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The Reality of Malala

Too bad about the bullet in the head:

UNRWA: Malala Yousafzai donates Nobel prize money to UNRWA to help revuild a damaged school in Gaza

Cache of Malala's message to 32nd Congress of Pakistani "International Marxist Tendency" 

Anti-Israel protesters rally across France, defying ban imposed upon them after having stoned Jews in attempted lynching

How Stupid are We The People of the Western World?

REUTERS - Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in French cities on Saturday to condemn violence in Gaza, defying a ban imposed after demonstrators marched on two synagogues in Paris last weekend and clashed with riot police. 

A Reuters photographer said demonstrators in northern Paris launched projectiles at riot police, who responded by firing teargas canisters and stun grenades. 

“We must show that as Muslims, we’re all united"

READ THE WHOLE THING. 

Fake Photos Promote Sympathy For Pseudostinians

Here's one:

That child was killed by a Hamas rocket, not by Israel.

Gateway Pundit has more information HERE.

Photos such as the one above are all over the front pages of the mainstream-media newspapers, thereby promoting hatred of Israel.

Once once people have seen those photos, particularly photos of dead children, getting those images out of people's minds. What's more, the photos override anything that those of us who know better tell these people, whose minds have been imprinted with a lie.

Remember the impact of "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" at the trial of O.J. Simpson?  Same principle!  A picture is indeed worth a thousand words.  Particularly a picture with a caption.

Hamas MP: The Jews Are Behind Every Catastrophe on Earth

Germany cooperated with Palestinian terrorists after Munich massacre, report says

In an attempt to ensure that the Black September group would forgo any further activity in Germany, the German government wooed its leaders and expressed support for their 'resistance,' according to Der Spiegel.

Things never really change in Germany

From Haaretz:

After the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, Germany cooperated with Black September, the Palestinian terrorist group that orchestrated the deadly attack, the German weekly Der Spiegel revealed Sunday. Following the tragedy in September 1972, Germany tried to establish a relationship with the group’s leaders, hoping that this would dissuade them from carrying out any more attacks in the country, the paper reported.

In this context, the German ambassador to Lebanon, Walter Novak, met with Yusuf Najjar, also known as Abu Yusuf, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s intelligence arm, which ran Black September. Just a week after the meeting, in April 1973, Najjar and two other PLO operatives were killed by Israel in a reprisal raid in Beirut called Operation Spring of Youth.

At the meeting, attended by other members of Black September, Novak suggested the parties sign a contract that would be “the basis for a new understanding” between Germany and the terrorist organization. To further advance this understanding, a meeting between Abu Yusuf and German foreign minister Walter Scheel was planned in Cairo, but it never took place.

Najjar’s death did not end the Germans’ courtship of the Palestinian group. According to Der Spiegel, high-ranking German officials met with Ali Hassan Salameh, the Black September operations chief who masterminded the Munich massacre (he was assassinated by the Mossad in Beirut in 1979) and with Amin Hindi, another of the organization’s leaders, who later became the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence chief. These meetings were attended by representatives of the Bundespolizei, Germany’s federal police force.

German cooperation with the terrorists was not limited to secret agreements between the parties; it also included expressions of sympathy toward the terrorists. For example, the Munich massacre was called “an act of resistance” in internal German correspondence. This is especially true in the case of the German Foreign Ministry; Novak told Abu Yusuf that Germany empathizes with and can understand the suffering of the Palestinian people, since many Germans live as refugees around the world.

Why Palestinians Are Not Palestinians

As a Muslim who was born and brought up in Saudi Arabia, one of the main goals in my life had been to become a martyr while fighting the Jews in Palestine (or Hindus in Kashmir, depending on where I was). If there was one belief that I held on to, which was as dear to me as La-ilaha-ilAllah-Muhammad-ur-Rasul-Allah, was that the land that the Zionists were living in was the land of Muslims and it must return to the sons of Islam.

Secondly, I held on to the belief that the Jews never had any right to the land; that because they hated Muslims, and were conspiring to conquer all Muslim lands and subjugate us, they had started with Falasteen. And the evil Jews didn’t even stop there. In 1967, as if they hadn’t already taken away enough from my Palestinian brethren, they occupied Al Quds. After that, as the Jews and their lies go, they claimed to have been in Al Quds for the last 3000 years. They claimed they had made a temple there in the time of Solomon but we all had already been informed that there had never been a temple there, just Solomon’s Palace called the “Haikal-e-Suleimani” or “Haikal Suleiman”—either way, there was no temple and had never been. The Jews, on the other hand, were and had always been the most vicious of liars and the worst of enemies to the Ummah of Islam.

That is what I grew up with. Just for clarification, Falasteen is Arabic for Palestine and Al Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem.

Then, when I was about sixteen years old or so, I lost faith in the self-centered, victim-playing, brainwashing, and bloodthirsty politico-religious ideology of Islam. When I was a Muslim, it was as if my brain had been put in a straitjacket, and when I lost faith in Islam, it was as though my brain broke free for the first time in my life. I could think freely and question everything and anything I wanted to.

It was when I realized my brain’s potential to process information and then judge whether it was factual or not that I thought, “well, wait a minute, if Islam is not true then it is also possible that what Muslims say about others isn’t true either”, or something to that effect. It was thoughts like that that I came about my study of the so called Falasteenis, or Palestinian people.

