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Around 1.5 million people on 378 square kilometers — that is the overpopulated and undernourished Gaza Strip with borders on Israel and Egypt. The Palestinian Autonomic Region is one of the most densely settled areas in the world. Here, the Hamas has ruled for three years. It is Party, Social Network and Terrorist Organization all in one.

As with all other radically ideologized communities, many women are also involved with Hamas in the indoctrination of following generations. Female students, teachers and mothers impart the so-called ideological know-how. In kindergarten, they already prepare four-year-olds for “martyrdom,” that is considered as the highest form of battle against Israel. The approximately 70-minute ARD film offers insight into a closed society and examines among other things the cult of martyrdom.

Here is the film:

(Text: byzanz / Video:antivirus / Translation: Anders Denken)

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Thus, they would have to relinquish the delivery of electricity, gas, foodstuffs, medicines and special aid by the hated Jews, and as is normal with countries, care for their own population. This is such a horrible idea to do-gooders who constantly remind Israel of its duties, but break out in screaming when it makes use of its sovereign rights, like the pursuit of terrorists or the monitoring of the sea passage.

Whoever thought of such a thing would have to be an “ultra right-wing” politician, as die Welt reports. N-TV tries a quiter approach in their report:

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman apparently has plans of great significance. He would like to see recognition of the de facto Hamas government in the Gaza Strip by the EU. In order that Hamas can take complete control of the Gaza Strip, he apparently intends to ask the international community to erect a power station for the production of electricity. International commando units, the French foreign legion among them, are to put a stop to weapons smuggling. Ships will be able to arrive at the Gaza harbor, but will have to be inspected for weapons in Limassol in Cyprus or in Greek harbors. Inasmuch as that would be set up, Israel would hermetically seal its own borders with the Gaza Strip; Israel would deliever neither electricity nor water or any other goods to Gaza, and would be absolved of any other responsibility for that stretch of land. (…)

In the background talks, the officer however asserted that these ideas of Liebermans have been coursing around “for weeks” in Israel’s foreign ministry. Lieberman has even delivered them to his Italian colleague Franco Frattini and intends to present them on July 28th to the EU foreign ministers under invitation, among them Guido Westerwelle. Lieberman invited both of them to Israel and recommended that they visit the Gaza Strip. Just a short while ago, Minister of Development Dirk Niebel had not been allowed to do this.

Lieberman’s idea of a “second and ultimate separation” of the Gaza Strip still hasn’t received approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, it was said.

The recommendation that Lieberman apparently passed on to the newspaper as a weather balloon would mean that Israel would have to give up inspecitions of the outer borders in the case of the Gaza strip. In addition Israel is not under obligation on the basis of the Oslo accords, which have never been recognized by Hamas. Lieberman’s desired recognition of the Hamas government by the Europeans would seal the political division of the Palestinians in a “Hamastan” in Gaza and a “Fatah Land” in West Jordan, and mean a partial termination of the Oslo accords because in them, Gaza and West Jordan are seen as a unit.

That would also signify an end to the peace process that Israel along with American and other agents at any rate could carry out with only West Jordan since the 2007 Hamas putsch. In the end, the autonomic authorities of Mahmoud Abbas were thrown out of Gaza in July 2007 while Hamas doesn’t intend to allow any more elections at the behest of Abbass. Lieberman’s Plan would also bury the idea of a two-state solution because there would, in fact, already be an independent Hamas state, while in West Jordan, negotiations would still have to be made regarding the founding of a future second Palestinian state. If Israel should in fact “hermetically seal” its borders to the Gaza Strip, as Lieberman was cited, then on the land route there would be access to nothing but Egypt.

Egypt doesn’t appear in the plan. The idea of Transportation Minister Israel Katz of putting the Gaza strip completely under Egyptian responsibility was meanwhile indignantly rejected by Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

Lieberman is indeed going on without Egypt’s approval. Since the Gaza Strip can be reached by ship, then the Europeans, for example, would have to guarantee a provision for the strip of land in case even Egypt, besides Israel, should close its borders out of fear of Islamic fundamentalists.

