יום שני, 4 בנובמבר 2013

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Iranian business selling US, Israeli flags to be burned and trampled

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 05:00 PM PST


An Iranian holiday is coming up; the anniversary of the hostage-taking at the US embassy, known as the national Day Against Global Arrogance. On this day, traditionally, Iranians go into the streets and burn US and Israeli flags.

This shop in Tehran is selling Israeli and US flags for the occasion, with a sign saying they are meant for "setting on fire and trampling."

As this classic, and hilarious, video shows, the idea is not original.




(h/t Golnaz)

Tunisia banned from Davis Cup tennis next year over refusal to play Israel

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 02:00 PM PST

From BBC:
Tunisia has been suspended from the Davis Cup tennis tournament after Tunisian player Malek Jaziri was ordered not to compete against an Israeli opponent last month.

The International Tennis Federation said there was no room for prejudice in sport and the one-year ban was a "fitting penalty".

Jaziri withdrew from the Tashkent Challenger last month ahead of a match against Amir Weintraub.

He was cleared of wrongdoing.

Officials found Jaziri - who had claimed to be suffering from a knee injury - had been ordered to pull out of the match.

The ITF board voted unanimously to suspend the Tunisian Tennis Federation for one year from the Davis Cup, one of the most important tournaments in men's tennis.

"There is no room for prejudice of any kind in sport or in society. The ITF Board decided to send a strong message to the Tunisian Tennis Federation that this kind of action will not be tolerated by any of our members," said ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti.
Jaziri himself seems to have been against dropping out of the match:
The brother and manager of Tunisian tennis star Malek Jaziri on Monday slammed as 'shocking' the political pressure to boycott a match with Israel's Amir Weintraub from the authorities back home. This decision is "shocking, because it brings politics into sport ... We are totally against that. And Malek is the first victim, because tennis is his career, his bread-winner," Amir Jaziri told AFP. "To be clear, Malek pulled out for sporting reasons, because he was injured. He did his warm up, something was wrong and the doctor found that his knee was swollen," he said.

When Jaziri withdrew from Friday's match against Weintraub, in the quarterfinal of the Challenger tournament in Tashkent, he also cited knee problems. "'After the meeting at the ministry of youth and sports with Riadh Azaiez, I regret to inform you that you cannot play,'" Amir, said quoting the email, and referring to the director of the country's sporting elite at the ministry.

Both Jaziri, who is currently ranked world number 169, and Weintraub are members of the same top-flight tennis club in France – Sarcelles Tennis – north of Paris and have known each other for years through their sport. Contacted by AFP, the club's president Jonathan Chaouat said Jaziri was in fact the reason for Weintraub's recruitment by the club. The 29-year-old Tunisian, who has declined to talk to the press since withdrawing from the tournament in Tashkent, could have risen to 135th had he won.

The ministry insisted that it had nothing to do with the order instructing him not to play, stressing that the decision came from the tennis federation. Amir said he didn't know whether his brother would have played the match if he hadn't been suffering from a knee injury. But he said he failed to understand how such an order could be given after Malek had already played Weintraub and "Tunisia has played Israel in the 2009 Fed Cup."

Last April, the sports ministry recalled the national Taekwondo team after it met Israeli sportsmen at a competition in Belgium. "The ministry ordered an immediate inquiry because of the encounter between members of the national Taekwondo team and the Israeli team in an international competition abroad, without consulting the relevant authorities," the ministry said at the time. But it never announced the result of the inquiry. The Tunisian authorities have never officially banned sporting encounters with Israeli nationals, and since Jaziri's decision to withdraw from the tennis tournament in Uzbekistan no such directive has been made public.
Jaziri's Facebook page has many comments of "bravo" although the context is not clear.

It is nice to see a sports federation do the right thing.

Birthwashing

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 12:00 PM PST

To Israel-haters, this is worse than Birthright.

From Ha'aretz:

For the first time since casualties of the civil war in Syria began receiving treatment in Israel, a Syrian woman gave birth to a baby in an Israeli hospital.

The baby was born on Sunday morning at the Ziv Medical Center in Safed to a 20-year-old first-time-mother. The woman was taken to the hospital by Israel Defense Forces soldiers during the night while she was in labor.

