| Flemish public TV: If Jews are "chosen" they should act it, minister with Jewish ancestry might not be objective, Israel only vaccinates Jewsnoreply@ | | This is sort of unreal.
On a Flemish public TV show, which appears to have aired even before the current Gaza war, there are four segments: The first, with the Bishop of Antwerp defining Judaism and telling Jews what their moral obligations are. Obviously, Palestinians have no such moral imperatives. When the Jewish people/nation say it is the oldest in the area, then it must also use the most sense/intelligence. And then certainly as the chosen people of God to which it relies/ refers to , it must set/give an example that most refers to God. ("volk" = nation as a people, not as a state) Segment 2 shows Meryem Almaci, head of the Green Party, also telling Jews what they need to do in order to gain the approval of enlightened antisemites like her: But for a people/nation who have been so oppressed and had such a painful history of pogroms and extermination it is incomprehensible that they themselves oppress another people as an occupier. Jews, by stint of their history of suffering, should have learned not to inflict pain on other people. Jews are the only ones who must learn the lessons of history while preening gentiles who stood by as Jews were slaughtered can point out their flaws. Then there is a panel discussion about Sophie Wilmès, Belgium's Foreign Minister, and whether her mother's Jewish background disqualifies her on issues related to Israel. Even though she was brought up Catholic, she has those Jew genes that means that you might not be able to trust her...Read More |
Recent reports of antisemitism have been upsetting me, so I decided to go on a rant about antisemitism today. * * * * * *
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Weekly column by Vic Rosenthal Unless something unexpected happens – Hezbollah joins in or Hamas succeeds in creating a mass-casualty incident in Israel – the war between Israel and Hamas will be over in a few days at most, ended by a cease-fire encouraged by the US. The "grass will have been mowed," Hamas will remain in power, licking its wounds and rebuilding its infrastructure and replenishing its stock of rockets. Its leaders will be occupied for some time rebuilding their mansions, swimming pools, and malls, which have been hit hard by the IDF. There will be a next time. The disturbances on the home front, both in Judea and Samaria and inside the Green Line, that were incited by Hamas supporters and other elements in the Palestinian political firmament, will not fade away so quickly. In Judea and Samaria, the imminent departure of Mahmoud Abbas (he's 85 years old) has the various factions that would like to replace him, including of course Hamas, positioning themselves for the expected mêlée that will determine his successor. As always, the prize will go to the most ruthless and brutal, but in the contest for popular support, the challengers will each try to demonstrate that they are the best suited to "resist occupation," which will keep things hopping from our point of view. There have already been several incidents of murderous terrorism. That struggle will also be reflected within the Green Line, where the Palestinian factions have their auxiliaries. The idea that...Read More |
From Ian: Melanie Phillips: Britain slides into an antisemitic sewer This is what British and American so-called "progressives" — including, appallingly and tragically, many "progressive" Jews — are actually supporting when they endorse the Palestinian cause. But the point is that this horrific collusion has been going on for decades. And there's a direct line connecting the west's systematic incitement against Israel and incitement against Jews. Over the years, demonstration after demonstration against Israel on the streets of London and elsewhere has featured mobs of Muslims marching shoulder-to-shoulder with leftists, liberals and other useful idiots behind the banners of Hamas — whose charter is committed to the genocide of the Jews, whom it dementedly accuses of every perceived ill of the world from the French Revolution onwards. Such pro-Hamas demonstrations therefore represented a threat to British Jews. No-one ever did anything about this. For years, such mobs have screamed on the streets of Britain the genocidal jihadi war-cry: "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" — in other words, a call for the eradication of Israel. This represented at the very least intimidation of British Jews for whom Israel is intimately bound up with their identity. No-one ever did anything about this. These mobs have also screamed in Arabic, as they did again on Saturday: "Khayber Khayber...Read More |
