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The RNC has elected a guy to chairmanship who really knows how deal with pressing issues. I wish him good luck in leading the Republicans, and hope that he'll know how to deal effectively with Barack Obama.

More on this at The Jawa Report, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air.

Labels: United States

David Bedein finds that in Germany, Jews aren't happy with how a current government-sponsored Holocaust memorial is being handled:

Jerusalem — Staging an unprecedented protest, the German Jewish Community Council decided to boycott the official German government state ceremony marking international Holocaust Memorial Day. The event, held on Tuesday at the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, in Berlin.

German President Horst Koehler, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and all of the members of the German cabinet and parliament attended.

The boycott was called because the Speaker of the Bundestag, the host of the memorial service, has refrained from acknowledging the presence of the leaders of the Jewish community in Germany in the chamber, even though they are all Holocaust survivors, including the current chairwoman of the German Jewish Council, Charlotte Knobloch.

“It is inconceivable that Holocaust survivors should be seated in the honorary balcony and be treated there like the audience at the theater, as if the ceremony had nothing to do with them,” said Stephan Kramer, the secretary general of the German Jewish Community Council, to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot.

That treatment attests to the nature of the accepted culture of remembering the Holocaust in Germany. It is not done out of deep intention and understanding but, rather, automatically,” said Mr. Kramer.

“The community leaders find themselves standing like extras at the event, marginal figures,” said Dieter Grauman, the vice president. “We want more respect.”

The Jewish community’s protest follows a growing sense that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Germany, especially with regard to commemorating the Holocaust.

The Israeli incursion into Gaza was accompanied by a number of anti-Semitic incidents, which failed to elicit any response from German authorities.

Furthermore, German public television, ARD, broadcast last week a debate about the situation in the Middle East rife with explicit anti-Semitism.

A year ago, I read that some Israelis have been trying to get citizenship in Germany so in order to enjoy benefits there, and I don't think I need to tell just how stupid that sounds to me. What's the use? And as for the failure of German authorities to deal properly with a lot of the anti-semitic protests that were conducted there, I think that's one more reason why not to have anything to do with a country that's sadly moving back to its old ways.

Can I suggest that a good way to answer to Germany's hypocrisy is to boycott their products and exports? Like, say, their car and truck manufacturers (Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, Audi, Opel, and M.A.N) most of which, IMO, are junk.

Update: I don't think much of Miley Cyrus, and neither does Michelle Malkin, to my knowledge, but I guess I'll have to give Cyrus credit for trading in her mother's Porsche for a Toyota Prius. Though really, the kind of vehicle she should have is one that isn't sold in the US: a Citroen C4.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, germany

David Bedein reports that many North American Jews are considering immigrating to Israel now. It stems from the economic crisis and difficulty of finding a job because of that.

I don't know if they heard about the news of the natural gas reserves discovered by the Haifa coast, but that I'd think is good reason to come here, where they could find decent living thanks to that.

Labels: Israel, United States

The shameless, corrupt governor of Illinois has been shown the door. It's interesting how he kept up his disrespectful act, even going so far as to say:

“If you’re impeaching me ... let’s demand that President Obama fire Rahm Emanuel, because Rahm Emanuel is the one who gave me this idea,” Mr. Blagojevich said referring to an impeachment charge based upon the I-SaveRx Program, an effort to import prescription drugs from Canada.

Well actually, yeah, let's demand that too, because Emanuel is an equally bad lot. While Blago himself is a dumb clod. Fine him as gravely as possible, so that he'll end up in the poorhouse, or better still, the gutter.

Labels: political corruption, United States

ABC News' The Blotter (via Debbie Schlussel, who's got more on this over here) has a disturbing report about a CIA station chief in Algeria, himself a convert to Islam, who drugged and raped at least 2 Muslim women:

The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

The suspect in the case is identified as Andrew Warren in an affidavit for a search warrant filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. by an investigator for the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service.

Officials say the 41-year old Warren, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. Ambassador, David Pearce, in October after the women came forward with their rape allegations in September.

Read the rest of it. If he weren't a convert to Islam, I can guess how the MSM would really, and I mean really, spin this whole thing.

Warren is the author of a book called "People of the Veil", whom he joined as well, though he must've worn a keffiyeh.

Labels: islam, misogyny

Some very appalling revelations have come up about Avigdor Lieberman, the head of the Yisrael Beiteinu party:

(IsraelNN.com) In a new book, former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk has dropped a potential political bombshell, revealing that Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beitenu party, once held secret talks on territorial concessions to the Palestinian Authority (PA) with one of Yasser Arafat's key advisers.

In addition, Indyk asserts that Lieberman told his PA interlocutor, Muhammad Rachid, that he was prepared to accept the wide-ranging concessions which then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak had offered to Arafat at the 2000 Camp David Summit.

[...]

Indyk's revelations could prove damaging to Lieberman, whose party is soaring in the polls in advance of Israel's February 10 elections, thanks in large part to his nationalist image among the public.

Irene Etinger, Avigdor Lieberman's spokeswoman, commented on Indyk's claim, "The facts quoted in the book are not true."

Political observers suggest that Lieberman and his party are now likely to come under increased scrutiny in the wake of Indyk's book, particularly in light of Lieberman's past statements on the issue of Jerusalem.

As Israel National News reported previously, in October 2007 Lieberman came under fire for suggesting at a cabinet meeting that Israel should divide Jerusalem and transfer various neighborhoods within the city to PA control.

It doesn't do much good to deny what Indyk is telling in his new book if Lieberman really did say those things back at the time. The Jerusalem Post also spoke about Lieberman's peculiar standings at the time. If transferring sovereignty to the PLO were in any ways to lead to terrorists gaining footholds for carrying out their operations, to say nothing of safe haven from Israeli authorities, that's exactly why it's dangerous to do what Lieberman's supporting.

Now I see why I would rather vote for the Likud today, and would strongly advise others to do the same.

Speaking of which, over at the Biur Chametz blog, the blogmaster is appalled at Lieberman for simultaneously fanning the flames of hate against the Arabs. Hmm. I think I can expand a little further on that: aside from the strange double-standard Lieberman's maintaining, where he's blowing it is if he doesn't make any clear distinctions between Arabs and Muslims, and if he's not willing to offer a helping hand to Christians who could be persecuted by the Islamofascists.

