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The Jewish Chronicle writes about German judge Christian Tomuschat, another of Goldstone's loathsome cronies:

German judge Christian Tomuschat is facing increased pressure to step down as head of the UN panel charged with reviewing the implementation of the Goldstone report's demands.

Critics say Mr Tomuschat has already likened Israel's self-defence actions to "state terrorism", and thus cannot provide an unbiased assessment of whether Israel and Hamas have properly investigated and then tried those alleged to have committed war crimes during Operation Cast Lead.

Mr Tomuschat, professor emeritus at Humboldt University, Berlin, was named this summer as head of the panel, which is to submit its report in October. The other members of the committee are attorney and special UN rapporteur Param Cumaraswamy of Malaysia and former New York State Supreme Court Justice Mary McGowan Davis.

At issue are Mr Tomuschat's past statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a 2002 essay on responses to terrorism, he wrote - commenting on Israel's military response to terrorist attacks - that a state that orders retaliation against "presumed terrorists" knowing civilians might be killed "deserve[s] the same blame as those targeted by them".

[...]Hillel Neuer, director of the Geneva-based NGO, UN Watch, said that he should indeed step down.

"A panel tasked with assessing the effectiveness of Israel's war crimes investigations, headed by someone who has already made up his mind and declared himself on this precise question - against Israel - is not only absurd but a travesty of justice."

The appointment of an open critic of Israel is further evidence, he said, of an anti-Israel bias on the UN Human Rights Council, which includes as members states that are dictatorships, are implicated in genocide or otherwise have shady records on human rights.

[...]

In his 2002 essay, Mr Tomaschut also suggested that the victim of a terror attack might be to blame for his own suffering: "Any state under terrorist attack should "analyse its own conduct and ask itself whether it has made mistakes which have given rise to frustration, hatred and despair."

No doubt this awful man also harbors more than a considerable amount of anti-Americanism, since many of the same people who hold these sentiments towards Israel have the same ones towards America.

We have another example of a German who's failed to learn from the grave crimes committed by his predecessors, and a man who has no business being involved in politics. And yet another example of how the UN is worthless. Tomuschat should definitely step down, but probably won't.

Labels: anti-semitism, germany, Israel, jihad, terrorism, UN corruption

The former Labor politician who joined Kadima, and later disgraced himself after he committed sexual harrassment, has been revealed maintaining contact with Saeb Erekat, and was spotted in conversation with shady types at the American Colony Hotel in east Jerusalem:

(Israelnationalnews.com) Ex-Justice and Interior Minister Chaim Ramon advised top PA negotiator Saeb Erekat in a private conversation that it would not be worth the PA’s while to enter into direct talks with Israel - in direct contrast with the official Israeli position. MK Michael Ben-Ari says the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) must investigate the matter.

An unidentified man contacted Israel Radio, saying he overheard the conversation in the Jerusalem Colony Hotel [note: it's actually called the AMERICAN Colony Hotel] dining room three weeks ago. From his detailed reenactment of the talk, it appears that he was able to record it, but he refused to confirm or deny this detail.

Ramon was a controversial left-wing Knesset Member of the Labor Party for more than two decades, and switched to Kadima with Ariel Sharon after the Disengagement from Gush Katif. He resigned from the Knesset a year ago, two years after he was convicted of indecency with a female soldier who asked to be photographed with him.

According to the witness, who said another person was with him at the time, the conversation took place less than two feet away from him.

Ramon reportedly said clearly that he was sent to speak with Erekat by President Shimon Peres. “He said in these words: ‘I was sent by the President of Israel, Shimon Peres,’” the man, whose voice was electronically garbled during the broadcast, related.

The witness said, “It was perfectly clear throughout the conversation that Ramon was sent to advise the Palestinians how to conduct the proximity talks and that it would be pointless to enter the direct talks because in any event Netanyahu will not agree to grant anything to the PA.”

“For instance,” the witness recounted, “Erekat said that the previous prime minister [Ehud Olmert] offered to have 50,000 or 60,000 Arab refugees enter Israel, but the PA demands 100,000 or 200,000. Ramon said that if you [the PA] did not agree then to Olmert’s offer, there is no way that Bibi [Netanyahu] would agree to more. So Erekat said, ‘So what do you propose?’ and Ramon said, ‘Not to enter the direct talks; you won’t get anything anyway.’”

The witness also said that Ramon told Erekat that “if the PA wants more checkpoints to be removed, it must do X, Y and Z.” However, interviewer Ayala Hasson did not ask him to elaborate on what steps Ramon told Erekat must be done.

That's okay, because I think I've heard enough already. If this is true, it tells that even out of parliament, Ramon is one of those kind of people who's a menace, doing everything possible to embarrass the PM into appeasement tactics. And if Shimon Peres is involved, that suggests he still hasn't changed.

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

The radio host has written an item about how the left is pushing for shari'a in America, and how they're the ones who want the mosque at Ground Zero (via Jihad Watch):

Let's take, at face value, the template that the partisan political hacks spew at me. I am, according to them, anti-women's rights. Equal rights for women is no concern of mine, right? I'm the guy that came up with the name "feminazi." I'm not a friend of women's rights, they say. If that were true, I would be pushing for the mosque at Ground Zero. If I were anti-women's rights, I would be all for Sharia law. Sharia law is a not-so-stealth way to undermine women's rights in this country. It would be a perfect cause if I was who they say I am.

Anti-women's rights is a cause of the left. That's who's pushing Sharia in this country: The left. It's the left that wants a mosque at Ground Zero. It's left who thinks "America's chickensssss came home to roost" on 9/11. It's the American left that thinks we got what we deserved on 9/11. It's the American left that wants the mosque at Ground Zero. No one can be pro-women's rights and remain silent about the metastasizing cancer that Sharia law is on women's rights.

Let me add that I was the one who came up with the term "FOXophobe", even though I realize quite well that FOX News is not much better than CNN.

Speaking of which, here's something related to an atrocious book I've blogged about on my comics blog a few months ago: a MSMer who's supposedly angry at how DC killed Lian Harper, and blames conservatives for what happened:

Anyway, it was obvious by page five of the first issue that I would be assigning this book Mopee status, and hope that it was never referred to again. But I have this terrible fear that this book was specifically designed to appeal to the birther/Tea Party/Dick Cheney/Glenn Beck crowd. I would hate for that to be true, but ... well, there is money to be made there, as Fox News's ratings show. My entire industry has shifted right in search of those dollars, so is this DC's attempt to do the same? I hope not. Geez, can't we escape politics anywhere?

Really, he thinks this book is aimed at conservatives, or that righties enjoy this kind of bloodshed? Gee, I'm a conservative and even I don't approve of this BS. I suppose the leftist who wrote that propaganda is also against capitalism too? Won't be surprised if he is. I condemn him for implying that all conservatives are so bloodthirsty, they'd destroy our childhoods, and overall for letting his political biases cloud his understanding that books like Cry for Justice are the products of demented leftists, for nothing more than pointless violence and mishmash. There's a FOXophobe, if there ever was one.

Labels: islam, misogyny, Moonbattery, msm foulness, terrorism, United States

Unlike in Switzerland, where some in the Jewish community may have stupidly protested banning minarets on mosques, in France, they understand why burqas and niqabs are oppressive to women. First, the article begins with the concern that half the country's Jewish population doesn't have a connection to Judaism:

Mergui believes assimilation is the biggest problem French Jewry has to take on.

“About half of France’s 600,000 Jews have no connection to Judaism,” he said.

“By Judaism I mean not only those who are observant and live it every day but also those who go once a year to synagogue on Yom Kippur, hold a Seder with their grandparent on Pessah, feel strongly about the Holocaust or even go on vacation to Eilat once a year – I consider all this to be Jewish involvement.

About 200,000 to 300,000 Jews do none of that, and we have to get them involved again.”

