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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Teacher passed UNRWA course in ethics - and posts terror pics on Facebook

In 2010, UNRWA put out a 52-page Request for Proposal seeking development of an e-learning course in Ethics and UNRWA Standards of Conduct.

Muhannad Alshatarat, an UNRWA teacher in Jordan, took this course in 2013. And he passed with flying colors!

The course impressed him so much that he posts pictures of Islamic Jihad terrorists on Facebook:

That course must be super-effective in teaching UNRWA employees how to think ethically.

Any journalists want to ask more than superficial questions about how UNRWA conducts itself when staffers show that they support violence and murder?

UPDATE: The photos have been removed but the Facebook page is still there.

Muslims planned to bomb Jews on Temple Mount today

From JPost:

A joint operation executed on Saturday night in east Jerusalem by Israeli Security Forces resulted in clashes on the Temple Mount Sunday morning, according to reports released by the Police Spokespersons unit.

In the late hours of Saturday evening, security forces conducted an operation searching for explosives thought to be hidden in east Jerusalem. Information gathered by the Shin Bet and police forces showed that several masked, Arab youths, who had escaped to the Temple Mount, were identified as the suspects.

Once the operation began, the suspects fled to al-Aksa mosque, setting up numerous road blocks using iron rods and wooden beams to avoid arrest and prevent the Temple Mount compound from being opened to visitors the next day.

As the situation unfolded, Israeli forces stormed the Temple Mount compound in a surprise attack early Sunday morning. The suspects responded by throwing dozens of rocks and setting off fireworks at the police forces.

After fierce clashes, police forces removed the barricades leading to the mosque and arrested the suspects. No injuries were reported and Jewish visitors and tourists we allowed to enter the Temple Mount as scheduled.

Times of Israel adds:

“Masked protesters who were inside the mosque threw stones and fireworks at police,” a police statement said. “Suspicious pipes that could be filled with homemade explosives were also found at the entry to the mosque.”

Police later confirmed that the objects were pipe bombs.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said the discovery of pipe bombs at the al-Aqsa mosque “forces us to reconsider the arrangements for the Temple Mount.”

Here is video showing masked Arabs shooting firecrackers from within their "third holiest site."

Naturally, there will be statements today from the Muslim world condemning Jews for defending themselves.

09/12 links; Iran claims to have discovered uranium reserves; Israeli mini-scanner tells what's in food, drink or pills

Ian is still unavailable, so here are some links that crossed my desk over the past day:

Iranian media: New uranium reserves discovered in Iran

Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday.
The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the country had a low supply and would sooner or later need to import uranium, the raw material needed for its nuclear program.

"I cannot announce (the level of) Iran's uranium mine reserves. The important thing is that before aerial prospecting for uranium ores we were not too optimistic, but the new discoveries have made us confident about our reserves," Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.

Why we should be wary of the Obama administration’s no-alternatives racket on Iran

Tune into a debate on the Iran nuclear threat in the United States and you’ll be sure to hear proponents of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) gleefully bemoan the lack of alternatives.
A congressional vote to block the deal (and override a White House veto) will encounter the “objection of the vast majority of the world,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in an Aug. 5 speech, thus making it harder to maintain the international sanctions that brought Iran to its knees. A vote to reject is therefore a “vote to allow Iran to get off scot-free, and to get all the sanctions relief” without “having to give up anything,” according to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
They have a point. It will surely be more difficult for us to rally international support for continued sanctions after rejecting the agreement than it would have been had Obama just walked away when it became clear the Iranians would not settle for a low-proliferation-risk civilian nuclear program. And our collective display of schizophrenia won’t make it any easier to convince them we mean business next time around.
But the Obama administration deliberately put us in this no-win situation. Like a general burning bridges behind his retreating army, it has been working to undermine the viability of the very alternatives it now insists are unviable.

Hamas hatred: New documentary shows Iranian-backed terror group indoctrinating kids

A new documentary grimly predicts the role Iran plays in financing terror organizations and the indoctrination of children at military summer camps in the Middle East will significantly increase as a result of the imminent release of huge sums of money to Tehran under the nuclear agreement endorsed by the Obama administration.
"Iran: Billions for Terror?" depicts children blowing up mock Israeli villages and parroting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who is seen telling an adoring Iranian crowd, “The entire world – particularly the world of Islam – is duty-bound and obliged to help the Palestinian people with as many weapons as possible.”
Produced by the Center for Near East Policy Research (CNEPR) and filmed by a team of Arab reporters at various locations in Gaza this summer, one of the most disturbing aspects of the footage is the recent introduction of terror training for little girls. The Hamas summer camps mantra, “We will sacrifice our lives for the sake of Allah” is chanted over and over.

