יום שני, 8 באפריל 2013

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Great video showing co-existence at Rami Levy

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Missing Peace made a great video on the same topic as my last video, the co-existence between Arabs and Jews at Rami Levy supermarkets in the territories.

Arab media says story of Egyptian Jewish girl in IDF as "fake" as Anne Frank

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:00 PM PDT

During Passover, I excerpted and linked to a great article on the IDF blog about a young woman, Dina
Ovadia, who had been born and raised in Egypt without knowing she was Jewish and her journey to Israel where she is now in the IDF.

Naturally, Arabic language sites are fuming about this story.

The Arabic Media Internet Network has an article by Rashid Shaheen of Bethlehem, where he states that the story is a fraud.

Not only is it a lie, he states, but it is another Zionist lie like the lie of the diary of Anne Frank, which, he claims - quoting Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy - was written in ballpoint pen before such pens were invented.

Well, he is right about one thing. Dina Ovadia's story is just as legitimate as Anne Frank's.

One part of the article he believes. though - that Ovadia suffered from some name calling in school when she first moved to Israel. That part of the story, of course, proves Israeli hatred for Arabs and racism against a girl who presumably doesn't exist. But the rest is simply lies, lies, lies...

NGO map of Gaza reveals quite a bit

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:30 PM PDT

An enterprising Gazan created an interesting interactive map of Gaza City.

Here, in one section downtown, you can see how many NGOs that are listed by the site:


On the website, you can mouse-over the icons and see which NGOs each represents.

There is certainly a lot of outside money being funneled into Gaza.

On Friday, Ben Dror Yemini in Maariv linked to an old post of mine that showed graphically the top twenty recipients of humanitarian aid per capita from 2000-2009 - and the amount spent per Palestinian Arab was off the charts compared to everyone else:


Just today, I was sent this article from UNDP, talking about $11 million being spent in the West Bank and Gaza on HIV awareness and treatment. The article says that there are only 8 cases of HIV known in Gaza, and only several dozen in the WB. Last year I mentioned the same program, which organized a conference for 100 people to attend about the topic, just for Gaza - some twelve times more people attending the conference than known HIV patients!

In a world with unlimited cash, spending millions to save the lives of a handful of people might make sense. But we don't live in that world, and it is pretty clear that the Palestinian Arab cause has managed to take away much needed humanitarian aid from, well, hundreds of millions of people who need aid more than they do.

NGOs themselves are businesses, and they look at the territories as places that are relatively safe but that they can raise lots of money for and gets lots of people to volunteer to go. This situation of huge inflows of cash to the territories, towards organizations that often rely on demonizing Israel to raise more cash, is a perpetual motion machine.

The entire NGO industry in the territories is a scandal, but no one is willing to blow the whistle.

(h/t Gidon Shaviv, Avi Mayer)

Another heartbreaking story of Israeli racism (plus poster)

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT

From JPost:
His late mother was an illiterate housewife and his father a simple farmer and construction worker who never got beyond fourth grade. Nevertheless, Dr. Aziz Darawshe's 11 younger siblings include three physicians, a dentist, an engineer and five sisters who attended university.

There goes the theory that to get anywhere in life, one has to have well-educated and well-off parents...

Three months ago, the 57-year-old cardiologist, internal medicine specialist and emergency medicine expert replaced Prof. Ya'acov Assaf who retired after 18 years in the position, beating other candidates competing in a Hadassah tender. Darawshe earned an excellent reputation since 1994 as chairman of emergency medicine at Emek Hospital in Afula.

A self-declared secular Muslim, Darawshe was born in Iksal, near Mount Tabor and Nazareth, and with his wife Mona – a mathematics teacher – he still lives in the village.

His eldest son, 27, has completed his medical degree in Jerusalem and is learning neurosurgery in Beersheba, while his second one is studying in Germany.

An unusual characteristic one discovers in Darawshe is his drive to understand and get to know his patients. Besides Arabic, Hebrew, English and the Bulgarian he learned at medical school, he also speaks "a bissele Yiddish," Russian, Spanish and German – learned either in courses or from his conversations with his colleagues and patients.

"Last October, I was invited to an event at Beit Hanassi [President's Residence] in honor of Bulgarians, and I was able to speak to them," he said. "I sometimes make errors in Arabic, and I don't feel bad. But if I make a mistake in Hebrew, I feel terrible. I speak much more Hebrew than Arabic. Most Arabs learn Hebrew, and more Jews should learn Arabic. It should be regarded as the language of one's neighbors, not that of one's enemy."

Darawshe also knows a lot about Jewish history – probably more than many Jews.

He has gone to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial to understand what they went through.

