The Washington Post reports that "twin car bombs that devastated three government buildings and killed at least 147 people Sunday underlined a new strategy in Iraq's contest for power ahead of January elections: spectacular blows aimed at destroying faith in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's ability to secure the country as the U.S. withdraws, officials and residents said... 'This is unbearable; this is criminal,' said Mahmoud al-Fahmawi, an ambulance driver who collected jaws, a heart and other body parts from the scene. 'God didn't order jihad as this. Jihad is not killing or bombing innocents.'" Unfortunately, the jihadist car bombers who disagree with al-Fahmawi do believe that this is precisely jihad. For the sake of the future of all good men, I hope that the savage jihadist murderers are replaced with the likes of this ambulance driver throughout the Islamic world. Tweet
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Israeli Police Accuse Hamas Of Inciting Jerusalem Riots While Arab MKs Side With Rock-Throwing Rioters
The Jerusalem Post reports "after security forces clashed on Sunday with Muslim rioters on the Temple Mount and elsewhere in east Jerusalem, police blamed Hamas and the Islamic Movement for once again inciting Israel's Arab population to violence in the capital. 'Throughout the day, very large groups of Arab residents of east Jerusalem and other Israeli Arabs have come to the area at the encouragement of the Islamic Movement,' Police Chief Commissioner Insp.-Gen. David Cohen told reporters. 'I urge them (the Islamic Movement) to show restraint and not to incite.' Cohen went on to say that police would deal with all rioters on the Temple Mount as well as the inciters 'with a strong hand.' Police also released a separate statement blaming Hamas for inciting violence in a bid to "disrupt order on the Temple Mount."
Meanwhile, Arab members of the Knesset are siding with the enemies of Israel. The Jerusalem Post reports that "Israeli Arab MKs blamed Israel for the escalation in tensions, as they had done during previous clashes. MK Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List-Tal) said that Israel had 'broken the law,'... UAL-Ta'al MK Taleb a-Sanaa said that Israel was provoking 'a billion Muslims' and sparking unnecessary riots by allowing 'extremist elements to defile the mosque.'"
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Fatah-Led PA Admits It Tortures Prisoners
IsraelINN.com reports that "the Palestinian Authority, led by the Fatah party, admitted to a British newspaper that its security forces commonly use torture on prisoners, as charged by the Hamas terrorist organization. The PA is heavily funded by overseas contributions as well as taxes collected for it by the Israeli government." Tweet
Columbia University Journalism Students Knock "Fox News And Hannity" In Hip-Hop Song For Media Ethics Class Project
The future members of tomorrow's mainstream media:
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Hamas Leader Khaled Meshal: "Jerusalem's Fate Will Be Decided With Jihad And Resistance, And Not Negotiations"
Ha'aretz reports that "following a conflagration of violence at Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday, Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal declared that 'Jerusalem's fate will be decided with jihad (holy war) and resistance, and not negotiations.'" Tweet
Ranking Members Of House Foreign Affairs Committee Calling On Obama To Quash Goldstone Report
The Jerusalem Post reports that "Democratic and Republican foreign affairs leaders in the US Congress are calling on the Obama administration to quash the Goldstone Report. A non-binding resolution introduced on Friday by Rep. Howard Berman (D-California), the chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen (R-Florida), the committee's ranking Republican, 'calls on the president and the secretary of state to strongly and unequivocally oppose any further consideration of the 'Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict' and any other measures stemming from this report in multilateral fora.' Also signing on as sponsors were the Middle East subcommittee's chairman and ranking member, Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-New York) and Dan Burton (R-Indiana)." Tweet
Founder Of Human Rights Watch Robert Bernstein Accuses It Of Anti-Israel Bias
The London Times reports that "Robert Bernstein, the founder of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading human rights organisations, accused the New York-based group of anti-Israeli bias yesterday. Mr. Bernstein turned on the organisation he created in 1978 in a New York Times opinion piece questioning the group’s work in the Middle East... Human Rights Watch has battled charges of anti-Israeli bias for many years. The Israeli Government said last month that the group had sunk to a 'new low' when it emerged that the its senior military analyst was an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia. Human Rights Watch suspended Marc Garlasco, an American, who said his hobby was inspired by a German grandfather who had been conscripted into Hitler’s Army. "
To read the New York Times op-ed visit http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20bernstein.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=rights%20watchdog&st=cse.
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Washington Times: Obama Appointee Edward Chen A "Judicial Radical"
To read the article for yourself visit http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/25/another-judicial-radical/. Tweet
Approximately 40 House Dems Prepared To Block Obamacare From Coming ToThe Floor Should The Bill Subsidize Abortion
The Hill reports that "approximately 40 House Democrats are prepared to block healthcare reform legislation from coming to the floor should the bill include federal subsidies for abortions, said Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) Friday. Stupak, who is conservative on social issues, told CNS News that he has organized the voting bloc to support his amendment that would strip the abortion provisions from the legislation. House Rules Committee chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), according to Stupak, said that there is 'no way' her panel would provide a vote for his amendment. The group of 40 would join House Republicans in voting against procedural measure that would draft rules for debating the bill on the House floor. Passage of the measure is necessary for the House to hold a floor vote. 'There’s about 40 like-minded Democrats like myself -- we’ll try to take down the rule,' Stupak said. 'If all 40 of us vote in a bloc against the rule -- because we think the Republicans will join us -- we can defeat the rule. The magic number is 218. If we can have 218 votes against the rule, we win.' With 177 Republicans in the House, Stupak would need at least 41 Democrats to cross the aisle and vote against the rule. Stupak's amendment was originally defeated by the House Energy and Commerce Committee during mark-up." Tweet
Israeli Police Storm Jerusalem's Temple Mount To Stop Arab Rock Throwing
The AP reports that Israeli forces stormed the Temple Mount Sunday "firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a fresh eruption of violence at the most volatile spot in the Holy Land. A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields closed in on the crowd, sending many protesters — overwhelmingly young men — running for cover into the black-domed Al-Aqsa mosque. The mosque is one part of the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Dozens of protesters remained holed up inside the mosque for several hours, occasionally opening shuttered doors to throw objects at police."
The Jerusalem Post reports that nine "police officers and a foreign reporter were lightly wounded Sunday during clashes between security forces and Arab rioters in the capital. Police were forced to enter the Temple Mount twice during the the day of fierce rioting, and were met by a hail of rocks and a firebomb... Police said the disturbances began when officers were accompanying a group of tourists up to the mount. According to police, several Muslim youngsters were caught on video preparing to cause trouble; gathering rocks to throw and pouring oil onto the ground to hinder the access of security forces and the visitors. Following the discovery, police reinforcements stormed the mount, and were pelted with stones and a fire bomb by the young rioters. The rioters were dispersed with stun grenades and rubber bullets, and a tense calm was briefly restored to the area. Security forces ascended the mount for a second time when Arab youths began hurling rocks just as police officers were talking to the Waqf in a bid to convince some 100 Muslim youths, who had been involved in the earlier violence, to come out of the Aksa Mosque, where they had holed themselves up. Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the officers had promised not to arrest them if they came out. Police didn't enter the mosque, but throughout the day those inside occasionally opened the shuttered doors to throw various objects, such as chairs, at the security forces. The youths eventually left peacefully and the compound was closed, police said on Sunday evening... In total, 18 Arab rioters were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and violence against police officers. Among them were Ali Abu Sheikha, of the Islamic Movement's northern branch, and Khatem Abd al-Kader, holder of the Jerusalem dossier in Fatah, who was banished from the Old City earlier in October on charges of inciting riots."
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