That is the kind of headline I expect to see on all those anti-Semitic websites hiding behind the mask of being critical of Israel when they read the news that Israeli scientists have discovered how to erase long-term memory.
It just fits so well with all those “the Jews are trying to secretly rule the world” conspiracies. Continue reading »
The takeover of an empty home in Hebron by new Jewish landlords and their tenants has presented yet another opportunity to unmask the wretchedness and racism of Palestinian Arab society toward those it claims to seek peace with.
While most of the mainstream media is extra careful to not label the members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas as terrorists, there are some who refuse to be so “open minded” as to afford the murderers of men, women and children any such courtesy. That minority of journalists, however, is often accused of unfairly slanting the news and driving away the average user with “subjective” language.
This time in Egypt. Cairo is banning the most recent editions of popular French and German newspapers for publishing editorials delving into Islam’s violent history and the behavior of its founder, the “prophet” Mohammed.
As reported by Egypt’s state-controlled news agency, MENA:
“The minister of information said that he would not allow any publication that insults the Islamic religion or calls for hatred or contempt of any religion to be distributed inside Egypt.”
This statement will certainly seem odd to anyone familiar with the huge amount of anti-Semitic material published on a regular basis by Egyptian newspapers, radio stations and television networks.
Nor are Christians spared the incitement to hatred.
Now, some will point to the fact that many of the examples of anti-Semitism in the Egyptian media take the form of political criticism of Israel, the Jewish state, making the virulent statements, cartoons and programs perfectly legitimate.
But if that is true, is it not equally legitimate in today’s world to look at, question and even criticize Islam’s violent origins and history? After all, almost all of the major armed conflicts taking place in the world today involve Muslims who claim to be acting on behalf of Allah.
Kofi Annan’s anti-Semitic core apparently prevents him from taking a rational cause-and-effect view of hostilities between Israel and its Arab enemies. Twice did Annan publicly blast Israel for “violating” a UN-imposed ceasefire by sending IDF commandos Saturday to disrupt Syrian arms shipments to Hizb’allah.
“All such violations of Security Council resolution 1701 endanger the peace in the region that was reached after much talk and time,” Annan said in an official statement released at UN Headquarters in New York.
Of course, the Israeli raid was a reaction to something - an arms shipment that was itself a flagrant violation of the ceasefire. The agreement provides Israel the right to defend itself, which includes thwarting enemy efforts to rearm with the kinds of missiles that pounded northern Israel for 34 days. Common sense provides Israel the right to defend itself in such cases.
Only people like Annan, with a deep (perhaps subconscious) hatred for the Jewish state, would purposely turn a blind eye to violations by the Islamic enemy, while attacking Israel for exercising its legitimate right to self defense.
The spirit of Hitler, or rather the evil that worked through the Fuhrer, is alive and well in the person of Iranian demagogue Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and is calling out to the German people rejoin its cause.
Displaying a hateful disregard for Israeli life, the United Nations Tuesday completely ignored the mounting humanitarian crisis in northern Israel and instead whined about Lebanese civilians displaced by a war started by their Hizb’allah brethren. Continue reading »
Flipping through the major television news networks today, I am reminded of the unbridled bias practiced by the international media in its coverage of the Israeli-Arab confict.
The top story of the day is the ongoing fighting in Lebanon and northern Israel. But it is only being covered by the “objective” mainstream media from one angle.
Images abounded, accompanied by heart-rending commentary, of residential areas of Beirut in flames.
But did the media bother to explain that Hizb’allah had, in violation of international law, purposely placed its offices and strategic facilities in heavily populated areas? Of course not. Offering justification for Israeli efforts to defend its citizens does not make a good story.
Nor was there one word, ONE WORD, of the millions of Israelis who for the past 72 hours have been forced to either live in hot, cramped bomb shelters or flee their homes. Is that too not a humanitarian crisis?
As usual, the international community - minus the United States - is criticizing Israel for not reacting in a “proportionate” manner to Hizb’allah’s aggression against its northern border.
But from a military standpoint, insisting Israel deal with such an attack in a proportionate manner is just stupid. You cannot defeat your enemy if you only respond with the same level of force they used against you. To win, you must be stronger, you must be capable of unleashing MORE force than your enemy.
And then there is the fact that a proportionate response by Israel in this case would consist of indiscriminately firing rockets into Lebanese population centers. Certainly not something the world would countenance.
The only logical conclusion is that the world wants Israel to sit back, let its enemies gain the upper hand and harass the Jewish state into extinction.
