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Showing posts with label Short Clip. Show all posts

The Middle East Problem

The Middle East conflict is framed as one of the most complex problems in the world. But, in reality, it's very simple. Israelis want to live in peace and are willing to accept a neighboring Palestinian state. And most Palestinians do not want Israel to exist. As Dennis Prager explains, this is really all you need to know. In 5 minutes, understand how Israel was founded, and how, since that auspicious day in 1948, its neighbors have tried to destroy it, again and again.

Anti-Jewish Arabs Harass Jews In Jerusalem & Block Path

The thing is that these may be kids standing here in the frame, but this is a complete setup when you look at the background. These kids have some form of weapon to hit these guys with, plus the adult Arabs are waiting for one of them to do something so that they can step in and claim they were helping the "innocent" kids. One of the kids is shouting anti-Semitic abuse. The kids will start the fight and then the adults will also step in....believe me I have been in a situation like this, you don't want to be in it even if you think the kids are harmless. They are also doing this to humiliate these guys on camera as they know they wont do a thing about it because their lives will be in danger.

Tamir Yacobi "Breaks The Silence"

Tamir Yacobi "Breaks the silence" at a "Breaking the silence" event in Tel Aviv. His full testimony can be seen below the video.



Here is the full testimony:

"I enlisted in 2006, to the Armored Corps, to the 75th Battalion of the highly illustrious and decorated 7th Brigade, which participated at all of Israel's wars. The Brigade is also known as "Storm from the Golan". After we enlisted, we were brainwashed, positively, told of heroic deeds and fierce battles. I thought I would be honored to serve my country in that brigade. From time to time, we were switched to Infantry duty, patrolling various points in Israel. Our patrols have caught quite a few Palestinians attempting to cross from the Palestinian Authority areas into Israel.

I can never forget seeing them for the first time... they were just sitting there, in the holding cells, their eyes covered and their hands tied. I was just a young soldier. So I asked one our sergeants, "what are you going to do with them?" He looked at me with dead eyes and said: "Nothing, we're transferring them to the Police or to the Border Police." I could not imagine what they would suffer there...

That was, before I discovered that they would be held for three (3) days, and then set free. In fact, before we transferred them to the Police, we provided them with blankets and food, and even cigarettes...

Are you getting that?! These people, who could have been terrorists bent on murder, and murder just because their victims belong to a different nationality, as did the Nazis and before them the Crusaders, would be returned safely to their homes!

However, their intention did not prevent me, or any other IDF soldier, from providing them with all of the Human Rights they are entitled to. And we do that, knowing that there is a good possibility that one of them could be a heinous terrorist bent on slaughtering me -- me, the one that calls you brothers and sisters -- or your children and your families.

And that is the virtue that makes the IDF the most moral army of the world, and turns you, people, into jackals tainted with anti-Semitism that try to besmirch the most moral army in the world with lies and slander.

But here, at least, your attempt to use the IDF as a pawn in your political game didn't succeed. And you know why? Because we Israelis know the truth full well, and we know who are the good guys, and who are the bad guys. And you? Have you understood that yet?"

Tuvia Grossman meets the IDF soldier who saved his life

In 2000, the media published a photo of Tuvia Grossman, a Jewish student from Chicago -- bloodied and battered -- crouching beneath a club-wielding Israeli policeman. The caption identified him as a Palestinian victim of Israeli brutality -- with the clear implication that the Israeli soldier was the one who beat him. In fact, the policeman saved his life.

Ten years later, HonestReporting reunited Tuvia and his rescuer for the first time since those terrible events. Watch the video to witness their dramatic reunion.

Anti-Semitic wall painting at Cleveland gas station

Mayor calls for graphic mural to be taken down at Biggies gas station, owned by a Palestinian Muslim Brahim "Abe" Ayad, in Cleveland.



A video I found of him showing off his anti-Semitic painting



Here is a video I found of a police officer questioning him due to possible possession of child porn as he claimed on his own Facebook page.




Another video I found of him giving an anti-Semitic rant about Jews controlling everything.

The Factory: A SodaStream Documentary



Meet Abdallah, a Palestinian who dreams of his two-year-old son becoming a neurologist, and Valery, the Russian-Jewish transplant who works with Abdallah on an assembly line at the SodaStream factory in the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. We sent an Israeli and Arab filmmaker to explore the plant, made famous by Scarlett Johansson and SodaStream's controversial Super Bowl ad. The conflict was not what we expected. It was not political but internal, and it was hidden, complex, sad -- poignant. This movie is not about causes or abstract forces. It is about the human element.

(h/t: Elder of Ziyon)

FW De Klerk: "It is unfair to call Israel an Apartheid state"

Haifa University conferred its highest distinction on a number of dignitaries this year, including former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk.

The honorary degree was awarded in recognition of Mr FW de Klerk's leadership which has brought about the end of the policy of racial segregation in South Africa; for his actions to promote constitutionalism and a shared life; and for his promotion of pluralism and equality without prejudice.

