tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204987882012-01-30T23:15:29.568+02:00Israel MatzavCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.comBlogger250591100tag: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.com2tag: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.com3tag: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.com6tag: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.com1tag: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.com5tag: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.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-31623880049167209192012-01-29T05:46:00.001+02:002012-01-29T05:46:00.964+02:00Video: Barack Obama's ValentineToo good to not post. Here's Barack Hussein Obama's valentine. Can you guess who it is?Let's go to the videotape.Heh.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-54167448686725698062012-01-29T03:39:00.000+02:002012-01-29T03:39:00.511+02:00Overnight music videoHere's Avraham Fried with Mitzva Gedola (It is a great mitzva to be happy always).Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-18868933798805601492012-01-29T02:26:00.003+02:002012-01-29T02:32:33.480+02:00Netanyahu takes a page out of Sharon's book, threatens to fire ministersYou may recall that when Ariel Sharon was Prime Minister, and he could not get his cabinet to vote in favor of expelling all the Jews from Gaza, he fired ministers and got himself a new cabinet. Binyamin Netanyahu has apparently learned from Sharon. He is about to do the same thing over the issue of 'illegal outposts.' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to inform Likud ministers on Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-53943807697761637002012-01-29T01:19:00.003+02:002012-01-29T01:19:00.817+02:00'Palestinian' girls and women having forced hysterectomies at 'Palestinian Authority' hospitals This story actually comes from a 'Palestinian' blogger who claims to have fled the 'Israeli occupation forces' to Vienna. I guess that's why she's free to write stories like this one.There are a large number of hysterectomies being done at 'Palestinian' hospitals, allegedly on girls and women who have 'mental disabilities.' But maybe they don't. And maybe the hysterectomies are being done to Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91958172061885296672012-01-29T00:29:00.002+02:002012-01-29T01:14:38.673+02:00Tuba Zanghariya mosque fire was set by Muslims!I trust that many of you remember the Tuba Zanghariya mosque fire back in October, and all the Israeli politicians tripping over each other to apologize to the 'Israeli Arabs' and to blame the evil 'settlers' for another 'price tag' attack. If you don't read French, you probably don't know that the crime has been solved. I know you'll all be shocked to hear that no 'settlers' were involved. The Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-25595181364014025332012-01-28T23:28:00.003+02:002012-01-28T23:28:00.368+02:00Mubarak asks World leaders to save himEgyptian daily Ruz al-Yusuf reported on Saturday that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has asked nine World leaders to intervene to allow his family to leave Egypt and to save his life. In the letters, which were most likely addressed to the United States, France, Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Lebanon, the ailing Mubarak pleaded with the leaders to mount pressure on Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-8811982596593320072012-01-28T22:35:00.003+02:002012-01-28T22:48:48.751+02:00What's a terror organization to do?What's a terror organization like Hamas to do? Longtime politburo chief Khaled Meshaal wants to retire. Meshaal has also effectively left Syria, embarrassed by Bashar al-Assad's crackdown, which is killing Sunni allies of Meshaal's patron, the Muslim Brotherhood. Iran has stopped funding Hamas - bringing an end to an odd situation where a Shiite terror state was supporting a Sunni terror Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-40611806306374414222012-01-28T21:16:00.004+02:002012-01-28T21:16:00.652+02:00US bunker busters can't destroy Iranian nuke plantsThe United States has concluded that its existing bunker busters are not capable of destroying Iran's underground nuclear facilities, and it is seeking strong weapons. But initial tests indicated that the bomb, as currently configured, wouldn't be capable of destroying some of Iran's facilities, either because of their depth or because Tehran has added new fortifications to protect them.Doubts Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-33728190663265534992012-01-28T20:37:00.001+02:002012-01-28T20:37:00.157+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Friday, January 27. 