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Friday Links Part 2

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT

From Ian:
Latma: Nothing to see in Turkey, and IRAN VOTES!!!


Lies, Apartheid and BS
Frankfurt's book, which spent 27 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list, presented a theory of BS and analyzed the term in the context of communication. The theory's key nugget, which Frankfurt briefly discussed at our table, is that BS is worse than lies.
Whereas a liar must know the truth in order to conceal it, a BSer couldn't care less one way or the other. His goal is not to conceal or reveal but to make an impression — to advance an agenda.
This blatant disregard for the very notion of truth is what makes BS a greater enemy of the truth than are lies.
On Israel's President's Conference by Raheel Raza
I would, in retaliation, host Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan "Apartheid Weeks." Stephen Hawking has, apparently, no issues speaking in China and Iran, two countries with appalling human rights records. No one speaks about BDS of Saudi Arabia, where the list of human rights violations is endless. Where were their voices? Or Pakistan, with religious minorities facing persecution and violence against women? No one asked me to cancel my trip to Pakistan.
JNF Withdraws from $500,000 Clinton Event
The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet Leyisrael) said on Thursday that it will not take part in an upcoming gala event attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and will not pay him $500,000 to give a speech at this gala.
Clinton's participation in the event has not been canceled.
Ireland Blocking E.U. From Blacklisting Hezbollah, Putting Spotlight on Anti-Israel Diplomacy
Ireland has often found itself the subject of international criticism for permitting and promoting vociferous anti-Israel activity bordering on anti-Semitism. Bilateral Israeli-Irish ties have been strained by Dublin's funding of NGO's that promote among other things boycott efforts against Israel. In addition to promoting pro-boycott NGO's, Ireland has also funded artists who bolstered boycotts of Israel.
Justice for Israel
"Norwegians and other Westerners need to understand the warlike patterns of behavior that characterize the region Israel resides in. This is what we have to deal with." When Deek makes this argument -- he is a Christian Arab who proudly and empathetically represents Israel -- people listen.
MIFF is now challenging Norway's almost blind funding of the PA, especially since it is clear that the PA has expended plenty of kroner rewarding the families of convicted terrorists. At the very least, Norway should take full control of the money it allocates to the PA, and itself administer the spending of these funds in support of specific, well-defined projects that benefit Palestinians and build a real constituency for peace.
Palestinians throw firebombs at Israeli bus near Ramallah
Palestinians threw rocks and two firebombs at an Israeli bus near Ramallah on Thursday.
Palestinians throw rocks at two fire crews in east J'lem
Palestinians threw rocks at two fire crews that were putting out a wildfire in east Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported.
Iran and Argentina's impending circus of 'truth'
In all, the deal to establish the joint "truth commission" serves as a clear victory for Iran and a painful blow to those Argentinians still mourning the loss of their loved ones. It provides the Iranian regime with the pretense of goodwill while enabling it to protect its officials from being held accountable. In this truth commission there will not be any form of reconciliation between victim and perpetrator. Instead, the AMIA bombing victims will suffer the further indignity of having their government cooperate with and legitimize those responsible for their suffering, while continuing to be deprived of justice.
South Korea In Advanced Negotiations For Iron Dome Purchase
The Tower has learned that advanced negotiations took place between the two countries during a private visit to Israel by Brigadier General Lee Hee Woo, President of a Chungnam National University research institute. General Lee told The Tower that "the Korean air Force is seriously considering purchasing the Israeli system in order to defend our capital Seoul from the North Korean threat."
Tel Aviv celebrates annual gay pride festival
Tel Aviv hosted its 15th annual Gay Pride Festival on Friday, with over a hundred thousand spectators and participants attending the celebrations, including droves of tourists from all over the world.
The Festival began at 10 a.m. at Gan Meir park, home to the city's gay community center, and featured performances, speeches and music. A massive parade of some 25,000 participants started at 1 p.m., making its way from the park through central Tel Aviv and culminating at the iconic Gordon Beach.
BCF: In Solidarity With Queers Against Israeli Apartheid 93% Of Palestinians Say Homosexuality Is Not Acceptable In Society
Pew Survey: The Global Divide on Homosexuality
Report: PepsiCo Offered $2B for 'Settlements' Labeled SodaStream
PepsiCo is negotiating with Israeli-based SodaStream to buy out the firm for $2 billion, according to the Israeli Calcalist business newspaper. SodaStream's shares in Germany shot up nearly 20 percent after the report.
SodaStream, listed on NASDAQ, manufactures machines that make carbonated drinks from tap water and also produces flavors, carbon dioxide refills and re-usable bottles.
German shirts say the team is 'at home' in Israel
German's under-21 squad will wear special shirts dedicated to Israel as it warms up for its match against Holland's team Thursday, in a tribute to the tournament's host country.
The shirts read "we feel at home" in Hebrew, and wearing them is a rare move by a visiting country in an international tournament. UEFA's Under-21 Championship is the most prestigious sporting competition to be hosted by Israel since the 1968 Paralympics.
An Egyptian Discovers that When an Israeli is Pricked, She Indeed Bleeds
Kartysh's comments after the match included the following.
"I can't even describe how proud I felt hearing 'Hatikva' (Israel's national anthem) playing in the end."
The Egyptian wrestler learned that when an Israeli Jew is pricked, she indeed bleeds, and that when she is so wronged she will avenge such an indignity by persevering and – in a display of pride, defiance and resilience – emerging victorious.
Orthodox Female Israeli Kickboxing Champ Shares Her Unlikely Story (VIDEO)
The Muay Thai kickboxing world has an unlikely world champion in Sara Avraham, an Indian immigrant who lives in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Jewish News One reports.

