Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2

[Sixties Fan]

We have already documented that the Palestinian Authority has been blocking medicines, fuel and electricity to Gaza - sometimes over the objections of Israel.



Now Al Monitor has a story that shows that Israel is allowing Egypt to deliver food to Gaza against the wishes of the Palestinian Authority!

(full article online)

Of course the PLO won't go to conference to help Gaza. They are the ones who hurt Gazans! ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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While the PNC hasn't met since 2009, it has an active webpage, with virulently anti-Israel and anti-US articles.

For example, the US veto of the Security Council vote against recognizing Jerusalem was marked with this cartoon that equated that with crucifying the Palestinian people, effectively substituting the US for the traditional antisemitic view of Jews as murderers of Jesus.



An earlier article called on Britain to recognize Palestine as "repairing the world" for the crime of Balfour, as the PLO attempted to hijack the Hebrew phrase "tikkun olam."

(full article online)

PLO depicts US as crucifying Palestinians; attempts to hijack "Tikkun Olam," still supports terror ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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The Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate is instructing its members to not speak to any American officials.

A meeting was planned for the US consulate in Jerusalem in the coming days and the PJS issued a statement that "the union stressed its rejection of such meetings, or any relationship with the US administration and its embassies and consulates, calling on all journalists not to respond to such calls, considering that participation in them is against the position of the union and the position of national consensus to their arrogance and their disregard for the positions and feelings of the Palestinian people."

(full article online)

Freedom of the Press, Palestinian style ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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Texts in Fatah's video praising Mughrabi focus on the fact that the leader of the attack was a woman, and credit her with being "the president of the first republic":

"The name of the president of the first republic was Dalal Mughrabi.
Heroism has no gender.
Arab men must understand that they don't have a monopoly on the glory of life or the glory of death,
and women can love much more nobly than the way they love, and die in a much more spectacular way than they die"
[Official Fatah Facebook page, March 11, 2018]

(full article online)

"Women can die in a more spectacular way than men die" - Fatah celebrates terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi - PMW Bulletins

 

[Sixties Fan]

It looks like this UNESCO/Arab League initiative has ended, as the last capital of Arab culture was Sfax, Tunisia in 2016.

So the Palestinians got the Arab League to declare Jerusalem to be the permanent capital of Arab culture!

At a meeting in Cairo, the Palestinians made it clear yet again that their interest in Jerusalem has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with Israel. Their representative said, "The identity of Jerusalem is well established and the attempts of the occupation will collapse in the face of the steadfastness of Palestinians and Jerusalemites in particular." He "reviewed the Israeli attempts to obliterate the Arab identity of the city."

The Palestinian delegation also presented two films, the first about the destruction of the Mughrabi Gate and the second about the theft of the Palestinian heritage by Israel.

Nothing about how important Jerusalem is to them. Only about how awful it is that Jews claim it to be theirs.

(full article online)

Jerusalem declared "permanent" capital of Arab culture ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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[ But......but......they have no money.....no one donates them money for anything......but....but ]

River of PA sewage flows through Samaria

 

[Sixties Fan]

When Palestinian Arabs see that Arab-Israelis dominate the pharmacy industry, are heads of departments in prestigious hospitals, boast the best school graduates, are represented in the Knesset, Supreme Court and military, they must surely realise they have been cheated and lied to.

After all, how do you explain success in both Israel and distant Chile, but not the “West Bank” and Gaza despite the international community providing assistance way beyond what Germany received following the Second World War?

(full article online)

Quo Vadis, Palestinians?

 

[Sixties Fan]

One of the issues of the Israel-Palestinian conflict is the refugee problem resulting from those Arabs who left the land during the 1948 War - how many left due to the encouragement of promises from the Arab world, how many out of fear of the chaos of war and how many from other reasons is a question for another time.

Today there is a symbol used to represent this refugee problem: a key.


Art by a teenage Bethlehem artist, entitled Resolution 194,
a UN resolution. The keys symbolize those kept as mementos
by Palestinians who left their homes in 1948

It is a poignant symbol - but apparently, Arabs have been known to hold onto their keys before.

In 2005, Spain passed a law granting the right of citizenship to Sephardic Jews who were descendants of the Jews who in 1492 were given a choice of either converting or going into exile. Two years later, descendants of Muslims who had been expelled from Spain in the seventeenth century asked for the same treatment. Mansur Escudero, the head of Spain's Islamic Board, representing Spanish Muslims explained at the time:

"It would be more of an emotional, moral gesture, a recognition of an historic injustice," he told Reuters, adding that some "Andalusian" families still preserved keys to houses they left behind four centuries ago. [emphasis added, p. 143]But as it turns out, Arabs are not the only ones to hold onto their keys to remember home.