1) The fault lines of the 'Arab Spring'Jonathan Spyer in PJMedia 'Arab Spring' leaves a weakened Hezbollah: This investment in the survival of Assad indicates which of the four aspects of Hezbollah’s identity mentioned above are most important to it. The link with the Iran-led alliance and maintaining the ability to wage warCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-42985628785181411712012-01-28T19:53:00.002+02:002012-01-28T19:53:00.143+02:00Abu Mazen's witch huntIt couldn't happen to a nicer guy, but.... Abu Mazen is really obsessed with Mohamed Dahlan. The unraveling occurred in the summer of 2007, when Hamas overran the Gaza Strip and picked apart the Palestinian Authority’s forces there. Someone needed to be blamed. Although Dahlan had been out of the country for medical treatment, Fatah figures began calling for his removal. Dahlan resigned, but Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-53681222671936365982012-01-28T18:32:00.003+02:002012-01-28T18:32:00.468+02:00The most popular video of the week is....Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.You won't believe what the most popular video on YouTube was this week, garnering over 40 MILLION hits.Let's go to the videotape.More here.I wonder why he didn't mention Iran.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-36694063837042197592012-01-27T16:33:00.001+02:002012-01-27T16:33:00.425+02:00Sabbath music videoHere's Mordechai Ben David with l'Keil asher shovas (to the God who rested), which comes from the Sabbath morning prayers.Let' s go to the videotape.Shabbat Shalom everyone.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-57564123134838433572012-01-27T15:46:00.002+02:002012-01-27T15:46:00.817+02:00Israel makes border proposal to 'Palestinians'; 'Palestinians' call it non-starterAt the final round of the Amman talks this past week, Israel presented the 'Palestinians' with a proposal to resolve the borders issue despite the fact that it is not in Israel's interest to resolve borders without the rest of the open issues being resolved at least at the same time. According to the official, Molcho did not draw a line on a map, but rather spoke in general principles about what Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-48270733821161963162012-01-27T14:52:00.004+02:002012-01-27T14:52:00.437+02:00Israel believes Iran is bluffingI don't remember whether I have ever said this on the blog, and given that it's Friday afternoon, I'm not going to look. But trust me on this - deep down, I don't believe that Iran will retaliate in any meaningful way if we take out their nukes. They might have Hamas and Hezbullah shoot off some rockets (and take the retaliatory hits), but I don't believe Iran is going to go to war with us over Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-90332874509945669742012-01-27T13:55:00.003+02:002012-01-27T14:12:32.321+02:00LATMA's tribal update featuring Ahmed Tibi's Zionist roots and the Obama administration guarantees the peace with EgyptHere's the weekly LATMA tribal update featuring Ahmed Tibi's Zionist roots and the Obama administration guarantees the peace with Egypt.Let's go to the videotape.Two small tips. Obama's adviser's name is Zelokoreili ("Zeh-lo-korei-li"), which in Hebrew means "it doesn't happen to me."And the building pictured in the last item is the Knesset (I wonder how they decided to use that and not the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-20332308497382922362012-01-27T12:42:00.001+02:002012-01-27T12:42:00.456+02:00Israel cuts Turkey off from UAV technologyIt's about time! Israel has decided that it will no longer supply UAV technology to Turkey (Hat Tip: Joshua I). This comes from a Turkish military website and as you read this, you will feel some of the tension between the Turkish military and the Erdogan regime. Growing political hostility between Turkey and Israel has led to the Israeli military cancelling the export permit for UAVs and supportCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-78964044078737386662012-01-27T11:51:00.004+02:002012-01-27T13:55:52.016+02:00Assad's mercenariesI would have suspected this even if they had not reported it, but now that it's been reported, we can make it official. The people doing the shooting in the streets of Damascus are forces loyal to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and to Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah. SYRIA is deploying large numbers of Hezbollah and Iranian snipers as "military consultants" to murder anti-regime Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-5228690808199648032012-01-27T10:54:00.004+02:002012-01-27T10:54:00.581+02:00Maybe this will convince the morons in the Obama administration to rethink the Muslim BrotherhoodJust a few hours ago, I reported that the Obama administration plans to reward the Muslim Brotherhood for refusing to speak with Israel by speeding up US aid to Egypt. Now, it appears that the shoe is on the other foot as well. Perhaps that will change things.Reports out of Cairo indicate that six Americans who were working for American-funded organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-51099009096262239232012-01-27T09:56:00.003+02:002012-01-27T09:56:00.887+02:00Video: Romney and Gingrich both tell a 