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Video timeline of Mavi Marmara incidentby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:07:00 AM

Video timeline of Mavi Marmaraincident The film, produced by theEiland Team of Experts, breaks downthe events of the flotilla using atimeline that alternates between 3Dmodels and foo tage cap turedthroughout the inc iden t . The events leading up to andthroughout the flotilla incident arerecounted in the video, as presentedby the team of experts led by Maj.Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland in the IDF’sinternal inquiry. In light of weapons smugglingattempts, a maritime closure wasestablished during the 2008-2009Gaza Operation. Under the guise ofproviding humanitarian aid, a numberof ships have attempted to reach theGaza Strip, some permitted to enter,while others were stopped. Due to these attempts, the IDFGeneral Staff and Navy outlinedorders to prepare for future attemptsto break the closure, and in preparingfor the May 31st flotilla, the IDFplanned far in advance with extendeddiscussion, and various simulationmodel scenarios. IDF attaches abroadand foreign attaches to Israel were allbriefed in advance. In addition, the Chief of the GeneralStaff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi sent aletter to the Defense Minister andPrime Minister emphasizing thefollowing:“Coopera t ion be tween na t ionministries is required and the militaryoption which includes seizing,confiscating and detaining the ship’sactivists is a last resort and at a lowpriority.” The video goes on to describe thevarious ships in the flotilla and thecourses of their attempted journey tothe Gaza Strip, as well as the numberand extent of Israeli response ships,aircraft, and absorption center for theships’ passengers. The video also outlines the ordersgiven to the IDF soldiers boarding theflotilla ships, including the policy ofusing gradual force, and using live

weapons only in life threateningscenarios. The first phase of the operation: TheIDF relayed the message that theflotilla ships were in an area of amaritime closure, and offered theships to transfer their cargo from theAshdod Port to the Gaza Strip. TheSofia ship did not respond at all,while the other ships responded withrefusal and/or profanity. The IDF forces were divided andeach group boarded a different ship.The soldiers arrived at the MaviMarmara at 4:28 AM, but could notboard the ship due to metal objectsbeing thrown at them, and electricbuzz saws used by the demonstratorsto slice the ladders IDF soldiersneeded to board the Marmara. Afteran unsuccessful attempt to board theship by smaller boats, a helicopterarrived at 4:30 AM with 15 IDFsoldiers. The first rope dropped bythe helicopters was tied by thedemonstrators to the deck of the shipin order to prevent the soldiers’descent. This video is in two parts. Let’s go tothe videotape. In Part 2 of the Eiland Presentation,the final phases of the flotilla incidentare recounted. Soldiers that descended down thesecond rope were met by 2-4demonstrators each who wieldedknives, axes, and metal poles. Thesecond soldier to descend was shot inthe stomach by a demonstrator. Thesoldiers who were in danger of theirlives were forced to use their liveweapons. Five soldiers were injuredby stabbing, blows and live fire bythe demonstrators. Within seconds ofboarding the ships, three soldierswere thrown off the deck bydemonstrators. The injured weredragged to the hull of the ship. A reinforcement of soldiers arrivesfrom a second helicopter, which isalso attacked by demonstrators, andthe soldiers are met with violencewhen they attempt to access the lowerdeck of the ship. At 4:46 AM a third helicopter arrivesto the Mavi Marmara, and the twogroups of soldiers combine forces onthe ship roof and descend to the other

parts of the ship, where they are alsomet with lethal violence, and thusrespond with live fire. Many of the demonstrators enterinside of the ship as the smaller boatsarrive at the side of the ship, howeversome sti l l violently attack theincoming boats and the soldiersrespond with live fire. The Commander of the Special NavyForces boards the ship, and whileevaluating the forces, it is discoveredthat three soldiers are missing. Themissing and injured soldiers arediscovered to have been abducted bya number of violent demonstrators,who abandon the soldiers and runback into the ship when fired at. Two of the injured soldiers jump offthe ship so that they can be picked upby the IDF boats. The third injuredsoldier is on the bow of the boat andslipping out of consciousness. IDFsoldiers remaining on the boat cometo his aid. At 5:17 AM the s i tuat ion isevaluated and some of the findings:live fire was used by demonstratorstowards IDF soldiers who were on theship, including one soldier whodescended down the rope and wasshot in the abdomen. Live fire by thedemonstrators was also aimed at thesoldiers on the small Israeli Navyboats next to the Marmara. The firstoccurence of live fire was that usedby the demonstrators. In addition, agun with emptied magazines wasfound in the hull of the ship. IDF forces had boarded the otherships without incident. Treatment andevacuation was carried out for theinjured soldiers and demonstratorsalike. 38 injured were airlifted, 7 ofthem soldiers. The three soldiers who had beenattempted to be kidnapped and weretaken to the hull of the ship werewitness to an argument between theviolent demonstrators, and otherpassengers of the Marmara whoasked the violent demonstrators tocease their violent activity. 24 of the injured passengers werediagnosed at the Ashdod Port andtreated in hospitals in Israel. After the operation ended, the shipsa r r i v e d a t t h e A s h d o d P o r t

accompanied by Israeli Naval forces.An in te l l igence inves t iga t ionfollowing the flotilla incident foundtha t 40 of the IHH ac t iv i s t spreviously boarded the Marmara shipfrom Istanbul before joining theothers. The 8 of the 9 demonstrators killedwere members of the IHH or otherallied groups. Around half of thosekilled had declared in front of theirfamilies their aspiration to die asmartyrs (“shahids”). Footage on theMarmara shows that the violence hadbeen prepared: metal poles and chainswere prepared, slingshots, buzzsaws,gas masks, tear gas, bulletproof vests,knives, and more. A briefing hadtaken place before the IDF hadboarded the ship, with the leader ofthe violent demonstrators telling thegroup to attack the IDF soldiers atany cost. There were 718 total passengers ofthe flotilla ships. Most were releasedwithout undergoing any investigation.The last passenger left on June 6th. Here’s the second part. Let’s go tothe videotape. Wow! posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:07PM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Manna Fest 391 Rosh Hashanah-Day of Concealment 3 of 3 Perrytalks in Israel with his tour group.The believer must be concealed inHeaven during the seven yeartribulation. There are three themes ofRosh Hashanah. He tells...• Holocaust Memorial Day :Benedict XVI in Auschwitz Theplace where we are standing is aplace of memory, it is the place of theShoah. The past is never simply thepast. It always has something to sayto us; it tells us...• Palestinian Arabs and Piaget APreports:Israel reopened a 16th-centurygate to Jerusalem’s Old City onWednesday, completing a two-monthrenovation and cleaning project thatdrew criticism from Palestinianofficials. Jaffa Gate...

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Norway: More information about the terrorsuspectsby Esther (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 4:39:00 AM

