No accident that "Cordoba Initiative" chosen as title of Ground Zero mosque project/other news
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"Cordoba Initiative"
(For the past few days, I have wondered if my eyes were deceiving me. In some of the yahoo groups, many of the atheists and agnostics who so often slam Judaism, Christianity, and even slam Islam, are suddenly DEFENDING the mosque and DEFENDING Islam. What is wrong with that picture? Its one thing to be 18 or 19 and think that its "cool" to be anti-establishment, but I am speaking of middle aged, educated people. They don't even "get it", that the very Moslems that they are defending, are laughing at how ignorant and unenlightened these liberal westerners actually are!!! MBS)
It was no accident of public relations that "Cordoba Initiative" was chosen as the title of the Ground Zero mosque project. The city of Córdoba was the capital of al-Andalus, the Umayyad Caliphate in Iberia, and the famous Cordoba Mosque was built atop the rubble of a destroyed church.
For the last several decades Islam has been expanding into the West using cunning and deceit facilitated by the treason of our governing elites, who have sold their own countries to the Islamic invaders. This peaceful conquest is a historical anomaly, however — from its inception until its long decline began in 1683, Islam expanded solely through violence.
Wherever Islam expanded violently, it built mosques at the sites of its victories. The minarets rose over the rubble of destroyed churches, synagogues, and temples to stand as symbols of Islam's conquest of the kuffar. The Córdoba Mosque was an architectural announcement of the Moorish triumph over Christian Iberia.
The Córdoba Initiative thus provides an obvious historical analogy to the Islamic victory on September 11th, 2001, at Ground Zero. The significance of the name and place will not be lost on any educated Muslim who hears about the project.
"Cordoba," in Islamic symbolic terms, means Islamic rule in the West. It does not mean "coexistence," unless coexistence is interpreted as referring to Islamic rule.
http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/component/content/article/64/2700.html
AMERICANS FOR A SAFE ISRAEL NOTES WITH GREAT SORROW THE PASSING OF JACK LAUBER
(He was one of the owners of AmericanZionists, a yahoo group. I know that many of us will miss his daily postings.)
August 25, 2010
AFSI'S CHAPTER CHAIRMAN IN THE GREATER ALBANY, NEW YORK AREA
It is hard to believe that our energetic, devoted, enthusiastic
and tireless worker for Israel died at midnight Monday night, August 23, of
a brain aneurism, at the age of 73.
Jack championed every cause that AFSI sponsored. He stood for a
whole Israel in every action that he took. Even his environmental efforts,
his belief in the program to turn waste to energy, were turned towards
Israel. He was an invited speaker at many conferences there, espousing that
theory.
As someone who enjoyed visiting Israel as much as possible, he participated
in AFSI Chizuk missions to Israel, along with his pal, Harold Shugar,
another AFSI enthusiast. Together they formed a mighty team.
We have warm memories of Jack and his beloved wife, Ruth, attending AFSI
conferences in New York City. Often, Jack would make the long trip from
Albany to NYC simply to participate in one of our demonstrations on behalf
of Israel. He would then visit the AFSI office to brainstorm about various
programs and projects that would be effective in supporting our beloved
Israel.
Jack was also very dedicated to his ZIONIST FORUM, a website he created to
post articles and photos relating to our cause.
As we write this memorial, it seems incredible that we won't be interrupted
by a phone call from Jack. His frequent calls to the New York AFSI office
were always filled with warm greetings, as well as questions and
suggestions
for action to be taken.
The funeral, being held today, Wednesday, August 25, in Schenectady, NY, is
scheduled to take place at Congregation Beth Israel, the family synagogue.
We pray that Ruth, his children, Renee and Evan, and the entire extended
Lauber family, may be comforted in the knowledge that Jack will always be
with us in memory and deed. May they know no more sorrows and be comforted
among the mourners of Zion.
With deepest sympathy,
Herbert Zweibon, Chairman
Helen Freedman
Rael and Erich Isaac
Ruth King
Charlotte Wahle
and the entire AFSI family
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- If Israel Won't Say It, Who Will?
- Direct Israel-Palestinian Talks: An Important Detail
- Bush's Gift to Obama
- Fake Hate Crimes: An Islamist Weapon
- Not taking yes for an answer
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1. Foreign Minister: Freeze to End, Natural Growth to Continue by Hillel Fendel 
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that the building freeze must end, that he would be willing to give up his home in Judea, that he would quit the coalition if the freeze continues, and that construction should continue only in certain areas – all in the past few days.
If Lieberman's party quits the government, it is assumed that the more left-wing Kadima party would take its place.
With seemingly conflicting reports on the stance of the head of the Israel Our Home party making the rounds, Lieberman granted an interview to Voice of Israel Radio this morning (Wednesday) that supposedly clears up the situation.
