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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Arabs already started blaming Israel for Gaza winter flooding

From Ma'an:

Gaza's Civil Defense evacuated 90 Palestinians from their homes as rain brought flooding to parts of the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Muhammad al-Majdanah, chief spokesperson for the Civil Defense, told Ma'an that seven houses were evacuated from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, totaling 90 people.

The floods are exacerbated by a chronic lack of fuel that limits how much water can be pumped out of flood-stricken areas.

These fuel shortages are the result of an eight-year Israeli blockade, which also limits the import of other kinds of machinery related to pumping and sewage management that Gazans require to combat the floods.

There are no restrictions on fuel into Gaza.

There are no restrictions on water pumps into Gaza.

There are severe restrictions on Hamas' ability to anticipate the flooding that happens every single year and to prepare properly ahead of time.

Hamas-leaning Felesteen interviews some of the victims, and even they blame their leaders::

Shadi Suwai'id is also a resident of the area, and his house is being flooded, he explained to the Felesteen newspaper that the pumps that are available in the region do not accommodate large amounts of water. He stated that the concerned authorities did not implement any projects to solve the problem on the ground, saying: "they promised to find solutions, and then they told us that it is difficult to find a radical solution to the problem because it is expensive and requires a lot of money that the municipality cannot provide for us." Suwai'id added: "We have received promises without implementation of something the ground. There is no problem that has no solution, but it seems that the concerned authorities do not want to move, or maybe they do not have sufficient funds. we cannot rule out their happiness by the disaster because they benefit from it to bring support and money, "

The article goes on to interview municipal officials who claim that they have purchased new, larger pumps this year, again showing that Ma'an is lying by saying that Israel does not allow pumps to enter.

Finally, the Felesteen article says that the authorities are readying themselves for when Israel opens its (nonexistent) dams to flood Gaza, saying that they have heavy equipment to dig large trenches to capture the water before it causes damage.

You know, equipment that could also be used to dig tunnels.

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Today, 2 children - a 12-year old and a 13-year old - stabbed an Israeli at a light rail station in Jerusalem.

What causes a 12-year old to want to risk his life just to have a chance at wounding a Jew?

Incitement is part of the problem, but it is not the main issue.

True, Palestinian news outlets and social media are filled with photos, videos, songs and cartoons that all advocate murder and terror, images that make heroes of the attackers and that dehumanize the victims.

But to truly understand the sickness that is Palestinian society, you need to look beyond the words and images and music. You need to look at what is not being said.

You will not find any examples of people telling children not to attack Jews. You won't find any stories of parents who try to raise their kids to respect all human beings. You will not find any stories about Israeli victims. You will not see anything about teachers telling their students that their lives are too valuable to waste on randomly stabbing people. You won't find anyone saying that murder is bad no matter who does it.

You won't find a single voice opposed to the current wave of children sacrificing themselves for a chance to stab Jews.

If there has been any opposition to children stabbing Jews in Palestinian Arab media, I have yet to see a single example. On the contrary, the stories are neutral at best and often cheerileading - and then using Israeli efforts to protect themselves as reason to encourage more attacks.

I am not saying that Palestinian Arabs are all united in their support for sending their children out on suicide missions. I have no doubt that most parents are aghast at the idea that their kids might join the fad.

But because of the sick nature of Palestinian society, publicly coming out against terror is simply not possible. There is far more fear of saying anything against the politically-correct message of supporting terror than there is of the "oppressive occupation" itself.

By any measure, Palestinian Arabs are better off than their neighbors in Egypt or Jordan. They consider checkpoints to be the height of oppression while hundreds of thousands of their neighbors are being slaughtered. Their society is based on victimhood, not on overcoming obstacles.

There are independent media outlets in the territories - but none of them to my knowledge have been the least bit critical of the violence. Instead, they are filled with articles and op-eds supporting it and attacking Israel for defending themselves.

There are no contrarian voices, meaning that the message of terror is unopposed.

