tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204987882012-02-03T16:43:36.760+02:00Israel MatzavCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.comBlogger251241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-12166256975906231042012-02-03T16:39:00.002+02:002012-02-03T16:39:00.236+02:00Sabbath music videoThis week is the Torah portion where God splits the Red Sea and the children of Israel walk through on the dry land. Then the sea comes back and drowns the Egyptians trying to follow (my kids used to refer to this as 'makas b'drowned' - sorry to those who don't get it).Here's Avraham Fried singing Hithyatzvu u'Ru - the words that Moshe spoke to the children of Israel as he urged them to enter theCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-33087003443236461402012-02-03T15:30:00.003+02:002012-02-03T15:30:02.793+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Friday, February 3. 1) Increasing Iranian IsolationThe New York Times reports Effort to Rebrand Arab Spring Backfires in Iran. The article is about a conference held in Tehran about the "Arab Awakening.": The Tehran conference coincided with fresh signs of division between Iran and other Muslim countries. On Sunday, Turkey hosted a conferenceCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-61056745255443728922012-02-03T14:54:00.002+02:002012-02-03T14:54:00.529+02:00LATMA: 92 days since Gilad Shalit was released and Noam isn't in the Knesset yetI hope you'll all forgive me for highlighting a skit which LATMA did not highlight, because I thought that the campaign ad for Noam Shalit (in the video you are about to watch below) was hysterical.LATMA highlights this week include Peace Now's Yariv Googleheimer fighting against Migron and the Supreme Court deciding on... you'll see what.Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-3392145416798381932012-02-03T13:50:00.003+02:002012-02-03T14:14:28.168+02:00And again: Khameni calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor' and promises to 'remove' itFor those who continue to delude themselves that Iran really just wants to have a nuclear weapon but not use it, please listen to the words of Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni, and tell me what other interpretation they can have other than a literal one. "The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor and it will be removed," Teheran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday.Khamenei addressed Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-7344180694710500642012-02-03T12:28:00.000+02:002012-02-03T12:28:00.709+02:00Ron Paul tied to neo-NazisIt's almost not worth mentioning him anymore, because Ron Paul seemingly has no chance of being the Republican nominee in 2012, but in the interests of making sure there is no future Presidential run, it's important to expose who he really is when we have the chance.Here's a post about Ron Paul's association with neo-Nazis. That link does not go to a Jewish or pro-Israel site - it goes to a site Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-87521457106940824432012-02-03T11:27:00.002+02:002012-02-03T11:27:00.100+02:00Very moving video: Rainbow in the NightRainbow in the Night, a short YouTube clip, is a brief but exceptionally powerful video created specifically for today's fast paced generation. Using stunning cinematography, a haunting score, hard hitting lyrics and vocals that will touch the deepest recesses of the soul, this historical work offers a glimpse into World War II Krakow as seen through the eyes of a survivor. Beginning with footageCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-82370588594560449952012-02-03T10:15:00.003+02:002012-02-03T10:27:13.266+02:00Obama to lose Nobel peace prize?Yes, this is for real, although it's unfortunately unlikely that the prize will be revoked. AP reports that Nobel peace prize officials are facing an inquiry into why President Obama was given the Nobel peace prize a few months after taking office (Hat Tip: Verum Serum). Nobel Peace Prize officials were facing a formal inquiry over accusations they have drifted away from the prize's original Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-29316225869384798762012-02-03T09:42:00.002+02:002012-02-03T09:42:00.199+02:00America's Islamist firsterCould you all guess from the title whom this post is about? He may not be a Muslim but an Islamist firster is the best description I've heard in a while for President Obama's pandering to Muslim countries and Muslim terror groups (Hat Tip: Joe L). As for the rest of the world, Mr. Obama promised to devote himself to healing the grave injustices and halting the atrocities that have afflicted the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91961673335491347882012-02-03T08:44:00.003+02:002012-02-03T08:44:00.358+02:00Not just Israel's problemI continue to be swamped with work and will once again try to post shorter clips and have you click through today.The Wall Street Journal warns against what a nuclear Iran might do (full text here for those who don't have access to the Journal's website). The Iranians can’t be that crazy?Well, yes, they can be, at least according to President Obama’s top intelligence adviser. In testimony Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-12603232254654633552012-02-03T07:55:00.002+02:002012-02-03T08:03:59.989+02:00'Palestinians' disclose contents of 'quartet' compromise planThe 'Palestinians' have gone public with the contents of a compromise plan proposed by the Middle East peace 'quartet' designed to get 'peace talks' off the ground. The Quartet's envoy Tony Blair relayed an outline of the package to Mahmoud Abbas during UN Chief BanKi-moon's visit to Ramallah this week, but the Palestinian president said he opposed it.The outline calls on Israel to allow public Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-40257048569384718562012-02-03T03:22:00.001+02:002012-02-03T03:24:05.498+02:00Overnight music videoHere's Avraham Fried with Hu Yivneh Bayith (He Will Build the Temple).Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-86885489353746229552012-02-03T02:31:00.002+02:002012-02-03T02:36:12.161+02:00For Tu b'Shvat plant trees in the Shomron (Samaria)Next Wednesday is the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shvat, known as Tu b'Shvat, which the Mishna in Tractate Rosh HaShanna calls the New Year for Trees. It's a day on which we plant trees here in Israel, and you can join in the fun, even from abroad, by going here (Hat Tip: David H).Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-80298079933320330242012-02-03T01:44:00.002+02:002012-02-03T01:58:38.614+02:00Inspector Tamim gets one rightRemember my old friend Inspector Tamim, the police chief of Dubai? Well, he's gotten it right this time. The inspector says that US policy is the number one threat to the Gulf States; the US is not an ally.Rumor has it that President Obumbler started crying when he heard this.Let's go to the videotape.There's a summary here. In a January 19, 2012 address at the GCC national and regional securityCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-51857029382220062052012-02-03T00:48:00.002+02:002012-02-03T01:01:44.645+02:00The humorless IraniansA couple of weeks ago, I showed you the ad below spoofing a Mossad spy in Iran.Let's go to the videotape.The Iranians didn't think it was funny and they are threatening to ban Samsung from selling products in their country. The offending television ad depicts the cast of a popular Israeli show, Asfur, traveling to the Islamic Republic and destroying a nuclear facility. The commercial promotes a Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-59368425884888997042012-02-02T23:15:00.002+02:002012-02-02T23:15:00.298+02:00US Secretary of Defense Panetta believes Israel to attack Iran in April, May or JuneThe Washington Post's David Ignatius reports that US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes that Israel will attack Iran in April, May or June before Iran enters into the 'zone of immunity.' Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June — before Iran enters what Israelis described as a “zone of immunity” to commence building a nuclear bomb. VeryCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-47595639132879368502012-02-02T22:25:00.001+02:002012-02-02T22:25:00.585+02:00Is this guy pro or anti-revenant?Did Netanyahu do it himself or did he do it because America forced him to do it? Either way, Netanyahu doesn't look like much of a nationalist after cutting off 'development town' benefits from 70 Jewish cities and towns in Judea and Samaria. On Sunday, the government voted to approve an updated version of the list, which included the 70 settlements. A day later, it was proposed to remove towns Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-77828561788751660272012-02-02T21:08:00.001+02:002012-02-02T21:08:00.160+02:00Yaalon: Iranian base that exploded was working on missile to reach the USFor those of you who somehow still believe that an Iranian nuclear weapon is only Israel's problem.... Iran was working on developing a missile with 10,000 km range that would put America in reach of a potential Iranian attack, Strategic Affairs Minister and Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday.According to Ya'alon, the missile was based on a solid fuel propellant and would have been Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-70568746848360657072012-02-02T20:02:00.002+02:002012-02-02T20:02:00.557+02:00Ban Ki-Moon greeted with shoes and stonesUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon visited Gaza on Thursday. Before he even called for 'Palestinians' to stop shooting rockets at Israel, he was greeted by the families of 'Palestinian' terrorists held in Israel with shoes and stones.Let's go to the videotape (sorry - I could not find this in English - it's Italian). More below from the link above. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-56184313069235899612012-02-02T19:26:00.003+02:002012-02-02T19:26:00.732+02:00Where do they find these people? Obama's Director of 'National Intelligence' thinks the Muslim Brotherhood will save us from al-QaedaWhere does Barack Hussein Obama find morons like James Clapper to serve in his administration? This is what Clapper, Obama's Director of 'National Intelligence,' told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday (Hat Tip: Will via Doc's Talk). If, over the longer term, governments take real steps to address public demands for political participation and democratic institutions—and Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91560686510426484332012-02-02T18:16:00.003+02:002012-02-02T18:16:00.357+02:00OMG! Carter thinks Iranian nukes 'not a catstrophe'OMG.... When it comes to the Middle East, the former president never ceases to amaze.In an interview published in Time, he was asked: "What do you think it means that Iran seems to have its first nuclear fuel rod?"His complete answer: "Well, of course, the religious leaders of Iran have sworn on their word of honor that they're not going to manufacture nuclear weapons. If they are lying, then I Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-18366812950131204982012-02-02T17:35:00.001+02:002012-02-02T17:35:00.439+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, February 2. 1) Fayyad down, Abbas up Salam Fayyad the Palestinian prime minister has introduced a series of unpopular economic measures leading to Support for Palestinian Authority Erodes as Prices and Taxes Rise: But over the past two weeks Palestinians have been taking to the streets here and in other West Bank cities to denounce Mr. Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-90051144658630775252012-02-02T16:28:00.001+02:002012-02-02T16:28:00.095+02:00Where is the freedom flotilla to Egypt?This post asks where is the Canadian freedom flotilla to Egypt, but the question could be asked of any country that tried to send 'activists' to Gaza.Let's go to the videotape.The answer should be obvious: There are no Jews in Egypt.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-39056387306708929092012-02-02T15:13:00.002+02:002012-02-02T15:13:01.061+02:00How to discuss an honor killing without mentioning the "M" wordIn Canada last week, a father, his wife and their son were convicted of the 'honor killing' of three teenage sisters and a 'co-wife.' The killers are adherents of the religion that cannot be criticized. But I'm sure it's all just a coincidence.First the AP report on the MSNBC site which does mention a religion but not the one you think: KINGSTON, Ontario — A jury on Sunday found an Afghan father,Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-18733776959809291092012-02-02T14:33:00.002+02:002012-02-02T14:33:00.534+02:00Turkey goes politically correctIn Turkey, they showed the Holocaust documentary Shoah in honor of World Holocaust Day last Friday. But don't get your hopes up that it means that Turkish anti-Semitism has changed at all, writes Burak Bekdil.First, the TRT management selected Can Bonomo, a Turkish Jew, to represent Turkey at the (ridiculously) popular Eurovision Song Contest this year; then, it screened the iconic Holocaust Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-54860614474042272712012-02-02T13:52:00.001+02:002012-02-02T13:52:00.107+02:00Ancient Jewish graves