Thursday, November 15, 2012
Elder of Ziyon...taken from a Beersheva wedding on Wednesday.
It might not be perfect, but it has already saved a lot of lives.
(h/t O)
It might not be perfect, but it has already saved a lot of lives.
(h/t O)
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Elder of Ziyon
From Al Arabiya:
Even so, it looks like the Kurds may be the one winner in the Syrian mess, and they are playing all sides well against each other.
Will they try to unify with Iraqi Kurdistan?
Kurdish militiamen and residents have wrested control of yet another town in northeastern Syria near the Turkish and Iraqi borders, in what an activist said was part of an anti-Turkey “dirty game” by the regime.So Syria is tacitly giving Kurds their territory, just to upset Turkey? More likely they are thinking that they can use their troops better elsewhere.
Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday outside the town of Derik’s security headquarters, the last building abandoned by the army and police, blasting out Kurdish music and hearing speeches in the officially banned Kurdish language.
“We tried to tell Assad's people to leave peacefully. We are a peaceful people”, said Abdi Karim, a 56-year-old officer in the People’s Defense Units (YPG), the militia involved in regaining the town.
The takeover came just days after Kurdish residents backed by militia from the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) took control of three other towns near the border with Turkey as pro-government forces pulled out without a fight.
North and northeast Syria are home to most of the country’s two million-strong Kurdish minority, whose militias operate independently of the rebels’ Free Syrian Army (FSA).
“There are differences between Kurdish anti-regime forces and the Arab opposition, mainly over the question of Kurdish nationalism and recognition of Kurdish as Syria’s second most widely spoken language,” independent Kurdish activist Massud Akko said.
On the ground, YPG member Karim made clear the separation. “If the FSA comes as a guest, we will allow them,” but the non-Kurdish rebels would not be permitted to take over the town, he said.
“We will protect our people from the Turkish, the FSA and Assad,” said Karim.
Akko said Assad's regime forces were handing over territory to the PYD deliberately, saying this explained the relatively peaceful takeover of towns in the region.
“The regime’s handing over of institutions to the PYD is a dirty game,” he said. "It is a message to Turkey, because Turkey is helping the Syrian opposition.”
“I am not saying the party is collaborating with the regime. But the two sides do tolerate each other,” Akko added.
“The Kurds do not have the military capacity to take control of the Kurdish areas. The province of Hasakeh, for one, is Syria’s second-largest region (after Homs).”
Kurdish civilians backed by militia have quietly taken control of a string of towns in Hasakeh, leaving just two of its main cities under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Even so, it looks like the Kurds may be the one winner in the Syrian mess, and they are playing all sides well against each other.
Will they try to unify with Iraqi Kurdistan?
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
From Ian:
Restoring Israeli deterrence by Gerald Steinberg
Douglas Murray: Who started it?
We must back Israel over Hamas terror chief killing
IDF Disperses Warning Leaflets Over Gaza Strip, in Effort to Limit Civilian Casualties (VIDEO)
IDF Warning to Hamas: Don't Show Your Faces Above Ground
IDF spokesman said there will be further military operations in the coming days and said he expects more rockets from Hamas
Missiles Fired on Nuclear Reactor in Dimona
The New York Times Dismissing Palestinian Rocket Attacks on Israel?
Guardian ‘Live Blog’ on Gaza accuses IDF of “chest thumping” over killing of Hamas terror chief
Protesting Israel’s Gaza operation, Egypt withdraws ambassador from Tel Aviv
Atef Salem arrived less than a month ago, telling President Peres he came to work for ‘mutual trust and transparency’
Aid amid austerity: Egypt to receive over $6bn in aid from EU
How "Moderate" Palestinians Succumb to Threats by Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Authority unable to pay salaries, even as it pursues statehood
The Palestinian drive for non-member state status at the UN could trigger Israeli economic retaliation that would end the viability of the Palestinian Authority.
Beinart banned from Atlanta’s Jewish book festival
"Beinart was then scheduled to speak in a smaller venue in downtown Atlanta, nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the festival site at the suburban community center. The 200 seats allotted for his talk quickly sold out."
Talk-show host grabs local trivia show
Ellen DeGeneres liked Dror Refael’s ‘Anybody Home?’ show so much, she bought the concept for her own program
Stem cells could be used to make biological pacemaker for heart patients
Injections of heart muscle created from patients’ own skin cells could save them from needing surgery to implant artificial pacemakers that regulate their heartbeat, following new research.