Norway: More information about theterror suspects Norwegian papers continue topublish new information about thethree terror suspects. Below is asummary of several articles. At the same time, the PST is notofficially saying anything about theinvestigation. The PST denies therewas video surveil lance of thesuspect’s apartments , or anyapartment, as VG Nett claimed. Previous articles:* BREAKING: Three arrested inNorway for terror plot* Norway: Terrorist cell plannedattacks in Norway* Norway: Suspects bought bombmaterials This article was prepared by theI s l a m i n E u r o p e b l o g –i s l a m i n e u r o p e . b l o g s p o t . c o m The three suspects are: ShawanSadek Saeed Bujak Bujak (37), anIraqi Kurd who was arrested inGermany, David Jakobsen (31), anUzbek, and Mikael Davud (39), aNorwegian citizen of Chinese-Uighurbackground. suspected of leading thecell. Kurdish-Iraqi Shawan Sadek SaeedBujak Bujak was extradited fromGermany to Norway yesterday. Dagbladet reports that the PST, theN o r w e g i a n S e c u r i t y P o l i c e ,conducted secret ra ids in thesuspect’s home in Grefsen. The PSTheadquarters are located 500 metersaway. In a shed the security servicefound a big bottle and two smallerbo t t l es o f h igh-concen t ra t ionhydrogen peroxide, acetone, twoliters of liquid and flour. These arethe main ingredients for preparing theacetone-peroxide bomb, “Satan’smother”. The police also found protective eye-wear, masks and walkie-talkies,which they think shows the threewere going to make a bomb.———– The Iraqi Kurd worked for bricklayerOdd Bjørvik in Førde from 2001 to2004. His former colleagues told Dagbladetthat he was politically engaged and areligious man, who spoke well of al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden.“When the Twin Towers in NewYork were attacked, he worked byme. Then he thought it was theJapanese who were behind it. But hedidn’t want to say so much on

whether he was for or against it, wewere all very upset at him.”“But half a year later he said that BinLaden was a good man.” At one time the Iraqi tried to help anIraqi women enter Norway illegally.“In 2003 he paid 70-80,000 kroner toobtain a false password for an Iraqiwoman. She was stopped in Iran’scapital, Tehran, on the way toEurope and Bujak lost al l themoney.” Bjørvik says that Bujak smuggledhalal meat from Sweden. “He wasvery concerned about halal meat. Mywife had a store and was to sell halalmeat, but it wasn’t good enough.After that he began to smuggle halalmeat.” He says the Iraqi lived frugally andseldom went out. “He also had plansto build a Muslim cemetery andmosque in Førde.” Bujak told Bjørvik that he wasn’treligious in Iraq and that he drankalcohol then. He become veryreligious when he was in an asylumcenter in Germany for 2-3 years. Several of Bujak’s former colleaguessay that he stopped work severaltimes a day to pray and that he tookover their offices to do so. Onecolleague says that they discussedpolitics during lunch, and that theIraqi had said he wanted to go toparadise where the virgins werewaiting for him. Bujak’s lawyer says that it’s notuncommon for foreigners to smugglehalal meat or falsify travel documentsand that i t’s not connected toterrorism. Meanwhile, Bujak’s wife is afraid toreturn to Norway. She says theymight become victims or racism andthat somebody might attack them.She describes the family as moderateMuslims.———– The PST started following thesuspects after getting reports from theBrit ish and American securityservices that they suspect Davud ofhaving contacts with people linked toterrorism. The PST is thinks that theterrorist cell intended to attackChinese interests in Norway. The PST found passport photos ofseveral men in Davud’s home, one ofwhich is a person identified as amember of al-Qaeda. VG Nett and Dagbladet report thatthe PST and Jakobsen’s lawyerconfirm that Jakobsen was aninformant for the PST since 2009.According to his lawyer, Jakobsenapproached the PST after his friend,Davud, asked him to get a person into

Norway illegally. Jakobsen says thatat the time Davud showed himseveral passport photos, and the PSThe now trying to link the request tothe photos they’ve seized. Jakobsen had two contact peoplewith whom he met 3-4 times a month.He didn’t report about the buying ofthe chemicals, which he now regrets.———– Davud met the Uzbek suspect in amosque in Sarpsborg. According toimam Shaikhjami Abdulquddus thetwo regularly visited the MuslimCulture Center.“Davud last visited three weeks ago.Both appeared to me as honest, kindp e o p l e . R e l i g i o u s , b u t n o tfundamentalist. I’ve very shockedabout the terrorism charges,” theimam told Dagbladet. For a while, all three suspects livedin the same area. In a surprise move,Davud moved to Sarpsborg in 2003.Jakobsen lived in the nearby city ofRåde in 2004. The third suspect,Shawan Sadek Saaed Bujak Bujak(37) had an address in Sarpsborgduring that time. Aftenposten repor ts that themosque’s board consists mainly ofPakistanis, but i t also attractsMuslims of other nationalities. It’s now described as a place forradical Muslims. Klassekampenreported in April 2009 that themosque’s imam previously defendedthe death sentence against Muslimswho conve r t t o Chr i s t i an i ty .Previously he also claimed that“Islamic law is above Norwegianlaw”. Provorst Dag Mysen has been inregular contact with the imam andothers f rom the mosque, anddescribes the imam as welcoming andpleasant, though firm in his attitudes.“He insisted in talks with us priestson the death sentence for convertingand that our culture is on a collisioncourse with Islam.” Mysen stresses that there are manyintelligent Muslims in this mosquewho have other attitudes regardingthe major social issues and that theimam’s view is not representative ofMuslims in Sarpsborg. Aftenposten spoke with otherMuslim communities in Østfold whodisagree. In 2008 a group of Kurdsformed their own community inSarpsborg, following a conflict withother mosque members, also on theissue of supporting suicide bombersin Northern Iraq. A former member of the mosquewho wished to remain anonymoussays that the authorities should have

better control of then. The I s l amic Assoc ia t ion inFredrikstad also distances itself fromthe mosque in Sarpsborg.“We are modern Muslims. We havenothing to do with them,” says HajiAsif Husain. When Aftenposten visited themosque, the representatives of them o s q u e d i d n o t w a n t t o b ephotographed or to talk about theirrelationship with Davud. But theyspoke out against terrorism andstressed that supporters of al-Qaedawere not welcome there. They alsoexpressed surprised that the man theyknew as ‘Rashidin’ is suspected ofplanning terrorist acts. The mosque is not part of the IslamicCouncil of Norway, and in 2009 it’sh e a d S e n a i d K o b l i c a t o l dKlassekampen they were no toptimistic about having better dialogwith the community. Davud previously lived in Bergen.Semet Abla, former leader of theUighur committee: “He was veryreligious, and didn’t want to havecontact with the Uighur communityin Bergen. He preferred being withthe Somalis, Kurds, Arabs and Iraqis.They were people who were veryreligious. Most Uighurs are a little ormoderately religious. It seemed as ifhe wasn’t interested in having contactwith such people.” Sources: Dagbladet 1, 2, 3, 4 VG,Aftenposten(Norwegian) Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Norway: Pakistanis grapple withquest ions of ident i ty Norway:Pakistanis grapple with questions ofidentityVia DAWN:For the first times ince 9 /11 , about 4 ,800,000Norwegians were threatened by apossible Al Qaeda terror plot . In acountry generally as...• Norway: Terrorist cell plannedattacks in Norway Norway: Terroristc e l l p l a n n e d a t t a c k s i nNorwayDagbladet reports that thethree suspects are:* Shawan SadekSaeed Bujak Bujak (37), an IraqiKurd living in Oslo. He was arrestedin Germany and Nor...• Norway: Suspects bought bombmaterials Norway: Suspects boughtbomb materialsVG Nett reports thatthe men thought they had bought allthe ingredients for a bomb. One of thematerials they needed was hydrogenperoxide, which they bought in ...

