Video - Top PA imam: 'Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Will be a Declaration of War against All Muslims'

Video - Top PA imam: 'Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem Will be a Declaration of War against All Muslims' (MEMRI).

In a January 6 Friday sermon, PA Chief Islamic Justice Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Habbash said that if the new U.S. administration carries out Trump's plan to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, it would be "a declaration of war against all Muslims."

Al-Habbash, who serves as advisor to PA President Mahmoud Abbas on religious and Islamic affairs, called it "a level of political recklessness that is unheard of and said that the entire world would be in danger if America takes this step, which would "open the gates of Hellfire upon everybody."

The sermon, delivered in Ramallah, was attended by top PA officials, including Abbas, and was posted on the YouTube account of the PA's Chief Islamic Justice office.

Palestinian Authority's billion dollar terror funding scam revealed.

Palestinian Authority's billion dollar terror funding scam revealed. (INN).

Western governments continue mass aid for PA after it promised to stop paying jailed terrorists' salaries, but new report exposes the lie.

A shocking report on Wednesday reveals that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has fooled Western governments, raking in over a billion dollars in aid from them annually despite breaching their demands that it stop paying salaries to terrorist prisoners. The report by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), which can be read in full here, exposes how the PA has coped since August 2014, when - in the face of demands by the US and European donor countries that it stop paying salaries to jailed terrorists - it announced it would stop the terror funding.

In its new report on Wednesday, PMW cited numerous official PA sources as well as statements by officials in the organization, which clearly show the PA is tricking the West.

The sources cited all testify that the PA Ministry of Finance continues to be the body making decisions for funding, and continues to be the source paying salaries to the jailed terrorists.

In 2015, following the PA's promise that it was no longer paying terror salaries and after it closed its Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, it suddenly made a transfer more than double the amount it had moved over to the PLO in previous years, jumping from 294 million shekels (around $78 million) in 2014 to 775 million shekels (over $206 million) in 2015.

The extra 481 million shekels ($128 million) in the 2015 transfer was a sum nearly identical to the 442 million shekel (over $117 million) budget previously allocated to the Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs before it was closed.

That extra funding therefore exactly matched the amount of money the PLO would need to pay terrorist prisoners - indicating the source of the salaries is still the PA funds propped up by Western aid.

In one case when the PA was short on funds, it made an announcement that it had cut the salaries of terrorist prisoners, as well as civil servants, by 60%.

Summarizing its report, PMW concluded by noting that "since it continues to fund salaries to terrorists, thereby clearly violating its promise to donors, the PA should be ineligible to receive Western donor money."

"However, through this deception the PA is still reaping over a billion dollars in foreign aid." Read the full story here.  Full report can be downloaded here.

US Lawmaker Calls Out International Community for Funding #Palestinian Terror. https://t.co/Q5qnqxn5G9

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Official PA daily blood libel : Jews' God demands "Passover Matzah made from the blood of our children"

Official PA daily: Jews' God demands "Passover Matzah made from the blood of our children" HT: Palwatch.

PA daily says it's written 

in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is an Antisemitic forgery describing how Jews allegedly plan to subjugate the world under Jewish rule. It was published in Russia in 1903 and translated into multiple languages. In 1921, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was exposed as a false document.

Palestinian Media Watch has documented the Palestinian libelous presentation of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as if it were authentic, as exemplified by an article recently printed in the official PA daily.

The following is the article in the PA daily claiming that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion teaches Jews that their God wants Passover "Matzah made from the blood of our children"

"Under the fire that has been burning against us for a month now, our national unity has endured in an exceptional manner. Our unity, which extends from the northern tip of the Galilee (northern Israel) to the southern tip of the Negev (southern Israel); from Gaza to the West Bank and Jerusalem, from the farthest place of exile to the homeland...

We are one nation, one cause, one entity, one hope and one right, and we will not leave this land, for it is our land. All tales and myths can go to hell; Jerusalem will remain our capital, even if they use their nuclear bombs against us...

