| To the Jew-hating UN (and Ken Roth,) Jews are "aliens" in their historic lands noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 04 Nov 04:45 AM Human Rights Watch chi | | Human Rights Watch chief Ken Roth tweeted an article he loved: They "experts" are Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory, and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing. Let's see what the "experts" said that so impressed Roth. "The very raison d'être of the Israeli settlements in occupied territory – the creation of demographic facts on the ground to solidify a permanent presence, a consolidation of alien political control and an unlawful claim of sovereignty – tramples upon the fundamental precepts of humanitarian and human rights law," the experts said. They said there are now close to 700,000 Israeli settlers living in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. "The Israeli settlements are the engine of the occupation," the experts said. "They are responsible for a wide range of human rights violations against the Palestinians, including land confiscation, resource alienation, severe restrictions on freedom of movement, mounting settler violence, and racial and ethnic discrimination. "Most seriously, the purpose of settler implantation – rupturing the relationship between a native people and its territory – is the denial of the right to self-determination, which is at the very core of modern human rights law." Alien...Read More |
Weekly column by Vic Rosenthal In my morning paper there is a discussion of the home front defense drill that will be taking place today, simulating an all-out war with Hamas and Hezbollah. Warning sirens will be activated in various places, and note will be taken of whether schoolchildren and others are able to reach shelter in time. My personal situation is good compared to that of most Israelis; there is a shelter on every floor of the apartment building I live in, and we get about a minute's warning of rockets from Gaza (flight time is 90 seconds). Rockets from Hezbollah will take a bit longer. Unfortunately, only about 42% of Israelis (according to my newspaper) have shelters in their homes. That means that they can't possibly make it to the nearest public shelter in time, so they end up spending long hours or even days in them when there are rocket attacks. Or they depend on the somewhat dubious protection of stairwells. Even a shelter in the basement of a multistory building takes too much time to reach. Iron Dome and other antimissile systems have provided good protection during the small conflicts that we've had in recent years, but in a war with Hezbollah, which is said to have some 130,000 rockets aimed at all parts of Israel, including some dozens of rockets with precise guidance systems that will be targeted at airbases, power stations, fuel depots, and other critical infrastructure, there will not be enough systems to protect most civilians. There is money...Read More |
From Ian: The 'indigenous Palestinians' lie The latest outrage was committed by the Washington, D.C., branch of a national climate action group, Sunrise DC, which bowed out of a voting rights rally because a "number of Zionist organizations" would be taking part. "Given our commitment to racial justice, self-governance and indigenous sovereignty, we oppose Zionism and any state that enforces its ideology," Sunrise DC said in a statement. You may want to read that statement again to fully comprehend its absurdity. Sunrise DC opposes Zionism, the nationalist movement for the reestablishment and support of the Jewish people's ancestral homeland, because of the group's commitment to "self-governance and indigenous sovereignty." Zionism is the ultimate act of self-governance and indigenous sovereignty. Only the Jewish people can make such a claim about their connection to their homeland in the Middle East.
In other words, all peoples—including ethnic successors of colonizers—are welcome to self-governance and indigenous sovereignty … except Jews.
• According to Amnesty International, an indigenous people has (among other things):
• A historical link with those who inhabited a region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrived;
• Distinct social, economic or political systems;
• Distinct language, culture and beliefs;
• Been marginalized and discriminated against by newcomers;
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Kugel Yerushalmi (AKA Yerushalmi Kugel or Jerusalem Kugel)\* is a strange dish for the uninitiated. It's a kugel, but unlike a crispy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside potato kugel, it's not strictly savory, and unlike a rich dairy noodle kugel, it's not creamy and sweet with raisins and/or fruit peeking out from among broad egg noodles. Those other kugels were invented in Europe. But Kugel Yerushalmi was born in Jerusalem. From the Jewish Exponent: It all started in Lithuania. A wave of disciples of the Vilna Gaon arrived in the Holy Land in 1808, led by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov. Although they first went to Tiberias, they later relocated to Tzfat, where they fostered warm relationships with the local Sephardic community. A second and third wave of students came to Israel in 1809, and purchased agricultural land. But a plague broke out in 1812 in Tzfat, forcing many Jews to flee to Jerusalem. The refugees succeeded in renewing the Ashkenazi presence in Jerusalem after nearly 100 years of banishment by local Arabs. And they made Yerushalmi kugel. They couldn't afford raisins, the story goes, so they browned sugar to make their kugels look dark. There is also a legend that local Jews of Polish descent preferred sweet kugels, while the Litvaks (Lithuanian Jews) opted for savory ones — hence the combination. I cannot vouch for the veracity of either of these stories. Kugel Yerushalmi...Read More |
The number of Christians under Palestinian rule has dwindled dramatically over the years, as a result of persecution by Muslims and the idea that they can do better economically elsewhere.
