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Pakistani tennis player faces ban for partnering with Israeli (07.02.2002)


NewsThe BBC (www.bbc.co.uk) reports that Aisamul Qureshi, a Muslim Pakistani tennis player, may face a ban from the Pakistani Sports Board.

Pakistan's Aisamul Haq Qureshi has been condemned by his country's sports officials for partnering an Israeli at Wimbledon.

Qureshi, a 22-year-old Muslim, created history with the help of Jewish Hadad by becoming the first Pakistani player to reach the third round of a Grand Slam event.

But instead of being celebrated back in his home country, officials are considering imposing a ban over his choice of partner.

"Although he is playing in his private capacity, we officially condemn his playing with an Israeli player and an explanation has been sought from him," said Pakistan Sports Board director Brigadier Saulat Abbas.

"Since Pakistan has no links with Israel, Qureshi may face a ban."


The Sport Board from Pakistan joins the thousands of racists Muslim organizations and institutions that cannot even accept the idea of a Jew partnering with a Muslim to play tennis! These are some pretty narrow-minded morons.

Let's root for Hadad and Qureshi and hope they get far in Wimbledon - any Jewish/Muslim cooperation should be supported, not condemned.

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U.S. President Bush supports Israel in her war against Islamic Terrorism, receives huge applause (08.30.2004)


NewsI was listening a few minutes ago to an event where President Bush answered questions from Americans living in Nashua, New Hampshire. One of the topics that came up was the Israeli war on Palestinian Terrorism. President Bush said:

"A trouble spot in the Middle East is obviously the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. We're strong supporters of Israel. Israel is our ally. And I believe the best way -- (applause.) "


The applause came after the great American folks present at the event heard the phrase "We're strong supporters of Israel. Israel is our ally." But as in any event, you will find racist bastards, Nazis, or intolerant Muslims spitting up their bile. One such woman then asked the following question:

"Q (Inaudible) [Woman]: How can Ariel Sharon, as you've said, be a man of peace if he causes death and torture among innocent Palestinians every day? How can Ariel Sharon be a man of peace if he fits your definition a terrorist? I'd be curious to hear how you plan to carry out the two-state solution. "


President Bush then replied:

THE PRESIDENT: [...] First of all, Ariel Sharon is defending his country against terrorist attacks, just like we will -- (applause.) [...]

I also believe there's a leadership question involved with whether or not a Palestinian state will emerge. See, I think in order for a Palestinian state to emerge, there must be leadership that believes in the hopes and aspirations of the people, and are willing to put institutions in place that are larger than mankind -- in other words, willing to have a system based upon law and institutions that survive the people, as opposed to a system in which one person pretty well dictates the fate of the Palestinian people.

And so the real challenge is to not only stay on the road map, which is institution-building -- and, by the way, there's also a commitment to fight off terror -- but it's for leadership to emerge that is committed to the aspirations of the people.

Ariel Sharon is a duly-elected official in a democracy. In other words, Israel is a democracy. (Applause.) We would hope that the Palestinians would have that same kind of democracy which would lead to a more peaceful world.


I applaud President Bush for the clarity of his vision. I applaud the American people for the clarity of their vision and their wisdom in getting the best man for the job elected.

It is clear that President Bush was directly talking about Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian excuse for a leader, when he mentioned "a system based upon law and institutions that survive the people, as opposed to a system in which one person pretty well dictates the fate of the Palestinian people."

Standing up to Islamic intolerance, hatred and violence and stopping the mass murdering freaks from Al-Qaeda, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Arafat's Al-Aksa Brigades is not easy. That said, both Israel and America's current leaders have the right approach and attitude towards ending the threat of Islamic Fascism. We will win this war.

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Saudi Arabia funds "Jihad", gives over $4 billion dollars to Palestinian terrorists (07.05.2003)


Palestinian TerrorismThe Middle East Media Research Institute (www.memri.org) has published a study that clearly shows how Saudi Arabia continues to fund and support the mass murderers from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas:

The following is the introduction to a report on the Saudi royal family's financial support to the Palestinians from 1998 through 2003. [...]

