Photo album: Hamas Weaponry and Tactics/other news

June 2011

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Middle East

ADL Action Alert: Tell Congress Palestinian Unilateral Action Threatens Peace Process.

Related:
Facts on the Palestinian Campaign to Unilaterally Declare Statehood
Background on the 2011 Gaza Flotilla: A coalition of international anti-Israel organizations called "Freedom Flotilla II" is planning to send approximately a dozen ships to Gaza in late June. The ships are expected to meet in the Cyprus area on or around June 25 and begin sailing towards Gaza.

Related:
ADL letter to The New York Times Flotilla Not Freedom Fighters
ADL to Delta: Don't be a party to discrimination. In response to concerns expressed in news reports of the potential for religious discrimination after the inclusion of Saudi Arabian Airlines in the global SkyTeam Alliance, ADL wrote to Delta Air Lines to ensure that Jewish, Israeli and other non-Muslim passengers do not face discrimination as a result of the partnership.
Abraham H. Foxman Jerusalem Post blog: Six Words That Could Change History – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas must stand before his people and say six courageous words: "I will accept a Jewish state."
On the 5th anniversary of the capture of Gilad Shalit, ADL demands:  Free Him Now!

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Following Hamas' announcement that they will not provide the International Red Cross with evidence that kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive, ADL expressed support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that Israel will toughen the conditions of Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli prisons. Abraham H. Foxman stated:   "It is unfortunate that Hamas' intransigence… has left Israel little choice but to impose limits on the privileges of Palestinian security prisoners."
Abraham H. Foxman oped in The Jewish Week: Palestinian Leadership Must Save Itself
Compromise enables Israeli basketball player to compete in European Women's Championship. ADL had urged FIBA to reconsider its decision, saying the policy was "insensitive and discriminatory."

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ADL wrote to FIFA (the Federal International Football Association) objecting to their decision to prohibit an Iranian Women's National Team from wearing traditional hijabs and track pants while participating in the pre-Olympic trial match in Jordan. The team members wished to wear these items for modesty reasons related to their religion. Abraham H. Foxman wrote: "We hope that you will reconsider and reverse this injustice for future tournaments."
ADL condemned an arson attack against a West Bank mosque.

Rachel Kedar, Director of Educational Programs in the ADL Israel office, delivered the Anti-Semitism Today presentation to two separate groups of Jewish teenagers: one from Efrat, Israel, who will be traveling soon to Auschwitz, and the other, a group from Sarasota Florida, who were on a two-week visit to Israel.

Europe

Andrew Srulevitch, Director of European Affairs, and Naomi Mazin, Director of Special Programs, Education Division, met in Oslo with Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen during a four-day fact-finding trip organized by the Jewish Community of Oslo. Meetings were also held with editors of all major Norwegian newspapers, representatives of all the political parties in Parliament, leaders of the Church of Norway and the Norwegian Muslim community, and the Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities. ADL's concerns about a recent survey of Oslo schools, which showed 33% of Jewish students suffering from bullying because they were Jewish, were discussed with the Governing Mayor of Oslo Stian Berger Røsland.
ADL wrote to Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo, Ambassador of Spain to the United States regarding a decision by the Spanish Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of four people for selling Nazi literature in a Barcelona bookstore. ADL wrote: "We strongly disagree with this decision. Freely propagating anti-Semitic and xenophobic materials should be considered incitement regardless of whether the public will be receptive to these sentiments. This hate-filled literature pollutes the public square and creates an atmosphere whereby racism and anti-Semitism appear to be tolerated in society, creating conditions in which bigots are emboldened to express their hatred violently. This ruling is particularly disturbing in light of successive public opinion polls – including ones conducted by the Anti-Defamation League – which document strong anti-Semitic attitudes within Spanish society." ADL urged the Spanish government to "do its utmost to enforce Spanish laws that prohibit incitement to anti-Semitism."
ADL wrote to Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States, to raise concern regarding an annual exhibition on Palestinian issues in Sofia, which featured biased and anti-Israel propaganda, as well as reports of the desecration in Pleven of a monument commemorating Jews killed in the Kailaka concentration camp.

Latin America

President Hugo Chavez "has not lived up to his word" to speak out against anti-Semitism in Venezuela. ADL pointed to a recent radio program where the notorious anti-Semitic forgery, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion was promoted on Venezuelan state-owned radio.

