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Silvan the leftist
2007-07-09 19:56:00
Likud MK Silvan Shalom is dropping out of the leadership race. With the way he talks, I'd say he deserves it:Likud MK Silvan Shalom announced at a press conference in Tel Aviv Monday morning that he was dropping out of the September 3 primary race against current party chairman Binyamin Netanyahu.Shalom said he could not be a partner in the primary elections if they were held as Netanyahu wanted. "What's happening in the Likud today is a farce typical of the Baath regime in Syria," Shalom said. "Is that what we want to imitate?"How insulting can he be? Plus, how leftist can he be? The answer lies in the following:Members forcing decisions on the party had already driven out several prominent Likud members, he argued, citing former MKs Dan Meridor, David Levy, and Yitzhak Mordechai as examples.And two out of three of those examples are definitely leftists: Meridor, who went with Kadima, and Mordechai, who undermined Netanyahu's government a decade ago. It should be noted that Mord...
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Pending investigation of Olmert's house purchase
2007-07-09 19:51:00
The state attorney's office has decided to recommend opening an investigation into Ehud Olmert's buying a house unlawfully:Despite reports late Sunday night that a criminal investigation would be opened against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regarding his purchase of a home on the capital's Cremieux Street in 2004, Justice Ministry officials insisted that the case was simply in a "very advanced stage, pending a decision."Justice Ministry spokesman Moshe Cohen refused to confirm or deny rumors that State Attorney Eran Shendar had decided to recommend to Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz that Olmert face a criminal investigation for the real estate purchase.In the Justice Ministry, however, the belief was that a decision on a criminal probe would be made in the next two to three weeks.The circumstances surrounding the purchase of Olmert's home in the German Colony neighborhood raised suspicions last year when reports were released that Olmert, who formerly served as both mayor of Jerusal...
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Israeli girl missing in Mexico
2007-07-09 06:55:00
Two months ago, Mark in Mexico posted about a girl from Haifa named Dana Firemann who's MIA in Mexico. She was last seen in Tulum, Quintana Roo.I hope she's okay. To be stuck in a "land of the lawless" like that can certainly be distressing and dangerous.
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This almost sounds like Waco set in Pakistan
2007-07-09 04:42:00
For the past week, there's been a siege at the Red Mosque in Pakistan , surely a Communist machine. Now, the children holed up there are telling their parents that they intend to be martyrs. See what indoctrination causes? Don't ever let your children near monsters like these.
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Down with diversity!
2007-07-08 05:37:00
Now I know why "diversity" has got to be as negative a word as "multiculturalism": they're bringing in all the wrong people to the Londonistan police force (via Hot Air):Up to eight police officers and civilian staff are suspected of links to extremist groups including Al Qaeda.Some are even believed to have attended terror training camps in Pakistan or Afghanistan?The dossier was drawn up with the help of MI5 amid fears that individuals linked to Islamic extremism are taking advantage of police attempts to increase the proportion of ethnic staff.Astonishingly, many of the alleged jihadists have not been sacked because - it is claimed - police do not have the ?legal power? to dismiss them?Instead, the staff who are under suspicion are unofficially barred from working in sensitive posts and are closely monitored. Political correctness is blamed for the decision not to sack them?Suspicions are growing that the gang behind the failed London bomb attacks could have received inside info...
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Barak gets booed in Nazareth
2007-07-07 22:17:00
Whether or not Israel i Jews have forgotten Ehud Barak 's failures as a prime minister, Israeli Arabs have not: Barak faced protests in Nazar eth , and pretty noisy ones at that.
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A mental no-jihad zone
2007-07-06 16:53:00
Diana West (via Michelle Malkin) has a must-read column about the pathetic inability of westerners to clearly identify jihadis as what they are.Speaking of which, look at how White House officials such as Karen Hughes attended the rededication ceremony of the Islamic Center in Washington, and even donned the hijab when there. Any succeeding administration cannot resort to the same mentality as these deluded politicians are.Others rightfully appalled at this dhimmitude include Counterterrorism Blog, Sunflower Desert, Right Voices.
