Baruch Who?

The Muqata: Only in Israel -- Bride vs Israel Electric Company#links#links#links#links#links

2009-10-17T22:40:00.000-04:00

The Muqata: Only in Israel -- Bride vs Israel Electric Company#links#links#links#links#links

2009-08-30T18:35:00.001-04:00

Notice the Tshirt with Che'.

Israel Matzav: What if the Lockerbie bomber isn't terminally ill?#links#links#links

2009-08-27T20:32:00.000-04:00

Israel Matzav: What if the Lockerbie bomber isn't terminally ill?#links#links#links

The Rabbi and the Pooch

2009-08-27T16:34:00.001-04:00

Israel Matzav: Poor starving 'Palestinians' at the start of Ramadan in Gaza#links#links#links

2009-08-22T22:34:00.000-04:00

Israel Matzav: Poor starving 'Palestinians' at the start of Ramadan in Gaza#links#links#links

AP editoriziling the "news"

2009-08-12T02:15:00.004-04:00

New Fatah leadership boosts Mideast peace efforts

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press Writer Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press Writer – Tue Aug 11, 2:57 pm ET
BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Fatah has elected a rejuvenated leadership that will likely bring the mainstream Palestinian movement (bold and color are my emphasis) more in line with President Barack Obama's vision for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement, according to unofficial results released Tuesday.

But a reluctant Israel and militant Islamic Hamas stranglehold on the Gaza Strip pose formidable obstacles (bold and color are my emphasis) on the road toward a peace accord....

Everybody should be breaking out in song and dance because "GOOD" Palestinian Fatah has elected a rejuvenated movement. "BAD" Israel who is linked to the bad Islamic Hamas pose formidable obstacles. Glad to see AP isn't injecting any editorializing in it's "news" articles. What happed to just the 5 W's: Who, What, When, Where and How?

Sit Yasir, Fetch Abbas

2009-08-10T00:13:00.003-04:00

Maybe it's time to buy a dog and name it Yasir Arafat or Mahmud Abbas.Muslims believe dogs can violate ritual purity and consider them unclean. Calling someone a dog is one of the worst insults in the Middle East. The problem is I like dogs too much to insult an animal with such a name.

Sadat's daughter takes on Hollywood movie

By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Writer – Sat Aug 8, 11:32 am ET
CAIRO – The daughter of Egypt's former president Anwar Sadat has filed a complaint against the makers of "I Love You Man," a 2009 Dreamworks film, for naming a dog after her father, her lawyer said Saturday.
Egypt's prosecutor will look into the complaint, but it is unclear what sort of action Egyptian courts could take against the Hollywood movie company.
In the movie, actor Jason Segel's character has a dog named Anwar Sadat. When asked if it's because he likes the former president's policies, the character replies it is due to the dog's resemblance to the Egyptian leader.
The name of the dog also appears in the credits as Anwar Sadat, playing himself, the dog.
"This is a disaster, a serious affront," said Samir Sabri, the lawyer for Rokaya Sadat, daughter of the former president and peace Nobel prize winner.
The film, directed by John Hamburg, opened in Egypt last month, but the scene with the dog had earlier been excised by the distributor. Word of the scene only came to light in the last week when it was publicized by an Egyptian Web site.
"This has caused serious psychological and moral damages to the plaintiff, as President Sadat is a prominent figure in the Arab history in general and in Egyptian history in particular," the lawyer's brief said. "Everyone agrees that he is a unique leader who was politically savvy, and has worked hard to serve his country."
Muslims believe dogs can violate ritual purity and consider them unclean. Calling someone a dog is one of the worst insults in the Middle East.
Commentators in Egypt have called the movie, which grossed more than $71 million in the U.S., another in a long series slights against Arabs and Muslims in Hollywood.

Elder of Ziyon: Summer's here, and the time is right...

2009-08-05T12:35:00.000-04:00

Elder of Ziyon: Summer's here, and the time is right...

More misplaced sympathy and concern

2009-08-03T15:41:00.006-04:00

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East, Robert H. Serry, center, visits Palestinian families a day after they were evicted from their house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families in east Jerusalem on Sunday, then allowed Jewish settlers to move into their homes, drawing criticism from Palestinians, the United Nations and the State Department.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

So after the world meddles in an internal Israeli matter that went through a free democratic country's legal system - all the way to the Supreme Court - the UN must explicitly show it's misplaced sympathy and concern. When was the last time the UN visited people in Sderot, or victims and families from any of the homicide bombers or... you get my point.

Hey Zahal, duck!

2009-06-28T23:05:00.002-04:00

In this photo taken Sunday, June 14, 2009 Palestinian security officers loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas train in the West Bank town of Jenin. In a military-style exercise, everything went according to script: U.S.-trained Palestinian commandos, faces smeared with black camouflage paint and moves carefully choreographed, stormed a mock militants' hideout in an abandoned building, 'wounding' one gunman and arresting a second. Yet reality is far less accommodating in the Israel-controlled West Bank, where Palestinian forces try to expand islands of limited authority by proving their effectiveness, including by going after Hamas militants.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

It's just a matter of time before U.S. - trained Palestinian commandos are pointing their US supplied weapons, tactics and training at Israelis.

Israel Matzav: Obamaman can#links#links#links

2009-05-23T23:14:00.000-04:00

Israel Matzav: Obamaman can#links#links#links

Hamas is pro-Israel

2009-04-22T12:18:00.002-04:00

Palestinians walk out of the National Islamic Bank in Gaza City. The first bank affiliated with the Hamas movement running Gaza opened on Tuesday in the Israeli-blockaded coastal strip which lies outside the Palestinian Authority's control.

(AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Notice the National Islamic Bank's sign. It has a piece with the shape of Israel on it. Obviously, Hamas has moderated it's rhetoric and has become pro-Israel - not.

The Muqata: A Robotic Passover Greeting#links#links#links#links#links#links

2009-04-06T18:05:00.000-04:00

The Muqata: A Robotic Passover Greeting#links#links#links#links#links#links

It brings back fond memories of a family seder...

The Muqata: Engaged on an Egged Bus#links#links#links#links#links#links

2009-03-31T16:49:00.000-04:00

The Muqata: Engaged on an Egged Bus#links#links#links#links#links#links

Looks more like an "Exterminate Israel" rally

2009-03-29T20:38:00.001-04:00

Masked Palestinians take part on an anti-Israel rally organised by Hamas movement in Nussirat camp in the central Gaza Strip March 27, 2009.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA POLITICS CONFLICT)

Elder of Ziyon: Stop Lindsay Lohan's Conversion!

2009-03-02T11:13:00.000-05:00

Elder of Ziyon: Stop Lindsay Lohan's Conversion!

Newsflash: Olmert grows a pair - finally

2009-02-18T21:56:00.001-05:00

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem on February 15, 2009. Israel's security cabinet voted on Wednesday to condition a Gaza truce on the release of a captive soldier, a move that risked further complicating Egyptian efforts to broker a lasting ceasefire.(AFP/Emil Salman)

Sen Charles Schumer Chattering Class focus on tiny porky amendments American people don't care

2009-02-12T19:46:00.001-05:00

Hey Chuck, YES WE DO CARE!

