The New York Times brushes off attempted murder
The New York Times does a story on the
arrest of Ezra Nawi for
turning a 'Palestinian' land seller over to the tender mercies of the '
Palestinian security forces' and manages to turn it into an indictment of
free speech in Israel.
Ezra Nawi, an Israeli Jewish plumber, has a long history as a left-wing activist helping Palestinians in their struggle against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Now he is under arrest in Israel, after a right-wing activist surreptitiously filmed him bragging about exposing Arab brokers who tried to sell Palestinian land to Jewish settlers. Such sales are a capital crime under Palestinian law.
Considered
variously as a big-mouthed provocateur and a colorful human-rights
adventurer, Mr. Nawi has become the latest symbol in the battle between
advocacy groups on opposite sides of Israel’s political spectrum, and
the increasingly fierce debate here over the nature of Israeli society
and democracy.
The debate has heated up as Israel’s conservative government is pushing
forward contentious legislation that would require nongovernmental
organizations to disclose funding they receive from foreign governments
in their publications, advertising and meetings with public officials.
The proposed bill, which supporters say is meant to increase
transparency, would apply mainly to leftist groups critical of Israel’s
policy toward the Palestinians, since rightist groups mostly receive
private funding from abroad, and it has already drawn harsh criticism
from the Obama administration and European diplomats.
No, this story is not about the NGO law, which the Times so hates. It's about yet another Leftist fascist who thinks he has the right to endanger other people's lives.
It
is an odd case. Mr. Nawi, described in a 2009 New York Times profile as
“the Robin Hood of the South Hebron Hills,” helping Palestinians who
love him and “thwarting settlers and soldiers who view him with
contempt,” is now accused of endangering the lives of Palestinians. That
is because selling land to Israeli Jews is punishable by death
according to the Palestinian Authority. Although the authority is not
known to have carried out any executions for any offense in more than a
decade, there have been reports of torture in its prisons.
The
Ad Kan video, from about a year ago, shows Mr. Nawi behind the wheel of
his jeep, bragging about what appeared to be a dubious sideline to his
activist work in the West Bank.
He told the man sitting next to him, whom he believed to be a fellow
sympathizer, that he sometimes posed as a land broker and engaged with
other land dealers mediating sales of Palestinian-owned land to Jewish
settlers, then handed over their details to the Palestinian Authority
security services.
Asked what the Authority did with such people, Mr. Nawi said it “catches them and kills them.”
Days later, he was arrested at the airport as he was about to leave the country.
Odd? Not to anyone who knows the history of Israel's prosecutorial regime burying charges against the Left. Only by gathering evidence so convincing that even the Left-leaning Uvda had to run with it or lose all credibility could Nawi's disgusting behavior be exposed.
There is a story here. Too bad it's not the one the Times chose to tell.
Labels: anti-Israel media bias, Arab land sales to Jews, B'Tselem, Ezra Nawi, human rights, human rights activists, human rights NGO's, Israeli Knesset, New York Times, NGO funding, Ta'ayush, traitor
Jewish Voice for 'peace' seeks to free accessory to murder
Israel Radio reported this morning that a Jew and a 'Palestinian' - both 'peace activists' - are being held for meeting with an enemy foreign agent.
While the radio did not disclose who they are, the uber-Leftist Jew-haters at Jewish Voice for 'peace' are
petitioning for his release (if you think my description of JVP is an overstatement, go
here).
If you're wondering why this Jewish-born drek is being held, go
here.
Labels: ADL, Arab land sales to Jews, B'Tselem, Ezra Nawi, human rights, human rights activists, human rights NGO's, Israeli Knesset, Jewish Voice for Peace, NGO funding, Ta'ayush, traitor
Israeli Leftist indicted for planning terror attacks against Israel
An Israeli Leftist who lives in a 'Palestinian refugee' camp is one of three people who has been arrested and charged with
organizing a cell to carry out terror attacks against Israel. (He is not in the picture above).
The suspect, 22-year-old Amir Eyan, who resides in the Nur al-Shams
refugee camp near Tulkarem, contacted an Islamic Jihad operative during
Operation Pillar of Defense in November and discussed with him the
possibility of obtaining weapons to carry out attacks against Jews,
according to the indictment.
Eyan, the Islamic Jihad operative and a third Palestinian man formed a
terror cell in January, the indictment added. The cell planned on
producing weapons and explosive devices and to obtain guns to carry out
shooting attacks against Israeli military targets.
