In a development that has reverberated throughout the academy and beyond, the greatest leader since Moses revealed today that the Holocaust wasn't Hitler's idea after all.
Nope, Hitler got the idea from the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem back in '41. Till then, Hitler was bent on the humane resettlement of Germany's Jewish population, according to Netanyahu.
You don't think he's making up this story just to further denigrate the Palestinians, do you?
Showing posts with label third intafada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label third intafada. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Israeli Jew stabs fellow Jew in failed revenge attack
Here's a sure sign that Mr. Netanyahu's perpetual policy of ramping up the tension may have been more successful than even he intended; a Jewish Israeli mistakes a fellow Jew for an Arab and attacks him in a revenge attack.
Hysteria has taken hold...
And what to make of Netanyahu's latest promises to "get tough on terror?"
When you're already pursuing a policy of using live ammunition on teen stone-throwers, what could "getting tough" possibly look like?
Hysteria has taken hold...
And what to make of Netanyahu's latest promises to "get tough on terror?"
When you're already pursuing a policy of using live ammunition on teen stone-throwers, what could "getting tough" possibly look like?
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
At last! A good news story about the IDF!
Seems like way too much IDF news of late has been bad, worse, or worse than bad...
Hardly a day goes by without headlines announcing that yet another unarmed Palestinian child has been murdered by a member of the Israeli Defence Forces.
But at last we have a good-news story!
Yes, the team of investigative reporters at Haaretz has discovered that demand for the sperm of Israeli combat soldiers has been on the up-tick!
Prof. Orna Sasson-Levy, head of the sociology department at Bar-Ilan University and a researcher of military and gender issues, believes that “the combat soldier embodies a set of qualities that are perceived as befitting Israeli men: physical strength; determination; courage; dedication; commitment; discipline; and mental health. He’s not just tall or successful, but encompasses many qualities combined. It’s hyper-masculinity.”
Indeed!
Hyper-masculinity is just the ticket if you're hoping to breed the next generation of uber-mensch who won't flinch at the prospect of shooting an unarmed teen in the back.
Hardly a day goes by without headlines announcing that yet another unarmed Palestinian child has been murdered by a member of the Israeli Defence Forces.
But at last we have a good-news story!
Yes, the team of investigative reporters at Haaretz has discovered that demand for the sperm of Israeli combat soldiers has been on the up-tick!
Prof. Orna Sasson-Levy, head of the sociology department at Bar-Ilan University and a researcher of military and gender issues, believes that “the combat soldier embodies a set of qualities that are perceived as befitting Israeli men: physical strength; determination; courage; dedication; commitment; discipline; and mental health. He’s not just tall or successful, but encompasses many qualities combined. It’s hyper-masculinity.”
Indeed!
Hyper-masculinity is just the ticket if you're hoping to breed the next generation of uber-mensch who won't flinch at the prospect of shooting an unarmed teen in the back.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Israel on the brink as pro-ISIS riots rage in Jordan
PM Netanyahu looks ready to use the murders of the kidnapped settlers as his excuse to unleash a heavy-handed retaliatory strike against the Palestinian population of both the West Bank and Gaza. Combined with this morning's settler raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque, will that provoke the Third Intifada?
Events unfolding across the border in Jordan suggest that an uprising by the Palestinians at this time could very well sweep through that country as well. There has been pro-ISIS rioting in the southern city of Ma'an for the past week, and in many parts of the Hashemite Kingdom there seems no doubt that ISIS is far more popular than the King.
Reports that Jordanian troops have crossed into Iraq to engage ISIS fighters will not enhance the popularity of King Abdulla, especially if it comes to light that these raids into Iraq include American involvement. According to Israeli website Debkafile there are at least 12,000 US troops on the ground in Jordan. In normal times they might serve as a deterrent to an ISIS incursion.
But these are not "normal times".
The West Bank and Gaza erupting in violence at this point in time would surely inflame the anti-US, anti-Israel factions rioting in Jordan. That would embolden the ISIS fighters poised at the Iraq-Jordan border and at that point the deterrent effect of those US troops would be non-existent.
There are already reports circulating about ISIS plans to "liberate" Jerusalem. Whatever Netanyahu does next will either ramp up the violence further, or help diffuse the situation.
The Halhul murders need to be addressed with a calm and professional criminal investigation, not by striking out in a blind rage looking for vengeance. That will serve no-one but the extremists.
Events unfolding across the border in Jordan suggest that an uprising by the Palestinians at this time could very well sweep through that country as well. There has been pro-ISIS rioting in the southern city of Ma'an for the past week, and in many parts of the Hashemite Kingdom there seems no doubt that ISIS is far more popular than the King.