But the Palestinian Authority, especially cash strapped this year, wants Christians to come to visit - especially around Christmastime in Bethlehem.
Now consider this. The PA needs tourist cash badly. It controls some Jewish shrines, in Nablus, Jericho and elsewhere. Why aren't they trying to attract Jewish tourists?
The reason is obvious: they cannot guarantee the safety of Jewish tourists.
If they could, Jews from Israel and abroad would visit often, buying up souvenirs and even staying in hotels.
When Jews come to visit ancient Jewish sites under PA rule, they have to go in armored buses and be protected by the army, only an very specific dates and times of day.
If the Palestinians would embrace peace, their economy could do much better.
They know this - and they choose not to embrace peace anyway. * * * * * *
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From Ian: David Singer: The key to peace: Israel and Jordan dividing Judea and Samaria Two Australian politicians from Australia's two major political parties – one of them Australia's former Ambassador to Israel and Government backbencher Dave Sharma – have embarked on a trip to fantasyland in a rare show of bipartisan solidarity that has nothing to do with Australian domestic policy – but involves the self-titled "Palestinian People". Sharma (Liberal Party) seconded a motion by Chris Hayes (Australian Labor Party) which includes the following paragraphs: That this House:
(1) notes that 29 November 2021 is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People as declared by the United Nations in 1977;
(2) recognises the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self determination and a future built on peace, dignity, justice and security; Their hyperlinking of "Palestinian People" clarifies who these two politicians are talking about:
The Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha'b al-Filasṭīnī), also referred to as Palestinians (Arabic: الفلسطينيون, al-Filasṭīniyyūn; Hebrew: פָלַסְטִינִים) or Palestinian Arabs (Arabic: الفلسطينيين العرب, al-Filasṭīniyyīn al-ʿarab), are an ethnonational group[31][32][33][34][35][36][37] comprising the modern descendants of the peoples who have lived in Palestine continuously over the centuries and who today are largely...Read More |
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Tonight is the holiday of Sigd, celebrated by the Beta Yisrael Ethiopian Jewish community and more recently an Israeli state holiday.
Sigd has a number of customs that resemble other Jewish holidays. Like Shavuot, it is set 50 days after another major holiday (Yom Kippur in this case.) and like Simchat Torah it features the reading of the (Ethiopian) Torah, the Orit, a Ge'ez translation of the Chumash, Joshua, Judges and Ruth (perhaps parts of other parts of Tanach.) Like the Fast of Esther and Purim, it is a fast followed by dancing and celebration.
Part of the prayers ask God to return the Jews to Israel and rebuild the Temple.
Which makes this a very Zionist holiday celebrated by people who no one can call "white supremacists."
In Ethiopia, it was marked with a journey to the top of a mountain to re-enact the entire unified Jewish nation receiving the Torah. Nowadays, in Israel is is marked both at the Kotel and at the Haas-Sherover Promenade that overlooks the Temple Mount, where thousands gather to celebrate - Jews of all colors celebrating unity.
It's the sort of thing that the socialist Jews who pretend to care about diversity and Judaism would never celebrate themselves.
(h/t MtTB) * * * * * *
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Anti-Zionist Jews are loving an article by Marc Tracy that will be published in this coming Sunday's New York Times magazine, "Inside the Unraveling of American Zionism."
Tracy interviews some of the Jewish rabbinical and cantorial students who signed a letter in May that attacked Israel. The letter compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to American racism. It said Israel having a different legal system for territories it has not annexed (which it must have under international law!) is "apartheid." It did not even mention Israel's security concerns at the very same moment thousands of Hamas rockets were pouring on Israeli cities and towns. (Hamas isn't mentioned at all.)
Tracy notes obliquely that the students who wrote and signed this letter are really clueless about Israel's history: If you are 26 years old, you were not yet born when Oslo was signed and do not more than faintly remember the height of the Second Intifada. Your impression of Israel could well be of an occupying power and a fortress protected by militarized barriers and the U.S.-funded Iron Dome missile-defense system — a powerful country that, during a 2014 war in Gaza, responded to Hamas's killing of three Israeli teenagers and the firing of rockets at Israeli towns with airstrikes and ground incursions that...Read More |
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