Asked whether he has suffered any discrimination as an Arab physician, Darawshe answers a definitive "No! The integration of Arabs into the medical field has been impressive in this country. In the health system, Arabs and Jews get along excellently on an individual level. It's an oasis, in a world of ethnic, socioeconomic, racial and other prejudice. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, this has been so in hospitals and health funds and in Education Ministry institutions, unlike in other government ministries and various public companies. The establishment has no choice but to hire Arabs as manpower in schools, and the same is true in medical institutions. The rate of Arab pharmacists is about 40 percent. I'd be happier if Arabs were given chances to excel in other fields."

(h/t Yael)

Sunday Links

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:30 AM PDT

From Ian:
Irwin Cotler: Universal lessons of the Holocaust
Finally, we must remember – and celebrate – the survivors of the Holocaust – the true heroes of humanity. For they witnessed and endured the worst of inhumanity, but somehow found, in the depths of their own humanity, the courage to go on, to rebuild their lives as they helped build our communities.
And so, together with them we must remember – and pledge – that never again will we be indifferent to incitement and hate; never again will we be silent in the face of evil; never again will we indulge racism and anti-Semitism; never again will we ignore the plight of the vulnerable; and never again will we be indifferent in the face of mass atrocity and impunity.
Hunting Nazis is still relevant
On the eve of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day in Israel, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has released its latest list of the "Most Wanted Nazi War Criminals" and the primary findings of its twelfth annual report on the "Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals." This report chronicles the efforts all over the world during the previous year to facilitate the punishment of the perpetrators of Nazi crimes and assess and give grades to all the countries that are actively involved – or should be – in bringing these criminals to justice.
2 SS chiefs who fled to US on new Wiesenthal list of 10 most-wanted Nazis
United States receives top marks for bringing war criminals to justice; Australia, Lithuania, Denmark, Russia among those to receive lowest grade
The Simon Wiesenthal Center released on Sunday the findings of its 12th annual report on the investigation and prosecution of Nazi criminals around the world.
Germany to prosecute 50 former Auschwitz guards
Former guards in their 90s to stand trial for accessory to murder; Demjanjuk case formed a precedent
About 50 men in their 90s are to stand trial for their service as guards in the Auschwitz Nazi death camp during World War II.
The WAZ German news website reported that legal proceedings will be opened against the suspects who will be charged with accessory to murder,
30% increase in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide in 2012
Hungary showing gravest trends; report links surge to Europe's economic troubles, rise of extreme right parties and Toulouse school shooting
"It appears that rather than the Toulouse attacks being a shock to the system, they had the opposite effect and perhaps allowed terrorist groups in Europe to become more emboldened," EJC President Moshe Kantor said at an anti-Semitism press conference Sunday at Tel Aviv University, pointing to attempted terror attacks across the continent against Jewish targets.
Is the Iron Dome effective?
The claim that Israel has not provided the US with accurate data on the Iron Dome's performance is ridiculous.
"Postol's "analysis" of these public video clips and his underestimation of the Iron Dome's effectiveness are meaningless and his conclusions are completely baseless.
In those clips, only the Iron Dome's trail of smoke can be seen. The Grad rocket that it is about to intercept, however, cannot be seen.
To assess whether the Iron Dome's missile successfully hit the Grad rocket, the trajectories of both must be observed, which is possible only through a full sky image obtained from sophisticated security sensors in which both projectiles can be observed simultaneously. This information is never released to the public since it would reveal the IDF's discovery and tracking capabilities."
Israel Nabs Temple Mount Terrorists
Terrorists attacked police in revenge for dropped Koran, used child to smuggle in bomb materials.
The Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, revealed Sunday that its operatives exposed a Hamas-linked terrorist cell in March. Members of the cell have been arrested.
The terror cell was behind recent violence on the Temple Mount. Among the attacks it carried out was a firebomb attack on police officers in which nine were injured.
Hamas cracks down on low-cut jeans
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip is getting flack from rival lawmakers and rights groups over a ban on "Western garments and stylish haircuts."
According to a report from the Chinese Xinhua news agency Saturday, Gazan parents have recently been complaining that police are detaining their sons and grilling them for hours on end for the crime of wearing low-rise jeans and rocking spiky hairstyles.
Barry Rubin: Where is Egypt's Crisis Heading? Possibly Directly Toward Us
Obviously, this presents serious challenges to Israel. On one hand, Israel has no influence on what happens in Egypt or Syria. Does anyone really believe that "solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict" will fix these issues? Well, yes, all too many people say they believe that, especially in Western policymaking circles. But the difference is that far fewer believe that any longer.
Thousands of Egyptians across country protest Morsi
Thousands of Egyptian activists took to the streets Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the founding of a leading opposition group, the April 6 Youth Movement, and to push a long list of demands, including the formation of a more inclusive government amid a worsening economy.
EU: Nuclear talks with Iran have failed
Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement Saturday on how to reduce fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, extending a series of inconclusive talks and adding to concerns the diplomatic window on reaching a deal with Tehran may soon close.
Khamenei's Ever-Changing Nuclear Fatwa
The key take-away is that while Ali Khamenei—like many Shi'ite religious figures—maintains a website that lists all of his fatwas, the nuclear fatwa is not among them. How convenient.
Over at "Arms Control and Regional Security for the Middle East," Ariane Tabatabai has gone further and has shown how when Iranian officials cite the alleged fatwa, they constantly change its meaning and contents:
Irish Teachers Call For Academic Boycott of Israel
"Four consecutive Israeli prime ministers have called for a two-state accord with the Palestinians, only to be rebuffed time and again. It does take two to make peace," Harris continued. "Meanwhile, we trust that the leaders of the Irish campaign, to be consistent, will seek to ensure that they do not benefit from any life-saving Israeli medical advance, technology in their computers, innovations in their cell phones, or other Israeli contributions to the world's well-being."
Israelis discover gene responsible for liver disease
After years of hunting, Dr. Rifaat Safadi and his team of Hadassah medical researchers in Jerusalem have found the gene that causes liver disease. This groundbreaking discovery paves the way for potential new treatments.
Safadi, an Arab-Israeli physician who heads the Liver Unit at Hadassah University Hospital in Ein-Karem, tells ISRAEL21c that while the gene, Neuroligin 4 (NLGN4), was already known to be involved in brain neuron communication, his team was the first in the world to identify NLGN4 in the immune system and liver
SpongeBob SquarePants takes over the Middle East
Even if he isn't a revolutionary icon, SpongeBob is huge in the Middle East. Ignoring conflicts and national borders, he skips happily across the Arab world and is popular with almost everyone. At the moment the British foreign office advises against all travel to Syria, Yemen, Gaza, Somalia and parts of Libya. But a quick internet search reveals SpongeBob dressed in Yemeni clothes, SpongeBob on t-shirts in Somalia and SpongeBob gifts for sale in Gaza. In Syria, he has popped up on the wall of a bombed-out building, next to graffiti that says, "tomorrow will be better." This sponge does not respect national boundaries. That is his revolutionary act. (h/t Silke)

