I think it good politics for Jerusalem to do this but at the same time they should study the Israeli curriculum and not the Palestinian one. It would be a travesty if the incitement continued. Ted Belman By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21C With new classrooms and technology tools, Mayor Nir Barkat has declared an education revolution in the eastern sector of the capital city. When the 2011-2012 school year began in the Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, millions of shekels in sparkling new or renewed classrooms, computers and sports facilities greeted 42,153 students and their teachers. Many of the 59 public schools approved and budgeted under the Jerusalem Education Authority of the Ministry of Education have been neglected, undersupplied or overcrowded for decades. Since taking office in November 2008, Mayor Nir Barkat has been implementing improvements to get these facilities on par with schools in the western sector of the city, says Stephan Miller, advisor to... Looming Threat By Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine Because Washington doesn’t want to do anything about Iran,... The Palestinian envoy to Canada has been told she’s not welcome in Ottawa after she tweeted a link to a video that the federal government deemed an offensive diatribe against Jews. Now, Linda Sobeh Ali, the chargé d’affaires of the Palestinian delegation in Ottawa, is just one cut above persona non grata. The Canadian government called her in for a high-level dressing down, made a formal protest to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and has decided to “limit communication” with her until a replacement arrives. The diplomatic cold shoulder was sparked when Ms. Sobeh Ali took to Twitter this month to circulate a link to a video posted on YouTube, telling her followers on the social-media message system to “check this video out.” By Ted Belman We recently had a discussion on Israpundit in support of capital punishment. It was argued that that when you show tolerance for murder by not requiring capital punishment, you are giving a license to murder. You are saying murder is so so bad as to warrant capital punishment. By the same token Israel gave a license for hostage taking by not taking action to recover Shalit immediately. And I don’t mean military action because Shalit and other Israeli soldiers would most likely die in the rescue attempts. Similarly Israel’s response to the thousands of rockets... Editorial of The New York Sun | October 18, 2011 ‘The agreement the United States made with Iran for return of the hostages has the same moral standing as an agreement made with a kidnapper, that is to say none at all. This is not said in criticism of the Carter administration, which made the deal to save the hostages’ lives. But now that the hostages are free, President Reagan should examine the agreement carefully and if its unfulfilled parts do not, on balance, benefit American interests, there should be no hesitation in renouncing it.’ That is how the Wall Street Journal began one of the most controversial newspaper editorials in American history. The date was January 21, 1981, the second day of the Reagan presidency. It ran under the headline “Renounce the Deal.” The reference was to the deal the Carter administration struck to free the last 52 of the American hostages who had been held for the last 444 days by the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini. It was a complex... UN concerned at fate of Palestinian detainees GENEVA: The United Nations voiced concern on Tuesday that some of the Palestinian detainees released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit may have not have been given any choice on where to go, which could constitute an illegal forced transfer. The office of Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, welcomed the release but cited reports that some of the Palestinian prisoners from the West Bank may be released to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip or abroad. Under international humanitarian law, it is illegal to forcibly transfer war detainees or deport them to another country against their will. “It was with a sense of great relief that we have received...Jerusalem invests millions in Arab schools
US is afraid of the big bad Iranian wolf
By refusing to directly confront Iran’s provocations, the United States has become the Islamic Republic’s key ally in its march toward a nuclear bomb
Seen this way, it is clear that the White House wouldn’t want to highlight Israel’s spot in Iran’s crosshairs, because no matter how many times President Barack Obama tells Israeli officials and Jewish audiences that an Iranian nuclear bomb would be unacceptable, his administration’s real policy position has just been exposed. A demand for more sanctions against Tehran in response to an operation intended to slaughter hundreds of American allies in the U.S. capital—in a series of attacks that would have also caused hundreds of American casualties—makes it clear to everyone, especially the Iranians, that Washington isn’t going to do anything serious about stopping Iran’s nuclear-weapons program.Canada asks Palestinian envoy to leave
The video shows a Palestinian girl, in tears and shouting with passion, reciting a poem in Arabic, “I am Palestinian.” The English subtitles on the video include a passage where millions are called “to a war...Israel tolerates rocket attacks, kidnappings and murders
Israel could have started a relentless campaign of killing Hamas leaders until he was released. It could have refused to continue on the peace process until he was released. It could have shut down the electrical grid functioning in Gaza. It could have retaken the Philadelphi Corridor and put a stop to the operation of the tunnels. And so on. By not doing such things, it made the trade inevitable.Renouce the Deal?
More bullshit from our enemies
By STEPHANIE NEBEHAY | REUTERS
Israeli soldier Shalit returned home to a national outpouring of joy on Tuesday after five years in captivity, and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners exchanged for him were greeted with kisses from Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip.More Recent Articles
Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
Thursday, 20 October 2011
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