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Fatah's entire political platform of 2009 in English

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 04:30 PM PDT

This is the official Fatah platform, in English, referred to by Abbas Zaki in this interview posted earlier today.

The main strategic goals are "Liberating the homeland, ending its settler occupation and attaining the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people." Note that these are separate goals - the "homeland" is all of British Mandate Palestine while the "occupation" is the areas Israel gained in 1967 and the "inalienable rights" include the "right to return."

The platform makes it very clear that Fatah still subscribes to "armed resistance" as a "right":" "The Palestinian people's right to practice armed resistance against the military occupation of their land remains a constant right confirmed by international law and international legality."

Unintentionally proving how tenuous Palestinian peoplehood is, the platform tries to shore it up by saying "The Palestinians are a genuine people with a clear identity and clear affiliation to their homeland. They maintained their attachment to this identity and to their homeland through their national struggle for almost a century."

Two of their tactics include:

Boycotting Israeli products at home and abroad through popular movement, particularly those goods for which there is local substitute. Performing new forms of civil disobedience against the occupation and launching an international campaign to boycott Israel, its products, and its institutions benefiting from the experience of South Africa against Apartheid....

Restoring our direct and strong relations with the Israeli peace camp, and revitalizing our joint action for a just peace, without mingling it with normalization with Israel, which is rejected while occupation continues.

It also calls to strengthen the culture of terror:

Continued commitment to the culture of struggle, and the permanent readiness to engage in resisting the occupation, and sacrifice for the homeland. Continuous education through regular organizational meetings and training courses. The issuing of Fatah circulars, to continue mobilizing the cadres of the movement and masses with the heritage of the Palestinian armed struggle. Celebrating our battles, and commemorating the history of our struggle and the permanent readiness to sacrifice.
Every single thing that is incompatible with true peace  is enshrined in this platform. These are not negotiable positions, according to this document.

I am certain that neither John Kerry nor President Obama, nor Thomas Friedman nor any supposed mainstream media "expert"  ever read this.

In fact, practically no one in the West has read this platform, although Mahmoud Abbas has been acting entirely consistently with it. I translated some of it when it was released, but this official English translation seems to have been released over a year later. I found it at the Palestinian Press Office of Denmark.

This is essential reading in order to understand the strategy of the PLO and Mahmoud Abbas.

"Destroy the hopes of 'Palestinian return'"

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PDT

From Ben Dror Yemini in Maariv, quoting Mati Golan in Globes:
I used to think that Binyamin Netanyahu's requirement to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is unnecessary, but lately I have heard things that made ​​me see things differently and I've changed my mind. Mostly from Palestinian leaders in responseto this demand.

Now it seems to me that not only is this demand not unnecessary, but it's actually the essence of the negotiations. This is not some quirk or Bibi trick, but the substance. Recognition of the Jewishness of the state defines recognition in all areas - Israel's existence, borders, [everything.]

The more Palestinians oppose recognition, the more necessary it becomes. What does it say when they do not want it? It means that for them there in another country, where there are a majority of Jews today, tomorrow it can (and should) be Palestinian or anything, just not Jewish. That is, the refusal to recognize Jewish state is not just a semantic issue, it means that for them Israel exists for them conditionally.

Once the majority is Arab Palestinian, she will not be the state of Israel. That is, the Arab position is not ethnic, not just religious - is simply a strategy, how to destroy a state without firing a shot, with only patience and forbearance.

Palestinians know and believe that if they are only given time they will become the majority. Not just by birth, but also through the "right of return of refugees." Nabil Shaath said so explicitly yesterday: "Netanyahu is not interested in solving the refugee problem and requires that we recognize the state of Israel as a Jewish state." Here is the Palestinian equation: non-recognition of the Jewish state = return of refugees.

Therein lies the immense importance of the demand for recognition. As long as the Palestinians continue to dream of the "return of refugees" to "their land," there can be no peace and there nothing resembling peace. We in Israel must be assured that they intend real peace, and not giving them time to take over the country.

If they were really aiming for peace, there should not be a problem for them to recognize the Jewish state. But they hope ... and the existence of this hope is basically a declaration of war on us...

Therefore, this hope should be eliminated before giving up land or anything else. We need to know the dream of return is no longer available. Only then can we be "two states for two peoples", and not two countries for the Palestinian people.

(h/t YM, Bob Knot [corrected source])

Moroccan Christian preacher makes fun of Arabs boycotting Jews (video)

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT

From Mida Video Channel:
Brother Rashid, a charismatic and popular Moroccan Christian television preacher, has a few choice words for those who would divest themselves of Jewish inventions and products.



 I don't know when and where this was broadcast.

(h/t Avi W)

03/09 Links: Scarlett Johansson- I believe in SodaStream; Do Palestinians Really Want a State?

