man, smiling as he receives a gift from a mass murderer, that symbolizes that Jews have no rights to their eternal capital?



I hope there are massive protests outside Cardozo's Law School this coming Wednesday at 3 PM. Having YU associated with someone as despicable as Carter cannot be accepted as "one of those things."

(h/t Emet)

Another story of racist, apartheid Israel

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Over a week ago there was a story in the major media about how Israel was giving medical treatment to Syrians injured in the uprising.

What few seemed to notice, however, was this:
Hospital director Masad Barhoum, one of a team of doctors that treated the Syrians, said medical staff did their best to save the life of the man who died, but he had suffered a bullet wound through the head that caused massive bleeding.
Masad Barhoum? That doesn't sound Jewish, does it?

In fact, Barhoum made news back in 2007 by being the first Arab appointed to run a government hospital in Israel with impressive accomplishments. As the BBC reported in 2008:
He describes himself as "Israeli, Arab, Christian."

Dr Barhoum says that, nonetheless, he is constantly challenged.

"Every week, someone is saying: you're treating Arabs not Jews, and that's because you're an Arab."

But he says that these accusations are less to do with racism, and more to do with the fact that there are always people who will want to test a hospital director.

"Yes I am in a minority here. But if I were to wake up each day and look in the mirror and say, 'they're screwing you because you're an Arab', then sure, I'll be screwed and I'll get screwed."
Unfortunately, there is an entire industry of organizations and media outlets that subscribe to the idea that Arabs are forever victims and should be treated like helpless children who need the aid of white "progressives", instead of the fact that Israeli Arabs are citizens just like anyone else. While they may have to face some discrimination - like any minority in the world - they can overcome it and gain the respect of all.

Well, almost all.

Those same "progressives" aren't quite as happy that an Arab hospital director demolishes their characterization of Israel as an "apartheid state" and even scorns their point of view. They seethe at the idea that he identifies as an Israeli first. They can' stand that his existence shows that everything they say and believe about Arab citizens of Israel is wrong.

They are the only ones who truly hate people like Dr. Masad Barhoum.


(h/t Meryl)

