When people reflect on the meaning of antisemitism they often think about WWII and mumble calmly that “those Germans, it was their fault entirely” - Disregarding the fact that it was a world plague.
Antisemitism should not be measured only with backwards goggles. You cannot reflect back, state that things were probably bad because of a few select “bad people” and that today it is all different. In my view, the harshest forms of antisemitism come to light when blatant hatred of Jews is disregarded as the norm. This is a clear sign of things going really bad.
The hatred has gone no where. The symptoms might have subsided for a few years, even allowing the Jewish people to form their own state, but recent horrifying actions which have gone with little attention from media have reassured us that antisemitism is back full throttle.
Take the US universities as a classic example. Hate is taught and practice under the false pretense of Middle Eastern studies or “sensitivities to the feelings of Muslims”. Swastikas on Jewish dorms have apparently become a thing of the norm, not worthy of reaching the news. “It is all the Jews fault, they started all the wars” – when a famous (religious?) entertainer said that the media went into a frenzy but when it is repeated by too many in the left spectrum of our political arena it is considered “OK”.
It is back, full throttle, and the worst part about it is the calmness by which humanity accepts it. It is normal to hate and harass the Jews – this is the true face of antisemitism – this is its worst manifestation. One day some will look back, reflect and write in history books that “there might have been some indications of Jew hating but they were scarce as they were not too often highlighted by media”. Everyone thought the holocaust was a surprise, didn’t expect that for some reason – what next disaster will humanity ponder about with slight indifference?
Friday, October 27, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
I dont believe debka.com but...
If what they write is true - that is - that Israel knows where stock piles of missile on route to Hezbollah are laying in Syria, then combine that fact with the entrance to the government of the clinically insane Avigdor Lieberman (not to be confused with a democrat) - add the two and you get that stock pile bombed in the next two weeks, sparking the next middle east war.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Conversations on the road
I rarely wish to engage in conversations with random people I meet regarding the things I write about here. The main reason for that is that people usually fall into one of two categories. The first are willfully ignorant of the situation. Their naïve questions and world views can easily amount to an insult. Never the less, once asked a naïve question I cannot help but provide a lengthy answer. The second group is the harshly opinionated. People, who do get updates, are aware of at least one side of the story but refuse to listen to anything which might burst their bubble. Arguing rapidly seems futile. Somehow I do get dragged into such conversations with strangers.
Two examples of such discussions which have happened in the last two months; on the first occasion, I met a stranger in an airport. He was an elderly stranger who sat next to me at the airport burger king. For some odd reason he began talking to me (uninvited). He started telling me how he used to work in the pentagon, how he knows and met Israeli leaders, how familiar he is with the Bush family etc. None of this I wished to know. He brought up this information to let me know what he thought about the Lebanon war. How he thought that Israel was in real trouble and how they lost the war (I excuse you from the expletives he used). He went on to tell me how stupid he thinks G.W Bush is. How he admires Rabin, and what an extremist Benjamin Netanyahu.
Between him chewing his whopper with his mouth open, to his age, to his zeal, I chose not to argue. I smiled, responded with a few generic observations without going into details and as soon as I could – shook his hand and said good bye. In case you’re wondering he was in the second group – harshly opinionated.
Another conversation happened to me recently with a cab driver on my way to a different airport. He said he deliberately avoids listening to the news and gets updates about once in two months. He asked me if all people really live in a war zone in Israel. I think for the next 10 minutes, while sitting in a traffic Jam, I gave my best effort to describe what is happening, has happened and why. Most importantly I stressed out that from my knowledge, most Israelis live their life as if there is and was no war. As if they are not surrounded by millions striving to murder them. People live in apartments, go to work, send their kids to school and are usually just going through a normal life.
I did not go into details but did mention that life gets destroyed by random acts of terror, by imposed states of war, or how the latest war devastated the north.
I do not know if my conversations with people changed the way they view things. I assume the 5 to 10 minutes they spent with me, a stranger, made little difference on them.