"PA is Not Serious About Peace"
Lieberman told Voice of Israel's Yaron Dekel this morning: "First of all, the Palestinians are clearly not coming to these talks with good will. They are coming because they were forced to come, but they keep on threatening to leave… There have been many ceremonies over the past years, and this will be another one… Everyone should lower their expectations. We've been working on this for 17 years since Oslo; there's no magic solution that will suddenly grant us an agreement in one year, as the Americans say."
Lieberman reiterated that the "Cabinet decision that the freeze will last only ten months is clear and unambiguous, and there is no reason for us to perpetuate the freeze after that time. This applies to Jerusalem as well: There are 1,000 housing units in Ramot, 600 in Gilo, Har Homa and elsewhere – does someone really expect us to freeze 1,600 units that have already passed all the stages of the approval process?"
Dekel asked: "And what should be the answer if Obama comes to Netanyahu and says, 'This time, the talks are really serious, and I ask you, as a gesture of good will, to freeze construction in Judea and Samaria as much as possible.' What should be his answer?
Lieberman: "The answer is very clear: We have [already] made the gesture. For ten months we have been waiting for the Palestinians to please come to the negotiations. They come at the last month - that's their problem. On the contrary: We expect the Palestinian side to stop the incitement, stop naming city squares after terrorists, stop inciting against Israel in all sorts of international forums, with boycotts, court cases in the Hague, and not recognizing us as a Jewish state, etc… I think we have made enough gestures and concessions, and have received nothing in return… It can't be that we always have to pay for the pleasure of sitting at a table with the Palestinians; let them pay as well."
Lieberman was asked about the likelihood that even if the government decides to resume building, Defense Minister Ehud Barak – as head of the IDF, which effectively controls Judea and Samaria in place of the State of Israel – will not sign the required papers. Lieberman said that Barak's signature is not required for construction in Jerusalem, nor for some 2,000 units that have already been approved in Judea and Samaria. Pressured to respond to the question on a larger scale, he said weakly, "From what I have heard from Barak, he too accepts the formula that we can build…" He also added that he does not foresee any coalition crisis on the horizon.
Lieberman was asked if he agrees with the idea espoused by some government ministers that building will resume only in settlement blocs, but not in the rest of Judea and Samaria. To this, Lieberman said that "natural growth" must be allowed throughout Judea and Samaria.
Eldad Responds
MK Aryeh Eldad, of the rival National Union party – a member of the Knesset opposition to the government – responded sharply to these remarks: "Lieberman has declared dozens of times that the freeze will come to an end in September. This shows once again that his promise is not a promise, and that he is simply a smooth politician with no ideology. One who announces that there should be only 'natural growth' outside the settlement blocs means that he really has no intention of remaining in [those parts of] Judea and Samaria. He is thus imposing restrictions, contrary to the government's clear promises, upon the Jews living in areas that he feels must be given over to Abu Mazen or Hamas."
Asked about his pledge to leave his Gush Etzion home in Tekoa for the sake of peace, Lieberman clarified, "I have said countless times that if there was real peace, the end of the conflict, no more Palestinian demands, etc. – for such a thing, I would be willing to sacrifice my home, yes."
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2. Yesha Challenges Netanyahu to Sign Pledge to Renew Building by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Leaders of Judea and Samaria have challenged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to fulfill his promise publically and declare the renewal of building on September 26, when the 10-month freeze ends, before he leaves next week for "direct talks" with the Palestinian Authority,.
"Evading the approval of tenders on September 26 is equivalent to continuing the building freeze. This is the day of judgment," they stated.
In a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, with copies to Cabinet ministers and Knesset Members, the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria (Yesha) reminded the Prime Minister of his public comment after the building freeze began, when he said, "Even if Abu Mazen (PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas) comes in another eight months and tells me 'peace now," we will begin to build as we did before" the freeze.
The Yesha leaders want a similar public declaration that building will renew and noted that simply not extending the freeze officially is not a solution to the problem of lack of public and private facilities for Jews in Judea and Samaria.
They wrote, "There should be no doubt. The main significance of ending the freeze and returning to building "as before" is not fulfilled simply by not renewing the freeze but rather by immediate approval of tenders for building projects that already have passed the bureaucratic process and are waiting only for the political signature of the Defense Minister [Ehud Barak]. These tenders must be signed and approved on September 26 [when the freeze expires] in order to enable a return to normal life as you promised.
The letter included a New Year's greeting and incorporated the needed signature for approving construction with the traditional Rosh HaShanah blessing that one "be inscribed" for a good year.
"Happy New Year. May you be inscribed for a good year, and it is our opinion that the most important 'inscription' for the future of the nation will be the "good inscription [play on the word for signature in Hebrew which is the same as inscription] for tenders for building and continuing development of life in Judea and Samaria," the letter concluded. 3. Iran Tests New Missile; Says Lebanon Requests Military Aid by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
( I am confused. I thought that placing economic sanctions on Iran was supposed to hurt Iran. How does she not only have $$$ for a nuclear power plant, but also for new weapons and also money to spare for Lebanon, Hamas, etc? MBS)
Iran has successfully test-fired a new version of the domestically-built Fateh missile, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi told the country's semi-official PRESS TV.