If that's the case, then Lieberman is guilty not only of bizarre double-standards, he's also guilty of lacking any sense of selflessness. And I think the lesson to be learned from how Sderot and Ashkelon have fallen victim to rocket attacks can and does apply strongly to Jerusalem as well.

So Lieberman is simply not a recommended candidate, for the very fact that he does weird moral equations and double-standards and fails to show he can be selfless and help innocents in need.

Update: Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke about Lieberman's double-standard at his speech the other day.

Labels: islam, Israel, jihad, political corruption, terrorism

Benjamin Netanyahu warns about the possibility that Iran could gain a base:

An Israeli withdrawal from east Jerusalem will lead to the creation of an Iranian terror base in the city, Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday.

"If we leave sections of Jerusalem, Hamas will enter and set up an Iranian-backed terror center," Netanayhu said in an address at the sixth annual Jerusalem Conference.

He added that one had to be "totally blind" to assume that a division of Jerusalem as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians will lead to stability in the city.

Netanyahu, who is the front-runner in next month's elections, said that any Israeli withdrawal from parts of the city would only serve to bring terror to the heart of Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem.

"Anybody who yearns for the peace of Jerusalem will support Israeli sovereignty over all the city," he said.

"As the English saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it," Netanyahu concluded.

Palestinians claim all of east Jerusalem - as well as the city's holy sites - for the capital of their future state.

More than 250,000 Arabs live in Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has voiced readiness to cede Arab section of east Jerusalem to the Palestinians, while control over the holy sites - dubbed "the holy basin" - would be shared under an international body.

If Olmert's in favor of that, then he's clearly tolerant of what's likely to happen, when an "international body" fails to maintain any order.

Update: the UK Telegraph has another detail he's spoken about (via Hot Air Headlines).

Labels: islam, Israel, terrorism

EU Referendum tells that support for Geert Wilders in the Netherlands is growing and even some of his rivals in the political field are speaking up for him. Here's more from Pajamas Media about this.

Labels: Europe, islam, Netherlands

Islamo-misogyny discovered in a prison. Here's an article about the case from Daily Express (via Dhimmi Watch):

A MURDERING Al Qaeda terrorist has sparked outrage after threatening legal action under the Human Rights Act unless women prison wardens in his presence wear veils.

Kamel Bourgass, 33, was jailed for life in 2004 after stabbing brave Special Branch officer Stephen Oake to death in a police raid.

Now Bourgass is not only recruiting extremists to his twisted cause in Wakefield prison but is claiming that women wardens without veils infringe his human rights.

He has even cracked sick jokes about the bravery medal DC Oake received posthumously, sneering that it was made from the “metal of my knife”.

The Algerian had been preparing a deadly ricin poison attack on Britain when father-of-three Detective Constable Oake, 40, arrested him.

Bourgass, the first Muslim fanatic to murder a British police officer, has been in Wakefield jail for just a few weeks.

But insiders claim he has already begun preaching Islamist hate against the West to inmates.

And wearing his long black cloak, he has infuriated wardens with the sick jibe about DC Oake.

A prison insider revealed: “He is very abusive and confrontational with staff and says female officers in prayer meetings are a breach of his human rights.

“If they are on duty, he demands they wear a veil.

“We’ve been told to closely monitor him because he preaches hatred at prayer meetings.”

The female guards should NOT wear veils in his presence, and should confront him in a group to shout at him about his bigotry. But what will any court that takes his case decide? Will they rule in his favor and against the women wardens? Let us remember that this is the UK we're talking about here.

Labels: islam, londonistan, misogyny, terrorism

Pat Condell produces the following video in which he discusses the Wilders case and the United Nations' dhimmitude (via Jihad Watch and The Jawa Report):

He's absolutely correct in how this is a serious moment for Europe in regards to free speech.

Labels: dhimmitude, Europe, islam, jihad, Netherlands

The bad George Mitchell is coming here to Israel as an envoy. But will he take notice of the following?

(IsraelNN.com) A Palestinian Authority (PA) court has sentenced a 28 year old PA policeman to death for allegedly spying for Israel, and the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel thinks the United States envoy to the Middle East should be aware of this human rights violation.

The convict, a resident of the El Aroub neighborhood, was found guilty of assisting the IDF in the elimination of a terrorist in 2002, during the siege of the Church of Nativity. The convict served in the Presidential Guard in Bethlehem at the time. In addition, he allegedly assisted the IDF to arrest other terrorists.

I have a feeling that Mitchell will not take notice of this, but it is serious. No one who helps to fight against evil should be allowed to suffer a grisly fate as Mahmoud Abbas' gang is planning for the man mentioned.

Labels: islam, Israel

It looks like Obama is still going to be facing the embarrassment of the Blagojevich scandal. Some of his aides have been given federal subpoenas (via Hot Air):

Sweeping federal subpoenas of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration include requests for records involving David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, senior advisers to President Barack Obama.

Among 43 subpoenas released by the Blagojevich administration Friday, one from Dec. 8 seeks notes, calendars, correspondence and any other data that relate to Axelrod, Jarrett and 32 other people and organizations.

That was the day before the FBI arrested Blagojevich, a two-term Democrat, on charges that he tried to trade his appointment to replace Obama in the Senate for campaign contributions. Wiretapped conversations show Blagojevich thought Jarrett was interested in the seat and he wanted campaign money or a high-paying job in return, according to a sworn statement.

Obama’s staff released a report in December that said his staff had no inappropriate contact with the governor’s office about the Senate seat, nor was anyone aware of any dealmaking. Axelrod, a Chicago political strategist now in the White House, was not mentioned in the report.

A self-check by the staff of Obama can't be considered worth taking seriously. Only anh independent investigation can be considered worthy.

Labels: political corruption, United States

Gerald Warner at the UK Telegraph has something to say about Barack Obama's presidency worth considering (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin):

This will end in tears. The Obama hysteria is not merely embarrassing to witness, it is itself contributory to the scale of the disaster that is coming. What we are experiencing, in the deepening days of a global depression, is the desperate suspension of disbelief by people of intelligence - la trahison des clercs - in a pathetic effort to hypnotise themselves into the delusion that it will be all right on the night. It will not be all right.

