| Tunisia denies participating in international naval exercise with Israelnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 24 Jun 04:45 AM From the US Navy: U.S. Sixth | | From the US Navy: U.S. Sixth Fleet formally announces participation in the upcoming annually held Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 (SB21) cohosted with the Ukrainian Navy, June 21, 2021. The exercise is taking place from June 28 to July 10 in the Black Sea region and will focus on multiple warfare areas including amphibious warfare, land maneuver warfare, diving operations, maritime interdiction operations, air defense, special operations integration, anti-submarine warfare, and search and rescue operations. This year's iteration has the largest number of participating nations in the exercise's history with 32 countries from six continents providing 5,000 troops, 32 ships, 40 aircraft, and 18 special operations and dive teams scheduled to participate. Ukraine and U.S. are cohosting the exercise in the Black Sea with participation and support coming from 32 countries in total: Albania, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. There is even a graphic showing the history of every country that participated every year: Israel participated in 2012 and will again this year.
When Tunisians found out...Read More |
From Ian: Has Hatred of Jews Morphed into Mania/Mass Hysteria? I think Jew hatred has now reached a worldwide case of hate-based insanity. Here is the definition of insanity: madness, and craziness characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. And we can add mass hysteria, culturally acquired psychosis, and the internalization of a Jew hating cultural meme. It could even be a dissociative disorder; a mental disorder that involves experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity. People with dissociative disorders escape reality in ways that are involuntary and unhealthy and cause problems with functioning in everyday life. Or perhaps it is collective obsessional behavior or a "phenomenon of collective suggestion" or "moral panic." This is a sociological concept that refers to the phenomenon of masses of people becoming distressed about a perceived — usually unreal or exaggerated — threat portrayed in catastrophizing terms by the media. Social media has allowed this "mental illness" to spread everywhere; right into your living room and bed room. No corner left untouched. After two hours of speeches and prayers at the vigil for the Muslim family that was killed, Imam Munir El-Kassem of London's Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario was invited to the stage to give closing remarks, in...Read More |
What are things really like between the Jews and Arabs who live in the territories? Divided into Areas A, B, and C, under the Oslo Accords, you'd think there wouldn't be much congress between the respective populations of these areas. Jews, for example, are forbidden entry into Area A under Israeli law. But there is more interaction between the sectors than one might expect. A short drive from my apartment in Efrat to the highway that connects us to Hebron or Jerusalem, offers evidence that Oslo or no Oslo, the two populations mix in everyday ways. Just outside the northern gate of Efrat, lies the Arab city of Dheisheh, in Area A. Area A is under the exclusive rule of the Palestinian Authority with entry to Jews forbidden. Efrat is in Area C, under Israeli rule. Arabs may enter Efrat to work or conduct business, and to shop. But Jews can never enter Dheisheh. But the Arabs of Dheisheh are enterprising. They see opportunities for commerce with the Jews of Efrat. This is expressed by, for instance, this pop-up car parts concern, just outside the north gate of Efrat. It looks as though it was built on a shoulder, but not too long ago, there was no shoulder. The owner created one, specifically to court Efrat patrons. As far as I know, he is not paying for the privilege of using this invented space, and no zoning czars prevented this space from coming into existence. He's for sure not paying taxes, and no one is kicking him out. In the distance, you can see illegal Arab homes...Read More |
Weekly column by Vic Rosenthal It's not a silly question. There are serious disagreements about the answer. But there is only one answer that justifies the sacrifices that have been made to re-establish the Jewish state in its historical homeland, and those that will be required in the future to keep it. That answer is given by Zionism, which holds that a sovereign state in the Land of Israel is a necessity to protect and preserve the Jewish people – and that their preservation is an objective worth attaining. The Zionist view implies certain things about the nature of the state, things that logically follow from its function as a refuge for persecuted Jews, a source of strength for the Jewish people, and a place where it is possible to live a fully Jewish life, according to whatever combination of religious and cultural elements are important to the individual. It is a place where the Hebrew language is dominant, the majority religion is Judaism, the holidays are the traditional Jewish ones (religious and national), and most of the population are Jews. It is (or should be) a place where antisemitism is not tolerated, indeed, where it is unthinkable. Because there are forces that work against these principles, it can't be expected that they will appear by themselves. They must be woven into the legal fabric of the state and they must be affirmed by its leaders. The Law of Return and the Nation State Law are not accidental; they are essential. The Zionist state can share...Read More |
From Ian: US Seizes Numerous Terrorist-sponsored Anti-Israel Media Outlets The US Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that it had seized 33 websites operated by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU). Included in the seizure order were PressTV.com, one of Tehran's English-language mouthpieces, and Gaza Strip-based Islamic Jihad's Palestine Today website. According to a statement, Tehran's so-called propaganda channels "targeted the United States with disinformation campaigns and malign influence operations." Washington sanctioned the IRTVU because of its close ties with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a US-designated terrorist group. These sanctions bar IRGC-controlled organizations like Press TV from receiving services from US companies, including web hosting, without special permission. Tehran tries to brand Press TV as a credible news agency. In reality, it merely echoes the propaganda line of a genocidal regime that calls for the destruction of America and Israel. In 2012, then-Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi stated that media have the "power to shape the global public opinion, a capability that military power lacks." To this end, the IRGC this year hired nearly 12,000 "cultural activists" to engage in its operations. In 2012, the United Kingdom revoked Press TV's broadcasting license for breaching the Communications Act...Read More |
A Moroccan reporter who covers Hollywood, Simo Benbachir. has been getting death threats and lost 100,000 Instagram followers for this fawning January interview with Israeli actress Gal Gadot. Gadot thinks he is an Israeli and starts the interview in Hebrew, but Benbachir says he is Moroccan but would love to learn Hebrew. He described Gadot as "one of the most exciting actresses he has ever met," saying during the interview that she was "amazing in every sense of the word." As a result, some of his followers called him "a friend of Zionist Israel," "a traitor to the Palestinian cause," and "a supporter of normalization with Israel." During an interview with Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Benbachir said he was subjected to "profanity that should not be mentioned." The journalist said that he supports Morocco's normalization with Israel, saying it is in the interest of the Moroccan people. He said that he does not regret his statements and praise of the Israeli actress and he looks forward to another interview with her, saying that he is the only Arab journalist to have met Gadot after the Wonder Woman 1984 movie. Benbachir said, "All of my childhood was in Italy, but during my primary studies in Morocco, most of my friends and colleagues were Moroccan...Read More |
Human Rights Watch finally addressed the increase in antisemitic attacks in the US that became visible last month from anti-Israel activists - yet its very article on the topic encourages and excuses the very antisemitism it claims to be against. The post on US antisemitism was written by Eric Goldstein, Acting Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division. He is one of the key members of HRW who decided to accuse Israel of being guilty of the crime of apartheid - a highly publicized report that was released only weeks before the rise in attacks on Jews.
Why was a report on US antisemitism written by someone whose career demands demonization of Israel? Why wasn't it written by an expert on US hate groups?
Because this article is not meant to reduce antisemitism. It is meant to excuse the most prevalent kinds of antisemitism today.
The problem starts with the headline: The headline mentions a spate of attacks on Jews, and the subhead's recommendation is not to address that very antisemitism which was committed under the cover of "Israeli criticism" [sic]!
The purpose of the article is to undermine its own supposed opposition to antisemitism.
And that continues in the article itself, which is more about the right to demonize Israel than it is...Read More |
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