| Fatah youth at Birzeit University fight each other during Arafat's death commemorationnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 11 Nov 05:45 AM On Wednesday, F | | On Wednesday, Fatah youth at Birzeit University started fighting each other, causing the university to close for a couple of days.
It was reportedly an internal quarrel within Fatah's Youth Bloc during activities commemorating the death of Yasser Arafat. Dozens of students attacked each other with beatings, screaming and insults during the ceremony.
The university announced it will close and apologized that exams will be delayed.
Mainstream Palestinians can't even live with members of their own party, let alone different groups with each other.
But they want the world to think that they would treat Jews as equals and with full respect under an Arab-majority Palestine...Read More |
Weekly column by Vic Rosenthal Amichai Shikli, the dissident member of Naftali Bennett's party and the only coalition member to vote against the budget, had an op-ed in today's Israel Hayom newspaper that got my attention. I'll translate the first few sentences: At the end of a virtual tour of the back streets of the Old City, the Temple Mount appears, in all its glory; in the background, the skyline of Jerusalem with Augusta Victoria [monastery] and Mt. Scopus. Welcome to the Palestinian pavilion at Expo Dubai. Now we enter the Israeli booth. The word "Israel" appears in all the colors of the rainbow, the headline "toward tomorrow." Presenting the official video is Lucy Ayoub, the daughter of a Christian [Arab] father and a Jewish mother who, in an interview with Ha'aretz, boasted that "she does not surrender to occupation." He continues that the exhibit focuses on the great technological accomplishments of the "startup nation." The Palestinians, on the other hand, emphasize the historical Muslim connection to Jerusalem and "Haram al-Sharif" (the Temple Mount), which is at the center of Palestinian identity. The Israeli exhibit, he notes, "concedes the national and historical aspect from the start." This doesn't surprise me. Whoever designed our exhibition wants to present Israel as ultra-diverse (i.e., the rainbow and Lucy Ayoub) and hyper-modern; the part about the roots of the Jewish people in the land from Biblical times and their deep connection to it, especially...Read More |
From Ian: Gil Troy: We need to focus on the Jews that love Israel, not those who are anti Judaism is not just an heirloom. My great-grandparents passed on no valuables. All I inherited from them is something invaluable – pride in being Jewish, delight in belonging to this extraordinary extended family, and a strong sense of mission, not just to stay Jewish but to use my Judaism and Zionism to find meaning in my life while bettering the world. The corona crisis reinforced how lucky we are to belong to this people – and how much we need one another. Zionism counters the nihilistic Woke Left's self-hatred of Israel and America along with the nihilistic, hyper-aggressive Right's hatred of outsiders. Since establishing Israel in 1948, Zionism's mission involves defending and perfecting Israel. That doesn't mean you only defend Israel because it's perfect; rather, defending Israel includes perfecting Israel – strengthening it from within. This is constructive patriotism. No people ever improved by hating themselves. Such negativity neutralizes the optimism necessary to stretch, to reform. Zionism also counters modern society's hyper-individualism, technological addiction, materialistic madness, and enervating anomie by providing community, human contact, inspiring narratives, constructive values – and work to be done together. Recently, Israel accused...Read More |
Kamala Harris, under the auspices of the Anti-Defamation League, is to be rehabilitated after her recent antisemitic oopsie. At least that was my impression on reading that the vice president was to be the featured speaker at the annual Anti-Defamation League (ADL) conference. Perhaps you remember the vice president's "faux pas" in which she smiled and nodded as a student accused Israel of "ethnic genocide." After which Harris congratulated the student for speaking her "truth." WATCH: Kamala Harris nods as student accuses Israel of "ethnic genocide": "your truth cannot be suppressed" pic.twitter.com/FcqCyT7Uo8 — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 28, 2021 Now the ADL, under former Clinton and Obama appointee Jonathan Greenblatt, is giving Harris cover for her unforgiveable behavior, and attempting to blind us to the poor optics of that event. Even before the conference, held Tuesday night, we were already told what Harris would say during her address. Harris was to denounce "the singling out of Israel 'because of anti-Jewish hatred.'" Elder has already...Read More |