Instead of starting with my own boring thoughts and words that seem to go on endlessly, I will just try to quote different people over the history who have used the words Palestinian or Palestine. Here we go:

There is no such country as 'Palestine'; 'Palestine' is a term the Zionists invented!

Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi to the Pell Commission in 1937

It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but southern Syria.

Ahmed Shuqeiri to the UN Security Council in 1949

Jordan is linked to Palestine by a national relationship and a national unity forged by history and culture from earliest times. The creation of one political entity in East Jordan and another in Palestine would have no basis either in legality or as to the elements universally accepted as fundamental to a political entity.

Declaration of the 8th Palestinian National Congress

Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan, and Jordan hails every Palestinian who seeks to do his duty to his cause and his country.

The Jordanian Foreign Minister (Adwa'min pp. 4-5)

There are no differences between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. We are all part of one nation. It is only for political reasons that we carefully underline our Palestinian identity, because it is in the interest of the Arabs to encourage a separate Palestinian identity in contrast to Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity is there only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new expedient to continue the fight against Zionism and for Arab unity.

Zuheir Mohsein, Member of the Supreme Council of the PLO

Palestine and Syria are one homeland. The Arab people will win by the
sword; the victory will be won by the Jihad of the Arab world.

Abdul Malik Dahamshe, an Israeli Arab Knesset member,
at a solidarity visit in Damascus, Syria [David Makovsky, Jerusalem Post,
January 24, 1995]

There is no difference between one Palestinian and another. We are all
Palestinians and we are all Syrian Arabs.

Arab MK, Abdul Darawshe [Jerusalem Institute of Western
Defence, Bulletin 3, August 15, 1997]

Above are several statements over the years by Arabs who mentioned Palestine or Palestinians. Most of these statements reveal what Arabs really think about the term. Everyone knows that there never existed a Palestinian people but now there seems to be a need to shout out to the world, “Oh give these Palestinian people their land”. My question is, “Where are the Palestinian people that we should give them their land?”

The words, Palestinian people, are used in the media and at the UN so much now that we have forgotten that there was a time when Arabs actually protested against the use of these words to describe them. They did not want to be called Palestinians, they wanted to be called Arabs or better yet, Syrians. Take a read of the following:

The above quotes are from the book “JEWS” by George E. Berkley. I have to be honest that I have not read the whole book. The only reason I even know about this book is because of its chapter 32 (that’s where the quotes are from, pages 287, 292-293) and the only reason I know about that is because it is really hard to find other books that talk about this history in as clear terms as George E. Berkley did in his chapter 32. There are other references, if anyone is interested, but they are all scattered. This was the only place I found where I could read it all condensed in the form above.

Now, of course, that does not conclude my article. I will put my boring thoughts here, just a bit. I have said this for years, Jordan is Palestine, Palestine is Jordan. Arabs have their country, they should move there and stop whining. Jordan, or Transjordan as it was called, only came about to make Arabs happy. They got what they wanted, they need to stop asking for more. In fact, in 1948, they could have gotten more but they wanted it all to themselves so they rejected the whole proposal.

Why is it that so many these days have forgotten what happened a mere 70 years ago. Forget 70 (for if people have found it easy to forget the Shoah, I don’t expect them to remember what happened around the time Israel was born either), but they have forgotten what happened a mere 40 years ago, or 20 or 10. It is easy to always side with the wrong and popular, I think and hard, and sometimes impossible, to stand with what is right.

Today the whole world is living the lie that Arabs created 40 years ago; that they are a Palestinian people whose land it is that the Jews have stolen. This is what is taught in history books and this is what is accepted as the most accepted version of the truth. You deviate from it and you’re just wrong, doesn’t matter what the facts are, you’re wrong!

Before I finish (and to stop myself from ranting on), I want to add another point. History shows us that there were people that called themselves Palestinians. But history also shows us that those people were anything but Arabs. Consider the following letter written to the New York Times in 1975 (it was later printed in The Palestinians: A Political Masquerade, Published by Americans For A Safe Israel by Arthur Kahn and Thomas Murray):

Dear Sir:

Your newspaper frequently uses the term "Palestinian" to describe a section of the Middle East population which is Arab, to differentiate it from Israeli Jews. As the holder of a Palestinian Identity Card and a Certificate of Discharge from a Palestinian Unit of the British army, I find this practice annoying and certainly untrue.

We Palestinian Jews wore the uniform of the British Army, and on our shoulder epaulettes the single word, "Palestine" in English. We tried to get permission to wear Hebrew insignia, fly the Jewish flag and be recognized as Palestinian Jews, but-no, Palestinian meant Jew and Arab, and who cared if there were fewer than 3000 Arabs as compared to 36,000 Jews in khaki? In British army nomenclature, the equivalent of a GI is BOR, meaning British Other Rank. We were formally known as POR , Palestinian Other Ranks.

So we fought the war as Palestinians, set up the Jewish Brigade as Palestinians, and I'll be damned if I agree that only Arafat and his assassins are Palestinians.

As a Palestinian, I was arrested by the British on suspicion of smuggling immigrants into the country. As a Palestinian, I had the honor of commanding the 329th Palestinian Companyof the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (all Jews). There were no equivalent Arab units. Once a British general said to me, "Migawd I have so many things to dislike you for, for being a Jew, American born, a Palestinian-and you don't even know how to handle a knife and fork!

So cut it out, please. Call them what you will, but not Palestinians.

