Ever the friend of terrorists, Carter says he is ready to meet with Hizballah
Dec. 10, 2008
Taking a page from the dominating Democratic playbook of concilitory talk rather than taking a stand, former United States President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday he'd meet with terrorist group Hizballah if they would deign to meet with him.
In yet another let's-meet-with-terrorists spasm, or 'conciliatory diplomacy,' emantating from the Dems these days, Carter made this announcement while in Lebanon, where he will consider whether his organization will take part in monitoring the fractious country's elections next year.
The U.S. considers Hizballah, which means Party of Allah in Arabic, a terrorist organization.
"I am going to meet with all of the political parties as possible," Carter said. "I understand that several leaders of Hizballah said they were not going to meet with any president or former president of the United States, so I don't know yet."
Hizballah has not decided whether it wil meet with Carter though. Prez-elect Obama has displayed the same desire to meet with those who consider the U.S. the Great Satan. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, however, already turned down Obama, basically responding: "who says we want to meet with you?"
Since Hizballah gets its marching orders/money/weapons from Iran, its likely it will have the same response.
Hizballah has killed more Americans than any other terrorist groups except for Al Qaeda including the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut that killed 241; two attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the 1985 TWA hijacking that killed an American serviceman on board.
This is the same group antagonizing Israel's northern border. Hizballah picked a war with Israel in 2006, abducting two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid and launching more than 3,000 rockets at Israel in just one month.
Carter was criticized in April for meeting with exiled Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal. The U.S. also labels Hamas a terrorist organization. The meeting with Meshal, however, led to the delivery of a handwritten letter from Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas-linked militants near the Gaza border in 2006, to his parents. Shalit remains in captivity.
Dec 10, 2008
Abbas demands release of all 11,000 Palestinian prisoners
Dec. 10, 2008
When Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was in Israel, he praised the Jewish state for its freedom of religion in allowing Palestinians to make hajj to Mecca, while fellow Muslims - Hamas in Gaza - prevented Palestinians from passing through the border.
But when he got to Mecca, the PA president said a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be reached until every single one of the 11,000 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel.
Israel has already released a slew of prisoners and has another 230 signing out right now, but as Abbas intoned: “As we all know, over 11,000 prisoners are currently suffering behind bars in Israeli prisons.”
Abbas also took the auspicious moment to condemn "the ongoing crimes of the settlers in the West Bank" and called on the world to join him.
Many of the prisoners released already in “goodwill gestures” by Israel to Abbas’ government do not have blood on their hands, the term used to describe perps directly involved with terror attacks. But surely the entire lot of 11,000 would include several terrorists.
When Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was in Israel, he praised the Jewish state for its freedom of religion in allowing Palestinians to make hajj to Mecca, while fellow Muslims - Hamas in Gaza - prevented Palestinians from passing through the border.
But when he got to Mecca, the PA president said a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be reached until every single one of the 11,000 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel.
"We ask Allah that they all be released. When we negotiate with Israel we speak of core issues such as Jerusalem, the refugees, the borders, the settlements, and more,” Abbas said in Mecca on Tuesday. “There is also the issue of the prisoners so there will not be a solution without their release."Lots of intercession going on down there in Saudi Arabia, I see.
Israel has already released a slew of prisoners and has another 230 signing out right now, but as Abbas intoned: “As we all know, over 11,000 prisoners are currently suffering behind bars in Israeli prisons.”
Abbas also took the auspicious moment to condemn "the ongoing crimes of the settlers in the West Bank" and called on the world to join him.
Many of the prisoners released already in “goodwill gestures” by Israel to Abbas’ government do not have blood on their hands, the term used to describe perps directly involved with terror attacks. But surely the entire lot of 11,000 would include several terrorists.
Israel helps muslims participate in Mecca pilgrimage
The irony is almost comical: Despite ongoing attacks, Israel helps Muslims make hajj while Hamas bars them
Dec. 10, 2008
Freedom of religion is stronger in Israel than in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Hamas is spending more of its time trying to aim rockets at Israel rather than allow its fellow Gazans head to Mecca for the Muslim hajj.
Muslims and Druze in Israel and around the world are celebrating the Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), which began Dec. 8 and commemorates the end of the religious pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. More than 11,000 Israeli-Arabs and Palestinian pilgrims - including 6,000 Palestinians from the West Bank - passed through the Israeli-Jordanian Allenby border crossing to participate in the hajj this year.
Throwing a wet blanket on the Mecca parade however is Hamas in Gaza. The fundamentalist terror organization has prevented its residents from participating in the hajj for the first time in 35 years, denying thousands of pilgrims the right to religious freedom.
“Unfortunately, this is the first time in the history of the Palestinian people that pilgrims were prevented. Israel never once prevented pilgrims,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in Mecca,.
Worshipers seeking to cross the border into Egypt for the hajj were beaten back by Hamas’ police. Gaza tour company owners who tried to gain permits to travel from West Bank companies were arrested.
“Even the Israelis never dared prevent the pilgrimage this way,” said Maher Amin, owner of a Gaza tour company.
