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Jordan quietly admits the existence of the Temples on the Temple Mountnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 14 Jun 04:45 AM We've noted previously that the Like   Tweet   Jordan quietly admits the existence of the Temples on the Temple Mount noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 14 Jun 04:45 AM We've noted previously that the Waqf tourist guides to the Temple Mount from the 1920s through 1950 freely admitted that the Dome of the Rock was built on the spot of the two Jewish Temples. Now the updated editions of the Waqf guide explicitly denies any Jewish connection to the Mount. But a new photo book of the Temple Mount, "The Noble Sanctuary Book," has just been released and it was clearly made with the blessings of the Jordanian government and the Waqf, which granted the photographer Bashar Tabbah access to places not open to the public. The introduction was written by a member of Jordan's royal family. The historical section of the book was written by an American archaeologist, Dr. Robert Schick. And his description indicates that the Temples were indeed on that site - and he brings proof from the Quran: There is a little wiggle room there to say that it is possible that the Temples were elsewhere in Jerusalem, and it looks like Schick tried to thread the needle between honesty and...Read More 06/13 Links Pt2: The Antisemitic Origins of Islamist Violence; White House consulting CAIR on antisemitism is like inviting 'butchers to National Vegetarian Day' noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 13 Jun 05:00 PM From Ian: The Antisemitic Origins of Islamist Violence: A Study of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic State Islamism is one of the least understood forms of anti-Semitism. Leave to one side those who foolishly romanticise Islamist groups as fighting a heroic anti-colonial struggle against Israel and the West. Even those who, quite rightly, condemn Jihadi violence all too often lack a broader understanding of the Islamist world view. Being appalled by terrorist atrocities is not the same as grappling with the ideas of the broader political movement that motivates them. Opponents of Islamism most often see it as essentially an extreme form of Islam as a religion. Such a conclusion is understandable as it is possible to selectively pull-out quotes from the Koran showing antipathy towards Jews. It is also important to note that Islamists present themselves as representing the true face of Islam. But the fact that Islamists identify themselves in these terms is a reason to question the claim rather than take it as a given. Reducing Islamism to a form of extremist religion is hard to maintain once it is examined more closely. For a start, empirical studies of Jihadis and Islamist activists tend to suggest most have a skimpy knowledge of the religion. Their reading of Islamic texts tends to be highly tendentious. It is also insufficiently...Read More Demolitions of thousands of Arab family homes aren't reported on @CNN or the @NYTimes noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 13 Jun 03:00 PM From The New Arab, May 26: Residents in the Egyptian town of Al-Arish have expressed anger over security forces demolishing their homes to make way for a new port in the Suez Canal. In videos shared by activists online, men, women and children can be seen visibly distressed while protesting against the destruction of their homes in the city's Al-Mina district. The Sinai Foundation for Human Rights NGO said that Egyptian security forces launched a campaign to demolish homes in Arish in March this year despite residents' protests, according to Al-Jazeera Mubasher. The group's director, Ahmed Salem, also stated that at least 20,000 people are impacted by the ongoing home demolitions. Many residents who gave up their homes had complained that they were not adequately compensated despite promises, while others were at risk of homelessness due to insufficient funds to rent other properties, the NGO added. Additionally, many handed over ownership of their homes due to pressure from security forces, while a number of homes were destroyed before compensation was even offered, leaving many homeless. It is truly a shame that these people don't have the fortune of having their homes bulldozed by Israel. If they had, there would be crowds of reporters, dozens of NGOs interviewing them, and UN resolutions condemning the destruction. But their homes are being destroyed by Egypt, so the world...Read More The threat of Hezbollah explosives-filled tunnels noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 13 Jun 01:20 PM Alma Research and Education Center, which does a lot of analysis of Hezbollah, gives the world something to worry about: In our opinion, explosive-filled terror tunnels are one of the threats and "surprises" that might be expected in a future confrontation with Hezbollah. The threat of terror tunnels is another layer in the underground infrastructure of Hezbollah's "Land of the Tunnels" in Lebanon, which comprises attack tunnels, infrastructure tunnels, and strategic tunnels. In October 2021, we released an article regarding