Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Elder of ZiyonThey might be shooting rockets at innocent Israelis, and they might be murdering each other, but Microsoft clearly hopes that they don't copy software. From an ad in paltoday.com:(Arabic)
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Elder of Ziyon
200 Gaza residents held a rally against the infighting.
The "gunmen" shot at these proud human shields, and 8 of the protesters were injured.
They forgot the cardinal rule: human shields only work when defending against people who value human life. Otherwise you are just a flesh shield.
UPDATE: Wafa (Arabic) reports that 15 people were injured during the rally, from Hamas members who shot at them - from a watchtower.
“Just as we used to protect you from the occupation by acting as human shields, we have come to protect you from yourselves,” one protester shouted at gunmen, referring to instances when Palestinian civilians positioned themselves between militants and Israeli forces.
The "gunmen" shot at these proud human shields, and 8 of the protesters were injured.
They forgot the cardinal rule: human shields only work when defending against people who value human life. Otherwise you are just a flesh shield.
UPDATE: Wafa (Arabic) reports that 15 people were injured during the rally, from Hamas members who shot at them - from a watchtower.
- Wednesday, May 16, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
Today the Rafah police chief resigned because he couldn't control the chaos in the streets of his town in Gaza.
Similarly, the PalArab Interior Minister in charge of security resigned on Monday after only one day of the Hamas/Fatah fighting.
Keep in mind that, officially, almost all of the Fatah terrorists and many of the Hamas terrorists are paid "policemen." These resignations prove that the "police" jobs were nothing more than welfare, but none of the officers - even their leaders - ever tried to take their jobs seriously.
Once again, we see that the concept of "responsibility" is foreign to Palestinian Arabs. Unless they are taking responsibility for killing Jews. Even the words they use to describe their civil war - "unfortunate events" - show that they don't regard it as a problem that must be solved but as a natural disaster which cannot be helped.
Similarly, the PalArab Interior Minister in charge of security resigned on Monday after only one day of the Hamas/Fatah fighting.
Keep in mind that, officially, almost all of the Fatah terrorists and many of the Hamas terrorists are paid "policemen." These resignations prove that the "police" jobs were nothing more than welfare, but none of the officers - even their leaders - ever tried to take their jobs seriously.
Once again, we see that the concept of "responsibility" is foreign to Palestinian Arabs. Unless they are taking responsibility for killing Jews. Even the words they use to describe their civil war - "unfortunate events" - show that they don't regard it as a problem that must be solved but as a natural disaster which cannot be helped.
- Wednesday, May 16, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
Hamas and Fatah brokered a "truce" on Sunday night. And Monday night. And Tuesday night.
And so far Wednesday, six Fatah "bodyguards" were killed by Hamas and a nurse was declared brain-dead.
Isn't it nice to know that the word "truce" is just as meaningless in Arabic as it is when it is said in English by PalArabs?
The PalArab self-death count for 2007 keeps climbing...236. Sounds like these guys deserve a state of their own....
UPDATE: Palestine Today(Arabic), which yesterday blamed Israel for eight of the people killed by Hamas, counts ten dead today and thirty in 24 hours in the latest "unfortunate events." For now, I'm adding 3 to the self-death count for today as I try to keep accurate track.
Tellingly, their main headline is about the Sderot rockets. Because terrorizing Jews makes the civil war almost worth it...
UPDATE 2: Ynet and Haaretz mention a Hamas "friendly fire" incident where they stormed their own car, killing 5. Are these guys shaheeds? 244. UPDATE 2a: YNet's list of dead today is at 15 so far, so I think I've got it right, but PalToday seems to indicate a couple of random driver shootings as well. Since the autotranslate is not that accurate I'll hold off.
UPDATE 3: Haaretz has 17 killed today; YNet mentions 3 more on Wednesday night. My guess is that Ha'aretz is not counting the brain-dead nurse, and normally I wouldn't except for the fact that her ultimate death will never be reported, so I am at 18 for the day at midnight Gaza time. 247.
