Netanyahu Says Stance on Security Requirements Has Become ‘Firmer’ — ‘We Don’t Just Hand Over Territory, Close Our Eyes and Hope for the Best’ (INTERVIEW)
Following the summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has declared, in a wide-ranging interview with The Algemeiner, that his long held position that the Jewish state will not transfer any territory to the Palestinian Authority in the absence of extensive security arrangements has “only become firmer.”2 IDF soldiers injured in explosion on Lebanese border
He also asserted that the possibility that any peace agreement with the PA might unravel is justification for his strong stance on security.
I met Netanyahu last Wednesday evening at an upscale New York City hotel shortly after he reiterated support for “two states for two peoples” in a meeting with President Obama at the White House.
Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured when a Hezbollah bomb went off in their vicinity in the Har Dov region on Tuesday, the IDF Spokesman's Unit said.Ebola and "Palestine" Recognition, Today's Two Most Dangerous International Epidemics
The IDF said it shelled two Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in response to the border bombing. Some 30 minutes after the incident a second explosion occurred on the border. There were no injuries or damage in the second blast.
The soldiers received initial emergency medical treatment on the spot, before being evacuated away from the Lebanese border to hospital for further treatment.
"The IDF sees this incident as a gross and violent violation of Israeli sovereignty, and sees the Lebanese government and Hezbollah as responsible for any attempt to harm Israeli soldiers or civilians," the military said in a statement. "The IDF reserves the right to act in any way, and at any time, to defend the citizens of the state of Israel."
Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for the blast.
The Jerusalem Post has reported that people who have arrived from the "affected areas" are being searched for to make sure none are carrying the dreaded Ebola virus. Considering the amount of tourism to Israel and the number of illegal workers from Africa, this is a danger. Yes, it's a medical danger.
But there's a different sort of danger encroaching on Israel, and that's the growing de facto if not de jure recognition of "Palestine" as a nation by foreign countries and international bodies/organizations/NGOs.
There are two equally dangerous reasons for this, and by looking at the above map, you can see that although most Israelis try not to pay too much attention, this is no minor phenomena. Most of the world would be perfectly happy for "Palestine" to replace Israel, because the basis for their recognition is that they, and many world leaders, academics and ordinary people even in countries that haven't yet recognized this new Arab country firmly and sincerely believe that Israel/Jews invaded an ancient country called "Palestine" and imposed a "new" Jewish one now called Israel. This very popular and accepted fallacy is the most dangerous "disease" which we in Israel must fight. It's more dangerous than Ebola for sure.
Among the foreign leaders who firmly, religiously believe in the myth of Palestine is United States President Barack Hussein Obama. And unfortunately, Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who support the "two state solution," enabling the establishment of a state called "Palestine" are actually undermining the security and continued existance of the State of Israel. (h/t Bob Knot)
Moroccan activist slams Arabs for 'not sticking to their own borders'
Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) activist and poet Malika Mazan came out in support of the Jews' right to a homeland in Israel, slamming Arabs for not "sticking to their own borders."Moroccan Amazigh Activist Defends Zionism, Explains Her Offer of Sex Services to Kurds Fighting ISIS
In an interview with the Moroccan radio station Medradio, which was posted on the Internet on September 19 in video form and translated by MEMRI, Mazan said, "We never heard that the ancient Jews lived in Alaska or Australia. History and all religions admit that the Jews lived (in Palestine)."
She said that every nation has the right to establish its homeland. "You cannot expect them to establish their homeland on the moon. They have the right to return to their homeland," the poet added.
Mazan argued that the Arabs are the oppressors in the region. "Arabs want their homeland to be at the expense of the land and the very existence of others. In that sense the Arabs are more what they call 'Zionist' than the Jews...If the Arabs have any self-respect, they should stick to their own borders. They should stay within the Arabian peninsula - in the Hijaz, to be precise."