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Videos Timeline of Flotilla Incident as Presentedby Eiland Team of Experts (English Version),13 July 2010by IDF Spokesperson's Unit(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 2:26:32 AM

Below are videos of the Gaza flotillaincident as presented by the Eilandteam of exper ts wi th Engl ishsubt i t les . The events leading up to andthroughout the flotilla incident arerecounted in the video, as presentedby the team of experts led by Maj.Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland in the IDF’sinternal inquiry. In light of weapons smugglingattempts, a maritime closure wasestablished during the 2008-2009Gaza Operation. Under the guise ofproviding humanitarian aid, a numberof ships have attempted to reach theGaza Strip, some permitted to enter,while others were stopped. Due to these attempts, the IDFGeneral Staff and Navy outlinedorders to prepare for future attemptsto break the closure, and in preparingfor the May 31st flotilla, the IDFplanned far in advance with extendeddiscussion, and various simulationmodel scenarios. IDF attaches abroadand foreign attaches to Israel were allbriefed in advance. In addition, the Chief of the GeneralStaff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi sent aletter to the Defense Minister andPrime Minister emphasizing thefollowing:“Coopera t ion be tween na t ionministries is required and the militaryoption which includes seizing,confiscating and detaining the ship’sactivists is a last resort and at a lowpriority.” The video goes on to describe thevarious ships in the flotilla and thecourses of their attempted journey tothe Gaza Strip, as well as the numberand extent of Israeli response ships,aircraft, and absorption center for theships’ passengers. The video also outlines the ordersgiven to the IDF soldiers boarding theflotilla ships, including the policy ofusing gradual force, and using liveweapons only in life threatening

scenarios. The first phase of the operation: TheIDF relayed the message that theflotilla ships were in an area of amaritime closure, and offered theships to transfer their cargo from theAshdod Port to the Gaza Strip. TheSofia ship did not respond at all,while the other ships responded withrefusal and/or profanity. The IDF forces were divided andeach group boarded a different ship.The soldiers arrived at the MaviMarmara at 4:28 AM, but could notboard the ship due to metal objectsbeing thrown at them, and electricbuzz saws used by the demonstratorsto slice the ladders IDF soldiersneeded to board the Marmara. Afteran unsuccessful attempt to board theship by smaller boats, a helicopterarrived at 4:30 AM with 15 IDFsoldiers. The first rope dropped bythe helicopters was tied by thedemonstrators to the deck of the shipin order to prevent the soldiers’descent. Soldiers that descended down thesecond rope were met by 2-4demonstrators each who wieldedknives, axes, and metal poles. Thesecond soldier to descend was shot inthe stomach by a demonstrator. Thesoldiers who were in danger of theirlives were forced to use their liveweapons. Five soldiers were injuredby stabbing, blows and live fire bythe demonstrators. Within seconds ofboarding the ships, three soldierswere thrown off the deck bydemonstrators. The injured weredragged to the hull of the ship. A reinforcement of soldiers arrivesfrom a second helicopter, which isalso attacked by demonstrators, andthe soldiers are met with violencewhen they attempt to access the lowerdeck of the ship. At 4:46 AM a third helicopter arrivesto the Mavi Marmara, and the twogroups of soldiers combine forces onthe ship roof and descend to the otherparts of the ship, where they are alsomet with lethal violence, and thusrespond with live fire. Many of the demonstrators enter

inside of the ship as the smaller boatsarrive at the side of the ship, howeversome sti l l violently attack theincoming boats and the soldiersrespond with live fire. The Commander of the Special NavyForces boards the ship, and whileevaluating the forces, it is discoveredthat three soldiers are missing. Themissing and injured soldiers arediscovered to have been abducted bya number of violent demonstrators,who abandon the soldiers and runback into the ship when fired at. Two of the injured soldiers jump offthe ship so that they can be picked upby the IDF boats. The third injuredsoldier is on the bow of the boat andslipping out of consciousness. IDFsoldiers remaining on the boat cometo his aid. At 5:17 AM the s i tuat ion isevaluated and some of the findings:live fire was used by demonstratorstowards IDF soldiers who were on theship, including one soldier whodescended down the rope and wasshot in the abdomen. Live fire by thedemonstrators was also aimed at thesoldiers on the small Israeli Navyboats next to the Marmara. The firstoccurence of live fire was that usedby the demonstrators. In addition, agun with emptied magazines wasfound in the hull of the ship. IDF forces had boarded the otherships without incident. Treatment andevacuation was carried out for theinjured soldiers and demonstratorsalike. 38 injured were airlifted, 7 ofthem soldiers. The three soldiers who had beenattempted to be kidnapped and weretaken to the hull of the ship werewitness to an argument between theviolent demonstrators, and otherpassengers of the Marmara whoasked the violent demonstrators tocease their violent activity. 24 of the injured passengers werediagnosed at the Ashdod Port andtreated in hospitals in Israel. After the operation ended, the shipsa r r i v e d a t t h e A s h d o d P o r taccompanied by Israeli Naval forces.An in te l l igence inves t iga t ion

following the flotilla incident foundtha t 40 of the IHH ac t iv i s t spreviously boarded the Marmara shipfrom Istanbul before joining theothers. The 8 of the 9 demonstrators killedwere members of the IHH or otherallied groups. Around half of thosekilled had declared in front of theirfamilies their aspiration to die asmartyrs (“shahids”). Footage on theMarmara shows that the violence hadbeen prepared: metal poles and chainswere prepared, slingshots, buzzsaws,gas masks, tear gas, bulletproof vests,knives, and more. A briefing hadtaken place before the IDF hadboarded the ship, with the leader ofthe violent demonstrators telling thegroup to attack the IDF soldiers atany cost. There were 718 total passengers ofthe flotilla ships. Most were releasedwithout undergoing any investigation.The last passenger left on June 6th. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Video: Aerial Footage of IDFSoldiers Boarding the 7th FlotillaBoat without Incident, 5 June 2010Aerial footage from 5 June 2010when the IDF naval commandosboarding the ship attempting to breakthe maritime closure of the GazaStrip, they did so with the fullcompliance of the ship’s crew...• Videos: Radio TransmissionsBetween Israeli Navy and SeventhFlotilla Ship Israeli Navy Contacts7th Flotilla Ship Attempting to BreakGaza Maritime Closure Israeli Navyship operators question the Gazaflotilla ship about their next port ofdestination to which they reply &...• Photos of Bullet Proof Vests, Sawn-Off Rods, Night Vision Goggles andRifle Scope Found on Mavi Marmara,2 June 2010 The photos above detailthe way in which the Mavi Marmararioters had prepared themselves toambush IDF forces. With sawn offrods, knives, mace, flaires, and otherobjects the passengers violently a...

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Imagine the Headlines if Israel Did Thisby Honest Reporting (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:35:09 AM

Maan News reports that unidentifiedassailants tossed a grenade intoGaza’s YMCA center. Shrapnel hit anearby playground, but fortunately,nobody was injured. Other than a buried note at the end of

a general AP update, I haven’t seenthis picked up yet by any Westernnews agencies. Imagine the headlines (and lawfare)if Israel did this. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• EU gives millions to preserveAuschwitz"The European Union willgive €4.2 million ($5.9 million) tohelp preserve Auschwitz, the former

Nazi death camp which more than sixdecades after the World War II is in astate of serious disrepair."...• It’s Official: There was NoHumanitarian Aid on Mavi MarmaraBS”D by Gil Ronen of Israel NationalNews The Ministry of ForeignAffa i rs has informed Is rae l ’srepresentatives the world over thatthere were never any humanitariansupplies or equipment aboard the M...

• The 59th Annual Jewish BookAwards My goodness, what a week:first, the Oscars on Sunday night, andthen the Jewish Oscars on Tuesday!The Jewish book Oscars, that is: the2009 National Jewish Book Awards...It was quite a night for JP...

