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France's government is saying they may lead a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities:

France warned late Tuesday it may consider a pre-emptive military strike against Iran to stop the Islamic Republic from creating a nuclear weapon of mass destruction.

French Ambassador Gerard Araud said in a panel discussion in New York, “If we don't succeed today to reach a negotiation with the Iranians, there is a strong risk of military action.” He did not specify who would carry out the strike.

“It would be a very complicated operation,” Araud went on,” according to a report by the AFP news agency. “It would have disastrous consequences in the region,” he warned. “All the Arab countries are extremely worried about what is happening,” in the Iranian nuclear development program, Araud said.

He added that it has become increasingly clear that the Islamic Republic has no intention of negotiating a resolution to the impasse over its uranium enrichment program.

Of course not, the Iranian dictatorship is absolutely demented. But it's not just Arab countries, as the ambassador puts it, who are worried, it's Israel as well, since Israel is the main target Ahmedinejad and his evil forces are plotting on firing at. If France does lead a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, they'll be helping tremendously, especially if they bring down Ahmedinejad in the process.

Labels: France, iran, Israel, jihad

The Herald-Sun reports that a blow has been dealt in Australia against free speech in the case of Andrew Bolt (via Michelle Malkin):

THE assumed right of unfettered freedom of speech was trumped by laws protecting against racial vilification this morning after the Federal Court delivered its decision on the controversial “white Aborigines” case of Pat Eatock v Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt.

Justice Mordy Bromberg found Bolt and the Herald and Weekly Times contravened the Racial Discrimination Act by publishing two articles on racial identity which contained “errors in fact, distortions of the truth and inflammatory and provocative language”.

Speaking outside court, Bolt said it was “a terrible day for free speech in this country”.

“It is particularly a restriction on the freedom of all Australians to discusss multiculturalism and how people identify themselves,” Bolt said.

“I argued then and I argue now that we should not insist on the differences between us but focus instead on what unites us as human beings,” Bolt said.

The columnist said he would read and consider the full judgment before commenting further.

Justice Bromberg said it was important to note his judgment did not forbid debate or articles on racial identity issues if done “reasonably and in good faith in the making or publishing of a fair comment”.

“Nothing in the orders I make should suggest that it is unlawful for a publication to deal with racial identification, including by challenging the genuineness of the identification of a group of people,” Justice Bromberg said.

Ms Eatock and a group of eight other Aboriginals took Bolt and the Herald and Weekly Times to court claiming racial vilifiication over two articles in which he criticised fair-skinned Aborigines for what he argued was a choice they made, as people of mixed racial background, to emphasise their indigenous heritage over their white heritage.

Ms Eatock welcomed the judgment, saying it was a statement against discrimination.

She said the court’s decision meant racial identity could be debated, but with respect.

There is one source in Australia that's standing up for Bolt, but don't expect many liberals elsewhere to do the same. What does need to be debated, however, is if any laws allowing for this kind of stifling need to be changed. The same goes for France. Why exactly is it that nobody is arguing for a change in laws that only cause problems?

Labels: Australia

A brawl between 2 bad sides broke out at the UN building last Friday:

Security guards for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan fought with UN guards at the annual UN summit last week when the Turkish leader tried to get in to see the historic Palestinian application speech.

One UN guard was taken to hospital, UN sources said on Monday. [...]

Erdogan had been at a meeting on a level above the UN General Assembly hall when he heard Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was about to give his speech to back the historic application.

According to the Turtle Bay blog on events at the United Nations, Erdogan rushed to get into the meeting but his entourage was told they could not use the exit they were trying to get through.

'The Turkish guards demanded that their president be allowed to pass and allegedly pushed the UN security guards. The UN guards pushed back and the Turks apparently began swinging,' Turtle Bay said.

They tried to keep quiet about this, but if it were a clash between UN and Israeli officials, don't be surprised if it did get publicized. What a most despicable bunch those Turkish delegates and their premier are, and the UN officials are no better.

Labels: turkey, UN corruption

What makes this case most disturbing is that the Israeli police attempted a cover up of how terrorist aspects were involved (Hat tip: The Blaze). As this article on Ynet tells:

“It’s very grave that [a possible cover up] comes at the expense of a grieving family.”

Those officials who attempted any cover up must resign immediately and owe a serious apology to the family involved for their offense.

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

Big Peace reports that writer David Goldman has come out with a new book called "How Civilizations Die (and why Islam is Dying Too)" which tells that the Islamic world's birthrate is decaying faster than the western world is, and aging in the process. Not only that, but they could be on the train wreck path to a case of starvation and desolation.

That doesn't exactly suggest good news, though, because as they age, their self-inflicted damage could also motivate aggressive behavior, provoked by the belief that they'll never have the opportunity to wage jihad again. And that's definitely something to worry about. The book is definitely recommended reading.

Labels: Europe, islam, jihad

Foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has spoken truth to power here:

The speech made by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas “was the worst example of anti-Israel incitement and vitriol I have ever heard,” Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said over the weekend. Abbas, who throughout the speech called Israel a “colonial occupying power,” accused Israel of targeting civilians and arbitrarily destroying crops, schools, mosques and hospitals. He demanded that the United Nations recognize Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem as an Arab state, without further negotiations with Israel.

The language that used by Abbas, who spoke in Arabic to the cheers of UN General Assembly delegates, was especially troubling, said Lieberman. “It was an appeal to the darkest forces,” Lieberman said. “He talked about how Israel was destroying Islamic holy places, how the IDF is responsible for the 'price tag' actions, the IDF sending attack dogs against Palestinians. He talked about the 'ethos' of Arafat and how terrorists are really 'political prisoners.' Apparently he forgot about the murders of the Fogel family of Itamar,” said Lieberman, who walked out when Abbas began speaking.

Speaking to Channel 10, Lieberman was asked whether there was a chance that talks could start up with the Palestinians soon. The Foreign Minister was skeptical. “Apparently they have made a strategic decision not to speak to us. Since the establishment of the current government, we have been asking the Palestinians to speak to us. We even made the difficult decision to freeze building in Judea and Samaria for ten months, but after a speech like Abbas' it's clear they probably have no intention to return to negotiations.”

I guess not. They'd probably only be making vile cracks about Israel in between discussions anyway.

Update: Caroline Glick also reminds that:

The UN is profoundly hostile to Israel. It has a large, permanent, automatic majority of members that always supports harming Israel.

And Netanyahu himself has said that the UN is "house of lies":

...Netanyahu came back with a strong, frank and blunt speech, calling the UN a “house of lies,” one that has condemned Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, more than all the other nations combined.

“This is the unfortunate part the UN institution, is the theatre of the absurd. It doesn’t only cast Israel as the villain, it often casts real villains in leading roles,” Netanyahu said.

“Hezbollah controlled Lebanon, now presides over the Security Council. This means in effect that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing world security.”

Again I'm wondering why any sane country should be keeping a membership in the UN. It could save money if they didn't.

Update 2: in this article, we also learn that Abbas is rejecting an international peace blueprint.

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

The 10 students who caused a ruckus at Israeli ambassador Michael Oren's UC Irvine conference have been convicted:

SANTA ANA, Calif. (The Blaze/AP) — A jury convicted 10 Muslim students Friday of disrupting a talk by the Israeli ambassador on a university campus in a case that has stoked an intense debate about free speech.

The students also were convicted of conspiring to disrupt Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech in February 2010 at the University of California, Irvine.

