| Abbas says that the PA might officially return to terrornoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 07 Dec 11:00 PM Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told Al Arab | |  |
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told Al Arabiya that there is a chance the Palestinian Authority will return to an official policy of terror in the near future.
Palestinian news sites quoted the interview, where Abbas renewed his threat to cancel security agreements with Israel. "If Israel continues with its actions, I will cancel the security agreement with it. Why continue? Why am I committed to security coordination? And we can breathe without security coordination. Before that, we were breathing, and our people were fighting the occupation," he said, referring to the second intifada terror spree.
Abbas went on to say that terrorism is still on the table: "I do not endorse armed resistance at the moment, but I may change my mind later."
He then elaborated, "I do not adopt military resistance at this time, but it is possible that I change my mind tomorrow or after tomorrow, or any time.
"We grew up in the armed resistance, until we reached the international club," Abbas added, apparently pining for the days in the 1970s when Palestinian international...Read More
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From Ian: 'Herzl is our George Washington and Thomas Jefferson all wrapped in one' "Today, Theodor Herzl is best known for his beard, not his books," laments Gil Troy, editor of "The Zionist Writings of Theodor Herzl," in his introductory essay to a new edition of Herzl's diaries. Troy, a professor of history at Canada's McGill University now living in Israel, wants to make Zionism's founders come alive for the next generation. His latest effort is a three-volume collection of Herzl's writings. The brainchild behind the series is Matthew Miller, owner of Koren Publishers, a Jerusalem publishing house producing mainly religious texts. Drawing inspiration from the Library of America, a publisher of notable American classics and historical works, Miller decided to create a Library of the Jewish People to bring together the best writings from Jewish history in the fields of religion, the arts and politics. "The Zionist Writings" are the first titles in that ambitious effort. They include a fairly comprehensive collection of Herzl's diaries and other works, including his play "The New Ghetto" (1894), of which Herzl biographer Alex Bein said, "Herzl completed his inner return to his people"; Herzl's 1896 manifesto "The Jewish State"; and important essays, like "The Menorah" (1897), showing how, through Zionism, Herzl reconnected with his Judaism. The series...Read More |
Haym Salomon may not be the only Jew who helped to fund the American Revolution, but his name is the one that is most likely to be familiar to you. Honored with a commemorative stamp in 1975 for his contributions to American independence, Salomon gave without limits to his country. Wars, as everyone knows, are expensive, and when provisions are lacking and salaries aren't paid, soldiers can easily be stirred to mutiny. Haym Salomon came through time and again with "loans" for the army to cover salaries for officials, and to pay for countless essentials. All told, Salomon contributed some $640,000 to the Revolution, an astronomical sum for those days. He never accepted repayment. Haym Salomon Born in Lissa (Leszno), Poland in 1740, Haym Salomon came to New York in 1775 and quickly established himself as a successful broker. New York, in those days, was the British seat of government in the colonies. Salomon joined the Sons of Liberty, a paramilitary organization much like the Etzel. It was the Sons of Liberty who were responsible for the Boston Tea Party. They also popularized the use of tar and feathers to shame and punish British government officials and loyalists. The Sons were also not unknown to burn down a building (or two). In a story reminiscent of Joseph, the prisoner who interpreted dreams, Haym...Read More |
From Arab News: UNESCO has included mansaf, the national dish of Jordan, on its list of intangible cultural heritage. A file was submitted to the organization, "Mansaf in Jordan: A Ceremonial Feast and Its Social and Cultural Connotations," in March 2021, in a bid to include the dish on the list, the Jordan News Agency reported. Makram Qaisi, Jordan's permanent representative to UNESCO, said that the addition was announced during the 17th session of the intergovernmental committee for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, being held in Rabat, Morocco, from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3. Jordanian media has been celebrating UNESCO's honoring of mansaf. Arabic media, though, adds a little bit of color about the legendary origins of the dish. From Al Jazeera: The history of Mansaf dates back more than 3,000 years, according to historians, when the Moabite king Mesha asked his people in the 19th century BC (sic) to cook meat...Read More |
From Ian: Two former diplomats display their inveterate animus towards Israel We must ask: Why are Miller and Kurtzer not calling on the Biden administration to simply uphold U.S. law—namely, the Taylor Force Act—which stipulates that American financial aid misappropriated by the P.A. in order to reward terrorism must be withheld? Why do the authors not criticize the administration's decision to continue funding the P.A.— $816 million this year from American taxpayers—despite the law? In contrast to the kind words for the P.A., Miller and Kurtzer refer to the incoming Israeli government in the most vitriolic terms: "Radical, racist, misogynistic and homophobic." Yet Israel's next Gay Pride Week and Parade are scheduled for June 2023. There is no such celebration scheduled in any territory controlled by the P.A. or Hamas. In fact, gays are routinely murdered—often thrown off buildings head first—in Hamas-controlled Gaza. As for misogyny, do Miller and Kurtzer really believe that women in Palestinian-controlled territories are living as equals to men and enjoy greater rights than women in Israel? It is telling, moreover, that Miller and Kurtzer do not even mention the issue of religious tolerance. Christians live in peace and freedom in Israel. This is most definitely not the case in P.A.- or Hamas-controlled territory. Seventy years ago, Bethlehem was 86% Christian;...Read More |
There has been a lot of coverage of the Jordanian film Farha, now available on Netflix, which includes a scene of Israeli soldiers execute a family with a baby for sheer pleasure. Israellycool excerpts some scenes.
His characterization of the film as a blood libel is accurate. People assume that a historic drama is based on reality, and while there were scattered instances of Israeli outrages in 1948 as in any war, they were most definitely the exception and were generally punished. Farha says that this was - and is - the norm for Israel, and as such it is outrageous.
But let's do a thought experiment.
Let's pretend that someone made an accurate drama about the massacre of Jews in Hebron in 1929.
The reality is that the Arabs did do atrocities then. As survivors testified, these included "widespread rape. The castration of seven men, including rabbis in their 60s and 70s. A seventy year old tied to a door and tortured until he died. A two-year-old with his head torn off. A rabbi set on fire. An elderly disabled pharmacist tortured to death, his wife mutilated, his daughter raped and murdered."
It would be a compelling story, with real drama and real facts. And it would never be shown on Netflix.
Movies about Nazis massacring Jews are fine, and the more detail, the better. But movies about Arabs abusing Jews? No...Read More |
From The Hill: More than a hundred lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday asking President Biden for a national strategy to combat antisemitism and a "whole-of-government" approach to threats and violence against Jewish communities. "As members of the House and Senate Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism, we write to urge you to ensure leaders working within your Administration are working together to execute a unified national strategy to monitor and combat antisemitism," the lawmakers said in the letter. "With Jewish communities worldwide facing increasing discrimination, as well as threats and acts violence, we believe a whole-of-government approach is needed to effectively address the scourge of antisemitism," they added. Leaders of the Senate and House Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism put forth the letter with 126 lawmaker signatures from both parties to ask Biden for increased interagency coordination and collaboration. Strategic coordination would help agencies "share best practices, data, and intelligence; identify gaps in efforts; streamline overlapping activities and roles; and execute a unified national strategy," the lawmakers said. Why on Earth are...Read More |
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