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Thursday, March 09, 2023

03/09 Links Pt2: Ilan Halimi’s murder and the whitewashing of Muslim antisemitism; America's Tradition in Fighting Boycotts of Israel; El-Kurd Destroys His Own Credibility With ‘Apartheid Israel’ Confession

From Ian: Ilan Halimi’s murder and the whitewashing of Muslim antisemitism Seventeen years ago, a Parisian gang calling itself “the Barbarians” lured a twenty-three-year-old cell-phone salesman named Ilan Halimi onto its turf, tortured him for three weeks while reciting Quranic verses, and then left him to die by the roadside. Halimi’s murder is often seen as the beginning...

03/08 Links Pt1: Leave the IDF out of the protest; IDF kill Palestinian terrorist responsible for Huwara attack; Israel slams 'disgraceful' South Africa vote to downgrade diplomatic ties

From Ian: Overhaul protesters gear up for ‘day of resistance’ throughout the country Thursday The protest movement against the government’s judicial overhaul plans was set to conduct a second major campaign to disrupt daily life in Israel on Thursday, in what activists are calling a “day of resistance.” The day notably includes plans to block roads around Ben Gurion Airport...

02/02 Links Pt1: The Tragic Palestinian Children's Crusade; Biden Announces $50 Million UNRWA Funding; NGOs Blame the Victims: A False “Massacre” in Jenin and “Legitimate Resistance” outside a Jerusalem Synagogue

From Ian: NGO Monitor: The Role of NGOs in Supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) Investigation On December 20, 2019, then Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda announced that she intended to investigate alleged war crimes in the “State of Palestine” and filed a request with the Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber to confirm her jurisdiction....

US Consulate in Johannesburg on street to be named after terrorist hijacker of TWA plane

On Friday, I reported that the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, voted to rename Sandton Drive after PFLP terrorist hijacker Leila Khaled. It turns out that the US Consulate in Johannesburg is on 1 Sandton Drive. I hope that the US State Department lodges a serious protest against being forced to reside on a street named after a terrorist who hijacked...

Johannesburg agrees to name a street after PFLP terrorist Leila Khaled

From the Sandton (South Africa) Chronicle: The Joburg City Council on 29 November adopted a motion to rename Sandton Drive after Leila Khaled. Martin Williams, Ward 90 councillor, posted a statement on the Ward 90 Facebook group that read, “… The DA were outnumbered when the EFF and ANC voted together. “As an affected ward councillor, I undertake to ensure adherence...

How Israel helped the apartheid-era blacks of South Africa

One of the supreme ironies of those who claim Israel is "an apartheid state" can be seen from this 1997 article, by David Kaplan, recently rediscovered, which describes Israel's involvement in helping the blacks of South Africa during the apartheid era. That it has been doing so without any fuss or fanfare may explain why so few Israelis or South Africans know about...

The PLO says "jump," South Africa asks "how high?" (UPDATE)

South Africa doesn't even pretend to be even-handed: South African ministers do not visit Israel, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said. "Our Palestinian friends have never asked us to disengage with Israel [through cutting diplomatic relations]. They had asked us in formal meetings to not engage with the regime," she said at a Congress of SA Trade Unions international relations committee meeting. "Ministers of South Africa...