The students were charged with misdemeanor counts after standing up, one by one, and shouting prepared statements such as “propagating murder is not an expression of free speech” that were followed by cheers from supporters.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter J. Wilson sentenced the defendants to 56 hours of community service and three years of informal probation.

I don't know if this'll send a message to Muslims at universities to stop pulling this vulgarity, but for now, what the ten have received is fully deserved.

Update: here's also Atlas Shrugs' posting on the subject.

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

Benjamin Netanyahu has made a reply to Bill Clinton's one-sided accusation that he killed the "peace process" (via Hot Air Headlines):

“I respectfully disagree,” Netanyahu said. “The Palestinians are basically trying to shortcut this. They’re trying to get a state without giving us peace, without giving us security.”

“President Clinton knows very well [that] in 2000 at Camp David … who really made the generous offer and the Palestinians refused to come,” he said. “I’m sure that President Bush can tell you what happened at Camp David a few years later, when another Israeli prime minister made a generous offer, and the Palestinians refused to come.”

When asked if he had moved the goalposts, Netanyahu said, “Not at all.”

All Clinton is doing is distortion, to say nothing of an inability to bring himself to lay any blame at the feet of the PLO.

Labels: anti-semitism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, Moonbattery, United States

Newsbusters writes about a new Pew Research poll telling that at least 42 percent consider the media there biased and feel it hurts democracy.

I wouldn't be surprised if more people today in Europe have the same opinion of their media, and even in Israel, this is quite possible.

Labels: Europe, Israel, msm foulness, United States

Former US president Bill Clinton has made negative statements about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the wrong reasons once again:

Former US President Bill Clinton on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and said that his rise to power represents a key reason there has been no Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, according to Foreign Policy magazine.

During a roundtable with bloggers on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Clinton recounted how the Middle East peace process deteriorated since he pressed both parties to agree to a final settlement at Camp David in 2000, the report said.

According to the magazine, the former US president said the reluctance of the Netanyahu government to accept the terms of the Camp David deal was a main reason for the lack of a comprehensive peace today. [...]

Clinton said that Sharon was working toward a consensus for a peace deal before he fell ill but that effort was scuttled when the Likud party returned to power.

Yeah, I get it. It's all the Netanyahu/the Likud's fault, and not the PLO's. Clinton is simply awful.

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

The Blaze and Israel National News report on the horrific case of jihadists who threw rocks at a Jewish owned car in Samaria on Wednesday. Pure barbarians they are. The young girl was fortunate to survive.

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

Big Hollywood writes about British performers who assail American policy for all the wrong reasons, and it makes me think of what a sad shame it is that they're being favored over some American actors for major roles and such.

In the comments, someone even said the following about one of the subjects of the posting:

What's even more hilarious is that Patrick Stewart is always grubbing for more money. He was at Dragon-Con a few years ago and he was charging TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS per autograph! The average autograph is usually thirty bucks. Who's all about the money?

Why should autographs have to cost money to begin with? Or, why should anyone care about them at all? What do they prove anyway? Certainly not his if he's going to align himself with socialist, anti-American standings.

And all this time, I'm wondering why actors from non-English speaking countries don't get US-based roles as often as these British baboons do. Especially what if they have the perfect accent for the role of a character from a foreign based country and origin. Time to give actors from France, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, Finland, Japan and other such places more of an opportunity. And if someone from an English-speaking background is needed, Australia and New Zealand would make a far better choice than Britain too.

Labels: londonistan, Moonbattery

Even now, before the Muslim Brotherhood has taken over per se, Egypt appears to be banning the sale of palm fronds from their region to Israel (Hat tip: The Blaze):

Egypt has forbidden the picking and exporting of palm fronds used in the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, leaving Israel scrambling to make up for the shortage.

But one Egyptian customs official said the ban so far has not been implemented.

Even if they haven't done that yet, should Israel be buying its palm leaves from a country where a tyrannical religion reigns supreme and blandly tolerates oppression of women, and is certainly moving in that direction?

The fronds of the date palm, called lulavs, are waved during Sukkot, which celebrates the ancient wanderings of the Jewish people after their exile from Egypt. The seven-day holiday begins on the evening of October 12.

"The Agriculture Ministry is working for the complete supply of lulavs for anyone who wants one after it became apparent that picking and exporting them from Sinai is completely forbidden this year," the ministry said.

"As a result of the new circumstances, the Minister of Agriculture, Orit Noked, encourages Israeli palm tree growers to significantly increase the number of lulavs to be given for the Sukkot holiday. At the same time, we will advance alternatives to importing palm trees so that everyone can observe the obligations of Sukkot."

The minister also said the agency would help supply Israelis "with lulavs at a fair price by encouraging domestic date farmers to greatly boost their supply."

The incident comes amid frosty relations between Israel and the new leadership in Egypt.

When it comes to buying palm fronds from foreign countries, I think it would be for the best to get them elsewhere, like from Hawaii and the Solomon Islands rather than Egypt. It may cost more, but it'd be better than putting money into the pockets of tyrants.

Labels: anti-semitism, Egypt, islam, Israel

In this report from the Lebanese Daily Star (via The Blaze) we learn that the PLO does not intend form a state for the purpose of granting citizenship to any Arabs/Muslims who come there:

Abdullah said that the new Palestinian state would “absolutely not” be issuing Palestinian passports to refugees. Neither this definitional status nor U.N. statehood, Abdullah says, would affect the eventual return of refugees to Palestine.

“How the issue of the right of return will be solved I don’t know, it’s too early [to say], but it is a sacred right that has to be dealt with and solved [with] the acceptance of all.” He says statehood “will never affect the right of return for Palestinian refugees.”

[...]

“When we have a state accepted as a member of the United Nations, this is not the end of the conflict. This is not a solution to the conflict. This is only a new framework that will change the rules of the game.”

Commentary's said in response:

This is simply unbelievable. For years, the world has backed a Palestinian state on the grounds Palestinians are stateless people who deserve a country of their own. And now, a senior Palestinian official has announced once they have received a state, most Palestinians will still be stateless – even those who actually live in “Palestine.”

Moreover, the new state won’t provide these residents with any services: It expects UNRWA – or, more accurately, the American and European taxpayers who provide the bulk of that organization’s funding – to continue providing their schooling, healthcare, welfare allowances, etc.

According to UNRWA, some 689,000 of the West Bank’s 2.4 million Palestinians and 1.1 million of Gaza’s 1.5 million Palestinians are refugees. Thus, aside from the 2.9 million Diaspora refugees, a whopping 45 percent of the new state’s residents will also remain stateless, deprived of both citizenship and services by the country the world fondly imagines is being created to serve their needs.

But of course, the PA doesn’t want a state to serve its people’s needs; it wants a state to further its goal of destroying Israel. Hence the refugees can’t be given citizenship; that would undermine its demand to resettle them in Israel, thereby destroying the Jewish state demographically.

That's right. And not only do they not want "refugees" brought in for undermining Israel, they practically want socialist measures with which to finance all further evil they commit.

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

According to a new study:

The gap in life expectancy between Israeli Jews and Arabs – especially among men – has grown in recent years to 3.7 years, compared with only two years in 1998.

This is one of the trends evident from the 2010 National Health Report of the Health Ministry’s Center for Disease Control issued for publication on Thursday.

Although the report is statistical and does not offer explanations, it seems that a major reason for the gap is lifestyle differences, including tobacco use: 48.8 percent of Arab men still smoke, compared to 31.8% of all Israeli men and 14.8% of all Israeli women.

