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- Nutty Iranian site makes fun of Jews by quoting nutty Christian site
- 02/11 Links Pt2: Arab, Muslim and pro-Israel; David Draiman Supports Scarlett Johansson, Blasts BDS
- Scarlett for Sec'y of State - and Israel: A Facebook Movie
- "Zionists trying to hide Canaanite-Palestinian civilization"
- 02/11 Links Pt1: PA Minister Claims Western Wall; PA's Human Rights Violations Ignored
- Cool new Israeli weapons: advanced drone and lightweight precision missiles
- What's Iran up to with its warships?
- Hamas complains UNRWA curriculum alienates aspiring terrorists
| Nutty Iranian site makes fun of Jews by quoting nutty Christian site Posted: 11 Feb 2014 05:00 PM PST One of Iran's PressTV's antisemitic columnists writes: Will a Zionist apocalypse erupt during the coming two years?The source for this is a Christian webpage called "Pray4Zion." The Talmud does mention that eclipses are bad omens, but this is one of those situations where - like Talmudic medicine cures - very few people take them seriously nowadays, even among the religious. As far as I know, eclipses that are coincidental with holidays are not considered any worse than any others. Certainly no one plans wars for eclipses! Now, are there going to be lunar eclipses for both Passover and Sukkot in 2014 and 2015? Keep in mind that in the Jewish lunar calendar, the first days of those holidays are always within a day of the full moon, and lunar eclipses always occur on the full moon. NASA says that April 15, 2014 at around 7 AM GMT, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible in the Pacific and the Americas. it is the first day of Passover. October 8, 2014 at around 11 AM GMT, is several hours before Sukkot. April 4, 2015, noontime GMT, is the first day of Passover. September 28, 2015, around 3 AM GMT, is the first day of Sukkot. Consecutive lunar eclipses tend to occur around six months apart, so while this seems like an astonishing coincidence, it is really only a minor coincidence. If a total lunar eclipse is seen in April during Passover, the chances that it will occur in October during Sukkot as well are pretty high. In 1967, the eclipse occurred several hours before Passover in Israel and North America. The other one did occur during Sukkot. There were no lunar eclipses visible in Jerusalem or New York in 1948. 1492 did have two lunar eclipses in April and October but it is hard to see if they coincided with the holidays. The real irony is that an Iranian website is accusing Jews of acting superstitiously to cause wars, when Shiite Islam seems to want to bring the 12th Mahdi by whatever means they can.           |
| 02/11 Links Pt2: Arab, Muslim and pro-Israel; David Draiman Supports Scarlett Johansson, Blasts BDS Posted: 11 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST From Ian: Arab, Muslim and pro-Israel I'm Abdel. I was born in Algeria and lived there for a little over a decade. During that time, I had the distinct pleasure to go through a brutal civil war where Islamists (supported financially and morally by Hamas, Iran and Saudi Arabia) where trying to take over the country to impose their worldview on everyone else. Friends and family members of mine were killed and the country almost went down the drain. My parents, who were executives at the time, were also involved politically. Specifically, they were leading political parties who're trying to get religion out of politics– in the midst of an Islamic insurgency. You can only imagine how more problematic their personal and familial situation became: regular death threats, bullet proof door in our home, different itineraries and time to get to work, et cetera. In sum, it was a living hell. Oh, did I mention that I'm the VP communication for McGill Students for Israel?Disturbed Frontman David Draiman Blasts BDS 'Harassment,' Rips Emma Thompson for Siding With 'BDS Nazis' Jewish heavy metal rocker David Draiman took to Twitter Sunday, Feb. 9, to condemn the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for harassing one actress and then called out another star for siding with the global campaign. The B.D.S. Threat I do not trust the B.D.S. movement. Its stated aim is to end the occupation, secure "full equality" for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and fight for the right of return of all Palestinian refugees. The first objective is essential to Israel's future. The second is laudable. The third, combined with the second, equals the end of Israel as a Jewish state. This is the hidden agenda of B.D.S., its unacceptable subterfuge: beguile, disguise and suffocate.Academic Boycott Against Israel Not Affecting Country's Research Endeavors, Government Study Says A new Israeli government study proved various worldwide initiatives to boycott the Jewish state have had "no noticeable impact on academic research in Israel," Israeli daily Walla reported Monday.Barry Rubin Tributes: Barry Rubin: An appreciation Barry Rubin was one of the leading Middle East scholars and analysts of his generation.Farewell Barry Finally, Prof. Barry Rubin was a true Zionist. He loved his adopted country and defended it assiduously against its detractors. While he remained very American until his last day, he nevertheless built his home in