Thursday, April 26, 2012
Elder of Ziyon
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Elder of Ziyon
A student at the University of Zagazig in Egypt wrote his master's thesis on the history of the various conspiracies against Islam that colonialists imposed on the population.
An article in Moheet summarizes it.
He says that the Dutch introduced communism to Indonesia, and the movement grew stronger until the Muslims defeated it. He then went on to discuss the ties between communism and Zionism, specifically via the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and the fact that Karl Marx was Jewish.
He also quotes that the Protocols instruct Jews to use secularism to conquer the world.
This is a master's thesis in an Egyptian university.
Well, maybe they have a good sports program.
An article in Moheet summarizes it.
He says that the Dutch introduced communism to Indonesia, and the movement grew stronger until the Muslims defeated it. He then went on to discuss the ties between communism and Zionism, specifically via the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and the fact that Karl Marx was Jewish.
He also quotes that the Protocols instruct Jews to use secularism to conquer the world.
This is a master's thesis in an Egyptian university.
Well, maybe they have a good sports program.
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Twitter links I posted today:
Honest Reporting made a nice slide show for Israel's Independence Day.
Shraga Simmons on what Michael Oren should have told 60 Minutes' Bob Simon if he wasn't worried about being politically correct.
Muslim, Zionist and Proud. (h/t O)
Surfing in Israel:
(h/t Israellycool)
Ian's Links:
http://www.thejc.com/news/israel-news/66895/israel-64-the-might-bumble-bee -- Israel at 64: The might of the bumble bee
Dubai withholds#Israeli cardiologists visas http://bit.ly/IG6mvb
#Hamas calls to boycott#Algerian writer attending symposium in#Jerusalem http://www.qudsmedia.com/?p=63720
Cool looking 3D technology from#Israel - anyone@Microsoft have any more details? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tBPc4wCsa-Y
Honest Reporting made a nice slide show for Israel's Independence Day.
Shraga Simmons on what Michael Oren should have told 60 Minutes' Bob Simon if he wasn't worried about being politically correct.
Muslim, Zionist and Proud. (h/t O)
Surfing in Israel:
In my first week, some new-found friends were taking me out for the after-surf meal of choice-shakshuka, a spicy bowl of marinara sauce with two poached eggs on top and a sausage inside.
When we got to the port and headed into the Scubar cafe, we found that the back wall had just been blown out by a Qassam missile from Gaza. The wait staff was cleaning up and simply said they would be closed for the night, but come back tomorrow.
A bit taken aback, I asked one of my companions what that meant--should we head home? He replied that it meant that we eat next door at the Blue Bar, and that I would not be able to have a Guinness with dinner. At dinner I asked how they could be so nonchalant about the missile. I was told that this is the life, and you must learn to live it and love it now. The missile was an hour ago, but good company and dinner were now. Not to enjoy it was to let the terrorists win. The shakshuka was good.
(h/t Israellycool)
Ian's Links:
Ambassador Ron Prosor guest posts on HuffPo!
Fuel for Thought in Gaza
“Like a group of smiling tour guides at a Caribbean resort, legions of pundits and policymakers have been dancing the limbo with Hamas for years, setting the bar lower and lower for what is acceptable. Instead of holding the regime responsible for the well-being of the people of Gaza, most have turned a blind eye to their oppression.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Fuel for Thought in Gaza
“Like a group of smiling tour guides at a Caribbean resort, legions of pundits and policymakers have been dancing the limbo with Hamas for years, setting the bar lower and lower for what is acceptable. Instead of holding the regime responsible for the well-being of the people of Gaza, most have turned a blind eye to their oppression.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Netanyahu on CNN
Israel " Netanyahu ,Islamic Republic_Iran ,World Great Danger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Israel "PM" Netanyahu & Islamic Republic_Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Israel "Netanyahu"on Palestine & Arabs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Israel " Netanyahu ,Islamic Republic_Iran ,World Great Danger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Israel "PM" Netanyahu & Islamic Republic_Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Israel "Netanyahu"on Palestine & Arabs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
PA Declares Church in Bethlehem to be Unlawful
PA: Bethlehem Church will no longer receive rights as a religious institution; birth certificates, marriage licenses deemed illegitimate.
http://www.israelnationalnews....
