Monday, May 24, 2010

  • Monday, May 24, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
Today, Hamas interrogated an Egyptian officer who allegedly secretly entered Gaza as a spy.

"Egypt is better off investigating how Israeli agents infiltrated Palestinian and Egyptian territories rather than sending officers in secret to collect information on the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, and torturing Palestinian [detainees in Egypt] into giving up information," [Hamas' interior minister Fathi] Hammad told the newspaper.

Significantly, however, the Hamas official confirmed that relations between Egypt and the Gaza government had been reduced to "unofficial" after the decline in political cooperation, after a week of media speculation on Egypt severing ties with Hamas.
Palestine Today discusses the deterioration of the relationship, quoting an Egyptian newspaper as saying that they are at the lowest level since the short-lived 2005 Cairo agreement between Fatah and Hamas.

Egypt has been freezing Mahmoud al-Zahar out of negotiations over a prisoner swap for Gilad Shalit.

Egypt is also upset that Hamas acted as an independent entity at the recent Arab summit in Tripoli.
  • Monday, May 24, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
Jameel brings us this nice video:

  • Monday, May 24, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
Ma'an Arabic reports about an interesting situation between the Iranian tourist island of Kish and the UAE.

It seems that a couple of hundred Palestinian Arabs, independently, managed to get out of Gaza in search of jobs elsewhere in the Arab world. These people managed to get to the United Arab Emirates on tourist visas, and then to gain employment contracts in the UAE. However, they were not allowed to work on their visas, and were told to leave the UAE and then return as workers.

They couldn't go back to Gaza, and the person interviewed said that he couldn't go back to Egypt where he attended university, so they instead went to the closest country they could - Iran. They checked into some of the hotels in the tourist island of Kish.

Then, when they tried to return to go back to the UAE, the officials there refused to take them in for security reasons.

The Ma'an article says that these security reasons are because they are Palestinian, not because they are coming from Iran (the UAE and Iran have some disputes over other islands in the Gulf.)

Now they can't pay their hotel bills, they don't have food, the Palestinian embassy in the UAE is not helping them, and they have nowhere to go.
  • Monday, May 24, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
A Fatah spokesman has stated that the burning of the UNRWA summer camp yesterday morning, carried out by dozens of masked armed men, was an act of terrorism.

Osama Qawasmi stated that the evidence shows that the attackers were associated with Hamas - the same people who were supposed to be protecting the area.

The New York Times mentioned yesterday that Hamas has in the past blamed UNRWA for "implementing a plan to spoil the growing generation of Gaza," which mirrors the threats that accompanied the attack.

UNRWA has been careful to describe the attack as "vandalism," not terror.

In a related story, a candy shop in Gaza was blown up yesterday

Sunday, May 23, 2010

  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
In January, the Free Gaza website gave the first mention of the flotilla of boats that are now starting on their way towards Gaza.

The ships are trying to bring some 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Sounds impressive, right?

Except that only in the past week, Israel has provided 14,069 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

In fact, in the same amount of time that the Free Gaza moonbats and their friends have managed to scrounge their 10,000 tons of cargo, Israel has sent over 230,000 tons of aid to Gaza, not counting the many tens of thousands of tons of fuel. This includes a CT scanner, an elevator, building supplies, glass, clothing and many other products.

Will we be hearing them talking about that? Of course not.

In fact, Free Gaza is against humanitarian aid to Gaza. They've stated this repeatedly, most recently only last November. 

They have stated their desire for violent revolt by the Palestinian Arabs. They have shown blatant disregard for Gazan lives. And in their internal communications they don't consider themselves a humanitarian group or an aid organization, but rather a resistance group.

Just something to keep in mind as you read the upcoming media articles and op-eds that refer to this group as "humanitarian."
  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the most influential Muslim preachers, just gave a talk at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott, Mauritania in front of some 15,000 people.

He criticized the Arab nations for not fighting Zionism sufficiently, calling on them to go back to the basics of the Holy Quran and thereby "liberate" the Al Aqsa Mosque and "cleanse" Palestine.

Qaradawi also recalled his early days with Yasir Arafat, whom he said he got to know while fighting alongside the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the 1950s. Qaradawi said that Arafat claimed that while in prison, he learned that the Zionists were not afraid of Arab armies but rather of Islam's deity, and the reason was because the Zionists "came to their country to live, but the [Muslims] came there to die."

Qaradawi also called to return to the ideals of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna.

The guy who also inspired Al Qaeda.

So when Qaradawi calls for Muslims to "cleanse" Palestine, what do you think he means?
  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
From the Mail & Guardian:
It was a late night in court for the Mail & Guardian as the Council of Muslim Theologians on Thursday evening tried to stop the newspaper from publishing a Zapiro cartoon featuring the Prophet Muhammad.

An interdict was not granted, but on Friday morning M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes and other staff were fielding a flood of angry callers, and even death threats hit the newspaper's office.

"You've got to watch your back" and "This will cost him his life" were some of the remarks made.

The cartoon followed the furore surrounding the Facebook page, "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day", which was sparked by threats by a radical Muslim group against the creators of US TV series South Park for depicting the prophet in a bear suit.

Zapiro's cartoon, published in Friday's M&G, depicted the prophet reclining on a psychiatrist's couch and bemoaning his followers' lack of humour.
Here it is:

The judge that dismissed a last-minute attempt to quash the cartoon was Muslim.

On the other hand, the head of the SA National Press Club, also a Muslim, found it "offensive and provocative."
  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
From UNRWA:
At 0230 on Sunday 23 May 2010, a group of approximately 30 armed and masked men attacked and set fire to an UNRWA recreation facility under construction on the beach in Gaza city. The location is one of 35 beach facilities currently under construction, which will form part of UNRWA’s annual “Summer Games” program for over 250,000 refugee children in Gaza, due to commence on 12 June.