Germany 'took our Jews and gave us Arabs': French ex-minister

A former French minister stirred up controversy Friday after saying Germany "took our Jews and gave us Arabs" as France began taking some of the thousands of refugees arriving in Germany.
Patrick Devedjian, a right-winger who served in the governments of presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, made the remark at a press conference, but quickly tried to backtrack on social media.
"My humorous jest was misplaced," Devedjian wrote on his Twitter account, saying he regretted it all the more because he himself helps refugees in need.

Rosh Hashanah: Confronting the challenges of 5776

We must never take for granted that our generation is blessed to have a Jewish state. It requires little imagination to visualize what horrific conditions would face us in the absence of the state, which has empowered Jews for the first time since our dispersion. Any Jew is assured of haven in their Jewish homeland and we hope many more will make aliyah in the years to come. We pray that increasing numbers will do so out of a desire to live in their Jewish homeland rather than escaping persecution and discrimination.
So despite the fierce challenges confronting us, we should look to the future with optimism. Without detracting from the necessity of remaining alert and strong, we should dismiss the prophets of doom. We must continue to remind ourselves of the reality that we are indeed the most blessed generation of Jews since our exile 2,000 years ago. Much as we seek the friendship and support of other nations, we are fortified in the knowledge that today we independently determine our own future.

Israeli mini-scanner tells what's in food, drink or pills

An Israeli start-up has launched a pocket device which analyzes instantly the composition of food, drink, medication or other objects.
Consumer Physics says its SCiO tool sends data on the chemical makeup of a substance to the user's smartphone, where a variety of applications will present the results.
It is "the first molecular sensor that fits in the palm of your hand," says Dror Sharon, co-founder of the firm based in Hod Hasharon, near Tel Aviv.
Users will be able to see how many calories are in the burger on their plate, what is in their drink, or if that jacket is really leather

The State Department issues statement on UNRWA violations of neutrality

AP reporter Matt Lee tweeted this statement from the State Department:

The role United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) plays in providing critical humanitarian assistance to more than 5 million Palestinian refugees is indispensable. All sides must respect the humanitarian role of UNRWA. and we expect UNRWA personnel to observe the strictest decorum and uphold its stated policy of neutrality so that it can carry out its critical mandate.

Our commitment to overseeing UNRWA’s neutrality is long-standing. and the State Department takes its responsibility for oversight ot UNRWA very seriously. Our oversight is more than an annual checklist exercise; :the State Department closely engages with UNRWA throughout the course of the year on all facets of UNRWA‘s programs, including issues related to the neutrality of UNRWA staff, operations,. and facilities.

We are aware that the UNRWA is undertaking internal investigations into allegations that UNRWA staff posted discriminatory messages on social media accounts. We have asked UNRWAto keep the United States informed of the findings of its investigation.
For any additional details regarding the investigations. we refer you to UNRWA.

Clearly the research I've done (and that UN Watch publicized) is having an effect. which makes it even more interesting that UNRWA-USA is blocking me on Twitter.

Of course, UNRWA's internal investiagation will be a joke, and the State Department does not have the desire to really hold UNRWA's feet to the fire of fulfilling its mandate. This is all theatre that we've seen before - UNRWA will issue a statement that they take these thing seriously, maybe they will slap the wrists of some of the employees that I discovered with the worst antisemitic messages (the state Department pointedly does not mention the pro-terror Facebook posts that I discovered) and then everyone will breathe easier that the status quo has returned. The fundamental problems at UNRWA will not be solved.

But this is start.

UPDATE: There is as of yet nothing on the UNRWA site about this.

Rosh Hashanah music video rundown

Two people had the same idea:

If you are skeptical in only one direction, you aren't a skeptic

Famed atheist and self-avowed skeptic Richard Dawkins saw a completely fictional poster text and felt that it was believable enough to retweet it:

What followed was a discussion between antisemites who swore that the quotes were real and Jews who said they weren't. Dawkins followed up on one commenter:

@brianoflondon I only asked "What is this?" You have now told me your answer. Others have told me differently, so I'm still curious.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) September 10, 2015

If Dawkins cared about the truth, he could have looked up my link to the definitive debunking and explanation of every major fake Talmud quote out there.