According to statements of the newspaper, Lieberman expects approval for his plan, for it would mean the end of the blockade demanded by all sides, end Israel’s occupation, and for the caged-in population of the Gaza Strip it would mean mobility that would no longer be checked by Israel, for example, when going by ferry to Greece or Cyprus.

The suggestions certainly cannot please the European sorcerer’s apprentices, however through this, they just might have to allow the consequences of their own moral presumptuousness, instead of the usual rude admonishings of Israel.

For Israel, though, there would be only advantages: The national border with Gaza could be more secured than can be found anywhere else in the world — not only between enemy states like Korea, but also between the US and Mexico, or like the border between the EU and Morocco in the Spanish enclave Ceuta (photo above).

Its own government would be responsible for the provisions of the new state, which up until now has been hindered by the total supply of power, water, gas, medical supplies and the daily delivery of tons of aid supplies as much as possible by Israel. The border crossing to the Islamic brethren nation in Egypt would serve as a means of supply, and, of course, the open sea way that would be navigated daily by the colorfully bannered aid flotillas full of prominent do-gooders from all over the world — only as long as an independent Pali state, that is no longer a thorn in the flesh for Israel, is still of interest to “international aid organizations.”

However, the best is this: Israel could finally react to military attacks from the neighboring country, for example by rocket fire, just as any country in this world would when they are militarily attacked by a neighboring country.

» Dr. Gudrun Eussner: The Eviction of Gaza. Jubilee!

(Photo: Example for Gaza? A 10-km long border fence separates the EU from its Muslim neighbors at the Spanish enclave Ceuta / Translation: Anders Denken)

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The Gaza Mall covers over 16,000 square meters, is split into four 4,000 square meter levels. It contains a large supermarket, a department store, play areas for children, restaurants and boutiques:

The following pictures come from the inside of the shopping paradise – click to enlarge:

The interior of the shopping palace in the “Jew-free Zone” (a.k.a. Palestinian Autonomous Region) in Hebron looks similar :

You can find more pictures from the luxury resort “Palestine” here.

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Melody, what do you think of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Politicians don’t act in a vacuum. They are always under political pressure, and in the case of Israel, facing constant geopolitical threats. Netanyahu is under pressure by his right-wing coalition. He is committed to bring peace to Israel. His interview with Larry King after the meeting with Barack Obama last week, is a clear indication for this. He wants peace for Israel and stands behind the idea of a Palestinian State.

Would another government have reacted any better to the Gaza Flotilla?

A political leader unfortunately is not an avatar that can be patched together with ideal qualities and superior powers, there is no such thing as an ideal prime minister. Besides Netanyahu there are no real alternatives at the moment. The current political leadership in Israel is not ideal, but they struggle with most complicated circumstances.

What do you think of the Two-State Solution?

A Palestinian state is inevitable for both sides; most people in Israel wish the Palestinians their own country, whatever the motivation may be. Any alternative would lead to catastrophe for the Jewish State.

Fatah and Hamas fight each other. Is a solution even feasible?

That is a problem. An agreement between Abbas and Netanyahu would be possible, if Abbas would finally agree to engage in direct talks, but whatever the outcome, Hamas won’t accept it. A two-state solution would only be practical in the West Bank. But Gaza would remain unchanged — a danger for Israel and for the Palestinians there, thus not a feasible solution. In theory, an economic confederation between the West Bank, Israel and Jordan would be an option. The contrast between a legitimate, economically flourishing Palestinian state in the West bank, and a terror regime in Gaza that undermines any flourishing but misery, would be immense. In fact, it already is. The question is whether the Palestinians in Gaza would then gather the strength and determination necessary to ‘disarm’ Hamas and its terror against its own people.

The blockade on Gaza is not implemented as collective punishment as some ‘human rights’ organizations like to claim. It is meant to block the establishment of a terror base, to limit the threat against Israeli civilians. Hamas established a terror regime based on dictatorship and oppression. They have an Islamic moral police like in Iran. Christians are murdered if they don’t convert to Islam. Fatah members are lynched and thrown off roofs. But that doesn’t seem to interest the ‘human rights activists.’ The misery in Gaza is not the result of Israeli policy.