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Britain allowed hatemongers to enter their country
2007-07-06 16:23:00
An example of uncontrolled immigration in Britain , if that's how these imams are coming there:Only eight per cent of imams preaching in British mosques were born in the UK, according to new research.The research, commissioned by the BBC, also suggests that only 6 per cent of imams in Britain speak English as a first language.The Chester University survey for BBC News and the BBC Asian Network revealed that almost 45 per cent of imams have been in the UK for less than five years.But here's the big question: if any of these imams have been preaching the hate that led to the attempted bombing of the nightclub in Picadilly, are they going to take any steps to get rid of them? Somehow, I doubt it. Also, it seems that Gordon Brown has chosen recently to ban the word "muslim" or "islam" from government discussions on terrorism (Hat tip: Hot Air). While they may have decided wisely to stop sharing intel with local Muslim leaders, that they're still putting their heads in the sand shows t...
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"Crescent of Betrayal": new book about the Flight 93 Memorial scandal
2007-07-06 08:06:00
Alec Rawls, who blogged about the attempt to foist a memorial design in the shape of an Islamic crescent on the victims of Flight 93, something that may still be in attempt by the corrupt buearocrats in charge, has now written a book about the case, Crescent of Betrayal, some of which is available at this website.
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Provokers pummeled
2007-07-05 15:18:00
IDF smashes at least eight Hamas terrorists in Gaza:GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops crossed into the Gaza Strip, killing eight Hamas militants in a fierce gunbattle Thursday that drew in Israeli aircraft, tanks and bulldozers.Israel said its troops were on a routine foray against Palestinian rocket squads when they came under fire from the militants about half a mile inside the Gaza Strip. Hamas said its fighters surprised an Israeli undercover unit.Wrong. They provoked them, and for that, they got at least eight of their terrorists crushed.Witnesses reported a heavy exchange of fire as Israeli tanks and bulldozers moved in, backed by air power.As soldiers took up positions on rooftops, militants fought back by laying mines and firing small arms and mortars.Two mortars landed on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing, which has been closed to most traffic since Hamas wrested control of Gaza last month, the army said. No one was hurt.Hospital officials said six militants w...
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Where is the shame?
2007-07-05 05:01:00
The Knesset held a special session on the plight of Gush Katif expellees:(Israel NN.com) The Knesset held a special session on the ongoing plight of the 9,000 expellees from Gush Katif and the Shomron. Many MKs complained about the government's mis-handling of the entire issue, especially the lack of long-term housing solutions.I'm glad they held this hearing. Will this eventually give those evicted the justice they seek?
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Alex Salmond is bad for Scotland
2007-07-04 17:51:00
I support Scotland 's regaining its independence from England again, if that's what the Scots want, to forge their own path and destiny, but if politicians like First Minister Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party, are to be in charge, the country may one day find itself enslaved by the very ideologies and religion that are creeping into effect in England. Robert Spencer writes about the denial in Britain of the Islamic threat, and notes how Salmond is no better than former British PM Tony Blair and current one Gordon Brown:In the wake of the two bomb-rigged cars discovered in London and the flaming jeep that crashed into a Glasgow airport terminal, the terror threat level in Britain has been raised to critical. British authorities are continuing to search for suspects, and haven?t ruled out the possibility that more catastrophic attacks are being planned, and could be imminent. Authorities have noted similarities between these events and past jihad terror plots, are ...
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Dutch honor
2007-07-04 17:42:00
The Dutch government wants to build a memorial wall for Dutch Holocaust victims:The Netherlands Auschwitz Committee wants to erect a Wall of Names listing the 110,000 Dutch murdered by the Nazis in concentration camps.The committee wants the memorial to stand in the Wertheim Park in Amsterdam, near the Jan Wolkers Auschwitz monument. The wall, to be completed by 2009, would feature mostly the names of Jews but also would include resistance fighters and political prisoners, according to Dutch press reports.That's an excellent idea.