Yours truly,
Joe Criden

On the record now: Israel-hatred official German policy

Or: Another Step on the long way to the decontamination of the German history, performed at Israel's expense with the help of a "good" Jewess. (Henryk M. Broder)

On July 16, 2009, Horst Köhler, president of the Federal Republic of Germany, issued the Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse (Federal Cross of Merit, first class, no less) the highest civilian order of merit, to the Israeli lawyer Felicia Langer for her lifetime achievement. She lives in the old university town of Tübingen.

Felicia Langer was born in Poland of Jewish parents. Her family fled to Russia in 1939, where her father died in one of Stalins prisons. In 1950 she went to Israel where, in 1965, she obtained a law degree from Hebrew University. After the Six-Day-War in 1967, she set up a private practice in Jerusalem defending Palestinians. In 1990, Langer ended her law practice and left Israel to live in Germany, accepting a teaching position at Tübingen university. In an interview with The Washington Post, Langer said "I decided that I could not be a fig leaf for this system anymore. I want my quitting to be a sort of demonstration and expression of my despair and disgust with the system... because for the Palestinians unfortunately we cannot obtain justice." To live in the country of the people who tried to murder her and her people was obviously the better, and in a way a logical, option.

Langer's main public identity stems from her vocal criticism of Israel, whom she compares with apartheid-South Africa, she is known for having praised the antisemitic speech of Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Geneva at the Durban II UN conference on racism and could, with some justification, tell the Jerusalem Post that the Bundesverdienstkreuz is a "recognition of my work".

Because indeed it is.

Asked by the JP about her interview with the German antisemitic (what is called "anti-Zionist" for some time now) website Muslim Markt, in which she argued that leading Israeli politicians and generals should be charged and convicted with war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Langer replied that she considers Israeli representatives "war criminals" and that the "official translation" of Ahmadinejad's threat to "wipe Israel off the map" did not mean that Israel ought to be obliterated. President Köhler, when asked why he had awarded Langer with Germany’s highest civil award, remained silent and his press spokesman deferred the matter to the State Ministry in Baden-Württemberg, the federal state in which Tübingen is located. Uwe Köhn, a spokesman for the state of Baden-Württemberg, wrote in a mail to the JP that "the honor bestowed on Felicia Langer recognizes her humanitarian service, independent of political, ideological or religious motivation. Most important is her dedication to people in need, regardless of nationality or religion, given her own background as massively affected by the Holocaust. The decision to present the Order of Merit was made on the recommendation of the Lord Mayor of Tübingen, where Ms. Langer lives, with confirmation from all the usual departments involved in bestowing such honors, including the Foreign Ministry."

If it's through official channels it's alright. And to be honest, worse things than bestowing an award to somebody unworthy have been done this way in Germany.

According to Langer, the governor of Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger, a Christian Democrat, praised her work in a letter and congratulated her on receiving the award, which is both, funny haha and funny peculiar (but then, maybe not), because Oettinger is the man who tried to turn his odious predecessor Filbinger from an old Nazi into a resistance fighter. We reported in 2007.

Even Dieter Graumann, Vice President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, an organisation whose method of representing Jews in Germany can be aptly described as bidding for tickets on the next train to Auschwitz, had enough and stated that "Ms. Langer just a few months ago called the German Chancellor’s positive attitude toward Israel 'scandalous'. Now Langer is suddenly getting a Federal Cross of Merit- that’s a fatal signal, recognizing and legitimizing her fully one-sided agitation against Israel” and "Is this the introduction of a new fashion? Whoever criticizes Israel the loudest - especially if they are Jewish - is first in line for the Federal Cross of Merit?" Which may be a rhetorical, but nevertheless legitimate, question and can be safely answered with a resounding: "Very probably".

The lifetime achivement of Felicia Langer is remarkable indeed, from the winning of the "Right Livelihood Award" (shadows of Nazi-money looming) via the Human Rights Award of the "Gesellschaft zum Schutz von Bürgerrecht und Menschenwürde" (a collecting tank -- or rather cesspool -- for former StaSi-staff and other Stalinist cadre) to the preface she wrote for the book of Germano-Syrian (or is it Syrio-German?) antisemite Jamal Karsli, somebody we introduced in 2007 already as well.

However, nothing unmasks the German obsession with Jews coupled with a stubborn determination to remain staunchly at their side as long as they are safely dead or suicidal, better than Boris Palmer, the Green Party mayor in Tübingen, who had, like so many German Gutmenschen, previously played down Iran’s genocidal threats toward Israel. In a public email-exchange with Henryk. M. Broder, where he stated that Langer was criticising Israel "among other things", he had the nerve to thematize his own Jewish ancestry, to which Broder replied:

Frau Langer doesn't criticize Israel "among other things" but Israel ONLY. Has Frau Langer ever had anything to say about the treatment of women in Saudi-Arabia? Of homosexuals in Iran? Is there a statement from her regarding Chechnya or Georgia? Sri Lanka or Darfur? Has she ever risked to say a word about the persecution of the Baha'i? Expressed solidarity with the Tibetans or Uighurs? For all that she gives, upright and honest as she is, a rat's ass.

The only object of her obsession is Israel. Because only this obsession is so highly marketable in Germany.

You, Herr Palmer, are a bandwagon-jumper of this boom when you are writing: "I say that as the grandson of a Jew...".

So you are a quarter- or one-eighth Jew -- according to what, the Nuremberg Laws or the halacha? And what does that imply? Does a quarter- or one-eighth Jew have a different world view? What do you think, as a quarter Jew, of the commuter tax relief? What is your stance, as a one-eighth Jew, regarding the bottle deposit?

