Zaid Jilani has many credentials as an activist of the left. He was a
blogger at the Center for American Progress’ Think Progress site, the
unofficially official spin project for Obama Inc, until he was fired for excessive anti-semitism, even by the standards of a site run by a man who had helped fundraise for Hamas before going to work for Nancy Pelosi.
Jilani went on to blog for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee,
also known as Bold Progressives, which is behind the Draft Elizabeth
Warren campaign. He currently writes for Salon.
A reminder of the difference between the 'Palestinians' and Israel
Isn't it a pity that the New York Post chose to depict this mass adulation of terrorists as showing the difference between Israel and Hamas... as if Abu Bluff's 'Palestinian Authority' doesn't also regard the two terrorist murderers who were buried last week as 'martyrs.'
As The Jerusalem Post reports, thousands of mourners marched Tuesday
in honor of two men who were the lead suspects in the murder of three
Israeli teens.
The two dead men, Marwan Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha, were both
affiliated with Hamas, and were killed during a gun battle with Israeli
troops. Mourners waved Hamas and Palestinian flags as they carried the
two bodies through Hebron.
We’re talking about two men whose victims were not soldiers but three Israeli students.
Now compare this to the Israeli response to the horrific, retaliatory
killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khudair. Israeli
authorities pulled all stops to hunt down and arrest those suspected in
the killing.
Three Israelis have now been indicted for the killing of this
innocent Arab boy. Two of these suspects also face charges of trying to
commit other crimes against Arabs.
Israel is not perfect. But in the clash between the Jewish state and
its enemies, it helps to remember that one side uses all its might to
bring to justice those who target innocent life — while the other too
often celebrates this deadly work so long as the target is a Jew.
Yes, but that 'clash' is not just between Israel and Hamas. It's between Israel and the 'Palestinians.'
Hamas and the 'Palestinian Authority' (Fatah) only differ on tactics. They don't differ on goals. Nearly all 'Palestinians' regard those two terrorists as heroes. It's time to stop pretending that it's 'only' Hamas that hates us.
The murderer is Ziad Awad. Awad is 42 and is from the village of Idna. He was arrested at the beginning of the month along with his 18-year old son Iz-a-Din, who helped plan the terror attack and helped his father to escape. The family that plays together....
Awad carried out the attack with a Kalashnikov rifle while riding a motorcycle. He told his son that he did it for the sake of Islam and that those who murder Jews gain admittance to Paradise. So much for anyone who still believes that this is not a religious war.
Awad was originally arrested in 1999 and sentenced to 27 years in jail for murdering 'Palestinian collaborators.' He was released in the 2011 terrorists for Gilad trade.
The army says it was a miracle that no one other than Mizrachi was killed - Awad shot hundreds of rounds.
I believe that tens of people should spend some time in Mizpe Hila this summer in front of the Shalit home with pictures of Mizrachi.
I also believe that Awad (not from the same village as - but possible related to - the two Awad scumbags who murdered the Fogel family of Itamar in 2011) and his son ought to get the death penalty. It's long past time to start implementing it.
UPDATE 2:22 PM
Israel to renew punitive measure - discontinued in 2005 - of destroying homes of terrorists. Will start with home of B. Mizrachi's killer.
— Herb Keinon (@HerbKeinon) June 23, 2014
I'm sure Leftist Noam Shalit will lead a demonstration against the home demolition. He's only into collective punishment when Jews are being punished.
But the death penalty would be much better. It is the only thing that will assure that Awad will never again go free.
'Palestinians': 'Our blood is redder than Jewish blood'
A 'Palestinian Authority minister' who condemned the Passover eve terror attack in which Baruch Mizrachi HYD (May God Avenge his blood) was murdered, is still being subjected to condemnation by other 'Palestinians,' including his own family.
The report in the Israeli media about the minister's supposed
condemnation has triggered an unprecedented smear campaign against
al-Habbash.
Within minutes, a photograph of the minister, dressed up as a Jewish rabbi, appeared on many Palestinian websites, making him the public's number one enemy.
Al-Habbash's attempts to deny that he had condemned the terrorist attack have fallen on deaf ears. Many Palestinians appealed to PA President Mahmoud Abbas to fire him and bring him to trial for causing damage to the Palestinian cause.
In a futile bid to contain the public outcry, the beleaguered al-Habbash told
a Ramallah-based TV station, "I didn't use the word condemn. I only
said that the Palestinian leadership rejects all acts of violence."
The minister's family in the Gaza Strip rushed to issue a statement
"disowning" him over his purported condemnation of the terrorist attack.
In the statement, the al-Habbash clan said,
"We are proud of the heroic operation in Hebron and of every man and
child fighting against the occupation. We disown him and anyone who
embraces the despicable Israeli enemy."
The family later issued another statement denying that it had disowned the minister.
The attacks on al-Habbash have come from Palestinians representing
all walks of life, including the ruling Fatah faction in the West Bank.
Zakariya Zubeidi, a well-known former leader of Fatah's terrorist group, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, called
on al-Habbash to apologize to the Palestinians. "If your blood is like
the blood of the Zionists, our blood is not," Zubeidi declared.