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT

From Ian:
Scarlett Johansson: I believe in SodaStream
Johansson stirred a vehement debate in January when she accepted the role of spokeswoman for SodaStream, which makes home carbonation machines and operates a plant in Ma'ale Adumim, a large West Bank settlement near Jerusalem.
"I'm not an expert on the history of this conflict, and I've never professed to be," Johansson told the British newspaper the Telegraph in an interview published Friday.
"But it is a company that I believe in, that I think has the ability to make a huge difference, environmentally. [CEO] Daniel Birnbaum has said many times that this factory is one he inherited, and that he doesn't want to fire people – the majority of those people being Palestinian," she said.
Mordechai Kedar: Time to put an end to the fantasy of a Palestinian people
Despite the benefits of this ambiguous situation, Israel should adopt a clearer policy: Since the PLO has not abandoned its plan to destroy Israel, it must end the dream of establishing a state under the rule of this organization. The Hamas movement began the process in Gaza, and Israel must continue it in Judea and Samaria in order to establish seven city-states and to leave the rural areas under Israeli control.
The seven city-states will free most of the Arab population in Judea and Samaria from Israeli control and Israel can offer citizenship to residents of the rural space. These city-states based on local clans will be real entities and not the fantasies of some Palestinian intellectuals and tired Israeli souls regarding the existence of a single united Palestinian people in Gaza and in Judea and Samaria.
Hevron Children Tackle Left-Wing Extremists - With Sweets
Chief among those groups is Breaking the Silence, a far-left NGO funded by foreign donors (some 45% of its funding comes directly from the European Union), which encourages ex-soldiers to speak out against the IDF to international audiences. Much of the group's activities center on Hevron, where it conducts regular tours and demonstrations, alleging war crimes by both IDF soldiers and local Jewish residents - allegations based almost entirely on hearsay and which have been emphatically rejected as "slander" by residents and the military alike.
Recently, the organization helped bring some 200 people to the holy city to demand the opening of King David Street - also known as Shuhada Street - which was closed to Arab locals after being used as a launchpad for numerous terrorist atrocities against Jewish residents.
But on Friday, as another Breaking the Silence group entered the city's Jewish neighborhood, they were greeted by an unexpected sight: dozens of Jewish children handing out sweets in honor of the upcoming Jewish festival of Purim.



Has "Israeli Apartheid Week" already peaked?
I'd like to re-pose the age-old question: "If Israeli Apartheid Week happens on campus and no one notices, does it make a sound?"
Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) officially took place on campuses across the U.S. over the course of February 24-March 2, although the exact boundaries of the "week" varied somewhat.
When we set out to monitor events at Legal Insurrection, we expected an avalanche. But it never showed up. There were events, but none seemed to have much energy or attendance.
Zahra Billoo of CAIR admits BDS fail
For all their rhetoric (the chortles of "BDS is unstoppable!" "BDS is on a Roll!" ), American proponents of BDS know that they are losing the battle.
From Zahra Billoo , Executive Director for the San Francisco Bay Area Council for American Islamic relations (CAIR);
Lieberman employs new strategy to tackle EU
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Elmar Brok turned to Israeli Ambassador to the European Union David Walzer last week, and asked for a special European Parliament delegation to examine the prison conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Lieberman instructed the ambassador to respond to the request by saying that only if an Israeli delegation will be allowed to visit their prisoners, then the Europeans would be permitted to visit Israeli ones.
Do Palestinians Really Want a State of Their Own?
The Palestinians have all the leverage, a former top State Department specialist on the Mideast peace process recently told me over red wine in Tel Aviv. "I'm not sure they'll ever sign on the dotted line." In that moment of candor -- lubricated no doubt by the Golan Heights cabernet -- the ex-bureaucrat admitted something U.S. President Barack Obama's administration would never concede publicly: The Palestinians are under little to no pressure to sign a final peace agreement with Israel. The consensus among right-thinking people, of course, is that self-determination is the incentive par excellence for Palestinian leaders to strike a deal. That was the view Obama articulated on Feb. 27, four days before he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he told journalist Jeffrey Goldberg that more than anything else, the Palestinians seek "the dignity of a state." Secretary of State John Kerry repeated the "dignity" talking point on March 3 at the pro-Israel policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Netanyahu says any peace deal with Palestinians at least a year away
In an Israel Radio interview broadcast on Sunday, Netanyahu reiterated that he regarded guidelines that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is drafting for a future deal as an "American document of American positions".
Such a definition could give Netanyahu leeway to register reservations that could discourage staunch supporters of Jewish settlement in occupied land where Palestinians want to make their state from bolting his coalition.
"I think (the Kerry document) ... is a possible path toward moving the talks forward. It will take us at least a year to exhaust these negotiations but I can't say that the Palestinians will accept this document, and I also have not seen it yet," he said.
U.S.: No Need for PA to Recognize Israel
The United States believes there is no need for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to recognize Israel as a Jewish state as part of a peace agreement, State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday.
Psaki, who spoke to the PA-based Arabic-language Al-Quds newspaper, said, "The American position is clear, Israel is a Jewish state. However, we do not see a need that both sides recognize this position as part of the final agreement."
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been adamant on the PA recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, explaining that the Arabs' refusal to recognize Israel stands at the heart of the conflict. (h/t Jewess)
Erekat: Israel to release 30 prisoners on March 29
On Sunday, Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin called on the government not to release any more Palestinian prisoners unless the Palestinian leadership agrees to continue negotiations beyond April, which it has so far been reluctant to do.
Erekat told Israel's Army Radio on Sunday that he had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas to quit the US-brokered peace talks. Abbas, however, was waiting until the final release of the terrorists from Israeli prison.

