From American Thinker:
The announcement that Helen Thomas has been sent to journalistic Valhalla is good news on several levels. Not only because it at last removes an erratic, out-of-control figure who has represented a political and social embarrassment for decades, but also because it signals that America has once again dodged the anti-Semitism bullet.
A country that accepts anti-Semitism is a country on its way to destruction. The historical record could not be clearer on this. Late 19th-century Germany was one of the leading states of the Western world, the heir of Beethoven and Goethe, a standard-setter for the sciences, the humanities, and education, a pioneer in social welfare and industrial-labor relations, with a vast influence across Europe and as far as the United States, Argentina, and Japan.
Less than half a century later, Germany was a ruin, a bombed-out wasteland split into several zones occupied by its enemies, its populace scrabbling for a living in the remains of its flattened cities. The obsessive anti-Semitism of its leadership played no small role in this outcome...Read more
From Pajamas Media:
The irrational slander and hatred of Israel is not destroying Israel. It is destroying the institutions — media and academic, especially — being driven to madness by this obsessive irrationality and decline from their own proper standards...Media, Academia Destroying Themselves Over Israel
From FrontPageMag:
Although many won’t admit it, we are in the midst of an ideological war with Islam. And since the advantage goes to the side that fully realizes they are at war, the West is losing. The propaganda war is going in favor of Islam precisely because the West doesn’t realize it is supposed to be fighting one. The ability of Islam to rally much of the world behind its hatred of Israel is a telling indication of who is winning the war of ideas. As for war aims, it’s not clear that there are any. Even those who see the danger clearly rarely talk in terms of victory; they talk mainly in terms of resisting cultural jihad. You know you’re in trouble when your ideological opponent is a primitive seventh-century belief system, and yet the best that your top strategists hope for is to put up a good resistance...Losing Their Religion
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Evangelical Left Targets Israel
From FrontPageMag:
Anti-Israel activists rightly see American evangelicals as key to U.S. support for Israel. That is why they are targeting evangelicals with messages of pro-Palestinian solidarity as supposedly central to Christian compassion. A new evangelical film, “With God on Our Side,” is coming out this month to rebut pro-Israel Christians and persuade them to champion the Palestinian cause...read more
Let there be no mistake: President Obama’s attack on Israel’s right to govern in eastern Jerusalem has nothing to do with American national interests, and nothing to do with a “peace process.” Other American leaders may have disagreed with Israeli policy, but none of them made it a casus belli.
No other prominent politician sought to impose the “two-state solution,” based on 60-year-old cease-fire lines with Jordan, instead of a negotiated agreement. Obama’s move leaps beyond all previous “accords,” plans and “road maps.” Never before has the United States sought to dictate the terms of Israeli surrender, thereby undermining its only reliable ally in the region...Obama’s Two-State Delusion
As U.S.-Israel tensions climb to unfamiliar heights, they recall a prior round of tensions nearly thirty years ago, when Menachem Begin and Ronald Reagan were in charge. In contrast to Binyamin Netanyahu’s repeated apologies, Begin adopted a quite different approach...When Israel Stood Up to Washington
From CAMERA:
As stated in other CAMERA reports, the Presbyterian Church will be voting on a number of issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict at its upcoming General Assembly scheduled to take place in early July. In addition to an overture accusing Israel of the crime of apartheid, and another calling on the PC(USA) to rebuke Caterpillar for selling products to Israel, delegates at the assembly will also decide whether or not to endorse a report about the Arab-Israeli conflict written by a partisan Middle East Study Committee established by the denomination's 2008 General Assembly...Presbyterian Peacemakers Omit Relevant Facts About Ghassan Kanafani
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Anti-Israel activists rightly see American evangelicals as key to U.S. support for Israel. That is why they are targeting evangelicals with messages of pro-Palestinian solidarity as supposedly central to Christian compassion. A new evangelical film, “With God on Our Side,” is coming out this month to rebut pro-Israel Christians and persuade them to champion the Palestinian cause...read more
Let there be no mistake: President Obama’s attack on Israel’s right to govern in eastern Jerusalem has nothing to do with American national interests, and nothing to do with a “peace process.” Other American leaders may have disagreed with Israeli policy, but none of them made it a casus belli.
No other prominent politician sought to impose the “two-state solution,” based on 60-year-old cease-fire lines with Jordan, instead of a negotiated agreement. Obama’s move leaps beyond all previous “accords,” plans and “road maps.” Never before has the United States sought to dictate the terms of Israeli surrender, thereby undermining its only reliable ally in the region...Obama’s Two-State Delusion
As U.S.-Israel tensions climb to unfamiliar heights, they recall a prior round of tensions nearly thirty years ago, when Menachem Begin and Ronald Reagan were in charge. In contrast to Binyamin Netanyahu’s repeated apologies, Begin adopted a quite different approach...When Israel Stood Up to Washington
From CAMERA:
As stated in other CAMERA reports, the Presbyterian Church will be voting on a number of issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict at its upcoming General Assembly scheduled to take place in early July. In addition to an overture accusing Israel of the crime of apartheid, and another calling on the PC(USA) to rebuke Caterpillar for selling products to Israel, delegates at the assembly will also decide whether or not to endorse a report about the Arab-Israeli conflict written by a partisan Middle East Study Committee established by the denomination's 2008 General Assembly...Presbyterian Peacemakers Omit Relevant Facts About Ghassan Kanafani
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
"Israeli Apartheid" Week
Every March, extremists converge on campuses across the country. For a week or two, they strive to sow divisions, encourage prejudice, and incite hostility...Read More
From CAMERA:
Revisionism is big, at least when it comes to Jerusalem. For example, Ikrima Sabri, until recently the Palestinian Authority-appointed mufti of Jerusalem, told the German daily Die Welt in 1997 that "In the whole city, there is not even a single stone indicating Jewish history... The Jews cannot legitimately claim [the Western] wall, neither religiously nor historically."...AP’s Historical Revisionism on Jerusalem
The charge that Arabs suffer inequitable treatment in Israeli society — usually simmering on a back burner — flares up anew from time to time....Ha'aretz Flubs the Facts on Arabs in the Knesset
CAMERA's Senior Research Analyst Gilead Ini was interviewed on the Steel on Steel Radio Show on Thursday 4 March, 2010 to discuss Israeli Apartheid Week...Listen to it here
From Joel Rosenberg:
TRAIN WRECK: ANALYSIS OF EMERGING CRISIS IN U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS: Obama administration is trying to divide Jerusalem. How should Christians respond?
