Hamas Killing Non-Hamas Pals in Gaza Video

"You will not believe it" says the Arab narrator of this video footage right HERE.

The video begins with a 1 minute intro by the narrator, followed by the selected footage. While the video is just over ten minutes long, the jist of it, for those who are too impatient or just lack time, can be had within the first five minutes.

This is a must see.

Another European PERSECUTED Because of Islam

If you thought/think that the arrest and upcoming prosecution of Geert Wilders, MP and producer of FITNA (the 10 movie found HERE) is outrageous, now we have Susanne Winter, an attorney in Austria getting jail time for something similar.

Off of a comment section of an article entitled "Israeli Leaders Criticize 'Delusional' Spanish Court" found HERE, a frequent commenter wrote: "To: the European Court of Justice

As of 22.01.2009, Susanne Winter, a lawyer and politician for the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria received a 3-month conditional sentence, with the additional fine of 24.000 EUR, for "incitement and degradation of religious doctrines" as she stated that the Islamic Prophet Mohammed would today be considered a paedophile for raping a 9-year old.

Regardless of my view on Winter's claim, it is a grave violation of human rights for freedom of expression to ban constructive religious criticism.

I hereby demand an appeal against the presiding court in Graz to demonstrate that the freedom of speech has still value in the 21st century.
Linda Rivera , NYC (29/01/09)"

Are we blind with our heads in the sand, or is something happening here?

Extremist backs 'kill Jews' poster

"AN Islamic extremist has defended a leaflet and poster campaign exhorting British Muslims to "kill the Jews" and wage a holy war against Israel."

I need say nothing more, but read the short article HERE.

Hamas Back in Business, Fatah Pushes Reunification

"Residents of Gaza reported Monday that Hamas had resumed its operations in the area. Those Hamas police stations that were not bombed by the IDF in recent fighting were open, residents reported, as were government offices.

"Hamas has rented several buildings and apartments to temporarily replace buildings that were destroyed in IAF strikes, they added....

"Fatah leaders are strongly urging Hamas to resume negotiations towards the reunification of Hamas and Fatah to create a single Palestinian Authority controlling Gaza, Judea and Samaria."

As the saying says, "It ain't over until the fat lady sings". So, has she sung? I don't think so. Click HERE for the compete story.

Israel's Economy 'is in Better Shape Than Most'

During the second day of the now annual Jerusaelm Conference*, once speaker said that "While Israel is in a better economic position currently than both the United States and the European Union....the American government is now more involved in the private economy than is the Israeli government. The U.S. is now closer to where Israel stood 30 years ago in terms of government intervention than where Israel itself stands today."

These were the words of Zvi Stepak, Chairman of the Israeli Meitav Investment Group, who atributed this "to the massive government bailouts in the United States".

If economics is of interest to you, then click HERE for more.

Global Warming Ranks Last Among Issues of Concern to Americans

"(CNSNews.com) – While addressing global warming is a top priority of the Obama administration, it ranks low on the public's list of concerns"

Go HERE.

Pope Removes Ban on British Holocaust Denier Bishop

Bishop Richard Williamson

"On Saturday lifted an excommunication ban against Bishop Richard Williamson, one of four bishops who were banned in 1988 for taking on the office of bishop against the wishes of then-Pope John Paul II.

"Williamson is a Holocaust denier, and has repeatedly said that the gas chambers did not exist and that no more than 300,000 Jews were killed during World War II, mostly of starvation. In addition, Williamson has declared that the Jews are plotting to take over the world, and that the U.S. and Israel were behind 9/11.

"Richardson advocates a return to the Middle Ages, with the Inquisition the preferred model of the Catholic relationship to Jews."

Read the rest of this scandal HERE.

History's Tragic Farce: by Caroline Glick on JPost

"t is a fundamental truth that while history always repeats itself, it almost never repeats itself precisely. There is always a measure of newness to events that allows otherwise intelligent people to repeat the mistakes of their forebears without looking completely ridiculous...