Israel, married his wife in Israel, and raised two Sabra children in Israel.A privilege to work with When an important figure dies we often hear a commentator say, "He will be missed." That observation has become a cliché. In Barry's case, however, it is entirely appropriate. Comment from ZFA President, Philip Chester, on 4 Corners/ The Weekend Australian investigation on the Israeli justice system. The Four Corners program aired on ABC was highly emotive and one-sided. It only depicted the allegations in line with the Palestinian position but made absolutely no attempt to report the facts presented to the court or the difficult legal realities on the ground.Do Jews muzzle critics with false charges of antisemitism? A reply to the Irish Times In the past several months the Irish Times published three op-eds by a socialist named Eamonn McCann – diatribes which included a pejorative use of the term "chosen people" to suggest that Israeli attacks against non-Jews are arguably inspired by a belief in their own superiority, a prediction of the Jewish State's ultimate demise and the claim that racism lies at the core of Israel's official ideology.Jews Control the Internet, Says Pro-Palestinian Website The article in question was written in 2009 by the California-based Freedom Research Foundation and mentions the names of Jews involved with Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo!, MySpace, and eBay. Titled "The Jewish Hand Behind the Internet," the article is split into subsections that include "The Jewish Entourage at Google," "Zuckerberg's Jewish Entourage at Facebook," "Google's Cooperating with Jewish Censors," and "More Tricks to Control Information on Wikipedia." Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is called the "darling of the Jewish crowd at Harvard" and Sheryl Sandberg, who worked at Google before becoming the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, is mocked for being involved with philanthropy, a "favorite Jewish pastime." The article also chronicles in great length the trips Internet moguls have taken to Israel.Jewish groups back Hungary Holocaust commemoration boycott The international Jewish organizations urged the Hungarian government to respond to Jewish concerns.The Jewish Exodus From France On January 26, possibly for the first time ever since the end of World War Two, explicit anti-semitic slogans were shouted during a large scale political demonstration in Paris. The incident was just a further indication that French Jews are not as secure today as they used to be a few years ago. Indeed, many French Jews have concluded they have no future in their country, and are leaving for Israel or North America.January sees record-setting number of tourists Some 200,000 tourists entered Israel in January 2014, 19 percent more than in January 2013 and "an all-time record for the month," according to figured released by the Tourism Ministry on Monday.BBC Technology correspondent visits the 'start-up nation' It is an all too rare pleasure to be able to note here BBC reporting on Israel which is accurate, impartial, informative and objective. As we have observed here in the past, reports which do tick those boxes often come from BBC news departments dedicated to specific subjects such as science or technology, where the political stance of journalists is less relevant to the subject matter.Instant messaging app Viber in talks to be acquired: report Israel's Calcalist financial newspaper reported that Viber was in talks to acquired by a leading instant messaging company from Asia for $300 million-$400 million.Filling a need, one nipple at a time Searching for solutions, Kolath-Arbel came up empty. Reconstructive surgery would have rendered an unrealistic lump whose color would fade, she says, and the prosthetic nipples she ordered from the United States and China looked fake and rough.ADL chief Foxman announces he will step down next year Abe Foxman, the influential head of the Anti-Defamation League and one of the most powerful public figures in American Jewry, announced late Monday that he will step down from his post effective July of next year, the ADL said in a statement.Skinnygirl and SodaStream Partner to Create a New Line of Delicious, Low-Calorie, Naturally-Sweetened Flavors Made Exclusively for SodaStream SodaStream International, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA), the leading manufacturer of home beverage carbonation systems, today announced a strategic agreement with Skinnygirl, the sassy, solutions based, lifestyle brand created by Bethenny Frankel that is redefining the way women live. The companies will co-develop a family of better-for-you flavors designed with women's taste in mind, exclusively for the SodaStream home beverage carbonation system.SodaStream International: The Coming Rebound ConclusionSkating to Schindler's List Julia Lipnitskaia, a 15-year-old Russian skating prodigy, took home the Olympic gold with a routine set to John Williams' "Theme from Schindler's List."Portman, crew shoot Oz in Jerusalem Downtown Jerusalem experienced a brief trip back to the era of World War II Monday afternoon, thanks to the cast and crew of Natalie Portman's film "A Tale of Love and Darkness," based on Amos Oz's autobiographical novel.Returning Home: A Jerusalem