Archive for October 31, 2012

Isn’t it time to refuse American Foreign Aid?

Every Presidential, Congressional & Senate inquiry over the years has come to the same conclusion: American aid to Israel is in America’s interest.

An Israel without foreign aid leaves the way open for elimination of aid to Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. Isn’t that a win-win for Israel?

By David Guy

Here’s a radical thought. Israel receives about $US3.2 billion each year from the US Foreign Aid budget. Let’s tell them, Thank you very much but we don’t need it, anymore!

Five Minutes for Israel

Five Minutes for Israel

Anyone who frequents an open forum on the Middle East (let’s face it the M.E. Continue Reading »

Jimmy Carter supports Christian leaders’ letter threatening military aid to Israel

Former One-Term Democratic President calls for investigation into Israel’s human rights record.
His Carter Center says it ‘has long been concerned about Israel’s disregard for stated U.S. policy.’

By JTA

 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter commended a letter from Christian leaders to Congress calling for an investigation of Israel’s human rights record and criticizing U.S. military aid to the country.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter – Photo by Reuters

“Like these church leaders, The Carter Center has long been concerned about Israel’s disregard for stated U.S. policy,” said a statement issued Wednesday from the human rights group named for and headed by Carter. Continue Reading »

French Officials Confirm Future Exhumation of Arafat’s Body

French officials confirm that criminal investigators will order the exhumation of former PA Chairman Yasser Arafat’s body in November.

By Elad Benari

French officials said on Tuesday that criminal investigators will order to exhume former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s body from his Ramallah grave next month, to try to discover the cause of his death.

According to the officials, they will visit Ramallah from November 26 to 28.

The Palestinian Authority confirmed the scheduled visit and said that a Swiss investigation team will conduct a separate visit to Ramallah at the same time. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still in progress. Continue Reading »

Irish TV host: Israel “Cancer” and claim “They stole the land from the Arabs”

Vincent Browne says Israel “the cancer in foreign affairs.”
His remarks lead to sharp rebuke from Israel’s deputy ambassador, Nurit Tinari-Modai

By JONNY PAUL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

LONDON – A well-known Irish broadcaster has referred to Israel as a “cancer” in foreign affairs as it “stole land from the Arabs.”

Jewish Museum in Ireland

Jewish Museum in Ireland – Photo: irishcentral.com

In a topical discussion about the final American presidential debate last week – which focused on foreign policy – Vincent Browne, the host of Ireland’s TV3 “Tonight” program, complained that the “issue of Israel” was hardly mentioned.

“Israel,” he said. “Is the cancer in foreign affairs.” Continue Reading »

Female IDF Soldier: Haredi man spat on me and my mother

IDF soldier says man spat on her & her mom while the 2 were sitting inside their car in Jerusalem.
Police scanned the area, searching.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Suspect was photographed by soldier Photo: Haleli Yitzhak

Suspect was photographed by soldier Photo: Haleli Yitzhak

A female IDF soldier filed a police complaint against a haredi man whom she claims spat on her and her mother while the two were sitting inside their car on the Bar Ilan road in Jerusalem.

Police scanned the area but could not trace the man. “I felt helplessness and frustration,” Haleli Yitzhak said.

According to the soldier, the haredi man shouted the words “Good women, good women” at her and then spat at her mother. Continue Reading »

Hollande & Netanyahu call for tougher sanctions on Iran

Israel’s PM meets with French president in Paris where Hollande backs more EU sanctions on Tehran, urges ‘unconditional’ resumption of peace talks but rejects possible military action.

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Francois Hollande called Wednesday for firmer sanctions on Iran to keep it from developing nuclear weapons.

France's President Francois Hollande and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Reuters.

France’s President Francois Hollande, left, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, October 31, 2012. – Photo by Reuters

In a visit to Paris on Wednesday, Netanyahu praised French pressure on Iran and called for “even tougher sanctions.” Continue Reading »

EXPOSÉ: Italy, The Land of Islam, the First to Fall

Italy’s Education minister: Islam be taught in public schools
Italian court: Nazification of Israel ruled free speech.
Vatican Spoksman: Burning Star of David defended as “freedom of expression”

By Giulio Meotti, Italy

 

The Italian authorities have capitulated to hatred.

Last week Italian education minister Francesco Profumo proposed that Islam be taught in public schools alongside the traditional teaching of Catholicism, while Bishop Mariano Crociata, secretary general of the Italian Episcopal Conference, announced that the Vatican is in favor of building new mosques in Italy.

The European Bishops met with European Muslims in Turin to proclaim the need for the “progressive enculturation of Islam in Europe”. Continue Reading »

Egyptian Court Rejects Petition to Nullify Egypt’s Peace Treaty with Israel

Israel Radio reported that the court in Cairo decreed it lacks the authority to rule on matters of Egyptian sovereignty, saying only the president could make such decisions.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

A court that deals with administrative issues in Cairo rejected a petition to cancel the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on Tuesday, according to a report by Israel Radio.

Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin clasp hands on the North Lawn of the White House after signing the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty on March 26, 1979. – Photo: AP

The court reportedly ruled that it does not have the legal right to decide on the treaty as it is a matter of sovereignty rather than legality.

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PLO leader behind Jordan’s annexation of West Bank

PLO’s Kaddoumi tells ‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi: ‘New proposal suggests establishment of a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation’

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A senior leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization expressed support for a new proposal for Jordan’s annexation of the West Bank, in an interview with the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags -Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags – Photo: REUTERS/Ali

PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi, a founding member of the PLO, said the move would involve the establishment of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation.

He supported the initiative, asserting that if the idea was brought to fruition it would result in a positive development.He stressed that the West Bank must remain Palestinian land, and that Jordan would need to assure full Palestinians rights, as well as the right of return.

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Israeli Court: Phone harassment equal to indecent act

In unprecedented ruling, Central District Court Judge says indecent act no longer mandates actual physical contact with victim

By Tova Tzimuki

 

The Central District Court rendered an unprecedented ruling this week, declaring that a conviction over an indecent act is possible even if the perpetrator did not physically touch, or even see, the victim.

(Illustration) Photo: Shutterstock

(Illustration) Photo: Shutterstock

According to a Tuesday report in Yedioth Ahronoth, the ruling was made following an appeal filed by a man who was convicted of an indecent act against two minors, which was perpetrated over the phone.

The appeal sought to overturn the conviction, on the basis that the man never saw or physically touched the girls, ages 14 and seven. Continue Reading »

Expert PR analyses: Israel is Losing the PR War.

Interview with pr expert: For over 4 decades, Israel has been losing pr war to the regional Arabs. Why isn’t Israel showing rockets falling on its civilians?

By Annie Lubin

 

For over forty years Israel has been losing a public relations war to the Arabs and now to the Palestinian Arabs. And no one in Israel seems to care.

 Dr. Ron Schleifer has made  military-media relations his life's work

Dr. Ron Schleifer has made military-media relations his life’s work
ARCDC

Dr. Ron Schleifer, a professor at Ariel University, and an expert research academician on Psychological Warfare and military-media relations, has been studying the phenomena for years and has tried to sound the alarm on the importance of changing the way Israel uses the media. 
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PM: Strike on Iran – Good for Arabs, Would Ease Tensions

Netanyahu tells French magazine that ‘Iran isn’t popular in Arab world,’ & an attack would benefit Arab states by removing potential threat, easing tension in Mideast

By Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East.

Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

Netanyahu has made a number of veiled threats to attack Iran’s nuclear program and has appealed to the United States and the United Nations to set a limit for Tehran on its further development. Continue Reading »

Yair Lapid says in Ariel address, he won’t join cabinet that stalls peace talks with PA

Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid, attacks Netanyahu for saying Palestinians were not a ‘partner’ for peace & says Israel must retain control of an undivided Jerusalem.

By Revital Hovel

 

The Yesh Atid party won’t join a government that continues to avoid resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, party head Yair Lapid said in a speech at the Ariel University Center of Samaria on Tuesday.

Yair Lapid speaking in Beit Shemesh

Yair Lapid speaking in Beit Shemesh, Oct. 28, 2012. – Photo by Olivier Fitoussi

Lapid’s comments and criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies came a day after Netanyahu’s Likud party voted to approve a merger with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu, finalizing the move first announced by the two party leaders last week. Continue Reading »

U.S. Lawmaker Warns of Link Between Mexican Cartels & Hizbullah

News Report: A U.S. lawmaker is warning that the federal gov’t is ignoring a growing Hizbullah presence in Mexico.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) is warning that the federal government is ignoring a growing Hizbullah presence in Mexico, with the Lebanese terror group increasingly joining forces with drug cartels, Fox News reported.

body of Zetas drug cartel founder Heriberto Lazcano at the site of his death in Sabinas

Body of Zetas drug cartel founder Heriberto Lazcano at the site of his death in Sabinas – Reuters

There are reportedly hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners living in Mexico, many of whom may be radicals using routes established by drug networks to sneak into the United States. Continue Reading »

The Liberation of a Jew-Hater into a Muslim Zionist

“Here’s a state that’s constantly called an enemy of Islam, yet Muslims have more rights in Israel than they have anywhere else in the Middle East,” Kasim Hafeez said.

By Licia Corbella, Calgary Herald

 

Kasim Hafeez grew up hating Jews and hating Israel. Now the 28-year-old British Muslim of Pakistani origin travels the world explaining how and why he has gone from a hater to a lover of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

Kasim Hafeez – Screenshot IBA News

His personal journey of going from chanting “Death to Israel” in London’s Trafalgar Square to speaking about how he became a proud Zionist kept the Herald editorial board enraptured for much longer than our allotted hour on Thursday.

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