Fatah Central Committee Member Abbas Zaki: We Have Not Ruled Out the Military Options



Expert Says Iran 'Should Worry' after Weapons Ship Interception
Brigadier-General (reserve) Shlomo Brom, a researcher in the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), told Arutz Sheva Saturday that the capture of the Klos C arms ship is a model of operational excellence for Israeli intelligence.
"This is a dramatic and impressive event," he stated. "Iran should be very worried. Once again, it has turned out that the Israeli intelligence reaches everywhere. It will certainly make things more difficult for Iran in the future."
Gantz: Every rocket has an address
Gantz arrived in the Red Sea port city of Eilat Saturday evening and met with the navy soldiers who conducted the operation and led the ship to Israel.
Regarding the ship's cargo, Gantz noted that such arms still pose a threat for Israel. "Each and every rocket here is a security challenge for Israel and its citizens. Every rocket and every bullet we found has an address."
Praising the army for successfully completing the operation, Gantz said: "This mission involved many long term maneuvers by the IDF. It demanded each and every one of you give everything you have over a long period at sea, and the result is before you now."
'Rows of Iranian rockets' said found on seized ship
Israeli troops in Eilat unloaded Sunday morning some 150 containers, suspected of holding illicit Iranian arms, from a ship seized several days earlier in the Red Sea.
Israeli officials plan on inspecting the containers taken off the Klos-C over the next several days, and are expected to uncover more munitions like the medium-range missiles the army says it already found in an initial search.
Netanyahu calls on EU's Ashton to question Iran on arms ship during Tehran visit
As Israel began unloading the crates of ordnance on the Klos-C now docked in Eilat, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton began a landmark visit to Teheran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wondered out loud Sunday whether Ashton would raise the issue with her hosts.
"I would like to ask her if she asked here hosts in Tehran about the arms shipment to terrorist organizations, and if not, why not?" Netanyahu said at Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting.
"No one has the right to ignore the true murderous activities of the regime in Tehran, and I think that it is fitting for the international community to deal with the true polices of Iran, not its propaganda," he said.
Iran's attempt to evade Iron Dome failed
The takeover of the Klos-C ship exposed and foiled a strategic Iranian move which, had it been successful, would have been worthy of the definition "tiebreaker." The move was aimed at creating a situation in which, during an active conflict, the IDF missile and rocket interception system would be neutralized or would at least become inefficient.
First of all, because according to foreign reports the Iron Dome system is incapable – or finds it difficult – to intercept heavy and long-range rockets like the Syrian-made M-302 that were captured. These medium-range rockets of up to 250 kilometers (155 miles) with a warhead weighing over 140 kilograms (310 pounds) are supposed to be intercepted by another system, Magic Wand (also called David's Sling), which is still being developed in the United States and Israel.
IDF Soldiers Return Home After Stopping Iranian Weapons Shipment