Story Jerusalem was the original capital of the kingdom of Israel in the time of the first and second temple, and Jews have maintained a small but continuous presence in the Old City of Jerusalem for the past 2000 years. This film tells the little known story of the Jewish families who had lived in the Old City peacefully for generations prior to being besieged, forcibly evicted from their homes and taken prisoner of war by the Arab Legion in 1948 after the state of Israel was declared by the United Nations. The film follows the story of these Jewish refugees until they were able to return to their homes 19 years later after Israeli forces liberated the Old City during the Six Day War in 1967. My documentary group and I were privileged to spend many hours interviewing these survivors during our visit to Israel this summer.      |
| Scarlett for Sec'y of State - and Israel: A Facebook Movie Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST Two items. One is a great article from Bret Stephens in the WSJ. Since it is a pain to get behind their paywall, here's the whole thing: Last month the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic blew himself up as he tried to open an old booby-trapped embassy safe. When police arrived on the scene, they discovered a cache of unregistered weapons in violation of international law. Surprise. And here is a very cute video from Jerusalem Online University: Personally, I'd say that Israel joined in 1300 BCE.... (h/t Natan, Yoni)      |
| "Zionists trying to hide Canaanite-Palestinian civilization" Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST You know how Israel is always accused of using archaeology to hide any traces of Muslim presence in the land (a charge that a simple visit to the Israel Museum would dispel)? Well, that's passe. Now Israel is being accused of hiding the flourishing Canaanite-Palestinian civilization. A Jordanian columnist says "The Zionist movement is trying hard to obliterate any trace of the existence of the Canaanite civilization in Palestine." Given that the Torah says that the Canaanites existed, this is an interesting accusation. But, you see, it isn't the Canaanites they are hiding so much as the purported Palestinian ties to Canaan. You see, from this article we learn that the formidable giants that the twelve Israelite scouts encountered (Numbers 13:28) were, in fact, Palestinian! You learn something new every day. It is good to know that Palestinian Arabs are in fact descended from Canaanite non-Arabs. Except for those named Erekat/Uraiqat/Areikat. And the famous Husseini family of Jerusalem, who came in the 12th century. (The Shawishes come from the Husseinis.) And the equally famous Nashashibis of Jerusalem, who are of Turko-Kurdish origin. And the Abu Ghoshes, who came around the time of the Crusades, possibly from Europe. And the Barghoutis, who came from the Bani Zeid clan who arrived after the Crusades as well. And the Al Khalil family, from Mecca. And the Khazens, who are from Lebanon. And the Nusseibehs, the oldest Arab family in Jerusalem, who arrived in the 7th century. And the Qudwa and Arafat families, who came from Aleppo, Syria to Gaza in the late 17th century. And the Ridwans, who came from the Ottoman empire to become leaders in Gaza. And the Salibas, from Greece via Lebanon. And the Touqans, from either northern Arabia or northern Syria. And the Hammoudas from Transjordan. And the Zeitawis who came from Mecca to Morocco to Gaza. They are related to the Zaghabs. And the Ghassans, who came from Arabia to Lebanon. And the Tamimis, who come from the Tamim tribe of Arabia. And the Tarabins, who claim to originally come from the Bakom Valley east of Mecca. And the Jabaris, who descend from an inhabitant of the Jabar castle on the Euphrates. And the Matar family from Kuwait. And the Adwans, who came from the Hijaz. And even the Nabulsi family, who are named after the town of Nablus, but Nablus only got that Arabicized name in the 7th century. And the Hejazis from Arabia, Mughrabis from Morocco, Masris from Egypt, Houranis from Syria, Turkis and Dogmushes from Turkey, Yamanis from Yemen, Jaziris from Algeria, Hindis from India, Kurdis from Kurdistan, Halabis from Aleppo, Dajanis from Arabia, Trabelsis (Tripoli), Sudanis (Sudan), Faranjis (French), and Shamis (Syria). But besides every famous Palestinian Arab clan, sure, everyone else must be Canaanites.      |
| 02/11 Links Pt1: PA Minister Claims Western Wall; PA's Human Rights Violations Ignored Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST From Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinian Authority Human Rights Violations Ignored by Media, West That Hamas is responsible for human rights violations and assaults on freedom of expression should not come as a surprise to anyone.The Palestinian Covenant Refutes the Palestinian Narrative The Yishuv's Jewish population in 1917 consisted of people from each of the three sources, but even if they all came from only one of them, the acknowledgement in the Palestine National Covenant that there were Jews there before 1917 disproves the current Palestinian narrative's claim that the Land has been home "since time immemorial" to a thriving Palestinian culture. If the Jews are from the first source, then they predate the Palestinian