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- Chag Sukkot Sameach!
- 9/18 Links Part 2: Pro-Judea and Samaria Conference at the EU!, Persians in Space
- World media still ignoring Egypt navy killing two Palestinians in cold blood
- Too funny: Arab accuses Jews of falsifying history
- 9/18 Links Part 1: IMF Says PA Economy Not Sustainable, Russia and China Dispute UN Report
- Report: Hamas prevented Gazan students from going to Egypt
- Video of the Temple Mount this morning and musings on leftist racism
- Now the Jews are "tampering with roofs." Will the depravity never end?
| Posted: 18 Sep 2013 03:30 PM PDT Wishing my Jewish readers a wonderful Sukkot!
 I will not be posting again until Saturday night. Have a great Yom Tov!           | ||
| 9/18 Links Part 2: Pro-Judea and Samaria Conference at the EU!, Persians in Space Posted: 18 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT From Ian: Historic Pro-Judea and Samaria Conference at EU A historic conference in support of the Jewish settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria took place Tuesday inside one of the bastions of opposition to the Jewish presence in the region – the European Parliament.US pans Arab push to single out Israel for alleged nuclear arsenal The United States said on Tuesday an Arab push to single out Israel for criticism over its assumed nuclear arsenal would hurt diplomatic efforts to ban weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.Joe Biden to address J Street conference Biden is not the only representative of the administration to come to talk up the current peace talks in front of what is considered to be a receptive audience. Martin Indyk, the US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, will also address the conference, serving as the keynote speaker for the gala dinner to be held on the same day as Biden's address.Hamas To Produce Film on Gilad Shalit Kidnapping According to a report from Mohammed Al-Ar'ir of the ministry of culture, the Hamas movement has allocated $100, 000 to produce the film, set to take place in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The film will be produced by Al-Wataniya, a local media company.After 6-Week Suspension From Party, UK MP David Ward Resumes Anti-Israel Tweeting Following a six-week suspension from his party for remarks deemed insensitive to Jews and the Jewish state, it took UK Liberal Democrat MP David Ward little time to resume his attacks against Israel after being restored to his position.BBC removes claim of 'pre-emptive' Yom Kippur strike On September 15th we highlighted the fact that the BBC's 'Learning Zone' website – a resource for teachers – claimed that Egypt and Syria "acted pre-emptively" when they launched the surprise attacks which began the Yom Kippur war forty years ago.Mubarak: 'I started the Yom Kippur War' Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak says he personally started the Yom Kippur War in October, 1973, by attacking an Israeli communications base in his fighter jet six minutes before the rest of the Arab armies' surprise attack on the Jewish state began.Have your say: the BBC Trust wants to know what you think The consultation will run from September 16th to December 13th 2013 and there are various ways to take part. It covers television and radio programmes available in the UK as well as BBC Online and social media – in other words, the consultation does not include the BBC World Service.BBC WS 'Fifth Floor' version of the 1993 Rabin-Arafat handshake Saudis use Hitler in action TV promoIssam Ikirmawi: "Yes. There was a big rumour at the time that Arafat was told by American officials that under no circumstances should he attempt to kiss Rabin or kiss anyone."Of course Ikirmawi's suggestion that American officials sought to protect Rabin's 'Western' sensibilities from Arafat's 'Middle Eastern' customs conceals the fact that Jerusalem-born Rabin was no less Middle Eastern than Cairo-born Arafat. But it also plays into pernicious stereotypes of 'authentic' Palestinians and 'foreign' Israelis. A Saudi-owned TV network is taking flak for featuring Adolf Hitler in its ads to promote what it says is its action movie channel's unbeatable September film lineup.It's Time to Stop Whitewashing Tarek Loubani and John Greyson "They were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time," Cecilia Greyson, John's sister, is quoted as saying. She has also claimed that their detention "is completely arbitrary." A Global news article noted that both "have a history of supporting human rights in Gaza."Facebook Under Fire for Allowing Hate Speech Against Jews to Proliferate Online Facebook, Inc. came under fire on Tuesday for allowing hate speech against Jews to proliferate in its online community.UK Prime Minister: Let Tottenham Hotspur