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Friday, February 26, 2016

02/26 Links Pt2: Kontorovich: Obama’s conflation and obfuscation about Israeli settlement boycotts

From Ian: Eugene Kontorovich: Obama signs Israel anti-boycott provisions into law, settlements and all Congress recently passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. The massive trade and customs bill contains, inter alia, provisions designed to oppose boycotts and similar economic warfare against Israel. Yesterday, President Obama signed the bill into law. While signing it, he made a statement, objecting to parts of the law...

The Tower has an article that refers to a fascinating 2011 piece by Joel Fishman that shows that the idea of "Zionism is racism" started before "occupation" and was created by the Soviets specifically to fight against any UN resolutions against antisemitism. Some relevant parts: Many assume that UN Resolution 3379, equating Zionism with racism, originated in 1975....

02/26 Links Pt1: Hamas is to blame for Gaza's terrible state; U.S., EU Fund PA Torture

From Ian: Ben-Dror Yemini: Hamas is to blame for Gaza's terrible state, not Israel The residents of the Gaza Strip – which has a 40 percent unemployment rate, hundreds of thousands of restless youth, no electricity during most of the daylight hours, polluted water that does not always flow, and a tightening blockade that has lasted for years – are indeed a powder keg. It's enough to read the latest UN report, from September 2015, which says that...

This video was posted at the Shehab News Agency, and I don't know where it was taken originally. it looks like a cafeteria on a college campus somewhere in the northern US. Apparently, the cafeteria placed up the flags of many nations on its windows, and an Algerian was upset that Israel's flag was next to that of his country. So he complained to management, which quickly...

Fantastic news. From Times of Israel: A fugitive Palestinian terrorist wanted by Israel was murdered in Bulgaria Friday morning, Palestinian media reported, in a killing some Palestinians have ascribed to the Jewish state, though Jerusalem denied involvement. Omar Nayef Zayed, 51, was found dead in the yard of the Palestinian Embassy in Sofia. Bulgarian radio reported that...

Sometimes, news bias is so stunning that even I can't believe it. Patrick Martin at the Globe and Mail reports on this week's Canadian parliament vote that overwhelmingly rejected attempts to boycott Israel: Parliament has voted by a wide margin to condemn the growing international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign being waged against Israel for what is alleged...

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02/25 Links Pt2: Bibi: terrorists would destroy Jerusalem’s holy places; The shame of UK students

From Ian: Netanyahu to Cameron: If not for Israel, terrorists would destroy Jerusalem’s holy places Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waded into an escalating row with Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday, accusing him of “forgetting” that only Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem is keeping Islamic extremism at bay and safeguarding the city’s holy places from destruction by terrorists. Cameron, long a firm public supporter of Israel, on...

I saw this photo and article in the Arab News (Saudi Arabia): JEDDAH: As if its near-perfect grand slam feat last week was not enough Saudia Ice Cream became the first to repeat as Team of the Week during the 6th session in the FTBJ-ICBL 36th Conference bowling tournament at the Bowling City here. A mixed-sex bowling league in Jeddah? And the women not wearing headcoverings?...

Vic Rosenthal's weekly column: Recently, Palestinian human rights activist (really) Bassem Eid was threatened by anti-Israel demonstrators, and had to have a police escort out of a talk he gave at the University of Chicago. Caroline Glick noted this incident as more evidence that the goal of the supposedly pro-Palestinian movement is not to help...

02/25 Links Pt1: Jerusalem Mayor: E.Jerusalem better off now than under UK; Hamas: tunnels are defensive

From Ian: Barkat slams Cameron: East Jerusalem better off now than under UK Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday slammed comments by British Prime Minister David Cameron in which he criticized conditions in East Jerusalem, questioning Cameron’s knowledge of the region and pointing a finger at the UK for its policies during the pre-state British Mandate. On Wednesday, Cameron told Britain’s Parliament that Israeli construction in East Jerusalem...

Last week, Israeli police briefly detained Washington Post journalist William Booth - and the journalist community went nuts with articles about how Israel had no respect for freedom of the press, with the New York Times even comparing it to Iran's arrest and imprisonment of a reporter for 18 months. Here's what Reuters reporter Luke Baker tweeted about it (among other...

Here is a brief list of things that British PM David Cameron has been shocked about over the past couple of years: 1. Malaysian air disaster, 239 killed 2. Peshawar school massacre, 141 killed 3. Nepal earthquake, 9000 killed 4. Tunisia terror attacks, 38 killed (31 British) 5. Paris terror attacks, 130 killed 6. Jews building houses in their historic capital. Actually,...

We have noted the writings of Abdulateef Al-Mulhim in Arab News before, where he says things that are actually sane. He has written another article about how Israel is being reported on in Arab media which is worth reading: Does anyone in the Arab world know what is happening in Israel? Do we know what weapons systems their defense forces are acquiring or developing? Do...

Artists tell Oscar nominees to #TaketheTrip to Israel

Today, the LA Times published a full page ad by Jewish Voice for Peace and another anti-Israel group urging Hollywood stars to not accept the free $55,000 trip to Israel that was being offered as part of an (unofficial) Oscar nominee "swag bag," claiming that Israel is an "apartheid state." It uses the hashtag "#SkiptheTrip. Creative Community for Peace issued their own response: The...