Hamas seized control of Gaza in a bloody coup in the summer of 2007 creating a civil war between two Palestinian parties: Hamas and Fatah, Abbas' party ruling in the West Bank. During the Hamas coup, many Fatah loyalists were rounded up and assassinated while others fled for the Israeli border. Israel evacuated many to the West Bank.
Dec. 10, 2008
Freedom of religion is stronger in Israel than in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Hamas is spending more of its time trying to aim rockets at Israel rather than allow its fellow Gazans head to Mecca for the Muslim hajj.
Muslims and Druze in Israel and around the world are celebrating the Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha), which began Dec. 8 and commemorates the end of the religious pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. More than 11,000 Israeli-Arabs and Palestinian pilgrims - including 6,000 Palestinians from the West Bank - passed through the Israeli-Jordanian Allenby border crossing to participate in the hajj this year.
Throwing a wet blanket on the Mecca parade however is Hamas in Gaza. The fundamentalist terror organization has prevented its residents from participating in the hajj for the first time in 35 years, denying thousands of pilgrims the right to religious freedom.
“Unfortunately, this is the first time in the history of the Palestinian people that pilgrims were prevented. Israel never once prevented pilgrims,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told reporters in Mecca,.
Worshipers seeking to cross the border into Egypt for the hajj were beaten back by Hamas’ police. Gaza tour company owners who tried to gain permits to travel from West Bank companies were arrested.
“Even the Israelis never dared prevent the pilgrimage this way,” said Maher Amin, owner of a Gaza tour company.
Hamas seized control of Gaza in a bloody coup in the summer of 2007 creating a civil war between two Palestinian parties: Hamas and Fatah, Abbas' party ruling in the West Bank. During the Hamas coup, many Fatah loyalists were rounded up and assassinated while others fled for the Israeli border. Israel evacuated many to the West Bank.
Anger in Egypt: Sheikh dared to shake Peres’ hand
From the religion of peace and tolerance...
Dec. 10, 2008
Despite official relations with the Jewish state, Egyptian politicians and newspapers are clamoring for the country’s top Muslim cleric to resign for shaking Israeli President Shimon Peres’s hand.
Egyptian newspapers created a national uproar when they ran a photo of Sheikh Mohammad Sayyid Tantawi greeting Peres at the United Nations at an interfaith conference in November.
"[Peres] was in a place, and I was in the same place... and he met me, stretched out his hand, so I greeted him,” said Tantawi, who heads Cairo's al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's leading religious authority. “And suppose I knew him? So what... Isn't he from a country that we recognize?"
He insists that he didn't recognize Peres. But nevertheless, Al-Dustour, a daily newspaper, is calling for his dismissal saying Peres is tainted with the blood of thousands of Palestinians.
Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab states to have made peace with Israel, still harbor deep resentment and hatred towards their Jewish neighbor.
Peres hasn’t commented, but his office said at the time the encounter was pleasant and that the two men had a serious conversation. Senior Egyptian politicians regularly meet with Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hosted the Israeli president just two months ago.
And this is from a peaceful nation. Imagine the ones who openly call for Israel’s destruction?
Dec. 10, 2008
Despite official relations with the Jewish state, Egyptian politicians and newspapers are clamoring for the country’s top Muslim cleric to resign for shaking Israeli President Shimon Peres’s hand.
Egyptian newspapers created a national uproar when they ran a photo of Sheikh Mohammad Sayyid Tantawi greeting Peres at the United Nations at an interfaith conference in November.
"[Peres] was in a place, and I was in the same place... and he met me, stretched out his hand, so I greeted him,” said Tantawi, who heads Cairo's al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's leading religious authority. “And suppose I knew him? So what... Isn't he from a country that we recognize?"
He insists that he didn't recognize Peres. But nevertheless, Al-Dustour, a daily newspaper, is calling for his dismissal saying Peres is tainted with the blood of thousands of Palestinians.
Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab states to have made peace with Israel, still harbor deep resentment and hatred towards their Jewish neighbor.
Peres hasn’t commented, but his office said at the time the encounter was pleasant and that the two men had a serious conversation. Senior Egyptian politicians regularly meet with Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hosted the Israeli president just two months ago.
And this is from a peaceful nation. Imagine the ones who openly call for Israel’s destruction?
New sanctions on Iran? Lower price of oil
Dec. 10, 2008
Israel's President Shimon Peres told an Israeli-Arab audience that military action is not needed in Iran as long as the price of oil keeps dropping.
In a clever twist on sanction, Peres suggested that Israel work with the United States, Europe and China to reduce the price of oil, which would deplete Iran's economy and strip it of resources to make nuclear weapons.
Israel's President Shimon Peres told an Israeli-Arab audience that military action is not needed in Iran as long as the price of oil keeps dropping.
In a clever twist on sanction, Peres suggested that Israel work with the United States, Europe and China to reduce the price of oil, which would deplete Iran's economy and strip it of resources to make nuclear weapons.
“Iran's leaders must ask themselves what the children will eat tomorrow morning. What will they give them, uranium?” he said.Somehow I think the regime is less concerned with human rights than it is with wiping other nations off the planet as previously stated by Iran's president.
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