As long as Hamas functions as a proxy for Iran, doesn’t accept the existence of Israel, and demands that Sharia rules the world, a solution is unfeasible.

Even though some dubious media and NGOs like to present it otherwise, Israel’s Gaza policy is anything but ‘imperialistically’ motivated — why would Ariel Sharon have gone through the trouble of disengaging out of Gaza in 2005?

What do you think of the Israel policy of US President Barack Obama?

So far, Obama’s policy hasn’t been too effective. His strategic paradigm shift towards appeasement hasn’t been fruitful, and at the same time it had a counterproductive impact on US relations with Israel. Obama’s inaugural address in Cairo contained some problematic allusions. He – hopefully unintentionally – set equal the meaning of the Holocaust for the Jews with the meaning of the establishment of the State of Israel for the Palestinians. Taking into account this speech’s main target audience, this was as dangerous as absurd a euphemism. It legitimizes the fight against Israel by radical elements in the Arab world. The reason for this problematic stance is probably a mixture between Obama’s ‘socialization’ into the Middle East conflict via questionable ‘agents’ such as his ex-pastor and mentor Jeremiah Wright and his desire to effectively appease the Muslim world.

However, the last meeting between Obama and Netanyahu was a good one and gives reason for optimism. It looks like Obama’s positions towards Israel and his potential influence on the conflict is taking a refreshingly constructive turn.

How do you assess the Iranian threat?

The Iranian threat is serious. Israel, Europe and the US cannot afford a nuclear Ayatollah regime under Ahmadinejad. Diplomatic dialog should not become a goal in itself. If it leads to nothing — and currently, this is what it looks like despite the new sanctions — then Plan B is necessary.

Whether a military intervention by Israel is possible? Anything is possible if Israel finds itself in a situation of existential threat, which a nuclear Iran would imply. We hope this will not happen.

At least the Ayatollah regime’s ambitions are transparent. For Ahmadinejad, Hamas and the remaining fundamentalist club, the annihilation of Israel is only an intermediate goal. In the minds of these lunatics world peace is secure once Sharia rules all over the globe, then Christians and Jews may coexist in safety – as subordinates.

What do you say about the resolution by the German Bundestag that Israel must give up the Gaza blockade?

Like many others, I was perplexed. Some of the parliamentarians’ quotes surprised me too. More than anything, there was a lot of self-satisfaction about the unusually unanimous vote of all four fractions. Was this a constructive contribution to the Middle East conflict? No. It strengthens Hamas and other radical groups that instrumentalize the ‘photogenic’ situation of the Palestinians in Gaza to delegitimize Israel. This brings neither peace nor freedom to the Palestinians.

The resolution is probably the result of the usual information vacuum: Israel doesn’t perform fast or well enough when it comes to reflecting the reality. Any Bundestag member who would have sat in a helicopter above the Mavi Marmara and seen how a mob of 40 terrorists with iron rods and knives attacked the Israeli soldiers, and how the soldiers received the command to shoot only when three of them were almost lynched to death; had this same parliamentarian further seen the videos in which members of the Turkish mob declared their chief objective in this trip with broad smiles and gleaming eyes, namely to die as Shahids for Allah – then most likely this very fellow would not have voted for the resolution.

It is similar with the immediate call to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip. This is an easy thing to demand when one lives in peaceful Germany and has never been paid a visit by Qassam rockets or bloodthirsty suicide attackers. Criticism, especially by an important ally like Germany, is important — when it is constructive, fair and based on detailed, balanced facts. I doubt that all of these criteria were fulfilled in this resolution. For example, it demands an improvement of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but not the release of Gilad Shalit, or even improvement of his ‘humanitarian situation’, through access by the Red Cross. Also, the question remains why the Bundestag, of all relevant foreign affairs events, singles out Israel’s Gaza policy.

Could Israel fill the information vacuum by documenting even more aggressively and with communicating even more evidence?

