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- 11/14 Links Pt2: The New Face of European Anti-Semitism, BBC Ignores Israel's Aid Effort
- Red Crescent ambulances participate in Hamas terror parade
- Nominations open for 2014 Hasby Awards
- 11/14 Links Pt1: Eden Atias vs Lee Rigby, If this is peace, what is war? Kerry to Congress- Ignore Israel
- A Fauxtography Story (updated)
- If Iran is only interested in a civilian nuclear program, it doesn't need centrifuges
- Nasrallah tries to play the Israel card to justify Hizballah in Syria
- Hamas calls to "uproot the Jews" from Israel
| Posted: 14 Nov 2013 07:03 PM PST Ma'an reports: A 22-year-old man died as a result of an accident during a militant operation in Gaza on Thursday, medics and a military group said.His obituary on the Hamas Al Qassam website is typically flowery: Standing in the face of the Zionist tyrants, and in response to the call of faith and the homeland, the al-Qassam Mujahideen came out every day to be a shield of immunity to their country and their people, carrying the banner of jihad and the victory of the oppressed and the trapped, standing in all fields and to improve their grades with all the determination and stability and will not relent yet trust in Allah's victory, preparing and mobilizing the strength to resist the occupation and fighting a challenge and steadfastness.... During his him among the martyrs, and eternal peace, and that give his family patience and solace...May all of Hamas' great mujahadeen become martyrs the same way, and soon.           |
| 11/14 Links Pt2: The New Face of European Anti-Semitism, BBC Ignores Israel's Aid Effort Posted: 14 Nov 2013 03:00 PM PST From Ian: WSJ The New Face of European Anti-Semitism As German author Henryk Broder quipped, if after 1945 Europe experienced anti-Semitism without Jews, we are now experiencing anti-Semitism without anti-Semites. As a 2011 study in eight European countries by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation concluded: "Data show anti-Semitism often appearing in the guise of criticism of Israel." Unlike classic anti-Semitism, which is now largely taboo in polite company, demonizing Israel is mainstream.UK: The Interfaith Industry The largest umbrella group in Britain for interfaith initiatives is the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom (IFN). Founded in 1987, the IFN claims it works to "promote understanding and respect" between different faith groups.Israel Haters and Hezbollah at the University of Washington When a pro-Israel woman sympathized but explained that Hezbollah was to blame for what he had suffered, he responded coolly with "I am Hezbollah". As the discussion continued, the young man defended the bombing of pizza restaurants and buses "what do you expect them to do?" he said with a righteous dose of indignation.UK: Israeli Academic Sues Over Boycott 'Discrimination' An Israeli academic is suing one of the UK's largest trade unions, as well as a mental health trust, for racial discrimination, after a his speaking engagement he was due to deliver was cancelled because he was Israeli.EU MPs Urge: Rethink Ban on Israeli Funding In a letter to the bloc's top diplomat Catherine Ashton, 27 MEPs across the political spectrum urged the EU's executive, the European Commission, to reverse or at least soften the guidelines setting a January 2014 ban on funding and business deals with establishments in Jewish regions of Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem.CAMERA: Film Review: 5 Broken Cameras Contrived ScenesGuardian amends Antony Loewenstein's false claim that Israeli group tried to sue Stephen Hawking The link Loewenstein used in his original false claim that Shurat HaDin threatened to sue Stephen Hawkins [sic] takes you to the hate site, Mondoweiss. Interestingly, however, the Mondoweiss post in question makes no such claim.Israel Aids The Philippines, But The BBC Keeps Shtum About It From this list, Israel is conspicuous by its absence.Catholic group disrupts Kristallnacht ceremony in Argentina The annual gathering of Catholics, Jews and Protestants marks Kristallnacht, the Nazi-led mob violence in 1938 when about 1,000 Jewish synagogues were burned and thousands of Jews were forced into concentration camps, launching the genocide that killed 6 million Jews. Before he assumed the papacy, Buenos Aires Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and his good friend Rabbi Abraham Skorka led the ceremony every year.Judge asked to invalidate Iran-Argentine probe of 1994 bombing Alberto Nisman, who oversaw an investigation of the AMIA center explosion that killed 85 people, presented the appeal to a federal judge on Wednesday, according to a document seen by Reuters.NY police investigate attacks on Jews in Brooklyn The most recent attack occurred on Sunday, according to the New York Daily News, when a group of black men attacked an identifiably Jewish man. The attack was unprovoked and nothing was stolen, according to the newspaper.Scholastic Publishing Apologizes for Book Omitting Israel From ME Map Early Wednesday, Nov. 13, news