Fans Call Themselves 'Yids' British Prime Minister David Cameron waded into a row involving fans of London football club Tottenham Hotspur and Britain's ruling football body, the Football Association, with his own contention that fans should not be prosecuted for using the word 'Yid' in a non-threatening context.Palestinian Telecom Entrepreneur Pays $10.5 Million for Israel's Alvarion According to Israeli business website Calcalist, Alami is a Palestinian telecommunications entrepreneur who currently lives in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Alami has established a number of telecommunications companies — the most prominent being Coolnet, an Internet service provider (ISP) that operates high-speed Internet services.Britain's MyCurrencyTransfer.com opens in Tel Aviv "The most important thing I've learned about Israeli talent is its fearlessness," says Daniel Abrahams, co-founder of MyCurrencyTransfer.com. "It is no surprise to me that Israel has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than all of Europe combined, and that it is startup capital of the world."Teva forms R&D alliance with UK's Cancer Research Technology Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and the UK's Cancer Research Technology (CRT) have signed a multi-project alliance agreement to research and develop first-in-class cancer drugs that modulate DNA damage and repair response (DDR) processes in cancer cells.Birds without borders: Diplomacy takes wing in the Middle East For Yossi Leshem, the story is all too familiar: A white stork, tagged last month in Hungary for a migration study, was captured and turned over to police in Egypt after a journey of 3,700 kilometres.Iran may send cat blasting into space Iran's hunt for its next animal astronaut may turn to the distinctive and locally named Persian cat, an official said Monday, in another possible step by the country's ambitious aerospace program that has also raised Western concerns about spillover military applications. The report by the official IRNA news agency comes seven months after Iran claimed it launched a monkey out of earth's atmosphere and successfully returned it home. The account, however, faced international questions after photos appeared to show different monkeys in pre- and post-launch images.3 Yom Kippur War Heroes Whose Stories You've Never Heard Every war has its heroes. When Syria and Egypt surprise attacked Israel on Yom Kippur 40 years ago today according to the Jewish calendar, it took a whole nation of heroes to push back the invading armies and snatch a miraculous victory. Here, we honor a few whose stories you have probably never heard.      | ||
| World media still ignoring Egypt navy killing two Palestinians in cold blood Posted: 18 Sep 2013 12:30 PM PDT Yesterday I reported about the Egyptian navy firing at a boat filled with Syrians and Palestinian Syrians trying to reach Europe, killing two of the Palestinians. I noted then that the Western media coverage of the event was nonexistent, while there was heavy coverage of the IDF killing an admitted Islamic Jihad terrorist while being attacked with firebombs. How about today? Are any media reporting on the cold-blooded murder of two Arab civilians of Palestinian ancestry? This isn't Syria, where the 1500 or so Palestinian Arabs killed pale next to the hundred thousand total dead so far. There were no other major violent attacks in Egypt yesterday. So what English language media outlets have covered this? Al Ahram English has the story - and no one else. The story has drama - people desperately trying to flee Syria and make a better life. It has politics - Egypt not allowing Palestinian Syrians to seek asylum there. It has violence. It has irony, that those fleeing Syrian bombs get felled by Egyptian bullets. It has all the ingredients for a great news story. But it is apparently missing an essential component: It doesn't fit the mainstream media narrative of Palestinian Arabs being oppressed by Israel and only Israel. That makes it messy, and harder to explain, and it reveals shades of grey that the media prefers not to get into because they would then have to be more careful not to report other stories based on a template but based on real reporting.      | ||