We have nothing with which to speak to these Israeli murderers, who go too far with their crimes, and whose God, 'Yahweh', is called the Lord of Hosts and demands, according to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, that they offer him sacrifices during Passover in the form of Matzah made from the blood of our children. We have nothing with which to open a dialogue but these rockets. Have all the Arab, Islamic and Palestinian peace initiatives managed to draw even a single voice to engage in dialogue with us?"

[Op-ed by Yahya Rabah, columnist for official PA daily and member of the Fatah Leadership Committee in Gaza

Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 12, 2014]

Videos - Muslims Celebrate Hamas Rockets coming down on Israel

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#Gaza: Islamic State-aligned folks (Ansar al-Khilafa) distributing stuff to the people: pic.twitter.com/2OT4zJgEVV

— Aymenn J Al-Tamimi (@ajaltamimi) July 13, 2014

Imagine: Hamas terrorists are attacking 70% of your country's population. That's Israel's reality. pic.twitter.com/r9AjHvrm5x

— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 13, 2014

Video - Palestinian Duo Returns with a Sequel to Its "Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv" Song.

PA removed monument in shape of map of "Palestine" that encompasses Israel so that Obama would not see it.

PA removed monument in shape of map of "Palestine" that encompasses Israel so that Obama would not see it.HT: IsraelMatzav.(PalWatch).By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik.

Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the official maps of the Palestinian Authority erase the entire State of Israel and replace it with "Palestine." These maps appear in the offices of PA officials, in schools and on monuments, just to name a few examples. Before his first election, US President Obama criticized such maps that anticipate a world without Israel, calling them a threat to Israel's security:

"I will never compromise when it comes to Israel's security... Not when there are terrorist groups and political leaders committed to Israel's destruction. Not when there are maps across the Middle East that don't even acknowledge Israel's existence." (emphasis added) [AIPAC Conference, June 4, 2008}.

Before President Obama went to Bethlehem, the 'Palestinians' removed from the route his party took a monument consisting of a map of 'Palestine' that replaced the State of Israel.

After the UN vote in November 2012, the PA built a monument in a central square in Bethlehem called "The State Monument," which shows the "State of Palestine." However, the model of "Palestine" also includes all of Israel, thereby erasing it completely. The monument celebrates the UN vote on statehood as well as the first PLO/Fatah terror attack against Israel in 1965, which is seen as the beginning of the Palestinian "revolution" and Fatah's anniversary date. The words on the map-shaped monument are: "Birth certificate of the State of Palestine - Nov. 29, 2012, The outbreak of the glorious revolution - Jan. 1, 1965"

The monument it turned out was on President Obama's route in Bethlehem, so in order to prevent him from seeing it, the PA had the monument removed before he arrived, the official PA daily reported. This, however, outraged the local Palestinians who witnessed its removal:

"In the city, there are those who not only welcome the visit of the American President, but are willing to go even further... Residents were surprised to find that a model of the map of Palestine engraved with details about the Nakba ("Catastrophe" i.e., Israel's creation) and an olive tree were removed from the Al-Karkafa Square, to be replaced by a model of what was described as a peace dove. This enraged many people who gathered there."

... In response to the popular anger that the PA daily had reported, the PA then tried to deceive its own people as to the reason for the removal of the monument. Two days after the first story appeared, the paper reported on a press conference held by the Bethlehem District Governor with the Mayor of Bethlehem, at which they claimed that the monument was removed in order to be "redone" and expanded. The fact that it was immediately before Obama's visit was coincidental, according to the PA. In the words of the District Governor: "Everyone knows that Americans do not dictate any Palestinian decisions." Two questions: Does Obama know about this? Does he care?Read the full story here.

Tel Aviv refuses to end Gaza blockade as part of Turkey-Israel reconciliation.

Tel Aviv refuses to end Gaza blockade as part of Turkey-Israel reconciliation.(RT).

"We did not agree to promise [Turkey] that under any condition we would continue to transfer all the things into Gaza and ease up on the residents of Gaza if there is shooting from there," Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror told Israel's Army Radio.

"We do not intend to give up on our right to respond to what happens in Gaza because of the agreement with the Turks,” he added.