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To anyone who kept his head, the string of Christmas cracker mottoes booming through the public address system on Washington’s National Mall can only excite scepticism. It is crucial to recall the reality that lies behind the rhetoric. Denouncing “those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents” comes ill from a man whose flagship legislation, the Freedom of Choice Act, will impose abortion, including partial-birth abortion, on every state in the Union. It seems the era of Hope is to be inaugurated with a slaughter of the innocents.

Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is like one of those toxic packages traded by bankers: it camouflages many unaffordable gifts to his client state. With a federal deficit already at $1.2 trillion, Obama wants to squander $825 billion (which will undoubtedly mushroom to more than $1 trillion) on creating 600,000 more government jobs and a further 459,000 in “green energy” (useless wind turbines and other Heath-Robinson contraptions favoured by Beltway environmentalists).

It is frightening to think there is a real possibility that the entire world economy could go into complete meltdown and famine kill millions. Yet Western - and British - commentators are cocooned in a warm comfort zone of infatuation with America’s answer to Neil Kinnock. We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a probationary opportunity to prove themselves, the worst should be in jail.

I have to agree. Obama's ability to stand the economy erect once again is very uncertain. And I think we could do without too many abortions.

Labels: United States

Debbie Schlussel finds Islamist apologist Grover Norquist, who may be a convert himself, paying lip service to Obama in the Wall Street Journal, which has been deteriorating in quality for quite some time now:

I was pleased that Obama's campaign and speech closed the door on more recent history - his own Chicago church's wallowing in racial division and resentment.

C'mon, does anyone really believe the president really backed away from Jeremiah Wright and other such degrading people? This Norquist is truly awful, and if the Republicans cannot get rid of him, then they are not doing much to show signs of improvement.

Labels: political corruption, United States

After failing to finish the job in Gaza, Kadima is once again hurting in the polls, and now, they've even lost their council chairman, Meir Nitzan:

Kadima council chairman Meir Nitzan, the former Rishon Lezion mayor who supported Mofaz in the primary, wrote a letter to Livni on Wednesday telling her that due to problems with her behavior, he had decided to leave the party and support the Likud in the election.

Livni didn't even make a serious effort to speak on the country's behalf at the UN. She deserves this loss, as does the rest of that awful party.

Labels: Israel

Michael Goldfarb at the Weekly Standard points to an op-ed Bill Kristol wrote in the New York Times where he says:

As we recited this on Saturday, I couldn’t help but reflect that a distressingly small number of my fellow Jews seem to have given much thought at all to the fact that President Bush is one of the greatest friends the state of Israel — and, yes, the Jewish people — have had in quite a while. Bush stood with Israel when he had no political incentive to do so and received no political benefit from doing so. He was criticized by much of the world. He did it because he thought it the right thing to do.

He has been denounced for this, as Israel has been denounced for doing what it judged necessary to defend itself. The liberal sage Bill Moyers has been a harsh critic of Bush. On Jan. 9, on PBS, he also lambasted Israel for what he called its “state terrorism,” its “waging war on an entire population” in Gaza. He traced this Israeli policy back to the Bible, where “God-soaked violence became genetically coded,” apparently in both Arabs and Jews. I wouldn’t presume to say what is and isn’t “genetically coded” in Moyers’s respectable Protestant genes. But I’m glad it was George W. Bush calling the shots over the last eight years, not someone well-thought of by Moyers.

I'm sorry to tell you this, Mike, and Billy boy, but if you want to read P. David Hornik for example, he tells that the myth of Dubya being a good friend of Israel being wrong on many counts.

And Anne Bayefsky is right in her assessment of Bush and Condi too.

The problem with Kristol is that he's basically a knee-jerker, who cannot bring himself to criticize Bush for the right reasons. I'm mighty disappointed with Kristol, just like I once was with Jonathan V. Last for supporting a vile comic that I've spoken about elsewhere.

Labels: Israel, United States

Truly atrocious. The Dutch court until now had wisely refrained from doing something so stupid. Now however, it appears they're going to capitulate to a campaign by Dutch Muslims to prosecute Geert Wilders for filming his anti-jihad film of Fitna (Hat tip: Jihad Watch).

This should not be allowed to pass without a fight. All those who value freedom should stand behind Wilders and make it clear to the Dutch government/courts that their planned actions are unacceptable.

Update: Diana West (via Michelle Malkin) calls on the west to rally to Wilders' defense.

Others on the subject include The Jawa Report, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Gateway Pundit, Pursuing Holiness, Melanie Phillips, Stop the ACLU, Southchild, Pirates' Cove.

Labels: Europe, islam, jihad, terrorism

Debbie Schlussel reminds us that Martin Luther King Jr. was pro-Israel. And that's why it's disgraceful that people like Imad Hamad are exploiting his image for the sake of propaganda. Message to Hamad and other Islamists who're hijacking: cut it out.

Labels: Israel, United States

Belatedly too, done only on his way out the door. Here's an earlier topic that explains what went on. But note carefully, this was not a pardon, this was only a commutation, which means that he simply reduced their sentences. Here's the AP Wire's report on Breitbart (via Hot Air).

Labels: immigration, United States

The eastern Jerusalem house of the vermin who murdered students at Merkaz HaRav Kook last year has been sealed up with concrete:

A large force of Israel police officers supervised workers as they filled two of the four floors of the house with cement. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Israel National News that Border police officers and "special patrol units" were deployed in the neighborhood. Timing of the operation was kept secret to prevent provocations.

"This is standard procedure in order to prevent any violence from taking place and interfering with the work," Rosenfeld said. He declined to give exact numbers but said that "a large police force" of at least 80 policemen was deployed in the area.

Rosenfeld added that there were no attempts by the family or by neighborhood Arabs to interfere with the proceedings.

After the terrorist attack at the yeshiva and his subsequent death, Abu Dheim's home was the scene of a major demonstration of support for the Hamas and Hizbullah terrorist organizations. A mourner's tent, decorated with flags from both terrorist organizations, was set up in front of his house, making it clear that the family supported Abu Dheim's terrorist actions.

