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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

75 years ago: Jewish heroes saving lives - and getting killed for it

Heroes Haim Graf and Mordechai KomornikThere were two interesting and related articles in the Palestine Post of March 22, 1948, on events that happened 75 years ago today, that were both about Jewish heroes.The first real heroes were two guards, Haim Graf and Mordechai Komornik, who saw smoke coming out of the abandoned vehicle outside the Solel Boneh building...

Abbas didn't condemn Jerusalem attacks; Palestinian newspaper upset at UAE and Turkey for condemning them

It used to be that Mahmoud Abbas, like Yasir Arafat before him, would issue a pro forma condemnation of deadly terror attacks against Israel. As of this writing, he hasn't said a word against the twin Jerusalem attacks, nor the Ariel terrorist attacks. He doesn't even pretend anymore to be against terror. Earlier this year he only reluctantly condemned some attacks...

Look how proud Palestinian groups are at randomly shooting at a yeshiva

Times of Israel reports:The head of a yeshiva in the southern West Bank settlement of Carmel said Friday that he was leading a study session when one of his students was struck in a suspected terror shooting.The 18-year-old was moderately wounded in the attack Thursday night and taken to the hospital for treatment. Israeli security forces launched a manhunt in the area after...

08/16 Links Pt1: Palestinian response to terror on Israelis shows why peace is impossible; EU funds NGO agendas seeking to undermine Israeli counter-terror policies

From Ian: JPost Editorial: Palestinian response to terror on Israelis shows why peace is impossible A nation, said John F. Kennedy in October 1963, just a month before he was assassinated, “reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” How true, not only of nations, but also different societies, and segments within those...

04/12 Links Pt1: Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place; Court: Families of terror victims can sue Pal Auth; Employee at USAID Contractor Celebrated Terrorist Attack Against Israeli Civilians

From Ian: Noah Rothman: Barack Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place And that was fine with the Obama White House. From 2009 to 2013, the White House seemed intent only on extricating itself from European affairs. The administration repeatedly canceled plans to provide radar and interceptor missiles to Central European states, withdrew the last American armored units...

Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood warns against Jew cooties

The term "Jew cooties" was created by Meryl Yourish in 2005 to describe how Arabs and Muslims would treat anything remotely associated with Jews or Israel as dangerous and infectious. (Ironically, her first example - of Dubai rejecting Israeli medical equipment - no longer applies.)The Observer General of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Abdul Hamid Al-Thneibat, just...

03/30 Links Pt1: Five killed in Bnei Brak shooting as Israel enters 'new wave of terror'; Palestinian social media celebrates murder of Ukrainians in terror attack

From Ian: Five killed in Bnei Brak shooting as Israel enters 'new wave of terror' Five people were killed by a Palestinian terrorist in a shooting attack in the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) city of Bnei Brak on Tuesday night. The shooting was first reported around 8:00 p.m. on HaShnaim Street. One person was found lifeless in a car and two other people were shot dead on a nearby...