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Another group of "Palestinians" who arrived in the 1800s

Posted: 03 May 2013 02:30 PM PDT

I was just glancing through The Survey of Western Palestine, written in 1878.

The first thing to notice is the title; Western Palestine is the parts that are west of the Jordan River, as opposed to Eastern Palestine, which had its own survey. I have yet to find a single Palestinian Arab willing to say that they claim Jordan as part of their ancestral land of Palestine. (Just as none of them claimed the West Bank or Gaza to be theirs before 1967. Funny how Arab claims always coincide with Jewish control.)

We see that Jews were immigrating in droves:

But - so were Arabs. Here is a description of new building in mostly Arab towns, saying where one group came from explicitly:


This might explain why so many Arab residents of Jaffa decided to flee to Egypt in 1948, as opposed to the east or to the north. They already came from there!

Not that this is any secret to the Arabs themselves. But they won't admit that in English.

Friday Links 2

Posted: 03 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT

From Ian:
LATMA: President Obama explains his red lines



Sarah Honig: Another Tack: A convenient untruth
Double-standards toward Israel won't keep America safe from predations. They'll only embolden the jihadists. Kerry would do well to learn and memorize Chaim Weizmann's wake-up call to Anthony Eden after Kristallnacht:
"The fire from the synagogues may easily spread to Westminster Abbey…. It means the beginning of anarchy and the destruction of the basis of civilization. The powers which stand looking on, without taking measures to prevent the crime, will one day be themselves visited by severe punishment."
The monotonous Middle East
There is not much left to the stale Middle East complaint from the 1960s that Western colonialism and imperialism sidetracked the region's own natural trajectory to democracy. After the derailed Arab Spring, the world accepted that the mess in the Middle East is not imported, but rather the result of homegrown tribalism, sexual apartheid, religious intolerance, anti-Semitism, illiteracy, statism and authoritarianism.
Revolutionary theocrats always seem to follow the ouster of fossilized thugs. "Reformers" who were "elected" after the fall of the Shah of Iran and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt on spec conjured up the same old bogeymen as their predecessors, subverted the rule of law in the same old fashion, and wrecked the economy in the same old manner.
US report names 'worst' violators of religious freedom
The 15 countries are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Vietnam, all of which severely restrict independent religious activity and harass individuals and groups for religious activity or beliefs. These nations are classified as Tier 1 "countries of particular concern" (CPCs) in the report.
Despite its recent opening and political reforms, change in Burma have "yet to significantly improve the situation for freedom of religion and belief." The report states that most violations occurred against minority Christian and Muslim adherents. China's government is also cited for its ongoing severe abuses against its citizens' freedom of thought.
Why do Jews and Israel so often feature at center of conspiracy theories?
Whether it's the Boston Marathon bombings, the cold-blooded murder of 20 schoolchildren in Connecticut, or the definitive American tragedy of this generation, 9/11, one thing is certain — a cottage industry will arise claiming the event was perpetrated or staged by Jews or Israelis for some nefarious purpose.
A new study out this week — more than four months after a gunman massacred 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — finds that one-quarter (25 percent) of Americans believe facts about the shooting are being hidden by the government or media and an additional 11% are unsure.
CIF Watch: Pallywood Light: Guardian video claiming to show 'Jews attacking Palestinians' fails to deliver
However, upon viewing the one minute and six second Guardian video, we couldn't help but notice the absence of any clips actually showing 'Jewish settlers attacking Palestinians', despite text on the bottom of the screen at various moments stating that such attacks were taking place. Part 2
The curious CV of a former BBC Arabic journalist
But the more interesting part of Ali Hashem's CV comes before he joined the BBC, when he worked for the Hizballah TV station Al Manar – the self-proclaimed "station of the resistance" – which was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity by the United States in 2004. Al Manar was also banned by France on the grounds of its incitement of racial hatred, as well as by Germany and other countries.
Two TV Stations in US Broadcast Hamas and Hezbollah Incitement
Two television stations, one in New Jersey and one in California, are broadcasting programs from the outlawed Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist organizations, encouraging American children to grow up into suicide bombers.
The New York-based Lawfare Project said the NileSat IPTV in New Jersey and ArabTV4ALL in California are transmitting broadcast from the Al Aqsa television network, which is linked with Hamas, and from the Al Manar satellite network, a mouthpiece for Hezbollah.
Faces of Israel: Mazal Elijah, Immigrant from Iraq
If an Arab barged into your home and demanded to marry your daughter, it was impossible to refuse him.
Mazal Elijah and her family had a very difficult life. As members of the Baghdad Jewish community, Mazal's mother endured much suffering during what is known as the "Farhud Pogrom" or just "Farhud" in Baghdad, June 1941. Within 24 hours of the start of the pogrom, 250 people died. Mazal claimed that some Arabs were decent and tried to save Jews from the Farhud, yet other Arabs behaved horribly and sought to do the same to the Jews of Iraq as Hitler did to the Jews in Europe, yet they were fortunately stopped by the British. Thus, upon getting married around that period of time, her husband was drafted into the army, thus forcing her to move in with her parents so that she wouldn't get killed. Eventually, he managed to escape from the army, yet for a while things were very uncertain.
The Maturation of Indo-Israeli Ties
The normalization of relations has not transformed India into an ally of Israel. Nor has it caused it to abandon its erstwhile positions vis-à-vis the Palestinians. But by gradually delinking the unending saga of the peace process from bilateral relations, New Delhi is moving toward a more mature understanding and closer friendship with Israel. Recognition by both countries of the limitations and potentials of the relations has enabled them to avoid pitfalls of grandiose visions. Israel is no longer India's suitor; nor is it an ally. But both are emerging as a mature, dependable, and accommodating couple.
Disabled Gaza toddler lives at Israeli hospital
In his short life, Palestinian toddler Mohammed al-Farra has known just one home: the yellow-painted children's ward in Israel's Tel Hashomer Hospital.
Born in Gaza with a rare genetic disease, Mohammed's hands and feet were amputated because of complications from his condition, and the 3½-year-old carts about in a tiny red wheelchair. His parents abandoned him, and the Palestinian government won't pay for his care, so he lives at the hospital with his grandfather.