Two examples of such discussions which have happened in the last two months; on the first occasion, I met a stranger in an airport. He was an elderly stranger who sat next to me at the airport burger king. For some odd reason he began talking to me (uninvited). He started telling me how he used to work in the pentagon, how he knows and met Israeli leaders, how familiar he is with the Bush family etc. None of this I wished to know. He brought up this information to let me know what he thought about the Lebanon war. How he thought that Israel was in real trouble and how they lost the war (I excuse you from the expletives he used). He went on to tell me how stupid he thinks G.W Bush is. How he admires Rabin, and what an extremist Benjamin Netanyahu.
Between him chewing his whopper with his mouth open, to his age, to his zeal, I chose not to argue. I smiled, responded with a few generic observations without going into details and as soon as I could – shook his hand and said good bye. In case you’re wondering he was in the second group – harshly opinionated.
Another conversation happened to me recently with a cab driver on my way to a different airport. He said he deliberately avoids listening to the news and gets updates about once in two months. He asked me if all people really live in a war zone in Israel. I think for the next 10 minutes, while sitting in a traffic Jam, I gave my best effort to describe what is happening, has happened and why. Most importantly I stressed out that from my knowledge, most Israelis live their life as if there is and was no war. As if they are not surrounded by millions striving to murder them. People live in apartments, go to work, send their kids to school and are usually just going through a normal life.
I did not go into details but did mention that life gets destroyed by random acts of terror, by imposed states of war, or how the latest war devastated the north.
I do not know if my conversations with people changed the way they view things. I assume the 5 to 10 minutes they spent with me, a stranger, made little difference on them.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
France - the new army of Allah!?
Ooh I hate to be right on such disastruas developments. I said before that the French intrest in Lebanon dubios - it turns out to be much worse. They have protected Hizbollah leader Friday during a shamefull boasting of power by a terror group. The French and Israeli plane were almost in a state of war fare.
I WARNED AGAINST THIS! Who is the idiot who called upon world powers to defend terror groups and fight against Israel?! The current stage can be one of two things:
1. Either this is a sure visible precursor to World War III (Guess which side the French are on?)
2. The situation in Lebanon will somehow miraculasly pacify... Germany, France and Russia will not be dragged into a direct military conflict with Israel (in the name of Iranian oil)
Icky - Yacky situation....
I WARNED AGAINST THIS! Who is the idiot who called upon world powers to defend terror groups and fight against Israel?! The current stage can be one of two things:
1. Either this is a sure visible precursor to World War III (Guess which side the French are on?)
2. The situation in Lebanon will somehow miraculasly pacify... Germany, France and Russia will not be dragged into a direct military conflict with Israel (in the name of Iranian oil)
Icky - Yacky situation....
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Spoken Pope
They’re angry and violent again… for being told that being angry and violent is evil. The Muslims think it is within their rights to tell believers and leaders of other religions what to do and say. All the while they take constant and deliberate offense from being criticized. Catholics on the other hand are known to stand firm behind the leader of their religion and not bow to intimidations.
This is exactly the same situation as was with the Danish cartoons. The Islamists were looking for an excuse to prove to all non Muslims that Islam followers do behave violently.
A small note: When the Vatican expressed condemnations to terror acts it listed out exactly which instances it meant while deliberately ignoring violent acts against Jews in Israel. When the state of Israel protested the response was even harsher, the Vatican responded by saying: “neither you nor no one else has a right to tell the holly Pope what he should and should not say”. This incident caused great stress in the relations between Catholics and Jews, and between the Vatican and the state of Israel.
Perhaps all the hypocrites who say “the Pope should have said this”, “should have done that”, “should not have said”, “should have apologized more censure”, they should consider the catholic stance on the divinity of the Pope and respect the fact that for Catholics, the Pope is always right and others who might criticize are considered hostile and irrelevant.