.@RichardDawkins The best rebuttal of fake Talmud quotes online is here: http://t.co/eb8PcwMEpW @FuzzyLucifer @brianoflondon
— ElderOfZiyon (@elderofziyon) September 10, 2015

As it is, he left his opinion on the matter ambiguous. Some say it is true, some say it isn't, the truth must be somewhere in between.

Which made me wonder - if skepticism is a good trait to have (and I believe it is,) then if Dawkins shows skepticism in only one direction, he is not really a skeptic. He is like everyone else - looking for evidence to buttress his already enshrined beliefs.

Which makes him no less dogmatic than his opponents.

If Dawkins is really "curious" he would have continued the discussion. There are certainly things in the Talmud that sound strange to modern ears and an open discussion on such topics would be fine. But in this case, the famous self-described skeptic did not show any evidence of skepticism when some random hater sent him fake quotes with a picture of a smiling rabbi-type supposedly teaching that crap.

By coincidence, earlier this week I created a poster in response to another poster of fake quotes, that time attacking Zionists, showing how idiotic it is to ascribe more validity to a quote just because someone made it into a graphic.

Bassem Tamimi, father of "Shirley Temper" and the leader of the weekly rock-throwing protests at Nabi Saleh, is going on a speaking tour of the US - and Amnesty International is one of his sponsors, along with many other anti-Israel organizations who pretend to support "peace."

Tamimi's "peace" includes slinging rocks at high speed towards the heads of Israeli soldiers. And he supports his own family throwing rocks.

Not only that, but Tamimi - who is related to some of the most notorious terrorists in history - have said explicitly that he is only against more traditional terrorism for strategic reasons, not because it is wrong.

Taking up arms wasn’t, for Bassem, a moral error so much as a strategic one. He and everyone else I spoke with in the village insisted they had the right to armed resistance; they just don’t think it works. Bassem could reel off a list of Nabi Saleh’s accomplishments. Of some — Nabi Saleh, he said, had more advanced degrees than any village — he was simply proud. Others — one of the first military actions after Oslo, the first woman to participate in a suicide attack — involved more complicated emotions.

In 1993, Bassem told me, his cousin Said Tamimi killed a settler near Ramallah. Eight years later, another villager, Ahlam Tamimi escorted a bomber to a Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem. Fifteen people were killed, eight of them minors. Ahlam, who now lives in exile in Jordan, and Said, who is in prison in Israel, remain much-loved in Nabi Saleh.

Tamimi himself is proud of them as well, just that he believes that blowing up Jews was not a smart move while Israel is strong enough to defend itself.

This person who condones terror, and who actively supprts some forms of violence, is being celebrated by "peace groups" such as Amnesty.

Which speaks volumes.

09/11 Links: Why does the Left care more about Islamophobia than antisemitism?; NYTimes charts "Jewish" opposition to Iran deal; 9/11 memorial in Israel

Ian could not do the linkdumps today.

US House of Representatives threaten legal action against Obama to stop Iran deal

In the US House, conservatives have begun pressing the case that Obama broke that law by not providing the texts of secret so-called "side deals" to the accord.

On Thursday the House passed a measure finding that the president violated the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, and that the 60-day review had therefore not begun.
Congressman Peter Roskam issued a legal challenge to Obama following the vote, demanding that the House get access to two "side agreements" negotiated between the US and Iran as part of the terms of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.
"President Obama broke the very law he signed by failing to provide Congress with the Iran-IAEA side agreements," Roskam said. "Withholding these documents from the American people and their elected representatives completely discredits the transparent review process the administration was legally obligated to provide. In light of this vote, I believe the House should pursue legal action against the administration for its blatant disregard for the law."
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John Boehner, said Thursday that the House will use "every tool at our disposal to stop, slow and delay' the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal."

Why does the left care more about Islamophobia than anti-Semitism?

Why do leftists care more about Muslims than they do about Jews? If that sounds confrontational, consider this: this week, the Met Police released the latest hate-crime figures for London. They show that offences against Jews have risen by 93% over the past year, while offences against Muslims have risen by 70%. And guess which story the BBC, Guardian and Independent, those voices of the British liberal conscience, have chosen to flag up? Yep, the 70% hike in Islamophobic attacks, not the nearly 100% hike in anti-Semitic offences.

The BBC’s headline is ‘Islamophobic crime in London “up by 70%”‘. The Guardian‘s is ‘Hate crimes against Muslims soar in London’. The Indie opts for ‘Hate crimes against Muslims in London “up by 70%”‘. What about the crimes against Jews? Sorry, no room for those. They aren’t mentioned. Whether as a result of how the cops chose to press-release their new figures or how editors chose to interpret them, or maybe a bit of both, someone down the line has taken the decision that a bashed-up or verbally abused Muslim is more newsworthy than a bashed-up or verbally abused Jew.