One of many examples in this article
Muslim Persecution of Christians: March, 2012 by Raymond Ibrahim
http://www.gatestoneinstitute....
PA: Bethlehem Church will no longer receive rights as a religious institution; birth certificates, marriage licenses deemed illegitimate.
http://www.israelnationalnews....
One of many examples in this article
Muslim Persecution of Christians: March, 2012 by Raymond Ibrahim
http://www.gatestoneinstitute....
Anti-Christian and Anti-Jewish Sentiment in Malaysia by Anna Mahjar-Barducci
“In March 2012, the Malaysian opposition, Pakatan Rakyat (PKR), started to pressure the government also to legislate the banning of all ties with Israel, direct or indirect. The PKR leader even said that Malaysia should ban "the use of our ports by any company that has a trade interest with the Zionist regime." A Malaysian scholar based in Singapore, Dr. Farish A. Noor, further commented in the Malaysian Insider that as elections in Malaysia are around the corner all political parties are competing to show how "anti-Israeli" they can be.”
http://www.gatestoneinstitute....
“In March 2012, the Malaysian opposition, Pakatan Rakyat (PKR), started to pressure the government also to legislate the banning of all ties with Israel, direct or indirect. The PKR leader even said that Malaysia should ban "the use of our ports by any company that has a trade interest with the Zionist regime." A Malaysian scholar based in Singapore, Dr. Farish A. Noor, further commented in the Malaysian Insider that as elections in Malaysia are around the corner all political parties are competing to show how "anti-Israeli" they can be.”
http://www.gatestoneinstitute....
Foreign Ministry slams Guardian newspaper for insisting Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital
http://www.timesofisrael.com/f...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/f...
Radical leftists to honor Palestinian terrorists on Memorial Day
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/t...
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/t...
Turkey Blocks Israel From NATO Meet, Obama Shrugs
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-P...
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-P...
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Khaled Meshal, the Hamas "political" leader who is hailed by clueless Westerners for his pragmatism and moderation, yesterday called upon Arabs to kidnap more Israeli soldiers in order to get prisoner swaps like the Shalit deal.
He also praised hunger strikes and demanded that Arab governments use political pressure on Israel to gain the release of more prisoners.
War crimes are just another form of politics.
He also praised hunger strikes and demanded that Arab governments use political pressure on Israel to gain the release of more prisoners.
War crimes are just another form of politics.
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Qudsmedia, which seems to exist solely for inciting Arabs, finds offense in this photo of the stage Jerusalem set up to celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut:
Can't see it? Here, they'll enlarge it for you:
Can't see it? Here, they'll enlarge it for you:
Yes! From a certain angle, standing up, looking between the speakers, someone might see a juxtaposition of an Israeli flag and the Dome of the Rock!
Obviously this was done to injure the very, very, very sensitive feelings of Arabs and to rub their noses in their ignominious defeat in 1967, not to mention 1948.
Those Israelis never stop their single-minded obsession with humiliating Arabs.
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
From Ma'an:
It's funny, but while the PA (and Hamas) have, for years, routinely intimidated and arrested reporters, stopped distribution of newspapers and engaged in similar forms of censorship, the world yawned. But stopping access to eight Internet news sites has woken people up.
The largest telecommunications company in the occupied territories has no choice but to enforce orders issued by the Palestinian Authority, its chief executive said Wednesday.
Ammar Aker says PalTel conducts its operations in compliance with regulatory and legal instructions, but has no further involvement in decisions imposed by the government.
"Our role is to implement those orders and instructions and not to enter into such matters that the company cannot deal with or accept to be part of," Aker said in an emailed statement.