The 3.5 ton missile is the latest in new weapons the Islamic Republic has shown off in the past week, following the launching of an unmanned bomber and the announcement by Iran that it will begin to produce two missile-launching boats.
The range of the missile is estimated at around 125 miles, far out of range of Israel.
Iran also announced that Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has officially asked the Islamic Republic to help equip the Lebanese Army.
The request reportedly came at the same time that Hizbullah supreme leader Hassan Nasrallah urged Lebanon to file a request in response to moves by the U.S. Congress to halt $100 million in military aid to Beirut. Voices were raised in the United States following the recent attack by a Lebanese soldier on an IDF position in Israeli territory, killing an Israeli officer and wounding one other.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday that Iran's "dynamic defense industry is capable of exporting arms to over 50 countries in the world."
4. 'Obama Backlash: Economics Overshadows Israel' by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The plunge in Jewish support for U.S. President Barack Obama can be traced to plenty of reasons besides the president's pro-Arab policies, according to American Thinker news editor Ed Lasky. He wrote that the president's economic policies have a disproportionate and negative effect on American Jews.
The alarm bells went off in Democratic circles last week when the Pew Research Center reported that the number of Jews supporting Republican candidates or independents has jumped 50 percent since President Obama was elected nearly three years ago.
A poll conducted last April by McLaughlin & Associates revealed that while 78 percent of American Jews voted for Barack Obama, only 42 percent would consider voting for him again.
Claims that Jews are pro-Israel, with the insinuation that they profess dual loyalty, were championed last Saturday in an op-ed by New York Times columnist Charles Blow.
He wrote that the sinking popularity of President Obama among American Jews "is no doubt a reaction, at least in part, to the Obama administration having taken a hard rhetorical stance with Israel, while taking 'special time and care on our relationship with the Muslim world,' as Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, put it in June. If that sounds like courtship, it is."
Lasky pointed out that American Jews, for whom many the term "pro-Israel" does not contradict the establishment of a new Arab country headed by the Palestinian Authority, have plenty of domestic reasons to conclude "it's time for a change" in the American administration. 
"ObamaCare," economic policies aimed against small businessmen, and proposed higher taxes on high-income owners and capital gains will hit Jews much harder than other sectors in American society, Lasky wrote.
He noted that it was anti-Semitism in the United States a century ago that was a major force for Jews to start up small businesses, banks, newspapers and other professional fields generally barred from Jews 100 years ago.
Now, Jews will suffer for their success. Lasky remarked, "They are in for a load of trouble in the days ahead. More onerous regulations, such as having to file many more 1099s so the IRS can make sure they get every nickel possible from Americans, and a pro-union agenda that rewards unionized firms, are just the tip of the iceberg… Small business owners are the unsung heroes in America; they generate most of the private-sector jobs. They also lead generally very stressful lives -- trying to deal with the challenges of competition, labor relations, customer service [and] risks of bankruptcy. Barack Obama and the Democrats have just loaded onto their shoulders many more problems."
Lasky also said that anti-Semitism forced Jews "to develop talents that shield them from bosses who don't like Jews. There is also a cultural reason: Jews revere education. Many become doctors and lawyers. But this dynamic has had a toxic side-effect: it has generated anti-Semitism and slurs in the past. In any case, Jews are being surpassed by Asian-Americans, including Indian-Americans, so maybe that will recede as a problem.
"But what won't recede is the wave of higher tax rates targeting higher-income Americans," as a high percentage of Jews fall into that category. Quoting the New York Post's David Drucker, the American Thinker editor continued, "High-income people will lose many of their tax cuts under the Democrats' plan… Their tax rate on qualified dividends and long-term capital gains will go from 15 percent to 20 percent, and the top two wage tax rates will return to 36 percent and 39.6 percent from their current levels of 33 percent and 35 percent."
Lasky also pointed out that ObamaCare will negatively affect Jews more than others for two reasons: They are the oldest ethnic group in America and also include a disproportionately high percentage of American doctors.
"Older people have often relied on the health of the stock market to cushion their retirement years," he wrote. "That cushion has deflated this year under the multiple blows administered by Barack Obama and the Democrats…. The market started to tank because investors saw a bleak future for free enterprise in the Age of Obama… ObamaCare will suppress the freedom of doctors, load them up with additional paperwork and patients, and will eventually hit their bottom line."
Taking on the issue of dual loyalty, Lasky pointed out that the same charge is not made against Latino Congressmen, such as Luis Gutierrez, who make immigration reform a top priority," Lasky added.
