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Europen Union finances Palestinian terrorism (07.11.2002)


Palestinian TerrorismThe German magazine Die Zeit (www.zeit.de) has published an article that shows how the European Union is financing Palestinian terrorism.

The article was translated by Stefan Sharkansky (Shark Blog) and it contains a lot of information on how European money is used to kill unarmed Israeli civilians, including kids. Among other things it covers:

1) How European money is used to print Palestinian schoolbooks that glorify genocide bombers and deny the existence of the State of Israel.

Barely after the new books appeared, there came a hailstorm of criticism from western experts. [...] There are calls for religious tolerance, but only between Muslims and Christians. Jews appear only in an historical context. Their connection to the Holy Land is stuck in antiquity. The Jewish resettlement of Palestine is called "infiltration". There is no direct appeal to terrorism, but certainly "Palestine's Martyrs" are glorified, including "The Engineer Ayash", who dispatched suicide bombers in the 1990s and killed dozens of Israelis. The State of Israel does not exist. Its name appears on no map, terms such as "green line", "the interior of the country" or the "1948 land" are used repeatedly. Cities founded by Israel, such as Tel-Aviv, are never mentioned. The name of the State of Palestine and the emblem of Arafat's Palestinian Authority are everywhere, such as on the book covers. This state would seem to stretch from Jordan to the Mediterranean.


2) How European money is used by Arafat to fund his Al-Aksa brigades (responsible for dozens of genocide bombings, see the Palestine page). Arafat makes no distinction between the Palestinian Authority and his Fatah group, an umbrella group of terrorist organizations (that includes the Al-Aksa brigades).

How Arafat paid the friendly price of 10 million dollars for the Karine-A cargo is one of the mysteries of this affair. Whoever finds it reassuring should do the math. At the time of the weapons deal, Europe paid at least 10% of Yassir Arafat's day-to-day budget and 50% of all aid payments. Next to the Europeans, Arafat had only two other revenue sources -- substantial aid from the Arab states, and insignificant tax receipts. How great are the odds that Arafat has not soiled Europe's reputation?


3) How in 2/2001 Arafat and his thugs from the PA made a clear decision to kill unarmed Israeli civilians to force Israel to respond. Their logic was that once Israel responded, an international force, including Europeans, would impose a solution and create a Palestinian state. Documents found by Israel prove this without a doubt.

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Palestinian leader calls for the killing of Jewish children anywhere in the World (01.17.2009)


Palestinian Terrorism

The Times Online (www.timesonline.co.uk) reports that Mahmoud Zahar, a Palestinian leader, has declared his support for the murder of Jewish children anywhere in the World:

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Mahmoud Zahar, a fanatic Muslim who calls for
the murder of Jewish children anywhere in the World

[...]  A Hamas leader warned that the Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel’s devastating assault.

“They have legitimized the murder of their own children by killing the children of Palestine,” Mahmoud Zahar said in a televised broadcast recorded at a secret location. “They have legitimized the killing of their people all over the world by killing our people.”

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are terrorist organizations with a goal of destroying the State of Israel and murdering Israeli women and children (click here for a chronology of Palestinian Homicide bombings).  That said, calling for the murder of Jewish children anywhere in the World is a low, even for a brainwashed religious moron.  The war against Islamic fanatics continues.

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Palestinian terrorist organization, the Hamas (Islamic Resistance), is in a state of ruin (09.09.2002)


Palestinian TerrorismHa'aretz (www.haaretzdaily.com), a leftist Israeli newspaper, has published a report from Time Magazine with some good news:

Israeli intelligence officials assert that 98 percent of the known members of the Hamas military wing have been arrested or killed over the past five months, leaving the terrorist organization in a state of disarray, Time magazine reported Monday.

The report in the magazine, which quotes anonymous intelligence officials, also states that this situation has led to a debate within Hamas, with some activists calling for a temporary halt to terror attacks lest the group be "wiped out as a political as well as a military force."