UPDATE 4: Contradictory reports on the total Wednesday fatalities but one who died in an Israeli hospital was not counted by me yet, 248. Four were killed after an 8 PM cease fire but none yet on Thursday as of noon.
And so far Wednesday, six Fatah "bodyguards" were killed by Hamas and a nurse was declared brain-dead.
Isn't it nice to know that the word "truce" is just as meaningless in Arabic as it is when it is said in English by PalArabs?
The PalArab self-death count for 2007 keeps climbing...236. Sounds like these guys deserve a state of their own....
UPDATE: Palestine Today(Arabic), which yesterday blamed Israel for eight of the people killed by Hamas, counts ten dead today and thirty in 24 hours in the latest "unfortunate events." For now, I'm adding 3 to the self-death count for today as I try to keep accurate track.
Tellingly, their main headline is about the Sderot rockets. Because terrorizing Jews makes the civil war almost worth it...
UPDATE 2: Ynet and Haaretz mention a Hamas "friendly fire" incident where they stormed their own car, killing 5. Are these guys shaheeds? 244. UPDATE 2a: YNet's list of dead today is at 15 so far, so I think I've got it right, but PalToday seems to indicate a couple of random driver shootings as well. Since the autotranslate is not that accurate I'll hold off.
UPDATE 3: Haaretz has 17 killed today; YNet mentions 3 more on Wednesday night. My guess is that Ha'aretz is not counting the brain-dead nurse, and normally I wouldn't except for the fact that her ultimate death will never be reported, so I am at 18 for the day at midnight Gaza time. 247.
UPDATE 4: Contradictory reports on the total Wednesday fatalities but one who died in an Israeli hospital was not counted by me yet, 248. Four were killed after an 8 PM cease fire but none yet on Thursday as of noon.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
With paintings of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and Jesus Christ, right, Palestinian women attend a rally to mark the 59th anniversary of the Naqba, or 'The catastrophe' in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday May 15, 2007. Palestinians commemorate Al Naqba May 15 each year, to mark their displacement by the founding of Israeli in 1948. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
Israel's defense minister Peretz said:
Somehow I don't think that nearly half a year of lies and the occasional tiny reaction is going to help the citizens of Sderot very much.
... that any attempt to fire into Israeli territories would be considered a breach of the cease-fire and treated with severity.He also said:
According to Peretz, Israel is interested in quiet, but would not accept attacks on its citizens.
"Israel cannot afford to accept harm to its citizens, and will perform the necessary operations to defend its sovereignty and ensure the citizens' safety.This is all great, except that his first statement was made five and a half months ago, and the second statement was today. And even when he said it today the IDF announced that it will not react harshly but just lob a few rockets back at Gaza, where one will inevitably kill a bystander and the nearly six months of goodwill that Olmert and Company have tried to build by allowing Sderot residents to be sitting ducks will evaporate.
"We will not be part of internal Palestinian power struggles, but we will react harshly," he added.
Somehow I don't think that nearly half a year of lies and the occasional tiny reaction is going to help the citizens of Sderot very much.
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
From Ha'aretz:
Gunmen shot and wounded a top Egyptian official in Gaza on Wednesday as he tested whether a shaky ceasefire deal between feuding Fatah and Hamas loyalists was holding, a Palestinian security official said.They're shooting at each other, they're shooting at Israel and they're shooting at Egyptian diplomats. Ya gotta hand it to them for both consistency and irony.
The Egyptian was shot in the hand as he walked along a Gaza street with the Palestinian cabinet secretary Ghazi Hamad of Hamas and a Fatah official, in a bid to see whether the armed rivals were sticking to the truce agreed on late Tuesday.
The Egyptian was among a team involved in mediating the truce and trying to put an end to the fighting.
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
The Hamas/Fatah fighting isn't stopping the Qassams from being fired. At least 5 were shot today, one seriously injuring a woman and damaging her house in Sderot. Another hit a schoolyard.