Nor are they the first - not by a long shot.

While reading Simon Sebag Montefiore's Jerusalem - A Biography, I came across this last week about the Bar Kochba rebellion:

The Jews retreated to the caves of Judaea, which is why Simon [Bar Kochba]'s letters and their poignant belongings have been found there. These refugees and warriors carried keys to their abandoned houses, the consolation of those doomed never to return. [emphasis added]In fact, it appears Jews who were forced out of Spain did the same thing.

(full article online)

Jews Have Also Been Holding Onto Their Keys (Daled Amos) ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

[Sixties Fan]

A branch of Abbas' Fatah Movement has announced that the Palestinian people needs murderers. In a post on Facebook glorifying murderer Thaer Hammad who killed 10 Israelis in 2002, Fatah in Bethlehem stated that the people "needs men like you":

"Heroic prisoner Thaer Hammad, we are proud of you. Allah willing you will soon be among us, our people needs men like you."
[Facebook page of the Fatah
Movement - Bethlehem Branch,
March 2, 2018]

Palestinian Media Watch exposed a video by Fatah, which visually presented murderer Hammad as a successful agent on a military mission. The video glorified the murder of the 10 Israelis as "one of the most famous operations."

Thaer Hammad is serving 11 life sentences for murdering 3 Israeli civilians and 7 soldiers by shooting them with a sniper rifle from a hilltop in Wadi Al-Haramiya between Ramallah and Nablus on March 3, 2002.

In a letter he sent from prison, murderer Hammad called for a return of the "resistance" - a Palestinian euphemism for violence and terror attacks against Israelis:

"Hammad demanded to resume and revive the spirit of the revolutionary movement, from which the Fatah Movement arose, and the idea of resistance, given that it is the ideal way to protect our cause and our existence in the shadow of the great challenges and dangers that surround us."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 7, 2018]

In another Fatah post, terrorist Hammad was praised as a "prince" and "the sniper from Wadi Al-Haramiya":

(full article online)

Murderers are needed, says Fatah, glorifying killer of 10 - PMW Bulletins

 

[Sixties Fan]

On March 14, 2018, Al-Malahem, the media outlet of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), launched a new bulletin named Madad. The first issue of this bulletin is dedicated to Ahmad Nasr Jarrar, a Hamas terrorist who murdered an Israeli in January 2018 and was killed by the Israel Army in early February.

Glorifying Jarrar, the bulletin calls him "the heir to the martyrs" and an "icon for the jihad fighters," and holds him up as a role model for Palestinians fighting Israel.

It should be noted that Al-Qaeda sees jihad for the sake of Palestine as a supremely important objective, and views the military arm of Hamas (as opposed to its political apparatus) as a legitimate jihad organization, although Al-Qaeda leaders have frequently leveled harsh criticism at the heads of Hamas, and despite the rivalry and resentment between Al-Qaeda and Hamas's parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood. In this, Al-Qaeda differs from the Islamic State, which sees all parts of Hamas as heretical, and does not prioritize the jihad in Palestine over the jihad in any other arena. However, despite ascribing importance to Palestine, and although it has branches in many arenas in the Middle East, to date the organization does not have a branch fighting openly in Israel. The dedication of the journal's first issue to Jarrar, who was widely acclaimed by the Palestinian public, the glorification of the war in Palestine, and the emphasis on Al-Qaeda's commitment to this war, are part of the organization's efforts to compensate for its weakness in this arena.

At the same time, the bulletin also stresses a central Al-Qaeda tenet, namely that, in order for Palestine to be liberated, jihad must first be waged against America, which is "the head of the serpent."

The following are excerpts from the bulletin on Jarrar.[1]

(full article online)

First Issue Of New Al-Qaeda Bulletin Dedicated To Hamas Terrorist Ahmad Jarrar

 

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Hamas Ruins Gaza

 

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Did Tariq Ramadan Lie About His University Credentials? - CONATUS NEWS

 

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CAMERA's Israel office yesterday prompted correction of Associated Press photo captions which erroneously claimed that UNRWA provides services to "some 5 million Palestinian refugees who were displaced during the 1948 war." In fact, the U.N. agency provides services to at most 30,000 Palestinians displaced during the 1948 war. The rest, nearly five million people, are the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on, of those displaced in 1948.

(full article online)

CAMERA: CAMERA Prompts AP Corrections on Palestinian Refugees

 

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CAMERA Snapshots: <I>Haaretz</I> Deposes Hamas in Gaza

 

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BBC audiences recently saw heavy social media promotion of a programme in the ‘Our World’ series that was broadcast on the BBC News Channel and the BBC World News Channel under the title

“Working for the Enemy”.

“Collaborating with Israel can mean prison or death in Gaza. So why do people do it? Some Palestinians say they’re forced or blackmailed, others believe they’re helping to prevent attacks on innocent people. Israel says recruiting Palestinian agents helps protect its citizens. For Our World, BBC Arabic’s Murad Batal Shishani travels to Israel, and Gaza, to unravel a complex web of desperation and exploitation.”

(full article online)

BBC Arabic film on collaborators promotes Hamas messaging – part one

 

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BBC Arabic film on collaborators promotes Hamas messaging – part two

 

[Sixties Fan]

While young people across the country are mobilizing to condemn gun violence, Students for Justice in Palestine Santa Cruz are taking a different route. This deeply disturbing post advocating for "armed resistance" recently appeared on
the Santa Cruz SJP chapter Facebook page.

(full article online)

Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers: SJP Santa Cruz advocates gun violence and armed resistance

 

[RoccoR]

RE: Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2
※→ Sixties Fan, et al,

I find your posting exceptionally interesting. Since the:

ψ Life Expectancy:

• Total population: 75.2 years
  • Male: 73.2 years
  • Female: 77.4 years (2017 est.)

Remember, if you were one day old in 1948 (once living inside today's sovereign Israel), you would be approaching 70 years old.

CAMERA's Israel office yesterday prompted correction of Associated Press photo captions which erroneously claimed that UNRWA provides services to "some 5 million Palestinian refugees who were displaced during the 1948 war." In fact, the U.N. agency provides services to at most 30,000 Palestinians displaced during the 1948 war. The rest, nearly five million people, are the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on, of those displaced in 1948.

(full article online)

CAMERA: CAMERA Prompts AP Corrections on Palestinian Refugees

(COMMENT)

Very soon, there will not be any such thing as a displaced Palestinian from the 1948 Israeli War of Independence. What survives from the deceased Original Displaced Persons are what is often referred to as descendants which are allowed services from the UNRWA. Most are not considered "refugees" under Paragraph 11, of the UN General Assembly Resolution of 11 December 1948 (A/AC.25/W/61).

It follows from the foregoing remarks that the term “refugee” appearing in paragraph 11 of the resolution of 11 December 1948
{12/11/1948 A/RES/194 (III) Palestine question - UN Mediator report, Conciliation Commission to be established, Jerusalem status, refugees - GA resolution 194} can be defined as follows:

Reference is made concerning: --- A/RES/194 (III) of 11 December 1948 Right of Return ---

11. Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible;

Instructs the Conciliation Commission to facilitate the repatriation, resettlement and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees and the payment of compensation, and to maintain close relations with the Director of the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees and, through him, with the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations;
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Article 1

Are to be considered as refugees under paragraph 11 of the General Assembly resolution of 11 December 1948 persons of Arab origin who, after 29 November 1947, left territory at present under the control of the Israel authorities and who were Palestinian citizens at that date.
Are also to be considered as refugees under the said paragraph stateless persons of Arab origin who after 29 November 1947 left the aforementioned territory where they had been settled up to that date.
​

Article 2

The following shall be considered as covered by the provisions of Article 1 above:

1. Persons of Arab origin who left the said territory after 6 August 1924 and before 29 November 1947 and who at that latter date were Palestinian citizens;

2. Persons of Arab origin who left the territory in question before 6 August 1924 and who, having opted for Palestinian citizenship, retained that citizenship up to 29 November 1947.​

Look at the dates, and the significance of the dates:

✪ 6 August 1924 – the date on which the Treaty of Lausanne came into force.
✪ 29 November 1947 – the date UN Resolution 181 (II) was adopted.​

The longer the Arab Palestinian stall the development of a workable Peace Arrangement, the less likely that there will be
Most Respectfully,
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• If and when Hamas is ever removed from power in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) will most likely seize control of the coastal enclave, where nearly two million Palestinians live.
  
  
• PIJ's new "political document" exposes the Palestinian terror group's plan for "real peace" in the Middle East. This "real peace," according to the jihadi group, can be achieved by eliminating Israel after "liberating Palestine, from the river to the sea, and after the original owners of the land return to their homes."
  
  
• This genocidal "peace" plan appears to be shared by other Palestinian terror groups, such as Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and even certain parts of Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah faction.
  
  (full article online)
  
  The New Palestinian Jihad to Obliterate Israel