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Video: Christian Israeli girls enlist in the IDF

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 03:41 PM PDT

Last week I mentioned a Christian Israeli who spoke to an Arab newspaper about why she is enlisting in the IDF and why Arab MK Haneen Zoabi, who is against any non-Jews in the army, does not speak in her name.

Since then there have been numerous interviews with herand a fellow Christian enlistee by the Israeli media. Here is a video about them:



(h/t IsraDocuMentalist)

"Khaybar" writer describes how the Brotherhood worked with the Jews

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Egypt's Youm7 reports on the "Zionist Lobby" asking President Obama to stop the antisemitic Khaybar miniseries. (The Zionist Organization of America did write a letter, but it is hardly the "Zionist Lobby.")

In an interview with Yusri Al-Jindi, the writer of the series, he denies that the series attacks Judaism (and, for some reason, Communism.) Instead, he explains, the series simply describes Jewish attributes - how they destroy the societies they live in, by creating animosity and reneging on agreements, and so on.

See? He has no problem with Judaism, only with Jews!

Al Jindi describes it as "the most important historical work of Arab drama in memory, because it uncovers the tricks of the Zionist movement for hundreds of years," and he does not dismiss the idea that the Zionist movement have to do with what is happening on the ground in the Arab Spring in general, and it has an essential role in the political problems in each country.

Al-Jindi also went on a bit of a tirade accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of working with Israel and the US to destroy Egypt and work against the Egyptian people - something that fits in well with the message of "Khaybar."

He noted that it is being shown now in all the Gulf countries and Egypt, and it is being dubbed in Turkish for a future airing.

If you have any doubts about how accurate the series is, here is a screenshot from episode 3, with a Jewish leader sitting in a chair with a Star of David - which was hardly a universal Jewish symbol at the time. In fact, Muslims have accused Jews of stealing that symbol from them!

How much bias can you find in this Ma'an article?

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT

From Ma'an:

Over 100 Israeli rightists on Sunday entered the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City accompanied by dozens of Israeli police officers, witnesses said.

At least 180 Israelis, including 18 Rabbi's, entered the compound through the Moroccan Gate and toured the area under Israeli police guard.

Local Muslim worshipers and students protested the visit by shouting 'Allah Akbar', or 'God is Great', at the group.

Sheikh Najih Ibkeirat, the director of the Al-Asqa Mosque Compound, denounced the entry of Jewish rightists to the area and urged the Islamic world to prepare "a practical plan to stop the daily raids on Al-Aqsa."

"Extremists are trying to provoke Muslims and make up trouble in order to provide an excuse for Israeli forces to deny West Bankers entry to the mosque during Ramadan," Ibkeirat added.

Visits to the Al-Aqsa compound by Jewish extremists are intended to show local Palestinian Muslims that they can enter the area at will, even during the holy month of Ramadan, Ibkeirat said.

Israeli politicians, such as Likud's Moshe Feiglin, have in the past called for Jewish prayers at the compound, and control and access to the holy site is a particularly sensitive religious and political issue.

The Al-Aqsa compound, containing the mosque and the Dome of the Rock, is the third holiest site in Islam and abuts the site where Jews believe the ancient Second Temple stood.
Starting from the end, Jews "believe" that the Second Temple stood there? It is an established fact.

Jews also "believe" that the First Temple stood there, but Ma'an cannot bring itself to say that.

It is the holiest site in Judaism, but Ma'an cannot bring itself to say that.

The Al Aqsa compound is on top of the Temple Mount; it doesn't "abut" the site of the Temple. However, the Al Aqsa Mosque itself is a bit to the side of where the Temples were; it is actually built on the Herodian extensions to the Mount.

Note how Jews who peacefully visit the area are considered "rightists" and "extremists." There are no provocations, no fighting - nothing - from the Jewish side.

Finally, something that Ma'an doesn't report. According to Arab media, the Muslims on the Mount didn't just chant "Allah Akbar" - they actively tried to disrupt the peaceful visit.

And this ridiculously biased report is from the Palestinian Arab media's least biased and most professional source. Earlier today it had another blatant lie.

 Which just goes to how you how the truth is simply not available in the Arab media.

7/14 Links: Ramadan Nights, BDS Lies About Dates, and a Lebanese Politician Calls Hizbullah Fascists

