Archive for January 11, 2013

This is not the Jihad that’s written in the Koran

There are no “terrorists” in the language of peace, only falsely educated, ignorant people. This is important, because it becomes harder to teach such a person; the more he is called a terrorist the more he becomes to believe he really is one.

By Aylin Kocaman

 

There is no killing in the jihad in the Koran. There is no raining bombs down in the jihad in the Koran. There are no suicide bombers or cowardly attacks on the innocent. There is no hatred or cursing people in the jihad in the Koran. The children of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh), of the Prophet Jacob (pbuh) and the Prophet Moses (pbuh) are not accursed in the jihad in the Koran. Continue Reading »

Do UK taxpayers know they fund anti-Israel groups?

The UK allocates taxpayer funds to groups which hope to build a Palestinian state not alongside Israel but in place of it, which ignore the campaign of terror against Israeli civilians that demonizes Israel through absurd accusations of “apartheid” & “ethnic cleansing”.

By Alex Ryvchin

 

The British Government is recklessly allocating taxpayer funds to group which hope to build a Palestinian state, not alongside Israel, but in place of it.

When the British taxpayer-funded Hebron Rehabilitation Committee issued a statement in August describing a terror attack by Islamic Jihad as a “heroic operation”, it should have been met with a very swift and severe response from the British Government, and a review of the Foreign Office’s funding practices. Continue Reading »

Palestinians established New settlement in E-1

Over 200 Palestinians pitched tents in disputed area A-1 connecting Jerusalem & Ma’aleh Adumim.

Organizer: ‘The Encampment is part of non-violent resistance’

By Elior Levy

 

 

A group of 200 Palestinians, backed by foreign activists, have been erecting an outpost in the disputed E1 zone, near Ma’aleh Adumim, since the early hours of Friday morning.

בונים את באב אל-שמס (צילום: אוהד צויגנברג)

Building ‘Bab al-Shams’ – Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Palestinian outpost, named Bab al-Shams (“Gate of the Sun”), contains 50 tents. Mahmoud Zawara of the Popular Palestinian Committees told Ynet the tent encampment was being set up as part of the Palestinian “struggle.”

He said “we chose this specific area because it is conquered Palestinian land and places a wedge between the northern and southern parts of the West Bank.” Continue Reading »

Is European diplomacy in the service of our enemies?

Original Thinking: It is prudent to quote Winston Churchill, who castigated the British political leadership with the words, “You had the choice of choosing war or dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you got war.”

By BARRY SHAW

 

What has Israel experienced from Europe recently as it was assaulted by Palestinian terror and diplomacy? How do we define the attitude, words and deeds of European Union ministers and diplomats? What they have done and said can only be interpreted as closed-mind diplomacy in the service of our enemy.

The European Parliament building in Strasbourg
Look how events unfolded. Although most condemned the Hamas missile attacks against Israel, they failed to follow their condemnation with any punitive measures against a Palestinian terror regime that is guilty of multiple international crimes ranging from terrorism, war crimes, crimes against humanity, incitement to murder and anti-Semitism, to name but a few.
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Op-Ed: Maybe Pat Condell Is Telling the Truth?

Just because he’s not politically correct, shouldn’t we be listening if his point is valid?

By Dr. Philip Brodie

 

Perhaps you don’t know Pat Condell. He describes himself as a comedian, atheist and internet personality. He does political commentary. An internet search reveals that he was born in Ireland and raised Roman Catholic in England. YouTube has attempted to censor at least one of his political videos.
He has taken up the subject of the Arab-Israel conflict. He is, to put it mildly, politically incorrect.

Like others who speak of the Middle East, he talks about racism, apartheid, justice and brutality. Continue Reading »

IDF Closes Route 10 to Civilian Traffic for a Year

IDF orders civilian vehicles to stay off Route 10 along Egypt-Israel border.

By Gil Ronen

 

The IDF has ordered Highway 10 along the Egypt-Israel border closed to civilian traffic for one year. Civilians are to keep at least 300 meters away from the highway, on its eastern side. Anyone wishing to enter the area must first receive permission from the IDF to do so.

The IDF Spokesman said that security considerations are behind the move.

Highway 10 was closed to civilian traffic in August 2011, following a terror attack that killed eight Israelis. It has since been reopened and intermittently closed whenever there was an escalation in the security situation in the region. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem embassy & waiving visa requirements bills reintroduced in Congress

Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) introduced a measure that would add Israel to the 37 countries whose citizens are allowed to enter the U.S. for up to 90 days without a pre-arranged visa.

By JTA

 

Two pro-Israel perennials were reintroduced in the new Congress: a bill seeking to force the president to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and one that would waive visa requirements for visiting Israelis.

Snow falling in Jerusalem, the Eternal Capital of the Jewish People for over 3000 years and the State of Israel since 1948

Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) introduced the Jerusalem bill on Jan. Continue Reading »

History made: 2 Israeli films up for best documentary Oscar

Both, Dror Moreh’s “The Gatekeepers” & “5 Broken Cameras,” directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi are nominated for Academy Awards.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, HANNAH BROWN, REUTERS

 

Two Israeli films were nominated for the 85th Academy Awards’ Best Documentary Feature category on Thursday, The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras.