New website "Shame on Cardozo" for honoring Jimmy Carter at YU

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 08:29 AM PDT

A new website, ShameOnCardozo.com,  has been set up to show outrage that the Yeshiva University law school invited Jimmy Carter to accept an award this week:

A Message To Cardozo Alumni
On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Jimmy Carter will be honored at the Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, part of Yeshiva University, to receive the International Advocate for Peace Award from the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Jimmy Carter has an ignominious history of anti-Israel bigotry. He is responsible for helping to mainstream the antisemitic notion that Israel is an apartheid state with his provocatively titled book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid", the publication of which prompted mass resignations from the Carter Center. He has met numerous times with leaders of the terror group Hamas whitewashing their genocidal goals and undermining US efforts to isolate Hamas. And Carter's record of slandering Israel is so voluminous that both CAMERA and Alan Dershowitz have written books refuting his lies.

It is simply unconscionable for a Jewish affiliated school to honor someone who has played such a high profile role in demonizing the Jewish state.
We therefore urge you to condition any continued support of Cardozo, be it financial or otherwise, on the cancellation of this event.

 Please also take 2 minutes out of your busy schedules to contact the Dean of Cardozo and President of Yeshiva University to express your outrage. Contact details are below.
Professor Matthew Diller, Dean of Cardozo: Tel – 212-790-0310; Email – mdiller@yu.edu
Professor Richard Joel, President of Yeshiva University: Tel – 212 960 5300; Email president@yu.edu

Australian pro-BDS group may be ousted from Jewish umbrella group

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 07:30 AM PDT

From Australian Jewish News:

THE Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) could be ousted from the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) after its Pesach campaign to encourage boycotts against Israeli settlements.

JCCV president Nina Bassat said AJDS's affiliation would be reviewed. "While the JCCV recognises that its affiliates have the right to formulate their own policies, this campaign is repugnant to the longstanding policies of the JCCV and indeed to the views of the majority of our community. The philosophical differences between the JCCV and the AJDS are such that I propose to bring for discussion at our next meeting the future of the AJDS as a JCCV affiliate."

