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It's sad that battles like this have to be fought at all, but in any case, a victory for free speech has been found in Dearborn:

Maybe I shouldn't say "in" Dearborn, since the city only sought to suppress free speech in this case. An outside court (the United States Court of Appeals) had to impose Constitutional law on the city.

Dearborn hosts an annual Arab Festival on Warren Avenue. During the festival, the street is reserved, but the adjacent sidewalks are not reserved and therefore remain public property. Hence, prior to 2009, many people would distribute pamphlets, DVDs, CDs, etc., on the public sidewalks. However, when Ronald Haddad took over as Chief of Police, he announced that no one would be allowed to distribute materials on the public sidewalks. Indeed, he insisted that no one would be allowed to distribute materials within five blocks of the festival. (He justified his decision by claiming that he needed to keep the area clear for pedestrian traffic.)

From a Constitutional perspective, this was quite disturbing, as the government was officially limiting free speech on public sidewalks. Moreover, those of us who attended the festival noticed that security only enforced the policy on Christians. Muslims remained free to distribute their materials.

Pastor George Saieg, an Arab Christian from the Sudan (who has observed the effects of Islamic law in his home country and therefore understands the importance of free speech better than many of us) decided to take the case to court. The freedom fighters at the Thomas More Law Center (praise God for them) took the case free of charge, and they won.

More at the link, via Jihad Watch.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, United States

It happened just a few weeks ago:

...LOLA was in trouble right out of the gate. Though the network retooled it and relaunched it with a new cast this spring, it still tanked. So — unthinkable as it is — if Criminal Intent isn’t renewed, come fall, SVU (which is on the verge of being picked up) will be the only L&O still on the air!

Good! Let's hope. The franchise had already been wallowing in leftarded crap ever since it began in 1990. Besides, with shock value plotting like this:

Tonight the detectives investigate a birthday party at which pretty much all of the guests were BEATEN TO DEATH. Dang, maybe they SHOULDN'T have canceled this show? Just kidding, they should've.

That's why this series shouldn't have even been greenlighted in the first place. I know that there were TV series years ago whose plots revolved around murders, but for something allegedly realistic, which this is most definitely not, you would think they'd have the smarts to feature plots involving simpler robberies, carjackings and aggravated assaults without resorting nearly 100% of the time to murder/rape cases. Is it really that impossible to conceive a cop show like this without resorting to murder and rape stories en masse?

Labels: Moonbattery, showbiz

Another murder in the name of sharia, this time in the Ukraine. From the UK Mail:

A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.

Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home.

Friends said she liked wearing fashionable clothes and had come seventh in a beauty contest. Her battered body was buried in a forest and was found a week after she disappeared.

Police have opened a murder probe and are investigating claims that three Muslim youths killed her claiming her death was justified under Islam.

One of the three - named as 16-year-old Bihal Gaziev - is under arrest and told police she had 'violated the laws of Sharia'.

Gaziev said he had no regrets about her death because she had violated the laws of Islam.

As Jihad Watch notes, this kind of violence has its origins in the Koran's Sura 4:34, which tells that it's legitimate to employ violence against "disobedient" women.

For a sharp contrast, look at this case in Gedera (via Failed Messiah) where the principal of a religious school expelled a Jewish teenage girl for taking part in a beauty contest. While I think that was a stupid thing the principal did, making a mountain out of a molehill over exaggerated religious beliefs, neither he nor anybody else ever turned savage about it, and the girl is getting some help in countering the expulsion from the school.

Update: Tina Korbe on Hot Air writes more about the case in Ukraine.

Labels: Europe, islam, Israel, misogyny

Jack Kelly wrote on Real Clear Politics (via Babalu Blog) about how Benjamin Netanyahu gave a lesson in how to lead to Obama and even to RINOs:

"This is what a leader looks like," wrote Bryan Preston of Pajamas Media of Mr. Netanyahu's "very impressive" speech to Congress. "Not a word of it will have to be 'clarified' or walked back in a day or two. It will not be 'misunderstood,' as President Obama claims his speech of last week has been. I have had many friends on the Republican side tell me 'if only we had a candidate like that.' "

Bibi Netanyahu can't run for president of the United States. But he showed those who are running how to get the better of Mr. Obama: Talk straight. Talk substance. Go directly at him.

Well said.

Labels: Israel, United States

Today is American Memorial Day, dedicated to the fallen in wars America's army was in. Here's a transcript of Ronald Reagan's speech in 1986 (via Babalu Blog).

And also, here's a topic on Hot Air about Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller, a war hero who served in Afghanistan, and an article written by his mother in the NY Post:

Three years ago, we replaced our original Blue Star banner with a Gold Star one, indicating an immediate family member who’d died in the service of this nation. My husband and I also wear Gold Star lapel pins, presented to each of us (as well as to our seven surviving children) at Rob’s funeral.

With some 5,500 soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen killed in action since 2001, the number of Gold Star families may seem small. To that total, however, America must add the parents, husbands, wives, siblings and children of those who lost loved ones in Vietnam and previous wars.

Wars may recede from the front pages to the history books, but no matter how far back the loss, the ache of a Gold Star family never goes away.

Unfortunately, people seem afraid of the best way to honor our fallen — simply asking the family to share their story. In our case, the knowledge that Rob acted with extraordinary heroism in his final minutes helped tremendously in easing our grief. Yet a misguided sensitivity about our loss seems to leave people afraid to even bring it up.

If only they knew the comfort that a polite inquiry could bring.

Miller is one of many war heroes we should all remember and honor.

Labels: military, United States

The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF has determined the obvious:

Palestinian policemen deliberately opened fire at a group of Jews who infiltrated into Nablus last month to pray at Joseph’s Tomb, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz concluded on Sunday following the military probe of the incident.

Ben-Yosef Livnat, 25, was fatally wounded when the Palestinian policemen opened fire on the group of Breslav hassidim. Four other worshipers were wounded.

It's all part of the Religion of Peace, of course, which calls for Jews and non-Muslims to be executed. The "policemen" who committed the crime, you can be sure, will not be punished for it by the PA. It's up to Israel to deal with the problem.

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

In this article (via The Blaze), Glenn Beck explains not just the importance of American-Israeli relations, he also warns of the danger that a new nazi-like party could rise in Egypt:

According to the Jerusalem Post, a group of political activists have ‘announced plans to set up a local version of the Nazi party.’ One would think that this story, the latest evidence that the Arab Spring is rife with anti-semitic sentiment, would turn some heads here in America. After all, we claim to be the biggest supporter and ally of Israel, despite recent comments made by The President. Why are we ignoring old hatreds?

“The founding member of the new Egyptian Nazi party is Emad Abdel Sattar. He says the party would bring together prominent figures from the Egyptian society. The party’s founding deputy is a former military official. The party believes investing all powers in the president after selecting him or her carefully, adding that the preparations are underway to choose the most competent person to represent the new Egyptian Nazi party,” Glenn said.

“It is breathtaking how far ahead of the curve we have been on this since, what, since November of last year? We have almost nailed this thing in advance when it didn’t make sense. We have just said these things and put these things out there and told you the curve of the Earth,” Glenn said, noting the accuracy of his predictions over the past few months.

“How did we go from a nation that understood good versus evil just a few years ago to now when you hear hundreds of thousands of people in many countries chanting ‘Kill the Jews’ that we don’t even recognize it; it’s not even a blip on the radar? How is that happening? Just as it happened in Europe at the turn of the century bit by bit, slowly, slowly. And you learn to dismiss it.”

“There is no greater goal than to be the righteous among the nations. We must be those people. We must be those people. Barack Obama will say, well, we have a responsibility to protect. That’s why we’re going into NATO, et cetera, et cetera. I’m sorry. But the destruction of Israel is the destruction of the West: Hate the Jew, hate the capitalist, take them both out.”

Israel and America have so much in common, that's why these evil fascists want to destroy both. That's why we have to be on the lookout for them.