The high smoking rate among Arab men and the low smoking rate among Arab women raises the male national national smoking rate among men and lowers the female national smoking rate.

The incidence of cancer rose between 1979 and 2007 by 37% among Jewish men and 27% among Jewish women, compared to 140% among Arab men and 150% among Arab women; cancer rates had always been low among Arabs due to a more rural lifestyle.

Arab Israeli adults are significantly less likely to exercise regularly compared to their Jewish counterparts; 32.4% of the general population say they exercise at least three times a week for 20 minutes each session.

Among Jewish men, the self-reported exercise rate was 38% and of Jewish women 32.8%, compared to 23.8% for Arab men and 15.4% of Arab women.

Infant mortality has dropped in all sectors, both Jewish and Arab, but it remains more than twice as high among Israeli Arab babies; it now totals 3.8 per 1,000 live births. The rate in the Jewish sector is 2.9, compared to 6.5 per 1,000 live births among Arabs. The main causes of death in babies up to the age of one year is premature birth and congenital defects. During the past decade, infant mortality dropped by 78%, with the rate of decline similar in all sectors.

So what can we learn from this? While Jewish women might have some catching up to do in terms of exercise (though plenty of young teenage girls here seem far from overweight), they do refrain from too much smoking, in contrast to the Arab world, where smoking does still seem to be quite a big thing, though Arab women appear to recognize the hazards. On the other hand, look at how bad their percentage of exercise happens to be!

And it also suggests that, in the Arab world, they do not put that high a value on health, compared to the Jewish world, where it's far better.

Update: by the way, if it's interesting to learn, I don't know about for men, but women's obesity rates in America have stopped swelling in the past decade (Hat tip: Searching for Bright Light).

Labels: Israel, Israeli Arabs

Brad Wilmouth at Newsbusters writes about the MSM's silence on Mahmoud Abbas and his dark forces' announcements that Jews would not be allowed to live in a palestinian state. They've done practically everything they can to avoid the subject, or just take any attempts to "backtrack" at face value.

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

This could've been a terrorist attack, and in a state where Islam has a serious presence:

MONROE, Mich. (AP) — A car bomb caused a powerful explosion on a Michigan street that seriously injured a father and his two sons, who are "very fortunate" to have survived the attack, which turned their vehicle into a blackened hunk of metal, a federal official said Wednesday.

Investigators were poring over what remained of the vehicle after the Tuesday evening blast, looking for clues about how the bomb was made and who might have planted it, said Donald Dawkins, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"There was a lot of power behind it. The victims are very fortunate, very blessed, to be alive," Dawkins said.

Among the things investigators are trying to determine is whether one of the victims was targeted or whether the attack was random, Dawkins said. The vehicle exploded on a tree-lined street under a highway in Monroe, which is about 35 miles southwest of Detroit.

Authorities declined to publicly identify the victims, but said they were in serious condition at St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, about 20 miles south of Monroe.

The victims were lucky to survive, said Dawkins, who described the attack as a "heinous crime."

"When you have children involved, it really hits home," he said.

Shawn Remington, 33, said he was working outside his home when he heard what sounded like a heavy, metal Dumpster lid being slammed shut and then saw a big column of smoke.

He said when he got to the scene, firefighters were extinguishing the blaze and rescue workers were loading the victims into ambulances. He said the vehicle was "totally melted."

"By the time I got there, there was nothing left of the vehicle," he said. "It was down to bare metal."

Monroe is a city of more than 20,000 that is one of Michigan's oldest communities. It has a historic downtown and is home to furniture maker La-Z-Boy Inc.

The ATF has offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

It is possible that the car bomb was put together by terrorists, but don't be surprised if the MSM decides to sweep this case under the rug soon after reporting it.

Labels: jihad, terrorism, United States

There's been a demonstration held in Tel Aviv to protest the PLO's statehood bid:

Dozens of nationalist activists gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard on Tuesday, in a protest march against the Palestinian Authority’s intention to ask the United Nations to unilaterally recognize a Palestinians state.

Protest organizer Tomer Tal Hacohen told Arutz Sheva the protest was important due to Israel’s existential threat.

“The UN is only 10% of the existential danger and of the pressures that are presently applied on Israel,” he said. “We have a right to live here in dignity. Right now, all the forces are against us and we’re trying to unify the lines so that it will not be an embarrassment to be a rightist and a nationalist and a person who rejects the Palestinian solution of ‘67 lines’.”

Hacohen explained that there was a particular significance in choosing Rothschild Boulevard, which was previously home to the housing protest tents, as the scene of the protest.

“As someone who was on Rothschild Boulevard for a month and a half, I saw all the leftist political groups and the New Israel Fund and Shatil unite here,” he said. “It was very scary to see that these bodies have so much power against Israel and against democracy. Therefore it’s very important to us to be here as well.”

I can understand why they chose to run the protests there.

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

Daniel Halper writes on the Weekly Standard about the PLO's exploitation of the UN to achieve their goals of segregation. The Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor explains how a lot of their vile propaganda is set up.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, racism, UN corruption, United States

As argued by an attorney working on the case of the Muslim students at UC Irvine who antagonized Michael Oren:

Ten Muslim students broke the law by shouting down a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine, in a carefully drafted and executed plan that flouted repeated warnings by campus officials, a prosecutor said Monday.

In closing arguments at the trial that stoked fierce debate about free speech, prosecutor Dan Wagner told jurors that emails among the students revealed they knew they could be arrested when they got up, one by one, and shouted pre-scripted statements to interrupt Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren's talk on U.S.-Israel relations in February 2010.

"The right to free speech is not absolute," Wagner said before a packed courtroom of more than 180 people in Orange County, with more observers waiting outside. "If hecklers' vetoes were allowed, then nobody, nobody, none of us would have the right to free speech."

Defense attorneys were expected to argue later in the day on behalf of the students, who face misdemeanor charges of conspiring to disrupt a meeting and disrupting a meeting. If convicted, the students—many who have now graduated from UC Irvine and nearby University of California, Riverside—could face sentences ranging from probation with community service and fines to a year in jail. [...]

Wagner said students acted as censors to block the free flow of ideas and infringed on the rights of 700 people who had gone to the suburban campus that evening to hear Oren.

The interruptions—combined with cheering from supporters, admonishments from university officials trying to regain control, and a forced break in the meeting—absorbed more than half the event, he said. A question and answer period where dissenters could have challenged Oren was cancelled because of limited time, Wagner said. [...]

The students were initially cited, released and disciplined at UC Irvine, which revoked the Muslim Student Union's charter for a quarter and placed it on two years of probation.

Nearly a year later, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas filed criminal charges against 11 students. [...]

On Monday, Wagner showed video clips of university officials pleading with demonstrators to behave and respect academic freedom. He also showed numerous emails among members of the Muslim Student Union planning the disruption and calculating who was willing to get arrested.

The correspondence, Wagner said, reveals students knew the risk of their actions and later tried to cover up that the organization was involved in the protest.

"It was always a plan to break the rules," he said.

Interesting info. In other words, they were willing to become "martyrs" and risk trashing their futures over political issues, and that mattered to them far more than shaping their own futures. Just one more reason why they're practically begging to be convicted for being so offensive at the university grounds.

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

As the PLO goes ahead with its intention of declaring a palestinian state upon Israeli territory at the UN, Barry Shaw has written on Canada Free Press (via One Jerusalem) explaining what the PLO wants to achieve via this one-sided and blatant move:

It is obvious that the Palestinians will not achieve the legal stamp of statehood when they turn up at the United Nations on September 20. They are aware that, despite having the bulk of the votes in the General Assembly, their statehood bid will fail with an American veto in the Security Council. So, why are they going?