Opposition to this view comes from Hamas activists mainly outside the West Bank and Gaza Strip, who maintain, that "It's more important than ever to show Israel that it can't stop Hamas," the magazine reports.


A few days ago it was reported that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a group that deliberately murdered hundreds of women and children, was also destroyed (click here for the article).

So after the PFLP and the Hamas, we will now take care of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Arafat's terrorist groups such as the Al-Aksa brigades (see the Palestine page for details).

Once these we arrest or eliminate these murderers, the violence will drop and we might have a chance for peace.

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16 year-old Israeli girl murdered by Palestinian suicide bomber (07.25.2002)


VictimsFaces of the Victims has published the story of Rachel Thaler, a 16-year-old Israeli girl who was murdered by a Palestinian genocide bomber.

The Palestinian Arab/Muslim suicide bomber deliberately chose as his bloodshedding target a crowd of Jewish children sitting at the pizzeria in the town of Karnei Shomron. Three children died and over 30 were wounded in the barbaric attack.



Rachel Thaler, 16, murdered
by a Palestinian Terrorist


Rachel Theler had gone on Saturday night to the local Yuvalim Mall in Karnei Shomron with his brother, Lior. Since its opening six months ago, the mall has become a popular meeting place for local youth. Rachel, who suffered a critical head injury in the bombing, never regained consciousness. She died 12 days later. Her family donated her organs for transplant. The condition of Rachel's brother, Lior, 14, who was also seriously injured, has improved greatly.

Rachel was the oldest of the family's three children. Her parents - Ganette, from England, and Michael, from the US - moved to the Ginot Shomron neighborhood five years ago, and were divorced three years later. Michael had moved back to the US, while Ganette remained in Ginot Shomrom with the children.

Rachel studied at the Ulpana in Dolev. Eliraz Smet, Rachel's guide in the Ulpana, said "She always had a smile on her face. We would aske her to teach us how she always kept the smile, even with what's going on."

Rachel Theler was buried in Karnei Shomron. She is survived by her parents and two brothers, Lior and Zvi.


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Orthodox Jewish basketball player and Jewish Rapper (07.25.2002)


HumorHa'aretz (www.haaretzdaily.com) reports that Tamir Goodman has signed a three-year deal with the Maccabi Tel-Aviv basketball team.

Maccabi Tel-Aviv plays in the European league - it was the Euroleague's champion in 2001 and reached the semi-finals this year - Maccabi is considered one of the best teams in Europe.



Tamir Goodman, the 'Jewish Jordan'


"I've always wanted to play in Israel and be in my country," Goodman said Monday."

Goodman's brilliant high-school career led to his nickname "Jewish Jordan." In games for "Talmudic Academy" in Baltimore, Goodman averaged more than 35 points per game, an ability that drew the attention of writers from the New York Times and Sports Illustrated, as well as documentary film-makers from both sides of the Atlantic.

The fact that Goodman was an Orthodox Jew, wore a yarmulke and refused to play on the Sabbath captivated many, especially when it appeared he was headed to College Park.


While looking for more info on Tamir Goodman, I stumbled upon the site of Etan G., the "Jewish Rapper". Etan wrote a song about Tamir Goodman, called "The kid with the lid", click here to check it out.

To learn more about Maccabi Tel-Aviv, click here, or check out http://www.maccabi.co.il/main/
For more info on Etan G.'s (the Jewish Rapper) website, check out http://www.jewishrapper.com.
To read a good article on Tamir Goodman, click here.

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Palestinian homicide bomber murders three Israelis (05.19.2003)


Palestinian TerrorismThe Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that a Palestinian homicide bomber has murdered 3 more Israelis:

In the fifth suicide bombing against Israelis in two days, a suicide bomber blew up at the main entrance to the Shaarei Amakim mall in Afula at about 5:15 p.m. Monday evening, killing three Israelis and wounding 50.

Two of those killed were the security guards, a man and a woman, who blocked the path of the suicide bomber and would not let him into the eastern entrance to the mall.

