Friday, April 27. 2007Gaza Continues Precipitous Decline/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Here are two articles today documenting what IRIS predicted prior to the Israeli pullout from Gaza: sheer barbarity. The "peace activists" responsible for creating this situation continue to be universally portrayed as noble humanitarians, as they continue their push to expand Gaza's model to the West Bank.
Gaza Is Becoming Somalia A Somalia-like chaotic situation developing in Gaza seems to have contributed to Israeli restraint in the face of Palestinian provocations. Hamas: Misrule in Gaza Hamas, the terrorist group that Palestinians last year elected to govern their territories, is failing to govern at all. March alone saw at least 46 kidnappings of civilians in Gaza, as well as over 25 killings of Palestinians by fellow Palestinians. Foreigners who came to help are starting to flee for their lives. Iranian-trained Hamas forces are battling Egyptian-trained Fatah forces. In short, Hamas has not made the transition from terrorist group to government.
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Muslim Children Destroy Class Over Pigs in Amsterdam/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Nine year-old Muslim children destroy a Dutch classroom because of a discussion of a pig on a farm and the only response is to expunge pigs from the curriculum.
A school in Amsterdam has halted lessons on rural life because the Islamic children refused to talk about pigs. Reporting this, Alderman Lodewijk Asscher said he wants to take "tough measures." Subsidies for all kinds of dubious groups must stop and parents of unruly children penalised financially.
Another Vicious Muslim Anti-Semitic Attack in France/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
A 22-year-old Jewish woman suffered a vicious anti-Semitic attack by two men of Middle Eastern appearance in a train station in Marseille, France on Thursday night. Of course police have not found the assailants. When Ilan Halimi was kidnapped and tortured for weeks, neighbors dropped by to participate in the torture, so knowledge of what was occurring was widespread. Despite this, no one called the police. Head of the Jewish Agency delegation in France, David Roche, said the incident was the most severe anti-Semitic attack in France since the murder of the young Jewish male Ilan Halimi by a gang of Muslim youths in February 2006. Because of the anti-Semitism which is an intrinsic part of normative Islam, these incidents are becoming more widespread as Muslims become emboldened in their attacks. Here are some depressing details: Anti-Semitic Themes in Muslim Apocalyptic and Jihadi Literature There is a connection between contemporary Muslim apocalyptic literature and jihadi movements. Both have a core belief in a grand anti-Semitic conspiracy theory designed to demonize the Jewish people. This theory has recently been exported throughout the Muslim world, where it fuels anti-Semitic tendencies and violent movements. Anti-Semitic and other conspiracy theories in the Muslim world are resistant to facts and even to education. Because these theories answer emotional needs, they are likely to keep growing in popularity. Anti-Semitism is a powerful force for radicalizing Muslims, and is even used in attempting to convince Christians to join in a grand alliance against the Jews. In doing so Muslims emphasize their belief that the Antichrist, or dajjal, is Jewish.
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Thursday, April 26. 2007NY Times on Bestiality: 'What's the Big Deal?'/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Here is an excerpt from today's New York Times review of the documentary Into the Shadowy World of Sex With Animals:
Bible-believers notwithstanding, if you eat and wear animals and agree that it?s O.K. to torture them in the name of science and beauty, what?s the big deal?Of course, the author considers it is a reasonable premise that this is a "story of human dignity." Per the New York Times style book, there is the de rigeur gratuitous conservative slur: ...an approach that appeals to viewers already predisposed to art and the Enlightenment, "Sesame Street" and all things not Rush Limbaugh In other words, any fan of America's most popular talk radio show must be opposed to art, Enlightenment and Sesame Street. (Apparently this is a "America, motherhood and apple pie" neologism.) Hat tip: Dan Friedman
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Most Muslims Agree with Al-Qaeda Goals/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Why, exactly, do most Western nations allow mass Muslim immigration?
Most Muslims want U.S. military forces out of the Middle East and Islamic countries and many agree with al-Qaeda's goals, suggested a public opinion poll conducted in Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan and Indonesia by the Washington-based WorldPublicOpinion.org. Why, exactly, does the US provide $2 billion every year in aid to Egypt? At least 70% or more in all countries supported the goals of "stand(ing) up to Americans and affirm(ing) the dignity of the Islamic people," and "pressur(ing) the U.S. not to favor Israel." Here is the full report, which shows that large majorities support global application of sharia law, world conquest under the rule of a caliph and the goals of Al-Qaeda.
Iran Threatens US Missile Strikes/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Let's rewind to the 1980's. The Democrats were unanimous in opposing Reagan's proposed missile defense initiative as a "Star Wars" pipe dream that only the Soviets would take seriously.
Now that ballistic missile defense is operational, is there anyone who believes this was a bad idea? Iran will strike U.S. interests around the world and Israel if attacked over its disputed nuclear program, Mohammad Baqer Zolghadr, the deputy interior minister for security affairs, said Thursday. "Nowhere would be safe for America with (Iran's) long-range missiles...we can fire tens of thousands of missiles every day....With long-range missiles Iran can also threaten Israel as America's ally," he said. Iran says its Shahab-3 missile with a range of 1,250 miles is capable of hitting Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf. Unfortunately, Israel's leadership from Chelm doesn't seem to understand that there are unintercepted missiles landing in Israel daily. Apparently an ocean can make a difference when the technology only exists to shoot down ballistic missiles.
