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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Yom Kippur brings out the antisemitism in Arab media and officials

The Arabic language media has been obsessively reporting about Yom Kippur since before the holiday. The most insane claim came from the Jerusalem Waqf. After claiming that Jews were dancing on the graves of Muslims at the ancient cemetery on the south side of the Temple Mount, it announced that there was no relationship between Yom Kippur and the Temple:The Council...

Arab victories ain't what they used to be

As the Arab world celebrates the 50th anniversary of their "victory" over Israel in the Yom Kippur War, it is worth looking at what they celebrate as victories today. Things like Arabs at sporting events refusing to compete against Israelis. Similarly, today Kuwait is celebrating another huge victory over the Zionist enemy.The UN General Assembly held high-level meetings...

Because Tunisia complained, US State Department modifies post which implied Black Africans are indigenous

Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave out the first annual Secretary’s Global Anti-Racism Champions Awards.  One of the awardees is Saadia Mosbah of Tunisia:Saadia Mosbah is a Tunisian activist who has dedicated her life to fighting racial discrimination and prejudice, as well as defending the rights of Black Tunisians.  In 2013, after several unsuccessful attempts...

Since 1948, in any given situation, there seem to always be exactly 420,000 Palestinians

Here's an interesting coincidence.The UN in 1994:An estimate made by Abu Lughod indicated that the average number of indigenous Palestinians was about 420,000 in the West Bank and about 80,000 in the Gaza Strip by the end of 1948. News wires, March 2004:Schools and virtually every shop were closed in this city {Gaza City], where 420,000 people live. Internal...

Palestinians really spooked by the Red Cow

The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported last month:Byron Stinson has always been a man of strong faith.And recently that faith came into play for a mission. Jewish faith leaders he knew needed a red heifer to replicate a ceremony depicted in the Bible.“I felt like it was my duty as a Texan to go out and look around Texas and see if I could find some completely red, pure red...

The absurdity of "Palestine Refugees," illustrated by Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera published this graphic to illustrate who has been a refugee for the past 75 years.Notice that the Palestine stream is the only one (besides "Others") that keeps getting bigger and bigger. Every other individual refugee situation either disappears eventually or, in the case of Afghanistan, cycles to an extent. The UNHCR annual report gives all the proof we need...

Al Jazeera makes up a Herzl quote

Herzl postcard to his daughter from Jerusalem, October 30, 1898Al Jazeera, which is still respected as a real news source in much of the Western world, published an article entitled, "This is how Israel plunders the antiquities of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem."The article starts with a quote, supposedly from Theodor Herzl:"If we ever get Jerusalem and I...

Egyptians blame Israel for film produced by Sweden, France and Finland.

Cairo Conspiracy, also known as Boy from Heaven, is a film synopsized as "Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites."It was released a year ago. It has received a number of awards and positive reviews.It...

How many could have been saved if Israel was reborn in 1938 instead of 1948? (posters)

There are always discussions on how to teach the Holocaust in a way that young people can internalize the horror of what happened. These discussions become more prominent around Yom Hashoah.At the same time, with the upcoming Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel haters try to frame Israel as pure evil whose existence is itself a human rights crime and which reduces the security of Jews,...

The crime of "Judaizing" - what's old is new again

Times of Israel has an interesting article about how crypto-Jews in Mallorca would continue to celebrate Purim by calling it the "Feast of St. Esther." A brave woman named Ana Cortés admitted to the Church that she was still celebrating Jewish holidays and studying (illegal) Jewish texts.The crypto-Jews of Mallorca paid a heavy price for clinging to their Jewish...

48,000 Jews visited the Temple Mount this year. Al Jazeera: "Worst year ever!"

Al Jazeera's headline says it all:The year 2022 is the worst in terms of occupation violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque.. More than 48,000 settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa MosqueRemember, this isn't a Palestinian news site. This is Al Jazeera, trusted and praised throughout the world.The article says,The Director General of the Department of Islamic Endowments and Affairs of the Blessed...

12/16 Links P2: Liberals, Progressives, Wokeness and Israel; Smearing Israel from the Ivory Tower; US Congressman Slams FBI Hate Crimes Data As Bipartisan Criticism Grows

From Ian: Liberals, Progressives, Wokeness and Israel Putting all this together, what the JILV survey powerfully documents is a troubling phenomenon that has pervaded the larger American political system today: namely political sorting. In its most basic form, political sorting, which is often confused with polarization, is a fairly new phenomenon and is where ideological...

The latest desecrations of Al Aqsa

Palestinians must spend a lot of time looking for things to get offended by. The latest is a video of a woman - it is unclear if she is a religious Jew - doing a little dance on the Temple Mount which someone edited the song "I'm Sexy and I Know it" on top.Tunisian journalist Imene Ben Slim tweeted the video, saying ,"Israeli woman dances provocatively in the courtyards...

Jabaliya: How the Media Uses “Balance” to Obfuscate the Truth (Judean Rose)

The footage of the Islamic Jihad rocket doubling back on Jabaliya was like something out of a Cecil B. DeMille movie....

Al Jazeera has an article by "senior political analyst" Marwan Bishara that takes psychological projection (where people attribute to others what is in their own minds) to new heights.Why Israel hates the Palestinians so muchTo my mind, Israel’s hatred of the Palestinians is shaped and driven by three basic sentiments: fear, envy and anger.Israel fears all that is Palestinian...