Of course. The vacuum is our deficit. Politically, too, Israel must adapt to the YouTube, Facebook and Twitter age, where information is wrapped into sound bites that travel the world at the speed of light. Consequently, the genuineness of contents is often compromised— this age is the paradise of the propagandists. But not for the only Western democracy that has been facing geopolitical threats since its existence. The priority of the Israeli governments has always been military defense, the protection of its civilian population. The fact that the media war is no less a strategic threat is now slowly catching on. This is a quite late but crucial paradigm shift.

Israel still lacks the necessary infrastructure for relevant videos, images and information to be proactively transmitted by good spokespeople. Furthermore, Israel won’t compromise its moral standards as a democratic Jewish state to score public opinion points. Israel will never ‘sell’ photos of its children that were mutilated or killed by Hamas terror, or like Hezbollah did in 2006, direct children and women to pose as ‘freshly shot’ extras in different settings. An example of the cynical use of human life for hate propaganda is the story of Mohammad al Dura. Fortunately, this will never be the case in Israel.

Reality is on Israel’s side, it just needs to be transmitted. This doesn’t imply that every political decision is the right one; however, we should keep in mind the context in which these decisions are made. I grew up in Munich and know how difficult it is to imagine within this green, pristine, peaceful safe haven how it feels to be surrounded by Islamic terror organizations. Only he who experienced a cruel terror attack in close proximity, or once had to run for his life into a bunker, can understand the insane situation Israelis have been living in and Israeli governments have been operating in for over 60 years.

Why aren’t foreign journalists even taken along to incidents like the storming of the Gaza flotilla?

Foreign journalists are often not taken along for security reasons. There were foreign journalists on the navy vessels surrounding the flotilla, but — since they needed to stay in a safe zone they could not see what was happening way up on the ship’s deck.

Other countries are not under such extreme scrutiny concerning possible ‘misbehaviors’

Yes, in Sudan hundred thousands of people are slaughtered by Islamists, but the human rights activists have nothing to say about it, same with the persecution of the Baha’i or the mutilation of women in Iran. The ‘human rights activists’ don’t say one word about it. But the naked, last resort self-defense of Israeli soldiers against a band of bloodthirsty Jihadists turns into a world-wide scandal. Is this not a perversion of reality? Israel, o Israel, how could you? Same with the UN Human Rights Council whose biased Israel obsession is so counterproductive, whereas a constructive, balanced facts-driven version of this institution would be so crucial.

Are pro-Israeli demonstrations — for example in Germany — even noticed in Israel?

Pro-Israel demonstrations still are not yet sufficiently noticed in Israel. At the Israel demo on June 13th in Berlin, I heard unbelievably touching words of support. People who proactively inform themselves, who acquire knowledge and understand the situation in depth, who support Israel with their hearts and minds as the only democracy in the Middle East. They are extremely important — for Israel and for Germany. In times like these, inspite of all strength, Israelis feel threatened – not just in terms of security, but also by public opinion. I wish every single Israeli would know what kind of important support PI, for example, grants. And I don’t say that to flatter: The moral support though the systematic exposure of crucial facts by PI is remarkable. For Israel is as threatened as misunderstood.

The greatest crime committed by obsessive and uninformed Israel critics is that they polarize only further. Instead of European student groups, for example, joining forces to make a constructive contribution, by encouraging understanding between Israeli and Palestinian students, many students fall victim to propaganda campaigns that turn peace into utopia. Here, the easiest solution simply isn’t a solution. The majority of European youth had the luxury to grow up in complete peace. With this luxury comes a moral responsibility of engaging in building bridges in conflict regions, rather than destroying them.

Is there a question you wanted to be asked for a while, but weren’t asked by me today?

Yes, there is such a question. What is Israel really like, and what do I love about it.

What is Israel like? What do you love about it?

It’s a combination of elements that make everyday life an inspiration. I grew up in a very privileged way in Munich. I had fantastic friends, a great school, lived in peace and knew no problems. Since I got to know Israel — and this has nothing to do with Zionism — I fell in love. I love the Mediterranean, in spite of the current jellyfish invasion (Paul, call back your cousins!), I love Jaffa, this Ottoman pearl, and I find living together with Israeli Arabs exciting.