Israeli officials did not force the family to remove the tent even though authorities in Amman blocked the extended family there from putting up a similar structure.

Isn't that ironic?

They're still going to have to take to that roach of a house with a wrecking ball though. And then, I'd suggest building a park in memory of the victims.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism

This is good news for Israel's economy, which really needs a boost now (via The Astute Bloggers):

Three massive gas reservoirs have been discovered 80 kilometers off the Haifa coast, at the Tamar prospect, Noble Energy Inc. announced on Sunday.

The Tamar-1 well, located in approximately 5,500 feet of water, was drilled to a total depth of 16,076 feet. The thickness and quality of the reservoirs found were greater than anticipated at the location.

Charles D. Davidson, Noble Energy's chairman, president and CEO, said in an announcement that his company was "extremely excited by the results. This is one of the most significant prospects that we have ever tested and appears to be the largest discovery in the company's history."

Speaking on Army Radio Sunday morning, an exhilarated Yitzhak Tshuva, owner of the Delek Group Ltd, one of the owners of the well, called the discovery "one of the biggest in the world," promising that the find would present a historic land mark in the economic independence of Israel.

"I have no doubt that this is a holiday for the State of Israel. We will no longer be dependent [on foreign sources] for our gas, and will even export. We are dealing with inconceivably huge quantities; Israel now has a solution for the future generations," Tshuva added.

[...]

Production testing at Tamar will be performed after the well is completed. Noble Energy and its partners may keep the rig to drill up to two additional wells in the basin. Pending positive test results, one well could be an appraisal at Tamar.

Noble Energy operates the well with a 36 percent working interest. Other interest owners in the well are Israeli companies Isramco Negev 2, Delek Drilling, Avner Oil Exploration and Dor Gas Exploration.

Following the announcement of the discover, shares of Delek Drilling jumped up 80%, while shares of Isramco Negev 2 skyrocketed by an unprecedented 120 percent. The rest of the Tel Aviv stock market also saw huge gains, with the TA-Index 100 climbing nearly 4 percent.

It's a great day for Israel's economy indeed.

Labels: Israel

The IDF has begun withdrawing from its posts in Gaza, without having even actually obliterated Hamas. And if they haven't, then the chances they'll resurrect themselves still holds.

Obviously, and disgustingly, no lesson was learned from the second Lebanon war almost 3 years ago.

Here's an important analysis from Natan Sharansky on why terrorism needs to be removed.

Update: Netanyahu says it right: job unfinished. And the Shin Bet warns that the Hamas could rearm in just months.

Labels: islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism

Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration as president will have someone there who doesn't belong (Hat tip: Hot Air Headlines):

One of the religious leaders invited to address Barack Obama’s inaugural prayer service Wednesday heads an Islamic group named by federal prosecutors as a co-conspirator in a terrorism-fundraising trial in Texas.

Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, is scheduled to join Christian ministers and Jewish rabbis offering prayers for the new president and his family during a service at the National Cathedral in Washington, organizers announced Friday.

Mattson’s group calls itself “the largest Muslim umbrella organization” in North America. However, in May 2007, federal prosecutors included ISNA on a list of nearly 300 co-conspirators filed in a criminal case charging that the Holy Land Foundation of Richardson, Texas, funneled more than $12 million to Hamas.

I don't suppose her invitation will be revoked? No, I don't suppose so.

Labels: islam, political corruption, terrorism, United States

The reports now are that Israel's government is convening to vote on a unilateral ceasefire agreement:

The cabinet on Saturday night convened at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, to vote on a unilateral cease-fire deal which could end Operation Cast Lead three weeks after it began.

The cabinet is expected to back an Egyptian-brokered proposal for a 10-day cease-fire with no sign of a commitment by Hamas to stop the rocket fire on southern Israel which sparked the conflict.

If Hamas is not wiped out and obliterated completely, then what good is a "ceasefire"? No matter what foreign powers are saying, the chances that they would actually try to stop terrorists from rearming and smuggling more weapons into Gaza are almost nil. So if the Israeli government does accept this, then they have only repeated the capitulation error for the gazillionth time.

Update: oh, and I see that Ed Morrissey is on the verge of acting like a complete dummy yet again. I guess the lesson of how Byzantine empire went down does not move him either, does it?

Update 2: was there a "ceasefire"? Yes, and it's been broken now.

Update 3: fighting resumes.

Labels: islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

Let's see what I can put together in one here.

WorldNetDaily (via Jihad Watch) reports that the hazards of hate crime laws is rearing its ugly head again.

Pajamas Media (via The Jawa Report) reports on the double-standard the MSM has regarding Congo. Gaza is what concerns them, but not Congo.

In Thailand, a hospital was bombed, but the MSM doesn't care about that either.

Here's a little something on defining victory.

And here's the Hamas in their own voices.

There's also more worth checking out at the Hot Joints blog.

Labels: Africa, anti-semitism, Asia, islam, jihad, political corruption, racism

A writer for the Christian Science Monitor (via Daniel Pipes) makes a convincing if counter-intuitive case about how European public opinion is moving more towards Israel. Yes, I've sensed it fairly well that that's what is now happening.

Of course, that doesn't mean everything is well there. If this report from JTA makes any sense, Germany still has quite a few rotten apples around. And Gordon Brown of Britain? As a politician for the UK, I wouldn't jump to conclusions about him being pro-Israel so quickly.

Labels: Europe, islam, Israel, jihad

Scratch one Said Siam:

Hamas's interior minister, Said Siam, was killed along with his brother Iad and his son, as well as another senior Hamas man in an IAF strike on a house in the Jabaliya neighborhood in Gaza City, Israeli defense officials told The Jerusalem Post.

Siam was the Hamas political echelon's liaison with the group's military wing, and was responsible for the various security apparatuses in the Strip, including the police and the naval force.

Siam was considered a radical and was in contact with Hamas's political leadership in Damascus. He was also considered close to Iranian officials.

Siam was one of the masterminds of Hamas's violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007.

Salah Abu Shrakh, the head of the Hamas general security service, was also killed in the air strike.

Siam was the most senior Hamas man to be killed in almost three weeks of fighting. Hamas confirmed that Siam was killed with his brother and son. According to Palestinian reports, Mahmoud Watfa, one of the commanders of the Hamas military wing, was also killed in the strike.