"Jews are as American as everyone else," concluded. "When they see their lives being harmed, their interests being ignored, and their dreams being dashed to death by Democrats, they respond just as other Americans do. They express their concerns and seek to protect their future in that most American of places: the voting booth." 5. Irish Artists Vow to Boycott Israel by Chana Ya'ar
(Gee, I wonder how many of those Irish artists actually boycotted Britain a few decades ago? Now they want to feign having a moral conscience? Is killing Jews acceptable to them? MBS)
A group of more than 150 Irish artists have pledged to boycott Israel as part of a solidarity campaign coordinated with the Palestinian Authority.
The petition recently signed by the artists in Dublin commits the signatories to boycott the Jewish State until "it respects international law," and reads as follows:
"In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights."
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), which organized the initiative, claimed the brother of musician Eoin Dillon – one of the signatories to the boycott -- was "kidnapped by Israeli commandos on May 31 this year when he was first mate on board the Challenger 1, which was part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla."
The six-vessel flotilla in question was sent to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza, in violation of the country's sovereign international rights. Each vessel was boarded on May 31 by Israeli Navy commandos after ignoring repeated requests to change course and head to the Ashdod port. The commandos took control of the boats and directed them to the port, where the activists were ordered to disembark and were then each deported to their countries of origin.
On one of the vessels, the Turkish-sponsored Mavi Marmara, the IDF commandos were ambushed by armed terrorists linked to the Turkish IHH organization. In the ensuing clashes, nine IHH fighters were killed and several IDF soldiers were seriously wounded.
Speaking to the Irish Times daily newspaper, composer Raymond Deane, founder of the organization, quoted a 2005 statement from Israel's Foreign Ministry saying culture was considered a propaganda tool. Deane contended that artists who perform in Israel are backing the Jerusalem government "whether they like it or not."
A number of other musicians offered similar views, expressing their hope the boycott would encourage young Israelis to "speak out." Irish singer Damien Dempsey claimed that in Israel, the military is running the show, and needs the world to stand up to it.
Not the First Time
This is not the first time that Irish artists have launched a cultural boycott of Israel on the altar of "Palestinian rights."
In 2007, members of the Irish state-sponsored academy of creative artists, Aosdana, attempted to launch a similar boycott of Israeli cultural events and institutions.
The resolution to "back the call from Palestinian filmmakers, artists and cultural workers to end all cooperation with Israeli state-sponsored cultural events and institutions, had also been proposed by Deane. The motion, seconded by playwright Margaretta D'Arcy, was defeated by the organization's general assembly.
However, a follow-up sponsored by D'Arcy and seconded by Deane passed, calling on Irish artists and institutions to "reflect deeply" before working with Israeli cultural institutions.
Writing for The Evening Herald at the time, Irish journalist Ian O'Doherty pointed out in response, "In fairness to Aosdana, the call for a boycott seems to have been led by a hardcore group… The fact that Israel is the least segregated society in the region, and that Israeli Arabs enjoy more freedom than their counterparts in other, Arab-run, countries, is something that tends to be conveniently forgotten."
IPSC activists were also busy with similar pursuits a year later, during Israel's war against the Hamas terrorist rulers of Gaza in the winter of 2008-2009, Operation Cast Lead. For days, the group demonstrated at the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Dublin against the "ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza." Ignored were the thousands of deadly mortar and rocket attacks fired almost daily by Gaza terrorists since 2000 at Jewish communities in southern Israel.
A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Dublin responded last week to the current boycott effort with a statement, calling the campaign "regrettable and ill-advised." The embassy noted, "Vilifying and ostracizing Israel and promoting a lose-lose program of boycotts is not the way to secure legitimate Palestinian rights."
6. Jews of all Generations Return to the Jewish Quarter by Eli Stutz
Hundreds of Jewish residents of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem came together yesterday for a multi-generational meeting, to celebrate 40 years since the renewal of Jewish settlement in the Jewish Quarter. Arutz Sheva spoke with several participants, who told about how life there has changed over the years.
The Jewish Quarter was liberated by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Over the course of three years, the IDF and the Jerusalem Municipality worked hard to clear the rubble and ruins, and some families arrived individually. In 1970, the Jewish community reached a critical mass and was fully launched. Since that time, the community in the Jewish Quarter has gone through much growth and change, and it now comprises over 500 hundred families.
The meeting was spearheaded by long-time resident Amnon Shiloni who felt that it was important to recognize the unique aspects of the founders and the foundation of the original Jewish Quarter community, who came to live amidst rubble and ruin and gradually built it up to the fully built neighborhood which it is today.
Barnea Levi Selavan, a resident of the Jewish Quarter and host of the Land Minds show on Israel National Radio attended the event. He said, "I was very moved when Rabbi Yishayahu Hadari said, 'our return to this very hilltop coincides with its destruction on the eighth day of Elul 1942 years ago.' To be a part of this community is an awesome privilege."