| Too funny: Arab accuses Jews of falsifying history Posted: 18 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT  The title of his article? "Israel And The Falsification Of History." Let's see who falsifies history. El-Khazen starts off fuming at a full-page ad in the Financial Times on Monday by the European Jewish Congress: The European Jewish Congress paid to run a full-page ad in the London-based The Financial Times, protesting against the European Union's recent decision to suspend funding for any Israel institutions working beyond the Green Line - ie in the West Bank.OK, how many lies has el-Khazen given us so far? He pretends that there was a nation called Palestine. He pretends that its historic borders happen to coincide with the borders of the British Mandate, with not a square inch on the other side of the Jordan. He pretends that Israel has no right to exist in any way, shape or form (a position he has made many times before.) Now he gets to show his ignorance: The second paragraph of the ad claimed that the EU does not implement the same funding policy on other countries, of which the ad named Turkey, Morocco, and China.He never heard of the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus or the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, but he is certain that they don't occupy anyone. And if they do, well, it is no big deal. Nice! But it gets better: The Palestinians alone can claim the land as their own, and yet, they and I with them have accepted a state on less than a quarter of their land. Historically, Israel never existed in Palestine, not 3,000 years ago, and not 2,000 years ago, or at any other time. There are no Jewish antiquities in Palestine, and the prophets of the Torah never existed, and were 'invented' hundreds of years after the alleged era during which they lived. Moreover, Al-Haram Al-Sharif is not the so-called Temple Mount, which never existed, and there are no traces in the mosque complex of any First or Second Temple. To be sure, the Temple is just another myth of the Torah.Ignorance is one thing, but taking such pride in one's ignorance is breathtaking. Does he think that the Kotel was built by a Muslim sultan? (One must also wonder if he believes that the prophets mentioned in the Koran existed - since most of them are also in the Torah.) The ad then moves from outright lies to sheer obscenity, claiming that the EU is abrogating the Oslo Accords which stipulate "that the current status of the territories and its residents will not be changed ahead of final status negotiations, to which the parties have now recently returned, "and that" the territories, captured during a defensive war, from Jordan, itself an occupier, were never an independent sovereign entity. "El-Khazen, of course, is the only liar here. The EJC correctly stated that during the Oslo process the status of the territories should not be unilaterally changed. Jordan was of course an occupier of the West Bank, and the idea that Arabs cannot occupy other Arab territory is a rule that Khazen just made up. Khazen is a known entity, having spouted antisemitism for years in the pages of Al Hayat. But this article shows not only that he has no idea what he is talking about, but he tries to make up in stridency what he lacks in basic knowledge of history and religion. What is sad is that there are apparently no Arabs in the world who are willing to call him on his idiocy, because while they might know he is an inveterate liar, his lies are politically correct in that universe. Instead of being disparaged as the joke he is, el-Khazen maintains a large readership and respect within the bubble of anti-intellectualism that is the Arab world, and no newspaper would dare contradict him by saying, for example, that there really was a Temple in Jerusalem. That inability for Arabs to even consider thinking critically when Israel is involved is the real issue here. And that problem shows no sign of being solved any time soon.      | ||
| 9/18 Links Part 1: IMF Says PA Economy Not Sustainable, Russia and China Dispute UN Report Posted: 18 Sep 2013 08:30 AM PDT From Ian: Israel removes last significant ban on Gaza imports An Israeli source told The Times of Israel that 350 trucks carrying building materials will now be allowed to enter the Hamas-controlled territory every week, an increase of 250 truck loads, in a bid "to increase employment and strengthen the private sector in the Gaza Strip."Palestinian Govt Endangered By Economic and Political Double-Bind The IMF specifically called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to cut the wages, pensions, and benefits of public employees.Jerusalem police arrest Islamic Movement leaders for allegedly disturbing the peace Jerusalem policemen were attacked this morning near the Temple Mount in the old city, by Palestinian stone throwers.Arab Youths Carrying Molotov Cocktails Arrested at Tapuach Jct Israeli Border Police have arrested two Arab men at the Tapuach junction after being alerted by suspicious-looking bags the pair were carrying.Terror attack thwarted in West Bank A terror attack was prevented Wednesday when Israeli security forces in the West Bank caught a Palestinian youth carrying a pistol and knife.UN Security Council faces reform calls following inaction on Syria Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Ban said he also