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 09:00 AM PDT

From Ian:
Tales of Ramadan nights
The high viewership ratings during the Iftar meal which breaks the fast each night and the popularity of traditional nighttime Ramadan tales give these anti-Semitic shows and their producers a place of honor in the fields of Arabic and Islamic writing, philosophy and theology.
Many citizens in Arab countries, mired in a state of revolution, economic hardship and exposed to bombings and mass murder, watch these shows and bask in the glory of the past in the hope it will one day return.
UNRWA's limited aid focus in Syria, and its consequences
Similar to the Iraq case, the Palestinian refugees are in a particularly perilous situation in Syria given that they never had citizenship or full rights when Assad was in power, and now their homes in the UNRWA refugee camps have become war zones. Now is the time to encourage UNHCR to initiate a targeted relocation program that offers permanent resettlement for the Palestinian refugee population of Syria on a much larger scale, and to learn from the accomplishments of the UNHCR just a few years ago with regard to the threatened Palestinian refugee population in Iraq.
Middle East: Back to the old regional equilibrium?
Will the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi restore the regional equilibrium of the Mubarak era? Though the Muslim Brothers are not ready to give up and the crisis is far from over, relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia are warming up and the same thing is happening with the Gulf states with the exception of Qatar.
These countries have already pledged $12 billion to help save Egypt's economy – or more realistically to show their support for the new regime in its fight against the Brotherhood.
Israeli officials skeptical of Hamas claims of EU back-channels
The officials said it was not coincidental Hamas was making these claims at a time when it has long lost its key backer in Syria, and over the last few weeks has lost an important supporter in deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.
The relationship among Hamas, Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood was considered close, and Morsi's fall has been widely interpreted as an additional blow to Hamas.
CAMERA: On Date Boycott, BDSers Feed Chicago Tribune Rotten Fruit
Not for the first time, BDSers are feeding media outlets with false information about Israel. This time, Chicago Tribune reporter Manya Brachear Pashman swallows whole some BDS falsehoods in her story about efforts to boycott Israeli-grown dates ("In midst of Ramadan, Chicago-area Muslims urged to boycott dates linked to Israel").
Hevron: Muslim Worshippers Desecrate Jewish Holy Site
A leading rabbi in the government has expressed outrage over destruction of Jewish holy articles at the Cave of the Patriarchs by Muslims following their worship at the site on Friday.
Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan, who serves as Deputy Religious Affairs Minister and Supervisor of Holy Sites, visited the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron after receiving reports of the vandalism.''
Jewish worshipers who arrived at the site after Muslim prayers on Friday were horrified to find widespread desecration of the holy tomb. Two mezuzahs – the cases containing Jewish holy scriptures affixed to the doorpost, and the scriptures contained therein – had been torn off and stone. A third was damaged.
Islamists in Israel Rally for Morsi
Sheikh Salah said that Egypt and the Egyptian people are capable of crossing the border into Israel, to liberate the Al Aqsa mosque (on the Temple Mount) from "Israeli occupation."
"The coup in Egypt was not against President Mohammed Morsi," he declared, "but against the liberation of Palestine and against the honor of the Arabs."
He further accused liberals in Egypt of choosing to be "a Trojan horse for the Zionist and western endeavor."
Ramadan: Morsi banner at Temple Mount
A huge banner bearing the image of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi juxtaposed with the Egyptian and Hamas flags greeted the tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers who arrived at the Temple Mount for prayers marking the first Friday of Ramadan.
PA Arab Women Infiltrators Disguised as Observant Jews
Last week, an officer of the Gal Battalion waved the #143 public bus over to the side of the road for a routine security check before allowing it through the Hizme checkpoint in Samaria.
While heading towards the back of the bus, he notice two women wearing the hair covering that is common to observant Jewish women. At least one was holding a siddur, a Jewish prayer book.
But something was odd: both were acting strangely, looked more tense than usual, and the one holding her prayer book was gripping it upside down.
U.S. Reps. Circulate Letter Asking Qatari Ambassador to Address Ties with Hamas
Qatar reportedly pledged more than $400 million to the Palestinian terrorist organization in October 2012 during a visit to Gaza by Qatar's ruling emir at the time, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.
"As you know, longstanding, strategic bilateral relations between the United States and Qatar, including a strong defense pact, are of critical importance to both countries. However, we believe that Qatar's relationship with Hamas empowers, legitimizes, and bolsters an organization committed to violence and hatred," a draft of the letter to Al-Rumaihi states, according to a copy obtained by JNS.
US points finger, but Syria denies Israel involved in arms depot strike
Syrian officials on Saturday denied reports that Israel had been behind an attack on an arms depot in Latakia a week ago.
The denial followed the weekend confirmation by three unidentified US officials that Israeli warplanes had targeted advanced Russian-made anti-ship missiles in the coastal area on July 5. The comments to CNN seemingly confirmed similar reports in the Arab press.
Early Sunday, The New York Times also reported that Israeli planes had targeted the facility, citing unnamed American officials.
Damascus gives Hezbollah fighters Druze ID cards, opposition source says
The Syrian government is providing members of the Lebanese Shiite militant group, Hezbollah, as well as Shiite fighters from Iraq with Syrian identity cards carrying Druze names, a Syrian opposition fighter told Al Arabiya on Saturday.
MEMRI: Lebanese March 14 Politician Compares Hizbullah to Nazism and Fascism