Reports that Jordanian troops have crossed into Iraq to engage ISIS fighters will not enhance the popularity of King Abdulla, especially if it comes to light that these raids into Iraq include American involvement. According to Israeli website Debkafile there are at least 12,000 US troops on the ground in Jordan. In normal times they might serve as a deterrent to an ISIS incursion.
But these are not "normal times".
The West Bank and Gaza erupting in violence at this point in time would surely inflame the anti-US, anti-Israel factions rioting in Jordan. That would embolden the ISIS fighters poised at the Iraq-Jordan border and at that point the deterrent effect of those US troops would be non-existent.
There are already reports circulating about ISIS plans to "liberate" Jerusalem. Whatever Netanyahu does next will either ramp up the violence further, or help diffuse the situation.
The Halhul murders need to be addressed with a calm and professional criminal investigation, not by striking out in a blind rage looking for vengeance. That will serve no-one but the extremists.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The next intifada
The next intifada is just around the corner, and it won't be pretty.
The US government went a long way towards hastening the next intifada by cutting off $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority today. For those of you who don't follow our middle east adventures on a regular basis, the PA are the "good" Palestinians, the ones we put in place to replace the ones we didn't like.
PA leader Abbas is our bumboy, our stooge. Yet even a bumboy needs to have something to show his people once in awhile just to maintain his cred. After the demise of Arafat, who we couldn't talk to, we put Abbas in place. We gave him lots of money and lots of guns and set him loose on the Palestinians we didn't like, the Hamas.
Ironically, Hamas were a crew we used to support because we thought they'd undermine Arafat, which they did to a point. Then, before we even realized what had happened, the bumboys went rogue. Not a new phenomenon. Think Noriega. Think Saddam Hussein. Think Pakistan. History is chock full of guys who take our money and our guns and then turn against us.
So we've had our bumboy Abbas "negotiating" a two-state solution all these years, while our erstwhile ally, the only democracy in the middle east, continues to build settlements on the land that Abbas is supposedly negotiating over. While it's a nice thing for him to be on our payroll, he still has to give his own people some sense that there is forward motion. That's been getting harder and harder. While he's negotiating, the settler population goes from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand.
In desperation, our boy in Ramalla decides he's going to appeal for statehood directly to the UN, just like Israel did over sixty years ago. Well! If that didn't twist a few knickers in Tel Aviv and Washington! So the leaders in Washington are going to teach him a lesson. Two hundred million bucks worth of lesson.
Well, that'll for sure cut the legs out from under our puppet. So who's left? Oh, Hamas! Great!
As I've pointed out in previous posts, if the folks in Gaza can smuggle full-size Mercedes sedans through the tunnels, there's a lot of other stuff they can smuggle in too. And if they're stealing the cars in Libya, guess what else is up for grabs there? Got the picture yet?
The Third Intifada. Coming soon. Hold on to your hats.
The US government went a long way towards hastening the next intifada by cutting off $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority today. For those of you who don't follow our middle east adventures on a regular basis, the PA are the "good" Palestinians, the ones we put in place to replace the ones we didn't like.
PA leader Abbas is our bumboy, our stooge. Yet even a bumboy needs to have something to show his people once in awhile just to maintain his cred. After the demise of Arafat, who we couldn't talk to, we put Abbas in place. We gave him lots of money and lots of guns and set him loose on the Palestinians we didn't like, the Hamas.
Ironically, Hamas were a crew we used to support because we thought they'd undermine Arafat, which they did to a point. Then, before we even realized what had happened, the bumboys went rogue. Not a new phenomenon. Think Noriega. Think Saddam Hussein. Think Pakistan. History is chock full of guys who take our money and our guns and then turn against us.
So we've had our bumboy Abbas "negotiating" a two-state solution all these years, while our erstwhile ally, the only democracy in the middle east, continues to build settlements on the land that Abbas is supposedly negotiating over. While it's a nice thing for him to be on our payroll, he still has to give his own people some sense that there is forward motion. That's been getting harder and harder. While he's negotiating, the settler population goes from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand.
In desperation, our boy in Ramalla decides he's going to appeal for statehood directly to the UN, just like Israel did over sixty years ago. Well! If that didn't twist a few knickers in Tel Aviv and Washington! So the leaders in Washington are going to teach him a lesson. Two hundred million bucks worth of lesson.
Well, that'll for sure cut the legs out from under our puppet. So who's left? Oh, Hamas! Great!
As I've pointed out in previous posts, if the folks in Gaza can smuggle full-size Mercedes sedans through the tunnels, there's a lot of other stuff they can smuggle in too. And if they're stealing the cars in Libya, guess what else is up for grabs there? Got the picture yet?
The Third Intifada. Coming soon. Hold on to your hats.
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