The executive's remarks further distanced the company from evidence of a secretive initiative by the Palestinian Authority to censor websites critical of President Mahmoud Abbas.
Ma'an published Monday the first part in an investigation into the program, allegedly ordered by attorney-general Ahmad al-Mughni, to force PalTel and others to block access to eight websites.
It's funny, but while the PA (and Hamas) have, for years, routinely intimidated and arrested reporters, stopped distribution of newspapers and engaged in similar forms of censorship, the world yawned. But stopping access to eight Internet news sites has woken people up.
In New York, a press freedom group sharply criticized the Palestinian Authority.The State Department spokesperson likewise commented, saying that the US is "raising these concerns with the Palestinian Authority."
"For a free online press, the Internet has to be open for everyone," said Danny O'Brien, Internet advocacy coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists.
"By blocking these websites, the Palestinian Authority is creating a dangerous new infrastructure for the suppression of speech in its own country," he said in a statement.
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Since 1950, the world has been fed a lie - the lie that most Palestinian Arabs do not want to become citizens of other Arab countries in order to keep their own nationalism alive.
The origins of this lie can be seen in this 1951 UNRWA report:
However, every time the opportunity arose, individual Arabs would invariably choose to become citizens of their host countries and would go to great lengths to obtain such citizenship. The worry about showing "weakness" was a concern for the Palestinian Arabs as a group, but each one individually seems to be eager to better their lives by becoming citizens wherever they can.
Last year, Egypt finally started implementing a 2004 law saying that children of Palestinian fathers and Egyptian mothers can become Egyptian citizens. Tens of thousands of Gazans started applying for citizenship, going back generations to prove their Egyptian parentage - and against the public pronouncements of their "leaders." And every few months, a few hundred Gazans would get their prize - Egyptian citizenship and an opportunity to stop being treated like dirt by the entire Arab world. So far between two and three thousand Palestinian Arabs have been able to become citizens of Egypt.
Today another 680 Palestinian Arabs became Egyptian citizens.
Given the choice, almost every Palestinian Arab would choose to become naturalized in any Arab country.
But they would all keep telling credulous Westerners the opposite.
They are afraid to say the truth publicly because it contradicts everything their leaders - and other Arab leaders - have been saying for decades. Publicly opposing the politically correct line of insisting on "return" is dangerous. So they say one thing and act the opposite way, and no one is the wiser.
And their human rights are being trampled by the Arabs who pretend to love them.
The origins of this lie can be seen in this 1951 UNRWA report:
The desire to go back to their homes is general among all classes; it is proclaimed orally at all meetings and organized demonstrations, and, in writing, in all letters addressed to the Agency and all complaints handed in to the area officers. Many refugees are ceasing to believe in a possible return, yet this does not prevent them from insisting on it, since they feel that to agree to consider any other solution would be to show their weakness...Palestinian Arabs have always been sensitive to publicly adhere to the "politically correct" idea that they will not accept any solution besides "return." Westerners who spoke to them were impressed with this seeming determination and would report this as fact. This idea was pushed by self-proclaimed leaders (as this report indicates) making any Palestinian refugee reluctant to publicly oppose it. (Within a few years, UNRWA itself would have its teachers continue this insistence on "return" at the expense of solving the refugee problem - a form of job security.)
However, every time the opportunity arose, individual Arabs would invariably choose to become citizens of their host countries and would go to great lengths to obtain such citizenship. The worry about showing "weakness" was a concern for the Palestinian Arabs as a group, but each one individually seems to be eager to better their lives by becoming citizens wherever they can.
Last year, Egypt finally started implementing a 2004 law saying that children of Palestinian fathers and Egyptian mothers can become Egyptian citizens. Tens of thousands of Gazans started applying for citizenship, going back generations to prove their Egyptian parentage - and against the public pronouncements of their "leaders." And every few months, a few hundred Gazans would get their prize - Egyptian citizenship and an opportunity to stop being treated like dirt by the entire Arab world. So far between two and three thousand Palestinian Arabs have been able to become citizens of Egypt.
