| "Israel is Judaizing and occupying Bahrain" says Shiite politiciannoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 06 Nov 05:45 AM Iranian news site Tasnim News repor | | Iranian news site Tasnim News reports: The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that the Bahraini regime seeks to Judaize the country and obliterate the identity of the capital, Manama, "which is known for its authentic history," saying that Bahrain is the second country to be occupied by Israel through the purchase of real estate. In his speech during the "Day of Betrayal" organized by Al-Wefaq in the Lebanese capital Beirut on the occasion of the second anniversary of the signing of the normalization agreement with the Israeli entity, Al-Daihi stressed that the people of Bahrain stand by the side of Palestine and its resistant people . Al-Daihi affirmed that Palestine will remain the cause of the Bahrainis "no matter how the Bahraini regime tries to put its hand in the hands of this pariah entity, and they handed it the reins of everything," explaining that the regime opened to "this pariah entity with open arms, they welcomed it everywhere," warning that this entity is ephemeral and temporary, "and whoever stands by it will disappear with it...Read More |
From Ian: Dore Gold: Diplomatic invective: UN takes its war on Israel to next level One of its commissioners, an Australian named Chris Sidoti, was explicit on this issue. He allowed the UN to quote him, suggesting that states must move from the report that the COI issued to an actual referral to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague. In short, he called for legal proceedings against Israel. An initial report by the COI made the charge that Israel was "largely to blame for the continuation" of its conflict with the Palestinians. It was no wonder that State Department spokesperson Ned Price concluded that the COI was "unfairly singling out Israel." One of the arguments the COI report makes is that the Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria "is now unlawful under international law due to its permanence." In other words, the report is saying that since 1967 the UN could not use that language, but now it feels at liberty to make that legal argument. What exactly changed? It has already been noted that while the issue of the COI came up, so did the international response to the annexation of four regions in Ukraine by Russia this past October. However, there is no basis for comparing the two territorial disputes. It must always be recalled that Israel moved into Judea and Samaria in a war of self-defense back in June 1967. Israel's neighbors, including Jordan, had massed their armies along its borders during...Read More |
From Ian: Abe Greenwald: Kanye West, Louis Farrakhan and Anti-Semitism What lessons can we learn from the rubbish-cluttered mind of Kanye West? We can start by drawing some important distinctions. Mr. West's is a particular kind of anti-Semitism. The left-wing activist Shaun King writes in Newsweek that "you don't have to be white to be a white supremacist," and that "Kanye West is now a full-blown white supremacist." This is a category error. The "white extinction" conspiracy theory promoted by white supremacists holds that Jews promote integration, miscegenation and civil rights as part of a plot to replace the white race. Mr. West appears to believe the opposite. "Jewish people have owned the black voice," he said on a recent podcast, later speaking of black Americans "being signed to a [Jewish-owned] record label, or having a Jewish manager, or being signed to a Jewish basketball team, or doing a movie on a Jewish platform like Disney." That sort of talk sounds very much like the ravings of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the world's foremost black anti-Semite. "You can't do nothing in Hollywood unless you go by them"—the Jews—Mr. Farrakhan said in a 2010 speech. "You a hip-hop artist? You can't do nothing, you gotta go by them. You want to be a great sports figure? They own...Read More |
In this week's parasha, we have the troubling incident of Abram (Abraham) descending to Egypt with his wife Sarai (Sarah), and instructing her to act as his sister so the immoral Egyptians wouldn't kill him to take her. The Hebrew text is ambiguous as to whether Pharaoh consummated his relationship with Sarai. It says that Sarai was taken to Pharaoh's palace and later, after God punished Pharaoh, he told Abram: לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃
Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her as my wife? Now, here is your wife; take her and begone!" Jewish commentators say that the marriage was not consummated, and that the plagues God sent to Pharaoh stopped him from touching her. But the text doesn't exactly support that. George Bush, a distant relative of the presidents with that name, was a 19th century Christian Biblical scholar (and professor of Hebrew) who wrote a comprehensive commentary on the Pentateuch. Without citing any Jewish commentaries, he comes to the same conclusion, based on logic as well as textual analysis. Not too shabby. * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or...Read More |
From Ian: Ruthie Blum: Israel's right to sideline the Left The emerging landslide victory for the camp headed by Israeli opposition leader Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is causing more than the average stir. Though there's nothing unusual about a losing side feeling disappointed by an unwanted result at the ballot box, the outcome of Tuesday's Knesset elections – the fifth round in three-and-a-half years – is generating a level of disgruntlement not seen in the country since 1977. That was the year when Menachem Begin, founder of the Likud Party now chaired by Netanyahu, became premier. The upheaval ended three decades of Labor Party dominance. Panic on the Left was palpable and shrill, with detractors calling him a terrorist, likening him to Mussolini and bemoaning Israel's inevitable downfall at his hands. Not only was the frenzy unwarranted but in retrospect, it was laughable. Today's equally undue apoplexy surrounds two phenomena: Netanyahu's smashing comeback, which his foes had been doing everything to quash, and the meteoric rise to mega-popularity of Otzma Yehudit MK Itamar Ben-Gvir. At Netanyahu's behest prior to the election, Ben-Gvir and Religious Zionist MK Bezalel Smotrich merged their factions so as to prevent the possibility of split and wasted ballots. The move turned out to be a brilliant one, as together they garnered a large number of seats. The haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism also increased...Read More |
The headlines in Haaretz alone makes one wonder when they will be predicting a plague of locusts in the wake of the Likud bloc victory. All of these are from today. Yes, Bibi has destroyed Judaism!
The thing is, we've seen this before. We saw similar warnings from the media, pundits, "experts" and American Jewish leaders every single time a right wing government won an election in Israel. Yet is was the Israeli Right that made peace with Egypt, the helped drive the Abraham Accords, that has given record amounts of monetary support for Arab Israelis. I cannot predict what this government will do. However, the fears are quite clearly overblown, and too many people are buying into the insane and inane predictions. Here's what I do know: \* Israel is a strong democracy with checks and balances in its government. It cannot turn fascist because of a minister or two.
\* Netanyahu is a brilliant politician and the leader of the largest elected party. He will make deals to keep his larger agenda moving, but if there is something he opposes, it will not happen.
\* Netanyahu already has a long record of leadership. We know his opinions and positions. The concern that he will suddenly change his political opinions - which have been quite moderate, despite the media coverage - is ridiculous.
\* Newspapers and pundits gain readers by making up predictions that are extreme, and they rarely...Read More |
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At Berkeley Law School, faculty and staff members are encouraged to include their preferred pronouns in email signatures. Students can indicate their preferred pronouns on their law school applications, as well as on their name tags during student orientation.
Clearly, the right to identify oneself as one wishes is important at the law school, and anyone who chooses to ignore those wishes and tell students and staff that they refuse to address them as they self-identify would be marginalized as a bigot, and probably censured.
There is one exception, though.
This fall there has been a controversy at Berkeley Law when nine student organizations will not host events or invite speakers who have expressed views in support of Zionism. Many Jews protested, saying that this effectively discriminated against them as Zionism and Judaism are tightly bound.
The lawyer defending the student organizations, Liz Jackson of Palestine Legal, who is herself an alumnus of the school, defended the discriminatory bylaws in a most curious way:
"Some students say that their Jewish identity is so deeply identified with Zionism that this effectively discriminates against them," Jackson said. "But that's their subjective view and choice about how they understand...Read More |
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