An enemy by any other name
One of the newly appointed ministers in the new coalition government is Mehmet Kaplan of the Environmental Party (MP). Mr. Kaplan is no longer allowed entry into Israel after his active and repeated involvement in the Swedish anti-blockade organization Ship to Gaza. Mr. Kaplan has compared Swedish Muslims going overseas to fight global jihad with the freedom fighters going from Sweden to fight in the Finnish Winter War, and he is often a prominent speaker at anti-Israel rallies across the country. During one of these rallies Mehmet Kaplan said his dream was to one day see Jerusalem “liberated”, without caring to specify whom the capitol of Israel needed to be liberated from. This former head of the Swedish Muslim council and current member of the Free Gaza movement has now been appointed the Swedish Minister of housing and development and thus he is one of the most powerful people in our land.Anger Grows Over Swedish Government Funding for Anti-Zionist Groups Amid Diplomatic Row
And this is what keeps me up at night. If I get attacked for wearing my Magen David I turn to the police, I depend on the law and the powers that be to correct the wrong that was done to me. But what to I do when my attacker is appointed to one of the highest offices in the land? Who will protect me when I am no longer considered the victim, but the criminal – just for being me?
In 1933 they cast their votes for death and ruin, but they did so claiming ignorance of what was yet to come. Those who are now putting hatred in power all over Europe do so to the backdrop of the Holocaust; as the last witnesses draw breath, history is allowed to repeat itself by ballot and popular vote.
However expected, this latest turn in Swedish foreign policy is chilling in all its calm deliberation. Because this, after all, is how it starts and how it ends. Not by committing illegal acts toward us, but by making us illegal, and by going after the home we flee to once we have no place left to go.
In 2014, they cast their votes for hate and ruin. And as the wolf bursts into the flock, so they have come.
The news comes amid fresh controversy over Swedish government funding of rabidly anti-Israel non-governmental organizations. In its latest report, NGO Monitor, the Israel-based watchdog that tracks foreign government funding for NGOs involved in the Israeli-Palestinian arena, noted that Sweden “funds numerous Israeli and Palestinian NGOs through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Representative Office in Ramallah, and indirectly by outsourcing to Swedish aid organizations such as Diakonia and Kvinna till Kvinna.”WH Fires Back At Netanyahu Criticism Without Addressing Heart of Charge
“Many NGOs receiving Swedish government funding oppose a two-state formula, disapprove of peace efforts, promote BDS efforts and lawfare cases against Israeli officials, and engage in antisemitic activities,” said NGO Monitor.
The watchdog highlighted that in 2013, Diakonia, a coalition of Swedish church groups, received approximately $65 million from the Swedish government. Diakonia “regularly exploits legal rhetoric to demonize Israel, accusing Israel of ‘war crimes,’ ‘collective punishment’ and ‘violations of international law.’ NGO Monitor also expressed concerns about the Church of Sweden, which received almost $27 million from the Swedish government and the European Union in 2013. According to NGO Monitor, the church endorses the Kairos Palestine document, a radical Christian declaration that “calls for BDS (boycotts, divestment, and sanctions) against Israel and denies the Jewish historical connection to Israel, as well as ignores the extreme harassment and violence committed by Palestinians against Christians.”
Edited from Sunday's Face The Nation interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were his comments stating that the White House criticism of Israeli building in East Jerusalem and Jews purchasing homes in Arab neighborhoods was a call for "ethnic purification" which goes “against the American values." On Monday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Netanyahu’s criticism of the administration “seemed to ignore our concerns," but did not address why the Administration believed certain parts of the world should be free of Jewish people.J Street: Netanyahu's criticism of US rebuke of housing plan 'gives new meaning to chutzpa'
After last Wednesday's Obama/Bibi meeting White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest launched a scathing attack on Israel for new construction activity in East Jerusalem, a housing development that was supposed to house both Arabs and Jews. Additionally the President's spokesman was criticizing Israel because Jewish citizens of Israel, in private real estate transactions, purchased homes in East Jerusalem from Arabs. Essentially the Administration was saying that East Jerusalem should be Judenrein, free of Jews, and that Jews and Arabs should not be allowed to live with each other, which was the heart of Netanyahu's charge against Obama.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s characterization of US criticism of new Israeli housing plans in east Jerusalem as being antithetical to American values was a case of “chutzpa” and “an outrageous perversion of the truth,” according to J Street.British parliament to hold symbolic vote on Palestine status
In a statement released on Monday, the avowedly left-wing American Jewish lobby, which has pressured the Obama administration to do more to advance the creation of a Palestinian state, called on the premier to retract the statement.