Yehoram Goan, the well-known Israeli singer and former Jerusalem councilman, told the gathering that his grandfather had lived a very holy life in the Jewish Quarter and that for him to return to this neighborhood was not just another performance.
A clip was shown of Yehoram Goan himself singing the classic song, 'Me'al Pisgat Har Hatzofim' (From the View of Mt. Scopus) in front of Rabbi Getz, the first rabbi of the Western Wall, with Rabbi Getz crying in his appreciation of returning to Jerusalem. When Yehoram Gaon watched the clip, he broke down in tears as well.
Among the assembled, were Jewish residents and fighters from the 1948 War of Independence, who expressed their appreciation at being able to live again in the streets of their childhood.
7. Report: Egypt to Buy Back Gas from Israelby Elad Benari
(So Egypt got greedy for Israeli money and sold too much natural gas. Guess what? That is THEIR problem!!! MBS)
In the wake of reports of a shortage of natural gas in Egypt, a report in the Egyptian daily Al Shaab said that the Egyptian government is seeking to buy back 1.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas that was sold to Israel as part of a deal signed by Egyptian Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Sameh Fahmy and Israeli Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer in July 2005, under US pressure. The price of the gas sold to Israel was significantly lower than the market price. One-third of Israel's natural gas is in fact provided by Egypt under this deal.
The newspaper quoted anonymous sources who said that internal discussions in Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources determined that at least half the natural gas sold to Israel under the deal would have to be repurchased at $14 billion, even though it was sold for $2 billion.
In recent weeks, a heat wave that struck the region has caused frequent power outages and water systems to be shut down in Egypt. According to some officials, these were caused by insufficient natural gas at many power plants. Officials have called on Egyptians to conserve power and refrain from displaying the festive lights customarily used during the Ramadan holiday this year.
Demonstrations have been taking place against the Egyptian government over the frequent power outages. "We are protesting the failed government policy, and the deterioration of the economic situation," said Osama Hussein, spokesman for "the Free Popular Front" in a conversation with The Media Line. "We demand the government stop exporting gas to Israel, and cut all ties with it."
According to a report in the Egyptian independent daily Al-Masri Al-Yom, 200 letters of complaint were received by the newspaper from citizens of 16 different Egyptian provinces. Some of the complaints claimed that power cuts occurred in homes as the daily fast of Ramadan came to an end, while others complained that lowered power currents damaged their electrical appliances.
Demonstrators are demanding immediate imports of natural gas, yet at the same time, Egyptians are infuriated by the report that Egypt would have to pay Israel more money to repurchase goods that originated in Egypt.
In January, officials in Egypt's Petroleum Ministry suggested importing natural gas from Iraq for use in its gas liquefaction facility in Damietta, which would be used to turn the Iraqi natural gas into liquid gas for resale. That suggestion also raised controversy, as opponents of gas exports to Israel suggested that the government cancel the sales rather than importing. Israel's Ministry of Finance has so far declined to comment on the issue. However, large deposits of natural gas found off Israel's shores recently may make purchasing unnecessary in the future.
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israeltoday.co.il http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=79 'Israel a scum state,' says top Amnesty Int'l official (Can you imagine the uproar if an Israeli official called countries that are home to Jew haters, as scum and douche bag countries? MBS) Venomous remarks by head of Finnish branch shows why Israel has so little trust for Amnesty and other NGOs more» Palestinian stonethrowers wound Jewish baby (Evidently, the western media places NO VALUE on the life of an Israeli baby. MBS)
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media ignores the incident more» Confirmed oil find in central Israel After years of exploration, umbrella firm tells investors that large, commercially-viable oil field has been found
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Who Is Brigitte Gabriel? (For those of you who do not know Brigitte Gabriel, she is an amazing woman who tells it as it is instead of being an apologist for Islam. MBS)
EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO READ THIS!
Editor's Note: Below are selected excerpts from Brigitte Gabriel's speech delivered at the Intelligence Summit in Washington, DC.
We gather here today to share information and knowledge. Intelligence is not merely cold hard data about numerical strength or armament or disposition of military forces. The most important element of intelligence has to be understanding the mindset and intention of the enemy. The West has been wallowing in a state of ignorance and denial for thirty years as Muslim extremist perpetrated evil against innocent victims in the name of Allah.
I was ten years old when my home exploded around me, burying me under the rubble and leaving me to drink my blood to survive, as the perpetrators shouted, 'Allah Akbar!' My only crime was that I was a Christian living in a Christian town. At 10 years old, I learned the meaning of the word 'infidel.'
I had a crash course in survival. Not in the Girl Scouts, but in a bomb shelter where I lived for seven years in pitch darkness, freezing cold, drinking stale water and eating grass to live. At the age of 13, dressed in my burial clothes going to bed at night, waiting to be slaughtered. By the age of 20, I had buried most of my friends--killed by Muslims. We were not Americans living in New York, or Britons in London. We were Arab Christians living in Lebanon.
