[This is the bes take down of Obama's speech I have read anywhere.] President Obama’s State of the Union address and the Republican and Tea Party responses to it were a dismal occasion. From the terminal platitude that all are “part of the American family,” to the likelihood that a girl in Tucson may “have dreams like the rest of us,” which “is what sets us apart as a nation,” it was a groaning farrago of clichés and unlikely undertakings, followed by replies that had been written before the contents of the president’s address were known and had almost nothing to do with what he said. I do not believe that Mr. Obama thinks the United States is the only nation on earth where young people in one region of the country are likely to have similar ambitions to those in other sections of the country. “We measure our progress by the success of our people.” And that progress is partly “thanks to tax cuts we passed,” referring to the Bush tax cuts... Bard College ISM betrays President Botstein’s trust by contravening his public assurance that ISM obeys Israel’s laws To: President Botstein, Bard College Trustees c/o mcevoy “at” bard.edu, Bard Public Safety, Department of Student Activities We informed you previously that the International Solidarity Movement could physically endanger your students, not through any activity on your campus but rather through recruitment for reckless off-campus activities such as those that claimed the life of Evergreen College student Rachel Corrie. Bard College’s ISM is now on record as saying that it is recruiting and training students to go to the Middle East and possibly engage in similarly reckless, dangerous, and possibly illegal activities. http://clubs.bard.edu/ism/?p=7 shows how Bard’s ISM repaid President Botstein’s trust—trust behind which he put his reputation by saying publicly that Bard’s ISM operates in accordance with the laws of... * Al-Jazeera, the powerful Qatari satellite television station, has been publishing documents leaked to it from the PLO Negotiations Support Unit. * The release of the documents has caused great damage to the reputation of the PA and the PLO negotiating team. Sa’eb Erekat noted that while the PA was en route to triumph as it gathered international support for the recognition of a Palestinian state and for isolating Israel, al-Jazeera cut short this triumph and “instead of delegitimizing the occupation, they delegitimized us.” * The PA’s success in gathering support for statehood recognition was turning Hamas rule in Gaza into a liability. Once Ramallah is recognized as representing a state, the international community might turn against the separate entity in Gaza and seek to end the problem. * For years al-Jazeera has sought to advance the interests of the Muslim Brotherhood against the Arab regimes. The problem it faces is that the... Israel has nothing to fear but fear itself. Let the SC pass the resolution. They sky won’t fall in and Obama will be damaged for not using his veto. Ted Belman By Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – The Obama administration told the Palestinian Authority it will not veto an upcoming United Nations resolution condemning all Jewish construction in the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem, a senior PA official told WND. If the U.S. does not veto the resolution, such abstention largely would be unprecedented. Traditionally, the U.S. has vetoed such resolutions, which have been deemed anti-Israel. A draft of the U.N. resolution already has been circulated to all 15 members of the U.N. Security Council. It currently deems... America is stretched too thin to intervene but Israel isn’t. With strong American backing, Israel would love to finish off Hezbollah. Not only to save Lebonon but to save itself. America should arrange it that after the war, Harari would be restored to power and would sign a peace agreement with Israel. Ted Belman, This is the Most Important Story: By Barry Rubin While the media is going wild over the ridiculous “Palestine Papers” deception, Hizballah is taking over Lebanon. Fareed Zakaria, the wildly overrated American pundit, has invented a new term, referring to Hizballah as “a quasi-terrorist group.” What does this mean? It means that Hizballah runs in elections but then if it doesn’t get its way it kills people. At least this is better than the president’s advisor on counterterrorism and apparently chief expert on Lebanon who has explained that there is nothing to fear from Hizballah. It can’t be terrorist, he explained once, because it... U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman severed ties with J Street over its call on the Obama administration not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution on settlements. “After learning of J Street’s current public