“J Street calls on Mr. Netanyahu to apologize and to withdraw his remarks,” the organization said. “The statement ignores the fact that for the 47 years of the occupation, successive Israeli governments have built dozens of settlements and related infrastructure on expropriated land while exploiting Palestinian resources, including water and agricultural land.”
British lawmakers will hold a symbolic parliamentary vote next week on whether the government should recognize “Palestine” as a state, Reuters reported on Monday.Israel can’t entrust its security to international peacekeepers
The motion due for debate in Britain's lower house of parliament on October 13 will ask lawmakers whether they believe the government should recognize the state of Palestine.
It is unlikely to win approval through the British parliament because it is at odds with official policy, but even if it did pass, it is non-binding and would not force the government to changes its diplomatic stance, noted Reuters.
UNDOF’s fate demonstrates why Kerry’s idea is foolhardy. Last week, the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front seized the strategic Quneitra border crossing from UNDOF, sending a contingent of Filipino peacekeepers scrambling for safety to Israeli lines. The Nusra Front also took 45 Fijian peacekeepers hostage, who were subsequently released. This was the fourth abduction of peacekeepers since March 2013, leading several countries to withdraw their troops from UNDOF.Jihadist claims responsibility for attack on UN in Mali
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, “Armed groups have made advances in the area of UNDOF positions, posing a direct threat to the safety and security of the UN peacekeepers along the ‘Bravo’ [Syrian] line and in Camp Faouar.” Mr. Dujarric added that all UNDOF forces have been withdrawn to the Israeli side of the cease-fire lines.
In short, peacekeepers are fair weather friends.
It is nice to have them when the going is good.
When the going gets tough, however, they get going – elsewhere. Or they do nothing. Meanwhile, Israel is left holding the bag.
A Malian jihadist close to the al Qaeda linked militia MUJAO on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed nine UN peacekeepers in the country’s restive north.Kerry to Participate in Gaza Rebuilding Conference
Friday’s attack, the deadliest against the UN mission in Mali, targeted a contingent of peacekeepers from Niger.
“In the name of all the mujahedeens, we have attacked the soldiers of the Niger government which works with the enemies of Islam,” Sultan Ould Bady told AFP.
“Three groups of mujahedeens were on the ground,” said the jihadist, known for his ties to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
“If the enemies do not leave the territory of Islam, they will never have peace,” he said.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will take part in a conference on rebuilding Gaza following this past summer’s war with Israel earlier this year, a U.S. official said Monday, according to AFP.Opposition: Time Running Out To Let Aging Abbas Slaughter Us (satire)
Kerry "will be attending the conference" to be held in Cairo on October 12, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) unity government last week released a reconstruction plan for Gaza ahead of the donor conference, in which it called for international donors to fork over $4 billion to rebuild after the terror war launched by Hamas.
The 76-page report said $4 billion would be needed for the "direct costs" of rebuilding the terrorist enclave.
Tel Aviv, October 7 – Opposition leaders are warning that given the advanced age of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, there may be precious little time remaining for Israel to make self-destructive concessions to him before he dies or steps down.Profile: For Families of 1996 Bus Bombing Victims, Lawsuits Are a “Last Resort”
The heads of opposition parties in the Knesset called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to give away large swaths of territory crucial to Israel’s security while Abbas is still in office, as the latter will not be around forever and whoever succeeds him might not be willing to pave the way for the extermination of all Jews between the River and the Sea in exactly the same way. The coming weeks or months may prove critical in determining who might preside over such an endeavor, they say, and Israel cannot expect to enjoy the same approach to genocide of Jews that Abbas represents from any subsequent Palestinian leader.
