| Why can't the EU say Hezbollah's name?noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 08 Aug 04:45 AM In 2013, the EU added Hezbollah's military wing to its list of | | In 2013, the EU added Hezbollah's military wing to its list of terror groups.
So why couldn't they mention Hezbollah in this press release? The European Union strongly condemns the firing of rockets from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights including those for which the "Islamic Resistance" has claimed responsibility. The European Union is following closely the developments that ensued over the last days, including the artillery and air strikes response by Israel. It is crucial for all parties to exercise utmost restraint and work towards a quick resolution of the current tensions. For some reason, they use the euphemism "Islamic Resistance" instead of Hezbollah - which is arguably worse, since it promotes the lie that Hezbollah is "resisting" Israel even though Israel withdrew from Lebanon more than two decades ago. (h/t Irene) * * * * * *
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From Ian: Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram wins Israel's 3rd-ever Olympic gold Rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram won Israel's third-ever Olympic gold medal on Saturday, beating out tough competition to take the top spot on the Tokyo 2020 podium and ending over two decades of Russian dominance in the sport. Ashram is the first Israeli woman to win a gold at the Olympics. "It's what I dreamed of for all my life," Ashram said after the win. "It's an amazing feeling to stand in this place, at this time, on the podium and in first place," said the 22-year-old gymnast who has now been picked to carry the flag at the closing ceremony. "It's a crazy experience that I still haven't fully digested and with peak levels of excitement," Ashram said. She was visibly moved as Israel's national anthem, Hatikva, rang out through the gymnastics center as the flag was raised. The gymnast won Israel's third Olympic gold medal just days after gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won Israel's second. Israeli windsurfer Gal Friedman won the first gold for Israel in Athens in 2004. As well as the two golds, Israel's Olympic team had already picked up two bronze medals in Tokyo — for the judo mixed team, and Avishag Semberg for taekwondo in the women's 49kg category. The Tokyo games are thus Israel's most successful, since it has never previously won more than two medals at any one Olympics...Read More |
From Ian: Melanie Phillips: Lipstadt must tackle antisemitism among Democrats The fact is that the left consistently refuses to acknowledge the Jew-hatred in its own ranks. Exactly the same denial occurred in Britain's Labour Party under Corbyn and continues within the wider British Left today. This is partly because so much of this Jew-baiting is wrapped up with the demonization of Israel, an animus that many on the left fail to understand possesses the unique characteristics of antisemitism throughout the ages. On a deeper level, it's because the left find it impossible to accept that their side is capable of bigotry; and that's because their precarious moral and political identity rests upon the fantasy that their attitudes and goals are the quintessence of virtue. Liberal Jews subscribe to the same paralyzing fantasies and delusions; and whether out of ignorance or cowardice, many others seem unable or unwilling to scratch beneath surface pieties. So Lipstadt's appointment has been lauded by a wide range of Jewish organizations. Once again, it's only the Zionist Organization of America that has called out a reality that most American Jews find too difficult to acknowledge. As with the rest of the viciously oppressive "intersectionality" agenda, the reason the new antisemitism has achieved such traction in America and the West is that so many in...Read More |
(From a Twitter thread yesterday) A quick lesson on psychology, anti-Zionism and antisemitism: It has been known for quite a long time that people tend to make decisions based on emotion and only afterwards back up their decisions with what passes for logic. Studies have consistently shown that people will trust facts that confirm their biases and reject those that prove them wrong. Antisemitism has been around forever, but since the Holocaust it has been socially unacceptable to be publicly antisemitic. But the Holocaust didn't change people's natures; it just made it shameful to be on the same side as Hitler. Israel became a convenient target for antisemitism. And an entire industry has sprouted up to justify this hate of Israel as somehow being supported by facts - after the fact. By any measure, the amount of time and effort made by people to demonize Israel is far, far out of proportion to any real or imagined human rights crimes it is guilty of. Israel is shown to fall short of moral standards that no other nation is expected to reach. But because so many people still have antisemitic attitudes, and need to justify their hate, Israel is the target they choose. The "facts" are justifications for their hate, not the reasons for it. The hate we see, the double standards, the...Read More |
From Ian: Ruthie Blum: Time to take advantage of cracks in Tehran's armor According to MEMRI, he went on to say, "Lebanon and Hezbollah now stand strong and capable against the Zionists, and every time the enemy wants to make a move, Hezbollah nips it in the bud. America has brought the nations of the world nothing but poverty, backwardness and the looting of their wealth. America has lost its credibility in Iran, and we sacrifice our lives for the Iranian nation." Then, he hit the relevant crux of the matter. "Now that the enemies have all realized that they are unable to defeat the Iranian nation in bitter warfare," he said, "they have hatched other plots, such as imposing economic sanctions… From the first day of the [Islamic] Revolution, our enemies, chief among them America, showed their hostility towards us with all kinds of plots, assassinations, sanctions and threats, but our nation never stopped; [on the contrary, it] accelerated its pace." These foes, he announced, "must know that the Iranian nation will not give up Islam and the revolution because of power outages or a water shortage… The people of Iran have shown these days that they are loyal to the ideals of Islam and of the revolution." Salami seemed not to grasp that footage of those very people shouting to be released from the chains of the corrupt, repressive regime's bondage has managed to make...Read More |
This week, UN Watch issued a report on the pro-terror, antisemitic social media posts of over 100 people who claim to be UNRWA employees.
I had started this line of research back in 2014 when I exposed antisemitic and pro-terror posts in nearly 100 specific Facebook pages of UNRWA employees after earlier exposing antisemitism in official UNRWA school sites.
UN Watch ran with this idea, and since then has issued reports on UNRWA employees' hate.
While UNRWA read my reports and silently removed the posts, it never actually did anything to address the underlying problem - that UNRWA teachers and UNRWA itself support terror and Jew-hatred as part of their official and unofficial curriculum.
UNRWA's response to the UN Watch report this week is a classic example of not taking responsibility, shifting the blame, superficially covering up the main problem attacking the messenger: This week, UN Watch -- an organization with a deep history of unfounded and...Read More |
Overnight and this morning, Hezbollah shot 19 rockets at Israel - three of which landed in Lebanon itself, and ten of which were intercepted by Iron Dome. This was in response to Israel's mostly symbolic air strikes to earlier rocket fire from southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese are not supporting Hezbollah at all.
The head of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, tweeted to Hezbollah, What is happening in the south is very dangerous, especially in light of the great tension emerging in the region. The Lebanese people have had enough torment, daily suffering and continuous struggle until the day comes where someone plays with fire. If it ignites, God forbid, you will destroy what is left of the people of Lebanon. Fear God and leave the Lebanese people with their current tragedies, and do not add to them other bigger, more terrible and more painful tragedies. Lebanese citizens actually stopped a Hezbollah rocket-firing truck that had fired, according to Hezbollah, 21 of its 34 rockets at Israel. A video shared on social media showed angry villagers blocking the truck and accusing Hezbullah of endangering civilian lives by launching rockets...Read More |
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