October 2005 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Monday, October 31, 2005

Jewish holy books desecrated by Muslims. No deadly riots.

From Jerusalem Newswire, pictures from Hebron News:The Taliban's 2001 destruction of ancient Buddhas and this year's alleged desecration of numerous Korans by American soldiers at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba made international headlines and became incidents of global impact.Friday's spiteful desecration of bibles and Jewish prayer books by “Palestinian” Muslims visiting the biblical...

Youths, immigrants, the poor riot in France, - but don't mention they're Muslim

There are now hundreds of articles from news sources on the Web talking about the fourth straight day of riots in France, and almost all of them bend over backwards to avoid mentioning that the rioters are Muslim. (There are a couple of elliptical references to "unease over tear gas in a mosque" or "meeting with the president of the Muslim community" without exactly explaining why.) Can you imagine a similar situation involving the Amish or Mormons...

Truth or fiction? Times (UK) article on Islamic Jihad rockets

Something is not adding up.... Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv IRAN has promised a reward of $10,000 (�5,600) to Islamic Jihad if the militant group launches rockets from the West Bank towards Tel Aviv, a senior Palestinian intelligence official said last week. Speaking in his Ramallah office, the official produced a fat wad of $100 notes which he said had been confiscated from a pro-Iranian Islamic Jihad activist. The money was said to have gone from Iran...

Imbeciles for genocide

If the subject matter wasn't so serious, this stuff would be hilarious.A morning daily said that harsh international reaction to remarks of the Iranian president against the 'Zionist regime' was a pre-staged scenario to put further pressures on Iran.Commenting on the reactions of the world leaders to the speech of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the Israeli regime, 'Iran News' said, "Some analysts believe this episode to have been a pre-coordinated...

AP Sets Record for Most Bias Crammed into Smallest Space (IRIS Blog)

I've been very impressed with the IRIS Blog, which has become a one-stop shop for Israel news and commentary. Here is a typically excellent entry about media bias: AP Sets Record for Most Bias Crammed into Smallest Space Normally brevity is the rule for newspaper captions. There is a problem with this photo, however....

The Palestinian Muslim War against Christians

Another story that the mainstream media will not touch. "The Christians here are perceived as easy prey," complains a prominent Christian businessman. "In recent years there has been an upsurge in the number of attacks on Christians in Bethlehem." Muslim and Christian political leaders in the city strongly deny the existence of an organized anti-Christian campaign, insisting that the violence is mostly the result of "personally motivated" disputes...

A pro-Palestinian terror rally that the media ignored

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Kabatiya, south of Jenin, Wednesday night to celebrate the suicide bombing in Hadera, which was carried out by local resident Hassan Abu Zeid. Chanting Allahu Akbar (God is great), some 3,000 people, including Fatah and Islamic Jihad gunmen, converged on Abu Zeid's home to "congratulate" his family on the success of the attack, which killed five people and wounded more than 30. They also called for...

Ahmadinejad's inspiration to wipe out all Jews

Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seems to have interesting company in his desire to wipe Israel off the map, as this article from the March, 29, 1939 Palestine Post explains.People at the time didn't take the Nazi pronouncements seriously, eithe...

Iran - clear and present danger

By now most people have read of the comments from the Iranian president saying that Israel should be wiped off the map, along with the lukewarm reactions from Germany and France.But Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been busy with other comments lately as well. He ridiculed the West's response to Iran's nuclear ambitions, saying "At first, they made a lot of noise about it, but gradually they were made to sit down quietly” and insisting Iran:...will resume...

Your tax dollars at work

That Palestinian economy must be doing great in order to be able to undertake such a project.The Palestinian Authority, which in recent years has been facing a severe financial crisis, has decided to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in build a large and magnificent mausoleum for former PA chairman Yasser Arafat.The new stately structure will replace the current burial site, which is located in the Mukata "presidential" compound in Ramallah....

Latest Palestinian Newspeak: Jailed Terrorists are "Prisoners of Freedom"

The official Palestinian transcript of Mahmoud Abbas' Rose Garden photo-op with President Bush includes this howler of a quote from the Holocaust denier:"In addition to withdrawal of the Israeli forces to positions prior to September 28, 2000, with the removal of the roadblocks, which unfortunately turned the lives of Palestinians into hardship, suffering, humiliation and also, there is a very important sensitive issue, which is the release of prisoners...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Rather than fight them, Palestinian officials have been negotiating deals with those behind a wave of kidnappings, and the lenience is worsening the chaos left behind after Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a senior Palestinian security official.Citing the example set by Iraqi insurgents, gunmen are increasingly resorting to kidnappings...

