August 2011 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Rashid Khalidi's lies in the Chicago Tribune

Rashid Khalidi, the radical Columbia professor who felt that Yasir Arafat was too dovish for his tastes, writes an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune complaining that Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. went on a trip to Israel. It is a typical combination of false outrage and outright lies: [I]nstead of going to Americans hard-hit by the economic downturn, this money is used by Israel to subjugate, humiliate and segregate millions of Palestinians. Is Khalidi...

Syrians perform in Edinburgh. Where are the protests?

From Syrian government mouthpiece SANA: Syrian dramatist Dr. Hannan Kassab Hassan, playwright Omar Abu Saada and dancing designer Osama Hilal participated in Edinburgh Festival for the British Contemporary Arts which was held between August 22nd and 28th. The Festival presented variety of British contemporary shows and held a number of meetings to provide opportunities of opinions, experiments and knowledge among dramatists from different parts...

Iran and Israel sending naval forces into the Red Sea

From UPI: Iran will send a submarine and another warship from the republic's 15th fleet to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, Adm. Habibollah Sayyari said. The navy will continue to maintain a highly active presence in the area to serve the country's interests, Press TV quoted the navy commander as saying Tuesday. Sayyari did not say when the naval vessels would be dispatched. Iran's presence will not only enhance security in the area, but will convey...

Just a quick graphical reaction to the PLO's "Empty Chair" stunt I mentioned yesterday: ...

Joseph Goebbel's secretary breaks her silence

From ABC News: She kept a promise of silence and secrecy for 66 years. A promise made to one of the vilest leaders of Nazi Germany. Now Brunhilde Pomsel, 100 years old, is talking about her time as secretary to Joseph Goebbels, propaganda chief for Adolph Hitler, a man who railed against Jews and once wrote, “Adolf Hitler, I love you because you are both great and simple at the same time. What one calls a genius.” All these years later, his...

Two horrific tales of rape from Libya

From Al Arabiya: Five female bodyguards of Muammar Qaddafi say they were sexually assaulted by the former Libyan leader in a report published in the Malta Times on Sunday. The claims have been collected by Benghazi-based psychologist Sehram Sergewa who is compiling a dossier for the International Criminal Court for any criminal proceedings against Qaddafi. Qaddafi was known for his female bodyguards who were always well groomed and rumored to...

Nothing illustrates Palestinian Arab intransigence more than their rejection of the concept of "two states for two peoples." Especially when one remembers that this idea was originally floated by the Israeli Far Left - and it was at one point considered political heresy in mainstream Israeli politics. One early example of this formulation can be seen in the 1974 book...

This summer's floptilla has a historical antecedent: As in the more recent example, it failed to sail - and the organizers blamed the Greeks! (WaPo) A Palestine Liberation Organization plan to sail a ship filled with people deported from the occupied territories to Israel, much as Jewish war refugees did in 1947 aboard the Exodus, has been stalled by a "secret" Israeli...

Palmer Report finally due on Friday

From JPost: The Foreign Ministry is drawing up talking points and writing press releases in the run-up to Friday’s expected release of the Palmer Commission report on the Mavi Marmara incident. The preparations follow Turkey’s rejection of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s proposal that publication of the report be postponed for another six months. Release of the report has been delayed repeatedly since May 15, when it was first scheduled to be...

"Underwear bomber says excessive force used"

From AP: A Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane in 2009 claims he was the victim of excessive force after he assaulted several officers. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab filed a request Thursday asking that no excessive force be used against him when he defends his Islamic religion. In another request, Abdulmutallab wants to be released and be judged by the Quran. He is charged with trying to blow up an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight...

Hamas says Abbas is not safe in Gaza - because of Fatah!

Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar says that the security of Mahmoud Abbas cannot be assured if he would visit Gaza. But it is not Hamas that would want to kill him - but Mahmoud Dahlan's Fatah loyalists! In an interview he also said that any Abbas visit wouldn't further the supposed reconciliation between Hamas and the PA, as they are already meeting on the topic in Cairo and no progress has been made. Zahar suggested that the PA is the party that is...

My (censored) letter to HuffPo on UNRWA

I wrote this in response to yet another set of apologetics by Chris Gunness of UNRWA, this one in the Huffington Post. I wrote it at 10:30 EDT; as of this writing it has not yet been posted. Many of UNRWA's camps are in Jordan - where most Palestinian Arabs have been citizens for decades. Why are people who are citizens of a state still considered "refugees" by UNRWA? Many more of UNRWA's camps are in the areas of British Mandate Palestine,...

Kuwait shelves lawsuit against Israel over flotilla - because it fears losing!

From Arab Times Online: KUWAIT CITY: The Ministry of Justice intends to shelve the case which has been filed by MP Dr Waleed Al-Tabtabaei and others against the Israeli government for humiliating and assaulting them while they were aboard the Turkish flotilla which was carrying humanitarian assistance to the people of the Gaza Strip in Palestine, reports Al-Dar daily. It has been reported the ministry was preparing to file a lawsuit in international...

From AFP: A hand-made olive-wood chair, fashioned to look like the blue seats at the United Nations, is set to tour Europe to raise support for a Palestinian bid to join the world body. The chair was commissioned by a Palestinian NGO which is hoping to rally support for the campaign to secure full U.N. membership for a Palestinian state when the General Assembly meets in...

The West Bank distortions industry (Missing Peace)

Yesterday I noted a great article by Yochanan Visser and Sharon Shaked of Missing Peace in the Jerusalem Post debunking the PA's lies about water. Today there's an even better article by Visser and Shaked in Israel Today that exposes the entire infrastructure of lies in the territories. Read the whole thing, but here are some excerpts: [One] claim that originated from a Palestinian source involved the alleged destruction of 200 olive trees...

Israel wooing Hollywood

From AP: Israel is tired of Hollywood filming Jesus' crucifixion in Italy and the Crusader invasion of the Holy Land in Morocco. So Israeli officials are promising better tax breaks, terror attack insurance and handouts of up to $400,000 to lure international movie producers to the holy city of Jerusalem. They want to cash in on the multibillion-dollar industry, and want the real Jerusalem on the silver screen — not Mediterranean stand-ins. "It's...

From Reuters: His cartoons are edgy, bold, and a thorn in the side of the Arab world's tottering authoritarians -- a gift to protesters from the unlikely setting of an apartment in beach-side Rio de Janeiro. Carlos Latuff, a 42-year-old leftist whose only family link to the Middle East is a Lebanese grandfather he never knew, has become a hero of the tumultuous Arab Spring...

August rocket calendar

G=Grad Q=Qassam M=Mortar P=Unidentified projectile (includes mortars) R=Unidentified rocket S=Fell short in Gaza E=fell in Egypt F=Fatality (Green-Gaza, Red-Israel) [] - Palestinian claims August 2011 SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday 1 1Q2 3 2G4 1Q5 6 7 8 3M 9 10 11 12 13 14 1Q 15 1G16 17 18 4G19 30R20 64R F _F_ 21 35R 5M 8RE 1GS 22 6Q 1G23 [6M]24 1RE 17R 2M25 5R 26 2Q27 2...

History is irrelevant: Why Palestinian Arabs can never accept a Jewish State

In the Palestine Papers we find that, already in 2007, the PLO created a memo to fight against the very concept of a Jewish state. It gives a number of reasons, but one stands out: Recognizing the Jewish state implies recognition of a Jewish people and recognition of its right to self-determination. Those who assert this right also assert that the territory historically associated with this right of self-determination (i.e., the self-determination...