From Pajamas Media:
Any open-minded person who has either visited Israel, kept apace of the documentary evidence, or honestly examined the tainted “bona fides” of Israel’s accusers would realize that Israel has been set up as the target for what is nothing less than an illegitimate campaign of delegitimation. Orwell’s Hate Week has escaped the boundaries of the novel, whose “Enemy of the People” is someone with the surname — what else? — Goldstein. (Oddly, the enemy of the Jewish people is someone with the surname Goldstone.) And as Orwell writes about the Two Minutes Hate period instituted by the Party, “Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room.”...Getting Israel Right
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From CAMERA:
Revisionism is big, at least when it comes to Jerusalem. For example, Ikrima Sabri, until recently the Palestinian Authority-appointed mufti of Jerusalem, told the German daily Die Welt in 1997 that "In the whole city, there is not even a single stone indicating Jewish history... The Jews cannot legitimately claim [the Western] wall, neither religiously nor historically."...AP’s Historical Revisionism on Jerusalem
The charge that Arabs suffer inequitable treatment in Israeli society — usually simmering on a back burner — flares up anew from time to time....Ha'aretz Flubs the Facts on Arabs in the Knesset
CAMERA's Senior Research Analyst Gilead Ini was interviewed on the Steel on Steel Radio Show on Thursday 4 March, 2010 to discuss Israeli Apartheid Week...Listen to it here
From Joel Rosenberg:
TRAIN WRECK: ANALYSIS OF EMERGING CRISIS IN U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS: Obama administration is trying to divide Jerusalem. How should Christians respond?
From Pajamas Media:
Any open-minded person who has either visited Israel, kept apace of the documentary evidence, or honestly examined the tainted “bona fides” of Israel’s accusers would realize that Israel has been set up as the target for what is nothing less than an illegitimate campaign of delegitimation. Orwell’s Hate Week has escaped the boundaries of the novel, whose “Enemy of the People” is someone with the surname — what else? — Goldstein. (Oddly, the enemy of the Jewish people is someone with the surname Goldstone.) And as Orwell writes about the Two Minutes Hate period instituted by the Party, “Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room.”...Getting Israel Right
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Israel and the “Christian Zionists”
There are several “ministers” of different “religions” who seem to oppose Israel’s claim to the land and habitually either lobby or write articles along those lines. I often read the term “Christian Zionists” in a derogatory manner and whenever I do so it immediately suggests to me several things about the person using that term.
First of all it’s certain the person will be a Supersessionist. Following on from that position, it is then highly likely the person will formulate all kinds of arguments that will attempt to reduce the validity of national Israel’s claims on the small parcel of land they now possess. Second, the term “Christian Zionist” will probably have been uttered by someone who is anti-Dispensational. The person holding to this view will often attribute far too much political power and influence by Dispies on Middle Eastern affairs.
A heated debate is raging over who owns the land upon which modern Jerusalem sits. Recently-labeled “Christian Zionists” (1) say God originally gave that land to the Jews, therefore the Palestinians have no real “right” to it at all. These Christian Zionists have urged President Bush and U.S. politicians to reject the proposed Road Map to Peace as offensive to God because it grants Palestinians equal rights to live on the land – and to have their own state – next to Israel. The Road Map has even been labeled "a Roadmap to hell" (2) – a denial of God's ancient promise to give His chosen people that specific piece of real estate...Read it HERE
Reading the above simplistic statement could easily lead someone to conclude that “Christian Zionists” and Israelis are somehow complicit in conspiring against the Palestinians. Is this the case?
Scripture is the most important aspect of this subject but, purely from a secular point of view, Israel has every right to the land determined to them post WW2.
We need to understand what size parcel of land was originally allocated to her and whether that was reduced (it was) and why (Arab protest).
We need to understand how and why Israel came to posses the Golan, Jerusalem and the Gaza strip (they were attacked by Arab nations).
We need to understand who the “Palestinians” really are and whether or not they were really displaced by Israel.
Finally, we need to recognize the fact that, by their statements, the “Palestinian” leaders don’t just want a return of “their land” nor do they want to live in peace in a Two State Solution side by side with Israel. The surrounding nations simply want to eliminate Israel from the area.
I’ve listed a number of links below that give a broad overview of the situation between Israel and her neighbors, from both a current and historical perspective. Unfortunately, I’ve come across Christians and secular people who seem to want, or need, to believe that Israel is the sole culprit of the Middle East problem, and nothing will deter them from believing this. This anti-Israel mind-set continues to confound me. Israel is held up to standards of behavior that no other nation is expected to uphold.
Israel’s Right to the Land
Arab Lobby (Groups)
ISRAEL'S HISTORY AND RIGHT TO EXIST
Myths & Facts Online A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Who Is Really Oppressing the Palestinians?
Occupation and Settlement: The Myth and the Reality
Why Israel Is The Victim And The Arabs Are The Indefensible Aggressors In the Middle East
PALESTINE FACTS
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First of all it’s certain the person will be a Supersessionist. Following on from that position, it is then highly likely the person will formulate all kinds of arguments that will attempt to reduce the validity of national Israel’s claims on the small parcel of land they now possess. Second, the term “Christian Zionist” will probably have been uttered by someone who is anti-Dispensational. The person holding to this view will often attribute far too much political power and influence by Dispies on Middle Eastern affairs.
A heated debate is raging over who owns the land upon which modern Jerusalem sits. Recently-labeled “Christian Zionists” (1) say God originally gave that land to the Jews, therefore the Palestinians have no real “right” to it at all. These Christian Zionists have urged President Bush and U.S. politicians to reject the proposed Road Map to Peace as offensive to God because it grants Palestinians equal rights to live on the land – and to have their own state – next to Israel. The Road Map has even been labeled "a Roadmap to hell" (2) – a denial of God's ancient promise to give His chosen people that specific piece of real estate...Read it HERE
Reading the above simplistic statement could easily lead someone to conclude that “Christian Zionists” and Israelis are somehow complicit in conspiring against the Palestinians. Is this the case?
Scripture is the most important aspect of this subject but, purely from a secular point of view, Israel has every right to the land determined to them post WW2.
We need to understand what size parcel of land was originally allocated to her and whether that was reduced (it was) and why (Arab protest).
We need to understand how and why Israel came to posses the Golan, Jerusalem and the Gaza strip (they were attacked by Arab nations).
We need to understand who the “Palestinians” really are and whether or not they were really displaced by Israel.
Finally, we need to recognize the fact that, by their statements, the “Palestinian” leaders don’t just want a return of “their land” nor do they want to live in peace in a Two State Solution side by side with Israel. The surrounding nations simply want to eliminate Israel from the area.
I’ve listed a number of links below that give a broad overview of the situation between Israel and her neighbors, from both a current and historical perspective. Unfortunately, I’ve come across Christians and secular people who seem to want, or need, to believe that Israel is the sole culprit of the Middle East problem, and nothing will deter them from believing this. This anti-Israel mind-set continues to confound me. Israel is held up to standards of behavior that no other nation is expected to uphold.
Israel’s Right to the Land
Arab Lobby (Groups)
ISRAEL'S HISTORY AND RIGHT TO EXIST
Myths & Facts Online A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Who Is Really Oppressing the Palestinians?