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

A house in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City has been bought by an American and become residential for Jews again.

A house dedication ceremony was held and a mezuzah was affixed on Thursday at Beit Shechter (Schechter house), located in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter, 150 years after the home was transferred to an Arab family when Jews had to leave the area. The house thus returned to Jewish hands.

Very likely this was during the time of the Ottoman Empire.

There was also a mezuzah slot found:

Two days earlier, as renovations were taking place inside the house, the original slot for the mezuzah was discovered.

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, head of the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva, the main catalyst in the home's recovery as it has been in other parts of the Muslim Quarter, was the one who affixed the mezuzah into place, following which a special dinner was held and dancing took place. The American Friends of Ateret Cohanim annual dinner will take place on June 1st in New York.

There's a video interview available at the link in the full article.

Labels: Israel, Jerusalem

As told in the UK Mail (via Big Peace), the Islamic community of Britain is one in the west that certainly doesn't like Obama, because they despise that the USA dealt out justice to bin Laden:

Muslim activists descended on Downing Street today in protest at Barack Obama's state visit to London.

As the president met David Cameron in Whitehall, an angry crowd of burka clad women as well as protesters from Muslims Against Crusades gathered on the streets outside.

They were joined by a number of prominent campaigners, including Anjem Choudary. The radical cleric said that President Obama has made himself a 'legitimate target' for Muslim extremists after the killing of Osama bin Laden.

He called for Mr Obama to be dragged before a sharia court over his role in the war in Afghanistan.

Read it all to see the pictures of what went on at Westminster too. It just shows how, no matter how favorable Obama or other politicians are to Islam, the followers of the ummah won't truly thank them. It's definitely frightening to see.

Labels: islam, jihad, londonistan, terrorism, United States

Haim Saban, an Egyptian born Jew who used to work as an animation distributor for nearly 2 decades, has stopped his associations with Obama:

“I’m very perplexed as to why the president, who’s been to Cairo, to Saudi Arabia, to Turkey, has not made a stop in Israel and spoken to the Israeli people,” he continued. “I believe that the president can clarify to the Israeli people what his positions are on Israel and calm them down. Because they are not calm right now.”

I'm amazed that he's changed so much since the 1990s, when he was much more a leftist and didn't support the Likud. Did he get mugged by reality?

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Israel, United States

The cult-like monster who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart in Utah nearly a decade ago (and read here for some more related info) has gotten life in the dungeon for his violent crimes:

Nearly nine years after she was abducted at knifepoint from her bed, Elizabeth Smart watched Wednesday as a federal judge ordered a street preacher to spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping and raping her while holding her captive for months.

The sentencing of Brian David Mitchell closed a major legal chapter in the heartbreaking ordeal that stalled for years after Mitchell was declared mentally ill and unfit to stand trial in state court.

“I know that you know what you did is wrong,” Smart said to Mitchell, who sang quietly in the courtroom. “You took away nine months of my life that can never be returned.”

U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball handed down two life sentences for Mitchell at the hearing in Salt Lake City. A jury earlier unanimously convicted the 57-year-old Mitchell in December of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines for sex. [...]

On Wednesday, her father spoke to the man who kidnapped his daughter

“Exploitation of religion is not a defense,” Ed Smart said. “You put Elizabeth through nine months of psychological hell.” [...]

Smart, who described her captor as vulgar and self-serving, testified that she believed Mitchell was driven by his desire for sex, drugs and alcohol, not by any sincere religious beliefs.

The very same could surely be said for Muhammed, the false prophet of Islam: that he was driven by desire for power, forced sex, violence, etc, but not by genuine religious beliefs.

Let's hope Mitchell gets a purely isolated cell to stay in for his savagery.

Labels: misogyny, Moonbattery, United States

It was first reported 6 days ago, but is still very important to write about: the Florida bar association has dismissed the greivance complaint the Muslim lawyer Omar Tarazi filed against John Stemberger, Rifqa Bary's lawyer:

On Thursday, May 19, 2011, The Florida Bar signed filed a voluntary and complete dismissal of the grievance complaint brought against Rifqa Bary's attorney, John Stemberger, who is a leading conservative Christian advocate based in Orlando, Florida. In the proposed final Report of the Referee, the judge found no ethical violations and wrote "I recommend the matter be dismissed." The Final Report of the Judge/Referee is subject to approval by the Florida Supreme Court.

Rifqa Bary was the teenage Muslim-to-Christian covert who made international news in 2009 after fleeing her parents and the radical Islamic community in Columbus, Ohio when threatened with an honor / apostate killing for her conversion. Stemberger represented Bary in the Orlando dependency case before the jurisdiction of the case was transferred to Ohio. Rifqa's legal team won her case on August 10, 2010 when they secured her dependency status away from her parents and eventually obtained her immigration standing as a permanent U.S. legal resident with a track to become a citizen in about four years.

The formal filing by The Florida Bar was a "Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice" which permanently dismisses the entire Complaint and all three of its alleged charges against Stemberger.

Stemberger himself had something to say about how bar associations in the USA are sacrificing themselves to PC-ness:

"Integrated Bar Associations around the country are slowly losing their identities as merely professional associations created to educate and regulate lawyers. Instead, many are becoming increasingly ideological and political. Additionally, many institutions of society, including bar associations, are bending over backwards to accommodate members of Islam as a new protected class. Instead of championing constitutional free speech rights, bar organizations are opting for enforcing political correctness."

This is another reason why the Republicans have got to renew the bill they tried out a few years ago to protect against frivolous lawsuits. And this is a very serious case that bar associations around the country are going out of their way to sell out American values for the sake of backwards beliefs. It's another something that needs to be tackled in debate.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, misogyny, political corruption, United States

According to this new study done by Harvard and Tuffs universities (via The Blaze), whites today feel more discriminated against than blacks:

...while both blacks and whites saw anti-black racism decreasing over the decades, whites saw race relations as a ‘zero sum game’ where they were losing out as blacks ‘gained’ the advantage.

Read the whole article, and see how in the 2000s, this is something that's especially felt since the turn of the century. Maybe the reason why is because so far, aside from how the MSM does not see it as important, there's never been a movement that's focused properly on the problems with anti-white racism in America. In that case, maybe there should be a movement to deal with the problems?

Labels: racism, United States

That's how Netanyahu put it in his awesome speech to Congress this past day. No, we do not go back to the 1967 lines.

Of course, better yet would be to consider that Fatah cannot be seen as legitimate, past, present or future, because of the Islamic hatemongering they've long embodied.

Here's the full text from the speech given by Netanyahu.

Update: see also here, here and here about a Code Pink dummy who tried to heckle him, but he was only honored by her interruption. Why don't they comprehend that to make such moonbat heckles is exactly what we would want? (And did she fake the injury she ostensibly had? Why did she have a picket-like sign as a blanket?)

Here's also more from Robert Spencer on Front Page Mag, and also on One Jerusalem.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, Jerusalem, United States, US Congress

As the Weekly Standard quotes:

Eric Cantor, in a speech delivered at AIPAC yesterday, said the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians "is not about the '67 lines." Instead, Cantor argued, "it is a culture infused with resentment and hatred. It is this culture that underlies the Palestinians' and the broader Arab world's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. This is the root of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians."

More clearly, it's about the teachings of Islamofascism. That's where the main problem lies. More of Cantor's speech to AIPAC can be found here.

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

Giyus.Org has a topic about hate sites run by pro-jihad and anti-Israel forces, and asks to report any more you might happen to find.

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

Newsbusters found propagandist Andrew Sullivan resorting to that classic propaganda that Jews control the media. Umm, if that's so, wouldn't he also be under our control?

But if that's how he feels, then here's a suggestion for him: stop associating yourself with any and all of the Jewish community's entertainment products, Sullivan. You'll be doing everyone a big favor by just shutting up too.

More on this subject at Doug Ross.