Jewish organisations condemned a renewed call by the AJDS for boycotts of products made in Israeli settlements and on the Golan Heights, after the group initially called for partial boycotts two years ago.

Comparing Palestinian workers to "the slaves of biblical Egypt", AJDS launched an online campaign, "Don't Buy From the Settlements", urging Jews "to avoid buying products made in settlements located in the Occupied Territories".

Timed to hit Jews as they sat down to seders, non-Jewish Australians were also in the campaign's crosshairs, its media release describing "the Jewish festival of Passover, which is commonly known as a festival of freedom".

"On Passover we remember that Jews were once slaves in biblical Egypt. This year the AJDS is putting a call out to the Jewish community asking them to join a long history of people who have fought for freedom, for both Jews and for non-Jews," the statement said.

The campaign's website, which features a detailed list of companies to boycott, faulted settlements as "the main obstacle to peace".

AJDS executive member Dr Jordy Silverstein told The AJN her organisation was "very disappointed" at talk of disaffiliation. "It seems a real shame that the JCCV has decided that it's not acceptable to just have a conversation."
"Just have a conversation"?

The AJDS created an entire website named "Don't Buy Settlement Products" that is essentially a copy of every BDS site out there.

Of course, their list of products is a very good one to use if you want to support Israel. The page is so attractive, it could be a shopping cart page!



(h/t BH)

Abbas to fire Fayyad?

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 05:30 AM PDT

From JPost:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may dismiss Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad,
according to an AFP report quoting a member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council on Friday.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the member said that the president "is leaning towards dismissing Fayyad from the head of the government and forming a new one."

According to the member, the conflict between Abbas and Fayad arose following the resignation of the Palestinian Authority's finance minister Nabil Qasis when Abbas refused to accept the resignation but Fayad agreed to.

The official said "Abbas informed Fayyad that if Nabil Qasis did not return to the finance ministry... Abbas would dismiss his government and form a new one," AFP reported.
Arabic media is quoting today's Al Hayat (London) as saying that Abbas said this during a Fatah Revolutionary Council meeting, saying "I am more angry at the [Fayyad] government than all of you ... I do not want to say more than that, but something will happen within three days." This is interpreted as meaning that Abbas told Fayyad that he has three days to resign before he gets sacked.

So far, Anonymous is singularly unimpressive in cyberwar against Israel

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 02:11 AM PDT

AP writes:
A weekend cyber attack campaign targeting Israeli government websites failed to cause serious disruption, officials said Sunday. The attacks followed warnings in the name of the hacking group Anonymous that it was launching a massive attack.

Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, of the government's National Cyber Bureau, said hackers had mostly failed to shut down key sites.

"So far it is as was expected, there is hardly any real damage," Ben Yisrael said. "Anonymous doesn't have the skills to damage the country's vital infrastructure. And if that was its intention, then it wouldn't have announced the attack ahead of time. It wants to create noise in the media about issues that are close to its heart," he said.

Posters using the name of the hacking group Anonymous had warned they would launch a massive attack on Israeli sites in a strike they called OpIsrael starting April 7.

Israel's Bureau of Statistics was down on Sunday morning but it was unclear if it was hacked. Media said the sites of the Defense and Education Ministry as well as banks had come under attack the night before but they were mostly repelled.Today is the day that "Anonymous" planned to erase Israel from cyberspace.

Judging from their tweets, they have done next to nothing.

They claim a number of sites taken down, but most of them are simply small businesses who seem to be
This graphic from their page indicates that the
pseudo-hackers are Muslim
using either simple passwords (for example, ballon2u) or software that has well-known vulnerabilities (i.e., SQL injection password bugs discovered years ago). They also attacked a few mid-level government sites, like the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Anonymous is also taking credit for taking down the "Israel military site" which is, in fact, an army surplus store. They do seem to have gotten some credit card numbers from that site.

They claim to have leaked "Israel Military Secret Documents" which are simply old articles, some by ITIC, freely available on the Internet.

The hackers seem to have managed to briefly interrupt some sites with denial of service attacks. Other Israeli sites that seem to be down from outside Israel are simply pro-actively blocking all traffic from outside the country in order to continue to serve Israeli customers and readers, so they appear to be down when they are simply being shielded from outside traffic.

On the Israeli side, people are reporting that the main domain of OpIsrael, the group spearheading the hacking effort, was hacked itself by a Zionist hacker. This does not seem to be correct; it looks like some Zionist simply bought the OpIsrael.com domain a couple of days ago and set up the page to appear "hacked" when it was never the webpage of the anti-Israel hackers. This is their page.

UPDATE: Actually, it looks like OpIsrael.com was their site, and they are lying about it now. (h/t David G)
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