Today another 680 Palestinian Arabs became Egyptian citizens.
Given the choice, almost every Palestinian Arab would choose to become naturalized in any Arab country.
But they would all keep telling credulous Westerners the opposite.
They are afraid to say the truth publicly because it contradicts everything their leaders - and other Arab leaders - have been saying for decades. Publicly opposing the politically correct line of insisting on "return" is dangerous. So they say one thing and act the opposite way, and no one is the wiser.
And their human rights are being trampled by the Arabs who pretend to love them.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Israel21C has the list of the top ten Israeli swimsuits for this summer.
How can I not report such an important story?
The spike heels in the desert are a nice touch.
I'm sorry, but I'm seeing dots in front of my eyes.
And for those who want more modest swimsuits - here's one for you as well:
How can I not report such an important story?
I know that when women go swimming, they love having a heavy blocky object around one of their wrists at all times.
And for those who want more modest swimsuits - here's one for you as well:
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
JTA's Ron Kampeas writes:
However, I've been using Google Translate for years now to see what Arabic sites are saying, and the vast majority of the things I uncovered were never reported in the mainstream media, or even by MEMRI or Palestinian Media Watch.
There is just too much stuff out there. MEMRI and PMW focus on the worst incidents, the stuff that can make headlines, the songs sung by little kids about killing Jews, anti-semitic cartoons andsimilar items. But the causal hate that pervades the Arabic media is not something that you can appreciate from just reading a couple of cherry-picked examples a day. If people knew how Hamas, day in and day out, praises terror attacks - even attacks from years ago - they would never believe the stupidity pushed by some that Hamas is moderating, or willing to be at peace with Israel, or willing to accept a two state solution.
But it is not reported.
A couple of weeks ago I searched for every mention of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion on Arabic news sites from the previous 30 days. While a couple of sites did refer to them as forgeries, most mentioned them - in asides - as if their veracity is unquestioned among the readership. This is a story that is current - but no media covered it besides me.
Also, what you will not see in Arabic sites is the complete absence of the other side of the story. We take it for granted that Jewish and Zionist media, like JTA, will have a variety of viewpoints on the subject of Israel and the Arabs. But that multiplicity of views is missing in Arabic media. Arabs are simply not exposed to anything besides anti-Israel propaganda, day in and day out. Tehy don't even have Arabic-language access to the truth. This is a story that is ignored - and it shouldn't be.
When reading the Arabic news sites, on first glance, it appears that they are similar to Western media. There are news items along with special interest stories, sports, ads, odd stories and so forth. It takes time to realize that most news sites have a sponsor and they faithfully report only one viewpoint. To see the truth about Fatah, you must read Islamic Jihad and Hamas sites (along with a very few maverick websites;) to see the truth about Hamas you must read the Fatah sites. Different Egyptian papers will cover different stories and ignore the ones that embarrass their sponsors.
None of this is obvious and practically none of it is reported. And that is a shame, because it is impossible to truly understand how Arabs think without reading their own words - about everything.
But Kampeas is right about one thing:
I'm ancient enough to remember the younger Benjamin Netanyahu warning audiences to pay attention to what Yasser Arafat says in Arabic, as opposed to his relatively moderate pronouncements in English.I wish this were true.
Such warnings are passe, with the onset of the Internet and a multilingual, wired world -- if a leader says something provocative/embarrassing/saber-rattling in his or her native language, it'll be out there in English, guaranteed, within minutes.
However, I've been using Google Translate for years now to see what Arabic sites are saying, and the vast majority of the things I uncovered were never reported in the mainstream media, or even by MEMRI or Palestinian Media Watch.