The news comes just two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “expressed apology” to the Turkish people for an Israeli operation which killed nine Turks aboard a Gaza-bound activist ship in 2010.

The Israeli leader said Tel Aviv has agreed to pay compensation to the families of the victims and that Israel and Turkey have agreed to work together to improve the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories.

The flotilla incident has been a source of mounting tension for almost three years. Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador and severed military ties with Tel Aviv in protest against Israel’s refusal to apologize.

Throughout the rift, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has routinely insisted that Israel end the blockade – a wish that Tel Aviv now says it is unwilling to grant.

However, Israel has agreed to relax the curbs on Gaza’s civilian imports and pledged to “continue to work to improve”Palestinians’ humanitarian situation.

Amidror was very clear, though, that Tel Aviv will not hesitate to reverse its concessions if necessary.

"If there is quiet, the processes easing the lives of Gazan residents will continue. And if there is Katyusha [rocket] fire,then these moves will be slowed and even stopped and, if necessary,even reversed," he said.

The reconciliation seemed to be a US bid to repair relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv. News of the apology came just after US President Barack Obama said that Erdogan and Netanyahu had spoken on the phone on Friday.

“I am hopeful that today’s exchange between the two leaders will enable them to engage in deeper cooperation on this and a range of other challenges and opportunities,” Obama said in a statement on Friday.

The move was also praised by UN: “Assisting Israel and Turkey in restoring their good relations had been a core objective of the secretary-general’s efforts in the aftermath of the May 2010 flotilla incident,” UN spokesman Marin Nesirky said in a Friday statement.“Today’s announcement is an important and hopeful signal for stability in the region,” he added. Hmmmm......Read the full story here.

Related: Erdogan backtracks on understandings with Netanyahu.

An open 'Apology' letter to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister of Turkey.

                   Close-Up Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers

An open 'Apology' letter to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister of Turkey.HT: TundraTabloids.

Mister Prime Minister:

On behalf of all of the people of Israel, I would like to apologize to you for the cowardice and fathomless idiocy of the Prime Minister of Israel. As you know, this weekend Benjamin Netanyahu sent you an “apology” for Israel having defended itself against the genocidal terrorists who attacked Israeli soldiers armed only with paintguns when they boarded the terrorist “flotilla” ship that you sent out to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas enclave in Gaza.
Netanyahu spoke only for himself when he apologized to you for Israel’s defending itself and its people, this two generations after the Holocaust. He does not represent anyone at all in the country when it comes to this “apology.” No one else in the country, except for some anti-Israel radical leftists with tenure at the universities, agrees that Israel owes you an apology for defending its people.

Actually, on behalf of all REAL Israelis, I would like to apologize to you for the fact that ONLY nine terrorists were killed by Israeli troops on the flotilla ship when Israeli soldiers were savagely attacked by Turkish and other terrorists.
I would like to apologize for the fact that Israeli did NOT torpedo and sink the terrorist ships trying to break the blockade and bring in aid to the Hamas Nazis.
 I would like to apologize for the fact that Israel has a Prime Minister who is so clueless, insensitive, and divorced from Jewish history that he would consider buying a few moments of diplomat calm with a Moslem aggressor by shaming his entire country with an “apology” to Turkey, exhibiting one of the most disgraceful acts by a Jew in all of history, and all this just hours before the Jewish holiday of national liberation, Passover.

Beyond that, I really do think that Israel owes an apology for NOT having done much more to draw the world’s attention to the illegal occupation and destruction by Turkey of the jewel of Cyprus, the city of Famagusta. Israel sat by while Turkey conquered 40% of Cyprus and transferred tens of thousands of its own people as illegal settlers to the island. And for that I apologize.
And since you have spent so much time in recent years denouncing Israel as an occupier, I think Israel owes an apology to the world for not helping to end the illegal Turkish occupation of the great ancient Greek capital of Constantinople, now under an illegal Saracen occupation that has continued for far too long. It is high time that Constantinople be returned to its true heritage and its legal owners, the Greek people. It is less than a hundred years since the city, along with Smyrna and other Greek homelands, was almost liberated by the Greeks, who were only to be blocked by the Turkish military aggressors, the mass murderers of the Armenians.

