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Archive for the ‘Jewish’ Category

January 25, 2009

It’s good when Americans, especially top American political leaders and the media that follows them, recall reality now and again.  Israel is not the 51st state of the USA; and it is good for Israelis to remember that too….


If not for the fact that the words running along the bottom of the screen during Tuesday evening’s broadcast were in Hebrew, one might have mistaken Channel 10 for an American network.

ByRuthie Blum Leibowitz
Jerusalem Post

Factoids about previous inaugurations flowed through the “ticker tape,” as though prepping the public for a pop quiz on the  history of our noble nation. The trouble is that, as noble a nation as the United States is (something all local newscasters suddenly discovered, as soon as it became clear that a Democrat would be occupying the Oval Office), it is nevertheless not ours. No matter how crucial its moves on the world stage are to Israel’s survival and well-being, the US is a foreign country. And it would have been treated as such by the local media had John McCain won the election on November 4.
Indeed, the local media’s anxious awaiting of the arrival of the Great Black Hope on the proverbial white donkey has been so unbridled that they could be as appropriate as their American counterparts for parody in an apt cartoon by Dana Summers in the Orlando Sentinel. In it, a group of screaming fans flinging panties at Barack Obama is reproached by a policeman. “Stop throwing your underwear at him, and make way for the media,” he scolds.

A woman responds by flashing her press card at him. “We are the media,” she says. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The messianic fervor surrounding the meteoric rise of the charismatic candidate, who virtually swiped a seemingly surefire victory in the Democratic primaries from Hillary Clinton – as if out from under her – is the stuff for psychoanalysts and future historians to sift through and sort out.

That most of the American media made this possible on the one hand, and were as affected by it as the voters on the other, is not the least bit surprising. Even revolutionaries must grow weary of lugging around all those heavy protest banners. And even leftists long for leaders they can love. To them, Hillary would have certainly been better than any – gasp! – Republican. She, at least, could have assuaged the anger felt by all those females whose fear of chipping a nail makes it difficult for them to break through the glass ceiling they claim is preventing their promotions.

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Obama Inauguration: No Rabbis, Priests


Time Magazine

Obama Didn’t Need Rick Warren for Prayer; Others Abound

Obama’s Path to Faith Was Eclectic, Diverse

January 4, 2009 Photo: AP

The U.S. has blocked two previous cease-fire resolutions.

Gaza, Israel Highlight Stark Obama, Bush Differences 

Arab Nations Urged To Cut Off Oil to Isreal, Allies

 

Iran Urges Arabs to Condemn Israel and All “Zionists”; Calls Palestinian Losses “Real Holocaust”


President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot even say the word “Israel” and has said the “Zionist state should be wiped from the earth,” is now urging the Arab League and all Arabs and Islamists to rise up against Israel.

Said Ahmadinejad: “The ongoing crimes committed by the cultureless Zionists in Gaza have saddened all advocates of liberty and freedom worldwide and pleased savages. Women, children, youth, the pious and devoted, and shelter-less men are being murdered in their land in the heaviest siege that does not allow entry of food and medicine for the crime of insisting on their basic human rights.”

“This is while leaders of arrogant, corrupt, bullying and oppressive powers and their affiliates, explicitly or implicitly support the criminals who commit these brutal acts by remaining silent.”

The Iranian president went on to add that “The disgraceful Zionists are not demonstrating their power, rather this is a show of their weaknesses. Killing civilians and defenseless people will not lead to the supremacy of the murderers. Zionists and their tyrannical patrons have reached a dead-end and are on the verge of decline. Such crimes only further darken their disgusting track record. The US regime and some European governments should know that they too will be held accountable for these crimes.”

He called Israel’s action in Gaza “The real Holocaust.”

In the past Mr. Ahmadinejad has said that israel fabricated the holocaust for its own reasons.

“Therefore, the people of Gaza represent all peace-seeking masses against all ugliness, aggressions and savagery. These people are sacrificing their lives to help uphold human dignity”
said Ahmadinejad.

Today Ahmadinejad said,  “If the Arab League does not want to do anything today, when does it want to act?” the president told a rally in Zahedan in southeast Iran.

“Aren’t these oppressed Palestinians Arabs? So when should the capacity of the Arab League be used? The Arab League should act quickly,” he said in a speech broadcast on state television.

From Peace and Freedom

Gaza Is “Proxy War to Eradicate Israel” Funded By Iran
Volunteer suicide bombers seek to attack Israel 


Iran’s president told the Arab League, which meets on Wednesday, it must act quickly to end Israeli attacks on Gaza Palestinians adding that setting up a committee or making speeches was not enough.

But Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not suggest any specific action by Arab states, some of which had been criticised by non-Arab Iran for not doing enough to help protect Palestinians after more than 380 had been killed.


He added that setting up a committee and making speeches was not adequate and would allow Israel to continue its actions.