Send flowers not rocketsd and suicide bombers

2009-02-12T19:32:00.003-05:00

Israel lets Gaza export Valentine's Day flowers

Thu Feb 12, 10:26 am ET
KEREM SHALOM, Israel – Israel is relaxing its blockade of the Gaza Strip to let through 25,000 carnations headed to Europe for Valentine's Day.
But the head of the Gaza flower growers' association said that was "nothing" compared to the 40 million flowers a year that came out of the territory before the blockade.
The flowers will be Gaza's first exports in a year. Israel has blockaded Gaza since Hamas militants seized control of the territory in June 2007.
Israeli military spokesman Maj. Peter Lerner said Israel agreed to let the flowers through at the request of the Dutch government and Gaza farmers.
Lerner called the move an Israeli gesture and said it did not indicate any change in the overall policy toward Gaza.
But Mohammed Khalil, head of the Gaza flower growers' association, dismissed the move as "nothing."
Khalil said Gaza used to export 40 million flowers a year, so 25,000 carnations is insignificant.
"We had to feed the flowers to the animals because we couldn't export them," he said. "We are afraid of losing our reputation in Europe and are afraid to plan ahead."

Here's an idea....stop sending rockets and suicide bombers to Israel and I'm pretty sure the Israelis will have no objection to you exporting even 80 million flowers.

Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil

2009-02-05T21:11:00.000-05:00

By JUDEA PEARL
This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of our son, former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. My wife Ruth and I wonder: Would Danny have believed that today's world emerged after his tragedy?
The answer does not come easily. Danny was an optimist, a true believer in the goodness of mankind. Yet he was also a realist, and would not let idealism bend the harshness of facts.
Neither he, nor the millions who were shocked by his murder, could have possibly predicted that seven years later his abductor, Omar Saeed Sheikh, according to several South Asian reports, would be planning terror acts from the safety of a Pakistani jail. Or that his murderer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, now in Guantanamo, would proudly boast of his murder in a military tribunal in March 2007 to the cheers of sympathetic jihadi supporters. Or that this ideology of barbarism would be celebrated in European and American universities, fueling rally after rally for Hamas, Hezbollah and other heroes of "the resistance." Or that another kidnapped young man, Israeli Gilad Shalit, would spend his 950th day of captivity with no Red Cross visitation while world leaders seriously debate whether his kidnappers deserve international recognition.
No. Those around the world who mourned for Danny in 2002 genuinely hoped that Danny's murder would be a turning point in the history of man's inhumanity to man, and that the targeting of innocents to transmit political messages would quickly become, like slavery and human sacrifice, an embarrassing relic of a bygone era.
But somehow, barbarism, often cloaked in the language of "resistance," has gained acceptance in the most elite circles of our society. The words "war on terror" cannot be uttered today without fear of offense. Civilized society, so it seems, is so numbed by violence that it has lost its gift to be disgusted by evil.
I believe it all started with well-meaning analysts, who in their zeal to find creative solutions to terror decided that terror is not a real enemy, but a tactic. Thus the basic engine that propels acts of terrorism -- the ideological license to elevate one's grievances above the norms of civilized society -- was wished away in favor of seemingly more manageable "tactical" considerations.
This mentality of surrender then worked its way through politicians like the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. In July 2005 he told Sky News that suicide bombing is almost man's second nature. "In an unfair balance, that's what people use," explained Mr. Livingstone.
But the clearest endorsement of terror as a legitimate instrument of political bargaining came from former President Jimmy Carter. In his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," Mr. Carter appeals to the sponsors of suicide bombing. "It is imperative that the general Arab community and all significant Palestinian groups make it clear that they will end the suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism when international laws and the ultimate goals of the Road-map for Peace are accepted by Israel." Acts of terror, according to Mr. Carter, are no longer taboo, but effective tools for terrorists to address perceived injustices.
Mr. Carter's logic has become the dominant paradigm in rationalizing terror. When asked what Israel should do to stop Hamas's rockets aimed at innocent civilians, the Syrian first lady, Asma Al-Assad, did not hesitate for a moment in her response: "They should end the occupation." In other words, terror must earn a dividend before it is stopped.
The media have played a major role in handing terrorism this victory of acceptability. Qatari-based Al Jazeera television, for example, is still providing Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi hours of free air time each week to spew his hateful interpretation of the Koran, authorize suicide bombing, and call for jihad against Jews and Americans.
Then came the August 2008 birthday of Samir Kuntar, the unrepentant killer who, in 1979, smashed the head of a four-year-old Israeli girl with his rifle after killing her father before her eyes. Al Jazeera elevated Kuntar to heroic heights with orchestras, fireworks and sword dances, presenting him to 50 million viewers as Arab society's role model. No mainstream Western media outlet dared to expose Al Jazeera efforts to warp its young viewers into the likes of Kuntar. Al Jazeera's management continues to receive royal treatment in all major press clubs.
Some American pundits and TV anchors didn't seem much different from Al Jazeera in their analysis of the recent war in Gaza. Bill Moyers was quick to lend Hamas legitimacy as a "resistance" movement, together with honorary membership in PBS's imaginary "cycle of violence." In his Jan. 9 TV show, Mr. Moyers explained to his viewers that "each [side] greases the cycle of violence, as one man's terrorism becomes another's resistance to oppression." He then stated -- without blushing -- that for readers of the Hebrew Bible "God-soaked violence became genetically coded." The "cycle of violence" platitude allows analysts to empower terror with the guise of reciprocity, and, amazingly, indict terror's victims for violence as immutable as DNA.
When we ask ourselves what it is about the American psyche that enables genocidal organizations like Hamas -- the charter of which would offend every neuron in our brains -- to become tolerated in public discourse, we should take a hard look at our universities and the way they are currently being manipulated by terrorist sympathizers.
At my own university, UCLA, a symposium last week on human rights turned into a Hamas recruitment rally by a clever academic gimmick. The director of the Center for Near East Studies carefully selected only Israel bashers for the panel, each of whom concluded that the Jewish state is the greatest criminal in human history.
The primary purpose of the event was evident the morning after, when unsuspecting, uninvolved students read an article in the campus newspaper titled, "Scholars say: Israel is in violation of human rights in Gaza," to which the good name of the University of California was attached. This is where Hamas scored its main triumph -- another inch of academic respectability, another inroad into Western minds.
Danny's picture is hanging just in front of me, his warm smile as reassuring as ever. But I find it hard to look him straight in the eyes and say: You did not die in vain.
Mr. Pearl, a professor of computer science at UCLA, is president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, founded in memory of his son to promote cross-cultural understanding.

Please add your comments to the Opinion Journal forum.Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A15

What's on the weather channel?

