Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel comes to a halt. Anti-Semitic commenters on Yahoo News, not so much.
Despicable: An Italian teacher told a Jewish student that if she had been in Auschwitz, she would have been a better student. Then, when confronted by administrators, she doubled down and insisted there was more “discipline” in the camp. She’s now sitting out the year to her retirement. Not good enough, Italy.
Way to impress ’em, Kerry! Our new Secretary of State praised Turkey for not reacting with “triumphalism” over Israel’s apology. Guess he didn’t see those pictures of the posters saying thanks to Erdogan for beating the Israelis. But don’t worry, the Israelis are only laughing at him in moderate tones, not guffaws. (They haven’t seen him sailboarding yet.)
Facebook always gets its man: The social network is fast becoming the network that helps us catch criminals. A post by a woman about a harrasser brought a boatload of comments by women who had also been harrassed by this loser, leading to his arrest.
Oh, like it’s currently stable? The Dorktator tells the world that if he is toppled, the Middle East will become destabilized. Look around you, moron. Islamists to the left of you. Jihadis to the right. It’s already destabilized and a tinderbox. I won’t be surprised if the Arabs fight each other again and Israel just hunkers down and stays out of things. It’s happened before. Postscript: He’s withdrawing troops from the Golan to beef up his efforts elsewhere. Gee. How can he be sure Israel won’t attack him in the Golan? They’re such warmongerers. Just read his old speeches. Wait, what? He was lying? No!
The great hack attack: Well, they got a hairdresser’s site. I’m starting to think the real Anonymous wasn’t in on the attack, because they’re better than this:
The salon site’s home page showed a person with a masked face, an image associated with Anonymous, holding a sign saying “Indonesian Security Down #OP ISRAHELL.” The rest of the screen was filled with a message to the government, accusing Israel of having “wronged humanity.” The hackers signed off with the message, “We are Muslims, Soldier of Allah.”
Reached by telephone on Sunday evening, the owner of the salon, Peter Imseis, said he had not been aware that the site had been hacked and added that it had not affected his business. Asked why he thought the salon had become a target, he said, “I don’t have a clue. It’s very strange.”