I grew up with a self-created image of Israel as a small paradise. Living here, with the painful experiences of the second intifada, wars and constant threats, this paradise image crumbled, it even seems cynical. My greatest wish is to experience this Israel, already exploding of lust for live, creativity and innovation, in total peace. As the paradise I’ve been carrying in my heart since I was a child. This requires the release of Gilad Shalit.

In the meantime, support like the courageous work of PI, is like oxygen to us.

Melody Sucharewicz, we cordially thank for this interview. We wish you and Israel all the best and God’s blessings.

(Photo credit: Metin Cherasi / Translation: Anders Denken)

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(Photo report by B. Sham / Translation: Anders Denken)

Sederot — on first look, a small pioneer city that is trying to hold its ground between its pioneer days and modern times.

Under normal conditions, that would be difficult enough, but under the hail of rockets from the neighboring Arab Hamas community in Gaza, it needs special perseverance in order not to give up. There indeed exists a pretty reliably functioning early “red alert” warning system against the rocket attacks by strictly Muslim Hamas in Gaza now, however, there are only about 15 seconds for running to cover. There, the normal little dangers of everyday appear more as an ironic contrast.

In fact, a second look, however, shows a few special characteristics of this city on the edge of the Negev desert: Wherever one goes and stands, bunkers and protective structures have been inconspicuously integrated more or less with street life — a quasi-normality during the hail of rockets.

Every bus stop, every kindergarten, every post office — everything has to be armored against the terror from the neighboring Muslim Hamas community.

Apartments lately have all been outfitted with armored security rooms (Israeli: ‘mamad’) — with poured concrete against the terrorism.

The large local Yeshiva Sederot (Jewish Bible school) stands firm against the terror: one will not allow oneself to be driven out. In contrast, on the roof of the large school, students built a nine-armed Chanukkah lamp out of rocket parts through which visitors can catch a view in the direction of Gaza.

Are the attacks demonstrations of thanksgiving by the really devoted followers of the “Religion of Peace” that the Israelis voluntarily vacated the Gaza strip in 2005, sprinkled throughout with all its magnificent settlement areas? It was the previous Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who pushed this through.

The few Israeli military actions, targeted against the rocket terrorists in the Gaza strip, were rabidly judged by this world’s “quality media”: it was irresponsible Israeli war mongering, etc., etc., etc., in defending themselves militarily against the Religion of Peace and its rockets instead of being constantly chafed by unending, ineffective negotiations. Ineffective? Really, why indeed? Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu once expressed it with total clarity and simplicity, “With a Hamas, we Israelis could only negotiate about our annihilation.”

Hamas Video regarding this:

These rockets have absolutely no military value, since they are inaccurate. They are only useful for terror weapons against localities where they might land.

The modest town hall in Sederot has suggestions ready for visitors on how to behave in case of attack, as well as a brochure in stock about the attacks that have gone on for years and about the victims of the terrorists from the Gaza strip:

Then the visitors are referred to the police station where the remainders of the Kassam rockets are kept on exhibit.

The blockade of the Gaza strip is seen, in terms of the militarily use goods, as an absolute necessity; the recent decline in rocket attacks can be traced back, on the one side, to the targeted anti-terror actions by the Israeli military, and on the other, to the thorough inspection of the large multitude of goods allowed into Gaza. The Sederot residents can only grab their heads over so much lack of reality and over the ideological stubbornness in much of the quality medias’ one-sided reporting having the overtones of an Israeli attack on a “peace flotilla” and the “supplies for the residents” in Gaza.

But Sederot demonstrates a nearly calm power notwithstanding — with the the oversized Jewish symbol of the Shofar

and the positive tenacity that shows in the confidence in the Israeli community.

They will never be broken by the Arab terrorists.

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Noam Arnon is a man who has learned to live with dangers every day. He has had poor experiences with the western media. “They see the truth, but they report lies,” he declares. We are meeting in the shade of the playing field that has secured from shooting.

