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75 years ago today: An Arab declaration of war against the Jews. Not Zionists - Jews.noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Nov 05:00 AM In the hours bef Like   Tweet   75 years ago today: An Arab declaration of war against the Jews. Not Zionists - Jews. noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 29 Nov 05:00 AM In the hours before the UN voted to partition Palestine into a Jewish and Arab states, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Abdul Azzam Pasha, warned that such a decision would result in a war of genocide against Jews in the Middle East. This is the most complete text I can find of what he said, as the representative of the entire Arab world. speaking in English to a Western audience. It is worth studying, because it is a blueprint for virtually every Arab statement about Israel since then, including those of Mahmoud Abbas today. The speech is a combination of threats, bullying, fearmongering, hyperbole and incitement to genocide against Jews. From the International News Service, November 29, 1947: Arab Official Says Partition To Mean War Against Jews Abdul Azzam Pasha. secretary general of the Arab League, warned today that a United Nations decision to partition Palestine could mean only one thing for Arabs —war against the Jews." In a statement made as the UN general assembly prepared to vote on the explosive issue he declared: "Such a decision would mean the end of the first phase of the Arab struggle to have Palestine become an independent Arab state. The second phase of the struggle will now begin . . . the Arabs will have a long run of victories even it it takes us until 1950 or 1960. "We have justice. time and numbers on our side—everything but arms— and we shall get them too." He said that tribesmen in Iran. Iraq and Saudi Arabia are "itching to fight...Read More 11/28 Links Pt2: IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Is Only "Polarizing" to Israel's Detractors; Anti-Israel activists and human sacrifice; Ye x Milo x Fuentes noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 28 Nov 06:00 PM From Ian: IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Is Only "Polarizing" to Israel's Detractors The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) "working definition" of antisemitism is not polarizing to anyone other than Israel's detractors and antisemites. The IHRA definition has been adopted by three dozen nations, at least six Canadian provinces and numerous states in the U.S. The IHRA's detractors refuse to acknowledge that modern antisemitism is often tied to the Jewish State (e.g., Jewish soldiers being called Nazis). They accuse those of us who defend the definition of being "right-wing" and of "weaponizing antisemitism" in order to defend Israel. This is meant to undermine our efforts to protect ourselves against hate. In the case of the IHRA definition, it's often the same people who call for universal rights and freedoms who oppose those very same rights for the Jewish people, particularly as they define their relationship with the State of Israel. The IHRA definition is not "polarizing" to anyone other than those who either lack an historical understanding or are with an agenda to exacerbate the problem of hate and defame the Jewish state.Anti-Israel activists and human sacrificeIn the anti-Israel context, there is the more recent case of Rachel Corrie...Read More Elder Comix: The moral choice is always what's bad for the Jews noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Nov 04:00 PM * * * * * * 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 Cartoon of the Day: Only believe MY conspiracy theories noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Nov 02:15 PM * * * * * * 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 11/28 Links Pt1: A New Strategic Landscape in the Middle East; IDF arrests 3,000 Palestinians, thwarts 500 attacks in past 6 months; How not to condemn an Arab terrorist attack noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 28 Nov 12:00 PM From Ian: A New Strategic Landscape in the Middle East Arab-Israeli relations are a source of good news these days. The conflict between the Jewish state and its radical enemies, Palestinians and others, is far from over, and the threat of the Iranian revolutionary regime may be greater than ever. However, a new strategic alignment promises a better chance for regional states to isolate and stand up to the radicals who continue to threaten the existing order. The old structure of the Arab-Israel conflict that defined the Middle East for generations is now being replaced by a strengthening Arab-Israeli coalition against Iran and its radical Arab proxies. The erosion and ultimately the abolition of aggressive regional solidarity targeting the Jewish state has been the supreme objective of Israel's regional strategy since its inception. Breaking up regional solidarity is an indispensable precondition to any progress toward peace. Arab states would consider accepting Israel only following a painful recognition of the failure of the attempt to erase it at an acceptable cost. The profound change in the strategic landscape of the Middle East in the recent decade may be characterized by four pillars: the magnitude of the Iranian regional threat, the inability of Arab states to stand up to that threat by themselves, the questionable steadfastness of...Read More 100 years ago: Mordecai Kaplan arguing for more traditional Judaism - in an interesting venue noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Nov 10:15 AM I am not at all a fan of "Reconstructionist Judaism" and its founder Mordecai Kaplan. But he was a foe of Reform Judaism as well, and a hundred years ago he railed against it in a lecture in Brooklyn which has a lot of truth in it. From the Brooklyn Daily Times, November 28, 1922: KAPLAN SEES JEWS SEEKING NEW GODS "Let Us Not Become Too Worldly for Our Faith," Professor Says. "You claim it is hard for you to be a Jew, because. you don't know what real true Judaism is. After the present reformers have gotten through, not even a Jew ran recognize, his own traditions, customs and religion. " This statement wars made by Prof. Modercai Kaplan, well-known lecturer on Jewish topics, speaking at the weekly open forum conducted by the Jewish Centre, 667 Eastern Parkway, last night. His topic was "Spiritual Self-Adjustment of the Jew." In a discourse that was enthusiastically received Prof. Kaplan outlined in an interesting manner the trials of Jewish educators in this country. "In this land of promise," he said, "with every opportunity. and freedom, educators find it hard to attract Jewish youth to their religion because reformers and theorists have eliminated everything that would attract the young mind. Instead they have substituted modern versions of the Bible which acts upon the young mind not as an incentive to study religion but as a poison." "Judaism is not a religion," he continued. "It is the art of living according to the norms and ethical laws extolled by our fathers...Read More Iran pressured its Jewish community to issue a statement against the protests noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Nov 08:00 AM Times of Israel reported last week: The small Jewish community in Tehran on Thursday condemned the ongoing anti-regime protests in Iran, which broke out over the death of a young woman held for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic's strict dress code. In a letter, the Tehran Central Jewish Committee said it was standing by the Iranian regime amid a deadly crackdown on protesters. "This is a condemnation of the recent unrest in the country that led to the death and injury of several people in our country, as well as many financial losses to the country," the letter said. "The community declares that it has always obeyed the position of the supreme leader," it added. "The community declares that the enemies of the system are creating insecurity by targeting the unity of the people. In recent days, unfortunate events and incidents have occurred in our beloved country, which has hurt the hearts of those loyal to Iran and the holy Islamic system," the letter said. The letter sounds like it was written with a gun to their heads. And that is not far from the truth. From Radio Farda, three days before this: A senior member of the Iranian Christian community says that security officials are pressuring religious minorities to remain silent and not participate in anti...Read More    ©2022 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company