AP's misleading headline: "Israeli police: Gay killings not a hate crime"

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 01:15 PM PDT

Are Israeli police saying that targeting gays is not considered a hate crime?

That's sure what a lot of people would think when they see this headline, in AP as well as dozens of media outlets:


Reading the article you see that it is referring to a specific, and notorious, case in Israel:
Israeli police say the killing of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago is no longer being treated as a hate crime.

Police arrested four suspects this week in connection with the killing, originally seen as the most serious homophobic attack in a country that is fairly gay-friendly.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Friday that the motive behind the killing was of a personal nature. He said the suspects intended to shoot someone else at the center.
Instead, they opened fire on the two people they killed. Other details of the case are under court gag order.
I don't think that AP intended to imply that Israel was declassifying anti-gay violence as a hate crime, but it is very sloppy headline-writing.

By the way, the manhunt to find the killer was massive:
After the August 1, 2009 killings, the Central Unit was given an unlimited budget to pursue the case, and the investigation turned into one of the most expensive ever carried out in Israel. Anyone who was mentioned in connection with the shooting was called in for questioning, and ultimately more than 1,000 people were interrogated.
(h/t EBoZ)

International Red Cross promotes terror-supporting IHH in video

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 11:10 AM PDT

This is unconscionable. The ICRC interviews the head of the Turkish IHH and allows him to pretend that his organization is humanitarian, even concerning the Mavi Marmara attack on the IDF:



Here's a video of the IHH-sponsored flotilla that shows just how "humanitarian" it was:



Here's more stuff that the International Committee of the Red Cross didn't bother to inform viewers of in the video about the IHH:



Even the "aid" that the flotilla was bringing was symbolic - including expired medicines!

The IHH is close to Hamas, and doesn't deal at all with the PA. IHH members have recently visited Gaza and Hamas members reciprocate.

When the ICRC legitimizes the IHH, they only delegitimize themselves.

(h/t Harry's Place)