Shavuot at the Na'an Kibbutz, 1932 (photo)

Posted: 03 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT


The kibbutz was founded in September 1930 by 42 members of the Noar HaOved youth group, on lands purchased from the Arab village of Al-Na'ani. The name of the village and the kibbutz derives probably from the Biblical town of Na'amah (Joshua 15:41).
If anyone knows any of the individuals pictured here, please comment. The person who sent this to me, Josh K., would love to identify the people there.

Friday Links 1

Posted: 03 May 2013 10:30 AM PDT

From Ian:
UN sponsors "terrorist tournament"
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has sponsored an event named after a Palestinian terrorist who was responsible for the deaths of 125 people.
The event, a football tournament, was financially supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and sponsored by the United Nations agency. Palestinian news outlets reported, "The draw for the 19th Prince of Martyrs Khalil Al-Wazir Abu Jihad Football Tournament for youth born in 1996, took place in the Al-Ansar Club offices in Jerusalem. The tournament is organized by the Ansar Al-Quds Club, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme and funded by the Islamic Development Bank."
PMW: Abu Jihad glorified for planning "operations" that killed dozens of Israelis - on PA TV



Arab March to Jerusalem Planned in Cairo
A Global March to Jerusalem was planned last year as well. Counter-terror experts found that Iran was backing the event.
The march drew only a few thousand people, far from the two million supporters organizers had hoped for.
Analysis: Egypt, Iran in power struggle over Gaza
Egypt and Iran are locked in a power struggle over their influence and conflicting aims in the Gaza Strip, and Egypt appears to have the upper hand.
While Tehran is dissatisfied with the relative durability of the cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, and is pushing Palestinian armed factions to violate the truce, Cairo is doing its utmost to reinforce the calm, which it views as serving Egypt's national interest.
Iran Brings Back Stoning As "Islamic Punishment"
The controversial "Islamic Punishment" law that was rejected by the Guardians Council returned and eventually was passed last week. To the disappointment of human rights activists and the promises of some Majlis representatives, not only stoning is not negated in the law, it is in fact emphasized.
Kenya Finds Iranians Guilty of Plotting Attacks Against Israelis
Two Iranians were found guilty by a Kenyan court Thursday for possessing explosives allegedly for use in bomb attacks.
Erdogan: There's No Doubt Assad Used Chemical Weapons
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that there is no doubt that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has used chemical weapons against rebels.
Erdogan added that he would discuss the issue with U.S. President Barack Obama during his upcoming visit to Washington.
Federal Agents Raid Saudi Diplomatic Compound, Free Slaves
Saudi Arabia officially abolished slavery, but its labor practices are largely indistinguishable from slavery. High-ranking Saudis in America have been charged with slavery before.
But now a Saudi diplomatic compound in Virginia has run afoul of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Pakistanis remember bin Laden as 'Islamic hero'
Al-Qaida supporters gather in Pakistan, chanting, carrying photos of 9/11 mastermind bin Laden on 2nd anniversary of his death.
UK Political Candidate Making 'Nazi Salute' Claims He Was Just Reaching For Phone
However, to their detractors the group's anti-EU drive comes not from economic sensibility but from nationalism, xenophobia, and even outright racism.
Case in point: this week 22-year-old UKIP candidate Alex Wood was suspended after a Facebook photo that appeared to show him making a "Nazi salute" was published by left wing tabloid the Daily Mirror.
Neo-Nazi trial highlights latent racism in Germany
Surviving member of National Socialist Underground to be tried for complicity in murder of 8 Turks and a Greek
Dutch Turk Volunteer Harassed for Opposing Holocaust Supporters