Amen, Henryk!

When I did the modest research for this entry, I didn't know that I'd meet quite a few old acquaintances in the process. However, really amazing it isn't. A cesspool is a cesspool is a cesspool, even if it tries to pass itself off as a perfume factory.

Cross-posted at Roncesvalles.

Bibi to Palestine a la Nixon?

Via Insrapundit:

Policy speech to outline strict Israeli conditions:

• Any Palestinian state must be demilitarized, without an air force, full-fledged army or heavy weapons.

• Palestinians may not sign treaties with powers hostile to Israel.

• A Palestinian state must allow Israeli civilian and military aircraft unfettered access to Palestinian airspace, allow Israel to retain control of the airwaves and to station Israeli troops on a future state’s eastern and southern borders.

• Palestinians must accept Israel as a Jewish state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a major shift, will accept the notion of a Palestinian state — a policy pushed by the Obama administration but resisted until now by Mr. Netanyahu, Israeli officials and Americans briefed on the Israeli leader’s thinking said.

The policy reversal, which is expected to go public this weekend, could help restart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians and allow the Israeli leader to steer a course between Mr. Obama’s view and those of his own hawkish base.

The Israeli and American officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Washington Times on Thursday that Mr. Netanyahu, in a major speech Sunday, will, however, set Israeli parameters for recognizing Palestinian sovereignty.

The officials said Mr. Netanyahu will emphasize Palestinian obligations under the “road map” to peace in the Middle East — a three-phase process for negotiations initiated by the George W. Bush administration, which so far has not been followed.

Any discussion of a two-state solution and negotiations on so-called final-status issues — including the borders of a future Palestinian state would represent a major modification of Mr. Netanyahu’s campaign platform in which he promised a “bottom up” approach to negotiations focusing on economic issues.

Read original Washington Times article here.

Kadima Forging Opposition

Kadima forms "shadow government" a la the UK:

Kadima leader Tzipi Livni finally formed a "government" on Monday, seven months after failing to build a real coalition when she had the opportunity to do so in October.
This time what she formed was a "shadow government," modeled after its namesake in the United Kingdom. The shadow ministers will head task forces of Kadima MKs that will set the party's agenda in their areas of expertise and respond to the government's actions on related issues.

Most of Kadima's former ministers will return to the roles that they held in the last government in a shadow capacity. For instance, Ronnie Bar-On will be Kadima's shadow finance minister, former interior minister Meir Sheetrit will be in charge of matters related to local authorities and Avi Dichter will head the party's task force on internal security.

The one former minister who will not hold the same "post" is former transportation minister Shaul Mofaz, who will be Kadima's shadow defense minister.

Marina Solodkin, who was betrayed by Ehud Olmert when portfolios were distributed in the last government, came close to receiving the job Ariel Sharon promised her when Livni appointed her shadow absorption minister.

MKs who have never been ministers will be in charge of matters they dealt with in a professional capacity. For instance, MK Ronit Tirosh, a former Education Ministry director-general, will be shadow education minister, and MK Orit Adato, who is a former hospital deputy director-general received the Health "portfolio."

Livni, a former foreign affairs and justice minister, kept for herself all matters related to foreign affairs, the Middle East conflict and the need to draft a constitution.

The only Kadima MKs not appointed to shadow ministries were faction head Dalia Itzik and MKs Tzahi Hanegbi and Yoel Hasson, who head Knesset committees.

"We will watch over the ministers in the current government and provide an active alternative to everything they do," a Kadima spokesman said.

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Netanyahu is at the White House

YNet News reporting:

The meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama is currently underway, the first such meeting since both entered office. Over the course of the past several weeks Netanyahu's advisors have prepared for any potential points of conflict that may emerge, while American officials have tried to assuage those concerns.

Netanyahu left the official state guest residence, the Blair House, at 2:30 pm (GMT) and made the short journey to the White House. President Obama exited to Oval Office to greet him.

The meeting is expected to last over three hours. The two will hold a private discussion before being joined by their entourages. There will also be a shared meal. A handful of protestors gathered outside the White House to speak out against the two-state solution.

Photo: GPO

Synagogue Desecrated in Venezuela

Watch silent video: Cameras capture the extent of the damage to the ransacked synagogue in Venezuela >>>
BBC: An armed gang has ransacked the oldest Jewish synagogue in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after occupying the building for several hours.

About 15 unidentified men broke into the building before daubing graffiti on the walls and desecrating scriptures.

They also called for Jewish people to be expelled from the country.

Jewish leaders say tensions have risen since Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with Israel this month over its recent military offensive in Gaza.

Elias Farache, president of Venezuela's Jewish Association, said the gang had tied and gagged security guards before destroying offices and the place where holy books were kept.

Anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli slogans were painted on the walls.

"Never in the history of Venezuela's Jewish community have we been the target of such an aggression," said Mr Farache.

"The climate is very tense. We feel threatened, intimidated, attacked." >>> | Sunday, February 1, 2009

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The Intifada is globalized as the Gaza War becomes a world war

A friend of mine just sent me this article. It amazes me how little the author knows about Islam. He asks, "One wonders: Why January 10? Was the aggression somehow coordinated among the various far-left and Islamic groups which organized the protests in each city — an attempt to “Globalize the Intifada“? Or did the simultaneous outbreak of violence and anger in several places occur naturally? We may never know."