So Mister Prime Minister, as you see, I am afraid that Israelis DO owe the world quite a few apologies.

On behalf of the non-pusillanimous citizens of Israel, I remain Most sincerely yours, Prof. Steven Plaut

Sequester? What Sequester? HUSSEIN Obama 'admin' unblocks frozen funds so Palestinian Authority can receive $500mn in aid.

Sequester? What Sequester? HUSSEIN Obama 'admin' unblocks frozen funds so Palestinian Authority can receive $500mn in aid.(RT).The US has unblocked almost $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority as it faces its worst economic crisis in years. The move comes months after Congress froze Palestinian aid in response to its bid for non-member observer status at the UN.

“To date, we have moved $295.7 million in fiscal year 2012 money…and $200 million in fiscal year 2013 assistance,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.

The first sum comprises around $195.7 million, allocated under the 2012 fiscal year budget for US Agency for International Development (USAID) economic, development and humanitarian assistance, as well as a further $100 million allocated to narcotics control.

The second sum of $200 million will come under the 2013 budget and be spent for direct budget support.

The news was announced after US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a visit to Israel and the West Bank earlier this week. It was Obama’s first trip to the region since taking office in 2009.

During a meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday, Obama reportedly asked the leader to refrain from turning to the International Criminal Court.“for any reason,” including settlement expansion, the Times of Israel reported.

Abbas previously stated that he would turn to the court if Israel began to build in the controversial E1 corridor that connects East Jerusalem with the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, but would wait two months before doing so, London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported.

Israel announced its plans to build in the area after Abbas’ move for a UN status upgrade.Hmmmm......“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”Read the full story here.

Related:  Sequester? What sequester? The Easter bunny comes early this year. Obama offers Palestinians $500 million and Jordan $200 million.

In a meeting with a group of Arab Americans this week, U.S. President Barack Obama revealed that he will not push the Israelis and Palestinians toward restarting negotiations or outline a new peace initiative during his upcoming visit to the region, but he will take with him a cash infusion of $500 million – which Congress will soon release – of much needed financial aid to the Palestinian Authority.

 "Which CONGRESS will Release?" 

Something very odd in the story.Obama claims that 'The money needs to be released by Congress',  but in an other article they claim the money was on board of air force one IN CASH.
Anyone still remembers the $720 million that was left behind for more 'Arab Spring'?

Former FM Liberman calls Turkey apology a ‘serious mistake’.

Former FM  Liberman calls Turkey apology a ‘serious mistake’.(TOI).Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for his decision to apologize to his Turkish counterpart for the “operational errors” made by Israel during the 2010 raid that led to Turkish fatalities on the Turkish-registered, Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara.

“Israel’s apology for the soldiers activity against a terrorist organization is a serious mistake,” said Liberman, who served as Israel’s top diplomat during the height of the crisis with Turkey, and who is also Netanyahu’s No. 2 in their joint Knesset Likud-Beytenu faction.

“Anyone who watched the photos taken on the ship Mavi Marmara understands beyond any doubt that the IDF soldiers acted in self-defense against the activists of the IHH organization, recognized in European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, as a terrorist organization,” stated Liberman.

The dramatic reconciliation was brokered by US President Barack Obama shortly before he left Israel on Friday. Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone and agreed to end three years of dire relations.

In the call, Netanyahu apologized to the Turkish people “for any operational errors that could have led to loss of life” in the Mavi Marmara incident, “and agreed to complete the agreement on compensation,” his office later said in a statement. Erdogan reportedly said he accepted the Israeli apology and said his government would end legal prosecution of Israeli officers and officials involved in the incident.

Erdogan “expressed that it was saddening that relations, which are of vital strategic importance for peace and the stability of the region, have been soured in recent years,” the statement said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that before accepting the apology, Erdogan consulted with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Davutoglu added that all of Turkey’s fundamental demands had been met with Israel’s apology, Reuters reported.