For decades the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the main financial supporter of Palestinian groups fighting Israel, through the creation of two major committees. The Popular Committee for Assisting Palestinian Mujahideen and The Support Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and The Al-Aqsa Fund have to date given over 15 billion Saudi Riyals (4 billion $U.S.) and reportedly pledged Palestinians up to 1 billion dollars to finance the continuation of the Intifada, which is also commonly referred to by Saudi officials as "Jihad"(1) and "resistance."(2). [...]

Saudi funds which originate in the Jeddah based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) reach the Palestinian Authority Treasury Department via Account 98 of the Saudi Development Fund (SDF). All funds for Prince Salman Ibn Abd Al-Aziz's Popular Committee for Assisting the Palestinian Mujahideen go directly to the PLO, while Prince Nayef's funds from the Support Committee for the Al-Quds Intifada and Al-Aqsa Fund go to the Palestinian Authority. According to official Saudi sources, leading members of the Saudi royal family, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard Abdullah Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General Prince Sultan Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, Minister of Interior Prince Nayef Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, Minister of State and Cabinet member Prince Abd Al-Aziz Ibn Fahd Ibn Abd Al-Aziz, have worked directly with leading Palestinian officials Yasser Arafat as well as Nabil Shaath to ensure the funds were both sent and received.


My girlfriend, who was born in America, once told me that she didn't believe "our friends, the Saudis" could support terrorism. The Saudis have spent millions with their PR campaigns, while at the same time promoting their racist and violent Islamic doctrine of "wahhabism".

This is similar to Yasser Arafat, who speaks of peace in English to the Western media, while calling for "Jihad" (holy Islamic war) against the Jews", and for a "million martyrs" (homicide bombers) to march into Jerusalem.

We're on to you, Islamic terrorist freaks - we know your double game, and we won't let you get away with it anymore.

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28-year-old Israeli woman murdered by Palestinian genocide bomber (07.11.2002)


VictimsFaces of the victims has published the story of Orit Ozerov, 28, an Israeli woman who was killed after a Palestinian genocide bomber blew himself at a cafe in Jerusalem.



Orit Ozerov, 28
Murdered by a Palestinian genocide bomber


Orit Ozerov, a Foreign Ministry employee, was was born in 1974, and grew up in Jerusalem. Orit joined the Foreign Ministry about four years ago, and worked as an office manager while studying for her Master's degree.

Her colleagues at work describe her as always having a smile on her face, possessing a contagious cheerfulness, and an aura of friendliness which affected everyone around her. Her sense of humor and kindness were matched only by her grace, and her charming childlike features.


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Evolution: from Hitler to Arafat (08.29.2002)


HumorSome English Muslims do not believe in evolution, but it's a scientific theory that has been clearly proved:




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Palestinian Terrorist killed in Beirut (05.20.2002)


NewsThe Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that Jihad Jibril, 41, son of Ahmed Jibril, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has been killed in Beirut, Lebanon.

The PFLP is a Palestinian terrorist group based in Damascus, Syria, whose only goal is to kill as many Israelis as possible and to destroy the State of Israel. Both Ahmed Jibril and his son Jihad have been involved in dozens of terrorist attacks against unarmed civilians.

Ben-Eliezer, Israel's Minister of Defense, has denied that Israel was involved in the killing of Jibril.

"Beirut police said a two-kilogram bomb of TNT had been placed under the driver's seat. The seat was found dozens of meters away from the twisted wreck."

Israeli TV reports that exploding cars are a common way for Lebanese terrorist groups to attack each other. That said, Israel had plenty of reasons to go after Jihad Jibril as well, as reported by the following article on Ha'Aretz (www.haaretzdaily.com):

"From the start of his career, Ahmed Jibril's PFLP-GC has been considered one of the most murderous of the terrorist organizations operating against Israel. Among his debts - the murder of nine children from Kibbutz Avivim, killed on their way to school, the massacre of 16 people in Kiryat Shmona, half of them children, in what was the first of the Palestinian suicide attacks on Israel. In addition, the organization is responsible for downing a Swiss Air plane in 1970, in which 38 passengers and nine crew members were killed. The group has long been on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations."