‘NYTimes’ Lambasted for Charting Congressional ‘Jewish’ Opposition to Nuclear Deal

Jewish organizations slammed The New York Times on Thursday for publishing a chart listing the number of Jewish Congressional Democrats who oppose the Iran nuclear deal.
The chart divides the anti-deal Democrats in the House and Senate into columns, one of which is headed “Jewish?” Another is called “District and estimated Jewish population.”
According to the article in which it appeared, “Though more Jewish members of Congress support the deal than oppose it, the Democrats against the deal are more likely to be Jewish or represent Jewish constituencies.”
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, called the chart “a grotesque insult to the intelligence of those voting on the deal,” and warned against the connotations its publication evokes.

US, Israel near deal to produce David’s Sling missile shield

US Navy Vice Admiral James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said the US and Israel would soon sign a draft deal on the production of the jointly developed David’s Sling system, Reuters reported.
Robert Scher, assistant defense secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities, noted that Washington has provided Israel with $3 billion in funds for missile-defense programs since 2001.
David’s Sling, also known as Magic Wand, was designed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the US defense firm Raytheon to thwart rockets and missiles fired from 100-300 kilometers (62-186 miles) away.
The system successfully passed a series of trial runs in April, and the Israeli Air Force has already begun training operators for the array, which is expected to become operational next year.

A prayer for 5776 (Caroline Glick)

The Obama administration’s animosity toward Israel is part and parcel of the world view that brought it to support Gaddafi’s overthrow and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. So, too, the administration’s refusal to take action to overthrow the Assad regime or destroy Islamic State in Syria and Iraq on the one hand, and its facilitation of Iran’s rise to regional hegemony and nuclear empowerment on the other, is a clear indication that identity politics play a key role in determining the administration’s foreign policy.
But there is still reason to hope that things can change in America. The fact is that two-thirds of Americans oppose Obama’s nuclear pact with the mullahs and support Israel. Obama has only been able to promote his radical agenda by pretending it isn’t his agenda.
As Israel seeks to secure and advance its interests in the identity politics-riven West, we must understand that our ability to impact the views of the other side is limited. The moment a society embraces identity politics, its members become incapable of rationally pursuing their own interests.
And consequently, they are lost to Israel.
As far as securing our relations with the US is concerned, we must take every opportunity to strengthen those who fight against identity politics and for rationality and reasoned analysis of reality.
And while we pray for their success, we need to recognize that this is America’s fight to win or to lose. We cannot fight it for the American people.
And so, just as we build fences along our borders, we need to prepare for the worst in order to secure our survival.
Israel’s greatest strategic asset is our willingness to see things for what they are. It is my prayer for the coming year that our vision becomes ever sharper and that through our moral and strategic clarity we rally the Americans and other like-minded nations to our side in our fight for ourselves and for the noblest attributes of humanity.

Iranian Justice: Cartoonist to have 12-year Sentence Extended for Shaking Her Lawyer’s Hand

Iran’s treatment of artistic expression is, like its suppression of the free press, a violation of human rights intended to terrify its opponents into submission. Atena Farghadani, 29, was sentenced to almost thirteen years in prison in part for drawing this cartoon of certain members of the Iranian parliament:

The regime’s response to her satire has been quite harsh. The initial three month sentence was extended into a new set of charges after she wrote letters of protest to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and drew new cartoons critical of her treatment in Evin prison. The new charges against her included were “insulting the Supreme Leader, the President, Members of Parliament, and the IRGC,” meaning the Revolutionary Guards Corps, and “assembly and collusion against national security.” The government hand-picked the judge they wanted to try the case, a man named Abolghassem Salavati who is known to hand down especially harsh sentences, including numerous executions.
Her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, has been arrested and is also facing parallel charges of an “illegitimate sexual relationship short of adultery” and “indecent conduct” for the handshake. By charging her lawyer as well as her, the regime sends a strong warning to any lawyers who might consider working on her case in the future. The detention may also prevent her lawyer from being able to submit an appeal within the mandatory deadline period, which would prevent her appeal from coming before a court that could reconsider the harsh sentence.

Remembering 9/11 in Israel

The easiest way to push a lie is not to say the lie directly.