endorsed reforming the Security Council, and that "almost all member states are in agreement that the Security Council should be reformed, but how to reform, how to change, the member states have not been able to agree."Lebanese MP Echoes Claims Hezbollah Received Chemical Arms A claim made Monday by Syrian National Coalition member Kamal al-Labwani, that Syria has transferred chemical weapons to Hezbollah, was echoed Tuesday by another politician.UN Envoy: Golan Fighting Could Draw Israel into Syrian War The Associated Press quoted the envoy, Robert Serry, as having told the Security Council the fighting could "jeopardize the ceasefire" between Israel and Syria that has been in place since 1974, monitored by UN peacekeepers.Syrian defector: I was told to use chemical weapons In an interview with Abu Dhabi newspaper The National, Brigadier General Zaher Saket, a commander in the military's 5th division who defected from President Bashar Assad's army in March, claimed he had been instructed to attack rebels with poison gas on numerous occasions.Syria Hands Russia 'Proof' of Rebel Chemical Weapons Use A Russian official has claimed to have received evidence of the use of chemical weapons by Syrian rebels, and dismissed a UN report suggesting the Syrian regime used poison gas as unreliable.China: 'UN Report on Syria Not Impartial' Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular briefing that Beijing would have a "serious look" at the report, but did not say whether China thought that government forces were responsible when asked.MEMRI: In Egypt, Public Campaign Against Obama, U.S.; Calls For Intensified Cooperation With Russia, China The Egyptian pro-regime and -army press published articles notable in their vilification of President Obama himself – insulting his mother, calling him mentally deficient and his administration "the Adolf Obama Reich," and even going so far as to offer a prayer that he would die in agony. Many articles contended that Obama and his administration supported terror by virtue of their support for the MB; columnists also opposed U.S. intervention in Egypt's internal affairs, and, in response to American threats to cut off aid, argued that Egypt was better off without it.Egypt Freezes Brotherhood's Assets, Arrests its Spokesman Among those facing sanctions are Brotherhood general guide Mohammad Badie, his two deputies Khairat al-Shater and Rashad Bayoumi, as well as Salafist leader Hazem Abu Ismail and preacher Safwat Higazy, reported AFP.Analysis: Following US-Russian agreement, Iran will aim for a deal of its own Meanwhile, Iran's new nuclear energy chief has pledged increased cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency ahead of upcoming talks later this month.Iran Denies Willingness to Make Nuclear Concession, Nixes Possibility of "Fresh Proposal" Even if Iran did close Fordo, the country's stockpile of low- and medium-enriched uranium and the 18,000 centrifuges installed at another enrichment plant near Natanz would allow it to make highly enriched fuel for nuclear weapons, said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington.Startling Revelations From an Iranian Smuggling Case in Hamburg I rarely attend trials, but this one is special. On July 24, 2013, the main hearing in the case of German businessman Rudolf M. and Iranian-Germans Gholamali K., Kianzad K., and Hamid Kh. opened at Hamburg's Higher Regional Court. The defendants are charged with exporting 92 German-produced specialized valves for use in Iran's Arak plutonium reactor and arranging the shipment of 856 nuclear-usable valves from India to Iran in 2010 and 2011.Human Rights Group Urges Facebook to Boycott Iranian Regime The Israeli organization, which represents victims of terrorism in courtrooms around the world, sent a formal letter to Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in an attempt to dissuade the multibillion dollar company from violating a U.S. law.Technical Glitch Momentarily Restores Social Media Access in Iran A technical glitch briefly restored access to social media sites Twitter and Facebook Monday in Iran.Thailand Jails Hezbollah Bomb Suspect A 49 year-old Swedish national has been jailed over an alleged Hezbollah bomb plot in Thailand.Part Iran-Owned NYC 5th Avenue Office Tower Worth Up to $700 Million Cleared for Seizure by U.S. Government A 36-story Manhattan office tower, partially-owned by a shell company controlled by Iran, has been cleared for forfeiture to the U.S. government by a federal judge, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The building is expected to fetch between $500 million and $700 million, the New York Daily News said.      | ||
| Report: Hamas prevented Gazan students from going to Egypt Posted: 18 Sep 2013 07:00 AM PDT From the PA's official WAFA news agency, confirmed by Palestine Press Agency: The siege of Gaza by Hamas continues!      | ||