To achieve this, Mergui has set up a program called Hazak, meaning “strong” in Hebrew, tasked with stirring up communal activity mostly in provincial towns and cities where the Jewish communities are slowly fading.

[...]

However, he believes the main problem facing the Jewish community is the unholy marriage of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism by extreme leftists, rightists and Islamists.

“My predecessor called it the Red-Green Alliance,” he said. “Some on the left don’t mind being allied with Islamic extremists like those who were on the Mavi Marmara [Gaza protest ship]. And many people in the center are being influenced by their views of Israel, so much so that they question their own policy toward it.”

If Israel wants to change this disconcerting trend it needs better “hasbara,” or advocacy, Prasquier said. But is Israel’s problem a matter of style or substance? In other words, should it reconsider the effectiveness of its publicity machine or reevaluate its basic policies, especially in regards to the Palestinians, as some prominent European Jews who formed J Cal, a “pro-Israel, pro-peace” offshoot of the American J Street, recently argued in a public letter.

“Some very notable Jews who I have a lot of respect for signed the J Cal letter, but it was a mistake,” Prasquier said. “We have no legitimacy in deciding internal Israeli politics and one has to bear in mind a critical factor that this is not a conflict between the Czech and Slovak republics.

My prime concern is caring for the welfare of Israel.”

Mergui and Prasquier agree that Islamic veils completely or mostly covering women’s faces are contrary to the notion of being French and support the bill that would ban them in public. Yes, they both worry government interference over Jewish issues like shehita ritual slaughter, which some animal rights groups want to ban citing cruelty. But burqas are a another matter, they say.

“A majority of Muslims in France say these veils have nothing to do with Islam,” Mergui said.

“To me it is a breach of the social contract,” Prasquier said. “Women are separated from society in such a way that you cannot even see their faces.”

I'm very glad to see that they may realize that J Cal could be as bad as J Street, the US-based bunch of phonies, and they understand the problems with Islamic oppression of women too, because it's a serious problem that can affect even non-Muslims, and the arguments over whether ritual slaughter is appropriate are nothing compared to that. By focusing on the seriousness of Islamofascism, that's how they can work things out for the better.

Labels: Europe, France, islam, Israel, misogyny

Here's a Washington Times report on SIOA's continued advertising efforts against honor murders in America, offering help to girls in trouble.

Speaking of which, they better make sure to run it in New Jersey as well, after reading the following, most disturbing news from Phyllis Chesler. I think Patterson is a very good place for this too.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

There may be a new shopping mall in Gaza, and there may be a satisfying amount of food to boot, but that doesn't mean all is well. The Hamas is enforcing shari'a against women, including the following:

The Hamas Islamic movement that controls the Gaza Strip has banned shops from displaying women’s underwear in their windows, saying it offends public morality.

The prohibition is intended to “restore public morals in Palestinian society,” according to an e-mailed statement sent Thursday by Hamas police spokesman Ayman Batniji. “The police will also launch investigations into the conduct of the store owners to avoid any suspicious behavior with female customers,” the statement said.

The ban is the latest measure regulating female modesty according to traditional Muslim custom enacted by Hamas during the three years since it seized control of Gaza.

In October last year, women were forbidden from riding behind men on motor scooters, and girls in some public schools must wear headscarves and cloaks. Hamas banned woman from smoking hookah tobacco pipes in public two weeks ago.

The lingerie order also mandates the removal of scantily clad mannequins from store windows, as well as keeping shop doors open when women are inside. Violators of the new regulations will face fines, the statement said.

They may face even worse than that, but the Hamas isn't telling. If there's anyone who isn't getting good treatment in Gaza, it's women, as this shows.

Labels: islam, Israel, misogyny

I almost forgot to write about this, because it's still very relevant: Rachel Ehrenfeld of the American Center for Democracy has scored a big victory now that Congress has passed into law a special SPEECH Act to protect the rights of freedom fighters like her against libel tourism from countries like Britain. Phyllis Chesler interviewed her.

You have to wonder why Britain hasn't made any attempts to modify its own laws and update them to a more civilized era? Simple: their politicians don't care one bit about the concerns Americans have. One more reason why it's better not to be living in the UK.

Labels: House of Saud, islam, londonistan, United States, US Congress, war on terror

Britain's new prime minister has proven himself no better than the last. He's given a speech in Ankara, Turkey (via Commentary's Contentions), where he said:

I know that Gaza has led to real strains in Turkey ’s relationship with Israel. But Turkey is a friend of Israel. And I urge Turkey, and Israel, not to give up on that friendship. Let me be clear. The Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla was completely unacceptable. And I have told PM Netanyahu, we will expect the Israeli inquiry to be swift, transparent and rigorous. Let me also be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change. Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp. But as, hopefully, we move in the coming weeks to direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians so it’s Turkey that can make the case for peace and Turkey that can help to press the parties to come together, and point the way to a just and viable solution.

So he too has joined the anti-Israel rhetoric, and probably spouts the worst of all. Peter Wehner makes clear that the blockade was justified, yet Cameron fails to take notice of any of the facts.

By the way, what was Cameron doing in Turkey? Backing their bid for EU membership, what else? The man is a downright dhimmi.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, islam, Israel, jihad, londonistan, political corruption, terrorism, turkey

The leftist filmmaker has scraped bottom with his telling the Sunday Times about "the Jewish domination of the media" in advance to a documentary he's going to make about nazism and communism. But he blows it with moral equations:

Why such a focus on the Holocaust then? “The Jewish domination of the media,” he says. “There’s a major lobby in the United States. They are hard workers. They stay on top of every comment, the most powerful lobby in Washington. Israel has f***** up United States foreign policy for years.”

And I don't want to watch his movies anymore. Probably the only really good one he ever made was Midnight Express, showing how grimy and hellish a Turkish prison can be, but few others are worth it. But if this is how Stone, who's half-Jewish himself through his estranged father, is going to behave, then I find it hard to ever want to waste any time on his "products" anymore.

More from Ron Radosh and a special item from Tablet Mag.

Update: here's an extra item from the New Criterion.

Update 2: Stone has apologized, but there's a problem: this may have been planned to begin with. Basically, what he did was a trick where he says something, backs away, yet what he barfs still sticks in a way.

That's why I see very little point to his apology now.

Update 3: in one of the few positive things the ADL has done, they say that Stone's "apology" was insufficient.

Labels: anti-semitism, msm foulness, showbiz

While the Obama administration toils away with its aggravating efforts to wreck the healthcare system in the USA, Britain is going to take a more positive step, moving away from a disastrous setup that made things horrible for the country, and may be what Obama based his ideas on (Hat tip: Weasel Zippers).

While this is certainly something to appreciate, it's still small potatoes when you consider they're way behind in the war on Islamofascism. While a couple of countries in Europe are now trying to ban the burqa, for example, Britain for one still won't even try to do so, and two politicians in the now Tory-led government opposed any such ban, claiming it would be "un-British". Not only that, Damien Green, one of those fools, said:

he did not think that the French vote for a ban would have an impact on immigration into Britain, as Muslim women move here instead.

Well look at that! They actually want any dropouts whom come over from France, isn't that something. They deserve them. By contrast, look at how Syria, of all places, has banned burqas at universities.

And even if burqas are banned in public services, there's still more that needs to be done, like cracking down on Muslim gang violence in public, and any crimes they commit against Jews and other non-Muslims. Banning the burqa is certainly an important step to dealing with that too though, so the sooner it can be dealt with, the more possible it will be to put a stop to gang violence.

Labels: Europe, immigration, islam, londonistan, misogyny, political corruption, syria, United States

The government has just dismissed a propagandist, part of a movement that was encouraging "post-Zionism" for nearly 2 decades:

A relatively unknown - to the public, that is - "culture basket" has been encouraging post-Zionism in the Israeli school system for 20 years -- until an expose led to the director’s dismissal last week.