Friday Links Part 1

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 10:10 AM PDT

From Ian:
An Honest Answer to John Kerry's Question to American Jewry
Is Kerry asking American Jews to pressure their Israeli counterparts to respond positively to Abbas's outrageous demands? The last time Israel wandered down that path, with the settlement freeze of 2009, the Jewish state was met with yet more recalcitrance from Abbas.
In truth the onus is on Abbas, and in that regard, to paraphrase, "No one has a weaker voice in this than the American Jewish community."
The real question to be asked here is by American Jewry to John Kerry. Ma nishtana, why are you any different from all those who instinctively hold the Jews responsible for everything that is wrong in the Middle East.
Palestinians campaign to regain 'occupied' Latrun
One Israeli official was stunned by the Palestinian campaign over Latrun, saying it was as if the Palestinians were moving the goal line backwards.
Referring to US Secretary of State John Kerry's push to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the official said, "It's almost as if every time we move forward, or every time there is a prospect of moving forward, the Palestinians bring up an issue which they know is a game breaker."
The Palestinian decision to make this an issue, the official continued, "raises concerns as to their seriousness."
The Palestinian Excuse Machine
In every peace plan put forward by peace groups as well as the Israeli government's offers of statehood to the Palestinians, the Jewish areas of East Jerusalem remain part of Israel. The Palestinians know that even in the most generous distribution of territory – including the one put forward by former prime minister Ehud Olmert in 2008 that called for the abandonment of the Old City by Israel – Ramot and Gilo and other such neighborhoods are not going to be handed over to them and emptied of their Jewish inhabitants.
Barry Rubin: Obama Middle East Policy: Wrong Team, Wrong Ideas
In the Middle East, to paraphrase President Barack Obama's mentor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the dodo birds are coming home to roost.
At this moment, the administration's policy team consists of CIA director John Brennan, father of the ""moderate" Islamism-and-the-Muslim Brotherhood-are-good school; the Secretary of State John Kerry who thinks he is going to make Israel-Palestinian peace in one month; the know-nothing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel; the chilling ideologue Samantha Powers as UN ambassador; and the dupe of the Benghazi scandal Susan Rice rewarded by being made national security adviser.
Samantha Power, U.N. Nominee, Highlights Obama's Genocide Problem
The nomination of Samantha Power for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations has drawn the Jewish community's attention to her controversial 2002 remark about hypothetical U.S. action against Israel to protect Palestinians from genocide. But Power's confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate is also likely to address a broader question: How can lawmakers judge her record on responding to genocide, when the government agency she has headed for the past year has no office, no staff, no phone number, and no public record of taking any action to fulfill its stated mission—to prevent atrocities in Darfur and elsewhere around the world?
Leading Arab journalist sympathizes with Bin Laden
A leading Arab journalist expressed sympathy with former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, considering him only "half a terrorist" in a television interview published by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
Asked whether he believed Bin Laden was a terrorist, Abdel Bari Atwan, editor in chief of the London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi, told Egypt's ONtv TV channel June 2 that the Saudi terrorist leader was "half a terrorist," since his organization's attacks against American forces in Saudi Arabia could not be considered terrorism.
Galon Upset Over Ban of Inciting PA Official
Meretz chair blasts the Defense Ministry for refusing to allow PA official who called to nuke Israel take part in her party's conference.
MK Zehava Galon, head of the extreme leftist Meretz party, blasted the Defense Ministry on Thursday for preventing the participation of Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub at the party's conference this coming Sunday.
Meretz's Darling: Netanyahu is a Dog
Video shows Meretz's would-be guest Jibril Rajoub denouncing "Jews, Satans, Zionist sons of bitches."
Senior Fatah official: Palestinians suffered more from Munich killings
Senior Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajoub, who also heads the Palestinian Olympic committee, claimed Thursday that the Palestinians had suffered three times as much as the Israelis because of the 1972 Munich attacks.
IDF Files Complaint With UN as Syrian Tanks Enter Golan Demilitarized Zone
Israel has filed a complaint with the UN after it was reported Thursday morning that Syrian tanks had entered the demilitarized zone in the vicinity of the Quneitra crossing. The move would be in violation of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries.
Dozens of Syrians try to flee fighting into Israel
Syrians fleeing fierce fighting near the Israeli-Syrian border tried to escape through the Quneitra border crossing into Israel on Thursday. IDF soldiers sheltered the civilians within buildings at the crossing, then sent them back into Syria when they determined it was safe to do so.
In addition, the Israeli military told The Times of Israel that three mortars had fallen in open areas on the northern and central Golan Heights on Thursday. No damages or injuries were reported.
Jordan threatens to expel Syrian envoy
US ally Jordan threatened on Thursday to expel Syria's ambassador, after he warned the kingdom Syrian missiles could be used against Patriot batteries due to be deployed soon along their border.
Bulgaria: No Backtrack over Burgas
Bulgaria denied Thursday backtracking over whether Hizbullah was behind a bomb attack last July on its soil that killed five Israelis, saying earlier comments were misinterpreted, AFP reported.
"Bulgaria has not revised its stance on the terrorist act," Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin was cited in a statement as telling Ireland's ambassador to Sofia, John Rowan, in talks.
Kerry quietly approved $1.3 billion in arms to Egypt
US Secretary of State John Kerry quietly approved sending $1.3 billion in arms to Egypt in May, waiving the requirements of a US law meant to promote democratic development in the post-revolutionary country.
Unrepentant Norwegian paper claims reaction to its gory cartoon is 'similar to Mohammed riots'
The Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet said reactions to its caricature on circumcision "are similar" to riots that erupted over cartoons mocking Mohammed.
Referencing Denmark's Jyllands-Posten caricatures of Mohammed in 2005, Dagbladet wrote in a statement: "We now have similar reactions to a cartoon that Dagbladet printed last week."

