tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204987882024-03-14T01:58:27.261+02:00Israel MatzavCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.comBlogger38713125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-1700744381641061262017-07-23T12:25:00.001+03:002017-07-23T12:27:43.014+03:00Another Sabbath massacre
In an attack reminiscent of the massacre of the Fogel family in Itamar in 2011, a 'Palestinian' terrorist knocked on the door of a Jewish family in the village of Halamish (Neve Tsuf) that was holding a Shalom Zachar (celebration of the birth of a boy) on Friday night, walked in, and started stabbing the residents. The terrorist murdered the grandfather - 70-year old Yosef Salomon, his daughterCarl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-88098582482895505412017-06-28T15:20:00.004+03:002017-06-28T15:28:41.050+03:00The fuss about 'pluralistic prayer' at the Kotel (Western Wall)I am sure that many of you, particularly in the US where the reactions have been shrill, have heard the fuss about the government 'abandoning' an agreement to facilitate 'pluralistic' prayers at the Western Wall. There's a lot of misinformation about this decision in the media. This video, which I found on Facebook last night, does a great job of clarifying what's really going on.
Let's go to Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-331030368344219822017-06-25T13:08:00.000+03:002017-06-25T13:08:09.946+03:00Israel bars UNESCO from Hebron
Israel has barred a UNESCO team that is 'investigating' whether the Cave of the Patriarchs (Me'oras HaMachpeila) should become a 'protected' World Heritage site from visiting the site or the city.
Hebron’s Old City, including the Tomb of the Patriarchs, is one of the
35 sites the World Heritage Committee plans to consider for inscription
on the World Heritage List when it meets in Krakow, Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-57954817392911692572017-06-25T10:51:00.000+03:002017-06-25T10:52:10.411+03:00Amazon removes its #1 Middle East best seller
Last week, I reported on the number 1 best seller on Amazon in the category of Israel and 'Palestine' history.
Here's a summary of this 132-page book, which I guarantee you will read in one sitting:
This book is the fruit of many years of research, during which thousands
of sources have been meticulously reviewed in libraries and archives
worldwide. It is no doubt the most comprehensive Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-62484360683124493142017-06-22T15:54:00.000+03:002017-06-22T15:55:01.521+03:00Amazon's new best seller: "A History of the Palestinian People from Ancient Times to the Modern Era"
It's only been out ten days, but this book has become the number 1 best seller on Amazon in its Israel and Palestine History category. Its price has dropped to $6.21 from $7.79 yesterday when I first saw it. It's already garnered 245 reviews. Here's a summary of this 132-page book, which I guarantee you will read in one sitting:
This book is the fruit of many years of research, during which Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-10068213584111491542017-06-19T18:07:00.002+03:002017-06-19T18:10:37.806+03:00The #FakeNews no one talks about
With all the talk about #FakeNews recently, there's one piece of #FakeNews that's been accepted as truth for the last 24 years, because the Israeli government was foolish enough to accept it. I saw this on Facebook:
Judith Bergman on "fake news"...
"In all the talk about 'fake news'
Israel is missing an opportunity by not calling out the fakest of the
fake news, namely the professed Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-75366615070680964532017-06-18T12:09:00.000+03:002017-06-18T12:27:21.639+03:00BBC's shameless 'apology' for its biased reporting
I know - it's been a long time since I posted anything. I've been working - pays much better than blogging. But I don't want to let the blog die entirely, and I wanted to share with you what has to be one of the worst media bias stories from Western media in recent years.
I am sure that many of you saw the headline above. On Friday night, an Israeli policewoman, 23-year old Hadas Malka HY"D (Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-6635245397510584462017-05-10T19:53:00.001+03:002017-05-10T19:54:44.996+03:00Pizza Hut mocks 'hunger strike leader' Marwan BarghoutiEarlier this week, the leader of the 'Palestinian' terrorist 'hunger strike' for better cable TV, Marwan Barghouti, was caught on camera eating a candy bar in the bathroom of his cell.
On Tuesday, Pizza Hut Israel released the ad below in which Barghouti is asked, 'if you're already going to break the [hunger] strike, why not at least have pizza?'
