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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Egyptian, Jordanian, Moroccan and Saudi government ministries condemn Jews visiting their holiest site on Rosh Hashana

On Sunday, about 250 Jews visited the Temple Mount for Rosh Hashanah. There were no major incidents: one Jew blew a shofar and was quickly removed by police.But since so much ink had been spilled in the Arab world about how "Al Aqsa is in danger" the Arabic media had to create the impression that the Jews who calmly and quietly visited - as they do every Sunday through...

Palestinian media warn about dangers of upcoming Jewish holidays - including some you've never heard of

Palestine Today published this poster warning about all the upcoming Jewish holidays and how Jews use them as excuses to defile Al Aqsa Mosque.And when they say "Al Aqsa Mosque," it is obvious that they are referring to the Kotel (Western Wall) as part of it.The photo is a Photoshop, showing the twin threats that Palestinians see: Zionists and religious Jews. The poster...

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Italy set to pass law making Islamic worship much more difficult. (And it might affect Jews, too.)

From IndiaTV and ShiaWaves:Italy-- home of over 2.5 million Muslims-- is set to pass a controversial law that would ban prayers in public places and unauthorized worship buildings. According to Anadolu News Agency, if passed, the law could shut down thousands of Islamic prayer spaces amid the fact most of the prayers are being held in private spaces. The bill, which...

Algeria voted to Security Council. Let's spend five minutes looking at this wonderful country.

Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday, on the election of Algeria as a member of the UN Security Council.Let's take a quick look at what life is like in Algeria today.- A law was passed in 1962 that ensured that anyone without a Muslim grandparent couldn't be a citizen. Some 140,000 Jews had to leave, and the laws, while changed, ensure...

Palestinians who eat publicly during Ramadan can go to prison

There has been a kerfuffle in Israel over a proposed law that would allow Israeli hospitals latitude to ban visitors from bringing items that are not kosher for Passover into their facilities during the seven day holiday.It plays out in the media as a typical battle between the religious and the secular in Israel on basic rights, of religious coercion versus freedom of religion,...

Some Arabs very upset by a synagogue in Abu Dhabi

Last week, to much fanfare, the Maimonides synagogue was formally opened in Abu Dhabi as part of the Abrahamic Family House interfaith project spearheaded by the UAE royal family.Many reports say that this is the first synagogue in Abu Dhabi, but in fact there was a modest synagogue that had been operating quietly for years in a rented villa for Jewish businesspeople in the...

Israel allows a lot more Palestinians to visit the Temple Mount than you would know from the media

This morning's article at the official Palestinian Wafa news agency is pretty much identical to articles written every Friday for months:Tens of thousands performed Friday prayers at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities at the gates of the mosque and the entrances to the Old City in occupied Jerusalem...

Lebanese condemn a book about Chanukah that was distributed in a Christian school. Nah, nothing antisemitic here.

Al Akhbar reports:A picture of a booklet titled “Hanukkah” was circulated on social media, distributed by UNIFIL forces to the students of Our Lady of the Annunciation School in Rmeish, south Lebanon, on the occasion of Christmas. .Indeed, it is stated in the pamphlet that Al-Akhbar reviewed, under the title Facts, that “thousands of years ago the Jewish people lived in a...

Jews singing, dancing, and breathing are "provocative" - but not Arabs assaulting Jews

If you are Jewish, it is really easy to get major media coverage in the Arab world.Just dance.A group of about ten Jews danced at Damascus Gate yesterday. This huge news was published by the UAE71 news site: On Thursday evening, a number of Israeli settlers stormed the "Damascus Gate" area in the center of occupied Jerusalem, raised the Israeli flag, and performed...

EU delegation storms the Temple Mount, seems to agree it should be Judenrein

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that a delegation from the EU visited the Temple Mount this morning, where they politely listened to anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda spouted by the head of the Waqf, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib.The delegation included 35 representatives and consuls from the European Union. Al-Khatib "stressed the importance of their...

What really is the Temple Mount "status quo?" According to Arabs, whatever they claim it is

First photo of the Temple MountThe Arab Center in Washington, DC published a paper by Mounir Marjieh that described the "status quo" on the Temple Mount, and of course accused Israel of violating it.Marjieh's honesty is suspect from the start:Since the 19th century, the Al-Aqsa compound has been governed by a Status Quo arrangement, a modus vivendi that prevents discord...

What is the rational response to irrational threats by Palestinians?

Leaders of Palestinian terror groups, and the PA government, are making threats in response to Itamar Ben-Gvir's plan to visit the Temple Mount.Islamic Jihad leader Daoud Shehab said such a visit would be a "declaration of war." Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh, called for a "Palestinian, Arab and international" response.Hamas said...

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...