The "culture basket'' is the list of speakers and enrichment workshops or performances in the fields of art, music, dance, drama, literature and sculpture that are subsidized or paid for entirely by the Education Ministry if invited to appear before students. The subsidy of performances from the 'basket''s approved list leads principals, who are financially limited, to choose enrichment from it. The concept of a "culture basket" is mostly unknown to the general public, but those in the educational system are well aware of it.

The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel said it discovered several months ago that Bruria Beker, director of the “national cultural basket" for the past 22 years had been using government funds for education programs that included appearances in schools by a group billing itself as "The Bereaved Families Association." In fact, the group’s official title is “The Israeli -Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace."

The parents gave lectures to 11th and 12th students who heard post-Zionist messages encouraging youth not to serve in the IDF. The organization, outside of school, cooperated with Arab anti Zionist civilians during the counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead campaign and met with wanted Arabs in order to 'promote tolerance and conciliation'.

Other groups have accused Beker of being the “commissar” of culture who prohibited certain performances in schools without setting out clear guidelines.

Education Minister Gideon Saar dismissed Beker after investigating the claims, and said a special inquiry would determine which groups are allowed to speak in schools.

Here's a suggestion: those groups should not include anyone promoting Islamism. We don't want children influenced into becoming jihadists and misogynists.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Israel

Another disgrace from Obama's regime, he and the State Department are now upgrading Fatah's status so as to enable their lubricant of a flag to fly in the capital.

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

Tom Gross has posted pictures of the fancy new shopping mall in Gaza the MSM is not interested in telling about, and here's a video of it too (via Betsy's Page). And Gross says:

As I have written before, of course there is poverty in parts of Gaza. There is poverty in parts of Israel too. But when was the last time a foreign journalist based in Israel left the pampered lounge bars and restaurants of the King David and American Colony hotels in Jerusalem and went to check out the slum-like areas of southern Tel Aviv? Or the hard-hit Negev towns of Netivot or Rahat?

Playing the manipulative game of the BBC is easy. If we had their vast taxpayer-funded resources, we too could produce reports about parts of London, Manchester and Glasgow and make it look as though there is a humanitarian catastrophe throughout the U.K. We could produce the same effect by selectively filming seedy parts of Paris and Rome and New York and Los Angeles too.

And think of all the money that's been sent to Gaza, and that's going to include another $400 million the Obama administration is sending in "foreign aid". Why do they deserve it and not refugees in African countries like Sudan and Congo?

Labels: islam, Israel, msm foulness

Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz report on Front Page Magazine that there's an outfit in Philadelphia called the United Muslim Movement that's training boys as young as seven in military ways, as a group called the Jawala Scouts. Oh, did I mention that an agent of unindicted co-conspirator CAIR has connections with these freaks?

The citizens of Philly who are concerned about terrorism must speak up about this and turn to City Hall. And if needed, they'd better launch a campaign for a new mayor who's willing to deal with the problem.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, United States

Frank Gaffney reports at Big Peace that besides Sarah Palin, even Newt Gingrich has spoken out against the Cordoba mosque plans. Besides that, here's also a video against constructing a "shari'a beachhead" in NYC, and some commentary by Edward Cline on Family Security Matters.

Update: Sarah Palin posted the following entry on her Facebook page (via 9-11 Families for a Safe and Secure America):

Earlier today, Mayor Bloomberg responded to my comments about the planned mosque at Ground Zero by suggesting that a decision not to allow the building of a mosque at that sacred place would somehow violate American principles of tolerance and openness.

No one is disputing that America stands for – and should stand for – religious tolerance. It is a foundation of our republic. This is not an issue of religious tolerance but of common moral sense. To build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks. Just days after 9/11, the spiritual leader of the organization that wants to build the mosque, Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, suggested that blame be placed on the innocents when he stated that the “United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened” and that “in the most direct sense, Osama bin Laden is made in the USA.” Rauf refuses to recognize that Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of our ally, Israel, and refuses to provide information about the sources of funding for the $100 million mosque. Rauf also plays a key role in a group behind the flotilla designed to provoke Israel in its justifiable blockade of Gaza. These are just a few of the points Americans are realizing as New York considers the proposed mosque just a stone’s throw away from 9/11’s sacred ground.

I agree with the sister of one of the 9/11 victims (and a New York resident) who said: “This is a place which is 600 feet from where almost 3,000 people were torn to pieces by Islamic extremists. I think that it is incredibly insensitive and audacious really for them to build a mosque, not only on that site, but to do it specifically so that they could be in proximity to where that atrocity happened.”

Many Americans, myself included, feel it would be an intolerable and tragic mistake to allow such a project sponsored by such an individual to go forward on such hallowed ground. This is nothing close to “religious intolerance,” it’s just common decency.

It's worth noting that the post was down for a short time, apparently because of what may have been a concerted effort to trigger its takedown.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, New York, terrorism, United States, US Congress

Atlas Shrugs (via Error Theory) posts a letter by Tom Burnett, the father of one of the crash victims, reminding that the crescent design planned for the site could still be done if we don't pay careful attention. Here's a petition against such an idea, and contact information for the Flight 93 Memorial project.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, terrorism, United States

Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch present the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2010
STATEMENT ON SAINT MARGARET MARY PARISH

Father Keith Fennessy, pastor of Saint Margaret Mary parish on Staten Island, announced in June that after careful consideration he was withdrawing his support for the planned sale of the parish convent to the Muslim American Society.

The trustees of the parish have met, as legally required under New York State law, and voted to ratify the pastor's decision.

The Muslim American Society has been informed that the sale of the convent will not take place.

Thank goodness. The people of NYC, and everywhere else, deserve much better than to have the danger of a mosque in their vicinity. If they really have to sell the building, why not sell it to a Jewish synagogue movement? Them you can trust far more.

Labels: islam, New York, United States

A rock group from the 1970s, Boney M, went to perform a concert in Ramallah, and the festival organizers objected to their singing a notable song of theirs, River of Babylon:

RAMALLAH, West Bank – When the iconic 1970s disco group Boney M rocked Ramallah this week, the local music festival prevented the band from performing one of its biggest hits.

Lead singer Maizie Williams said Palestinian concert organizers told her not to sing "Rivers of Babylon." The song's chorus quotes from the Book of Psalms, referring to the exiled Jewish people's yearning to return to the biblical land of Israel.

Palestinians often question the Jewish historical connection to the Holy Land. Organizers said they asked for the song to be skipped, deeming it "inappropriate."

"I don't know if it is a political thing or what, but they asked us not to do it and we were a bit disappointed that we could not do it because we know that everybody loves this song no matter what," she said.

The band performed its other big hits, like "Ma Baker," "Daddy Cool," and "Rasputin" in front of hundreds of screaming fans.

The Palestinian International Festival started Monday and runs through Saturday, bringing international performances to the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Jenin, Hebron and Bethlehem.

The concert comes amid a Palestinian campaign to get international artists to boycott Israel. The Pixies and Elvis Costello, among others, have canceled concerts in Israel following pressure from pro-Palestinian groups.

"I believe you should entertain wherever you are asked to entertain, whether it is Israel, whether it is Palestine, whether it is Lebanon, where ever it is, we go," Williams said in Ramallah.

"At the end of the day, politics is one thing and entertainment is another thing and when I got into the entertainment business I didn't get into it for politics. I got into it to make people happy," she said.

Well she's right that politics should be left at the door and not have to be mixed up in the music biz. But that's the MO of the anti-Jewish Islamists.

Here's a tape of the song from 1978:

And the lyrics that are clearly the Islamists' problem:

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down,
Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

It alludes to Psalm 1:37. So that's what they don't like, right?

