Israel Midnight Cafe
Monday, November 15, 2004
Twin rocket attack from Lebanon took place earlier this evening
Northern border continues to heat up as groups in Lebanon escalate attacks on Israel
2 Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel this evening, and the IDF is checking to see who is responsible. One rocket landed in the sea and the other near the western Galilee town of Shlomi.
The Jpost reports: The residents of Shlomi reported hearing a loud explosion in the area.
No one was wounded in the rocket attack.
Following the incident, Lebanese soldiers and policemen stationed in Lebanese border villages began searches to find out who had fired the rockets, officials said.
A Hizbullah spokesman said he had no information about the incident. "We have nothing to do with the reported rocket attack. Whenever we carry out an attack, we usually issue a statement adopting it."
While it remains unclear who fired the rockets, some press in Israel are quoting sources as saying that a Palestinian group could have carried out the attack from southern Lebanon.
However, Hizbolla has been escalating tensions with Israel, flying a drone over Israeli air space last week.
Mayor Livingston's jihadist guest
MEMRI has just released an analysis of Islamist Websites and their Hosts, and among them appears the website of Egyptian-born Sheikh Dr. Yousef Al-Qaradawi, who was recently invited to London by Ken Livngstone, hugged and kissed, and described as a "model citizen."
While there is no shortage of evidence to show that Qaradawi advoates anti-Semitic mass murder of Israelis, anti-Indian genocide of Hindus, the mass murder of gays, and the beating of women, MEMRI has given us yet more information on the man that received the red carpet treatement in the United Kingdom's capital.
Ken Livingson: Preparing a dhimmi capital
"Excerpt from the website (from statement in the Qatari daily Al-Watan, which appeared on Qaradhawi's website on October 25, 2004, "Martyrdom Operations Are the Greatest Form of Jihad"): "Dr. Yussuf Qaradawi has confirmed that the operations carried out by the Muslim youth that defend the lands of Islam and the religion and dignity of Islam and the religion and dignity of Islam are the greatest forms of Jihad for the sake of Allah.
They fall under the definition of legitimate terrorization…
Sheikh Qaradawi: Agent of global jihad, seeking appeasers in Europe
'I maintain that it is wrong to consider these acts as 'suicidal,' because these are heroic acts of martyrdom, which are in fact very different from suicide.'…"
Feel like telling London Assembly members about their boss's best friend? - you can contact them here.
While there is no shortage of evidence to show that Qaradawi advoates anti-Semitic mass murder of Israelis, anti-Indian genocide of Hindus, the mass murder of gays, and the beating of women, MEMRI has given us yet more information on the man that received the red carpet treatement in the United Kingdom's capital.
Ken Livingson: Preparing a dhimmi capital
"Excerpt from the website (from statement in the Qatari daily Al-Watan, which appeared on Qaradhawi's website on October 25, 2004, "Martyrdom Operations Are the Greatest Form of Jihad"): "Dr. Yussuf Qaradawi has confirmed that the operations carried out by the Muslim youth that defend the lands of Islam and the religion and dignity of Islam and the religion and dignity of Islam are the greatest forms of Jihad for the sake of Allah.
They fall under the definition of legitimate terrorization…
Sheikh Qaradawi: Agent of global jihad, seeking appeasers in Europe
'I maintain that it is wrong to consider these acts as 'suicidal,' because these are heroic acts of martyrdom, which are in fact very different from suicide.'…"
Feel like telling London Assembly members about their boss's best friend? - you can contact them here.
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Arafat's legacy - 1 minute video
Bin Laden's inspiration
Bin Laden's inspiration
By ALAN DERSHOWITZ
Yasser Arafat was the godfather of international terrorism who dashed
his people's hope for statehood, stole billions of dollars intended
for the relief of their suffering, and indoctrinated their children
with so much hatred that they willingly turned themselves into human
bombs.
He did manage to leapfrog the Palestinian cause over equally or more
deserving causes – such as Tibetan freedom, Kurdish independence, and
Basque statehood – by wielding three immoral weapons: first,
international terrorism on a scale previously unknown to the world;
second, an alliance with oil-rich states willing to extort support for
his cause by energy blackmail; and third, exploitation of
international anti-Semitism against the Jewish state.