The ceremony took place today, Tuesday 27th May, in Haifa.

He was then interviewed on Israel's Channel 2 News by Udi Segal. I have translated the Hebrew in the video for you to understand and have also provided a transcript of the video below:



Newscaster:
John Kerry, threw the word Apartheid into the Middle East debate a few weeks ago, which is what the radical Left in Israel also claims, but the person who knows the word Apartheid very well, the person who ended this racist regime as the President of South Africa, FW De Klerk, he is now the one who said today in a special interview with Udi Segal that this comparison is unnecessary and not fair.

On the other hand he says to learn from his experience to initiate this and to walk in the enemies shoes in order to try solve the conflict. Tonight he is receiving his honorary doctorate from the Haifa University. Here are his words:

Udi Segal:
This man who made history when he brought down the Apartheid regime with Nelson Mandela, former South African president FW De Klerk, rejects the international comparisons and he states, as someone with experience, that Israel is not an Apartheid state, and as opposed to Kerry's comment, Israel is not on the way there.

FW de Klerk:
You have closed borders but America has closed borders, they dont allow every Mexican who wants to come in come in. You have Palestinians living in Israel with full political rights represented in the Knesset. You dont have discriminatory laws against them that they may not swim on certain beaches or anything like that. I think its unfair to call Israel an Apartheid state. If Kerry did so I think he made a mistake.

Udi Segal:
To be fair, Kerry said that Israel can be an Apartheid state if it will not go to the 2-state solution. Do you think it can be an Apartheid state?

FW de Klerk:
The test will be, does everybody living then in such a unitary state, will everybody have full political rights? Will everybody enjoy their full human rights? If they will, it's not an Apartheid state.

Udi Segal:
In other words this is not the situation and Israel might only get to this state in the case where 1 state has 2 Nationalities.
De Klerk claims that the situation is different between the 2 states (IL & SA), that the idea of separation couldn't have worked in South Africa but could be the most moral solution in Israel, however it may disappear.


FW de Klerk:
In the case of South Africa, we became economically totally integrated and it no longer made sense. We became an economic omelette and once you make an omelette out of eggs you can never separate the yellow and the white again. So no, in our case, the concept of separateness failed. Im not saying its the right solution for Israel but there will come in Israel a turning point where if the main obstacles at the moment which exist through a successful 2 state solution are not remove, the 2 state will become impossible. So, as an outsider I would say, believing that a 2 state solution might be the best one, you will have to move fast, see the window of opportunity, jump through it, it might close.

Udi Segal:
This evening De Klerk received the honorary doctorate from the Haifa University.
It's his 6th visit to Israel. He knows and loves Israel and he is careful not to give advice but give hints as to what the way is to get out of this deadlocks of the negotiations. In short, Netanyahu and Abu Mazzen are doing the opposite of this.


Its called trust.

FW de Klerk:
When we had deadlocks, our biggest success was when Mandela put himself in my position and went out of his way to understand my position and I at the same time put myself in Mandela's position and went out of my way to accommodate his core concerns and to break a deadlock you need initiatives. We sat down and said lets draw a list, what do we agree upon? ,and the list was longer than we expected and then slowly but surely we worked first on the easier things, where it was more easy through a give or take process to find each other and we reserved the most difficult ones for later and in the end we forced ourselves, we weren't forced by outside forces, we forced ourselves to say we have made such big progress, we must now resolve these difficult points.

Here is a short version with only his English comments



Inside Iran's Nuclear Weapons Plan



Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs released an animated film, explaining the risk the world runs if the currently proposed agreement between Iran and world powers is ratified.

The animated movie was sent to hundreds of Jewish leaders and organizations to raise awareness of the danger Iran will pose to regional and global stability.

Even with an agreement in place, if the Islamic Republic is left just weeks away from producing a nuclear weapon, the film warned, it could follow the path of North Korea, sprinting to gain a bomb after telling the world it would not.

In a letter accompanying the short film, Naftali Bennett, Minister of Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs, wrote, “Now is the time to speak up and take action to stop a bad deal from being signed that will allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.”

As well as the danger Iran could pose, the film also warned about it sharing nuclear technology with its proxy armies of Hamas, in Gaza, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and various other forces, including the government, in Syria.

Israeli Arabs speak out against the "Israeli Apartheid" libel

Israeli Arabs speak out against the "Israeli Apartheid" libel.


Kenyan Muslim leader says mall slaughter right thing to do



Muslim cleric says Nairobi mall attack 'right thing to do'

Kenyan authorities have been keen to move against the cleric because of his efforts to recruit fighters for the militant al-Shabab group in Somalia.

But as the BBC's Panorama program explains, he remains free because he has broken no law.

Palestinian Corruption and Humanitarian Aid



The Palestinian Authority is accused of corruption by many but receives more humanitarian aid per capita than any other country in the world. The billions of dollars that are meant for schools, hospitals and infrastructure have been spent on luxury villas, casinos and payments to terrorists.