2009-02-04T19:50:00.001-05:00

An Israeli cabinet minister publicly called for the assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, seen here in 2008, whose Islamist group controls the Gaza Strip.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas calls for the extermination of the peopel of the State of Israel and the world says, "What's on the weather channel?"

Dr. Strangelove

2009-02-04T19:47:00.000-05:00

Elder of Ziyon: Blowing apart "official" Gaza casualty figures

2009-02-02T16:36:00.000-05:00

Elder of Ziyon: Blowing apart "official" Gaza casualty figures

Muslims murdering Muslims

2009-02-02T08:54:00.002-05:00

Bomber in police uniform kills 21 Afghan policemen

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer Noor Khan, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 19 mins ago

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber in a police uniform detonated his explosives inside a police training center in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 21 officers and wounding at least 20, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

What the world response to Muslims murdering Muslims? The expected. To quote Dan Gillerman the former Israeli Ambassidor to the UN,

"The Palestinians’ real tragedy is that they have not been able to produce a Nelson Mandela. Every single day, Muslims are killed by Muslims. You do not see a single Muslim leader get up and say, ‘Enough is enough.' It’s nearly as if we live in a world where if Christians kill Muslims, it’s a crusade. If Jews kill Muslims, it’s a massacre. And when Muslims kill Muslims, it’s the Weather Channel. Nobody cares."

This will no doubt cause riots throughout the Muslim world

2009-01-29T09:18:00.002-05:00

Congo: UN says Ugandan rebels massacre 100

KINSHASA, Congo – The United Nations says Ugandan rebels massacred 100 civilians in a northeast Congo village this month, the latest atrocity blamed on the insurgents.
U.N. peacekeeping spokesman Lt. Col. Jean-Paul Dietrich says Lord's Resistance Army rebels slaughtered at least 100 people in the village of Tora near the Sudan border on Jan. 16.
He said Thursday that the rebels went on to attack the villages of Kapili and Atande, killing two in each. Those attacks took place on Jan. 17 and Jan. 19.
Human rights groups say that before the latest bloodshed, the rebels already had killed more than 600 people in apparent retaliation for a military offensive against them being carried out by troops from Congo, Uganda and Sudan.

[Comady] O Silly Muslims (virgins)!

2009-01-25T22:44:00.001-05:00

This guy must be double-jointed

2009-01-25T12:57:00.000-05:00

A member of the Palestinian National Guard holds his Kalashnikov as he surveys the damage of the bombed guard's headquarters in Gaza City. US President Barack Obama plunged straight into the Middle East conflict on his first day in office calling the Palestinian president on Wednesday after the last Israeli soldier withdrew from Gaza.(AFP/Patrick Baz)

It's an upside down world

2009-01-25T12:01:00.004-05:00

The close relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is under threat after Washington supported Israel's onslaught on the Gaza Strip, senior Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, seen here in 2008, warned on Saturday.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

Shouldn't the US consider breaking ties with countries like Saudi Arabia that support and promote terrorism?

Where is the equivalent Hamas and/or Fatah sign?

2009-01-18T14:37:00.001-05:00

Israeli soldiers return to Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday Jan. 18, 2009. Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip on Sunday meant to end three devastating weeks of war against militants who have tramautized southern Israel for years with rocket attacks. But hours after the truce took hold, militants fired a volley of rockets into Israel, threatening to reignite the violence.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Is there a difference?

2009-01-14T13:59:00.001-05:00

Israeli left-wing activists protest outside President Shimon Peres' residence in Jerusalem. Israel's offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has caused unprecedented suffering to civilian residents of the Palestinian territory, local human rights groups said on Wednesday.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)

Neturei Karta protest Israel December 28, 2008 in NYC.

Personally, I don't Starbucks

2009-01-13T17:13:00.003-05:00

A Lebanese protester draws on a sign of Starbucks Coffee shop during a demonstration held by leftist group to protest against the Israeli ground attack on the Gaza Strip, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009. About a hundred demonstrators converged on west Beirut's branch of the Starbucks coffee shop and closed it down in protest over the Israeli attack on Gaza. Protesters are justifying their actions by claiming that the Starbucks corporation' owner donates money to the Israeli military.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Notice the Lebanese portester draws attention to "Jewish" - not "Israeli". Will they stop giving to Hamas because Hamas murders civilians using suicide bombers?

The new Hillary

2009-01-13T16:51:00.006-05:00

For those of you who backed Obama... We are now getting a glimpse of what is to come from the Obama administration vis-a-vis Israel. Here's what Hillary Clinton said during her Senate
confirmation hearing today.

"The President-Elect and I understand and are deeply sympathetic to Israel's desire to defend itself under the current conditions, and to be free of shelling by Hamas by rockets. However, we have also been reminded of the tragic humanitarian costs of conflict in the Middle East, and pained by the suffering of Palestinian and Israeli civilians."

It seems Hillary is "reinventing" herself and taking a decidedly different tack as it relates to Israel. Who is the real Hillary?

Why children die in Gaza.

2009-01-12T17:46:00.001-05:00

This is a must read.

Hatip:Israellycool

Israel Rally, January 11, 2009 some more pics

2009-01-11T23:34:00.001-05:00

Israel Rally January 11, 2009 - Signs

2009-01-11T23:29:00.000-05:00

Elder of Ziyon: The myth of the "pro-Palestinian" rallies

2009-01-11T23:20:00.000-05:00

You took the words right out of my mouth...I don't need to write anything when there are blogs like Elder of Ziyon.

Elder of Ziyon: The myth of the "pro-Palestinian" rallies

Egypt's role

2009-01-11T18:58:00.002-05:00

I thought this Fox news anchor asked some good questions about Egypt's role vis-a-vis Hamas and the boarder tunnels. So just live to the video tape.

Israel Rally video January 11, 2009

2009-01-11T18:08:00.001-05:00

Pax at the Israel Rally January 11, 2009

2009-01-11T18:05:00.002-05:00

I found it interesting that the Israel Rally just happened to be held in front of the Pax Wholesome Foods restaurant

Israel Rally January 11, 2009

2009-01-11T17:59:00.002-05:00

Marxist Anarchist doctor

2009-01-10T18:49:00.003-05:00

Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, center talks to reporters after arriving from Gaza along with his colleague doctor Eric Fosse, unseen in Palestinian ambulances at the Egyptian border crossing terminal of Rafah, Egypt Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Dr Gilbert called the Israeli offensive in Gaza 'completely useless' and compared the isolated Gaza Strip, home to 1.4 million people, to the Warsaw ghetto in Poland where Jews were forced to live during the Nazi occupation Describing the hospital where he worked, Gilbert said it was completely overwhelmed and that there weren't enough beds, operating rooms or supplies to take care of the wounded who kept flowing in daily.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

This is the same doctor who partricipated in an apparently faked video

"Protesters" or Anarchists

2009-01-10T18:41:00.001-05:00

Protesters against Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip smash a Starbucks Coffee shop as they clash with British police in front of the gates to the Israeli Embassy in London, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Thousands of people, many carrying Palestinian flags, marched from Hyde Park to the Israeli Embassy and threw shoes at the Israeli Embassy.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)
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What does the Gaza War have to do with Starbucks in London?