“Such an apology harms the motivation of soldiers and their willingness to go out on missions in the future and bolsters the radical elements in the region,” Liberman said. As foreign minister until resigning to battle a breach of trust charge in December, Liberman was publicly opposed to any talk of an Israeli apology.

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, on the other hand, welcomed the attempt at mending ties.

“Reconciliation is a very important step and correct at this time, especially with what is happening in Syria,” Livni said, adding that “Israel, Turkey and the United States have shared security interests.”

The defense establishment also welcomed news of the agreement, though military sources likened Israel’s apology to a half-sincere one given to an aunt when apologizing for not attending the Passover Seder.

IDF chief of General Staff Benny Gantz was reportedly fully briefed on Netanyahu’s plan to apologize to Erdogan. Channel 10 said Netanyahu had also informed his senior Cabinet ministers on his plan ahead of the phone call.

Labor Party Chairman Yachimovich said that the prime minister made the right choice by reconciling with Erdogan.

“Turkey is a regional power and relations with the country are very important to Israel,” Yachimovich said. “Even if the apology to the Turks was done with a heavy heart, it is good that it has been done.”

The Labor party leader went on to explain that “it is better to forgive and do what is wise and beneficial for the state,” rather than focus on Israel’s honor.

“We hope that reconciliation with the Turks after three years of disconnect is the first step towards a new political re-entrenchment that will strengthen our diplomatic and strategic position,” she said.Hmmmm.......Countdown to the next anti Israeli speech from Erdogan....... running.Read the full story here. 

Related: I wonder if they agreed to extradite these men as well?

Turkey tries Israeli officers, seeks 18,000-year sentences for Mavi Marmara deaths

The Israeli 'apology' the background story.

The Israeli 'apology' the background story.(HD). By MURAT YETKİN .According to high-ranking sources, the diplomacy that resulted in an Israeli apology to Turkey over the Turks killed by Israeli soldiers in 2010 started some two weeks ago. American diplomats told their Turkish counterparts that U.S. President Barack Obama wanted to have an end to the Turkish-Israeli rift and wanted to open the subject up to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his visit to Israel, if Turkey wanted an agreement, too.

In the background of the latest U.S. moves there were many two incident on the same day. On Feb. 28 Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking at an international conference in Vienna said that Zionism was a “crime against humanity” like fascism, which triggered reaction in Israel and among the Israeli lobby in the U.S. and Europe. The same day U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said during a joint press conference with his Turkish host Ahmet Davutoğlu that the U.S. and Turkey do not share the same views on Israel.

On March 12, 89 members of the U.S. Congress wrote a letter to Erdoğan and asked him to retract his words on Zionism, which he did not; he said he stood behind what he said but he had been misunderstood.

It seems that letter triggered the U.S. move, since the White House wanted to see its two main allies in the region work together once again as they did until the “one minute” incident in Davos in 2009.

As Ankara said they could accept the good offices of the U.S. to have an agreement with Israel, based on an apology, the diplomacy started. Before the start of Obama’s visit on March 20, diplomatic drafts about the terms of a possible agreement started to go back and forth between Ankara and Jerusalem under the auspices of U.S. diplomacy.

At around 4 p.m. on March 22, Obama in Jerusalem in his last hours there called up Erdoğan. Following niceties, he passed the phone to Netanyahu. The two prime ministers agreed to issue the same statement in their capitals that would clarify an Israeli apology and compensation for the families of the Turks who were killed. Turkey softened its attitude on the third condition for an agreement, which was an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza. Netanyahu, who takes the issue as its right of sovereignty, said Israel had already softened the embargo on Gaza since the revolution in Egypt and would take further steps depending on the situation in Gaza. The final text says anyway that Israel would take Turkish assistance in dealings with the Palestinians.

