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Palestinian Father Urges Child To Egg On Soldiers and Urges Soldiers To Shoot Boy
Lt. Colonel Peter Lerner, spokesperson for the IDF, posts this video of a Palestinian man urging his toddler son to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers and urges the soldiers to shoot his son. This is another sick and perverted attempt to create anti-Israel Pallywood propaganda video; luckily this time was a failed attempt.
How Israel tracked down terrorist who murdered a rabbi
If you kill Israelis, Israel will find you. Read this great story about IDF intelligence tracking down the terrorist responsible for killing Rabbi Miki Mark. Once they tracked him down to a particular building, they applied a "pressure cooker" technique that led to his death.
News
Lessons from Gaza: The Rhetoric and Reality of Independence in War Crimes Investigations
Peter Margulies at the Lawfare blog praises Israel's system for independent review of alleged violations of international law of war. He also suggests that the US could stand to learn from and model Israel's system.
Israel
Golani Druze Refute Suggestions of Hardship
Israel has held the Golan Heights since 1967, and maintains that such area is vitally important to Israel's security. Often times critics will cite Israeli control of the Golan Heights as one of the barriers to peace in the region, and the Golan is often lumped in with the Palestinian Territories in discussions.
A recent UN report suggested that the Druze population of the Golan is enduring great hardship under Israeli control. However, the mayor of the largest Druze town in the Golan disputes such claim, praising the quality of life that Druze enjoy under Israeli control.
Hamas Giving Land In Lieu Of Salaries
Despite receiving significant donations from governments, organizations and private citizens everywhere, Hamas appears to be broke and unable to pay government worker salaries. To mitigate the problem, Hamas has starting making grants of small parcels of land to groups of 3 or 4 government workers. It seems more clear than ever that foreign aid ends up in the pockets of Palestinian officials or in their terror network.
Teacher No Longer Accepting ‘The Occupation’ As Homework Excuse
Palestinians blame everything on Israel, including, it seems, students' failure to finish their homework on time. Preoccupied Territory brings us the story of one Palestinian teacher who has had enough of that excuse, and will no longer allow students to blame the Israeli occupation for failure to complete homework. Of course, many are now calling for the teacher to be fired.
One parent explains "We spend years inculcating certain values into our children, and now we face the prospect of them not seeing the Occupation as the root of all evil. It goes against everything we’ve been working for, and against the explicit policies of the Ministry of Education."
World
Israeli experience shows challenge in stopping lone wolf attacks
Europe is quick to criticize Israel for just about everything, including its response to terror. Of course, it should come as no surprise that as soon as Europe starts experiencing its own terror wave, it seems open to learning from the Israelis. This article touches on some of the techniques Europe hopes to learn from Israel- that is, before going back to bashing Israel every chance it gets.
Congressman: Jewish Settlers Are Like Termites
The Free Beacon reports on a recent speech given by US Representative Hank Johnson (Democrat from Georgia) at an event sponsored by anti-Israel groups in which he referred to Jews living in the disputed territories as "termites." The Congressman later attempted to walk back from these remarks, but this nevertheless demonstrates a pervasive problem among US politicians. Apparently, it is such a horrible thing for a Jew to live somewhere others think he or she shouldn't be living.
Anti-Semitism
German University's course claims Israel harvests Palestinian organs
A German university is conducting a seminar in which it teaches that Israel is responsible for a genocide of the Palestinian people and, further, that Israel harvests the organs of Palestinians. Claims of a Palestinian genocide are not only patently false, as every demographic metric confirms, but also particularly vile to be coming out of Germany. You would think that a German educational institution would have a good handle on what constitutes genocide.
Legal
Palestinian government threatens to sue Britain over creation of Israel despite receiving millions from the country in foreign aid
Demonstrating that there is no limit to its absurdity, the Palestinian Authority has threatened to sue the UK for the issuance of the Balfour Declaration almost 100 years go. The Balfour Declaration, issued in 1917, was a declaration by the UK Foreign Secretary to the British Jewish community that the UK would recognize and encourage a Jewish homeland. Contrary to popular belief (including, apparently, the belief of the PA), the Balfour Declaration did not directly cause the creation of the Jewish state. The PA can thank the United Nations for that. Above all, this stunt further demonstrates that the PA would rather pursue any other avenue of action rather than constructively negotiate with Israel.