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Mel Gibson may be up to no good again
2007-07-04 17:33:00
I'm not sure if Mel Gibson 's career has been sunk yet, and as this news indicates, he's still trying to be a troublemaker of a filmmaker:A prominent Polish cleric with a history of anti-Semitism said Mel Gibson may make a film about his life.Father Henryk Jankowski came to prominence for his role spearheading strikes that ushered communism out of Poland in the 1980s, but he was temporarily suspended from his clerical duties for maligning Jews. He said in an interview with Poland's Dziennik daily that he was in talks with Gibson about a possible film.In 1997 Jankowski said publicly that there was no place for Jews in the Polish government and also condemned the Polish government's apology for the 1946 Kielce pogrom.Gibson's career as an actor and director has been clouded by anti-Semitic remarks he made last year after being pulled over by police in California for drunk driving. Gibson is Catholic.I will no longer be watching any movies with Gibson, having come to that decision...
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Happy 4th of July
2007-07-04 17:11:00
Today is the Fourth of July , and I'd like to wish everyone a happy and joyous celebration!
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Call them "Doctor Death"
2007-07-03 13:50:00
It should probably tell something when you see that the ringleaders in last week's attempted terrorist attacks in London were doctors. According to Sky News (via LGF), at least five of the seven arrested suspects are doctors! Five doctors are now being held in connection with the recent attempted terror attacks - one is an Iraqi doctor who trained in Baghdad.Sky sources named him as Iraqi Bilal Abdulla - he was left relatively unscathed in an attack on Glasgow airport, in which two men drove a flaming jeep into the airport terminal.Two doctors were arrested in Paisley, Glasgow, another in Liverpool and one on the M6 on Saturday night.Abdulla was pictured being led away from the explosion by police and worked at the Royal Alexandra Hospital near Glasgow. The other man detained at Glasgow airport had severe burns and remains in a critical condition at the Royal Alexandra.No doubt it's hard for some to believe that a medic, someone whose job is to save lives, could be capable of taki...
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Yehudit Collins says that allegations against Moshe Katsav make little sens
2007-07-03 06:00:00
Jerusalem Post columnist Yehudit Collins writes about the rape charges that have been brought against former president Mosh e Katsav and says that they make very little sense, if at all. Now, if these really are trumped up accusations for the sake of demonizing a politician simply because he may be "right-wing", then all I can say is that the plaintiff is doing a grave disservice to real victims of rape cases, as are any political feminists who take the whole case seriously. One of the most interesting things here is - how and why could this anonymous woman put up with any crap she might've gone through just for the sake of the benefits available in a job like this? I saw a report on TV, and you know what? I didn't believe a word of it. She didn't act like a woman who'd been raped, and she is doing a grave disservice to those who were.Go read the rest and decide for yourself about this.
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Israeli leftists admit that withdrawal from Gaza was a mistake
2007-07-02 06:55:00
Astonishingly enough, a couple of leftist reporters are now acknowledging that the withdrawal from Gaza was a mistake (Hat tip: IRIS Blog):Journalist Ilana Dayan: How is it that we all blindly followed Oslo?...Why didn't we ask whether disengagement was the right step?"TV personality Avri Gilad: I supported the disengagement plan and I was wrong?the orange (pro-settlement camp) was right.Journalist and political commentator Yaron London: Nothing has been built on the ruins except terrorist training camps?"Playwright Yehoshua Sobol: I wouldn't like to see us folding from Judea and Samaria once again and to see Qassam rockets being fired on Kfar Saba, Ra'anana and Herzliya?"Major-General Yiftah Ron Tal: (Commander of the land forces during the disengagement): I cannot understand why Isra el relinquished parts of its land voluntarily and passionately, and how it turned settlers connected to the land into criminals?Journalist and TV personality Yair Lapid: The calmest front at the mom...