'Palestinian' why there's no peaceHere's a clip from Thursday night's Republican debate in Florida with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both telling a 'Palestinian-American' why there's no peace in the Middle East.Let's go to the videotape. I'll have more beneath the fold.YNet refers to this as a 'rare agreement' between Romney and Gingrich.All I ask is that whoever of them wins (or Santorum or anyone else in the race other than Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-28331773326850861192012-01-27T08:47:00.001+02:002012-01-27T08:51:09.867+02:00Sudanese cleric: Jews want to claim property in the Arab world, next they'll sue the apesThis ought to give you an idea of the depth of anti-Semitism in the Muslim world. As far as I recall, there were never any Jews living in Sudan and no one is claiming that they abandoned property there as is the case throughout the Arab world. Nevertheless, here's a scathing attack on Jews (not Israelis, Jews) from a Sudanese cleric who worries we will 'sue the apes.'Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-77653722781658172312012-01-27T03:48:00.001+02:002012-01-27T03:48:00.183+02:00Overnight music videoThis week's Torah portion is Bo, which includes the Exodus from Egypt. And so, without further ado, here are Yaakov Shwekey and Yonatan Razel with v'Hi she'Amda (And that which stood for our forefathers and for us) from the Passover Haggada.Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-79123253969505344322012-01-27T02:59:00.004+02:002012-01-27T02:59:00.212+02:00Obama rewards Muslim refusal to talk with IsraelEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood has announced that it will not talk to Israel - a country with which it has a peace treaty. And US President Barack Hussein Obama has announced that he will reward the Brotherhood by speeding up assistance to it. This is from the first link (Hat Tip: Dan F). Mahmoud Ghazlan told London’s Asharq Alawsat daily that the Islamist group’s position is “clear and not up for Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-37408085527425788372012-01-27T00:58:00.003+02:002012-01-27T02:29:35.993+02:00Why Iran won't just 'be sensible'Melanie Phillips on why Iran won't just come to its senses. Some think its belated show of strength is just sabre-rattling in a US presidential year. This is unlikely. What’s much more likely is that the west is putting on a show of strength to show Iran that the west ‘really, really means it’ in order to get Iran to ‘come to its senses’.To which there are three points to make. First, this is allCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-31586919066895551802012-01-26T23:49:00.006+02:002012-01-27T00:28:36.182+02:00Where is World Jewry?I don't know how many of my readers came of age in the 1960's and 1970's. I spent most of the 1970's - particularly my four years at Bir Zeit on the Hudson in the latter part of the decade - attending demonstrations like the one pictured above (which is from the 1960's). I had a yarmulka that said "I am my brother's keepah." I wore a rusting silver bracelet of sorts (which quickly turned green) Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-36198256454650717752012-01-26T22:10:00.003+02:002012-01-26T22:10:00.294+02:00Time Magazine: Israeli military expert told cabinet Israel can't delay Iran for more than a yearTime Magazine is claiming that a senior IDF officer told the cabinet last year that an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear installations will not set Iran back more than a year.But could Israel go it alone?...But as quoted by a senior security official, the assessment offered to the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last autumn was not altogether encouraging: “I informed the cabinet we Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-38537052929529712012-01-26T21:27:00.000+02:002012-01-26T21:27:01.046+02:00Peres in Davos offers 'Palestinians' a 'state' without 'negotiations'At the World economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, Israel's first astronaut, Shimon Peres, told the 'Palestinians' that they already have their 'state' and therefore there is no need for 'negotiations.' During a discussion on the chances for peace in the Middle East, Peres praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad for their state-building efforts, including Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-68266182075584309512012-01-26T20:32:00.002+02:002012-01-26T20:32:00.756+02:00Report: Turkish firms buying up foreign corporationsFor a few years, Godiva Chocolates in the United States were under Kosher supervision, and I would occasionally bring some back to Israel with me for Mrs. Carl. Lately, they are not under Kosher supervision, as far as I can tell, and perhaps this has something to do with it: Godiva is now owned by a Turkish company. Turkish firms in the past five years have made 68 foreign acquisitions