As a victim of Islamic terror, I was amazed when I saw Americans waking up on September 12, 2001, and asking themselves 'Why do they hate us?' The psychoanalyst experts were coming up with all sort of excuses as to what did we do to offend the Muslim World. But if America and the West were paying attention to the Middle East they would not have had to ask the question. Simply put, they hate us because we are defined in their eyes by one simple word: 'infidels.'
Under the banner of Islam 'la, ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoulu Allah,' (None is god except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) they murdered Jewish children in Israel, massacred Christians in Lebanon, killed Copts in Egypt, Assyrians in Syria, Hindus in India, and expelled almost 900,000 Jews from Muslim lands. We Middle Eastern infidels paid the price then. Now infidels worldwide are paying the price for indifference and shortsightedness.
Tolerating evil is a crime. Appeasing murderers doesn't buy protection. It earns one disrespect and loathing in the enemy's eyes. Yet apathy is the weapon by which the West is committing suicide. Political correctness forms the shackles around our ankles, by which Islamist's are leading us to our demise.
America and the West are doomed to failure in this war unless they stand up and identify the real enemy: Islam. You hear about Cahaba and Salafi Islam as the only extreme form of Islam. All the other Muslims, supposedly, are wonderful moderates. Closer to the truth are the pictures of the irrational eruption of violence in reaction to the cartoons of Mohamed printed by a Danish newspaper. From burning embassies, to calls to butcher those who mock Islam, to warnings that the West be prepared for another holocaust, those pictures have given us a glimpse into the real face of the enemy. News pictures and video of these events represent a canvas of hate decorated by different nationalities who share one common ideology of hate, bigotry and intolerance derived from one source: authentic Islam. An Islam that is awakening from centuries of slumber to re-ignite its wrath against the infidel and dominate the world. An Islam which has declared 'Intifada' on the West.
America and the West can no longer afford to lay in their lazy state of overweight ignorance. The consequences of this mental disease are starting to attack the body, and if they don't take the necessary steps now to control it, death will be knocking soon. If you want to understand the nature of the enemy we face, visualize a tapestry of snakes. They slither and they hiss, and they would eat each other alive, but they will unite in a hideous mass to achieve their common goal of imposing Islam on the world.
This is the ugly face of the enemy we are fighting. We are fighting a powerful ideology that is capable of altering basic human instincts. An ideology that can turn a mother into a launching pad of death. A perfect example is a recently elected Hamas official in the Palestinian
Territories who raves in heavenly joy about sending her three sons to death and offering the ones who are still alive for the cause. It is an ideology that is capable of offering highly educated individuals such as doctors and lawyers far more joy in attaining death than any respect and stature life in society is ever capable of giving them.
The United States has been a prime target for radical Islamic hatred and terror. Every Friday, mosques in the Middle East ring with shrill prayers and monotonous chants calling death, destruction and damnation down on America and its people. The radical Islamic deeds have been as vile as their words. Since the Iran hostage crisis, more than three thousand Americans have died in a terror campaign almost unprecedented in its calculated cruelty along with thousands of other citizens worldwide. Even the Nazis did not turn their own children into human bombs, and then rejoice at their deaths as well the deaths of their victims. This intentional, indiscriminate and wholesale murder of innocent American citizens is justified and glorified in the name of Islam.
America cannot effectively defend itself in this war unless and until the American people understand the nature of the enemy that we face. Even after 9/11 there are those who say that we must engage our terrorist enemies, that we must address their grievances. Their grievance is our freedom of religion. Their grievance is our freedom of speech. Their grievance is our democratic process where the rule of law comes from the voices of many not that of just one prophet. It is the respect we instill in our children towards all religions. It is the equality we grant each other as human beings sharing a planet and striving to make the world a better place for all humanity. Their grievance is the kindness and respect a man shows a woman, the justice we practice as equals under the law, and the mercy we grant our enemy. Their grievance cannot be answered by an apology for who or what we are.
Our mediocre attitude of not confronting Islamic forces of bigotry and hatred wherever they raised their ugly head in the last 30 years, has empowered and strengthened our enemy to launch a full scale attack on the very freedoms we cherish in their effort to impose their values and way of life on our civilization.
If we don't wake up and challenge our Muslim community to take action against the terrorists within it, if we don't believe in ourselves as Americans and in the standards we should hold every patriotic American to, we are going to pay a price for our delusion. For the sake of our children and our country, we must wake up and take action. In the face of a torrent of hateful invective and terrorist murder, America's learning curve since the Iran hostage crisis is so shallow that it is almost flat. The longer we lay supine, the more difficult it will be to stand erect.
This is all coming true. A non-patriot is President of this great country. How can this happen?? APATHY, that's how!!! Send this around.