UNRWA’s Director of Operations in Gaza, John Ging, condemned the incident, calling it “vandalism linked to extremism and an attack on the happiness of children” He went on to reassure parents and the children of Gaza that “UNRWA will not be intimidated by such acts and will quickly rebuild the location in good time to host the Summer Games."
Palestine Press Agency adds that the gunmen tied up the guards and handed them a letter, with four bullets. The letter warned UNRWA "not to continue extracurricular activities which are detrimental to the morality of children."

On Friday, the group circulated threats against UNRWA head John Ging in mosques and on the Internet, calling him an "agent of the occupation." Major Gaza terror groups condemned the act, and the PLO particularly pointed out that it acted as a "witness to the tragedy of the Palestinian people."

Almost always, UNRWA is silent about attacks on its facilities and people, but this one was way too big to ignore.
  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
From Ma'an:
Surprising his Friday night audience at a political panel in Gaza City, senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar raised a machine gun mid-speech saying "If we had these in 1948, we would be in a different situation."
Props to the Hamas prop department.
Zahhar addressed the panel on the subject of "milestones in the question of Palestine since 1948," and spoke of what he called the "fiascos" of the Palestinian factions and the harm they have done to both resistance and the greater Palestinian cause.

Describing Palestinians slain in the struggle for a state as men and women whose "blood irrigated the land, and will not stop," reminding listeners of early killed fighters like Sheikh Izz Addin Al-Qassam and Fawzi Qawaqji from Syria, Abdullah At-Tal from Jordan and Abdul-Qadir Al-Husseini from Palestine.
Notice that three out of the four militant leaders he mentions were not from Palestine (the fourth was the nephew of the Jew-hating Mufti,) showing yet again that this is was never a Palestinian-Israeli conflict but an Arab-Israeli conflict.

(Qawaqji was an pan-Arab nationalist, not a Palestinian Arab nationalist. He spent World War II in Germany and was reportedly part of the Wehrmacht. He never won a single battle in his life.

(Abdullah Al-Tall was implicated in the assassination of Jordan's King Abdullah I. )
  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
Hamas' English website has learned the lessons of propaganda very well. They just have to repeat over and over again: good is evil, up is down, and defending civilians is terror:
In a dangerous and condemned step, the United States Congress voted Thursday to approve $205 million in aid to Israel for the Iron Dome missile defense system. The funding passed by a vote of 410 to 4, with eight abstentions.

By this unjust and prejudiced decision of supporting Israeli terror, US declares full hostility against the unarmed Palestinian people.

This American hypocrisy and prejudiced behavior shown in House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman's speech when he said:" We must ensure that our most important ally in the region has the tools to defend itself ".

Meanwhile, the Jewish Florida Congressman Ted Deutch announced that " Iron Dome “could help save the lives of innocent Israelis who every day live in fear of rocket attacks on their homes, schools, and marketplaces".

Here, the strong effect of the Zionist lobby on the American policy is very clear and enough to realize that America is still controlled by a group of criminals who are creating conflicts among peoples of the world to serve their own interests.
If Hamas cannot slaughter Israeli civilians with impunity, that is "terror!"

Now, is there any "moderate" Arab that would dare to publicly contradict them?

UPDATE: A commenter lists the members of Congress who voted against:

John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)

UPDATE 2: Only the English edition of the Al Qassam website uses the word "terror" to describe Iron Dome, not the Arabic, showing that Hamas understands the use of propaganda quite well.
  • Sunday, May 23, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
That's the headline in Ma'an, in an article that says:
The Hamas government's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmad Yousef called for face-to-face dialogue with the American government and the people of the United States.

Speaking at a news conference alongside Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and a delegation of American citizens promoting international conciliation, Yousef credited the delegation with the public announcement.
That's pretty funny, considering how "Death to America" is one of Hamas' favorite phrases:


And who was in this American delegation to Gaza?

The best I could find so far was this:
A high-ranking U.S. delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip on Friday to hold talks with Hamas movement, which rules the enclave, sources in the deposed government of Hamas said.

The sources said that the seven-member delegation, which represents the National Institute for International Reconciliation crossed into the blockaded enclave through Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

The delegation will hold talks with Hamas officials in the frame to congregate views between the Palestinian factions and achieve an inter-Palestinian reconciliation between the rival Palestinian groups, said the sources.

The U.S. delegation, which will also look at the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, will return to Egypt through Rafah crossing on Saturday.
Needless to say, this "National Institute for International Reconciliation" seems to have been made up on the spot. They have no website and no mentions on any site before yesterday. Even the Hamas website doesn't have any pictures of them, and only quotes the Xinhua story above.

Friday, May 21, 2010

  • Friday, May 21, 2010
  • Elder of Ziyon
I just added a shopping page with a subset of items offered by Amazon. In case you are buying something online anyway (books, electronics, DVDs, toys or music) just go to my EoZ Market page and buy it from there. I'll end up getting some tiny percentage of the sale, and Mrs. Elder won't be quite as upset over the amount of time I spend blogging.

Best of all, it doesn't impact the blog experience, which is what I dislike about most ads.


If I do ever put ads on the site, they would be in their own dedicated column. I will never do those irritating ads where random words in a post turn into links, nor will I ever place ads in between posts. I positively hate that.

The EoZ Market link is on my left sidebar, under "pages."

Otherwise, consider this an open thread, and have a Shabbat Shalom!

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