A breakthrough in bone marrow failure?
Pluristem’s PLX placenta-based cell therapies may provide hope for patients who have reached the end of the line.
Israel Pioneers New Type of Liver Cancer Treatment
Wine Enthusiast Names Golan Heights Winery “New World Winery of the Year”
Restoring Israeli deterrence by Gerald Steinberg
"Israel owes its survival to effective and continuous deterrence. Confronted with uniquely narrow borders and destructive threats from all directions, the threat of large-scale response has been Israel’s most effective insurance policy. When the IDF has acted effectively to deter the threats of conventional attacks from large armies, mass terror campaigns and missiles aimed at cities, Israeli citizens have been protected."
Douglas Murray: Who started it?
"If you read most of the British media that may well be what you think. After all there has been barely any previous mention in the British papers of the massive escalation in rocket fire into Israel in the last month or the even swifter escalation this week. Certainly no British paper or broadcaster has come close to giving these attacks the front-page publicity they grant to Israel’s response today."
We must back Israel over Hamas terror chief killing
"The Foreign Office came out with the standard, dithering rubbish effectively refusing to take sides. The FCO tweeted:
"We continue to call on all sides to exercise restraint to prevent a dangerous escalation that would be in no one’s interests. #Gaza"
It could have been worse, of course. It could have been a response from the BBC."
IDF Disperses Warning Leaflets Over Gaza Strip, in Effort to Limit Civilian Casualties (VIDEO)
IDF Warning to Hamas: Don't Show Your Faces Above Ground
IDF spokesman said there will be further military operations in the coming days and said he expects more rockets from Hamas
Missiles Fired on Nuclear Reactor in Dimona
The New York Times Dismissing Palestinian Rocket Attacks on Israel?
The Times wrote that those attacks were "called rocket attacks" by Israel as if the Israeli's were simply making unsubstantiated claims about the attacks.
Guardian ‘Live Blog’ on Gaza accuses IDF of “chest thumping” over killing of Hamas terror chief
Protesting Israel’s Gaza operation, Egypt withdraws ambassador from Tel Aviv
Atef Salem arrived less than a month ago, telling President Peres he came to work for ‘mutual trust and transparency’
Aid amid austerity: Egypt to receive over $6bn in aid from EU
How "Moderate" Palestinians Succumb to Threats by Khaled Abu Toameh
"This radicalization — to a point where they are not ready to hear about any concessions to Israel — is the direct result of decades of anti-Israel incitement and indoctrination, spearheaded, ironically, by the "moderate" Palestinian Authority leadership that is publicly talking about making peace with Israel."
Palestinian Authority unable to pay salaries, even as it pursues statehood
The Palestinian drive for non-member state status at the UN could trigger Israeli economic retaliation that would end the viability of the Palestinian Authority.
Beinart banned from Atlanta’s Jewish book festival
"Beinart was then scheduled to speak in a smaller venue in downtown Atlanta, nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the festival site at the suburban community center. The 200 seats allotted for his talk quickly sold out."
Talk-show host grabs local trivia show
Ellen DeGeneres liked Dror Refael’s ‘Anybody Home?’ show so much, she bought the concept for her own program
Stem cells could be used to make biological pacemaker for heart patients
Injections of heart muscle created from patients’ own skin cells could save them from needing surgery to implant artificial pacemakers that regulate their heartbeat, following new research.
A breakthrough in bone marrow failure?
Pluristem’s PLX placenta-based cell therapies may provide hope for patients who have reached the end of the line.
Israel Pioneers New Type of Liver Cancer Treatment
"The method applies a direct flow of high-voltage electrical currents to the malignant tumor and has raised new hope for patients diagnosed with the disease. Until now, a cancerous growth in the liver has been considered a death sentence."
Wine Enthusiast Names Golan Heights Winery “New World Winery of the Year”
"Winemaker Victor Schoenfeld added: “Our proudest achievement is our ongoing effort to work in tune with our natural elements, making high-quality wines that are a true reflection of our unique combination of latitude, high altitude and beautiful volcanic soils. We continue to realize what an amazing region we have, and how much the potential seems limitless.”