“We urge the prime minister to seize this fading opportunity. We don’t know how long Abu Mazen will be around,” said Labor Party chairman and Opposition leader Isaac Herzog, using Abbas’s nickname. “I, for one, am not confident that Bibi will do the courageous thing and commit us to a future of rocket attacks on our airport, to the threat of tunnel infiltration and terrorism from north to south, but there is still time to ensure that it is Abu Mazen and not some other Palestinian leader who takes us in that direction. We just don’t know how much time.”
Mike Kelly, a reporter at The Bergen Record, wrote yesterday an extended report about the consequences of the deaths of Sarah Duker and Matthew Eisenfield in a 1996 terror attack. The families of the couple pursued lawsuits against Iran as a “last resort” to achieve some measure of justice for their losses.Jerusalem Cracks Down on Light Rail Attacks in Shuafat
Kelly also frames the lawsuits won by the Duker and Eisenfield families as the examples that paved the way for lawsuits by families of other American terror victims, including the suit that found the Arab Bank liable for supporting terror last month.
The story of Sara Duker’s untimely death — along with the loss of Matthew Eisenfeld and Alisa Flatow — still resonates today, not only in its brutality but in the dogged efforts by other families of U.S. terror victims to seek some measure of justice. …
The template for that landmark verdict was set years earlier — quietly and with little fanfare — in the lawsuits filed by the Duker, Eisenfeld and Flatow families.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is making good on his vow to crack down on violence in the nation’s capital.Gantz commends ‘Shayetet 13’ for string of covert ops
Police arrested four Arab attackers on Sunday night who were hurling rocks at the Jerusalem Light Rail as it passed through the northern neighborhood of Shuafat.
Miniature drones are being used in the effort to monitor the Arab neighborhood which has become a hotbed of violence, where at least three Light Rail stops were utterly destroyed, right down to the infrastructure, in the early days of Operation Protective Edge this summer.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz and navy commander Adm. Ram Rothberg awarded members of the Shayetet 13 elite navy commando unit with citations for covert operations in enemy territory.Woman Nabbed Smuggling Arabs, Drugs into Israel
The awards, given on Monday, were handed out following a series of operational activities that resulted in many successes, the IDF said.
During the ceremony, Gantz said the unit’s activities were characterized by “operational initiative, adding that its members initiated covert and overt operations.”
Rothberg praised the unit for “groundbreaking and unique operations” during his address to its members.
Israeli security officials on Monday arrested an Israeli woman who was trying to smuggle illegal Palestinian workers into Israel – along with a cache of drugs. The woman and three Palestinian workers were arrested and are being held pending a hearing.Happy Eid al-Adha from the IDF
The woman was caught as she attempted to drive through a checkpoint, with security officials observing suspicious behavior on her part. She was pulled over, and an inspection of blankets in the back seat of her car revealed an illegal Arab worker who was hiding in the back seat.
Upon further inspection, the officials found two other workers in the trunk.
Along with the workers, the officials found a large stash of Clonex (Clonazepam) pills. The pills are used medically for treatment of epilepsy and panic disorder, but is also used illicitly for its muscle-relaxing and hypnotic properties by many drug takers.
Boy at Fatah event: "Pick up your rifle… Destroy, shock, burn, set fire"
At a Fatah ceremony broadcast on PA TV last month, a Palestinian boy was asked to present a poem he had written. The poem called to attack Israel violently: "Destroy, shock, burn, and set fire." The poem also called to sacrifice oneself: "Your homeland is your honor; protect it with your blood."Boy at Fatah ceremony: "Pick up your rifle... Destroy, shock, burn and set fire"
"Pick up your rifle, resist and terrify [them].