A gentle terroristic reminder

Zev at Israel Perspectives reminds us all that while people are debating whether the Hamas terrorists should participate in Palestinian Arab elections, the PLO charter that is still in effect today and on the "Palestinian National Authority" website is no less compromising. Article 2: Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit. (Ze'ev: That would include all of present day Israel, as well...

Palestinian Baby Boom, literally

Sick, twisted bastards.Let's all hold our breath as the condemnations and criticisms come pouring in from the Arab world and the media.Five wanted terror suspects have been arrested in overnight searches conducted by the IDF in a village north of Nablus in the early hours of Saturday.In a house where the suspects were hiding 10 Kg (about 22 pounds) of explosives were found. An extensive search of the house revealed that the wife of one of the suspects...

Christian Zionists investing in Israel

A welcome development, where Christian Zionists decided that the proper response to the ugly divestment drives from PCUSA and others is to increase investment in Israel rather than fight the people who use "divestment" to mask their Jew-hatred. Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Christian Zionists are teaming up to encourage greater investment in Israel. They're hoping to counteract a campaign by a pro-Palestinian group, which has encouraged Christian denominations...

Today's Saeb Erekat Lie

A doozy:PA negotiator Saeb Erekat told Israeli television that Hamas' running in elections is tantamount to giving up weapons.Erekat told Channel 2 television, "No one can use guns and no one can incite verbally and no one can use mosques. So the election law provides that those persons and those factions who run for elections must understand that only through peaceful means can they make changes."Other recent quotes of note from the "doctor": ...

The Atlas that Lies (Benny Morris)

Benny Morris reviews the Atlas of Palestine 1948 and finds (surprise, surprise) that the Palestinian author consistently lies. Considering that he is writing in The New Republic, his bluntness in calling the Palestinian author a liar is almost startling. And while Morris has contributed much to the Israeli left's revisionist history of Israel's birth, no one can claim that he is intellectually dishonest. Here are some large and significant excerpts...

Fences! Checkpoints! Making life difficult for Arabs! Call the UN!

Oh, sorry, it is only Egypt doing these things. They're allowed to defend themselves against terror from other Arabs.Never mind.Egypt has started to build a security fence around the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh to try to stop attacks on the town, security officials say.The officials said the fence would stretch for 20km (12 miles) and force vehicles wanting to enter the town to pass through one of four checkpoints.More than 60 people were killed...

PA reiterates: no intention to disarm terrorists

So this means that the number of concessions the PA has made towards peace remains at exactly zero. Same number as ten years ago; same number as ten years from now.But the State Department never tires of asking Israel to keep on giving rewards to terrorists and terror-supporters.On the eve of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's visit to Washington, the PA announced that it has no intention of disarming Hamas or other armed groups.Abbas...

Chag Same'ach!

Enjoy the holiday! May the bees not bother you!Image from The Holiday Spo...

Peace Now asks Israelis not to be so angry when they get killed

From Arutz Sheva:Peace Now has called on the Israeli government to remove a new community outpost set up by Gush Etzion residents in response to Sunday’s Arab attack which killed three Jews and wounded three others. The group says the new outpost causes “friction” with the Arabs and “endangers IDF soldiers and settlers.” The group’s leader, Yariv Oppenheimer, has called on Israel to stop its “anger” over the terrorist attack and fight terror by...

Two women and a child

Victims of Sunday's shooting attack at Gush Etzion junction laid to rest; Matat Rosenfeld-Adler, 21, married her husband Yisrael only two months ago. Her cousin Kineret Mendel, 23, was the first child born to the founders of the Carmel settlement and 14-year old Oz Ben-Meir was an outstanding athlete, and a navigational expert. CNN International doesn't bother to mention that the victims were women and a child. The Boston Globe waits until paragraph...

Fatah group adds the Galilee to list of "occupied lands"

How predictable is it that Palestinians will always "demand" more until there is no Israel left? A terrorist group aligned with the Palestinian Authority, the Al Aksa Brigades has vowed to continue the armed struggle against Israel until it liberates “Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and the Galilee." The declaration was made in response to an interview given by IDF Chief-of-Staff, Lt.Gen. Dan Halutz, to a French newspaper. Halutz told the paper that the...

Today's Palestinian Police Phunnies

Just remember, Mahmoud Abbas is the leader of Fatah. On Wednesday, a Fatah gang kidnapped two Western journalists while they were traveling in a car near Khan Yunis.The two, Jerusalem-based American correspondent Dion British photographer Adam Pletts, were on assignment for Knight Ridder newspapers when six gunmen seized them at gunpoint and forced them into a yellow Mercedes,...

