| New conspiracy theory: Normalization is meant for US and Europe to relocate millions of Jews to Arab countries, because of ...global warming?noreply@ | |
Every once in a while one can see the birth of a new conspiracy theory in the Arab world.
This one is a doozy.
Palestinian news site Amad reports that the Egypt-based Justice and Development Organization for Human Rights, which we recently noted supports Hamas terrorism, has figured out why the US is pushing normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states.
According to this theory, because of climate change, millions of Jews will want to emigrate from the US and Europe to Israel.
Israel is too small to accommodate them, so - according to Zaidan al-Qani, its spokesperson - the US hatched a plan with Israel to push normalization with Arab countries so that the millions of Jews have a place to go.
Al-Qani added that Arab governments are implementing the "deal of the century" with its various clauses in agreement with the United States of America, with the aim of opening the doors of Arab countries to settle Jews displaced from Europe and America.
It's a little unclear why...Read More
|
From Ian: The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai helped shape Israel-India relations November 26 marks 13 years since the terror attacks in Mumbai, India. On that night, in 2008, 10 gunmen associated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT – "Army of the Righteous") organization attacked five locations in the city, firing at random, with the simple intention of killing the maximum number of people. The attackers deliberately targeted areas of the city frequented by foreigners, evidently with the intention that this would maximize the global impact of their actions. Among the sites targeted was Nariman House, known also as "Chabad House." Six Israeli citizens were tortured and murdered at this site, which had been deliberately selected by the organizers. Among the dead Israelis were Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, who managed the Chabad House. Sandra Samuel, an Indian citizen who worked as a nanny for the Holtzbergs, famously risked her own life to save their then two-year-old son, Moshe. The Mumbai attacks did not conclude on the evening of November 26, 2008. Rather, the gunmen took hostages and held off the Indian security forces for three days. The final death toll was 165 killed, consisting of 140 Indian citizens and 25 foreign visitors. Nine of the 10 gunmen were also killed. The 10th was apprehended by the authorities, convicted of murder, and executed...Read More |
When BDS says that it was created by a call from "Palestinian civil society," or when the socialist Left complains that Israel is calling some "Palestinian human rights groups" fronts for terrorism, they try to give the impression that Palestinian society is a socialist paradise. It is nothing of the sort.
While Palestinian terrorism had originally traditionally skewed far to the Left, with the most spectacular terror attacks of the 1960s and 70s coming from socialist organizations like the PFLP and its offshoots, the vast majority of Palestinian society is not interested in socialist ideals.
A new poll from the JMCC asked Palestinians about what should govern the Personal Status Law, and 72.3% of respondents said it should be based on Islamic Sharia.
More directly, the survey asked Palestinians which political party they would vote for in legislative elections. All the socialist parties combined - the PFLP, DFLP, PPP, FIDA - gather just 2% of the support of Palestinians. The socialist Left is excellent at propaganda. They excel at making it appear that they have a groundswell of popular support. The entire concept of basing BDS on the call of "Palestinian civil society" which sounds very impressive while no one realizes it is on the fringe of Palestinian society as a whole is brilliant.
But when you support Palestinians, you are supporting people who show time after time that they support the most regressive positions in regards to social justice issues.
Here is an infographic...Read More |
From Ian: Meir Y. Soloveichik: The 1620 Project Four hundred years ago this month, the Mayflower set sail for the New World. On board was William Bradford, who would serve for decades as governor of Plymouth Colony and whose memoir is still the central source of knowledge about the colonists' triumphs and travails. His grave is in Plymouth as well, an obelisk marking the spot and bearing his name. But above the engraved English words three words appear, etched in Hebrew: Adonai ezer hayai, the Lord is the help of my life. To most tourists, the Hebrew words are gibberish, but to Jews who come upon them, they are a source of fascination—and a reminder, 400 years after the Mayflower set sail, of the remarkable tale of America itself. The origin of the intriguing epitaph can be found in Nick Bunker's fascinating book on the Pilgrims, Making Haste from Babylon. There he reveals Bradford's fascination with Hebrew, and how, at the end of his life, he began to study what he saw as a sacred script. "I have had a longing desire," Bradford reflected, "to see with my owne eyes, something of that most ancient language, and holy tongue … and what names were given to things, from the Creation." With paper scarce, Bradford "copied out his exercises on blank pages at the front of the manuscript of his history of the plantation. He covered the white space with nearly 900 Hebrew words, starting...Read More |
From Ian: Mark Regev: Anti-Zionism, antisemitism does nothing to help Palestinians THERE IS a lesson here for all the militant "friends" of the Palestinians worldwide. Demonization of Israel, unequivocal backing of maximalist demands and fervent opposition to any concessions, does nothing to help the Palestinians. Such positions only support the perpetuation of the futile hardline approach that created the Nakba in the first place. From Dublin to Durban to Detroit, those urging the Palestinians to remain steadfast and unbending, proclaiming their belief in ultimate victory, are peddling a lie. Every vector points in the opposite direction. With each passing year Israel is stronger; more powerful militarily, more influential diplomatically, more integrated regionally, more consequential economically, more sizable demographically and more advanced technologically. There is no evidence that Palestinians will somehow be able to dictate terms, and by promoting a maximalist stance divorced from the strategic realities these "friends" are emboldening the intransigence that can only lead the Palestinian people to a political dead end. Such an untenable position can have no logic unless the militants' publicly professed solidarity with the Palestinians is merely a veil for the oldest of hatreds. Of course, charges of antisemitism often face a knee-jerk rejection...Read More |
The pace of normalization between Israel and Arab countries is, if anything accelerating. This week we saw Israel and Morocco signing a security deal, Israel's former defense minister "Bogie" Ya'alon announced a new Israeli-owned venture capital fund in the UAE, American Jewish leaders are openly visiting Gulf leaders, the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem wrote an op-ed in the Khaleej Times, and Qatar reached an agreement with Israel for the diamond trade, allowing Israeli companies to open there.
Any one of these would have front page news two years ago. Now they are happening every day.
Palestinians are alarmed at losing their Arab patrons, who for so many years they were able to bully in the name of "Arab unity."
This cartoon in Felesteen shows this antipathy with an illustration that would be considered very positive for Israel and very negative for Palestinians. The caption says "Security and economic agreements...Read More |
In the early 1990s, the Internet Usenet forums were flooded by Holocaust deniers with long, detailed articles that purported to show that the Holocaust never happened. This upset a lot of people, as most of the newsgroups were not moderated and no one could keep them out. Some would ignore them, some tried to create a new group where people could argue about the Holocaust.
Most people didn't notice that the antisemites were using the forums to refine their arguments to become more effective.
The points that were easily debunked were dropped, while arguments that could not be as easily countered were promoted and refined. Blatant antisemitism was reduced while pseudo-scientific arguments were improved in order to make the Holocaust deniers appear more reasonable and interested in historic research and debate.
In less than a year, the antisemites had managed to transform themselves from looking like bigots into looking like historians who were just challenging the conventional narrative. Without knowing the context of where they came from and a deep knowledge of the subject matter, their heavily footnoted papers appeared to have some legitimacy and could fool people who did not understand the nature of propaganda.
The so-called revisionists did not become any less antisemitic. They still subscribe to conspiracy theories where Jews are promoting myths to gain power. But by leveraging the nascent Internet, they learned how to hide their antisemitism better and present themselves...Read More |
| | | |