Break your silence, free your thoughts,
Stand firm, strengthen your heart.
Destroy, shock, burn, and set fire.
Heal your wounds and forget your cares.
Your homeland is your honor;
protect it with your blood...
Find your weapon next to my weapon.
Al-Aqsa [Mosque] calls: 'Where are my men?'
Palestinian, answer its call;
Yasser [Arafat's] men will not kneel."
[Official PA TV Live, Sept. 16, 2014]
Mother of murderer of 3 Israeli teens: He was honored with Martyrdom because Allah loved him
Israel confiscates agricultural lands and has "colonial expansion policy" - PA TV host
Abbas' son: In future "we might only agree to one state, and we will insist that it be Palestine
Despite earlier drop, sexual harassment rates hike second day of Eid
Sexual harassment incidents have increased remarkably on the second day of Eid al-Adha holiday, inspite of a reported decline on Saturday, the first day of Eid, "I Saw Harrasment" initiative said Monday, citing absence of intesified security measures as the reason.ISIS’ Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in U.S. and China
"I Saw Harassment", a local initiative launched in 2013 to counter sexual harassment and abuse, announced Thursday it would be active during Eid al-Adha holiday in Cairo and Kafr el-Sheikh governorates.
Downtown Cairo witnessed 34 cases of sexual harassment, 25 of which were verbal, eight were physical, and one was a case of group harassment, the initiative added in a report published on its website.
The most significant was a case of mass harassment at the Gamal Abdel Nasser Metro station, where the initiative was urged by a distress call they received to rescue two girls subjected to physical sexual harassment at the station.
Mr. Bevan said that the aged Soviet ammunition appeared to match the contents of the storehouses of the Syrian military, which has long received equipment from the Kremlin.Turkish PM: Attack ISIS, but Also Remove Assad
Another sizable fraction of the cartridges matched ammunition that the United States supplied to Iraq’s military and police units for nearly a decade during the occupation after the American-led invasion in 2003.
“We have a lot of ammunition that comes from Iraqi security forces, which was captured on the battlefield, and a lot of ammunition that previously came from Syrian defense forces, which would be captured on the battlefield as well,” Mr. Bevan said.
Among Conflict Armament Research’s findings were that 323 of the cartridges — nearly 19 percent — were from the United States. These were typically 5.56-millimeter cartridges manufactured from 2005 to 2007 at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday his country is prepared to send ground forces to help eradicate the “Islamic State” (IS or ISIS), as long as the removal of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is guaranteed.Turkey frees 180 Islamic State jihadists for 49 Turkish hostages
Davutoglu made the comments in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and was quoted by the Turkish Anadolu news agency.
The Turkish Prime Minister told CNN that, without the removal of Assad, the Syrian regime's ongoing offensives posed as big a threat as that caused by ISIS.
"We are ready to do everything as long as there is a clear strategy that, after ISIS, we can be sure that our borders will be protected,” said Davutoglu.
Turkey freed as many as 180 Islamic State jihadists -- including 10 Europeans -- in exchange for the release of 49 Turkish hostages held by the group, The Times of London reported on Monday.Watch: ISIS Gains Ground - in Libya
Among the freed Turkish citizens were diplomats and children, captured by ISIS in June when the extremist group seized the Turkish consulate in Iraq's second largest city of Mosul.
A British official confirmed that the release of two British jihadists, 26-year-old Hisham Folkard and 18-year-old Shabazz Suleman.
Three French militants, two Swedes, two Macedonians, one Swiss and one Belgian were also released by Turkey.
US President Barack Obama has declared war on Islamic State (ISIS), saying that it "misrepresents Islam."Alan Henning and the Hamas-supporting Islamic 'charity' who conned him into going to Syria
But video footage which surfaced earlier this week proves otherwise - and that ISIS may be gaining ground in new places in the Arab world.
The Ansar al-Sharia terror group, affiliated with ISIS, has declared authority during the last several days over the coastal city of Darna, Libya.
