Video- Proud Palestinian Mother Of Accused Kidnapper Of Three Israeli Teens

We now know that the three kidnapped Israeli teens were found murdered.

The mother of one of the accused states that if her son was guilty of the kidnapping, she will "be proud of him until judgement day."  Her boys are all "righteous, pious and pure. The goal of my children is the triumph of Islam."

PalWatch video here.

Palestinian TV Show Encourages Killing Jews

Palestinian kiddies TV show "Pioneers of Tomorrow" on Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza, encourages the killing of Jews and Zionists. This is a recent episode.

YouTube video here.

As long as this goes on, there will never be peace.

Fatah Official Says To "Liberate" Jerusalem Soak The Land With Blood Of Palestinians

On December 19, 2013, broadcast on offical PA TV at a World Teachers' Day event in Bethlehem, Fatah member Tawfiq Tirawi told the audience:

 "I say, from a position of responsibility, not a centimeter of Jerusalem will be liberated unless every grain of Palestinian soil is soaked in the blood of its brave people. For Jerusalem doesn't need negotiations, because negotiations will not bring Jerusalem back to us. What will bring back Jerusalem are the struggle and the resolve... We have conducted negotiations, while not laying down the rifle. It [the rifle] may be resting but we will not neglect our principles. We will rest the fighter's rest, but each period has its method of struggle. From fighting to Intifada, to popular resistance, to negotiations -- but we will not abandon [our principles] -- not in negotiations and not in any other way. I say, from a position of responsibility, the negotiations resulted in nothing except for the [release of the] prisoners."

"Bring Jerusalem back to us." I think someone needs to give the Palestinians a history lesson. The Jews and Christians were there before the Muslims.

And Fatah members are supposedly the moderate faction of the Palestinian people.

Can you see why there will never be peace in that region. At least in my lifetime.

Video here.

Mahmoud Abbas Says No To Israel Boycott, American Professors Say Yes.

Believe it or not, Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas opposes boycotting Israel, how's that for a shocker. He took the opportunity to tell it to the world while he was at Nelson Mandela's funeral. No doubt actress Emma Thompson and all her BDS movement cronies are foaming at the mouth, pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel factions across the world, including the South African BDS movement, have already expressed outraged. Not surprising.

Of course, Abbas does support boycotting products from "illegal" Israeli settlements in the West Bank, just not Israel itself. In response to a question, Abbas said:

“No, we do not support the boycott of Israel." “But we ask everyone to boycott the products of the settlements. Because the settlements are in our territories. It is illegal. But we don’t ask anyone to boycott Israel itself. We have relations with Israel, we have mutual recognition of Israel.” 

But on the heels of Abbas' anti-boycotting statement comes this: a group of around 5,000 American professors and scholars- members of the American Studies Association- voted 2 to 1 to boycott Israeli professors and academic institutions. The Association of Asian American Studies announced its boycott earlier this year.

Well what do you expect from liberal academia.

More here and here.

Video Of IDF Soldiers and Palestinians Dancing Gangnam Style At Wedding

Interesting video of Israeli IDF troops dancing at a Palestinian wedding. The soldiers could be in trouble, however, because some of the Palestinians might have possible ties to Hamas. 

Would peace be possible if the leaders could just get out of the way of the people?

Palestinian and Israeli Heavy-Metal Bands To Tour Together For Co-Existence

Two heavy-metal rock bands are taking their "message of coexistence through rock’n’roll across Europe," and they happen to be Israeli and Palestinian.

The Israeli band “Orphaned Land” and Palestinian group “Khalas” both believe that music is above politics, religion and conflict and should bring people together.

The groups have set a mission. They hope to prove that their “metal brotherhood” music can demonstrate religious and political tolerance by coming together and doing what they love best. 

An 18-gig tour will be taking place across Europe, where both bands will perform on the same stage, as well as share a tour bus for three weeks, The Guardian newspaper reported.

“We can’t change the world, but we can give an example of how coexistence is possible,” Kobi Farhi, “Orphaned Land’s” lead singer told the newspaper.

“Sharing a stage and sharing a bus is stronger than a thousand words. We’ll show how two people from different backgrounds who live in a conflict zone can perform together,” Farhi added.

Good for them. I bet the Boycott Israel movement loves these guys.

Source: Al Arabiya

Calls To Destroy America and Return the Caliphate At Pro-Morsi Protest At Al-Aqsa Mosque Call For

A Pro-Morsi demonstration- apparently at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem- with some bearded old dude calling for France and America to be destroyed and for Rome to be conquered. Here are some tidbits from the rally.

"We are the nation of Islam- a giant and mighty nation which extends from east to west. Soon we will teach you a political and military lesson, Allah willing."

"Oh, Obama listen up. The Caliphate shall return." "Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews,  the army of Mohammad will return."

