| 55 years ago: Polish communist leader admits that "anti-Zionism" is antisemitismnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 11 Jul 04:45 AM From the Daily Telegr | | From the Daily Telegraph, July 10, 1968: The Guardian adds more detail: Today's left-wing anti-Zionism is rooted in communist "anti-Zionism" which was obviously thily-disguised antisemitism from the post-war years. The number of stories of Soviet and other communist country repression of Jews are well known. Here's an account from 1949 that was originally published in the New York Herald Tribune: * * * * * * 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 |
This is a strange one. The Development Initiatives website used to have very extensive statistics on aid given, both from donors and to which recipients. But its latest report only discusses the top ten recipients, and this year the Palestinians are not listed among the top ten - they had been at or near the top from the early 2000s to at least 2015.
But it does mention the Palestinians in a different context.
In "Figure 2.6: The numbers of forcibly displaced people across the globe increased by almost 20% between 2021 and 2022, to more than 100 million people," it gives numbers of "forcibly displaced" people in "Palestine" for 2021 and 2022: It says that the number of "forcibly displaced" Palestinians in the territories increased from 2.4 million to 2.9 million in only one year.
The footnotes say that it got these statistics from UNRWA: "Data is organised according to UNHCR's definitions of country/territory of asylum. According to data provided by UNRWA, registered Palestine refugees are included as refugees for Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. UNHCR data represents 2022 mid-year figures, and UNRWA data for 2022 is based on internal estimates."
First of all, it is absurd to say that the number of UNRWA registered refugees in the West Bank and Gaza increased by 21% in one year. There was no new influx of refugees to the territories...Read More |
From Ian: David Collier: The BBC blood libel and the shame of a biased media The terrorist recruitment of minors For decades intelligence services and governments in the west have been fully aware that radical Islamic terror groups recruit children (under 18 years of age). From Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan to the Afghani Shia Fatemiyoun Brigade, hundreds of Islamic forces across the globe bolster their numbers and capabilities by using children. The recruitment can have devastating results, especially as potential victims may be less suspicious when a child approaches. Here are some recent attacks carried out by young terrorists against Israelis: March 2023 – Muhammad Bassel Fathi Zalbani, 13 years old. Killed a security guard. February 2023 – Jaffar Matour, 14 years old. Stabbed 17-year-old Israeli child. January 2023 – Mahmoud Muhammad Aliwat, 13 yearsold. Shot and wounded two Israelis in Jerusalem. The list above contains just a few recent examples. In 2015/6 many of the attackers in the 'Knife Intifada' were minors, and minors-as suicide-bombers were used dozens of times during the second Intifada. For example, on 1 November 2004, a 16-year-old terrorist killed three Israelis and wounded 30 when in the middle of the crowded Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, he detonated the suicide vest he was wearing underneath his clothes. BBC and the skewing of news The BBC, like all western media, is fully aware of the truth. Yet...Read More |
Last week, YNet reported: Jerusalem and Washington are advancing a secret plan to establish a continuous land bridge connecting the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel, leading from the Persian Gulf straight to Israel's seaports. This is intended for the export of goods from the East to Europe through Israel, and later for tourist movement as well. The land bridge will enable trucks to transport goods while significantly reducing transportation costs and time compared to the current situation. According to a study conducted by the Foreign Ministry and the U.S. government, the time reduction is estimated to be from two to three days to several weeks, and saving up to 20% in shipping costs. Currently, trucks leaving the United Arab Emirates reach the port of Haifa via the Allenby Bridge but face bureaucratic procedures, including driver changes, paperwork and lengthy waiting times. Another expensive option for shipping goods is via ships through the Suez Canal and then to European ports, which is also costly. The idea is to enable the arrival of a single truck and driver from Dubai to the port of Haifa, for example, without changing drivers and trucks at border crossings between countries. The Israeli Foreign Ministry presented the plan to the U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein. According to senior Israeli officials, the Americans were enthusiastic about the plan and began promoting it with the involved...Read More |