Stadium full of Jew-haters in Cairo

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 08:39 AM PDT

Al Ahram reports:
Egyptian Islamist groups gathered at the Cairo Stadium on the 46th anniversary of the occupation of eastern Jerusalem by Israeli forces in condemnation of the Israeli occupation and the Judaization of Jerusalem.

The protest started after Friday prayers at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo's Nasr City district. Salah Sultan, secretary general of Al-Azhar's Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, who led the Friday sermon at the mosque, said Prime Minister Hesham Kandil will attend the rally.

Thousands of protesters marched from the mosque to the nearby stadium, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website.
Al Dostor reports that 27 Muslim nations held events today to "liberate Jerusalem" from Jewish control in 27 nations.

Thousands of Egyptians marched from the mosque in Nasr City to Cairo International Stadium, where they were heard speeches by Egyptian political figures. They also were led to chant "Khyber, Khyber, O Jews, the army of Mohammed will return," a reference to a massacre of Jews by early Muslims.

Other slogans were pro-Hamas.

One speaker said that the problem with a potential Palestinian Arab state in the West Bank and Gaza is that it would only encompass 22% of "Palestine."

A Muslim Brotherhood leader declared "We are facing a Zionist project that is broken and defeated, and we will win in Syria and then conquer Jerusalem."

At the mosque before the march, the preacher said "The Jews do not reign, they will not benefit, and their faith is a waste of the blood of every Muslim."

Hamas says how horrible it was to co-exist with Jews

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT

I just came across this article on the Hamas interior ministry website, originally published in Hamas newspaper Felesteen.
When I was a little kid in the seventies we would attend demonstrations on the occasion of Land Day, or the anniversary of the Nakba, and I would hear people shouting: "Khyber Khyber O Jews, Muhammad's Army will be back." At the time we heard this chanting, Palestine was far from Islam. Women wore scandalous short clothes, and grocery stores sold liquor in public, and the Jews were coming every Saturday shopping at our markets and walking safely in our streets.  The Jewish employers would share their happy occasions with  their Palestinian workers, dancing with them and drinking liquor and beer at weddings together. The ideas that were prevalent at the time were closer to Kafr (heresy) than to the faith, such as: Arab nationalism, communism and secularism. Even so, the chants could be heard throughout Palestine: "Khyber Khyber O Jews, Muhammad's Army will be back."
After discussing the history of the massacre of Jews in Khyber, the author says that the Arab Spring Islamic revolutions were sparked by Hamas in Gaza, and he has no doubt that soon we will hear all Arab nations chanting ""Khyber Khyber O Jews, Muhammad's Army will be back."

Anyone who still thinks that Hamas' goals are anything but genocidal needs to read this. Again and again.

Syrian MP threatens Israel, Jordan - and Spain!