"Down with America and with all its dogs." "Whoever negotiates with America is a collaborator and a coward." "Down with the peaceful solution."

It's time to stop sending aid to all those countries that hate us so much.

Video- PA TV Airs Parody Mocking Palestinians Blaming Everything On The "Occupation"

This is surprising. The following parody appeared on PA TV (Fatah) last year mocking the blaming of everything on the Israeli "occupation."

Amanda: "Where have you been, José? I waited a long time for you, and you didn't come."José: "I was on my way to Ramallah, Amanda. The roads were packed and the [Israeli] roadblock was shut and crowded. Very crowded. I tried to convince the soldiers that you were waiting for me, but it didn't help."Amanda: "José! You're always apologizing. While you were having a good time with her, you left me waiting a long time for you."José: "You must know that I've never ever cheated on you. It's the [Israeli] occupation! The occupation killed our beautiful moments together, and kept me from getting to you. Damn!"Amanda: "José! You always go back to the same old excuse: The [Israeli] occupation! The occupation! The occupation! Was it the occupation that made you spend all that time with her?"

Amanda and José? Ha.

Palestinian Dad Offers Son's Blood To Palestine In Song

Here's one for the Dad of the Year Award. Palestinian Mustafa al-Khatib singing his favorite song on PA TV (Fatah) on April 11, 2013:

"Like the olive tree that remains upon this land - I remain... Take my blood, [Palestine], and if you need more, take the rest of the blood from my son - [add it] to the bill."

Watch video here.

And the same song back in December.

Hamas Destroys Part Of UNESCO Site To Make Room For Terror Camp

Anthedon Harbor in Gaza has been around for 3,000 years. UNESCO has placed it on its tentative list of ancient treasures, but it obviously didn't have much worth to the Gazans since Hamas razed part of the site to make room for a large military (read terror) training camp.

Perhaps the reason they have no respect for Anthedon Harbor is because it predates Islamic rule. Then again, Mali militants have destroyed designated UNESCO ancient sites in Timbuktu that were Islamic, so I guess it just doesn't matter. Violence trumps heritage in the case of some Muslims.

The military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, bulldozed a part of the ancient Anthedon Harbor in northern Gaza along the Mediterranean Sea last month, the Al-Monitor news website reported.

The 3,000-year-old seaport discovered in 1997 was named an international heritage site by UNESCO in 2012, and is the oldest harbor in Gaza. It contains mosaic floors with historical pillars from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic ages, according to Al-Monitor.

“Due to rising population in the region, the ministry appreciates the urgent need for using new pieces of land,” the Hamas-run Ministry of Tourism said in a statement, Al-Monitor reported. “This is why the ministry has agreed with the different responsible parties on using a limited part of the location temporarily in a way that won’t harm the underground monuments there in any way.”

Much of the port is covered with sand to protect the artifacts until they can be excavated.

The deputy tourism minister in Gaza, Muhammad Khela, told Al-Monitor, “We can’t stand as an obstacle in the way of Palestinian resistance; we are all a part of a resistance project, yet we promise that the location will be limitedly used without harming it at all.” He added that if UNESCO had excavated the seaport, it could not have been taken over.

UNESCO is silent.

“UNESCO’s admission of Palestine as a member state in 2011, which caused the organization to lose almost a quarter of its budget when the U.S. suspended its contributions, was justified as a measure to help protect world heritage sites in Palestinian areas,” the letter said. “Yet as Hamas turns a cultural heritage site into a terrorist training ground — the antithesis of culture — the silence of UNESCO now places the very credibility of the organization at stake.” [Letter from UN Watch to UNESCO]

Remind me why we send Palestine aid?

Palestinians No Longer Heart Obama- Vandalize Banners With Swastikas

During Barack Obama's first Middle East tour as President- which happened to exclude Israel- the Arabs loved him. Not so much now in Palestine. Like George W. Bush, Obama has now been "shoed"-  well, a banner with his photo was, right before it was vandalized and destroyed.

Apparently, Obama was the target of protesting West Bank Palestinians because they are pissed off that Israel isn't allowing them 3G cell phone service (Israel apparently controls all the cell networks), and it must be Obama's fault because the U.S. favors Israel.

In anticipation of his visit on Thursday, banners were plastered around Bethlehem informing the Prez Palestinians have no 3G. One of those was vandalized with swastika signs, had shoes thrown at it, cars drive over it (including an official from the Palestinian Authority) and was finally torched.

Obama is scheduled to visit there during his sojourn in Israel, where he hopes to mend his strained relationship with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He will also try to reignite peace talks between Palestine and Israel by trying to bring the leaders together. He has no actual plan, though, and it's highly unlikely that anything will happen.

Source: Times Of Israel

Palestinian Children Told To Anticipate End Of Israel On PA TV

More Palestinian anti-Israel indoctrination with young kids.