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Brave Iranian students support Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom; Denounce anti-Semitism and Islamic terrorism (10.27.2002)


OpinionI have added a button in the right navigation bar to support the "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI). The SMCCDI has a website at www.iran-daneshjoo.org and its goals are Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom in Iran. They are also against anti-Semitism and Islamic terrorism, and are risking their lives for taking these positions:



Iranian Student hides Satellite Dish,
the only way for him to access
non-Governemental news sources


Look what they have to say about the Israeli-Palestinian war:

About one and a half years ago when the beginnings of a lasting peace among the Arabs and Israelis was becoming practical, the obstruction and sabotage of war-mongering governments-- the foremost among them the Islamic Republic-- made this constructive effort unsuccessful. Today, too, we are witnessing the same warmongering venture from the currents that see their political and economic gain in spreading war and crisis, and in ruining the societies in the region.

Peace and tranquility in the Middle East are not achievable through the support of Terrorist and warmongering groups; rather, it is only achievable through the encouragement of political discussions between the involved parties and the uprooting of religious fundamentalism, terrorism, and violence. It is noteworthy that a nation that has been the victim of governmental terrorism for two decades, cannot, itself, be the promoter of violence in the region.


And here's what they have to say about Islamic terrorism after the Bali massacre:

Once again, the followers of the ideology of terror and lunacy have committed murder and have thus emphasized this undisputable truism that terrorism, as long as its roots are not dried up and its revival centers are not eradicated, is a pressing, imminent, and worldwide danger. [...]

Truly, these emissaries of evil and the culture of death leave behind nothing other than poverty, death, and social backwardness wherever they step. The father's of modern religious terrorism- meaning the leach-like mullahs that for over 23 years have made all the foundations of culture and civilization in our country, Iran, the target of their Mongolian pillaging- have bestowed this terror tradition to the world. [...]

It is cause for much anguish that despite it becoming clearer day by day that terrorism is a worldwide danger and the networks of death have obtained the ability to strike anywhere and anytime to commit their crimes, the European Union and Russia with their hypocritical policies in pursuit of their own short term profiteering goals continue to sabotage a decisive battle with the true roots and origins of international terrorism.

The Bali catastrophe has once again emphasized the indisputable reality that religious terrorism is a worldwide problem and steps to dry its roots must be taken in the framework of a unified international battlefront. And, it is a lesson that- especially- the policymakers of countries like France, England, and New Zealand should heed.


The bleeding brain western leftists that support Palestinian terrorism could learn one or two things from the SMCCDI.

It also important to note that the only time "Death to terrorists!" was heard in any rally in any Islamic country was when the SMCCDI took the streets. These guys are my new heroes.

See below for their press release calling for Iranian students to reject anti-Semitism which they say cloakes itself as anti-Zionism (sounds familiar?). They also published articles against Islamic terrorism, separation of religion and state in Iran and other modern ideas that infuriate the Ayatollahs.

Make sure you visit their website and support their movement in any way you can (sign the guestbook, contact them to help them financially, etc...)

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Most Muslims reject peace and wish for destruction of State of Israel (06.03.2003)


Palestinian TerrorismThe International Herald Tribune (www.iht.com) reports that a recent poll shows that the majority of Muslims around the World reject peace and wish for the destruction of the State of Israel:

If the American threat of preemptive military action against Iraq inflamed the Muslim world over the winter, the war itself fanned the flames, with a sharp new rise in hostility toward the United States, the latest Pew survey has found.

Animosity is so high that solid majorities in five populations surveyed expressed confidence in Osama bin Laden to "do the right thing" in world affairs.

And, at a time when the Israeli government has accepted the right of Palestinians to statehood, most Muslim populations surveyed believe by wide margins that the needs of Palestinians cannot be met so long as the state of Israel exists.