50 Jews have already been shot by Arabs on this street. Among them was a Jewish baby that was targeted by sharpshooters while in the baby carriage. Noam Arnon recounts the history of Hebron, about the Hadassah hospital, which was the first one built in Israel, and the bloody massacre of 1929 that was supposed to drive the Jews out of Hebron for good.

A museum documents the history of the area with impressive images, what happened to its inhabitants in 1929, and the difficulties with which the community has to struggle.

Why Arnon wishes to remain in Hebron, he explains with an anecdote about the first Israeli president Chaim Weizmann, a chemist, who led a good life in Great Britain, but still had the desire to emigrate to Israel. When he was asked why he wished to go to Israel of all places, he said: “You also drive 50 kilometers each week to see your mother, because of this, many old women live here in the city.” The mother, the fatherland, is not to be replaced by anything.

Today, the Jewish population in Hebron totals around 400 members. They all live on a single street and the surroundings, even though the Israeli-controlled area of Hebron H2 is somewhat larger. They are in danger to loose their lives every single day.

The Jews are not allowed to build and sell any more houses; there is great fear in the government for Arab revenge and a new wave of violence. The policies of the new US president Obama, who wishes for the abolition of Jewish settlements without being more knowledgeable about the problems related to this subject, have also had a negative effect. The Arabs are not allowed to drive with a car on the one Jewish street. They are aloud to go along on foot, but they feel incredibly discriminated against. On the other hand, the Jews are prohibited from even entering the much greater Arab part of Hebron. If they do so, they put their life in jeopardy.

Six soldiers that keep watch on the Jewish street became famous this week when broke out in a little dance:

The media report about it:

PI met the six soldiers day before yesterday at exactly the same place. As punishment, they have to create another film that shows why one shouldn’t create such videos.

Through the concrete protection barriers on the edge of the street, a totally different Hebron is visible, Great Hebron H1, where Jews have no access and it is almost 100 percent inhabited by Muslim Arabs. Whoever would imagine a small town of ruins, would do so in total error. Hebron, contrary to all the Palestinian recitations of complaint, is full of new houses, is modern and in a better condition than the Jordanian capital Amman.

At Abraham’s grave, where the Jewish location can again lay claim to a fractional part of space, there is situated a giant mosque, again to which the Jews have no access.

Christians are allowed to enter the mosque. The female Christians must, of all things, cover themselves in long burka-blue hooded sacks in order not to “defile” the building — somewhat different from the Jewish quarter where short skirts and sleeveless arms are allowed — and especially when they have already bound themselves with head covering in hasty obedience.

Abraham’s Grave – Jewish:

Abraham’s Grave – Islamic:

In front of the mosque, PI encountered an Arab who is the overseer of a group of Palestinian wristwatch vendors and states that he belongs to a pro-Palestinian “aid initiative.” The man offers a guided tour through Arab Hebron and boasts that he has guided EU parliamentarians many times before (which might not necessarily be a lie). His dissertations about the conditions of people in Hebron belong, however, in the Kingdom of Fables:

Fable 1: The Arabs in Hebron are poor and have nothing to eat — the reality is visibly different.

Fable 2: The often inquiries regarding the estimated one million Arab residents (true numbers are at 200.000) in the city are being constantly pelted with trash and rocks by the estimated 400 Jews. Even if that would be true for an isolated case, the Arabs in return shoot at the Jews with cannonballs.

Fable 3: The Arab “Cordoba School” is already 3000 years old. Cordoba was, in fact, the center of the Spanish-Islamic El-Andalus colony that was reconquered by the Spaniards. “Remember Cordoba” in Islamic context means remember the area out of which we were driven — that belonged to us once and we want once again. It isn’t for no purpose that the mosque building project at New York’s Ground Zero is called “Cordoba House.” European do-gooders, on the other hand, see the name “Cordoba” as innocuous because it brings to mind the so-called “Golden Age” in Spain. But since the Cordoba School is already 3000 years old, and thus it happens to be older than Islam itself, this one is totally absurd.