The cell was
arrested after a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) probe into their
activities. The Shin Bet probe found that the men planned to buy a lathe
worth NIS 70,000 to make weapons.
Eyan was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and participation in an illegal organization.
His two partners in the cell were still being investigated by the military advocate-general.
He ought to be charged with treason.
Labels: Palestinian terrorism, traitor
Traitors amongst us: Three Israelis accused of helping Hamas to kidnap African migrants
The person in the picture has nothing to do with the story.
Three Israeli Jews have been arrested and charged with
helping Hamas to kidnap African migrants. Because this story is behind Haaretz's paywall and I have received it by email, I am going to post most of the story.
Three Israeli men from Netanya have been accused of aiding Hamas in
kidnapping African migrants, it was revealed Sunday after a gag order
was lifted on the case.
Ya'akov Grad, Eliran Mahfoud and
Victor Siboni, who were charged with kidnapping for the sake of murder
or extortion by the Jerusalem District Court and Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, are suspected of
serving as money couriers for the past few months to transfer funds to
Hamas
organizations in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Police suspect the deliveries were made regularly, saying that a man
living in Sinai made contact with migrant workers from Eritrea and told them
members of their family, who were on their way from Egypt to Israel,
had been kidnapped and were in his custody. He would have the
family members speak to the migrant workers over the phone in order
to substantiate his claim, and tell them that in return for releasing
their relatives, the migrant workers in Israel must give large
sums of money to the two men, who they must meet at Tel Aviv's Central
Bus Station.
Following that, according to police, the men transferred the money
to East Jerusalem residents who then delivered it to its final
destinations.
Two others were arrested in addition to the
Netanya men: a Jewish minor who was released to house arrest and Louis
Nasr ad-Din, a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, suspected of transferring the money to
Hamas.A prosecutor's statement was served against ad-Din on Sunday by the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court and his remand extended by five days.
Jerusalem police estimate that tens of thousands of shekels were secretly transferred for Hamas in this fashion.
Great. Just great. The Jews who did this should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Labels: Hamas, illegal immigration, traitor
This is rich: Anat Kam may sue Haaretz
Anat Kam, who got a four-year jail term for leaking documents she obtained during her IDF service, while her handlers at Haaretz got off scot free, is now threatening to sue Haaretz and reporter Uri Blau for - get this -
exposing that she was his source (link in Hebrew). Here's part of a
Google translation:
Kam intends to file suit against a newspaper "Haaretz", Uri Blau, due to its exposure as a journalist, he found today (Monday) lawyer, attorney Ilan Bombach, during an appeal filed up to the Supreme Court against the sentence four and a half years imposed on it for delivery of documents IDF's secret. However, the claim will be filed only after the appeal decision, which depends on the sentencing Blau at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, after reaching a plea bargain with the prosecution for possession of confidential information.
...
Bombach also reminded the Tali Fahima convicted in December 2005 into contact with a foreign agent and providing information to the enemy, because of "the tone of regret" was sentenced to three years in prison. "Got completely cooperated with the ISA, once admitted, did not have to shake it or bring the Captain George". Attorney Bombach also argued that KM is not correct to attribute improper ideological motive. "She was young and acted frivolously," he said. He also claimed to be reckoned with in articles and talkbacks against it, that she acquired the label of a traitor, and that she sat for nearly two years under house arrest. He added that if released today, life will be as before, and she always walk around with a mark of Cain.
1,800 documents is an awful lot of documents to give someone 'frivolously.' Something smells really bad here.
Tali Fahima was dating the head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. She wasn't in the IDF. Yes, she was a traitor, but at least she wasn't stealing information as part of her IDF duty. Sorry, but Kam should stay in jail, although Blau should be there with her.
Labels: Anat Kam, Haaretz, traitor, Uri Blau
US spied on Israeli embassy in Washington; Ex-pat Jewish Israeli gave classified info on Israel to Jewish anti-Semitic blogger
In an earlier post, I mentioned that the Drudge Report had reported about
US spying on the Israeli embassy in Washington. I reported that Israel has
long suspected that the US spies on its Washington embassy, a fact that was
confirmed by the New York Times on Tuesday morning.
While treated as highly classified by the F.B.I., the fact that the United States spies on Israel is taken for granted by experts on intelligence. “We started spying on Israel even before the state of Israel was formally founded in 1948, and Israel has always spied on us,” said Mr. Aid, the author. “Israeli intercepts have always been one of the most sensitive categories,” designated with the code word Gamma to indicate their protected status, he said.