Hezbollah families: Our sons are cannon fodder for Assad
Families of Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon are growing increasingly angry that their sons are being sent to fight and die for Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan reported over the weekend.
While this groundswell of anger first erupted several months ago, it has recently grown stronger due to the large number of casualties Hezbollah has sustained during battles in the northern suburbs of Damascus. Hundreds of Lebanese youths recruited by the Shiite organization and sent to fight Sunni jihadist rebels alongside the Syrian army have returned in coffins, sparking a new wave of dissent.
İHH appeals to ICC to become plaintiff in case against Israel
The Humanitarian Aid Foundation (İHH) announced on Friday that it has appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to be part of a lawsuit opened in 2013 into Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza.
"The IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation with its committee in Hague, Netherlands requested to be added to the lawsuit filed in the International Criminal Court on Thursday," the announcement on Friday read.
300: Rise of an Israeli director
The gory, amputation-packed sequel to the cult popcorn thriller "300" — "300: Rise of an Empire" – roared into US theaters on Friday, marking both a new low in syrupy blood spurts as well the blockbuster debut for Israeli director Noam Murro.
The Jerusalem-born Murro, whose resume is packed with US commercial work but very light on feature films, has taken the chariot reins from "300" director Zack Synder, who is all but a god to the Comic-Con set. It's been eight years since "300" wowed thrill-loving, carnage-hungry audiences, and for its legion of devoted fans, Murro's $100 million 3-D epic followup could not have come too soon.
A hands-free way to communicate and play
Oded Ben Dov from the Israeli company Sesame Enable developed a way to use face movements to control video games. Four years ago, he did a demo on national Israeli TV, and caught the eye of Giora Livne, a quadriplegic family man now in his 50s.
Livne immediately placed an assisted call to Ben Dov, asking him if the same technology could help people with disabilities to use the phone. The duo ended up cofounding Sesame Enable to provide a hands-free way to communicate, do business and play.
"Open Sesame" comes to mind when one wants to open closed doors. Sesame Enable is meant to conjure something similar, but for people with disabilities.
Israeli EyeMusic helps blind 'hear' colors and shapes
What does a triangle sound like? What noise do you think the color purple makes? Israelis scientists have made the seemingly impossible possible by helping the blind 'hear' colors and shapes normally perceived visually.
Using sensory substitution devices (SSDs), Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown that through the use of SSDs the blind and visually impaired can receive environmental visual information and interact with objects in ways otherwise unimaginable. SSDs are non-invasive sensory aids that provide visual information to the blind via their existing senses.
For example, using a visual-to-auditory SSD in a clinical or everyday setting, users wear a miniature camera connected to a small computer (or smart phone) and stereo headphones. The images are converted into "soundscapes," using a predictable algorithm, allowing the user to listen to and then interpret the visual information coming from the camera.
Israeli Army Sees Rise in Christian Arab Recruits
The priest said Christians have learned from the examples of other non-Jews who advanced in Israeli society by serving in the military: the Druze and Bedouin, Arabic-speaking residents of Israel who have never identified as Palestinian. In 2012, along with two other Orthodox priests, Naddaf established the "Israeli-Christian Recruitment Forum" to encourage army enlistment. The forum has its own flag—a sword in the shape of a cross behind the Israel's own Star of David standard—but the two other priests are gone. "Unfortunately they withdrew because of the threats," says Naddaf, who has received so many threats to his own life that Israel's internal security service rates him at level four on a scale of one to six, he says.
Which bring us to another driver of the nascent movement: The dire situation facing Christian populations from Iraq to Egypt to Syria. "We are caught between the hammer and anvil," says Ezak Hallak, a Nazareth lawyer for the Forum, quoting a Hebrew expression. "In our hearts, we support Israel, the Jews. I think the Christians in the Middle East are getting slaughtered because we are not speaking what is in our hearts. Stand up for yourself. There is no other way to face the craziness of the radical Arabs. No other way in the world."

Recent antisemitic cartoons in Arab media

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:45 AM PDT

Yisrael Medad found these at Al Quds al Arabi, a UK-based pan-Arab newspaper that is run by Palestinian Arab expatriates:






But don't call them antisemitic! They are really only anti-Israel! Really! They insist that you understand that clearly!

They have no problem with Jews!

As long as the Jews don't demand actual rights, that is.

American Halloween costumes making Ethiopian kids in Hadera happy for Purim

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 05:30 AM PDT

From the JCC at Durham-Chapel Hill:

Thank you to all of you who donated your Halloween costumes. They have arrived in Hadera, Israel just in time for Purim. As you can see from the pictures below – the costumes have made a lot of kids very happy!

The community held a "costume bazaar" where kids could come by and pick out the costumes (that you donated)! It was a great event- and we hope you enjoy seeing the smiles on their faces as much as we do!




(h/t Jeanette)

Now Egyptians are saying the Muslim Brotherhood are part of the Elders of Zion. Really.

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 01:30 AM PST

Egypt's Karama Press just started a series, that seems to be based on a new book, claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood is really part of the Elders of Zion.

Here's the cover of the book, showing prominent Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas members entwined in that Jewish web of intrigue.


This is hardly the first time that the Muslim Brotherhood has been accused by Egyptian secularists of being secret Zionists or Jews, as we've seen before.



The Jew is the gold standard as a hate object in the Arab world. All others who are despised must be compared to Jews.

The antisemitism is thoroughly embedded in Arab culture. It isn't only a Muslim thing. The Copts, as oppressed as they are, hate the Jews too.

Yet there are still idiots who pretend that it is all because of Israel. Sorry, it isn't.

The seething hatred of Israel isn't because of anything Israel has done - it is because weak, despised Jews have humiliated the great fictional Arab nation.

So anyone else who is hated must be a secret Jew.
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