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From the Jerusalem Post:
The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will no longer allow Palestinian shoppers to make purchases on AliExpress.com, according to a text message that many buyers received from the company on Monday.
The reason for the move is that the Palestinian Authority's mail services refuse to handle packages that have the word Israel in the address. Many Palestinians do not know this and write Israel rather than Palestine as the destination country, according to N12.
Some Palestinians address deliveries to themselves saying "Israel," and - in the bizarre logic of the Palestinian leadership - they must be punished by not getting the goods they paid for! Gee, the Palestinian Authority really cares about the people who live under its control. Does this mean that Palestinians who order from Amazon or other places never get their deliveries if they unwittingly write "Israel" as their address? Are there medicines or medical supplies that aren't getting delivered because of this stupid, childish policy? The thing is, this is normal for the PA. The PA could have worked with Israel to get Covid-19 vaccines, but they refused - because, Israel. The PA tried to forbid Palestinians from shopping at convenient and affordable Israeli supermarkets in the territories - because, Israel. The PA rejected a state multiple times - because, Israel. I would be very surprised if Israel would refuse to deliver a package...Read More |
From Ian: Good News in the Fight Against Antisemitism At this time of year-end recollections, we cannot forget that antisemitism has reached historic levels this year, including attacks on Jews in the streets of Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Southern Florida. But the year has not been entirely bleak. There has been good news. The fight against antisemitism is also surging. For those who seek silver linings in the dark clouds that gather, here are 10 positives from 2021. 1. Surveys Document the Growing Problem
I know, this sounds like bad news. The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Hillel International and my own Louis D. Brandeis Center published reports confirming that antisemitism is spiking and that Jewish Americans often feel the need to hide their identity for fear of attack. But the fact that we're now doing better research is positive. We now know, for example, that two thirds of American Jews have encountered antisemitism over the past five years. (And we can wonder where the other third have been hiding.) Such data spurs action. 2. European Commission establishes antisemitism strategy
In January, the European Commission published a Handbook for using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's crucial Working Definition of Antisemitism. This important publication demonstrated both the IHRA definition's widespread international support, despite...Read More |
The New York Times wrote an article about a new mall and destination theme parks in a part of Maale Adumim called Park Israel.
Among other things, it says: [O]ne recent morning, the three-story fairground was packed with 1,500 Palestinian youths, mostly boys, on an outing from four schools in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Seemingly oblivious to the geopolitics, the middle schoolers screeched in fear and delight as they plunged down the sky tower and hurtled around the extreme 360-degree Looper ride. "Most of the parents want their children to have fun more than anything else," said Imad Karain, the trip organizer from one of the schools. Mr. Karain said he had received no complaints, though he did acknowledge some uneasiness about being in a settlement. Of the parents he said: "Politics doesn't interest them so much. We want to live in peace and bring up our children in peace. We believe in coexistence and negotiations to solve the problem." "Enough of war and violence," chimed in Muhammad Baidun, an English teacher. The next day, Magic Kass was booked by an ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys' yeshiva. And when the gates opened to the public in the late afternoon, the line was a mix of the religious and the secular, Jews and Arabs. Maale Adumim and Park Israel currently provide jobs for about 5,000 Palestinians and a similar number of Jews, including cleaning...Read More |
From Ian: PMW: PA seeks to undo the result of Balfour Declaration and have Israel "disappear" PA school kids taught that the Balfour Declaration is:
"The filthiest colonialist promise in human history"
"the ugliest historical injustice"
"Palestine is ours and will not be a homeland of the Jews"
"We will give our children's blood" to undo Balfour Declaration, says Fatah official in Gaza
Girl from Fatah calls Balfour "a traitor of humanity," vows to "fight… with the blood of Martyrs" to erase Israel
The Balfour Declaration was "a declaration of war against Palestine" – editorial in official PA daily
The Balfour Declaration helped Europeans realize two goals: "Get rid of the Jewish problem in Europe" and "ensure their colonialist interests in the Near East and Far East" – columnist in official PA daily
Fatah: "The Balfour Promise was and will remain the most shocking crime in modern human history" whose goal was "to empty the land of Palestine of its people" and "build a military apparatus" so that the Jews "would fulfill a role for the global colonialist system" 'Iran deal put us on cruise control heading over a cliff,' former envoy warnsFormer Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer this week defended his government's positions that encouraged the United States to leave the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and supported Israel...Read More |
Joseph's Tomb in the early 1900s
Palestinian media report: On Friday evening, security forces prevented angry youths from burning Joseph's Tomb in the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that an angry march started at night in front of Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, with the participation of dozens of young men, and headed towards Joseph's tomb in the Balata Al-Balad area, in an attempt to burn it in response to the escalating attacks by settlers. The sources stated that reinforcements from the security services arrived at the site of Joseph's tomb and spread around it, preventing the march from approaching it, and confrontations erupted between them and the march participants. According to Khaled Abu Toameh, there were two such attempts in recent days. For the second time in the past few days, Palestinians attempted to set fire to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus. Palestinian Authority security forces fired tear gas to disperse the attackers. — Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) December 26, 2021...Read More |
Times of Israel reported yesterday: Israel is planning to ease a series of restrictions currently in place on the Gaza Strip, aiming to alleviate some of the territory's economic woes and prompt the population to pressure the Hamas terror group to keep the calm, according to a report Sunday morning. Among the moves allegedly being weighed is increasing the number of work permits for Gazans in Israel and allowing some dual-use materials to enter. in coordination with the UN. which will ensure they are used for civilian purposes rather than terror, the Haaretz daily reported, citing unnamed security sources. Naturally, Gaza's terror leaders responded by saying they prefer war to easing restrictions. Informed sources stated that the resistance factions informed the concerned mediators, especially the Egyptian mediator, of their rejection of any Israeli solutions or proposals represented in a formal easing of the restrictions imposed on the Strip. In turn, the spokesman...Read More |
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