Friday Links Part 1

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 09:20 AM PDT

From Ian:
Burning Down the Palestinian House
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to "suspend unilateral action" against Israel for some indefinite period of time. It is, his spokesman says, to "give a sufficient chance for [US Secretary of State John] Kerry's efforts to succeed." By this, Abbas apparently means he will not make any additional unilateral efforts in the UN or try to convince the International Criminal Court to take up action against Israel.
This is the functional equivalent of agreeing not to swing the wrecking ball after you've set the house on fire.
Prosor calls on UNSC to condemn Gaza rockets
Israeli UN envoy Ron Prosor called on the UN Security Council to condemn the recent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel on Thursday.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Prosor wrote, "While children were on there way back to school from the Passover vacation two rockets landed near Sderot. Instead of rushing to classrooms, these children and their families were forced to rush to bomb shelters."
UN Peacekeepers Failing to Stop Hezbollah Arms, Says Israel's National Security Advisor
"Under pressure, a multi-national force is like an umbrella that gets folded up on a rainy day," Yaakov Amidror, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's national security adviser, said in a Tel Aviv University speech, Reuters reported.
I used to be an Islamist
Ahmad Mansour tells of how he turned his back on the allure of religious fundamentalism
Arab girls, Jews and drinking villagers were the prime enemies in our midst, but the imam disclosed that in the outside world there were more foes: Christians, Americans, Europeans, Nationalists and Communists. They were all our enemies and aligned with the Devil. Our imam preached that a cruel and agonizing death was in store for them. One day, in order to maximize our respect for his words, he subjected us to a dramatic test.
Glenn Greenwald's dishonesty on the rights of women and gays in the Mid-East
In Glenn Greenwald's latest column at 'Comment is Free' (Sam Harris, the New Atheists and anti-Muslim animus, April 3) he attacks the "New Atheists" such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens for promoting what he claims is "Islamophobia under the guise of rational atheism".
Greenwald lambasts Harris – and, to a lesser extent, Dawkins and Hitchens – for suggesting that the threat posed by Islamic traditions and doctrines to Western political freedom is greater than that of Christianity and Judaism.
Glenn Greenwald tosses a throwaway line about the injurious effects of Judaism
It's extremely unlikely that Greenwald – a secular Jew who rarely if ever alludes to his religious background – has ever devoted any serious thought to the question of what role Judaism has played in the policy decisions of Israel's secular Prime Ministers from Independence till the present day, and the decision by the nation's leaders to defend against "all sorts of attacks" by "neighboring Arab and Muslim countries" and homicidal terror groups.
New Hamas Leaders: Shalit Deal Terrorists
At least two members of Hamas' top policymaking body are terrorists released in the deal to release Gilad Shalit. The terror group's politburo, announced Wednesday after meetings in Gaza, includes Yahya Snawar and Ruhi Mushtaha, both terrorists released in the Shalit deal, were among four new Hamas central committee members.
Hamas reportedly training rebels, fighting to oust Assad
Islamist group denies claim, but several sources tell UK's Times newspaper that former Assad ally has joined Syrian rebels in civil war
Iran: West Targeting Syria to Divert Attention from Israel
A senior Iranian lawmaker charged on Wednesday that the Western media is creating a hype against Syria as a tactic aimed at diverting attention from "Israel's crimes", PressTV reported.
"Iran tries to counteract the negative wave of anti-Syria propaganda by the Western media," said the Chairman of the Iranian parliament's Foreign Relations Committee Vahid Ahmadi.
'Rihanna set to play Israel again'
Pop star Rihanna may perform in Israel later this year after finishing her current "Diamond Tour" in the US, Europe and other locales, Channel 2 reported Thursday.
The show would be the singer's second in the country and would take place in October at a still-to-be-finalized location, the report said.
Burger joint to open in memory of terror victim
A decade after a suicide bomber targeted Jerusalem's Cafe Hillel, a friend of one of the victims realizes a dream
A close friend of a security guard who was killed when he tried to prevent a terrorist from carrying out a suicide bombing will open a hamburger restaurant in the same Jerusalem location as the cafe that was destroyed in the deadly attack.
Yuval Hoveri said that opening a restaurant was a dream he shared with Alon Mizrahi, who died along with six others in 2003 when a suicide bomber targeted the popular Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim Street.

Arabs encouraged by letter from 100 liberal Jews to pressure Bibi

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 08:00 AM PDT

On Wednesday, a group of 100 self-proclaimed Jewish leaders wrote a letter to Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu asking that he give concessions to the PA - in order to get Abbas back to the negotiating table:

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu:

As Americans deeply committed to Israel's security, we were heartened by President Obama's recent historic visit and his unequivocal assertion that "so long as there is a United States of America, Ah-tem lo le-vad." We also are encouraged by the rapprochement with Turkey, which was achieved in great measure due to your leadership.

We believe that this is a compelling moment for you and your new government to respond to President Obama's call for peace by taking concrete confidence building steps designed to demonstrate Israel's commitment to a 'two-states for two peoples' solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We urge you, in particular, to work closely with Secretary of State John Kerry to devise pragmatic initiatives, consistent with Israel's security needs, which would represent Israel's readiness to make painful territorial sacrifices for the sake of peace.

Your leadership would challenge Palestinian leaders to take similarly constructive steps, including, most importantly, a prompt return to the negotiating table.

We join with President Obama in expressing our steadfast support for your efforts to ensure Israel's future as the secure and democratic nation state of the Jewish people.
I would love to know when Israeli concessions have ever prompted the slightest bit of reciprocal goodwill from the PA. Ever.

On the contrary, PalArab leaders consistently resulted in a hardening of positions. any Israeli concessions are regarded as a sign of weakness, or, even worse, a sign that Israel doesn't believe in its own positions.