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Since I discussed yesterday the Jewish source for the Hebrew name of the current war, which translates to Operation Pillar of Cloud, it i snow time to explain why Hamas chose its own name, Operation Shale Stones.
The source is, naturally, the Quran. The 105th chapter is called Sūrat al-Fīl, The Elephant.
Background:
It describes the Ethiopian army attacking Mecca in the year 570, the year in which Muhammad was born. In verse 4 it says that Allah sent birds against the people/owners/companions of Elephants (depends which translation of the Koran you listen to), a reference to the Ethiopian army. These birds dropped "sijjil stones" on the Ethiopian army - most English translations translate this as "baked clay stones", as can be seen here:
Here's an unintentionally funny video illustrating the chapter.
Although the translation "Shale Stones" is the exact translation, the Arabic "Hijjarat As-sijjil" implies this Quranic meaning.
Gawker and "Jewish Voice for Peace" managed to find nefarious, offensive meanings in the Hebrew title that is - as any Jewish schoolchild knows - a reference to a story where the Israelites are saved by a miraculous cloud that defends them.
Will they have anything bad to say about Hamas' clear choice of naming their war after an episode where Allah attacks and destroys the enemy with projectiles until the adversary is nothing but chaff?
(thanks to Al-Gharqad)
The source is, naturally, the Quran. The 105th chapter is called Sūrat al-Fīl, The Elephant.
Background:
It describes the Ethiopian army attacking Mecca in the year 570, the year in which Muhammad was born. In verse 4 it says that Allah sent birds against the people/owners/companions of Elephants (depends which translation of the Koran you listen to), a reference to the Ethiopian army. These birds dropped "sijjil stones" on the Ethiopian army - most English translations translate this as "baked clay stones", as can be seen here:
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the People of the Elephant? [1] Has He not turned their plan into nullity? [2] And He sent upon them flying birds in flocks, [3] throwing upon them stones of baked clay, [4] and thus He turned them into an eaten-up chaff.
Here's an unintentionally funny video illustrating the chapter.
Although the translation "Shale Stones" is the exact translation, the Arabic "Hijjarat As-sijjil" implies this Quranic meaning.
Gawker and "Jewish Voice for Peace" managed to find nefarious, offensive meanings in the Hebrew title that is - as any Jewish schoolchild knows - a reference to a story where the Israelites are saved by a miraculous cloud that defends them.
Will they have anything bad to say about Hamas' clear choice of naming their war after an episode where Allah attacks and destroys the enemy with projectiles until the adversary is nothing but chaff?
(thanks to Al-Gharqad)
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
While the media try to keep things "even-handed" or even emphasizing (as the BBC did) "the total disparity of force between the two sides," no one is reporting the actual words of the terrorists.
Yes, as JPost notes, Islamic Jihad took credit for shooting rockets at Tel Aviv. But you cannot understand the conflict unless you understand the mindset of the Islamic supremacists who rule Gaza, and you cannot understand their mindset without reading their actual words.
So here is Islamic Jihad's announcement of responsibility for shooting rockets at Tel Aviv:
The Western media rarely report on the fanaticism and hate behind the terrorists. The leftist narrative that everyone is pretty much the same with similar desires and goals and world outlook is so ingrained in the minds of the reporters that they believe that reporting on the words of hate and Islamist supremacy is vaguely Islamophobic or racist. So instead, we are treated to vanilla descriptions, often in passive voice, watering down the seething hate and fanaticism that drives the haters of Israel.
They are not motivated by land, nor conflict, and certainly not to defend their people's lives. Their motivation, as their words indicate clearly, is simply pure seething hate for anyone who is not a Muslim extremist and who does not willingly submit to the rule of Islamists.
When journalists dilute the motivation, they are not reporting the story, but rather what they hope the story is. And that is not only a disgrace to journalism but it is a major disservice to the public.
Yes, as JPost notes, Islamic Jihad took credit for shooting rockets at Tel Aviv. But you cannot understand the conflict unless you understand the mindset of the Islamic supremacists who rule Gaza, and you cannot understand their mindset without reading their actual words.
So here is Islamic Jihad's announcement of responsibility for shooting rockets at Tel Aviv:
The Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, announced the bombing of the occupied city of Tel Aviv with a Fajr-5 rocket for the first time in the history of the conflict between the Islamic Jihad military wing with the Zionist enemy.The earlier announcement of when it shot rockets at Rishon LeZion referred to them as "blessed resistance missiles."