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Force Israel’s hand on Palestinian homedemolitions | Seth Freedmanby Seth Freedman (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 4:30:07 AM

Israel’s resumption of demolition inEas t Je rusa lem requi res f i rmintervention to prevent a totalbreakdown in talks I n t h e o r y , a m u n i c i p a l i t ydemolishing illegal structures on itsland should not raise any eyebrows.In practice, however, such a measureshould be viewed in the context of thewider politics of the locality – andwhen it comes to the tinderbox ofIsraeli-Palestinian affairs, the Israeliauthorities’ actions should be seen forthe p rovoca t ive and sp i t e fu lbehav iour t ha t t hey a re . Ending a nine-month freeze ondemolitions of Palestinian homes inEast Jerusalem, municipal workersthis week razed three houses in thea r e a , p r o v o k i n g a s t o r m o fcontroversy both at home and abroad.The freeze came about as a result ofdiplomatic outrage last time Israelcarried out demolitions in EastJerusalem during Hilary Clinton’svisit to the region in March 2009 –actions described by Clinton as“unhelpful” and a violation of Israel’sRoad Map commitments. Since then, Israel has continued toflout agreements for a moratorium oni l legal construct ion in Israel isettlements, while continuing topursue a hardline, heavy-handedapproach towards Pa les t in ianresidents of East Jerusalem. Evictionsof Palestinian families to make wayfor incoming settlers continue apacein Sheikh Jarrah; in Silwan, 22 homesare slated for demolition so that alandscaped public garden can bedeveloped; and throughout the easternhalf of the city nonstop pressure isapplied as part of what activists termthe policy of “quiet transfer”. According to Angela Godfrey-Goldstein of the Israeli CommitteeAgainst House Demolitions, the“quiet transfer” denotes the gradual

wearing down of the Palestinians tothe point that they throw their handsup in despair, quit the area and headeast. Housing permits are also part ofthe quiet transfer, she says. Much of East Jerusalem has beendeclared an “open green zone”,preventing houses being constructed,which in turn leads to a severehousing shortage in the region. Fewerhouses than people means that thecost of property soars, pricing thelocals out of the market and forcingthem to seek cheaper accommodationon the other side of the security wall.Once they leave, they rescind theirrights to Jerusalem ID papers,destroying any hopes of employmentin Israel proper – effectively keepingthem caged in the poverty of the WestBank for ever. Meanwhile, green lights are given tosettler construction left, right andcentre – a blatant case of doublestandards, Godfrey-Goldstein pointsout. In the rare event that Israelicourts condemn settlement buildingsas illegal – such as Bet Yehonatan inSilwan – eviction orders are ignoredby the settlers and unenforced by theauthorities, proving the duplicity ofthe municipality when it comes tobuilding violations by those on eitherside of the political divide. On top of the awful implications forthe families made homeless by thebulldozers this week, the demolitionsare another blow to Israeli-Palestinianrelations. The destruction of thehomes in Issawiya and Bet Haninaare as clear a sign as any that Israelileaders care little for concessions andcompromise, preferring to makequick political capital on the domesticfront by kowtowing to the ultra-nationalists in their midst. Israeli politicians have been treadingsuch a path for months, their resolvest rengthened by the toothlessinternational response to theirflouting of both international law andbasic moral codes. Nir Barkat, Jerusalem’s incumbentmayor, famously dismissed Hilary

C l i n t o n ’ s c r i t i c i s m o f h o m edemolitions last year as “air”,summing up the sneering and self-confident attitude of the majority ofthose at the helm of Israeli politics. Unfortunately, it is not hard to seewhere their arrogance stems from: foryears, no American or Europeanleader has dared match their angrywords with concrete actions, such assanctions against Israel. Despite all the hype surroundingBarack Obama’s accession to thethrone of American politics, it is stillbusiness as usual in the relationshipbetween the US and its client state inthe Middle East. Moves to dealsensibly and seriously with the issueof dividing Jerusalem have stalled inline with every other major bone ofcontention – such as the issues ofillegal settlements, water rights in theWest Bank and Palestinian refugees. Against such a backdrop, Israel’sresumption of demolition in EastJerusalem can be seen for what it is: abrash statement of intent on both themicro and macro political levels.“Judaising” East Jerusalem is a statedpolicy of numerous settler groups andtheir financial and political backers,and every home demolition andfamily eviction expedites the processof ethnic cleansing already embarkedupon. If nothing is done to stop the rot, theinevitable outcome will be a totalbreakdown in talks between the twosides, likely sparking a wave ofviolent clashes in its wake. The only way to prevent such adisastrous turn of events is for theUS, EU and others to force Israel’shand – for it is Israel who holds allt he ca rds when i t comes t onegotiations. Anything less will notdo: time has all but run out to bringthe two sides to the table, and theonly winners from the current statusquo are the extremists. Israelis andPalestinians alike don’t deserve, norcan they afford, the consequences ofano the r i n t i f ada , hence f i rmin te rven t ion i s a neces s i ty .

Home demolitions are only the tip ofthe i ceberg , bu t they a re ascombustible an issue as any in termsof the political implications theyengender. Israeli leaders have shownthey couldn’t care less about thedamage they are doing in bothphysical and emotional terms; it ishigh time that they were made tocare, for the sake of all partiesconcerned.• Comments on this article are set toremain open for 24 hours from thetime of publication but may be closedovernight• Israel• Palestinian territories• US foreign policy• Obama administration• Middle East

Seth Freedman guardian.co.uk© Guardian News &Media Limited 2010 | Use of thiscontent is subject to our Terms &Conditions| More Feeds Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Should the US insist on an Israelisettlement freeze? | Poll ShouldPresident Obama insis t on anextended settlement freeze when hemeets I s rae l i P r ime Min is te rBinyamin Netanyahu this week?...• Camp David 10 years on | PetraMarquardt-Bigman The failure of theMiddle East peace summit in 2000discredited Israel's peace camp but itis still the blueprint for agreementThedeep disappointment I felt when thenews came that the talks at Camp ...• Lessons from Camp David | BenWhite Ten years after Bill Clintonguided failed Israeli-Palestinian peacetalks, the idea of a negotiation onequal terms is now defunctTen yearsago th i s month , I s rae l i s andPalestinians gathered at Camp ...

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Memoirs: David Ben-Gurionby paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 4:20:13 AM

Memoirs: David Ben-Gurion Rating:(out of 1 reviews) List Price: Price: Photograph of President Truman inthe Oval Office, evidently receiving aMenorah as a gift from the PrimeMinister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion(center) , and Abba Eban, theAmbassador of Israel to the UnitedStates.: 05/08/1951 Image by The U.S. NationalArchives

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The politicsbehind theAmalthea (Zvi)by Elder of Ziyon (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:12:00 AM

Zvi comments: Ghaddafi and Son Ghaddafi has his own flamboyantand attention-seeking stance on theIsrael-Palestinian conflict. He is a one-stater who, having been badlyburned in the past, appears to want tobe seen as pragmatic and peaceful in

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the western press. Never mind thathis proposals are demented andwou ld r e su l t i n mass dea th ,destruction and chaos in Israel andthe region if anyone were madenough to implement them… . Ofcourse, despite wanting to appear tobe pragmatic, Ghaddafi and hisregime are staunch enemies of Israel. In recent years, Ghaddafi’s regimehas made efforts to paint his son, Saifal-Islam, as a moderate pragmatistwho should be welcomed as a voiceof wisdom and common sense (nevermind that the Libyan state is amongt h e w o r l d ’ s m o s t r e p r e s s i v edictatorships, and that Saif al-Islamsits at the center of this dictatorship).Saif al-Islam’s press statements in thewake of the ship drama project asane, pragmatic image, to an extentthat actually surprised me.‘Do you want the grapes or to kill thevineyard’s guard?’ To tell you thetruth, we want the grapes and we gotthem – so there’s no reason to causeany problems. The problem was not a naval conflictwith Israel, but rebuilding Gaza andhelping our Palestinians brothers. Of course, the man also spreadsnonsense about Gazan conditions andabout Israel. We’re not talking abouta man who really cares very muchabout the truth. But I’m slightlyimpressed that he’s willing to dismissthe idea of mindlessly attacking Israelfor its own sake. In a region whereludicrous flights of romanticizedgenocidal fantasy are the norm, this isan unusually rational stance. Unexpected Wins The Ghaddafi regime has won a hugetactical PR victory – a much biggerwin than I expected them to secure,and clear ly much bigger thanGhaddafi ever hoped to secure. At thesame time, Egypt has come out