It is to say something else, preferably an inspirational story that gets people emotionally involved, and then parenthetically relate it to the lie. When people who are already invested in a story see the ancillary falsehood, they are far more likely to believe the lie because their guard is down.

AP played this role perfectly:

A Palestinian-Canadian doctor has created a low-cost stethoscope using a 3D printer, the first in a series of inventions he hopes will help alleviate medical supply shortages caused by an eight-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Dr. Tarek Loubani says his stethoscope can be made for just $2.50 — a fraction of the cost of leading brands — and some doctors say the equipment is just as good.

The shortage of basic medical devices in the isolated Palestinian territory "is something that I think we can translate from a big problem to a big win for us in Gaza," said Loubani, an emergency medicine doctor from London, Ont., whose Glia Project aims to provide medical supplies to impoverished places like Gaza.

Hospitals have been struggling since the militant Hamas group took over the Gaza Strip in 2007 and Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on the territory. The import restrictions have led to shortages of medicines and basic supplies like medical consumables and IV bags.

Loubani hopes to "produce these devices locally so they meet local need and so that they are not dependent of the political winds of the Israelis and of the donor community."

Only one problem:

There are no Israeli restrictions on stethoscopes to Gaza.

Gaza doctors and hospitals can order all the stethoscopes they want and the devices will be delivered quickly through Israel and the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Now, there is nothing wrong with providing low-cost stethoscopes via 3D plastic printing. The story could have been written from that angle, saying that this innocative Canadian doctor of Palestinian descent had come up with a way to provide cheap but high quality stethoscopes to help out Gaza medical professionals who cannot afford them. 3D printers in Gaza may be problematic - people have built plastic guns with the technology, so they sound like a dual-use item that may be restricted - but apparently there a;ready is at least one is in Gaza already and using it for medical technology is laudable.

But the idea mentioned multiple times in the story that Israeli restrictions are the reason for the shortages is nothing short of slander, and AP must be held to account for pushing this lie.

UNRWA teacher teaches his kids to violently overthrow Israel

Hasan Musleh is an UNRWA teacher in Jordan.

Of course he teaches his children in class that they will one day "return" to the areas of British Mandate Palestine that are in Israel today. Here's the blackboard of his classroom with the representation of a key that is symbolic of this desire to "return": On the board he wrote "15th of May 1948," which he calls Nakba Day,

And how is this "return" supposed to be accomplished?

He answers that on his Facebook pages as well, with his ideal display of unity:

The three major terror groups of Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas are represented here.

Does UNRWA expect people to believe that Musleh doesn't teach his students the message of the poster?

(h/t Ibn Boutros)

UPDATE: These specific photos have been taken down, but Musleh still has others that show that he believes in violence:

Were Palestinian Arab art posters from the 1960s-1970s antisemitic?

From Electronic Intifada:

A senior Palestinian Authority diplomat has refused to defend an initiative aimed at ensuring that the United Nations recognizes the historical significance of posters opposing the Israeli occupation.

Next month, a program run by UNESCO — the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural organization — will approve a number of collections of documents deemed to have historical and universal value.

Approximately 1,600 Palestine-themed posters are among the nominations to Memory of the World, as the program is known.

The nomination has been strenuously opposed by a pro-Israel lobby group, the World Jewish Congress, which has argued that the UN should not associate itself with the posters as they “could fuel hatred and anti-Semitic perceptions.”

Supporters of the collection approached the Palestinian Authority seeking help in countering the pro-Israel lobby.

Elias Sanbar, the PA’s ambassador to UNESCO, refused to help.

In an email message, seen by The Electronic Intifada, Sanbar stated that he would not get involved in the issue because the feeling that some of the posters were anti-Semitic was shared by Irena Bokova, UNESCO’s director-general.

“Some of the posters, as I have been told, are ‘anti-semitic,’” wrote Sanbar, who is based in Paris. “As I have not seen the posters, I have no opinion on this fact. But this is the official opinion of the DG of UNESCO. And you will understand that I won’t let my delegation enter into this debate.”

The email message was sent in late February.

Dan Walsh, who has assembled the collection, said he was “stunned” by Sanbar’s attitude.

“It completely contradicts Palestine’s push to legitimate the country’s cultural patrimony via the United Nations,” Walsh added.

The PA’s refusal to cooperate represents something of a U-turn. Last year, the PA formally requested that UNESCO recognize the collection’s significance. Palestine has been a member of the organization since 2011.

Bokova may have bowed to pressure from the Israel lobby. She has reportedly threatened to veto a decision by a UNESCO international advisory committee if it approves the collection at a meeting in Abu Dhabi during the first week of October.