Brigitte Gabriel is an expert on the Middle East conflict and lectures nationally and internationally on the subject. She's the former news anchor of World News for Middle East Television and the founder of: AmericanCongressforTruth.com
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In-Depth Issues: Lure of the Homeland Fades for Palestinian Refugees - Lina Sinjab ( BBC News) The right of return for Palestinian refugees is a major sticking point in the upcoming U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace talks, but some younger Palestinians - having never laid eyes on their ancestral homeland - say they do not actually want to go back. With generations of Palestinians now having lived in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, they have established deep roots outside their ancestral homeland. "On the record, because it is politically incorrect to say otherwise, all of them would say, 'Yes, we would return to Palestine.' But once you sit with them in private, you hear a very different point of view," says political analyst Sami Mubayyed. Yasser Jamous, 23, lives in a Syrian neighborhood identified as a refugee camp, but there are no tents or slums in sight. It is a residential area with beauty salons and Internet cafes.
Video: The Iranian Bomb - The Song ( Latma-YouTube) In a new satirical video from the makers of "We Con the World," the Iranian minister of destruction sings about the bomb: "You think it's just about Israel, oh that's so cute. Just wait till you and I have a dispute." Chorus: "The bomb, the bomb, I'll have the bomb. Cause you have waited way too long."
Norway Divests from Two Israeli Companies ( JTA) A fund overseen by Norway's Ministry of Finance divested from two Israeli companies involved in construction in the West Bank. The Norway Oil Fund, managed by the Norwegian Central Bank, divested from Africa-Israel Investments and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus Ltd. on Monday.
Don't Blame Israel for Arab Failures - Salim Mansur ( Toronto Sun-Canada) (The time for scapegoating Israel, Jews, and Zionism is OVER!!! MBS) The fact of how small Israel is territorially, and how this fact deepens its sense of vulnerability, weighs down upon anyone who visits the country. Israel is merely a dot relative to the Arab world, and yet made responsible for the problems of the Middle East and the inability of the Arab-Muslim culture to deal with the challenges of the modern world. The Arab world, excluding Iran and Turkey, is comprised of 22 countries with a total area around 13 million sq. km. and a population of nearly 350 million. Israel is barely 22,000 sq. km., or about three times the size of New York City, with a population of 7.5 million of which 20% are Israeli Arabs. An objective consideration of the huge disparity in size and population between the Arab world and Israel should dispel the drivel the world has been fed that Arabs are the "underdog" in a colonial struggle against Jews as a colonizing people. Arabs, Muslims and their apologists in the West fault Israelis for the collective failure of the Arab world. It is as if the plight of Palestinian "occupation" by Israelis explains the Sudanese civil wars and genocide in Darfur, or the savage killings inside Algeria, or the long list of atrocities, gender oppression, humiliation of religious minorities, wars, military dictatorships, violence and murder in the name of Islam across the Arab world. It is sheer absurdity to hold Israelis responsible for the utterly dysfunctional nature of the Arab world.
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| News Resources - North America, Europe, and Asia: - Three Dead in Hizbullah-Sunni Clashes in Beirut - Meris Lutz and Borzou Daragahi
(Hmmm, Moslems killing Moslems. Silly me, I thought that was forbidden. MBS) Three people were killed and several others wounded when clashes broke out between members of Hizbullah and Ahbash, a conservative Sunni movement, in the Beirut neighborhood of Bourj Abu Haidar on Tuesday. Hizbullah official Mohammad Fawaz and Ahbash official Ahmad Jamal Omairat were killed in the fighting, which included machine guns and rockets. (Los Angeles Times)
See also Hamas, Fatah Clash in Lebanon after Prayer Dispute
(Hmmm, Moslems killing Moslems. Silly me, I thought that was forbidden. MBS) Three people were wounded Monday after a dispute between clerics loyal to Fatah and Hamas over who would lead prayers at a mosque in Tyre turned into armed clashes. Well-informed sources said the incident reflected tensions between Hamas and Fatah over the resumption of direct peace talks with the Israeli government. (Daily Star-Lebanon) - Hizbullah Chief Calls on Lebanon to Build Nuclear Reactor
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah called on Lebanon's government to follow in Tehran's footsteps and build a nuclear facility to generate electricity like the reactor in Bushehr, Iran. The Lebanese daily As Safir reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Lebanon on Sep 11. (Times of India)
See also Hizbullah: Iran Can Equip Lebanese Army (AP) - Israel Rejects UN Human Rights Council Flotilla Investigation
UN officials say the Israeli government is blocking them from speaking to Israeli soldiers about the country's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. UN Human Rights Council investigators from Britain, Trinidad and Malaysia have been refused entry by Israel, which rejects the mission as biased. The council's inquiry is separate from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's own panel on the incident. Israel is conducting its own investigations into the flotilla incident as well, one by the military and one by an independent panel. (VOA News)
News Resources - Israel and the Mideast: - Hamas: Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks Illegitimate, Coerced by U.S.