No one will point out this sickness. Arabs cannot say it out loud for fear of being labeled Zionist. The mainstream media cannot say it out loud for fear of being labeled racist or biased. So the real elephant in the room - that Palestinian society itself is the reason peace is impossible - cannot be discussed.

Incitement is bad enough. But the utter lack of any opposing viewpoints is what shows that Palestinian society is rotten to the core.

This @UNRWA student is sure proud of Hamas terrorists

Muhannad Barhoum identifies himself as an UNRWA student in Rafah.

His profile picture is not of him, but someone likely to be his brother, Abdullah Fayez Barhoum.

Abdullah was apparently killed in a tunnel on July 8, 2014.

Here is his martyr's video, also posted by UNRWA student Muhannad:

If Abdullah was Muhannad's brother, chances are that Abdullah was also an UNRWA student. Which shows how good a job UNRWA does in teaching peace.

But young Muhannad was well on his way to applying the principles that he has learned in UNRWA schools even before Abdullah's timely death. His very first profile picture on Facebook, in 2013, was of Ahmed Jabari, Hamas' Qassam Brigades' second in command, killed by Israel during Pillar of Defense: And his second profile picture was of Hamas' founder Sheikh Yassin.

British Muslim charity trustee says "f---ing Jews" placing tracking devices on cellphones

From The Daily Mail:

A trustee of a charity called the Ghulam Mustafa Trust has made a video in which he claims Jews track Samsung smartphones by implanting secret devices in the handsets.

In a development that sparked widespread outrage, the man who created and shared the footage has been allowed to continue to run the organisation by the Charity Commission.

This has raised serious questions about the nature of the charity as well as the rigour of the Charity Commission in preventing extremists from taking over institutions by stealth.

Ghulam Mustafa Trust, run by a voluntary group in Rochdale, is a registered charity which aims to ‘prevent or provide relief to those who suffer from poverty’.

In the homemade video, the campaigner accuses Jews of using secret microchips in Samsung smartphones to track users’ photographs.

As he dismantles his new phone, the man says: ‘They [Jews] are recording every photo of yours on your battery. I’m seeing if they have on mine.’

Peeling off what appears to be a tracking system, he adds: ‘You should take that off because they are recording every photograph of yours, these f***ing Jews. You should take this off. Look at that, they should not be on your phone battery.’

But in spite of the anti-Semitic myth proposed in the clip, which was originally posted online in June, the Charity Commission merely demanded that the video be removed from Facebook.

(h/t Aryeh M)

11/09 Links Pt2: Oren: How Obama can aid Israel's security; Naftali Bennett's 'most anti-Israel interview'

From Ian:

Likud politicians slam Zoabi for Israel-Nazi comparisons at Holocaust event

Firebrand MK Hanin Zoabi of the Joint (Arab) List was bitterly criticized by leading Likud politicians for a speech at a Holocaust memorial event Sunday in Amsterdam, where she equated Nazi Germany’s genocide against the Jews to current Israeli policies toward Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.
Zoabi’s speech, which included allegations that Israel was engaged in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, drew ire from senior Likud politicians, who castigated the lawmaker’s attendance at the event marking the anniversary of Kristallnacht and one of whom demanded she be removed from the Knesset.
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely on Monday called Zoabi’s participation in the event “a mockery,” and said the Israeli Arab MK “uses the tragedy of the Jewish people to spread her slander and lies while she herself encourages terrorism and the murder of Jews.”
Zoabi also faced a backlash from Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, who told Channel 10 Sunday evening that her speech should be grounds for her removal from the Knesset. Levin described Zoabi as a “fifth column” and called on the High Court to disqualify her from serving in the Knesset. (h/t Max Mendelbaum)