Side note: I won't be wasting my time with Elvis Costello for having anything to do with these pro-palestinian groups, nor the Pixies.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel

You guessed it: Israel (H/T: UN Watch):

NEW YORK – Outgoing Ambassador to the UN Gabriella Shalev told American journalists on Monday that Israel is “the most isolated, lonely country in the world,” and that the biggest threat to its existence is not Iranian nuclear proliferation, but international attempts to delegitimize it.

Shalev told an Israel Project luncheon in Washington that threats to Israel’s right to defend itself constitute the “first challenge” of the Jewish state, according to The Washington Times.

Shalev cited Iran and tensions with the Palestinians as other significant problems, but particularly highlighted the international community’s actions toward Israel as being potentially detrimental to the country’s future.

She specifically cited European court prosecutions of Israeli officials for alleged human rights offenses and UN efforts to single out Israeli conduct for reprimand.

Shalev said that as sanctions resolutions at the UN put international pressure on Iran, Israel’s biggest threat is now those who question the Jewish state’s right to exist and defend itself, the Washington Times reported.

Israel Project president Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi told The Jerusalem Post she felt Shalev’s remarks had been on point.

“Iran has been the No. 1 issue in the pro-Israel community for many years, but right now there is something of a sigh of relief that the world has come to a deeper understanding that Iran is not just Israel’s threat, it is the world’s threat,” Mizrahi said, citing sanction developments in the US, UN and Europe.

“What [Shalev] was saying was that everyone at the UN in theory supports Israel’s right to defend itself, but when it’s actualized, they stop supporting it in many cases,” Mizrahi said, citing the May 31 Gaza flotilla incident as an example.

“I think [Shalev] is right.

I think that this is a major problem, and we’re deeply, deeply concerned about it.”

In terms of the United Nations, UN Watch director Hillel Neuer told the Post from Geneva that “Ambassador Shalev is exactly right. While the UN was founded on the highest ideals, many of its influential assemblies have turned into Ground Zero for ‘lawfare’ – the Arab-led assault on Israel using international law to weaken its legitimacy and international standing.”

Efforts to utilize international law as a blunt instrument against Israel, Neuer said, are particularly evident in the context of the Human Rights Council, a UN body based in Geneva.

“Out of some 40 resolutions adopted since 2006, more than 70 percent target Israel, while granting impunity to Hamas terror,” Neuer said of the Human Rights Council. “Victims of abuses worldwide are ignored. The [HRC] currently has multiple inquiries under way against democratic Israel, yet none on massacres committed by gross violators like China, Iran, Sudan, or Kyrgyzstan.

Eleanor Roosevelt and René Cassin, the proud Zionists who created the UN’s human rights system in response to the atrocities of World War II, are surely turning in their graves.”

Responding to these remarks, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary General’s office said on Tuesday that “Israel is a member in good standing of the United Nations, which has repeatedly stressed the rights of the Israeli people, as has Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Israel’s rights as a member state have been established repeatedly, including through General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.”

At a departing reception held for Shalev last week in New York by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, praised her efforts at the world body. Rice told attendees that she would “continue US efforts to combat all international attempts to challenge the legitimacy of Israel – including and especially at the United Nations.”

Mizrahi pointed out that at Monday’s luncheon, Shalev’s remarks were not made in a despairing tone.

“She was very hopeful,” Mizrahi said. “She wasn’t demoralized. She’s fighting it.”

Shalev deserves a lot of praise for bringing this up. I've often doubted in the past decade if the UN was ever founded by sincere people to begin with, if they proposed a partition plan back in the late 1940s, instead of recognizing Israel as a whole. Nor have they ever done much of anything to oppose modern day slavery in Islamic countries.

And I find their attempts to deny their hypocrisy and utter dishonesty truly disgusting. Ban-Ki Moon himself is just one of the problems.

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

Among the better things that Sarah Palin's done, she spoke out against the mosque center planned near Ground Zero in a Twitter entry. For this, Michael Bloomberg's aide attacked her, yet even after Andrea Schlesinger deleted her offensive reply, she still acted very pathetically, and Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser apologized for her.

This might help to bring the problem more to the forefront nationally. Let's hope so, because Bloomberg needs to be exposed for the fraud he is, going miles out of his way to allow things like these to take place.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, New York, terrorism, United States

The Nashua Telegraph has a history article about a lake of water that may be known today as George O. Carlton Park, but in the early 20th century, circa WW1, was known as "Jew Pond" (edit: for some reason, the paper types in the name without a letter U, which has to be mistaken. I've tried to correct the error on my part):

MONT VERNON – The news that a small pond in Mont Vernon was closed last week due to an algae bloom drew attention, but not just for environmental reasons. Another attention- getter was the water body’s name: Jew Pond.

That name, says Mont Vernon Historical Society President Keith Pomeroy, dates to World War I, when the quarter-acre pond was made by owners or operators of the nearby Grand Hotel during the town’s heydey as a summer vacation spot for people from Boston, New York and beyond.

The hotel operators were Jewish, Pomeroy said, “and so the town just called it Jew Pond.”

The name stuck – although it is not widely known, even in Mont Vernon – and has long been on the U.S. Geological Survey list of places in New Hampshire. It is the only name containing the word “Jew” among almost 12,500 New Hampshire rivers, ponds, mountains, buildings and various other USGS landmarks.

There’s some irony in the history of the name, because the Grand Hotel wouldn’t take Jewish guests during at least part of its three-decade history.

The hotel printed a brochure every year, and one copy in the town museum includes a small sentence in the back saying guests of “Hebrew persuasion” are not allowed.

Good grief, were these self-haters or something?!? Aside from that, the way they titled the pond is insulting, certainly by today's standards.

The brochure is not dated and a number of other Grand Hotel catalogs exist that do not include any note about religion, so it’s not clear whether that note was an error, a one-time anomaly or an unspoken practice brought to light.

Oh, here's where confusion reigns supreme: what has religion got to do with this? If the hotel was discriminating, it was likely against race first. This could be another case of blurring the differences between Jewish race/religion (Judaism), all because they sound so similar. Ahem: there is a difference, and the way this is written makes it sound like they don't understand that.

There's more in the article about potential discrimination and forms of segregation (you'll be surprised to find that an interviewee for it may have used a word considered insulting to Polish), that's worth taking note of as well. For now, that's some of the history of what early 20th century America had problems with.

Labels: anti-semitism, racism, United States

Once again, Muslims youths - not that the MSM is willing to mention that part - resort to violence (Hat tip: Interested Participant and The Jawa Report):

Police Sunday reported more gunfire in the French city of Grenoble, hit by two nights of riots, and arrested four men for attempted homicide after they allegedly shot at officers.

The four were seized in a dawn raid in the working class neighbourhood of La Villeneuve after two nights of unrest in which rioters exchanged gunfire with police and torched shops and scores of cars.

The riots broke out after a 27-year-old man, Karim Boudouda, was shot dead by police on Thursday when he fired at them in a chase after he allegedly robbed a casino. A public prosecutor concluded police fired in self-defence.

Police said the four were held for attempted homicide after firing bullets at police during the worst of the rioting early on Saturday. They did not identify those arrested or give their ages.

Police had already arrested at least 11 other people, some for carrying weapons such as a baseball bat and a knife. No one was reported hurt in the unrest.

This article says there's quite a serious case of drug dealing going on in that area. Only this Daily Mail article tells of the Muslim connection:

A Grenoble police spokesman said: ‘There has been a very fierce reaction. As mourners gathered in a park to hear Muslim prayers for the dead man late on Friday night, trouble broke out. By Saturday morning tear gas was being used on the youths.

A call to jihad is what likely caused this horror.

Update: in semi-related news, there are cases of tourists attacked.