Occupation and Settlement: The Myth and the Reality
Why Israel Is The Victim And The Arabs Are The Indefensible Aggressors In the Middle East
PALESTINE FACTS
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Monday, January 25, 2010
BBC Panorama Distorts the Facts About Jerusalem
From CAMERA:
"Finding a route to peace in [Jerusalem] is not exactly a walk in the park," says Jeremy Vine in a play on words to introduce the January 18th segment of BBC's "Panorama," entitled "A Walk in the Park." The segment presents alleged attempts by Israeli Jews to "change the demographics of East Jerusalem" and the title refers to the green areas being developed to link communities around Jerusalem. But viewers learn far less about the difficulty of "finding a route to peace" in Jerusalem than they do about the difficulty of finding objective information on the BBC.
Narrator Jane Corbin takes viewers on a "walking tour" of "what is happening on the ground" in eastern Jerusalem, scurrying from one "stop" to another to report on Israel's alleged misdeeds. Omitting essential facts and context that explain Israel's position, she provides a one-sided perspective that establishes Israelis as the villains and the Palestinians as their innocent victims...continue reading.
A phenomenon that continues to perplex me is that of Jews turning against Israel. One day I'd love to sit down with one and ask, WHY? Again from CAMERA:
In 1505, a Moravian Jew named Joseph Pfefferkorn denounced his faith and undertook a campaign to get the Talmud banned by claiming it blasphemed Christianity. Pfefferkorn was unschooled and a criminal, but that didn't stop the Dominicans in Cologne, who at the time were eager to cast aspersions on the Jews, from employing him. They recognized the value of a Jew accusing other Jews...Anna Baltzer - Jewish Defamer of Israel
CNN's Christiane Amanpour can't seem to help herself. Whatever the subject of the program, she's inclined to inject mention of Israel and its alleged myriad faults. An interview with Tibet's revered Dalai Lama prompted her to insert jarring comparisons of Tibet and the Palestinian "nakba." (Though with no musings on the absence of Tibetan suicide bombers.)...Amanpour's Impulse: Smear Israel
Throughout his years as a commentator on the Israeli-Arab conflict, Henry Siegman has consistently toed the Palestinian line that Israel is to blame for the failure to resolve the conflict. In a Jan. 25, 2010 article in The Nation, Siegman essentially promotes the current strategy of the Palestinian Authority leadership to bypass a negotiated settlement with Israel in favor of "forceful outside intervention." The purpose of this strategy is to compel Israel to accept a Palestinian state under the conditions demanded by the Palestinians...Henry Siegman Promotes Forceful Intervention Against Israel
From FrontPageMag:
The past year brought a fresh wave of anti-Israel rhetoric and accusations, most of which cited Israel’s “siege” of Gaza during last winter’s Operation Cast Lead as evidence of Israel’s injustice toward the Palestinians. The international press frequently echoed calls by human rights groups and activists to “end Israel’s illegal blockade” and “liberate Gaza.” Such messages have been conceived to undermine Israel and present a very misleading picture of the actual Gaza conflict...Eyeless in Gaza
From Asia Times:
(Perhaps BHO should be worrying about Biden)
DAMASCUS - United States President Joseph Biden landed in Baghdad on Friday amid speculation that he might help hammer out differences between Sunnis and Shi'ites ahead of Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections...Sunnis scramble for allies
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"Finding a route to peace in [Jerusalem] is not exactly a walk in the park," says Jeremy Vine in a play on words to introduce the January 18th segment of BBC's "Panorama," entitled "A Walk in the Park." The segment presents alleged attempts by Israeli Jews to "change the demographics of East Jerusalem" and the title refers to the green areas being developed to link communities around Jerusalem. But viewers learn far less about the difficulty of "finding a route to peace" in Jerusalem than they do about the difficulty of finding objective information on the BBC.
Narrator Jane Corbin takes viewers on a "walking tour" of "what is happening on the ground" in eastern Jerusalem, scurrying from one "stop" to another to report on Israel's alleged misdeeds. Omitting essential facts and context that explain Israel's position, she provides a one-sided perspective that establishes Israelis as the villains and the Palestinians as their innocent victims...continue reading.
A phenomenon that continues to perplex me is that of Jews turning against Israel. One day I'd love to sit down with one and ask, WHY? Again from CAMERA:
In 1505, a Moravian Jew named Joseph Pfefferkorn denounced his faith and undertook a campaign to get the Talmud banned by claiming it blasphemed Christianity. Pfefferkorn was unschooled and a criminal, but that didn't stop the Dominicans in Cologne, who at the time were eager to cast aspersions on the Jews, from employing him. They recognized the value of a Jew accusing other Jews...Anna Baltzer - Jewish Defamer of Israel
CNN's Christiane Amanpour can't seem to help herself. Whatever the subject of the program, she's inclined to inject mention of Israel and its alleged myriad faults. An interview with Tibet's revered Dalai Lama prompted her to insert jarring comparisons of Tibet and the Palestinian "nakba." (Though with no musings on the absence of Tibetan suicide bombers.)...Amanpour's Impulse: Smear Israel
Throughout his years as a commentator on the Israeli-Arab conflict, Henry Siegman has consistently toed the Palestinian line that Israel is to blame for the failure to resolve the conflict. In a Jan. 25, 2010 article in The Nation, Siegman essentially promotes the current strategy of the Palestinian Authority leadership to bypass a negotiated settlement with Israel in favor of "forceful outside intervention." The purpose of this strategy is to compel Israel to accept a Palestinian state under the conditions demanded by the Palestinians...Henry Siegman Promotes Forceful Intervention Against Israel
From FrontPageMag:
The past year brought a fresh wave of anti-Israel rhetoric and accusations, most of which cited Israel’s “siege” of Gaza during last winter’s Operation Cast Lead as evidence of Israel’s injustice toward the Palestinians. The international press frequently echoed calls by human rights groups and activists to “end Israel’s illegal blockade” and “liberate Gaza.” Such messages have been conceived to undermine Israel and present a very misleading picture of the actual Gaza conflict...Eyeless in Gaza
From Asia Times:
(Perhaps BHO should be worrying about Biden)
DAMASCUS - United States President Joseph Biden landed in Baghdad on Friday amid speculation that he might help hammer out differences between Sunnis and Shi'ites ahead of Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections...Sunnis scramble for allies
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Smearing Jews on British TV
The level and extent of global anti-Semitism never ceases to amaze me.
From Pajamas Media:
I am glad a bout of bronchitis felled me for a week because it allowed me time to gather the fallout from a scurrilous November 16 documentary produced by Britain’s Channel Four television, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby.