Labels: anti-semitism, dhimmitude, islam, Israel, msm foulness, United States

Doug Giles writes on Town Hall about the awesome spectacle of college students celebrating bin Laden's death, possibly not what the college staffs themselves were expecting:

Can you imagine the consternation the ubiquitous uberliberal profs of our nation’s radical Left-leaning universities must have felt as they watched the students they’ve worked their butts off to brainwash dispense with said profs’ anti-American blather and instead shout for joy that the SOB UBL is now officially ODPF (one dead porn freak)?

I can still hear the tens of thousands of college students from sea to shining sea screaming, “USA! USA! USA!” as they praised our wickedly lethal SEAL Team Six for putting the death axe to this tool.

Ah, yes, ladies and gents, the young ones still get that good and evil do exist, that some bad guys have got to die, and that on the grand scale of things America, well … rocks. Sa-lute!

And there's also what to say about bin Laden's porn stash:

Allow me to digress a bit and yap about the porn cache found in Usama bin Spankin’s dank million-dollar mansion: What is up with all these Muslim holy men and their penchant for slapping their salami? Isn’t it interesting how the revelations have been pouring in lately that these “holy warriors” against western decadence were actually hooked on western decadence? Oh, the irony. I thought we were the “Great Satan”; I thought they hated cleavage and blamed all the current earthquakes on Lady Gaga’s ya-ya and Shakira’s truth-telling hips …

Sure enough, their defenders will prance out and say they had porn collections to stay afoot of America’s foul milieu. It’s “research.” Yes, that’s it! Bin Laden and his boys were “researching” us—or as Mark Sanford would say, they were “hiking the Appalachian Trail.”

Research? Please, player. Go sell crazy somewhere else because that excuse sounds just like the same scat my friend Dewey used to sell his mother right up until he went blind and grew hair on his carpel tunnel palms.

Yes, no doubt the apologists for Usama and his ilk are going to say that their Yoda “encoded microscopic intel on Miss April’s belly ring” or “they were only viewing Holly Madison’s hooters to keep abreast (no pun intended) of the United States’ degradation in order to stir afresh the embers of enmity for all things American.”

Let's consider that in Arabia, they did have belly dancing at one time, which did involve skimpy outfits worn by the dancers, and depending on the situation, many Islamists simply don't want to acknowledge that. But that aside, one could say that the only reason why bin Laden and other followers of the ummah despise hooters and such is because they're not of the same Orwellian beliefs as the Taliban are. It does signal that they consider women inferior objects.

Labels: islam, jihad, misogyny, pakistan, terrorism, United States, war on terror

According to this report, the IDF is mulling the death sentence for the sadistic Islamofascists who murdered the Fogel family a few months ago. And indeed those monsters should be sent to hell for the act of sadism they committed in cold blood. The time has come to pass a law that will make it easier to making such rulings in court.

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

Netanyahu met with Obama and told the following:

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with United States President Barack Obama on Friday, one day after Obama gave a speech on the Middle East in which he called for a new Arab state in Judea and Samaria “based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed upon swaps.” Netanyahu openly stated his own views on the Israeli-Arab conflict, and warned, “A peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle Eastern reality.”

During the meeting Netanyahu flatly rejected the possibility of basing the borders of a Palestinian Authority-led Arab state on the “1967 lines,” or 1949 armistice line.

“While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines,” he said. “These lines are indefensible, because they don't take into account certain changes that have taken place on the ground, demographic changes.”

Netanyahu also brought up the problem of Hamas, reiterating that Israel has no intention of negotiating with the terrorist group. The PA is currently under joint Fatah-Hamas leadership; the Hamas charter calls to destroy Israel and force Islamic law upon Israel and ultimately, the world.

Gene Simmons has spoken about this whole subject too on NBC:
Via Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin and Hot Air Pundit.

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

The Wall Street Journal says that Jewish donors to the Democratic party are getting quite put off by Obama's address to Israel:

Jewish donors and fund-raisers are warning the Obama re-election campaign that the president is at risk of losing financial support because of concerns about his handling of Israel.

The complaints began early in President Barack Obama's term, centered on a perception that Mr. Obama has been too tough on Israel.

Some Jewish donors say Mr. Obama has pushed Israeli leaders too hard to halt construction of housing settlements in disputed territory, a longstanding element of U.S. policy. Some also worry that Mr. Obama is putting more pressure on the Israelis than the Palestinians to enter peace negotiations, and say they are disappointed Mr. Obama has not visited Israel yet.

Does this suggest Obama could lose donors for the Democratic party? It remains to be seen just how this'll affect Obama's and the rest of the party's standings with the US Jewish community.

Also see Caroline Glick's take on the subject at Big Peace.

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

Karen Lugo on Town Hall writes about the dangers of appeasing Islam, and notes the following:

The most culturally restrictive of the European concessions to Islam are the incitement-to-hate laws. Just the chance that racially-toned speech may trigger an angry reaction can provoke a criminal investigation. Several high profile “hate speech” prosecutions have demonstrated that the loss of speech freedoms will inhibit the ability of Europeans to define their culture according to their own Enlightenment values. Dearborn’s recent pre-emptive legal smackdown of Terry Jones’ demonstration near a mosque shows a similar erosion of vital expressive rights in the United States.

This has prompted me ask why rallies similar to the Support Denmark campaign aren't being organized to help Europe. Let's also recall that France gave America the Statue of Liberty, and if we don't come to their aid, for example, we've betrayed the very country that gave America a symbol of freedom, one that the al-Qaeda was plotting to destroy among several targets a decade ago.

If we don't defend the country that donated one of America's most important monuments, we'll have failed to defend freedom domestically too. That's why it's time for freedom-loving Americans to start coming in defense of France, to name but one place where Islam is menacing. And it can be done by forming a rally calling for European political bodies to start fixing their own very flawed law systems.

And yes, Michigan too is surely the area in America most requiring of our concern.

Labels: dhimmitude, Europe, France, islam, United States

Obama has called for Israel to withdraw to 1967 lines:

US President Barack Obama dramatically changed US foreign policy - sandbagging Israel and aligning himself with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas' preconditions for talks - when he called Thursday for a "full and phased withdraw of Israeli forces" from "occupied Palestinian lands" to the 1949 armistice borders that Israel's former Foreign Minister and UN ambassador in 1967, Abba Eban, referred to as the "Auschwitz borders."

Obama's comments came during his much anticipated policy address at the State Department in which he outlined the United State's new foreign policy for the Middle East and North Africa in light of the "spring revolutions" that have rocked the region.

Saying the world was tired of "nothing but stalemate" in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and complaining that "settlement activity continues" while the "Palestinians have walked away from talks," Obama said Israelis cannot obtain the dream of a democratic and Jewish state through "occupation."

Obama called for "two states for two peoples" with permanent borders based on the "1967 lines with agreed upon swaps." The borders referred to as "1967 lines" are in fact the lines agreed upon in the 1949 armistice, following which Jordan occupied Judea and Samaria for 19 years. The armistice lines, considered indefensible by defense experts, are often called "Auschwitz borders" in Israel.

Oh, thanks a lot for perpetuating the lie of "occupation".

Netanyahu has reacted with the following:

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel would object to any withdrawal to "indefensible" borders, adding he expected Washington to allow it to keep major settlement blocs in any peace deal.

Here's some advice: don't expect anything from Obama. Because he won't recognize Israel's rights at all.

In this article, it's said:

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was quick on the draw Thursday in voicing clear displeasure with President Barack Obama’s mideast policy speech.
“Israel appreciates President Obama’s commitment to peace,” the response began, curtly. “Israel believes that for peace to endure between Israelis and Palestinians, the viability of a Palestinian state cannot come at the expense of the viability of the one and only Jewish state.”

“That is why Prime Minister Netanyahu expects to hear a reaffirmation from President Obama of U.S. commitments made to Israel in 2004, which were overwhelmingly supported by both Houses of Congress.”