totaling Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-35414561296315829622012-01-26T19:47:00.003+02:002012-01-26T19:47:00.556+02:00Judea, Samaria and AndalusiaYoram Ettinger argues that the reason why Israel can never buy peace by giving up land in Judea and Samaria can be found on the Iberian Peninsula in Andalusia. Andalusia is the name that the Muslim world uses to refer to the area of southwestern Spain that includes Grenada (whose most important landmark, the Alhambra Palace, is pictured above) and Cordoba, the birthplace of the Rambam (MaimonidesCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-45043649542059484932012-01-26T18:30:00.004+02:002012-01-26T18:39:04.004+02:00Priceless: Israeli hackers bring down Press TV, Iranian government ministryAs of the moment that I am posting this, you cannot access Iran's English language Press TV, but if you could, the picture above is what you would see. Israeli hackers have brought down Press TV, as well as two websites belonging to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education. The hackers, who call themselves "IDF Team," said their actions were a response to a series of attacks on Israeli Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-12059390358943664912012-01-26T16:16:00.005+02:002012-01-26T16:22:51.149+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, January 26. 1) Mahmoud the two-facedMaariv (in Hebrew) reported (translated by Daily Alert) The talks underway between Israel and the Palestinians in Amman have not lead to any progress. The opposite is true: the Palestinians refused to talk with Israel on the issues related to security arrangements for their future state, even thoughCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-34734221424515103602012-01-26T14:39:00.002+02:002012-01-26T14:39:00.935+02:00Egypt was freer under MubarakOn Wednesday, Reporters Without Borders issued their annual survey of freedom of the press. I must admit that I find their methods suspect. For example, they dropped the US from 20th to 47th most free press because reporters were arrested covering the Occupy movement. I was taught that if you break the law, you get arrested, even if you have a press card. And it goes without saying to forget Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-61830248977759463992012-01-26T13:42:00.003+02:002012-01-26T13:42:00.278+02:00Really neat video of tiny IDF drone in actionHere's video of an IDF Skylark I-LE unmanned aerial vehicle in action. The Skylark is small, lightweight, can be carried by one person and be set up to be ready to fly in less than eight minutes. It can fly for three hours, has live video-feed, and flies day and night, in any weather. It is extremely quiet too.Let's go to the videotape.Looks like one of those model planes we flew in the park whenCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-8073576117699519532012-01-26T12:54:00.005+02:002012-01-26T16:25:57.483+02:00Breaking: Mossad strikes again? Iranian F-14 fighter jet crashes near BushehrAn Iranian F-14 fighter jet mysteriously crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday morning. Near Bushehr. An Iranian military plane crashed in the early hours of Thursday near the Gulf coast, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, saying no reason had yet been given for the incident."An F-14 crashed three minutes after take-off at 4:30 a.m. (8 p.m. ET) near the city of Bushehr," Fars Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-10152238350144336022012-01-26T11:46:00.002+02:002012-01-26T12:06:42.970+02:00It's the Jewish money, stupid!You will recall that earlier this week, I posted a video circulated by the Obama campaign that featured Israeli government leaders - including Prime Minister Netanyahu - praising Barack Hussein Obama.To refresh your memories, let's go to the videotape.At Yisrael HaYom, Ruthie Blum explains to us why the video was made. It's not about the Jewish vote. It's about the Jewish money. And Prime Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32537547130810279732012-01-26T10:28:00.004+02:002012-01-26T11:04:34.309+02:00The beginning of the end for Ahmadinejad and Khameni?Benny Weinthal suggests that the sanctions imposed on Iran by Europe last week may be a watershed in the Iranian regime's ability to survive. While the U.S. and the EU do not advocate regime change in Iran, sanctions could breathe life into Iran’s struggling pro-democracy movement. Contrary to popular belief, robust economic sanctions have not unified the population against the West. Since Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-9211625910956259512012-01-26T09:46:00.004+02:002012-01-26T09:46:00.280+02:00Why you might want to buy a ChevroletAn Egyptian shiekh has issued a fatwah against Chevrolets. "And I think to myself, what a wonderful world..."A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the American brand’s logo looks like the Christian cross.In the video below, prominent Egyptian TV presenter Amr Adeeb takes the sheikh’s joke-of-a-fatwa to task, saying, “Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-86149332683422318902012-01-26T08:39:00.004+02:002012-01-26T09:06:15.702+02:00What the BDS'ers are planning for 2012 The Meir Amit terrorism information center has some details about our enemies' plans for the coming months. 