signif icant ly ahead and Israelachieved its objective. The UNRWAreceived a windfall. Hamas, whichhas been demanding that the Libyanship dock in Gaza, looks mildlystupid. What Libya Won* The Libyan regime received a lot ofpress attention (especially for theHeir Apparent).* It spun itself as being moremoderate and stable than Turkey.Under normal circumstances, thiswould have been a very difficult feat,but Erdogan has watered downTurkey’s reputation significantly, andLibya was very quick to takeadvantage.* It showed itself to be more effectualthan Iran, Hezbollah and its fellowArab states, who for all their talk,have not yet launched any ships.* It gets to play the hero in Gaza, andshould therefore look good in theArab media and certainly in the west.* It looks good at the UN, becauseit’s funding Gaza repairs via theUNRWA.* I t a l lowed Egypt to act asintermediary between Israel andLibya (I’ll come to this in a minute).* It made Israel look aggressive,particularly while the navy wasshadowing the ship and nobody knewwhat would happen, without lookingaggressive itself.* It got Israel to sign off on a Libyaninitiative in Gaza. Ghaddafi accomplished all of this atthe low price of a ship, a bit of cargoand the promise of about $50M to theUNRWA (assuming that the moneyactually flows, and assuming that thisis not money that Libya had alreadypromised in the past but witheld). I’msure that Ghaddafi’s s taff arecelebrat ing. rwise “impossible” agreements

between Arabs and Israelis , amediator that is essential to the peaceprocess. This repuation has takensome blows in recent years. Iran andHamas have consciously taken aim atEgyptian diplomatic prestige and atEgyptian influence over Gaza, andEgyptian influence and prestige havebeen battered by the obstructionismand hostility of an obnoxious littlestatelet (Gaza). The Libya-Egypt/Egypt-Israelagreement allowed the Egyptiangovernment to demonstrate both itsskill as a mediator and its ability tobring Israel to the table. Egypt canclaim an unexpected diplomatic win,one that has no downside for theArabs. Furthermore, in doing the two-part Gaza deal with Egypt, Libyatacitly acknowledged that Gaza lieswithin Egypt’s sphere of influence. The fact that the flow of aid is goingto filter through UNRWA instead ofbeing handed directly and openly toHamas embarasses Hamas somewhat,and Cairo must be smiling about that;Hamas has been sticking its finger inMubarak’s eye, and there is no lovelost between the Egyptians andHamas. So this looks like a huge win forEgypt. In only a few days, Egyptset t led a crisis , negotiated anagreement between two states thatdon’t talk to each other, beefed up itsd i p l o m a i c r e s u m e , r e c e i v e dacknowledgement of its influenceover Gaza and embarassed Hamas.Mubarak and Suleiman have everyreason to be happy with this outcome. Egypt evidently had mediationassistance from Austrian businessmanMartin Schlaff, but Ghaddafi Jr. onlymentions the Egyptians. What Israel Won Israel’s interest was always to keepthe ship from running the blockade.

Israel wanted to set a precedent,according to which any real aidvessels will unload at Ashdod or,failing that, somewhere else, and thea id must f low in to Gaza v iacontrolled channels rather thanconfronting the Israeli navy. Israel certainly isn’t worried about a$50M influx of aid via the UNRWA.The amount of money sloshingaround in Gaza already dwarfs $50M. Conclusion Ghaddafi is a murderous tyrant and avery strange man. His regime is oneof the worst in the world. But I’ll tipmy hat, this once, to whomeverhandled this situation on their side; Ican appreciate Olympic-calibergymnastics. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• 8 hour jam session Image taken on2007-05-23 01:19:14 by KatieSpence. . . .• Unloading of Humanitarian Aidfrom the Flotilla Continues, 3 June2010 The spokesman for theC o o r d i n a t o r o f G o v e r n m e n tActivities in the Territories (COGAT)announces that the unloading ofhumanitarian aid from the flotillacontinued during the day. Up Untilnow, 30 truc...• Defending Yourself Only MakesUs Hate You More The underlyingnarrative of just about every liberalattack on Israel has been this.Defending yourself only makes ushate you more. This cynical sleight ofhand is of course an old trick used bybigo...

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Libya discovers UNRWAby Elder of Ziyon (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:35:00 AM

From YNet: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, chairman ofthe Gaddafi International Charity andDevelopment Foundation which triedto send an aid vessel to Gaza, says hereached an Egyptian-mediatedagreement with Israel on Wednesday,allowing him to infuse $50 millionfor the restoration of the Strip andtransfer construction materials toGaza.“We will soon start funneling $50million in coordination with UNRWA(the United Nations Relief and WorksAgency for Palestine Refugees) tobegin rebuilding Gaza and transferhumanitarian aid and constructionmaterials, without any objection onthe part of the Israeli government.” According to Gaddafi Jr., “This is anagreement we never expected or

dreamed of. UNRWA informed usthat it has failed to receive one dollarfor the restoration of Gaza so far, andwas therefore unsuccessful inbringing in even one iron skewer orsack of cement. UNRWA’s 2009 budget shows that itdid not receive a single cent fromLibya. Apparently, Libya never gaveany money to UNRWA over the sixtyyears it has existed. All of a sudden, Libya became awareof UNRWA’s existence – and ishappy to funnel money there? Arab nations are fairly consistent inspurning UNRWA. Their (public)attitude has always been that the Westis responsible for the existence ofPalestinian Arab refugees by allowingIsrael to be created, so therefore theWest should pay for their basic needsforever – even as they are hosted inArab countries who have adamantlyrefused to give them equal rights. Only last year, when UNRWA askedfor emergency funds to help Gaza,

did a couple of oi l-r ich Arabc o u n t r i e s p l e d g e o n e - t i m econtributions – $25M from SaudiArabia and $35M from Kuwait. Arabg o v e r n m e n t s ’ a n n u a l c a s hcontributions to UNRWA are pitiablysmall, about $7M out of the $470Mtotal last year. Arab nations haveconsis tent ly spurned UNRWAappeals for cash and have equallyconsistently failed to pay on theirpledges to UNRWA. In fact, Luxembourg has given morecash to UNRWA’s annual budgetthan any Arab country. If Libya decides to give $50 millionto UNRWA, it will suddenly becomeUNRWA’s biggest Arab supporter,and it might be the biggest singlecontribution ever from an Arabcountry in UNRWA’s his tory.Compare that to the $267M the USgave in 2009, or the $48M that wasgiven to UNRWA by – Sweden. It seems a bit cynical for Libya tocrow over how it will now give all

this money to Gazans when, up untilnow, it has shown utter indifferencetowards the major internationalorganization that supports them. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Flotilla 2: Where is Mariam? Ibelieve the Free Gaza movementdeliberately tries to add confusion totheir next Gaza mission. Either to tryto mislead the Israeli authorities, or tohide the fact that they cannot find orafford a...• shavuot 2010 for Tzefat EizerL'Shabbos gives out food for the poorof Tzefat. Please help us help them...• Part 1: The Book of Zohar –Selections, chapter "Bechukotai",item 42, lesson 4 Lecturer: RavMichael LaitmanDate: 2010-03-16Text: ENG 0.09MB...