Labels: France, islam

Not everything Jennifer Lopez has done in her career was great, to be sure, but she certainly did do something right by canceling a performance she was going to give in north Cyprus in the town of Kyrenia, which is occupied unlawfully by Turkey. So this writer on Big Hollywood, who's of Greek descent, is rightfully thankful.

This issue needs to be taken up very seriously, about why it's high time the Turks start retreating from those places they've unlawfully taken over, and why they should also stop demanding a spot in the EU.

Labels: Europe, showbiz, turkey, United States

There's been some more disturbing discoveries made about the Cordoba mosque being planned near Ground Zero. First, here's an ad against it worth noting:

Now, here's an interview with former NY state governor George Pataki, who's also against the construction of the mosque, and tells some more about the imam in charge:

And then, here's an article by Stephen Schwartz in the Weekly Standard (also via One Jerusalem) that tells more about Feisal Abdul Rauf's reprehensible dealings, and even the dhimmis who've backed him, including, disturbingly enough, the State Department, which has been employing him as a "bridger":

Every inch the professional moderate, Rauf has the imprimatur of the State Department, which sent him on an international bridge-building tour earlier this year. And he has cloaked the Cordoba effort in the rhetoric of reconciliation, describing himself and his colleagues as “the anti-terrorists.” But he deflects inquiries about its financing. On July 7, New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio called on state attorney general Andrew Cuomo, who is also Lazio’s Democratic opponent in the coming election, to “conduct a thorough investigation” of three aspects of the project:

- Rauf’s refusal to acknowledge that Hamas is a terrorist organization;

- Rauf’s leading role in the Perdana Global Peace Organization, “a principal partner,” in its own words, of the Turkish-launched flotilla that tried to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza;

- and the project’s questionable sources of funding.

Lazio has been supported in this demand by New York Republican congressman Peter King.

Many who object to construction of an Islamic facility so close to the site of the World Trade Center feel that a large, if not dominating Muslim presence there would be at best insensitive and at worst a symbol of the very Islamist supremacy that is the goal of al Qaeda and other jihadist killers. Such sentiments are hardly the last word in a question of public policy. But the background support and financing for this ambitious undertaking are matters that deserve to be addressed.

Non-Muslim defenders of Rauf—including Cuomo and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg—have rejected demands for investigation of the ideological and financial underpinnings of the Ground Zero mosque. They have argued that such an inquiry would violate the First Amendment guarantee of free exercise of religion. But faith should not serve as a pretext for extremist or potentially criminal activities.

Quite right, and if Rauf is in any way helping terrorists, that's one more reason why he should be shunned. Yet Bloomberg for one has gone downhill, miles out of his way to support such a clearly bad person, and has shown why he no longer deserves to be NYC mayor.

Here's a petition to sign opposing the mosque at Ground Zero. This is a battle that needs all the help it can get to prevent the jihadists from getting what they want.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, political corruption, State Dept, terrorism, United States

The tenants of a Jewish-owned building in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood are taking their battle to court again, and we have to hope they are finding success:

Residents of Beit Yehonatan on Sunday petitioned the High Court of Justice for a new hearing to decide the status of the seven-story, Jewish-owned structure that was built without the proper permits in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan some seven years ago.

Citing “new evidence” they say proves the existence of “blatant discrimination” against Jews with regards to the implementation of zoning laws in the capital’s eastern neighborhoods, residents of the towering structure on Sunday said that they now believe the court will have “no choice” but to reverse its decision to evacuate and seal the building.

In 2007, nearly four years after the construction of Beit Yehonatan – which was built with funding from the Ateret Cohanim organization and named for imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard – the Jerusalem District Court declared the building illegal and ordered the eviction of the seven Jewish families who live there.

But that court order has yet to be carried out, with the police balking at repeated demands to enforce the evacuation and the city’s legal adviser, Yossi Havilio, locking horns with Mayor Nir Barkat over the enforcement of zoning laws in east Jerusalem in general, and the implementation of the court order for Beit Yehonatan in particular.

While Havilio has pushed for the immediate implementation of the order, Barkat has tried to find alternative methods of dealing with both Beit Yehonatan and hundreds of Arab-owned homes in the area that also lack the proper building permits and are thus also illegal.

Throughout the long ordeal, Beit Yehonatan’s residents have also decried what they say is Havilio’s “obsession” with implementing the court order against their building, while neglecting the violations posed by the Arab-owned homes in the area.

In late June, the Jerusalem District Court rejected the latest in a series of appeals filed by Beit Yehonatan residents that would have retroactively legalized at least a portion of the building, although the court did allow the residents a 30-day reprieve before the court order could be carried out.

Residents vowed to use the delay to muster up further legal support of their fight for the fate of the building.

On Sunday, Danny Luria, a spokesman for Ateret Cohanim, told The Jerusalem Post that he believed those efforts were paying off, pointing specifically to three Knesset ministerial committees – the Interior Committee, the State Control Committee and the Children’s Rights Committee – which announced on Sunday that they would take up the matter of Beit Yehonatan in upcoming hearings.

“More and more people are coming out in support of the mayor and against Havilio,” Luria said.

“There’s no question whether there’s been discrimination,” he added. “No one’s denying that nothing has been done for years in the area with regards to illegal Arab construction or pending demolition orders.

But there are certain people who are going out of their way to make sure [Beit Yehonatan] gets done.”

Count me too as one who supports the right for Jews to live in an Arab neighborhood as way of making clear that not only is this Jewish land in origin, and we have a right to live on it, but that segregation is a poor example. And Havilio, honestly, needs to come to his senses and grow up, for heaven's sake.

Labels: Israel, Jerusalem

The bold politician of Holland is forming an international alliance to ban Muslim immigration into western countries:

Dutch anti-Jihadi lawmaker Geert Wilders is forming an international alliance, hoping to ban Muslim immigration into Western countries.

Wilders told the Associated Press Thursday he will launch the movement late this year in five countries: the Unites States, Canada, Britain, France and Germany. The new movement will be called the Geert Wilders International Freedom Alliance.

Speaking at the Dutch parliament, Wilders explained: "The message, 'stop Islam, defend freedom,' is a message that's not only important for the Netherlands but for the whole free Western world.”

Besides outlawing immigration from Islamic countries to the West, Wilders' group will push a ban on Islamic Sharia law. Wilders hopes the grassroots movement will act as a lobby to influence lawmakers, or eventually run as a party itself.

Banning shari'a is one of the most important aspects towards ridding the world of the curse of Islam.

Labels: Europe, immigration, islam, Netherlands

It looks like there's a breakthrough in this affair too. From CBS News:

(CBS/AP) Families of U.S. citizens killed or hurt in terrorist attacks in Israel have filed an $875 million lawsuit against Arab Bank, accusing it of channeling money to Palestinian terrorist groups and making insurance payments to beneficiaries of suicide bombers.

"The Arab bank has been distributing monies to suicide bombers or the families of suicide bombers," said Israeli-American Rabbi Seth Mandel, whose teenage son was killed by Palestinian militants.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, claims the bank's New York branch laundered Saudi aid to terrorists. The branch first converted the money into dollars and then sent it to local branches in the West Bank and Gaza Strip where it was paid out to terrorists and terrorist organizations, the suit alleges.

The bank also worked with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad to distribute insurance money to beneficiaries of suicide bombers, including their families and those wounded or captured by Israeli security forces, the lawsuit alleges.

"We have a mountain of evidence that will prove that the bank not only knows about the terror financing, but is actively involved and using its New York branch to launder the money," Mark Werbner, the lead attorney for the families, said in a statement Tuesday.

The Counterrorism Blog says that the case can now move into its long-awaited trial phase, thanks to a ruling by Judge Nina Gershon, and has more information on what went on.

Labels: House of Saud, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States, war on terror

CBC News tells of a new channel being launched as a joint venture between the Saudi prince who blamed America and Israel for 9-11, and FOX's owner:

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has announced plans to launch a 24-hour Arabic-language news channel in partnership with Rupert Murdoch's Fox network.