The Al-Quds Brigades said that its rocket unit managed by the grace of Allah Almighty the bombing of the occupied city of Tel Aviv, which has heard a huge earthquake-like blast with the city sirens still reverberating after the holy jihad bombing.
Quds Brigades confirmed that it will teach the enemy a lesson in the art of jihad and fighting.
The Western media rarely report on the fanaticism and hate behind the terrorists. The leftist narrative that everyone is pretty much the same with similar desires and goals and world outlook is so ingrained in the minds of the reporters that they believe that reporting on the words of hate and Islamist supremacy is vaguely Islamophobic or racist. So instead, we are treated to vanilla descriptions, often in passive voice, watering down the seething hate and fanaticism that drives the haters of Israel.
They are not motivated by land, nor conflict, and certainly not to defend their people's lives. Their motivation, as their words indicate clearly, is simply pure seething hate for anyone who is not a Muslim extremist and who does not willingly submit to the rule of Islamists.
When journalists dilute the motivation, they are not reporting the story, but rather what they hope the story is. And that is not only a disgrace to journalism but it is a major disservice to the public.
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Arab students at the University of Haifa, and reportedly at other Israeli universities, held a moment of silence in memory of arch-terrorist Ahmad Jaabari today.
While a million Israelis are worrying about their loved ones being killed by rockets, these Haifa students then started singing songs about how "Palestine" is their homeland:
Zionist students responded by singing Hatikva, and some held a counter-demonstration:
Many photos at the "Arabs48" website .
While a million Israelis are worrying about their loved ones being killed by rockets, these Haifa students then started singing songs about how "Palestine" is their homeland:
Zionist students responded by singing Hatikva, and some held a counter-demonstration:
Many photos at the "Arabs48" website .
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Targeting a rocket warehouse in Gaza. Lots of secondary explosions:
Hamas video showing them firing from civilian areas:
And two slick pieces of hasbara (which, you will recall, I do not consider a bad word :) )
How does the IDF minimize civilian casualties?
What gives Israel the right to defend itself?
(h/t Yoel)
Hamas video showing them firing from civilian areas:
And two slick pieces of hasbara (which, you will recall, I do not consider a bad word :) )
How does the IDF minimize civilian casualties?
What gives Israel the right to defend itself?
(h/t Yoel)
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the Arab League in Cairo against the Israeli assault on Gaza Thursday, chanting slogans and carrying Palestinian flags, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported.But what were those slogans they were chanting?
For that, you have to read the Arabic media:
"To Jerusalem we go, martyrs in the millions"
"Khyber Khyber oh Jews .. The Army of Muhammad will return"
"From Liberation of Palestine .. one people not two peoples"
"Jihad, Jihad .. Is the solution"
And the banners they were holding said slogans like
"Zionists, be patient - Egyptians will visit your graves"
"Islamic revolution"
"Zionism and Syria, two sides of the same coin"
"Revenge, O Qassam Brigades"
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
pallywood
Look at this guy being carried because he is "injured" in this BBC report:
Thirty seconds later:
It's a miracle!
(h/t Jason)
Thirty seconds later:
It's a miracle!
(h/t Jason)
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
I'm not liveblogging like Muqata, but here is the news from last night:
4 Israelis were killed - including two women - and a baby injured in a rocket attack on Kiryat Malachi.
3 Hamas terrorists were killed on a motorcycle/taxi in Gaza. This makes 11 killed in Gaza so far, 7 of them terrorists.
There have been over 130 rockets from Gaza in the past 24 hours. Iron Dome intercepted 13 since midnight and about 28 yesterday.
Hamas, which has been making up stories from the start, warns Gazans not to believe Israeli "rumors." Presumably the interior minister is referring to pamphlets the IDF is dropping warning Gazans to stay away from terrorists who are about to be toast. He also said there is plenty of food and fuel, and warned shopkeepers not to price-gouge customers.
Here is video of the IDF targeting underground Fajr rocket launch sites:
Hamas has now named its rocket firing barrage "Operation Shale Stones." Which indicates that they will be burning for a long time.