Walsh described the veto threat as “malfeasance.”

“It is not being used to advance the goals of the UN or UNESCO but rather the goals of Zionism,” he said.

Electronic Intifada and Sanbar are lying. Antisemitism isn't the reason that UNESCO's director-general was against including these posters - it was because so many of them glorified violence, as I mentioned earlier this year: She said some of the posters “would seem totally unacceptable and run counter to the values of UNESCO and its aspiration to build peace in the minds of men and women.”

Last year I noticed that the collection didn't have any Palestinian posters created before 1967. (It has one painting labeled 1960, but I think that is a typo since the rest of the series is from 1970.)

So this collection which is meant to show the history of Palestinian Arab nationalism through the medium of posters shows it quite clearly - there was very little such nationalism before 1967. I don't think that is the message that the curator wants to give to the world, however.

Despite Dan Walsh's clear anti-Zionist feelings, I happen to love the larger collection which includes incredible Zionist posters, as well as many of my own creations, which is most flattering. (I have lots more, Dan, if you are reading.)

It also is fascinating look at the evolution of Palestinian Arab political thought and propaganda - for example, trying to equate their movement with the Vietnamese or early attempts to use choldren's and women's rights as a weapon against Israel.

But I was wondering if any of the posters in the collection are in fact antisemitic.

Most of them certainly aren't. . Many are filled with lies, including fake quotes and other falsehoods, along with others that promote violence and terror. Some are truly disgusting, promoting child soldiers and celebrating the worst terror attacks against Jewish civilians,

But blatant antisemitism? Not too much.

Here is one:

This one can be considered antisemitic:

Some other Palestinian posters were antisemitic but were not included in the smaller collection meant for UNESCO. For example:

But I'm not seeing much else from the Arab side in the 1960s and 1970s.

I do see antisemitic posters by Jews, unfortunately, like this one that draws Hitler mustaches on children in a poster for Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria:

Whether or not UNESCO decides to incorporate these posters, I think that the project is a remarkable resource.

Laughably stupid Mondoweiss article. But I repeat myself.

From Mondoweiss:

The New York Times today has a story with a scary headline: “Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Israel Won’t Exist in 25 Years.” The first sentence repeats the idea that Iran’s leaders don’t want “Israel” to be around much longer.

Iran’s supreme leader predicted Wednesday that Israel would not exist in 25 years, . . .
This sounds alarming unless you’re familiar with the way the mainstream press has twisted Iranian leaders’ statements in the past. So patience is required because in the third paragraph Ayatollah Khamenei makes clear that he means not “Israel” but the “Zionist regime.”

“After nuclear negotiations, the Zionist regime said that they will not be worried about Iran in the next 25 years,” Ayatollah Khamenei wrote. “I am telling you, first, you will not be around in 25 years’ time, and God willing, there will be no Zionist regime in 25 years. Second, during this period, the spirit of fighting, heroism and jihad will keep you worried every moment.”

The name “Israel” never appears in any quote in this story. Just “the Zionist regime."

See? The Ayatollah didn't say anything about Israel! He has nothing against Israel as a nation, just the "Zionist regime!" How can the ~~Jew~~ New York Times deceive its readers this way? How can any thinking person not see the obvious distinction between the "Zionist regime" and "Israel"?

Do I really have to debunk this?

OK, OK. From the Supreme Leader's website, the official translation of a speech he gave on July 18:

These are the people of Iran. It is the people of Iran who paint such a picture of themselves on the scene of worshipping God during the month of Ramadan and on the scene of fighting against arrogance, each in different ways. Our people should not be known through the hostile words of others. Rather, they should be known through themselves, through their slogans, through their movements and through such magnificent reflections. These are the people of Iran. ...The slogans of the people of Iran showed what our orientations are. On Quds Day, the slogan of "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" shook the scene of the country. And these slogans were not particular to Tehran and large cities. The entire country stood under the umbrella of this movement.

Dear God, accept what the people of Iran have done with Your mercy and kindness.

Khamenei is saying that "Death to Israel" (and "Death to America") are what the Iranian people want and what Khamanei's orientations are - and God should accept their prayers.

The words "Zionist regime" are not mentioned in the speech even once! That must mean, by Mondoweiss logic, that Khamenei has no problem with the Zionist regime, but only with Israel.

(Remember - Mondoweiss is considered an excellent source of news by UNRWA's Chris Gunness.)

(h/t Aryeh)