From the moment narrator-producer Peter Oborne came on screen, I knew this was going to be one of those “lemme tell you about the Jooze” exposes in which every prominent Anglo-Jew is wheeled out as an example of the disloyalty and double allegiance of folks who support the survival of the state of Israel. Yes, I know there was the Larry Franklin case in which it was proven that a Washington insider was also double-crossing his nation and passing data to the Israeli embassy. I know there is Jonathan Pollard in jail for life for betraying the United States. Yes, there are bad Jews like Madoff and Maxwell and Levitt and Milken and hated Jews like Dick Fuld. So now that I have gotten the rotten apples out of the way, let’s talk about a nasty Channel Four show that seems to imply that the British government is being subverted by a very large gang in an endless parade of rich Jews determined to bully all of Britain into supporting Israel or else...Continue Reading
From CAMERA:
"Letter from Gaza - Captives"( New Yorker, Nov. 9, 2009) by Lawrence Wright, the acclaimed author of The Looming Tower; Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, promised to be a penetrating piece. It starts out strongly with an informative and captivating description of the evolution of the conflict in Gaza, but Wright's reliance on biased sources becomes increasingly apparent with each successive factual misstep. His journalistic insight flags entirely towards the end of the piece when he resorts to reciting dubious figures for Palestinian civilian casualties and destroyed civilian structures provided by biased sources...New Yorker's Lawrence Wright Proffers Palestinian Narrative
And the EU wants to divide Jerusalem. What is it about Israel that the world is against it? Joel Rosenberg reports: BATTLE INTENSIFIES TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM
Also from Joel: AHMADINEJAD SAYS U.S. TRYING TO PREVENT 12TH IMAM ARRIVAL
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Here's a very informative article from one of the Off The Wall News links that helps put things into perspective: What the Palestinians Really Want.
From Pajamas Media:
I am glad a bout of bronchitis felled me for a week because it allowed me time to gather the fallout from a scurrilous November 16 documentary produced by Britain’s Channel Four television, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby.
From the moment narrator-producer Peter Oborne came on screen, I knew this was going to be one of those “lemme tell you about the Jooze” exposes in which every prominent Anglo-Jew is wheeled out as an example of the disloyalty and double allegiance of folks who support the survival of the state of Israel. Yes, I know there was the Larry Franklin case in which it was proven that a Washington insider was also double-crossing his nation and passing data to the Israeli embassy. I know there is Jonathan Pollard in jail for life for betraying the United States. Yes, there are bad Jews like Madoff and Maxwell and Levitt and Milken and hated Jews like Dick Fuld. So now that I have gotten the rotten apples out of the way, let’s talk about a nasty Channel Four show that seems to imply that the British government is being subverted by a very large gang in an endless parade of rich Jews determined to bully all of Britain into supporting Israel or else...Continue Reading
From CAMERA:
"Letter from Gaza - Captives"( New Yorker, Nov. 9, 2009) by Lawrence Wright, the acclaimed author of The Looming Tower; Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, promised to be a penetrating piece. It starts out strongly with an informative and captivating description of the evolution of the conflict in Gaza, but Wright's reliance on biased sources becomes increasingly apparent with each successive factual misstep. His journalistic insight flags entirely towards the end of the piece when he resorts to reciting dubious figures for Palestinian civilian casualties and destroyed civilian structures provided by biased sources...New Yorker's Lawrence Wright Proffers Palestinian Narrative
And the EU wants to divide Jerusalem. What is it about Israel that the world is against it? Joel Rosenberg reports: BATTLE INTENSIFIES TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM
Also from Joel: AHMADINEJAD SAYS U.S. TRYING TO PREVENT 12TH IMAM ARRIVAL
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Here's a very informative article from one of the Off The Wall News links that helps put things into perspective: What the Palestinians Really Want.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Christians Suffer Under the Palestinian Authority
The American government refuses to acknowledge the medieval abuses of Christians at the hands of the Palestinian Authority.
Rev. Bill Harter is a charismatic and well-respected Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor who has taken forty church missions to Israel and the Palestinian Authority territories. On various occasions at meetings with State Department officials, Rev. Harter revealed to them that Christian Palestinians say one thing in public and the opposite in private.
He requested that the State Department appoint a human rights officer and station him at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem in order to monitor, record, and redress the abuses that Christian Palestinians are undergoing at the hands of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas-sponsored gangs.
Rev. Harter was told in whispers, in the privacy of Christian Palestinian families’ homes, about the fears they have of remaining in their towns and living there under the control of a Palestinian state. During his earlier trips, members of the Arab Christian community had expressed great fear for their safety as Israel withdrew from the Bethlehem area and handed it over to Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA). According to Harter, Christians under PA control are intimidated into speaking out against Israel and are abused if they seem to accuse the PA of any wrongdoing...Continue Reading
From CAMERA:
The board of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) unanimously voted to reject a proposal by staff members to boycott Israel. The Board stressed the need to maintain open communication between scientists at NTNU and those at academic institutions in Israel. This comes after a counterpetition of professors at the same university (which drew three times as many signatories as did the original boycott proposal ) and an international counter-boycott petition (which drew over 3,500 signatories — i.e. more than 1.000 times as many as the original proposal) became public...Norwegian University Votes Down Anti-Israel Boycott
President Jimmy Carter and Judge Richard Goldstone have a lot in common. Both prominent men of international standing have published hefty reports slamming Israel. Both made their arguments with countless factual errors that were exposed by critics. Both denied that their critics dealt with the substance of their reports and insisted that their detractors resorted to launching only ad hominen attacks...Carter, Goldstone and Gaza
From American Thinker:
I served in the U.S. Department of State as the first Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism from 2006-2009. As the Obama administration considers its options to fill my position, I offer the following analysis on the severity of antisemitism in Europe...Fomenting Anti-Semitism in Europe
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Rev. Bill Harter is a charismatic and well-respected Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor who has taken forty church missions to Israel and the Palestinian Authority territories. On various occasions at meetings with State Department officials, Rev. Harter revealed to them that Christian Palestinians say one thing in public and the opposite in private.
He requested that the State Department appoint a human rights officer and station him at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem in order to monitor, record, and redress the abuses that Christian Palestinians are undergoing at the hands of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas-sponsored gangs.
Rev. Harter was told in whispers, in the privacy of Christian Palestinian families’ homes, about the fears they have of remaining in their towns and living there under the control of a Palestinian state. During his earlier trips, members of the Arab Christian community had expressed great fear for their safety as Israel withdrew from the Bethlehem area and handed it over to Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA). According to Harter, Christians under PA control are intimidated into speaking out against Israel and are abused if they seem to accuse the PA of any wrongdoing...Continue Reading
From CAMERA:
The board of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) unanimously voted to reject a proposal by staff members to boycott Israel. The Board stressed the need to maintain open communication between scientists at NTNU and those at academic institutions in Israel. This comes after a counterpetition of professors at the same university (which drew three times as many signatories as did the original boycott proposal ) and an international counter-boycott petition (which drew over 3,500 signatories — i.e. more than 1.000 times as many as the original proposal) became public...Norwegian University Votes Down Anti-Israel Boycott
President Jimmy Carter and Judge Richard Goldstone have a lot in common. Both prominent men of international standing have published hefty reports slamming Israel. Both made their arguments with countless factual errors that were exposed by critics. Both denied that their critics dealt with the substance of their reports and insisted that their detractors resorted to launching only ad hominen attacks...Carter, Goldstone and Gaza
From American Thinker:
I served in the U.S. Department of State as the first Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism from 2006-2009. As the Obama administration considers its options to fill my position, I offer the following analysis on the severity of antisemitism in Europe...Fomenting Anti-Semitism in Europe
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Arab leaders are responsible for refugee problem
For Zion's Sake Ministries:
"....In recent years, Palestinian leaders, writers and refugees have spoken out in the Palestinian media, blaming the Arab leadership for the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. According to these accounts, and contrary to the Palestinian myth that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were deported by Israel in 1948, the vast majority of the Arab exodus from Israel was voluntary, and the result of orders by the Arab leadership...Read more
CAMERA:
Claim About Destroyed Gaza Hospitals Contradicted By Dugard's Own Findings
Joel Rosenberg:
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF IRAQ?