stories began to appear that Scholastic published a book with a map of the Middle East that has no Israel on it.Lung Cancer Patients Successfully Treated in Clinical Trials by Israeli Bio-Medical Start-Up IceCure Israeli bio-medical company IceCure Ltd. said two lung cancer patients in Japan were successfully treated with its IceSense3 cryotherapy system, as part of a clinical trial funded by Kameda Medical Center, in Japan.Israeli Pill to Replace Colonoscopy In August Given Imaging, an Israeli medical technology company, received FDA approval for their Pill Cam SB3 which will potentially replace colonoscopies in screening for colorectal cancer.Israeli Researchers Find New Way to Quit a Filthy Habit Smoking can kill, but if a team of researchers from Ben Gurion University has anything to say about it, a lot of lives could be saved. That's because an early study they conducted using magnetic fields to alter brain activity proved to help some people cut down on, or even quit, smoking.'Homeland' writer sells NBC show to be filmed in Jerusalem Gideon Raff, the Israeli screenwriter behind "Homeland" and its Israeli predecessor "Prisoners of War," has just earned another badge for Israeli television and its push into the US market: His new series, "Dig," has been purchased as a series from Universal Cable Productions for USA Network, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.Dutch Prime Minister to visit Israel to boost economic relations A Dutch government delegation is headed to Jerusalem to boost economic cooperation between Israel and the Netherlands and highlight business opportunities between the two countries.Israel's El Al Launches New Routes as Profits Soar El Al, Israel's national airline, said on Wednesday that it is adding new routes to the Mediterranean, after reporting strong growth in revenue and profit for the third quarter, Israeli business daily Globes reported.Deputy Minister Danny Danon Lauds Israeli-Christian Interest in IDF Service Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon is encouraging Arab-Israeli Christian youths to join the Israel Defense Forces and integrate into society.      |
| Red Crescent ambulances participate in Hamas terror parade Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:30 PM PST Judge Dan at Israellycool noticed that in the videos showing the Hamas celebrations of Pillar of Defense last year, at least two ambulances - and maybe three were taking part in the parade itself. At 1:46:  At 6:32:   It does not appear that these ambulances were there just in case of sudden illness along the route. From looking through the windows, they seem to be filled with people wearing the same Hamas uniforms that the rest of the terrorists in the parade are wearing. The Red Crescent, of course, i snot allowed to be misused in this way. The Red Cross is upset when it is used in video games or other non-authorized uses, so certainly we should be hearing their complaints about it being used in a terrorist parade very, very soon now. Right?      |
| Nominations open for 2014 Hasby Awards Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:30 AM PST It is that time of year again, where we will the celebrate the best Hasbara (Israel advocacy) with the 2014 Hasby Awards!  As with last year, we have a number of categories. I am pre-populating some of them. Here are the rules, such as they are:
BEST PRO-ISRAEL TWEETER (Last year's winner: Avi Mayer) David HaIvri Martin Kramer Arsen Ostrovsky Margie in Tel Aviv CiFWatch BEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET/WRITER NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL (Last year's winner: The Commentator) Douglas Murray Melanie Phillips Gatestone Institute Charles Krauthammer Walter Russell Mead BEST PRO-ISRAEL COMMENTATOR EXCLUSIVE TO MIDDLE EAST/ISRAEL (Last year's winner: Barry Rubin) Caroline Glick (seconded) Martin Kramer Daniel Gordis Evelyn Gordon BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA OUTLET (Last year's winner: Times of Israel) Algemeiner Israel HaYom Jewish Press Tablet JPost The Tower BEST MAINSTREAM MEDIA WATCHDOG (Last year's winner: Honest Reporting) CAMERA (seconded) BBC Watch CiF Watch Mideast Media Sampler at Legal Insurrection Huffington Post Monitor BEST WATCHDOG - ARABIC MEDIA AND NGOs MEMRI (seconded) Palestinian Media Watch (seconded) NGO Monitor UN Watch BEST PRO-ISRAEL BLOG (PRESENT COMPANY EXCLUDED) (Last year's winners: Daphne Anson and Missing Peace) Israellycool (seconded) Israel Matzav (seconded) Augean Stables Sultan Knish This Ongoing War BEST PRO-ISRAEL VIDEO Israel Apartheid Week 2013 - The Real Truth How to Answer Anti-Israel Slurs (reluctantly) Created in Israel - Part of Your Life Israel: 65 years of achievement BEST PRO-ISRAEL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE (Facebook, Pinterest, Vine, Scribd, Google+, YouTube...) BEST SPEECH Ron Prosor at the UN Bibi Netanyahu at Bar Ilan Bibi Netanyahu at the UN (seconded) BEST "OWN GOAL" (Anti-Zionists acting so stupid they disgust even disinterested parties) "Shoot the Jew" at Wits University Iran's Fake Stealth Fighter BEST ARTICLE BEST INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLE OF HASBARA Ed Klinger's note on the BDS MacBook Brighton BDS Counter-protest David G's NYT Op-Ed Index 2012      |
| Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST From Ian: If this is peace, what is war? The stabbing murder of an Israeli soldier by a Palestinian terrorist on a bus in Afula on Wednesday was not the result of an "atmosphere." To the best of my knowledge, an atmosphere has never killed anyone. Inhumane, savage murderers kill people. Placing the blame for the attack on an atmosphere shows disrespect for human life and a lack of understanding of the role that murder plays in the Palestinian ethos.Thousands of mourners attend funeral of slain IDF soldier Thousands of mourners attended the funeral Wednesday night of murdered soldier Private Eden Atias who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian teen in Afula earlier in the day.'I Pointed My Weapon and Ordered Him to Surrender' As an officer who commands soldiers just like Atias, Meimon says the tragedy really hit home. Nevertheless, he has no doubt that, despite the recent spike in terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, the security forces are in control of the situation.Media response to soldier stabbing shames us When one of our own, off-duty, British soldiers died by a knife-attack on the streets of London, the world's media focused on the terrorist incident. And rightly so. While the response of some politicians and journalists may have been farouche on the Islam question, at least it can be said that the global media, and not just our own, reacted with the relevant outrage at the incident in question.Over 42% of BBC report on murdered Israeli soldier devoted to Israeli building tenders The BBC's report is 236 words long. One hundred and thirty-five of those words relate to the terror attack itself, although of course as can be expected, the writer refrains from using the term 'terror'. A further one hundred and one words – 42.7% of the report – are devoted to the subjects of what the BBC describes (for the second time in days) as "faltering peace talks" and building tenders.Hamas Spokesman Celebrates the Murder of an IDF Soldier "Congratulations to the Palestinian West Bank hero who killed an Israeli soldier in Afula this morning," Hamas spokesman Fawzy Barhoom wrote on his Facebook page.Report: Palestinian Authority Negotiators Quit Peace Talks The Palestinian Authority team tasked with negotiating peace with Israel has resigned its role, apparently because of newly announced West Bank settlement plans, international media reported on Wednesday.Noah Beck: Can Israel Survive Obama? In the spring of 2012, when I wrote "The Last Israelis," I thought that the pessimistic premise of my cautionary tale on Iranian nukes was grounded in realism. I had imagined a U.S. president who passively and impotently reacted to Iran's nuclear ambitions, leaving it to tiny Israel to deal with the threat. But something far worse is happening: the Obama Administration is actively making it harder for Israel to neutralize Iran's nukes, and more likely that Iran will develop a nuclear arsenal.Soldiers come under mortar fire from Gaza Palestinians fired two mortar shells at IDF soldiers who were patrolling along the border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.PMW: Palestinian football teams named after terrorists Two different Palestinian football tournaments recently included teams named after terrorists. Four teams were named after terrorists who were behind some of the most lethal attacks murdering Israeli civilians.Kerry Wants Congress to Ignore Israel; It May Ignore Him Instead "It was fairly anti-Israeli," Kirk said to reporters after the briefing. "I was supposed to disbelieve everything the Israelis had just told me, and I think the Israelis probably have a pretty good intelligence service." He said the Israelis had told him that the "total changes proposed set back the program by 24 days."JPost Ed: Keeping Israel in the loop Implicit in this pronouncement, Israel is not entitled to voice any reservations and misgivings about whatever transaction is being negotiated in Geneva until it is a done deal or, in the language spoken locally, a fait accompli. Surely Kerry must realize that by then – by the time exceedingly vulnerable Israel is faced with a fait accompli – it would be too late to preempt or mitigate the ill-effects of any agreement, even if it's very bad, even if it's the worst possible.Paris and Washington call on Iran to accept nuclear deal US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday called on Iran to accept a proposed interim deal that would freeze Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief.'Netanyahu open to interim Iran deal — if the terms are right' Israel is willing in principle to consider an interim agreement with Iran — but only if it entails a complete cessation of uranium enrichment by the Iranians, an Israeli government official said Wednesday. In exchange, the international community could offer not to add additional sanctions, he said.Most Israelis distrust US on Iran, poll finds A full 55 percent of Israeli Jews felt that the US cannot be relied upon to safeguard Israel's security during the Iranian talks, with 31% saying the Americans could be trusted on the issue and 14% stating that they did not have an opinion on the matter, according to the poll, which was commissioned by Israel Radio and conducted among a representative sample of Jewish Israeli adults by the Rafi Smith Institute.Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune: Keep Pushing Sanctions Until Iran Folds VIDEO Sanctions on Iran should be escalated until the country volunteers to halt its nuclear program, Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune said Friday, speaking on Real News TV.Obama formally extends US-Iran 'emergency' President Barack Obama formally reminded Congress this week that relations between the United States and Iran are not normal.Guardian evokes caricature of powerful Jewish state manipulating Western leaders These passages of course strongly suggest that US congressional leaders take their marching orders from Jerusalem and that the French government's position was not motivated by what it saw as its own national interests but, rather, as a result of the influence of the Israeli prime minister.MEMRI: Head of Iranian Think-Tank Advising Khamenei: The Jews Want Nuclear Bomb to Kill Muslims and Achieve World Domination VIDEO Therefore, all the Muslims must be killed because they do not accept Jewish supremacy. They must all be killed. Let me tell you something... In this world, who is in need of an atomic bomb? Who would benefit from an atomic bomb? The only ones who need an atomic bomb in order to become global are the Jews. We Muslims number 1.4 billion people. No Muslim accepts Jewish supremacy.With Help From Tehran and Moscow, and Inaction by the U.S., Assad Is Poised To Stay The efficient division of labor between Russian arms provision and diplomatic support and Iranian financial assistance, strategic advice, and training and provision of fighters enabled Assad to halt and turn back the rebel advances of late 2012. But Assad may well have paid a price for this assistance: Arguably, he is no longer the undisputed master even of the 40 percent or so of the country that remains under government control. Some reports have suggested that Qassem Suleimani of the Iranian Quds Force is the real "director" of the regime's war in Syria today, not Bashar Assad.Satellite pics from day of Syria strike show advanced Russian arms Taken at 10 a.m., roughly nine hours before the strike, the photos show two possible targets: an upgraded and deployed battery of S-125 missiles and six very large trailers that could carry missiles. The photos were first published by intelligence analyst Ronen Solomon along with a co-authored accompanying article in Israel Defense magazine.Saudis bemoan soaring labour costs after migrant exodus Nearly a million migrants — Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Indians, Nepalis, Pakistanis and Yemenis among them — took advantage of the amnesty to leave the country.MEMRI: Kuwaiti Cleric: The World Cup Is Jewish Conspiracy to Distract Muslim Youth, in Keeping with "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" VIDEO The Jews, the Christians, and their hypocritical, mercenary lackeys have invested great efforts in cutting the nation off from its glorious history. They want Muslim youths to fumble about in the darkness of Western culture, which is promoted by the sinful media.      |
| A Fauxtography Story (updated) Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:30 AM PST This morning, in a reprehensible attack, an Arab home near Ramallah was burned down: A Palestinian home was set on fire Wednesday night in the village of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, in a suspected "price tag" attack. Five Palestinians residing there suffered from smoke inhalation.Here is one photo of the burned out home from photojournalist Mahmoud Illean on the public news service Demotix:  The focus of the photo is, obviously, the basketball. The only problem is that the basketball was placed there by a photographer! Haaretz reporter Chaim Levinson took his own photo of the ball and wrote on his Facebook page, "See the ball in the burnt room? It wasn't really there. A Palestinian photographer brought it in from the outside to improve the photo." Roy Sharon of Israel's Channel 10 tweeted the same thing. He wrote that if you see any photos of an orange ball in today's news coverage, you should know that it was placed there by the MBC (Saudi) channel photographer. Now that we know that this photo was staged, we can look with a more critical eye at some of the other photos taken at the time. Here is the grief-stricken grandfather probably being told where to walk with his cute daughter, the basketball in the background:  The ball is there, but it seems to have moved. But this photo wasn't quite good enough, so the photographer needed a better one, possibly with the father but keeping the same cute girl:  They are looking at what appears to be a stuffed penguin, that is helpfully standing up in the damage. But the penguin wasn't there in the previous photo, and is not visible (at least not standing) in the other photos of the same room. Here are the same two people, waiting around while photographers do their thing:  We've suspected the purposeful placement of toys in photos in the past, but we have never had witnesses before. And if the photographers that took the photos were not the same ones as those who placed the objects, that doesn't make them any less deceptive if they know that the props they are photographing are staged. (h/t Gidon Shaviv) UPDATE: Ian forwards an almost unbelievable clip from 1990 British comedy "Drop the Dead Donkey":      |