 "Of course we will never forget that we have land that was occupied in 1948 which will return to us one day. Remember well children. "

That, of course, would mean the total destruction of Israel. And this on PA (Fatah) TV. Not Hamas.

Palestinians Say 'No Way' To Joint Peace Soccer Match With Israel

A Spanish soccer club suggested a peace match whereby Israeli and Palestinian players would play together against Barcelona in a July soccer game in Tel Aviv.  The Palestinians said no way.

“I totally refuse a joint Israeli-Palestinian soccer game, because this means that we are normalizing with our enemies in Israel, and it is not just me who refuses this, all the Palestinian people do,” said Muhammad Siksik, a Palestinian resident in Gaza. “The reason for our [rejection] is because the Palestinian cause cannot be politicised through a sport game with Barcelona. I, as a Barcelona fan, refuse this proposal,” added another Gaza resident, Jawdat Ashour.

[snip]

The head of the Palestinian Football Association in Ramallah, Jibril Rajoub, said there were many obstacles standing in the way of the proposed game.

“For us sport is a tool for spreading love, stability and co-operation with all the world. But the possibility of playing a soccer game with Israeli participants in the absence of Israeli recognition of a national Palestinian sporting body, in accordance with the Olympic charter, and in the absence of recognizing the right of the Palestinian sporting body to practice sport, I think without achieving all this, playing this game will not be possible,” Rajoub told Reuters Television.

Full article here.

If they can't even entertain the idea of a 'peace' match, there's no way in hell there ever will be peace between Israel and Palestine.

Is Jerusalem As Holy To The Muslims As The Jews? Video

I've posted this video before, but thought I would do so again.

Is Jerusalem as holy among the Muslims as it is for the Jews?  They'd like you to think so, but watch and see.

To Beat and Kill Women Is Part Of Palestinian Identity - Says Israeli/Arab Lecturer

Israeli/Arab lecturer Yusuf Jabareen admits in a discussion on PA (Fatah) TV what most of us Westerners already know: Arab Muslim men have major anger management issues.

Palestinian Authority TV interview with Yusuf Jabareen, Israeli Arab lecturer at the Technion:Jabareen: "Part of our identity is to kill women, for example, to kill women, to beat women..."Host: "You generalize."Jabareen: "No. I don't generalize."Host: "Not everyone is the same."Jabareen: "Part of our identity is to attack women - we must acknowledge it. Every society has its defects and its charms. Palestinian identity has its charms, but there are things we have adopted from Arab culture for centuries that harm the individual and the woman. For example, in recent months, look how many women were killed in Lod, in Ramle, and in Acre, and so on. That's part of our identity."

He's absolutely right. The fact is, violence against women is a huge problem in Palestine. At least he has the guts to admit it, though the other man's denial is typical.

Hamas PM's Brother-In-Law Chooses Israeli Hospital For Heart Treatment

Palestinians hate Israelis. The Gazans want Israel wiped off the map, they lob rockets across the border with regularity, and yet when they need medical assistance where do they go? Israel.
Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh's brother-in-law had major heart troubles about 4 months ago (cardiac arrest) and there were no hospitals in Gaza that could adequately treat him. They had the opportunity to go to an Egyptian facility, but no, they opted to go to the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel.

After his sister, Suhila Abed el-Salam Ahmed Haniyeh, and her hubby received permission to travel to Israel, they were transported to the Erez border crossing by a Palestinian ambulance. From there they were taken by Israeli ambulance to the hospital were they spent a week before being released and shipped back to Gaza.

But this wasn't an isolated case. Well over 100,000 Palestinians were treated in Israel in 2011, and Palestinian doctors are trained in Israeli hospitals. And remember that young would-be female suicide bomber who was headed for the hospital outpatient clinic where she had been treated for 6 months for serious burns from an accident? How's that for gratitude.

And as for Haniyeh? I'm sure it made not one whit of a difference. He just blamed Israel for the attack on the 16 Egyptian soldiers, and will continue to advocate for Israel's destruction- even though that would mean thousands of Palestinians would die with no Israeli hospitals to treat them. But that's what happens when you add ignorance to a hate-filled mindset.

Source: Al Arabiya

Hamas Rips Palestinian Official For Visiting Auschwitz

For those of you who are still unwilling to believe that it's the Palestinians who have no desire for peace with Israel, or at least the Gazan half, read on.

Last month Pali President Mahmoud Abbas sent his adviser Ziad al-Bandak to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. They were invited there by a Polish group to lay a wreath as a gesture of respect. Surprising, considering the animosity and hatred the Palestinians generally have for Israel and the Jews, but somewhat commendable. What's not surprising, however, was the response by Hamas to the trip.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum slammed Bandak's visit claiming, “It was an unjustified and unhelpful visit that served only the Zionist occupation” calling the Holocaust and Auschwitz “a marketing of a false Zionist alleged tragedy.”