Lori's links and comments:
US Policy: Jews in Eastern Jerusalem are Unwanted ‘Settlers’ ,
Fatah: No Recognition of Israel – Ever,
Haniyeh: Hamas will not stand in the way of state on '67 borders,
The world has finally spoken, but awaits Israel’s response,
Barkat: We'll resist attempts to divide J'lem,
Israelis Wary of US-Backed Peace Process,
US to transfer $200 million to Palestinians,
Water Crisis in Iraq: The Growing Danger of Desertification,
The Future of Babylon Project,
Russia: Iran reactor to be switched on this year,
Shanghai urges 'two-child policy' ,
Italian ambassador says there can't be EU without,
Cuba says ready to discuss bilateral relations with EU,
All hail the planet ,
Friday sermon in Khartoum ,
File under "More Vodka!"... Russian Navy UFO records say aliens love oceans,
"....In recent years, Palestinian leaders, writers and refugees have spoken out in the Palestinian media, blaming the Arab leadership for the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. According to these accounts, and contrary to the Palestinian myth that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were deported by Israel in 1948, the vast majority of the Arab exodus from Israel was voluntary, and the result of orders by the Arab leadership...Read more
CAMERA:
Claim About Destroyed Gaza Hospitals Contradicted By Dugard's Own Findings
Joel Rosenberg:
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF IRAQ?
Lori's links and comments:
US Policy: Jews in Eastern Jerusalem are Unwanted ‘Settlers’ ,
Fatah: No Recognition of Israel – Ever,
Haniyeh: Hamas will not stand in the way of state on '67 borders,
The world has finally spoken, but awaits Israel’s response,
Barkat: We'll resist attempts to divide J'lem,
Israelis Wary of US-Backed Peace Process,
US to transfer $200 million to Palestinians,
Water Crisis in Iraq: The Growing Danger of Desertification,
The Future of Babylon Project,
Russia: Iran reactor to be switched on this year,
Shanghai urges 'two-child policy' ,
Italian ambassador says there can't be EU without,
Cuba says ready to discuss bilateral relations with EU,
All hail the planet ,
Friday sermon in Khartoum ,
File under "More Vodka!"... Russian Navy UFO records say aliens love oceans,
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Israel's Tamar gas reserve bigger than expected
For Zion's Sake Ministries:
The natural gas reserve discovered off the shores of Haifa is approximately 25 to 30 percent richer than previously assessed, US oil operator Noble Energy Inc., said after drilling to verify the find. The site, previously assessed to hold more than 142 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas, may in fact hold as much as 180 BCM. The potential revenue from selling gas from the offshore reserve may reach $30-35 billion...Read more
A quarry from the late Second Temple Period that produced stone to build the Temple Mount's supporting walls has been uncovered in central Jerusalem, the Antiquities Authority said this week...Ancient Temple Mount quarry found in Jerusalem
The Pope has called for the world economy to be restructured in line with the principles of "love, truth and charity" in a new encyclical issued today. He urges the reformation of the United Nations and economic institutions to address the global economic crisis, which he links to relativism, globalisation and the abuse of modern technologies...Pope calls for 'God-centered' global economy
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen spoke Tuesday about Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon in rare comments by a US official, acknowledging the possibility that Iran will succeed in acquiring a capability America has long termed unacceptable...Mullen: Iran focused on developing nuclear capability
CAMERA:
In its May/June issue, the Columbia Journalism Review published an article by J.J. Golberg about charges that Israeli soldiers shot unarmed Palestinian women during its operation against Hamas in Gaza. For most of the piece, Goldberg treated the unfounded allegations as if they were true. The fact that they almost certainly were not was buried and minimized — it wasn't until the article's fourth and final page that he admitted, albeit dismissively, that the charges were shown to be mere hearsay...Read more
Lori's Links:
Obama said US had "absolutely not" given Israel green light to attack Iran,
Euro nations divided over single IMF seat,
Israel fumes at EU settlement statement,
TransAtlantic Legislator's Dialog,
One president for 27 nations: Can Tony Blair lead Europe? ,
Abbas: We Left Galilee on Our Own,
Israel agrees delivery of assault rifles to Palestinians,
Arab Incitement Violating Roadmap Obligations,
Did Israel Sign a Deal With Turkey to Import Water? ,
US, Russia sign deal to cut nuclear weapons,
Zambia's defence minister resigns,
Thanks Lori!
PS Is it me or is BHO miffed regarding all that attention MJ is getting?
The natural gas reserve discovered off the shores of Haifa is approximately 25 to 30 percent richer than previously assessed, US oil operator Noble Energy Inc., said after drilling to verify the find. The site, previously assessed to hold more than 142 billion cubic meters (BCM) of natural gas, may in fact hold as much as 180 BCM. The potential revenue from selling gas from the offshore reserve may reach $30-35 billion...Read more
A quarry from the late Second Temple Period that produced stone to build the Temple Mount's supporting walls has been uncovered in central Jerusalem, the Antiquities Authority said this week...Ancient Temple Mount quarry found in Jerusalem
The Pope has called for the world economy to be restructured in line with the principles of "love, truth and charity" in a new encyclical issued today. He urges the reformation of the United Nations and economic institutions to address the global economic crisis, which he links to relativism, globalisation and the abuse of modern technologies...Pope calls for 'God-centered' global economy
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen spoke Tuesday about Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon in rare comments by a US official, acknowledging the possibility that Iran will succeed in acquiring a capability America has long termed unacceptable...Mullen: Iran focused on developing nuclear capability
CAMERA:
In its May/June issue, the Columbia Journalism Review published an article by J.J. Golberg about charges that Israeli soldiers shot unarmed Palestinian women during its operation against Hamas in Gaza. For most of the piece, Goldberg treated the unfounded allegations as if they were true. The fact that they almost certainly were not was buried and minimized — it wasn't until the article's fourth and final page that he admitted, albeit dismissively, that the charges were shown to be mere hearsay...Read more
Lori's Links:
Obama said US had "absolutely not" given Israel green light to attack Iran,
Euro nations divided over single IMF seat,
Israel fumes at EU settlement statement,
TransAtlantic Legislator's Dialog,
One president for 27 nations: Can Tony Blair lead Europe? ,
Abbas: We Left Galilee on Our Own,
Israel agrees delivery of assault rifles to Palestinians,
Arab Incitement Violating Roadmap Obligations,
Did Israel Sign a Deal With Turkey to Import Water? ,
US, Russia sign deal to cut nuclear weapons,
Zambia's defence minister resigns,
Thanks Lori!
