| Hate to break it to you, Kuwait, but forfeiting competitions doesn't bother Israel one tiny bitnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 06 Apr 04:45 AM This w | | This week, at the Junior & Cadet World Fencing Championships in Dubai, a Kuwaiti competitor forfeited his match rather than compete against an Israeli. As always happens, Israel haters try to spin this as a victory, somehow. According to this Arabic sports site, "Bloggers felt that the player dealt a resounding slap to the occupation and all those who continue its normal relations with it." I don't think any Israelis are losing sleep over this, nor are any Emiratis having second thoughts about normalization with Israel because an 18 year old Kuwaiti junior fencer quit his match in Dubai. Kuwaitis actually think that this makes them look good. They are delusional. Although one wonders why the International Fencing Federation doesn't penalize players who refuse to compete. While the Kuwaitis celebrate another official loss, the rankings from the competition show exactly where Mohammed AlFadhli ended up: at 9,999th place. His planned Israeli opponent was apparently David Frumgarzts, who is ranked 52nd compared to the Kuwaiti's 143rd. Meaning, the Israeli would probably have won anyway, which is another good reason for Alfadhli to quit. * * * * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller...Read More |
From Ian: Emily Schrader: In the Middle East, the silent majority want normalization with Israel AS THE Negev Summit went on, extremists tried to derail the atmosphere of peace. While the attacks are heartbreaking and must be stopped, they actually proved that Israel's alliance with the Arab world is authentic. For the first time we saw foreign ministers of Arab states condemning terrorism against Israelis, openly speaking out about the importance of people-to-people peace in preventing and stopping extremism. In the days following the Negev Summit, we also saw Turkey strongly condemn terrorism against Israel, despite years of tension and support for Hamas terrorists, and a historic visit of Defense Minister Benny Gantz and President Isaac Herzog to Jordan to meet King Abdullah. Simultaneously, a similar phenomenon is occurring within Israel: Israeli society and the younger generation of Israeli Arabs are pushing further toward unity, as understanding grows that Israelis really are one people, and those who attack us, attack all of us. Despite that, extremists from the Israeli Arab society have tried to hijack the narrative to distract and fight this reality. This occurred last May with the riots, and it occurred this past week with several of the terrorists murdering their fellow citizens. Israel must do everything it can to stop this wave of terrorism, but we have more reason than ever to be hopeful as the momentum...Read More |
I found this quote from Abba Eban yesterday, in a 1954 op-ed (same Indianapolis Star page as the Egyptian president I quoted earlier): This is exactly right. The only reason Jordan and Egypt signed peace treaties with Israel is because they realized that Israel cannot be destroyed, and therefore it was in their interest to make the best of the situation. But Palestinian media (as well as, unfortunately, Jordanian media) keeps publishing the idea that Israel is on the ropes, that the Jews are frightened, that terror attacks will force the Jews to leave. They love republishing Haaretz op-eds that forecast a horrible future for Israel. They pretend that the early bigotry against Mizrahi Jews still exists and will rip apart Israeli society. Terror leaders parrot these same ideas in their speeches, that Israel is a paper tiger, that it can easily be defeated with rockets or stabbings. It is that fantasy that stops peace. For decades, the Palestinian leadership has been waiting, under the illusion that the UN or the ICC will swoop in and declare Israel to be null and void, presumably thinking the Jews will simply go so the Palestinians can move in to their houses. So they have no incentive to compromise, because they believe they are only months away from victory. This is what they teach their kids. Most Arab nations accept, explicitly or tacitly, Israel's existence. The Palestinians...Read More |
After I published the chart yesterday showing how Amnesty International mentioned Israel more often in its annual report than any other nation, I decided to look at previous reports and see if this is a long-standing pattern. It is. Except for the height of the Syrian civil war, Israel has been the most mentioned country in every Amnesty report since at least 2011. (The 2019 report was divided by region, but Israel still ended up with far more mentions than any other state in the Middle East then as well.) Anyone who thinks that Israel is the biggest violator of human rights on the planet is an idiot and/or an antisemite. The truth is the opposite - Israel cares about human rights in a difficult situation more than any country in remotely comparable circumstances. But Amnesty International pushes this lie, consistently, year in and year out. In the aggregate, it is even worse: Amnesty spends more time and effort trying to find things to accuse Israel of than anyone else. More than states that execute gays. More than states that incarcerate minority groups. Any pretense of objectivity by Amnesty is proven to be a lie by this chart. The organization has an agenda to target Israel, an agenda that has culminated in its ridiculous charge of apartheid. It is all here in black and white. * * * * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book...Read More |
From Ian: Russia wants to turn us into slaves, Zelenskyy tells Security Council Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the United Nations Security council on Tuesday after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian forces recently withdrew from. "Russia is committing the most serious crimes since World War II. There is no crime that Russia hasn't committed. It wants us to become slaves," Zelenskyy said, calling on the West to increase sanctions on Moscow, highlighting the need to stop European dependence on Russian gas. "Moscow must get away with this without punishment," the Ukrainian president said. The dead were discovered after Russian forces pulled out of a town on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, and have sparked global outrage and vehement denials from the Russian government that it was responsible. Videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some with their hands tied behind their back, have led to global revulsion, calls for tougher sanctions on Russia and its suspension from the UN's premiere human rights body, the Human Rights Council. Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Become a 'Big Israel' to Defend ItselfUkrainian President...Read More |
The Mirror News (Los Angeles), June 1, 1953, published a peace offer from Israel's foreign minister that I had never seen before: Moshe Sharett, Foreign Minister, told this writer in an exclusive interview, that his government is willing to make a compromise arrangement with the Arabs. Some of the concessions include minor rectifications of existing frontiers; financial aid in re-settling Palestine refugees in Arab lands; and possibly the creation of a free zone in the port of Haifa to assist Jordan, which has no outlet to the Mediterranean. Israel, in turn, would expect the Arabs to resettle Palestinian refugees, which they largely refuse to do thus far; eliminate border incidents; lift the economic boycott; and offer free use of the Suez Canal and Red Sea for Israeli shipping. Sharett repeated the offer in September, 1954 while speaking to US News and World Report.
See how unreasonable Israel was? Adjusted 1949 armistice lines and a port for Jordan in exchange for... real peace. * * * * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it here! ...Read More |
Aman, a Palestinian anti-corruption NGO, issued its annual report on corruption in the Palestinian Authority last week. Its findings are exactly what you would expect - and so is the lack of news coverage. They included: -Passing of laws "to reinforce domination of the President's office over public institutions and in particular the regulatory institutions. " - Appointments to diplomatic, sharia and senior management in public institutions to Fatah loyalists or relatives of those in power. - Firing or otherwise punishing PA employees who are not considered loyal enough to the government. - Continued opacity in budgeting and spending, creating an atmosphere ripe for stealing government funds. - The PA security services are used for political purposes. Ironically, the head of the official Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission was elected to chair the next session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Arab Convention against Corruption last month. The PA is especially harsh to employees who are whistleblowers. Even though "Palestine" signs every international convention it can find, including against corruption and protecting whistleblowers...Read More |
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