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You can learn a lot from a single photo of a school in Gazanoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Dec 05:45 AM On Sunday, the Acre Secondary Girls School Like   Tweet   You can learn a lot from a single photo of a school in Gaza noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 28 Dec 05:45 AM On Sunday, the Acre Secondary Girls School in Khan Younis, Gaza, along with many other schools, hosted a Palestinian official over video link who spoke about the evils of normalization and the necessity of boycotting the "Zionist entity." Afterwards the girls held up signs against normalization for their Facebook page. Here's one of the photos. Let's look at this in more detail. Most of the signs say "No to normalization" and "don't pay for Israeli bullets." Gaza stores are filled with products from Israel. Hamas controls Gaza. They could ban all Israeli goods - but they don't, because this is what Gazans want. And since Gazans started working in Israel again, everyone is trying to get work permits. Hamas itself isn't boycotting Israel, and every Gazan knows this. So what is this about? Why a school day wasted on having the girls make posters and pose? Because the point isn't boycott. It is to instill hate for Israel. That hate has to be reinforced day in and day out, and "normalization" is another vector, along with whipping up anger at Israel in other ways. Let's look closer at the people in the picture. Front and center, we have a girl holding a sign that says, "Normalization is treachery." With a dagger on her sign. No one has a problem...Read More 12/27 Links Pt2: How did black, Jewish communities go from friendship to tension?; Making sense of the great Mizrahi exodus; Dishonest Reporter of the Year Awards 2022 noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 27 Dec 06:00 PM From Ian: How did black, Jewish communities go from friendship to tension? - opinion The events over the last couple of months involving the black and Jewish communities have triggered a lot of thought-provoking questions and concerns. During my entire time working for Jewish non-profits, leaders of these organizations encouraged us to use the strong history of solidarity between black and Jewish communities as part of our outreach. When educating Jewish university students, we always discussed the special relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King and Rabbi Heschel. We used quotes from influential black leaders to showcase how these figures were supporters of Zionism at a time when Israel was vulnerable. Looking back now, I realize that historically, the relationship between both communities is a lot more complicated, and today is no different. While black and Jewish solidarity during the civil rights movement sounds beautiful, those stories don't resonate with my generation because it's not our reality anymore. Historically the black and Jewish communities supported one another, but clearly, things are different now. So what happened? How did we get here? Since the civil rights movement, different events have caused friction between our communities, which have dampened the good relationship which black and Jewish people once shared. Over time, antisemitism and racism have infested both groups. In addition, various...Read More Cartoon of the Day: Believe the victims! (with caveats) noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 27 Dec 04:05 PM ...Read More Top EoZ posts of the year noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 27 Dec 02:20 PM Here are some of the most popular posts of mine for 2022: Modern antisemitism: Amnesty's annual report criticizes Israel more than ANY OTHER COUNTRY When the utopian vision of a one-state socialist "Palestine" crashes into Palestinian Islamism Popular Saudi newspaper says it is time to stop supporting Palestinians New @Amnesty report makes up yet another fake definition of apartheid - just for Israel Black conservatives engaging in casual antisemitism while being clueless why Kanye is offensive I demolished James Zogby's "Israel is Apartheid" arguments on Twitter so thoroughly, he blocked me Columbia BDS professor a little unclear on what "academic freedom" means...Read More 12/27 Links Pt1: The World Has Forgotten Two Israelis Held by Palestinian Terrorists; ISIS-inspired terrorist arrested for deadly Jerusalem bombings noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 27 Dec 12:00 PM From Ian: The World Has Forgotten Two Israelis Held by Palestinian Terrorists Where is Hisham? Where is Avera? It has been more than 3,000 days since Avera Mengistu, an Israeli citizen and member of the Ashkelon Ethiopian community, climbed over the border fence in Gaza and was captured by Hamas. His family has had zero contact with him since. Roughly six months later, the same fate befell a 34-year-old who is part of Israel's Bedouin community, Hisham al-Sayed, who crossed over into the terrorist-controlled enclave.What was the reason these young men ended up in the Gaza Strip? They have a long history of suffering from mental illness, and often wandered hundreds of kilometers from their homes. On September 7, 2014, Avera was highly agitated; his mental well-being had begun to deteriorate after the tragic death of his brother. As a result, Avera left home and began to wander. Video surveillance showed that he took off and walked approximately 10 kilometers, where he was eventually spotted, unusually close to the Gaza border fence, by Israeli soldiers. The soldiers tried to get his attention; instead, he was startled and climbed over the border fence and disappeared into Gaza. Hisham has a similar story. In the past, he had entered Jordan, the West Bank, and even Gaza, but he was always returned by security personnel who were aware of his mental status...Read More 75 years ago: Arab terrorist attacks on Jews intensify, and an early "BDS" from Egypt noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 27 Dec 10:10 AM In the Palestine Post of December 26 and 27, 1947, Arab terror attacks on Jews were as bad as they were during the second intifada. No one talks about that today. It is worthwhile to study them. The Palestinian mentality and antisemitism, their making no distinction between Jewish civilians and armed forces, remains exactly the same today. The December 26 edition mentions the murder of a Jewish Olympic athlete, Elias "Elo" Katz, who had won the silver and gold medals in the Paris Games in 1924 (the article is mistaken.) While any Palestinian terrorists who ever kicked a ball are trumpeted to the world as if Israel targets athletes (this article today from the official Palestinian news agency claims Israel has targeted and killed over 700 Palestinian athletes!), here was a real Olympics gold medalist who was murdered by Palestinians. The December 27 Palestine Post reports on two more convoys - meant to bring food and supplies to isolated Jews - ambushed and seven Jews murdered: The Arab Legion of Transjordan at the time partnered with the British to help keep things calm - but instead, this professional army shot at two civilian buses near Haifa, killing one Jew and wounding others, originally claiming that the Jews attacked first but it was found to be a lie. An absolutely heartbreaking story of a little girl in bed killed by Arab gunfire. Violence was so prevalent...Read More Palestinians celebrate how many Jews they murdered this year noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 27 Dec 08:05 AM To the West, Palestinians cry about the number of them - mostly terrorists - who were killed this year. In Arabic, though, they brag about how many Jews they managed to kill - which is the entire reason the IDF was forced to respond to begin with. This poster celebrates the attacks. It says, "Palestine in numbers. 2022 was a year of resistance par excellence. \* 14,000 resistance acts during the year\* 31 Israeli dead\* 770 shooting operations This graphic celebrates 31 Israelis killed, listing out each attack: Here is the list of attacks from the Jewish Virtual Library; I didn't try to reconcile the two lists. November 23 | Aryeh Shechopek (15), Tadese Tashume Ben Ma'ada (50) Two explosions at a bus station near the entrance to Jerusalem killed two and injured 22. Aryeh Shechopek died on the day of the attack, Tadese Tashume Ben Ma'ada, several days later. November 15 | Tamir Avihai (50), Michael Ladygin (36), Motti Ashkenazi (59) Muhammed Soof, a cleaner in the Ariel industrial zone. stabbed seven people, killing three, in Ariel. October 25 | Shalom Sofer (55) Died two weeks after being seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near Kedumim. May 5 | Boaz Gol (49), Yonatan Havakuk (44), Oren Ben Yitfah (35) A terrorist attack in the city of Elad left three men dead and eight injured, one critically. April 29 | Vyacheslav Golev (23) Two Palestinian terrorists murdered...Read More    ©2022 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company