(So in other words, Hamas has no interest in PEACE TALKS. MBS) Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshal said Tuesday that the upcoming U.S.-backed direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are illegitimate and the result of coercion by Washington. He said the talks "do not obligate our people to anything." Meshal also called on Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah II not to take part. (AP-Ha'aretz) - U.S., Israel Seek "Creative" Solution for Settlements
Israeli officials confirmed Monday that the government is in quiet talks with the U.S. in search of a "creative" solution that will allow at least some limited construction in settlements to take place after Israel's 10-month moratorium ends on Sept. 26. "Many options are being discussed," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor. In Washington, a U.S. official confirmed the dialogue with Israel. (AP-Ynet News) - Tony Blair: Delegitimization of Israel Is Affront to Humanity - Herb Keinon
To delegitimize Israel is an affront not only to Israelis, but to those "everywhere, in every part of humanity, who share the values of a free and independent human spirit," Quartet envoy Tony Blair said on Tuesday in a speech at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. He said the best answer to those who sought to delegitimize the Jewish state "lies in the character of Israel itself, in the openness, fairmindedness and creativity of the Israelis." "What you have created is a remarkable example for the rest of us."
"The issue of delegitimization is not simply about an overt denial of Israel's right to exist. It is the advocating of prejudice in not allowing that Israel has a point of view that should be listened to," he asserted. "A consistent conversation I have with some, but by no means all, of my European colleagues is to argue not to apply rules to the government of Israel that they would never dream of applying to their own governments or their own countries." (Jerusalem Post)
See also Tony Blair's Five Steps toward Fighting Israel Deniers - Orit Arfa (Los Angeles Jewish Journal)
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis (Best of U.S., UK, and Israel): - What We Think and What the Arabs Believe - Herbert I. London
In the 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll conducted for the Brookings Institution, one can get a glimpse of Arab opinion in the so-called moderate countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Those thinking Israel is a huge threat are 88% (down slightly from 95% in 2008). The idea that the U.S. is the main threat to Arab countries declined from 88% under President Bush to 77% under President Obama. The Iranian threat grew from 7% in 2008 to 13% in 2009 and down to 10% in 2010.
Several conclusions emerge: The adjective "moderate" hasn't any place in the Middle East. Negative attitudes to Israel persist, and it is unlikely this will change substantially as long as Israel exists. There is relatively little change in the Arab attitude about Obama and Bush. Despite the imperial aims of Iran and its threats against Sunni-dominated states, Arabs believe that the U.S. is a far greater threat to their societies. This adds up to an Arabic-speaking community where radicalism is ensconced; where, despite foreign aid, diplomatic appeasement and attempts at cultural understanding, a passionate hatred of Israel and the West is unflagging.
As a consequence, policy implications are apparent: The effort to appease, flatter and buy off has not worked. The notion that Obama represents a new chapter in Middle East history is regarded as mythology. There cannot be a peace as long as Israel is regarded as a greater threat than Iran. The writer is president of the Hudson Institute and professor emeritus of New York University. (Hudson Institute-New York) - Before We Talk to Hamas - Ron Prosor
The Quartet has long applied three principles Hamas must adopt to take part in negotiations. It must renounce violence, recognize Israel and abide by previous agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. At no point has Hamas satisfied these conditions - or indicated any intention to do so. The Hamas charter advocates the destruction of the State of Israel, the genocidal slaughter of Jews and the imposition of an Islamic state governed by sharia law.
Some in the West fondly refer to Hamas as the elected representatives of the Palestinians. While Hamas won the Palestinian council elections in 2006, it was not a mandate to violently overthrow the Palestinian Authority. Nor does it justify terror against Israel. Only 32% of Israeli voters believe talks with the Palestinians will lead to peace. It is the Israelis who require confidence-building measures. In Gaza, no missiles would mean no blockade. It is that simple. The writer is the Israeli ambassador in London. (Guardian-UK) - Swedish Hostility toward Israel Is Becoming Anti-Semitic - Ronald S. Lauder
Malmo police say that, of the 115 hate crimes recorded in the city in 2009, 52 were aimed at Jews or Jewish institutions. Anti-Semitism is back, and what is taking place in Malmo is merely an extreme manifestation of what is happening across the whole of Sweden. Swedish mainstream hostility to Israel has clearly begun to cross the line into outright anti-Semitism.
A second major issue at play here is Sweden's Muslim population. While all manifestations of intolerance against Muslims must be firmly resisted, it is also vital to recognize the danger that some Muslim immigrants have brought with them from their home cultures: bigotry against Jews and Israel. When mainstream politicians, newspapers, and churches rail against Israel, many Swedish Muslims inevitably see this as a green light for them to unleash their own hostility toward ordinary Jews. They feel that their anti-Semitism is acceptable. The writer is president of the World Jewish Congress. (Daily Star-Lebanon)
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