Hamas also claims that it will air footage of firing a long-range Fajr rocket that they pretend hit Tel Aviv on its TV station. Amazing how not a single Israeli in Tel Aviv heard even a siren, let alone an explosion.
If you want to see what Ahmad Jabari looked like dead, Hamas websites have lots of photos.
The impression I am getting is that most Arab nations really don't care anymore. There are very few outraged articles and even fewer official statements that go beyond the boilerplate. The only people really upset are the usual Western anti-Israel leftists who see this as an excuse to hold protests and people like Max Blumenthal who fume that the Israel Lobby is hushing up all criticism. Yup, we control the Arab press too!
4 Israelis were killed - including two women - and a baby injured in a rocket attack on Kiryat Malachi.
3 Hamas terrorists were killed on a motorcycle/taxi in Gaza. This makes 11 killed in Gaza so far, 7 of them terrorists.
There have been over 130 rockets from Gaza in the past 24 hours. Iron Dome intercepted 13 since midnight and about 28 yesterday.
Hamas, which has been making up stories from the start, warns Gazans not to believe Israeli "rumors." Presumably the interior minister is referring to pamphlets the IDF is dropping warning Gazans to stay away from terrorists who are about to be toast. He also said there is plenty of food and fuel, and warned shopkeepers not to price-gouge customers.
Here is video of the IDF targeting underground Fajr rocket launch sites:
Hamas has now named its rocket firing barrage "Operation Shale Stones." Which indicates that they will be burning for a long time.
Hamas also claims that it will air footage of firing a long-range Fajr rocket that they pretend hit Tel Aviv on its TV station. Amazing how not a single Israeli in Tel Aviv heard even a siren, let alone an explosion.
If you want to see what Ahmad Jabari looked like dead, Hamas websites have lots of photos.
The impression I am getting is that most Arab nations really don't care anymore. There are very few outraged articles and even fewer official statements that go beyond the boilerplate. The only people really upset are the usual Western anti-Israel leftists who see this as an excuse to hold protests and people like Max Blumenthal who fume that the Israel Lobby is hushing up all criticism. Yup, we control the Arab press too!
- Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
From the UN:
The Secretary-General spoke by telephone today with President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt about the worrisome escalation of violence in southern Israel and Gaza and the need to prevent any further deterioration.Isn't it interesting that the Secretary General didn't mention the missiles that were fired from Egypt into Israel Wednesday morning, before the IDF killed Ahmad Jabari? Missiles that Egypt admits came from her territory?
The Secretary-General expressed strong support for the leadership being exercised by Egypt to restore calm in the region.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Now that the false rumor that Tzipi Livni slept with Arab politicians for extortion purposes gain has been fully believed by stupid Arabs, the obvious next step is for them to wonder what other prominent Jewish women did the same.An article in Sudanese Online gives us the answer.
First, it mentions the treacherous Queen Esther, that beauty who ruthlessly seduced a Persian king, forcing him to marry her in order to save her people from genocide.
The article then fast-forwards to more recent times, saying that many girls slept with Moshe Dayan in order to further their careers, apparently using "pulsating lust."
We learn that Golda Meir also slept with Arab kings and leaders, which directly led to the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, and later caused these Arab leaders to treat Palestinian Arabs poorly.
Surprisingly, the article failed to mention Monica Lewinsky, who is the usual Arab poster child for Jewish sexual ambition.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
The second night of riots in Jordan may have more far-reaching implications than Israel's actions in Gaza.
The riots started yesterday in reaction to government ending fuel subsidies. But both the rioters and Jordanian police have turned violent:
Just as in Egypt, it looks like the Islamists are fanning the flames from a distance, but poised to swoop in as soon as it appears that the ruler is going to fall.
The situation might literally explode in the coming days.
The riots started yesterday in reaction to government ending fuel subsidies. But both the rioters and Jordanian police have turned violent:
Riots renewed in the southern governorate of Karak Wednesday evening with protesters clashing with anti-riot police and torched the old governor house.
Public Security Department (PSD) media center said that protesters placed burning tires in the abandoned governor home, adding that protesters used Molotov cocktail and improvised incendiary weapons against gendarmerie forces, who used tear gas to disperse crowds.
The protest in Karak witnessed harsh slogans against the government, and critical chants against King Abdullah II.
One gendarmerie policeman is in critical condition in the intensive care unit after being shot by unidentified assailants late Wednesday night in Shafa Badran district in Amman.
