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US men charged with planning overseas terror attacks

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Nostradamus' and Gnostic insights into the Nature of the Universe

Nostradamus and Pagan Gnostic insights collectively suggest that a central question... more

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When Legit Criticism Crosses the Anti-Semitism Line

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Another day, another Islamist Terror Attack - 48 butchered & dead in Mosque by Islamist Terrorists

An unidentified man talks to an injured of a suicide attack at a local hospital in... more

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Again, Phony Charges against Israel by Arab Propogandists Crumble under Scrutiny

The brigade commander of the unit linked to alleged “wanton killings” in... more

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Hamas War Crimes

There may be grounds to debate daily, hourly, judgments made by Israel and the IDF as... more

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Hamas indoctrination of Kids: Bombs more precious than children

Islamist Barabrism rears its putrid head in too much of the Arab world

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Islamist in Buffalo Beheads Wife. Feminists shrug their heads.

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The New Media Manipulation: How Propoganda was Skillfully Used in Gaza

A free lunch for Hamas

Feb. 7, 2009
Justus Weiner , THE JERUSALEM POST
Daily Telegraph (London) correspondent Tim Butcher recently reported from Gaza after the war, stating: "Targets had been selected and then hit... but almost always with precision munitions... I was struck by how cosmetically unchanged Gaza appeared to be. It has been a tatty, poorly-maintained mess for decades and the presence of fresh bombsites... did not make any great difference... [O]ne thing was clear. Gaza City 2009 is not Stalingrad 1944."

Despite this, as far back as 1996 the NGO Human Rights Watch has been predicting an "imminent humanitarian crisis/disaster" in Gaza. Indeed, various NGOs have lodged annual claims that the Jewish state is responsible for the "imminent humanitarian crisis" in the Gaza Strip. Might they have stopped to ask: How has the Gaza Strip been "on the verge" of a humanitarian crisis for in excess of 10 years?

In actuality, Israel has gone to extraordinary lengths, including the creation of the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) where representatives of the IDF and government ministries work day and night, to prevent a humanitarian crisis. CLA commander Col. Nir Press spoke candidly of Hamas's "well-oiled media and propaganda machine which has succeeded in creating humanitarian 'crises' out of thin air." He gave as an example Israel's decision to suspend fuel supplies in early 2008 after a Palestinian attack on the Nahal Oz fuel depot. Before restricting the supply, Israel filled all gas tanks in Gaza to their maximum. Yet, "taking advantage of this as a PR opportunity," Hamas refused to draw on the fuel and "sent hundreds of people to gas stations in Gaza to stand with buckets in a long line."

Tony Blair, former British prime minister and current Quartet peace envoy, explained that "most people don't understand - that we're trying to urge Israel to get fuel into Gaza, and then the extremists come and kill the people bringing the fuel in. It's a crazy situation." Thus, time and time again, the aid that Israel has allowed to enter Gaza fails to reach the intended recipients: Palestinian civilians in need.

The "imminent humanitarian crisis" chorus is not only exaggerated, it is also entirely specious. In the words of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the critics "should point their criticism toward the Hamas terrorist organization that controls the Gaza Strip." A ministry spokesman also stated that "Israel allows shipments of food, medicine, fuel and electricity to Gaza because it doesn't want a humanitarian crisis, but... there is 'foolproof' evidence that Hamas diverts supplies for 'terrorist use.' If only the Palestinians choose to cease their pointless and indiscriminate firing of rockets against hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens, the entire region would return to normal."A free lunch for Hamas Feb. 7, 2009 Justus Weiner , THE JERUSALEM POST Daily... more

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Moral Blindness on Gaza

Bill Moyers holds himself out to be a moral arbiteur, based in large part on his commitment to Christian principles. Cardinal Renato Martino is a prince of the Catholic church and President of the Council for Justice and Peace.

Former President Jimmy Carter preaches peace, based on the teachings of Jesus. Yet when it comes to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, all three are morally blind.
In a widely watched television assessment of the recent conflict in Gaza, here is what Moyers said: "By killing indiscriminately the elderly, kids, entire families, by destroying schools and hospitals, Israel did exactly what terrorists do…" (emphasis added) Of course he also included the obligatory hedge that: "Every nation has the right to defend its people."
Cardinal Martino went even further, making an obscene and historically ignorant, comparison between Israel's self-defense actions against rockets fired by Hamas at Israeli children, and the Nazi genocide against the Jews during the Holocaust. He said that the conditions in Gaza "resembles a big concentration camp."