First, we must hope they don't achieve any legal stamps; the Obama administration is not to be trusted here even now to take Israel's side. Now, onto the answer to the question presented:

They are going for two reasons.

What they want to achieve from their UN tactics is, firstly, to win the consensus of widely covered international recognition for their cause of a state within 1967 borders and with Jerusalem as their capital. Although the phrase “mutually agreed land swops” is often included in this formula this has no relevance in Palestinian intentions with regard to Jerusalem.

The simple understanding of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders will be the cause of a prolonged public opinion campaign to force Israel into conceding to indefensible borders. Failure to comply with this will make Israel appear to be the ongoing obstacle to peace.

By placing Jerusalem as their Palestinian capital on the public record they will attempt to pull the rug out of Israel’s cherished position that Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel.

The majority of those that will vote in favour of this proposal know the radical implications of this resolution. Those who are ignorant of the significance of 1967 lines need to be reminded that this would include Israel being forced to cede to the Palestinians such valuable real estate assets as The Temple Mount, The Wailing Wall, The Hurva Synagogue, The Jewish Quarter of the Old City, The Rockefeller Museum, Hadassah Hospital, the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Room of the Last Supper, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Perhaps the Hebrew University, which also falls within the 67 boundaries, will be renamed “the Islamic University”?

Let's also ponder the very likely possibility that Abbas will be more than willing to impose sharia upon any district ceded to him, just like the Hamas is already doing in Gaza.

Update: here's more important news about this on Forbes (via Hot Air Headlines).

Update 2: and while we're on the subject, here's another important item from Alan Caruba:

Last week, Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced that the Palestinian Authority would not make a bid for statehood at the United Nations. That may have had something to do with massive pressure from the United States, Europe, and Saudi Arabia.

You can always trust a Palestinian’s word, right? Wrong. The next day, September 15, Abbas said the PA had changed its mind and would go to the UN Security Councilto ask that it grant statehood to Palestine, admitting it as a full-fledged member.

He must have gotten a call from Turkey’s Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogen, who has been spoiling for a war with Israel and has been urging the Arab League to join in. It might have something to do with Erdogen’s beef with Greece that announced that it will begin drilling for natural gas on Monday, September 19, in Cyprus’s offshore Aphrodite field. The Turkish air force has been watching the rig, owned by Houston-based Noble Energy, move from Israel to Cyprus.

This is probably as good a way to start World War Three as any. It has nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with the decades of bad blood between Greece and Turkey that includes a divided Cyprus.

That's something to think about. Erdogan could be preparing for war with Greece, to violently take over Cyprus for starters, and encouraged Abbas on his part to take offensive actions that would coincide.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, islam, Israel, Jerusalem, jihad, turkey, UN corruption

Larry Kudlow writes about one of Michael Bloomberg's latest, most ludicrous stunts:

New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, in a radio interview on Friday, warned that high unemployment could lead to widespread rioting. That’s right. He actually said that. At a time when European cities have suffered massively from hooliganism, and at a time when U.S. towns like Philadelphia and Kansas City have suffered huge human and commercial tolls from so-called flash riots.

For Bloomberg to come out with this statement is irresponsible and incendiary. But you know what? He’s got a personal agenda. This is a desperate talking point to sell Obama’s jobs plan, which Bloomberg favors as a solution to high unemployment and zero growth.

There’s a whole history here of liberals threatening riots if they don’t get their way. WABC radio host Mark Simone reminded me that back in 1994, Matilda Cuomo warned there would be race riots in New York if her husband Mario weren’t reelected governor in his race against George Pataki.

So now the liberal Mike Bloomberg is trying to go to bat for his pal Obama. And he’s doing so in a very clumsy and inappropriate way.

In fact, Bloomberg is pitching for the whole Obama jobs package — the $450 billion stimulus plan and the $470 billion tax hike. The package is totally unpopular. A recent Bloomberg poll (how ironic) showed that voters disapprove of more Obama stimulus by 51 to 40 percent, and that 56 percent of independents oppose it. Other polls show that more than 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Obama’s handling of the economy.

You can be certain that come the next election, if Obama runs, Bloomberg will be backing him full force. For now, we can only hope Bloomberg's latest alienating stunt will serve as a wakeup call for many Americans whom Bloomberg's been harming.

Labels: Moonbattery, United States

This could be a worthy start in cutting down on Islamic inconsideration for the public:

Muslims kneeling to pray on the streets of Paris could face arrest under a new ban enacted Friday in the name of French secularism.

While the ban prohibits members of any religious faith from praying in the streets, it will particularly affect Muslims trying to complete their Friday midday prayers.

Overcrowded mosques often force followers to find room to unfurl prayer rugs and kneel on the street, their foreheads touching the ground, which French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said “hurts the sensitivities of many of our fellow citizens.”

“My vigilance will be unflinching for the law to be applied. Praying in the street is not dignified for religious practice and violates the principles of secularism,” Gueant told a French newspaper, the Daily Telegraph reported.

It's a start, as is even stopping public funding for mosques at the taxpayers' expense. That leaves one more thing for French lawmakers to deal with: cancellation of the laws that enable villains to sue their critics, as in the al-Durah case.

One more thing: isn't kneeling during much of praying a rather absurd way to run a religion?

Update: see also this entry on CBN.

Labels: France, islam

A plus from Rick Perry in the Jerusalem Post (via The Weekly Standard):

Surrounded by unfriendly neighbors and terror organizations that aim to destroy it, life has never been easy for Israel. Today, the challenges are mounting. The Jewish state faces growing hostility from Turkey. Its three decade-old peace with Egypt hangs by a thread. Iran pursues nuclear weapons its leaders vow to use to annihilate Israel. Terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians from Hezbollah and Hamas continue.

And now, the Palestinian leadership is intent on trashing the possibility of a negotiated settlement of the conflict with Israel in favor of unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by the United Nations.

The Palestinian plan to win that one-sided endorsement from the UN this month in New York threatens Israel and insults the United States. The US and UN have long supported the idea that Israel and its neighbors should make peace through direct negotiations.

He also points to some of Obama's mistakes:

It was a mistake to inject an Israeli construction freeze, including in Jerusalem, as an unprecedented precondition for talks. Indeed, the Palestinian leadership had been negotiating with Israel for years, notwithstanding settlement activity.

When the Obama administration demanded a settlement freeze, it led to a freeze in Palestinian negotiations.

It was a mistake to agree to the Palestinians’ demand for indirect negotiations conducted through the United States. And it was an even greater mistake for President Obama to distance himself from Israel and seek engagement with the hostile regimes in Syria and Iran.

Read the whole article.

Update: Jonathan Tobin likes Perry's op-ed too.

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

Rachel Ehrenfeld wrote on Big Peace about a recent survey by the Tarrance Group showing how Americans are still rightfully concerned about terrorism, and that includes many mothers. For example, the issues they're worried about include:

National Security: Asked to name specific national security threats, 74% of young voters and 82% of mothers said terrorists will “very likely” target U.S. air travel, roads or public transportation. Some 71% of young voters and 76% of mothers expect terrorists to target national security and banking electronic systems. Meanwhile, 61% of young voters and 68% of mothers anticipate terrorist bombings of U.S. financial and banking hubs. Respondents also worried about attacks on agriculture, food and water supplies, and externally launched missile attacks on one or more U.S. cities.