G'mar chatimah tovah

If I offended you during this past year, I ask forgiveness.I wish you all an easy fast.May we all be sealed for a good year: a year of life, a year of peace, a year of prosperity, a year of unity for all Jew...

MEMRI: "Encyclopedia for Preparing Nuclear Weapons" on jihadist websites

From MEMRI: Alongside the numerous documents posted on Islamist websites on how to prepare various types of explosives, 'An Encyclopedia for the Preparation of Nuclear Weapons' has recently appeared on such websites. The 'Encyclopedia' was posted on October 6, 2005 on the Islamist forum Al-Firdaws [1] ('Paradise'), by someone whose nom de guerre is Layth Al-Islam ('The Lion of Islam'). A link to a slightly different version appeared on October 9...

The latest demand from the peaceful, moderate Palestinian Arabs

Arutz Sheva reports: The PA demands the release from Israeli prison of Marwan Barghouti, accused of murdering 35 Israelis. So says PA official Saeb Erekat. Barghouti wants to run in the upcoming PA parliament elections. Erekat told Army Radio today that the PA also demands the release of Hizbullah murderer Samir Kuntar. Kuntar and three other terrorists infiltrated into northern Israel by sea in 1979, abducted and murdered Danny Haran and his young...

The EU's blood money (Melanie Phillips)

Melanie Phillips prints Jerusalem Post quote of EU Parliamentary President Josep Borrell Fontelles: The EU, which provides the Palestinian Authority with half of the $1 billion in European aid, is not an altruistic player in the Middle East, said Borrell. With its growing Muslim population, Europe is finding that violence in the Middle East leads to unrest within its own borders, he said. 'The conflict in the Middle East is dangerous for us. We are...

Another Israeli invents something that will save American lives

Here is an Israeli who invented a revolutionary light armor made with ceramics that is useful for everything from bulletproof vests to protecting trucks, planes and helicopters from armor-piercing munitions.With years of suicide bombings and roadside attacks providing 'real life' experience, the Light Improved Ballistic Armor (LIBA) invented by Dr. Michael Cohen at his company Mofet Etzion, has been proven to be highly effective at saving lives....

Who says Hamas isn't feminist?

The progressive Hamas movement can elevate women to high positions, if they have the right skills! No glass ceiling there! Among the numerous people recently detained by security forces is a young woman from the Gaza Strip suspected of being Hamas' first female bomb maker. Samar Sabih, 22, was sent by Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to train new explosive experts. Hamas in Gaza is believed to have taught Sabih, of the Jabalyah...

Former CIA head talks about Islam

This is part of an interview of James Woolsey, former CIA director, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He gives an interesting comparison between Wahhabism and Al Qaeda. RFE/RL: What do you think of the impact of the Israel-Palestinian conflict on Muslim communities around the world and do you think it’s possible to reform Shari'a, or Islamic law? Woolsey: I think the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has some importance but that in...

Norway school bans Star of David

A textbook case of how bigots can and do use political correctness as a cover for their hate. A teacher working at an adult education center who has been told to stop wearing a Star of David because it 'provokes the many Muslim students at the school' in 2004 is now considering legal action against the ban, the Norwegian television network NRK has reported. School head Kjell Gislefoss, said he thought that the Star of David can be seen to represent...

Jewish learning source material online

As we are in the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it seemed to me a good idea to post a list of primary sources of Jewish learning available on the Web in English and Hebrew. I am not interested in listing every site that has divrei Torah, as there are hundreds of them already - just places where you can find source material. It is listed on the sidebar as "Source Materials for Jewish Learning;" here is what I have so far: Snunit - Hebrew...

For a short time this afternoon, a thick cloud cover seemed to cleanly chop off the lower Manhattan skyline. Here's what it looked lik...

List of Muslim terror attacks since 9/11

I just added this link to my Reference section in the sidebar.It is mind-boggling. Over 2700 separate worldwide Islamic terror incidents since 9/11 are documented ther...

The failure of the UN to help Palestinian Arab refugees

Sometimes I run into an article that defines a basic issue in such a way that it should be used as reference material. This is such an article. I decided to reproduce it whole, because the URL requires a (free) password, but a significant number of people find this blog by keyword searches and articles like this should be able to be found from search engines.The UN’s PalestinianRefugee Problem ARLENE KUSHNER In the aftermath of World War...