Scandal: Jews not invited to Swedish Kristallnacht commemoration

The organizers of an anti-Nazi event in Sweden face controversy Monday, after declining to invite the Jewish community to the event.
"Umeå against Nazism" will run in the city of Umeå on Tuesday and Wednesday, commemorating Kirstallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass," the massive 1938 pogrom against Austrian and German Jews which is seen as marking the start of the holocaust.
But, absurdly, Jews will not be invited.
The organizers claim that inviting the Jewish community presents a security risk, nt.se reports, citing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel protests present at past events.
"In previous years, we have had a lot of Palestinian flags at these rallies, and even one banner where the Israeli flag was equated with a swastika," organizer and local Workers' Party member Jan Hägglund told locals. "The Jewish community wasn't invited because we assumed they might be uncomfortable around that sort of thing."
Critics claim that Hägglund's omission must be due to the crowd he invited to the event, implying that it could only be far-left or anti-Israel - thus creating the environment which justified the "security risk."
Meanwhile, the event's Facebook page appears to even downplay the Jewish community's role in the event, instead conveying a generalized, vanilla message of tolerance - not opposition to anti-Semitism.

Actress Mayim Bialik Tweets Support for Howard Stern’s Latest Attack on ‘Antisemite’ Roger Waters

Jewish actress Mayim Bialik had words of praise for radio giant Howard Stern who once again blasted Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters for his vocal anti-Israel activism.
“@HowardStern, lets discuss our shared unfashionable views on israel. Name a time. Much respect,” Bialik tweeted on Sunday.
She was responding to comments made by Stern on his Sirius XM satellite show last week. “For some reason, it’s become very important to Roger to tell artists where to perform,” Stern said on November 3rd. “There’s so many countries with histories of abuse and slavery, but he’s very focused on Israel. To me, he comes off like an antisemite.”
According to Rolling Stone magazine, Stern noted that defending Israel “isn’t fashionable,” but urged his listeners to not be “fooled” by Waters and his anti-Israel sentiments. He said: “It is a tremendous distraction for Arab leaders to say, ‘Let’s get the Jews, let’s get Israel, it’s all their fault.’ As long as their poor people are focused on Israel they don’t wake up and realize who is stealing their money. Their lives aren’t getting any better from all this crap.”

Historians Now Claim That Roger Waters Was Once In A Band (satire)

Historians at the University of Cambridge’s King’s College dropped a bombshell this morning: that noted ~~Anti-Semitic crank~~ outspoken critic of Israeli policies Roger Waters was once in a popular band that played music that people enjoyed listening to. The Daily Freier spoke by phone with Professor of Contemporary British History Baba Booey for details on this breakthrough discovery.
“This is really quite remarkable, but prior to being known for drawing the Star of David on pigs and being creepily obsessed with Bar Rafaeli, Mr. Waters was in a rather successful band known as ‘Pink Floyd’ during the latter half of the 20th Century.” Professor Booey continued. “Archival history from the pre-Internet era seems to indicate that young people would often paint their dormitory walls with fluorescent paint, turn on blacklights, and play this music on a constant loop. Apparently marijuana may have been involved. And unlike Mr. Waters’ current manifestation, this early ‘proto-Waters’ seemed to enrich the lives of others and actually make people happy. Fascinating, really.”
Professor Booey then played a sample of Mr. Waters’ early music for the Daily Freier. The music was rather excellent, although it was a bit derivative of Syd Barrett’s works.

Abbas still claiming that Israel negotiating to give Hamas some of the Sinai

Palestine Press Agency reiterates the story that Mahmoud Abbas claims that Israel and Hamas are negotiating a plan where Egypt would give Gaza a thousand square kilometers of land.

President Mahmoud Abbas said that Hamas conducted indirect negotiations with Israel, stressing that he knows the names of the negotiatiors and the date and venue of the negotiations and that there were direct meetings led by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in this regard.

Abu Mazen, during a meeting with Egyptian media personnel at his hotel in Cairo, on Sunday, said that official projects being discussed between Hamas and Israel to truncate the 1,000 kilometers of the territory of Sinai to expand Gaza during the rule of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, pointing out that Morsi rejected the project to take any centimeter from the land of Egypt.

He explained that the then-Minister of Defense Sisi issued a decree that the Sinai territory is one of national security, ending the idea, but Abbas said that consultations are still underway between Hamas and Israel on this project.

As I mentioned last time Abbas made this claim, this is seemingly the Ben Arieh plan, where Israel would give Egypt some of the Negev, Gaza would expand into the Sinai and a land-bridge between Egypt and Jordan would be established.

