| PCHR: The "human rights" NGO that proudly and explicitly supports terrornoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 14 May 04:45 AM On Saturday, the Palestinian | |  |
On Saturday, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued a press release claiming that a statement by Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) was part of a "smear campaign" against them.
Yet in that very statement, PCHR published this bullet point:
PCHR affirms the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation by all available means, including armed struggle, all the way to achieve their legitimate rights, end the occupation, and establish their independent state."All available means, including armed struggle" means that this "human rights" organization officially supports terror attacks against civilians. There is no caveat there.
Indeed, PCHR has never, to my knowledge, said a word against Palestinian terror attacks or rocket salvos towards civilian areas.
Yet this terror -supporting "human rights" organization is still respected by the international community.
It is becoming more and more apparent that killing Jews and "human rights" are not considered incompatible by an increasing umber of people and organizations that style themselves as supporting "social justice."
In a sane world, this statement would result in an immediate outcry and end to international funding of PCHR, which are listed on their website:
1 Al Maqdese for Society Development
2 Al-Quds Association...Read More |
From Ian: Sweden wins 2023 Eurovision, while Israel's Noa Kirel finishes in 3rd place Sweden won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool early Sunday morning, with Israel's Noa Kirel finishing in third place. The win for Sweden's Loreen, with her power ballad "Tattoo," marked the Scandinavian country's seventh-total win at the competition, tying it for most overall victories with Ireland. It was also the second Eurovision win for Loreen, who took home the top prize at the 2012 contest with "Euphoria" — becoming only the second artist to ever win twice. Finland took second place, and Italy fourth. Kirel, 22, finished with 362 points overall — 177 from the juries and 185 from the televote. Israel received top marks from the juries of Italy, Azerbaijan, France, Armenia and Poland, and finished the jury vote in second place overall. Among just the audience vote, Israel finished in fifth overall. The third place finish for Israel is the best showing for the country since Netta Barzilai won the competition in 2018 with "Toy." After completing her powerhouse performance on Saturday night, Kirel broke down in tears just before exiting the stage. "Wow, I don't have the words to explain how exciting it was to represent my country when millions of eyes around the world are watching every movement and note," Kirel said in a statement shared by the Kan public broadcaster...Read More |
From Ian: Israel at 75: A Conversation by Liel Leibovitz, John Podhoretz, Dan Senor, Ben Shapiro, Meir Y. Soloveichik and Bret Stephens This conversation took place over Zoom on April 27, 2023. Liel Leibovitz is a columnist for Tablet and wrote last month's cover article, "The Return of Paganism." John Podhoretz is the editor of COMMENTARY. Dan Senor is a member of COMMENTARY's board of directors and the co-author of Start-Up Nation. Ben Shapiro is the author of The Right Side of History and host of The Ben Shapiro Show. Meir Y. Soloveichik is a rabbi and academic who writes the Jewish Commentary column in this magazine. Bret Stephens is a contributing editor to COMMENTARY and a Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for the New York Times. JOHN PODHORETZ: In 1948, the Jewish population of Palestine—just as it was about to become Israel—was 716,000. It is now 7.1 million, a tenfold increase, 75 years later. This very radical experiment that under almost preposterous circumstances, and horrible circumstances, was undertaken. Other experiments in the creation of new nations had taken place, of course, in the wake of World War I, and proved illusory or weak or incredibly destabilizing. The other great incepted nation of the 20th century was the Soviet Union. It lasted 74 years. Israel has made it to 75. Why did this experiment in nation-building succeed? Meir Soloveichik: I can answer that...Read More |
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From Ian: Col. Richard Kemp: 'A grave slur against IDF': UN plays right into Islamic Jihad's hands Operation Shield and Arrow has been carried out to date with breathtaking effectiveness. The shield of Iron Dome and David's Sling have prevented major loss of life among the civilian population, although so far one man has been tragically killed and some have been injured, despite a barrage of 547 deadly rockets fired at Israel at the time of writing. The arrows of target intelligence, air strikes and missile attacks have decimated the Gaza terrorist leadership and destroyed many of their weapons. No other military is capable of defending its people with the ferocity and precision the IDF has been showing. Unfortunately, some of Israel's arrows have also killed uninvolved civilians. The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said yesterday that the civilian deaths in Gaza are "unacceptable" and called on Israel to "abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law". This amounts to a grave slur against the IDF which is known by all Western military commanders to be more effective than any other force in the world in preventing the deaths of civilians in enemy territory. Instead, Guterres should have held the Gaza terrorists directly responsible for the killing of their civilians, for it is they who have a deliberate policy of using human shields — a war crime. Not least, Islamic Jihad commanders keep their...Read More |
By Daled Amos As we approach 2024, politicians are beginning to line up to announce their candidacy for the approaching presidential elections. Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are among the Republicans who will apparently battle it out in the primaries. On the Democratic side, Biden has announced that he and Kamala Harris will run for re-election. And the presidential campaign season means that at some point, these politicians will feel the need to brag about being a friend of Israel. One of those will be the current vice president, Kamala Harris. The last time around, Harris could rely on the ringing endorsement she received from Kveller.com, which reminded us that Kamala Harris Has an Adorable Yiddish Nickname - Momaleh. On top of that, while growing up in the Bay Area of San Francisco, Harris collected money in the Jewish National Fund boxes...Read More |
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Gaza City, May 11 - The brutal crimes of the Zionists will not go unanswered. Their cowardly targeting of our personnel and their families this past week deserves retaliation for which the enemy will not be prepared: we will follow our own timing and considerations when we offer our pathetic, underwhelming justice. We will avenge the deaths of the martyrs Khalil Bahitini, Tarek Azaldin, and Jahed Ahman at a time we choose, in a manner that we determine, which will of course have no effect on anything except maybe scare some people and, who knows break some windows? Hit a rocky hillside? We must how the enemy that his evil provocation will not go unanswered. Our answer will come at our discretion, on our timetable, not when the enemy expects and not when so-called "rules" or precedents dictate. Our answer, in the form of inaccurate rockets, abortive shootings, ineffective bombs, or impotent stabbing attempts, will hit them when they have become complacent, no longer anticipating such a bold display of weakness. We will watch the enemy cower in fear as our missiles miss their targets. We will read of hundreds of thousands of Zionist usurpers trudging in annoyance to shelters as Iron Dome downs any missile that would hit a populated area. The minor inconvenience we will cause will avenge...Read More |
On Thursday, an Iranian-built missile hit a building in Rehovot, killing an 80-year old woman..
Usually, in my experience, only media associated with Gaza terror groups would routinely refer to Israelis within the Green Line as "settlers." The independent and Fatah-leaning media would still distinguish between pre-1967 Israel and the territories.
However, with the death in Rehovot, the independent Palestinian media have generally been referring to the victim as a "settler" and Rehovot as a :"settlement."
Ma'an News Agency, originally funded by Denmark, writes, "a settler was killed and 8 others were injured."
Safa, which is a private news agency, says, "An Israeli settler was killed" and says missiles were shot towards the "settlements...Read More |
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