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Could the House vote on shamnesty spell lame duck status for Dubya?
2007-07-01 21:59:00
US News and World Report says that, as the vote against shamnesty in the Senate has shown, Bush's influence in Congress has been greatly diminished. So, he's closer now to lame duck status than before.
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Don't do business with companies that do business with terrorist states
2007-07-01 19:50:00
Judith Apter Klinghoffer is quite right that there needs to be pressure put upon companies that do business with terror sponsoring states. But most importantly, those with common sense should not be doing business with them at all. Or, put another way, don't buy from businesses that do deals with places like Iran, Dubai, and such. Here's a list of companies that are worth avoiding if you can.
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"Asians" drive burning car into airport terminal at Glasgow airport
2007-06-30 21:07:00
About a day after the bomb scare over in London, another terrorist attack takes place at the Glasgow airport. Sky News (via Hot Air) has this to say about who the culprits are:It comes just a day after two car bombs were found in London. And it is in the same week that Gordon Brown became Britain's new Prime Minister, and is exactly seven days before the second anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London.The Jeep was being driven at around 30mph when it smashed into a glass door at Terminal One of Glasgow airport.Hundreds of shocked holidaymakers were in the area at the time, and witnesses said some of them removed gas cylinders from the jeep.There are reports the occupants - described as Asian males - were trying to pour petrol on the flames.In North America, when we say Asian, it often means people of Chinese, Japanese and Korean descent. But in Britain, it often means people of Pakistani and Afghanistani descent. There's your answer, but most importantly of all, a clue to that thi...
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Jihad mouse becomes Martyr Mouse
2007-06-30 21:02:00
The Hamas killed off its own Mickey Mouse TV ripoff, but unsurprisingly, it seems that they had an Israeli character do it:Farfur, the Mickey Mouse lookalike who preached Islamic domination and hatred of Jews on a children's television program on Hamas TV was the victim of a "beating death" in the show's final episode Friday.An actor posing as an Israeli official tried to buy Farfur's "land." The mouse called the Israeli a "terrorist" and defended himself valiantly, with squeaks and grunts. "Farfur was martyred while defending his land," Sara, the teen presenter intoned. He was killed "by the killers of children," she added, helpfully.NOT helpfully, I would say, rather, what was done was inciteful!
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Car bomb found in London's Haymarket neighborhood
2007-06-29 15:24:00
An attempted car bombing was thwarted in the Haymarket area in London, and the al Qaeda is suspected: The threat of terror returned to London today after a car bomb was found outside a West End nightclub.The apparent target was Tiger Tiger in Haymarket, where up to 1,700 people were inside on 'ladies night'.It is feared the attack is the work of Al Qaeda militants, who plotted a similar attack on the capital's Ministry of Sound nightclub and Bluewater shopping centre. The British-born Al Qaeda gang was jailed last month.Police were called shortly before 2am this morning and the immediate area was cordoned off while explosives officers made the 'potentially viable device' safe.It sounds to me like they were plotting to murder women out of Islamo-misogyny. And they were homegrown too. But it could also be connected with the new incitement against Salman Rushdie.And it wasn't the only one, for more, see at Hot Air how there was at least one more attempted attack that took place a...
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Dubya's amnesty plan collapses
2007-06-29 06:06:00
Finally, president Dubya 's had his whole amnesty bill rejected in the Senate. Predictably, the AP writes about it all the wrong way, but there we have it, the bill, supported by such poor politicians as Harry Reid has been buried. Now, I don't suppose they'll allow it to STAY that way for a change, and not keep trying to revive it a la Frankenstein? What they could do now is start making serious efforts to improve law enforcement by firing Michael Chertoff and appointing a new DHS chief who's respectable of public opinion and can do his/her best to round up all 12 million illegal immigrants and show them the door. That would be taking a much more positive step.Others glad to see the bill collapse include Michelle Malkin, Chaotic Ramblings, The Pink Flamingo Bar and Grill, Political Vindication, Stuck on Stupid, Pirates' Cove, Iowa Voice, Thinking Right.