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Goldstone IIby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:45:00 AM

Goldstone II The UN ‘Human RightsCouncil’ has appointed a secondcommission whose job is to look intothe implementation of the GoldstoneReport from last fall. I guess you willall be shocked to hear that theoutcome of this commission’s reporthas been predetermined just like theoriginal Goldstone Commission was. This second rendition of Goldstonewas crafted by a March 2010resolution of the Human RightsCouncil. That resolution first declaresthat Israel – and only Israel –committed “unlawful acts” in theGaza war. And then it establishes acommittee of experts to monitor andassess a l l jud ic ia l and o therproceedings taken by Israel torespond to the General Assembly’sendorsement of the Goldstone reportand its long list of supposed Israelicrimes. The mandate also asks the newcommittee to assess the proceedingsof the enigmatic “Palestinian side.” Inthe many resolutions on the Gaza warfrom the General Assembly and theHuman Rights Council no mention isever made of “Hamas,” which keepswith the UN fiction that the warentailed wanton Israeli aggression ina vacuum. Instead of eight years ofrocket attacks on Israel’s civilianpopulation and an elected governmentthat openly advocates genocide, theresolution creating the Goldstoneinquiry describes the problem withthe Palestinian side as “crude

rockets…result[ing] in the loss offour civilian lives and some injuries.” The fact that the mandate of theGoldstone inquiry was tainted fromthe outset, and that its successor is cutfrom the same cloth, did not deterthree more lawyers from taking thislatest UN job. They are GermanChr i s t i an Tomuscha t ( cha i r ) ,Malaysian Param Cumaraswamy, andAmerican Mary Davis. As it turnsout , the takers and the i r UNassociates have more in common thanfirst meets the eye. The members of the new committeewere appointed on June 14 by the UNhigh commissioner for human rights,South African Navi Pillay. One ofPillay’s two legal advisers, and chiefof her office’s “rule of law” branch, isPalestinian Mona Rishmawi, formerexecutive director of the PalestinianNGO al-Haq and until 2000 aprominent director of a unit of theInternational Commission of Jurists

(ICJ). All three of the new committeemembers are affiliated with the ICJ.Committee members Chris t ianTomuschat and Param Cumaraswamywere members of the ICJ’s executivecommittee during Rishmawi’s term atthe ICJ. Cumaraswamy was ICJ’svice president until 2006. Currentlyboth are honorary members. MaryDavis is currently on the board of theAmerican Association for the ICJ. The ICJ has been closely connectedwith the Human Rights Council’scampaign to vilify Israel over theGaza war, and in particular, theGoldstone report and its follow-up.In January 2009 the Council held aspecial session to denounce Israeliactions and adopt the resolution thatgave rise to the Goldstone inquiry.Of the thousands of UN-accreditedNGOs, the ICJ was one of two-dozenthat spoke. It claimed Israel hadviolated international law during the

conflict and called for the inquiry’screation. Then, on October 16, 2009,when the Council held a specialsession to endorse the Goldstonereport, the ICJ was again one of thefew NGO speakers. This time itspecif ical ly cal led the Israel iinvestigations into the Gaza conflict“ineffective as they lack safeguardsof independence and impartiality…”On June 24, 2010, soon after theappointment of the three senior ICJmembers to the Goldstone follow-upcommittee, the ICJ issued a publicstatement coming to the defense ofGoldstone, his apartheid-era past, andhis report. Read the whole thing. What could go wrong? I suppose ifthe ICJ weren’t doing it, HumanRights Watch, Amnesty and the NewIsrael Fund would do it anyway. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:45PM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Holocaust – 1/59"Holocaust"(1978) mini-series. Directed byMarvin Chomsky. With JamesWoods, Meryl Streep and MichaelMoriarty. Holocaust follows thetragedy and triumph of the Weiss ...• Koch Keeps Up Campaign ForIsrael Last night on ShmuleyBoteach's radio show on 770 WABC,D e m o c r a t i c M a y o r E d K o c hcontinued to criticize Obama for histreatment of his Israel. We could notfind a transcript of the interviewand...• I am a Jew – Music Video...

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US networks reject Ground Zero mosque adby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 4:51:00 AM

US networks reject Ground Zeromosque ad Many of my non-USreaders may not even be aware thatan effort is afoot to build a 13-storymosque on ‘Ground Zero,’ the site ofthe former World Trade Center. Here’s a television ad in oppositionto the mosque. Let’s go to thevideotape and then I’ll have more. Two of the major US televisionnetworks – NBC and CBS – arerefusing to run the ad. In her letter rejecting the spot, NBCUniversal advertising standardsmanager Jennifer Riley wrote:“An ad questioning the wisdom ofbuilding a mosque at ground zerowould meet our issues of publiccontroversy advertising criteria.However, this ad which ambiguouslydefines ‘they’ as referenced in thespot makes it unclear as to whetherthe reference is to terrorists or to theIslamic religious organization that is

sponsoring the building of themosque. Consequently, the ad is notacceptable under our guidelines forbroadcast.” A CBS official, Marty Daly, alsorejected the ad, according to e-mailsshared by NRT PAC executivedirector Scott Wheeler.“They have very selective standards— they’ll run anything MoveOn.orgthrows out there,” said Wheeler, alsociting a controversial 2004 NAACPad invoking the slain James Byrd. The word “they,” he said, “is areference to the people who areputting up the money with the intentof provoking us.” Sorry, but that’s ridiculous. Unlessthere’s actionable libel involved(which this wasn’t) or incitement tocriminal activity (none of that either)there is no reason for a major networkto refuse a political ad. This strikesme as yet another instance of pre-emptive political correctness. On Wednesday, Pam Geller of AtlasShrugs appeared on CNN to debatethe mosque with Ibrahim Ramey ofthe Muslim Society of America.

Let’s go to the videotape. Ramey’s attempt to make the 9/11attacks something other than Islamicis totally disingenuous. There is no way that a mosquebelongs at Ground Zero. Why shouldGround Zero be turned into anIslamic Holy Site as happened inNazareth and as nearly happened inBethlehem’s Church of the Nativity? The amount of political correctnessin America today is appalling. I readPam’s blog fairly regularly and I amamazed at how difficult she’s findingit to get the message out regardingmilitant Islam. I’m not suggestingthat people don’t have a right todisagree with her – I’m suggestingthat it’s amazing how many entitiesare not willing to run her ads. Wake up America, before it’s toolate. Your mainstream media isclearly on the wrong side. I don’t carehow ‘divisive’ the fight is – ifmilitant Islam is not fought, you willend up like Europe. P.S. Extreme Leftist Eric Bohlert’sMedia Matters site used the occasionto argue against allowing Pam to

appear on American television (HatTip: Memeorandum). I wonder ifthere are any spokespeople for theRight that Media Matters would findacceptable. I suspect not. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:51PM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• _DSC1796full Image taken on 2006-06-15 09:08:27 by sneakymoose....• Scotland: Muslims tackle Islamicfar-right Scotland: Muslims tackleIslamic far-rightThe British NationalParty and the Scottish DefenceLeague often portray Islam as aseparatist Trojan horse inside Britain– a religion of shadowy conspirator...• Magen David Stainless SteelJ u d a i c a P e n d a n t P r o d u c tDescriptionMagen David StainlessSteel Judaica Pendant "Shema Israel"are the first two words of the mostholy Jewish prayeris inscribed inHebrew on this pendant. MagenDavid is a Jewish ...

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Continuing in Arafat’s traditionby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 2:27:00 AM

Continuing in Arafat’s tradition ThePLO’s first leader, Yasser Arafat, wasnotorious for saying one thing inEnglish to western audiences andanother in Arabic to Arabs. Untilorganizations like Palestinian MediaWatch and MEMRI came along, mostof the world wasn’t even aware thatArafat was talking out of both sidesof his mouth. Now, with those fine organizationsmaking material available to us, weare all aware of what Arafat’ssuccessor,‘moderate’ ‘ Palestinian’President Mahmoud Abbas AbuMazen says in Arabic. Elliott Abrams argues that ifPresident Obama is as serious aboutpeace as he claims to be, AbuMazen’s continuing incitement inArabic has to be met head on andstopped. Why should Israelis, or Americansf o r t h a t m a t t e r , b e l i e v e h i scommitment to peace in English,when in Arabic he treats war as anacceptable option? President Obama is well aware thatpopular incitement remains a thorn inthe side of serious talks. In May, thePresident said that he had “mentioned

to President Abbas in a frankexchange that it was very importantto continue to make progress inreducing the incitement and anti-Israel sentiments that are sometimesexpressed in schools and mosquesand in the public square, because allthose things are impediments topeace.” At a dinner for Abbas during hisWashington visit, I confronted himwith several recent examples ofincitement, as well as the denial thathe made to the President. His replywas that of a bureaucrat, not apeacemaker: He did not deny theallegations, but said that if true theyshould be raised at a tripartitecommittee (the United States, thePalestinian Authority and Israel) thathad been established by the OsloAccords. If peace is our goal, such a responseis deeply inadequate. Abbas shouldhandle incitement by stopping it, notseeking committee meetings – andespecially not by denying thatincitement occurs in the first place.Of course, it’s easy to see why,politically, Abbas and others in thePLO and Fatah leadership avoidconfronting these organizations’ longinvolvement in terrorism, but if theycannot do so, the chances for realpeace are slim. A leadership whosemaps do not even show an entity