Rocket replicas are a sign of support for more rocket attacks

2009-01-08T11:39:00.003-05:00

Sudanese, some carrying mock rockets marked with the name of Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups, demonstrate against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, outside the republican palace in Khartoum, Sudan Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.(AP Photo/Abd Raouf)

When people carry mock rockets are they "demonstrat(ing) against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip..." or are they supporting the firing of rockets aginst Israeli civilians?

U.N. what positive contribution have you made to or for Israel?

2009-01-08T11:29:00.003-05:00

UN soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and a Lebanese soldier (left) in southern Lebanon. The main UN agency operating in the Gaza Strip suspended operations in the embattled Palestinian territory after a UN-flagged convoy was hit by tank shells, killing one person, a spokesman said.(AFP)

Please remind me once again what the U.N. forces have done for Israel...

1. Step out of the way when Egypt asked them so Egypt could attack

2. Provide vehicles to Hezbollah to kidnap Israeli soldiers and the hide that info.

3. Allow Hezbollah to rearm contravening U.N. resolution 1701

4. Hire terrorists to work in the UNRWA schools

5. Allow Hamas to store weapons and material in the schools

Please feel free to add.

Che Guevara - again - in Yehuda and Shomron

2009-01-08T11:23:00.002-05:00

A Palestinian police officer grabs a stone-thrower during a protest against Israel's offensive in Gaza, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Israel, Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. Militants in Lebanon fired at least three rockets into northern Israel on Thursday, ripping through a crowded nursing home and threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed about 700 people.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Here's Che' again

A Lebanese leftist protester, covers his face by a bandana with symbolic faces of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, as he shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a sit-in against the Israeli ground attack on the Gaza Strip, in front the Egyptian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday Jan. 10, 2009. Israeli forces pounded dozens of targets in Gaza Saturday and planes dropped leaflets warning residents of an escalation in attacks, as southern Israel came under more Palestinian rocket fire. Egypt hosted talks aimed at ending the violence.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Support Israel rally Jan. 11, 2009

2009-01-07T14:24:00.003-05:00

Click on flyer to enlarge

Israel Solidarity Rally

Sunday, January 11, 2009

11:00 A.M.

42nd St. @ 2nd Avenue

Hamas Weapons in Civilan Areas

2009-01-07T12:53:00.001-05:00

Hatip: Israellycool

Who says the tear is about the Gazans?

2009-01-05T16:57:00.001-05:00

A tear drop is seen on the cheek of a Palestinian boy during a protest in Belgrade January 5, 2009. Palestinians living in Belgrade organized a protest against the recent Israeli offensive on Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA)

Maybe the tear is because his mother just scolded him.

Doll not cynically placed for cameras

2009-01-05T16:20:00.001-05:00

Israeli police officers examine damage at a kindergarten after a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza hit the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants.(AP Photo/Avi Roccah)

The "blockade" is just an excuse

2009-01-05T15:54:00.003-05:00

Gaza battle stretches into night despite truce calls
By Nidal al-Mughrabi Nidal Al-mughrabi – 1 hr 20 mins ago
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops backed by air strikes fought to seize ground from Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip on Monday despite international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict that has killed more than 540 Palestinians in 10 days.
Israel made clear its priority was to secure the safety of its citizens, while Hamas called for a lifting of the blockade of the enclave, crammed with 1.5 million people whose lives are growing ever more squalid. Many lack food, water or power.

1. So what was Hamas's reason for bombing Israeli civilians before the "blockade"? The alleged blockade is just the excuse of the day.

2. Q+A: Egypt in tight spot enforcing blockade of Gaza
Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:15pm GMT
By Jonathan Wright CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip, which killed at least 208 people on Saturday, have raised the stakes for Egypt in maintaining a blockade on the territory in spite of strong opposition from the Egyptian...";

Why doesn't Hamas bomb Egyptian civilians if the "blockade" is the reason? Obviously it must something something like the fact that Hamas want to destroy the Jewish people as their charter states.

B'Rov Am Hadras Melech

2009-01-01T21:00:00.011-05:00

Tonight in Elizabeth, NJ 4 synagogues came together to daven Mincha/Maariv and say Tehilim for the safety and success of the IDF. Three synagogues, Elmora Hills Minyan, Bris Avraham Center and Adath Israel moved their Mincha/Maariv davening to the J.E.C. (Jewish Education Center). We came together as one and recited Tehilim led by Rabbis Herman, Schwartz and Kinelsky. Following the Tehilim, Rabbi Herman recited the prayer for the IDF.

AP just being AP

2009-01-01T20:04:00.004-05:00

I was looking at Yahoo News today for updates about Israel and noticed a pattern in the the majority of stories from AP. People have seen this before but it's ususally been over time. Thinking people scratch their heads and say to themselves, "Wow the AP stories written lately have been decidedly anti-Israel." Today is different because they all appear on one page.

Fighting in dense Gaza brings child casualties AP - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip - Samar Hamdan ran weeping through the street, trying to touch the body of her dead 11-year-old brother during a funeral procession in this northern Gaza town.

Rockets are again at the heart of a Mideast war AP - Thu Jan 1, 3:09 PM ET
CAIRO, Egypt - Most of the Hamas rockets targeted at Israel are rudimentary, cobbled together in small metal shops in densely populated Gaza. (color highlighted empahsis is mine)

Israel targets Gaza mosques used by Hamas AP - Thu Jan 1, 2:34 AM ET
JERUSALEM - Mosques and Muslim prayer halls have not escaped the relentless bombardment of Hamas targets in Gaza by Israel, which claims the Islamic militants misuse some of the holy sites as weapons depots and command centers.

UN: Gaza faces 'alarming' humanitarian situation AP - Thu Jan 1, 2:32 AM ETUNITED NATIONS - Gaza's 1.5 million residents are facing an "alarming" humanitarian situation under constant Israeli bombardment, with the main power plant shut down, overcrowded hospitals struggling to cope and very limited food supplies, U.N. officials said.

Gaza's tunnel economy collapses in bombing raids AP - Wed Dec 31, 5:11 PM ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Gaza Strip has lost its last lifeline after five days of Israeli bombing raids that destroyed dozens of smuggling tunnels under the sandy border with Egypt.

A heated debate

2008-12-30T16:49:00.003-05:00

Here is a heated debate with a Fox News Live anchor and Diana Butto Legal Advisor to Abbas

Elder of Ziyon: The rocket calendars

2008-12-29T18:21:00.002-05:00

Just in case you thought Hamas was true to their word of keeping the ceasefire here's a list of rocket fire eminating from Gaza before, during and after the truce.

Elder of Ziyon: The rocket calendars

Hamas showin' the love

2008-12-29T18:12:00.003-05:00

Hamas, according to the Palpress News Agency, fired on Egyptian soldiers at the border preventing wounded Gazans from getting medical attention.