Right, these Jewish survivors at Ebensee were photoshopped to look that emaciated.

1.5 million people were killed in Auschwitz, the majority Jews. The Palestinian 'refugee' camps might not be pleasant to live in, but they aren't 'death' camps. The people over there aren't being starved or worked to death, or flat out massacred with the goal of genocide. There's absolutely no comparison.

Hamas will never accept Israel's right to exist, it's in their charter. That's not going to change any time soon.

Palestinian Women Protest Police After Man Murders Wife Seeking Divorce

Domestic violence is as prevalent in the Arab/Muslim world as it is in the West. For all their religious piousness- praying and bowing to mecca 5 times a day, fasting for a month during Ramadan - they can be just as brutal and violent, if not more so. They, of course, are in total denial about the whole issue. No, according to them Muslim men cherish their women, are tasked with taking care of them. However, actions speak louder than words. I remember having heated debates with my mostly Asian and Middle Eastern readers when I blogged over at Instablogs- they vehemently denied there was a problem with rape and domestic violence in their culture. News reports, however, prove the opposite. Their world is full of honor-based violence and killings, and just plain old domestic abuse, but women are finally bringing the problem to the light.

After ten years of abuse, a mother of three- 27-year-old West Bank Palestinian Nancy Zaboun- finally asked her husband for a divorce.  But after the divorce hearing, 32-year-old Shadi Abedallah slit her throat in the middle of a packed Bethlehem market in broad daylight instead. He had started beating her soon after their marriage, when she was 17- which, of course is allowed in Islam- but not much of anything was done for all those years, in spite of the fact that she on several occasions was hospitalized for her injuries.
In response to the murder, Palestinian women took to the streets in protest, demanding more from police and the courts.

On Wednesday, several dozen brave women staged a memorial for Zaboun in the Bethlehem market alley where she was killed, holding signs and chanting, “No to violence against women.” One photographed sign read: “Shame on us Palestinians for killing our women.”

Women have scored a number of breakthroughs in traditional Palestinian society in recent years, including gaining a greater role in public life, but tribal laws still remain strong. Violence against women is generally viewed by police as an internal family matter, so even if a woman is able to call for help, the police are of limited value.

Though Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree last year that ended a long-standing practice of treating killings within a family with leniency, Al-Azraq said violence against women appears to be on the rise. In her opinion, the deteriorating Palestinian economy and the fact that abusers don’t fear punishment is likely the cause.

Unfortunately, some police in the West have that same mentality, that it's a family affair. Well, it's not. We need tougher laws for domestic violence and abuse, wherever it occurs.

Kids, Stop Smoking add Take Up Guns! Says U.N. Funded Palestinian Group

The Palestinians are at it again, teaching their kids to hate. In this case a puppet show held at the Burj Luq-Luq Community Center in East Jerusalem (which happens to be funded by the U.N.) was actively encouraging the kids to put down their cigarettes and take up guns instead.

Puppet 1: "I wanted to stand before the audience and sing to Jerusalem, which is being kept from us. Jerusalem, whose youth are being killed by the Jews. To sing and to say: Jerusalem, we are coming, Jerusalem, the time of death has arrived. Jerusalem, we will not surrender to the enemies or be humiliated."

Puppet 2: "What am I doing to myself [by smoking]? I, and many other youth like me, think that through cigarettes we will be adults and men. Jerusalem doesn't need youth who hold cigarettes. It needs men who hold machine guns, not cigarettes."

 PMW also discovered on the website of the Burj Luq Luq Center, that they are affiliated with and also funded by:

"..the French Consulate, the Swiss Development Agency, the Italian Institutions' Union, the UNFPA, the [PA] Ministry of Youth and Sports, UNICEF and UNESCO."

I wonder if they have any clue what they are funding.

Israeli Settler/Palestinian Drug-Dealing Network Uncovered In West Bank

I guess the bitter, ongoing hostility between Israeli settlers and Palestinians magically disappears when it comes to drugs.

An Arab-Jewish drug-dealing network was uncovered operating in West Bank districts when police detained a group as part of a cross-border probe this week.

Settlers from the Tapuch Junction area in the West Bank were suspected of purchasing drugs from their Palestinian neighbors in the village of Hawara, south of Nablus city, Israeli online site Ynet news reported.

A narcotics investigation resulted in the arrest of Arabs from Hawara and four alleged Jewish drugs “clients.”

It is unclear how many Arabs were arrested on suspicion of drug-dealing.

It surprised everyone, it seems, considering they're usually at each other's throats.  Just last year

“Settlers went on the rampage through the villages damaging property, assaulting residents, burning cars and throwing stones at everything."

Too bad it takes drugs to get them to cooperate and coexist.