The ad was on Pizza Hut Israel's Facebook Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-30881654739897649942017-05-09T21:40:00.003+03:002017-05-09T21:41:31.106+03:00Which one do you believe?Is Fatah lying or is Hamas lying?
Hamas says Palestinian Authority gov't in Ramallah has stopped delivery of milk and medicine to Gaza Strip.
— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) May 9, 2017
Who cares? Pass the popcorn....Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-89858094897972160382017-05-09T00:51:00.000+03:002017-05-09T00:51:28.562+03:00'Palestinian' 'hunger strike' 'leader' caught on camera (twice) sneaking a candy bar in the bathroomOh dear. Here's Marwan Barghouti, the supposed 'leader' of the 'Palestinian' terrorist 'hunger strike' in an Israeli prison caught - not once but twice - sneaking candy bars in the bathroom of his cell.
Let's go to the videotape.
I wonder how many 'hunger strikers' will continue if they see their 'fearless leader' in this video. Hope it's being broadcast on the big screen outside Ofer prison Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-18592807648468237972017-04-27T20:53:00.003+03:002017-04-27T20:54:43.594+03:00Breaking: Syrian drone shot down over Golan HeightsSyrian President Bashar al-Assad apparently doesn't have enough on his mind these days. Or maybe he's just trying to find a distraction.
BREAKING: Israeli Patriot missile intercepts incoming aircraft—apparently a drone—from Syria over the Golan Heights. (Channel 2)
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) April 27, 2017
Hmmm.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-33956450004353316702017-04-25T19:51:00.002+03:002017-04-25T19:52:31.279+03:00No one blinked - Netanyahu canceled meeting with German FM GabrielGerman Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel went ahead with this meetings with extreme anti-Israel groups B'Tselem and Breaking the Silence (and another one to boot) and Prime Minister Netanyahu followed through on his threat to cancel his meeting with Gabriel.
Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled meeting with visiting German foreign minister. https://t.co/8eBcJhdq8g
Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-75269718134443838512017-04-25T11:31:00.001+03:002017-04-25T11:32:36.517+03:00Who will blink first - Netanyahu or German Foreign Minister?
Prime Minister Netanyahu is scheduled to meet today with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. Last night, Netanyahu issued an ultimatum saying he would cancel the meeting if Gabriel did not cancel meetings he has scheduled with European-financed anti-Israel NGO's. At first, it was reported that Netanyahu was referring to 'Peace Now,' but it now appears that it's even worse: Gabriel proposes Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-74702312381624552772017-04-24T11:36:00.000+03:002017-04-24T11:36:45.218+03:00What a place for a tailgate party!I have mentioned that there are some 'Palestinian' terrorists in Israeli jails who claim to be on a hunger strike.
In a move that's nothing short of brilliant, the National Union (Ichud Leumi) youth group has been holding a massive barbecue outside the Ofer Prison. The Ofer Prison is at the entrance to Ramallah along Route 443 and is the home of many high risk security prisoners. And the Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-62856432600983981892017-04-23T16:55:00.000+03:002017-04-23T16:56:57.569+03:00Israel to Abu Mazen: Stop Funding TerroristsThis was released today by the Prime Minister's Office.
You should share it as much as possible on social media.
Let's go to the videotape.
RETWEET THIS: The Palestinian Authority pays convicted terrorists hundreds of millions of dollars. The more they kill, the more they get. pic.twitter.com/onrhdNDvl6
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) April 23, 2017
It goes to the core of the question of whether Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-8047591492121636162017-04-18T23:00:00.000+03:002017-04-18T23:05:35.894+03:00NY Times publishes op-ed by terrorist, 'forgets' to mention his five murder convictions
A group of 'Palestinian' terrorists in Israeli prisons started a hunger strike on Monday. The group is led by mass murderer Marwan Barghouti, the former leader of the Fatah Tanzim terror group, who has been in an Israeli prison for the last 15 years, and who was considered toxic enough not to be released as part of the 'terrorists for Gilad' trade of 2011.
The New York Times considers this Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-82785450179423564792017-04-18T15:35:00.002+03:002017-04-18T15:36:22.196+03:00Is the 'Palestinian' hunger strike #FakeNews?
