World Affairs
Politics & OpinionsBy IsraelMatzav
4 weeks ago
Paul Mirengoff comments on some of the improprieties in the liquidation of Hamas terrorist and arms dealer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. [P]assport fraud and identity theft hardly exhaust the ways in which the slaying of Mabhouh affronts modern sensibilities. For example, the photos of the 11 suspects raise questions about the diversity of the team Mossad (or whomever) assembled. It includes only one woman (an attractive blond,naturally) and looks to be short on people of color.
There is also no indication that the team advised Mabhouh of his rights or offered him a chance to exculpate himself before he was killed. Indeed, from all that appears, no lawyer was present.
Finally, what about the carbon footprint of the operation? Did the team travel to Dubai in an energy efficient way? And how much electricity did they use once they arrived? Some reports say they used electricity to stun Mabhouh before killing him. Couldn't he have been executed in a more energy efficient way?
A certain amount of nastiness is inevitable in today's world. But this doesn't mean that protocol, equal opportunity, and principles of good environmental stewardship should fall by the wayside. |
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Law and Society
Middle EastBy david 2000
6 weeks ago
King Abdullah with interviewer Fareed Zakaria
Jordan’s King Abdullah is clearly feeling the pressure as the spotlight increasingly focuses on the role Jordan will have to play in resolving the allocation of sovereignty in the West Bank between Jews and Arabs.
This became very clear in the interview given by the King to Fareed Zakaria, in Davos Switzerland during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on 29 January. The two-state solution - designed to create a new Arab State between Israel, Jordan and Egypt in the West Bank and Gaza - has comprehensively failed despite the most intensive diplomatic efforts to achieve such an outcome during the last 17 years
The root cause of failure has been the Arab League’s refusal to budge from its 43 years old negotiating position that demands: - the ceding by Israel of sovereignty in 100% of the West Bank and Gaza and
- Israel accepting millions of Arabs into the Jewish State
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Law and Society
Middle EastBy Dr.Aaron.Lerner.IMRA
8 weeks ago
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA 21 January 2010
The official Fatah movement website, Voice of Palestine announced yesterday that they are removing all material from their website from Iranian sources opposing the Iranian regime.
The following is a translation of excerpts from the Arabic item:
Voice of Palestine deletes all news concerning the OMPI of its website and announced not to deal with their news
20-01-2010 - 12:01 AM www.palvoice.com/popup.php?id=22201
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Law and Society
Middle EastBy david 2000
2 months ago
Tennis and politics don't mix
The planned demonstration by the Australian Friends for Palestine (AFP) against Israeli player Shahar Pe’er participating in the ladies singles at the Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne - will ensure a negative response from the estimated 600000 spectators planning to attend this year’s first major Grand Slam tennis event to be contested over the next two weeks.
This follows a similar demonstration against Pe’er in Auckland last weeek.
Whilst the demonstration will no doubt attract some media interest and bring its grandstanding participants some publicity - it will fail to gain any support for the following message being disseminated by its spokesperson:
“Our campaign is focused on raising awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies and practices against the Palestinians, as well as the war crimes it perpetrated in Gaza. As long as Israel continues to oppress and violate the Palestinian people, we consider it our right to challenge any efforts by Israel to normalise its standing in the international arena.”
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World Affairs
Politics & OpinionsBy Gentile Warrior
2 months ago
I have made the comment that islamists, especially "palestinian" islamists can't get along with anyone. I usually follow this with they can't even get along with each other. Here's a little more proof:
A row between the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and a clan affiliated with Fatah has turned violent as both sides claim control over a mosque in a Beirut suburb.
Tragically Lebanon created this mess when it decided to take in the "palestinian refugees" 50 years go. They didn't learn from what happened in Jordan and their problem has grown. Everywhere these people go, death and destruction follows. Lebanon has felt that first hand for years. Now Lebanon is controlled by islamists and "palestinians" and it lacks the fortitude to deal with it properly. But I digress.
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Law and Society
Middle EastBy david 2000
2 months ago
Blood on their hands Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (front row, 2nd L-R),
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and Palestinian Prime
Minister Ismail Haniyeh pray inside the Grand Mosque
in Mecca, early February 9, 2007 before their split.
(Suhaib Salem/Reuters)
The world waits with bated breath as the marriage counsellor - Egypt - frantically tries to bring Fatah and Hamas to the mosque to renew their vows once again after a particularly bruising and public slanging match that has seen the West Bank and Gaza split into separate Hamas and Fatah fiefdoms whilst supporters of both factions have been murdered, imprisoned, tortured, discriminated against and had their legs broken over the past two years.
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Law and Society
Middle EastBy Gentile Warrior
2 months ago

I'm really starting to like Avigdor Lieberman. He doesn't mince words and he doesn't back down when he knows he's right. For all intents and purposes, he has become Mr. Netanyahu's attack dog. He gets to be the man that says and does what everyone is thinking. He knows who the enemy is and wants to stay on the attack.
"We've made a series of gestures to Abbas, including [Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policy speech at] Bar Ilan, the removal of West Bank roadblocks, the settlement construction freeze and allowing him to hold the Fatah conference in Bethlehem," he told Israel Radio. "We've made enough gestures."
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