But that's not all that the Times confirmed. The Times has confirmed that
Shamai Leibowitz, a contract translator for the CIA, took transcripts of wiretaps of the Israeli embassy and turned them over to Jewish anti-Semitic blogger Richard Silverstein. Leibowitz's conviction for turning over classified information was
widely reported at the time, but the name of the recipient had not been disclosed until now (and the recipient had been
misidentified at the time). Leibowitz is the grandson of
Rabbi Yeshayahu Leibowitz, a prominent Torah scholar who became an extreme Leftist and referred to the IDF as '
Judeo-Nazis.'
Shamai Leibowitz himself was originally an Israeli lawyer who
defended ISM 'activists' from deportation. Eventually Leibowitz emigrated to the United States, but he remains a dual citizen.
While the main headline in the Israeli media on Tuesday morning is the fact that the US
spied on Israel, most of the Times' story is an interview with Silverstein, who has to be one of the most
arrogant SOB's I have ever read in print.
Mr. Silverstein’s account could not be fully corroborated, but it fits the publicly known facts about the case. Spokesmen for the F.B.I., the Justice Department and the Israeli Embassy declined to comment on either eavesdropping on the embassy or Mr. Leibowitz’s crime. He admitted disclosing “classified information concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States,” standard language for the interception of phone calls, e-mails and other messages by the F.B.I. and the National Security Agency, which generally focuses on international communications.
...
Mr. Silverstein, 59, writes a blog called Tikun Olam, named after a Hebrew phrase that he said means “repairing the world.” The blog gives a liberal perspective on Israel and Israeli-American relations [I won't link Silverstein because I don't want to give him any more traffic, but 'liberal perspective' is an understatement. CiJ]. He said he had decided to speak out to make clear that Mr. Leibowitz, though charged under the Espionage Act, was acting out of noble motives [This what prompted me to call Silverstein an arrogant SOB. Who the heck does he think he is? CiJ]. The Espionage Act has been used by the Justice Department in nearly all prosecutions of government employees for disclosing classified information to the news media, including the record-setting five such cases under President Obama.
Mr. Silverstein said he got to know Mr. Leibowitz, a lawyer with a history of political activism, after noticing that he, too, had a liberal-minded blog, called Pursuing Justice. The men shared a concern about repercussions from a possible Israeli airstrike on nuclear facilities in Iran. From his F.B.I. work from January to August of 2009, Mr. Leibowitz also believed that Israeli diplomats’ efforts to influence Congress and shape American public opinion were excessive and improper, Mr. Silverstein said. [And yet, Silverstein admits later in the interview that nothing Israel did goes beyond ordinary lobbying. But even if it did, who were Leibowitz and Silverstein to be the arbiters of that? Where do they come off replacing the Israeli government's judgment with their judgment - from Silver Spring and Seattle - as to what Israel's security requires? CiJ]
“I see him as an American patriot and a whistle-blower, and I’d like his actions to be seen in that context,” Mr. Silverstein said. “What really concerned Shamai at the time was the possibility of an Israeli strike on Iran, which he thought would be damaging to both Israel and the United States.” [Again, who are they to decide that? Who placed them in charge? CiJ]
Mr. Silverstein took the blog posts he had written based on Mr. Leibowitz’s material off his site after the criminal investigation two years ago. [And the Times couldn't find them in the Way Back Machine? We'll have to work on that... CiJ] But he was able to retrieve three posts from April 2009 from his computer and provided them to The New York Times.
The blog posts make no reference to eavesdropping, but describe information from “a confidential source,” wording Mr. Silverstein said was his attempt to disguise the material’s origin.
One post reports that the Israeli Embassy provided “regular written briefings” on Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza to President Obama in the weeks between his election and inauguration [Well, no kidding. It's no secret here that Cast Lead was ended at Obama's 'request' before his inauguration. CiJ]. Another describes calls involving Israeli officials in Jerusalem, Chicago and Washington to discuss the views of members of Congress on Israel. A third describes a call between an unnamed Jewish activist in Minnesota and the Israeli Embassy about an embassy official’s meeting with Representative Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota, who was planning an official trip to Gaza.
Mr. Silverstein said he remembered that embassy officials talked about drafting opinion articles to be published under the names of American supporters. He said the transcripts also included a three-way conversation between a congressman from Texas, an American supporter of the congressman and an embassy official; Mr. Silverstein said he could not recall any of the names.