A third Israeli died of his injuries in Afula's Haemek hospital.

Northern district police chief Maj.-Gen Yaakov Borovsky confirmed that three people were killed in the attack, including the suicide bomber.

Fifty people were wounded in the attack, thirteen seriously. Of the thirteen, four are reportedly in a 'very' serious condition with head wounds. The remainder are in light to moderate condition.


While the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Arafat's Al-Aksa brigades continue their murderous campaign of homicide bombings targetting Israeli women and children, the United Nations were discussing the "roadmap for peace".

It is clear there is no wish for peace on the Palestinian side. There is only hatred, racism, and the execution of homicide bombings in the name of Islam. The "moderate" Palestinians do nothing to stop their racist and fanatic groups from continuing their killing, so the Israeli army has to step in.

A Palestinian State and peace are very far away.

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Palestinian terrorists murder Israeli 48-year-old woman, mother of 7 (11.18.2002)


Palestinian TerrorismThe Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that Palestinian terrorists have shown once again what great warriors they are by shooting and killing an Israeli 48-year-old mother of 7:

Israeli woman killed in Samaria drive-by shooting

An Israeli woman was killed Monday after being shot by Palestinian gunmen in an apparent drive-by shooting near the Rimonim Junction, 20 kilometers northeast of Ramallah, Israel Radio reported.

Rescue workers who arrived at the scene carried out resuscitation attempts on the woman before transferring her to Hadassah University Hospital, Mt. Scopus, where she underwent an operation, but later died of her wounds.

IDF troops closed of the roads near the site of the attack and are carrying out searches for the gunmen who apparently fled to a nearby Palestinian village.


I just heard on Israeli radio that the victim is Esther Galia, 48, mother of 7 from Kokhav Ya`akov. Since this is not a homicide/suicide bombing, don't expect your local news to tell you much about the faith of Mrs. Galia.

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An Antisemitic Myth in the Arab Press: The September 11 Attacks Were Perpetrated by the Jews (06.25.2002)


Anti-SemitismThe Middle East Media Research Institute (www.memri.org) has published translations from the Arab press where Jews are blamed for the barbaric attacks on the United States on 9/11/2001.

Apparently this theory is widely accepted in the Arab and Muslim world and is backed by Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors. The Arab world cannot accept the fact that among their midst we find monsters capable of organizing and executing the 9/11 attrocities and the homicide bombing attacks against civilians, including babies and kids.

Since September 11, the Arab media have claimed that Jews perpetrated the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Promoting this new myth are high-ranking public officials and columnists in the government and non-government press in Arab countries.

In the articles reviewed in this report, the conclusions point directly at the Jews. These conclusions are supported by various forms of evidence, further buttressed by timeworn, long-"substantiated" antisemitic myths. Thus, the papers posit guilt, substantiate their accusations, convict, and, in one case, hand down a sentence – annihilation "as Hitler did."

Syrian foreign minister Mustafa Tlass, author of The Matza of Zion, a book that depicts the infamous Damascus blood libel of 1840 as an actual event, claimed during a meeting in Damascus with a delegation from the British Royal College of Defense Studies that the Mossad planned the ramming of two hijacked airliners into the WTC towers as part of a Jewish conspiracy.

Former Egyptian ambassador to Afghanistan Ahmad Al-'Amrawi told the Palestinian Islamic Jihad mouthpiece Al-Istiqlal that the Zionist movement and American intelligence organizations planned the attacks. He said the aim was both to extricate Israel from its current crisis and to give the U.S. an opening to take over the oil reserves in the Caspian Sea, thus gaining full control of the world's main oil resources.


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What do Islam, France, the US Democratic party, News reporters and Microsoft have in common? (10.25.2002)


HumorWhat do Islam, France, the US Democratic party, News reporters and Microsoft have in common?