According to the hospital, this is the first time an Israeli hospital delivered a Syrian baby. Until now, Israeli hospitals have only treated Syrians wounded in the fighting. The staff said the mother told them that she lives in the Quneitra region, which is under closure, and that she didn't have access to the local hospital located nearby.

"There are no midwifes in the village and there was no one to deliver my baby," she said. "I'm a nurse by profession and I knew that wounded Syrians were treated in Israel, so when I felt that the labor was starting I asked to be quickly taken to the border in hope that the Israeli army will let me get help with the birth. Happily, the Israeli military drove by and saw that I was in great pain, they picked me up and took me to a hospital in Israel."

"I was wary of going to Israel, but I was more concerned for the wellbeing of the child in case there were complications while giving birth at home. The staff of midwives and doctors treated me with respect and sensitivity, and the birth went smoothly. I really don't feel like I'm in an enemy country, everyone is helping me and caring for me."
YNet adds:
"We've been eating mainly rice for a while, as a result of the blockade. It's the first time in a long time that I've been eating meat and vegetables. I feel better and I'm relieved; I'm eating and growing stronger and my sweet baby is getting great care."
OK, haters, breathe deeply and repeat to yourselves, "They're only doing this to distract the world from occupation. They're only doing this to distract the world from occupation. They're only doing this to distract the world from occupation."

After a few hours, you will believe it enough to start writing that on message boards.

11/03 Links: How the British Empire failed Zionism, Singing Hatikvah in Riyadh, Lockheed Opens R&D