Concentration camps, of course, were places where Jews were held until they could be processed through the machinery of death, as part of a massive genocidal program that willfully murdered 6 million Jews. Any comparison between Israel's action in Gaza and those of Nazis during the Holocaust is not only obscene, it is blatantly anti-Semitic, which is supposed to be a sin under Vatican law. (It is apparently not, however, a sin for a Catholic bishop to deny that the Holocaust occurred at all, since Bishop Richard Williamson of Great Britain was welcomed back into the Catholic church after claiming that there were no gas chambers and that the Jews are lying when they say that 6 million of them were killed, when according to that bigot in robes, a mere 300,000 Jews died during the entire Holocaust. The batty bishop—who, like the Taliban, opposes higher education for women—also believes that no airplanes were involved in the 9/11 attack and that the buildings were blown up by explosives and rockets, presumably set and fired by the United States and Israel.) An essential aspect of Christian teaching, and especially of Catholic teaching, is the important principle that distingusihes between intentionally killing an innocent person, and unintentionally killing an innocent person in the process of legitimately trying to prevent harm to one's self or others. This concept, known as the principle of double effect, is central to Catholic theology. It traces its roots to Thomas Aquinas and has had enormous influence on moral thinking not only within the Catholic Church, but throughout Christianity and indeed in the secular world as well.
Understanding and complying with this principle may literally mean the difference between eternal damnation and eternal salvation. That's how important it is.

The Pope himself has been guilty of invoking such moral equivalence between these very different actions. Indeed it is fair to say that the Vatican's entire approach to the Israel-Hamas conflict has been to suggest a false moral equivalence.
Church leaders know better. They understand precisely what they are doing.
They are making utilitarian, pragmatic and very anti-Catholic cynical judgments calculated to bolster the influence of The Church in the Middle East. It might be understandable for secular nations to act in so amoral, if not immoral, a manner, but it is entirely unacceptable for the Catholic church, which eschews utilitarianism and preaches moral consistency and absolutism to act in so cynical a way.Bill Moyers holds himself out to be a moral arbiteur, based in large part on his... more

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What Really Happened in the Middle East

Very Short film - Very Big story.

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Pallywood in Gaza: Phony Account of Israeli Attack on Gaza School Doesn't Hold Up to Scrutiny -

Patrick Martin Most people remember the headlines: "Israeli Strike Kills... more

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Breaking News - GAZA UPDATE: UN Accuses Hamas terror group of stealing food aid from Palestinans

Now that the propaganda dust has settled and Hamas's true colors are being exposed to the few internationals who didn't know, it's getting uglier and uglier.

By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Diaa Hadid, Associated Press Writer 1 hr 30 mins ago

JERUSALEM – Armed Hamas police broke into a Gaza warehouse packed with U.N. humanitarian supplies and seized thousands of blankets and food packages, officials said Wednesday.

It was a rare public clash between the international agency that feeds much of the territory and the militant group that rules it. And the incident highlighted difficulties facing donors seeking to bypass Hamas while helping Gazans survive and rebuild after Israel's punishing military operation.

In New York, U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said UNRWA "condemned in the strongest terms" the confiscation of its aid supplies. The U.N. demanded the items be returned, but they remained with Hamas late Wednesday.

Hamas policemen stormed an aid warehouse in Gaza City Tuesday evening and confiscated 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels ready for distribution to 500 families, said United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Christopher Gunness.

"They were armed. They seized this. They took it by force," Gunness said, terming the incident "absolutely unacceptable."

The seizure took place after UNRWA staff earlier refused to hand over the aid supplies to the Hamas-run Ministry of Social Affairs, he said. Similar aid packages were distributed to 70,000 residents over the past two weeks, Gunness said.

Ahmad Kurd, the Hamas official in charge of the ministry, did not deny the aid was seized, charging the U.N. was giving the aid to local groups with ties to Hamas opponents.

"UNRWA did not do what it said it would do, and began distributing its aid to groups that tie their activities to political activism," Kurd said, an apparent reference to Fatah, the main opponents of Hamas. In 2007, Hamas overran Gaza, expelling Fatah forces.

Ihab Ghussein, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the incident occurred because the U.N. was storing the blankets in an unauthorized area. Hamas spokesman Taher Nunu demanded an apology from UNRWA, saying the group was "spreading false news."

But control appeared to be at the heart of the issue.Now that the propaganda dust has settled and Hamas's true colors are being... more

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High probability that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack

Jim VandeHei, John F. Harris, Mike Allen Jim Vandehei, John F. Harris, Mike Allen Wed... more

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RADICAL ISLAM: BREAKING NEWS

OIC Has the UN in It's Back Pocket (WorldNetDaily) Nat Hentoff is a prominent... more

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The Normalization of Evil: When will our luminaries stop making excuses for terror?

* OPINION * FEBRUARY 3, 2009 Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil When... more

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Round 2 of War in Gaza: HAMAS Attacks Israel - Breaks Ceasfire - 17 Rockets in the last 48 hours

4 Kassam rockets and 13 mortar shells were fired at Israel on Sunday. Three people... more

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HAMAS on US SOIL: Militant Protesters Shout Down Mulsim Congressman Keith Ellison

On January 5, 2009 representatives of Hamas and Fatah rallied on the steps of the... more

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Gazans: Hamas Used Schools to Shoot Rockets at Israel, Stealing International Aid

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Gaza Video: Hamas wanted to kill him; Israelis saved his life

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