Abe Foxman Epitomizes the Failure of Jewish Leadership
by Pamela Geller (originally hosted at The American Thinker)
We saw the lengths to which the left will go to demonize and destroy its opponents this week, when in the New York Jewish Week on March 16, Abraham Foxman charged that I am “in many ways no better than Farrakhan or Buchanan.” I am proud of my work as a patriot and a passionate Zionist; to be compared to Jew-haters by a man who styles himself a leader of the Jews is abominable.
Foxman charged me with bigotry for my work with Stop Islamization of America, a program of my organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative. So now defending free society from an ideology that makes war against free speech and equal rights for women and non-Muslims is “bigotry.” Defending Jews from an ideology that features a more deeply ingrained and violent anti-Semitism than any other in the world is “hatred.”
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Antisemites get their just desserts
Beat the Kikes” T-shirts worn at political rally in Ukraine
At an opposition rally in Cherkassy, Ukraine last Saturday, several people took off their jackets to reveal T-shirts that said “Beat the Kikes” in Ukranian:
A lawyer, Victor Smal, says that he was beaten when he objected to the T-shirts.
This video, however, seems to show that some people at the rally reacted strongly at the appearance of the anti-semites, ripping off their shirts, spraying them with a liquid and even beating one of them up.
Some are saying that this was a “false flag” operation to make a political party look bad.
Police questioned 36 people suspected of inciting ethnic hatred.
European Parliament Starting to Understand the Truth about Israel and the “Palestinians”
Many in the European Parliament simply don’t know the facts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. When you present data, and especially when you bring them to the field, their automatic support for the Palestinians begins to be shaken.
Asaf Gabor,
Middle East and Terrorism..
Middle East and Terrorism..
In the entrance to the luxurious building that houses the European Union, the aide of Dr. Fiorello Provera from Italy was waiting for us. Dr. Provera is the deputy head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and up until a year ago, Provera was one of the members of parliament who spoke routinely about returning occupied territories and the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the ’67 lines as part of a “two states for two peoples” solution. He supported the routine transfer of monies to the PA, and all he knew about Israel is that it is a Western style state that has a seacoast, pretty models and noisy discotheques.
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New U.S. Budget Includes Increase in Defense Aid to Israel
The planned U.S. budget for the coming year, which was announcedby President Barack Obama on Wednesday, maintains and even increases the American defense aid to Israel, Channel 10 News reported.
According to the numbers published, the United States will provide Israel with $3.4 billion in defense aid, a record number, according to Channel 10.
The budget proposal submitted to Congress also includes a request for the addition of approximately $220 million to finance the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, a request that was not included in last year’s budget proposal, but was added later on.
Israeli official: Talks yes, gestures no
Talks yes, gestures of goodwill no. Senior officials in Jerusalem who were present during talks between US Secretary of StateJohn Kerry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Wednesday that Israel does not intend to present any confidence building measures towards the Palestinians.
Kerry and Netanyahu (Photo: Yonatan Zindel/Flash90)
The sources claim that the “preliminary demands presented by the Palestinians attest to the fact that they are peace refusniks. We on the other hand are not presenting any pre-conditions, not even recognition of Israel as the national home of the Jewish nation.”
Bennett Reveals ‘Teach a Man to Fish’ Plan
Minister of Labor and Trade Naftali Bennett has revealed a plan to reduce the cost of professional training and to encourage those in training courses to put their skills to use.
The Ministry of Trade will cover up to 85% of the cost of training courses for those who are eligible, Bennett said. In addition, those who go on to work in the field will be eligible for a NIS 1,500-2,000 bonus.
The government will put NIS 30 million toward the program in 2013 and 2014, ministry staff said. Certain sectors of the population have been marked as high priority for the program, and other employment initiatives, among them hareidi-religious men, Arab women and the handicapped.
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Pamela Geller takes on Islam – SUPPORT HER
Ask yourself: in the struggle to raise awareness about the jihad threat, what’s working?
We are having a historic impact on the national conversation. But without your support, the work cannot go forward. You are needed. NOW. We cannot do this without you
We are forcing big media to address the ethnic cleansing, Jew-hatred, persecution of religious minorities, and misogyny inherent in jihad and Sharia. Despite the relentless propaganda campaigns of Muslim Brotherhood proxies (like CAIR and ISNA, and the other leading Muslim groups in the US), our ad campaigns are exposing the true nature of the enemy in their own words.Too controversial? “Inflammatory? We are merely running the actual quotes from high profile Muslims. They are the problem, we are antidote.
Thanks to Pres Obama
“If you break it, you own it”
Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS — Libyan weapons are spreading at “an alarming rate” to new territory in west Africa and the eastern Mediterranean including Syria and the Gaza Strip where they are fueling conflicts and increasing the arsenals of armed groups and terrorists, a U.N. panel said.
In a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Tuesday, the panel said cases of illicit transfers from Libya in violation of a U.N. arms embargo that have been proven and are still under investigation involve more than 12 countries and include heavy and light weapons such as portable air defense systems, explosives, mines, and small arms and ammunition.
Still Pressuring Israel
By David Suissa, Jewish Journal
A reflex is defined as “An action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus.”
I thought about that word the other day when over 100 prominent American Jews released a letter urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take “concrete steps” to entice the Palestinians back to the peace table.
The letter, organized by the Israel Policy Forum (IPF), said such leadership “would challenge Palestinian leaders to take similarly constructive steps, including, most importantly, a prompt return to the negotiating table.”
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Poll: 90.9% of Palestinians Believe Hamas and Fatah Should Reconcile
A new poll released by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center showed that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians (90.3%) believe that Hamas and Fatah should pursue national reconciliation even if this leads to the United States and Israel imposing sanctions on the Palestinian Arabs.
As for the party more responsible for the persisting division and the failure to reach reconciliation, 28.6% of respondents put the responsibility on Hamas while 19.8% put it on Fatah, while 22.3% blame both sides. A higher percentage of people in the Gaza Strip blamed Hamas for the continued division than did in the West Bank (32.8% as opposed to 26.2% respectively) while a higher percentage of those in the West Bank blame Fatah for the continuation of the division more than Hamas (20.4% as opposed to 18.6%)
Israeli officials pessimistic about reconcilliation
Among officials in Israel a possible reconciliation with Turkey has begun to seem increasingly unlikely as the latter country continues to take unilateral measures to isolate the Jewish state.
According to Israel’s Maariv daily, Two weeks after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu made efforts to normalize relations with Turkey, that country nonetheless vetoed the participation of Israel in the NATO ‘Mediterranean Dialogue’ Conference.
The veto and additional Turkish hostility towards Israel preventing implementation of the reconciliation is a source of great pessimism for Israel, according to Maariv.
An Israeli delegation was supposed to visit Ankara this week to discuss the issue of compensation, an issue Turkey has drawn as a deal-breaker for rapprochement.
“The Israeli delegation was due to leave on Thursday for talks but we received a message from the Turks they want to delay that to the 22nd and of course we complied,” a senior Israeli official involved in the issue told Canada’s the National Post. “We will be discussing all the issues raised in the phone conversation (between Prime Ministers Erdogan and Netanyahu), normalization of relations, and the exchange of ambassadors. We are talking about a process of improving relations with Turkey.”
Ted Belman
Jerusalem, Israel
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