WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
The mid week review for September 16, 2009.
Hamas does not authorize Abbas to negotiate with the Zionist entity. Izzat Al Rishiq, member of the Hamas political bureau, stated that the Hamas movement does not authorize President, Mahmoud Abbas, to hold talks with the occupation before internal unity is achieved, and added that he fears the current internal divisions would lead to more concessions. In an interview with the Quds Net news agency on Sunday, Al Rishiq stated that Mahmoud Abbas, who has termed out of office, and his negotiations team, are not authorized to hold talks with Israel, and that any outcome of these talks would not be binding to the Palestinians.
COMMENT
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of September 10, 2009, based upon information provided by some 115 donors and appealing organizations, contributions this year to the “occupied Palestinian territory” total US$651,768,805, with further uncommitted pledges totalling US$49,923,719.
SPECIAL REPORT
Turkey and the Holocaust: How Turkey saved Jewish lives.
Arnold Reisman is a distinguished American scholar and author. His latest book, “Shoah: Turkey, the US and the UK,” due to be published late September by BookSurge and available on Amazon, addresses the little known role that the Republic of Turkey played in saving Jewish lives before, during, and for three years after WWII.
NEWS
Yesterday, Israel’s Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, (ITIC) published the report issued by the Argentinian Attorney General regarding the suicide bombing attack at the AMIA building in Buenos Aires in 1994 in which Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s new designated defense minister, allegedly played a central role.
SPECIAL REPORT
The new breed of Chalutzim: Building bridges of understanding and trust.
For many Jews, the thought of why a group of non-Jewish students would want to spend nine days visiting sites such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka and Majdanek must raise a lot of suspicious eyebrows. After all, the Holocaust still belongs to “us” right? After all, aren’t “we” supposed to have first-rights in deciding who should be allowed into what we believe as our exclusive domain of being the scapegoat of hate and intolerance?
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Development of multidimensional relations with Venezuela is one of the priority directions of the Belarusian foreign policy, Viktar Sheiman, the special aide to Alyaksandr Lukashenka and the co-chairman of the joint Belarusian-Venezuelan high level commission, said opening a commission session, Interfax reports. “The recent years have seen a dynamic development of the Belarusian-Venezuelan relations, a strategic alliance of Belarus and Venezuela has been created,” Sheiman said.
NEWS
A summary of news stories from the Arab media.
Hamas lost a golden opportunity: UAE’s The National writes: If Hamas had not held Fatah members hostage in the Gaza Strip, and thus prevented them from joining their convention, Mahmud Abbas might have been considerate and released Hamas affiliates from prisons controlled by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, wrote Saleh al Qalab in an opinion piece in the Kuwaiti dailyAl Jarida. Unfortunately, Hamas was unwilling to negotiate the matter. Khaled Meshaal, chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, was himself unable to implement pledges of the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad and senior Turkish officials to find a solution to the Fatah hostages in the Gaza Strip.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
An open letter to the Republic of South Africa’s former Minister of Intelligence
As you and I have a common interest in philosopher Bertrand Russell, you may recognize this quote by him. “Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.”
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Chavez denies Hezbollah operates in Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez has harshly condemned Israel for suggesting that Hezbollah is operating in Venezuela. Chavez hurled insults at Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, after another Israeli diplomat was quoted as saying Hezbollah has established cells in the South American country.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Obama to allow Iran to acquire nuclear arms
“Pres. Barack Obama has decided to let Iran acquire nuclear arms. Unless Israel acts in self-defense against the president’s wishes, the world’s most dangerous regime will command the world’s most dangerous weapon. Notwithstanding the White House’s misinformation campaign to the contrary, the evidence of the president’s agenda is incontrovertible.” -Anne Bayefsky
NEWS
The changing face of Jewish Canada
Some weeks ago, a report published by the United Israel Appeal (UIA) of Canada titled National Task Force on Jewish Demographics, produced some startling numbers, including a statement that said the overall Canadian Jewish population is not growing, it is a population that is ageing (in some communities, substantially so), and has a younger generation that is intermarrying in growing numbers. ”
NEWS
Iran now accuses Israel of waging psychological warfare with Saudi assistance
According to the latest report from Israel’s Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, “Iranian media and spokesmen continue to demonize Israel, accusing it of complicity with the West in plotting against Iran he so-called plots pertain both to Iran’s internal affairs (such as the recent post-election protests) and to its regional relations (the encirclement of Iran ).
SPECIAL REPORT
The dawning of a new age for America: Welcome to Sharia Law!
For the past two years, jewishinfoNews has been reporting on the activities of one of the most blatant antisemitic organisations allowed to flourish in many democratic nations. This past Sunday, at a conference held n Chicago, the United States finally awoke to hearing first-hand what the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir also wants for America. Sharia law in place of the U.S. Constitution. Plainly put, this radical organisation, which is in favour of the destruction of Israel, as well as the killing of Jews, is banned in many countries around the world.
SPECIAL REPORT
Mona Farah is a journalist for the Kuwaiti Arabic language publication Al Qabas. Recently she wrote a remarkable story about Gaza’s infamous tunnels and what they mean to the Palestinians living in Gaza, both as a source of employment and as a means to smuggle goods.
SPECIAL REPORT
Venezuela’s Youth and Hezbollah
Noted Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo, now living in Miami, has revealed in her column in “El Nuevo Pais,” that Venezuela is currently recruiting its youth for training by Hezbollah. The following article was translated from the Spanish text by Fausta Wertz. Via Noticias 24 journalist Patricia Poleo reports that Venezuelans of Arab ancestry are being recruited under the auspices of Tarek el Ayssami, Venezuela’s vice-Minister of the Interior, for combat training in Hezbollah camps in South Lebanon.
NEWS
Canada: Kaddish recited in the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Out of 330,000 Canadians who identify their ethnic origin as Jewish, just under 200,000 live in the province of Ontario. The largest population, some 142,000 live in Toronto. Most of the Jewish Holocaust survivors who emigrated to Canada settled in the province of Ontario. Yesterday in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, members of all political parties stood while Kaddish was recited by Monte Kwinter MPP, followed by one minute of silence for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