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, former editor in chief of Alwatan newspaper and a media adviser to Prince Turki Al-Faisal at Saudi embassies in London and Washington D.C., will head the station.

Khashoggi is a controversial choice because he has clashed with Saudi authorities over religious police and women's rights and resigned from his newspaper position earlier this year over an editorial questioning Salafism, a form of Islam at the heart of the conservative state.

But as Diana West tells, this whole matter with Khashoggi seems to have been resolved rather nicely, so we shouldn't be taken in so easily. As the BBC explains:

The opinion piece by Saudi poet Ibrahim al-Almaee criticised Salafism, a conservative school of Sunni Islam that draws inspiration from the practices of the earliest Muslims.

Saudi Arabia is governed under an austere form of Salafi Islam, Wahabbism.

[...]

"We believe in al-Watan newspaper, and we believe in reform," Mr Khashoggi said after resigning. "The newspaper is more important than I am, and I hope it will continue. We may question social issues like women's rights, but we should not have allowed an article to question the essence of faith."

He said he was abroad when the decision was made to publish the article, and he did not agree with the points made by Mr Almaee.

[...]

Mr Khashoggi will keep his position on the editorial board of the paper, and said he would continue to write in support of reform.

So that mystery is solved.

And now, let's take a moment to consider: should Murdoch be dealing with a man like bin Talal who insults the American-Israeli crowd with blame-the-victim tactics and who could be supporting terrorism against the west? That this has gone largely without comment from some prominent conservatives is worthy of some serious head-shaking at how irresponsible some people can really be.

Labels: communications, dhimmitude, House of Saud, islam, msm foulness, United States

The rabbinical service should have presented it sooner, but here it is now in report:

The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) marked the fifth anniversary of Israel's disastrous withdrawal from Gaza by publishing a letter the group received from then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dated July 18, 2005. The Rabbis had handed Sharon a Torah Ruling against ceding land but Sharon chose to ignore it.

"I believe that today, the benefit, peace and security of the Nation of Israel require the evacuation of the Gaza Strip, an area in which there is no chance of establishing a Jewish majority and which everyone knows will not be part of the State of Israel in a permanent accord,” Sharon wrote.

“At the same time, we are transferring the brunt of our efforts to the most important areas for safeguarding our future: the Galilee, the Negev, Greater Jerusalem, the settlement blocs and the security zones.

“I initiated the Disengagement because it is the best vehicle for a basic change in the national situation of the Jewish people. The departure from Gaza will have a decisive positive influence on all fields of life in Israel: security, economy and the quality of life in the country.”

Along with the letter from Sharon, the RCP re-published the Torah Ruling signed by almost 400 rabbis forbidding surrender of any land to foreigners. “The Disengagement proved again that the Torah Ruling against relinquishing land to enemies because it will make it easier for them to conquer the land is valid today more than ever,” the rabbinical forum said.

The Rabbis expressed their “amazement” that Israel has established various inquiry committees on different issues but “has still not found time to set up an inquiry committee to investigate the heinous crime committed by the Israeli government of uprooting thousands of Jews from their homes through a Disengagement which led to hundreds of casualties and to the deterioration of Israel’s security to an all-time low.”

So here we have another telling detail of why Sharon was really a villain. And this would help Israel economically? Right. Consider all the farmers who lost their fields and tons of money because of Socialist Sharon's disgusting act. This should be introduced as something to learn about in the educational curriculum, but it probably won't be.

Labels: dhimmitude, Israel

Yeah, I did read the news about the extradition request for Roman Polanski being turned down by the Swiss authorities. Patterico is rightfully stupefied at how pathetic the excuse was.

This article says the US authorities are asking whether there was miscommunication. I'd say it was all total stupidity on the part of the Swiss officials in charge of the case.

Labels: Europe, misogyny, showbiz, United States

Soon to turn 18 in August, she's been able to weather her illness with cancer, complete her exams, and attend graduation ceremony, complete with a neat red ceremony cap (via Values and Principles). Her personal safety/security still matters though, as does the fact that she doesn't have legal citizenship status, thanks to her parents' failure to uphold the law at their end.

Her success in school is something to admire.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

"He is Islam's greatest enemy now" is what they say. They've been sentenced now, but what minor terms they've been handed (via Jihad Watch):

The two brothers accused of fire-bombing the home of Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, have been imprisoned, with the older brother being served a three year sentence and the younger two years.

The brothers, from Landskrona in the south of Sweden, faced charges of arson at Helsingborg district court, a crime that carries a penalty of 2-8 years imprisonment.

The prosecutor had sought a six year sentence for the elder brother, a 21-year-old, and four years for his 19-year-old younger brother.

As the court trial opened last Wednesday the 21-year-old defendant described Lars Vilks as "God's enemy, he is the Prophet's enemy, he is the Muslims' enemy."

"He is Islam's greatest enemy right now," he added.

The news agency did not give the brothers' names, but the Expressen tabloid has identified them as Mentor and Mensur Alija, aged 21 and 19.

Vilks has faced numerous death threats and a suspected assassination plot since his drawing of the Muslim prophet with the body of a dog was first published by Swedish regional daily Nerikes Allehanda in 2007 to illustrate an editorial on the importance of freedom of expression.

The drawing by Vilks prompted protests by Muslims in the town of Örebro, west of Stockholm, where the newspaper is based, while Egypt, Iran and Pakistan made formal complaints.

An Al-Qaeda front organisation then offered $100,000 to anyone who murdered Vilks - with a $50,000 bonus if his throat was slit - and $50,000 for the death of Nerikes Allehanda editor-in-chief Ulf Johansson.

2-8 years in prison is not enough for monsters like these. Will there be any charges of attempted murder issued against them? Knowing Sweden's incompetence, I sadly suspect the answer is no.

Labels: islam, jihad, Scandanavia

In the latest act of pandering from the UK, a shopping mall in Rochdale has installed special Muslim-only toilets (via The Astute Bloggers):

FURY has erupted after a shopping centre became the first in Britain to introduce Muslim-only toilets.

The Middle Eastern-style squat holes, just a hole in the ground, are common in Asia.

Two of the £200 “Nile pan” units have been put into the Exchange shopping centre in Rochdale, where one in five people is Asian.

But locals have blasted them as a waste of cash. One angry resident, Ellen Dean, 49, fumed: “I work in a bookies here and everyone who comes in is up in arms about them.

“They are totally unnecessary. Even the majority of the Muslims here don’t seem to want them.

“Most of the people of Rochdale won’t be able to use them and I guarantee elderly people will be totally confused by them.”

[...]

In 2007 bakery giant Greggs installed similar toilets at their Scottish headquarters, despite the fact that no Muslims worked there.

That's the really hilarious thing about the UK: they'll do it even if no one asks for them. As told in this article:

Rochdale is a town with a large Asian community and managers at the shopping complex regularly go on cultural awareness courses, according to the spokeswoman for the centre.

During the last course bosses at the shops suggested the idea of hole in the ground-type squat toilets to their Asian trainer on the course and there was an enthusiastic response, the spokeswoman said.

I'm sure that for every Muslim who didn't like them, there was one who did; let's not think it didn't happen.

And "cultural awareness" is more like cultural sensitivity, the more precise description of this farce.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, londonistan

The Arabic Knesset member Hanin Zoabi has lost some of her rights in Knesset for being one of the flotilla fiends:

The Knesset revoked privileges from MK Hanin Zoabi Tuesday, due to her participation in the Gaza aid flotilla in May.

A majority of 34 MKs voted in favor of invalidating her diplomatic passport and revoking her right to receive funding for legal expenses.

A violent brawl was nearly started between Arab and Jewish MKs after the hearing. Zoabi clapped when the Knesset's decision was announced, and MK Yoel Hasson drew close to her and said, "You will soon be a former MK."