Observing the two religions one fails to see resemblance. The Catholics who take offense from criticism of their Pope do not go to the streets to burn and murder. The Pope was criticized for speaking while the Muslims are criticized for doing true evil: Murdering in the name of god.
This is exactly the same situation as was with the Danish cartoons. The Islamists were looking for an excuse to prove to all non Muslims that Islam followers do behave violently.
A small note: When the Vatican expressed condemnations to terror acts it listed out exactly which instances it meant while deliberately ignoring violent acts against Jews in Israel. When the state of Israel protested the response was even harsher, the Vatican responded by saying: “neither you nor no one else has a right to tell the holly Pope what he should and should not say”. This incident caused great stress in the relations between Catholics and Jews, and between the Vatican and the state of Israel.
Perhaps all the hypocrites who say “the Pope should have said this”, “should have done that”, “should not have said”, “should have apologized more censure”, they should consider the catholic stance on the divinity of the Pope and respect the fact that for Catholics, the Pope is always right and others who might criticize are considered hostile and irrelevant.
Observing the two religions one fails to see resemblance. The Catholics who take offense from criticism of their Pope do not go to the streets to burn and murder. The Pope was criticized for speaking while the Muslims are criticized for doing true evil: Murdering in the name of god.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Keeping face by an anti-semite phony rights group
Amnesty international has published a report on their opinion that Hezbollah did commit war crimes. For some reason it took them longer to reach such conclusion than to conclude immediately, spontaneously and incorrectly that Israel has committed war crimes.
A very good piece on the subject of their bias was written by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. Read here.
The mere fact is that this is not the first time they do this; they cling to every bogus claim of victim hood by Taquiyya committing Jihadists. They are quick to accuse Jews and Israel of horrific crimes, then after years of such behavior, and after dozens of one sided reports they wash their hands by a single short and very quietly published paper admitting that what Arabs are doing to Jews is without a doubt a war crime. Only after 9/11 did we see them go after the US with similar impertinence while trying to tag every measure taken to defend Americans as violations of human rights. Violation of the rights of the terrorists.
They are Anti-Semite by their actions. Their bias and zeal to indict Jews first cannot be interpreted by anything but Anti-Semitism however much they will deny it.
A very good piece on the subject of their bias was written by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. Read here.
The mere fact is that this is not the first time they do this; they cling to every bogus claim of victim hood by Taquiyya committing Jihadists. They are quick to accuse Jews and Israel of horrific crimes, then after years of such behavior, and after dozens of one sided reports they wash their hands by a single short and very quietly published paper admitting that what Arabs are doing to Jews is without a doubt a war crime. Only after 9/11 did we see them go after the US with similar impertinence while trying to tag every measure taken to defend Americans as violations of human rights. Violation of the rights of the terrorists.
They are Anti-Semite by their actions. Their bias and zeal to indict Jews first cannot be interpreted by anything but Anti-Semitism however much they will deny it.
Friday, September 08, 2006
The double edge sword of CAIR activism
Jews have known this for a while – if you are active in politics and are trying to better your reputation with the general community – you draw more attention to yourself. For Jews in Europe pre-WW II that meant every anti Semite lie has been exploited up to the point of committing a genocide against the Jews. For CAIR it means that every deceitful attempt to whitewash Islamic connection to terrorism, and the entire history and nature of Islam which they are trying to hide has come to the attention of the world global community. The negative attention the Muslims are getting, unlike the negative attention the Jews got, is well deserved. The truth about Islam (unlike the lies about Jews) surface above CAIR’s lies and spin.
While in the few first months after 9-11 we kept hearing about “the religion of peace”, and “not all Muslims are terrorists and not all terrorists are Muslims”, it has become apparent for most of us that we are discussing the religion of hate, the religion of Jihad, and that almost all modern day terrorists and terror acts are by Muslim. In addition to that we learned that while many hoped that the general Muslim community opposes Jihady terrorists, those hopes were easy to disillusion by reading the polls and listening to Muslims within western countries. Most of the Muslim population supports terror against Jews, against Britain, against Spain, Turkey, Israel, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Russia and even against other Muslims of different sectors. The deafening silence of the Western Muslim leadership with regards to the thousands of terror attacks tells us less than the vigorous struggle they put to assist captured terrorists in Guantanamo and Israeli prisons.