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Bolton on Iran
2007-06-27 23:24:00
John Bolt on once again speaks sanity and reason in this article from the Jerusalem Post (via Melanie Phillips):Sanctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to stop Iran ?s drive to nuclear weapons, the US?s former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton , told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Worse still, according to Ambassador Bolton, the Bush administration does not recognize the urgency of the hour and that the options are now limited to only the possibility of regime change from within or a last-resort military intervention, and it is still clinging to the dangerous and misguided belief that sanctions can be effective. As a consequence, Bolton said he was ?very worried? about the well-being of Israel. If he were in Israel?s predicament, he said, ?I?d be pushing the US very hard. I am pushing the US [administration] very hard, from the outside, in Washington??The current approach of the E...

Tancredo sends Chertoff lettuce and fruit basket
2007-06-27 22:20:00
Congressman Tom Tancredo had an interesting way of disagreeing with the awful head of the DHS, Michael Chertoff , on his statement that the agriculturual industry would suffer without amnesty for illegal aliens: he sent him a head of lettuce and a fruit basket.I think it can be said that quite a few people are still waiting for Chertoff to announce his long overdue resignation, BTW.
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Tony Blair will only hurt things as an envoy
2007-06-27 20:53:00
Will Blair help or hurt in his new job as an envoy? That's what this JTA article is asking, but I think the answers can pretty much be figured out:Tony Blair 's frequent calls for the need to create a Palestinian state and his vital support for the Iraq war raise major questions for officials in Jerusalem and Arab capitals.WASHINGTON (JTA) ? Tony Blair brings a lot to his new job as a peace envoy: His hands-on experience as British prime minister in dealing with Middle East issues, the confidence President Bush places in him as a loyal supporter of the Iraq war, a long-held view that resolving the Israel i-Palestinian conflict is vital to stabilizing the region.The question in this case is whether "a lot" constitutes useful experience or debilitating baggage.Answer: he will only bring baggage that we in Israel will have to carry as our horrid burden.And I don't agree at all with this article that says that Blair is leaving a legacy of support for Israel. Not at all.
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Dubya's going to a mosque again
2007-06-27 09:40:00
It seems that Dubya intends to waste his time visiting the Islamic Center of Washington D.C, for re-dedication to some no doubt useless purpose (H/T: Michelle Malkin). This is the same mosque center he visited following 9-11 and said that Islam is "peace", and where the former head of the mosque, Muhammed al-Asi, once told Iranian television that the US government was to blame for 9-11.Any succeeding presidential candidate is going to have to prove themselves capable of not going to places like what Dubya is going to.
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Border fences can stop terrorists as well as illegal immigrants
2007-06-27 07:36:00
Trouble is, John McCain does not seem to understand that:?America is still the land of opportunity,? Senator John McCain recently said. ?And we?re not going to erect barriers and fences.?Unlucky us.Along with Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, the Arizona Republican cosponsored immigration legislation currently crawling through the Senate. McCain should recognize that without a barrier or fence, the U.S./Mexican frontier will continue to welcome Islamic extremists pledged to America?s doom.One more reason why not to support McCain for president.As this report (in PDF format) by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations from January tells, Hezbollah terrorists have already infiltrated the southern border. If they could penetrate, so could others. That's exactly why the fence needs to be built.Hat tip: Molten Thought.
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BBC employs a Hamas terrorist
2007-06-27 06:25:00
They also once employed a man who was a member of a British mafia syndicate, so I guess this shouldn't be too surprising. (Via Little Green Footballs and Michelle Malkin.) Nor is it surprising to me that the British government is letting the Beeb get away with it.
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