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Monday, February 07, 2005

The Revolving Door Returns

Israeli security officials said on Saturday that it appears the Palestinian Authority is continuing with the same 'revolving door' policy from the past when it would arrest suspects involved in terror against Israel but release them shortly after. 'It is a shame that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has not yet acted on the ground to disarm terror organizations and crackdown on terror,' a security official said. Palestinian security forces on Saturday...

Your tax dollars at work - hundreds of PA "policemen" involved in terror

This is who we are giving $350 million to. And I have yet to read anything that would stop this from happening again - except the empty promises of terrorists.. At least 600 members of various Palestinian Authority security services have been killed since the beginning of the intifada more than four years ago, most of them while participating in violence against Israel, a senior PA security official revealed Sunday. The official told The Jerusalem...

Israel Considering Releasing Murderers - What has happened to the Jewish state?

I can understand Palestinians making absurd demands; this is all they do. But why the hell is Israel considering caving to them? Is Israel so starved for peace that she will throw all caution to the wind for a pipe-dream? Have Abbas' cosmetic and quickly reversible moves impressed Israelis that much? Has Israel decided that a few mortars every day or so is an acceptable level of violence? What have the Palestinians done in the past month that make...

Columbia U. continues pro-terror antics

BY SOL STERN and FRED SIEGEL - Special to the Sun February 4, 2005 You might think that Columbia University would be on its best academic behavior on the issue of the Middle East conflict these days. After all, several professors in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, known as MEALAC, are credibly accused of anti-Semitism and intimidating pro-Israel students. The university's president, Lee Bollinger, has appointed a committee...

Tough question for Imams:: is it better to kill Jews or convert them?

While the Palestinian Authority may come down clearly on the side of killing Jews for divine Islamic reward, other Muslims think converting Jews is even better. Although, they'll agree, killing Jews is still good. Speaking on Saudi Arabia's Iqra TV last month, Sheikh 'Aed Al-Karni expounded: 'The Prophet Muhammad, as is said in the Hadith [post-Koranic instructions for behavior and belief - ed.], sent Ali to the Jews - to the Jews, the brothers...

Yediot Ahronot: Yes to National Referendum

Very interesting editorial from left-leaning Yediot: Support for a national referendum is a sharp change in the position expressed here in the past. But things that happened in the last months require a reevaluation of prior positions. It will force Sharon to roll up his sleeves, leave the controlled atmosphere of the Cabinet and go out to the citizens of Israel in order to address their questions, get rid of their doubts and convince them that...

Rice: $100 A Month Pension To Terrorists

I like(d) Condi, but what the hell is she thinking? Is the water at Foggy Bottom spiked or something? Could you imagine the US giving criminals in our country $100 a month if they would only agree not to kill anyone? U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has proposed a $100 monthly allowance to terrorists who agree to lay down their arms and retire or find another profession. The money would be part of a $350 million package deal announced by...

Garry Trudeau has lost his sense of humor

Back in the seventies, Doonesbury was funny. But nowadays it is just mean and sad. The current series of strips shows BD, the football coach turned injured Iraqi soldier, telling his shrink that he wants to kill every cab driver who looks Arab. That as an instinctive reaction to his fighting in Iraq, that everyone who looks different is the enemy. What an incredible insult to the US military! In one stroke Trudeau has slimed all soldiers as bigots....

Suicidal Jews: When Will They Learn?

By CINNAMON STILLWELL A remarkable thing happened in the Bay Area last month. San Francisco and Berkeley, two cities known for their anti-American, anti-Israel, and increasingly anti-Semitic character, hosted rallies against global terrorism. The mangled wreckage of the Jerusalem #19 bus, destroyed in a suicide bombing and displayed at both events, brought the reality of terrorism closer to home. It was a powerful reminder of what too many, especially...

Danish Prime Minister is one of the good guys!

How often do you hear European heads of state make this much sense about Israel? Israel finds a defender in Denmark Since Denmark has only a tiny Jewish community, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen can't be accused of pandering to the Jewish vote when he launched a spirited defense of Israel on the campaign stump earlier this week. During an appearance at the University of Aarhus, Rasmussen was challenged over his support for the US and...

Asymmetry

All the gestures that Palestinians do for "peace" can be taken away in a blink of an eye. They deploy troops and make a couple of arrests today; tomorrow they start shooting at schoolbuses. All the gestures Israel is doing for peace are either permanent or very, very expensive to undo. Releasing prisoners, ceding land and control, agreeing to not defend herself - all of these things can (and, historically, have) resulted in less security and more...

Iran laughs at world again

Everything can be solved by negotiation, right? Iran Says It Will Never Scrap Nuke Program TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran will never scrap its nuclear program, and talks with Europeans are intended to protect the country's nuclear achievements, not negotiate an end to them, an Iranian official said Wednesda...

Israelis use their heads to get tourists

Take the thing that scare people about visiting Israel and make it the reason to visit! Israel's international reputation as a target for suicide bombings and terrorist infiltrations has scared off tourists for years. But now, that might be what brings them back. The Israel Challenge Experience's (ICE) army fantasy camp, to open in May, lets tourists spend a week getting "anti-terror training" from the IDF experts. "Unfortunately Israel has become...

Turks vs. Palestinians - European Yardsticks of Double Standard

European yardsticks for Turkey, a peaceful country, joining the EU – demand [of Turkey] far-reaching political and social reform “on the ground”, and 10 to 15 years of negotiations while Turks prove democratic change is “irreversible.” European yardsticks for Palestinians, a hostile society, joining the Family of Nations - amounts to praise for fabricated non-existent reforms and calls to drop the required incremental progress from the Road Map....

Oops. Never mind.

A society that celebrates by firing guns in the air does not have the right to tell others about the value of life. -EoZ. The Palestinians arrested a suspect in Monday's murder of Nuran Dib, on Tuesday evening. The man reportedly fired shots into the air; one of those shots hit the girl. The suspect is being questioned regarding the shooting. The IDF said on Monday night that following an initial investigation, it did not seem that the 10-year-old...