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Settlers rampage in West Bank villages after Israelis killed

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages in the northern occupied West Bank, after two settlers were shot dead by a Palestinian gunman.

One Palestinian man was killed and more than 100 others were injured in the overnight violence near Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Dozens of cars and houses were also burnt, according to a local official.

It followed the killings of the two Israelis – brothers from a nearby settlement – along a highway.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Cut ties with Israel but partner with Iran, China and Cuba- woke hypocrisy at work

Ah, what a wonderful woke world we inhabit. Consistency? Morality? No, just plain hypocritical antisemitism.

The mayor of Barcelona has severed her city’s ties with Israel, accusing the Jewish state of “the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people”. Ada Colau’s decision puts an end to the 25-year twinning with Tel Aviv.
First there was the decision of the third largest city in the country, Valencia, to embrace the boycott of Israel by proclaiming itself an “Apartheid-Free Zone”. The leader of the ruling Podemos party, Pablo Iglesias, called the Jewish State a “criminal and illegal country”.

Then the city of Oviedo, capital of Asturias, canceled the concert of the Israeli Netanya Symphony Orchestra, citing “political reasons”.

The Cadiz City Council had already canceled an Israeli film festival.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Israel bashing

Biden Administration Funds Anti-Netanyahu Protest Group

Even while Israeli children were being murdered by terrorists, the only thing the media wanted to talk about were the leftist protests against the new Israeli government’s democratic judicial reforms. And the Biden administration has joined this campaign.

Israel’s new conservative government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally initiated the long overdue process of restoring democratic checks and balances by limiting the unlimited power of Israel’s Supreme Court. And the left has threatened everything up to civil war to protect its illegitimate power, while its angry protests have been spun as grassroots opposition.

Old Joe knows nuthin.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, USA

Europe’s Proxy War against Israel

How The EU Ignores Hamas’ Crimes

On January 30, representatives of the European Union and several other countries, including Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Spain and Sweden, visited the Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank “to express their concern at the threat of demolition facing the village.”

Khan al-Ahmar, home to 38 Palestinian families, was illegally built more than a decade ago as part of the Palestinian Authority’s plan to illegally seize land near Jordan in Area C of the West Bank, which is exclusively controlled by Israel in accordance with the Oslo Accords signed between the Palestinians and the Israeli government.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEuropean Union, Israel

US officials say Israel behind bombing of Iranian military facility

Israel was behind the bombing of an Iranian military facility Sunday, a report released Sunday afternoon claimed, contradicting an earlier report by an Arabic media outlet.

Early Sunday morning, a loud blast was reported at a military site in the city of Isfahan, Iran, state media outlet IRIB reported.

Iran downplayed the incident, calling it an “unsuccessful” drone attack.

“The explosion took place in one of the munitions manufacturing centers of the Defense Ministry and according to an announcement by the political and security deputy head of Isfahan Governorate, there were no casualties,” IRIB reported.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, Israel

Why Israelis Voted for Right-Wing Parties

The main reason behind the rise to power of the far-right parties in the recent general election in Israel is that many Israelis believe that Israel has no partner for peace on the Palestinian side. This, in addition to the growing sense of dismay among Israelis as a result of Palestinian violence and terrorism, which saw a significant upsurge in 2022.

The widespread belief in Israel that the Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, are not partners for peace is not baseless. Moreover, the dismay is justified.

And in North America Jewish voters prefer Biden and Trudeau – partners for putzes. What a world.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael

Too Far Right—and Too Jewish

The real reasons for European elites’ demonization of Benjamin Netanyahu

In the liberal media and among the intelligentsia and the European political class there reigns an untroubled unanimity on the subject of Israel: it is no longer a democracy because its new government is of the Right. Too far to the right. I have no particular sympathy for Benjamin Netanyahu, but I must observe that the manner of his election was perfectly legitimate. Nor have I any sympathy—far from it—for the extremist Jewish parties that have entered into the government coalition, but they, too, were elected. Thus, I cannot see on what grounds the objecting Europeans allow themselves to denounce Israeli democracy. I am reminded of a famous proposal by Bertolt Brecht: “Since the people vote against the government, the people must be dissolved.” As it happens, a majority of Israelis consider themselves represented in Netanyahu’s new government, and the minority will take back power in a few more years. Such are the mechanics of universal suffrage.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Israel bashing

The European Union’s War on Israel

The European Union (EU) argues that it respects democracy and shares with Israel the values of an open and democratic rule-of-law-based society. If that is true, then why does the EU not respect the decision by the Arabs and the Israelis to mutually come to the table to negotiate their own borders? Why is the EU secretly helping the Palestinians take over Area C of the West Bank through illegal construction?