He said, "The Sahin Affair, even if it concerns a single victim, well illustrates three major negative aspects of contemporary Dutch society. The first issue is, as Sahin relates, the immoral attitudes held by significant parts of Dutch Turkish society. The second aspect is the failure of the Dutch major media which only started to give substantial publicity to the scandal of the young Hitler admirers on mainstream TV after several weeks had passed, when the Simon Wiesenthal Center wrote a protest letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
The third more recent failure is that of the Dutch police and prosecution. The net result of the death threats and hatred against Sahin coming out of the Turkish community is that one of the youths receives some superficial "educational training," while the victim is warned that he will be brought before a court if he insults his aggressors again.

PHOTO: Gaza children playing "Martyrdom"

Posted: 03 May 2013 08:28 AM PDT

Hamas proudly tweeted this image showing Gaza children playing:




Gaza parents must be so proud that their children aspire to death!

The reactions from Muslims are positive as well., pushing back when others are horrified:



Then again, this does come in as handy practice for when they fake funerals as adults as well, as this 2006 video shows:

Egypt to Palestinian Syrian refugees: "Drop Dead"

Posted: 03 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT

More details on a story about anti-Palestinian Syrian discrimination in Arab countries I posted April 28:

Fatemah El-Taweel, 31, left war torn Syria where she was born and raised for Egypt. Yet when she attempted to send her three children to school here she met with an unexpected response.

"A Palestinian, and you want to enroll your children for education here?" asked an employee of the ministry of education whose shocked face made it clear he thought her request audacious. 
"I told him yes, I do," says Fatemah. "Just like Syrian refugees who are given these rights in Egypt."

A presidential decree issued last September grants exceptional rights to Syrian refugees in Egypt, including access to government schools. It did not, however, make any mention of Palestinians who had fled Syria..

Under the threat of missiles, bombardment from tanks and trigger-happy snipers Fatemah's family fled to Egypt last December. They have since been joined by 1,900 families, an estimated 10,000 Palestinians who moved from Syria to Egypt to escape the conflict.

None are given residency permits. The Palestinian embassy doesn't follow their cases, monitor their arrival or seek to register them.

The luckiest receive short term tourist visas. Scores are turned away at Cairo airport. If they are between the age of 18 and 40 and traveling alone they are sent back to Damascus, returned to the life threatening situation they had sought to escape but faced with the added burden of the suspicion of the Syrian authorities towards asylum seekers rejected by Egypt.


Denied refugee rights Syrian Palestinians must grapple with a bureaucracy that either doesn't recognize them or lacks the flexibility to do so and negotiate a decades long mentality that considers them a threat to national security. 


Very few managed to flee with their savings. Most didn't have time to take anything. Lacking any support in a country they barely know, they are left to battle for healthcare, education and housing. Those who did manage to bring money find it soon runs out.

The constant threat of deportation is unsettling. They face an uncertain future in the absence of any institutional support.


"I'm fighting and struggling to be recognized as a refugee," Abdeljabar Bilal, a 42-year-old Palestinian lawyer who moved to Cairo from Syria last October with his family, told Ahram. "I'm not a tourist."

They are demanding equal status with Syrian refugees in Egypt, who not only have educational and health rights but the option of registration with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, which provides financial assistance, educational grants, food coupons, protection from deportation, health care and counseling. But this can only happen if Egypt – the host country – gives UNCHR permission to work with Syrian-Palestinians.

According to a UNHCR source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the commission has repeatedly applied for the necessary permission from the ministry of foreign affairs only to be turned down.