She better be. This must serve as an example to any politician who abuses their standings in parliament and office, and works to undermine the security of the country they're "serving" that they are not above the law.

And do I notice correctly, that some Arab MKs almost broke out in fighting? Sigh.

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

In a most colossal vote, the National Assembly of France has voted to ban Islamic veils. Now it's scheduled to move on to the Senate:

France's lower house of parliament has approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite serious concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates.

There were 336 votes for the bill and just one against at the National Assembly. Most members of the main opposition group, the Socialist Party, refused to participate in the vote.

France is the second European country to impose such a ban, after Belgium's lower house of parliament approved a similar ban in April.

Following Tuesday's vote, the ban on face-covering veils will go in September to the Senate, where it also is likely to pass. Its biggest hurdle will likely come after that, when France's constitutional watchdog scrutinizes it.

If it is approved by the senate, the law will go into effect next year, in order to give citizens time to learn the new stipulations. Violators will be fined 150 euro or forced to undergo studies on the principles of citizenship in France, the bill states.

Initiators of the bill, which include President Nicolas Sarkozy, clarified that its aim is to fight oppression of women. Thus any man who forces a woman to cover her face in public will be fined a staggering 30,000 euro, or double that if the female is a minor.

Guess who's among the opposition to the bill outside the parliaments (besides the Socialists)?

Amnesty International has urged French lawmakers to reject the bill, and a French anti-racism group, MRAP, which opposes such dress, has said a law would be "useless and dangerous." France's highest administrative body, the Council of State, warned in March that a total ban risks being found unconstitutional.

Amnesty Irrational is surely the worst of the bunch here, as this is just one more display of their really, REALLY bad side. I hope this bill is ultimately approved, as it will help tremendously in the fight against shari'a tactics.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

According to reports in the Arabic media, the US has threatened to cut aid to Jordan if it doesn't coordinate its uranium development with Israel:

The United States has threatened to cut financial aid to Jordan, if the Hashemite Kingdom continues to develop its nuclear program without coordinating with Israel, the Arab media reported on Monday.

The American threat comes after Amman rejected Israeli demands to participate in extraction and enrichment of uranium, and Jordan's failure to obtain US approval for its nuclear plan, despite talks between the two parties, which lasted six months.

According to reports, the ultimatum was probably given to Amman days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judah.

In 2007, at least 65, 000 tons of uranium ore was found in the Jordanian desert, making it one of the largest deposits in the world.

The Hashemite Kingdom has claimed its enrichment program was aimed at reducing dependency on petroleum imports. Ninety five percent of Jordan's energy consumption is supplied by other countries, mainly Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Obviously, I'm skeptical of their claims, because uranium is a material that can be made into a dangerous explosive, just as it can be a fuel for producing electricity. Who knows that they aren't following in the footsteps of Iran by coming up with their own nuclear weapons, which could be used to much more dangerous effect against Israel in the future because it'd be much closer? And Jordan's ties with Israel have been withering as Islamofascism builds up in their backyard.

Yet I don't forsee the US government under Obama making any serious effort to cut down their funding if they aren't taking any serious steps against Iran.

Labels: iran, islam, Israel, jordan, terrorism

Expanding to more than bus advertisements, Pamela Geller's Stop the Islamization of America campaign adds itself to taxicabs as well, starting in Chicago (Hat tip: Jihad Watch).

Any chance this can also be done on subways, resturants, the yellow pages, etc? We'll see where else Geller and company look for as an ideal advertising spot.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

Jonathan Spyer at the Gloria Center writes about something that's gone unnoticed in Syria:

On March 21, 2010, the Syrian security forces opened fire with live ammunition on a crowd of 5,000 in the northern Syrian town of al-Raqqah. The crowd had gathered to celebrate the Kurdish festival of Nowruz. Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed. Over 50 were injured. Dozens of injured civilians were held incommunicado by the authorities following the events. Some remain incarcerated. This incident was just one example of the repression taking place of the largest national minority in Syria - namely, the Syrian Kurdish population.

Kurds constitute 9 percent-10% of the population of Syria - that is, around 1.75 million in a total population of 22 million. Since the rise of militant Arab nationalism to power in Damascus, they have faced an ongoing campaign for their dissolution as a community.

All this is taking place far from the spotlight of world attention. The current US Administration pursues a general policy of considered silence on the issue of human rights in Middle East countries. The Syrian regime remains the elusive subject of energetic courting by the European Union and by Washington.

As a result, the Kurds of Syria are likely for the foreseeable future to remain the region's forgotten minority.

We should be thankful for the internet. A serious offense was committed by Syria, yet no political systems in the world care about it. And if Syria continues with these atrocities, they are not deserving of recognition.

Labels: jihad, syria

Here we go again with my sporadic roundup.

Here's something from last month on a protest by the Chinese community in France demanding security against attacks by Muslims and blacks. And here's an extra item from the Augean Stables that sheds more light on the possibility that the police in Paris are being bought off by these North African gangs.

Here's an ad opposing the mosque at Ground Zero that was banned by CBS. Truly, they are a terrible network.

And here's yet another article by Pamela Geller about the mosque, and all the corruption surrounding its construction.

The Saudi king has indefinitely canceled a trip to France after Le Figaro quoted him using moral equivalence: he said that both Israel and Iran don't deserve to exist. As some French with an understanding of what the House of Saud is like will say, I'm sure, such a monster shouldn't be welcome in their country anyway.

In fact, isn't it high time now that a demonstration against the Islamization of France be held - let us be clear - in front of the French parliament? That's where you really send a message, and where the politicians certainly can't ignore you.

There also need to be a few modifications to the French Constitution, to make it easier to deal with Islam. Update: be sure to take note of this item, because there's a possibility that the constitutional court that's been assigned to review the burka ban might not deliver pleasing news. In that case, that's one more reason why it's good that a movement's been formed against shari'a in France.

Aaron Eitan Meyer writes on Big Peace about the dangers of "lawfare".

Mel Gibson has screwed up royally again, with a combined racist and misogynist offense recorded by his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, available at Radar Online. I don't want to waste time on his overrated movies ever again; they were never worth it.

Labels: France, House of Saud, iran, islam, Israel, misogyny, New York, racism, showbiz, United States

Pamela Geller is writing on Big Journalism about Michael Bloomberg's dhimmutide - that is, his support for the mosque to be built near Ground Zero, and how the dhimmi MSM has been pretty mum about his disgraceful act of recent. There's a fairly simple answer to that - if memory serves, he broke with the Republican party prior to the election and became an indie, and not a good one at that.

But that's not all:

...despite the fact that a majority of New Yorkers opposes the mega mosque at Ground Zero, Mayor Bloomberg has refused to meet with the 9/11 families or with any of those opposing the Islamic supremacist mosque.

He has refused to meet with the families. Why is he ducking? And why the mad rush? And why is he giving stealth jihadist Imam Rauf a free ride? Again has this been not bee reported by the subdued media. No one questions Mad Mullah Mike.

And he shouldn't be reelected either. That he would shut out 9/11 Families for a Safe America has got to be his worst show of PR in his career. A campaign must be launched to encourage NYCers to vote him out of office. Even more importantly, a suitable candidate must be found who can replace him as mayor. This was also the very mayor who almost comedically parroted Dubya's insulting claims that illegal immigrants do the work regular Americans supposedly don't want to do. His problem is opportunism, to say nothing of a lack of heart and altruism.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Moonbattery, msm foulness, New York, political corruption, United States

The former congressman/ambassador has been found guilty of aiding terror-tied Islamic "charity". In this news from the FBI (via Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs):

KANSAS CITY, MO--A former congressman and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations pleaded guilty in federal court today to obstruction of justice and to acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to his work for an Islamic charity with ties to international terrorism, announced Beth Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Mark Deli Siljander, 59, of Great Falls, Va., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey to one charge contained in an Oct. 21, 2008, federal indictment, and an additional charge filed today, involving his work for the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) of Columbia, Mo. Siljander was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan and was a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly.