Palestinian murderers tucking into private snacks that are always available while on "hunger strike" #MarwanBarghouti @nytimes pic.twitter.com/LO2hW9dqxU
— (((Kay Wilson))) (@kishkushkay) April 18, 2017
Hmmm.Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-86803641407598081062017-04-16T17:19:00.000+03:002017-04-16T17:31:18.038+03:00Let them starve! UPDATED
'Palestinian' terrorists in Israeli prisons, led by convicted mass murderer Marwan Barghouti, are going on a hunger strike starting Monday.
Prisoners affiliated to the Palestinian People's Party (PPP)
announced they would undertake what has come to be known as the “Freedom
and Dignity” strike, according to jailed PPP leader and member of the
PPP Central Committee Bassem Khandaqji.
Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-20252703823609994132017-04-14T17:00:00.000+03:002017-04-14T17:01:32.459+03:00And again: 'Palestinian' stabs Christian British student to death on Jerusalem tram
A 23-year old Christian British woman was murdered by a 'mentally unstable' (is there any other kind?) 'Palestinian' terrorist on the Jerusalem tram this afternoon. The terrorist was a 57-year old (so much for 'only' letting 'over-50 Palestinians' move around freely) resident of Ras-al-Amud, the area near the Mount of Olives. The stabbing took place as the tram rounded the corner at IDF Square,Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-38801017284376911542017-04-12T22:00:00.000+03:002017-04-12T22:02:04.366+03:00When 'Palestinians' die and no one cares
Moadim l'Simcha, a happy holiday to all of you. I know that it's been a while since I posted on this blog - finding the time to sit down and write more than 140 characters has been difficult recently because of work. But it's been quiet today and I thought I would post something.
When does no one care if 'Palestinians' die? When they are killed by other 'Palestinians.' I've been saying that Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-1969455400762891752017-03-15T00:43:00.001+02:002017-03-15T00:47:53.771+02:00Change: Trump demands Sbarro murderer's extradition, tells 'Palestinians' to end incitement
One of Haaretz's editorials today speculated that ultimately, the 'Palestinians' will have to save Israel from enacting a 'two-state solution.' Israel Radio's midnight news gave two signals that the 'Palestinians' are being put in a position where they will have to behave properly, or there will be no support from the United States for a 'Palestinian state.'
First, the United States has Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-3314038441708229352017-03-14T22:58:00.000+02:002017-03-14T22:58:48.755+02:00It starts: US threatens to leave 'human rights council'
The times, they are a changing. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has issued a clear threat to one of the 'achievements' of the Obama administration - the decision to join the United Nations 'human rights council.' In a letter obtained by Foreign Policy Magazine, Tillerson has told the council that unless it reforms itself, the United States will leave.
Tillerson, in his letter to the U.N.
Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-44219633186918464112017-03-14T12:12:00.000+02:002017-03-14T12:13:54.394+02:00Doesn't this say it all?Look who's supporting David Friedman for US Ambassador to Israel... and who isn't.
That says it all, doesn't it? Priorities!Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-75921676416950991562017-03-12T16:06:00.003+02:002017-03-12T16:08:49.860+02:00Underdog Israel beats Cuba in baseball, is one win from semi-finals
If you've been in a cave for the past week, you probably don't know that Israel's baseball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic, defeating 3rd ranked South Korea, 4th ranked Taiwan and 9th ranked Netherlands to get there. Israel's team was ranked 41st going into the tournament, despite having ten major leaguers on its roster.
On Sunday in Tokyo, the Israeli team Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20498788.post-78572583193603574662017-03-12T15:43:00.000+02:002017-03-12T15:43:48.077+02:00Jordan releases Naharayim massacre perpetrator
I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted, but it's all been for a good cause. I have taken another trip to the US for work since I last posted, returning this past Thursday afternoon.
Oh yes, and a Freilichen (Happy) Purim to those of you who celebrate the holiday today, which is just about everyone outside Jerusalem and a couple of other cities.
On March 13, 1997, Jordanian Carl in Jerusalemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.com1