3. Thus a number of propaganda events are planned for the upcoming months, the most prominent of which are marches originating in the Arab states bordering on Israel, and possibly also from the Palestinian Authority, to be held on or around the Israeli Arab "Land Day" (March 30); a protestCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-14816466461879453322012-01-26T07:53:00.005+02:002012-01-26T08:39:06.917+02:00Oil deals being made in local currency ignoring the dollarChina and Qatar have reached an agreement to price their oil deals in Chinese yuan. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, who visited Doha last week, disclosed at a press conference on Friday: a) China proposes to invest in the manufacturing of ”downstream oil products, which are most urgently needed by Qatar”; b) China and Qatar signed an agreement to jointly build a refinery in Taizhou, Zheijiang,Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-7465509820740557702012-01-26T03:42:00.002+02:002012-01-26T03:46:48.687+02:00Overnight music videoFriday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here is Mordechai Ben David singing Yizkerem (May He remember them) in memory of the 6,000,000 Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-76671935652927440772012-01-26T02:41:00.003+02:002012-01-26T02:44:42.648+02:00The IDF has a long history of disputes with its RabbinateContrary to popular perception, there is a long and interesting history of disputes between the IDF and its rabbinical corps, including some cases where the rabbis refused to follow orders or advised soldiers to refuse to follow orders.You can read about some of them here.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-228855617855786272012-01-26T01:14:00.005+02:002012-01-26T01:23:01.410+02:00Target rich environmentHow's this for a target rich environment? Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has been invited to Tehran. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's Deputy and Hamas Foreign Minister Mohammed Awad confirmed that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited Haniyeh for a visit to Iran.Speaking to FNA, Awad said that Haniyeh received Ahmadinejad's invitation letter on Tuesday.He stressed the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-58953637935988509112012-01-26T00:23:00.000+02:002012-01-26T00:23:00.123+02:00Turkey won't let NATO use its territory to attack IranPresident Obama's favorite Middle East leader will not allow NATO - of which his country is a member - to use his territory in an attack on Iran.Turkey, a member of NATO, will not give the Alliance territory for a military strike on Iran, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, RIA Novosti reports.The official added that Turkey has been agitating NATO to avoid attacks on neighbors of Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-85712747522188892702012-01-25T23:38:00.000+02:002012-01-25T23:38:00.102+02:00Salafist leader compares Christians of Egypt to Jews of MedinaIn this video, a leader of Egypt's Salafist movement (second largest party in parliament) compares the Christians of Egypt with the Jews of Medina. This ought not to give Christians a warm and fuzzy feeling: Mohamed eventually massacred the Jews of Medina.Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-32036559818821626992012-01-25T22:38:00.002+02:002012-01-25T22:59:46.655+02:00Why some Jews hate ObamaOf course this JTA piece published in the JPost depicts Jews who hate and fear Obama as paranoid. Obama is hardly the first president to be called an anti-Semite or hostile to Israel. In 1991, George H.W. Bush found himself the subject of withering Jewish criticism when he sought to delay $10 billion in loan guarantees for Israel unless Jerusalem agreed to a settlement freeze in the West Bank andCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-33600944644167510652012-01-25T21:09:00.004+02:002012-01-25T21:22:54.894+02:00Amman talks a failure, Jordan threatens sanctionsThe 'Palestinians' have announced that they will not continue meeting with Israeli negotiators in Amman unless and until Israel accepts the 1949 armistice lines as its borders. As a result, Jordan's King Abdullah is blaming Israel for the talks' failure and threatening Israel with sanctions. This is from the first link. The Palestinian Authority will not restart direct peace negotiations with Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-69148611925506089002012-01-25T19:14:00.000+02:002012-01-25T19:32:18.559+02:00Will Israel attack Iran? Maybe with an hour's noticeWriting in the New York Times, Ronen Bergman, one of Israel's top security analysts, asks whether Israel will attack Iran (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). Based on the