Foreign oil dependency: The majority (59%) of young voters, and an even larger number (70%) of their mothers expressed deep concern over U.S. dependency on foreign oil and strongly support oil and gas drilling in the U.S.

Terrorism: Some 41% of Gen-Y voters were also “very concerned” over “homegrown jihadist terrorists” in the U.S., while 57% of mothers echoed the same worried sentiments, Tarrance Group reported. This concern was based on roughly 30 attacks since 9/11 on U.S. soil by local jihadists, resulting in the killing of at least 49, as well as a myriad of thwarted homegrown jihadist attacks.

As reminder, among the many intercepted attacks, there was also a plan to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge in 2003; a Herald Square bomb plot in 2004; a plan to explode the Holland Tunnel and Chicago’s Sears Tower in 2006; a plot targeting Fort Dix in 2007; attacks aimed at New York synagogues, a Dallas skyscraper, and an Ohio plot to train Iraqi terrorists to kill U.S. troops.

The Iranian Threat: 44% of young voters noted great concern over Iran’s nuclear weapons development, and 53% of mothers expressed their anxiety too. Not surprisingly, 35% of young voters and 45% of mothers also stated their worry over Iran’s increasingly close ties to Venezuela.

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Some 39% of young voters and 23% of mothers were familiar with and feared the threat of an EMP attack. Indeed, launching nuclear bombs from 100 miles offshore to explode 120 miles over the heartland would destroy the U.S. electrical grid and most computer chips in the lower 48 states. The ensuing nationwide electrical and electronic shutdown would disable water systems, transportation, medical devices, communications, security systems, banking, and sewage systems, among other things.[...]

Shari’a (Islamic Law): The Tarrance Group found 39% of Gen-Y voters and 54% of mothers “extremely concerned” about the potential application of shari’a in U.S. courts. “We should have nothing to do with Islam[ic] shari’a,” said one young man, adding, “It is not part of our country and culture.” A young Democrat echoed his sentiments: “Muslim law should not be recognized in the courts in the U.S.” There was a general consensus that recognizing shari’a could conceivably change or erode U.S. law.

Of 220 young adult voters, 37% were “extremely concerned” about U.S. court recognition of shari’a over U.S. law, 68 thought it “un-American” (31%); 51 said the Constitution superseded shari’a law (23%); and 40 disagreed with or didn’t understand shari’a (18%). Others were opposed, saying it would violate U.S. separation of church and state, promote terrorism and violence in the U.S., make way for discriminatory laws, violate Christian/Western values, and establish multiple legal systems.

Those surveyed knew less about the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Only 31% of Gen-Y voters and just 27% of moms were “familiar” with the MB. However, after hearing a factual description of Muslim Brotherhood history and their organizational heirs, 31% of young voters and 44% of mothers disagreed or strongly disagreed with U.S. plans to talk to the MB, even in countries where they hold political strength.

The MSM has largely ignored the findings of this poll, yet despite such efforts, Americans are aware of the dangers faced by jihad and shari'a.

Labels: islam, jihad, terrorism, United States

Another serious case of hostility to Israel in an Islamic country has just taken place:

Nearly all the staff have been cleared out of the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital ahead of an anti-Israel protest in Amman on Thursday, for fear the mission could be attacked like the Israeli embassy in Cairo was last week, Israeli newspapers and radio stations reported.

A convoy transporting the Israeli diplomats left Jordan for Israel overnight, the Haaretz newspaper said.[...]

Activists in Jordan have called for a "million-man march" against the Israeli mission, part of a rising tide of anti-Israel protests there and in Egypt, the two Arab countries that have made peace with the Jewish state.

The Jordanian protesters -- led by leftists, labor unions and Islamists -- are expected to start gathering near the embassy by 1400 GMT. Their demands include the embassy's closure, expulsion of the ambassador from Jordan and the annulment of the 1994 peace treaty with Israel.

Nearly half of Jordan's 6 million residents are of Palestinian descent. With Palestinian-Israeli peace talks stalled, some Jordanians fear Israel may try to substitute Jordan for a Palestinian state -- a concept that has little support in Israel.

I beg FOX's pardon? Is this where any negative sentiment they could have for Israel sinks in? Jordan, as a breakaway from Saudi Arabia, is where many Arabs first came from, and aside from how an Arab people called "palestinian" is all a libel to delegitimize Israel, it sounds like they're trying to further it even more, when Jordan could just as well serve as a perfect place for them to reside...if they didn't adhere so badly to Islam.

It doesn't get any better with this line:

Anti-Israel sentiment is mounting at a volatile diplomatic time for Israel and its Muslim allies.

What Muslim "allies"? Nobody who adheres like Muslims do to their horrific religion is a true ally.

This is the third country with an Islamic population where the Israeli ambassador's had to clear away for fear of attack, and it's clear that more will deteriorate soon enough. The "peace treaty" with Jordan from 1994 was a joke.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jordan, msm foulness

In USA Today (via The Weekly Standard), they report that the PLO's goons have regurgitated their true vision of apartheid:

The Palestine Liberation Organization's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that any future Palestinian state it seeks with help from the United Nations and the United States should be free of Jews.

"After the experience of the last 44 years of military occupation and all the conflict and friction, I think it would be in the best interest of the two people to be separated," Maen Areikat, the PLO ambassador, said during a meeting with reporters sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor. He was responding to a question about the rights of minorities in a Palestine of the future.

Such a state would be the first to officially prohibit Jews or any other faith since Nazi Germany, which sought a country that was judenrein, or cleansed of Jews, said Elliott Abrams, a former U.S. National Security Council official.

But we sadly can't expect the Obama administration or even Hilary Clinton to condemn that foul statement made by the PLO's scummy lackey.

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

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (via One Jerusalem), has published a survey showing that many Arabs in east Jerusalem would rather live under Israeli sovereignty than that of the PLO. Some beginning examples:

• According to face-to-face surveys conducted according to the highest international standards, more Palestinians in east Jerusalem would prefer to become citizens of Israel rather than citizens of a new Palestinian state. In addition, 40 percent said they would probably or definitely move in order to live under Israeli rather than Palestinian rule.
• 44 percent of the Palestinians in Jerusalem say they are very, or at least somewhat, satisfied with their standard of living. This is a very high percentage compared to other populations in the Arab world. Only about 30 percent sympathize with either Fatah or Hamas or with the Israeli Arab Islamic movement. Politics is not a major preoccupation.
• Three-quarters of east Jerusalem Arabs are at least a little concerned, and more than half are more than a little concerned, that they would lose their ability to write and speak freely if they became citizens of a Palestinian state rather than remaining under Israeli control.
• Significantly, 41 percent thought that the armed conflict probably or definitely would continue even after a peace agreement, and this is from the most moderate population of Palestinians. Only a third say that a unilateral declaration of Palestinian independence backed by the UN would have a positive effect on their lives. Two-thirds say that such a unilateral step would have no positive effect.
• For people who tend to assume that a fair and practical solution for the Jerusalem issue is for the Arab neighborhoods to become part of Palestine and the Jewish neighborhoods to become part of Israel, these findings suggest that this could be somewhat problematic from the point of view of the people who actually live in east Jerusalem.

The numbers of those who'd prefer living under Israeli rule could be even higher than what they found, because many are likely afraid to voice opposition to the PLO lest they be threatened with death; it's tragically a crime in Fatah's view that an Arab sell property to a Jew.

