What an interesting article.

The mother of a former senior Suicide Bombmaker Yahya Ayyash ('The Engineer') has words of praise for the IDF. Yahya Ayyash killed over 100 Jews and injured many more.

Talking about the PA police, she said, "They behaved in a shameful way; when the Jews come, they ask for permission and cry out before they enter a house."

Continuing on she added, Abbas's security forces acted in a "barbaric" manner and did not take into account that women and children were sleeping inside the house. (Which the IDF does).

And she finishes off with "They [PA Police] left behind a lot of damage. Even a copy of the Koran was not spared."

Which of course surprised her, because the IDF is very respectful of religious articles - even when chasing after genocidal mass murderers like her son.

And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.

They have fought in our wars,

Sure, but did he mention they were usually the enemy?

they have taught at our universities,

so what if it was anti-Zionist propaganda.

they've excelled in our sports arenas,

or at least in Munich hotels.

they've won Nobel Prizes,

Yup, we talked about that already.

built our tallest building

Maybe he meant 'knocked them down'?

The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements "on the West Bank and outskirts of Jerusalem, US President Barack Obama said Thursday in a long awaited speech to the Muslim world from Cairo. "It is time for these settlements to stop."

-Barack Obama

Do I really need to say anything else?


OK, I do...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued an unprecedented statement clarifying President Barack Obama’s demands for Israel to stop expanding Jewish communities in areas it acquired following the 1967 Six-Day War, including Jerusalem.

Ms. Clinton’s press spokesman was asked if President Obama’s demand to halt expansion of “West Bank Jewish communities” included a demand to stop expansion of Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem.

The answer was affirmative. The U.S. State Department demands that Israel limit Jewish growth in these areas of Jerusalem, “whose status remains to be determined” in negotiations.


That would of course specifically include the Old City of Jerusalem.

"and since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. They ...won Nobel prizes"
-Barack Obama

Sure they did...

...except that only 5 Muslims appear to have ever won the prize, and only 1 was American - Ahmed Hassan Zewail.

Unbelievable. I don't even know where to begin in fisking Obama's speech. But let's start here:

"know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America's story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote: "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims."
-Obama

What was the Treaty of Tripoli?

It was a treaty signed with the Arabs of Tripoli (and Algiers and Morocco) to get them to stop hijacking and attacking US ships - also known as piracy.

In 1801-1805 the US fought the Barbary Wars with these states who abrogated the treaty (except Morocco who did not break the treaty) and continued to attack and US ships .


In 1801, the Pasha of Tripoli tried to raise the price for not attacking US vessels (if I recall correctly, the US was paying 1 million dollars a year in extortion bills at that point).

President Jefferson, instead of giving in to the extortion (and continuing attacks) sent over a frigate and destroyed a Tripolitan ship. This was the first of many pirate ships the US destroyed.

The war ended in 1805, when for the first time in history the United States flag was raised in victory on foreign soil (Occupation). If you ever heard of the Marine Hymn then you would recognize the line — "to the shores of Tripoli".

So when Obama says that the Muslims have a long history with the US, I was wondering if he meant piracy, ransoms, hostage taking, treaty abrogation, and terrorism (then known as piracy).

The NYTimes is saying that Obama will try to give a speech today in Cairo that fundamentally alters how Muslims view America.

So far the President of the United States has bowed to the Saudi tribal king.

I have not yet found a reliable source, but the Internet is abuzz with stories that yesterday Obama was expounding on his Muslim father, his Muslim childhood, and how he is still a Muslim. But I haven't seen that yet.

So I was thinking, what could Obama say that would change the way the Arab/Muslim world views America besides "We surrender".

After all, he would want to say it more eloquently.

Clearly no better way or him to start off his speech would be to say, "Ich bin ein Islamist".

“I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam.
And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. “

- Barack Obama


Exactly what alternative reality does the President of the United States live in?

Perhaps it’s time he learns how to Google on his Blackberry.