arrival. The second source pre-supposes the existence of the first. The third source reflects Ottoman recognition that the Land was underpopulated and in need of a revival; i.e., whatever culture was there could hardly be described as flourishing.A reasonable alternative In other words, a reasonable alternative will have to involve Arabs moving, not Jews. Greater Men have Tried Greater men than you have tried to make, to force, peace on the Middle East. I promise you, you will fail too. You will fail because you are not addressing the root cause of the problem. You, like so many before you, take the easy way out. Blame Israel. It is so easy to do, and so stupid.Forcing 'Peace' on Israel is a Terrible Mistake When the Arab armies of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria attacked Israel in May 1948, it was not to liberate the Palestinian people, but to capture the region for themselves. Like the British, Ottomans, Romans, Greeks, Persians, and Babylonians before them, the goal was conquest, not liberation.Palestinian envoy to peace talks rebuffs Livni: We won't recognize Israel as a Jewish state The Palestinian Authority reiterated Monday its refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.PA minister claims Western Wall as Palestinian land "There will not be peace without putting an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967. Every piece of land that Israel conquered then belongs to the Palestinians," claimed Habbash.'Even the Koran Claims Israel Belongs to the Jews' Middle Eastern affairs professor Nissim Dana spoke to Arutz Sheva Monday about his upcoming book, To Whom Does This Land Belong?: New Insights into the Koran, and revealed that Islam absolutely does not have a claim to the Land of Israel - even by its own standards.Arab land claims; are they valid? Disputed lands which Arabs (and NGOs) have recently claimed in places like Ofra/ Amona, Migron and Ulpana/Bet El were deemed abandoned and ownerless by the state. This was consistent with Ottoman and British-mandate law: if the person who originally registered the land died intestate (without heirs) and the land was never used, the land reverted to the state. Therefore, Jews were allowed to build there – legally.Oldest Star Discovered; Palestinians: We Were There First (satire) Canberra, Australia, February 11 – Astronomers in Australia have discovered what they say is the oldest star known so far, prompting Palestinian officials to claim their ancestors inhabited that star long before any Jews came along.Mediterranean energy finds 'game changers' in renewed Cyprus peace drive Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek-Cypriot leader, and his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu are to unveil a road map for the renewed UN-brokered talks, finally agreed on last week after protracted haggling over the text delayed a relaunch originally earmarked for November.Christian IDF Recruits Say Arab MK Acting 'Like a Mafia Member Sha'adi Halul, the spokesman for the Forum of Christian IDF Soldiers, filed a request to the Attorney General's Office asking for the removal of immunity for MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad).IAF attacks Gaza in response to rocket fire The Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday after two rockets launched from the Hamas-controlled territory landed in the southern part of the country earlier in the day. Analysis: Target of IDF strike is key link in Gaza-Sinai radical Salafi terror network According to intelligence data, Kharti played a central role in setting up the terrorist infrastructure in Sinai, which has been firing rockets at Eilat sporadically in recent months, including the most recent rocket attack, launched on January 31, and intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-rocket battery.Reports: Hamas at Ease With Moves by Fatah Rivals to Boost Ties With Iran The Palestinian Hamas faction is content to let its rivals in the Fatah faction reach out to Iran – despite a decades-old proxy relationship between Hamas and its Iranian sponsors - according to a report published last week by Al Monitor. Hamas officials who spoke to the outlet emphasized that any rapprochement between the two sides should be seen as Fatah altering its long-held stance opposing Iranian influence, and that in any case "the road to a true rapprochement between Ramallah and Tehran is still long."Financial Crisis? PA Planning Airport and Railway Despite complaining of a financial crisis, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is working on several new transportation related projects in the areas under its control - and is even seeking to expand into areas under Israeli control.17-year-old suicide bomber a "brave hero," says PA Governor of Ramallah The Palestinian Authority continues to glorify suicide terrorists who murdered civilians, as Palestinian Media Watch has documented.Governor of Ramallah: 17-year-old suicide bomber is "hero" Iran claims new generation of 15-times-faster centrifuges Iran's nuclear chief declared that his country has developed a new generation of centrifuges 15 times more powerful than those currently being used to enrich uranium, and said it might resume enrichment to 60% if necessary.White House Draws Red Line on Iranian Ballistic Missile Program The White House on Monday pushed back against Iran's efforts to set a "red line" preventing negotiations over its contested ballistic missile program, which has been permitted to continue undeterred under the recently signed interim nuclear accord.Iran says it has tested fragmentation missile Iran said Monday it has "successfully tested" two missiles on the eve of the 35th anniversary of its Islamic revolution, the official IRNA news agency reported.Iran TV Showcases Military Capabilities, Seals Report with Vow to "Trample on the U.S." Egypt: Islamist group blows up gas pipeline in Sinai Egyptian security officials say suspected al-Qaeda-inspired saboteurs have blown up a natural gas pipeline in the restive Sinai Peninsula.Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class (NOT Satire) If there were such a thing, it would probably be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide bombers: Don't give lessons with live explosives.      |
| Cool new Israeli weapons: advanced drone and lightweight precision missiles Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:30 AM PST From I-HLS: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today revealed its new Super Heron heavy fuel Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Also: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently successfully completed a series of demonstrations of LAHAT missiles firing from helicopters. (h/t Yoel)      |
| What's Iran up to with its warships? Posted: 11 Feb 2014 05:30 AM PST This analysis by J. E. Dyer is a must read: ...To the escalating [anti-American] rhetoric, we can add two other circumstances that have not existed before, when Iran was issuing threats about the U.S. military. One is the voyage of Sabalan and Kharg to the Americas. All things being equal, we wouldn't necessarily expect Iran to add political freight to this expedition. In other respects, Iran is keeping it on the down-low, making no announcements about the task force's progress around Africa, and celebrating no fraternal stops along the way (although these stops – for fuel – have to be occurring). That's not normal. One of the purposes of sending your navy out to show the flag is to actually show the flag. But Iran's not doing that.(1) The possibility certainly exists that the Iranians want to keep as low a profile as possible until Kharg, the supply ship with the big hold, has discharged whatever cargo she may be carrying. The continued silence about the task force's movements would tend to corroborate that theory. I have no doubt that U.S. intelligence knows where the two ships are (the Iranians may imagine that they are hiding the ships' movements from the Israelis by avoiding publicity). But the seemingly furtive nature of the Iranian transit suggests that there might be something on Kharg that the U.S. wouldn't like. I've mentioned before that Kharg could be delivering missiles (or other weapon systems) to Iran's pals in Central America. Shahab-3s for the missile complex reportedly being developed in northwestern Venezuela are one obvious possibility. Kharg would be used because of her immunity as a naval vessel from search and seizure. The U.S., or other nations in the region – such as Colombia and Panama – would care most about certain kinds of weapon systems, and would be more likely to try to intercept commercial cargo ships carrying them. But because Iran is under UN sanctions which prohibit exporting weaponry (in particular, UNSC Resolution 1747), a commercial ship could be stopped solely for that reason, even if it carried nothing more than small arms. ...If Iran is "preparing the battle space" by trying to surround Israel with threats, she will try to demonstrate to the U.S. that she can pose unacceptable threats to us, even if it's through one-off, Hail-Mary-type actions. The little frigate, Sabalan, is probably not a player.(3) That's where the Kharg comes in. What is she delivering in the Americas – and where will she deliver it? The possible answers are tied to the scenarios by which Iran could hold the United States at risk. There are two principal categories of scenario: terrorism, and missiles launched from other countries in the Americas. Kharg could be carrying cargo relevant to both. Terrorism against American homeland targets could take a number of forms, for most of which there would be no need to deliver cargo via Kharg. Chemical and biological weaponry would be the most likely forms of terrorist tool Kharg could deliver. There are any number of ways the agents of Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Shabaab, or other terror groups known to operate in the Americas could move such agents into the U.S. On the other hand, it wouldn't really take Kharg to deliver these items, nor would it be as important to introduce them via a country like Venezuela, where Iran can be certain of official approval. Kharg's unique value is in being able to deliver large items that can't be hidden from inspection with deceptive packaging. Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) and missile systems (including mobile launchers and command vehicles) are the obvious possibilities. The map shows threat rings for the extended-range Shahab-3 if launched from Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Cuba.  