"Given this, it is hard to believe that with the advent of the Obama administration, we are seeing history repeat itself with nearly unheard of exactness. US President Barack Obama's reported intention of appointing former Sen. George Mitchell as his envoy for the so-called Palestinian-Israeli peace process will provide us with a spectacle of an unvarnished repeat of history."

For the whole story, go HERE.

British Army Colonel Defends Israli IDF Miliary Actions

From Naomi Ragen's news letter, this link to an extraordinary BBC interview.

"Watch this youtube of former British army colonel interviewed about Israeli actions in Gaza by BBC.

"You are going to be amazed BBC aired this. I guess it was live and they had no choice.

Kudos Colonel!"

Naomi

Go right to the video HERE.

Death to Free Speech in the Netherlands

Who doesn't remember the short film "FITNA" produced last year by the Dutch MP, Geert Wilders? If you need a little prodding, it was the film which "is primarily comprised of quotes from the Koran which incite violence and death to "infidels" (any non-Muslim) as well as scenes of an Imam preaching death to the Jews. Akin to something out of the Twilight Zone". If you wish to refresh your visual cortex, click HERE.

In the meantime, Wilders, who has done for us in regard to warning us of what he sees as an Islamic world takeover of the West, what the mythical Paul Revere's Ride did for the 13 American Colonies, is now about to be prosecuted, at the behest of the Islamic world, in his own country and in his own court system (the Netherlands).

The Middle East Forum has printed this article as a warning to us in the West, of what such a prosecution will ultimately mean for ALL democracies in this age of Globalism.

Warning: if you are politically astute at all, you're not going to like this.
Click HERE to bring up the article.

Blair’s Sister-in-Law Incites Moslems: “We Want Israel Out!”

"At a rally of 10,000 Muslim men in England last week, Lauren Booth called to Israel: “You are the criminals that we detest!”......

"Booth, sister of the wife of UK Middle East envoy Tony Blair, spoke at an anti-Israel rally held last Sunday, Jan. 11.....

"Booth fired up the crowd by calling for the closing of the Israeli Embassy in London......"

I might be wrong, but I suspect that as Tony Blair's sister in law, that she has his ear. Does that compromise his status as an "honest broker" vis-a-vis Israel and the Arabs in Palestine? Read more HERE.

Your Toilet Flush & the Severe Space Weather that Will Prevent It

It happened in 1921, but way stronger in 1859 according to a NASA report. Your Toilet, along with nearly everything that relies on the national electric grid will STOP functioning, not just for hours, but possibly for weeks or months.

"That's the surprising conclusion of a NASA-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences entitled Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts. In the 132-page report, experts detailed what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a "super solar flare" followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. They found that almost nothing is immune from space weather—not even the water in your bathroom."

Be informed, be prepared: read the story HERE.

'Concentration camp' remark threatens Pope's visit to Israel

"A diplomatic row between Israel and the Vatican cast doubt over Pope Benedict XVI’s planned visit to the Holy Land yesterday, after a prominent cardinal said that Gazans were living in a “big concentration camp”.......

"In his annual speech to diplomats in the Vatican the Pope sought to damp down the dispute.......

"His remarks came amid outrage from Israelis over a statement by Cardinal Renato Martino....

"The row has brought to the surface festering tensions over a range of issues, including plans by the Pope to beatify Pope Pius XII".

Read more HERE.

Obama Presidency and the Two State Idea

"President Obama and his party have complete control of all the levers of power in America. A rare occurrence in American political history. And need I mention the excited backing of a fawning worldwide media.

"Elections have consequences and for the state of Israel the consequences of the Obama sweep are singular.

"They make no secret of their intentions. The Obama administration’s Middle East policy will be driven by “linkage. The idea that if we resolve the Israeli/Palestinean dispute (and that’s how they see it, as a “dispute”) it will suck all the oxygen out of Islamic terrorism.”

If this concerns you, if you see a 'Two State Solution' no more than a 'politically correct' drug that offers about as much reality as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" fantacy did, then you want to read the rest of this statement from the new pro-Zionist organization: 18.org HERE.

But FIRST, you may want to view two short videos from the chairman of 18 to give you a better idea as to whether you want to read the not too long Manifesto HERE.