Hatip to ElderofZiyon

Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Statement

2008-12-29T18:01:00.002-05:00

Netanyahu All decent people everywhere should back Israel

2008-12-29T17:57:00.002-05:00

Netanyahu speaks well - as usual.

Newsflash: Israel already left Gaza

2008-12-28T22:05:00.001-05:00

Protesters demonstrate against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, in Sanaa, December 28, 2008.(Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Am I missing something?

2008-12-28T20:10:00.003-05:00

US soldiers stand guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. A suicide bomber on a bicycle targeted a protest condemning Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one civilian and wounding 16 on Sunday, police said.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)

To protest Israeli bombing civilians (as is falsely alleged) someone bombs other civilians. Huh????

Bomb shelters

2008-12-28T19:57:00.003-05:00

An Israeli child lies in her bed in a bomb shelter at the Ashkelon Barzilai hospital in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. The largest hospital on Israel's southern coast has gone underground. Wary of a missile strike against it from the nearby Gaza Strip, Barzilai Hospital has moved its most essential departments into an underground bomb shelter.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

If Hamas were that fearful of Israeli bomb attacks and are advocating for their own people wouldn't they invest in bomb shelters and the like to protect their people from the "mean Israelis"?

Assualt on "Palestine" according to FOX

2008-12-28T19:26:00.003-05:00

Mohamed sentenced to 15 years

2008-12-20T22:35:00.002-05:00

A USF (aka Jihad U) student was sentenced to 15 years in prison after deputies found wxplosive material in the trunck of the car that he and his friend Yousef Megahed were driving.

http://www.tampabays10.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=articleplayer&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=971197744

Songs In The Key of Hanukkah - Dreidel

2008-12-04T20:45:00.001-05:00

Can Israel afford any more "Goodwill" to Abbas?

2008-08-19T16:33:00.002-04:00

By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 18, 11:44 AM ET
JERUSALEM - Israel said Monday it will free two of its most prominent Palestinian prisoners — a militant mastermind from the 1970s and a gunman elected to parliament while behind bars — among 199 inmates to be released as a goodwill gesture to embattled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
While the move will give an important boost to the moderate Abbas, it drew fierce criticism from some Israeli politicians, who said it could undermine attempts to free a captured Israeli soldier held in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

What has Israel gained? Is there a limit to goodwill?

It's the weapons that are the real problem

2008-08-11T23:21:00.003-04:00

Palestinian zoo worker Wael Abu Muhammed and visitors play with an ostrich at the 'Heaven of Birds and Animals Zoo' in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. Rafah's zoo, stocked almost entirely with smuggled animals, is a sign of Gaza's ever-expanding tunnel industry. Tunnel traders say dozens of passages snake the border and have become a mainstay of the local economy, with each passage feeding about 35 families.(AP Photo/ Adel Hana)

The problem is that they're not smuggling just exotic animals in those tunnels as this picture would have you believe.

Is this just another propaganda piece as well?

2008-08-11T22:43:00.003-04:00

Gazans line up outside banks as cash runs out
By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 11, 4:25 PM ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A severe cash shortage gripped the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday as tens of thousands of people were unable to withdraw money from banks in the poverty-stricken Palestinian territory.

Why is there more than enough money to make millionaires - literally millionaires - in the tunnelling business? What happened to the crushing gas shortage? Yet there aren't enough shekels in circulation to feed the average Arab living in Gaza. Silly question. Gaza (and Yehuda and Shomron) is run by a bunch a greedy, intransigent, blood thirsty, death-cult loving Arabs who care more about themselves and their movement than the average Arab on the street. Let the average person live in squalor, feed them an all-encompassing dose of death culture, and produce propaganda to lie, obfuscate and block the organizations and countries (Israel) that want to help them.

What happened to the crushing gas shortage? We saw cars parked in the street. Idle ambulances because they lacked gasoline. There was untold mayhem and suffering just a short while ago because the Arabs in Gaza (and thanks to the AP and other jaundiced media outlets). Oy! What will be? People were dying because there wasn't enough petrol to run the electric plants and the plastered pictures of people getting dialysis who might be in jeopardy because Israel didn't send enough gas. That was one big goose egg. A good propaganda piece by those in charge of Gaza and helped by their co-conspirators - the AP and the other new media.

Is this just another propaganda piece as well?

Lt. Lavine is Female and Orthodox

2008-08-03T09:44:00.001-04:00

Pikesville VFC makes history
By MICHAEL SCHWARTZBERG Senior Correspondent
1st Responder Network
Story Number 073108127

By Andrea Lavine
Andrea Lavine has been elected 3rd EMS (Emergency Medical Service) Lieutenant at Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company, marking the first time a female Orthodox Jewish volunteer in Baltimore County has held such a rank.
A Pikesville woman who balances being a wife, mother of two teenage daughters, and a career as a hospital-based pediatric social worker has been elected 3rd EMS (Emergency Medical Service) Lieutenant at Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company, marking the first time a female Orthodox Jewish volunteer in Baltimore County has held such a rank.“I wanted to be an EMS provider since age seven and thought about it seriously when I was 18 but was concerned how I would balance that with my Orthodox lifestyle,” said Lt. Andrea Ziv Lavine, who in addition to being elected as a lieutenant was also named PVFC’s EMS Provider of the Year for 2007. “When I married I remained interested but ignorant of my options.” As Lavine embarked on her career she met a volunteer, educated herself about the options, and decided to apply – after her husband completed his PhD.Lavine said the 1970s television show Emergency! played a significant role in her decision to become a volunteer EMS provider. “Ever since watching that show I wanted to be the one to be there in the moment of crisis to help people through,” she said.Lavine, who is in her 30s, officially joined PVFC in June 2005 and has been riding Medic 325 ever since. “I’m grateful for the opportunities I have had over the past three years and for the learning experiences that have enriched my life.”Being an Orthodox female in a firehouse – somewhat of an unusual place to find a mother who wears a skirt over her pants and covers her hair – hasn’t been an issue for Lavine. “I think my acceptance of others has helped with their acceptance of me,” she said. “I had to prove myself as a provider and a productive member of the company to be accepted.”In 2007, Lavine answered more than 130 calls as a volunteer, and responded on 20 more as one of the company’s part-time paid medical staff. Her 15-year-old daughter is also involved with the fire service, having earlier this year joined the Fire Brigade Pipes and Drums of Greater Baltimore, a bagpipe and drum band comprised of firefighters and family members of firefighters from the Baltimore metropolitan area (including two husband-and-wife pairs from PVFC). Next year when she turns 16, she plans to join PVFC as a Junior member. In addition to Lavine, PVFC’s roster includes a number of other Orthodox Jewish members, and a significant number of recent recruits to the company have been Orthodox. Lavine and her family attend Suburban Orthodox Toras Chaim Congregation.PVFC’s ambulance, staffed with volunteer personnel, averages about 1,800 calls per year. In addition to funds raised through community donations, the unit receives significant financial support from Save-A-Heart and Covenant Guild.