There is just too much stuff out there. MEMRI and PMW focus on the worst incidents, the stuff that can make headlines, the songs sung by little kids about killing Jews, anti-semitic cartoons andsimilar items. But the causal hate that pervades the Arabic media is not something that you can appreciate from just reading a couple of cherry-picked examples a day. If people knew how Hamas, day in and day out, praises terror attacks - even attacks from years ago - they would never believe the stupidity pushed by some that Hamas is moderating, or willing to be at peace with Israel, or willing to accept a two state solution.
But it is not reported.
A couple of weeks ago I searched for every mention of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion on Arabic news sites from the previous 30 days. While a couple of sites did refer to them as forgeries, most mentioned them - in asides - as if their veracity is unquestioned among the readership. This is a story that is current - but no media covered it besides me.
Also, what you will not see in Arabic sites is the complete absence of the other side of the story. We take it for granted that Jewish and Zionist media, like JTA, will have a variety of viewpoints on the subject of Israel and the Arabs. But that multiplicity of views is missing in Arabic media. Arabs are simply not exposed to anything besides anti-Israel propaganda, day in and day out. Tehy don't even have Arabic-language access to the truth. This is a story that is ignored - and it shouldn't be.
When reading the Arabic news sites, on first glance, it appears that they are similar to Western media. There are news items along with special interest stories, sports, ads, odd stories and so forth. It takes time to realize that most news sites have a sponsor and they faithfully report only one viewpoint. To see the truth about Fatah, you must read Islamic Jihad and Hamas sites (along with a very few maverick websites;) to see the truth about Hamas you must read the Fatah sites. Different Egyptian papers will cover different stories and ignore the ones that embarrass their sponsors.
None of this is obvious and practically none of it is reported. And that is a shame, because it is impossible to truly understand how Arabs think without reading their own words - about everything.
But Kampeas is right about one thing:
Bringing us back to Bibi and his two totally different Independence Day messages, one geared to Israelis and one to Americans. In the former he looks forward to hanging around the "mangal" or barbecue grill tomorrow, and he lists priorities for next year: A fence separating Israel and the Egypt, expanding Iron Dome, free education for kids from age 3 and reducing the cost of living (in that order.) He extols Israel's advances in high-tech.Indeed - that cartoon is creepy and bizarre, and I cannot come up with a single rational reason it was tacked onto the end of Bibi's Hebrew address.
For Americans and other English speakers, his cast is "Israel is unique." He emphasizes "restoring sovereignty" for a powerless people, and also becoming a "global technological power" (although here he qualifies that with a "despite threats"). He extols a "vibrant liberal democracy" where women are equal and says Israel is especially unique for the "tens of millions" of supporters it has, Jewish and non Jewish.
Nothing at all wrong with this: Two different constituencies, two different messages. Happens everywhere.
What throws me off, though, are the cat and the parrot singing "Hineh mah tov" at the end of the Hebrew version (which features Arabic subtitles). The cat is miserable, and apparently paw-cuffed; the parrot appears ready to hop into the blender standing alongside it.
What message are these unhappy creatures meant to convey?
Why are Israelis guided, unprepared, into this 20-second nightmare?
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
From The National, January 12:
An engineer told an appeals court yesterday that he did not mean to insult religious monuments when he said "damn mosques" during a meeting.He lost the case, and is now appealing. From Al Arabiya:
The British engineer, who works at the parks and recreation section of Abu Dhabi Municipality, was appealing against a one-month prison sentence imposed by the Court of Misdemeanours.
He was in charge of a project to create gardens around a mosque.
He lost his temper during a meeting because the project was progressing slowly. He was reported to the police by his work colleagues for saying: "When will we finish with the damn mosques?"
He explained to the judge that he did not mean to insult the mosque as a religious place and that he respected Islam and the UAE.
"I said it out of concern for the project because I wanted it to be ready as soon as possible," he said.
The judge asked him: "So your keenness on completion drove you to curse?"
The engineer reasserted his respect for mosques he works on and said he wanted them to be presented in the best way possible way.
A decision on the appeal will be announced on February 7.