Dilbert.com has published the results of the "2002 Weasel awards". A weasel is defined as anyone who is trying to get away with something. 19,000 people voted in the poll, and the winning weasels are shown below:

Weaseliest Religion: Islam with 32%
Weaseliest Country: France with 34%, with Saudia Arabia in 2nd at 23%
Weaseliest Organization: Democratic Party with 29% of the votes
Weaseliest Profession: News reporters with 24%
Weaseliest Company: Microsoft with 39%


Those 19,000 people are right on target, I'm impressed by the collective Insightfulness. The link to the poll was found at andrewsullivan.com.

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Palestinian terrorist murders 5 Israelis in homicide bombing (10.26.2005)


Palestinian TerrorismThe Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that a terrorist from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad has murdered 5 Israelis and injured dozens in a homicide bombing:

At least five Israelis were killed and more than 30 wounded, seven seriously, when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up outside a popular felafel stand in Hadera's market district on Wednesday afternoon.



The fatalities were identified last night as Michael Kaufman, 68, Yaakov Rahmani, 68, and Perhia Mahlouf, 53, of Hadera; Sabiha Nissim, 66, of Moshav Ahituv, and Jamil Ka'adan, 48, of Baka al-Gharbiya.



The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for the killing by IDF troops of the organization's top military commander, Luay Sa'adi, and one of his aides in Tulkarm on Monday.



Senior security officials, however, said that the bombing had probably been prepared long in advance and that it was known beforehand that Sa'adi had been planning an attack inside Israel.



A senior official in the Prime Minister's Office rejected Palestinian claims that it was a revenge attack, saying it was part of a "premeditated strategy of terror" adopted by the Palestinian terror organizations and supported by Iran, Syria and Hizbullah.


The mass murdering bastards from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas call for the destruction of Israel and the murder of her 6 million citizens. For a list of Palestinian homicide bombings since October 2000, click here. For an article that shows how many in Palestinian society admire these mass murderers, click here.

The war on Palestinian terror and Islamic Supremacists continues. I copy the full article below.

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Palestinian terrorist kills 5 and injures over 60 unarmed Israeli men, women and children (09.19.2002)


Palestinian TerrorismThe Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that another Palestinian genocide bomber has blown himself up in a crowded bus in Tel-Aviv, deliberately murdering 5 and wounding over 60 Israeli men, women and children:

The blast occurred at about 1 p.m. local time on bus No. 4 at the corner of Allenby and Montefiore Streets, near The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv. The force of the blast blew the roof off the bus, blew out most of its windows and blackened the interior.

A witness, Shmuel Salomon, said he saw bodies being hurled from the bus. "There were arms and legs on the ground. It was a horror," said Shmuel Salomon, who owns a restaurant in the area.


Most of the terrorists from the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Arafat's Al-Aksa brigades have left the Palestinian towns and moved into the country side. Their deadly weapons, including bombs and explosives were left behind in the cities.

A couple of days ago, the IDF (Israel's army) lifted the curfew on Jenin, allowing the Palestinian murderers to retrieve their suicide bomb belts: the results are the latest killings of Israeli unarmed women and children (I got this analysis from Israeli TV Channel 1).

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America continues its war against Islamic Terrorism (04.14.2004)


OpinionGeorge Bush, the President of the United States of America, has given today an amazing speech and press conference. Fox News (www.foxnews.com) has a partial transcript of the speech:

[...] Now is the time, and Iraq is the place, in which the enemies of the civilized world are testing the will of the civilized world. We must not waiver.

The violence we are seeing in Iraq is familiar. The terrorists who take hostages or plants a roadside bomb near Baghdad is serving the same ideology of murder that kills innocent people on trains in Madrid, and murders children on buses in Jerusalem, and blows up a nightclub in Bali and cuts the throat of a young reporter for being a Jew.

We've seen the same ideology of murder in the killing of 241 Marines in Beirut, the first attack on the World Trade Center, in the destruction of two embassies in Africa, in the attack on the USS Cole, and in the merciless horror inflicted upon thousands of innocent men and women and children on September the 11th, 2001.