Escape from Hamas on YouTube

This is a 6 part series that originally aired on Fox News.
Decide for yourself if this guy is for real.

Go HERE.

Peace Now vs. Hevron Settlers

Tuesday Night Live is an interesting, once a week, TV show produced by INTV (Israel National TV) out of Jerusalem. This article and video highlights contrast interviews between various members the Peace Now organization in Israel (at a rally), and various residents of Hevron, the site of the Tomb of the Patriarchs: HaMachpelah Cave).

Whatever your personal opinion is concerning either group, the video captures deep seated attitudes held bey each group towards each other. Very interesting in either case. Read and access the short video HERE.

On the Way to Defeat: Editorial

"Victory on the battlefield, defeat in the war. Israel’s dailies sport headlines claiming “Ceasefire is Imminent” and “We’ve Won for Sure!” How ironic. This juvenile, premature celebration illustrates how little Israel’s elites—journalists, commentators and especially its political leaders—understand what defeating the enemy requires, or that it is necessary to defeat him at all."

Remember Olmert's words not to many months ago?: "we're tired of fighting, we're tired of being courageous, we're tired of winning, we're tired of defeating our enemies...." Well it looks like he is still "tired" and that the embarrassment of the Israeli questionable defeat of Hezbollah, in Lebanon, forced him to fight a better fought war in Gaza. But, here we go again.....read it HERE.

Eduardo Verastegui's Shocking Video

This is an important video, with very real political implications, BUT:

Warning: this video contains shocking post abortion images which adults should keep
children, under the age of 18, from watching. Some squeamish adults may also
be advised not to watch. It can be viewed in English or Spanish.

Click HERE.

The Red Planet is Not a Dead Planet

This just in from NASA: "Indeed it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, with an atmosphere so thin, any liquid water on the surface quickly boils away while the sun's ultraviolet radiation scorches the ground.

"The situation sounds bleak, but research published today in Science Express reveals new hope for the Red Planet. The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates that Mars is still alive."

Check out the report HERE.

Israel's Strategic Incompetence in Gaza by Daniel Pipes

This is the first of three postings that I'm directing the reader to at Daniel Pipes' own blog. The other two follow.

In this first article, Pipes charges that not only has the existing Israeli government created the present Gaza crisis, but that it's a gross miscalculation of the two overriding facts of the Middle East today.

First he states that "the team in charge in Jerusalem created the Gaza problem". We all can remember when now "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert immortally explained in 2005 the forthcoming unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza: "We [Israelis] are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies". The results of the withdrawal and this statement of personal political belief to the world media has thus brought us to the Gaza situation of today.

Then he goes on to state that if the idea is to replace the Hamas with PLO/Fatah, which the Arabs themselves in Gaza already rejected in democratic elections, then "the Peace Process" is dead.

Finally, Pipes helps the reader to understand that the Gaza war is distracting from the real existential threat to Israel from Iran. He quotes "the French parliament published an important technical report in mid-December, establishing that "there is no longer doubt" about the military purposes of the Iranian nuclear program, and that it will be up and running in 2-3 years." This he indirectly suggests should have been the military target during this political window that the American period of transition of government has allowed.

The inference should be that if the the true threat to Israel had been taken care of, the Hamas threat would have disappeared, or at best been greatly diluted.

It's a thought provoking short article and can been read HERE.

Europe's Growing Pro-Israel Sentiments by Daniel Pipes

This might be a surprise to most, certainly it is to me. It seems to go counter to everything that we have known about Europe till now. In support of this view, Daniel Pipes quotes Robert Marquand in the Christian Science Monitor with the banner heading "Israel finds more sympathy in Europe: Concerns about Islamist threat have influenced traditionally pro-Arab Europe's view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

The short discussion of this idea can be read HERE.

Europe or Eurabia? by Daniel Pipes

"The future of Europe is in play. Will it turn into "Eurabia," a part of the Muslim world? Will it remain the distinct cultural unit it has been over the last millennium? Or might there be some creative synthesis of the two civilizations?

The answer has vast importance" and some of the options are addressed HERE and HERE.