If we assume Iran does not yet have a nuclear warhead, the main option for making this threat a true deterrent, at least potentially, is the use of chemical warheads. Conventional high explosive warheads would be alarming to the public, but would not be a daunting enough threat. They would do comparatively little damage before triggering a response of some kind from the United States. Of course, chemical warheads delivered via ballistic missile would themselves have only limited effects in the area of impact. Missile delivery is not the way to achieve the most lethal effects with chemical weapons. That said, two things are worth reiterating. One, the U.S. does not have a constant-ready missile defense network that would protect the central and southeastern United States from an MRBM threat emanating from the south. We are unprotected on this axis. Shifting to a footing of 24/365 alert and anti-missile protection – e.g., by deploying Patriot systems in the continental U.S. or Navy Aegis ships offshore – would constitute a new, un-resourced requirement. We'd have to cut back defense operations elsewhere to meet it. Two, our ability to react against the "shooter" is limited by the forces we have ready today. We don't have extra ships and aircraft to deploy for a deterrent presence in Central America. We could react after the fact with B-2 bombers, and possibly other conventional forms of attack, such as submarine-launched cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with conventional warheads. But we would have to attack to mount a response, in (most probably) Venezuela or Cuba, and that response would be inherently escalatory. It's quite possible that our current administration would view that as a bridge too far. Realistically, I think the military would view the prospect with strong disfavor. Our ready forces would not have such a preponderance of power, or such advantages of geography, that we could do it easily and without inconvenience. Bottom line: MRBMs down south would constitute a material transformation of our security footing in the hemisphere. It's a development we couldn't live with. But what would Obama do if the Iranians presented it as a fait accompli? The one thing we can count on is that he would not take decisive action to eliminate the threat. For Iran – and her potential henchmen in Central America or the Caribbean – that would be the important factor. They could very well calculate that getting MRBMs into the hemisphere could give them leverage over the U.S. in negotiations, as the missiles in Cuba did for Khrushchev and the Soviet Union in 1962. There's lots more. Read the whole thing.      |
| Hamas complains UNRWA curriculum alienates aspiring terrorists Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:56 AM PST  The statement says "We condemn the UNRWA printing and distribution of curricula in schools without the knowledge and without the approval of the ministry." and added that these approaches "do not fit with the culture of Palestinian society, and aims to brainwash Palestinian students and make them accept the Israeli occupation." "This UNRWA curriculum intends to wipe out the culture of generations of Palestinian students from their homeland and their cause and [instead] entrench a culture of peaceful resistance as a solution to the conflict, and alienate students from the resistance." It went on to accuse UNRWA's curriculum of "serious and dangerous irregularities affecting Palestinian culture and Islamic values and components of society in general." and it demanded that UNRWA stop teaching this curriculum and to withdraw its books from schools. Hamas also called on all teachers to reject "the destructive teaching of these books, and not to make the themselves a tool for polluting the minds of our dear students." The Hamas ministry stressed that UNRWA is obliged to obtain approval from the Ministry of Education for its curriculum. A source told Anatolia News Agency that UNRWA's curriculum includes concepts that are "unacceptable," such as the right of men and women to marry from other religions, which contrasts with the teachings of Islamic law which prohibits women from marrying non-Muslims. Also problematic was the omission of Britain's responsibility for the plight of the loss of Palestine in 1948, and its condemnation of terrorism against Israel. Hamas created its own curriculum this year, and UNRWA traditionally uses the curriculum of the host country. Hamas' new curriculum includes paramilitary training for high school students. UNRWA responded saying that it had worked with Hamas to help design the curriculum and it stressed that it was very sensitive to Palestinian Arab culture. UNRWA categorically denied that is curriculum was "against the heritage and values of our people." UNRWA schools in Gaza were already teaching jihad, although they took down the websites that proved it after I exposed them. They have never commented on that story. The UNRWA human rights curriculum has been targeted by Palestinian Arabs before, and there was special vitriol when there were rumors that UNRWA would mention the Holocaust. UNRWA denied that it would ever mention that Jews suffered in World War II in its schools.      |
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