None of these acts is the work of a religion. All are the work of a fanatical political ideology. The servants of this ideology seek tyranny in the Middle East and beyond. They seek to oppress and persecute women.

They seek the death of Jews and Christians and every Muslim who desires peace over theocratic terror. They seek to intimidate America into panic and retreat, and to set free nations against each other. And they seek weapons of mass destruction, to blackmail and murder on a massive scale.

Over the last several decades, we've seen that any concession or retreat on our part will only embolden this enemy and invite more bloodshed. And the enemy has seen, over the last 31 months, that we will no longer live in denial or seek to appease them. For the first time, the civilized world has provided a concerted response to the ideology of terror — a series of powerful, effective blows.

The terrorists have lost the shelter of the Taliban and the training camps in Afghanistan. They have lost safe havens in Pakistan. They lost an ally in Baghdad. And Libya has turned its back on terror.


Thank you Mr. President for mentioning that the Muslim terrorists that murdered Daniel Pearl did it only because he was Jewish and because of their racist, violent and fascist view of the World.

And thank you for continuing the fight for freedom and against Islamic terrorism.

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Hizbullah, an Iranian terrorist group, promotes racism and anti-Semitism (02.07.2003)


Anti-SemitismThe Simon Wisenthal Center (www.wiesenthal.com) reports that Hizbullah's television station is now openly racist:

HIZBULLAH'S ADVICE
http://www.wiesenthal.com/social/
press/pr_item.cfm?ItemId=7149
Hizbullah's television station al-Manar, has embarked upon a campaign to promote "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion". As of January 30 the network’s literary program, al-Diwan urges viewers to acquaint themselves with the contents of "The Protocols" which "provide the best insight into the Jewish mind".

This campaign coincides with the release of a new computer game by Hizbullah which has children players compete to assassinate Israeli leaders, destroy settlements, fire rockets, etc ...


The Hizbullah is an Arab Muslim terrorist organization based in Lebanon and financed by Iran. It has proudly taken responsibility for the deliberate murder of dozens of women and children.

France refuses to define Hizbullah as a terrorist organization (click here for more details).

Hizbullah follows in the racist ways of Egyptian television which, a few months ago, decided to broadcast a series based on the "Protocols of Zion". For more information on this Egyptian racist show, click here. For more information on the racist document "The Protocols of Zion", click here.

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Fact 113: The IDF (Israel's Defence Forces) goals and directives (07.14.2002)


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Palestinian terrorist murders 8 Israeli students (03.06.2008)


Palestinian Terrorism

The Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) reports that a Palestinian terrorist murdered 8 Israeli students from a Yeshiva (religious school) in Jerusalem:

A Palestinian terrorist opened fire at a central Jerusalem yeshiva late Thursday night, killing eight students and wounding 10 others, police and rescue officials said.   The 8:45 p.m. shooting at Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood broke a two-year lull in terror in the capital and sent students scurrying for cover from a hail of gunfire - a reported 500-600 bullets - that lasted for several minutes.

"There were horrendous screams of 'Help us! Help us!'" recounted Avrahami Sheinberger of the ZAKA emergency rescue service, one of the first to respond to the scene. "There were bodies strewn all over the floor, at the entrance to the yeshiva, in various rooms and in the library."

As security forces raced to the scene, the gunman fired round after round of ammunition into the library at the seminary, religious Zionism's flagship institution. About 80 students had gathered in the library to celebrate the Hebrew month of Adar II, which begins on Friday evening.

[...] In Gaza City, residents went out into the streets and fired rifles in the air in celebration after hearing news of the attack on the yeshiva.  [...]  In Jebaliya [a Palestinian town], about 7,000 Gazans of different factions marched in the streets, firing in the air in celebration [...].  In Rafah on the Egyptian border, [Palestinian] residents distributed sweets to moving cars, and militants fired mortars in celebration.

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