Following the conversation of around half an hour, Obama took the phone back, told Erdoğan that he was glad to see this happening and said “See you soon,” which was actually a sign that Erdoğan would get a White House appointment soon. Hmmmmm.........I think Netanyahu will have a lot of explaining to do in the Knesset.Read the full story here.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's role in Israel's 'apology' to Turkey.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's role in Israel's 'apology' to Turkey.(HD)."Turkey's basic demands have been met; we got what we wanted," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said March 22 in an interview with public broadcaster TRT. Davutoğlu said Israel's apology to Turkey over the Mavi Marmara raid was the result of arduous negotiations that lasted three years. "What appears to you as a surprise is an effort that has been pursued and forged gradually for three years," Davutoğlu said, noting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's role in reaching an agreement on a joint apology text between the two parties following his visit to Ankara on March 1.

"When Kerry visited Turkey we talked about these matters very openly. We voiced our three demands [apology, compensation and lifting of the Gaza blockade] if Turkey's contribution to the peace process in the Middle East and the normalization of ties with Israel was wanted. I spoke with Kerry six times over the last week. We talked about the negotiations on the texts [of the apology]," he said. Davutoğlu noted that during the last week Turkey had only been in contact with U.S. officials, who mediated the final agreement before U.S. President Barack Obama's Israel visit. "We agreed that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu would call the Turkish prime minister accompanied by President Obama. Each word of the agreement has been studied. We worked on it until the morning and at noon we got a clearer picture."

Davutoğlu also said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called both the Hamas prime minister of Gaza and the leader of the Palestinian Authority to get their approval before accepting Israel's formal apology for the Mavi Marmara raid. He explained that the conversations took place moments before Netanyahu's call. He added that Erdoğan also called Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. "The tripartite meeting started afterward. Netanyahu began, then passed the phone to Obama. I did not count the minutes, but the call lasted between 20 and 30 minutes," Davutoğlu said. Hmmmm.....Kerry: I Will Implement 'President Obama's Vision For The World'. Read the full story here.


Hmmm.......So instead of talking about Erdogan's 'Zionist' comments , Kerry discussed Israel's knee fall to Turkey, Hamas and PA?

U.S. 'Deeply Disappointed' With Israel.

U.S. 'Deeply Disappointed' With Israel.(Rferl).The U.S. State Department says it's “deeply disappointed” with Israel for continuing to announce construction of thousands of new settlements for Israelis on land Palestinians claim for a future state.
State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland accused Israeli leaders of engaging in “provocative action” that calls into question their commitment to peace.
The U.S. statement came as reports said European nations on the UN Security Council -- France, Britain, Germany, and Portugal – as well as other Security Council member countries are preparing new statements condemning the Israeli building plans.
Since the UN General Assembly voted in November to formally upgrade the Palestinians’ UN status to “nonmember observer state,” Israel has announced plans to build thousands of housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli authorities on December 17 gave approval for the construction of 1,500 homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. The Israelis are also examining construction of upward of 3,000 more housing units in other settlements.
Nuland said, however, that the United States would not support a proposal for a UN Security Council resolution to be issued in response to the new settlements.
She repeated the long-standing U.S. position -- which is similar to Israel’s -- that direct negotiations between the two sides are the only way to achieve an enduring two-state solution.
The U.S. spokeswoman urged the two sides to return to direct talks and refrain from “unilateral” actions such as settlement building or seeking enhanced UN status.
"We again call on Israel and the Palestinians to cease any kinds of counterproductive, unilateral action, and take concrete steps to return to direct negotiations," Nuland said.Hmmmmm.......Perhaps the U.S. should have thought about it before the US ambassador to Georgia told Prime Minister to vote for ‘Palestinian state’?Read the full story here.

Abbas Asks UN for First Step to Flood Israel with Foreign Arabs.