Israeli in LA…by Ronen Jacobi

I'm new here – I arrived in the US for my post-doctorate research, leaving behind my family: my mother, kids, my girlfriend and my home – the state of Israel.
I have always been proud, but now these days, more then ever – I'm proud to be an Israeli, and proud to be a Jew.
From here things seems to be totally different, somehow, the 10,000 miles distance makes things and feelings much clearer, much more proportional and understandable. I'm a scientist, and I came to work here in the USA to do my post-doc because I thought that the US is Israel's best friend and I would feel comfortable here – much more comfortable then let's say, in Europe.
I was right… and I was wrong.
I was right in the sense that the US is really a great friend of the state of Israel and as an Israeli, I'm most welcomed around here, everyone knows Israel and even non-Jews are very much fond of Israel and respect it and its people.
Everything was almost perfect until Israel went into Gaza once again…
I had been in Israel on vacation when operation "Cast lead" took off. I had been there during Hanukah, when the cease-fire ended and the population of all the south of Israel, more then one million people, had to take shelter from the rockets, replacing the joy of the holiday with the fear which comes with the "red-alert" blaring out through the emergency response civic speaker systems.
I heard occasionally the question "These are small rockets – what is the big deal?"
Apparently, the person asking had never been in the situation when such a rocket is being fired towards him. The hit may be smaller then a 1000 Lbs. bomb – that's true. But unlike a 1000 Lbs. bomb being deployed from an Israeli F-16 aircraft – the Palestinian rocket is not targeted at a specific object or building. This rocket is like roulette; it's the lottery of the day, of the hour, of the minute. You know it comes towards you because the siren is on, you know it comes really towards you when you hear it's blood-curdling whistle, but you also know that it was not launched with a specific target – but to kill you or your neighbor or anyone else whose only guilt has been to be a Jew in the state of Israel.
In the 2nd Lebanon war in 2006, I lived in a village in the upper Galilee – just 10 miles south of the northern Israeli-Lebanese border. It was 4:35 AM when I woke up and felt that there was something wrong going on – it took about 2 seconds to understand when I heard explosions… It wasn't anything new – for the last week rockets had been exploded all around the Galilee and the village I lived in.
But this time – the explosions were close…
Very close.
And each explosion became louder, closer and kept getting closer still as if they were hunting me down. Then there was a real huge explosion – I was sure it exploded in my backyard, pulling my blanket over my face not to get my face cut by glass, I suddenly heard with horror the blood-curdling whistle of the next rocket – it was coming directly at me!!! I didn't think of anything – but just thanked G_D the kids were with my X-wife that day… I rolled down off my bed, on the floor covering my head as I was trained to do in the army. The roof shook with a tremendous explosion. I was sure it had exploded in my living room but it did not – instead, orange flames were covering the front porch… "The car was directly hit!!" I thought to my self –"thank G_D it's only the car"…
I called the police: "Direct hit!!! I'm going out to check for wounded people"!! The phone stays with me – on.
The policeman asked to have all the data needed while I rushed out – the car was not on fire – it was the neighbors house – the Gas cylinders were on fire and it was going to explode the house shortly – several neighbors gathered together and we knew we had to search the house quickly to find the family inside – or they were doomed.
We broke the door, and found them in a total state of shock in the bed-room. The kids were down in the shelter, the parents had been sleeping in the bed room – the rocket was inside their room: smashed… We all gazed at it, not understanding what had happen here and how they were not killed – the rocket leftovers were inside the room, 3 feet from their bed!!!
The ambulance arrived; the kids were OK, totally terrified but physically OK. The parents had cuts, but other then this – they were fine…
A quick look on the outside wall revealed the horror – the outside of the house was totally shattered, all the windows were smashed, the walls were punched with holes and the house looked demolished. My car, in the parking lot – with its facing side to the neighbors house, was punctured with those devil, tiny, metal ball bearings by the hundreds. All the windows were broken – I was lucky.
Later, I found how lucky I really had been – the rocket hit the roof to my house first, but it hit with one of its fins creating a "V" shaped crater on the roof's corner, jumping from my roof to the neighbor’s house like a stone on a water pond – It had hit the ornament they had above the window – the detonator was activated on that ornament, and the explosive went off before the rocket entered the bedroom with its momentum… That was how this couple had the rocket land 3 feet away from them but were not killed.