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Two weeks ago, the IAF dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of one of the group's top five leaders, Sheikh Nizar Rayyan, killing him and a reported 18 others.

Rayyan was both the director and the financier of the 2004 terror attack at the Ashdod port, which killed 10 Israelis, and in October 2001 he sent his son to perpetrate a suicide attack in the Gush Katif settlement Elei Sinai, where two Israelis were killed.

Rayyan also reportedly replaced Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as the organization's top clerical authority after Yassin's assassination in 2004.

Siam's death is quite a prize in the war on terror, and he's one more terrorist who fully deserved what he got.

Labels: islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

In the following video, we see a frightening picture of just how the British police are doing little or nothing to stop a mob of crazed anti-Israel protestors from going violent:

I'd wager a guess they aren't even properly trained or prepared in any way to deal with such disgust. That's the UK for you.

Mark Steyn says:

The west's deluded multiculti progressives should understand: In the end, this isn't about Gaza, this isn't about Jews. It's about you.

And they should consider that if they continue to allow these tyrants to run amok, there'll be property damage and quite possibly injuries to innocent passers-by, which they don't need. It's costing tons of money for the west, one more reason why such people cannot be allowed to continue immigrating to the west.

Via Power Line and Weasel Zippers.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, islam, londonistan, terrorism

The American Thinker minces no words in what they think of the UN's secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon portrays Israel and the terrorists who seek its destruction as morally equivalent-but the news gets even worse.

The Associated Press reported on Dec. 29 that Ban "again condemned Israel's excessive use of force...'All this must stop. Both Israel and Hamas must halt their acts of violence and take all necessary measures to avoid civilian casualties. A ceasefire must be declared immediately. They must also curb their inflammatory rhetoric...'"

To be "evenhanded" between terrorists and a nation they target is appalling--but the UN chief even falls short of this evenhandedness, as was dramatically revealed during his 2007 Mideast visit when he laid a wreath of white flowers on the grave of serial killer Yasir Arafat and met with the parents of young Palestinians serving time in prison for terrorism.

He did not lay wreaths on the graves of Arafat's victims, nor did he meet with their families.

If Ban Ki-moon is not infected by the world's most ancient form of bigotry, what other explanation is there for his behavior?

No other explanation is needed. Ban Ki-Moonbat is no different from countless other UN corruptocrats in a farcical movement that should have been disbanded long ago.

Update: Eli Yishai of the Shas party slammed Ban Ki-Moonbat.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, terrorism, UN corruption

Joe Wurzelbacher came to Israel and Sderot, and while there, minced no words in letting know what he thinks of the MSM:

Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right.

"You should be ashamed of yourself," he told foreign reporters.

"You should be patriotic, protect your family and children, not report like you have been doing for the past two weeks since this war has started," he said.

Wurzelbacher, the man who stole the limelight from Republican presidential candidate John McCain during the American election campaign, has found a new job - as a correspondent for the Internet Web sites PJTV and Pajamas Media.

Armed with a camera and a temporary Government Press Office card, he got a taste of reality in Sderot, visiting a house hit by a Kassam rocket two weeks ago and experiencing a "Code Red" alert first-hand. He also observed and reported from the house where a Kassam landed on Sunday afternoon.

The people of Sderot "can't do normal things day to day," like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear a rocket might come in, Wurzelbacher said. "I'm sure they're taking quick showers. I know I would."

He also wondered why Israel waited so long to act. "I know if I were a citizen here, I'd be damned upset." He described himself as a "peaceloving man," but added, "when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy. And if the rest of the world doesn't understand that, then I'm sorry."

Wurzelbacher had already announced that he would arrive in the area for 10 days to cover Operation Cast Lead and to assist in getting out the Israeli side of the story.

"I want the average American Joes to understand the story here from the point of view of someone like them," he told WNWO, a TV channel in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, before heading here.

During the election campaign, Wurzelbacher (who supported McCain) warned Jewish voters in America that voting for President-elect Barack Obama would be a death blow to Israel, saying, "Obama has offered to sit down with the enemies of Israel."

But in Sderot, he seemed just as intent on teaching a thing or two to the media. "Do you think this is normal, the way you cover this conflict and give away information to your enemy?" he asked the journalists that gathered around him.

"It makes me sick to see the way you behave - you guys need to be protective of your homes, your children, your family."

"I am angry," he said, "and this is why I came here."

While I think he could've gone further, I give him credit for alluding to Ehud Olmert's incompetant government, which, as implied, waited far too long.

I guess that's why I'm disappointed in Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, who seems to be blowing it again by suggesting that Joe is screwing up:

...Joe seems ready to make the same mistake that the MSM does, which is picking sides rather than reporting. He’s made it clear that his mission is to tell the Israeli side, which is unfortunately badly needed at this stage. At least he’s honest about that, but it doesn’t make him that much better than his mainstream media peers. If they announced that they felt a duty to report the Palestinian side of the conflict because they genuinely believe that Israel is the aggressor, would that make their reporting any more objective or truthful? Not really.

So says the same man who paid lip service to Grover Norquist (and I should hope that since he was told what Norquist is really like, that he won't make that mistake again). Is he saying that Joe is not allowed to tell the MSM what kind of disgusting cretins they're being for siding with terrorists, as CNN has been doing with this vile propaganda? And is he trying in any way to apologize for Olmert or even Sharon, who led to this in the first place by implying that nobody's allowed to criticize them for the right reasons? Again, just when I hope the man learns a lesson, he suggests otherwise. Again, an apology is in order, Morrissey.

Here's another detail on JTP from Reuters (via Michelle Malkin):

“Israel is being attacked and they’re defending themselves,” Wurzelbacher told reporters. His remarks were interrupted by an alert for an incoming rocket which sent him dashing to a concrete shelter. No one was hurt.

Thank goodness. But you see that he's clearly facing serious risks in going to Sderot. Here's PJTV's page of updates, and here's wire service pictures of JTP over here. And here's an interview with Joe from Israel National Radio.

Update: some more people come to the defense of Joe.