Madison Ave meets Hezbollah

2008-07-16T15:26:00.002-04:00

Korean U.N. soldiers secure the area near a banner erected by Hezbollah that reads:' Freedom guaranteed by Nasrallah, humiliation guaranteed by Olmert,' in preparation for the swap of prisoners between Israel and Hezbollah in the southern Litani River, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. In Lebanon, preparations were underway to welcome the prisoners. Red, white and green Lebanese flags, yellow Hezbollah flags and welcome banners were being hung in south Lebanon villages where the coffins will be driven in a convoy from the south to Beirut.(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Just glad they're not exploiting this too much. Certainly there are many residents of Lebanon who need an English translation.

What would/do the UN forces do excatly?

2008-07-16T15:15:00.004-04:00

A U.N boat patrols the Mediterrenean coast during Hezbollah and Israel swap of the remains of two Israeli solders and Hezbollah and Palestinian fighters in the shouthern Lebanese Naqoura border cross July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners crossed into Lebanon after they were freed by Israel on Wednesday as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah, Hezbollah's al-Manar television station reported.REUTERS/ Sharif Karim (LEBANON)

Exactly what would the UN forces on the ship do? The UN forces could do the exact same job sitting in dry dock. The UN has done a bang up job enforcing Resolution 1701 and in Darfur and...

Hamas members born with smuggling gene

2008-06-20T13:54:00.002-04:00

Haniyeh: Hamas won't halt smuggling into Gaza
Jun 20, 2008 19:48 Updated Jun 20, 2008 20:04

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh denied on Friday that Hamas had agreed to stop weapons-smuggling efforts on Gaza's border with Egypt as part of the cease-fire deal with Israel, and claimed that it was incapable of such action.

According to a Reuters report, Haniyeh - speaking to worshipers ahead of Friday prayers in Gaza City - said: "We cannot talk about stopping smuggling because it is something beyond our ability as a government and we did not give a commitment in this regard."
Haniyeh added that Hamas would not force other organizations in Gaza to abide by the truce, but added that they had nevertheless agreed to it voluntarily.
In response government spokesperson Mark Regev said that the cease-fire agreement included a halt to weapons-smuggling and to attacks by all Gaza groups.
"Anyone who says otherwise apparently wants to destroy the calm before it has a chance to really succeed," he said.

Infidel can you spare a billion or two?

2008-06-03T15:37:00.003-04:00

Assad says talks with Israel need US sponsor
By BARBARA SURK, Associated Press Writer Tue Jun 3, 12:34 PM ET
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Syria's president said he was willing to hold direct peace talks with Israel in the future under U.S. sponsorship, laying out his vision of how negotiations could progress.

It just means Assad wants to pickpocket the US taxpayers. Sure Assad wants peace (at a price, footed by the US Taxpayer) if Israel returns the Golan which Syria formerly occupied after the War of Independance.

Spaceballs Merchandising

2008-06-02T20:33:00.001-04:00

Merchandising where the real money is

2008-06-02T20:29:00.003-04:00

Last update - 22:35 02/06/2008 Olmert to Abbas: PA bid to curb our Europe ties 'unacceptable' By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies Tags: Ehud Olmert, Peace, Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday protested to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas efforts by his government to curb Israel's burgeoning relations with Europe and the international community. At the meeting at Olmert's Jerusalem residence, the prime minister mentioned letters sent by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in which Fayyad requested they not upgrade ties with Israel in light of ongoing settlement building, and lack of progress in peace talks. Olmert told Abbas: "This is completely unacceptable to us, and does not represent the relations today between the sides, and returns us to the negative rhetoric of the preceding period." He was referring to the hostilities of the second intifada when the Palestinian Authority was under the control of its late chairman Yasser Arafat. For their part, the Palestinians at the meeting condemned the government's approval for plans to build nearly 900 additional homes for Israelis in east Jerusalem.
So basically the Arabs can continue terrorized and kill even after retreating from Lebanon, retreating from Gaza and offering them 1/2 of Jerusalem, 90% of Yehuda/Shomron, and giving back the Golan. BUT don't mess with commerce. That's a real redline.

Just another reminder of our "peace partners"

2008-06-02T20:16:00.002-04:00

No room for Israel in Egyptian hearts or maps
8 hours ago
CAIRO (AFP) — Israel, which recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of its creation, does not exist on maps and atlases in Egypt where the history of the Jewish State is taught only as a painful reality.
Maps sold in Cairo's main bookshops omit Israel, with the area comprising Israel and the occupied territories simply labelled "Palestine" in Arabic.
Sixty years after its creation, and 30 years after the Camp David accords paved the way for a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel exists only virtually as far as its neighbour to the west is concerned.

"Look how well the disengagement has turned out

2008-06-01T17:43:00.003-04:00

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gestures during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 1, 2008. Israel announced plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes in an area of the occupied West Bank the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion.The announcement came two days before Olmert sets off to Washington for a three-day visit where he will meet U.S. President George W. Bush.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM)

"Calm down, what's all the ruckus? All I want to do is give half of Jerusalem, Yehuda, the Shomron and the Golan. Look how well it turned out since we gave back Gaza and let in Arafat 15 years ago."

What you talkin' 'bout Willis?

2008-06-01T17:40:00.000-04:00

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 1, 2008. Israel announced plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes in an area of the occupied West Bank the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion. The announcement came two days before Olmert sets off to Washington for a three-day visit where he will meet U.S. President George W. Bush.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM)

I don't see the resemblance

2008-05-28T20:46:00.000-04:00

A young woman holds up a portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah during a gathering in the southern suburbs of Beirut on May 26, 2008 to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon. Nasrallah's claim that his group does not want to control Lebanon may reveal how self-defeating its recent armed offensive in Beirut was, a senior US official said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)

Face painting day

2008-05-28T20:37:00.002-04:00

Members of the Palestinian security forces stand together before a demonstration of their techniques in the West Bank town of Jericho May 28, 2008.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK)

Look it's Flag Day and their painting their faces the colors of a ficticious country's flag.

Someone call the tailor

2008-05-28T20:35:00.000-04:00

Members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security force demonstrate their martial arts skills during a graduation ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho, where they arrived earlier in the day from Jordan, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Six hundred members of Abbas' police force graduated in Jordan and returned to be deployed in Jericho Wednesday.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Popeye's very evil twin

2008-05-20T17:02:00.001-04:00

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a visit to the Aida refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 20, 2008.
REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (WEST BANK)

Easy does it there, big boy

2008-05-08T21:12:00.000-04:00

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, hugs Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor after speaking at the 60th Anniversary of Israeli Independence celebration in Washington, May 8, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Will the ISM now protest/harrass PA Police?