Global Issues

ADL welcomed the announcement by the United States that it will not participate in the so-called "Durban III" conference, saying it is "appropriate for the U.S. to refuse to be a party to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel extremism at the United Nations."
ADL extended congratulations to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on his election to a second term. ADL Chair Robert G. Sugarman and National Director Abraham H. Foxman wrote: "Since January 2007, you have used your office to stand up against grave human rights abuses and used your podium to speak out against hatred and intolerance. On a personal level, we would like to thank you for your outreach to the Jewish community. We look forward to continuing our open dialogue in your second term. Particularly as this upcoming General Assembly session is likely to be one filled with challenges and controversies, we are ready to continue working with you and the United Nations to help build understanding and peace."
Statement by Lisa and Ilsa Klinghoffer on the production of "The Death of Klinghoffer" at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN THE REGIONS

Boston:
The Honorable Friedrich Lohr, New England Consulate General of The Federal Republic of Germany, experienced an ADL Law Enforcement Training at the Federal Reserve in Boston. He expressed interest and appreciation for the League's work to prevent hate crimes not only locally but also overseas in places such as Turkey. Consul General Lohr led a delegation of three officials from Germany.
Los Angeles:
ADL staff and lay leaders met with the Consuls General of South Korea and Mexico, and the Vice Consul General of Austria as part of an ongoing program of outreach to the diplomatic community based in Los Angeles.
New York:
Aaron David Miller discussed his views on the current state of the Middle East peace process in a briefing to the New York region leadership.
Philadelphia:
Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner traveled to Israel with ADL to study counter-terrorism.
Washington, DC:
Washington, D.C.: Chief Superintendent Eitan Menashe of the Israel Police gave a presentation to the FBI Washington Field Office's (WFO) Counterterrorism Division on how Israel has prevented and responded to suicide bombings and terrorist attacks in a briefing organized by ADL.

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Germany: Israel Accepted Prisoner Swap with Hamas (AP-San Francisco Chronicle)
On Monday, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert confirmed that Israel had accepted a proposal by a German mediator to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured by Hamas-linked militants in Gaza five years ago, but that "so far, Hamas regrettably has not yet accepted this proposal."

Israel Upset with Jordan over Condemnation of Jerusalem's Old City Renovation - Danna Harman (Ha'aretz)
Israel's ambassador to UNESCO Nimrod Barkan said Monday that Israel is shocked that Jordan had led a successful effort within the international body to condemn Israel over renovations planned for the Mughrabi Gate Bridge in Jerusalem's Old City - after signing an agreement with Israel to allow the work to go ahead.
"The Jordanians lied in a way that cannot be believed, both to us and to the Americans," Barkan said.

Israel Trumps the Arab World (The Peninsula-Qatar)
A comparative study of Arab nations and Israel on "Scientific Research and Patent Rights Compared," by Palestinian researcher Dr. Khalid Said Rubaia, found that Israel has registered 16,805 patents, while Arab countries have only 836 patents - 5% percent of what Israel has.
Israel spends 4.7% of its total GDP on scientific research, the highest in the world, while Arab states spend 0.2%.
On per capita spending on scientific research, Israel is number one with $1,272.8. The U.S. is second with $1,205.9 and Japan third with $1,153.3.
The Arab countries spend an average of $14.7 annually per capita. The oil-rich Asian Arab countries spend $11.9 per capita.

Promised Land Awaits 7,500 Mizo Jews in India (Times of India)
At least 7,500 Mizo Jews from Mizoram and Manipur will migrate to Israel, which they refer to as their Promised Land, this year.
"Preparations for a mass migration to the Promised Land are on. The lost tribes from the northeast will go to Israel in the later half of this year after their peers from South America migrate to that country," said Jeremiah Hnamte, one of the leaders of the Aizawl-based Bnei Menashe.
Zaithanchhungi, a Mizo researcher, said the Bnei Menashe had once migrated to the two northeastern Indian states after traveling through China and were still following the Jewish culture and traditions in many ways.
In 2005, Israel's Chief Rabbinate officially recognized the Bnei Menashe as descendants of Israel. About 1,700 Bnei Menashe have migrated to Israel so far.
Shalem Gin, 20, who immigrated to Israel from Mizoram in 1995, has become the first person from his community to be an officer in the Israel Defense Forces.

