Hot on the heels of last year’s program‘s smashing success at making the Iranian government look busy while doing nothing about issues of corruption and domestic economics. “Iran launches new crackdown on dress code offenders,” from Reuters: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police will launch a crackdown next month on small companies which fail to enforce […]
Archives for April 2008
The myth of the Palestinian ceasefire
While we’re on the subject of Palestinian myths, here’s another. “Palestinian groups shell Israeli areas near Gaza despite news of ceasefire,” from the Ma’an News Agency (thanks to Sr. Soph): Gaza — Ma’an — Palestinian military groups continued to launch homemade projectiles and mortar shells into Israel from the Gaza Strip despite news that the […]
The myth of Palestinian moderation
In his “Fundamentally Freund” column “The myth of Palestinian moderation” in the Jerusalem Post, Michael Freund rightly skewers the Administration’s fantasy-based policymaking regarding Israel: Even for a president prone to misusing the English language, George W. Bush outdid himself last week. Sitting next to Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, Bush gushed and swooned over […]
Hamas’ newest blood libel: Israel planned the Holocaust to kill handicapped Jews
What will they think of next? A But-They-All-Really-Want-Peace Update — details at Israel Matzav: Jewish leaders planned the Holocaust to kill “disabled and handicapped” Jews to avoid having to care for them, according to a Hamas TV educational program. As much of the world prepared to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Hamas TV presented […]
Hamas top dog: we have 200,000 suicide bombers
Why aren’t Ibrahim Hooper and Edina Lekovic calling Zahar right now and telling him that suicide is forbidden in Islam? What’s that? Because he would probably respond that Paradise is guaranteed to those who kill and are killed for Allah (Qur’an 9:111)? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? “Gaza groups agree in principle to […]
United Nations vs. Human Rights: World Church Congress, Augsburg
Every man should think what he likes and say what he thinks — Spinoza Report by David G. Littman: On April 13, I was given the floor at the KIRCHE IN NOT — CHURCH IN DISTRESS 3rd International Congress of the World Church Meeting (Augsburg Germany, 11-13 April). Theme: Europe’s Heritage, Europe’s Future / Where […]
UK: Random Muslim stabs two random Orthodox Jews; no “faith hate” involved
Nothing to see here. Go back to sleep. “Man charged over Golders Green stabbings,” by Kevin Bradford for the Hendon Times (thanks to Jerusalem Posts): A man has been charged following a double knife attack on two Orthodox Jews in Golders Green. Mohamed Jama Ahmed, 37, of North Circular Road, Cricklewood, was arrested after two […]
Islamic Jihad: Sure, let’s have a truce, as long as we can keep on killing Israelis
Of course, Islamic Jihad and Hamas portray every jihad attack against Israel as a response to Israeli aggression. So to say this is to say that they will continue to attack Israel even during a truce, and Israel cannot legitimately defend itself — which is how the jihad groups behave now in any case. “Jihad […]
Valencia: Immigrants must “respect the laws, the principles and the customs of Spain and Valencia”
Not that much of anything will happen if they don’t: the contract “will have no consequences from a legal point of view.” And the principles and customs are not clearly defined. Still, this is a small step in the right direction. “Spain: Valencia To Adopt Contract For Immigrants Integration, ” from ANSAmed (thanks to Insubria): […]
Osama bin Laden’s son barred from Britain
Just a few months ago Omar bin Laden got a great deal of fawning publicity from the mainstream media for rejecting his father’s methods. But we pointed out here that he was never even asked if he rejected his father’s goals. And now it appears that he doesn’t. “Osama Bin Laden’s son Omar Ossama is […]