UN to Israel: What Jewish history? UNESCO has declared the tombs of the Patriarchs and of Rachel to be “Palestinian.” Because the Palestinians named them mosques. City of Hebron the oldest Jewish city in existence? Doesn’t matter. It’s Palestinian, because it fell outside the lines of the Jewish state at the end of the War of Independence, just like the eastern half of Jerusalem, which houses the Jewish Quarter and the remains of the First and Second Temples. The Arabizing of Jewish heritage sites continues apace. The fact that thousands of Arabs and Jews had a day of successful interaction in Hebron last week? Hey, stop messing up the narrative! Evil settlers are stealing Palestinian heritage sites!
Hamas to world: Uh, a couple hundred of our guys died in Operation Cast Lead. Hamas is finally admitting that their death toll of “less than 50” was a lie. They’re also finally admitting that Gaza “police officers” are card-carrying members of Hamas, thus lowering by hundreds the “civilian” toll of Cast Lead, and making the Goldstone Report even more filled with lies.
UNRWA helping Hamas with that human shield thing: UNRWA is going to build a UN school right next to a Hamas military base. Israel is asking them not to. I wouldn’t even waste a penny betting on the outcome of this one. The question isn’t if there will be civilian casualties; it’s when.
Jeffrey Goldberg gets the emails from my ex-commenters: You know, having moderate comments and a small following means I don’t have to get the asinine comments from Jew-haters like the ones Goldberg is getting for daring to suggest that al Qaeda’s targeting of synagogues means they want to kill Jews. I know a lot of Jew-haters read my blog, but not nearly as many as read Goldberg’s. Sometimes, it pays to be less popular.
Well, given that the Palestinians, and this includes the supposed moderates, officially deny any connection between Jews and the Old City, denying that Rachel’s Tomb has any Jewish significance and is a mosque and mosque only isn’t surprising. And I assume that it simply illuminates the UN’s utter corrruption when it comes to Israel isn’t a surprise, either.
And what’s this singling out of Jews? Just more Zionist propaganda. You know, terrorists strike Mumbai and besides other targets go miles afield to bomb and murder at a Jewish office that is unmarked…but just coincidence. They could have hit a coffee shop or a shoe shop but just happened to hit Chabad.