Labels: Israel, jihad, msm foulness, terrorism, United States, war on terror

Here's what Ariel Sharon's act of cowardice led to:

(IsraelNN.com) As the Israel Air Force continues to seek out and destroy arms-smuggling tunnels, a senior IDF figure confirms that it was Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza that enabled the Arabs to dig them in the first place.

“Because of the Disengagement,” a senior security official told correspondent Haggai Huberman on Monday, “the Palestinians were able to increase the number of tunnels, because they were able to dig in areas that the IDF had previously occupied.”

No More Need to Hide in Houses
The officer said that before 2005, when Israel unilaterally retreated from Gaza, the tunnels were dug only in the three-kilometer-long strip along the city of Rafah - because the tunnel openings were able to be camouflaged inside houses. Ever since the IDF left, however, tunnels began to be dug all along the entire 13-14 kilometer Egyptian-Gaza border.

The officer further estimated that the destroyed tunnels will not be able to be rebuilt. However, he said, terrorists still have the ability to dig new ones, and continue to try to smuggle in weapons and explosives via the existing tunnels.

Charles Krauthammer would do well to consider this next time before he goes the bizarre knee-jerk route and condones retreatism.

Labels: Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

As bad a newspaper as the New York Times is, one has to wonder if there's anything to their story about Dubya rejecting Israel's request for help in dealing with Iran. In the AP Wire's story:

WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush rejected a plea from Israel last year to help it raid Iran's main nuclear complex, opting instead to authorize a new U.S. covert action aimed at sabotaging Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, The New York Times reported.

Israel's request was for specialized bunker-busting bombs that it wanted for an attack that tentatively involved flying over Iraq to reach Iran's major nuclear complex at Natanz, where the country's only known uranium enrichment plant is located, the Times reported Saturday in its online edition. The White House deflected requests for the bombs and flyover but said it would improve intelligence-sharing with Israel on covert U.S. efforts to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

The covert efforts, which began in early 2008, involved plans to penetrate Iran's nuclear supply chain abroad and undermine electrical systems and other networks on which Iran relies, the Times said, citing interviews with current and former U.S. officials, outside experts and international nuclear inspectors who spoke on condition of anonymity. The covert program will be handed off to President-elect Barack Obama, who will deciding whether to continue it.

According to the Times, Bush decided against an overt attack based on input from top administration officials such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who believed that doing so would likely prove ineffective and could ignite a broader Middle East war.

Israel made the push for permission to fly over Iraq for an attack on Iran following its anger over a U.S. intelligence assessment in late 2007 that concluded Iran had effectively suspended its development of nuclear weapons four years earlier. Israel sought to rebut the report, providing evidence to U.S. intelligence officials that they said indicated the Iranians were still working on a weapon.

Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for the National Security Council, declined to comment Saturday.

In an interview with The Associated Press earlier this week, Stephen Hadley, Bush's national security adviser, said he believed that Iran is the biggest challenge Obama will face in the Middle East and that more sanctions will be needed to force Tehran to forgo its nuclear ambitions and support for extremists. He said the Bush administration has been trying to "shore up and store up leverage" to bequeath to the Obama administration.

Last month, Obama suggested that a combination of economic incentives and tighter sanctions might work. Tehran rejected the proposal. Obama also has said he would pursue tough-minded diplomacy.

Sorry, but that's doubtful. As for whether Bush rejected the requests, Power Line's Paul says he has little difficulty believing it possible. Dubya did after all go downhill on quite a few issues in the 2nd term of his presidential career.

More at Hot Air.

Labels: Israel, United States, war on terror

No surprise at all, really, if he does:

(IsraelNN.com) Incoming U.S. President Barack Obama plans to open a "channel of communication" with the Hamas terrorist organization when he takes office on January 20, according to British newspaper the Guardian.

According to three sources "close to the transition team," Obama was unlikely to approve direct talks with Hamas initially. However, reported the Guardian, Obama "is being urged by advisers to initiate low-level or clandestine approaches, and there is growing recognition in Washington that the policy of ostracizing Hamas is counterproductive. A tested course would be to start contacts through Hamas and the US intelligence services, similar to the secret process through which the US engaged with the PLO in the 1970s. Israel did not become aware of the contacts until much later."

I have no idea if the Guardian is correct; they are, after all, the kind of MSM bunch who'd want this to happen. But it does tell that we should be on the lookout.

Labels: islam, Moonbattery, terrorism, United States

Accuracy in Media provides a press release where they talk about the New York Times and its anti-Israel stance. With it comes a special item written by Don Feder about the NYT's continuing nastiness.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, msm foulness, terrorism

Benjamin Netanyahu defends Israel's right to self-defense in the Wall Street Journal (via Weekly Standard blog). As the headline says, "Militant Islam threatens us all", and at the end:

We fight to defend ourselves, but in so doing we are also fighting a fanatical ideology that seeks to reverse the course of history and throw the civilized world back into a new dark age. The struggle between militant Islam and modernity -- whether fought in Afghanistan, Iraq, India or Gaza -- will decide our common future. It is a battle we cannot afford to lose.

Nor can the US afford to lose it.

Labels: Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

The Hamas has continued its barrage, and Ber Sheva is now facing more danger than before:

(IsraelNN.com) Four long-range Grad rockets slammed into city of Be'er Sheva, the “capital of the Negev” at 7:00 a.m. Friday morning. Residents had about 45 seconds' warning of the attack, thanks to the blaring Color Red siren that wailed through the city and was broadcast over the radio.

Another three rockets hit the city at approximately 10:00 a.m. The rockets hit open areas and did not cause injuries or damage.

But that doesn't meant they couldn't do injury and damage later.

And now, to make matters worse, Katyusha fire from the Hezbollah has returned to the north:

(IsraelNN.com) Katyusha fire has returned to Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

At least four Katyusha rockets hit northwestern Israel, in the area of the coastal city of Nahariya, around 7:35 a.m. Thursday morning. One of the missiles hit the roof of an old age facility in Nahariya.

Later in the morning, at approximately 11:00 a.m., two Katyusha rockets also exploded near the town of Shlomi, a town of approximately 5,100 residents. On July 12, 2006, the town was hit by a barrage of Katyushas fired by Hizbullah terrorists as a diversion while operatives carried out a cross-border raid elsewhere along Israel's northern border. Two IDF reservists, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, were kidnapped during that raid, which ultimately ignited the Second Lebanon War.

