| Israeli plan to connect electricity grid to Europe and Gulf statesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 12 Jul 04:45 AM From Offshore Energy:Israel's Ener | | From Offshore Energy:
Israel's Energy and Infrastructure Ministry is planning to construct a 150-kilometer submarine cable along the country's Mediterranean coast that will connect to Europe with the possibility to connect to Gulf countries. Israeli State Council for Planning and Construction announced on 4 July it will promote the planning and establishment of the submarine power cable initiated by Minister of Energy Israel Katz after the matter was examined by the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. The cable will run from the southern city of Ashkelon to the northern city of Haifa to mostly transmit electricity generated through renewable energy sources in the south to cities in the center and north. It is planned to connect the Israeli power grid to Europe through Cyprus, with an option to connect to the Gulf countries through Jordan and to Egypt, along the planned Peace Railroad route, in order to receive backup for the local grid and export green energy produced in Israel. The plan envisages the project to connect the Israeli electricity grid to Europe and Asia through the EuroAsia Interconnector which will connect Israel, Cyprus and Greece. It sounds like there will be large solar energy farms in the Negev that will be able to supply electric power to the north of Israel.
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From Ian: Michael Gove: 'There is significant overlap between antisemitism and conspiracy theories' There is a "significant" overlap between antisemitism and conspiracy theories, Michael Gove has said. The Communities Secretary made the point after King's College London undertook a study to find out if antisemitism was more common among those on the political left, or on the right. The study concluded that "antisemitism may be less closely linked to political beliefs than has previously been implied, and more closely linked to opinions and views on other topics such as religion, ethnic nationalism, and conspiracy theories." The study also found those with a susceptibility to conspiracy theories were most likely to be antisemites. Responding to a question from Labour MP Alex Sobel, Gove replied: "He is absolutely right. There is a significant overlap between antisemitism and conspiracy theories. "And it is the case that many of the tricks that conspiracists use are drawn from the antisemitic library, but it is important with the Online Safety Bill to balance the right to free speech with vigilance in dealing with hate and this Government is absolutely committed to combating antisemitism wherever it rears its head." The Leeds North West MP had asked him in the Commons: "Did the Secretary of State see the research...Read More |
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Palestinian prime minister Mohamed Shtayyeh spoke at an investment conference he set up, with about 45 Jordanian potential investors in attendance. It was at the Fourth Economic Empowerment Conference in Hebron.
His pitch was a little unconventional.
Usually, when speaking to foreign audiences, he emphasizes how difficult things are and how all of the Palestinian Authority problems are coming from Israel. He says how helpless they are and how they need more foreign aid because all of their money is being stolen by Israel. In other words, his usual message is one of pure victimhood and helplessness.
But to this audience, suddenly the Palestinian territories are a fertile ground for investment and a sure thing to make money.
"Despite the occupation and the challenges it poses, Palestine is full of promising investment opportunities in various commercial and industrial sectors, and it deserves a visit, solidarity and strengthening the steadfastness of its people, and it is an appropriate and feasible place for investment because it achieves a meaningful return for investors."
See? Things are great economically! It just depends on the audience!
The "moderate" PM then spoke about the...Read More |
Call the police!
Last week, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk condemned the Jenin operation, saying that some of the methods and weapons used "are more generally associated with the conduct of hostilities in armed conflict, rather than law enforcement."
"The use of airstrikes is inconsistent with rules applicable to the conduct of law enforcement operations. In a context of occupation, the deaths resulting from such airstrikes may also amount to willful killings," he said.
What Turk is saying, and what many "human rights" NGOs believe, is that an belligerent occupier must adhere strictly to human rights law which means that any activity done must be police-type law enforcement operations.
Nations at war, on the other hand, must adhere to international humanitarian law (IHL), which govern wars. The Geneva Conventions are the source for much of IHL.
Turk is wrong. When Israel faces an armed militant group, it not only can but should apply the laws of war. It is absurd to pretend that police actions are adequate to maintain the peace when an armed group has taken over a town. When there are civilians protesting, that calls for law enforcement; when there are heavily armed militants with machine guns and IEDs, that calls for the army and the laws of armed conflict.
The line between the two is not so clear. This was recognized in...Read More |
From Ian: Amb. Alan Baker: The UN and EU's hostility and double standards toward Israel Aliens landing on Earth from the moon would be struck by amazement and disbelief upon hearing the latest official statements condemning Israel by the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and the so-called High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, regarding Israel's recent military action against the terror infrastructure in Jenin. They would immediately imagine in their mind's-eye Israel's forces, one sunny July morning, deciding out of the blue to willfully, cruelly, and disproportionately attack a sleepy refugee camp in the town of Jenin, for no apparent reason, while the camp's innocent and peace-loving residents rest in their tents. They would not fathom why anyone would want to attack such a sleepy refugee camp. This, indeed, is the way in which the UN and the EU, as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross and others such as US Congresswoman for Minnesota Ilhan Omar, have, lock stock, and barrel, so willingly, completely and utterly bought-into and openly repeat deliberately false and misleading Palestinian propaganda. As UN Secretary-General Guterres stated: "Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West Bank in many years, with a significant impact on civilians," calling on Israel to abide by its obligations under...Read More |
Most of the coverage of the IDF drone strike on June 21 says that one of the victims, from Islamic Jihad, was 17-year old Ashraf Murad Saadi. Islamic Jihad's own press release for the attack said that their heroic martyr Saadi was 17, and most of the world's media accepted that as his real age.
But Saadi wasn't 17. He was 15.
Electronic Intifada mentioned his real age. And so did an article in Al Ayyam a week after his death, where it was clear that his mother knew that Saadi was a member of a terror organization.
She said, "When Ashraf went out of the house in the evening hours, I felt a lump...Read More
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How many ways can one minimize and then legitimize terror attacks against Jews?
Tareq Baconi, former senior analyst for Israel/Palestine at the International Crisis Group and the author of "Hamas Contained" who is now president of the board of al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, displays a lot of them in New York Times guest essay.
Purportedly an analysis of Jenin, he breaks new ground in first obfuscating, and ultimately justifying, Palestinian attacks on civilians. At a Fourth of July event in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli Army had attacked "the most legitimate target on the planet — people who would annihilate our country." He was referring to months of armed resistance against Israeli settlers by young men in the Jenin refugee camp. To Baconi, people like brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, shot to death by a Hamas resident of Jenin while doing the crime of driving, are mere "settlers," and their murder was "resistance." He conveniently doesn't mention that the terror wave that gripped Israel even within the invisible line that somehow differentiates between human beings and "settlers" also came from Jenin. Three civilians in Tel Aviv were murdered in April 2022 by a terrorist from Jenin - either they don't exist or are also "settlers." The terrorist who...Read More |
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