near Awarta desecrated with praise of mass murderersThe graves of Elazar and Ithamar - the two sons of the first High Priest, Aaron - were desecrated near the Arab village of Awarta in Samaria, along with the graves of the 70 Elders who acted as a court/legislature when the Jews entered Israel. The graves were desecrated with slogans praising the mass murderers Hakim and Amjad Awad, who murdered five members of the Fogel family in the nearby Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-17281742697258708712012-02-02T12:44:00.003+02:002012-02-02T12:44:00.575+02:00Engaging with the EU Czech Foreign Minister Karl Schwarzenberg told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that Israel must engage with the European Union, rather than trying to treat it as irrelevant. The Czech Republic is considered, along with the Netherlands and Italy, among Israel’s strongest supporters inside the EU, and those countries – along with Romania, Bulgaria, and at times, Germany – form a bloc inside the EUCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-72335062626915709092012-02-02T11:39:00.003+02:002012-02-02T11:39:00.489+02:00Barrage of rockets hits southern IsraelA barrage of seven Kassam rockets hit southern Israel on Wednesday night. Fortunately, all of them landed in open areas, but that's not the whole story if you have to keep running for cover. Rina Mor-Yosef from Sderot said, "We had guests from Yavne and Ashkelon. Suddenly we heard a Color Red alarm and the ever familiar shrieking sound. We went down to the fortified room and heard some blasts. Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-10662369780614581752012-02-02T10:31:00.004+02:002012-02-02T10:39:51.484+02:00Drumbeats on IranI am swamped with work today, and therefore there's going to be a lot less quoting and a lot more clicking through for all of you to do. My apologies but practicing law is still a lot more profitable than blogging.The Hezrzliya conference is taking place this week in Herzliya, and we have seen a parade of militaryleaders - both current and former - warning of Iran's nuclear capability and hintingCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-79832644109260395932012-02-02T09:44:00.002+02:002012-02-02T09:44:01.026+02:00Trump to endorse Gingrich?Hmmm (Hat Tip: Zvi S).Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-78224057256770785922012-02-02T08:22:00.003+02:002012-02-02T08:32:41.455+02:00Video: Newt Gingrich in 2007: Israel to blame for 'Palestinian suffering'Oh dear....Get a load of this video from @NewtGingrich on the Charlie Rose show in 2007 in which he blames Israel for 'Palestinian suffering' ('Israel has to bear the burden...).Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Yechezkel Gordon via Twitter).So will Newt own up to it? Will he disavow it?Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-58766312619893763682012-02-02T03:47:00.000+02:002012-02-02T03:47:00.452+02:00Overnight music videoHere's Avraham Fried with Anim Zemiroth (I will sing pleasantly).Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-48169958150656157402012-02-02T02:54:00.002+02:002012-02-02T02:54:00.223+02:00And you thought England had bad soccer riots....I have a former colleague from my New York days who jumped ship and joined a large London law firm. A couple of years ago, I was in London and dropped by to see him, and he told me that what he missed most about the US was being able to go to games. He told me that he tried going to one 'football match' in England and never had felt like he was in so much danger as during that match.On Wednesday Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32018082374454698742012-02-02T01:43:00.004+02:002012-02-02T01:53:09.715+02:00Israel firsters and the jihadYisrael Medad sent me this graphicalong with this quote from Richard Landes' Heaven on Earth: "Thus the Jewish slap on the faces of the Christians continues, who apparently enjoy and allow this sort of humiliation and attack, and give them their other cheek so that the Jew can continue to slap the Christians—just as we see—ruling them in Europe through the Masons who dig the grave of Western Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-33028727538967204402012-02-02T00:50:00.000+02:002012-02-02T00:50:00.473+02:00Mossad head visited Washington to discuss Iranian nuke programOn Tuesday, Senator Diane Feinstein told a televised Congressional hearing that Mossad director Tamir Pardo was in Washington last week to meet with her and CIA director David Petraeus on Iran's nuclear program. Sensitive trips by intelligence chiefs are usually kept secret but Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, mentioned Pardo’s visit at a televised hearingCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-5060375413041451362012-02-01T23:16:00.002+02:002012-02-01T23:16:00.375+02:00Feiglin's visionIn an article in YNet on Tuesday, Moshe Feiglin set out his vision for Israel. Hasn't the time come to again emphasize Jewish education and family? To make sure that every child in Israel is familiar with his or her heritage? Hasn't the time come to restore the value of loyalty?Is it appropriate to draw the justification for our national existence in the Land of Israel from the Holocaust alone? Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-21099419034283836112012-02-01T22:35:00.003+02:002012-02-01T22:35:00.580+02:00The 10 most educated countries in the worldHere's a report on the 10 most educated countries in the World. Both Israel and the US make the list, but neither is # 1. So who is? Find out here.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-8693928371747493242012-02-01T21:31:00.004+02:002012-02-01T21:40:31.322+02:00Israeli high tech company to be sold to Russian state nuclear company? ECI Telecom, one of Israel's oldest high tech companies, may be sold to Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom. ECI Telecom Ltd. chairman and controlling shareholder Shaul Shani continues to talk to the Russian government about selling the Israeli telecommunications equipment company. Just after a year after it was reported that Shani had written to Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev about buying Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-50707550795498520802012-02-01T20:31:00.003+02:002012-02-01T21:03:45.622+02:00Report: Mossad training Iranian exiles in KurdistanA report in France's Le Figaro indicates that the Mossad is training Iranian exiles in Kurdistan to oppose the Iranian regime. The article in Le Figaro claims that the Iranian assets are being prepared for conducting operations inside the energy-rich country, as part of Israel’s undercover