What nice people! I'll bet they'll stop behaving this way once we give them a 'state.' /sarc
They should have been buried at sea wrapped in pigskin a long time ago
They should have been buried at sea, wrapped in pigskins (and fed to sharks) a long time ago. Instead, 'Palestinian' media are reporting that Israel is to return the bodies of two 'Palestinian' suicide bombers from the last decade for heroes' burials.
According to Israel Radio, the Palestinians anticipate that Israel will
transfer the remains of Fatah operative Ayat al-Akhras, the woman who
set off an explosive device attached to her body as she stood at the
entrance to a supermarket in the Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood of
Jerusalem on March 29, 2002. Three Israelis were killed in the attack.
Israel will also hand over the body of Islamic Jihad terrorist Daoud Abu
Sway, the young Palestinian who detonated explosives attached to his
body as he was standing near the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem on
December 5, 2001. Three bystanders were wounded in the attack.
Israel's government really needs its collective heads examined.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the ugliest of them all?
Writing in the Arab News, Abdulateef al-Muhlim argues that the Arab spring has revealed the true face of the Arabs, and it's an ugly sight (Hat Tip: Herb G).
Everyone knows the truth, but we won’t admit it. During the Arab Spring,
we saw our real faces in the mirrors. It showed that the Arabs were
never united and are now divided beyond anybody’s imagination. We hate
each other more than we hate the outside enemy. This is why no one in
the Arab world showed any sympathy to the Syrians when Israeli planes
attacked Syrian targets a few weeks ago. As a matter of fact, even
hardcore anti-Israelis wished the Israeli planes had continued eastward
and attacked the Syrian Presidential Palace and killed an Arab leader
named Bashar Assad. In other words, many in the Arab world sided with
Israel against an Arab country. After the attack, we saw many Syrians
approach the Israeli-fortified checkpoints in the Golan Heights, not to
attack Israeli soldiers, but to seek refuge and get medical attention. I
am not talking about simple medical care. I am talking about major
surgeries like the four-year-old Syrian girl who got a heart transplant
at Wolfson Hospital in Holon, Israel.
This is the real Arab Spring. Syrians are hurting Syrians and the
Israelis are the ones who treat the Syrian wounds. Yes, the Arab Spring
is a joke and I mean a very bad joke. The Arab Spring is not about
seeking democracy, it is about Arabs killing Arabs. And this is why
Israeli soldiers are busy on the Golan Heights. They are not busy with
loading ammunition; they are busy picking cherries and other fruits.
What is more, they are also busy giving guided tours to show the world
Syrian planes targeting civilians, Scud missiles destroying villages and
tanks attacking schools and mosques. What goes inside Syria is more
horrific. Syrian men humiliate Syrian women in front of their relatives,
rape and kill them. It is not only the killing that is ugly. We saw a
Syrian kill another Syrian and then open his chest with a knife and take
a bite of his heart. It can’t get any uglier.
Now, mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the ugliest of them all? Well,
they are all ugly. It has turned out that the Arab Spring is not about a
search for democracy, social justice and better standards of living.
The Arab Spring is all about hate and sectarian violence. The world
didn’t hear anything about rebuilding the countries or eradicating
poverty. The talk is all about fighting among the same people from the
same country.
Here's LATMA's song of the week - the Language of the Arab Man. I had to watch this with the sound off so you can all let me know how the music is. Aren't subtitles great?
Girl tells 'Palestinian Authority' Television Jerusalem to be 'redeemed' with children's blood
A young 'Palestinian' girl has told viewers on official 'Palestinian Authority' Television that Jerusalem will be 'redeemed' with children's blood.
On a children's program, Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a girl
singing a song anticipating the defeat of Israel in battle. The opening
of the song demonizes Israel as an oppressor that took the young girl
prisoner, thereby preventing her from attending "school" and playing
"games": Israel "took my book away... tied me up, blindfolded me and
threw me in a tank."
The end of the song encourages youth to take part in "free[ing] every
inch from the foreigner's clutch," and promotes sacrificing themselves
"by the blood of the youth," so that "Jerusalem will return to us."
[PA TV (Fatah, Sept. 8, 2012]
Let's go to the videotape.
You teach your children nursery rhymes, and the 'Palestinians' teach their children to be 'martyrs.'
For those who still wonder why there is no peace between Israel and these savages, there are more examples here.
Two aspects of the Gilad Shalit story that are ignored by the mass media but should provide food for thought for all of you. First, the 'celebrations' that took place on Tuesday in Gaza and Ramallah and the rhetoric that accompanied them, speak volumes about the readiness of a society that lionizes mass murderers to make peace. And on this point, there is no difference between Hamas and Fatah.
Second, the readiness of countries like Qatar and Turkey (such behavior is expected from Syria, and probably obligatory from Egypt and Jordan, where the mass murderers have families) to accept some of the most heinous terrorists speak volumes about the readiness of the Arab and Muslim worlds to make peace with Israel, and about the depth of the break between Israel and Turkey.
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