Labels: islam, Israel, Israeli Arabs, Jerusalem

Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan went to Cairo where he received quite a warm welcome from the locals, and now he's met with Mahmoud Abbas to make stronger ties:

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo Wednesday to discuss the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN next week, Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported.

The Palestinian Authority's envoy to Cairo, Barak al-Farra, told reporters following the meeting that the two discussed "efforts by [Turkey] to support that [UN] bid."

Abbas also thanked Turkey for its role in supporting the Palestinian national cause, Farra said.

Erdoğan - who was in Cairo on the first leg of his so-called Arab Spring tour to forge stronger ties with Arab countries in the region - said Tuesday that support of Palestinian national independence was "not an option but an obligation."

Speaking to the Arab League, the Turkish prime minister said “Let’s raise the Palestinian flag and let that flag be the symbol of peace and justice in the Middle East."

The Turkish prime minister was headed to Tunisia and Libya following his stay in Egypt.

Abbas was in Cairo to meet with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton - who was visiting Egypt her way to Israel - and to attend a Arab League meeting Monday night.

That Arab League meeting was devoted to the Palestinian-Israeli crisis, and occurred the week before Abbas goes to the UN to petition for Palestinian statehood.

Truly disgusting. His warming to other Islamic countries around the mideast will certainly have a bad influence.

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

Via Breitbart TV, we learn that "conservative" moonbat Ron Paul was loudly booed at the GOP debate after blaming US foreign policy for terrorist attacks. I'm glad to see they understand just how awful and offensive he is, and is most definitely not worth wasting time around.

Update: The Blaze reports that Rick Santorum has rightfully slammed Paul for his blame-America tactics:

Texas Congressman Ron Paul drew jeers during CNN‘s Tea Party debate Monday evening when the conversation turned to his views on America’s foreign policy — which he believes helped provoke the September 11 attacks.

Paul was promptly chastised by former Sen. Rick Santorum, who blasted, “On your website, on 9/11, you had a blog post that basically blamed the United States for 9/11– on your website yesterday.”

“You said that it was our actions that brought about the actions of 9/11.”

“Congressman Paul, that is irresponsible.”

Santorum also told Paul that he “should not be parroting what Osama bin Laden said on 9/11.”

Santorum is right, Paul should not be sounding like the terrorists themselves. That was truly atrocious and for that, Paul deserved to be booed.

Update: Big Peace is right: Paul should retire.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, Moonbattery, political corruption, RINOs, terrorism, United States

Via Jihad Watch and Breitbart, an interview where the former defense secretary admits that Dubya did not do a good job, and that Obama's no better on the subject. Unfortunately, even Rumsfeld himself veers into political correctness, as Robert Spencer notes.

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

During the time the attack on the Israeli embassy took place in Cairo, a CNN filming crew was also menaced:

CNN journalists described the Friday mob that attacked them during the riot at the Israeli embassy as “animals.” One other journalist was called a spy and was almost raped.

The worldwide news site reported a scene that brought back ugly memories of the gang rape of CBS reporter Lara Logan earlier this year during the Arab spring uprising against the Mubarak regime.

CNN reported that one person in the mob on Friday called Dina Amer, a woman member of another American crew, “a spy.” A CNN producer who is an Egyptian approached to rescue the woman from the rioters, but “the mob overwhelmed the pair,” the network reported.

"I was thinking, how powerless I was because there was no police to save us," said the producer, Mohammed Fadel Fahmy. "I was worried that they were going to rape her."

What should also worry him is that the police might even want to help them.

Someone shouted to Fahmy that there was a nearby car, and he brought the “spy” into the vehicle, which belonged to a television crew.

“When Margaret Warner, a correspondent with the PBS program ‘Newshour’ managed to get the vehicle moving away from the crowd, men threw stones at the departing vehicle,” the journalist said.

"They were animals," said Amer.

The rioters also attacked Egyptian journalists, including a reporter for Egyptian state television. Many correspondents ran for their lives.

After the brutal and vulgar assault on CBS correspondent Logan, the Uncoverage.net website noted, “The assault on Lara Logan illustrates just how much order has recently broken down in the MidEast region which is now far more dangerous for Westerners.”

And let's not be surprised if that's soon to be the fate of Libya. Yes, those repugnant rioters are animals.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, Egypt, islam, jihad, misogyny

It's the 10th year since the tragedy that befell the USA when the al Qaeda attacked, and I think today's post should be in memory of the fallen innocents. Here's a video from Breitbart:

And here's another one about Capt. Charles Burlingame, who was murdered by 4 of the hijackers in the cockpit of one of the planes:

Plus a special post from Atlas Shrugs.

Again, always remember 9-11 and honor the fallen innocents.

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

The crumbling of relations with Egypt continues as mobs attacked the Israeli embassy, and the local security forces did little to stop them:

Just a short while after it was put up, hundreds of Egyptian protesters tore down on Friday the security wall that had recently been put up near the entrance of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.

The Associated Press reported that Egyptian security forces did not intervene as crowds climbed the embassy security wall, pummeled it with hammers and tore away large sections of the barrier.

Israel's Channel 10 News reported that after bringing down the wall, the protesters managed to overcome all the heavy security around the 21-storey building which houses the Israeli Embassy and were even able to climb onto the floor on which the embassy is located.

The Associated Press reported that just before midnight local time, a group of protesters reached a room on one of the embassy’s lower floors at the top of the building and began dumping Hebrew-language documents from the windows.

An Israeli official confirmed in a conversation with AP the embassy had been broken into, saying it appeared the group reached a waiting room on the lower floor. IDF Army Radio reported that there were no embassy employees in the building at the time of the break-in.

Both Channel 10 and Army Radio reported that, just as they did last month, the protesters also tore down the Israeli flag from the building.

Channel 10 noted that the Egyptian security forces let the protesters do as they please after being pelted with stones when they tried to stop them. There were varying reports as to how many people were injured in the clashes that broke out and the numbers were ranging from 55 injuries to as many as 187. No Israelis, however, were injured.

I think the Israeli ambassador has fled, with good reason. It's clear that it's too dangerous for Jews and other westerners to go there now.

Labels: Africa, anti-semitism, Egypt, islam, Israel, jihad

The Turkish-born professor speaks here about Turkey's plans to revive the Caliphate:

"Islam intends to conquer the world, It is already doing so through immigration to France, England and more slowly to the rest of the Western world. The threats to march on communities in Judea and Samaria on September 20th and the recognition bid at the UN are all part of this global Jihad", says Professor Yisrael Chanatoglu of the Association of Professors for a Strong Israel.

Read the whole article, via Jihad Watch.

Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, immigration, islam, Israel, jihad, londonistan, racism, turkey

Fox News reports that there is a very possible threat from al Qaeda looming as the memorial for 9-11 comes up in just another 2 days (Hat tip: Hot Air):

Federal authorities are warning local law enforcement agencies of a potential terrorist threat involving car bombs that could coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, several sources told Fox News on Thursday.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that it had information about a "specific, credible but unconfirmed threat," and the White House said President Obama was briefed Thursday morning and has been updated throughout the day.

“The president directed the counterterrorism community to redouble its efforts in response to this credible but unconfirmed information," a White House official told Fox News.

Law enforcement officials already have been on alert for any potential threats timed for the 9/11 anniversary, but intelligence on the threat identified Thursday was described by one official as noteworthy for seeming "more than aspirational."

Another senior U.S. official with knowledge of the threat said it was "specific enough to elicit worry."