intelligence war against Iran’s nuclear energy program. The Baghdad source told the French daily that Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-35395945752207412322012-02-01T19:30:00.003+02:002012-02-01T19:45:22.632+02:00It's time to take our campuses back A version of this article is going to be printed in the Great Neck News this weekend. Liz Berney has run for Congress on the Republican ticket twice in the third district of New York (currently represented by Gary Ackerman(D)). It's Time To Take Our Campuses Back by Elizabeth (Liz) Berney, Esq. Twenty-eight years ago, intending it to be a joke, the members of a fraternity at the University Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-51642098119645151882012-02-01T17:48:00.005+02:002012-02-01T17:55:38.182+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Wednesday, February 1. New York Times Mideast Op-Ed Index for January 2012A) Preventing a Nuclear Iran, Peacefully - Shibley Telhami and Steven Kull - January 15, 2012 Most important, when asked whether it would be better for both Israel and Iran to have the bomb, or for neither to have it, 65 percent of Israeli Jews said neither. And a Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-34748563868171639092012-02-01T15:46:00.002+02:002012-02-01T15:46:00.441+02:00Video: Al-Jazeera talk show degenerates into fistfightA discussion between Joseph abu Fadil, on the right, a supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Mohiuddin Allazghani, on the left, an opponent of President Assad degenerates into a fistfight.The person who posted this in Arabic (obviously an Assad supporter) claims that Allazghani started it by swearing at Abu Fadil.Israel Radio reports that this show is very popular on al-Jazeera, and Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-61536307770247423622012-02-01T14:54:00.002+02:002012-02-01T14:54:00.512+02:00'Palestinians' consider their kids 'fertilizer' to saturate the land with bloodGolda Meir is known to have quipped that there will be peace with the Arabs when they love their own kids more than they hate ours. That moment has not yet arrived. In fact, we are far from it, as you will see in the video below.Let's go to the videotape.The kids - and the 'Palestinian leadership' - agree.Let's go to the videotape.Much more here.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-57825921346238693152012-02-01T13:47:00.000+02:002012-02-01T13:47:00.774+02:00Obama silent on 'Palestinian' television glorification of Fogel murderersI've already covered the 'Palestinian Authority's glorification of Hakim and Amjad Awad, murderers of five members of the Fogel family, here. Jeff Dunetz makes a good point about President Obama's non-reaction to that television show, as compared with his reaction to announcements of Jerusalem apartment construction. Where is Mr. Friend of Israel, President Barack Obama? Why isn’t he condemning Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32188785091529047562012-02-01T12:40:00.000+02:002012-02-01T12:40:00.369+02:00Video: How Israel supports US security (from the US Embassy in Tel Aviv)Kibbutz Sasa saves the lives of countless American troops with its advanced armor technologies. Ambassador Shapiro saw this first hand on January 30 when he visited the Plasan factory in northern Galilee. The Ambassador saw the full range of products, from reactive armor, to purpose built vehicles, to body armor. Plasan has delivered more than 8,000 armor kits to U.S units on active duty.Israel Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-41703843707987175732012-02-01T11:45:00.003+02:002012-02-01T11:45:00.409+02:00'Our friends the Saudis' imprison Christians for worshiping in their own homes'Our friends the Saudis,' a typically tolerant Islamic caliphate, have imprisoned 35 Christians for worshiping in their own homes. The Christians have now been in prison for more than a month. Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern says it is no wonder that Christians there worship in their homes because of the danger they face."In Saudi Arabia there is no church," says the ICC Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-71164517461346931562012-02-01T10:25:00.003+02:002012-02-01T10:42:20.814+02:00The Awads and the NazisGiulio Meotti makes a convincing case that Hakim and Amjad Awad, the murderers of Udi and Ruti Fogel and three of their children HY"D (may God Avenge their blood), represent a level of inhumanity not seen in the world since the Nazis and the Khmer Rouge. Itamar’s killers remind us that genocidal anti-Semitism wasn’t buried in the ashes of Auschwitz.Awad’s smile and his aunt’s praise convey Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-58497064320183942422012-02-01T09:41:00.000+02:002012-02-01T09:41:00.094+02:00'A true friend of Israel'?Here's Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird speaking at the Herzliya conference. The good news is that he stands alongside Israel. The bad news is that he wants to divide Israel in half and make it indefensible, and says that the status quo is unacceptable.Let's go to the videotape.Sorry folks but enough is enough. The 'two-state solution' is dead - and it's long past time for our politicians to Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-17149487702637783032012-02-01T08:31:00.004+02:002012-02-01T08:38:48.900+02:00Ban Ki-Moon calls for Israel to make unilateral concessionsUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has once again called upon Israel to bribe the 'Palestinians' to return to the negotiating table. On the day before arriving in Israel from Jordan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to give the Palestinians some “goodwill gestures” so the low-level talks that began in Amman last month will continue.