The policeman, a corporal, received a gunshot wound to his face when unknown assailants fired gunshots in a drive-by shooting at the police station using automatic weapons.
In Irbid, north of Jordan, one citizen was killed and 16 others were injured, including 12 policeman, PSD said.
A security station in Al Wasatiyah district in Irbid was attacked, reportedly by an armed group late Wednesday night who attempted to storm into it.
Clashes erupted between police and the rioters, leading to the injury of 12 security personnel and four of the attackers.
One member of the armed group was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital, after sustaining fatal wounds, PSD added.
Just as in Egypt, it looks like the Islamists are fanning the flames from a distance, but poised to swoop in as soon as it appears that the ruler is going to fall.
The situation might literally explode in the coming days.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
First, Hamas claimed that they killed three Israelis in Beersheva with the hundred or so rockets they shot on Wednesday. They didn't.
Then they claimed that they killed an Israeli on a warship off the Gaza coast, using a guided missile, and this was confirmed by Israel. They didn't.
Finally they claimed to have shot a rocket at Tel Aviv. And not a Grad or a Fajr, but a home-made rocket! They even published a photo!
However, they didn't. And the photo was taken at Netivot during one of their rocket barrages earlier this week.
We saw this same pattern of ridiculous lies during Cast Lead as well, where Hamas tries desperately to put a good face on the fact that their leaders scurrying like rats from one hiding place to another.
UPDATE: Another lie, from Hamas' Al Qassam Brigades Twitter account:
Then they claimed that they killed an Israeli on a warship off the Gaza coast, using a guided missile, and this was confirmed by Israel. They didn't.
Finally they claimed to have shot a rocket at Tel Aviv. And not a Grad or a Fajr, but a home-made rocket! They even published a photo!However, they didn't. And the photo was taken at Netivot during one of their rocket barrages earlier this week.
We saw this same pattern of ridiculous lies during Cast Lead as well, where Hamas tries desperately to put a good face on the fact that their leaders scurrying like rats from one hiding place to another.
UPDATE: Another lie, from Hamas' Al Qassam Brigades Twitter account:
Actual photo came from Syria last month .
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Yeah, I know, there's a lot going on, but that doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of other things going in...
From Ian:
Fmr. Israeli Ambassador: Patience Running Out, Israel Will Soon Have to Retaliate
Years after infamous intifada ‘hoax,’ French-Jewish crusader fights on
FM threatens to overthrow Abbas, cancel Oslo Accords if Palestinians go ahead with UN statehood bid
By seeking the status of a nonmember state, the PA declares all agreements with Israel ‘null and void,’ government official says; opposition MK slams the idea as ‘ridiculous’
“Palestine” Does Not Qualify as a “State”
‘Absolutely no way’ Arafat was poisoned, says top doctor who teaches at Paris hospital where Palestinian leader died
Arafat was tested for radioactive poisoning, and symptoms would have been ‘impossible to miss,’ Roland Masse, a specialist on radioactivity and professor at Percy military hospital, tells Times of Israel
Israel Bombarded by Rockets, Human Rights Watch Nowhere in Sight by Arsen Ostrovsky
On Winning Re-Election to the UN Human Rights Council by Elliot Abrams
Egypt's Brotherhood slams Israel over Gaza strikes
Egypt lawmaker: FJP working on draft to amend Israel treaty
Egyptian Daily Details Sinai Arms Trade
An article published today in Egypt’s Al-Akhbar daily provides a comprehensive look into the booming arms market that has arisen in the Sinai Peninsula over the last decade.
Syrian rebels seize territory north of Golan Heights
NATO chief says alliance will defend Turkey over Syria
Did the BBC Purposely Fail to Warn Hungarian Jews of Nazi Threat?
Norway nixes award for 'anti-semitic' charity head
Linstad, 69, is a former communist activist who converted to Islam and has published texts warning of Jewish influence on media and lobbying.
German Jews slam party for working with Fatah
The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany blasted the country’s second-largest political party, the Social Democrats (SPD), for forming a “strategic partnership” with Fatah.
Punking Anti-Israel Activist MP George Galloway
Israel Daily Picture: Calling on Jerusalemites: Can You Find These Buildings 110 Years Later?
