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Iran says Evin prison abuse video was "fabricated by Zionists."noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 30 Aug 04:45 AM A week ago, a video showing abuse at I Like   Tweet   Iran says Evin prison abuse video was "fabricated by Zionists." noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 30 Aug 04:45 AM A week ago, a video showing abuse at Iran's Evin prison was released by hackers who broke into their video surveillance system. In one part of the footage, a man smashes a bathroom mirror to try to cut open his arm. Prisoners — and even guards — beat each other in scenes captured by surveillance cameras. Inmates sleeping in single rooms with bunk beds stacked three high against the walls, wrapping themselves in blankets to stay warm. The head of Iran's prison service didn't dispute the footage, taking responsibility for the abuses. But apparently he spoke too soon. Because Iran didn't want to admit that it abuses prisoners, something that is well known. So an Iranian official went back to the tried and true playbook and blames...the Jews. Commenting on the prisoner abuse videos leaked by hackers in recent days, Iranian Judiciary's First Deputy Mohammad Mosaddegh on Sunday claimed that some of the scenes in the surveillance footage from Tehran's Evin prison were forged and the Judiciary -- which oversees all prisons -- could not be blamed for the abuse seen in them. Hassan Norouzi, Deputy Chairman of the parliament's Legal and Judiciary Affairs Committee on Saturday was the first to deny the...Read More Palestinian Taliban upset over a party at Murad Castle, Bethlehem noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Aug 02:30 PM From Enjoy Bethlehem: The Murad Castle was built 400 years ago during the rule of the Ottoman Sultan Murad, with an aim to protect the area of Solomon's Pools from invaders, especially the safe passage of water resources to Jerusalem. The Castle was transformed into a museum that relates a four thousand year old history, civilization and culture of all the people and civilizations that lived in the area. The museum is one of the biggest and most important in Palestine in terms of its history and collection of relics. It contains over 2,000 ancient pieces, which date all the way back to the Bronze, Iron, Byzantine and Islamic ages, reflecting all the civilizations that were living in the area. Even though the castle is right in the area of Solomon's Pools, for some odd reason Jews don't seem to be mentioned as one of the peoples who have lived in the Bethlehem area. Isn't that interesting. Anyway, the museum is also an event space nowadays. Like many museums, people can rent it out for parties or other events. As far as I can tell, none of the tourist sites mention that this is a sacred Islamic site, or that one has to be careful how to act at Murad Castle. Apparently, it is one of those unwritten rules. Over the weekend, a party was held at the castle. Young people ate, drank alcohol and danced together. The reaction from the conservative and religious sites has been...Read More 08/29 Links: Collier: The ethical demise of the Jewish Diaspora left; Rothman: The 'Forever War' Fallacy; Tlaib Describes Palestinian Terrorists as 'Loving' and 'Successful' noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 29 Aug 12:00 PM From Ian: David Collier: The ethical demise of the Jewish Diaspora left The electoral defeat of Bibi Netanyahu has done much to expose the ethical vacuum in much of the leftist Jewish Diaspora that both obsessed about and despised him. From the day he was no longer Prime Minister, the ground on which this modern 'pseudo-Zionist' left stood, simply melted way. Three recent examples spring to mind – the first was when some Jews who call themselves Zionists – came out in defense of the Ben and Jerry's pro-BDS boycott. The next was an awful article on a 'community split' in the Jewish News – and the third was the unwarranted attack by toxic groups such as Na'amod – on community heroes such as UKLFI and North West Friends of Israel. Who are the 'pseudo-Zionist' left? Let me clarify. I know many decent left-wing Zionists. I was one myself three decades ago. Like me, these people watched as Oslo burned in the exploding buses of the Second Intifada. Most of the left absorbed the necessary lessons – even more so if they lived in Israel where the entire 'peace camp' sank. Many of these people still identify as left-wing today, but do so from a rational standpoint and an understanding of the nature of the enemies we face. Then there are the pseudo-Zionist left. The comatose (rather than 'woke') Jews. Self described Zionists who are more likely to discuss 'Black Lives Mattter', or pronouns, than terrorist attacks against Israelis...Read More B'Tselem believes any ridiculous Palestinian lie noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Aug 10:00 AM B'Tselem uncritically reports another dubious Palestinian claim: On 26 June 2021, at around 4:00 P.M., we suddenly noticed settlers coming towards us. The women and children on the farm were terrified. We tried to drive the settlers away to defend our families, and tried to protect the flock, tents and fodder as best as we could. A few dozen guys from the area who heard what was happening came to help us fight them. The settlers torched a car we used for transporting things inside the farm, well as two tons of barley for feeding the flock (a ton costs about 17,000 shekels [~5,2450 USD]), and about 50 sheaves of straw that were also intended for the flock (every sheaf costs 50 shekels [~15 USD]). They also injured two goats whose legs got broken. June 26 was a Saturday. B'Tselem claims that the Jews cam from Adei Ad, an outpost founded by religious Jews. While it is possible that Jews violate the Shabbat and torch Arab fields as they take their Shabbat walks, it seems unlikely. I could not find any article in Arab media about this, although there were reports of settlers attacking the same area three days later, supposedly burning fields with fires in a suspiciously...Read More No, Joe Biden didn't fall asleep in the Bennett press event, but he wasn't quite with it, either noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Aug 07:00 AM Joe Biden hasn't exactly distinguished himself in recent weeks. But did Biden fall asleep while Naftali Bennett spoke to him in Washington on Friday? People are making that claim based on this video: Another angle of the entire meeting, with a much higher resolution video, shows that Biden only has his head bowed, a position he went to as Bennett started to praise him. As this video shows, Biden goes into that position at about 12:09 and remains in that same position as he responds to Bennett at 12:43: His eyes are more evidently open in this second video, the first one is too fuzzy to really see - and people's brains fill in what they want to see more than what their eyes are showing them. Which is one reason anti-Israel lies are so effective: the fauxtography, deceptive camera angles and false captions only serve to strengthen the opinions of those who are already haters of Israel and they see this "evidence" as proof of their position. No one is immune to this, which is why critical thinking is such an important skill. The main reason people believe the meme is because of Trump's highly effective "Sleepy Joe" monicker for Biden, showing how easily people can fall for persuasion techniques...Read More    ©2021 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company