Iran International reports: A weekly publication in Iran says an incident reported as a fire in a military research center in September was an "attack" by Israel to exert pressure on Iran. The little-known Sobh Sadegh publication of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) mentioned Tuesday that a "self-reliance research center" west of Tehran was in targeted by Israel in an operation similar to other attacks since July 2020, including two explosions in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. The IRGC reported on September 26 that a fire damaged one of its research facilities and three personnel were injured. Hours later, the announcement was deleted from its website and another version appeared saying that the fire was in the depot of the facility. Later, IRGC said that two of its personnel died in the incident. Days later, ImageSat International published images saying that an explosion had taken place in a secret IRGC missile center west of Tehran. The images showed that one-quarter of the building was destroyed. According to Iran Watch, the IRGC Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization is responsible for ballistic missile research and development;and has helped improve the missile capabilities Gaza, Hezbollah and Houthi terrorists. It has also reportedly overseen...Read More |
From Ian: Jonathan Tobin: Is there still hope for American bipartisan support of Israel? Part of the reason for that is that the two parties have more or less exchanged identities on Israel in the past half-century. Democrats were once the solidly pro-Israel party. Now, its members are deeply divided over it with its left-wing activist wing increasingly influenced by intersectional ideology that falsely claims that the Jewish state embodies "white privilege" and that the Palestinian war to destroy it is somehow akin to the struggle for civil rights in the United States. At the same time, the GOP is now nearly unanimous in its affection for the U.S.-Israel alliance. That trend reached its apotheosis under Trump, who can lay claim to being the most pro-Israel president to date, even if Democrats and the majority of Jewish voters give him no credit for it. While the congressional leadership of the Democrats still firmly identifies as pro-Israel—as demonstrated by the determination of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer not to let the opposition of the so-called progressive wing of their party stop funding of the Iron Dome missile-defense system earlier this year—members of the party as just as likely to be found among Israel's most fervent ideological opponents as its friends. It is wrong to label all Democrats as being as bad as the "Squad." But when push has come to shove on...Read More |
One major difference between anti-Israel demonstrations and pro-Israel rallies is that the Israel-haters rely heavily on repeating slogans.
Here's a small clip from yesterday's London demonstration that successfully threatened and attempted to physically attack Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely: We see it over and over: every anti-Israel rally is filled with repetitious sloganeering, from small venues to large rallies. Countless studies show that repeating anything makes it more likely to be believed. A 2020 article in Psychology Today notes: First described in a 1977 study by Temple University psychologist Dr. Lynn Hasher and her colleagues, the illusory truth effect occurs when repeating a statement increases the belief that it's true even when the statement is actually false. Subsequent research has expanded what we know about the illusory truth effect. ...For example, the perceived truth of written statements can be increased by presenting them in bold, high-contrast fonts or when aphorisms are expressed as a rhyme. "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." "There is only one solution, Intifada revolution:" "Hey hey, ho ho, Zionists have got to go!" "Khaybar Khaybar al Yahud, jaish Mohammed sa yahud...Read More |
When do the UN, Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, PFLP-linked NGOs, the BDS Movement, Students for Justice for Palestine, Peace Now, Jewish Voice for Peace and J-Street not condemn Israeli citizens living in the West Bank?
When they are Arabs, of course.
From Haaretz: Rawabi markets itself as a unifier of Palestinian interests and an actionable road map for statehood, replacing the grandiose promise-making of traditional leadership with literal facts on the ground. Located in Area A – placing it, on paper at least, under full control of the Palestinian Authority – and situated some 35 minutes north of Ramallah, construction began here in 2010, financed initially by the Palestinian-American entrepreneur Bashar Masri and aided by substantial Qatari funds. During a recent visit, I sat down with the city's first-ever mayor, Ibrahim Natour. Asked about the presence and role of the Arab Israeli population in the city, Natour hastens to correct me: "We're not looking at them as Arab Israelis: they're Palestinians. To be Palestinian is not about having an [Israeli] ID card. I'm Palestinian but I'm from Jerusalem. We don't discriminate." Despite early hopes of attracting as many as 40,000 residents, Rawabi's current population sits at a somewhat meager 5,000, of whom 70 percent consider the city their permanent home...Read More |
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