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST

From Ian:
The Balfour betrayal: How the British Empire failed Zionism
Zionism is, at its heart, an anti-imperialist movement.
Theodor Herzl failed in all his encounters with imperial powers – the Germans, the Ottomans, the Russians, the British – to find support for a Jewish homeland in Eretz Yisrael.
The brilliant Vladimir Jabotinsky believed that England was the key to the realization of Zionist goals – he took a gamble that failed and his followers later fought the British Empire in the pre-state underground. In the end, it was the blood, sweat and toil of Jews that built the State of Israel.
Diplomacy and legal recognition were no doubt important – and are still important today – in the reality of the State of Israel. But let us never forget that the revival of our people by Jewish men and women, many who gave their life for the cause, forged the reality of that revival in Eretz Yisrael.
The lesson we should learn is that the promises of empires and superpowers to the Jewish people often turn out to be the worst sort of perfidy.
How Islamists Use History to Justify Terrorism
Nonetheless, today's accepted narratives do not come from antiquated historians or primary historical texts; they come from the Saudi-funded ivy league—Berkeley, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton, etc.—all of which peddle pro-Islamic propaganda (I personally had direct experience at Georgetown), including the "freedom loving jihadis" vs. "oppressive tyrants" thesis.
Percolating out of liberal academia to liberal mass media, the effects of this well-entrenched but false narrative have taken their toll, ultimately helping to create a disastrous U.S. foreign policy.
Ebay's sick trade in Holocaust souvenirs: Outrage over auctions of Death Camp relics
TV historian Simon Schama said: 'This is absolutely beyond belief. Plainly there is no moral atrocity to which eBay will not descend to make a buck. This is an unspeakable act of moral cretinousness.' Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar, eBay's global revenue in 2012 was £9 billion. Its first president was Canadian Jeffrey Skoll, who is from a Jewish family.
The company bans the sale of Nazi paraphernalia, but said in these cases that the items had 'slipped through the net'.
Elliot Adrams: Is the US spilling its allies' secrets?
There is a pernicious pattern here, and other examples could be cited. Add this to the National Security Agency revelations, and the United States seems to be aggressive in stealing the secrets of some close allies and aggressive in ignoring the interests of allies by conveying intelligence information to the press. The continuing leaks about what Israel has been doing are dangerous and damaging. Israel is acting where we are not, enforcing red lines when we have failed to do so, and assuming risks we have refused to take. We act as a poor ally if we repeatedly and indeed recklessly increase the risk to Israel by treating sensitive information as fodder for the press.
Israel to US: Syria raid leak 'endangers our national security'
Israel's fury was conveyed directly to the White House, as well as during meetings and conversations between senior Israeli officials and their US counterparts in the Pentagon, the CIA and the State Department, the report said.
Israel's shocked complaints produced no American explanation or reaction whatsoever, the report went on, which Israeli officials ascribe to embarrassment on behalf of the administration. Israel believes the leaks may be "a consequence of negligence."
NSA tracked Israeli drones, missiles, papers show
And for the first time, the papers also reveal that Israel, along with nearly every other country on the planet, has been the target of NSA spying.
According to the papers, thousands of which were leaked by Snowden, the NSA has tracked "high priority Israeli military targets."
These include unmanned aerial vehicles and the Black Sparrow missile system, a ballistic missile used as target practice for the Arrow missile-defense system.
Israel denies spying on Americans after Snowden leak
Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom said unequivocally on Israel Radio on Thursday that Israel does not spy on the US, and has not done so since the Jonathan Pollard affair in the mid-1980s.
"As someone knowledgeable of all the details, there are crystal clear directives against any action in the US or against the US," he said. "There is a complete ban."
Shalom characterized any claims that Israel's intelligence services acted against the US as a "lie and a libel."
Defense minister: Hamas preparing for new violence
Days after a clash on the Gaza border left five IDF soldiers wounded, Israel's top defense official warned that continued violence from the Strip would bring an aggressive Israeli response.
"Hamas has been deterred and therefore maintains the quiet, but is preparing itself for a renewal of violence," Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said on Sunday morning while visiting soldiers who were wounded late Thursday in an explosion on the Gaza border.
Movement within Gaza Seeks to Bring Down Hamas Government
Iyad Abu-Rok, official spokesman of the Gaza Arab 'Tamarod' movement, expressed his confidence that the expected anti-Hamas campaign scheduled for November 11 will proceed as planned.
In an interview with Al Quds Al-Arabiya this past Friday, Abu-Rok explained that the main goal of the protest, in which Gaza residents will flood city streets in a demonstration of civil disobedience, is to topple Hamas's draconian control of the regional government - a government which disgruntled Gazans claim has taken away residents' rights, committed crimes against its own people, and completely destroyed the freedom of speech by using force to crush opponents.
Singing Hatikvah in Riyadh
One deeply offensive article published by Iran's government-backed, oft-farcical English language news outlet, Press TV, even went so far as to suggest that the two countries should merge and become "Saudi Israelia" establishing the state religion as "Zio-Wahabbism."