In the past, Egyptian media has slammed this plan, because they hate the idea of Palestinians in the Sinai.

What is more interesting is Abbas' reaction to the fantasy-plan. He would lose nothing. He would gain a thousand square kilometers of land for "Palestine." And he rejects the idea outright.

Because the only land he is interested in is the land that Israel controls.

This is why the PLO never claimed any parts of Jordan (or Lebanon) as "Palestine" even though they were all part of "historic Palestine" as defined before the British Mandate.

Abbas' angry rejection of the idea of free land - land that would help Gaza's overcrowding, land that would increase Gaza's shoreline, land that could be used to increase the amount of agriculture in Gaza by a huge amount - shows that his only goal is not the welfare of his people but the elimination of Israel.

.@UNRWA worker celebrates "wedding" of two terrorists

Nisreen Jaradat is a social worker for UNRWA. He may be related to Raed Jaradat who was shot while carrying out a stabbing attack against Israeli soldiers near Hebron a couple of weeks ago.

He recently published on Facebook this poster "celebrating" the "wedding" of Raed to Daania Arshid, another terrorist.

He also posted video of the "wedding" as the parents of the happy dead couple danced.

Senator Ted Cruz is one of my favorite picks for President in 2016 among a few of the other real conservatives in the Republican field. However, the recent rush to have a Senate hearing over the Palestinian terrorism we’re facing right has enraged me to a boiling point.

Dear Senator Cruz: STOP INTERFERING. Holding hearings is not going to stop the blood lust terrorists in Israel have and their thirst to pour our Jewish blood all over the streets of Jerusalem, Gush Etzion, Rishon LeZion, Efrat, Beersheva and on and on.

You can hold all the hearings you want on the PLO, Palestinian Authority, but until you really go back in history during one of these televised spectacles, we Israelis aren’t buying one dime of lip service Congress pays us that the PA will be cut off financially for good. Just ask Senator Rand Paul who’s mantra is “cut them off until they stop their terror.”

I know you are a courageous man. But when it comes to the terror Israel has faced since our re-founding in 1948, you fall completely short. And here is where you and members of Congress fail:

1. Mention historical terrorist attacks on Israel starting with the Munich Massacre of 1972 at the hands of a Palestinian terror group called Black September. Continue to July 1976 and outline the events of Entebbe, in which the Air France airline was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Jump to 1987; the first intifada that lasted until 1993 with the signing of the Oslo Accords. You can use that against Hillary Clinton’s husband in the Presidential debates should you be the nominee. The second intifada you covered so we’re squared away with that.

2. Point out again and again that Abu Mazen aka Mahmoud Abbas was the secretary/treasurer of the PLO who funded the Munich Massacre.

3. You do sympathize with the Palestinians. In December of 2014, you posted a message on Facebook saying what a sad day it was for Palestinians that the PA was trying to dictate terms to Israel at the United Nations. Of course you mentioned Israel, and again you failed. Here’s how: You ignored that the Palestinians DO want terms dictated to Israel. Did you forget they voted in a landslide election for Hamas? And more importantly, you neglect time and time again the unity government the PA and Hamas have. They ARE ALL EQUAL OPPORTUNISTIC JEW KILLING TERRORISTS.

4. Have the courage to say it’s Jews and Jews only that Palestinian terror seeks. Every time you and members of Congress ride our coattails as also being victims of the Palestinians you incite them against us even more albeit with the best intentions. I’ll have you be reminded those “American Jews” you spoke of in your hearing made aliyah and became Israeli citizens by choice. Stop ignoring that.

5. Your focus as a Senator should be entirely on the 14% of troops who died in Iraq at the hands of Iran and taking cues from Ed Royce. He bravely stood up to demand that Congress not vote in favor of the import/export bank criminally subsidizing Iran. There were 181 Democrats and 63 Republicans who voted for this. How could you not filibuster this?

