Democratic Peace Partner or Another
Islamic Fraud?
by
Khaled Abu Toameh
Fatah appeared to be in turmoil on
Thursday as a large number of its top representatives questioned the
credibility of the elections that were held earlier this week for the faction's
Central Committee. Former PA Prime minister Ahmed Qurei
(Abu Ala) dropped a bombshell when he announced
that the forgery in Iran's recent presidential
election was nothing compared to what happened in Fatah.
Qurei hinted that PA President Mahmoud
Abbas and some of his loyalists had intervened to secure spots for their
supporters in the Central Committee.
Every
member of Fatah's Higher Committee in the Gaza Strip
submitted their resignations, in protest against what one of them described as
"massive fraud" in the election for the Central Committee. The
resignations are seen as a serious embarrassment for Abbas and Fatah, whose representatives in the Gaza Strip have
suffered one blow after another since Hamas seized
control of the area two years ago.
Many
Fatah members were shocked late Wednesday when they
discovered that one of Abbas's old-time colleagues, Tayeb Abdel Rahim,
was added to the list of winners at the last minute. Preliminary results had
shown that Abdel Rahim, a
prominent representative of the Fatah old guard, did
not get enough votes.
Also
on Thursday, dozens of Fatah members signed a
petition rejecting the outcome of the Central Committee election and calling
for an independent probe into allegations of fraud and deception, Abbas held a
press conference in Ramallah during which he denied
that Fatah was on the verge of a split. (They
are all united with the same aim: Hamastan in Gaza, Fatahstan in Judea
and Samaria
with dozens of splinter terror groups in between – Destruction of Israel. Why are
Jews still unable to unite behind our own goal – Erez-Israel,
land
of Israel,
reunited and free from Arab occupation?)
Jewish self-Hate is Limitless. Fatah has elected a Jew to its
Revolutionary Council. Uri Davis, a sociology professor at the
Palestinian Al Quds University, told Ma'an that one of Fatah's weakest attributes has been its failure to
establish ties with international parties, movements and human rights
organizations, and promised to step up efforts, if elected. Born to Jewish
parents in Jerusalem, Davis describes himself as a
Palestinian Hebrew. (Jews do the PR work for Islamic terror organisation.)
Clashes between Hamas
and Islamist Radicals. Local civil rights monitors put the death
toll at 28, with some 100 people wounded in fighting
on Friday after Hamas police stormed a mosque in Gaza where Islamic radicals had
declared an Islamist "emirate" in the Hamas
controlled territory. Following the prayers, a group of Palestinians announced
the formation of the Islamist emirate, defying the authority of Hamas. (There is no limit to Islamic radicalism - Israel has no partner in peace!
What would be the world reaction if Israel attacked a mosque after
Muslim Friday prayer and cause so many casualties? But the world is mute now!)
Cycle of Terror Never Ends. Two Israelis were wounded
last Wednesday night in a shooting 20 miles north of Jerusalem, in Binyamin. Local leaders
blame US pressure to remove security
checkpoints. The Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah, claimed
responsibility for shooting.
Food for
Thought. by Steven Shamrak
Soviet encyclopaedia, 1924 edition, described
Zionism as a Jewish National independence movement. Why does the
left side of the politic supports any national independence movement but
not the Jewish one?
What Peace? What Negotiations? 1) The Fatah general
assembly meeting in Bethlehem has adopted a resolution that
negotiations with Israel will not be revived until all Palestinian
prisoners are released. 2) Vice PM Eli Yishai offered
an aggressive response to accusations by Fatah
delegates about Israel's responsibility in the death of Yasser Arafat and the opening of another investigation. He
called the resolution ''pitiful'' and said it was yet ''more proof that
negotiations on Mars have more chance of happening than negotiations in our
region.'' (In spite of
medical and witness reports that Arafat died from AIDS, Fatah
still blames Israel for the death of a known homosexual and paedophile. A while
ago France
warned that it is not in the interests of the PA to dig for details of Arafat’s
death! Why don’t they ask the French hospital to release Arafat’s pathology
records?)
Self-Defeating Discriminatory Policy. Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Labor,
has announced he will increase the number of inspectors in the West Bank who are
checking for unauthorized Jewish construction. The decision is expected to cost
Israeli taxpayers over a million dollars a year. (No
such plans exist to inspect unauthorized Arab construction!)
Silence When Reality Contradicts US Policy. US officials say
the Obama administration has decided to ignore
comments made by Israeli ministers Eli Yishai and Avigdor Lieberman concerning construction in the West Bank and peace talks
with the Palestinians. Particularly annoying was a comment by Lieberman that
the new Fatah party dashed any hopes of real talks. (Fatah elected Barghouti, a criminal who is
serving five life sentences in Israel, to its
executive committee. Barghouti regularly outpolls current PA leader Mahmoud
Abbas as the preferred leader by Palestinians even though he is in an Israeli
jail. Palestinians are occupiers of Jewish land and they, the leadership and
people, are not interested in peace!)
Quote of the
Week: “His primary rules were:
never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede
that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives;
never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for
everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little
one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe
it.” - United States Office of
Strategic Services wartime description of Hitler’s Psychological Profile – It seems that the political
anti-Semites and Arab enemies have adopted the same strategies toward Israel!
Freedom of Speech under Attack. Aryeh Yerushalmi
was wearing a T-shirt that said “Homos, We are Tired of You” to a rally by
homosexuals at Tel Aviv’s main square. When he refused to leave police arrested
him. It is not known what law Yerushalmi is suspected
of breaking. (For
many years Jewish patriots have been silenced when expressing their Zionist
views in Israel. Now the repression against
freedom of speech is spreading to other issues.)
EU Must Pay for Supporting of Israel’s Enemy. Eyal Katorza, who holds dual French and Israeli citizenship,
claims in a lawsuit that the EU should pay for out-of-pocket costs he has
incurred to fortify his home against Qassam rockets
and mortars, which he says hit the area three or four times per day despite
official cease-fires. (The EU proactively provides
financial and moral support to the fake claim of a fake nation, allowing Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups to intimidate
Jews in Israel. It is time for Jew-hater to
pay!)
Saudi Arabia is not Pressured by the US. Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal knocked
over US president Barack Obama's "incremental" plans for the Middle East peace and rejected
appeals (not demands) by U.S. President Barack Obama that the Arab world make
modest gestures to Israel to show that is interested in
advancing a regional peace. (Arabs never were interested in advancing a regional peace, but
what a difference belonging to a non-Jewish religion and oil reserves of a
country make to US attitudes!)
Another
Failed Policy of Obama. Washington sources report that their briefs reflect US president Barack
Obama's new caution on his next Middle East steps. He has backed away from
formulating a new Middle
East plan, which
he was widely reported as preparing to unveil at the end of July and shied away
from a showdown with Israel on such touchy issues as settlement
expansion. (First it was the nuclear program of North Korea, then ‘friendship’ with Iran. American soldiers are still
dying in Iraq and Afghanistan!)
Psychological Alternative on Fighting
Lies.
by
Israel Zwick
…I worked as a
school psychologist for about 17 years. One of the basic rules that a school
psychologist learns is that if an intervention isn’t working, then it needs to
be modified or replaced by a new intervention. So if responding to accusations
only seems to invite more of them, then a different strategy is in order. Again
we can take a clue from school psychology. A common intervention that is used
for inappropriate attention-seeking behavior is “tactical
ignoring”. This strategy is used when a child displays inappropriate behavior to gain a reaction, even if the response is a
negative one, like causing the teacher to get angry. The child’s behavior may be rewarded by the extra attention that he is
getting from the teacher or he may get satisfaction from seeing the teacher
being annoyed. Similarly, the media will publish articles accusing Israel of unethical behaviors,
…thereby prolonging the discussion and increasing the controversy. That
suggests that a lack of response will reduce the incentive for publishing the
vitriolic accusations.
Tactical
ignoring is not a quiescent response. It makes a strong statement to the
accusers. It says, “Your accusations are based on ignorance, bias, or
self-serving needs. They are malicious lies that don’t deserve my time and
effort to respond.” This is a much stronger, more contemptuous response than a
defensive response that cites contrary evidence. If the accusations “fall on
deaf ears” then the incentive for repeated accusations is removed. (This technique
is being successfully used by the Muslim world. Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, hardly bother themselves to defend their abuse of
human rights, support for Islamic terrorism or inaction against it.)
…Everyday,
advocates of Israel are publishing
articles with historical and legal evidence asserting Jewish rights to settle
in Judea and Samaria, noting that
Arab intransigence and intolerance are the real obstacles to peace. Yet, if you
read any of the “moderate” Arab English news sites, you will see daily articles
claiming that Israel is stealing
Palestinian lands and oppressing the people. Furthermore, the Arab press and
its influence greatly surpasses the pro-Israel press.
So what is being accomplished? The lies are only increasing in their vehemence.
Jerusalem has suddenly
become a city central to Arab culture. (Our enemies
love when Jews waste time on rebuking their lies instead of pursuing our
rightful goal, reuniting Eretz-Israel!)