August 2015 ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Monday, August 31, 2015

08/31 Links Pt2: Is the money given to Palestinian leaders helping?; Israel’s Happiness Revolution

From Ian: Is the money we are giving Palestinian leaders helping? Over the last 20 years there have been many stories of where the money goes that international donors give out to Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza. Whilst I would love to tell you that the money is spent on the wellbeing of the Palestinian people it is often spent on Palestinian officials, their corrupt habits and often worse terrorism. For instance, in the last 20 years...

The dude is hilarious. Israel Afraid of Votes, Prefers Terrorism: Iran’s President TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Zionist regime of Israel is afraid of ballot boxes, because it knows that terrorist inclinations, in every shape, lack public support, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said. Terrorist activities, carried out either by organizations, regimes or bigots with false...

British columnist Oliver Kamm succinctly stated in a worth-reading recent article in the Jewish Chronicle concerning Jeremy Corbyn and the Corbynistas: “The left now tolerates bigotry and embraces terror …. It's no longer possible to assume that a declared progressive will defend free speech, secularism, women's rights, homosexual equality, cosmopolitanism and the...

08/31 Links Pt1: Gazans Fleeing to Israel; DNC chair blocks support for Iran nuclear deal

From Ian: Report: Gazans Fleeing to Israel, Risking Death to Escape Hamas Oppression A growing number of Palestinians are fleeing the Gaza Strip for Israel, Israeli news site nrg reported on Sunday. According to the report, the reason for the exodus is the oppressive rule of terror group Hamas, which has controlled the coastal enclave since 2007. The number of Gazans attempting to make the move has steadily risen since Israel’s 50-day war against...

The more you look at Chris Gunness, UNRWA's spokesperson, the worse he appears. I have been proving that Gunness lied on Israeli TV when he claimed: Where we find credible allegations of neutrality violations among our staff, we investigate and where it's appropriate we take disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. And that process is audited by our major donors. Yet...

Turkey sends first delegation to Israel since Mavi Marmara

From Hurriyet Daily News: A delegation of Turkish economic officials is set to hold talks this week with their Israeli counterparts to discuss establishing a new industrial zone for Palestinians in the West Bank, in the first visit after the deadly Mavi Marmara incident in 2010 which caused serious tension between Turkey and Israel. “The main focus is the new industrial zone in collaboration with the U.S., emphasizing the Turks’ obligation to...

This photo of a religious Jew appeared in the Facebook timeline of UNRWA teacher Ramy Alshorbasy last November: The Arabic says ""Oh Lord, (let) me die from a stroke, and not run over (by a car)." He added the comment, "You will die anyway." Three of his friends commented: Amen... the most important thing is that you die Ha-ha-hah-ha Amen, you son of a Jewess UNRWA...

CNN reporter removes her "Mossad dolphin spy" tweet

Remember Salma Abdelaziz, the CNN reporter who seemed to believe the story about Israel sending spy dolphins to Gaza? As I noted at the time, every other news outlet treated Hamas' claims as a joke - but not Salma. People made lots of fun of her on Twitter for reporting the story straight. So, courageous young reporter that she is, Abdelaziz silently removed her tweet...

An UNRWA teacher in Jordan, named Nasreen Hammoud, posted this cartoon on Facebook showing a Jew (with an American fork) cutting up and eating a Palestinian child while drinking his blood. Does this violate UNRWA's alleged "neutrality" requirements for employees? Of course it does. Will UNRWA admit that it has a problem with so many employees posting such offensive...

08/30 Links: Matisyahu felt threatened during Spain gig; The lies and the myths of the anti-Israeli crowd

From Ian: The lies and the myths of the anti-Israeli crowd Yet over the last decade or so, fuelled by a growing body of anti-Western culture in our democracies, a rise in anti-Semitism that may be partially linked to the new demographics and a distinct and understandable discomfort amongst many Jewish people over the status quo, the type of abuse about Israel that was once only in the forums of the white supremacist sites, has entered mainstream...

Obviously Israel is sending inferior cement to Gaza

From Ma'an: The military wing of Hamas, al-Qassam Brigades, said Saturday that one of its members had been killed in a tunnel accident in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the group identified the dead man as Anwar Faraj al-Ghalban, 23, from Khan Younis. The statement did not specify how or where the accident took place. Al-Qassam Brigades said in the statement that they would spare no effort in their resistance to Israel and would keep fighting...

Over the weekend, a new piece of Pallywood propaganda was released, as photos of an Israeli soldier attempting to stop a boy from throwing stones went viral but, amazingly, the truth about the boy and his family's history of violence and Pallywood became part of the story. See Israellycool for the full story. Here's a photo that has surfaced that seems to be of the kid in...