| If Iran is only interested in a civilian nuclear program, it doesn't need centrifuges Posted: 14 Nov 2013 07:00 AM PST From Israel's Minister of Intelligence,Yuval Steinitz, at Financial Times (behind paywall):
Precisely because there is no valid justification for international consent to Iranian enrichment facilities as well as a plutonium reactor, any compromise on this crucial point will be interpreted as consent for its development of at least a partial military nuclear capability. This will inevitably sustain regional fears and suspicions, and conceivably spark new military nuclear programmes in several neighbouring countries. Such an accord will also complicate the inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities and obscure the red lines that, when violated, will compel the international community to resume economic sanctions or to consider military action.The unstated corollary is that Iran's refusal to budge on this fundamental issue proves that its public statements that it is only interested in nuclear energy is a lie. The idea that the West must compromise with Iran because it insists on retaining its enrichment capability is completely nonsensical. Iran's insistence on maintaining its centrifuges is proof positive that Iran has the desire to do something beyond a civilian energy program and is therefore a reason to redouble sanctions, not to ease them. Diplomats sometimes miss the forest for the trees. Their desire for a deal sometimes obscures the reason for the talks to begin with. This seems to be a perfect example of that shortsightedness.      |
| Nasrallah tries to play the Israel card to justify Hizballah in Syria Posted: 14 Nov 2013 05:00 AM PST  Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday rejected withdrawing his Shiite party's fighters from Syria in exchange for joining a new cabinet in Lebanon amid a deepening political deadlock in the country.Here are the relevant quotes from the Hizballah mouthpiece Al Manar: "First, we reassure our adherence to the resistance, its capabilities, and weapons, as a main path for protecting our country, its goods and wealth. Some in Lebanon talk to us about the French resistance which submitted its arms, neglecting the fact that this took place after the threat was over. However, the resistance in Lebanon liberated the land but the enemy still exists and is still threatening, spying, and preparing for wars; so are we required to empty the battlefield for this enemy? As long as the reason for resistance is present, the resistance will continue to confront this Israeli threat," his eminence said.I don't need to point out Nasrallah's hypocrisy here, and it is just as obvious to the Lebanese who are trapped under his effective control of the country. In a separate speech, Nasrallah said Israel wants to go to war with Iran and he slammed Arab countries for their pro-Israel stance: "What is the alternative to a deal with Iran and the countries of the world," he asked. "The alternative is war in the region."      |
| Hamas calls to "uproot the Jews" from Israel Posted: 14 Nov 2013 02:26 AM PST  From AP:A year after a bruising Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, southern Israel has sprung back to life, and the frequent rocket fire that once plagued the region has nearly stopped. But it's Hamas, not the Israelis who are celebrating.Maybe because Israelis don't celebrate wars, including those they won, while the Arab honor/shame mentality forces them to celebrate wars that they lost? By any objective measure Israel won the mini-war in Gaza last year. The point was to stop rocket fire and, for the most part, that goal was met. Gaza terrorists fired over 150 projectiles towards Israel in the last two weeks of October last year - and about 50 in 2013 altogether. AP had a golden opportunity to explain Arab culture here, and dropped the ball. Interior Minister Fathi Hamad, who commands Hamas' security forces in Gaza, called on Arabs in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Israel to unite in a holy war to "uproot the Jews" from Israel.This quote is confirmed by Arab sources. Apologists for Hamas, from "Students for Justice in Palestine" to Richard Falk to Jimmy Carter, never seem to find a way to condemn its explicit Jew-hatred.      |
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