At his sentencing, Mr. Leibowitz described what he had done as “a one-time mistake that happened to me when I worked at the F.B.I. and saw things which I considered were violation of the law, and I should not have told a reporter about it.” [One-time mistake? Given all those blog posts, it sounds like a many times mistake. CiJ]
That was a reference to Israeli diplomats’ attempts to influence Congress, Mr. Silverstein said, though nothing Mr. Leibowitz described to him appeared to be beyond the bounds of ordinary lobbying.
And by the way, someone in the US Attorney's office in Seattle ought to be looking into prosecuting Silverstein for destroying evidence.
He said he had burned the secret documents in his Seattle backyard after Mr. Leibowitz came under investigation in mid-2009, but he recalled that there were about 200 pages of verbatim records of telephone calls and what seemed to be embassy conversations. He said that in one transcript, Israeli officials discussed their worry that their exchanges might be monitored.
Sounds like destruction of evidence to me.
For those of you who read my quips in the middle of the Times article, it should be clear that I believe that Leibowitz and Silverstein are arrogant people who have - like so many Leftists do - taken upon themselves to decide that they know better than anyone, including elected governments, what is in the best interests of a country and a people. They are vile, disgusting individuals (and yes, I know it's the Jewish month of Elul, but that does not prohibit pointing out evildoers in the hopes of preventing others from falling under their influence).
What should the State of Israel do about this? It should do two things. First, it should point out to the Obama administration that while Leibowitz is going free in a few months (his plea bargain was kept and he is only serving 20 months in jail, far less than he deserves), Jonathan Pollard continues to languish in an American jail with a life sentence. The injustice screams to Heaven.
Second, contrary to popular perception, the State of Israel can
ban both Americans and Jews from entering its borders. Leibowitz and Silverstein should never set foot in this country again.
Labels: CIA, Israeli embassy, Richard Silverstein, Shamai Leibowitz, spying, traitor
The whining Larry Derfner
Larry Derfner
whines about Friday's events at Ben Gurion Airport.
Let me repeat – the police started off arresting the demonstrators, but very shortly their main task was to keep them from being assaulted. They had to hold back the herd = and that’s what these people were, a herd incited by the idea that these protesters, non-violent protesters trying to get to the West Bank, were a menace, an immediate threat to their security.
And I do not buy the idea that these people are helpless pawns being manipulated by the government, the media, the right-wing politicians. Most Israelis, even if they wouldn’t join a mob like the one at the airport, want to hear the belligerent rhetoric the opinion-makers are feeding them. They hate anybody who says anything bad about Israel, and take their words automatically as “blood libels.” The opinion-makers know this, and the ones who are popular and want to stay that way tell the people what they want to hear.
Who’s manipulating whom is a chicken-and-egg question.
Watching my enraged countrymen at Ben-Gurion, I imagined the daily headlines having been distilled into a kind of political methadrine and mainlined into their veins. Few Israelis would join them in physically going after people chanting slogans. But in their insistence that protesters like these be silenced because their words are acts of violence, acts of war, of terrorism, they represent the majority. They are an authentic expression of the national will. Theirs is the loudest voice in the land, it’s joined by the voice of Netanyahu, the government, the settlers and most of the media. All competing voices are drowned out.
Damned straight (with the exception of our hopelessly Leftist media). We are sick and tired of the traitors in our midst who defend the 'right' of the 'Palestinians' to send suicide bombers to murder us. It's a pity those 'activists' didn't get their butts kicked on Friday. And Derfner along with them.
Labels: Larry Derfner, traitor
Obama's Middle East adviser
Guess who advised President Obama to make the '1967 lines' speech? You guessed it,
Israel's first traitor.
“Senior sources in the American Government told me that Obama and Peres agreed in a closed meeting between the two that an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians must be based on the principle of Israeli withdrawal to the ’67 borders with border adjustments, or as Peres told Obama: the Palestinians must receive territory equal in size to the ’67 borders. In other words, any territory that Israel demands to annex from the [West] Bank must be paid for by Israel with territory from the Negev. Along with this, the American sources emphasized, Peres told Obama that he came to him after a four hour conversation with Netanyahu. The prime minster, Peres made clear, asked to advise the American president that he opposes the ’67 path, and that if Obama declares it – Netanyahu will express his emphatic opposition to the idea.”
Shimon Shiffer – Yediot Ahronot 10 June 2011 [IMRA translation]
It is long past time to put that shmuck (Peres) on trial for treason. In fact, the time to do so was 18 years ago when he negotiated Oslo behind Rabin's back.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, traitor, treason
