| Russian equestrians to bypass sports sanctions for 2024 Olympics - by competing as Palestiniansnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 15 Dec 05:45 AM The Pa | | The Palestinian Authority is helping Russia bypass sanctions on their competing in sports.
It has given Palestinian citizenship to several of the top Russian equestrian team members, so they will have a chance to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics as Palestinians.
Eurodressage describes more:
Russian Olympic Grand Prix team rider Aleksandra Maksakova has declared for Palestine. The 25-year old Dutch based Aleksandra Dmitriyevna Maksakova has been competing internationally for her native country Russia since 2017. "Due to current political situation and the decision by international sport federations – including the FEI – to ban Russian athletes from international competitions, I was no longer allowed to take part in international dressage events due to my Russian nationality, even though I am a permanent resident in Lithuania," Aleksandra told Eurodressage. "Under those difficult circumstances, I had the great chance and honour to be authorised to compete for Palestine, thanks to the support of Palestinian sporting bodies, and in compliance with the FEI regulations." Both (her husband) Egor and Aleksandra have now been declared for Palestine and are eligible again to compete at international horse shows, putting them back in the running for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. "I am looking forward to resuming international...Read More |
From Ian: No, Zionism isn't out of date Ha'aretz columnist Anshel Pfeffer does not believe in Zionism. He doesn't oppose it, he just thinks talking about it is a category mistake: You cannot be either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist, he says, just as you cannot be a veteran of Iwo Jima unless you were born at least 90 years ago and fought in that battle. Zionism isn't an ideology. It's a program, or an ideological plan, to establish a state for Jews in the biblical homeland. And that program was fulfilled on May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion declared Israel's independence at the old Tel Aviv Museum. That's it. Done. "…believing that on the whole, founding the State of Israel was the right thing to do, doesn't make you a Zionist any more than thinking that Oliver Cromwell was right to overthrow King Charles, makes you a Roundhead. It simply doesn't matter what you think about long-ago events you didn't take part in. Israel is a reality and it's not going anywhere." He's wrong. There absolutely is such a thing as Zionist ideology, a set of basic principles that Zionists believe. And here they are:
-There is an am Yehudi, a Jewish people. You might think this is obvious, but Mahmoud Abbas denies it, and so do the "[insert nationality here] of the Mosaic persuasion" crowd, which includes the American Reform Movement. -The survival of the Jewish people requires the Jewish state, a state that is more than just a state...Read More |
Professor Cyrille Cohen sounds as though he'd be the perfect person to call on if you've got questions to ask about vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19. Cohen is head of the Laboratory of Immunotherapy and vice dean of Life Sciences at Israel's Bar Ilan University. But instead of asking him about the virus, the host of a French television show, berated Cohen, his invited guest, for wearing a yarmulke. A second panelist, French-Jewish journalist Elisabeth Levy, seemed to take special umbrage at Cohen's religious apparel, telling the eminent scientist that covering one's head with a skullcap is "indiscreet." In other words, what happened here on French TV is that a Jew was put on trial. It began with a question bearing no relationship to the topic at hand. "I will ask a question because a lot of people are asking and it has nothing to do with medicine," said the CNews host to Prof. Cohen. a lot of people are asking why the professor is wearing a religious symbol in the studio?" Confused at being asked about his attire rather than his specialty, Cohen replied that wearing a cap on his head wasn't any kind of special statement for the viewers. It's just what he does. "Why?" said Cohen, "Because I wear it every day." That is when Levy jumped into the conversation. "I also asked him this when we went to the coffee machine." And in that moment, the gig was up. There...Read More |
Today, Hamas members escorted this "tank" through Gaza. Presumably this was meant to impress the audience for Hamas' 35th anniversary celebration today. It is pretty obvious that this is no tank. The treads are not moving, for one. It is merely a truck with a covering - essentially, a parade float. It might be made of papier-mâché.
This isn't the first time Hamas tried to pull this stunt. In 2016, Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida tried to impress Gazans when he delivered a speech from a "tank" that they claimed they captured from Israel, but everyone could see the rubber tires underneath it. * * * * * * 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 |
From Ian: IDF Reveals New Terrorist Rocket Launch Sites next to Gazan Schools Hamas exposed: This is how the Hamas terrorist organization uses schools and education to promote its terrorist agenda. Additional instances of Hamas deliberately using children as human shields are now being exposed. Here are a number of instances that showcase how Hamas endangers the civilians of Gaza. This exposure comes approximately two weeks after UNRWA reported that the ground of one of its schools had collapsed. The collapse was caused by the construction of a Hamas terrorist tunnel. Hamas Rocket Launch Site Stationed Adjacent to the Mo'ath Bin Jabal School
Hamas stationed a rocket launch site adjacent to the Mo'ath Bin Jabal school in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Near the school, which is used by UNRWA as a shelter during emergencies, is a Hamas rocket launch site. Prior to Operation Guardian of the Walls, the school's principal, Mehammed Abu Oun, maintained contact with an operative in the Hamas rocket array, Jalal Abu Aoun, who it appears enabled this shooting. The cynical exploitation of schools proves once again that the terrorist organization consciously chooses to endanger Gazan civilians and use them as 'human shields' in benefit of their terrorist agendas. Hamas Rocket Launch Site Stationed Adjacent to the Khalil Al Nobani School
Hamas stationed a rocket...Read More |
From the EU Observer, November 3: Israel is trying to gag its critics by formally labelling them as antisemites in the UN, Jewish academics have warned, but the EU Commission says there's no cause for alarm. Some 128 scholars of Jewish history and Holocaust studies from around the world raised the red flag in a letter published in EUobserver on Thursday (3 November) entitled: "Don't trap the United Nations in a vague and weaponised definition of antisemitism". Yes, once again Israel haters have written a letter.
And once again, it is meaningless to have 128 academics sign anything because there are millions of academics worldwide, and one can find a few hundred to sign any fringe opinion.
And once again, the criticism of IHRA has nothing to do with what it actually says.
Yet once again, the letter - since it comes from Jews and supposedly (but not really) scholars of Jewish subjects - gains an outsized amount of publicity.
It is all a game, and one where the media plays its part to inflate issues it agrees with.
But without the pro-Israel side countering the meaningless letter, it appears to be the consensus among Jewish academics.
So other Jewish academics who support the IHRA definition...Read More |
Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh met with Palestinian filmmakers on Tuesday and gave them one message: produce pro-Palestinian propaganda.
He stated, "The strength of our narrative in the face of poisonous funding lies in its sincerity, and every Palestinian has a narrative that must be told, and supporting the cinema sector in Palestine is one form of steadfastness. The private sector and society must participate in it alongside the government."
Shtayyeh stressed the importance of film as propaganda, in "highlighting our Palestinian cause and its justice, and communicating it to the world through cinematic and documentary works, because it leaves a great impact on the hearts of peoples around the world ." The PA ministry of culture intends to create a committee to regulate the film industry - meaning, not to allow any films that do not adhere to the Palestinian, anti-Israel narrative. If there was any independence in Palestinian cinema to date, it is certainly gone now. Not that Palestinian filmmakers ever showed a desire to create films that counter their narrative: their smiling faces above show that they have no problem whatsoever with being told what kinds of films they will be allowed to make. * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite...Read More |
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