I had to live like this for two months – only two months. My kids and X-wife left their house in a near by village to Tel-Aviv. I stayed at home – nobody was going to evacuate me from my home in Israel – I'm an Israeli, and we are stubborn as mules when it comes to this – too many times over history we had pogroms to evacuate us from our homes.
The people in south Israel have been living like this for the past 8 years. Try to remember what did you do eight years ego: where were you? Did you have kids? If you have kids under 8, how would you feel if the only way of living they knew was like this?...
For the last 6 months we had the "Hudna" – some kind of a cease fire during which the Palestinians used to fire about 10 rockets a day… That was a cease fire?
Israel knew they were getting ammunition during all this time through sea and through the Egyptian-Gaza strip border/Philadelphi Route. But besides protesting and warning, closing the border and trying to trace weapons smuggling ships as good as could be done – Israel did nothing. Israel could do nothing.
The rockets kept coming… We knew that they were not buying weapons for the next holiday – we knew how each and every rocket, bullet and bomb will eventually fired upon us.
All the billions of dollars being donated by other countries were not spent to buy food, to improve the heath care services, to improve education and to establish a viable economy – all these billions of dollars were spent just to buy more and more weapons to be fired on us. Do the math yourself: they are short with medications, foods, water and hospital equipment, but have a tremendous arsenal of rockets and bombs. Fortunately, the IDF has been demolishing these, their house wares for the past two weeks.

Then, the cease fire ended.
It took 2 days for the Hamas people to resume heavy rocket fire upon southern Israel. I was there in Israel, feeling the helplessness – what could be done to stop this? We knew that we can have a whole bunch of rockets fired upon us along with the world's sympathy – but the minute Israel moves in – we were once again the bad guys, the murderers, the blood-thirsty people… It went like this for a week or so. The rockets were not decreasing but increasing with every passing day. The Israeli government seemed to be paralyzed by the up coming elections and the fear generated by the results of the previous war in 2006: when although the Hezbollah personnel entered into the state of Israel killing 6 Israeli soldiers and capturing two others with no reason. As a payback, Israel went to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon and did it with extra care –nevertheless, the whole world disapproved of Israel's actions. We, in Israel, knew that it didn't matter what would happen – Israel would always be the one to blame.
It really seemed to be hopeless…
Then came Saturday – The Israeli air force, in a brilliant move, attacked more then a 170 targets in only less then 4 minutes.
Being a former soldier in the Israeli army I know what measures are being taken to prevent the killing of innocents – I'm not at all surprised to hear that Israel calls the Palestinians to notify them of an upcoming attack; this, in order to give them enough time to take shelter. However, by doing this they know that they’re exposing the Israeli pilots to the expected anti-aircraft fire from the ground. I also am not surprised to hear the reports of civilians being held hostage by their own people – the Hamas - on the roofs of the buildings by gun threat, so that the Israeli pilots will see them and avoid bombing the building… The Hamas knows the Israeli sensitivity to civilians and uses it cynically – but this time, the pilots are prepared – they launch tiny missiles at deserted corners of the roofs so the civilians will understand that this pilot means business and so escape from the roof and building. The pilot, takes a spin around the neighborhood, waits a few minutes and comes back – this time releasing the real bombs – he knows, it's either them, or his family just 3 miles away…
What air force acts this way?...

After a week the ground troops entered Gaza strip to finish the job – we didn't want it: we were afraid for our soldiers because every Israeli has to serve in the army. We either have someone we know in the army, or we are in the army, or our kids are going to serve in the army… I myself have two kids, two boys… in a few years they will join the army, and someone who doesn't know them, their sensitive hearts, their dreams, their love towards humanity will try his best to kill them – with every year passing by, with every birthday I'm worried – they are closer and closer to the army and I have to deal with it.
We want to live peacefully, we don't want to send our kids to the army, we want them with us, safe – I want to cover them with the blanket when they are 18 and not have to send them to sleep in the mud and the cold of the desert nights…
But we have to do it – If we don't defend ourselves – nobody will. The memory of the holocaust is still very vivid in our collective memory, how 6,000,000 Jews were murdered and the world was quiet. We have to survive as the state of Israel so the next time a Hitler comes to power there will be a place to escape to. You can be positive – such a Hitler will come to power somewhere, he always has.

