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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Terror supporters violently protest Israeli ballet

From YNet:Pro-Palestinian groups headed by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel*, staged a protest rally outside an Israeli Ballet performance in the Flynn Theater in Burlington, Vermont, on Friday.According to an Israel Radio report, four demonstrators eventually forced their way into the theater, waving signs saying that anyone who watched the performance was "supporting Israel's apartheid policy."Company director Dan...

Shahar Peer loses match, wins respect

From The Times (UK):In the end Shahar Peer’s fervent determination to prove her point that sport and politics should not mix produced a noble effort but it was not sufficient to unsettle somebody she reveres as a true legend of tennis.Peer had collected an impressive array of scalps as she moved into the semi-final; world no 3 Caroline Wozniacki, Australian Open semi-finalist Li Na and the controversial young Belgian Yanina Wickmayer who was...

New Israeli drone to be delivered to the IDF

From YNet:The IDF is about to receive what is considered the world's best unmanned aircraft – the Eitan. "The Eitan can stay in the air for more than 20 hours; it can carry very large cargo and fly very far, much further than any other unmanned drone in Israel," said Air Force Lt. Col. A. "Only few aircraft in the world approach such capabilities."On Sunday, the Air Force will be receiving the Israeli-made drone, which had already been tested...

Palestine Today's "proof" of US involvement in Mabhouh hit

Classic example of how conspiracy theories are started, from Palestine Today, which quotes the Wall Street Journal as saying that the suspects in the Mabhouh hit in Dubai were using credit cards from American banks.It concludes "This proves beyond any doubt the participation of the United States of America in the assassination...

Another Arab murdered in a posh hotel

But this one is a little different:A Saudi prince was charged last night over the murder of a servant in a five-star London hotel. Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Bin Abdulaziz al Saud, 33, is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court today. The multi-millionaire is accused of murdering 32-year-old Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz at the Landmark Hotel in central London on Monday. He is also charged with assaulting Mr Abdulaziz on January 22....

The French Halal burger kerfuffle

From AP:A French town filed a legal complaint Thursday accusing a branch of a mainstream fast food chain of discrimination because it only serves burgers prepared according to Islamic dietary law. The mayor of the northern town of Roubaix, Rene Vandierendonck, told The Associated Press that he wants the Quick burger restaurant to "propose a new, diversified" menu that satisfies a broader clientele. Quick is a Belgium-based chain popular in Europe...

UNRWA soccer tounament named after terrorist

From Palestinian Media Watch (h/t Bubbe): An UNRWA educational program in Ramallah has honored the terrorist Abu Jihad with a football tournament in his name. The tournament was organized by the Fatah Students' Youth Movement at UNRWA's Women's Training Center and Faculty of Educational Sciences in Ramallah:"The Student Union Council and the Shabiba [Fatah] Students' Movement at UNRWA's Faculty of Educational Sciences has launched a football tournament...

The Al Aqsa Heritage Foundation, which is behind a great deal of the incitement against Israel and Jews, has a new accusation that ties together every recent hot-button issue in a nice package:They are claiming that Zionist Jews were drinking and having sex in the Mamilla Cemetery in Jerusalem on Valentine's Day!They claim to have pictures of empty and broken alcohol bottles...

Sorry, but I cannot figure out this autotranslated article:Translating the Arabic words in the headline individually doesn't help much:The FleecingOf constructive Erotic Wo...

Shahar Peer wins again in Dubai; reaches semi-finals

From Sky Sports:Israel's Shahar Peer continued her remarkable run at the $2m Dubai Championships with a quarter-final victory over Li Na.Peer was leading 7-5 3-0 against the world number 10 before the Chinese player retired with a lower-back injury.Peer is the first Israeli to compete in the United Arab Emirates and has caused a huge security concern for officials following the recent Dubai assassination.The world number 22 has played each of her...

Increase in West Bank "honor killings"

Firas Press quotes a women's legal advocacy group as saying that so far this year, 7 women have been murdered in the West Bank with five of them likely to have been killed for reasons of "family honor."This is interesting, not only because this is a huge increase for the past seven weeks, but also because the Palestinian Arab media I monitor did not mention this many deaths. So far this year I only saw 4 women murdered in the territories; if these...

Egyptians find huge cache of explosives bound for Gaza

Palestine Press Agency reports that Egyptian authorities yesterday uncovered a major cacheof explosives in the Sinai desert.3.5 tons of explosives were found near the Gaza border, already divided up into 79 bags for easy transport through tunnels to Hamas.The Egyptians opened up an investigation to find who is responsible on the Egyptian sid...

UNRWA trying to create a "Palestine"-in-exile

AFP reports:Finding a solution to the plight of millions of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East is key to peace in the region, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said in an interview on Thursday."UNRWA has no political role, but it does have the moral role of reminding all parties involved and all governments with a say in the peace process that there will be no peace without a fair solution for refugees in line with UN resolutions,"...

Hamas infighting?

The anti-Hamas Palestine Press Agency is claiming that a Hamas leader was poisoned by other Hamas leaders, and is close to death.The agency reports that Assif Kahil is in Shifa Hospital in a state of clinical death from poisoning. According to the report, senior Al Qassam Brigades leaders - including Ahmed Al-Jabari and Ahmed Al-Ghandour - visited Kahil's house on Sunday night and then Kahil was rushed to the Shifa Hospital on Monday. Apparently,...

Did Egypt flip a Hamas terrorist?

Back in 2007, there was outrage that Egypt had released a Hamas terrorist wanted by both the PA and Israel. The Jerusalem Post reported then (no longer online, recovered here):The Egyptian authorities have released a top Hamas operative wanted by the Palestinian Authority and Israel for his involvement in terror attacks over the past few years, PA officials told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.The officials expressed outrage over the release of Nahro...