2008-05-06T15:05:00.002-04:00

JPost.com » Israel
May 6, 2008 13:28 Updated May 6, 2008 14:28
Kabatiya man hurt as PA police attackedBy

Palestinian Authority policemen that began deploying in the Jenin area Saturday haven't all been greeted with roses and champagne.

On Tuesday, an unarmed 21-year-old Palestinian man was seriously wounded in Kabatiya when gunmen fired at the PA security forces that were deploying in the village located south of Jenin.
Officials say the man is now on life support at a hospital.
The PA forces set up roadblocks in their search for the assailants.
The PA police commander in the Jenin district, Suleiman Imran, told Israel Radio that when the new police forces entered the village they were also pelted with stones.
Medics say police later shot two stone-throwers in the legs.
...

Where's the protest, the "natural reaction", the rage? The police shot "children of the stones" as Arafat called them. It's the big bad police against the poor defenseless children throwing stones.

My guess is this is going to be another ho-hum story of Arab on Arab violence and nobody will really care. Because only when there's Jew on Arab violence is it really a newsworthy story.

He's from the Southern West Bank

2008-05-01T14:03:00.000-04:00

Elderly Palestinian men, one smoking a water pipe, gather at a street corner coffee shop, at the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 1, 2008.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Would the real jacket please stand up!

2008-04-30T15:51:00.002-04:00

So is it the flak jacket with the red stain or the flak jacket without the red stain?

A Palestinian mourner carries the blood-stained flak jacket of Reuters News cameraman Fadel Shana during his funeral in Gaza in this April 17, 2008 file picture. Israeli troops were unable to identify Shana as a journalist before they fired at him from a tank, the Israeli army said on Wednesday, citing the preliminary results of an investigation.Shana died while filming on a road in central Gaza on April 16. Shana had been travelling in a vehicle that was marked with large press and TV stickers on the front and sides and was wearing blue body armour with "Press" in large blue letters on a white fluorescent panel on the front.REUTERS/Said Khatib/Pool/files (GAZA)

A Palestinian journalist wears the torn flack jacket of Reuters News cameraman Fadel Shana during a protest in Gaza against his killing in this April 22, 2008 file picture. Israeli troops were unable to identify Shana as a journalist before they fired at him from a tank, the Israeli army said on Wednesday, citing the preliminary results of an investigation. Shana died while filming on a road in central Gaza on April 16. Shana had been travelling in a vehicle that was marked with large press and TV stickers on the front and sides and was wearing blue body armour with "Press" in large blue letters on a white fluorescent panel on the front.REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/Files(GAZA)

Reminds me of a KKK costume

2008-04-22T21:33:00.000-04:00

A Palestinian woman and and her child march during a protest by the Islamic group Hamas against Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, near the Erez Crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 19, 2008. Israel has reduced shipments of fuel and other supplies since Hamas took control of Gaza in June, 2007. Hamas militants drove two booby-trapped military vehicles into another Israeli border crossing with Gaza under the cover of morning fog Saturday, detonating one and wounding 13 soldiers in one of Hamas' most ambitious attempts to target Israelis since Israel's pullout from Gaza in 2005.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa,Pool)

"Really, I'm not a dhimi..."

2008-04-22T21:23:00.000-04:00

Jordanian Foriegn Minister Salaheddine al-Bashir, left, meets with Former US President Jimmy Carter, right, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, April 20, 2008. Carter in the Middle East tour, has met exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in the Syrian capital despite strong opposition from Israel and the White House.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Ghosh)

Petira Of Hagon Rav Henoch Lebowitz ZATZAL

2008-04-16T16:04:00.004-04:00

Baruch Dayan HaEmes - Petira Of Hagon Rav Henoch Lebowitz ZATZAL
The Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, Horav Hagaon Rav Henoch Leibowitz, zecher tzaddik l’vrocha, has passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The funeral is scheduled to take place at Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, 76-01 147th Street in Kew Garden Hills, at 1:30PM on Wednesday.
Rav Leibowitz was a Rosh Yeshiva for over 60 years, inspiring generations of students. This is a tremendous loss for all of Israel.

You sell gasoline, you die.

2008-04-14T17:36:00.003-04:00

By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer 50 minutes ago
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Gaza Strip's four main universities shut down Monday after officials said students couldn't get to class because of critical fuel shortages.
University officials said attendance rates were down by at least 60 percent Monday, prompting the closure. It affects more than 45,000 students and will last until Thursday.
Officials said they would put together an emergency education plan that could include conducting some lectures over the Internet and radio.
"This is a genuine crisis," said Ali al-Najjar, an official from Azhar University, which is affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.

Except Dia Hadid, the author parsed the statement by Ali al-Najjar. AT the end of the article the author quotes al-Najjar as saying, "This is a catastrophe, but a part of it is created here," al-Najjar said.

The Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip is suffering crushing fuel shortages. Israel is Gaza's sole fuel provider, and in recent months, the Jewish state has reduced supplies to try to pressure Palestinian militants to halt their rocket fire into southern Israel.
Shortages were aggravated recently after Gaza fuel distributors stopped selling the reduced amounts that Israel was providing to protest the cutbacks. Israel then closed its only fuel transfer terminal last week after Palestinian gunmen attacked the site, killing two Israeli workers.
...
Hamas has seized on the shortages to play up Palestinian suffering. Many Palestinians in Gaza complain that Hamas is hoarding supplies — something the Islamic militant group denies.
An Israeli security official said the crisis was Hamas "propaganda" and that Hamas could solve the problem by picking up fuel supplies lying idle at the depot.

The same author employing the exessive hyperbole (the "OMG" or "Chicken Little brand of journalism")now states after saying the Gazans were "suffering crushing fuel shortgaes " then says it a Hamas hoax created by Hamas to nefariously use their own people as pawns. In fact, the fuel is waiting idle in supply depots because the gas station owners won't sell the gas. Mostly under the new Hamas law, "You sell gasoline, you die." I hear it's a very effective rule.
...
Hamas has continued attacking Israeli forces along the border and firing rockets at Israeli towns, and allows Gaza's other militant factions to do the same.
....
A trip from the southern town of Rafah to Gaza City — where universities are located — used to cost $1.70. The same trip now costs between $2.80 to $4. Most of Gaza's 1.4 million residents live on less than $2 a day.

This means the average Gazan who is the average student at a Gazan university spends 85% of their daily wage to travel one way to school. They're running a deficit. Maybe they should become US Senators.

Too young to get the 72 virgins

2008-04-10T21:09:00.001-04:00

A Palestinian militant sets up an improvised explosive device at a street corner in Gaza City, near the Nahal Oz crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel Wednesday, April 9, 2008 in case Israeli troops enter the area. Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip burst into southern Israel on Wednesday and attacked a fuel depot in Nahal Oz, killing two Israeli civilians in a daring daylight raid that threatened to set off a new round of fighting. Two attackers were killed as troops returned fire, but two others fled back into Gaza, the military said.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Why would the terrorist allow these young children so close to the IED?