“Of course, it will Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-88614466550238703882012-02-01T01:58:00.003+02:002012-02-01T01:58:00.925+02:00Time for Israel to have a professional army?Is it time for the IDF to acknowledge reality and go to a professional army? Consider this. And perhaps the solution lies out of the box. The secular fury over what is perceived as haredi draft-dodging is premised on the myth that the IDF is the people's army. Yet the years have passed and this important concept has been eroded. The haredim, and quite a few seculars, no longer enlist for Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-27743834309993830702012-02-01T00:30:00.005+02:002012-02-01T01:14:45.909+02:00Did Romney deny Massachusetts seniors Kosher food?Mitt Romney stands accused of forcing elderly Jews to eat non-Kosher food (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).It’s a great campaign line for the former speaker, and the addition about George Soros is a nice touch. The problem is, Romney never actually “eliminated serving kosher food” to Jewish residents at state nursing homes, especially not in the way Gingrich describes.In 2002, cuts in both federal and Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-61817602005348684272012-01-31T23:18:00.004+02:002012-01-31T23:26:17.157+02:00Faster, faster: Syrian rebels threaten NasrallahSytrian rebel leaders are warning Hezbullah chieftain Hassan Nasrallah that they will settle scores with him for sending mercenaries to shoot Syrians. The secretary general of the Free Syria Army's military council warned that Syrian rebels will settle the score with Nasrallah and his group at court once the Syrian leader is deposed.In an interview with the London-based Sharq al-Awsat, the rebel Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-36396869227769640762012-01-31T19:30:00.001+02:002012-01-31T19:30:04.117+02:00Rick Santorum: Time for America to lead from the frontRick Santorum spoke in a synagogue in Boca Raton, Florida on Monday night, and although I don't (yet) have a video, I do have the text and it's dynamite. We Must Lead From The FrontSpeech as Prepared to Be GivenThe Orthodox Union Presidential ForumThe Boca Raton SynagogueJanuary 30, 2012The president says "the threat of war is receding" but he’s wrong. The war is on, and its front lines are Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-56601488443072606932012-01-31T17:04:00.003+02:002012-01-31T17:14:46.770+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, January 31. 1) Will Israel be illegal in Iraq?A new bill before the Iraqi parliament would make travel to Israel illegal (via memeorandum): The bill was proposed following a number of incidents at the Bagdad airport. A local security officer working there said the passport had caught a number of Iraqi officials carrying passports Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-79952746614930509442012-01-31T14:58:00.003+02:002012-01-31T14:58:01.083+02:00Iran renaming ships to avoid sanctionsWhen a ship carries the flag of one country, is owned by nationals of another country and is chartered by nationals of a third country to carry cargo from a fourth country to a fifth country, whose ship is it? That's typically how seaborne shipping works, and Iran is taking advantage of that fact to try to evade Western sanctions. According to the report, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-43066005069435690682012-01-31T13:59:00.003+02:002012-01-31T13:59:00.541+02:00The window is closing?At least some 'Israeli officials' are whispering that the window for Israel to strike Iran will close this summer, and that we must strike before then if we are to be effective. Key Israeli defense officials believe that the time to strike, if such a decision is made, would have to be by the middle of this year.Complicating the task is the assessment that Iran is stepping up efforts to move its Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-70593087868843084232012-01-31T12:40:00.002+02:002012-01-31T12:40:00.119+02:00Which Republican candidate is the most pro-Israel?Yes, Florida, with the exception of Ron Paul, all of the Republican candidates for the Presidency are pro-Israel and would be a huge improvement over Barack Hussein Obama. But there are differences between them. Former Pennsylvania Governor Rick Santorum, whose campaign has been struggling recently, was questioned by a young voter about the Palestinians right to an independent state in the West Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91271516936909898842012-01-31T11:44:00.006+02:002012-01-31T11:44:00.722+02:00Richard Silverstein goes off the deep endOn Sunday, an Israeli Heron drone crashed in Gedera. The Heron TP, Israel’s most advanced unmanned aerial vehicle, crashed on Sunday morning during a test flight near the Tel Nof Air Force Base outside Rehovot.The Israel Air Force opened an investigation. According to initial findings, the crash occurred after the UAV performed a maneuver beyond its capabilities, causing one of its wings to breakCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-70699272657831460262012-01-31T10:17:00.003+02:002012-01-31T10:17:00.652+02:00Even Turkey won't take themPoor Hamas. Even Erdogan's Turkey won't take them in. Turkish government spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç told a news conference on Monday following a Cabinet meeting that Mashaal’s being based out of Turkey is out of question. He added that news reports claiming the Turkish government would give the Palestinian group some millions of dollars in aid are also not true.In a responseCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91116460860728834162012-01-31T09:11:00.001+02:002012-01-31T09:11:00.607+02:00It's Obama's fault!If you want to know why the Amman talks have failed (yes, I know, they are to continue until March, but the reality is that they have already failed), you need look no further than US President Barack Hussein Obama writes Jonathan Tobin at Commentary. By stating that a Middle East peace deal should be negotiated on the basis of the 1967 lines, Obama strengthened the Palestinians’ belief that Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-77118119146381640522012-01-31T08:29:00.002+02:002012-01-31T08:29:00.094+02:00Pigs fly, Norway apologizes to JewsIt's been a while since I last broke out the flying pig, but I think this one rates. After 70 years, Norway has apologized for its role in sending Jews to death camps during the Holocaust. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Friday apologized for Norway's deportations of Jews during the Second World War"Without relieving the Nazis of their responsibility, it is time for us to acknowledgeCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-46526159211574889422012-01-31T07:56:00.001+02:002012-01-31T07:58:02.050+02:00Take a #dayoff!To celebrate the launch of the all-new 2012 CR-V, Honda brought Ferris Bueller's Day Off back in a big game commercial. We cast Matthew Broderick as himself, skipping out on a day of acting work and living it up in his all-new CR-V. Relive movie history with Honda's fresh twist and wonderful homage to this '80s classic.Think you're a true fan of Ferris Bueller's Day Off? We hid over two dozen Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-54099492324308531242012-01-31T03:46:00.000+02:002012-01-31T03:46:00.692+02:00Overnight music videoNext Tuesday night and Wednesday are Tu b'Shvat, a holiday on which we celebrate our connection to the land of Israel.Here's Mendy Jerusfi with Eretz Asher Tamid (A land that God always watches over).Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32152625385596662672012-01-31T02:56:00.000+02:002012-01-31T02:56:00.554+02:00More than 4,000 Americans died so a democratic Iraq could help Iran beat sanctionsThis is an even more infuriating piece of news than the last post I did on Iraq. More than 4,000 Americans gave their lives so that a democratic Iraq could help Iran beat international sanctions by launching a joint shipping line (Hat Tip: Will). Iran and Iraq reached an agreement on launching a joint shipping line to enhance their marine cooperation, Managing-Director of Iran's Ports and Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-10040869351944118182012-01-31T01:51:00.002+02:002012-01-31T01:51:00.108+02:00Guess who can't tell Barack Obama from Mitt RomneyIs he getting old, or are there really so few differences between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney?Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: American Power).Hmmm.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-10007937428747571522012-01-31T00:33:00.004+02:002012-01-31T00:48:22.398+02:00Another reason Obama can be proud he forced out Hosni MubarakI'm sure that Barack Hussein Obama is very proud of the role that he played to force out Hosni Mubarak and make way for the Egyptian Democrats Islamists. After all, Obama is proud of everything he does, justifiably or not. And I'm sure that a group of American kids that is holed up in the US embassy in Cairo, fearing arrest and torture (or worse), shares Obama's pride. Well, maybe they don't. "A Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-73408390231360121232012-01-30T23:09:00.002+02:002012-01-30T23:15:14.302+02:00Allen West tells Obama to 'get out'Representative Allen West had a message for Barack Hussein Obama and some of his cronies on Saturday: Get out.Let's go to the videotape.More here.Someone please tell me that West is someone we're going to hear from nationally and soon.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-21332246557670137502012-01-30T22:21:00.002+02:002012-01-30T22:21:00.749+02:00A very weird notion of free speechUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some weird ideas about free speech. Where did she get them? I'm going to tell you, but first, you have to be in the mood so....Let's go to the videotape.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the United States will not recognize the Armenian genocide (has anyone told Congress?) because the US doesn't want to 'compromise free speech.'Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-38027705421584534902012-01-30T21:09:00.003+02:002012-01-30T21:20:54.461+02:004,000 Americans died so a democratic Iraq could ban travel to IsraelMore than 4,000 Americans died so that Iraq could have a parliament, and one of the first actions that parliament is taking is to ban travel to Israel. The bill was proposed following a number of incidents at the Bagdad airport. A local security officer working there said the passport had caught a number of Iraqi officials carrying passports with Israeli entry visas. The officer, speaking on a Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-71870266396270282032012-01-30T19:40:00.000+02:002012-01-30T19:40:29.151+02:00Video: The Last DayFebruary 2013. An Iranian nuclear bomb hits Israel.Let's go to the videotape.No need to comment. But I will tell you that at least part of this was filmed in Jerusalem not far from my home.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-12552169143149913732012-01-30T18:34:00.000+02:002012-01-30T18:34:00.214+02:00Any Firefox expertsIs anyone out there an expert in Firefox? If so, could you please drop me an email. My screen has a Windows Media bar in the middle (that doesnot work anyway) and I cannot get rid of it. It is making posting very difficult (see screen cap below).Thanks.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-11755379311733865962012-01-30T17:55:00.003+02:002012-01-30T18:02:56.566+02:00Abu Mazen agrees to talk until MarchArmy Radio is reporting that the 'Palestinians' have agreed to continue talking until March. According to the report, the Palestinian representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean announced the Palestinian intention to continue the talks until March during the organization's 19th bureau meeting in Amman on Monday."The Palestinian Authority decided to continue talks with IsraelCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-28334900265928740032012-01-30T16:37:00.001+02:002012-01-30T16:37:00.469+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Monday, January 30. 1) Khaled in JordanThe New York Times reports Hamas Leader Takes Rare Trip to Jordan about Khaled Meshal's recent visit to Jordan: Jordan wants to restore relations with Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, because the group is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose Islamist allies are forming new Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-64668993366358874922012-01-30T15:40:00.002+02:002012-01-30T15:40:00.114+02:00Iraq angry over US sky patrolNow that the Obama administration has pulled all US troops out of Iraq, the United States is using drones to protect American contractors who are still present in the country. And the Iraqis are said to be furious (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). American contractors say they have been told that the State Department is considering to field unarmed surveillance drones in the future in a handful of other Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-25441751510768096342012-01-30T14:58:00.003+02:002012-01-30T14:58:00.483+02:00Syria claims 'terrorists' blew up gas pipeline on Lebanese borderSyrian news agency SANA is reporting that 'terrorists' have blown up a gas pipeline along its border with Lebanon. SANA said the pipeline carries gas from the central province of Homs to an area near the border with Lebanon. Further details on Monday's blast were not released.There have been several pipeline attacks since the Syrian uprising began in mid-March, but it is not clear who is behind Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32655163846747076892012-01-30T13:41:00.003+02:002012-01-30T13:41:00.088+02:00Iranian students claim Israeli strike would strengthen regimeTwo Iranian student leaders who are visiting in Israel believe that an Israeli strike on Iran would strengthen the Islamist regime. “An attack would be a blessing for the Islamic Republic, a gift from God for them because then they could use this type of attack to play the victim around the world,” said Amir Abbas Fakhravar of the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS).Fakhravar added that an Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32810933652570758762012-01-30T12:38:00.001+02:002012-01-30T12:38:00.163+02:00Video: Sh*t Jews say to convertsThe next time you're around a convert, please watch what you say.Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Lance K).Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-92044462330051487422012-01-30T11:23:00.002+02:002012-01-30T11:34:00.168+02:00Syrian rebels prevent Assad's wife from escapingSo much for that report that Bashar al-Assad's wife and kids are in London. Asma al-Assad and her kids are in Syria, and they were recently prevented from leaving by Syrian rebels. Sources within the Syrian opposition said that the Free Syrian Army forces managed to prevent the escape of the first lady of Syria and additional relatives through Damascus airport.According to the Egyptian daily, theCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-57344600721320876612012-01-30T10:26:00.004+02:002012-01-30T10:39:39.174+02:00Panetta admits Iran will be nuclear within a yearIn an appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday night, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta admitted that Iran will likely have nuclear weapons within a year, and the means of delivering them within a year or two after that.Of course, Panetta claims that the US will do 'whatever it takes' to stop Iran.Let's go to the videotape.I have two issues with what Panetta said. First, don't we have evidenceCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91561083747370729702012-01-30T09:45:00.001+02:002012-01-30T09:45:00.922+02:00Why I got a call from BibiYes, the Netanyahu campaign is in a panic about Jerusalem. Netanyahu made a point of calling key central committee members in Jerusalem, where a political deal could end up helping his competition, Likud activist Moshe Feiglin. There are 8,700 Likud members in Jerusalem, which is the party’s largest branch.About 1,400 Likud members in Jerusalem were recruited to the party by Feiglin’s Manhigut Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-63518350274005676242012-01-30T08:40:00.003+02:002012-01-30T09:04:56.767+02:00Netanyahu finds a talking pointCould this be the issue that finally switches the impetus to act to the 'Palestinian' side?For the last three years, Israel has been under constant pressure to be the party to make the move to get the 'peace process' going. Abu Mazen has been able to sit back and just keep saying "Israel hasn't made a proposal." "It's Israel's fault." And unfortunately most of the world believes him. Now, Israel Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-27528618643174734672012-01-30T07:57:00.003+02:002012-01-30T08:03:23.353+02:00Bibi's callingI had a call on Sunday night from someone who claimed that they were calling for the Likud. My daughter (who is well-trained) came into my 'office,' and said that there was someone who said that they are from the Likud on the phone, and do I want to take the call. I gave her a disgusted look and took the call.The caller was a woman with a very high-pitched voice. She asked if I knew that there Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-17433485995215405992012-01-30T05:12:00.003+02:002012-01-30T05:12:00.454+02:00Say it isn't so: Israel's Foreign Ministry praises Muslim BrotherhoodI don't know who in Israel's foreign ministry thought up this brilliant idea, but they ought to be fired. Israel has congratulated and praised the Muslim Brotherhood on winning the Egyptian elections (Hat Tip: Catholic Lisa via Twitter and Voice of the Copts). Israel apparently has decided not to go head-to-head against an Egyptian regime headed by the radical Muslim Brotherhood and has Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-8505833113471998752012-01-30T03:35:00.002+02:002012-01-30T03:35:00.199+02:00Overnight music videoHere's Baruch Levine with Tov Lachsos (It is good to seek shelter in God).Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-74910821667535670262012-01-30T02:47:00.003+02:002012-01-30T02:47:00.201+02:00Iran: Obama's favorite color is pinkIran has sent President Obama a replica of the American RQ-170 drone that it captured a few weeks ago. The replica is pink because "that is Obama's favorite color."Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Will). Obama plays the 98-pound weakling again. He's an embarrassment to the United States.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-18191079584128933802012-01-30T01:28:00.003+02:002012-01-30T01:47:19.070+02:00Turkey denies promising Hamas $300 millionI wonder why they changed their minds.... “Turkey has been one of the strongest advocates of the Palestinian case,” President Abdullah Gül was quoted as saying by the Cihan news agency on Sunday. “Hamas is a political body that entered into elections in the Palestinian region of Gaza and came to power through the votes of the people,” Gül said, countering Western claims that Hamas draws its powerCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-64316390854845651662012-01-30T00:43:00.003+02:002012-01-30T00:53:04.562+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Sunday, January 29. 1)To strike or not to strikeOne of the most discussed articles is today's New York Times Magazine cover story, Will Israel Attack Iran? by Ronen Bergman.Jeffrey Goldberg (via memeorandum) makes an interesting observation: I write this, of course, as someone who thought, based on interviewing many of the same people Bergman Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-20940690233248959412012-01-29T22:23:00.006+02:002012-01-29T22:23:00.378+02:00Leftist blasts use of 'Israel firster'Leftist Spencer Ackerman blasts the use of the term 'Israel firsters' by fellow Leftist MJ Rosenberg (pictured with another friend) among others. Some on the left have recently taken to using the term “Israel Firster” and similar rhetoric to suggest that some conservative American Jewish reporters, pundits, and policymakers are more concerned with the interests of the Jewish state than those Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-21192262360338457212012-01-29T21:28:00.005+02:002012-01-29T21:28:00.097+02:00Tel Aviv's ingrate mayorTel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, the man who managed to open the bars in his city on Tisha b'Av (our day of national mourning) and to bring out hundreds of demonstrators against Chabad, is a man who was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. By his own admission, Huldai had nothing to do with Tel Aviv's emergence as a high tech hub, and the home to