Abbas Asks UN for First Step to Flood Israel with Foreign Arabs.(INN).Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is asking the UN to take the first step towards flooding Israel with foreign Arabs by suggesting Syrian “refugees” move to the PA.
Abbas’ request to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, was reported by the official Palestinian Authority website Wednesday.
His latest diplomatic ploy could place Israel again in the role of “bad man.” Abbas asked Ban “to help the Palestinian refugees in Syria, who are suffering from the bloody conflict there, to return to live in the Palestinian Territory.”
The PA’s WAFA website said that there are 450,000 “Palestinian refugees” in Syria in 10 villages. The largest is Yarmouk, where Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces attacked in the past week and killed more than two dozen people. Like other “refugee camps,” terrorists have established a powerful position in Yarmouk.
If Israel were to balk at allowing them to cross from Syria, the international community would likely accuse the government of being cold-hearted.
Abbas’ actual intentions more likely are using the Syrian Arab refugees as a the first wedge in long-standing demand that more than 5 million foreign Arabs be allowed into all of Israel and not just in Gaza, Judea and Samaria.
The Arabs in question are descendants of approximately 750,000 who fled Israel or were forced to leave during wars in which Jordan and Arab neighbors promised the Arabs they would be able to return to Israel in a short period of time after the anticipated annihilation of the Jewish state.
The United Nations does not designate any second generation as a “refugee” except for the Arabs. In all other cases, those who flee their home countries are classified as refugees, but their children and future generations are considered citizens of the countries where they live.
The special distinction for Arab “refugees” leaves on the diplomatic table a time bomb. Virtually all sectors of Israeli society, including most leftists, oppose opening the gates to immigration of foreign Arabs, which would end Israel as a Jewish state regardless of whether the Palestinian Authority can establish itself as an independent country.
The foreign countries hosting the Arab descendants have refused to grant them citizenship, except for a small number, provoking a situation of poverty and inequality that has provided a breeding ground for Muslim terrorists.Read the full story here.

"I like the smell of......in the morning?"Palestinian perfume dedicated to terrorist missiles.

"I like the smell of......in the morning?"Palestinian perfume dedicated to terrorist missiles.(Examiner).BY: Timothy Whiteman."Pleasant and attractive, like the missiles of the Palestinian resistance..."
Robert Duvall's character of Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in the film "Apocalypse Now" told the world how much he loved the smell of napalm in the morning because "it smelled like [sniffing, pondering] victory..."
If the fictional Cavalry Officer had been with the Israeli Defense Forces during the recent thumping meted out to the Hamas forces, the surf-addicted warrior may have considered the smoking wreckage of Palestinian missile and command sites as a "fragrance" that could be described as "pleasant and attractive."
That's how Shadi Adwan, Gaza City resident and owner of a local cosmetics shop is describing his newest fragrance "M-75."
Of Questionable Accuracy...
M-75 also happens to be the designation of the Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigade's missile recently used against the Jewish State.
With a maximum range of 75 kilometers (42 miles), the deadly M-75 is capable of striking the Israeli city of Tel-Aviv.
The missile, not the perfume.
As reported by The Times of Israel, Adwan describes his potent Palestinian potion as;
"Pleasant and attractive, like the missiles of the Palestinian resistance, and especially the M-75."
Possibly positioning his company for overseas expansion even unto the Mysterious East, the purveyor of paramilitary parfum added that he wants his product;
"To remind citizens of the victory wherever they may be, even in China."
Strong Enough For A Suicide Bomber, But Made For A Woman...
Adwan says he was inspired to name his fragrance to;
"Honor the victory of the Palestinian people and the resistance during the eight-day war."
Reportedly, M-75 is available in both masculine and feminine scents, but is double the price of other perfumes due to the "special ingredients it contains."
But malodorous-conscience Palestinians may not mind shelling out a few Shekels more.
After all, Adwar ensures consumers that it's "worthy of the victory in the Gaza Strip."Hmmm.....The Fragrance of Palestine.Read the full story here.

Amid reported White House pressure, bid to shut PLO’s Washington office fails in Senate.

Amid reported White House pressure, bid to shut PLO’s Washington office fails in Senate.(TOI).NEW YORK — A series of hard-hitting amendments that would have severely penalized the Palestinian Authority, along with several states and international bodies, for the successful bid last week to upgrade the PA’s status to a “nonmember observer state” at the UN failed to pass in the Senate Tuesday. One of the defeated amendments would have closed down the PLO’s office in Washington.
The amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon budget bill, were removed before a voice vote that approved over 120 other amendments on Tuesday night.