Anti-Jewish Chants At Turkish Rally Elicit Concern
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on authorities in a German state to investigate threatening anti-Israel rhetoric, including chants of "Down with Israel" and "Israel be cursed" at a rally last week in support of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan.
"We are horrified that supporters of Prime Minister Erdogan are using political protests in Germany to fan anti-Israel sentiment," said AJC Berlin Director Deidre Berger. "Stoking the flames of anti-Semitism through denunciations of Israeli policies is dangerous."
Anti-Semite spurs rehab of Shoah boat
A 1943 vintage Danish fishing boat which rescued Danish Jews during the Holocaust is in the process of being moved and restored, ironically enough, thanks to an anti-Semitic phone call.
The boat had been deteriorating for a while, but since the Houston Holocaust museum doesn't charge for admission, raising money for a restoration project wasn't exactly easy–until conservator Braeden Howard received an "obscene anti-Semitic" phone call and posted the anonymous diatribe on YouTube.
Judea and Samaria Children Salute IDF for Safer Lives
Jews in Samaria marched to an IDF base on Friday with flowers, balloons and gifts for soldiers as an expression of gratitude for their reducing the dangers on the roads, where Arab terrorists have been endangering the lives of Jewish motorists with hundreds of firebomb and rock-throwing attacks.
Jewish residents trying to carry out the smallest and mundane tasks, such as running the minutest errands, have become a dangerous incursion into terror-ridden territory.

75,000 Muslims on Temple Mount, but they obsess over a handful of Jews

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Ma'an reported last Friday:
Around 75,000 worshipers prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli police said.

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said around 75,000 prayed at the mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, and that so far there had been no incidents.
Arabs claimed over 135,000 worshippers.

Tens of thousands of Muslims have come every day of Ramadan so far.

So what is the Arab media reporting today?
Dozens of settlers in consecutive groups came to the the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday from the Mughrabi Gate with special occupation police units amid anger and tension prevailing among worshipers and employees.

Our correspondent in Jerusalem said that the break-ins today saw an increase in the number of settler intruders who exploit the early morning hours.

A number of [Muslim] worshipers and students tried to disrupt the settlers with chants and tried to intercept the tours but the Israeli police imposed a cordon on the settlers to protect them during their tours in the al-Aqsa mosque.

Note how even the Arab media admits that the Jews need police protection from the Muslims on the Mount. The converse, of course, is not true.

I am reminded of Esther 5:13, after Haman recounted to his wife the many honors that the king was giving him.

"Yet all this is meaningless to me, so long as I see Mordechai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

Antisemites throughout history haven't changed. Their hate is so psychotic that the very sight of a single Jew enrages them so much as to want to destroy the entire nation.

Jordan's king says Palestinian issue the "crux of the conflict" in the region

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 05:00 AM PDT

From Ammon News:
His Majesty King Abdullah II said the Middle East was facing enormous challenges that threatened efforts to bring about peace, security and stability in the region, warranting a concerted global effort to stop the region from sliding into further violence and turbulence and enable its people to realize a better future.

He told the annual Sun Valley Economic Forum in the American state of Idaho that the stalemate in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and the continuation of the Syrian crisis and its repercussions were the two key challenges threatening the future of peace and stability.

The King reiterated that the Palestinian issue was the crux of the conflict in the region, stressing the need for action to find a just and lasting settlement according to the two-state solution – an independent and viable Palestinian state on 1967 borders and living in peace and security alongside Israel.
Yup - Egyptian chaos, Syria civil war and resulting refugee crisis, Lebanon's infighting, water shortages through the region, the rise of Islamism, Jordan's own energy crisis - all of those problems are dependent on creating yet another Arab state and making Israel even tinier than it is.

Blaming Israel for anything is really a hard habit to break for Arab leaders.

The real question is how come no one at this economic forum seemed to challenge the king on his idiocy.

Then again, it appears that he is just repeating the Obama administration/s Middle East strategy. The religion of linkage is as powerful as ever.

Egypt arrests a Gazan for blowing up gas line to Jordan

Posted: 14 Jul 2013 03:24 AM PDT

A week ago I noted that the gas pipeline from Egypt to Jordan had been bombed, and that this has happened just as often as it used to when the pipeline also went to Israel.

Which makes this story interesting:

Egyptian security officials arrested a Palestinian man late Friday in relation to a bomb blast which targeted a gas pipeline in Sinai last week, security officials said.

Mohamed Abu Hashem, 30, was detained in the Sinai peninsula while trying to return to the Gaza Strip, Egyptian officials said, and faces charges of blowing up a gas pipeline in north Sinai last Sunday.

Saboteurs blew up the pipeline, which supplied natural gas to Jordan, in two places.

One explosion shook the city of El-Arish, causing flames which could be seen from the distance, witnesses and security officials said.

A Jordanian government official confirmed that gas supplies to the energy-poor kingdom were cut.

"The gas supplies to Jordan stopped due to the attack," the official told state-run Petra news agency.

"The Egyptian authorities have informed us that they are currently evaluating the situation and the damage," he added without elaborating.

Egyptian gas covers 80 percent of electricity generation in Jordan, which imports 95 percent of its energy needs.
Why would Gazans want to disrupt gas to Jordan?

Are they being hired out as mercenaries by Islamists, knowing they can hide in Gaza?

Or perhaps hired by other Egyptians who are against subsidized gas deals with other countries while Egypt doesn't have enough for itself?

Perhaps the new anti-Hamas government in Egypt is using any Palestinian they can find as a scapegoat?

Or maybe terrorism is sometimes just a habit, and when Jewish targets aren't convenient then the terrorists turn to lower-hanging fruit?
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