Well, first of all, there is nothing special about January 10th. The violence has erupted around the world before and after January 10th. Did a simultaneous outbreak of violence occur naturally? Uh, yes. It is basic Islam. When any Muslim is attacked anywhere in the world, regardless of how much provocation the Muslims gave the attacker prior to the attack, it is a Muslim's duty to support and defend the Muslims, regardless of who is in the right. Islam is always in the right.

The author also says, "the fighting now happens not just in Gaza, but wherever in the world Hamas supporters come face to face with anyone they deem an opponent (whether those be Israel supporters or police officers)."

This is just clumsy, ignorant language for "Muslims and non-Muslims," as anyone reading the IBA know full well. In other words, "Hamas supporters" are Muslims. And "anyone they deem an opponent" is "non-Muslims." None of this is confusing when you know even the most basic information about Islamic teachings.

Here are the events that occurred on January 10th:

¤ In London, protesters physically attacked police officers with unrestrained abandon and no fear of arrest;
¤ In Copenhagen, Hamas supporters screamed in public that they want to kill all Jews;
¤ In Calgary, neo-Nazis marched alongside leftists and Muslim extremists, in a grand coalition of anti-Semites;
¤ In Los Angeles, a car full of Israel-supporters barely escaped serious harm when an enraged mob tried to attack them;
¤ In Duisberg (Germany), police broke into a private home and tore down a flag displaying a Star of David, to appease stone-throwing protesters;
¤ In Belfast, an Israel-owned mall kiosk was surrounded and menacingly harassed...

Read the whole article>>

Maybe I'm being overly harsh to the author of the blog. He is on the right side of the fight, and he has quite a few videos of rallies on that page.

I Never Heard of This "Kooreen" or Whatever You Call It

Yesterday I was having a casual conversation with a man who is about mid-thirty, intelligent. We were talking about Israel and what's going on over there right now, and we didn't have long to talk, so I got his email address and sent him a few articles last night, which he read.

When I saw him today, he said, "I never heard of this Kooreen." I didn't even know what he meant. Finally I realized he meant "Qur'an." He'd never heard of it, and he was surprised that it was written by one man.

Good grief! What are you doing out there people?! Am I the only one talking to people?! How come this guy had never heard of the Qur'an!?

I'm just riffing now. Please don't take it personally.

When I was done filling in some details for this guy, he was even more surprised. You can imagine. He knew NOTHING about it!

A little while later, someone brought up Israel, and he was already sharing what I'd just told him. One more American who has a bit more of a clue about what is really causing the conflict. When I said goodbye to him, he asked me to send him more articles, which I just did.

This issue (Israel's retaliation) has opened up a lot of opportunities to educate people. I hope we're all using the opportunities the best we can!

A Good Point

"Perhaps the greatest of all ironies in the present-day Middle East, as David Horowitz has pointed out, is that Arab Israelis enjoy more social, legal and political freedom than do Arabs in any one of the fifty-three Muslim countries."

- From an article on TROP, Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Why Palestinian Refugees Are Different

I got this at ALERT:

Palestinians are not the world’s first refugee population, but they may be the first to lament their perpetual refugee status while resisting any effort to resolve it.

Think about it. In 1947, the UN offered a two-state solution to address two competing national claims. The Jews accepted it; the Arabs rejected it. Or in UN-speak, the "proposed Arab State failed to materialize." Had it been otherwise, two states might have emerged, and with any luck, learned to live side by side. To this day, that two-state concept remains the most feasible outcome.

Instead, the Arab side went to war. Has there been any war that didn't produce refugees? Yet the Arab world blames Israel for the refugees from a war it ignited.

Meanwhile, that same Arab-Israeli conflict produced a greater number of Jewish refugees from Arab countries, who resettled elsewhere with little fanfare.

Then, by design, the Palestinian refugees were kept in camps, as wards of the international community, to serve as permanent reminders of the impermanence of their situation. Taught to focus their hatred on Israel, rather than to hold their own leaders accountable for using them as pawns, they have been denied opportunities for new lives.

Even now, three years after Israel totally withdrew from Gaza, astonishingly, nearly 500,000 Palestinians continue to live in UNRWA refugee camps there. Why?

Read more>>

The Mother of all Video Lists!

This list was composed for the purpose of being a useful resource-- it not only lists titles, but has descriptions as well. It is a selection of those videos and online slideshows that IMO are the most useful and informative.

The list is a "work in progress"-- additions will be made on an ongoing basis. Suggestions for additions would be appreciated.

If you find a broken link, please mention it so that it can be fixed. Bloggers-- please copy this list if you wish, as more people should know about the information in these videos-- and don't forget to watch a some of them yourself!

A

Ahmadinejad's Bizarre Religious Views (V) — After seeing what he believes, it becomes obvious why he behaves the way he does.

Ambulances for Jihad (V) — Michelle Malkin shows how Hezbollah fakes news- and how most of the mainstream media disseminates their propaganda without question.

Ask for Death (V) — How the PA instills a love of death in Palestinian children.

Australian Volunteer in ''Palestine'' (V) — Daryl Jones, an aid volunteer, tells how Palestinians displayed photos of bodies, "gouged and pitted, torn. We were told this is from torture from the Israelis." Later, when she saw a Palestinian child blow up in front of her face, she realized that the ripped apart bodies were the result of human booby traps that the Palestinians used against the Israelis.