Arafat was personally responsible for the murders of thousands of
innocent Israelis, hundreds of innocent Americans, and countless
others. Like other ethnically motivated butchers before him, he
delighted in killing Jewish children, as he did in several
well-planned attacks on Israeli schools and nurseries. He also
personally ordered the murder of hundreds of his own people who
disagreed with him or collaborated with Israel. Never a man to
tolerate dissent, he employed bullets rather than arguments to respond
to his critics.
Arafat was the inspiration for Osama bin Laden, because he proved to
his eager student that terrorism works and that terrorists can be
praised and rewarded by a craven world, as Arafat was by so many for
so long.
Arafat was not one of those leaders who could, a la Nelson Mandela,
make the transition from terrorist to peacemaker. He never learned how
to take "yes" for an answer and he never missed an opportunity to miss
an opportunity.
According to former president Bill Clinton and his chief adviser,
Dennis Ross, Arafat was personally responsible for the failure of Camp
David and Taba to produce statehood for the Palestinians in 2000-2001.
Instead of now celebrating their third anniversary of statehood, the
Palestinians have suffered thousands of casualties and years of
self-inflicted pain, while inflicting death and suffering on the
Israelis as well.
Arafat's legacy is one of bloodshed and war, yet tears are being shed
over his peaceful passing, not only by Palestinians but by many
Europeans as well. Had Arafat accepted the offer of statehood, his
body could have been buried in the part of Jerusalem that would have
been the capital of the Palestinian state instead of in the rubble of
Ramallah.
The world made a terrible mistake by not treating Arafat as a criminal.
He should have been indicted for ordering the murder of American
diplomats, Israeli athletes, and international travelers instead of
being praised for his "courage." It takes no courage to kill the
helpless and much courage to risk one's own life in pursuit of peace.
It was such courage that Arafat lacked.
The Nobel Peace Prize was cheapened by being awarded to this hater of
peace. The Vatican was tarnished by its frequent welcoming of a man
who violated every teaching of the Church. The United Nations was
trivialized by its lionization of this coward. And terrorism was
encouraged by the rewards Arafat received for his murders.
In the end, Arafat was a lucky man, lucky because his perceived enemy
was the Jewish state. Had his enemy been a Christian or Muslim or
communist state, he would never have received a pass for his mass
murder. He understood the world's lingering anti-Semitism better than
most, and he exploited it for all it was worth. Those grandchildren of
Europeans who supported or welcomed Hitler and who willingly allowed
their lingering bigotry to be exploited were complicit in his evil.
Eventually, the Palestinians will have their state, when they finally
reject the legacy of their failed leader Yasser Arafat. When
Palestinian statehood is declared, Arafat will posthumously receive
much of the credit. He will not deserve it. A more farsighted leader
would have done more for his people, less for his own pocketbook, and
better for the world than did Hitler's failed successor and bin
Laden's successful predecessor – Yasser Arafat.
By ALAN DERSHOWITZ
Yasser Arafat was the godfather of international terrorism who dashed
his people's hope for statehood, stole billions of dollars intended
for the relief of their suffering, and indoctrinated their children
with so much hatred that they willingly turned themselves into human
bombs.
He did manage to leapfrog the Palestinian cause over equally or more
deserving causes – such as Tibetan freedom, Kurdish independence, and
Basque statehood – by wielding three immoral weapons: first,
international terrorism on a scale previously unknown to the world;
second, an alliance with oil-rich states willing to extort support for
his cause by energy blackmail; and third, exploitation of
international anti-Semitism against the Jewish state.
Arafat was personally responsible for the murders of thousands of
innocent Israelis, hundreds of innocent Americans, and countless
others. Like other ethnically motivated butchers before him, he
delighted in killing Jewish children, as he did in several
well-planned attacks on Israeli schools and nurseries. He also
personally ordered the murder of hundreds of his own people who
disagreed with him or collaborated with Israel. Never a man to
tolerate dissent, he employed bullets rather than arguments to respond
to his critics.
Arafat was the inspiration for Osama bin Laden, because he proved to
his eager student that terrorism works and that terrorists can be
praised and rewarded by a craven world, as Arafat was by so many for
so long.
Arafat was not one of those leaders who could, a la Nelson Mandela,
make the transition from terrorist to peacemaker. He never learned how
to take "yes" for an answer and he never missed an opportunity to miss
an opportunity.
According to former president Bill Clinton and his chief adviser,
Dennis Ross, Arafat was personally responsible for the failure of Camp
David and Taba to produce statehood for the Palestinians in 2000-2001.