News Resources - North America, Europe, and Asia:

Iran Unveils Missile Silos as It Begins War Games - William J. Broad
Iranian state television on Monday broadcast images of silos deep underground, saying they held medium- and long-range missiles ready to hit distant targets. The report showed footage of an underground launching pad for the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of about 1,250 miles.
Col. Asghar Qelichkhani said the missiles were permanently in the vertical position and "ready to hit the predetermined targets." Last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London reported "emerging evidence" of Iranian silos that could fire missiles at Iraq, Israel, Turkey and countries throughout the Persian Gulf. The co mmander of the Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said with these installations "we are certain that we can confront unequal enemies and defend the Islamic Republic of Iran." (New York Times)
See also Iran Tests 14 Surface-to-Surface Missiles in War Games (Press TV-Iran)

International Criminal Court Issues Warrant for Libyan Leader's Arrest - Colum Lynch
Judges from the International Criminal Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, his son, and a top military intelligence chief, calling for them to stand trial for crimes against humanity in connection with a violent crackdown on antigovernment protesters. They are accused of killing and persecuting hundreds of Libyan civilians since the government began suppressing public protests Feb. 15.
In issuing the ruling, Judge Sanji Monageng of Botswana said there was sufficient evidence to believe that the three Libyans have committed the crimes and that their arrest was necessary to ensure they appear befor e the Hague-based court and to prevent them from continuing further crimes. (Washington Post)
See also Indicting Gaddafi: Why They Aren't Trembling in Tripoli - Editorial
The indictments serve as a way for the international community to pretend to do something without having to get its hands dirty stopping genocides or other crimes against humanity. Thus Sudan's Omar al-Bashir resides comfortably in Khartoum more than two years after his first indictment by the court. No word yet on whether the Gaddafis plan to turn themselves in. (Wall Street Journal)

News Resources - Israel and the Mideast:

Some Flotilla Activists Seek to Harm Israeli Soldiers - Barak Ravid
Senior officials in Jerusalem said Monday that Israel has received information that organizers of the Gaza flotilla may be bringing chemical substances on the ships to use against Israeli soldiers. They also said several extremists among the participants had recently claimed that they intend on "shedding the blood of IDF soldiers." Moreover, despite earlier reports, activists from the Turkish organization IHH will be joining several of the ships sailing for Gaza. (Ha'aretz)

Israeli Who Accidentally Entered Palestinian Village Nearly Lynched - Omri Ephraim
Nir Nachshon was on his way home when a GPS device mistake caused him to mistakenly enter the Palestinian village of Issawiya in east Jerusalem Sunday night. Speaking from his hospital bed, he said, "Just as I made the turn, I figured out that I made a mistake, but I didn't realize how big the issue was. This is Jerusalem. This is home." "Immediately when I made the turn a 12-year-old boy started screaming 'Jew, Jew.' Each time he called out dozens more people arrived." That is when they started throwing rocks and cement blocks into the car. "All I could see was murder in their eyes. I felt my life would be over at any minute."
Nir then described how his life was saved: "Someone came out of nowhere and tried to resc ue me from the people; there was screaming but he managed to get me to his house." The rescuers were one of the village's muhtars and his sons, who took him to a police patrol car waiting outside the village. (Ynet News)

Palestinian Terror Cell Planned Attacks in Jerusalem - Anshel Pfeffer
Israeli security forces have arrested a terror cell belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which planned to carry out terror attacks in the Jerusalem area and to abduct an Israeli soldier, it was revealed Monday. (Ha'aretz)

Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis (Best of U.S., UK, and Israel):

The Floating Gaza Strip Show - Editorial
Anti-Israel activists are launching a fresh high-seas publicity stunt. Freedom Flotilla II is a public-relations exploit in the guise of a humanitarian relief effort. Conditions in Gaza are far from the crisis activists would have the world believe. The people aren't starving, and they don't want for basic medical care. Two luxury hotels reportedly will open soon in Gaza, along with a new multilevel shopping mall. Life expectancy in Gaza is 74, seven years above the world average and higher than in Egypt, India or Russia. Infant mortality is less than half the world average. (Washington Times)

Hizbullah and Syria: Who Abandoned Who? - Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid
Today Hizbullah's enemies have multiplied to the extent that Israel is now the least of their worries. More than half of the Lebanese people are against Hizbullah, while most Arabs are against them as well, and Syria seems to have abandoned them or at least distanced themselves. The majority of Sunnis in Lebanon view Hizbullah with suspicion, or indeed hatred, because they believe that Hizbullah was responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, as well as for occupying areas of Beirut three years ago. In addition, at least half the Christian population of Lebanon oppose Hizbullah, demanding that it give up its arms, fearing that Hizbullah wants to establish an Islamic republic along the lines of Iran.
; Syria has been Hizbullah's neighbor, ally, and protector for over 30 years. However, the popular uprising is witnessing demonstrators openly chanting anti-Hizbullah slogans and accusing the group of supporting the al-Assad regime in suppressing the demonstrators. Hizbullah's seeking to dominate Lebanon by force will be confronted and face severe challenges in the forthcoming stage. Hizbullah's pretext of confronting Israel has been removed since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon 11 years ago. Since then, Hizbullah has transformed into an organization that serves Iran's interests. Syria seems to have given up playing the role of custodian and ally to Hizbullah, even before the situation in Damascus is resolved. (Asharq Alawsat-UK)