PS Is it me or is BHO miffed regarding all that attention MJ is getting?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Must Israel Make Peace with Rocket Fire?
FrontPageMagazine.com Tuesday, April 28, 2009
In an insightful, idol-smashing article in the currently Atlantic Monthly, Robert Kaplan proposes that the reason the “two-state solution” keeps being frustrated is that the Palestinians don’t actually want the state that’s being offered them. But Kaplan also castigates Israeli leaders who are closer to that level of insight and calls for harsh U.S. pressure on them...read more
“Insanity,” Albert Einstein advised us, “is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Rarely has this quote been more apt than now, as Barack Obama attempts to do what his predecessor, George Bush, attempted to do and could not, following the failed attempts of his predecessor, Bill Clinton...Two States: A Figment of Obama’s Imagination
Democrats in Congress are joining Republicans in calling for tough new sanctions on Iran and warning the Obama administration that its policy of engagement shouldn’t last too long before turning to harsher steps aimed at halting Tehran’s nuclear program...More Dems call for tough Iran sanctions
A tough talking article:
Why We Need Germany
Joel Rosenberg on Dobson:
UNDERSTANDING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION: Part 1 of the Dobson broadcasts
Lori's links and comments:
White House miscalculations linger,
China calls for reform of global monetary system,
IMF, World Bank prepare global stimulus measures,
Jordan sees new war if US does not act quickly ,
Jordan: Israel Faces War If It Does not Agree to Arab Terms,
Iceland closer to joining EU after left-wing victory,
European Neighborhood Policy with Israel,
Israel's population climbs to 7,411,000,
Abbas: "I Don't Accept" Israel As Jewish State,
Palestinians must recognize Israel as Jewish state,
Time to wipe our hands of a two-state solution,
Boo asks Congress to allow funds for Hamas-Fatah gov't,
Taliban suspends regional peace talks,
Turkish-Syrian drill 'disturbing' ,
Netanyahu calls to strengthen Israel,
Diaspora bonds in message,
Czech EU presidency splits with commission over Israel,
The ‘Secret’ Terrorist Attack Media Ignored,
'Rising Mideast arms imports may stoke Iran fears of attack' ,
Iranian Weapons Ship Sunk near Sudan,
EU hails new US openness to Iran ,
Iran ready to back Palestinian deal with Israel: Ahmadinejad,
Turkey may buy Russian air defense systems, combat helicopters,
In an insightful, idol-smashing article in the currently Atlantic Monthly, Robert Kaplan proposes that the reason the “two-state solution” keeps being frustrated is that the Palestinians don’t actually want the state that’s being offered them. But Kaplan also castigates Israeli leaders who are closer to that level of insight and calls for harsh U.S. pressure on them...read more
“Insanity,” Albert Einstein advised us, “is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Rarely has this quote been more apt than now, as Barack Obama attempts to do what his predecessor, George Bush, attempted to do and could not, following the failed attempts of his predecessor, Bill Clinton...Two States: A Figment of Obama’s Imagination
Democrats in Congress are joining Republicans in calling for tough new sanctions on Iran and warning the Obama administration that its policy of engagement shouldn’t last too long before turning to harsher steps aimed at halting Tehran’s nuclear program...More Dems call for tough Iran sanctions
A tough talking article:
Why We Need Germany
Joel Rosenberg on Dobson:
UNDERSTANDING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION: Part 1 of the Dobson broadcasts
Lori's links and comments:
White House miscalculations linger,
China calls for reform of global monetary system,
IMF, World Bank prepare global stimulus measures,
Jordan sees new war if US does not act quickly ,
Jordan: Israel Faces War If It Does not Agree to Arab Terms,
Iceland closer to joining EU after left-wing victory,
European Neighborhood Policy with Israel,
Israel's population climbs to 7,411,000,
Abbas: "I Don't Accept" Israel As Jewish State,
Palestinians must recognize Israel as Jewish state,
Time to wipe our hands of a two-state solution,
Boo asks Congress to allow funds for Hamas-Fatah gov't,
Taliban suspends regional peace talks,
Turkish-Syrian drill 'disturbing' ,
Netanyahu calls to strengthen Israel,
Diaspora bonds in message,
Czech EU presidency splits with commission over Israel,
The ‘Secret’ Terrorist Attack Media Ignored,
'Rising Mideast arms imports may stoke Iran fears of attack' ,
Iranian Weapons Ship Sunk near Sudan,
EU hails new US openness to Iran ,
Iran ready to back Palestinian deal with Israel: Ahmadinejad,
Turkey may buy Russian air defense systems, combat helicopters,
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
More headlines and articles to track
Even when defending her people against continous rocket attacks, it seems that Israel can never do enough to satisfy her critics:
Indicting Israel for Self-Defense
Moral Blindness on Gaza
The McGirk Affair: Claims of Cold-Blooded Executions Not Credible
Germany wasn't the only place where Jewish ethnic cleansing was praticed. A priest looks at history:
Priest uncovering beginnings of Final Solution
Thanks to Lori for the following links:
UN says Hamas seized food aid and blankets
Isreal wants EU, US navies to seize arms ships
Time running out for attack on Iran: Israeli expert
Topple Iran to end global Jihad
President Obama seeks Russia deal to slash nuclear weapons
Palestinians showcase new rocket
Obama held secret talks with Syria and Iran, weeks before election
Israel fears Syria might aid Hizbullah
Israel: We're on a collision course with Syria
Senior Iranian official: Obama presidency won't change our ties with U.S.
Obama 'guarantees' West Bank withdrawal
World powers urge Iran to cooperate with nuclear program
Six-nation talks on Iran take place in GermanyTrans-Atlantic relations (Mitchell & Solana)
Iran launch could mean EMP weapon
Indicting Israel for Self-Defense
Moral Blindness on Gaza
The McGirk Affair: Claims of Cold-Blooded Executions Not Credible
Germany wasn't the only place where Jewish ethnic cleansing was praticed. A priest looks at history:
Priest uncovering beginnings of Final Solution
Thanks to Lori for the following links:
UN says Hamas seized food aid and blankets
Isreal wants EU, US navies to seize arms ships
Time running out for attack on Iran: Israeli expert
Topple Iran to end global Jihad
President Obama seeks Russia deal to slash nuclear weapons
Palestinians showcase new rocket
Obama held secret talks with Syria and Iran, weeks before election
Israel fears Syria might aid Hizbullah
Israel: We're on a collision course with Syria
Senior Iranian official: Obama presidency won't change our ties with U.S.