...In Egypt, unlike Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the West Bank where refugee camps were built especially for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA only operates a liaison office.

The level and the nature of relief provided by UNRWA elsewhere cannot be replicated in Egypt without a change in its mandate here. And that requires both Egypt's approval and a vote by the UN General Assembly. Yet Cairo's position is that only UNRWA, and not the UNHCR, is authorized to address the problems facing Palestinian refugees coming from Syria.

Officially, Egypt is maintaining its commitment to preserve Palestinian identity so long as there is Israeli occupation, preventing the "erosion" of that identity by refusing to allow the refugees to be registered by UNHCR which does not distinguish Palestinians from the rest of the world's refugees.

The most significant difference between other refugees and Palestinians, as per UN resolution 194, is that descendants of Palestinians keep their refugee status, giving them the right to return to their homeland. [That is not in UNGA 194 - EoZ}

But technically, registering with UNHCR would not strip Palestinian refugees of their inalienable rights to their homeland. And given the limitations of what UNRWA's liaison office can do in Egypt, temporary registration with UNHCR would offer the fastest and most practical, albeit partial, solution to the problems facing Syrian Palestinians in Egypt.

Critics argue that Egypt's logic of preserving the Palestinian identity is being abused to justify political, racist and security motivated practices against refugees.
There is a lot more there, including the fact that Mahmoud Abbas is also ignoring the problem.

Outside of the UNHCR, I cannot find any mention of this severe discrimination in Egypt against Palestinian Arabs by any human rights organizations. (HRW did mention one specific case of two men  being sent back to Syria in January, but is silent about Egypt's refusal to let UNHRC help the Palestinian Syrian refugees.) For some reason, Palestinian Arabs aren't nearly as important when they are being abused by other Arabs.

Report: Hamas stopping Salafi attacks to Israel

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT

Palestine Press Agency reports that Hamas is stopping various Salafi groups from "revenge attacks" against Israel.

Hamas security forces have deployed throughout Salafi strongholds, mostly in eastern Rafah, to try to stop
rocket attacks.

Hamas is also said to have stopped a planned attack at the Kerem Shalom crossing, where most of Gaza's goods are brought in. Any such attack would have closed the crossing, perhaps for many days.


The report goes on to say that Hamas security has been evident in many other areas of Gaza that are popular for launching rockets, and that they are also stopping people from approaching the security fence around Gaza.

Yesterday, Hamas arrested six Salafis, claiming that they were stealing rockets from other groups and responsible for internal explosions.


Al Ayyam reports that Hamas warned the Salafist groups that they are not to shoot rockets towards Israel without a national concensus on the matter. The Salafists rejected that statement.

Two rockets were fired towards Israel yesterday, causing no damage.

Dear Imam: Help! My husband treats Jews and Christians with respect!

Posted: 03 May 2013 02:58 AM PDT

An Arab Israeli woman wrote a letter to the fatwa department of Islamweb yesterday, asking advice.

Her husband likes to befriend Christians, Jews and Druze, and bring them into the house. He also wants to teach his children about the differences between Islam and other beliefs, and for them to offer greetings to Christians and Jews on their holidays. Other things he does are even worse, like drinking alcohol with his non-Muslim friends and making fun of Islamists. She is afraid his actions will corrupt the children. What can she do?

The answer refers to many other previous fatwas from the site:

  • Christians and Jews cannot be considered believers. They are infidels, in every sense. 
  • It is forbidden to greet them on their festivals (i.e., to say Merry Christmas.) If you ask, but they greet us during our festivals - shouldn't we reciprocate to show that Islam is tolerant? The answer is simple: Islam is the correct religion, they are kuffars, and tolerance does not extend that far. 
  • Mocking Islamists or other Muslim religious leaders is a great sin. It is kufr even if it was only meant to be a joke.
  • It is better not to hire non-Muslims as employees, or to give charity to non-Muslims, and certainly not if you are at war with them. However, inviting the peaceful ones to partake in Ramadan breakfasts is OK because then you are showing them how wonderful Islam is and you might convert them. 
  • Serving alcohol to non-believers is also forbidden even if you do not drink it yourself.
  • Even though he is your husband and you must obey him, it is forbidden to obey him in these matters.
  • If your husband does not repent, then you must ask him for a divorce and take full custody of the children.
And Allah knows best.

(UPDATE: It should be mentioned that some prominent clerics in Egypt also forbade greeting non-Muslims on their holidays, and they came under attack by many other Egyptians, including officials and other clerics.)
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