Islamic Jihad intimidates ICRC in Gaza to support escaped prisoners
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been the focus of protests in Gaza in support of the six prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison this week.On Thursday, the ICRC in Gaza issued a...
View ArticleIdentifying as an "Arab Jew" doesn't make it real
At +972, Hadar Cohen writes:Whenever I find myself at a leftist protest against the occupation, there is always someone holding a sign that says “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.” This phrase has...
View Article09/10 Links Pt1: Matti Friedman: The Next Lebanon War; Joe Biden’s ‘Mission...
From Ian: Matti Friedman: The Next Lebanon WarSpending time on the border with Yitzhak Huri, a lieutenant colonel who’s the second-in-command of the army brigade in this sector, I asked if he thought...
View ArticleWhen the Quran compared Jews to donkeys
Akhbarten.com, an Arab news site popular in Egypt and Syria, has an article explaining a Quranic verse:The example of those who were burdened with the Torah, but then did not carry it, is like an ass...
View ArticlePalestinian media says Israeli police shot a doctor for no reason. Video...
Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, wrote:Palestinian doctor shot dead by Israeli police in JerusalemJERUSALEM, Friday, September 10, 2021 (WAFA) – A Palestinian medical doctor was announced...
View Article09/10 Links Pt2: Caroline Glick: Assessing the twin disasters of September...
From Ian: Matthew Continetti: Year 20We owe this 9/11 Generation a great deal. I was not the only resident of New York City in the weeks after September 11 to have nightmares of more planes flying into...
View Article09/11 Links: Mossad spy chief on 9/11: We realized rules for fighting terror...
From Ian: Mossad spy chief on 9/11: We realized rules for fighting terror had to changeWhen American Airlines Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower on September 11, 2001, then-Mossad...
View ArticleJordanian news site antisemitic article: "If I were a Jew..."
Here's a nice example of an antisemitic article in the Jordanian Assawsana news site. This is not an anomalous opinion, but mainstream, even though articles like this are somewhat more rare than in the...
View ArticleThe Gilboa prison episode: A perfect example of honor/shame
When the six prisoners, most of them Islamic Jihad terrorists, escaped from Gilboa Prison, the Palestinian street went wild. Palestinians were proud. This tweet from "human rights attorney" Noura...
View ArticleArab moves to improve human rights must be praised, not ridiculed
In late August, the UAE announced that it will establish an independent human rights commission, independent of the government, adhering to the Paris Principles for the National Human Rights...
View Article09/12 Links: The Real Lesson of 9/11 Isn’t a Story About Islamophobia;...
From Ian: Jonathan S. Tobin: The Real Lesson of 9/11 Isn’t a Story About IslamophobiaThough Greenblatt claims FBI statistics back up his claims about an anti-Muslim backlash, a look at the last 20...
View ArticleRabbi Eric Yoffie promoting Muslim jihad propaganda
The Muslim world love to frighten Westerners with threats of holy war - holy wars that almost never materialize.1908:1921:1938:1941:1953:1956:1969:Clueless Westerners not only believe and are...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's Muslim World League accused of being too pro-Jewish
Wikipedia says:The Muslim World League is an International Islamic NGO based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that claims to clarify the true message of Islam by advancing moderate values that promote peace,...
View ArticleAmerican Federation of Teachers - San Diego issues an anti-Israel statement...
Right before Rosh Hashanah, the American Federation of Teachers in San Diego, Local 1931, issued an anti-Israel statement. This statement is worth reading in full, because not only does it say that...
View ArticleRash of antisemitic incidents in high schools and colleges
Graffiti on Canadian elementary school last DecemberRight on the heels of a new report about antisemitism in colleges, there have been multiple reports of antisemitic incidents in colleges and even...
View Article09/13 Links Pt1: Can the UN Finally Cease Its Relentless Anti-Israel Bias?;...
From Ian: Can the UN Finally Cease Its Relentless Anti-Israel Bias?few years ago, after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had just passed its usual litany of anti-Israel resolutions, an...
View ArticleAn Israeli Arab in Haaretz doesn't understand Jews
I was struck by the first two paragraphs of this Haaretz article by Odeh Bisharat:Israel, an overly emotional, easily rattled military powerOdeh Bisharat | Sep. 13, 2021 | 12:23 AMI’m very disappointed...
View ArticleDoes the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism still exist?
The Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism has been a means for construction materials to be allowed to enter Gaza after the 2014 war, with Israeli approval, to ensure that the materials would not go to terror...
View Article09/13 Links Pt2: Saul Friedländer: A Fundamental Crime; Norwegian Pension...
From Ian: Saul Friedländer : A Fundamental CrimeWhile anti-Semitism is rampant throughout the world, the Holocaust memory is increasingly interrogated in the name of post-colonial ideas. The latest...
View ArticleThe New York Times denies basic Jewish history
In an article about an Israeli animated drama about the destruction of the Second Temple, Isabel Kershner writes in the New York Times:Israeli leaders have increasingly drawn on the lessons from Jewish...
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