Of course, despite the temporary alignment of interests the Saudis are no friends of the Jewish state. Maintaining no diplomatic relations with Israel, an effective Saudi ban on Israeli goods remains in place.
Khamenei: Israel, Zionists 'Illegitimate and Bastard Regime'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attacked Israel and the US in remarks on his state-backed website today (Sunday), firing at Israel's supposed "illegitimate and bastard" regime and labeling the US alliance with Israel as an alleged "indulgence."
"The Americans have the highest indulgence toward the Zionists," Khamenei stated, "and they have to. But we don't share such indulgence[s]." Khamenei further referred to the US as a "smiling enemy" who is not to be trusted for leaving the option of a US and Israeli strike on Iran in the event of continued nuclear weapons development.
Two new 'Death to America' songs revealed in Iran ahead of major anti-U.S. protest
Hard-liners in Iran have unveiled two new 'Death to America' songs at the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, hoping to keep anger high ahead of nuclear talks with Western powers.
They performed the songs on Saturday ahead of a massive planned protest Monday to mark the anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover in 1979.
'Death to America' was one of the main slogans of the Islamic revolution that year.
Panetta: US may have to use military force against Iran
While the US has "implemented unprecedented sanctions and pressure on Iran, we may very well have to use military force to back up our policy," Leon Panetta said on Thursday night.
The former US defense secretary and CIA director made the remarks while addressing around 600 people at the Anti-Defamation League's 100th annual meeting.
Related:
Panetta, who was receiving the ADL's William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award, said the US needs to "maintain a healthy skepticism" when negotiating to suss out Iran's true level of commitment to negotiations over its nuclear program.
Reports: Syrian Opposition Meets with Arab League Chief
Leaders of the Syrian Opposition met with top officials of the Arab League in Cairo yesterday (Saturday) to discuss efforts to end the Syrian Civil War, Lebanese news site The Daily Star reports.
The meeting reportedly took place between members of the Syrian National Coalition and Arab League Secretary General Nalib al-Arabi, where a discussion was launched regarding a possible peace conference to end the war, which has raged since the 'Arab Spring' in 2011.
Lebanese Media: Assad 'Weak' for Not Attacking Israel
A clip from a popular Lebanese satire program on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) channel, blasting Syrian President Bashar Assad for being too "weak" and "ineffective" to respond to recent Israeli air strikes on Syrian military targets, has gone viral in Arab social media circles.
Exposed: Muslim Brotherhood Operatives in the U.S.
El Watan, one of Egypt's most widely circulated and read newspapers, has published a report discussing the Muslim Brotherhood's influence over the United States, especially in the context of inciting pro-Brotherhood policies against Egypt's popular June 30 Revolution, which resulted in the ousting of Muhammad Morsi and the Brotherhood from power.
Titled (in translation), "With Names, Identities, and Roadmap… El Watan Exposes Brotherhood Cells in America," it's written by investigative journalist Ahmed al-Tahiri,
ADL Honors Ukranian Archbishop Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
The Anti-Defamation League posthumously honored a Ukrainian Archbishop on Friday for his role in saving Jews during the Holocaust.
Metropolitan Archbishop Andrei Sheptytsky, a spiritual leader of Ukrainian Catholics who headed the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1900 until his death in 1944, was honored with the 'ADL Jan Karski Courage to Care Award' during the ADL's Centennial Meeting in New York City. The religious leader was recognized for his courageous efforts to protect Ukrainian Jews from extermination by supplying false identification papers and shelter from the Nazis at a time when such acts were punishable by death.
Uruguayan Delegation Visiting Israel Seeks to Learn How to Become a 'High-Tech Nation'
A large delegation of Uruguayan business and political leaders arrived in Israel on Friday aiming to learn how "to turn Uruguay into a a high-tech nation and exporter of technology," Uruguayan Vice President Prof. Danilo Astori told Israel's Globes business daily.
"We've come here to learn from you, because you're the pioneers in this area, and you have a global reputation," Uruguay's vice president said.
New hope in untangling Alzheimer's Disease
A team of Tel Aviv University researchers have identified a specific set of molecules called microRNAs that detrimentally regulate protein levels in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease and beneficially regulate protein levels in the brains of other mice living in a stimulating environment.
"We were able to create two lists of microRNAs — those that contribute to brain performance and those that detract — depending on their levels in the brain," says Dr. Boaz Barak, one of the authors of the study. "By targeting these molecules, we hope to move closer toward earlier detection and better treatment of Alzheimer's disease."
Lockheed-Martin to open major subsidiary in Israel
Lockheed-Martin announced earlier this year that it intended to open a facility in Israel specializing in information technology, but, according to Executive Vice President Patrick Dewar, work is to begin immediately on expanding that project into a full-fledged subsidiary of the tech defense giant, Maariv reported on Sunday.
Dewar, who is currently visiting Israel, said over the weekend that the company, in addition to building a branch for IT and cyber protection, will seek to expand cooperation with Israeli defense companies and to work in the domestic security market. (h/t Bob Knot)