called Israel is unlikely to tellPalestinian refugees that it has givenup their “right of return” or that theirlong-hoped-for Palestinian statewithin the 1967 borders will notinclude control of the Temple Mountin Jerusalem.… Obama is right to keep raising thissubject with Abbas, but Presidentshave been raising it for years. As thePalestinian leadership never seems topay any penalty for its words,America’s seriousness about thepeace process is in doubt. If the Obama administration isdedicated to a major peace effort inthe coming year, the incitement issue

should be at the top of its agenda.Because when direct negotiations dofinal ly begin, the key test ofPalestinian commitment to peace willnot be what Abbas and his colleaguessay to Americans in English, but whatthey say in Arabic to Palestinians –about Israel, about terrorism andabout real peace. Read the whole thing. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:27PM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• The Legacy of Richard Goldstonehttp://www.acus.org/files/images/Goldstone.preview.jpg Onewonders if the Creed of Nicaeaworked a little like a #GoldstoneReport. Choosing such words theyfelt were convenient. Argumentsbased o...• US, UK indifferent to Iraq’s jihadagainst gays US, UK indifferent toI r a q ' s j i h a d a g a i n s t g a y s. . .• Parents of accused New Jerseyjihadist blame FBI for son’s interestin jihad Parents of accused NewJersey jihadist blame FBI for son'si n t e r e s t i n j i h a d. . .

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Lebanese ‘postpone’ vote on ‘Palestinian’ rightsby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 12:40:00 AM

Lebanese ‘postpone’ vote on‘Palestinian’ rights While the worldberates Israel for the plight of the‘Palestinians,’ it pays no heed to theh u n d r e d s o f t h o u s a n d s o f‘Palestinians’ living as refugeeshostages in ‘refugee camps’ inJordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon andother places throughout the Arabworld. These hostages – whose Arabbrethren seek to prevent them fromgetting on with their lives or movingelsewhere so that instead they willmaintain the false hope of returningto homes abandoned by thei rgrandparents and great grandparentsmore than sixty years ago – are thetrue tragedy of the ‘Palestinians.’Most of these people would be happyfor the opportunity to own home andhave a job that provides a normalliving, whether where they arecurrently living or in other countries.Most ‘Palestinian refugees’ in theArab world do not have the financialwherewithal to pick up and move. Sothey remain in captivity in their Arabhost countries, living the false dreamthat the keys that they hold will open

up their great grandparents’ non-existent homes. In Lebanon, Druze leader WalidJumblatt has introduced legislation togrant the ‘Palestinians’ some limitedform of civil rights – after 62 years.It’s not clear to me what motivatesJumblatt – I don’t read enoughLebanese blogs and media to be sure.But what is clear – and stunning –from this ‘Palestinian’ blog is theextent to which the feeling that ‘it’snot time yet’ to give the ‘Palestinians’rights is across the board, and howthe great motivating fear is to makesure that the hundreds of thousands of‘Palestinians’ who live in Lebanonare never naturalized there. As youread this, please keep in mind that forthe last 62 years, the ‘Palestinians’have had no right to own land inLebanon or work in most professions.As a result, many of them are dirtpoor and trapped in a situation fromwhich they cannot escape. T h e b i l l w a s p r e s e n t e d b yprogressive MP Walid Jumblatt, theDruze leader of the DemocraticGathering bloc. An-Nahar reported Jumblatt is awareof the possibility of postponingdebate on the proposals, and he ‘doesnot mind’,” Ma’an said. According to the report, Hariri would

make the request of Berri so theproposal can be further discussedamong the various blocs. MPs from the March 14 bloc,spearheaded by the Chr is t ianPhalangist and Maronite parties, haveintroduced their own, weaker refugeerights bill. This bill grants refugeeshumanitarian and social rights but notcivil rights. Lebanon’s the Daily Star reportedTuesday that their law would“provide refugees with a work andresidency permit exempted from feesallowing refugees the right toemployment as well as the right to apassport in line with Lebanese laws,”though many professions wouldremain off limits to Palestinians. TheStar further said parties are closer toreaching a consensus on the March 14bill. Jumblatt said Wednesday that hewould withdraw his bill if a separate

motion granting refugees the right toown property is passed, according tothe report. Read the whole thing. Why doesn’tthe world care? It should be obvious:There’s no way to blame this on theJews. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:40AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Good news Na lokalnim izborima uNizozemskoj Stranka slobode na celusa Geertom Wildersom u Haagu jezauzela drugo mjesto, dok je uAlmerei osvojla uvjerljivo prvomjesto - Mazel tov! (Parlamentarniizbori bit...• ‘Smart diplomacy’: Turkey stillopposes sanctions'Smart diplomacy':Turkey sti l l opposes sanctionsPresident Obama may have met withTurkish Prime Minister TayyipErdogan in Washington this week...• You Are Parts Of My Soul –Kabbalah Moments – June 25, 2010Tweet This Pos t Del ic iousFacebook S tumble I t . . .

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Germany: Anonymous MosqueWatchersby Esther (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 1:32:00 AM

Germany: Anonymous MosqueWatchers Via Spiegel: Reinhard Werner doesn’t trust Islam.The 70-year-old German is part of agroup which keeps tabs on mosquesacross Germany, monitoring them forwhat he calls an “intolerant Islam ofterror.” Over the years, he has gaineda certain amount of notoriety. This article was prepared by theI s l a m i n E u r o p e b l o g –i s l a m i n e u r o p e . b l o g s p o t . c o m Reinhard Werner is a few minutesearly, but because he doesn’t want tobe noticed, he stands outside on thesidewalk in front of the mosque,trying to look as inconspicuous aspossible. It’s Friday afternoon in Munich’sPasing neighborhood and men arescurrying past Werner on their way toFriday prayers. All of them, inWerner’s eyes, are enemies. Heclaims that the mosque is spreadingwhat he calls an “intolerant Islam ofterror.”“Do you see the sign over theentrance?” he says. The letters “DITIB” are printed onthe sign. DITIB, an acronym for theTurkish-Islamic Union for ReligiousAffairs, is the umbrella organization

f o r r o u g h l y 9 0 0 m o s q u econgregations in Germany. It iscontrolled by a Turkish governmentorganization based in Ankara, theOffice for Religious Affairs, makingit indirectly answerable to the Turkishprime minister. “A military mosque,”says Werner.“Do you see that the letter ‘I’ inDITIB resembles a minaret? And thatthe minarets look like missiles?” heasks, beseechingly. It isn’t alwayseasy for Werner to make himselfunderstood. Werner i s a member of the“Anonymous Mosque Observers,” agroup of Muslims who fled toGermany from Muslim countriesbecause they came into conflict withreligious rules. Although Werner is not a Muslimhimself, nor is he fleeing anything, hefeels a kinship with Muslims whohave fled their native countries. TheseMuslims trust their more settledMuslim counterparts about as muchas former US President George W.Bush trusted terrorist leader Osamabin Laden. They keep tabs on whatgoes on in mosques because theywant to be sure that they are still safein Germany.(…) Of the 36 mosques in Munich, nineare in Werner’s “observation area.”He reports everything he sees andhears to the Federal Office for theProtection of the Constitution (BfV),

Germany’s domestic intelligenceagency. The BfV, however, doesn’tseem to be taking him very seriously,or at least it hasn’t found his reportsto be sufficiently convincing to takeany action.( more) Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Dresden: City commemorates ‘veilmartyr’ Dresden: City commemorates'veil martyr'The city of Dresden onThursday paid its respects to apregnant Egyptian woman who wasstabbed to death in a courtroom oneyear ago in a racially motivatedcrim...• Germany: ‘Immigrants makingG e r m a n y d u m b e r ’ G e r m a n y :' Immigrants making Germanydumber 'A controvers ia l boardmember of Bundesbank has comeunder fire for claiming immigrantsare making Germany ‘dumber in asimple way’. Thilo Sarrazin told abus...• Berlin: New mosque opens Berlin:New mosque opensA new mosquethat is one of the largest in Germanywas officially opened in Berlin'sKreuzberg quarter, which has astrong Turkish presence. Themosque, which can hold aroun...

