May 2006 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

United Press on the Palestinian Arab refugee problem, 1948

I have written previously about the origins of the Palestinian Arab refugee problem, talking specifically about the Arabs of Haifa and the Mufti's interest in creating and perpetuating the problem. I started tackling the Palestine Post sources on the birth of the Palestinian Arab refugee problem of 1948. It is actually a huge amount of research, but I found today an interesting...

One of the funniest sections of Aljazeerah.com is where readers write hilarious rants about Israel or America to Sheikha and Dr. Kareem, and Sheikha agrees wholeheartedly.If you are looking for a laugh, here are some of the recent headlines (almost all end with exclamation points). They encourage responses, too... ...

Palestinian Arab capitalism

How mature people handle stock losses:At approximately 01:00 on Friday, 26 May 2006, unknown gunmen fired shots at the Palestinian Stock Exchange located in the Qasr Hotel building, in the Rafedia Quarter of western Nablus. The attack caused material damage to the exchange. Sources from the stock exchange indicated that the attack was motivated by losses incurred by some individuals, due to the decline in stocks of some companies.I'm sure that...

BBC lauds Hamas humanitarian work

The BBC has an amazing article online now about the release of a British Hamas supporter. Israel has ordered a British aid worker to leave the country, accusing him of backing a militant group. Ayaz Ali, 36, originally from Bradford, had been held in a top security Israeli prison for three weeks without charge. Mr Ali, who worked in Gaza for Islamic Relief, was freed on Monday and given seven days to leave Israel. Israel had accused Mr Ali of...

Advice for NATFHE

The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education in Britain voted to urge their members to boycott all Israeli academic researchers and institutions, unless they publicly disavow supporting Israel's policies.It's OK by me if the state of British academic research is so strong that they can afford to ignore all research coming out of Israel. But I think if they really care about the Palestinian Arabs, they should make the boycott...

Something interesting happened in the world of wire services yesterday.Palestinian Arab terrorists planned to shoot their daily rocket barrage into Israeli villages, but the IDF was waiting for them. Between the gun battle and the helicopter missile, four of the bad guys ended up dead, rather than the kindergarteners they were aiming at.AP was at the scene shortly after the...

Just in case you thought NGOs were unbiased...

Three-day conference of European NGOs calls for a total boycott of IsraelGENEVA, May 29 (KUNA) -- The European Coordination Committee of Associations for Palestine, called for a boycott of Israel including sanctions and halting of investments. At the end of a 3-day conference Sunday the ECCAP applauded the mobilization of public opinion aimed at convincing governments and the International Community to exert its pressure on Israel to abide with its...

In May, 1939, Britain issued the infamous White Paper which overturned previous British policies of partitioning Palestine into two separate Jewish and Arab states. The White Paper itself is a remarkable read, as it shows the mindset of capitulating to Arab terror clearly, as well as the implicit idea that since Jews don't make as much trouble as Arabs, it is better to capitulate...

Ahmadinejad's DNA, redux

I noticed today that Hyscience has linked to my scholarly debate of whether Ahmadinejad is a chimp or an ape.On a related thread at Israellycool, someone named Woland pointed out this great picture that sheds light on the topi...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the "international Zionist web" was trying to keep him from visiting Germany for the World Cup soccer match.Well, this is flattering. Considering that ZOG and the Worldwide Zionist Conspiracy and the dreaded Israel Lobby get all the good press, my own Web division of the Elders has been keeping low-key.But now that Ahmadenijaddio...

Haveil Havalim #71 - and the hits just keep on coming

WestBankMama at WestBankBlog hosts this week's Haveil Havalim #71, listing notable posts from the J-Blogosphere. As usual, I dislike self-nominating, so I am honored that two of my posts are listed: Old Jerusalem and the post about the Americans killed by the terrorist Israel arrested last week (also linked by BackSpin.)And of course it includes many good articles that I didn't notice the first time around, so check it ou...

Lebanese-Americans publicly support Hezbollah

The Arab American News, a newspaper in Dearborn, Michigan, covered a "Liberation Day" rally that Detroit suburb last Thursday night, celebrating Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon (they call it a military defeat.) The rally organizers stressed that they are loyal Americans - and that they support Hezbollah against Israel:The speakers stressed the importance of remembering the community’s victories, and the need to stay brave in the face...