Co-defendant Abdel Azim El-Siddig, of Chicago, Ill., a former IARA fundraiser, also pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Siljander and others to hire Siljander to lobby for IARA's removal from a Senate Finance Committee list of charities suspected of having terrorist ties, while concealing this advocacy and not registering with the proper authorities.

"A former congressman engaged in illegal lobbying for a charity suspected of funding international terrorism. He then used his own charities to hide the payments for his criminal activities," U.S. Attorney Phillips said. "Siljander repeatedly lied to FBI agents and prosecutors investigating serious crimes related to national security. With today's guilty pleas, all of the defendants in this case have admitted their guilt and will be held accountable for their actions."

This could be one of the cases the Republicans spoke about - how CAIR had snuck in stealth agents to the political scene. Siljander is facing at least 15 years, but he should really face more than that for his vile crimes. He has done the USA a lot of damage for the sake of the Religion of Peace.

Labels: anti-americanism, CAIR corruption, islam, jihad, political corruption, terrorism, UN corruption, United States, US Congress, war on terror

Ned May published the first part of an interview on Big Peace with a French blogger who's one of the founders of Alliance to STOP Sharia, a new movement in France for stopping Islamization of the country.

I'm glad this has come up now. It's about time. Here's an extra page from International Civil Liberties Alliance, which supports them.

Update: here's the second part.

Update: here's the third part.

Update: and then, here's part four.

Labels: France, islam

CNN editor Octavia Nasr was fired for expressing support for the recently deceased Hezbollah spiritual leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of the most disgusting lubricant they've ever had conducting them. But while this is good news, there's bad news too, as British ambassador to Lebanon Frances Guy has also mouthed off the wrong way about the fiend (also via The Weekly Standard):

One of the privileges of being a diplomat is the people you meet; great and small, passionate and furious. People in Lebanon like to ask me which politician I admire most. It is an unfair question, obviously, and many are seeking to make a political response of their own. I usually avoid answering by referring to those I enjoy meeting the most and those that impress me the most. Until yesterday my preferred answer was to refer to Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, head of the Shia clergy in Lebanon and much admired leader of many Shia muslims throughout the world. When you visited him you could be sure of a real debate, a respectful argument and you knew you would leave his presence feeling a better person. That for me is the real effect of a true man of religion; leaving an impact on everyone he meets, no matter what their faith....

The world needs more men like him willing to reach out across faiths, acknowledging the reality of the modern world and daring to confront old constraints.

This man truly knows how to sugarcoat some of the most abominable and indefensible. Daniel Halper explains why Fadlallah was truly repulsive, and does not deserve any good words.

Once again, a British politician has shown why that country produces some of the most awful.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Lebanon, londonistan, msm foulness, terrorism

After reading this disturbing news, I think Israelis and everyone else concerned about jihad are going to have to reconsider donating transplants to ungrateful "palestinians" (via Moonbattery, Elder of Zion, Islamonazism and Gateway Pundit):

In Sheba's pediatric hemato-oncology department was Mohammed Abu Mustafa, a four-and-a-half-month-old Palestinian infant. Protruding from his tiny body were pipes attached to big machines. His breathing was labored.

"His days may be numbered. He is suffering from a genetic defect that is causing the failure of his immune system," said the baby's mother, Raida, from the Gaza Strip, when she emerged from the isolation room. "I had two daughters in Gaza," she continued, her black eyes shimmering. "Both died because of immune deficiency. In Gaza I was told all the time that there is no treatment for this and that he is doomed to die. The problem now is how to pay for the [bone marrow] transplant. There is no funding."

[...]

Hours after the news item about Mohammed was broadcast, the hospital switchboard was jammed with callers. An Israeli Jew whose son died during his military service donated $55,000, and for the first time the Abu Mustafa family began to feel hopeful.

But guess what was discovered here next:

[...] From an innocent conversation about religious holidays, Raida Abu Mustafa launched into a painful monologue about the culture of the shahids - the martyrs - and admitted, during the complex transplant process, that she would like to see her son perpetrate a suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem.

"Jerusalem is ours," she declared. "We are all for Jerusalem, the whole nation, not just a million, all of us. Do you understand what that means - all of us?"

She also explained to Eldar exactly what she had in mind. "For us, death is a natural thing. We are not frightened of death. From the smallest infant, even smaller than Mohammed, to the oldest person, we will all sacrifice ourselves for the sake of Jerusalem. We feel we have the right to it. You're free to be angry, so be angry."

Oh, you better believe I'm angry alright. This woman - whose son was saved by the generosity of Israelis - wants him to grow up so he can murder the very same society that saved him. She should have custody of her child revoked, if she's going to raise them to serve the cause of jihad.

This will have to serve as a message for many who disapprove of jihad why they have to be very careful about donating organ transplants to the children of Muslims who could then raise their children to become jihadists and shahids.

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

Israel National News reports that Turkey and Iran, in their continuing closer relations, have even taken steps in business relations:

The significant warming of relations between Iran and Turkey in the last several weeks has been reflected in a hot new trading market between small businesses in the two countries.

A brigade of Turkish small businessmen dubbed the "Anatolian Tigers" has made major inroads into the Iranian marketplace since the election of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, according to Lebanese English-language daily The Daily Star. They are now providing textiles and small machinery to the Islamic Republic, and performing money transfers according to Islamic tradition.

Also known as shari'a banking.

And while we're on the subject, a grenade from the tail end of the Ottoman period was discovered in the Old City of Jerusalem:

That's the question being asked by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), after discovering the explosive device while engaging in conservation work.

The grenade was discovered during the course of an Old City conservation project underway together with the Jerusalem Development Authority, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Jerusalem Municipality. The project's goal is to refurbish the walls of the Old City.

On Monday, at a section of the wall near Damascus Gate in the northern wall, a worker was engaged in dismantling parts of a crumbling brick stone that needed to be replaced when he discovered a fist-size chunk of metal inside the wall. In view of its metallic shape and its strange location, police sappers were summoned to the site. Upon examination, they confirmed that this was a grenade dating to the Ottoman period with some 200-300 grams of explosives. The sappers removed the grenade and detonated it in a controlled manner.

That was a close call there. It's something that should serve as an important reminder of what the Ottomans were up to in this part of the continent a century ago.

Update: in related news to Iran, there's a new site called Stop Iran Now. Here's a special press release, and an article by Mark Tapscott.

Labels: iran, islam, Israel, jihad, turkey

Spiegel published a chilling article about how in 1968, child-rape was promoted in Germany, long before the horrors of NAMBLA turned up in the USA:

It has since faded into obscurity, but the members of the 1968 movement and their successors were caught up in a strange obsession about childhood sexuality. It is a chapter of the movement’s history which is never mentioned in the more glowing accounts of the era. On this issue, the veterans of the late ’60s student movement seem to have succumbed to acute amnesia; an analysis of this aspect of the student revolution would certainly be worthwhile.

If you read the rest, just be warned, it's very sick stuff, not something I usually feel up to posting about here. Hat tip: The Other McCain and Pat Dollard. Also, be warned: there has been an active movement among pedophiles to manipulate Wikipedia to their favor (via Moonbattery). This is exactly why I'm going to have to start reevaluating whether I should post links even to Wikipages about cars. I should really look for pictures of cars to link to, even off-site.

Update: as if that weren't bad enough, San Francisco is legalizing cannabis brownies while preparing to outlaw soda (also via Moonbattery). Sometimes, I really feel like belching.

Labels: germany, misogyny, Moonbattery, United States