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If there was ever a shred of doubt as to which side the press is taking in the Israel/Palestine conflict, this photograph ought to douse it with a healthy dollop of reality. Pay particular attention to the right-hand side:



You see, burning an Israeli flag is important enough to send every photographer you have. Especially at a celebration of the 20th anniversary of a group wholly dedicated to the destruction of Israel.

I'm combing through other photos of today's festivities—I'll post them beyond the fold if there's anything interesting.

Also, thanks to the work of another intrepid pair of bloggers, I might have more material from Rage Boy: Palestine as well. From the looks of things so far, he is definitely operating from the same handbook as the real Rage Boy, so I'll definitely be doing my best to dig into his history, and will be trying to get some other information from sources on the ground—be sure to stay tuned for a hefty update on him in the next day or so. Continue reading »

I'm amazed that nobody's thought to blame "Da Joos" for this yet—20 people were injured and 3 killed at a funeral for a random Fatah thug, when suddenly amongst all of the traditional Palestinian funeral festivities, there was a fairly sizable explosion.



The Reuters caption is, admirably, somewhat less ambiguous:

A wounded Palestinian is transported to hospital after a blast at the funeral of Khalil Al-Msarai in Gaza December 14, 2007. Medical officials said at least 20 mourners were wounded in Friday's funeral blast, which police believe may have been caused by a grenade dropped by a gunman. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)

Yeah, who would've guessed that it would be a bad idea to bring hand grenades to a funeral anyway? Continue reading »

Quite a touching display, courtesy the "moderate" Fatah party.



Update: Wow... are my eyes deceiving me? It looks to me like the following photo is of an admitted Al-Aqsa weapon leaning against the wall—A U.S.-made M-16 rifle?! Apparently, arming terrorists is now a de-facto role of the United States State Department.



(And to think that I can distinctly recall hearing warnings about that particular weapons transfer.... But hey, we're not the only ones doing it, so whatever. If Israel's cool with Olmert leading them to national suicide, what the heck can I do about it?)

Update: Bob Owens doesn't think it's such a big deal, and I reckon I understand his approach—It just irritates me to no end whenever I see American weaponry in the hands of people who get their thrills out of the murder of innocents:

Brian,

M-16s have been around for 40 years, and we've been giving them or selling to friendly governments probably most of that time. I've seen U.S. weapons in terrorist hands before, and don't think it is that big of a deal, unless we are directly arming them now.

FYI: The scope appears to be an older generation 1 night vison scope.

Bob

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Apparently, Hamas is still intent on trying to convince the international press that Israel is somehow starving its citizens, even though Hamas hasn't exactly proven that it cares enough about its citizens to actually feed them:



Again, for those of you who may not already be aware, certain supplies are already exempt from the Israeli blockade. Chiefly among them? "Humanitarian" supplies such as food and necessities for medical care.

But hey, what good are "facts" when one is trying to score a cheap, emotional point?

Earlier this year, there were worldwide (and totally orchestrated) protests against Israel's "destruction" of the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam—which does not appear once in the Qu'ran—even though Israeli excavations were being performed to preserve archaeological evidence before official Palestinian construction destroyed it. The press, in its endless exuberance for anything anti-Western, presented these protests as fact, not once attempting to understand the Israeli side of the issue.



Fast-forward to yesterday, where Israeli citizens were protesting their own government's plan to give the Temple Mount—which incidentally is the single-most holiest site in Judaism, mentioned in the Torah and Talmud hundreds of times—are tarred and smeared as "right-wing" extremists.



There's that good old-fashioned fairness and balance for you: "Curse those dastardly right-wingers."

Full coverage of yesterday's Radical Right Wing Israeli Protest can be found beyond the fold.

Update: Wow, here are some genuine words of "wisdom" from Ehud "The Dunce" Olmert:

Israeli PM Olmert slams right-wing extremists over 'flood of hatred'

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert launched a vitriolic attack on extreme right-wingers on Monday, amid a campaign to release a political assassin and incitement against talks with the Palestinians.

Olmert, who on Sunday said he may be able to conclude a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of next year, vowed that such behaviour would not dissuade him from persevering with negotiations.

"We are prepared to make compromises because security is based on peace and peace requires painful compromises," he said in a speech to a managers' conference in Israel's commercial capital Tel Aviv.

Okay, here's a "flood of hatred" for you, Eddy Boy:—if you're so set against the Jewish people that you do not wish to hear what the Jewish people have to say about the future of Israel—the ancestral home of said Jewish people—then why in the devil do you allow yourself to remain as President? If genuine Judaism disgusts you so much, why not just pack up and move over to your best buddy's little tinpot regime?

After all, if your "counterparts" at the peace conference deny your right to exist, as the savages have done on every occasion they've been given, why do you suppose that "peace" somehow depends on giving them more land, you traitorous coward?!

Is Israel really so self-destructive now that they allow scum like this to remain in power?

Soccer Dad writes to remind me that Olmert used to be one of we dreaded "right-wingers", back before political expediency necessitated the abandonment of his core beliefs. How times change!

I dream of the day in which spinelessness will no longer be a requirement for public office in the West.

Update: The Elder has more thoughts on extremism.

See-also:

Israel Matzav

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The Palestinians are celebrating a ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court today, which forces the Israeli government to re-evaluate the route (aka "border") being selected for its defence barrier. The site affected has been the target of fairly constant protest over the past 6 months, with a group of somewhat eclectic individuals (and the usual stone-throwing terrorists) showing up there every Friday to "protest" the "unjust" actions represented by the wall.



Anyone else want to bet that this ruling will have no effect on the regular anti-Israeli protests held at the "Apartheid" wall? Personally, I expect that the "spontaneously" well-organized protests will continue apace, with nothing more than a slight change in backgrounds... Continue reading »

Here's a touching tribute to Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, courtesy their admirers in the Associated Press.



There's no doubt that these journalists have known the identities of this Al-Aqsa cell for quite a long time. Heck, Emilio was even kidnapped by them, yet remained in the area. Does that tell you anything?

Update: The AP has added a second glowing series to its portfolio. One wonders if they're charging Al-Aqsa for their professional portraiture services:



Abu Qassam, of course, is a nom de guerre, not to be confused with an actual identity. His continued avowal to destroy Israel just might have something to do with his reluctance to identify himself. I suppose that this is Mohammed Ballas the terror supporter's preferred method of being "fair and balanced"—After presenting someone who pretends to stop killing Jews, he felt compelled to show someone who still openly aids and abets Israel's destruction. You've gotta admire that good ol' impartiality, huh?

As always, the rest of this photographic adventure can be found beyond the fold.

See-Also:

Hamas Responds, LGF, The Jawa Report, American Pundit

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