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Israel should swap land for peace,say three-quarters of British Jewsby World news: Israel |guardian.co.uk (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 12:02:45 AM

S u r v e y f i n d s U K ’ s J e w i s hcommunity supports Israel’s right todefend itself but should now helpcreate Palestinian state The majority of British Jews thinkIsrael should give up some of its landin return for peace and more than halfwould support negotiations withHamas, according to researchpubl ished today. The study carried out by the Institutefor Jewish Policy Research (JPR)found Jews in Britain stronglyidentify with and support Israel, withnine out of 10 having visited thecountry. Nearly three quarters (72%) agreedIsrael’s action in Gaza in 2008 and2009 was “a legitimate act of self-defence”. But more than three-quarters (77%)favour a “two state solution”, whichwould see the c rea t ion o f aPalestinian state, as the “only way” to

make peace in the Middle East. Just over half (52%) said they woulds u p p o r t I s r a e l i g o v e r n m e n tn e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h H a m a s . JPR’s executive director, JonathanBoyd, said: “Fundamentally, wefound that most Jews feel a strongsense of connection to Israel, and formany it forms an important, and evencentral, part of their Jewish identity.“Jews in Britain are pro-Israel andpro-peace. Their hawkishness onsome issues is typically motivated bya clear concern for Israel’s security,while their dovishness on othersreflects a deep-set desire to see thecountry at peace, both with itself andwith its neighbours.”• Researchers spoke to more than4,000 people earlier this year for thestudy, entitled Committed, concernedand conciliatory: The attitudes ofJews in Britain towards Israel.• Israel• Judaism• Middle East• Palestinian territories• Hamas• Religion

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Wed at 14, ‘adulterous’girl, Azar Bagheri,awaits stoning in Iranby Roni (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 4:37:52 AM

Wed at 14, ‘adulterous’ girl, AzarBagheri, awaits stoning in Iran SHEwas only 14, a child bride, when shewas forced into marriage with anolder man. Yet within a year of herwedding, Azar Bagheri was chargedwith adultery and sentenced to bestoned to death. In the past 4 yearsshe has been languishing on deathrow while the courts waited for her toreach maturity so she could be put todeath. She had been subjected to twom o c k s t o n i n g s . h t t p : / /www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/wed-at-14-adulterous-girl-azar-bagheri-awaits-stoning/story-e6frg6so-1225890469172 Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Letter: Hamas must be part of apeaceful solution It is not correct thatthe 1980 Venice declaration of theEuropean Community called for thecreation of a ­Palestinian state(Troubled alliance: Period of crisisworsens already strained relation...• Seder Moed: Rosh Hashana/Yoma/Succah Seder Moed: Rosh Hashana/Yoma/Succah ...• Johann Hari: The Movement toSmother Solidarity — From Israel toE… The Movement to SmotherSolidarity -- From Israel to Ethiopiato Honduras Should you shut upabout human rights abuses becausethey are happening far away, to p......

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UNIFILagrees to stopdoing its jobby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 1:05:00 AM

UNIFIL agrees to stop doing its jobYou may recall that I reported lastweek that French UNIFIL troops hadb e e n a t t a c k e d b y H e z b u l l a hsupporters in southern Lebanon andthat the Lebanese Armed Forces hadagreed to ‘ protect’ the French troops.

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Oklahoma congressional candidate Kevin Calveyturns down money from Hamas-linked CAIR:"CAIR is the moral equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan"by Robert (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 12:31:41 AM

Oklahoma congressional candidateKevin Calvey turns down moneyfrom Hamas-linked CAIR: “CAIR isthe moral equivalent of the Ku KluxK l a n ” B r a v o . “ O k l a h o m acongressional candidate says he willnot accept money from an Islamicgroup,” by Julie Bisbee for theOklahoman, July 15: A congressional candidate hasrefused a campaign donation from theexecutive director of an Islamic-American association, saying thegroup has ties to terrorist groups. Kevin Calvey, a candidate for the 5thCongressional District seat, saidWednesday he refused a $25 onlinedonation from Razi Hashim, theexecutive director of the Oklahomachapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR. Hashim said his donation was apersonal contribution and not meant

to be affiliated with the nonprofitgroup that employs him.“I thought on a personal level, wecould talk as two men, as people ofGod,” Hashim said. “Jesus said tolove your neighbor; we have similarteachings in Islam as well.”…“Muhammad is the messenger ofAllah. Those who follow him aremerciful to one another but ruthless tothe unbelievers” — Qur’an 48:29. Calvey, an attorney who helpedprosecute terrorism suspects in theIraqi court system, said he had noproblem with the Muslim faith, but hecould not support the council.“I worked alongside Muslims everyday who were fighting againstterrorism,” Calvey said. Calvey said he would have noproblem meeting with members ofthe counc i l , i f t hey l e f t theorgan iza t ion .“I haven’t met with them, nor will I,”Calvey said. “CAIR is the moralequivalent of the Ku Klux Klan. Iwouldn’t meet with them either.”… Posted by Robert on July 15, 2010

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Evelyn Gordon updates us on whathas happened since. But a few weeks ago, somethingdreadfu l happened : a F renchcontingent of UNIFIL actually triedto carry out this mission. It beganusing sniffer dogs to detect illegalweapons and explosives and insistedon searching homes and yards whereit had reason to believe Hezbollahwas stockpiling such arms. Theimmediate result was a series ofclashes apparently either staged orencouraged by Hezbollah betweenLebanese villagers and UNIFILtroops. In the most serious incident,vi l lagers hurled s tones at thepeacekeepers, seized their weapons,and vandalized their vehicle. Thesecond result was that, at the end oflast week, UNIFIL agreed to stopusing sniffer dogs and refrain fromentering homes and yards – or, inother words, to stop carrying out itsmission of detecting illegal Hezbollahweapons. Its commander, Maj. Gen.

Alberto Asarta Cuevas, followed thatup with a fawning apology for the“mis takes ,” pub l i shed in theLebanese press as an open letter tothe Lebanese people. In fairness, youcan’t really blame UNIFIL. Soldiersare expected to risk their lives todefend their own countries and theiro w n p e o p l e , b u t i t ’ s q u i t eunderstandable that they are lessenthusiastic about risking their livesto defend someone else’s country andsomeone else’s people unless theirown country sees a vital nationalinterest in so doing (as the U.S. doesin Afghanistan). And the risks arereal: in 2007, for instance, sixSpanish UNIFIL members whomIsrae l cons idered par t icular lyeffective were killed by a roadsidebomb in what appeared to be a clearmessage from Hezbollah. Indeed. And the fact that we are stilldepending on UNIFIL for securityalong our Lebanese border is a severeand immediate problem.

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Video: Israelicommander and soldierconvicted in West Bankshootingby World news: Israel |guardian.co.uk (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:19:20 AM

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Part 2: The Book of Zohar – Selections, chapter"Lech-lecha", item 20, lesson 5by Bnei-Baruch (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 12:20:11 AM

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Engineer Ari and theSukkah Express(Sukkot & SimchatTorah) Reviewsby paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zion Engineer Ari and the Sukkah Express(Sukkot & Simchat Torah)

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