Hamas terrorists use Caterpillar equipment, Red Crescent paramedics in propaganda video

The "boycott Israel" movement likes to target Caterpillar because Israel has used their equipment to destroy terror infrastructure. Hamas hasn't gotten the message. In a new video released by Hamas, they show Caterpillar equipment (0:35) being used to dig in Gaza. The first scene is apparently of them using this equipment to reach terrorists who are caught in a tunnel explosion, and people with Red Crescent logos go into the tunnel to evacuate...

Girls' military camp in Gaza (photos)

The PFLP ended their "Vanguard of Return" summer camp in Gaza - but now they are mentioning that the camp was to train girls in becoming militants, too. ...

08/29 Links: Obama’s Iran Deal Hypocrisy Knows No Limits; The Return of Shirley Temper

From Ian: Questions raised over shocking West Bank image of boy with a broken arm being held at gunpoint by an Israeli soldier after girl, 13, seen biting attacker is revealed as prolific 'Pallywood star' Questions have been raised over the authenticity of shocking images of a boy with a broken arm being held at gunpoint by an Israeli soldier after a 13-year-old girl seen biting his attacker is said to be a prolific 'Pallywood star'. The remarkable...

08/28 Links Pt2: Iran Cancels Berlin Opera over Israeli Conductor; Arab Spring Blowing into Gaza?

From Ian: Report: Iran Cancels Berlin State Opera Show in Tehran over Israeli-Argentine Conductor Iran said it canceled the concert of a Berlin orchestra set to be led by renowned Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim because they consider his Israeli citizenship “illegitimate,” a BBC reporter revealed Friday on Twitter. BBC correspondent Hadi Nili said a spokesperson for the Iranian Culture Ministry announced the cancellation, adding there is “no...

EoZ top posts of the week

Here they are: 10. 08/22 Links: Khamenei: Islamic unity against real enemies - US and Israel; Frank Sinatra and Israel 9. 08/27 Links Pt2: Syrian opposition: 'Israel Is the Most Humane Country in the Middle East' 8. PLO says a neighborhood that is 99% Arab is being "ethnically cleansed" by Jews 7. 08/23 Links: How BDS is the Face of Modern Anti-Semitism; JPost Apologizes for NIF OpEd 6. Antisemitic UNRWA teachers...

From Reuters: A film on the life of Prophet Mohammad is expected to break box office records in Shi'ite Muslim Iran after its release on Thursday, but some Sunni Muslim clerics in the Arab world are already demanding that Tehran ban it. The state-sponsored "Mohammad, Messenger of God", directed by Oscar-nominated director Majid Majidi, is at $40 million Iran's most expensive...

08/28 Links Pt1: Slandering the US - PA demonizes its largest donor; Hamas Refuses 'Settlement' Aid

From Ian: Slandering the US - PA demonizes its largest donor The Palestinian Authority continues to demonize anyone who has an opinion different than their own. Even the United States, the largest donor to the PA, is subject to verbal attacks by PA leaders and its official media. Any statement or activity that the PA disagrees with can be used as the hook to insult even its biggest financial supporter. When US presidential candidate Mike Huckabee...

Last night I emailed the other spokesperson for UNRWA, Sami Mshasha, who usually deals with Arabic media but who has responded to me in the past. I cc'd Chris Gunness as well: Hello. As you may know, I am a blogger who has been discovering a number of Facebook pages from UNRWA teachers, principals and other employees with highly offensive content, including anti-antisemitism,...

This article from Wafa, the official Palestinian Authority news agency, speaks volumes: Ateret Cohanim Jewish organization Thursday forcefully took over a Palestinian-owned building in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center (WHIC). WHIC said some 60 Israeli settlers broke into the area before dawn and broke into a Palestinian-owned...

Here's another UNRWA official - a principal at the Al-Fukhari Primary School in Khan Younis - who supports terror on Facebook. Ahmed Fathi Bader posted this "prescription" for sending rockets to Israel: Name of patient: Ben Gurion Age: 78 years old Male 1 M75 (Hamas rocket) twice a day, a rocket in the morning and a rocket in the evening at 6 o'clock, before eating,...

08/27 Liks Pt2: Syrian opposition: 'Israel Is the Most Humane Country in the Middle East'

From Ian: 'Israel Is the Most Humane Country in the Middle East': Why Syria's Southern Neighbors Are Working on Their PR All of this has done remarkable things for Israeli-Syrian relations in rebel-held stretches of southern Syria. According to one Syrian opposition commander speaking in Amman: "Israel is the most humane country in the Middle East." And that, said Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Syria researcher at Israel's Forum for Regional Thinking, is...