Obama 'guarantees' West Bank withdrawal
World powers urge Iran to cooperate with nuclear program
Six-nation talks on Iran take place in GermanyTrans-Atlantic relations (Mitchell & Solana)
Iran launch could mean EMP weapon
Thursday, January 29, 2009
What really happened in the Middle East.
Terrorism Awareness Project has a presentation that puts the current and historical issues of the Middle East into perspective. It helps to dispel some common myths such as the one that Israel somehow stole the land from the Palestinians.
Be aware, however, that some of the photos are quite graphic. Watch it HERE
Be aware, however, that some of the photos are quite graphic. Watch it HERE
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Myths and Facts about the Fighting in Gaza
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) takes a look at some Myths and Facts related to the Gaza conflict...
Myth: Israel’s attacks against Hamas are illegal since Israel is still occupying Gaza through its control of Gaza’s borders and airspace, and it is therefore bound to protect the civilian population under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Israel has control over Gaza’s air space and sea coast, and its forces enter the area at will. As the occupying power, Israel has the responsibility under the Fourth Geneva Convention to see to the welfare of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. (Rashid Khalidi, What You Don’t Know About Gaza , New York Times Op-Ed, Jan. 8, 2009)
Read more HERE
Recently, several papers and the UN have variously inferred, and accused, Israel of using White Phosphorous in its incursion into Gaza. Camera takes a look at some of the claims HERE
Myth: Israel’s attacks against Hamas are illegal since Israel is still occupying Gaza through its control of Gaza’s borders and airspace, and it is therefore bound to protect the civilian population under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Israel has control over Gaza’s air space and sea coast, and its forces enter the area at will. As the occupying power, Israel has the responsibility under the Fourth Geneva Convention to see to the welfare of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. (Rashid Khalidi, What You Don’t Know About Gaza , New York Times Op-Ed, Jan. 8, 2009)
Read more HERE
Recently, several papers and the UN have variously inferred, and accused, Israel of using White Phosphorous in its incursion into Gaza. Camera takes a look at some of the claims HERE
Monday, January 12, 2009
More from Joel Rosenberg plus some more headlines
NOTES FROM CONFERENCE CALL WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Warns of Iran’s “nightmare scenario”
Iran warns Hamas not to accept truce
Gaza economy grinds to a standstill
Dr. Gary Frazier and Jan Markell talk about the war in Israel HERE
Iran warns Hamas not to accept truce
Gaza economy grinds to a standstill
Dr. Gary Frazier and Jan Markell talk about the war in Israel HERE
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Killing Their Own
By Jacob Laksin
FrontPageMagazine.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009
From reprimands of “disproportionate response” to condemnations of civilian casualties, Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has drawn de rigueur denunciations from the international community. Less noticed is that while Israel has taken great pains to avoid innocent deaths in Operation Cast Lead, at great peril to its fighting men and women, Hamas vigilantes have spent recent days deliberately assaulting and killing their fellow Palestinians, just as they have done for years.
According to the Jerusalem Post, since the beginning of the Israeli offensive, more than 75 Gaza Palestinians have been shot in the legs or have had their hands broken; more than 35 have been executed by Hamas operatives who accuse them of being Israeli “collaborators.” Of course, Gaza is not teeming with Israeli spies and most of Hamas’s victims are not only not traitors but likely helped vote the terrorist group into power in the January 2006 legislative elections. Instead, Hamas’s campaign of homegrown terror is the latest example of the terrorists turning on their Palestinian compatriots – a brutal but seldom-discussed cycle of violence in which Palestinians emerge as their own worst enemy...
Killing Their Own
Also:
Israel’s Operation Cast Lead aims to stop Hamas from launching rockets from the Gaza strip at the Jewish nation’s soft underbelly and prevent the terror group from obtaining more powerful rockets from its Iranian sponsor. But the hidden agenda in this crisis is Tehran’s manipulation of its terror proxies to prevent Israel from attacking Iran’s atomic weapons program.
Iran is arming Hamas and terror proxy Hizballah in Lebanon with long-range rockets that eventually will threaten Israel’s major cities and the Jewish nation’s nuclear facilities at Dimona. That situation could create a “Mexican stand-off” between Tehran and Jerusalem. That is an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would cause Tehran to unleash its proxies to attack Israel’s key cities and Dimona... Tehran's Sinister Agenda in Gaza
FrontPageMagazine.com Tuesday, January 06, 2009
From reprimands of “disproportionate response” to condemnations of civilian casualties, Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has drawn de rigueur denunciations from the international community. Less noticed is that while Israel has taken great pains to avoid innocent deaths in Operation Cast Lead, at great peril to its fighting men and women, Hamas vigilantes have spent recent days deliberately assaulting and killing their fellow Palestinians, just as they have done for years.
According to the Jerusalem Post, since the beginning of the Israeli offensive, more than 75 Gaza Palestinians have been shot in the legs or have had their hands broken; more than 35 have been executed by Hamas operatives who accuse them of being Israeli “collaborators.” Of course, Gaza is not teeming with Israeli spies and most of Hamas’s victims are not only not traitors but likely helped vote the terrorist group into power in the January 2006 legislative elections. Instead, Hamas’s campaign of homegrown terror is the latest example of the terrorists turning on their Palestinian compatriots – a brutal but seldom-discussed cycle of violence in which Palestinians emerge as their own worst enemy...
Killing Their Own
Also:
Israel’s Operation Cast Lead aims to stop Hamas from launching rockets from the Gaza strip at the Jewish nation’s soft underbelly and prevent the terror group from obtaining more powerful rockets from its Iranian sponsor. But the hidden agenda in this crisis is Tehran’s manipulation of its terror proxies to prevent Israel from attacking Iran’s atomic weapons program.
Iran is arming Hamas and terror proxy Hizballah in Lebanon with long-range rockets that eventually will threaten Israel’s major cities and the Jewish nation’s nuclear facilities at Dimona. That situation could create a “Mexican stand-off” between Tehran and Jerusalem. That is an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would cause Tehran to unleash its proxies to attack Israel’s key cities and Dimona... Tehran's Sinister Agenda in Gaza
Sunday, December 28, 2008
More headlines on the current conflict...
Once again, no surprises. It seems that the world looks the other way whenever Hamas or the PA attacks Israel and then retreats to hide among their own people (making it difficult to weed them out). But as soon as Israel defends herself the vocal critics find a stage.
UN condemns 'disproportionate' Israeli airstrikes in Gaza:
Mr Ban said he condemned excessive use of force which resulted in the killing and injuring of civilians.
The Security Council called for the restoration of calm to "open the way for finding a political solution to the problems existing in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement".
