tisdag 10 juli 2012
Lokalval på västbanken och i Gaza i höst?
De palestinska myndigheterna kungjorde i dag att de planerar att hålla lokalval på västbanken och i Gaza i oktober. Hamas säger att detta ensidiga beslut av Fatah (palestinska myndigheterna) ytterligare försämrar förhållandet mellan Hamas och Fatah.
Palestinsk historieförfalskning
Shaul Bartal har skrivit en artikel om hur palestinierna försöker omskriva historien och förnekar judarnas koppling till Jerusalem och Israel.
Fabricating Palestinian HistoryThe Battle over Silwan
"...The tactic of denying a Jewish past to sites
and holy places in the Land of Israel is of relatively
recent vintage in the Arab-Israeli conflict
but one that has increased dramatically in the past
few years.
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, where both the
First and Second Temples stood for some eight
hundred years in total, now holds the Dome of the
Rock, al-Aqsa Mosque, and the underground
Solomon’s Stables mosque.
Both in 1925 and again
in 1950, Palestine’s Supreme Muslim Council unequivocally
recognized the Jewish connection to
the Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary; i.e.,
Temple Mount), describing it as a holy site for
Jews in its self-published A Brief Guide to al-
Haram al-Sharif:
Its identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple
is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according
to universal belief, on which “David
built there an altar unto the Lord.”4
By the mid 1950s, this admission had been
expunged, and by 2001, the chief Muslim cleric
of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Jerusalem
mufti Ikrima Sabri, was able to state,
There is not [even] the smallest indication of
the existence of a Jewish temple on this place
in the past. In the whole city, there is not
even a single stone indicating Jewish history.
Our [Muslim] right, on the other hand, is very
clear. This place belongs to us for 1,500 years..."
Fabricating Palestinian HistoryThe Battle over Silwan
"...The tactic of denying a Jewish past to sites
and holy places in the Land of Israel is of relatively
recent vintage in the Arab-Israeli conflict
but one that has increased dramatically in the past
few years.
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, where both the
First and Second Temples stood for some eight
hundred years in total, now holds the Dome of the
Rock, al-Aqsa Mosque, and the underground
Solomon’s Stables mosque.
Both in 1925 and again
in 1950, Palestine’s Supreme Muslim Council unequivocally
recognized the Jewish connection to
the Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary; i.e.,
Temple Mount), describing it as a holy site for
Jews in its self-published A Brief Guide to al-
Haram al-Sharif:
Its identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple
is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according
to universal belief, on which “David
built there an altar unto the Lord.”4
By the mid 1950s, this admission had been
expunged, and by 2001, the chief Muslim cleric
of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Jerusalem
mufti Ikrima Sabri, was able to state,
There is not [even] the smallest indication of
the existence of a Jewish temple on this place
in the past. In the whole city, there is not
even a single stone indicating Jewish history.
Our [Muslim] right, on the other hand, is very
clear. This place belongs to us for 1,500 years..."
Attacker från Gaza
Igår, måndag, avfyrades en raket mot Israel från Gaza. Skott sköts också från Gaza mot bilar i Yad Mordechai.
Israeliska flygvapnet svarade på attackerna.
Israeliska flygvapnet svarade på attackerna.
Gaza Terrorists Open Fire at Israeli Community
IAF strikes Hamas terror targets in Gaza Strip
måndag 9 juli 2012
Ny rättegång väntar dödsdömd pastor i Iran
Den iranske pastorn Yousef Nadarkhani som dömts till döden för sin kristna tro kommer i september att på nytt ställas inför rätta. Antagligen kommer nya anklagelser att läsas upp mot honom skriver Open Doors.
Update: pastor Yousef faces new trial in September
Iran till pastor Nadarkhani: Välj islam eller döden
Kristen pastor dömd till döden i Iran
Hamas och Fatah fortfarande oense
Hamas och Fatah har flera gånger under de senaste åren kommit överens om att bilda en ny regering för de palestinska myndigheterna men planerna har alltid bara förblivit planer.
Khaled Abu Toameh skriver om den senaste utvecklingen på försöken att få till stånd ett samarbete mellan parterna. Det verkar som om ingenting skulle ha förändrats - nya planer görs upp men de förverkligas inte.