“Among other things,” Netanyahu reminded Obama, “those commitments relate to Israel not having to withdraw to the 1967 lines which are both indefensible and which would leave major Israeli population centers in Judea and Samaria beyond those lines.”

But don't expect Obama to respect the Congress' wishes either.

Over here, it's told that some right wing MKs have called Obama the new Arafat:

Knesset members on the Right expressed outrage on Thursday night at US President Barack Obama's call for the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps in an exchange of territory for security.

They called upon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to reject Obama's plan when he meets with him on Friday in Washington.

"Barack Hussein Obama adopted the staged plan for Israel's destruction of Yasser Arafat, and he is trying to force it on our prime minister," said Likud MK Danny Danon. "All that was new in the speech was that he called for Israel to return to 1967 borders without solving the crisis. Netanyahu has only one option: To tell Obama forget about it."

National Union MK Michael Ben-Ari also slammed Obama's speech, calling it "a landmine with pretty wrapping."

Environment Minister Gilad Erdan, who as a minister close to Netanyahu must be more diplomatic, complained on Channel 2 that according to Obama's approach, the Palestinians would receive their demands on borders before negotiations begin.

"Once they have everything from the start, they have no reason to make any concessions," Erdan said.

And they never will. Netanyahu shouldn't even go to Washington at all.

Update: extra item from Rep. Allen West.

Update 2: at least 3 Republican politicians have responded:

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Obama "threw Israel under the bus" and handed the Palestinians a victory even before negotiations between the parties could resume. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said it "is a disaster waiting to happen." Former Sen. Rick Santorum called the president's approach "dangerous."

Quite right.

Others on the subject include Boker Tov Boulder, Booker Rising, Legal Insurrection, Daled Amos.

Labels: anti-semitism, dhimmitude, islam, Israel, Knesset, United States, US Congress

It may or may not be a rare case of one Muslim woman from the House of Saud who attacks non-Muslims, but I will have to note that The Blaze is being rather misleading when they say she spat at "white people" in Florida. The UK Mail, which tells the longer story, said:

A Saudi Arabian student is facing hate crime charges after she allegedly spat on several 'white people' in her local Walmart because a 'higher authority' made her do it.

Nuha Mohammed Al-Doaifi, 21, an engineering student at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, was arrested on a charge of misdemeanour battery at the Palm Bay WalMart.

But the hate-crime determination could mean that the charge may be elevated to third-degree felony.

Authorities say that Al-Doaifi spat in the face of a WalMart customer who was trying to help her after the student was butting her trolley into the exit door of the supermarket.

She also allegedly spat at another customer who 'got too close to her', but the spittle managed to miss him.

When she was arrested, she told officers that she was spitting on 'white people' because a 'higher authority' made her do it and that 'Americans are pushing us around.'

Yvonne Martinez, spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department, said: 'Her actions were directed at random people based on their ethnicity, and that's according to her own statement.'

The customer was trying to be kindly, and this is how she reacts. But aimed at "white people"? As you'll notice in the mug shot, she is white! Her hateful acts were more of a hatred for non-Muslims, Americans and westerners. Then again, one could wonder if she hates her own skin color.

Labels: anti-americanism, House of Saud, islam, racism, United States

Congressman Eric Cantor & Peter Roskam talk on Politico about the Hamas' support for al Qaeda:

As the news of Osama bin Laden’s death spread, the free world breathed a deep sigh of relief and praised the United States for its accomplishment.

But in the Palestinian territories, such sentiments were not shared.

In the eyes of Ismail Haniyeh and the infamous Hamas terrorist organization he leads, the operation “marks the continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood.” Really?

If killing the man responsible for the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history — not to mention the aggressor who did more to subjugate and kill fellow Muslims who disagree with his worldview than perhaps any other individual on earth — makes us oppressors, then how would Hamas describe bin Laden?

Haniyeh didn’t hold back. “We condemn the assassination of a Muslim and Arab warrior,” he proclaimed, “and we pray to God that his soul rests in peace.”

Fitting, coming from a terrorist organization whose founding charter instructs, “The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him.”

As President Barack Obama draws national attention to the Middle East with a major speech on Thursday, we ask our fellow lawmakers — and all Americans — the following questions: Does this seem like a group with whom Israel can make peace? Would you trust this organization to have free rein in your own backyard? Is this a group deserving of $550 million in annual foreign aid from cash-strapped U.S. taxpayers?

Just as importantly, what about Fatah? Are they someone who deserve to get our taxpayer money? Isn't it about time any funding pertaining to them is ceased as well?

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, islam, jihad, terrorism, United States, US Congress, war on terror

Honest Reporting takes apart the lie perpetrated by the mainstream press that Jerusalem was ever a divided city in this must-view video.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, Israel, Jerusalem, msm foulness

The prime minister has slammed Fatah's dictator for his distortion of history in the op-ed the New York Times had the gall to publish:

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu criticized Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, following the op-ed he published earlier in the day in The New York Times.

“The article is a blatant distortion of historical facts which are well-known and documented,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “The Palestinians were the ones who refused the partition plan for two states while the Jews had agreed.”

Netanyahu was referring to Abbas’ claim in his article that “the last time the question of Palestinian statehood took center stage at the General Assembly, the question posed to the international community was whether our homeland should be partitioned into two states. In November 1947, the General Assembly made its recommendation and answered in the affirmative. Shortly thereafter, Zionist forces expelled Palestinian Arabs to ensure a decisive Jewish majority in the future state of Israel, and Arab armies intervened. War and further expulsions ensued.”

Abbas conveniently omitted the rejection of the partition plan by the Arab world and the fact that most Arabs living in Israel left because they were told to do so by their leaders, who promised them that they would return after Israel was quickly annihilated.

Netanyahu also mentioned that Abbas skipped over the Arab nations' attacks on the young Jewish state following its declaration, saying that “Arab armies aided by Palestinian forces were the ones who attacked the Jewish state in order to destroy it. Yet all of this is not even mentioned in the article.”

Netanyahu added that “we can conclude from the article that the Palestinian leadership sees in the establishment of a Palestinian state a means to continue the conflict with Israel instead of ending it.”

But that's just it. The whole tactic is merely a means to weaken and delegitimize Israel. And they're going to have start waking up and recognizing that fact.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, Israeli Arabs, msm foulness, terrorism

Another horrific example of Iran's Islamofascism has been discovered:

Iran has executed an Israeli-born Jewish woman along with her Armenian Christian husband, according to reports.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency reported that Adiva Mirza Soleyman Kalimia and her husband Varjan Petrosian were hung back on March 14 at Evin Prison. According to the report, three other people, including one woman and two men, were also executed at the same time.

The report noted that the executions were done secretly.

Adiva Mirza Soleyman Kalimia was born in Jerusalem in 1956 to an Iranian-Jewish family, said reports. She resided in Miami for several years, and visited Iran three times in recent years before being arrested and put in prison.

The agency quoted a Revolutionary Court as confirming the executions but refusing to provide further details about surrendering the bodies for burial. The report added that relatives of the dead who tried to recover the bodies for burial were threatened with arrest.

They shouldn't have even visited there, with the way Iran's going. Absolutely awful.

Labels: anti-semitism, Armenia, iran, islam, Israel, misogyny, racism

Clarice Feldman at Pajamas Media writes about the donations made by Islamic countries to American universities, something that concerned Americans are going to need to start taking a serious look at.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, Moonbattery, political corruption

The disgusting al-Nakba riots have claimed at least one victim in Tel Aviv, as an Arab truck driver went on a rampage:

A young truck driver from the Arab village of Kfar Qasm left behind a trail of lethal destruction in south Tel Aviv on Sunday morning after ploughing into several vehicles on Rehov Bar-Lev, in what police suspect to be a deliberate lone-wolf terror attack that left one man dead and 17 people lightly to moderately injured.