A quick look on Wiki provides a very different picture that the one the President is fantasizing about.

In terms of population size, the US doesn’t even make the Top-50 when it comes to either the total number of Moslems, or the number of Moslems as a percent of the population.

Note: The most commonly accepted figure from census data and multiple research studies on Muslims in America is approximately 1.8 million (out of 300 million Americans). CAIR and other militant Islamic groups make the unsupported claim of 8 million, but they have no data to back that up other than their own wild claims.

Now, even if Obama is basing his statements on unfounded statements by militant Islamic groups with their clear agendas, as opposed to research from multiple, independent and unbiased research studies – that would still place the US only somewhere around 30 on the list.

Either way, quite far from being “one of the largest Muslim Countries in the World”.

Could this just be wishful thinking on the President’s part?

On another related issue, the President said, "And I think there have been times where we are not as honest as we should be about the fact...".

Now it could be that Obama has a problem with his honesty (ya think), or perhaps he has simply aligned himself with the Muslim sector, and honesty be damned.

Or maybe it is time Obama educates himself more effectively on Islam - before creating policies that are bad for America (and of course Israel).

Or perhaps he actually meant to say, the most powerful country in the world is led by a Muslim - Barack Hussein Obama - as that I would believe.

The New York Times is reporting that the US is threatening Israel with dropping its Security Council Veto protection in the UN if Israel doesn't begin to toe the Obama line.

That will effectively align the US's positions in the UN with all the other 3rd world, dictatorial, and anti-Semitic nations that frequently abuse the UN's platform to attack Israel.

This comes as no surprise to us at the Muqata, which has constantly viewed the UN as the unique opportunity for countries to demonstrate (or not) the morality, ethics, and principles of their governments and leaders – particularly through their positions on Israel.

It is unfortunate that Obama has decided to align the US with regimes such as Syria, Pakistan, Egypt and even Libya, and furthermore (once again) attempt to create linkage between (in this case) a political disagreement and the basic abuse of the UN platform to disseminate Antisemitism.

But as Obama was willing to link the survival of Israel against a nuclear Iran to Jewish homes, the UN is just small game.

But as Ben Gurion famously said, "UM Shmum".

Or as Prime Minister Netanyahu said today, "[We won't] freeze [Jewish] life in Judea and Samaria."

And we can't agree more.


As for you Jews in America, time to start waking up to the new world order under Obama.


And if you are really bored, go to Google and look up "Obama Preventive Detention".

But whatever you do, don't try to find out what Rush Limbaugh might have to say about it.

Obama has already told Republicans to stop listening to him, and you're next.

This question appeared in the weekend's Makor Rishon.

Ramat Gilad, the hill legally purchased by Moshe Zar 30 years ago is slated for destruction.

You can read about Ramat Gilad (with pictures from last night) here and here.

Barak intends to continue to use his unchanging strategy to destroy this legally purchased hilltop. That strategy is to confuse the residents as to exactly when he plans to rip their legally owned property away from them and tire them out in the process.


First he plans to harass the local resident of Ramat Gilad and the town nearby (Karnei Shomron in this case).

He will release disinformation as to when he plans to destroy it, leaving those defending it tired from running back and forth.

Then he is likely to call for a meeting with Moshe Zar and his supporters to reach a compromise.

Then just when they think he is calling off his plans for destruction because an agreement is being reached, he will send in his troops.

He will probably do it at a time when most people are at work (and certainly after running there back and forth for a few nights in a row).

Alternatively, he will simply use some other disinformation campaign to trick the local residents, and then destroy it.

In other words, he will use some form of deceipt (which is all he is famous for) against citizens of Israel with whom he has a political dispute, to steal and destroy legally owned property because of his extreme Left politics. Typical Barak.


A picture from last night.



The poster says: "Stop Obama's Ethnic Cleansing. Israel isn't Germany!"


In good news, Shvut Ami already rebuilt two structures the army destroyed right after Shabbat.