| Video of the Temple Mount this morning and musings on leftist racism Posted: 18 Sep 2013 05:00 AM PDT This video, from the Al Aqsa Foundation, shows Muslims throwing stones at Israeli soldiers (starting around 0:45) from inside their "third holiest shrine". The police do nothing at all until they are attacked. Out of the dozens of videos I've seen made and edited by Arabs on the Temple Mount, I have yet to see a single provocative action by Israeli police or by Jewish visitors to the area. Not once. The violence is invariably started by Muslims. The good news is that, assuming the scenes in the video are shown in order, that Jews managed to visit the Mount shortly thereafter (1:36) without further incident. Only an antisemite can view this video and conclude that the Jews are the provocateurs, the violators of the sanctity of the Mount, while the Muslims are reacting normally. I can't stop thinking about the stupid Guardian article by Giles Frasier I noted yesterday where this supposedly liberal priest, who should be sensitive to freedom of religion, claims that the Jews walking peacefully in the area are the ones who are provoking "unimaginable violence." Like many European liberals, he is a racist. To him, violence is expected of Muslims when they don't get 100% of their demands. That's just the way they are. It is genetic, according to the subtext of articles and arguments like that. Enlightened Westerners and Jews are the ones who must modify their behavior to accommodate inherent Muslim insanity. The idea of denouncing the Muslims is simply unacceptable, for the same reasons one doesn't denounce the mentally handicapped. Because that is how they are. This racism is not anomalous, but mainstream. A sane viewing of this video would consider the Israeli police heroes for allowing Jews to visit their holiest spot unmolested, for consistently trying to uphold their freedoms and for not giving in to Muslim blackmail and threats of violence. This is the proper response - and it works. Is there are real difference between Jews wanting to assert their right to visit and pray at their holiest site, and blacks in the 1960s wanting to assert their right to go to formerly segregated schools? In both cases law enforcement must help assure that no harm comes to them and that the rioters do not gain a victory by succeeding in their own racist agendas. Yet Giles Fraser identifies with, and supports, the Muslim rioters - not out of conviction, but simply because he thinks it's the most expeditious way to mute Islamist hate. And he is exactly wrong. This leftist racism is not only morally wrong, but it also encourages Muslims to continue to act like spoiled children. Without the world denouncing unprovoked Muslim violence, without any consequences, the Muslims who riot and those who incite them to violence have no incentive to change. On the contrary, accidental racists like Fraser are giving Muslims carte blanche to continue to riot at the slightest discomfort. The fruits of this mindset can be seen in European cities as well as in Jerusalem. One day, when they are on the receiving end of a hail of rocks from their Muslim neighbors that they pretend to be defending, maybe some of these leftist racists will see the light. Others will just keep on blaming Jews and the "settler mentality" for all the problems.      | ||
| Now the Jews are "tampering with roofs." Will the depravity never end? Posted: 18 Sep 2013 02:00 AM PDT From Jordan Times: Jordan on Tuesday sent a letter to the Israeli government voicing its condemnation of the recent seizure of shop rooftops in Jerusalem by a company developing the Old City.Now, I have no idea what sort of development can be done on top of Arab roofs, although I do know that the Jewish Quarter in the Old City extends directly above the Arab souk. Did Israel agree not to let any Jews develop parts of the Old City in its peace treaty with Jordan? Let's look at Article 9, as seen on the Jordanian King Hussein website: Article 9 - Places of Historical and Religious Significance and Interfaith RelationsThere is nothing there about rooftops or about non-religious buildings in Jerusalem. It sounds like Jordan is claiming that practically all Arab areas of the Old City are part of the Islamic Waqf, and therefore are holy. But that's not the definition of "holy places" - if it was, then every square centimeter of the Old City is considered a Jewish holy place far more than an Islamic holy place. Essentially, Israel's peace partner Jordan is trying to twist their agreement to stop Israel from doing anything at all in Jerusalem. But maybe the Jews want the roofs, to, you know...  (h/t IranAware)      |
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