"Based on the level of destruction, and the number of people who have been injured and one person killed, it looks as if this was deliberate, but the investigation is still ongoing," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, speaking from the scene.

The driver later claimed during questioning that he lost control after experiencing a punctured tire, though his claim is being treated with skepticism by police. Nevertheless, police have refrained from officially declaring the incident to be a terror attack by Sunday night.

The 20-ton Volvo truck, driven by a 22 year-old man who cannot be named due to a court-ordered media ban, departed Kfar Qasm on Sunday morning, and entered Tel Aviv via Route 4, driving through the Mesubim Junction. As the driver approached the Hatikva neighborhood, he struck and ran over several cars, including a blue Volkswagen car driven by 29-year-old Aviv Morag, who was instantly killed.

And was this deliberate? If the following tells something:

A witness who claims he stopped the driver who hit several cars on Tel Aviv's Bar Lev Street Sunday in what police called a suspected terror attack said he initially thought the driver had just lost control of his brakes.

Arik Levy told Israel Radio that when he went to go help the driver, he saw him continue to hit cars and street lights, and heard him saying "Allahu Akbar" and "death to Jews."

Definitely, this is all the fault of the Islamists who perpetrate the lie of "al-nakba", and incite against Israel based on that libel. You could even add that it's the fault of any employer who continues to allow Muslims to take jobs involving dangerous vehicles like a freight truck.

Update: Alison Kaplan Sommer writes more about these horrific incidents.

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

The head of the Intl. Monetary Fund was arrested for sexual assault:

NEW YORK (AP) - The leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for president of France was pulled from an airplane moments before he was to fly to Paris and was being questioned Saturday by police in connection with the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid, police said.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken off the Air France flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport by officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and turned over to police Saturday afternoon, said Paul J. Browne, New York Police Department spokesman.

He was being questioned by the NYPD special victims office. Strauss-Kahn had retained an attorney and was not making statements to police, Browne said.

"He's being arrested for a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment," Browne said.

The 32-year-old woman told authorities that she entered Strauss-Kahn's suite at the luxury Sofitel hotel not far from Manhattan's Times Square at about 1 p.m. Eastern time (1600 GMT) Saturday and he attacked her, Browne said. She said she had been told to clean the spacious $3000-a-night-suite suite, which she had been told was empty.

According to an account the woman provided to police, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where he began to sexually assault her. She said she fought him off, then he dragged her into the bathroom, where he forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear. The woman was able to break free again and escaped the room and told hotel staff what had happened, authorities said. They called police.

When New York City police detectives arrived moments later, Strauss-Kahn had already left the hotel, leaving behind his cellphone, Browne said. "It looked like he got out of there in a hurry," Browne said.

The NYPD discovered that he was at the airport and contacted Port Authority officials, who plucked Kahn from first class on the Air France flight that was scheduled to depart at 4:40 p.m. and was just about to leave the gate.

The maid was taken by police to a hospital and being treated for minor injuries. John Sheehan, a spokesman for the hotel, said its staff was cooperating in the investigation.

Strauss-Kahn was briefly investigated in 2008 over whether he had an improper relationship with a subordinate female employee. The IMF board found his actions "regrettable" and said they "reflected a serious error of judgment."

I should hope they'll be smart to oust him as chairman following this atrocity? This will also severely damage his chances as a candidate for the next election in France. We could use one less socialist in the political world.

Update: I noticed one more thing worth pondering:

He is credited with preparing France for the adoption of the euro by taming its deficit and persuading then-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to sign up to an EU pact of fiscal prudence.

So he's the man who helped lead France into surrendering its own currency for the sake of one that's not helping in the long term? Dear dear. But nowhere near as serious as his assault on women. Now he'll hopefully pay the price.

Labels: France, misogyny, New York, United States

Would you believe that? Osama bin Laden had a whole stack of pornography in his possession in Pakistan (Hat tip: Town Hall):

A stash of pornography was found among the trove of evidence seized from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound by U.S. Navy SEALs, according to a report confirmed by ABC News.

The existence of the pornography stash, which one U.S. official told ABC News was "huge," was first reported by Reuters. The official said the pornographic material was found in a wooden box in bin Laden's bedroom and included electronically recorded videos.

He didn't consider his own wives a worthy example to study? Gee, that's odd. But this sure does tell what a double-standard he had on even more tasteful practice of sex. In his sick, twisted mind, it's apparently haram for the USA to even specialize in tasteful stuff, but when monsters like him do it, it's perfectly okay.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, misogyny, pakistan, terrorism, United States, war on terror

The politician who's more favorable to Islam than Israel has dropped out from the role:

WASHINGTON – The White House announced Friday that US Middle East envoy George Mitchell was resigning after two years of fruitless efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians closer to a peace deal.

In accepting Mitchell’s resignation, US President Barack Obama didn’t name a new envoy but said that Mitchell deputy David Hale would serve as the acting envoy in the meantime.

If his only idea of how to bring about peace was based upon lies that there was ever a palestinian Arabic/Islamic people, then he wasn't fit for the job. Another politcian whom we shouldn't feel sorry to see leave.

Labels: islam, Israel, United States

It's because the episode in question closely resembles the bloodbath in Tuscon, Arizona earlier this year. I think it's for the best, not just because of how sick the whole incident was, but also because it's quite possible for Dick Wolf and company to manipulate the whole subject to suit their own moonbat agendas. The flagship series may have ended its run last year, but shamefully, the spinoffs are still going aggravatingly.

Labels: Moonbattery, showbiz, United States

30 years of legal battle have come to an end with justice achieved, though even that's not fully obtained:

More than 30 years of legal wrestling came to an end Thursday with a guilty verdict in a Munich court for John Demjanjuk.

The 91-year-old retired Ohio auto worker was accused of committing war crimes as a former Nazi guard at the Sobibor death camp during World War II. Demjanjuk was charged with 28,060 counts of accessory to murder of those who died during the time he was allegedly guarding at the camp.

He was sentenced to five years in prison, although the court may decide to credit his time already served while being held in custody during the trial.

“This could be the beginning of a new last wave of many [such] proceedings,” commented Cornelius Nestler, attorney for the plaintiff families of victims who died at Sobibor, on Wednesday.

Only 5 years? No, I think there's an awfully weak sentence given here, no matter his age, and he should be sentenced to spend his last gasps in prison. Such a monster must not be allowed to walk the face of the earth again.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, germany

A most surprising story just came up, of the Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung, one of these semi-Yiddish language papers in the US, photoshopping Hilary Clinton out of the widely publicized picture of the White House staff watching a video of the raid on bin Laden's hideout, because it's supposedly too sexy just to have a woman in the picture at all (via Doug Powers). This in spite of the fact that Hilary and the female staffer at the back were far from skimpily dressed.

This is fairly common in some Hasidic publications, and in Israel, there's at least 3 papers likely to do that, though the stark difference between them and many Islamists is that Hasidics know why it pays to respect women's rights up front. That said, this photoshopping all for the sake of absurdist modesty notions is definitely foolish, and something that they're going to have to start considering a change for.

In fact, as Rabbi Jason Miller at the Jewish Week says:

Der Tzitung edited Hillary Clinton out of the photo, thereby changing history. To my mind, this act of censorship is actually a violation of the Jewish legal principle of g'neivat da'at (deceit). I wrote about this subject a year ago following the Flotilla debacle in Israeli waters outside Gaza when the Reuters news agency doctored photos that it published by removing weapons from individuals aboard the Mavi Marmara. The doctoring of photographs like this is referred to as "Fauxtograpphing." I'm curious to hear how Der Tzitung responds to its attempt to remove Hillary Clinton from this iconic photo and thereby from this historic event.