From here, Israel is much clearer.
On the way back, the Delta airliner carrying me took a spin around LAX. If this spin had occurred over Israel, it would have flown me, not just over Israel – it would have flown above the Galilee in Israel, Jordan, Saudi-Arabia, the Negev desert of Israel, the Mediterranean Sea and only then down to Ben-Gurion airport. One ordinary spin of the airliner around LAX covers all the state of Israel in just 20 minutes of flight…
From here, Israel is much more vivid – I watch the media reports and I know what is going on there – I have been there. I saw the Terrorists holding their own people hostage under Israeli soldier's attacks knowing how the soldiers will avoid hurting them. I know the booby-trapped house entrances, schools, hospitals. Some of my soldier friends told me about a Palestinian old man shivering in the middle of the summer on his bed when they entered his house. the old man was crying and bagging them not to force him to stand up – only to find that his bed had been booby trapped with the aim of killing Israeli soldiers while promising the old man that he would die as a Shahid. The trap was dismantled carefully, although it was much easier and safer for my friends to leave the room and the old man on the bed, step out from the room, take shelter and shoot the bomb from a far and get back in after it had exploded along with the old man.
I have been there – on the street in Sidon, Lebanon, under attack, seeing how terrorists shoot their own people - Lebanese civilians back in 1983 because they knew how Israeli soldier would rush out to help the civilians… 4 Israeli soldiers were shot while trying to help the civilians.

From here it is all much clearer. I'm also not hurt anymore watching the media – I know how your reporters are being fooled, and I'm not pissed off in spite of what I see on the media, I am proud to be an Israeli! I know our values, I know how my army is working, and I know what they are facing.
I know how your reporters are being fooled… I have been there and this time I'm so proud to hear the Israeli government standing tall against all the verbal attacks and against a totally one-sided UN resolution. Israel is declaring loud and clear: we are solely responsible for our citizens, and nobody will teach us how to act and defend them. This time - we are done only when we feel we are done!

Gaza News or Sewage? Here Comes Joe the Plumber

"Joe the Plumber, the Ohio handyman who became a front-line personality in the" the presidential "campaign, ..... is on the way to Israel and Gaza to cover the war for the pro-Israel Pajamas pjtv.com website. The new journalist, whose real name is Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher, is scheduled to spend 10 days on the front to report the fighting from the view of the "average Joe........

"Professional media correspondents have pooh-poohed his entry into journalism."

But "The Pajamas website charged that media stars may feel '"threatened that a common man can be a reporter simply by asking common sense questions"'.

This is a fun article, and can be read HERE.

Son of Hamas Leader Gives Glimpse Into Terror Organization

As "Condoleezza Rice and other world leaders try to broker a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas......

Mosab Hassan Yousef says ""There is no chance. Is there any chance for fire to co-exist with the water?"

The article is short, but to the point, and has an even more revealing video at the end of this young man being interviewed. Find it HERE.

Israel's Response Is Disproportionate

"I condemn Israel's disproportionate attack on Hamas because, so far, it has only lasted four days and I would like to see a proportionate response that terrifies Hamas for seven years."

So begins an in your face look at Proportionate Response vis-a-vis the current
Israeli offensive on/in Gaza. Check it out HERE.

An eye for an eye doctrine

This is "arguably the most misunderstood Jewish commandment", but the author gives a very good explanation of its intent and application -along with all of its ramifications.
The author of the blog on which the article is found is obviously not an Anglo from the manner of expression in a couple of places, but certainly these can be forgiven given the superb job that he has done.

For those who want to understand the driving ethical-philosophical force behind Judaism, or for those who just want to understand this law better, click HERE. It's somewhat long, but can be read in a couple of cessions for better digestion if you're one of those that just hates long articles.

The Cities Within 40 Klm of Gaza

This Map can be found HERE.