B

Brigitte Gabriel Interview (V) — Brigitte Gabriel is a Lebanese Christian whose family suffered greatly in the Lebanese Civil War. In this interview she provides insight into the situation in Lebanon, the threat of Islamic extremism, and Lebanese-Israeli relations.

Bus Number 19 Suicide Attack (V) — Video of the aftermath of a suicide attack in Jerusalem in 2004. Gives an idea of the effect of this type of terrorism.

C

Checkpoints Save Lives I (V) — A 14 year old boy who has decided to become a suicide bomber is caught at an Israeli checkpoint.

Checkpoints Save Lives II (V) — A Palestinian girl makes regular trips into Israel for medical treatment. She decided to become a suicide bomber and blow herself up in the hospital, but fortunately she is caught at an Israeli checkpoint.

ConceptWizard — Index to Slideshows (S): ConceptWizard has produced a series of online slideshows about the Israel-Palestine situation. They are very straight-forward and easy to understand, yet contain quite a lot of information. Probably one of the best ways to explain the conflict.

D

David Zucker Takes on the Iraq Study Group and James Baker (V) — Chamberlain, appeasement of Hitler, the chances for success in appeasing Ahmadinejad.

E

Education of Arab Palestinian children (S) — Incitement to hatred. Lots of pictures. Large file (700 K), click only if you have a fast connection.

F

Filmmakers’ Struggle to Air “Islam vs Islamists” (V) — A film showing the struggle between moderate Muslims and extremists in America was originally planned to be shown by PBS- but then they refused to show it. (See also the related video, below:”PBS Banned video: ‘Islam vs. Islamists’”).

G

Ghada Jamshir re: Fatwas Sanctioning Sexual Abuse of Children (V) — A Bahraini women's rights activist on Dubai's al-Arabiya TV.

H

Hamas: A Profile in Terror (CW-S) — Excellent slideshow about Hamas.

Hamas Poses a Very Real Threat to Egypt (V) — Retired Egyptian General Hussam Sweilam's TV interview. He talks about what happened when Hamas tore down the Egypt's Apartheid Wall. Also, a warning about the dangers Islamic extremism in general, and Hamas in particular, pose to Egypt.

History in a Nutshell (CW-S) — The modern history of Israel/Palestine. (See also: "Nutshell Too", below)

The History of Empires & Conquests in the Middle-East (S): The expansion of one empire after another throughout history, graphically illustrated by coloured animations on a map of the Mid-East and surrounding areas.

History of Religion- Slideshow/Maps (S) — The history and spread of world religions Illustrated by coloured animations on a map.

Hitler, The Mufti Of Jerusalem And Modern Islamo Nazism (V) — German TV with English subtitles: "This news report from Bayerischer Rundfunk explains in detail the cooperation between the Nazis and the Muslim Arab leaders during WW2. It goes on to explain how high ranking heads of the SS fled to the Arab world and carried on their activities under the protection of leaders such as President Nasser and how modern Islam has adopted a Nazi style ideology of hate and conspiracy against the Jews."

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Imagine (V) — Helps the viewer to imagine what it would be like to experience terrorism first hand.

Is Islam a Religion of Peace? (V) — Panel discussion with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Bill Maher, and others. Hirsi Ali was raised as a Muslim in Somalia and forced to undergo FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). She immigrated to the Netherlands and was elected to the Dutch parliament. Her outspoken criticism of Islam- and particularly its abusive treatment of women- has earned her death threats (she has around the clock police protection). Many people may find Maher's views surprising. The others on the panel are poorly informed and spout the usual cliches, but Hirsi Ali is brilliant as always.

Israel's 1981 Raid on Iraq's Osiraq Nuclear Reactor (V) — This page has links to a some videos & articles on the subject. A long (45minutes) but excellent video about this amazing raid, plus some other information.

Israel: The Holy Land (V) — Controversial (sexist?) commercial to promote Israeli tourism.

Israel's Security Barrier (S) — Information about the Security Barrier and how it saves lives.

Irshad Manji Interview on al-Jazeera (V) — Irshad Manji is a Muslim, and an activist for Islamic reform. She explains her “moderate” interpretation of the religion, and explains why she feels it is important for some aspects to change.

Islam: What the West Needs to Know (V) - Over the past several years, almost every major Western leader has expressed the opinion that Islam is a peaceful religion and that those who commit violence in its name are fanatics who misinterpret its teachings. This claim, while widely circulated, is rarely ever seriously examined. This film attempts to demonstrate that Islam is an expansionary ideology that seeks the subjugation-- or even the complete elimination-- of other faiths, cultures, and systems of government. Run time: 98 minutes. (Also see "Obsession, the Video", also listed here).

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Jihad: The Children's Club (V) — A compilation of clips from official PA ("Palestinian" Authority") TV. The main focus is around a children's television program in which the youngsters are encouraged to take up arms for the Islamic holy war against the non-believers. At the time this video was made, the U.S. gov't was funding this TV program. The video also contains footage of terrorist training camps for children.

Jimmy Carter's War Against the Jews (S) — Facts that are not often reported. Good insight into what makes this weird little man tick.

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"Killing of Non-Muslims is Legitimate" (V) — Sometimes the mask slips. British Mullah Mr. Anjum Chaudri on public television.

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Lebanese University Students re: Israel (V) — "Just as Hitler fought the Jews...we should fight the Jews and burn them".

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Missile Attack on Haifa (V) — Attack by missiles fired from Lebanon during Israel's recent war vs. Hizb' Allah.

