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Compilation of Middle East News
23 April 2009It’s been some time since we’ve had an entry in this blog, so we thought we’d give you a compilation of some great material that we’ve seen over the last little while.? Here we go.
To start us off, we have a presentation from the Terrorism Awareness Project called the “Islamic Mein Kampf“, which shows the similarities between Adolf Hitler and Mahmoud Ahmenijihad (yes, that’s an intentional misspell).? This is appropriately timed, given the current controversy surrounding Ahmenijihad and his speech/diatribe at the “UN Congress on Racism” planning meeting in Geneva.
Next we’d like to share with you a couple things about the Palestinian Authority with respect to the peace process.? Firstly, an article about Mohammed Dahlan, the former Fatah security commander.? He recently called on Hamas to never recognize Israel’s right to exist, and pointing out that Fatah never recognized it, the first time in 15 years that a Fatah official admitted that Fatah doesn’t recognize Israel’s right to exist.? Now, if you don’t believe it, you can see it with you own eyes and ear – Mohammed Dahlan admits freely and openly what is written above – that Fatah never recognized Israel’s right to exist.? He says “I want to say for the thousandth time, in my own name, and in the name of all my fellow members of the Fatah movement: We don’t demand that the Hamas movement recognize Israel.? On the contrary, we demand of the Hamas movement not to recognize Israel because the Fatah movement does not recognize Israel, even today.”? Anybody that believes that the Palestinian leadership wants peace is deluding themselves.
Next, a piece about Malm?, Sweden, where there is a growing Muslim influence.? The video shows that the city is being destroyed by the minority Muslims and that areas of the city are off limits to firemen and ambulances without police protection.? The city is experiencing a crime wave, thanks to the Muslim population who are 70% unemployed.? Things are so good for Muslims in Sweden that an Arab-Swedish politician Adly Abu Hajar has declared “The Best Islamic State is Sweden!”? The video shows homemade bombs being used, rocks being thrown and crazy anger.? There is a chilling prediction in this video that there will be a Muslim majority in Sweden by 2049.? Good luck Sweden!? You’ll need it.
Finally, we want to point out a message from Ishmael Khaldi, who is a Muslim Bedouin, in the position of deputy consul general of Israel for the Pacific Northwest.? As a representative of Israel in the San Francisco area, Mr. Khaldi has encountered an interesting situation – being an Arab, while being accused of representing an “aparteid” country.? Mr. Khaldi writes an interesting peace on Campus Hatred, where he talks about events at UC Berkeley.? While he talks specifically about “Israel Aparteid Week”, his commentary is relevant to everyday Israel-bashing on campuses in North America.? He claims to be a proud Israeli and calls Israel “one of the most culturally diversified societies and the only true democracy in the Middle East”.? He then aims his sites on the organizers of Israel Aparteid Week with the following advice:
- You are part of the problem, not part of the solution
- You deny Israel the fundamental right of every society to defend itself
- Your criticism is willfully hypocritical
- You are betraying the moderate Muslims and Jews who are working to achieve peace
He finishes off with this: “If Israel were an apartheid state, I would not have been appointed here, nor would I have chosen to take upon myself this duty. There are many Arabs, both within Israel and in the Palestinian territories who have taken great courage to walk the path of peace. You should stand with us, rather than against us.”
I commend the bravery of Mr. Khaldi to face-off against the anti-Israel machine that is so prevelant on North American campuses.? May his voice be heard by all students – Jews, Muslims and others.
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