Wednesday Links Part 2

From Ian:

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Throw Away That Rusty Key

Palestinians are not "red indians" and Israelis are not colonialists. Quite the opposite. We Jews of the Middle East and North Africa are indigenous—predating Islam in Palestine, and the region, by 1,000 years. Israel is not only the "largest and most successful refugee camp" in the region, but the authentic expression of a native Middle Eastern people.
Both sets of refugees suffered, with one glaring difference: the Arab refugees—and those 10,000 Jews chased out of Jerusalem and "the West Bank" by the Jordanian Arab Legion—fled the horrors of war. But the Jews living in Arab countries were non-combatants, targeted as members of the "Jewish minority of Palestine."

Palestinian Fairytales

It is only really due to the persistence of Richard Landes and Phillipe Karsenty and a few others that fought tooth and nail that we are at the stage we are today, and that the Israeli Government has investigated and officially denounced the incident as fake.
Unfortunately, the damage is done, no matter what court rulings prove that the images were faked, the al-Dura image is forever etched in people’s minds, and to this day is still used in the Arab world to incite violence, and will continue to be.

Fisking Rachel Shabi: How Dare the Israelis Suggest Palestinians Lied!

There is perhaps no society on earth with as dark a history of promoting a child death cult, sacrificing its children, encouraging its children to seek death, praising those who die, than the Palestinians. Any serious investigation here will not go well for the Palestinians, who systematically, indeed ghoulishly exploit the children whose deaths they cause.

Israel’s UN envoy: Palestinian ‘hatred’ threatens talks

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, accused Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, of lies and incitement, after Erekat said Israel’s policies were worse than those of apartheid-era South Africa.
“Saeb Erekat never misses an opportunity to lash out at Israel on the international stage,” Prosor said Monday. “One would expect that a man in charge of peace negotiations would instill peace, not incitement.”

Jewish Group Blasts 'Electro-Intifada' for Sports Boycott Calls

“The ideological forebearers of today's racists, in Nazi Germany had 'ethnically cleansed' sports, as blatantly demonstrated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.”
“Jews especially, were the object of boycott as Hitler Youth stormed their stores to the screams of 'Kaufen nicht bei Juden' (Buy not from Jews)! Anti-Jewish boycott has now returned, in the guise of the so-called 'B.D.S.' (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel,” it continued.

Google inflames Gush Etzion residents by situating them in 'Palestine'

Resident of Gush Etzion settlement calls Google's apparent decision to redirect its areas' web users to Palestinian handle "simply outrageous" • Rights group: It's unfortunate Google says Judea and Samaria residents belong to the Palestinian Authority.

Meg Ryan's Publicist: Ryan Didn't Boycott Israel

But in an email to CAMERA, Stephen Huvane, a founder of Slate PR and Meg Ryan's publicist, said "That report is untrue. Meg Ryan never participated in any boycott against Israel." In a follow up email, CAMERA asked Mr. Huvane: "Had she scheduled a 2010 trip to Israel to participate in the Jerusalem Film Festival? If so, what was the cause for the cancellation?"

Detroit Leaders Should Have Spurned, Not Embraced, Farrakhan

During his speech to the congregation at The Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, Farrakhan spewed hateful anti-Semitic invective, referring to “Satanic Jews” and the “Synagogue of Satan” supposedly controlling major institutions. He expressed his love for President Barack Obama, but added that the president “surrounded himself with Satan...members of the Jewish community.”

Belgian party leader stepping down ‘temporarily’ over slur

The leader of a small Belgian party said she would “temporarily step down” after stating that “a few Jewish families that monopolize the banking world” caused the financial crisis in Europe.

Alleged NJ synagogue bombers plead not guilty

Two New Jersey men accused of firebombing several synagogues in the state pleaded not guilty.
Anthony Graziano of Lodi and Aakash Dalal of New Brunswick, both 21, made their pleas on Monday in state Superior Court in Hackensack, The Record reported.

A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths

About half of all people at risk of death from heart attacks could gain the chance to live, once Israeli entrepreneur Leon Eisen’s new Oxitone device goes to market in about 18 months.
Using two optical sensors, and another special high-tech tool, he’s developed the world’s first “watch” that can just about tell when your time may be up.

Brazil 2014 Fifa World Cup to be Protected by US Robots and Israeli Drones

Brazilian police will be equipped with advanced facial recognition camera glasses which will enable them to capture 400 images per second.
Brazil has also ordered several Israeli-made drones costing nearly $25m and German-manufactured anti-aircraft tanks.

Exhibit opens on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis

‘An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the US from Europe during the Nazi era.
The exhibition, “Against All Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe’s Refugees, 1933-41″ will be on view for a year at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, located on Battery Place.

Comedy for Koby Returns for Tenth Run

Proceeds from Comedy for Koby benefit The Koby Mandell Foundation, an organization founded in memory of Koby Mandell, a young teenager who was killed by terrorists while hiking with his friend, Yosef Ishran, near his home in 2001.
The two friends had gone for a walk in Wadi Tekoa. Terrorists bound the boys and beat them to death with stones.