Mohammed Cartoons Protest (V) — NEFA Foundation video of demonstration outside of Danish embassy in London, February 3, 2006. Protesters are carrying signs with, and chanting: "We want Danish blood"; "May Osama bin Laden bomb you"; "Jihad in the name of Allah", "Europe you will pay, your 911 is on its way"; etc.

Mother of a Shaheed (Martyr) Speaks Out (V) — She explains why she approves of her son blowing himself up. (He is standing next to her as she speaks).

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Neighborhood Bully (V) — Israel's extensive humanitarian contributions to neighbouring countries, including those who are not very friendly. Excellent video.

"Never Again": The Permanent Anti-Genocide Movement (V) — The ongoing genocide in Darfur. "After the Holocaust, world leaders proclaimed, 'Never Again!' Then: Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and now Darfur, where more than 400,000 have been killed. Join the first permanent anti-genocide movement."

Nutshell Too (CW-S) — More history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, with the focus on ancient history, as well as the issue of refugees, both Jewish and Palestinian. (See also: "History in a Nutshell", above).

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Obsession, the Video (V) — One of the better movies about the threat of radical Islam. The site has trailers, suggestions for taking action, plus other information— and you can order DVDs of the movie ($14.95): "Using images from Arab TV, rarely seen in the West, Obsession reveals an ‘insider's view' of the hatred the Radicals are teaching, their incitement of global jihad, and their goal of world domination. With the help of experts, including first-hand accounts from a former PLO terrorist, a Nazi youth commander, and the daughter of a martyred guerrilla leader, the film shows, clearly, that the threat is real. A peaceful religion is being hijacked by a dangerous foe, who seeks to destroy the shared values we stand for. The world should be very concerned." Run time: 77 minutes. (Also see "Islam: What the West Needs to Know", also on this page)

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PBS Banned Video: “Islam vs, Islamists” (V) — Many people question why more moderate Muslims don’t speak out against extremism. This film tells of Dr. Zudhi Jasser, a moderate Muslim who has been speaking out– and the strong opposition he faced from Islamists in his community. (Some of whom openly state that they feel that America should be governed by Shariah- Islamic religious law). When he decided to organize a rally against terrorism, he was met with opposition from the local Islamists. Originally this video was to be aired on PBS– but they decided not to show it. (Dr Jasser has stated that he feels that he can practice his faith more freely in this country than anywhere else in the world– which seems to be the reason why he is opposing the Islamist’s goals with such vigour). See also the related video, above: “Filmmakers’ Struggle to Air ‘Islam vs Islamists’”).

Palestinian Sermon (V) — "Suicide bombers receive the highest rewards in heaven"

Pipeline of Hatred (CW-S) — How the "new" anti-Semitism is perpetrated by the alliance between Arab extremists and leftists. This phenomenon is explained very well in this ConceptWizard slideshow.

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The Road to Jenin (V) — “An eye opening film by an independent French film maker Pierre Rehov, which was meant to both counter the claims of a massacre there, show the Israeli side and rebut the propaganda piece “Jenin Jenin” by Mohammad Bakri”. (54 minutes)

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Saddam and the Third Reich (V) — Few people realize that the Baath party was actually formed upon the principles and organizational structure of the Nazi party...This special examines the key individuals of the Iraqi-Nazi connection, the little-known battle for Iraq in WWII, and the strange link to Saddam Hussein. Video for purchase at this site (The A&E Shop).

Saudi Bigotry and Hatred in a British School (V) — An investigation of some of the things that are being taught in the King Fahd Academy, a Saudi Funded school in the U.K. (For example, one sentence in a textbook says: "The monkeys are the Jews; and the pigs: they are the Christian infidels at Jesus' table).

Sex Bomb ("Make Love Not Terror") (V) — Humorous public service announcement (Israeli TV).

Sermon on PA TV: Mudayris (V) — Arab apologists like to explain to westerners how they don't really dislike Jews— its only "Zionists" that they hate. But when Imams preach to their own people, the spin often changes.

Special Uses of Palestinian Ambulances (V) — Israeli troops regularly inspect Palestinian ambulances. This video shows why this is necessary. (Parts of this clip are included in a longer video, "Ambulances for Jihad" near the top of this page).

Suicide Killers (V) — "This feature documentary takes the audience on a disturbing journey deep into a culture that few can comprehend -- that of suicide bombers. Filmmaker Pierre Rehov examines the phenomenon of suicide bombers through rare and never-before-seen interviews with actual family members of terrorists, the prisoners whose bombing attempts have been thwarted, and exclusive footage of a terror bomber as he prepares for mission! This film provides a message of urgency for increasing our understanding of the psychopathological dynamics of these terrorist bombers. We finally gain insight to how these human bombs 'tick'." (80 minutes)

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The Association between Naziism and Arab Antisemitism (V) — The Nazis recruited and Islamic Fundamentalists eagerly volunteered for duty in antisemitic activity. The quintessential example is the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and his relationship with Adolf Hitler and his actions as a Nazi collaborator.

The Terrorist Mindset (V) — Walid Shoebat and two other reformed terrorists interviewed. (15 minutes)

Then & Now, Part I (V) — "Patriotic Kiwi's" video about similarities between past Nazi propaganda & current day Islamic propaganda. Lots of examples.