Darna, while seemingly any other city in northern Africa, is located strategically between Benghazi and the Egyptian border - just 289 km (179 miles) and 333 km (206 miles), respectively.
Everybody knows that Alan Henning was a decent person who wanted to help suffering people but was brutally slaughtered doing a good deed. What nobody seems to want to know, however, is how he was unaware of the danger he was likely to face and how he ended up as part of a convey for an Islamic charity Al Fatiha Global under investigation for its links to Islamist gunmen in Syria.Where are the Allies v Iraqi 'number of deaths' scorecards?
A report here on the charity is disturbing as it was actually written just before the convey left with Henning last December. The charity is open about its support for Hamas and its admiration for Al Qaeda terrorists such as Aafia Siddiqui, after whom it named a vehicle. If the BBC and the rest of the British media were not so determined to cover up Islamic terrorism and its supporters in the UK Alan Henning might have decided to spend Christmas with his family instead of travelling with a bunch of terrorist supporters to one of the most dangerous places on earth.
It is also interesting to note how the media is not investigating how it came to be that every one of the Muslims accompanying Alan was released by ISIS - I find it hard to understand how at least the leader of the convoy (Kasim Jameel who, incidentally according to the report below, was arrested in July on child pornography and sexual assault charges) did not insist on staying with Alan until the end, since it was he who talked him into going.
The most iconic textual images from this summer's war between Israel and Hamas (as on all previous occasions when Israel finally responded to terrorist attacks from its neighbours) were the incessant 'number of deaths' scorecards that were shown tickertape fashion on every single news channel 24 hours a day. This obsessive ritual is used only when Israel is involved in a conflict, confirming the world cares about Arab deaths only when they can be blamed on the Jews. The figures (based anyway on the lies of Hamas who failed to report that most of the Palestinian deaths were Hamas members or people killed by Hamas themselves) - were used as the basis for the argument that Israel's actions were unjustified and 'disproportionate' -since 'since there were so few Israeli dead'; the figures were the focal point of every 'debate' and interview. While the world mourned the death ofBritish Islamist Abu Rumaysah: Hitler Acted to Stop Evil Doctrine of "Protocols of Elders of Zion"Hamas terroristsPalestinians, Israelis were made to feel ashamed that they had suffered so few deaths.
Now the UK and the USA are bombing ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria - just as Israel was bombing Hamas terrorists in Gaza - why are we not seeing scorecards of the number of dead 'Iraqis' or 'Syrians' from these air strikes set alongside the number of dead Brits and Americans? What about the 'disproportionate force' argument?
The secret campaign
Monday night’s reports – that at this stage need not be taken at face value – stated that a large-scale explosion occurred near the Parchin compound, which belongs to the Iranian nuclear project.Iranian activist: Blast at Parchin is a failure for Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Now it is necessary to wait for satellite images to clarify what happened and what damage was caused in Parchin. Naturally the attention is turned again to Israel, and like in the past, the State of Israel remains silent.
The Israeli security establishment, through the IDF and the Mossad, has worked for years in near and far arenas in what is called “the war between wars”, or the “secret campaign,” whose purpose is to take care of targets in different arenas, most of them kept secret, to prevent Israel’s enemies from stocking up on weapons that would be used against Israeli targets during combat.
Combating the smuggling of arms to the area is part of the “war between wars,” and is sometimes revealed, like when the navy stopped the vessels MV Francop, MV Victoria and recently Klos C in the Red Sea.
Dr Alireza Nourizadeh, a senior researcher and director at the London-based Centre for Arab & Iranian Studies told Army Radio that journalists and military sources in Iran have told him that they believe the explosion was an act of sabotage.‘Nuclear Expert’ Among Dead in Iranian Nuclear Plant Explosion
"I think Parchin is the most important military compound in Iran and the most guarded military compound. Therefore its a failure for the Revolutionary Guards and for the military establishment," Nourizadeh said.
The Iranian dissident said that the explosion was so loud that people in east Tehran "thought it was a bombardment."