"Relative calm" is all relative

2008-04-10T20:49:00.005-04:00

Hamas policemen patrol the streets of Gaza City. Israel warned Thursday it will retaliate against Hamas, blaming the Palestinian Islamist group for a deadly explosion of violence in the Gaza Strip that followed a month of relative calm.(AFP/Marco Longari)

The "relative calm" that Marco Longari from the Hamas , the guys who want to kill us all over the world, only fired about 46 bombs-missles which landed in Sderot and/or Ashkelon in th elast two weeks of March. Now compare that to the 180 between 2/27/08 and 03/02/08, then yes there was "relative calm". And don't forget the cold blooded murder of Lipson and Cherniak.

"It's the strike dummy"

2008-04-08T20:11:00.004-04:00

Palestinians stand by their cars lined up near a gas station in Gaza City, Monday, April 7, 2008. Gaza's fuel distributors say they are on strike to protest Israel's reduced fuel supplies to their territory. Israel reduced fuel shipments to Gaza several months ago to pressure Palestinian militants to halt rocket fire on Israeli border towns. The restrictions have disrupted car traffic throughout Gaza.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

So is the "petrol shortage" (See The caption runs out of gas) because of the strike by gas station owners or because of the reduced fuel supply?

The caption runs out of gas

2008-04-08T20:00:00.003-04:00

Hamas police march through a street which is free of cars due to a petrol shortage, in Gaza City main street, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The ruling Hamas militant group on Tuesday threatened to storm the Egyptian and Israeli borders if the two countries don't lift their blockade of the Gaza Strip. Israel reduced fuel shipments to Gaza several months ago to pressure Palestinian militants to halt rocket fire on Israeli border towns and the restrictions have disrupted car traffic throughout Gaza(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

At this moment in time, there are no cars driving on my street can I simply say the street is empty due the high cost of gasoline? How does he know the lack of cars on the street are due to a "petrol shortage"? There are cars running in Gaza and maybe they don't want to drive down this particular street. Look at this picture of Gaza City where they are driving.

It's the embargo - again

2008-04-02T23:33:00.005-04:00

People work on the production line of a factory making Muslim headscarves for export in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province in this March 12, 2008 file photo. Faced with Israeli trade and travel restrictions, a stagnant economy and a flood of cheap imports from Asia, Palestinian businessmen are increasingly seeking their fortunes in China. Yiwu, also in Zhejiang province, has become a buzzing trading spot thanks to the influx of Middle Eastern money. It is now a hub for selling made-in-China Arabic products, like fashion clothing and religious artefacts.REUTERS/Aly Song/Files

Yes, folks it's those despicable Israelis and their embargo that's forcing Arabs to import their their kefiyas from China. Yet another reason Israel must lift the embargo - NOT!

Take a look at what Daled Amos has to say about the topic.

Che Guevara - the latest Arab Leader

2008-04-02T23:28:00.001-04:00

A Palestinian vendor displays photographs of Arab leaders, soccer players and celebrities at a street corner, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, April 2, 2008.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Look at the upper right corner of the photo. Che Guevara belongs next to ARafat and Saddam Hussein

Someone needs some fiber in their diet

2008-03-31T20:27:00.000-04:00

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attends a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman March 31, 2008.REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN)

A bucolic and tranquil Mideast Conflict

2008-03-31T20:02:00.006-04:00

Palestinian Abu Ibrahim, 66, right, walks with his grandson Mohammed, 6, seated on a donkey loaded with grass to be used as feed for their animals, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, March 31, 2008.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

What does this tranquil picture have to with the Mideast Conflict? Yahoo News lists this under "Mideast Conflict" Exactly what is the connection between Abu Ibrahim and his grandson Mohammed and the Mideast Conflict? How does a man and his grandson carrying animal feed on the donkey's back encapsulate and reflect the turmoil ridden and war-weathered Mideast Conflict?

Loose-loose for Israel

2008-03-25T15:41:00.002-04:00

Israeli police ban Palestinian event
By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer 45 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - Israeli police on Tuesday broke up a Palestinian event meant to promote Jerusalem as the world's next "Arab Cultural Capital."
The Palestinians want next year's celebrations to strengthen their claim to the disputed city. But Tuesday's crackdown sent a strong signal that Israel will not go along with the decision by the 22-member Arab League to bestow its cultural prize on Jerusalem.
"We want to exploit this for Jerusalem," said Ahmad al-Ruweidi, head of the Jerusalem unit in the office of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Two years ago, the Arab League quietly designated Jerusalem its 2009 "Arab Cultural Capital," an honor that rotates among Arab countries. Winners typically use the occasion to showcase their attachment to Arab culture, sponsoring poetry, music, dance performances, lectures, school activities and sporting events.

This was just a loose-loose situation for Israel. If Israel allowed it to on, the Arabs would have lavished unpresecidented amounts of money and publicity (propoganda). Now that Israel barred the propoganda event, they'll just lavish tons of money, tout themselves as victims of the merciless Israelis, make this a resaon why they should have Jerusalem as their capital and still pour out tons of propoganda.

The key word is truely "exploit".

Lavrov not as funny as Herman Munster

2008-03-24T22:20:00.004-04:00

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (unseen) at OlmertREUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum/Pool (ISRAEL)

Lavrov isn't nearly as funny as Fred Gwynne (aka Herman Munster) but I think they were separated at birth as Israellycool would say.

Get a cell phone

2008-03-23T21:30:00.003-04:00

In this photo released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 23, 2008. Vice President Dick Cheney began Easter Sunday with a prayer and the singing of 'Amazing Grace' at a tiny chapel in Jerusalem, then launched into a day of talks about conflict, the Mideast peace process and the rising influence of Iran in the region.(AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Omar Rashidi, HO)

In this photo released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, meets with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 23, 2008. Vice President Dick Cheney began Easter Sunday with a prayer and the singing of 'Amazing Grace' at a tiny chapel in Jerusalem, then launched into a day of talks about conflict, the Mideast peace process and the rising influence of Iran in the region.(AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Omar Rashidi, HO)

I guess Abbass's & Fayyad's secretary is unavailable and he has to answer his own phone.

We already sent guns to the terrorists

2008-03-21T17:47:00.003-04:00

Russia to supply Abbas with armored vehicles, no guns
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After months of delay, Russia agreed to Israeli conditions regarding the delivery of armored vehicles to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces, Israeli officials said on Friday.

Israel agreed in November to allow the Palestinians to receive up to 50 lightly armored vehicles but a dispute emerged over a Palestinian demand that they have guns mounted on them.
Israeli officials said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a meeting on Thursday that Russia agreed to shipping the vehicles without mounted guns.

And according to Abbas:

Defending his call to use weapons against Israel, he [Abbas]added: "We have a legitimate right to direct our guns against Israeli occupation. It is forbidden to use these guns against Palestinians. The occupation has perpetrated brutal attacks in Jenin, Beit Hanun and Ramallah."

Didn't the US already send them guns and train the terrorists loosely affiliated with the moderate Abbas?