They're clearly taking advantage of Hamas' attacks as an opportunity to resume their own.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, Lebanon, terrorism

The Atlantic asked this question in its current edition (Hat tip: Newsbusters).

If its print edition goes belly up, that'll be a start for the demise of awful papers like them. Good riddance.

Labels: communications

Joe the Plumber (via Michelle Malkin):

TOLEDO, Ohio: Joe the Plumber is taking on a new job.

The Ohio man, who became famous during the U.S. presidential campaign after asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for a conservative Web site called pjtv.com.

Dubbed "Joe the Plumber" by McCain's campaign, Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher was held up as an example of an American worker who would be hurt economically by Obama's election.

Wurzelbacher says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting and explaining why Israeli forces are mounting attacks against Hamas.

He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants "go over there and let their 'Average Joes' share their story."

Wurzelbacher later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail.

At one stop, Wurzelbacher agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.

Joe is a great man and a great friend indeed.

Update: Michelle Malkin presents her latest column focusing not only on Joe's trip, but also on the MSM's continuing disgusting cover-ups.

Labels: Israel, United States, war on terror

Caroline Glick wonders if the current war against Hamas is serving to take attention away from Iran deliberately. That's an interesting question. She says:

The second reason that it is possible that Hamas may be defeated is because much to everyone's surprise, Iran may have decided to let Hamas lose.

Here it is important to note that the war today, like the war in 2006, is a war between Israel and Iran. Like Hizbullah, Hamas is an Iranian proxy. And just as was the case in 2006, Iran was instrumental in inciting the current war.

Iran prepared Hamas for this war. It used Hamas's six-month cease-fire with Israel to double both the range and the size of Hamas's missile arsenal. It trained Hamas's 20,000-man army for this war. And as the six months drew to a close, Iran incited Hamas to attack.

So too, in 2006, Iran incited Hamas to attack Israel. That war, now known as the Second Lebanon War, was actually a two-front war that began in Gaza. Ordered by Iran, it was Hamas that started the war when its forces (together with allied forces in Fatah), attacked the IDF position at Kerem Shalom on June 25, 2006 and kidnapped Cpl. Gilad Schalit. Israel fought a limited war against Iran's Palestinian proxies in Gaza for 17 days before the country's attention moved to the North after Hizbullah attacked an IDF position along the border and abducted Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser. [...]

Alas, there is another possible explanation for Iran's apparent decision to abandon a vassal it incited to open a war. On Sunday, Iranian analyst Amir Taheri reported the conclusions of a bipartisan French parliamentary report on the status of Iran's nuclear program in Asharq Alawsat. The report which was submitted to French President Nicolas Sarkozy late last month concluded that unless something changes, Iran will have passed the nuclear threshold by the end of 2009 and will become a nuclear power no later than 2011. The report is notable because it is based entirely on open-sourced material whose accuracy has been acknowledged by the Iranian regime.

The report asserts that this year will be the world's final opportunity to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. And, as Taheri hints strongly, the only way of doing that effectively is by attacking Iran's nuclear installations.

Read the whole item. My theory emerging from this is that, if her analysis makes any sense, Iran has decided to let Hamas go down because they have an even more lethal weapon in store - the nuclear device. And that's why, even as the war with Hamas goes on, Iran needs to be taken down as well.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

I just took part in a bloggers conference with Knesset member Effie Eitam hosted by One Jerusalem. I'd wanted to ask a question, but something was wrong with my microphone and it wasn't coming through well. But I did get to listen, and it was a good discussion he gave on the war Israel is now facing versus the Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The other participants included Boker Tov Boulder, Israpundit, Atlas Shrugs, Jewish Current Issues, Mere Rhetoric, Iconoclast.

Labels: conferences

Yid With Lid (via One Jerusalem) presents some important videos on how Hamas is using children as shields, and at a "school" built by the United Nations, who else:

And here's videos of an Israeli government spokesperson and the IDF's response on this:


Let us be clear: it is Hamas' fault for putting any children they did in danger, by resorting to the cowardice of using them as shields, and even indoctrinating them into being shields, if they are.

Here is more from Gateway Pundit (also via One Jerusalem) that tells how Hamas is putting civilians in harm's way.

Others on the subject include Michelle Malkin, Israelly Cool, A Blog for All, Hot Air, The Other McCain, The Muqata, Yaacov Lozowick.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

Mere Rhetoric (via Hot Air Headlines) points to some examples of fauxtography the MSM is churning out. For example, NPR is among the guilty, and Breath of the Beast talks about their sickening dishonesty. Camera, Zombietime, Lawhawk and The Jawa Report have more. One more reason why these rock-bottom MSM sources do not deserve your hard-earned money.

Labels: anti-semitism, communications, islam, Israel, jihad, msm foulness, terrorism

Oh, and in case I didn't mention, they burned cars too (H/T: The Astute Bloggers):

A pro-Palestinian umbrella group, including France's Communist Party, led over 21,000 protestors, according to initial statistics, in an anti-Israel march Saturday through the city's luxury shopping district, famous for its Gallery Lafayette department store.

The rally was blocked by police from reaching its planned final destination, the Israeli embassy.

Protesters set cars on fire and several luxury store windows, such as the Louis Pion watch store, were smashed and looted by protesters by evening.

These Islamofascists and their sympathisers, commies included, aren't just waging a war against Israel. They're waging it against much of the west as well. And just look at how, in the process, they're costing tons of money for many decent people by destroying their property.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, France, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism

Two op-eds recommended for reading. In the first one, Rubin talks about the problems of debating international issues these days. And in the second one, he talks about the current war in Gaza and what led up to it.