Nourizadeh said that, while the state-controlled media was trying to portray the explosion as "something simple that happened during an experiment or something," he believes, based on his sources, that they are covering up what really happened, as well as withholding the actual number of deaths that occurred in the blast.
Quoting the Iranian Defense Industries Organization, ISNA reported, “Unfortunately, due to the incident two workers of this production unit lost their lives.” At least four military personnel were wounded while responding to the blast, according to a post by an opposition group quoted by the Washington Free Beacon.WaPo Editorial Urges West to “Hold the Line on Iran”
The blast apparently followed a fire that allegedly started in a unit where explosive materials are produced at the nuclear facility, news reports said.
An editorial in The Washington Post, titled “Hold the Line on Iran” Friday commented on the “impasse” in nuclear negotiations with Iran observing that it “certainly does not reflect a lack of initiative by the Obama administration,” but “[i]f Iran has made similar efforts to bridge the gaps between the two sides, there is no report of them.”Church of England vicar denies backing ‘anti-Semitic hate-fest’ in Iran
The Post continues:
Instead, Tehran appears to be sticking to its insistence on maintaining and eventually vastly expanding its nuclear infrastructure while offering only a temporary slowdown in uranium enrichment and “increased transparency.” It is refusing to discuss its ballistic missile program and still isn’t cooperating with international inspectors’ probe into its past nuclear weapons design work.
Jewish leaders have accused an Anglican Vicar from Surrey of supporting an “anti-Semitic hate-fest” by speaking at a conference in Iran at which claims of “Zionist” involvement in 9/11 were aired.U.S. Journalist Regrets Attending Conspiracy Conference In Tehran
The Board of Deputies of British Jews is demanding an investigation by the Church of England into why Rev Dr Stephen Sizer, of Virginia Water, Surrey, attended the event in Tehran at which a video of the anti-Jewish French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was also shown.
But Dr Sizer, who is a prominent campaigner against Israeli policy in Palestine, insisted that even though he strongly disagreed with many of the things others said, he was there as an “ambassador for reconciliation”.
He repudiated claims that the Second “New Horizon” festival in Tehran in September was anti-Semitic, although strong anti-Zionist views were expressed, and said he was there to present a Christian point of view.
The conference programme includes details of discussion on themes such as “Zionist Fingerprints on the 9/11 Cover-up” and other conspiracy theories about Israel.
An American journalist who attended and spoke at a recent anti-Zionist conference in Tehran said that if he had known the extremist views of other conference participants, he would never have gone.Zionist Barn Owl Of DeathTM
The journalist, Gareth Porter, also said an official at the Iranian foreign ministry was involved in organizing the conference.
Porter, whose recent book Manufactured Crisis claims that Iran has never sought to build a nuclear weapon and that the evidence for its non-peaceful aims was concocted by Israel’s Mossad, told BuzzFeed News that he was upset by the content of the conference and that the organizers had assured him that extremists wouldn’t be there. He also said that Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin and Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar, also in attendance, were equally upset about the conference.
The conference last week featured several 9/11 truthers, Holocaust deniers, and anti-Semites, and included panel topics that accused the Mossad of having planned 9/11 and claiming that the Holocaust is a “public myth,” according to the schedule, which was posted online. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani canceled the conference last year but it was evidently allowed to take place this year. Also in attendance this year were former nuclear negotiators Saeed Jalili and Ali Asghar Soltanieh, according to the schedule.
It’s been a while since the Mossad Ornithology Division was caught in the act. This time, one of our barn owl agents was caught in Tyre, Lebanon.
Our Zionist plot was once again foiled due to identification bracelets on the agent, bearing the code “Tel Aviv University, Israel”
One bright Lebanese commenter said:
"There is the mystery of these trained birds crossing the border and perhaps next time these birds will wear surveillance cameras"
The Mossad really needs to pick up their game, as migration season is here, and many agents risk capture returning from a 6 month long mission in the north.