Details trickled in throughout the evening. The potential threat is said to focus on New York City or Washington, D.C., and involves possible suspects tied to Al Qaeda, sources said. Authorities have received a "general description" of two or three possible suspects but don't necessarily have names, one source said. Authorities are trying to determine if such suspects might already be in the U.S.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security were drafting a bulletin Thursday night to send to local law enforcement across the country.

"We have a duty to warn,” the senior U.S. official said.

And they're right to be concerned, as we should all be. Everyone concerned about terrorism needs to be on the alert for the possibility that another could happen. ABC reports:

U.S. authorities are scrambling to sort through information that the CIA developed in the past 24 hours indicating that at least three individuals entered the U.S. in August by air with the intent to launch a vehicle-borne attack against Washington, D.C. or New York around the anniversary of 9/11, according to intelligence officials.

One of the intelligence and law enforcement officials that ABC News spoke to said that one of the individuals may be a U.S. citizen and a second official said that possibly two of the individuals may have had U.S. documentation — whether green cards or passports was unclear…

Although authorities said they had not yet identified the suspects, the operatives are believed to have embarked on their journey to the U.S. from the tribal areas of Pakistan, according to two senior officials. One official said the route may have taken them through Dubai.

Be careful out there.

Update: Secretary of State Clinton confirms that it's the al Qaeda who are behind the latest threats.

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

Pamela Geller writes about the Obama administration's latest propaganda efforts, and makes a good point that 9-11 is a day of mourning, not a day of service, as Obama's putting it. Well, he's certainly not going about it the right way. To do a true service to the victims would be to remember who it was who murdered them. That's not what the left is actually trying to do.

If you're in the NYC area, please make sure to attend the AFDI's own gathering:

...my organization, the American Freedom Defensive Initiative (AFDI) is going to do what Obama should be doing: we’re going to honor the victims and rededicate ourselves to fighting for freedom on September 11 at West Broadway and Park Place at our 911 Freedom Rally. One 9/11 family member remarked: “I am looking forward to the rally. It is a place we can be free to really remember the who, why, when and where of 9/11. The morning ceremony” – that is, the official ceremony, from which clergy and 9/11 first responders – “is devoid of any meaning.”

This is the true memorial service everyone needs to visit.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, New York, political corruption, terrorism, United States, war on terror

Bruce Bawer writes about how the rock bottom New York Times has pretty much come out in support of sharia in America:

In recent years the New York Times has published more than its share of slippery apologias for Islam, but the op-ed [1] it ran on September 2 in defense of sharia law was not only slippery but curiously feeble as well. Eliyahu Stern, an assistant professor of religious studies and history at Yale, harshly criticized the attempts currently underway in over a dozen U.S. states to pass legislation prohibiting the introduction in those jurisdictions of sharia courts. “Some of these efforts,” Stern lamented, “would curtail Muslims from settling disputes over dietary laws and marriage through religious arbitration….”

What to say about this? First, let’s be clear that even a sharia court whose authority was strictly confined to dietary and marital questions would be a matter for concern. Take marriage, for example. Under sharia, marriage is a very lopsided affair, rights-wise. A man can divorce his wife at will — all it takes is saying the words. (One sharia judge recently ruled that a brief text message from husband to wife is sufficient to end a marriage.) By contrast, a woman who wishes to split from her husband must submit to a lengthy and often very expensive process of litigation that may very well end with her being turned down and forced to return home. Under sharia, she has no automatic right to a divorce. (Indeed, under sharia she hardly has any right to anything.)

Read the whole article. This has got to be the NYT's most vile act yet, supporting a perverse notion of "law" that only makes things horrible for everyone.

Update: more about this on Yid With Lid.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, misogyny, msm foulness, United States

Bradley Blakeman, who lost his nephew, court officer Thomas Jurgens, on 9-11, has written on Fox News about how, 10 years after the tragedy, there is still no justice for the victims:

While I cannot speak for all victims of 9/11, I can speak for one.

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attacks to our homeland, our nation still has not brought 5 admitted perpetrators to justice, Ground Zero still remains to be rebuilt and Shanksville Pennsylvania is without a finished memorial to the victims of United Airlines Flight 93.

There can be no justice unless and until those responsible for the horrific attacks are held to account for their crimes and there on can be no peace for the souls who died on 9/11 until the day Ground Zero is fully and completely restored and Shanksville Pennsylvania has a finished memorial to the victims of Flight 93.

How is it possible that our government has not been able in 10 years time to bring admitted killers to justice? There is no good answer.

How is it possible that the greatest most advanced nation on the planet has been unable to restore a few blocks in lower Manhattan to its former glory and have not been able to build a fitting memorial in Shanksville Pennsylvania in 10 years time? There is no good answer.

Our government has let us down. We should have moved swiftly to bring those responsible to justice and we should have moved with due speed as a national priority to rebuild Ground Zero and erect a fitting memorial to victims of Flight 93 in Shanksville Pennsylvania.

To add insult to injury the Obama administration in advance of the 10th anniversary sent out "talking points" to their personnel instructing them to advance the position that the attacks are "not just about us." Weren't we the ones attacked on 9/11? The memo went on to instruct officials to "minimize references to Al Qaeda" because bin Laden is dead and "Al Qaeda and its adherents have become increasingly irrelevant."

Wasn't it bin Laden who ordered the attacks and wasn't it Al Qaeda who carried them out? And if Al Qaeda is irrelevant why then do we have 100,000 U.S. troops fighting them in Afghanistan?

Who is the administration seeking to console and protect on this anniversary -- the victims or the perpetrators, sympathizers and collaborators?

We as Americans can do anything we put our collective minds and hands to. After all, America has always been the beacon of freedom, hope and justice for the world.

It has been said, "justice delayed is justice denied." The fact that America has yet to mete out justice swiftly, fairly and surly to those responsible for the horror of 9/11 has been hurtful to our nation. It calls into question our ability to practice what we preach and to stand true to our Constitution and the rule of law.

The fact that we as a nation did not demand the Ground Zero be rebuilt in record time and that a fitting memorial be erected in Shanksville is a national disgrace.

As an attorney I am ashamed; as an American I am embarrassed and as a relative of a victim I am outraged by our governments failures to bring 9/11 perpetrators to justice and to rebuild and memorialize the sites of the attacks to date.

The enemy that attacked us on September 11, 2001 and those who continue to plot against us -- did so and do so -- because they hate America and all we stand for. They hate our freedom, tolerance, multi-cultural, multi-religion tolerance, our rule of law and our power.

As a former employee of the Dubya administration, I hope he realizes that Dubya too has to shoulder some blame for not working properly on his part to identify the cause of the problems and not making a proper effort to oppose Islamofascism in America. Other than that, Blakeman's op-ed is very good and brings to light the continuation of some very serious problems. Especially the denial of justice.

In a related note, Rep. Michael Grimm is planning to introduce legislation to make the steel cross found at Ground Zero into a national monument.