If these Muslim war mongers think that they can destroy Israel, I have two words for them: NUCLEAR FREAKIN' WEAPONS.

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Media starts to understand and support Israel (07.18.2002)


OpinionThe Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) has a good article by Bret Stephens who has witnessed a more pro-Israeli stand in the media.

Suddenly, a wave of charitable coverage of Israel.

WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR this apparent shift in emphasis, if that indeed is what it is? Three factors: First, a public outcry, combined with the threat of boycotts; second, President Bush's speech of June 24; and third, a large dose of editorial guilt.

And at National Public Radio, ombudsman Jeff Dvorkin reports receiving 9,000 emails over three months concerning the station's alleged pro-Palestinian bias. "No one has ever seen pressure like this before," he says.

In doing so, Bush shifted international focus from what Israel was failing to do to get peace - concede land - to what the Palestinian Authority wasn't doing - reform its institutions. Willy-nilly, the news media was forced to play along.

And then: The lynching of two reservists in Ramallah. The Dolphinarium attack. The Sbarro massacre. The Seder massacre. The attack on the Egged 32 bus. Seventy-odd suicide attacks in all. Whispers, growing ever louder, that Palestinian terror was not instrumental in its purposes but actually genocidal in its aims.


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Racist bastard from Germany sends hate message from network belonging to Alexander Wirt (11.20.2005)


Hate MailA few months ago I reported how racist bastards spray painted anti-Jewish Nazi swastikas in France; for more details see:

Racist Bastards spray paint anti-Jewish Nazi swastikas in France

http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000804.html


A couple of days ago, someone left the following racist comment in the above thread:

Maybe if you [Jews] weren't such filthy, murdering, vile, smelly animals people wouldn't hate you so much.


I disagree: we Jews are not filthy, murdering, vile, smelly animals. We are people like everyone else. I decided I'd try to confront this racist moron instead of just accepting his intolerant slurs.

I was able to trace back the origin of the racist comment to the IP address 80.190.250.253. After a bit more digging, I found that this IP address corresponded to the computer named "shadowland.snow-crash.org".




The racist comments was sent from a network
belonging to someone named Alexander Wirt

Click on image to see a larger screenshot of www.snow-crash.org


The computers on the snow-crash.org network seem to belong to someone named Alexander Wirt. This network seems to be on or near Nurnberg, Germany.

I attempted to contact Mr. Alexander Wirt to determine what steps he would take to stop further racist comments to be sent from his network. Unfortunately, he has not responded to any of my messages; this could simply mean that Mr. Alexander Wirst is the racist bastard that actually sent the original racist message.

Apparently, beating Nazi Germany and ending World War II did not eliminate all German Nazi bastards - there are still some around to spit their hate and violence.

I copy below the two messages I sent to Mr. Alexander Wirst. If you'd like to send him a comment, feel free to send him an email at formorer@formorer.de.

If you'd like some tips on tracing back and finding the origin of hate messages, I wrote the following article:

"Stop the Hate", a technical tutorial

to trace the origin of hate messages.

http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000450.html


Update: I received the following message from someone named "Hughes" with a french email address:

This IP is part of the Tor network, an anonymization network promoted and developped by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) to allow privacy to his users. This is free/opensource software.

So, Alexander Wirt has no responsability at all in this racist message. According to the EFF, Tor is rarely used for abuse, and the EFF condemns every abuse use of Tor.

You can get more information there about abuse problems:

http://tor.eff.org/faq-abuse.html.en

and about Tor:

http://tor.eff.org/


It is sad that network and apps like Tor leave racist bastards free to post their bile without fearing any of the consequences. I am not convinced that Mr. Alexnader Wirt did not send the original hate message, but I publish this information since there's now a chance he didn't do it.

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Life goes on in Israel and Jerusalem (09.01.2002)


NewsJacob R. was yesterday at the Jerusalem Arts and Crafts Fair and he took 132 pictures - for those that won't be visiting Jerusalem this week, you can check it out online thanks to Jacob.