call for the Obama Administration to not veto a prospective U.N. Security Council resolution that, under the rubric of concern about settlement activity, would effectively and unjustly place the whole responsibility for the current impasse in the peace process on Israel, and — critically — would give fresh and powerful impetus to the effort to internationally isolate and delegitimize Israel, I’ve come to the conclusion that J Street is not an organization with which I wish to be associated,” Ackerman (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Tuesday. “The decision to endorse the Palestinian and Arab effort to condemn Israel in the U.N. Security Council is not the choice of a concerned friend trying to help,” he said.... Rice was the person who insisted that Hamas be allowed to contest the elections in the PA. She also insisted on the Rafah Agreement which removed Israel from the Rafah crossing which lead to the smuggling of arms into Gaza. But she wasn’t all bad. According to the Palestinian Papers, Condoleezza Rice offered the idea as a way to bypass the PA’s demand for the “return” of displaced Arabs and their progeny to the Land of Israel. During a discussion about international funding to compensate refugees, Rice said: “Maybe we will be able to find countries that can contribute in kind. Chile, Argentina, etc..” “In kind” refers to land, according to the newspaper, During closed-door 2008 negotiations, the US affirmed its understanding that the Ma’aleh Adumim and Ariel settlements along with the east Jerusalem Jewish neighborhoods would likely remain part of Israel in any final-status agreement with the... From high heels to military drills Anna King, 20, puts off promising modeling career abroad to don army uniform, become Hummer operator. Jerusalem-born model is one of only 100 Christians serving in IDF Yaron Sasson King was born 20 year ago in Jerusalem. Her grandfather is a member of the ascetic Amish sect, and the deep love for Israel was bestowed on her by her parents, who met during a Christian festival that was held in Israel. Her father established the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem – an organization that supports Israel and encouraged wider Christian... Israel, please pay attention. This is how it’s done. Today’s Wall Street Journal, “Russia Vows Crackdown on Terror,” says that Dmitry Medvedev vowed to “find and eliminate those responsible for Monday’s deadly suicide bombing at the country’s busiest international airport.” That sure sounds like “Hunt them down and kill them” to us. Pro-Palestinian Richard A. Falk engages in equivalent of Holocaust denial, and blood libels the U.S. with false accusation of complicity in 9/11 by Bill Levinson Literal Holocaust denial, of course, means denying that Adolf Hitler and his Nazis murdered Jews and other non-preferred ethnic and religious groups. There are however numerous variations on it, all of which involve one or more of the following characteristics or behaviors: (1) Saying that it did not happen (classic Holocaust denial) Under these criteria, Richard A. Falk, UN...
The Disastrous SOTU
Bard College ISM Trains Activists to Run Gaza Blockade
by Bill Levinson The Palestine Papers: Al-Jazeera Has an Agenda
Obama will not veto U.N. assault on Jewish construction
The senior PA official also told WND the U.S. signaled to the European Union it would not object if the EU follows the recent lead of Latin American countries in unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state outside of negotiations with Israel.Lebanon Burns; America Snores
Rep Ackerman (D) cuts off J Street
Condeleeza Rice wasn’t all bad
100 Christians serving in IDF
Khaki is the new black: Some prefer easy money and the glitzy cat walk, while others opt for grease, sand and military uniform. At this very moment, Anna King – a Christian model from Jerusalem – could have been on the line between New York and Beijing, skipping from photo shoots to runway shows. But King chose to become a Hummer operator at the national center for ground forces training (MALI).Medvedev Vows to “Eliminate” Terrorists who Bombed Airport
by Bill Levinson
9/11 Denier and Blood Libeler Richard A. Falk (UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights)
(2) Blaming entities other than the actual perpetrators (e.g. the Katyn Forest Massacre), which also makes the denial a blood libel
(3) Saying that the victims did something to deserve it (e.g. “Little Eichmanns” in the World Trade Center)
(4) Saying that the victims were somehow complicit in the atrocity (e.g. “The Jews helped perpetrate the Holocaust to get Jews to move to Israel”), which is also a blood libel.
Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
Friday, 28 January 2011
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