Arab foreign ministers hold an emergency session at the Cairo-based Arab League on Wednesday. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Cairo would propose a way to contain the current conflict to the ministers.

Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza, has often been singled out for criticism by Iranian protesters for not doing more to help Palestinians. Egypt, which has a peace treaty with Israel, and Iran, which does not recognise the Jewish state, do not have full diplomatic ties.

Iran Cleric Tells All Muslims To Rise Up Against Isreal; Tumult in Mideast


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Obama Support For Israel Uncertain; Gaza Attacks Complicate Policy Making


George Bush and Condoleezza Rice failed.  Numerous heads of the United Nations have failed.  Palestinian and Arab leaders have failed.  Now maybe Barack Obama will inherit the Middle East peace process like many before him.

With less than a month until the inauguration, the U.S. president-elect could inherit a Middle East in international crisis  — and it will be his to fix or suffer through.

The death toll from a weekend of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has topped 300, Palestinian medical sources said Monday.

Israel’s air assault began a third day amid wide ranging condemnation from the international community.

The United States has always been Israel’s number one ally: but with a new president to take office on January 20, 2009, new policy is being formulated in the U.S. that involves Israel now….


The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel‘s deadliest-ever air assault on Hamas further complicate President-elect Barack Obama‘s challenge to achieve a Middle East peace — something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations.

The Bush administration has blamed the renewed violence on the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, saying it broke a cease-fire by firing rockets and mortars deep into Israeli territory. The Arab world, however, has reacted with rage to the aggressive Israeli counterattacks, which have left at least 290 Palestinians dead and more than 600 wounded.

It’s unclear whether Obama will be as supportive of Israel as President George W. Bush has been.

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer Fire burns late Sunday or early Monday in Gaza, where Israel has been bombing what it says are Hamas targets.

David Axelrod, senior adviser to Obama, chose his words carefully Sunday, saying the president-elect would honor the “important bond” between the United States and Israel.

“He wants to be a constructive force in helping to bring about the peace and security that both the Israelis and the Palestinians want and deserve,” Axelrod said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “Obviously, this situation has become even more complicated in the last couple of days and weeks. As Hamas began its shelling, Israel responded. But it’s something that he’s committed to.”

Pressed about how much support Obama will offer Israel, Axelrod said: “He’s going to work closely with the Israelis. They’re a great ally of ours, the most important ally in the region. … But he will do so in a way that will promote the cause of peace, and work closely with the Israelis and the Palestinians on that — toward that objective.”

Israel had been carrying out its attack exclusively from the air, but the Israeli Cabinet has authorized the military to call up 6,500 reserve soldiers for a possible ground invasion.

“I’m not sure it’s a good idea,” Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “I mean, Israel certainly has the right to self-defense, of course. Hamas has not recognized Israel’s right to exist. … But I’m hopeful that as this transition comes, as we look to January, that strong presidential leadership can make a difference here.”




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Israeli cabinet calls up reservists as Gaza strikes continue

December 28, 2008 

By Rory McCarthy
The Guardian, UK

Related from CNN: Obama Watching Gaza Closely:


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Anti-Semitism floods Internet after Madoff scandal


Anti-Jewish commentary is flooding the Internet in the wake of Bernard Madoff’s arrest on charges of masterminding one of the biggest Wall Street frauds in history, campaigners said Friday.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said there had been “an outpouring of anti-Semitic comments on mainstream and extremist Web sites.” Bernard L. Madoff, the Chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, is seen speaking in 2007.(Philoctetes Center/Handout/Reuters)

“Site users have posted comments ranging from deeply offensive stereotypical statements about Jews and money — with some suggesting that only Jews could perpetrate a fraud on such a scale — to conspiracy theories about Jews stealing money to benefit Israel,” the ADL said in a statement.

“Jews are always a convenient scapegoat in times of crisis, but the Madoff scandal and the fact that so many of the defrauded investors are Jewish has created a perfect storm for the anti-Semites,” said Abraham Foxman, ADL national director.

Madoff’s $50 Billion Scam Included Buying Influence in Washington

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad is at it again; predicts Israel’s end


I love how Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opens his mouth and spouts hate about Israel and it’s reported as news. And then I oblige by posting his diatribe here. Ahmadinejad’s latest affront was saying that Israel will soon “fade away from the earth.“

I think anti-Israel rallies are pretty common in Tehran. Fortunately, Ahmadinejad is full of proclamations but not prophesies.

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
The God Blog
The Jewish Journal Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends an official meeting with Sudan’s Foreign Minister Deng Alor in Tehran in this file photo from October 21, 2008.(Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

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What We Know About Mumbai Terrorists: Mad Dogs Off The Leash

December 3, 2008

Mumbai Terror Survivor Bought Cheap and Promised Pay “Dead or Alive” By Pakistan Handlers 

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