On Sunday, I saw a tweeter quoting a 2019 Hanan Ashrawi tweet: This is a ridiculous theory, so I responded: Somehow, between 1921 and 1948, under full British control, Zionists managed to build a prosperous economy and effective governance. Palestinians have had since 1994 with more autonomy than Jews had. And yet they blame Israel for their failures. As usual when I strike a nerve, I got a lot of angry responses , nearly all of which are the usual mindless anti-Israel drivel. But a few people made one reasonable point. So I answered that point and elaborated on my initial tweet. The only reasonable response to this has been that the Zionists had large amounts of capital from the Jewish diaspora. This is true - and it proves my point. Jews didn't depend on anyone else to build their nation. They funded it themselves, they drained the swamps themselves, they built their government themselves, they built cities from scratch themselves, they built an economy themselves. They had no foreign aid, no NGOs giving advice, and the British didn't allow them to do a great deal. Now let's look at Palestinians since 1994. They've received tens of billions of dollars - from the EU, from the Arab world, from the US. They have more NGOs advising them than anyone...Read More |
From Ian: Col. Richard Kemp on Jenin op: 'Remarkable achievement unprecedented in modern warfare' Colonel Richard Kemp, the former commander of the British military forces in Afghanistan, spoke to Israel National News - Arutz Sheva on Sunday about Operation Home and Garden and the condemnation Israel has received internationally over the operation in Jenin despite the military action resulting in no civilian fatalities. According to Col. Kemp, the complete avoidance of civilian fatalities over two days in Jenin constitutes a "remarkable achievement by the IDF," which is "probably unprecedented in modern warfare." "To conduct an operation of such intensity in an urban area without killing any uninvolved civilians at all is a remarkable achievement by the IDF and probably unprecedented in modern warfare. Casualty ratios in most such operations have often been 3 to 5 civilians killed for every fighter, and that is by Western armies that do their best to avoid civilian casualties and adhere to the laws of war," he explained, adding: "I doubt any other army in the world would be able to achieve what the IDF did in Jenin." Col. Kemp noted that avoiding civilian casualties in a terrorist stronghold such as Jenin "is even more remarkable given that the terrorists in Jenin hid behind the civilian population, used human shields and deliberately tried to lure the IDF into killing civilians in order to attract world condemnation...Read More |
The Municipality of Jerusalem has policies in place for anyone who wants to open up or run a summer camp in the city.
It describes the qualifications needed for camp administrators, the permits necessary, the counselor to camper ratios, insurance requirements, first aid - the normal things you would expect from any city that licenses camps.
But in Jerusalem, they have to worry about an additional issue: the chance that a terrorist might decide to slaughter the campers.
The site says: Security Instructions for a Summer Camp Operator
As you prepare for the opening of the summer camp, we request that you are careful to fulfil the security and safety instructions laid out in the circular by the Ministry of Education's Director General (attached to the summer camp file). .... In every summer camp held at one of the Authority's facilities, with one to 100 children, there is no obligation to have an armed guard. From 100 children onwards, an armed guard is required, according to the circular of the Director General of summer camps. From 300 children up to 750, two armed security guards are required. For 750 or more children - three armed security guards are required. (The decision will be made in accordance with the instructions of the security officer). A camp for up to 100 children without a security guard must have a security officer and must lock the gate and the building in which the camp...Read More |
For the past week, Palestinian media has been filled with articles about how the Jenin Battalion defeated the IDF in Jenin. They don't quite explain how they come to the conclusion that 12 dead terrorists and much destroyed terror infrastructure is a "victory."
Today, the Islamic Jihad-linked Palestine Today published a video of their latest "proof" of this illusory victory.
The video shows an IDF armored D9 bulldozer clearing an area and being targeted with 3 IEDs. The terror website claims that their explosives "disrupted" the bulldozer's work.
But the video shows that the bulldozer didn't even slow down while detonating these bombs.
Israel has created many different armored versions of the Caterpillar D9. According to this Wiki page, in testing the D9R version withstood IED belly charges of 500 kg - more than 5 times the mass of high explosives needed to destroy a main battle tank!
The IDF has been using D9s since the 1950s, and the armored versions have been recognized as saving many lives. D9s prompted top Palestinian terrorists in Jenin to surrender in 2003 as the machinery would slowly dismantle the buildings the terrorists were in - and they had no defense against it, forcing them to surrender before the building would collapse. (It takes...Read More |
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