Here again, the Arab media is trumpeting this letter as an indication that Israel's support is eroding. It is a headline in Al Quds, Asharq al-Awsat, El Nashra, Al Ahram and elsewhere.

None of them are suggesting that Abbas respond positively.

Meanwhile, another group of American Jews - those who represent the thinking wing of American Jewry - wrote their own letter to Netanyahu, one that actually makes sense:
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu:

We know you don't need our advice on how to handle the peace process – but given the decision by a group of self-described American Jewish leaders to call for you to make "painful territorial sacrifices," we felt it appropriate to convey our own thoughts on the matter.

Be assured that they don't speak for us or for a majority of Americans. We not only question the wisdom of their advice, we question their standing to issue such an admonition to a democratically-elected prime minister whose job is not to assuage the political longings of 100 American Jews, but to represent – and ensure the security of – the Israeli people.

Indeed, it's puzzling to us why a small group of American Jews believes it appropriate to demand "painful territorial sacrifices" of Israelis, when those issuing the demand will not experience the pain, or be compelled to sacrifice anything, should their advice prove foolish – as it has so many times in the past. We affirm the words of Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, who recently asked an American Jewish audience to "respect the decisions made by the world's most resilient democracy."

The "American Jewish leaders" who deign to advise you today are largely the same leaders who rarely, if ever, demand "painful sacrifices" of Palestinian leaders – or even demand that they come to the negotiating table, which they have refused to do in any meaningful way since 2008. From the safety of America, in the past they have recommended trusting Yasser Arafat, dividing Jerusalem, surrendering the Golan Heights to Syria, and withdrawing from territory that today is controlled by Iranian-backed terrorist groups.

Before rushing to issue new recommendations, we suggest that these oracles of bad advice might pause to reflect on the wisdom of the recommendations they've already made.

We, too, have strong opinions on the peace process – but one thing we never presume to do is instruct our friends in Israel on the level of danger to which they should expose themselves.

We trust, of course, that you are under no misapprehensions about any of this. But we felt it important that you heard from a mainstream voice in addition to the predictable calls from a certain cast of American activists for more Israeli concessions.

Abbas' list (ElderToon)

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:40 AM PDT

In the same spirit as the previous post...

Top Secret Mossad Agent’s Identity Revealed

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT

From commenter L. King:
Top Secret Mossad Agent's Identity Revealed

Tuesday's death of Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abuhamdieh who passed away due to terminal throat cancer has resulted in riots in the West Bank and accusations that the Mossad was secretly involved.

Up until now the identity of the agent known only by the initial G, (in Arabic "A") has been a closely guarded secret. However, given the method used, hackers have been able to narrow down the possibilities to a single individual, pictured here:

Hamas admits it is in "financial distress"

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 02:59 AM PDT

In a major speech yesterday, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal admitted that Hamas is suffering from "financial distress" as a result of the "Arab Spring."

Speaking in Cairo, Meshal's words were understood to mean that Iranian financial support for the group  has dried up after Hamas refused to support the Syrian regime and instead announced support for the Syrian people. (Hamas denied a separate story published by the Times of London that claimed that it was training Syrian rebels in building underground bunkers, saying ti is not interfering in Syrian affairs.)

He called on Arab nations to send money, saying they shouldn't do it as only aid but as a "partnership" - presumably to aid Hamas' efforts to destroy Israel. He seemed to be asking for money for weapons, saying "There is an international contest to deprive the Palestinian resistance of the weapon, and the international efforts of harm and prosecution have multiplied, and the our battle requires preparation and considerable money and effort." (I am not 100% certain of that translation.)

Earlier, Meshal emphasized that any unification agreement with Fatah would not come at the expense of Hamas' principles of never recognizing Israel and never giving up its weapons, and would only be based on what they have in common.

A Syrian regime newspaper attacked Meshal yesterday after he won his fifth term as Hamas' leader, saying that he has no reason to celebrate as all of "Palestine" is still occupied.
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