| Arab news site: Jewish prayers on the Temple Mount are chants of prostitutionnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 09 Nov 05:45 AM Arab media published a r | | Arab media published a ridiculously antisemitic screed by Dr. Mustafa Youssef El Lidawi, who is upset at the idea of Jews praying on their holiest site, the Temple Mount. The prayer of the Jews in Al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards is not worship nor is it an approach to God Almighty, and it does not soften hearts, nor purify souls, nor transcend souls, nor purify people, nor create goodness, nor call for peace, nor indicate the goodness of its performer or the sincerity of the one who carries it. It does not contain fear, tranquility, or reverence, nor is it preceded by humility or forgiveness, nor relinquishment of guilt nor abstinence from disobedience, nor intentions for righteousness or resolves for honesty and endeavors for purity. Rather, they are corrupt rites, hate chants, and prostitute chants, and they are malicious prayers and provocative movements, and deliberate quarrels and stubborn competition, sick souls, and malicious intentions. They are also an expression of arrogance, contempt and lack of manners, and worship with loudness and immorality, which is not worthy of worshipers who stand before the Almighty...Read More |
From Ian: The invention of Arab Jews erases Mizrahi Jewish history The status of Jews under Islamic rule varied between different regions, but generally, they did not enjoy the same rights as their Arab neighbors and were often persecuted. When the State of Israel was established, those same Jews were not "Arab enough" to their neighbors to be spared from violence and expulsion. Even the Jews of Iraq, who somewhat managed to integrate into the local society, were the targets of a violent pogrom in 1941, which became known as the Farhud. These very same struggles are often erased by anti-Zionist organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). In 2019, a coalition of Mizrahi organizations issued a statement against the appropriation and distortion of the history of the Jewish communities of the Middle East by JVP, who seek to strip the Jewish people of their indigenous origins. However, why are anti-Israel media outlets like Al-Jazeera and antizionist groups like JVP trying to push this false narrative? This false narrative is part of their bigger "Colonialism" lie. Anti-Israel forces have tried to delegitimize the Jewish State by calling it a colonialist project, claiming that Zionism is a Jewish-European colonialism project, despite it being a project of indigenous awakening. Since more than 50% of Jewish-Israeli citizens are originally from families that have lived in the Middle East...Read More |
Today, there was an important announcement about a new university being created, the University of Austin. It is meant to bring universities back to what they once were, where people can study and research without worrying about the "wokeness" that hinders students and instructors from pursuing the truth. Its principles: Universities devoted to the unfettered pursuit of truth are the cornerstone of a free and flourishing democratic society. For universities to serve their purpose, they must be fully committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. In order to maintain these principles, UATX will be fiercely independent—financially, intellectually, and politically. It is a worthy and lofty goal, and I wish it luck. Sadly, though, these principles are not enough to protect Jews. When Twitter, Facebook and other social media started going overboard in their censorship, people flocked to other less restrictive platforms under the guise of free speech. And what happened? On Gab, Parler, 4chan, 8chan - there is plenty of antisemitism that people love to spread unfettered. A university is not a social media site. But the heroes of these principles - the philosophers of the past few centuries, like Voltaire, Kant, Hume, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Heidegger,Wittgenstein, Marx - all expressed antisemitic ideas while architecting...Read More |
From Ian: David Singer: The UN and EU semantic war in Judea and Samaria backfires Travel tour operators cannot escape identifying ancient Jewish sites in Judea and Samaria – even as they use this false and misleading UN and EU language designed to bury their existence: Tripadvisor describes Kalia Kibbutz, with its lovely Israeli resort, camping site and beach as being: "Adjacent to the Caves of Qumran Kalia 90666 Palestinian Territories" The Dead Sea Scrolls were initially discovered in the Caves of Qumran in 1947. The Scrolls comprise more than 800 mostly Hebrew documents written on animal skin and papyrus, that shed light on the histories of Judaism and Christianity. Among the texts are parts of every book of the Hebrew Bible — the Old Testament—except the book of Esther. The Scrolls also contain the earliest version of the Ten Commandments. Most, experts say, were written between 200 B.C. and the period prior to the failed Jewish revolt to gain political and religious independence from Rome that lasted from A.D. 66 to 70. Tripadvisor fails to disclose that Kalia Kibbutz was established in the 1930's but was destroyed by Transjordan in 1948 when it invaded and conquered Western Palestine. Residents of Kalia and nearby Kibbutz Beit HaArava – established in 1939 - fled by boat on 20 May 1948. The area remained unpopulated save for a Jordanian military camp until lost by Jordan to Israel in the 1967 Six...Read More |
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The University of Haifa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work with UAE's Zayed University to work together on environmental and other research.
Previously, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) launched a program with the Weizmann Institute of Science on AI research.
These are welcome developments, but it takes time to reverse the antisemitism in the UAE.
News site UAE71 reports on how some activists find the idea of Jews in UAE universities as "ominous." And yes, the headline says Jews, not Israelis.
One activist, under the hashtag "#Normalizaion_Betrayal," says that the incoming students will be Mossad spies.
Someone responded that there is a plot to render "normalization" to be normal. (He doesn't seem to quite grasp the concept." He goes on to say that the goal is to make the UAE students love Israel and paper over how much Jews hate Islam and Muslims, which is a textbook case in psychological projection.
The news site seems to have gone out if its way to find these negative reactions - those tweeters are not hugely popular - meaning that the UAE media...Read More |
JTA reports: Vice President Kamala Harris is set to denounce the singling out of Israel "because of anti-Jewish hatred" in a speech at the Anti-Defamation League's annual Never Is Now conference. "Three years ago, we suffered the most deadly attack on the American Jewish community in the history of our nation at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," Harris will say, according to prepared remarks Harris's office released ahead of her appearance at the virtual conference on Sunday evening. "And I want to be very clear about this: When Jews are targeted because of their beliefs or their identity, when Israel is singled out because of anti-Jewish hatred that is anti-Semitism. And that is unacceptable." Is there any more obvious statement than "when Israel is singled out because of anti-Jewish hatred that is anti-Semitism"? It is a truism - when anything is singled out because of anti-Jewish hatred it is antisemitism! Saying that anti-Jewish hatred is antisemitism isn't a brilliant insight. It is a tautology. This statement would never be contested by the modern antisemites of the Left, who claim that their obsessive and malicious targeting of Israel as "colonialist," "apartheid," "racist" and so forth are legitimate criticism, while...Read More |
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