It is probably Islamic Jihad's bid to unify the warring factions, since no matter which side you are on, they can always agree that shooting terror rockets at Jewish women and children is Allah's will.
(Our May Qassam calendar is here.)
UPDATE: Ma'an has a bulletin saying that Al Aqsa (Hamas) TV is saying that Hamas will launch "dozens" of rockets at Israel tonight.
UPDATE 2: Nine Qassams so far.
UPDATE 3: 18. 21 residents injured including 4 kids.
My guess is that Hamas is not trying to celebrate Naqba Day so much as they are trying to provoke an Israeli reaction that will stop the nascent civil war from escalating. Or perhaps they want to use this to solidify their leadership of Gaza.
UPDATE 4: Even during the Hamas/Fatah fighting, Hamas was publicly announcing the number of Israelis injured by their rockets - on the mosque loudspeakers.
It is probably Islamic Jihad's bid to unify the warring factions, since no matter which side you are on, they can always agree that shooting terror rockets at Jewish women and children is Allah's will.
(Our May Qassam calendar is here.)
UPDATE: Ma'an has a bulletin saying that Al Aqsa (Hamas) TV is saying that Hamas will launch "dozens" of rockets at Israel tonight.
UPDATE 2: Nine Qassams so far.
UPDATE 3: 18. 21 residents injured including 4 kids.
My guess is that Hamas is not trying to celebrate Naqba Day so much as they are trying to provoke an Israeli reaction that will stop the nascent civil war from escalating. Or perhaps they want to use this to solidify their leadership of Gaza.
UPDATE 4: Even during the Hamas/Fatah fighting, Hamas was publicly announcing the number of Israelis injured by their rockets - on the mosque loudspeakers.
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
Eight Fatah members were killed in a "Presidential Guard" training camp this morning by Hamas.
The crack journalists at Palestine Today (Arabic) blame it on an Israeli shelling - and have "witnesses" to back it up. Ma'an has all the details about how the "gunmen" forced people out of a car and shot them.
It is notable that these clashes occurred near the Karni crossing. I reported yesterday that Israel has been doing everything it could to keep the Karni crossing open since the PA had managed to reduce the terror threat there, and as a result thousands of new jobs had been created. In all probability, Karni will be closed for a while and the Palestinian Arabs will suffer economically - and the world media will blame Israel for it.
A Hamas terrorist was killed in a shootout in Gaza as well.
Our count of PalArabs violently killed by PalArabs is now at 221.
UPDATE: Ma'an counts 11 killed so far today. 223. (UPDATE 2: Ma'an Arabic says 12: 224 ).
UPDATE 2: Ha'aretz counts 13 killed today in Hamas/Fatah fighting. 225.
UPDATE 3: Ha'aretz news ticker reports a 10-year old girl died from injuries in the Hamas/Fatah fighting. 226.
UPDATE 4: YNet reporting 16 dead today as fighting continues tonight despite yet another "truce." Fatalities include a 17-year old boy and a third journalist killed since Sunday. 228.
UPDATE 5: Ma'an Arabic has Tuesday's total death toll at 17. 229.
UPDATE 6: In case any of you were wondering, Fatah websites call Fatah victims "martyrs" and Hamas websites call Hamas victims "martyrs." One of them must be wrong!
The crack journalists at Palestine Today (Arabic) blame it on an Israeli shelling - and have "witnesses" to back it up. Ma'an has all the details about how the "gunmen" forced people out of a car and shot them.
It is notable that these clashes occurred near the Karni crossing. I reported yesterday that Israel has been doing everything it could to keep the Karni crossing open since the PA had managed to reduce the terror threat there, and as a result thousands of new jobs had been created. In all probability, Karni will be closed for a while and the Palestinian Arabs will suffer economically - and the world media will blame Israel for it.
A Hamas terrorist was killed in a shootout in Gaza as well.
Our count of PalArabs violently killed by PalArabs is now at 221.
UPDATE: Ma'an counts 11 killed so far today. 223. (UPDATE 2: Ma'an Arabic says 12: 224 ).