6. And finally; please accept the fact that Israel is not America. It is not a melting pot of many different people of various faiths who emigrate here. It is Jews from various countries coming home as G-d commands it. Neither you nor any other pro Israel Senator is an extended member of our Knesset.

If you can do that and completely stop funding the Palestinians with phony aid packages that is used to funnel terror against us, you might just have my support.

11/09 Links Pt1: Palestinians: A World of Lies and Deception; How to Avoid Israeli Brutality (satire)

From Ian:

Jordan policeman kills 3, including 2 Americans

A Jordanian policeman opened fire Monday on foreign trainers at a police compound, killing two Americans and a South African before being shot dead, the government spokesman said.
The shooter also wounded two Americans and four Jordanians, one of them critically, said the spokesman, Mohammed Momani.
The motive was not immediately clear. Momani described the shooter as an “attacker” and said he committed a “crime,” but did not say whether authorities considered the fatal shooting a terror attack.
The shooting, at a police training camp on the outskirts of the Jordanian capital, raises questions about Jordan’s image as an island of relative stability in a turbulent region.
Over the past year, the pro-Western kingdom has taken on a high-profile role in the fight against extremists, including the Islamic State group, which controls large areas of neighboring Iraq and Syria. There has been concern that militants could carry out revenge attacks on Jordanian soil.

Bassam Tawil: Palestinians: A World of Lies, Deception and Fabrications

The only astonishing thing is that Abbas and the Palestinian leaders continue to refer to their wave of terrorism and bloodbath as a "peaceful, popular uprising."
The terrorists were doubtless inspired by their president's words. It is this kind of officially-sanctioned rhetoric that encourages young Palestinians to stab the first Jew they see.
This is not only a mountainous lie; it is an attempt on the part of the Palestinian Authority leadership to deceive the world into believing that Israeli security forces killed these poor innocent terrorists who were merely part of a peaceful protest. These "innocent" Palestinian men and women were "merely" in the process of trying to stab people to death.
The world in which Abbas and the Palestinian leadership live is a world of lies, fabrications and deception aimed at demonizing Israel and murdering Jews. The goal is not only to murder as many Jews as possible, but also to force Israel to its knees so that it will vanish as soon as possible.
Welcome to the world of the Palestinians, where we lie and then believe our own lies. And then want the rest of the world to believe them, too.

How to Avoid Israeli Brutality (h/t IsraellyCool)

Too many Palestinians have died in the last few weeks. This must stop!
Homage to Chris Rock - How not to get your ass kicked by the police

Magda Haroun, leader of the nearly extinct Egyptian Jewish community, lashed out at a journalist for asking why Da'esh targets only Muslims and not Jews.

Haroun criticized Jaber Armouti because of his remarks that he demanded from ISIS to kill Jews rather than Muslims, saying that Egyptians should not confuse Egyptian Jews with Israelis.

She mentioned that there are only 7 Jews left in Egypt. All of them are old women, according to previous reports.

She said: "I am an Egyptian and I love my country more than many, Egypt has given me a lot," adding that "Israel is my enemy because they are Egypt's enemy", She also said that Israel does not represent Jews of the world.

Haroun has mentioned her hate for Israel before. And she once mentioned that her father refused to treat her sister for leukemia in France, because a Jew leaving Egypt in the 1950s would not be allowed back. So he let is daughter die instead.

But instead of hating the country whose policies led to her sisters' death, she hates Israel.

Official PA news still claims Jews make up stories of stabbing attacks, quotes Amnesty

Today, there was another terror attack where the female attacker was shot and killed.

A female Arab terrorist was neutralized on Monday morning while attempting to conduct a stabbing attack at Eliyahu Crossing on Highway 55, between the towns of Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron in Samaria.

She had approached the crossing with a drawn knife, and after she ignored numerous calls by security personnel for her to stop they were forced to open fire, killing her immediately.

The crossing was closed to all traffic as a result of the attack attempt, before being reopened just over 30 minutes later.

A suicide note was later found on the body of the female terrorist.

The attacker was later identified by Palestinian Authority police as 23-year-old Rasha Uweisseh from Qalqilya.