Likewise, there were representatives of the “Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron” on site (TIPH), a Palestinian security organization that feels called to watch over the few Jews in case of possible misdeeds. Two observers of the TIPH have been shot by Arab terrorists, by the way, who had confused them with Jews. TIPH claims until today, they wouldn’t know who shot their comrades. The international friends of Palestine were standing accordingly on Shahid Street. Upon questioning, the Arab “guide” explained that a one becomes a shahid when he is shot by a Jew. That doesn’t apply to Christians, however, only to Muslims.

Arab Hebron is like a giant aquarium full of sharks wanting to be considered as a minute goldfish pond by the world. This city, which is possibly the most Arabic city in the whole Israeli territory, is a symbol for the entire Western Middle East policy.

» Eussner: Nahostkonflikt. Die Rolle Norwegens im Westjordanland

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Moreover, the following appeal for protest came in from a PI reader:

APPEAL

- The politicians in Germany dominating from left to right have something horrible in store. I found out today on Deutschlandfunk Nachrichten (German Radio News), that according to the SÜDDEUTSCHE Zeitung newspaper, four BUNDESTAG FRACTIONS intend to vote on a resolution against ISRAEL next week in order to ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THE SEA ROUTE FOR GAZA, and therefore put the Republic of ISRAEL under pressure and cut down their options of defense even farther.

This is the BANKRUPTING of GERMAN POLICY relative to the fight against terrorism and to an ACTIVE FRIENDSHIP with ISRAEL as opposed to the issuing of useless communiqués. Isn’t it enough already, that a whole list of German companies already supply the Islam-Nazistic regime of the mullahs with strategically effective materials?

This is catastrophic. These political idiots — and not under a completely false awareness due to UNhealthy national sentiments caused by a consistent lack of information and twisting of stories by the mass-media — are quasi at the head of the criminal action of breaking through ISRAEL’s blockade for the HAMAS murderers by the LEFT Party, Turkish right-wing extremists, and Islamists.

Of course, as was heard in the embarrassing debate some days ago that was flanked by “human rights” and apparently by unobjective or ineffective “requirements” for weapons inspections by token European friends, even so our radio networks are increasingly becoming like the Islamists in their propaganda, and are thereby putting the blame for terrorism on Israel, or even pushing the cause for Jihad on them. This, however, can be laid directly on the Brown/Reds and Milli Görüs.

Because at this time, as never before, the interests of our freedom lie together with those of ISRAEL’s, and opposite to those of a degenerated policy by the German Bundestag and those of the (post-)Stalinists, Green culturalists, and Neo-Nazis, I therefore appeal to all of you with all of your connections, your networking capabilities, and with PROTESTS OF EVERY KIND to put a giant mark through this REPREHENSIBLE PRO-ISLAMIC RESOLUTION on the cost sheet of the above-mentioned fractions that is to be marked at the cost of ISRAEL under the phony flag of peace or of seeming supply aid — or that will make for better competition against other powers in (the oil) business.

Use the remaining days and hours for visits, phone calls, faxes — and especially to your local politicians — and for possibly appearing in open protests in order to prevent this DISGRACE IN THE BUNDESTAG from eventually becoming a disgrace for German policy and an act of betrayal against ISRAEL.

- WHOEVER can or lives close enough, go visit the Bundestag!

- I also ask for further suggestions and for you to use your Internet intelligence and networking capabilities to the maximum!

HamaS-Supporters – Get out of the Bundestag! NO multiCULTURal protection for Islamists! No BETRAYAL of ISRAEL and our freedom for OIL!

Yes to the greening of the desert; no to the Green/Black/Red policies of Islamic immigration! If we don’t learn to defend ISRAEL here and tackle the issue now, there will be hardly a chance against Jihad!

The security risk and Ahmadini-Network-Chat Friend, known as TURKEY, must leave NATO! Islamists and Islam friends get out of the city councils and “integration” estblishments!

ISRAEL, Mazel Tov!