Also, Jacob's Sons in the Bishop's Palace at Jewish Ideas Daily
And some humor: Hamas Accuses Israel of Stockpiling Civilians at Mightier Than the Pen
From Ian:
Fmr. Israeli Ambassador: Patience Running Out, Israel Will Soon Have to Retaliate
“Gillerman warned that there’s only so much more Israel can take before the country will retaliate. He said, “Patience is running out. Israel every day, I think, feels more and more like a villa in a jungle. We have hundreds of rockets being launched at schools and kindergartens and homes in the south. We have Assad butchering over 30,000 civilians and slaughtering his own people in the north.”
Photographs show Israel Electric Company worker hiding behind a large metal wall hoisted by a crane as he fixes Gaza power cable.
"The operation, which of course is carried out by Israel for the benefit of Gazans, has to be carried out with military protection, because Gaza terrorists regularly target Israelis on the perimeter fence, including those they know are trying to assist them by fixing infrastructure or letting in goods. Numerous Israelis have been killed and wounded in precisely this way since 2000."
Years after infamous intifada ‘hoax,’ French-Jewish crusader fights on
Despite an ever-growing list of enemies, Phillipe Karsenty won’t back down in one-man campaign to exonerate Israel in Mohammed al-Dura killing
"Karsenty speaks of the al-Dura affair as a quest for justice and truth, but the businessman in him knows it has not been cost-effective. Karsenty says he has spent an “obscene” amount of money — so much he will not quantify it. Though he earns some money from lectures he has delivered in Europe, the United States, China, India and Australia, he says he has still registered a huge loss.
He says he would let the matter drop were it not for the fact that so many, especially Israel’s enemies, still believe al-Dura died at the hands of Jewish soldiers."
FM threatens to overthrow Abbas, cancel Oslo Accords if Palestinians go ahead with UN statehood bid
By seeking the status of a nonmember state, the PA declares all agreements with Israel ‘null and void,’ government official says; opposition MK slams the idea as ‘ridiculous’
“Palestine” Does Not Qualify as a “State”
"Once again, “Palestine” is all set to be a failed state, no more ready for statehood than it was a year ago. Article 10 of the Montevideo Convention provides that the “primary interests of states is the conservation of peace.” The Palestinian gambit at the UN is not intended to produce peace, but to provide a platform for law-fare. It will do nothing to bring the Palestinians closer to the state they could have had long ago, if a state were really what they wanted, and it will in fact put peace further away."
‘Absolutely no way’ Arafat was poisoned, says top doctor who teaches at Paris hospital where Palestinian leader died
Arafat was tested for radioactive poisoning, and symptoms would have been ‘impossible to miss,’ Roland Masse, a specialist on radioactivity and professor at Percy military hospital, tells Times of Israel
Israel Bombarded by Rockets, Human Rights Watch Nowhere in Sight by Arsen Ostrovsky
"While Israel is being bombarded by rockets from Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, placing more than one million civilians in danger, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is nowhere in sight. Apparently the human rights of Israelis are just not a concern to them. This is just another example of how HRW has not just lost its moral compass, but how the anchor has been thrown overboard as well."
On Winning Re-Election to the UN Human Rights Council by Elliot Abrams
“The United States was elected to membership again, with 131 votes; and Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela was elected, with 154 votes. Besides telling us something about how much popularity Obama foreign policy has won the United States, this vote and the election of Venezuela tell a good deal about the Council and how it is seen around the world. By the way, despite its human rights record Pakistan was also elected to membership.”
Egypt's Brotherhood slams Israel over Gaza strikes
"The killing of tens of our innocent Palestinian brothers is part of a link in a chain of oppression and Judaization that seeks to impose itself on the ground, and that will never materialize with God's will," it said.
Egypt lawmaker: FJP working on draft to amend Israel treaty
"The legal committee of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is working on a draft law to amend the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, FJP member Osama Suleiman was quoted by Egypt Independent as saying Tuesday."
Egyptian Daily Details Sinai Arms Trade
An article published today in Egypt’s Al-Akhbar daily provides a comprehensive look into the booming arms market that has arisen in the Sinai Peninsula over the last decade.
Syrian rebels seize territory north of Golan Heights
NATO chief says alliance will defend Turkey over Syria
Did the BBC Purposely Fail to Warn Hungarian Jews of Nazi Threat?