Update: Sen. Joe Lieberman has said something straightforward: Obama is harming the war effort by refusing to call violent Islamic extremism what it is.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, New York, political corruption, racism, United States

Andrew Bostom notes another case of an imam allegedly against the very violence that the Koran happens to condone, who was subsequently arrested for spousal assault:

Wife-battering imam of the Darul Quran Mosque in Munich, Sheikh Abu Adam, is the face of Germany’s Islamic “Justice.” Adam gave a lecture at the city’s Catholic University entitled “An Islam which distances itself from violence,” shortly before being arrested (12/10) for allegedly assaulting his spouse so violently that she suffered a broken nose and shoulder and numerous cuts and bruises. Media reports claimed the woman, who has borne one of his ten children, wanted to live a more “western” lifestyle, and was allegedly attacked by him after expressing this wish to her husband. The icon of Germany’s Islamic parallel Islamic “justice” system, Sheikh Adam, purportedly shouted Koran 4:34 at his wife as he beat her. [for eg., Shakir translation: “Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great”]

Read the rest of the Bostom's entry, and besides the important points made about how sharia undermines western justice, there's also the question to ponder of how many more Islamofascists will end up pulling these same disgusting "trash-can maneuvers".

Labels: germany, islam, misogyny

Israel National News contributor Amil Imani has looked at the record of Rick Perry and some of the arguments made, and thinks that, while there are still some things in question (like any relations he has with the Ismailis), that Texas governor Rick Perry is a candidate worthy of support in the 2012 USA election. Plus, when asked about the Ground Zero mosque, Perry said:

“To build a mosque near Ground Zero would be insensitive to the victims and families of 9/11 and would make the healing process much more difficult for everyone that was touched by this tragedy. I’m a big believer in freedom of religion but believe it would be best for all involved to put the facility elsewhere. However, zoning is a local responsibility and as a staunch supporter of the 10th Amendment, I do not think the federal government should take steps to intercede or overrule the wishes of local residents. The citizens of New York City will decide the fate of this building.”

Incidentally, Barry Rubin has given his take on why he thinks the mosque won't be built. Well let's hope not. We've still got to be alert, of course, if we're to prevent its construction.

Labels: islam, Israel, New York, United States

The Palmer report in the UN exposes how the IHH flotilla was not set up for humanitarian purposes, despite being biased in favor of the flotilla fiends:

The United Nation’s Palmer report, leaked last week, exposes the IHH’s flotilla last year as having no humanitarian motives and clearly shows that there is no “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office stated Saturday night.

The report said that Israel was within its legal rights to stop the Mavi Mamara ship that carried IHH terror activists who brutally assaulted Navy commandos who boarded the ship. The Palmer report charged that the commandos used unnecessary force to defend themselves, an accusation Prime Minister Netanyahu said is wrong.

He noted, “Israeli soldiers boarded the vessels with non-lethal means and with no intention of causing any harm. When they were brutally attacked by dozens of violent IHH activists armed with clubs, knives and steel pipes, the Israeli soldiers were forced to defend themselves. After many soldiers were injured during the operation, nine of the IHH members who were endangering IDF soldiers were killed.

“It should be emphasized that beyond ratifying the legality of the blockade, the report determines that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and that anyone interested in sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip must do so in coordination with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and must transfer the aid via the land crossings.

“This naval blockade {on Hamas-controlled Gaza] was put into place to prevent the smuggling of missiles and other weapons to Hamas, a terror organization which controls Gaza and is supported by Iran. Over the last few years, Hamas has fired over 10,000 rockets and mortar shells with the objective of striking Israeli civilian targets.”

The Prime Minister also stated that the manner in which the commandos boarded the vessel was not “excessive and unreasonable,” as claimed in the Palmer report.

Joseph Ciechanover, an Israeli representative on the Palmer committee, added, “The Report rightly finding serious questions about ‘the conduct, true nature and objectives of the flotilla organizers, particularly IHH,’ notes that they planned ‘in advance to violently resist any boarding attempt’ and classifies the decision to breach the blockade of Gaza as a ‘dangerous and reckless act,’ which ‘needlessly carried the potential for escalation.’

“The Panel confirmed that video footage showed that passengers were wearing ‘bullet proof vests, and carrying metal bars, slingshots, chains and staves’ and that this information ‘supports the accounts of violence given by IDF personnel to the Israeli investigation.’

“The Panel further confirms that ‘two soldiers received gunshot wounds, three soldiers were captured, mistreated, and placed at risk’ and that ‘seven soldiers were wounded by passengers, some seriously.’”

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expressed “deep concern” over the report Saturday night. He said that calling the naval blockade legal is “appalling” and “encourages Israel to continue to violate the rights of our Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip.”

I guess Fayyad doesn't really care about his "people" at all; he just sees them as tools for propaganda warfare. Though the Palmer report is apparently (and for the UN, unsurprisingly) biased, it yet manages to expose the Turkish villains for what they are.

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

Front Page Magazine's Ryan Mauro writes about Congressman Allen West's hosting of a screening about the untold story on the shady dealings behind the planned mosque at Ground Zero. One of the things I like about West is that he had the guts to speak out against Ron Paul, who's continued to spout disturbing "9-11 trutherisms". I'm glad to see he too is leading the fight against Islamofascism.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, New York, terrorism, United States, US Congress

John Xenakis at Big Peace writes about Turkey's expulsion of Israel's ambassador, among a few other items as well. Some Israeli Arab Knesset members have even applauded this disgraceful move the Turkish government made, making themselves just as disgraceful too. Other than that, the ambassador might actually be lucky to leave that increasingly horrid country, as it sinks further into the darkness.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, Israeli Arabs, Knesset, turkey

More on the insanity plaguing Britain:

Protesters with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) disrupted the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s (IPO) BBC Proms concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall Thursday night.

Several demonstrators in the hall shouted as Zubin Mehta stood to conduct Bruch’s violin concerto, however, the rest of the audience booed in response.

While BBC Radio 3 said it had to interrupt its live broadcast twice “as a result of sustained audience disturbance,” some concert-goers claim the performance was interrupted up to seven different times. [...]

The BBC reports that outside the concert hall, roughly 20 PSC demonstrators waved banners and sang songs in protest against the philharmonic’s appearance. They were met, however, by several pro-Israel groups who staged their own protest in response.

Addressing the disruption, the BBC Proms Team took to Twitter, stating: “We’re sorry that the concert was taken off air following hall disturbance. Glad both pieces were heard by the audience in the RAH.”

It later added: “We regret that as a result of sustained audience disturbance tonight’s concert was taken off BBC Radio 3.”

Too bad the thugs don't feel the same way.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, londonistan, Moonbattery

Socialist NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's city hall has gone beyond the pale by excluding firefighters, police, and medical operators from the 9-11 memorial:

In a decision that has rocked the world of emergency services, New York City will not invite police, firefighters and other emergency personnel to ceremonies at Ground Zero marking the tenth anniversary of the terror attack that toppled the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

A spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed the news in a statement saying that the September 11th memorial ceremony would be restricted solely to family members of victims who died on the site.

“While we are again focused on accommodating victims' family members, given the space constraints, we're working to find ways to recognize and honor first responders, and other groups, at different places and times,” said spokesman Andrew Brent.

There has been an a flurry of outrage over the news. Thousands of police officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and volunteers risked their own lives trying desperately around the clock, for days, to extricate victims trapped beneath the wreckage of the massive Twin Towers.

The families of the first responders who raced to the scene, and whose lives were forfeit as a result, have themselves responded with emotions ranging from shock to rage. “It's a painful insult for many of the approximately 3,000 men and women [who] risked their lives, limbs and lungs on that monumental day, puncturing another hole in a still searing wound,” reported CNN earlier this month.

When the election for new mayor of NYC is held, which I assume is next year, I hope that residents are finally going to elect a better one than the horrific Bloomberg, whose own record is absolutely awful, and this offensive act only adds to his dismal record.

Labels: jihad, Moonbattery, New York, United States