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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Less than 20 Jews left in Egypt

Most sources say that there are around 100 Jews left in Egypt. But an interview with the new leader of Egypt's Jewish community, the rabidly anti-Zionist Magda Haroun, indicates that things are much worse than that. According to Dostour, Haroun says that there are now "nearly 20" Jews left in all of Egypt. Haroun was attending a press conference to ensure that Egypt's latest constitution provides rights for minorities, saying that "even if there...

Off topic Beatles trivia question

It's been a few years since I did my last Beatles trivia question (which was "How many Beatles songs have the lyrics "yeah, yeah, yeah" - I thought of 5, my niece came up with #6, see here for the answers). Since Sunday is a light blog day, here's a new one: What do these Beatles songs have in common? Can't Buy Me Love A Hard Day's Night Hey Jude Got to Get You Into My Life Savoy Truffle Here Comes the Sun Something I believe that this list is...

This is too funny: The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip has delayed the launch of Gaza Ark, an improvised cargo ship built by Gaza fishermen set to sail to Europe in protest against the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Member of the Gaza Strip association of fishermen Mahfouth Kabariti said Sunday that the Gaza Ark was supposed to set sail...

11/10 Links: On Kristallnacht Anniversary EU Calls for Boycotts, NGO Monitor Awarded the 2013 Begin Prize

From Ian: Understanding global anti-Semitism As our global age is political in that people now understand that virtually all spheres of life are governed or profoundly influenced by politics. So too today’s anti-Semitism, which before was mainly cultural or socially oriented, has now adopted a political cast. Hence anti-Semitic governments, through the UN and as a matter of domestic and foreign policy, promote anti-Semitism, and indeed have forged...

Alan Baker, Attorney, Ambassador (ret’) P.O.B. 182, Har Adar, Israel 90836 Tel: +972-54-3322643 E-mail: ambassador.alan@gmail.com The Hon. James Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, The State Department, Washington D.C. November 8, 2013 Dear Secretary Kerry, After listening to you declare repeatedly over the past weeks that "Israel's settlements are illegitimate",...

Why is Gaza in the dark? Because Hamas refuses to pay!

Palestine Press Agency discusses the now week-old Gaza blackout. It quotes Popular Struggle Front member Mahmoud Azzak as saying "The Hamas movement rejects up to now the obligation to pay what is needed for the price of industrial diesel needed to run the power plant, saying that Hamas does not pay one shekel for the electricity that feeds the Gaza Strip from Israel and Egypt." Israel provides the bulk of Gaza's electricity, 120 MW. Egypt provides...

Kuwaiti forfeits karate medal because competitor is Israeli

Al Masry al Youm reports that a Kuwaiti karate competitor has forfeited his match, and a chance for a bronze medal, rather than compete against an Israeli today. The World Junior Karate and Cadet Championships are being held in Guadalajara, Spain, this year. The Secretary General of the Karate Union in Kuwait said that players were explicitly told not to play any Israeli competitors. It remains to be seen if the World Karate Federation will punish...

Even when Israel builds the separation barrier along the Green Line, Israel-haters complain

You know how Israel haters say that Israel building a fence to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks is a "land-grab"? They usually say that Israel would be perfectly allowed to build such a fence on the Green Line itself, but not to protect Israelis in who live across it even in areas that would never be part of "Palestine." Well, it turns out that the Green Line is not so sacred to them when they don't like it. Ma'an reports: Battir...

From Al Ahram: Israel has returned a collection of stolen antiquities to Egypt after they were found on sale at an auction hall in Jerusalem. The antiquities ministry said the collection contains 90 ancient Egyptian artefacts, including clay vessels, vases, ushabti figurines and stelae. Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim told Ahram Online on Saturday the auction hall was...

PalArabs even use "National Reading Day" to delegitimize Israel

From Ma'an: The Palestinian Ministry of Education organized a national reading day in the West Bank's Cremisan Valley last week to coincide with the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The 1917 British declaration called for a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. Palestinians believe it paved the way for the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the eventual establishment of the Israeli state. Why do you teach your kids...

11/09 Links: 29% of EU Jews wanted to Emigrate, Obama Turns on Israel, Kerry in Wonderland

From Ian: FRA survey on discrimination and hate crime against Jews in EU Member States The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) today published its ground breaking survey of Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions of hate crime, discrimination and antisemitism in the EU. The survey covers the UK, France, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Italy Hungary, and Latvia: around 90% of the estimated Jewish population in the EU. It will enable...

Has Israel abdicated security responsibility for Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem? (UPDATE)

Ma'an reports: Palestinian security forces on Friday entered several Israeli-occupied neighborhoods and towns in the Jerusalem area for the first time since the Palestinian Authority was established, a PA security official said. PA security spokesman Adnan Dmeiri told Ma'an that Palestinian police entered the occupied areas of al-Ram, Beit Hanina, Shufat, Anata, and al-Sawahira Friday and began a crackdown on criminal activity. Twenty-five suspects...

To the West, not all occupied territories are equal (UPDATE)

An interesting thing happened last week: In today's meeting of EU Ambassadors, a majority of EU Member States indicated to favour the newly proposed EU-Morocco fisheries protocol, which opens for EU fishing in the waters of occupied Western Sahara. Though many Member States voiced their concerns on the protocol, a majority could be reached in today’s COREPER meeting. The decision to sign the EU’s most criticised fisheries protocol will be formalised...

11/08 Links Pt2: Students Obsession With Israel, Nazi Converts to Islam, Jordan takes UNSC Seat.

From Ian: Stand With Us: Why Are Students Totally Obsessed With Israel? Why is there an Israel Apartheid week in nearly two dozen campuses across the UK - yet there are no similar events drawing attention to human rights abuses in Zimbabwe or Venezuela? Why does the NUS want to send students on a 'humanitarian mission' to Gaza - yet it has refused to support a campaign fighting racism on campus? Above all, why is Israel the only country in the world...

A lot of Israel haters pretend that Israel is planning to uproot hundreds of thousands of Bedouin away from their ancestral lands and force them into concentration camps, or something like that. Israel's MFA has put together a nice and accurate picture of how they plan to solve the problem of the Bedouin in the Negev. Recognizing that the Bedouin of the Negev need assistance,...