Tag Archives: Palestinians

Joel B. Pollak

Palestinian TV Praises Murderers of Israeli Family

In the latest instance of official Palestinian incitement against Israelis, Palestinian television has described the murderers of an Israeli family as “heroes,” according to reports from Ha’aretz and Palestinian Media Watch. The footage aired twice last week on Palestinian Authority television on a show featuring Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Palestinian Media Watch reports: On [...]
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Sun Tzu

University of Pennsylvania Hosts Conference Promoting Campaign to ‘Boycott, Divest, and Sanction’ Israel

The University of Pennsylvania is the home of the 2012 “National Conference of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement” (BDS), whose origins lie in the actions of nations and groups including Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. The three-day event will take place on the U Penn campus February 3-5 and feature a variety of speakers with [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

27-Jan-12 World View: Nigeria’s Boko Haram Terror Group Says It’s on Government Payrolls

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. EU officials admit that €130 billion not enough for next Greece bailout ECB becomes major new obstacle to Greece default agreement Israelis state principles on border negotiations for the first time Iran has many options besides closing the Strait of Hormuz Debka: US military buildup on islands around Strait of Hormuz Nigeria’s Boko Haram terror [...]
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Sun Tzu

A Salute from Palestinian ‘Moderates’ in Lebanon

And what a salute (via MEMRI): embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt jQuery('#lazyload_post_3 img').lazyload({placeholder: '/wp-includes/images/blank.gif'});
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Jeff Dunetz

Reform Judaism’s Leadership Demonstrates Its Support For Obama’s Anti-Israel Policy

This week President Obama took his “Hey I really don’t hate Israel” tour to the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism. The Reform movement’s attachment to Israel (cultural rather than theological) and its progressive bent made this an ideal location for Obama’s attempts to make Jewish Americans [...]
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Sun Tzu

Israel Delays Demolition of Broken Bridge to Prevent Islamic Violence

In the “Israel [x] to Prevent Islamic Violence” headline template, today’s entry will definitely make it as one of the year’s top ten. From Reuters: Israel on Monday closed a footbridge it deemed unsafe at Jerusalem’s holiest and most volatile religious site after fears that demolition of the structure, used mainly by non-Muslim tourists, could [...]
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Sun Tzu

Palestinians: Violence and Terrorism in Region Caused by… Newt Gingrich? UPDATE: Gingrich Reaffirms Support for Palestinian Statehood

Call us crazy, but maybe–just maybe–at some point you’re only looking for an excuse. From Reuters: Palestinian leaders said on Saturday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had invited more conflict in the Middle East by calling the Palestinians an “invented” people who want to destroy Israel. Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official, described [...]
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Adam Turner

Wake from the Fantasy: Palestinians Do Not Want Peace

MORPHEUS: You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up and believe…whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… and I show you just how deep the rabbit hole [i.e., the truth] goes. Remember…all I’m offering you is the truth, nothing more. –Morpheus, The Matrix, 1999 I remember exactly when I [...]
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Joel B. Pollak

The ‘Apartheid Wall’ Is a Potent Aphrodesiac: Jewish Birthrates on the Rise in Israel

Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper has published new demographic statistics today that show the country’s Jewish birthrate has risen sharply over the past decade, while that of (predominantly Arab) Christians and Muslims has fallen. The trend has been building for the past several years. In 2006, for example, Israel’s left-leaning Ha’aretz reported that Jewish birthrates in [...]
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Joel B. Pollak

Yet Another Reason Not to Fund UNESCO: Syria Elected Unanimously to UNESCO Human Rights Committees

Last week, international media reported that Syria–in the midst of bloody repression and conflict–had been elected to two human rights committees of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization). UNESCO is the agency that recognized Palestinian statehood last month by allowing the Palestinian delegation to assume full membership–triggering an immediate withdrawal of UNESCO funding from [...]
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