some 600 start-up companies. But Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-46700785303180145552012-01-29T20:30:00.007+02:002012-01-29T20:48:57.202+02:00Israel's newest Oscar nominee is not an apologistFor the fourth time in five years, an Israeli film has been nominated for Best Foreign Language film. And for the first time, it is not a film that apologizes for Israel's relations with either its Arab population or its neighbors. The Israeli film "Footnote," up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year, is Israel's fourth such nomination in the past five years, giving IsraelCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-80235248259467253732012-01-29T19:51:00.004+02:002012-01-29T19:51:00.776+02:00Official 'Palestinian Authority' television praises murderer of Fogel familyThe mother and aunt of Hakim Awad, one of the two murderers of Udi and Ruti Fogel and three of their children in Itamar HY"D (May God Avenge their blood), appeared on official 'Palestinian Authority' television on January 19 and 21 to praise this miserable excuse for a human being.Let's go to the videotape.But give them a state and they will stop lionizing mass murderers (and Israeli morons like Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-48558116103810259842012-01-29T17:43:00.004+02:002012-01-29T19:09:14.074+02:00The only people who object to the New York Times' coverage of Israel are Orthodox Jews?The Columbia Journalism Review has a lengthy 'analysis' of the New York Times' coverage of Israel, most of which is excuses and explanations as to why their coverage is so biased. Here are the salient points:1. The only people who object to the Times' coverage of Israel are American Orthodox Jews.2. The Times doesn't like the Likud, because Abba Eban told them that Begin and Co. were dangerous.3Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-59427340268971618772012-01-29T16:27:00.003+02:002012-01-29T16:27:00.886+02:00Looking forward to Super Bowl XLVI One week from tonight.Anyone want to buy me a ticket?Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-1213530356199867512012-01-29T15:46:00.000+02:002012-01-29T15:46:00.437+02:00Knesset to investigate Lapid's use of Vitamin PEvery Israeli knows what Vitamin P is. Vitamin P is protectzia. The latest and most public instance of the use of protectzia in Israel is Yair Lapid's acceptance into a PhD program at state-funded Bar Ilan University (ironically, the university that I've heard many people claim is 'more religious' and a 'better environment' for religious Jewish Israelis than Hebrew U, because it has fewer Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-30089566987252214712012-01-29T14:39:00.002+02:002012-01-29T14:39:00.616+02:00'Palestinians' form civil guard units to defend mosquesThe 'Palestinians' have formed civil guard units to defend mosques against attacks allegedly carried out by revenants. The IDF is concerned that the units could be a cause of violence. The civil guard units consist of men who rotate shifts throughout the night to protect mosques and homes inside the villages from so-called “price tag” attacks by settlers and right-wing extremists....The IDF Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-7213600774913999972012-01-29T13:24:00.003+02:002012-01-29T13:24:00.217+02:00Ron Paul's website promotes the Protocols of the Elders of ZionHere's a screen cap (done as a pdf and embedded on my blog via ScribD) of a page from Ron Paul's website that promotes that anti-Semitic classic, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.Ron Paul's website promotes Protocols of the Elders of ZionFrom the PJ Tatler: According to Adam Taxin of the NY Jewish Examiner, Paul’s website has been publicizing and distributing the infamous anti-Semitic forgery Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-74757067064850577062012-01-29T12:34:00.000+02:002012-01-29T12:34:00.100+02:00Death threats for Dutch satirist over hit song Do the burqaA Dutch satirist has declined to perform his hit song Do the burqa on stage due to death threats (Hat Tip: Jack W). Dutch satirist Johan Vlemmix has decided not to perform his latest hit Do the Burqa onstage following death threats.The song, a carnival parody to the music of Van McCoy's Do the Hustle, is a huge success on YouTube, so much so that the video provider has switched off the comments Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-84148210812092978812012-01-29T11:36:00.002+02:002012-01-29T11:36:00.179+02:00This is rich: Haaretz brags that pro-'Palestinian' hackers apologize for bringing down its websiteThe cartoon at the top comes from here, and although it appears to be directed at the Israeli Supreme Court, it could indeed have been directed at Haaretz, which brags on Sunday about receiving an apology from pro-'Palestinian' hackers who took down its website last week. The pro-Palestinian hackers that took responsibility for bringing down Haaretz's Hebrew website posted an apology on their Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-74546703213455761512012-01-29T10:49:00.002+02:002012-01-29T10:49:00.393+02:00Hamas forcefully breaks up anti-Assad rally in GazaHamas may not be willing to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but on the verge of also losing their Iranian patron, they don't want their population in Gaza demonstrating against Assad either. Hamas is opposed to public demonstrations against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Gaza Strip, and has broken up demonstrations in favor of the Syrian opposition, pan-Arab Asharq Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-31093499617179291882012-01-29T09:42:00.002+02:002012-01-29T09:42:00.289+02:00Video: Mordechai Kedar on how to speak to MuslimsOn Friday, my 12-year old came home from school and told me that one of the teachers had shown the video of Mordechai Kedar on al-Jazeera talking about Jerusalem. He started telling me about the clip and I pulled it up from my blog for him (of course, he saw it with Hebrew subtitles in school and I showed it to him with English subtitles). Part of that clip is below - the full clip is here.Here'sCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-22132011066613391972012-01-29T08:30:00.003+02:002012-01-29T08:40:48.381+02:00Video: Left and Right unite on IsraelHere's a fascinating video that shows Bob Kunst, who has been with the Democratic Left all his life talking about supporting Israel with Dr. Rich Swier. I'll tell you the conclusion because it's in the first video anyway: Obama must go. Kunst, who has never voted Republican in his life is ready to vote for Newt.Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0