By Ted Belman* Alan Baker, Director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, is former Legal Adviser to Israel’s Foreign Ministry and former Israel Ambassador to Canada. He recently wrote an excellent article on The Settlements Issue: Distorting the Geneva Convention and the Oslo Accords which is a must read. But for me it opened up a can of worms. The international community considers the settlements illegal because of the sixth paragraph of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention which states: “ The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” But, what does this mean? “It is intended to prevent a practice adopted during the Second World War by certain Powers, which transferred portions of their own population to occupied territory for political and... Moshe Dann – YNet News, January 14th, 2011 Anti-Semites around the world have found a new and more subtle form of attack: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigns. The Ramallah-based Palestinian BDS National Committee, an umbrella organization for dozens of Palestinian organizations supported by the Palestinian Authority, is a global movement. Behind anti-Israel actions by churches, unions and student groups, it is aided by the Muslim Brotherhood, with branches in 70 countries, and hundreds of campus and civic/social organizations and anti-Israel NGOs. Wielding clichés like “apartheid,” “war crimes,” “stealing Palestinian land,” “oppressing Palestinians,” and “end the occupation,” these groups seek to delegitimize and isolate Israel as part of their program to destroy Israel. By Ted Belman If you want to listen to an exciting exchange on the blood libel controversy don’t miss this exchange. Pat Buchanan stood by Palin eloquently and steadfastly. Don’t miss it. “Sudan Legree,” militant Islam’s Simon Legree, uses racist word “abd” for his Negro slaves There is a controversy over whether the N word in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn should be replaced by “slave.” We think the book should be left as it is, with the explanation that the N word did not have the pejorative implications it has today. Huckleberry Finn obviously did not think of his Black friend Jim in pejorative terms even though he called him the N word because he helped Jim escape the slave catchers. If educators could get past the politically correct gibberish from the would-be book banners, they could present Huckleberry Finn as a story about the dilemma that confronted people on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line with regard to human rights versus property rights. Huck knew that Jim was legally his master’s “property” but he was also able to make the internal decision in favor of right versus...
Alan Baker and the Government of Israel concede too much
The International Committee of the Red Cross, in 1958, clarified this provision as follows:Jew-hatred’s other face
No need for swastikas and terrorism; Arab and Muslim countries and organizations have developed a sophisticated propaganda campaign, joined by Christians, atheists,...Buchanan defends Palin
Abd = Arabic for “N***er” in every sense of the word
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