By Ted Belman You will recall that the Law Forum run by Nitsana Darshan Leitner sent a ” lawyer’s letter” to Pres Bollinger of Columbia U advising him that Columbia U would be sued if the University hosted Ahymedinajad to a dinner. The Law Forum advises, Columbia University quickly backed away from the planned event and claimed that the University was not involved and it had been organized by a “private” Columbia student group. Whatever that is. In the wake of the public furor it was finally reported that the banquet had been canceled and that the Columbia students did not participate in meeting with the Iranian terrorist leader. Strike up another legal victory for the good guys. Where was ACLU or the ADL or any other mainstream Jewish organization to be found. No where. By Ted Belman Bibi refuses to criticize Obama. Even Leiberman praised him for his help with the embassy and with the UN. And now Bibi was interviewed by the BBC and said some disquieting things. Netanyahu tells BBC Arabic that he has “noticed” the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, calls it a improvement over “3 No’s” of Khartoum; says Quartet’s 2012 timetable doable and that he’s “hungry” for peace. Netanyahu also gave a nod in the direction of the Arab peace initiative of 2002, during an interview to BBC’s Arabic service on Sunday. “I have noticed the Arab Peace Initiative. This is a huge improvement compared with the ‘No’s’ of Khartoum,” he said. “If it is open for negotiation, then this is an important opportunity,” By Yair Altman, YNET Clashes between settlers and Palestinians broke out Sunday following a rally commemorating the deaths of Asher Palmer and his infant son Yehonatan in Kiryat Arba last Friday. Funeral of Asher Palmer and son Yehonatan (Photo: Noam Moskovitz) Some 150 people held a protest rally in the scene of the terror attack prior to the victims’ funeral. They marched towards Kiryat Arba and clashes broke out near the Beit Anoun village. The two sides began hurling stones at each other. IDF and police forces arrived at the scene to end the violence using crowd dispersal means. During the rally, Rabbi Dov Lior called for a collective punishment to be carried out against the “rioters.” “We have murderous rioters surrounding us, according to the Torah, there is room for collective punishment and the IDF must carry out the punishment against the rioters. There are no innocents in a war,” the rabbi said. The city’s Jewish spokesman...Columbia U backs down
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A year or two after the Plan became part of the Roadmap against the opposition of Sharon, Israel said that it could work with it if it was open to negotiations. The Arabs rejected any change...Rabbi Dov Lior: Collective punishment against rioters
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Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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