Labels: islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

Mark Steyn puts into perspective Condoleeza Rice's denial of reality when she insisted to Cal Thomas at least 3 years ago that she thought the "palestinian people" want a better life. He says about this:

I think she knows she doesn’t know it. But in the modern world there is no diplomatic vocabulary for the kind of cultural fault line represented by the Israeli/Palestinian dispute, so even a smart thinker like Dr. Rice can only frame it as an issue of economic and educational opportunity. Of course, there are plenty of Palestinians like the ones the Secretary of State describes: you meet them living as doctors and lawyers in Los Angeles and Montreal and Geneva … but not, on the whole, in Gaza. In Gaza, they don’t vote for Hamas because they want access to university education. Or, if they do, it’s to get Junior into the Saudi-funded Hamas-run Islamic University of Gaza, where majoring in rocket science involves making one and firing it at the Zionist Entity. In 2007, as part of their attempt to recover Gaza from Hamas, Fatah seized 1,000 Qassam rockets at the university, as well as seven Iranian military trainers.

I think it's a shame she does not have the courage to be honest and admit the truth about the Islamic mindset. Scott Johnson at Power Line says that 3 years ago, he read her as knowing she was just marketing tripe whether she knew it or not. You know what? I agree with him completely.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States

Finally, it appears that Ehud Barak, as the defense minister, has allowed foot troops to enter Gaza:

(IsraelNN.com) Ground troops moved into Gaza Saturday night for the first time since last February. IDF flyers warned Gaza residents to leave terrorists' homes. Artillery fire from the ground and from Naval boats rained on terrorist targets before tanks roared in.

[...]

The troops entered less than 24 hours after outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with military officials. The troops entered less than 24 hours after outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with military officials. The Security Cabinet met Friday night in emergency session and gave the green light for the ground operation.

But now that they've entered, here's a challenging question:

Are they going to remain there? Or, is the current government going to allow them to? That's the important question now. Because if they leave again, all they're doing is allowing more terrorists to enter again.

Others on the subject include Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, Michelle Malkin, Israelly Cool, Gateway Pundit, Mere Rhetoric, Power Line, American Pundit, Cold Fury, DaTechGuy's Blog, Treppenwitz, Jeffrey A. Setaro, The Weekly Standard, Locomotive Breath 1901.

Labels: Israel, jihad, war on terror

I didn't think it was possible to find a pro-Israeli paper in Iran, but until now, there was one. Now, sadly, it's been shut down by Ahmedinejad's dictatorship:

(IsraelNN.com) The director-general of domestic media at Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance announced Wednesday that the Karjozaran newspaper was shut down for portraying the State of Israel positively.

And at the end of the article, there's something that's disturbing but unsurprising:

According to Jewish Agency spokesman Michael Jankelovitz, Iranian Jews live from day to day in mortal danger. As were the Jews in Nazi Germany and the former Soviet Union, they are forbidden to learn Hebrew or freely practice their faith. Jewish children are required to attend the state schools on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays, and all Jewish day schools have been closed down.

And since Barack Obama is unlikely to take action against Iran when he becomes president, there's no telling how those left in Iran can be saved.

Update: while we're on the subject, here's a short article from the Japan Times from a few days ago that tells how the government had to pay a huge ransom to free a Japanese student who was held hostage in Iran.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam

John Hinderaker at Power Line presents some lurid pictures of children in "refugee" camps in Lebanon demonstrating against Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas' attacks from Gaza.

As John says, we have to consider that these children have been raised from birth to condone mass murder via the Quran.

Others on the subject include Jeffrey A. Setaro, Michelle Malkin, Riggword.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, Lebanon, terrorism

Palin Derangement Syndrome continues (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin).

I figured the the leftists would continue with this crap, and now, it's been proven. Simply disgusting.

Labels: misogyny, Moonbattery

Yup, I thought it could happen. The returning USSR may be showing signs of capitulation (Hat tip: Dhimmi Watch):

The Muslim community in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region is opposing plans to include church bells in a proposed new regional anthem. Local authorities had earlier set a competition to compose an anthem for the region.

The work is still being composed and officials say the last thing they want to do is to hurt people's feelings.

The Muslim community wanted the regional governor to change some of the rules of the contest. Using the sound of church bells was mandatory and Muslim leaders thought this alienated other ethnic and religious groups.

"There should be no political or religious themes in the anthem. It should be something that uplifts people and brings them together. I think including religion goes against this." Said Gayaz Zakirov, spiritual leader of the region’s Muslims...

Oh dear. I assume I can see where they're headed.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Russia

Front Page Magazine declares Dutch politician Geert Wilders, courageous foe of Islam, the man of the year. Gotta agree, and he did pay a visit to Israel as well to explain how the fight against Islamofascism in Europe is similar to that in Israel. He deserves much praise for his efforts.

Labels: Europe, islam

The manager of 12TribeFilms sent me the following letter:

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Invite others to participate and help lift the spirits of those in their time of need.

I think the site has trailers available on it too.

Labels: Israel

A piece of filthy lubricant has been terminated:

Sheikh Nizar Rayyan, a senior Hamas leader and cleric, was killed along with several others on Thursday when an IAF aircraft dropped a bomb on his Jabalya home, the IDF said. [...]

A large cloud of smoke billowed above the northern Gaza town after the attack, and Palestinian sources were quoted by Channel 2 as saying that the air strike was carried out by F-16 fighter jets.

Security officials said that Rayyan was not only the religious leader of Hamas's military wing, Izzadin Kassam, but also one of their military commanders. He was often seen in uniform, and participated in military exercises. He was considered one of the most fanatical Hamas commanders, and was close to Hamas terrorist Salah Shehadeh, who was killed by the IAF in 2002.

He was both the director and the financier of the 2004 terrorist attack at Ashdod's port which killed ten Israelis.

In October 2001, he sent his son to perpetrate a suicide attack in the Gush Katif settlement Elei Sinai, in which two young Israelis were killed.

Channel 10 reported that Rayyan had replaced Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as the organization's top clerical authority after Yassin's assassination in 2004.

According to Palestinian sources, his family was warned before the attack but did not leave the building, Army Radio reported. [...]

Rayyan was the fourth senior terror figure to be killed in air strikes Thursday as the air force appeared to step up the pressure on the leaders of Hamas and its allies in the Gaza Strip.

Now he can go to hell along with Yassin and face trial in the highest court.

Update: While we're on the subject, Israel Matzav's got a video of the IAF turning a mosque doubling as a weapons depot into rubble (Hat tip: Hot Air Headlines).

Labels: Israel, jihad, terrorism, war on terror