Hezbollah's "Land of the Tunnels" underground infrastructure in Lebanon. The usage of explosive-filled tunnels is less recognized. These tunnels are packed with explosives that run beneath a community, security facility, or geographical location where an explosion might harm the enemy. The tunnel is filled with tons of explosives and is sealed and activated at a determined moment. Using these tunnels causes significant destruction. Due to their immense force and underground location, explosive charges in tunnels of this type, unlike bombs or missiles from the air, have the effect of an earthquake rather than a bomb and can thus destroy a community or an entire facility. The utilization of this strategy during World War I is a distinct example of this. The Germans and the British excavated hundreds of such tunnels beneath no...Read More 06/13 Links Pt1: Yet another UN farce; UNRWA strike is an opportunity to shut it down for good; Palestinians Build A Mosque, Destroying An Ancient Jewish Fortress In Samaria noreply@blogger.com (Ian), 13 Jun 11:00 AM From Ian: Jpost Editorial: Yet another UN farce The UN Commission of Inquiry is not only continuing its track record of anti-Israel bias – it is surpassing it and dragging the bias to new lows. "The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," to give it its full title – or UN COI as it is known in brief – was approved and funded by the UN General Assembly in December 2021. Its establishment came following the 11-day war the previous May that started when Hamas in Gaza launched rockets at Jerusalem and much of the rest of Israel. The COI is an unprecedented, open-ended war crimes probe against Israel. Since no such open-ended investigation has ever been instigated against any other UN member, nobody should have been under any illusion that the reports would be fair or unbiased. The UN's biased panel members The composition of the three-member panel should have indeed dispelled any remaining thoughts that the UN might approach Israel and the Palestinians with an open mind. All three members – former UN high commissioner for human rights and current COI Chair Navi Pillay, Chris Sidoti and Miloon Kothari – were all well-known for their anti-Israel stances. The results were a foregone conclusion. The commission's mandate allows it to investigate any alleged Israeli human rights violations in sovereign Israel, the West Bank and Gaza...Read More Roger Waters supports free speech, but only that he agrees with noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 13 Jun 09:20 AM In April, when the city of Frankfurt planned to cancel their Roger Waters concert for antisemitism, he wrote on Instagram: ROGER WATERS FRANKFURT SHOW UPDATE FRANKFURT COUNCIL WERE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO ROGER WATERS INTERIM INJUNCTION BY MIDNIGHT APRIL 14 DID THEY? NOBODY KNOWS? WE CAN ONLY GUESS AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRANKFURT? ARE THEY PLAYING FOR TIME? WHO KNOWS? NOT THAT IT MATTERS MUCH! WE'RE COMING ANYWAY! BECAUSE HUMAN RIGHTS MATTER! BECAUSE FREE SPEECH MATTERS! YES! FRANKFURT CITY COUNCIL WE REMEMBER KRISTALLNACHT! LIKE SOPHIE SCHOLL OUR FATHERS STOOD WITH THOSE THREE THOUSAND JEWISH MEN AND TODAY WE STAND WITH THE PALESTINIANS! WE'RE COMING TO FRANKFURT ON THE 28TH OF MAY! LOVE R. (Yes, he pretends to understand Kristallnacht better than the Germans do.) Last week Waters again said that he supports free speech: Free speech matters! Except when it doesn't. This week, for at least the third time, a fan with an Israeli flag was forcibly removed from a Roger Waters show and the flag desecrated. Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters, who has lately featured repeatedly in the news for all the wrong reasons, has stated that wearing a mock Nazi uniform...Read More Amnesty International again proves it twists international law against Israel noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 13 Jun 07:08 AM Amnesty released a quite predictable report on the mini-war in Gaza last month. As is always the case, Amnesty assumed that ay Israeli actions were war crimes before writing a single word and then fit the facts to their predetermined conclusion. Amnesty International investigated nine Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the killing of civilians and in the damage and destruction of residential buildings in the Gaza Strip. Three separate attacks on the first night of bombing on 9 May, in which precision-guided bombs targeted three senior Al-Quds Brigades commanders, killed 10 Palestinian civilians, and injured at least 20 others. They were launched into densely populated urban areas at 2am when families were sleeping at home, which suggests that those who planned and authorized the attacks anticipated – and likely disregarded – the disproportionate harm to civilians. Intentionally launching disproportionate attacks, a pattern Amnesty International has documented in previous Israeli operations, is a war crime. The ICRC says The principle of proportionality prohibits attacks against military objectives which are "expected...Read More    ©2023 EoZ | EoZ, NYC area Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company