News roundup

For some reason, today's Daily Alert is filled with a huge number of links to great stories, and I don't have enough time to dedicate separate posts to each like I would like to. Here are some highlights:A preview of how Hamastan would be:Zarqawi Backers Lay Down Sharia Rules - Sharon Behn (Washington Times)Imams loyal to terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi have issued threats in mosques in a western Baghdad neighborhood against anyone who does...

California upholds Islamic indoctriniation in public schools

Unbelievable.In our brave new schools, Johnny can't say the pledge, but he can recite the Quran. Yup, the same court that found the phrase "under God" unconstitutional now endorses Islamic catechism in public school. In a recent federal decision that got surprisingly little press, even from conservative talk radio, California's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including:...

Blowing up children, if necessary

The AP has an interesting description of the Iranian suicide bomb celebration yesterday:TEHRAN, Iran -- Under a banner showing coffins draped with American, British and Israeli flags, more than 100 Iranian men and women pledged Thursday to become suicide bombers - if necessary - to defend their country and Islam. Has there ever been a sentence that needed scare quotes more than this one?Yet AP plays it straight. It is almost as if they believe that...

Hamas ends up with smuggled money anyway

Remember last week when Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri was caught trying to smuggle over $800,000 into Gaza?Well, the European monitors confiscated the money. Abbas demanded the money so he could launch a full investigation. And now...Hamas is using it to buy weapons for its terror gangs.The EU is strangely silent about their complicity in this crime. Perhaps their job at the border crossing is to ensure that RPGs and Katyushas have been built by...

The utter idiocy of the NYT and MSM

Others have trashed (or are planning to trash) this nonsensical editorial in today's NYT, and frankly Israel Matzav did a brilliant job. I am just wondering what planet the editorialists are from:Mr. Olmert wants to go ahead with Ariel Sharon's misbegotten plan to unilaterally redraw the borders of what could eventually be Palestine. The key word here is unilaterally, because the Israelis are prepared to do this without any input from the Palestinians....

For Yom Yerushalayim I wanted to find the earliest pictures of Jerusalem on the Internet from Jewish, Christian and Muslim sources. I didn't do an exhaustive search so if anyone can send me a link to earlier pictures I'll add modifications.The earliest Christian picture is almost certainly the mosaic on the floor of a church in Madaba, Jordan from the 6th century CE(predating...

Hamas wants to fly planes into buildings

Hamas is seeking the ability to attack Israel using small airplanes laden with explosives to be flown September 11-style into important targets, possibly Tel Aviv skyscrapers, a leader of Hamas's so-called military wing, Abu Abdullah, told World Net Daily yesterday.Palestinian security officials said they believe Hamas recently smuggled into Gaza three small airplanes that can carry explosives and be used to attack Israel.They said the aircraft were...

YNet scared of Hareidim in Jerusalem

An interesting article in YNet:Most Israeli citizens are well-aware of the division between east and West Jerusalem, but there exists another border in the capital, that which runs from north to south and separates the secular part of the city (south) and the ultra-Orthodox. Even some northern neighborhoods previously considered to be secular enclaves are becoming more and more religious. “On Mishmar Hagvul Street, near the religious Sanhedria...

Aaron's story, part 6

Elie at Elie's Expositions has finally finished telling his tragic story of his son's passing, exactly one year after the shiva was over.Read it and then hug your loved one...

In a staged shot worthy of the worst B-movie director, Palestinian Arab women pretend to be thrilled to give what appears to be a bag of garbage and a Hebrew National salami to a Hamas "militant". The reason appears to be that they want to show their appreciation that the Palestinian Arab security forces have increased in size yet again so they feel so much safer.Since they...

Ahmadenijad: Thoughts will be punished

Today's GoozNews is yet another classic rant from the seemingly syphillic Ahmadenijad:Even the mere thought of staging an aggression violating the rights of the Iranian nation will receive a stiff response from the nation, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Wednesday. "Enemies should know that they cannot inflict the slightest harm to Iranians from the outside and that is why they are trying to create discord among the people," said the president...

Israel arrests murderer of four Americans

One would think that the American media would be slightly interested in the names of the American victims of terror whose murderer was arrested by Israel yesterday.It is also worth mentioning that the murderer is a member of Hamas, and that he is responsible for 78 deaths in terror attacks.Here are the names and pictures of the American victims:Marla Bennett Benjamin BlutsteinJanis...