The lawyer of an engineer jailed in Abu Dhabi for insulting Islam by referring to “damn” mosques has insisted a UAE court look up the word in the Oxford English Dictionary.I wonder what would have happened if he said "f--ing mosques." Would that have been considered worse or better than "damn mosques"?
“The first meaning for the word ‘damned’ says: ‘According to Christianity, a damned (person) is someone who God is angered with forever... the second meaning says ‘damn’ can be used for strong criticism in an unofficial way and is a way of expressing anger,” read out the translator at the Appeals Court, according to a report from The National.
The Appeals Court and will announce its new verdict on April 30, the newspaper stated.
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
From Bikya Masr:
One of Egypt’s best known actors, Adel Imam, has been handed a three-month hard labor sentence and a fine of about $170 for insulting Islam in roles he portrayed in film and on the stage.And:
The films include “The Terrorist,” “Terrorism and the Kabab,” among others.
Egyptian author Alaa al-Aswany, whose international best-seller “The Yacoubian Building,” was turned into a film co-starring Imam, said the court ruling sets Egypt back to the “darkness of the Middle Ages,” according to a report in Al Ahram.
“[The court's ruling] is an unimaginable crime of principle in developed nations,” he tweeted on his Twitter account.
The impetus behind this, and another case featuring the founder of Mobinil telecom, Naguib Sawiris (who tweeted an image of Mickey Mouse with a beard, and his lovely consort Minnie Mouse, wearing a face veil), are indicative of the growing draconian influence of the ultra-conservative Salafists in Egypt.
Egyptian freedom of expression advocates are in an uproar over the banning of a play over its alleged use of “foul language.”And:
24 rights movements issued a joint statement condemning al-Sawy Cultural Center in Cairo for banning the play “Mono-drama Auto bus” from showing at the center’s 7th Mono-drama theater festival taking place this month.
According to the Sawy judging committee, the play featured a sentence that contains “foul language against religion.”
The play in question, directed by John Milad and acted by Mina Ezzat, was supposed to start with the actor throwing a fit and threatening to ruin the play, saying the disputed line, “I will ruin the damn show” or loosely translated from the Arabic, which uses a common swear word that many religious persons forbid, arguing it is “insulting religions.”
The rehearsal immediately came to a halt when the actor uttered the line. The play was removed from the program and all attempts to bring it back failed.
Egypt’s liberal satellite channel ON TV received a threatening letter from an unknown group calling itself “The Jihadist Group to Cleanse the Country” warning they would kidnap some of the news presenters and inflict harm on companies that advertise with channel, if the channel “does not change its media policies.”See? There was an Arab Spring in Egypt - for people who want Egyptians to have less freedom.
- Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
From Now Lebanon:
That's a start, isn't it?
“Yes to freedom of expression! Unless criticizing the state, God, the Prophet, Christ, the president, the Church, the Bible, the Quran, the martyrs, the Resistance, the Lebanese army, the civil war, sectarianism, the custodian of the two holy mosques, the pope, national unity, friendly countries and neighboring countries.” This is the text of the cartoon on the front page of the newsletter “FREE” which is currently being distributed around university campuses in Lebanon.
FREE, which stands for “Freedom and Right of Expression Event,” is the first issue of a series of uncensored newsletters produced by the Lebanese NGO March. It highlights censorship issues in Lebanon and focuses on the importance of freedom of expression following too many instances of censorship its producers say have been occurring recently in Lebanon.This isn't quite fair. Everyone in Lebanon agrees on one thing: that Zionism is evil.
“We started with the right of freedom of expression,” says Lea Baroudi, a co-founder of March, “because in a country like Lebanon, where there’s so much cultural diversity, if we do not accept the different opinions of one another, we cannot live together.”
In a country with 18 different religious communities that don’t think alike, there’s a need to “agree to disagree,” Baroudi says.
March is a civil movement that focuses on raising awareness about basic rights and civic duties. It aims at instilling these values at an individual level while simultaneously fostering dialogue and reconciliation between Lebanon’s diverse communities.
That's a start, isn't it?
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