The double edge sword of CAIR activism has raised negative attention to the Muslim community rather than improve relationships. The reason for that is simple. One can find too often denunciation of terror fighting measures and false claims of Muslim victim hood than condemnations of Muslim Terror. The mere use of the term “Muslim Terror” is strongly condemned by them. Jews in Europe who were trying to fight Anti Semitism were pointing to true victim hood and true lies regarding Jews. There was no Jewish movement attempting to murder infidels, there was and isn’t no Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. The thoughts and actions of Muslims in the west are too obvious to ignore or brush off by the lame attempts of CAIR to claim victim hood.
While in the few first months after 9-11 we kept hearing about “the religion of peace”, and “not all Muslims are terrorists and not all terrorists are Muslims”, it has become apparent for most of us that we are discussing the religion of hate, the religion of Jihad, and that almost all modern day terrorists and terror acts are by Muslim. In addition to that we learned that while many hoped that the general Muslim community opposes Jihady terrorists, those hopes were easy to disillusion by reading the polls and listening to Muslims within western countries. Most of the Muslim population supports terror against Jews, against Britain, against Spain, Turkey, Israel, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Russia and even against other Muslims of different sectors. The deafening silence of the Western Muslim leadership with regards to the thousands of terror attacks tells us less than the vigorous struggle they put to assist captured terrorists in Guantanamo and Israeli prisons.
The double edge sword of CAIR activism has raised negative attention to the Muslim community rather than improve relationships. The reason for that is simple. One can find too often denunciation of terror fighting measures and false claims of Muslim victim hood than condemnations of Muslim Terror. The mere use of the term “Muslim Terror” is strongly condemned by them. Jews in Europe who were trying to fight Anti Semitism were pointing to true victim hood and true lies regarding Jews. There was no Jewish movement attempting to murder infidels, there was and isn’t no Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. The thoughts and actions of Muslims in the west are too obvious to ignore or brush off by the lame attempts of CAIR to claim victim hood.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
The UN forces farce
Micah Haleprn has posted today a very interesting piece: here.
I have noted before what I think of the UN forces and the extremely odd French involvement. From which they retracted, then committed again, then retracted then... well they are French - the only direction the French army can move is backwards.
It is no surprise to hear the news of how UNIFIL helped Hezbollah during the war, it helped them before with the kidnapping in 2000. It is no surprise they state they are about to betray their mission and do none of its commitment - only to serve as protectors of a terror group named Hezbollah. F@#@ (place expletive here) UN!
I have noted before what I think of the UN forces and the extremely odd French involvement. From which they retracted, then committed again, then retracted then... well they are French - the only direction the French army can move is backwards.
It is no surprise to hear the news of how UNIFIL helped Hezbollah during the war, it helped them before with the kidnapping in 2000. It is no surprise they state they are about to betray their mission and do none of its commitment - only to serve as protectors of a terror group named Hezbollah. F@#@ (place expletive here) UN!
Morning news: Labour sais 'Blair Out'
Excellent analysis by Melanie Phillips.
Couldn't agree with her more... as I noted before, I look in fear of what will happen after Balir actually leaves.
Couldn't agree with her more... as I noted before, I look in fear of what will happen after Balir actually leaves.
Broadcasting propaganda for the enemy
The Israeli channel 10 broadcast live on Israeli television and over the internet a well thought of and polished propaganda movie made by the Hezbollah to advocate their righteousness and to glorify their terrorist warriors. With sad and gloomy faces sat the news anchors and discussed topics with parents of slain soldiers and former Israeli negotiator. The Israeli channel paid the Leanness channel for their propaganda material and broadcasted it in Arabic to Israel. The money, no doubt goes strait to the hands of Hezbollah.