The White House statement is notably more astute:
The White House however, put the main responsiblity for the violence on the Hamas government in Gaza.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the US strongly condemned the repeated rocket attacks against Israel, and held Hamas responsible for breaking the ceasefire, which she said should be restored immediately.
The problem is that the UN han't got any solutions, and either has anyone else for that matter.
This includes JAVIER SOLANA who always seems to find voice at times such as this, yet lacks any answers:
'The current Israeli strikes are inflicting an unacceptable toll on Palestinian civilians and will only worsen the humanitarian crisis as well as complicate the search for a peaceful solution,' EU High Representative Javier Solana said in a statement.
'I call for an immediate cessation of military actions on both sides. The EU has repeatedly condemned rocket attacks against Israel,' the statement said.
Solana's comment came hours after the French government, which holds the EU's rotating presidency until the end of the year, condemned a series of rocket attacks on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip as an 'unjustifiable provocation' and the Israeli response as 'disproportionate.'
Déjà vu? It seems like only yesterday that the "powers" that be were striving to force the division of Jerusalem.
Thanks to Lori for the following news items:
Israel tanks mass near Gaza as jets again pound Hamas
IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities
IAF Destroys 40 Tunnels in 270 Seconds
IAF Warplanes Seen Flying Over Lebanon
UN condemns 'disproportionate' Israeli airstrikes in Gaza:
Mr Ban said he condemned excessive use of force which resulted in the killing and injuring of civilians.
The Security Council called for the restoration of calm to "open the way for finding a political solution to the problems existing in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement".
The White House statement is notably more astute:
The White House however, put the main responsiblity for the violence on the Hamas government in Gaza.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the US strongly condemned the repeated rocket attacks against Israel, and held Hamas responsible for breaking the ceasefire, which she said should be restored immediately.
The problem is that the UN han't got any solutions, and either has anyone else for that matter.
This includes JAVIER SOLANA who always seems to find voice at times such as this, yet lacks any answers:
'The current Israeli strikes are inflicting an unacceptable toll on Palestinian civilians and will only worsen the humanitarian crisis as well as complicate the search for a peaceful solution,' EU High Representative Javier Solana said in a statement.
'I call for an immediate cessation of military actions on both sides. The EU has repeatedly condemned rocket attacks against Israel,' the statement said.
Solana's comment came hours after the French government, which holds the EU's rotating presidency until the end of the year, condemned a series of rocket attacks on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip as an 'unjustifiable provocation' and the Israeli response as 'disproportionate.'
Déjà vu? It seems like only yesterday that the "powers" that be were striving to force the division of Jerusalem.
Thanks to Lori for the following news items:
Israel tanks mass near Gaza as jets again pound Hamas
IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities
IAF Destroys 40 Tunnels in 270 Seconds
IAF Warplanes Seen Flying Over Lebanon
Iranian Red Crescent vessel heads to Gaza
Syria, Turkey Break Off Talks with Israel Because of Gaza Op.
Pray for the inoccent Palestinians caught up in this war and pray for Israel.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Israel retaliates
Israel has finally retaliated. I only have time to post this Headline.
Let's wait and see how the media handles this one!
More....
The toothless UN demands 'immediate' halt to attacks
In a statement released Saturday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate halt to all violence in both Gaza and southern Israel.
"While recognizing Israel's security concerns regarding the continued firing of rockets from Gaza, Ban firmly reiterates Israel's obligation to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law and condemns excessive use of force leading to the killing and injuring of civilians. He condemns the ongoing rocket attacks by Palestinian militants and is deeply distressed that repeated calls on Hamas for these attacks to end have gone unheeded," the statement continued...
No surprise here...
Tibi protests Israeli 'war crime'
Let's wait and see how the media handles this one!
More....
The toothless UN demands 'immediate' halt to attacks
In a statement released Saturday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate halt to all violence in both Gaza and southern Israel.
"While recognizing Israel's security concerns regarding the continued firing of rockets from Gaza, Ban firmly reiterates Israel's obligation to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law and condemns excessive use of force leading to the killing and injuring of civilians. He condemns the ongoing rocket attacks by Palestinian militants and is deeply distressed that repeated calls on Hamas for these attacks to end have gone unheeded," the statement continued...
No surprise here...
Tibi protests Israeli 'war crime'
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
When Bibi Met Obama
By Dick Morris
FrontPageMagazine.com Wednesday, December 17, 2008
With the election of Barack Obama, the United States has moved dramatically to the left in its foreign policy at just the time that Israel, which seems likely to return Bibi Netanyahu to office in early February, is moving to the right. A collision is almost inevitable. Caroline Glick, the highly astute conservative columnist for the Jerusalem Post, writes that the “international community” believes that Obama “will move quickly to place massive pressure on the next Israeli government to withdraw from Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in the interests of advancing a ‘peace process’ with the Palestinians and the Syrians.” She notes that “people who have been in close contact with Obama’s foreign policy transition team have privately acknowledged that the widespread belief that Obama will move swiftly to put the screws on Israel is fully justified. According to one source who has spent a great deal of time with the transition team since last month’s U.S. elections, Obama’s people are ‘scope-locked’ on Israel.”
Read the rest of the ARTICLE.
FrontPageMagazine.com Wednesday, December 17, 2008
With the election of Barack Obama, the United States has moved dramatically to the left in its foreign policy at just the time that Israel, which seems likely to return Bibi Netanyahu to office in early February, is moving to the right. A collision is almost inevitable. Caroline Glick, the highly astute conservative columnist for the Jerusalem Post, writes that the “international community” believes that Obama “will move quickly to place massive pressure on the next Israeli government to withdraw from Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and the Golan Heights in the interests of advancing a ‘peace process’ with the Palestinians and the Syrians.” She notes that “people who have been in close contact with Obama’s foreign policy transition team have privately acknowledged that the widespread belief that Obama will move swiftly to put the screws on Israel is fully justified. According to one source who has spent a great deal of time with the transition team since last month’s U.S. elections, Obama’s people are ‘scope-locked’ on Israel.”
Read the rest of the ARTICLE.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Rockets Fly, The UN Lies
Listen to most media reports and celebrity gushes and you would be inclined to believe that the UN was a paragon of virtue, that it was interested in peace and that it would never take unfair sides in a war.
During the 2006 Israel - Lebanon conflict, UNIFIL forces routinely relayed information to the Hezbollah forces as related HERE by Lori Lowenthal Marcus. This is only one of many reports detailing this incident.
UN prejudice against Israel is an ongoing phenomenon. Arlene Kushner outlines some of the UN’s inconsistencies when dealing with the Israeli – Palestinian issue. Read the article HERE.
During the 2006 Israel - Lebanon conflict, UNIFIL forces routinely relayed information to the Hezbollah forces as related HERE by Lori Lowenthal Marcus. This is only one of many reports detailing this incident.
UN prejudice against Israel is an ongoing phenomenon. Arlene Kushner outlines some of the UN’s inconsistencies when dealing with the Israeli – Palestinian issue. Read the article HERE.
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