questions that Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Bergman require affirmative responses before an attack can be undertaken, the answer to that question would appear to be no. But things are not always as they appear to be. Here are the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-7324787934122615022012-01-25T18:20:00.002+02:002012-01-25T18:24:54.212+02:00Obama's State of the Union message to IsraelPresident Obama's State of the Union address was mostly about domestic issues, but there was a brief section about foreign policy, which Barry Rubin analyzes here. It included this brief section about Israel. “Our iron-clad commitment to Israel’s security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history.”This is a carefully constructed sentence which I find makes meCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-10519623323748167712012-01-25T17:21:00.008+02:002012-01-25T17:29:03.321+02:00Soccer Dad's Middle East Media SamplerHere's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Wednesday, January 25. 1) Really?The New York Times has a short item, Lebanon: Former General Sentenced in Spying Case. The former general, Fayez Karam was convicted of giving information to Israel. I've been skeptical of these announced arrests of spies in Lebanon. Two years is an awfully light sentence for an espionage conviction.2) Fouad Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-39938977175072976882012-01-25T16:04:00.003+02:002012-01-25T16:04:00.695+02:00Video: If Israel gave up Judea and Samaria today, would there be peace tomorrow?If Israel gave up Judea and Samaria today, would there be peace tomorrow?Watch this video and decide for yourselves.Let's go to the videotape.No, there would be no peace. And there would be no Israel, God forbid.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-67718531655833622092012-01-25T15:25:00.000+02:002012-01-25T15:25:00.661+02:00Look who's warning about another HolocaustAnd you thought it was only 'hysterical Jews' who worry about another Holocaust.Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W).Hmmm.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-57938574985298825502012-01-25T14:30:00.000+02:002012-01-25T14:30:00.776+02:00A lecture worth hearingAny of you who are in the New York City area on Wednesday afternoon (today) may want to pop over to Washington Square to hear Chicago professor Eugene Kontorovich speak to the NYU Federalist Society on 'disputing occupation.' On Wednesday, January 25, Eugene Kontorovich will discuss the topic of "Disputing Occupation: Israel's Borders and International Law." The speech will examine such central Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-76863221442578879392012-01-25T13:14:00.000+02:002012-01-25T13:14:00.075+02:00Just what you always suspected: FDR opposed bombing AuschwitzA new study by the US Holocaust Museum has concluded that Franklin Roosevelt himself opposed bombing the Auschwitz death camp (Hat Tip: Dan F).A new two year study by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, DC reveals the opposition by WWII American President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) to bombing the Auschwitz Birkenau death complex in Southern Poland in the summer of Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-2805232173564060862012-01-25T12:43:00.002+02:002012-01-25T12:43:00.549+02:00The Arab spring's biggest loserCaroline Glick has a devastating critique of the Arab spring's biggest loser. TO UNDERSTAND the depth and breadth of America’s losses, consider that on January 25, 2011, most Arab states were US allies to a greater or lesser degree. Mubarak was a strategic ally. Saleh was willing to collaborate with the US in combating al- Qaida and other jihadist forces in his country.Gaddafi was a neutered Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-70167682122635067512012-01-25T11:58:00.003+02:002012-01-25T11:58:00.531+02:00What is wrong with us?Turkey's Daily Hurriyet reports that Cemil Çiçek, the speaker of the Turkish parliament, has declined an invitation to visit Israel from his Israeli counterpart, Ruby Rivlin (pictured) (Hat Tip: Joshua I). Çiçek thanked the Israeli parliamentary speaker for his "kind" invitation, but said such a visit could only occur after relations between the two countries have improved."I am not accepting theCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-29720625575142261542012-01-25T10:59:00.001+02:002012-01-25T10:59:00.744+02:00'Palestinian refugees' visit 'West Bank'How was this allowed to happen? 