The only small rays of light which could be seen from this ordeal are the clear words said by a parent of one formerly snatched and slain soldier. Back in 2000 – Israel should have maid them pay harsh, both Lebanon and Hezbollah. That would have taught them never to do this again. The lessons of the 2000 kidnapping – the military lessons should have been taken. Clearly – that has not happened, as they kidnapped again just two months ago.
For Israel – not losing nor winning a war – and then falling into a political chaos can persuade their enemies that war does pay nicely for them and therefore it should be continued. As I have said before – wars in the Middle East must be won. Cut and clear. Stalemate will only bring further hardship sooner rather than later.
The only small rays of light which could be seen from this ordeal are the clear words said by a parent of one formerly snatched and slain soldier. Back in 2000 – Israel should have maid them pay harsh, both Lebanon and Hezbollah. That would have taught them never to do this again. The lessons of the 2000 kidnapping – the military lessons should have been taken. Clearly – that has not happened, as they kidnapped again just two months ago.
For Israel – not losing nor winning a war – and then falling into a political chaos can persuade their enemies that war does pay nicely for them and therefore it should be continued. As I have said before – wars in the Middle East must be won. Cut and clear. Stalemate will only bring further hardship sooner rather than later.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Time to impose puppet dictators in the Middle East
Seriously, has no-one ever considered solutions such as the above in the Middle East? Of course they did – that is how the British and French took over after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and that is how the Kingdoms of Jordan, Iraq, and Saud were raised. It is lack of attention to defiance and hatred that has led us all to the current situation – hate speech should have never been permitted in the new states of the Middle East.
My view on solving the Palestinian terror issue:
1. Gradually take over neighborhood by neighborhood.
2. Search every house for weapons. Take out all satellite and internet access.
3. Recruit local unarmed officers
4. Enforce local hidden security and actively seek to incarcerate resistance – political or militarily.
5. Put barriers between each neighborhood. Separate areas “freed” from the PA-Chaos, and areas under PA-Chaos.
6. Group several such occupied neighborhoods under a hierarchy of paid collaborators.
7. Create a local army of trusted collaborators with financial interest in keeping the peace. Do not let them excuse any bad behavior by attempts to please locals. The only goal is to keep order and cooperation.
8. Continue said plan until Gaza is taken over again and put under complete Israeli occupation and control.
9. Control the local media, and prevent outside influences. Create local television channels and control them. Create news paper outlets and control them.
10. Implant a local dictator to Gaza and then finally:
11. Seek world recognition of a sovereign state in Gaza to which Israel will pass the reigns of control gradually.
From there – once peace is kept and imposed though force, start implementing Bush’s ideals:
1. Slowly ease occupying measures
2. Provide amnesty to formerly resisting forces selectively.
3. On every step backwards into resistance and terrorism, re-impose totalitarian measures.
Once several generations have passed and Jihady philosophy is rooted out, once peace is kept and reassured – then, and only then – it would be the right time to implement Democracy. Such democracy should have the tools and measures to combat new attempts to Jihady take over.
I know this sounds harsh – but what has the humanitarian way brought us (Arabs, Americans and Israelis)?
A few notes:
1. Under no circumstances should there be resettlement of Jews within hostile Arab communities. Although Jewish communities existed for centuries prior to Zionism, including in Gaza, from the current state of affair (as well as the future one) we can deduct that never again could Arabs live peacefully with Jews. There is a threshold of hate that cannot be overcome.
2. Despite Note#1, Israel should continuously spread the word of cooperation between Arabs and Jews as a key to future coexistence. The interest of Arabs as peaceful neighbors should be emphasized again and again. The bright future that could be versus the nightmare that is the current state of affairs as a result of Jihadists and Terror.
3. It is time for visionary statehood philosophy to be imposed on the Palestinians as a replacement to the Jihady state of mind that has been allowed to persist.