Our small apartment is, at present, full to the brim with refugees: children and grandchildren from Israeli towns and cities under bombardment by rocket fire. It is noisy, crowded, and messy, and still, we are urging yet more of our many children to leave their homes in cities getting the worst of it, to seek refuge with us—we can always accommodate one more. The horrible people shooting rockets at my children and grandchildren find the town where we live to be too small to be an interesting target. They aim for maximum casualties and we're just not enough people for them to bother with (for now). As such, it is a relief to have the ability offer my family refuge, as inconvenient and hectic as that may be for all of us. As my home overflows with people, my inbox fills with notifications of anti-Israel Quora questions, or rather propaganda not very well disguised as questions. I answer some, and decline to answer others, as the mood strikes, just a surgical in and out of the Quora interface. Those who seek a genuine understanding of what is happening on the ground in our region always thank me, however they are few and far between. The others either ignore my responses or attack and insult me. That's fine. Once the haters get out of bounds, I report them, and then they are banned from Quora. Of course, these baduns proliferate like cockroaches, so I just don't get too caught up in the (mean and snotty) repartee. I have a job and...Read More |
From Ian: Amb. Dore Gold: Hamas is Acting as an Arm of Iranian Power The Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005 was supposed to produce a more stable outcome and not four Israeli-Palestinian wars. The Israel Defense Forces pulled out of Gaza, together with the 9,000 Israeli civilians who lived there. It is hard to find the basis of outstanding grievances that could justify Hamas launching salvo after salvo of rockets at Israeli population centers and devoting scarce resources to an endless war with the Jewish state. It makes sense then to look elsewhere for Hamas' motivation. It was reported last week that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political bureau, spoke by phone with Esmail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the man who replaced the notorious Gen. Qassem Suleimani. A senior Hamas official described a visit by a Hamas delegation to Tehran in 2006 with $22 million stuffed into suitcases, and claimed that Suleimani had agreed to transfer an even larger sum. In 2017, Ali Baraka, Hamas' representative in Lebanon, said, "Iran is the only country that supports the resistance with money and weapons." The current Hamas offensive against Israel should be placed in a broader context of Iranian ambitions. An illuminating study published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change this February asserted that "the premise that Iran would moderate...Read More |
UNRWA issued a statement that is the best reason why UNRWA should be dismantled. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) urgently calls on the Government of Israel to enable humanitarian supplies and its staff timely access to Gaza, in accordance with its obligations under international law. The Agency has not received approval for critical access to Gaza for essential humanitarian supplies meant to provide relief to the distressed population, including particularly vulnerable persons such as pregnant women, children, persons with disabilities and serious medical conditions, and the elderly, despite immense needs following nine days of conflict. Approval has also not been received for its highest official to assess and support UNRWA emergency operations. "UNRWA is urgently awaiting approval through established mechanisms to cross into Gaza," said UNRWA Director of Strategic Communications, Tamara Alrifai. Here is what actually happened yesterday: Israel today coordinated a complex operation to transfer humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The transfer was hindered by repeated Hamas mortar fire launched at the crossing, in which civilians were killed and injured, and an IDF soldier was wounded
The timeline of events: This morning, the Keren...Read More |
Photojournalists in Gaza stage photos. You can see the series of photos taken by Shaban Elsousi on his Instagram account - and some of these ended up being used by media outlets.
It is very obvious that he posed the little girl with a toy and, sometimes, her Palestinian flag. None of this is real. The New York Times also hires freelance photographers in Gaza who have every incentive to show Israel in a bad light and ignore Hamas war crimes like shooting rockets from populated areas. The NYT is highlighting obviously staged photos as well, like this one, with a bassinet that somehow landed right side up, meters away from the demolished building that supposedly housed it - and without a speck of dust on it. The photographer was also amazingly lucky to find a photogenic, sad boy who just happened to be walking right in front of it, but to the side, so we could see both. Or this one, where elderly women climbed over dangerous rubble where they could fall and break their hips so they could sit (one on a convenient plastic chair) and look sad in this supposedly candid shot: Note...Read More |
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