Instead of now celebrating their third anniversary of statehood, the
Palestinians have suffered thousands of casualties and years of
self-inflicted pain, while inflicting death and suffering on the
Israelis as well.
Arafat's legacy is one of bloodshed and war, yet tears are being shed
over his peaceful passing, not only by Palestinians but by many
Europeans as well. Had Arafat accepted the offer of statehood, his
body could have been buried in the part of Jerusalem that would have
been the capital of the Palestinian state instead of in the rubble of
Ramallah.
The world made a terrible mistake by not treating Arafat as a criminal.
He should have been indicted for ordering the murder of American
diplomats, Israeli athletes, and international travelers instead of
being praised for his "courage." It takes no courage to kill the
helpless and much courage to risk one's own life in pursuit of peace.
It was such courage that Arafat lacked.
The Nobel Peace Prize was cheapened by being awarded to this hater of
peace. The Vatican was tarnished by its frequent welcoming of a man
who violated every teaching of the Church. The United Nations was
trivialized by its lionization of this coward. And terrorism was
encouraged by the rewards Arafat received for his murders.
In the end, Arafat was a lucky man, lucky because his perceived enemy
was the Jewish state. Had his enemy been a Christian or Muslim or
communist state, he would never have received a pass for his mass
murder. He understood the world's lingering anti-Semitism better than
most, and he exploited it for all it was worth. Those grandchildren of
Europeans who supported or welcomed Hitler and who willingly allowed
their lingering bigotry to be exploited were complicit in his evil.
Eventually, the Palestinians will have their state, when they finally
reject the legacy of their failed leader Yasser Arafat. When
Palestinian statehood is declared, Arafat will posthumously receive
much of the credit. He will not deserve it. A more farsighted leader
would have done more for his people, less for his own pocketbook, and
better for the world than did Hitler's failed successor and bin
Laden's successful predecessor – Yasser Arafat.
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Islamic website: Arafat is dead
IDF Radio: The Islam Online website has reported that Arafat has died (see here). According to Palestinian sources, French doctors informed the Palestinian Authority that Arafat has died, and that continued connection to breathing machines was useless.
According to Islam Online, Palestinian officials requested from the French that notice of Arafat's death be delayed by 36 hours, in order to prepare the ground in the territories.
The Palestinian sources also noted that Suha Arafat agreed to hand over control of the decision to disconnect Arafat from the life-support machines to the executive committee of the PLO.
The terrorist exits: Yasser Arafat is reportedly dead
According to Islam Online, Palestinian officials requested from the French that notice of Arafat's death be delayed by 36 hours, in order to prepare the ground in the territories.
The Palestinian sources also noted that Suha Arafat agreed to hand over control of the decision to disconnect Arafat from the life-support machines to the executive committee of the PLO.
The terrorist exits: Yasser Arafat is reportedly dead
Hizballa flies small drone over northern Israeli villages
Islamic Lebenase Shi'ite terror group Hizballa claims it flew an unmanned drone over Israel today -
saying that the plane - known as the Mirsad-1 - flew as far as Nahariya before returning safely to its base in southern Lebanon.
Shi'ite terror leader Hasan Nasralla
The claim was made on Hizballa's tv station. The Israeli Air Force has confirmed the presence of a drone which got as far as Naharia, but noted that the drone crashed in Lebanon, rather than landing safely, as claimed by Hizballa.
An Israeli analyst said that while the development represented a minor propaganda victory for Nasralla, Hizballa's drone was "nothing to worry about" in terms of military capablities.
"Next time one of these drones breaches the airspace, it will be quickly and easily dealt with," said the analyist.
The IAF patrolling Israel's borders
saying that the plane - known as the Mirsad-1 - flew as far as Nahariya before returning safely to its base in southern Lebanon.
Shi'ite terror leader Hasan Nasralla
The claim was made on Hizballa's tv station. The Israeli Air Force has confirmed the presence of a drone which got as far as Naharia, but noted that the drone crashed in Lebanon, rather than landing safely, as claimed by Hizballa.
An Israeli analyst said that while the development represented a minor propaganda victory for Nasralla, Hizballa's drone was "nothing to worry about" in terms of military capablities.
"Next time one of these drones breaches the airspace, it will be quickly and easily dealt with," said the analyist.
The IAF patrolling Israel's borders