UPDATE 2: Ha'aretz counts 13 killed today in Hamas/Fatah fighting. 225.
UPDATE 3: Ha'aretz news ticker reports a 10-year old girl died from injuries in the Hamas/Fatah fighting. 226.
UPDATE 4: YNet reporting 16 dead today as fighting continues tonight despite yet another "truce." Fatalities include a 17-year old boy and a third journalist killed since Sunday. 228.
UPDATE 5: Ma'an Arabic has Tuesday's total death toll at 17. 229.
UPDATE 6: In case any of you were wondering, Fatah websites call Fatah victims "martyrs" and Hamas websites call Hamas victims "martyrs." One of them must be wrong!
- Tuesday, May 15, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
The mullahs are nervous about the thousands of younger Palestinian Arabs who are smart enough to want to get the hell away from the area.
A new fatwa against emigrants was issued yesterday by the Mufti of Jerusalem.
I have as of yet been unable to find a "human rights" group protest against these attempts by Islamic authorities to limit the natural human right of moving away from an area.
A new fatwa against emigrants was issued yesterday by the Mufti of Jerusalem.
There is much talk these days in our land of Palestine about emigration, and especially among the young, and this because of the difficult security and economic situation, and out of a desire to find a living in other lands. Expression of this can be found in the rush to the gates of the embassies and consulates of the Western nations with requests for visas in order to reside permanently in those countries...According to Arutz-7,"Based on [the ruling of the prophet Muhammed and his friends], emigration from the blessed lands to live permanently in other countries is not permitted in terms of religious law. The people living in these areas must remain in their places of residence, and not leave them to infiltrators and conquerors, and they will thus perform an act of honor, and will be a support for the Al-Aqsa mosque... and will merit the good tiding of the prophet...
"Regarding temporary travel to other lands for the purpose of study and work, this is permitted as long as there is a determination to return and live in the blessed lands after the stage of study and work."
PA officials reported last November that in the preceding four months, foreign and Arab diplomats had authorized the entry of 10,000 PA residents to their countries, and that another 45,000 emigration requests were under similar consideration.Sounds like a voluntary ethnic cleansing!
I have as of yet been unable to find a "human rights" group protest against these attempts by Islamic authorities to limit the natural human right of moving away from an area.
Monday, May 14, 2007
- Monday, May 14, 2007
- Elder of Ziyon
Google News continues to index The People's Voice as a legitimate news source, and TPV continues to publish hysterical, incoherent (and ungrammatical) propaganda. Here's some of the latest, in an article by a Palestinian Arab who defends Farfur the Terror Rat's message:
No film mainstream makers of TV program or other media dares to be critical of the Jews, "Israel" or Zionism - a Jewish male must be referred to as'a nice Jewish boy. a young girl is a Jewish Princess.Jew musicians are always 'talented," writers " are gifted," painters very "sensitive," the Jewish doctors are "brilliant." The Jew millionaires are "philanthropic and visionary.What a big lie and conspiracy ! Lastly - millions of innocent Christians have been victimized by pro-Zionist film and TV propaganda. They do not realize the Jew "name changers" have used subtle and very sophisticated stories - to manipulate the minds of other people. - No nation or people can long remain free - while such a medium is totally controlled by venomous alien Jews - whose loyalty is to Zionism first!You can complain to Google using the form here. The last time I did it, TPV wrote an article denouncing me, and hilariously thinking that my International Zionist Web was for real. (Just as interestingly, the article stated "We have no racist intentions. Racism is all about ignorance and would divert us from our purpose.")
At last - my many thanks and good luck wishes - to Hamas and the producer of the intelligent television program - "Tomorrows Pioneers" - and also hugs to Big smart Farfur! - Hold on tight to the Palestinian unity - do not hold on to old grudge - keep on the struggle ! - You Palestinians - are the frontiers - the pioneers - in a very noble mission - to change the world for all of us - for the better - in your struggle to liberate Palestine - the homeland of the Palestinian people !
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