| An Arab Muslim running against Chuck Schumer on a pro-Israel platformnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 23 Jun 04:45 AM This is a bit unusual: Khaled S | | This is a bit unusual: Khaled Salem, a naturalized American Arab running in the Democrat primary to unseat Sen. Chuck Schumer, has a simple message for President Biden: Israel is a "vital" ally protecting NATO's "southeastern flank." While congratulating the new Israeli Government, Salem makes clear that Israel is in terrible danger from Iran. The release states that Salem "has repeatedly implored the US government to 'open its eyes and admit the real danger' of Iran's role in trying to annihilate Israel." Salem goes on to quote the famed Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel, by stating "If we've learned anything from the Nazi Holocaust and the late Eli Wiesel, if someone says they are going to kill you, believe it." In closing, Salem states he fully backs "the new Israel government and hopes that Israel protects its Jewish citizens and continues to protect the entire Middle East. Israel offers an infrastructure of defense for the USA and its allies to protect western values and Arab nations themselves." Salem is a Muslim who was born in Egypt and raised in Kuwait. He came to the US in 1992. His platform is strange - free university tuition for all without the government reimbursing the universities, a big emphasis on helping US citizens being held in prisons abroad, and allowing US Muslim men to marry a second wife if the first wife agrees. ...Read More |
From Ian: The EU Report on Palestinian Textbooks: The Dehumanization of the Jewish People The report further acknowledges the obsessive use of certain descriptions meant to lessen the humanity of Israelis and Jews in the eyes of Palestinian students. Some of the titles given discard any attempt at subtlety, such as referring simply to "the enemy." Elsewhere, instead of mentioning the "State of Israel" or describing their neighbors as "Israelis": "Most often, the texts refer to the 'Zionist occupation' … or simply 'the occupation.' … Israel's institutions, army and organs of state are generally described using the adjective 'Zionist.' … When 'Israel' and 'Israeli' … are used … [they] are usually paired with conflict-related terms such as 'occupation,' 'forces,' or 'soldiers.'" The authors, to their credit, recognize the game being played here. They write, "While the term [Zionist] by itself is not defamatory, it conveys negative connotations. Given this reading, using the term 'Zionist occupation' in place of the name of the state could be interpreted as questioning the legitimacy of the State of Israel." However, when the students are also taught in history class that the "Zionist ideology" is a "racist philosophy," that's more than just delegitimizing Israel. That's a deliberate attempt to characterize Israelis, and indeed almost all Jews worldwide...Read More |
When the most repressive regimes on Earth are against you, is it a compliment? The website of the North Korea Foreign Ministry has an article written by Yang Myong Song, Secretary General of Korea-Arab Association, condemning Israel for defending itself. The situation in the Middle East is again spiralling into an aggravation [sic]. On June 4 and 11, the Israeli troops committed a barbarous act of using tear gas and rubber bullets and even firing live bullets at the Palestinians in the West Bank who were protesting against the construction of Jewish settlements. ... And they launched indiscriminate air raids on the central and southern regions of Syria on June 8 and again on the Gaza Strip at dawn of June 16, causing heavy casualties. This slaughter by Israel is an open challenge to the United Nations resolutions calling for peaceful settlement of the Middle East problem and to the relevant international laws. This is also a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement signed on May 21, and an inhumane crime that poses serious threat to the right to existence of the people of Palestine and other peoples in the Middle East. It is thus quite natural that the world is denouncing and rejecting the planned and continued atrocities of slaughtering civilians and the dispossession of territories by Israel, as these acts constitute the biggest threat to achieving peace. It is a stereotyped trick of aggressors...Read More |
It seems that the EU has not given any money to the Palestinian Authority this year. The European Union spokesman in Palestine Shadi Othman confirmed on Tuesday that the European Union will not transfer funds to the Palestinian Authority until October. Othman said that no funds were transferred to the Palestinian Authority in 2021 so far. the only reason given for the delay were "technical and administrative reasons." The information came up during an event in which the European Union ambassador was asked about the money being transferred to the PA. The European Union's financial contribution to the Palestinian Authority is estimated at 300 million euros annually. That is a significant part of the budget. There may be more to this story - it seems very odd that "technical and administrative" reasons would be enough to stop a regular transfer of funds. * * * * * *
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From Ian: Ruthie Blum: Washington Doublethink and the Iran Deal The administration in Washington outdid itself in doublethink this week. Faced with the election of mass executioner Ebrahim Raisi to the Iranian presidency, top White House aides and media champions put such a spin on the situation that they ought to take home the gold in the George Orwell Olympics. To counter the problem presented by Raisi's record as a sadist who commanded the torture and murder of masses of innocent Iranians, members of and apologists for Team Biden told The New York Times over the weekend that the "ascension of a hardline government" might actually constitute a window of opportunity to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran from which former President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018. The logic behind the delusion is that Raisi, who announced on Saturday that neither Iran's ballistic-missile program nor its support for regional militias would be up for negotiation, won't be replacing incumbent Hassan Rouhani for six weeks, supposedly just enough time for all parties to the JCPOA to iron out any remaining differences and sign on the dotted line. Furthermore, according to the Times, if a final deal is reached before Raisi takes the reins, "Iran's moderates would be set up to take the blame for capitulating to the West and bear the brunt of popular anger...Read More |
June 22 is the birthday of Raqia Ibrahim, also known as Rachel Abraham Levi, a Jewish Egyptian actress in the 1940s.
The Egypt Independent wrote about her in 2014, quoting Emirati website Al Bayan as saying that she was a Mossad spy who helped them assassinate a female Egyptian nuclear scientist: Ibrahim's birth in Egypt did not prevent her being loyal to Israel, the report said, as she encouraged the Jews in Egypt to immigrate to Israel after 1948 war when the Israeli state was first established. Ibrahim left Egypt in 1954 to the United States after separating from her husband. Accusations were levelled against her over involvement in assassination of Egyptian Scientist Samira Moussa in 1952. Despite rumors over cooperation with the Israeli Mossad to assassinate Mousa, who rejected an offer to receive US citizenship in return for working at US scientific centers, reporters first spoke to Ibrahim's granddaughters in 2012, who supplied further evidence to support the accusation. According to Al-Bayan, Rita David Thomas, the granddaughter of Ibrahim's Jewish-American husband who she married upon immigration to the United States, said her grandmother had good relations with Moussa and attributed this to her diaries, which was found two years ago among old books kept in her house in California. Thomas said her grandmother contributed to killing...Read More |
I missed this article in the official Wafa news agency from March, but on "Land Day" Fatah pledged to take control over all of Israel. The Palestinian National Liberation Movement "Fatah" affirmed that the land is the core of the conflict, and that our people will continue their steadfastness on the land of their historic homeland Palestine, and make all sacrifices for its liberation from the Israeli occupation. Fatah said in a statement issued by the Information and Culture Commission today, Monday, on the 45th anniversary of the Eternal Land Day, that the struggle of our Palestinian people has been continuing with a solid will for more than 100 years, and that it will not stop until its freedom is achieved as a master on its land .The article is crystal clear that it is referring to all the land of "historic Palestine," referring to the Negev, Galilee and the Triangle. ...This day is one of the defining moments in the history of the Palestinian cause, and a fully conscious act of struggle, just like Fatah's response to the Nakba of Palestine in 1948 and its launch of the revolution to emphasize the goal of liberating the land and return. Anyone who believes that the main Palestinian political party in the PA would stop their claims if given a state in the West Bank and Gaza is willfully blind. ...Read More |
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