Fatah, Hamas deadlocked on unity gov't
"Efforts to end the ongoing power struggle between Hamas and Fatah have reached a deadlock due to disagreements over several issues, including holding presidential and parliamentary elections, Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip said Monday.
Yet despite the talk about an impasse, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was quoted as saying that he was optimistic about the prospects of ending the rivalry with Fatah. The contradictory statements are a sign of divisions among the Hamas leadership over the reconciliation process with Fatah."
Khaled Abu Toameh skriver om den senaste utvecklingen på försöken att få till stånd ett samarbete mellan parterna. Det verkar som om ingenting skulle ha förändrats - nya planer görs upp men de förverkligas inte.
Fatah, Hamas deadlocked on unity gov't
"Efforts to end the ongoing power struggle between Hamas and Fatah have reached a deadlock due to disagreements over several issues, including holding presidential and parliamentary elections, Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip said Monday.
Yet despite the talk about an impasse, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was quoted as saying that he was optimistic about the prospects of ending the rivalry with Fatah. The contradictory statements are a sign of divisions among the Hamas leadership over the reconciliation process with Fatah."
Fiaskot i UNESCO
David Parson skriver i Jerusalem Post om hur den automatiska majoritet palestinierna har i FN påverkade besluten vid senaste UNESCO möte.
The fiasco at UNESCO
"...Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization made a series of decisions regarding religious sites in the Holy Land that are both patently absurd and woefully unhelpful in the search for peace and mutual understanding in this fractured region.
First, UNESCO followed up on last year’s admission of “Palestine” as a member state of the world body by listing the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as a World Heritage site located in this nonexistent country of Palestine.
Incredibly, the traditional place of Christ’s birth and the pilgrimage route leading to it were also added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.
In pushing for this decree, the Palestinian Authority argued that the Church of the Nativity was in danger because the “Israeli occupation” was preventing them from repairing a leaky roof in the church as well as blocking access to this revered site.
Ahead of the vote, a team of UNESCO experts had visited Bethlehem and determined that the church, in fact, was not endangered and did not even qualify yet for World Heritage status. The Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Orthodox clerics who oversee the Nativity compound concurred with these findings in a letter sent to UNESCO in April, which urged that the site not be turned into a political football.
Yet a majority of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee did just that at its annual session in St. Petersburg last Friday. Ignoring the pleas of the clergymen and the advice of their own experts, 13 of the 21 member states on the Committee voted to prematurely grant the church World Heritage status and blame Israel for endangering it...."
The fiasco at UNESCO
"...Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization made a series of decisions regarding religious sites in the Holy Land that are both patently absurd and woefully unhelpful in the search for peace and mutual understanding in this fractured region.
First, UNESCO followed up on last year’s admission of “Palestine” as a member state of the world body by listing the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as a World Heritage site located in this nonexistent country of Palestine.
Incredibly, the traditional place of Christ’s birth and the pilgrimage route leading to it were also added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites.
In pushing for this decree, the Palestinian Authority argued that the Church of the Nativity was in danger because the “Israeli occupation” was preventing them from repairing a leaky roof in the church as well as blocking access to this revered site.
Ahead of the vote, a team of UNESCO experts had visited Bethlehem and determined that the church, in fact, was not endangered and did not even qualify yet for World Heritage status. The Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Orthodox clerics who oversee the Nativity compound concurred with these findings in a letter sent to UNESCO in April, which urged that the site not be turned into a political football.
Yet a majority of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee did just that at its annual session in St. Petersburg last Friday. Ignoring the pleas of the clergymen and the advice of their own experts, 13 of the 21 member states on the Committee voted to prematurely grant the church World Heritage status and blame Israel for endangering it...."
söndag 1 juli 2012
Arabisk inställning till Israel
Efter att Irans vicepresident inför internationella deltagare i en konferens i Iran påstod att Israel och judarna står bakom droghandeln i världen ingick fem artiklar i palestinska tidningar där palestinska myndighetspersoner anklagade Israel för droghandel.
Den algeriska författaren
Ett möte mellan Mahmoud Abbas och Israels vice premiärminister som var planerat till idag har inställts på Abbas begäran.
Inget möte på så hög nivå har ägt rum under de senaste åren och det kunde ha varit ett gott tecken om mötet kunde ha genomförts.
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