'Palestinian refugees' from Lebanon, Syria and Jordan were allowed to visit the 'West Bank' (Judea and Samaria) recently.Let's go to the videotape. Forget for a minute the al-Reuters report that completely reflects the 'Palestinian' narrative. That's de rigeur there. But why is the Israeli government, which ought to be doing all it can to disabuse the 'Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-80169774730570080752012-01-25T09:40:00.003+02:002012-01-25T09:40:00.156+02:00Kevin Paul DuPont's double standardI grew up a rabid Boston sports fan, and I still follow my teams from Israel, so I hope you all will forgive me one more slightly off-topic post.When I wrote my Tim Thomas post on Tuesday night, I was looking in the dark for someone from Boston who skipped out on one of the championship trips to the White House when George W. Bush was in office. My mistake was including Kevin Paul DuPont in the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-55672633179399355012012-01-25T08:26:00.003+02:002012-01-25T08:37:58.812+02:00Attorney General orders investigation into Mufti's incitementAttorney General Yehuda Weinstein has ordered the police to open an investigation into incitement against Jews by the Mufti of the 'Palestinian Authority,' Muhammad Hussein. This is from the first link.On Tuesday afternoon, deputy state attorney Shai Nitzan sent a letter to the police asking them to investigate the Mufti on suspicions of racism and incitement to violence.The Mufti made the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-76401950554387663222012-01-25T03:12:00.000+02:002012-01-25T03:12:00.896+02:00Overnight music videoHere's Mordechai Ben David with Siman Tov (A good sign).Let's go to the videotape.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-50558777208329259132012-01-25T02:09:00.003+02:002012-01-25T02:09:00.724+02:00How to vote in the Likud primaryIf you're a member of the Likud (I am), you can find out how to vote in next week's Likud primary by going here (it's in English).Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-9877045279823790332012-01-25T01:25:00.002+02:002012-01-25T01:25:00.597+02:00US leads Security Council charge against IsraelUS ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice forgot on Tuesday that there's an election in nine and a half months and led the charge against Israel in the UN Security Council. This is a preview to what things will look like if God forbid Obama is reelected, and it had a lot in common with a vacuum cleaner, with Tom Brady's performance in the AFC Championship game and with Kevin Paul DuPont. Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-43608840155606275682012-01-25T00:15:00.008+02:002012-01-25T00:52:19.264+02:00Timmy Thomas refuses to meet ObamaBoston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, the second American-born player ever to win the Conn Smythe trophy as the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup finals, has caused a bit of a scandal by skipping the team's White House visit with President Obama on Monday. The Bruins are in Washington to play the Capitals on Tuesday evening. Tim Thomas, one of two American players on last year’s roster, chose Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-91410541151263963752012-01-24T23:29:00.003+02:002012-01-24T23:41:35.738+02:00Anti-nuke group slams Fiat, J Lo for sales in IranI'm at a bit of a disadvantage here - I've never seen Jennifer Lopez's advertisements for Fiat.United Against a Nuclear Iran has posted this video parody on YouTube which uses J Lo to slam Fiat for selling cars in Iran.Let's go to the videotape.Here's more: "Thousands of our supporters have been writing to Fiat, and expressing their opposition to Fiat's continued irresponsible business in Iran," Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-14884569097499534202012-01-24T22:23:00.003+02:002012-01-24T22:28:25.687+02:00Watch video of a terror attackThe IDF has released video of a terror attack that took place a few weeks ago near Maaleh Shomron in Samaria.Let's go to the videotape and then we'll look at the story behind it.In a joint IDF-ISA activity, IDF soldiers arrested the suspects responsible for carrying out the gunfire attack that occurred on Saturday, December 24, 2011, directed at an Israeli vehicle heading towards Ma’ale Shomeron,Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-76907258737684427732012-01-24T20:19:00.000+02:002012-01-24T20:19:00.239+02:00How Netanyahu really feels about ObamaLast week, the Obama reelection campaign released a seven-minute video that tried to show that Israeli leaders consider the President to be pro-Israel. Joel Pollak points out that much of the footage in that video was old and that none of it was an actual endorsement of Obama's reelection by the Israelis, which of course they would not do for any candidate. Pollak also posts a video that is much Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-78387099630733161772012-01-24T19:18:00.001+02:002012-01-24T19:18:00.390+02:00They're not laughing anymoreI haven't read the whole thing yet, but here's an interview with Likud leadership candidate Moshe Feiglin, who might - just might - upset Prime Minister Netanyahu in next week's Likud primary. Part 1 is here and part 2 is here.And yes, I recommend that you vote for Moshe Feiglin in next week's Likud primary. He's entirely l'Shem Shamayim (for the sake of Heaven).Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0