Bertha Dick, an individual
desert-Flut-action@web.de

(Translation: Anders Denken)

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(By the Editrix)

SPIEGEL ONLINE International performed an interview with him that was full of as-hard-as-nails-investigative questions and gems of replies from the interviewee, such as whether he had ever been to Gaza (“no”), whether he knows the IHH and the Free Gaza movement (“not well enough to be able to form an opinion”), whether Hamas was a source of hope for him (“I don’t know enough about the issue”), or why he ignored repeated Israeli warnings that they would not allow the convoy to reach Gaza (“At least they should have let us continue for another two hours, until we were just off the coast”) and nobody laughed and the world listened in awe.

I quite liked that one as well:

You know, I was born in 1948, the same year as the establishment of the State of Israel, so this conflict has accompanied me my entire life. For me, the thought that this conflict will still exist when I die is unbearable.

Whether the fact of having been born in the same year as the old fart who has hair growing out of his nose and ears makes the Middle East conflict so precious, the as-tough-as-nails-investigative journalists from SPON forgot to ask — or why he doesn’t give an aviating fornication for all the many other still unresolved ethnic or political conflicts worldwide, for that.

But this is priceless:

By the way, I have many Jewish friends, my books are published in Hebrew [which he considers to revoke] … and a branch of my family is Jewish.

Just like the Führer!
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The “peace activists” knew that full well. The entire thing was a hoax intended to run rings around Israel from the very start.

(By the Editrix / Hat tip: Dr. Gudrun Eussner)

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“I view Israel’s assault on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara as a textbook example of incompetence. These people are not as brilliant as they like to claim.”

(By the Editrix)

The ship, despite its supercargo of PC, anti-Israel, Left-wing suckers, dupes and sandal-wearers, was also seething with militant and far-from-pacifist full-time Israel-haters.

If the Mossad secret service types had lived up to their legend, they would have known this.

So why lower troops, one by one, into the midst of a mob of foes? Why equip them with feeble paintball guns, shroud their hands in gloves so they can’t reach their sidearms, and order them not to open fire until things get out of hand?

They did this because the Israeli military let their civilised, law-governed instincts get the better of sensible cynicism.

The gullibility of the reporting on this issue defies belief. This wasn’t a humanitarian convoy. The Israelis were quite willing to send on the supplies, after searching them for contraband.

It’s not as if I wouldn’t have any issues with the rest of the entry as well, but the quoted bit is so awash with expressions of a common misconception, that I’ll concentrate on that. Hitchens says that, had “…the Mossad secret service types had lived up to their legend, they would have known this.” I am not implying antisemitism on Hitchen’s side, but oughtn’t he to know that this legend is largely an antisemic wet dream? A up-to-date-version of the old omniscient, ubiquitous and omnipotent Jew?

He then raises an extremely interesting point, getting close to the core of antisemitism, apparently without noticing it, when he says that they were so ill-prepared for the terrorist attack “…because the Israeli military let their civilised, law-governed instincts get the better of sensible cynicism.” Quite right, Mr. Hitchens. And that is because the Jews think they can win hearts by “good” behaviour when the opposite is the case. Jews (as a group) are not hated because of the evil they do, but because of the good they do. This is called — dare I say it? — antisemitism.

Lastly, he states that “(t)he gullibility of the reporting on this issue defies belief.” Wrong, Mr. Hitchens. That is not gullibility. Far from it. And it does not a bit defy belief. For somebody who is at home in and part of the media this is a pretty obtuse statement. Anybody who WANTS to know the truth, specifically in the time of the Internet, can learn the truth — if the truth were what he’s after. But only very few are. And we’re back to square one and the a-word again.

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The camera points incessantly at the ‘humiliated Jews’! – In terrorcamps in Gaza, Afghanistan or in Lebanon that would be fodder for thigh-slapping, bawling mirth. To present this to a worldwide public is a non-plus-ultra proof for the total absence of any morality and the general sadistic mental disorder of those ‘peace activists’…

Well, Islamists think differently. What evokes compassion for the brutally molested in the West, is in Islam symbol and proof of their strength, because degradation, humiliation etc. are the pride of the Islamic fighter, which means they don’t even twig that they are damaging their entire PR for Europe all by themselves.

And while I think Ulrich is on to something here, I wouldn’t count all THAT much on Western compassion when it’s about Jews.

I have refrained of posting the pictures here for obvious reasons.