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Arab Knesset Member Suspected of Treason/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
I bet that not one reader is surprised by this. Hostility to Israel is the default for Arab Knesset members:
Former Knesset Member Azmi Bishara, who left Israel three weeks ago and resigned from the Knesset, is suspected of collaborating with the enemy during the Second Lebanon War.
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Giuliani: Hamas or Abbas, It Makes No Difference/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Finally, the current front-runner for leader of the free world is clearly an IRIS reader:
Rudy Giuliani doesn't care whether the Palestinian government is run by Hamas, which is recognized by the US as a terrorist organization, or Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of Fatah who is regarded by the Bush administration as a moderate. Fortunately, most of the Republican candidates are nearly this clear-headed regarding the endless fraud known as the peace process, while Barack Obama's plan is to increase Palestinian funding. What's depressing is that even the "right-wing opposition" candidate, Bibi Netanyahu, is still promising concessions to the Palestinian enemy.
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Khatami the Moderate Curses Israeli Reporters
After a tour of America praised as a "moderate" Mufti of Australia Admits Funding Hezbollah His excuse? It was "only $50,000, which would not buy "a quarter of a missile owned by Hezbollah." Charles Johnson notes how interesting it is that a religious leader knows the price of missiles. Harvard Report: How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah
Tuesday, April 24. 2007The Spirit of King David Lives on in Israel/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
![]() Here is one Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph which is rare for two reasons: To be fair, the judges were understandably confused in their giddiness to publicize a phalanx of Israeli police unleashed on a teenaged girl. And the picture's anomalies are balanced by the typically erroneous caption (the girl lives in Jerusalem, not a "settlement"). What the picture accurately captures, however, is the courage and devotion to Biblical values that I have seen in many young religious Zionists. Notice the similarity of Nili's words to those of David regarding Goliath (I saw this long line of policemen and I thought to myself, 'Behind them is one man - Olmert, but behind me is G-d): Pulitzer Prize Photo Star Beaten Seconds Afterwards The latest breaking news photograph to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize shows Nili, a 17-year-old girl from Jerusalem, facing off against dozens of policemen as she attempts to defend the Jewish homes in Amona. Photos and video can be found here.
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'I Found Saddam's WMD Bunkers'/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
It isn't just Israel that bears the brunt of the mainstream news media's distortion of reality; on the biggest issues of the day, a bombshell like this is routinely covered up:
It?s a fair bet that you have never heard of a guy called Dave Gaubatz. It?s also a fair bet that you think the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found absolutely nothing, nada, zilch; and that therefore there never were any WMD programmes in Saddam?s Iraq to justify the war ostensibly waged to protect the world from Saddam?s use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.
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Friday, April 20. 2007Zionist Heroism Discovered 60 Years Later/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
In Israel, while post-Zionist revisionists are busy "debunking" Zionist history such as Joseph Trumpeldor's legendary final words ("Never mind, it is good to die for our country"), here is a story of two heroes who went to their deaths with a similar epitath: "It is better to die with a weapon in hand than to live with hands raised."
Only this time, the revisionists can't undermine our story because they were written, not spoken. It took sixty years to discover them, but there are probably countless other similarly heroic stories that have never been told: 'The Good Jailer' Returns Irgun Hero's Bible 60 Years Later A Bible that a condemned member of the pre-state underground gave to his British prison guard minutes before he and a fellow Zionist fighter killed themselves is to be returned by the guard's son in Jerusalem on Thursday, six decades later. What a disgrace that this heroic inscription will not be displayed where it belongs: in the non-existent Jewish National Museum.
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Jimmy Carter Campaigning Against Israel Supporters/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
There is a great ideological divide in America between conservatives and liberals over Israel. Despite this, 90% of American Jews support the liberal camp, which is generally hostile to Israel. So Democratic candidates typically play a game of mouthing pro-Israel bromides while undermining Israel in practice. (For a recent example, see Nancy Pelosi's Arab dictator tour, which was hailed by jihadists).
Another ploy is to show their real stripes only after retiring, like Jimmy Carter: Carter Urges Iowa Voters Not to Back "Knee-Jerk Supporters" of Israel As long as American politicians are seen as "knee-jerk supporters" of Israel, the country's role as the principal Mideast peace broker will be endangered, former President Jimmy Carter told a crowd Wednesday at the University of Iowa. Another example of a Democrat who only felt comfortable to show his true radical beliefs after leaving office was Lyndon Johnson's Attorney General, Ramsey Clark.
Malfunction Prevented Bus Bombing/script type="text/javascript" src="/JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.js"> // include_once ("../JavaScripts/google_iris-blog_top.inc"); ?>
Here is someone who may be included in Israel's next release of "security prisoners." Because he couldn't decipher the battery insertion picture on his bomb, he therefore has no "blood on his hands."Two months ago, security forces arrested Omar Ahmed Abu al-Rob, 25, an Islamic Jihad terrorist, in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, after he ditched his explosive device in a dumpster. An indictment filed against him this week revealed that the would-be bomber attempted to activate the device on a bus from Jaffa to Rishon Lezion, but it failed to explode because he had apparently inserted the batteries incorrectly. The investigation revealed that it was sheer luck which prevented the death and injury of dozens of Israelis. The terrorist had made his way from Jenin in the West Bank to Tel Aviv via Jerusalem, taking advantage of breaches in the separation fence.
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