How Arab Media View a Declaration of Palestinian Statehood - Linda Menuhin Abdul Aziz
Unlike the vibrant debate in Israel over the Palestinian plan to seek support for statehood in September in the UN General Assembly, the Arab media is occupied with the wave of changes sweeping Arab countries, leaving little room for discussion of the projected Palestinian plan. The Arab media predicts that a declaration of statehood by the Palestinians would not result in any immediate changes on the ground. Any Palestinian state would lack sovereignty and authority, with borders dictated by certain facts - the security fence, the settlements, and Israeli control of Jerusalem, as well as continued ec onomic dependence on Israel. (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Libya: The Lost War - Amitai Etzioni
Despite the fact that I predict that the stalemate in the U.S.-led intervention in Libya will not last, and Gaddafi will either be killed or quit, there are several strong reasons to conclude that the mission has already failed, including, of course, that it is still ongoing. For one thing, the leaders of Iran cannot but conclude that a nation that gives up its program of obtaining of WMDs - as Gaddafi's Libya did - is much more vulnerable to Western intervention than a nation that succeeds in acquiring them, as North Korea did. At the same time, the U.S., already mired in three wars in the Muslim world and desperately looking for ways to cut its deficit, has shown that it would rather have others doing the intervening and has no stomach for another war. (National In terest)

Observations:

Why Alice Walker Shouldn't Sail to Gaza - Howard Jacobson (CNN)

Gaza is under siege, Israelis will tell you, because weapons are fired from it into Israel, threatening the lives of Israeli children. If the blockade is lifted there is a fear that more lethal and far-reaching weapons will be acquired, and the lives of more Israeli children endangered.

The boat on which Alice Walker will be traveling will be carrying, she tells us, "Letters expressing solidarity and love." Solidarity is a political term implying commonality of interest or aspiration. So what interest or aspiration does Alice Walker and her fellow travelers share with the people of Gaza? A longing to live in peace? Is the firing of rockets from Gaza an expression of such a longing? And what about the declared hostility of Hamas to the very existence of Israel?

Hamas, we are often told, is the elected government of Gaza, a government that fairly represents the wishes of its people. In which case we must assume that Hamas' implacable hostility towards Israel fairly represents the implacable hostility felt by the people of Gaza. Are Alice Walker's letters of love and solidarity solid with the people of Gaza in that hostility?

The writer is a British Jewish author and journalist.

Winds Of Jihad

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Never Consider a Muslim Putz for President

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Understanding the Jihad Against Israel and America

This post is one for keeps. A powerful summary that's got it all. Bookmark it now for future references. Pajamas Media A powerful, explicit, informative article on the identity and nature of...

Glenn Beck vs the Muslim Brotherhood: " "Democracy Is a Bad, Backwards, and Retarded Idea"

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Mickey Mouse Jihad

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Turkey's 'Reform Islam' will be just like the original Islam

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Poll Results: Will the killing of Bin Laden win Obama's reelection?

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Holland: "it is not the government's job to integrate immigrants"

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The Next Gaza Flotilla

Jun 27, 2011 11:00 am | Eric

A group of terrorist supporting activists are planning to sail ten ships to Gaza. They plan attempt to breach Israel's maritime blockade of the terrorist controlled territory.

The Next Gaza Flotilla is a post from: The Israel Situation

Photo album: Hamas Weaponry and Tactics

Israel Defense Forces | June 28, 2011 at 12:16 | Categories: Facts & Figures | URL: http://wp.me/ppbEs-1KF

View the new Flickr album, a collection of photos of Hamas weaponry and tactics from 2005-2011.

Since Israel's 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip, the terrorist organization Hamas has turned Gaza into a central hub of terror activity.

Over the last decade, Hamas and other terror organizations under its jurisdiction have launched thousands of rockets into major Israeli population centers in southern Israel, populated by one million Israeli civilians. Hamas is also responsible for orchestrating a long series of suicide bombings during the Second Intifada, killing hundreds of Israeli civilians.

The above flickr album covers Hamas's weaponry and tactics. Active in smuggling weapons, the terrorist organization Hamas uses the sea and underground tunnels to import weaponry into the Gaza Strip. Tunnels are a means for weapons smuggling and kidnapping Israeli soldiers; dummies are designed to trick Israeli soldiers into entering booby-trapped areas; religious centers are desecrated as weaponry hideouts and Palestinian civilians are cynically exploited--Hamas and its state sponsors will stop at nothing to destroy the state of Israel.

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