A confidential leaked document , composed by the EU mission in east Jerusalem, shows that the Europeans are actively working with, and on behalf of, the Palestinian Authority to take over Area C of the West Bank — although the area was clearly agreed on, by both Israel and the Palestinians, until further negotiations, to be under Israeli control.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEuropean Union, Israel

The Apartheid Libel to Destroy Israel

Many of Israel’s adversaries, including the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), have long attempted to stamp Israel with the false label of “apartheid”. Recently, however, with the UNHRC’s persistent allegations that Israel is an apartheid state, that label is being pushed even further in an apparent effort to make it stick. The complicity of recent reports from NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch appear to be trying to ensure that their libel will be complete.

These allegations are part of an ongoing massive campaign of incitement waged by the Palestinians and anti-Semites around the world to invalidate the State of Israel and vilify Jews.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Israel bashing, Israeli - Islam Conflict

The Biden Administration’s Hostility to Israel

May 11, 2022. Jenin. West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launch an operation against a cell of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization funded by the regime in Iran, which, since it came to power in 1979, has continuously threatened to obliterate the Jewish state. As exchanges of fire took place, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, embedded with the terrorists, was killed by a bullet, not clear from where.

Immediately after the battle, when Israeli soldiers withdrew, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad scrubbed the battle scene to erase all traces of what just happened. The PA refused to let Israeli forensic doctors examine the body of the journalist or hand over to Israeli authorities the bullet that killed her – at least, until much, much later.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, USA

Israel’s new hard-right government presents new problems for Justin Trudeau

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups in Canada don’t agree about much, but the coalition government now being formed by Benjamin Netanyahu has both sides worried about the future.

The arrival of Israel’s most right-wing government ever will also challenge the Trudeau government — which has pursued the same pro-Israel course as Stephen Harper, albeit with less fanfare.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Israel

Turkey and Israel: ‘On’ Again, Only to Be ‘Off’ Again

Turkey’s Islamist strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, appears to be on yet another hoax charm offensive: he is faking the restoration of diplomatic relations with Israel and Egypt, and even signalling peace with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria — in addition to his earlier reconciliation efforts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He needs to look pretty to his Middle East nemeses to A) avoid further Western sanctions, B) wink at Washington, and C) raise some international cash flows into the badly ailing Turkish economy that threatens to end his reign after two decades of uninterrupted rule.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Turkey

Al Jazeera submits case of journalist’s killing to the International Criminal Court

The media network and the family of the victim claim Israeli forces deliberately targeted the veteran reporter, and are calling for a formal investigation through the International Criminal Court.

Media network Al Jazeera took the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Tuesday, following an investigation by its lawyers that allegedly showed the veteran reporter was deliberately shot by Israeli forces.

According to the network, its legal team had conducted “a full and detailed investigation into the case and unearthed new evidence based on several eyewitness accounts, the examination of multiple items of video footage, and forensic evidence pertaining to the case.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, Israeli - Islam Conflict

I prefer Qatar’s honesty to German hypocrisy

Germany, like the rest of Europe, needs gas, but cannot get enough of it without violating its own “moral standards”

Sportswise, things didn’t go very well for Germany, but the Germans have already secured the title of world champions in moral and double standards. The political establishment in Berlin went crazy after FIFA banned the pro-LGBT ‘One Love’ headband from the World Cup in Qatar. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck of the Green Party told the German national team that they had to wear the armband anyway. Various government officials protested, including Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who wore the “One Love” armband at the opening match in Doha.

But immediately after the “scandal”, Germany proudly announced a new mega deal on gas with none other than Qatar, an agreement that Minister Habeck described as “super”. Bayern Munich loves Qatar’s money, and German soccer stars Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer have never publicly made a speech against sponsoring Qatar Airways.

Related … Israel’s natural gas windfall in Europe is bad news for Palestinians

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", Germany, Israel

The FBI Sets Its Sights on Israel

It’s taking a page out of Joe Biden’s book, placating progressives at the expense of diplomacy.

On May 11, Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a dual Palestinian-American citizen, was killed in Israel while standing alongside terrorists during a gunfight between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fighters in Jenin. In July, at the behest of the Biden administration, a U.S. State Department-led investigation determined that the bullet which hit Abu Akleh was badly damaged, thus preventing a “clear conclusion.” The findings further affirmed that the gunfire likely originated from “IDF positions.” The statement, issued by State Department spokesman Ned Price, found no reason to believe that Abu Akleh’s killing was intentional but rather the “result of tragic circumstances.” An examination and forensic analysis of the bullet conducted by Israel’s Defense Forces similarly revealed a  “high probability” that Abu Akleh was killed by accidental Israeli gunfire.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsrael, USA