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“The Zionist enemy’s military power comes from its civilians,” said Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, using the organization’s term for Israel, whose legitimacy it does not recognize. “The enemy has been amassing them for decades, while the international community does nothing to stop it. But the Islamic Resistance will continue to strike at this vital Zionist resource,” he told reporters.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
Sigh:
Wow. Look at how bloodthirsty those Israelis are!
Gawker adds a later communication:
Indeed, Jews who study the Torah often cannot easily distinguish between the basic meaning of the text and the commentaries given on the Torah. And in this case, one of the most famous commentaries - one that is taught to every schoolchild studying the stories - is from the commentator par excellence (and the one whose image I use in my icon), Rashi.
Rashi, on Exodus 14:19, explains why the cloud would move from in front of the Israelites at day to behind them at night:
That is what the Hebrew name of the operation connotes - an attempt to protect the Israelis from the missiles of terrorists who want to destroy Israel. This is true even if the IDF spokesperson didn't consciously know that this was a famous Rashi (and probably Midrashic) commentary.
Israel Names Its New War After Biblical Story About God Terrorizing Egyptians
If you speak Hebrew, the Israeli Defense Forces would like you to refer to the wave of assassination strikes it commenced in Gaza today as "Pillar of Cloud," a Biblical reference to the form God adopted in order to protect the Children of Israel and strike terror into the heart of Egyptians. If you speak English, it would prefer you to use the less fanatical "Pillar of Defense."
Here's what "Pillar of Cloud" means: According to the Bible, during the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, God took the form of a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night, in order to light their way and to frighten the Egyptian army.
Exodus 14:19-20:
Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel.Exodus 14:24
During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.
So that's what a Pillar of Cloud is: A worldly instantiation of an all-powerful, vengeful God seeking to demonstrate the primacy of his chosen people, to guide them in their affairs, and to confound their enemies. And that's what the people who conceived and executed this wave of strikes against Hamas officials and Gazan civilians chose to call them. If anyone was worried about the increasing religious and ethnic fanaticism of the Israeli leadership, they should still be worried. Did Israel launch this attack because there was no other rational route to maintain its security? Or was it pursuing a broader agenda rooted in ancient mysticism?
Wow. Look at how bloodthirsty those Israelis are!
Gawker adds a later communication:
Update: An IDF spokesman emailed to say that "Operation Pillar of Defense" was not intended as a "direct, word-for-word" translation of "Pillar of Cloud."
The name is not a direct, word-for-word translation. Like most translations, it is an attempt to convey the spirit of the name, rather than a simple Google Translate.
Regardless of the religious implications, the Bible plays an important cultural role in Israel. I think that every example of Bible quotes you cited has defensive connotations, rather than "vengeful."
Just my two cents.
Indeed, Jews who study the Torah often cannot easily distinguish between the basic meaning of the text and the commentaries given on the Torah. And in this case, one of the most famous commentaries - one that is taught to every schoolchild studying the stories - is from the commentator par excellence (and the one whose image I use in my icon), Rashi.
Rashi, on Exodus 14:19, explains why the cloud would move from in front of the Israelites at day to behind them at night:
To separate between the Egyptians’ camp and the Israelites’ camp and to catch the arrows and the catapult stones of the Egyptians.Ask any child in a Jewish school what the clouds did, and he or she will answer exactly that - they protected the children of Israel from the projectiles of the Egyptians who were trying to annihilate them.
That is what the Hebrew name of the operation connotes - an attempt to protect the Israelis from the missiles of terrorists who want to destroy Israel. This is true even if the IDF spokesperson didn't consciously know that this was a famous Rashi (and probably Midrashic) commentary.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Elder of Ziyon
The IDF had intelligence about the locations of many, or all, of the long-range missiles in Gaza - that could reach past Tel Aviv - and took them out.
Here is its image of one of the Fajr-5 launch sites in the middle of a crowded neighborhood:
Here's video of terrorists hiding one:
Here is video of some of the strikes in Gaza City from an Arabic site. You can see enormous fires that indicate the targets were filled with explosives:
Here is its image of one of the Fajr-5 launch sites in the middle of a crowded neighborhood:
Here's video of terrorists hiding one:
Here is video of some of the strikes in Gaza City from an Arabic site. You can see enormous fires that indicate the targets were filled with explosives:
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