Then & Now, Part II (V) — "Child abuse in the shadow of radical Islam: We investigate the systematic indoctrination and militarisation of youth in 1930's Nazi Germany and in Middle Eastern countries today. We see disturbing parallels of an entire generation being ideologically prepared for total war. Violence and martyrdom are glorified as the noblest ideals. The innocence of youth is robbed by political leaders seeking to incite hatred for political purposes. This is the worst form of child abuse."

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Undercover Mosque (V) — British TV Channel 4 Dispatches programme brings hidden cameras into British mosques, secretly filming the preaching that occurs. The bigotry and intolerance being preached is quite shocking. 48 minutes. (This video can also be found as 6 separate clips on YouTube).

Unsettled (V) — How the army forcibly removed Israelis from their homes in Gaza. Trailer, DVD for purchase, related information.

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Wafa Sultan's famous "This is Not a Clash of Civilizations" Speech on al-Jazeera (V) — Wafa Sultan is a Syrian-American psychologist, a powerful speaker, and an opponent of Islamic extremism. This is her famous speech that quickly quickly went viral on the 'net.

Wafa Sultan Clashes with Egyptian Islamist Tal'at Rmeih on al-Jazeera TV (V). Wafa-- even more furious than in the above video. An amazing woman. (I don't think al-Jazeera will invite her back... :-)

We Must Teach Our Children to be Good Muslims (V) — A 3 1/2 year old Egyptian girl explains what she knows about Islam- and Jews.

Would You Shake Hands With a Jew? (V) — A Saudi "man in the street" type interview with several passers-by provides a good picture of some commonly held viewpoints about Jews.

Women of the IDF (V) — A collection of pictures from various sources, in video form.

Why Israel Built the Security Barrier (S) — Makes it quite clear as to why Israel needs the Security Barrier.

Related:

1. MEMRI-TV and Palestinian Media Watch are two excellent sources of videos about the supression of human rights by Islamic extremists.

2. For more information about Darfur, and actions you can take, as well as many related links, see The Genocide Intervention Network. Darfur Scores has information about the position of members of Congress, and also has suggestions for taking action.

(Cross-posted on A Deeper Look's "Recommended Videos" )

Nation-Building In Pseudostine

Apparently, the dhimmis in charge want to do more than provide Americans with mortgage bail-outs and an "economic stimulus package." Reaching across the globe, they are poised to extend the meaning of nation-building.

Excerpt from this article in the April 15, 2008 edition of the New York Times (Hat-tip to Michael):

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian West Bank...got a boost on Monday: the announcement of a plan, led by the American government, to help tens of thousands of people buy homes.

The plan, which establishes a $500 million mortgage company, aims to build 10 new neighborhoods over the next five years and, in the process, create thousands of jobs in construction and real estate. In doing so, it could improve the depressed local economy and the political prospects of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, of the...Fatah party.

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A secondary aim of the housing program is to send a message to the Gaza Strip, run by the Islamist party Hamas, that its citizens, too, could benefit from international generosity and economic progress if they restore Fatah’s authority, overturned by Hamas forces in a battle last June.

The new company’s name, Affordable Mortgage and Loan Company, yields the acronym AMAL, an Arabic word meaning hope.

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Half of the money for the new mortgage company, $250 million, will come from the United States through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The rest will be from the Palestine Investment Fund, the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank and the Bank of Palestine, with a smaller contribution from the British government.

Tony Blair has at least a public-relations role in the program:

At a ceremony in Ramallah, Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is representing the international community in helping the Palestinian Authority build institutions, called the plan “a major step forward for ordinary Palestinians.”

Ah, yes, those "ordinary Palestinians." Might those be the ones who voted Hamas into office?

Back in 2000, in those pre-9/11 days, many of us voted for George W. Bush because he campaigned on a no-nation-building platform. Instead, he's moved on to embrace the idea that poverty is the root of terrorism and pursues the goal of nation-building without a definitive military or ideological victory. As Debbie Schlussel said in the following comment about the above story,

...Would John Kerry and Al Gore have been any different on this issue? Would they really have been worse? Or just the same.

Attempting to buy off the enemy — what this kind of nation-building really is — will do nothing except embolden and enable the enemy. That lesson will be learned, but at the cost of many, many lives.

Meet the New Neighbours (What is Hamas? )

The Palestinians have knocked down Egypt's ''Apartheid Wall'' and are flooding into Egypt. One would think they would be happy about it (which the mostly are) and peaceful (which they are not entirely).

All is not roses between the Palestinians and their Egyptian ''brothers''. Attacking Egyptian policemen? And possibly threatening the Egyptian rulership? Why would these people be so violent-- and pose such a threat to the Egyptian government leadership?

They have murdered countless Israeli civilians-- and for that matter-- even many of their fellow ''Palestinians'' . . . (Read it all)

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1/22: News Crew attacked by Palestinian Snipers (Two videos)

Upon booting up my computer this morning I discovered this news video. It illustrates the type of threat that many Israelis face-- Palestinians attacks-- as usual, they are deliberately targeting civilians. And it illustrates quite clearly the situation the Israelis find themselves in-- and why they are taking action against Gaza.

A short while after Palestinian snipers shot dead a volunteer from Ecuador, the news team covering the incident became the next target.

The camera caught it all - the fear, the uncertainty, knowing your life can end with the next bullet.

Background:

Ecuadorian Volunteer Didn't Stand A Chance Against Palestinian Sniper.

Twenty one year old Carlos Andres Chavez did not stand a chance. As he helped the farmers along with other volunteers in the fields of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, a Palestinian sniper shot him in the back . . . (Read it all)

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