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 05:30 AM PDT

From MEMRI:



Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian MP Ahmad Shlash, which aired on Mayadeen TV on May 28, 2013.
Ahmad Shlash: You call this an "[Arab] Spring"? It's not even an autumn. This is the Grim Reaper coming to Syria to harvest souls.
Interviewer: This is because President Assad is clinging to his seat.
Ahmad Shlash: It is we who are clinging to him, not him to his seat. We will not allow him to leave this seat. Our slogan has only three words: Allah, Syria, and Bashar – and that's it. Whoever doesn't get it can go bank his head against a wall.
Interviewer: It is conceivable that a more qualified person cannot be found throughout Syria?
Ahmad Shlash: Let me tell you, throughout the Middle East and in the whole world, there are no men like President Bashar Al-Assad or Hassan Nasrallah. They are two of a kind. The rest can go and bury themselves in the ground – whether they come from Arab or non-Arab countries.
[…]
Interviewer: It seems that Qatar and Saudi Arabia will take part in this international conference.
Ahmad Shlash: I hope that they will.
Interviewer: Why?
Ahmad Shlash: So our boys can shove one shoe into Qatar's mouth and the other into Saudi Arabia's. We want to meet them face to face.
Interviewer: I ask you to watch your language.
Ahmad Shlash: Fine, we'll keep it off air. No problem.
Interviewer: You are responsible for what you say.
Ahmad Shlash: Absolutely. One million percent.
Interviewer: Mayadeen TV is not responsible for this.
Ahmad Shlash: Absolutely. It's not your fault.
Interviewer: We will return after a short break.
[…]
Ahmad Shlash: We have only one president – Bashar – and Allah willing, Hafez will succeed him.
Interviewer: What Hafez? President Bashar's son?
Ahmad Shlash: Of course. I'm free to say what I want.
Interviewer: Again, you are responsible for what you say…
Ahmad Shlash: Absolutely. Very much. Let me tell you something. Someone said to the Syrian opposition: "My brothers in the opposition, if you are unhappy with the rule of President Bashar Al-Assad, maybe you will be more content with the rule of his son Hafez." Let us be patient.
[…]
Interviewer: Is the Syrian army capable of opening another front, against Israel, today, when it is up to its neck in all that is happening?
Ahmad Shlash: Just wait and see. Missiles require nothing but the push of a button. It's not that hard. Of course, the Jews are afraid that the honorable Lebanese resistance – the men of Allah [Hizbullah] – will open a front from here [in Lebanon], and the men of Al-Assad will open another front from Syria. Thousands, or tens of thousands, of missiles will rain upon Israel, and possibly, because of Syria, Israel will be completely annihilated.
Let them try us. Let them hold military maneuvers. Jordan is also conducting maneuvers with 18 countries, including Arab ones. Against whom is Jordan conducting these maneuvers? It has peace with Israel. What about the maneuvers of Al-Assad? The lion is always prepared. But they have mice, not lions.
Let me ask you a question, Salma. A country like Jordan, with an old peace treaty with Israel – from even before the [official] peace accords – against whom is it conducting military maneuvers? I understand a country that conducts maneuvers because it has an enemy, but who is your enemy, Jordan? Is it Syria? By Allah, you are playing with fire.
[…]
We have warned Jordan. I am sure our people in Iran have also warned Jordan not to play with fire. But they are free. If they want to continue playing with fire, let's see what happens when they go to sleep in their bedroom.
[…]
If they want an all-out war – so be it. The Syrian Arab army… Let me tell you something, Salma. As long as we are led by President Bashar, we will go to the end of the world. I do not exclude the possibility that with the men of Allah, we will regain Andalusia one of these days.
[…]
for those who don't know, Many Muslims consider Andalusia to be Spanish-occupied Muslim territory.

Austria pulls its UNDOF troops out of Syria

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 03:01 AM PDT

From AFP:
The UN force in the Golan Heights was thrown into disarray after Austria withdrew its troops and two peacekeepers were injured as Syrian government and rebel fighters battled for a border crossing.

Peacekeepers from the Philippines and India were wounded by mortar shrapnel as the Syrians fought for the strategic crossing, according to diplomats.

UN leaders held emergency talks to replace the 377 Austrian troops who make up more than a third of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, which has monitored a ceasefire between Israel and Syria since 1974.

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger called UN chief Ban Ki-moon to tell him of the withdrawal, said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky.

"The secretary general is concerned about the potential consequences of such a withdrawal on the peacekeeping operation and also on regional security, and in that regard, he regrets the decision that has been taken," Nesirky added.
That's the funny thing about UN "peacekeeping" troops: they only deter nations who want peace, and anyone who doesn't turns them effectively into human shields.

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