We have photos of the knife and suicide note:

Now, look how the official Palestinian Authority news agency reports this:

Israeli soldiers Monday shot dead a Palestinian young woman at a checkpoint near Qalqilia, in the northwestern West Bank, according to medical sources.

The Ministry of Health said 23-year-old Rasha Ewessi was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at ‘Al-Yahou’ checkpoint outside the city after allegedly attempting to stab one of the soldiers.

Today’s extrajudicial murder brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of the unrest erupting early October 2015 to 80, including 17 children and four women.

Multiple rights groups have long accused the Israeli military of fabricating scenarios to justify extraterritorial murder of Palestinians. In the many cases were Israeli soldiers accused Palestinians of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack, few were proven to correct.

What "rights groups" are they referring to?

Amnesty International, of course. The news agency then goes on to quote Amnesty's report that ignored evidence showing intent to kill on the part of the would-be murderer, and that purposefully minimized the danger to soldiers and police by pretending that their body armor would perfectly protect them from knives and firebombs.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech for the "International Conference for the Support of Palestine" where he stated his support for knifing and running over Jews, saying that rather than showing desperation as the West characterizes the attacks, they are actually a noble manifestation of Jihad.

He then went back to the old playbook, saying that Israel's existence is the central issue and expressing frustration that Arab nations and jihad groups aren't prioritizing attacking the Jewish state.

Excerpts rom Al Manar:

"What is going on now in Palestine reflects a lofty and sublime Jihad spirit," his eminence [sic] said, "We are witnessing operations carried out almost on a daily basis."

"Those actions reflect certainty and faith which fascinate the world as all the run over and stabbing operations end with martyrdom."

"Those innovative methods used by the Palestinians to carry out martyrdom operation reflect their awareness, not despair which struck a lot of people who resorted to drugs and many other worlds."

Hezbollah leader pointed out that the Palestinians have always been confronting the Zionist entity on the behalf of all the Arabs and that considering the struggle as merely Palestinian-Israeli has always been a wrong approach.

"The problem is that some people have become convinced that Israel does not pose any peril against the Umma."

Sayyed Nasrallah noted that we feel hurt when we consider the fact the Umma sent in the past hundreds of thousands of fighters to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet occupation, while it has not sent those mujahidin to confront the Zionist entity, wondering whether Afghanistan is more sacred than Palestine.

If all the suicide bombings which targeted the Lebanese, Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis, Nigerians, Pakistanis and Afghanis had been employed against the Zionist entity, it would have vanished, according to Sayyed Nasrallah who also stressed that those terrorist attacks aimed at destroying the Umma's solidarity, armies and peoples.

Hezbollah Secretary General considered that some Muslims and Arabs, including a segment of the Lebanese people, have become convinced that 'Israel' is not the Umma's enemy and got involved in internal conflicts, adding that those also do not believe that the Zionist entity poses a peril and a threat against the entire region.

Sayyed Nasrallah added that Instead of provoking hostility against the Zionists, some Arab governments have instigated feuds against the Palestinians and that they even gloat over their losses.

Since Nasrallah slavishly follows Iran's Ayatollah's Khamenei's opinion, this indicates that there is a push from Iran to arm terror groups in Israel, despite the hot/cold relationship between Iran and Hamas.

Also, this interview indicates clearly that Hezbollah's "political wing" unabashedly supports terror, as Nasrallah is calling explicitly for suicide bombings in Israel in addition to the knifings and other attacks. Someone might want to tell the EU.

The comments responding to this speech in the French-language Lebanese site L'Orient Le Jour show that its readers are sick of Nasrallah's hijacking the country to fight in Syria and pick fights with Israel.

One said:

It's always the same useless speeches. He never speaks of the unity of the Lebanese nation, the election of the President of the Republic
...He takes the Lebanese fighting to protect a tyrant who made 250,000 deaths, directly or indirectly, half its population fleeing
the country totally destroyed, let him fight in the West Bank and Gaza the Israeli army instead of accusing the Arab countries!
But there is another dimension!
Too many Lebanese dead for a cause that is not ours

Another responded succinctly: