The number of rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel quadrupled in the year following the removal of Jewish settlers in Gaza. I remember how welcomed that move was by the State Department and everyone else in the international community, yet it was worse than useless for achieving peace.
Meanwhile, reports like this demonstrate how much of the mainstream media beat the drum against Israel no matter what, rationalizing jihadist violence in a sly way.
Recently, a NYTimes reporter, Andrea Eliott, was given the Pulitzer Prize for a story lionizing an imam in a mosque in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. She neglected to mention that the mosque's imam was a Hamas supporter and that the previous imam, in 1994, delivered a sermon calling for the killing of Jews, thereby inciting the murder of a yeshiva student by a congregant shortly thereafter. Here's the story:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1177514491273

Posted by: jewdog at May 5, 2007 6:05 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI

More Islamic terrorist dead today!!

Posted by: Catherine at May 5, 2007 6:40 AM

Cairns Post calls Mosque ‘Temple’ - Objecting Residents are ‘Crusaders’- of course!

http://sheikyermami.com/2007/05/05/cairns-post-calls-mosque-temple-objecting-residents-are-crusaders-of-course/

Fools give racism a real Sheik

http://sheikyermami.com/2007/05/04/charles-rips-the-media-whores/

Posted by: sheik yer'mami at May 5, 2007 6:50 AM

The number of rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel quadrupled in the year following the removal of Jewish settlers in Gaza. I remember how welcomed that move was by the State Department and everyone else in the international community, yet it was worse than useless for achieving peace.

Posted by Jewdog

I agree. The land for peace has not worked. The Palestinians will not stop attacks until they possess ALL of Israel. Gaza is now infested with Al Qaeda and no government has the balls to go in there and clean it out. They are demanding $5 million plus prisoners for the release of the BBC reporter.

Posted by: Bonniea at May 5, 2007 7:35 AM

The most important thing here is the contempt for the reader, and the arrogant assumption that the reporter, one Diaa Hadid, has a right, in her "report," to manipulate the reader's response, in what is supposed to be a neutral report, through the use of words that editorialize. Robert has with his use of bold indicated them:

"Hamas had largely observed"

"the pragmatic Fatah Party"

"Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas"

Hamas has not "largely" observed a ceasefire. Hamas has been lobbying as many shells as it possibly can, doing as much damage as it can, steadily throughout the phony hudna, and everyone in the Middle East, on all sides, knows this.

As for "Fatah," the word "pragmatic" here means simply what the word "moderate" means in the next example modifying, as a Homeric epithet ("wily Odysseus" and "grey-eyed Athena" and "rosy-fingered dawn"), "Mahmoud Abbas" who is always described, with that deliberate attempt by the dia-hadids and al-mughrabis of this world to mold the readers' minds. Muslims and islamochristian Arabs have been permitted to take overover from the non-Muslim apologists in coverage of the Lesser Jihad (that which has Israel as the immediate Infidel victim) as of, elsewhere in the Middle East, other local manifestations of what, taken together, are the one world-wide Greater Jihad.

Intelligent and fair-minded editors would stop this sort of thing in its track:

"Hamas...largely observed"

"pragmatic Fatah"

"Moderate...Mahmoud Abbas"

Close reading, of the kind that was once a staple of English departments (some will remember Reuben Brower, of Amherst and Harvard, as a classroom exemplar)needs to be brought back.

The manipulation by Muslims and their collaborators in the field of journalism is a scandal. It is not the only scandal in jouranlism (the semi-literacy of many journalists becomes more evident every day), but right now it is the scandal that matters most.

Posted by: Hugh at May 5, 2007 8:51 AM

More from AP;from MSNBC website.

However, they suggested that Hamas is increasingly (?)considering a return to violence.

"Last month, Hamas militants in Gaza had fired rockets toward Israel, a first since the cease-fire took effect.(really?) Mashaal and other Hamas leaders have also threatened a third Palestinian uprising if the international community does not lift its SANCTIONS on the Palestinian government, imposed after Hamas came to power last year. The Hamas-Fatah coalition (coalition?, thought they were in a power struggle...killing eachother...)has been unable to break the EMBARGO.

Abbas told Fatah after a return from Europe this week that he has made no progress toward lifting the SANCTIONS. Most countries maintain the BOYCOTT because Hamas refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel."

So now NEWSPEAK calls it sanctions, boycott and embaro. HUH! I thought it was a restriction on foreign financial aid. So they threaten uprising if welfare payments are not made. What's the term? Blackmail? Jizzya? What lies, what deception this MSM.

Thanks JW. I can sort fact from deception now due your efforts. MSN are liars and decievers and have no shame!

Posted by: solomonpal at May 5, 2007 11:00 AM

These were the "moderate" rockets. Israel.

Wait till the "radical" ones start to hit.

Israel is the perfect "pressure cooker valve" for neighboring Muslim lands.

They can siphon off their homegrown hotheads, who otherwise would attack the "king" of Jordan or Mubarak, etc., and steer them to strike at the Jews, and thereby get rid of a radical nuisance to their own power.

Israel thus becomes the "pest-control" for Muslim despots.

Without it, reforms would be needed.

So Islamic tyrants secretly love the Jews.

Posted by: profitsbeard at May 5, 2007 11:10 AM

This is awful news. Forcing peace when NOTHING has been proven by the Palistines! It is a fact when ever Hamas has to reload they call a time out. Better yet they make it sound good cease fire. BULL! Here goes alot of blood shed. As if Israel doesn't have enough to worry about! Condi did not visit Israel and was doing all these deals with Lebanon giving them millions for Israel blowing up their buildings. Piss me off! I may be wrong but I did not see Omert as the problem! It was what they were forced with at the time. These whiney babies always get what they want. Wha wha aaaa......

Posted by: MZ at May 5, 2007 12:01 PM

It is probably what would happen here if we build a fence on the border. The dhimmi's would tear it down. Damn are they stuPid!

Posted by: MZ at May 5, 2007 12:07 PM

Thankfully,
The spineless Olmert's rump is in the fire by a disappointed Israeli population who believe he sold their country out in the war with Hizbollah. This is step #1. Get this clown back to the confines of his law office and put someone in leadership that knows the workings of these weasles. I hear there is a women who is next in line that has experience in Israel's spy agency. The sooner the better.

Posted by: Briars at May 5, 2007 12:15 PM

JihadWatch April 10, 2007 By Robert Spencer:

"Jordanian king: Israel must make peace to coexist with Muslims Modern, moderate King Abdullah just can't abide the thought of even a sliver of what once had been land ruled by Islamic law now being governed by infidels, and so he demands that the Israelis make peace on disadvantageous terms, or else. Never mind the fact that the Muslims are the ones who have had all the trouble coexisting with others, and have given rise to organizations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad (as well as the PA itself) that ultimately want to see Israel destroyed altogether."

If the well being of Palestinians is such a prime concern of Jordan, then why has Jordon not offered a Palestinian land within Jordan? Is Jordan not 40% Palestinian anyway? Of course I doubt they will put their money where their mouth is.

These middle eastern nations cry foul every day over the Palestinians, their own kind, and won't do anything ultimate to solve the problem. Why, because Israel still exists, that's why.

The Arab/Muslim nations like to throw in the face of the US, a so called double standard in policy, when it is so obvious the double standard was invented by these Arab/Muslim nations.

They give NOTHING, Poor me, and It's entirely the duty of the US and Israel to do all the giving.

In 1000 years, our decendents (if there are any), will be talking about the same thing.

Posted by: sounder at May 5, 2007 12:40 PM

Folks welcome to the New Norm.As the North and south poles reverse so has all we have known to be the right and the wrong.

One thing is for certain though and that is thier harping for our money just proves they have nothing on thier own. Not to mention their "Brothers and sisters" have nothing they wish to give them either, save for the little blood money.

I say cut them off further from anything and everything because they are rotting now and soon and in the near future they will have only two choices and either choice will break them one way or another.

Once they are broken and forced to deal with reality to survive then those "lions" and those "heroes" ,those mighty ones they have allowed inside thier houses will be thining the herd of "unislamics",the weak.

Then and only then will the true face of islam be shown to islam AGAIN.

Do not weaken to thier cries and tears because they have earned nothing yet.If it's lessons we wish them to learn and for them to wake up to reality then they must learn the hardest way.Else they too soon will forget.

If we keep our hands of friendship withdrawn then the true heads will have to appear because it will be thier plans that have hatched the hell on this earth and those heads SHOULD,MUST be blackened and REMOVED.

Then again this could just be all Israels fault because we are now after all on MARS.

Talk about spit for armor and curses for songs even the most powerful nation on earth shouldn't be able to gaze upon it's grandier what with all it's Heroes.

I am humbled and ashamed in thier shadow.

Posted by: Dar al-harb at May 5, 2007 4:44 PM

When I want to know about the Jihad, I have four sources: here, http://www.jpost.com (The Jerusalem Post), Front Page Magazine - http://www.frontpagemag.com/ and Ali Sina's Faith Freedom International: http://www.news.faithfreedom.org/
(Ali's a real butt kicker; you can't beat those apostates).
I stopped watching TV years ago because I was so fed up with the idiotic reporting.

Posted by: jewdog at May 5, 2007 7:34 PM

Knowing that the Kitchen remains closed is like sweet Music to Infidels Ears.

We expect greater freedom of movement to shoot our Rockets at you- or else. Feed me while I'm at it too- or else.

Pretty soon that C-4 is going to look mighty tasty. Once all that's consumed. Do they really think somebody is going to have Dinner ready on the Table for them???

A C-4 Falaffa-Mmmmmmmmm, Toasty!

Posted by: flowerknife_us at May 5, 2007 9:42 PM

IJ it just keeping things occupied, and diverted, from attention elsewhere...prepping for their unified and orchestrated showtime this summer.

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/1458.htm

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200705/FOR20070503a.html

An inverted game of "chicken"...they pretend to observe ceasefires...and we pretend to be diplomatically neutral.
The trick of playing chicken is knowing when to flinch...

;-)

Posted by: jcom972 at May 5, 2007 9:43 PM

I am interested in these comments. Surely, a peaceful, diplomatic approach is that most likely to reduce violence (on both sides).

I hope both the Palestinian and Jewish authorities can discuss the issue sensibly, without resorting to military offensives (such the Jewish authroties have initiated in Lebanon or Iraq) or sanctions.

Both Islam and Judaism (as well as Christianity) preach a respect for human life, and let us hope that this may one day prevail.

Posted by: Barnaby at May 6, 2007 3:30 AM

"I am interested in these comments. Surely, a peaceful, diplomatic approach is that most likely to reduce violence (on both sides)"

Posted by: Barnaby at May 6, 2007 03:30 AM

No. Not possible, unless Israel dissapears you see.

Posted by: sounder at May 6, 2007 9:24 PM