Mahmoud Abbas' heroes (poster series)

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 07:30 AM PST

I have been trying to identify the murderers that Mahmoud Abbas embraced last week. Here are four of them.

As predicted: Hamas blames Israel for Gaza electricity shortage

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 05:00 AM PST

On Friday, I reported that Gaza was running out of fuel because of the failure to pay their bills, and I predicted that soon we will see heartbreaking photos out of Gaza that will blame Israel.

Right on schedule, Hamas came through on Twitter:


Even Gazans no longer buy Hamas' lies, as this Gaza-based reporter writes for AllVoices:

Quite frankly, the party responsible for all the crises in the Gaza Strip is Hamas, which has failed in managing Gaza's affairs since it seized it in 2007, because it relied on illegal ways to obtain goods and petroleum through the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza.

Last week, Ala al-Rafati, Hamas' economy minister, confirmed that the closure of tunnels since June has cost Gaza around $230 million monthly.

This is the amount that Hamas obtains from taxes imposed on the entry and exit of goods through tunnels.

Unfortunately, Hamas does not spend this amount on Gaza 's population, but only for Hamas' members. This is clear to all the people of Gaza who suffer so much from its rule.

Many people in Gaza are eagerly waiting for Nov. 11. This is the day agreed upon by most of the population of Gaza to demonstrate and call the whole world to help them end Hamas rule in Gaza, which led to a rise in poverty rates and unemployment, in addition to the electricity and water crises.
The $230 million figure is way inflated, Hamas' budget is nowhere near that amount, but Hamas did get most of its revenue from taxing tunnel goods.

And the planned November 11th protests, which we have reported here for a while, will be very interesting indeed. Hamas has been threatening reporters who talk about the anti-Hamas movement in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Mahmoud Abbas says he is working to resolve the fuel crisis, but he seems to be trying to work not with Israel, but with Egypt!

Yasser Wadia, leader of the independent figures in the Gaza Strip, said that President Abbas promised to resolve the crisis within the next few hours, indicating that intensive contacts took place during the past few hours with the leadership in Ramallah and Hamas in Gaza and the Egyptian leadership to solve the electricity crisis.

With regard to contacts with the Egyptian side Wadia said PalPress "We talked with the Egyptians on all matters pertaining to Gaza to overcome the current crisis and return to normal," adding that the Egyptian leadership understands the Supreme command.

He pointed out that Egypt promised to solve the problem of fuel the country in the coming days, saying, "The Egyptians told us clearly that the security problems in the Sinai is what is preventing the arrival of fuel to Gaza."
I find this hard to believe. Egyptians in the Sinai have their own fuel problems and if Egypt starts allowing fuel to Gaza they will riot. This sounds more to me like Egypt is pushing the Gazans off.



96 years of whining as Arabs mark Balfour anniversary

Posted: 03 Nov 2013 02:00 AM PST

There were lots of stories in the Arab media about the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration on Saturday.

Some demanded that the Arab world sue Great Britain.

Some note the supposed treachery of the 1919 Faisal-Weizmann Agreement that allowed a Jewish home in Palestine while the entire rest of the Middle East went to Arabs.

Hamas even produced a documentary about how Balfour was the beginning of all Arab woes and problems.

No Arabs, as far as I could tell, blamed themselves for any part of their problems.

I found an interesting article in the Palestine Bulletin from January 14, 1930, which shows that at least some Arabs saw the difference between how Jews were building a nation while Arabs did nothing but call meetings to complain about the Jews.




...The writer of the article contrasts the achievements of Jew and Arab during the last twelve years and complains that "'The Arabs have met seven times. They have sent as many delegations to London, to the Hedjaz, to Iraq. They have broadcast thousands of protests. They have arranged hundreds of memorial meetings and celebrations. But what have all these delegations, all these protests. all these memorial meetings, all these celebrations accomplished?. True, the Supreme Moslem Council has repaired the Mosque. The Supreme Moslem Council has purchased three thousand dunams of land. 'The Supreme Moslem Council has constructed a large hotel which it transferred to a Jew in order that he might better compete with small Arab hotels.. But in the meantime Zionists have managed to bring in 80,000 immigrants, compelling. the Arab to make room for them. They have acquired 1,200,000 dunams of the best lands. They have established .factories whose products we and our Arab brothers in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Transjordan buy, thereby regaining many times over the price they paid to us for lands. They have gained control over commerce. They have built -dozens of colonies. In view of these alarming facts, we would suggest that our delegation remain at home. That instead, we collect funds from Moslem and Arab countries to develop agriculture and industry. If; after we have accomplished these undertakings, we send a delegation to London, it will be able to say for us: We know how to use our lands. We know how to advance civilisation. We know how to build the bridge that is to unite East and West"
The same newspaper, a month earlier, describes a roughly translated Arab children's song:



Nothing has changed. It's been 96 years since the Balfour Declaration, nearly 66 years since the UN partition plan and 20 years since Oslo, and the Palestinian Arabs are still spending more time, effort and money trying to blame Israel than to do anything positive themselves.

Of course, it all makes sense when you realize that their goal isn't the creation of yet another Arab state but the destruction of the only Jewish state.
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