Much as I can't stand Hilary any more than the next person with common sense, I must concur that this is ridiculous to think that a woman's presence in a picture like this constitutes any kind of moral wrong. I honestly do think a change is going to be needed in the beliefs as conducted by the rabbinical board in charge of papers like these. To their credit, Der Tzitung's editorial did apologize for the alterations. Maybe this could encourage a much needed discussion of how to better the beliefs and conduct on what the Hasidic community considers ideal for how to run press outlets like these.

With that told, maybe now we can turn our attention back to whether Islamic-dominated press outlets do any censorship like this, and I wouldn't be surprised if they do, only worse. With them, I'd think it's even more concerning.

Update: The New York Daily News quotes Rabbi Shmuley Boteach saying:

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a New York City radio show host and best-selling author, called the photo treatment "absolutely unusual."

"I have no idea why they did it, but what I can say is that there is nothing in Judaism that prevents the publication of images of women in power," he said. "On the contrary women in positions of power pervade our community."

Something to think about.

Labels: communications, Israel, United States

Who would've thought that Glenn Beck, of all people, would pay a visit to the Temple Mount as part of a possible documentary project he's doing.

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

Frank Gaffney has spoken about some setbacks last week in the war on terror and Islamic extremism, and also the conviction of Lars Hedegaard by a court in Denmark for offending Muslims. I have a suggestion, one that upholders of free speech everywhere would be advised to take up on: why not organize a protest in front of the Danish embassies demanding they change the laws that are being used to persecute critics of Islam in Europe? Just like some of the support Denmark rallies 5 years ago campaigning to buy Danish products.

And I'd strongly recommend doing it soon, because who knows just how long it'll be before things start getting really grim.

Labels: dhimmitude, Europe, islam, Scandanavia, terrorism, United States, US Congress, war on terror

But as the Daily Caller tells, Debra Burlingame sure scored a victory thanks to his arrogance when she confronted him about Eric Holder's intent to prosecute CIA interrogators who were trying to find info on bin Laden. And it also drew the attention of Republicans in Congress, who've found a cause:

It’s a rare day when President Barack Obama’s escort of flacks, spinners and deputies let their guard down. At Thursday’s 9/11 commemoration in New York, Debra Burlingame used one of those fleeting opportunities to directly ask the president to halt a two-year federal inquisition of the CIA interrogators who helped reveal Osama bin Laden’s fatal hiding-place.

“He said it defiantly. ‘No, I will not,’ and turned and walked away,” she said.

Burlingame’s coup is stoking Republicans’ calls for Obama to halt the investigation. On Sunday, former Vice President Dick Cheney called the investigation an “outrage.” House Republicans are also incensed by the investigation, and GOP activists see an issue they believe will show voters how the administration is too accommodating towards the nation’s enemies.

Burlingame is one of the many family members who were invited to meet the president during his televised tour of downtown New York. She was invited because the five jihadis on Flight 77 murdered her pilot-brother and then steered the aircraft and its passengers into the Pentagon, killing 59 passengers and crew, and 125 soldiers and civil-servants. That trauma made her into a citizen-activist. Since then, she’s used the Internet, her expanding number of supporters and her organization — 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America — to investigate jihadi-related security lapses and to promote better security policies. She’s pushed hard against policies championed by George W. Bush and Obama, especially Obama’s investigation of the CIA interrogators.

And what does that tell? That she's not blind even to Dubya's own faults, and he and Condoleeza Rice alike had more than plenty of them.

“I dreaded going to this thing…but it was a tactical opportunity that he could not prevent,” she said. “This was an opportunity to do right by the [CIA] case officers, and also [to help] the future of intelligence community and our ability to get intelligence,” she said.

Some months before September 2009, Obama’s Department of Justice reopened a closed investigation into the legality of tough interrogation techniques used by several CIA officers during the Bush administration. The techniques included ‘water-boarding,’ in which prisoners are forced to undergo an ordeal of simulated drowning.

Water-boarding was used on only a few prisoners, and it successfully broke the morale of leading jihadis, including KSM, or Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the primary organizer of the 9/11 atrocity. Once broken, those jihadis willingly spilled numerous secrets, including the existence and nickname of bin Laden’s personal courier. That nickname was a critical step in a long journey through Iraq and Kuwait’s phone network to the prosperous town of Abbottabad, Pakistan where bin Laden was living in a compound.

The interrogation technique was as controversial as it was effective.

And if it hadn't been for that, the forces of justice might never have tracked bin Laden effectively. How can Obama, Holder, or anyone else in their company possibly think of being so ungrateful to the people who managed to locate this info?

Burlingame used her meeting with Obama to interrogate him about Holder’s investigation. “I put this whole issue to him,” and then asked Obama to tell Holder to end the investigation, Burlingame said. Obama immediately refused, saying “No, I will not,” she said.

If he had been expecting the question, “he could have come up with talking points,” she said. “This was set up as a intimate meeting in which he was to be a regular guy who cares about families,” and that’s why he wasn’t ready to deal with a well-informed skeptic, she said.

Also, the event was for the close relatives of people killed by the 9/11 jihadis, which meant she had moral authority.

Her expert questions revealed that she knew her subject. “He had to know that I had knowledge about this that couldn’t be finessed away,” she said.

This combination of surprise, moral authority and expertise momentarily stripped away Obama’s personable mask, she said. “He reverted to his true self, a peremptory arrogance.”

“He said ‘No, I won’t, and then he literally turned around on his heels, 180 degrees, and left me standing,” she said.

“This wasn’t me trying to get a gotcha moment,” she said. “He said he wanted to give me closure. Well, guess what, Mr. President, my closure comes when you have installed an effective policy that keep the intelligence coming,” she said.

Burlingame is someone to be admired for her courage and intelligence, and she really exposed some of Obama's biggest problems. And that's a big win indeed.

Labels: jihad, pakistan, political corruption, terrorism, United States, US Congress, war on terror

Jonathan Tobin at Commentary reports that the awful Michael Bloomberg is losing the support of New Yorkers, who can't stand him anymore, and his stocks have declined recently.

You could probably mark his support for the Ground Zero mosque as part of the reason why he's fallen out of favor with a lot of people, not to mention his arrogance and inability to come to terms with why he's let down so many.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, New York, political corruption, United States

Barry Rubin at the Gloria Center writes about recent findings telling that the palestinians want an Islamic government system. One of the most telling parts says that:

Asked what government system they preferred in future, about 40 percent said they want an Islamic caliphate. In addition, 24 percent seek a system like those in Arab countries, and only 12 percent prefer one like that in European countries.

While defining what an "Arab system" means is ambiguous, it is reasonable to presume that means an Arab nationalist dictatorship since at this moment virtually no Arab country is a democracy.

I wonder if there's a good word for the opposite of nationalism, because I don't like to think nationalism is the best way to describe those who would prefer autocracy over freedom. Also worth noting is that in educational indoctrinational textbooks used for palestinian children, there's no mention of many of the important sites in Israel.

On the bright side, however, a recent survey by the Wash. Post (also via One Jerusalem) has found that Arabs in Jerusalem want to be Israeli citizen, and not live under Fatah's dictations.

Labels: islam, Israel, political corruption

Today begins Israel's 63rd Independence Day, with the official ceremony on Mount Herzl. Here's a bit of commentary on the history involved:

Israel is 63 years old.

It began as an effort to do the impossible: revive the Hebrew language and resettle the Jewish People in the Holy Land, almost two millennia after the Jewish capital of Jerusalem was occupied by Roman legions and the Holy Temple burnt down.
Over the centuries, the Jews had seemed to turn into a non-nation: a multicolored world tribe of wanderers, always weeping for their lost glory, always on the run, forever fearful of the wrath of the "normal" nations within whose borders they resided.

All nations recognized the Jews' unique talent, and realized the debt that civilization owed the ancient nation. Monotheism, the precepts of Western morality, the idea of nationality that transcends time and borders, even the seven-day week and the Sabbath were passed on to the world by this Semitic-Mediterranean tribe.