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Dror Moreh’s The Gatekeepers, which features interviews with all six living former chiefs of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

The film features interviews with Yuval Diskin, Avi Dichter, Ami Ayalon, Ya’acov Peri, Carmi Gillon and Avraham Shalom.

The interviews are interspersed with newsreel and archival footage and computer-enhanced imagery.

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1st Sign of Anarchy: Fatah Gunmen Form New Opposition Organization

In response to PA’s weapons confiscation drive, renegade Palestinians in Balata refugee camp announce establishment of ‘army of free fighters’ 

By Elior Levy

 

A group of Fatah gunmen from the Balata refugee in Nablus camp have announced the establishment of “the army of free fighters” on Wednesday.

החמושים במחנה בלאטה

Gunmen in Balata refugee camp

The group members celebrated the occasion by holding a march at the camp during which they fired in the air.

Palestinian security forces have been engaged in a large-scale mission to confiscate illegal weapons in the Jenin and Balata refugee camps in recent months.

The raids often involved fire exchanges with the gunmen, some of whom are former members of Fatah’s military wing the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Continue Reading »

Obama Picks Orthodox Jew as Treasury Secretary

Jack Lew, an orthodox Jew with strong ties within the Jewish community, is Obama’s choice as Treasury Secretary.

By Annie Lubin

 

U.S. President Barack Obama is set to appoint White House chief of staff Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary on Thursday, an orthodox Jew with strong ties within the American Jewish community.

Obama will name Lew as Secretary of Treasury

Obama will name Lew as Secretary of Treasury – Reuters

Lew is an observant Jew who attends Congregation Beth Sholom in Potomac, Maryland.

When asked about how he would be able to balance his religious beliefs and the high profile job of being in the President’s cabinet, Lew aid that having already worked with Obama as his Chief of Staff, he knows that the President is very respectful of his faith.

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MK Erdan: Media doesn’t report enough on gov’t’s achievements

PM Netanyahu: We know that any territory that we vacate will be seized by Hamas & Iran.

Outgoing Communications & Welfare Minister Moshe Kahlon to star in ad about reforms he initiated in cellular communications.

By Mati Tuchfeld and Efrat Foresher

 

 

Two days after televised campaign ads began being aired on Israeli television, the Likud-Yisrael Beytenu coalition’s campaign is kicking into a higher gear. The star of Likud-Beytenu’s next ads will be outgoing Communications and Welfare Minister Moshe Kahlon, who announced in October that he would be taking time out from political life and who is not running in the Jan.

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Italy Sets Guidelines to Prohibit anti-Semitic Chants at Football Matches

The guidelines were issued in the wake of two cases of anti-Semitic & racist behavior of fans in Hungary & Bulgaria that resulted in fines & sanctions by FIFA.

 

By JTA

 

New guidelines issued by the Italian Interior Ministry govern how police may halt or interrupt a soccer match because of racist or anti-Semitic behavior by fans or on the pitch.

FIFA

The guidelines were issued following a meeting this week of the Ministry’s watchdog commission on sporting events that dealt with the “despicable phenomenon of racism” noted recently at some matches.

Italy’s police chief as well as leaders of the Italian Soccer Federation took part in the meeting. Continue Reading »

NGO claims El Al prevents its flight attendants from voting

The NGO, Movement of Quality Government complains to Election Panel that Israeli El Al workers were given shifts on Election Day that prevents them from voting.

 

Many El Al flight attendants will not be able to exercise their right to vote, according to a complaint submitted by the Movement for Quality Government to the Central Election Committee on Thursday.

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El Al plane – Photo: Courtesy from Facebook

Some flight attendants will leave the country before the polls open on January 22 and return the next day.

The Movement for Quality Government wrote that some of the flight attendants requested not to work that day, but were rebuffed.

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Watch: IDF’s Unit 669’s intricate rescue of Palestinians

IDF’s Ultra-Orthodox unit use civilian tractor to pull Palestinians trapped in car; 669 unit helicopter boards Palestinian family trapped on roof surrounded by water, power lines

Yoav Zitun

 

Lifesaving cooperation occurred Tuesday between haredi IDF troops and Palestinians who were trapped in a stream growing violent due to the stormy weather.

ההצפות אמש בטייבה

Floods in Tayibe

Soldiers of the IDF’s haredi battalion Netzah Yehuda managed to rescue three Palestinian men before the fierce currents washed over them. Ynet obtained a documentation of the rescue.

The IDF troops were called to an area near the Nablus River, where, they were told, cars were stranded with their drivers trapped in a constantly intensifying current. Continue Reading »

BREAKING NEWS: 4 Wounded as Car Explodes in Tel Aviv

VIDEO: Car explodes in Tel Aviv’s old north, at least four people wounded

Bomb appears to have been detonated by a motorcylist nearby

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A car exploded in Tel Aviv’s old north early Thursday afternoon, after a bomb was apparently detonated by a motorcyclist nearby. At least four people were wounded, and were being treated by paramedics at the scene.

An initial investigation indicated that the bomb, which targeted a Mazda on Jabotinsky Street, was criminally linked and not related to terrorism.

The car burst into flames immediately after the blast. A nearby bus empty of passengers was also hit in the blast. Continue Reading »