My view on solving the Palestinian terror issue:
1. Gradually take over neighborhood by neighborhood.
2. Search every house for weapons. Take out all satellite and internet access.
3. Recruit local unarmed officers
4. Enforce local hidden security and actively seek to incarcerate resistance – political or militarily.
5. Put barriers between each neighborhood. Separate areas “freed” from the PA-Chaos, and areas under PA-Chaos.
6. Group several such occupied neighborhoods under a hierarchy of paid collaborators.
7. Create a local army of trusted collaborators with financial interest in keeping the peace. Do not let them excuse any bad behavior by attempts to please locals. The only goal is to keep order and cooperation.
8. Continue said plan until Gaza is taken over again and put under complete Israeli occupation and control.
9. Control the local media, and prevent outside influences. Create local television channels and control them. Create news paper outlets and control them.
10. Implant a local dictator to Gaza and then finally:
11. Seek world recognition of a sovereign state in Gaza to which Israel will pass the reigns of control gradually.
From there – once peace is kept and imposed though force, start implementing Bush’s ideals:
1. Slowly ease occupying measures
2. Provide amnesty to formerly resisting forces selectively.
3. On every step backwards into resistance and terrorism, re-impose totalitarian measures.
Once several generations have passed and Jihady philosophy is rooted out, once peace is kept and reassured – then, and only then – it would be the right time to implement Democracy. Such democracy should have the tools and measures to combat new attempts to Jihady take over.
I know this sounds harsh – but what has the humanitarian way brought us (Arabs, Americans and Israelis)?
A few notes:
1. Under no circumstances should there be resettlement of Jews within hostile Arab communities. Although Jewish communities existed for centuries prior to Zionism, including in Gaza, from the current state of affair (as well as the future one) we can deduct that never again could Arabs live peacefully with Jews. There is a threshold of hate that cannot be overcome.
2. Despite Note#1, Israel should continuously spread the word of cooperation between Arabs and Jews as a key to future coexistence. The interest of Arabs as peaceful neighbors should be emphasized again and again. The bright future that could be versus the nightmare that is the current state of affairs as a result of Jihadists and Terror.
3. It is time for visionary statehood philosophy to be imposed on the Palestinians as a replacement to the Jihady state of mind that has been allowed to persist.
Monday, August 28, 2006
The apologizing mole man - a winner?!
Chief Hezbollah - Nasralla Bam Bam - is too scared to surface. He knows he is fair game for Israeli missiles and simply chooses to live the rest of his life underground. See - he won the war - therefore he can live the rest of his life under the ground. Go eat roots mole-man.
Well, it gets better: Mole man apologized on Lebanese broadcast for starting a war. He didn’t mean to. He really thought that murdering and kidnapping is not an action that starts a war. Especially not with Israelis whom should be accustomed to this type of behavior from their loving Arab neighbors.
Although I do not think Israel "won" this war, I certainly don’t believe the mole-man, mister bam bam did. I would love to see his photo 20 years from now - after not seeing the light of day for fear from meeting justice. I turn to sci-fi to imagine the complexion of his white-transparent skin and wild lice infested beard. I’m going to turn to Babylon 5 for a bunch of pictures to see which would match him most.
Well, it gets better: Mole man apologized on Lebanese broadcast for starting a war. He didn’t mean to. He really thought that murdering and kidnapping is not an action that starts a war. Especially not with Israelis whom should be accustomed to this type of behavior from their loving Arab neighbors.
Although I do not think Israel "won" this war, I certainly don’t believe the mole-man, mister bam bam did. I would love to see his photo 20 years from now - after not seeing the light of day for fear from meeting justice. I turn to sci-fi to imagine the complexion of his white-transparent skin and wild lice infested beard. I’m going to turn to Babylon 5 for a bunch of pictures to see which would match him most.
God bless, they are alive and well
Best wishes to the families of the fox news employees, former hostages.
All the worst wishes to their captors. I hope a missile will get you soon.
All the worst wishes to their captors. I hope a missile will get you soon.
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