As the world progressed from "Dark Ages" to modernity, all recognized the utterly disproportionate contribution that Jews made, as individuals and as a group, to the commercial, financial, scientific and political systems that defined the new world. Amazing breakthroughs in knowledge, bold artistic revolutions and earth-shaking world movements were formed and led by the progeny of Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya'akov.

Continue reading at the link. And here's more on some of the people who were chosen to light torches on Independence Day (I can't seem to access the embed code, or I'd add the video here). They're excited at being invited to light the big candles, and this is definitely an occasion to be marveled at.

Labels: Israel

This story on Science Daily and The Blaze offers a suggestion that Omega-3 acids are not very helpful for heart health and that some fried foods might actually help in keeping a healthy heart.

So who knows, maybe eating some campfire grilled goodies can help after all.

Labels: United States

Here's another example of a potential dry run, or an attempt by a Muslim to see just how much he can scare passengers:

Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, the third security incident in a day on U.S. planes, authorities said Monday.

The man was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 was due at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco police said.

A male flight attendant tackled the suspect, who carried a Yemen passport, and other crew members aided as the suspect banged on the cockpit door.

“He asked for help; a couple of passengers joined in,” Rodriguez told The Associated Press. “They were able to get him to ground and a flight attendant put him in plastic handcuffs.”

The Boeing 737 carrying 162 people landed safely at 9:10 p.m. and the man was taken into police custody.

He was identified as 28-year-old Rageit Almurisi. Though he carried a Yemen passport, it wasn’t clear if his nationality was also Yemeni, Rodgriguez said.

Almurisi was charged with interfering with a flight crew, a federal offense. No motive has been established and the officer said he had no information when asked if the disturbance was linked to terrorism.

Another example of an Islamic hoodlum trying to cause unnecessary disturbance.

Update: as The Blaze reveals, the MSM failed to report that the hoodlum also yelled "allahu akbar" as he tried to storm the cockpit.

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

It's simply amazing that Tony Kushner, the horrid playwright who also scripted Steven Spielberg's Munich monstrosity (and may even work on a proposed biography of Lincoln for the same director) won't get an honorary degree from CUNY, after trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld had the guts to stand up and tell why. Kushner himself took it quite thin-skinned, and has told why they'd be better off keeping their distance from such an awful man.

Maybe even Spielberg could learn a lesson or two from this, but don't bet on it.

Update: Ron Radosh has more.

Update 2: tragically, this was a short-lived thing to admire, as the president of CUNY has reversed the decision. In that case, they really are a bunch of degrading types at that college.

Labels: anti-semitism, Moonbattery, United States

Again, Germany's society raises serious questions about just how sorry they are for the bigotry they committed during WW2:

A German city funded and hosted a pro-Hamas “The Return Generation Knows the Way” conference Saturday, complete with Nazi terminology and incitement for suicide bombings.

The Hamas-linked anti-Israel Palestine Return Center in London, which has become a de facto center for Hamas and other radical Muslim groups, hosted the confab that in the words of the American Jewish Committee, has the single aim of “the denial of the existence of the State of Israel.” [...]

The Hamas conference in the city of Wuppertal also has adapted the Nazi slogan of the “final solution,” which referred to the death machine that gassed, butchered and starved 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, and has twisted it around to promote a “final solution” for foreign Arabs allegedly claiming Israel as home.

"The conference unites extremist forces throughout Europe with well-meaning but naïve supporters of the peace process who turn a blind eye to the profoundly anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic nature of the previous eight conferences." according to Deidre Berger, Director of the AJC Berlin Ramer Institute for German-Jewish Relations.

Similiar conferences, which are held primarily in Arabic, attract thousands of participants. Speakers at the conferences, including videotaped messages from Hamas officials, deny Israel’s right to existence, reject peace negotiations and glorify suicide bombings.

“German officials send mixed signals when they declare support for the government of Israel but allow conferences to take place on German soil with speakers who openly deny Israel’s right to existence,” said Berger.

I'm still wondering why anybody wastes their time with any of Germany's exports, if this is how their politicians, and especially society, are going to run their business.

Labels: anti-semitism, germany, islam, jihad, Moonbattery, terrorism

Gateway Pundit (via Big Journalism) finds that Media Matters, the alleged political watchdog bankrolled by the disgusting George Soros, has taken a serious loss of traffic. See, that's what happens when you start obsessing over just FOX News and FOX News alone - nobody cares anymore.

Labels: communications, Moonbattery, United States

It looks like The Beaver, Mel Gibson's latest movie (probably the first real acting role he's had in 6 years following his burst of ghastly slurs) and also Jodie Foster's latest, has tanked big time with just a paltry number of screens to run on. Ah well. I won't feel one bit sorry to see their careers go down with the tree trunk that crashed into the pond after the beaver chewed it up.

But I do want to say how amazing it is that some of the most notable people associated with Lethal Weapon 1-4 are some of the shadiest and now unendurable. Danny Glover, for example, took part in a Turkish anti-American movie. I'll never be able to watch those films again without wincing.

Labels: anti-semitism, racism, showbiz, United States

There have been violent demonstrations in Muslim countries against the USA following the death of bin Laden, who fully deserved to be sent to hell. But few of these could possibly be as frightening as the one that took place outside the US embassy in London (via The Daily Caller):

Violent clashes broke out around the world today as thousands of supporters of Osama bin Laden took to the streets to protest at the Al-Qaeda leader's death.

While many protests took place across the Muslim world, the most extraordinary took place in London, where hundreds of supporters gathered at the U.S. embassy to stage a mock 'funeral service' for the slain terror leader.

The violence erupted just days after the city - often dubbed London-istan because of its reputation for Islamic extremism - was branded a major recruiting ground for Al Qaeda.

Dozens of police officers struggled with protesters who tried to storm the embassy with radicals carrying placards proclaiming that 'Islam will dominate the world' and branding U.S. leaders 'murderers'.

'It is only a matter of time before another atrocity - the West is the enemy,' Abu Muaz, 28, from east London, said.

The protest comes amid heightened security in London fearing revenge attacks by Al-Qaeda.

Over the past decade, the media reported that London had become a 'feeding ground for hate' and a 'magnet for terrorism'.

The large Muslim community who live there are said to exploit civil liberties and openly preach jihad.

In fact, recent leaked documents showed that Britain's mosques became an international haven for extremists who enjoyed state benefits while being trained for terrorism.

The WikiLeaks files, written by U.S. military chiefs, revealed that at least 35 Guantanamo terrorists were radicalised in London mosques before being sent to fight against the West.

This is believed to be more than any other Western country.

Of these, just 17 were British nationals or had been granted asylum, while 18 had travelled from abroad – cementing Britain’s reputation as a global training camp for terrorists.

And there's no telling if this will ever cease, definitely not in time. Take a look at some of the pictures at the link, including the sight of women in niqabs and veils attending this creepy horror. No sane person should be living there.

Update: more on this at Ace of Spades HQ.

Labels: islam, jihad, londonistan, terrorism, United States, war on terror

It's now Memorial Day in Israel for those who've fallen in wars, and that includes victims of terrorism.

Here's an article about special songs dedicated to Israel's fallen soldiers.

Update: and here's what the prime minister had to say at the memorial service.

Labels: Israel, terrorism, war on terror

Memorial Day, where Israel remembers the fallen in its wars, including against terrorism, is about to begin, and Benjamin Netanyahu will be visiting the gravesite of his late brother, Jonathan Netanyahu.

Labels: Israel, war on terror

That's what Israel's infrastructure minister Uzi Landau says during a visit there. And he's got an excellent point.

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The Blaze reports that on a visit with 9-11 families, he intially greeted Debra Burlingame warmly, then, when she asked about Eric Holder's plan to charge CIA interrogators who did what they could to find the scum responsible for the attack on the WTC, he changed his reception to cold and turned away from her. Simply galling.

Update: see also at Town Hall.