One of the many attractions at
the Jerusalem Arts and Crafts Fair


Over the past weeks, the downtown area of Jerusalem has been filled with people enjoying many outdoor shows and fairs. It is wonderful to see the center of Jerusalem returning to a festive atmosphere.

This week's attraction has been the "Khutsot Hayotser" - Jerusalem Arts and Crafts Fair on the Ben Yehuda Mall from August 25 thru August 31 (excluding the Jewish Shabbat).

Yesterday (August 28) I paid a visit to the fair at 5pm before it started to get crowded. For those of you who will not be visiting the city this week, I have taken 132 pictures of the fair and have placed them on the web. The address of the online picture exhibit is:


http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/
israel/jerusalem/index.html


It is good to realize sometimes that life does go on in Israel without Palestinian murderers disrupting it. Make sure you check out the pictures, they are great.

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Anti-Semites try to burn a synagogue in Britain (07.13.2002)


Anti-SemitismHa'aretz (www.haaretzdaily.com) reports that anti-Semites tried to burn a synagogue in Britain.

The Jewish community in Britain has expressed outrage over the desecration of a synagogue in the Welsh town of Swansea on Thursday night. Vandals broke into the synagogue, destroyed a Torah scroll, drew swastikas on the wall and tried to burn the building down. A South Wales police spokesman said the attack had caused substantial damage and was being treated as an anti-Semitic incident.

"There was a big sign saying 'T4,' which we believe is a reference to the Nazi euthanasia program in the concentration camps," Whine said. "Excrement was left and there was a failed attempt to set fire to the place."


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The United States rejects Arafat's terrorist regime (07.01.2002)


NewsMSNBC (www.msnbc.com) reports that President Bush and the United States mean what they say when they call for the ousting of chairman Yasser Arafat and his thugs from the Palestinian Authority.

“THE U.S. RESPECTS democratic processes, but if a leadership emerges that does not deal with terrorism, the U.S. cannot deal with that,” [national security adviser Condoleezza] Rice told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” suggesting that the United States would not deal with Arafat even if he were elected in free elections.

“I worked for 18 months to try to put in place a plan that would allow Chairman Arafat to demonstrate his leadership,” he told CBS “Face the Nation.” “We would have been way along if the violence had been brought down. Chairman Arafat simply did not seize any of these opportunities to bring the violence under control.”

“Moreover, after the Israelis pulled back from the recent occupation ... we thought maybe we have some movement,” said Powell. “What we saw instead were more bombing. Bombing after bombing after bombing after bombing, day after day. Frankly, we also saw continuing indications that there was complicity with the senior levels in the Palestinian Authority.”

Suicide bombings killed 26 Israelis last week.


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Palestinians must stop their deliberate murder of Israeli women and children (02.02.2004)


OpinionSteven Den Beste from the USS Clueless (denbeste.nu) has an excellent analysis of the current stage of Israel's war on Palestinian terrorism:

As Israel continues to build its security fence along the border of the West Bank, there is rising nervousness approaching panic among the Palestinians and their Arab supporters elsewhere. They hate the idea of the fence, and there's a good reason why.

They do not have the ability to prevent Israel from completing it, which means that the only way to prevent it from being finished is either to offer Israel positive incentives to quit, or to get outsiders to pressure the Israelis to quit. And when it comes to "outsiders", the list of those whose opinions about the wall the Israelis would actually care about only has one entry: the United States. [...]

Moreover, the first "step" was for the Palestinians to do the things Bush had demanded, and it would be the US that would judge whether their performance was acceptable, and not the Europeans or the UN.

Some people have an almost religious belief that in any conflict a negotiated settlement satisfactory to both sides must possible, and that if it can be found then both sides will agree to it. It would be nice if that were true, but a study of history shows that too often that can't happen until one party in the conflict abandons some deep and major ambition or desire. That's the case here.

The Palestinian goal has always been a one state solution, that one state being "Palestine" and reaching all the way to the sea, ruled by a Palestinian majority with a small and declining number of Jewish citizens. Jews in such a Palestinian-dominated state would be treated the way whites were in Zimbabwe, if not even worse.


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