Labels: islam, jihad, New York, terrorism, United States, war on terror

The Chicago Tribune (via The American Thinker) reports that a Muslim convert has been sentenced, including for the murder of a pregnant woman:

A man who was angry that his family would not go along with his conversion to Islam was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in the slayings of his mother, pregnant wife, infant son and two nieces in a rampage last year on the South Side.

James A. Larry, 33, of Madison, Wis., pleaded guilty last month to multiple counts of murder, attempted murder and the intentional homicide of an unborn child. [...]

Prosecutors said Larry came to Chicago in April 2010 bent on slaughtering his relatives at the home in the Marquette Park neighborhood. He had converted to Islam while serving a prison sentence in Wisconsin for a weapons conviction.

"He was upset at his wife and their family — he felt disrespected that they would not join his religion," Assistant State's Attorney Jim McKay said. "It didn't matter if they were young or old, pregnant or not. He wanted them dead." [...]

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Larry before the state's recent ban on capital punishment. McKay said the fact the slayings were premeditated made Larry's case "call out for the death penalty."

If Illinois has thrown out the death penalty, that's simply atrocious. Filth like that need to be cleansed of the earth, just like bin Laden was.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

Barry Rubin writes about one of the most disturbing movements ever to condone Osama bin Laden: the Muslim Brotherhood. And for all we know, if they could support bin laden, so could plenty of other Muslims in Egypt. And that's one more reason why relations with that soiled country are really not needed.

Labels: anti-americanism, Egypt, islam, jihad, terrorism, United States, war on terror

As Diana West reports, Pakistan was hiding Osama. And this is something that should raise questions of whether the US should be maintaining serious relations with a country that harbors most wanted terrorists.

Then, there's also the way Obama's administration has handled this: they buried him at sea while reciting Islamic rituals. Since when did a monster like that deserve an actual funeral? The filthy stiff should've been incinerated, for all anyone cares.

Here's more about this disturbing context from The Blaze.

Update: and here's more from Frank Gaffney about Pakistan's hiding bin Laden on their turf.

Update 2: Lee Smith notes that some Muslims criticized the non-Islamic way they buried him at sea, which tells that even there, they did not succeed in pleasing even the enemy.

Update 3: Daniel Pipes tells that US-Pakistani relations are now declining.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, jihad, pakistan, terrorism, United States, war on terror

Melanie Phillips brings the sad news that Lars Hedegaard, head of the Danish Free Press Society, was convicted of "hate speech" for daring to point out violence against women in Muslim families, via the Orwellian judicial system Denmark has (via The Jawa Report and Big Peace). What this basically tells is that they want to make it a crime to defend Muslim women and children from "honor" violence.

It's also most startling that, in the country that published the Mohammed cartoons, this is where such a show trial is taking place.

Update: here's more from Phyllis Chesler. Hedegaard will appeal the verdict, and we can only hope that something can be done to fix their Orwellian laws.

Labels: dhimmitude, Europe, islam, political corruption, Scandanavia

Israel Our Home, the political party of Avigdor Lieberman, is calling for something plenty would like to see done by now:

Netanyahu’s largest coalition partner, Israel Beiteinu (Israel Our Home), announced it would demand Israel's government cease all contact between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Israel's Hebrew-language Maariv reported Wednesday.

“It is impossible to expect the State of Israel to transfer money to Hamas and thereby fund terror activities against Israel’s citizens,” a party spokesman said. “Those who declared bin Laden to be a Muslim freedom fighter, as Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh did, and those who refuse to allow the Red Cross to visit Gilad Schalit, cannot be partners in negotiations, either directly or indirectly.”

The cessation of contact would include all inter-ministerial initiatives and security cooperation in addition to the transfer of tax revenues according to the report.

In a separate statement, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon who is in Eastern Europe called on the European Union to threaten the PA with financial consequences, should they fail to comply with the Quartet’s principles.

Interestingly enough, this pact between the two terrorist groups has also drawn the ire of both the US and UK. Well, almost from the latter, as you'll soon see:

Hamas has managed to infuriate the United States and Britain for mourning Bin Laden – while at the same time Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas ties the knot with the terrorist organization and tries to gain Western support for declaring a PA a state.

As Hamas and Fatah leaders arrived in Cairo Monday to sign a unity agreement, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said, responding to Bin Laden's elimination, "We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood.

“We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and martyrs. If these [sic] news are true, then this makes it part of the American policy based on oppression and bloodshed in the Muslim and Arab world,” the official Hamas website stated in Haniyeh's name.

The United States swiftly and angrily responded to what U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said were ”outrageous” remarks. Bin Laden “ordered the killings of thousands of innocent men, women and children... many of whom were Muslim. He did not die a martyr. He died hiding in a mansion, or a compound, far away from the violence that was carried out in his name,” Toner stated.

In Britain, Foreign Secretary William Hague used much softer language. He said that the new Fatah-Hamas unity would help promote peace with Israel “if it was possible to show across many different divides in the world a good deal of unity about what happened on Sunday night and the removal of the author of some of the world's greatest terrorist acts from the scene.

"It would have been better for Hamas to join the welcome to that. That would have been a boost in itself to the peace process."

I think the only thing they're really angry at is how this undermines their wish to divide the land of Israel. And the UK has only succeeded in telling why they're so obsolete.

Update: Barry Rubin has more about the UK's disgraceful standings on the issue.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, Europe, islam, Israel, jihad, londonistan, terrorism, United States, war on terror

Meredith Jessup, one of the writers in charge of The Blaze, tells how Lara Logan's horrific experience in Egypt is not the only one of its sort. Jessup herself had been victim of harrassment in 2004 when she traveled there, and CNN's Mary Rogers was also victim of their Koranic-indoctrinated harrassment, in 1994 and just several months before the attack on Logan, in a country where 98% of foreign women and 83% of domestic women have undergone this terrible experience.

And this is just one more reason why I think Bill Kristol owes an apology to Glenn Beck for attacking his concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood taking over. For now, if Kristol is smart, he'll shut the hell up and no longer attack anyone's right to be concerned.

Labels: Egypt, islam, misogyny, United States

Atlas Shrugs has the speech delivered by Geert Wilders to the court trying him for free speech. If they convict him, it will deal a severe blow to the war against jihad.

Labels: dhimmitude, Europe, islam, jihad, Netherlands, political corruption

Jonathan Tobin reminds everybody about one of the most notorious images seen a decade ago on 9-11 in the middle east:

One of the enduring images of the post-9/11 agony was the way that many Palestinians cheered the news of the terrorist attacks. Veteran terrorist Yasir Arafat soon ordered an end to the demonstrations in Gaza and elsewhere but the willingness of Palestinians to identify with al Qaeda atrocities resonated for many Americans, including President George W. Bush, who challenged the world to declare which they side they were on in the conflict between America and terrorism.

It is worth remembering the Palestinian reaction to 9/11 on the morning after Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. forces because a triumphant President Obama must soon make a critical decision that affects the future of a terrorist ally of bin Laden. The United States has always and quite rightly insisted that Hamas must be treated as a terrorist group, not a political party or a government, in spite of the fact that they are the de facto rulers of Gaza since the bloody coup in which they seized power in the strip from the Palestinian Authority in 2007. But by agreeing last week to join a coalition government with their Fatah rivals, Hamas is putting itself in position to benefit from the massive American aid that flows to the PA.

Many in Congress from both the Republican and Democratic parties have rightly put the Palestinians on notice that if the Fatah-Hamas alliance is signed, American financial support for the PA will cease. But the White House and the State Department, though mildly critical of the pact, have yet to enunciate the administration’s determination to go along with the will of Congress on this issue.

Or, more specifically, the will of the American people. The UK Telegraph reports that Hamas has condemned the killing of bin Laden, and if Obama acts oblivious to that, the public could certainly start to frown. Notice that the administration has only given slight reaction to the disturbing news of what Fatah and Hamas have done, and if they don't offer a clearer statement, then they're not helping themselves.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States, US Congress, war on terror