The amendments, numbers 3139, 3203 and 3254, would have cut US funding for the PA and UN bodies that granted the PA the status change voted on last Thursday, by 50 percent; slashed 20% of US foreign assistance to the 139 countries that voted for the status change; shut the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington; ended all US assistance to the Palestinian Authority if it sought to drag Israel before the International Criminal Court; and canceled all US funding for the United Nations if the world body instituted any additional status change for Palestine before the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel.

“Granting United Nations membership to the Palestinian Authority is a nightmare in the making for the peace process and future relations between the Congress and UN,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and sponsor of amendment 3202 that would have defunded the PA if it goes to the ICC.
“Granting a form of member-status to the Palestinians goes around the only viable way to negotiate a two-state solution — that’s between the parties themselves. I fear the Palestinian Authority will now be able to use the United Nations as a political club against Israel,” Graham added.
Other sponsors of the amendments included Republicans John Barrasso (Wyoming) and Jim Inhofe (Oklahoma), and Democrats Robert Menendez (New Jersey) and Chuck Schumer (New York).
According to Capitol Hill observers familiar with the amendments, they were removed due to pressure from the White House.
While the Obama administration actively opposed PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s UN General Assembly move — which saw a vote of 138-9 last Thursday in favor of upgrading “Palestine” to a nonmember observer state — it was concerned that the proposed amendments would limit its options when dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian issue going forward.
“Any administration will oppose amendments that will limit their prerogatives,” said a senior pro-Israel Capitol Hill source, noting however, that the amendments were not necessarily dead.
“Any reports of its ultimate demise are premature,” the source quipped about the Graham amendment. “It can be attached to another piece of legislation down the road. Senate amendments can resurrect themselves in other forms.”
In a statement Wednesday morning, the right-wing Zionist Organization of America said, “With its latest negation of Oslo and circumvention of negotiations, the PA should be subject to the sternest possible penalties in terms of U.S. funding and diplomatic support. We praise Senators Graham, Schumer, Barrasso and Menendez for taking a very important step in this direction.”
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Moses was a Muslim who led Muslims in Exodus from Egypt, says PA university lecturer on PA TV .

Moses was a Muslim who led Muslims in Exodus from Egypt, says PA university lecturer on PA TV.(PAW).By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik.A Palestinian university lecturer taught during a recent Palestinian Authority TV program on religion that Moses, a Muslim, brought "the Muslims of the Children of Israel out of Egypt." He refers to the subsequent Israeli conquest of the Land of Israel as the "first Palestinian liberation... of Palestine." This conquest, he taught, was led not by Joshua, as the Bible tells, but by Saul (Talut) who is also said to have slayed Goliath.

While some of this is retelling of Islamic tradition, some of it is a distortion of even the Quran for political purposes. The Quran refers to the "Children of Israel" in their land in many chapters (e.g., Sura 5), but it never refers to them or anyone else as "Palestinians." Likewise the Quran never refers to Israel's conquest as a "Palestinian" conquest. The lecturer on PA TV, however, deviates from Islamic tradition, and calls the nation of Israel's conquest of the Land of Israel "the first Palestinian liberation through armed struggle to liberate Palestine."

This is another example, among many documented by Palestinian Media Watch, of PA historical revision for political purposes, in this case, rewriting even their own Islamic traditions.The following is the interview with Dr. Omar Ja'ara, lecturer at Al-Najah University in Nablus and specialist in Israeli affairs, on PA TV religion program:

"We must make clear to the world that David in the Hebrew Bible is not connected to David in the Quran, Solomon in the Hebrew Bible is not connected to Solomon in the Quran, and neither is Saul or Joshua son of Nun [of the Bible].
We have a great leader, Saul, [in the Quran] who defeated the nation of giants and killed Goliath. This is a great Muslim victory. The Muslims of the Children of Israel went out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses, and unfortunately, many researchers deny the Exodus of those oppressed people who were liberated by a great leader, like Moses the Muslim, the believing leader, the great Muslim,
who was succeeded by Saul, the leader of these Muslims in liberating Palestine.
This was the first Palestinian liberation through armed struggle to liberate Palestine from the nation of giants led by Goliath. This is our logic and this is our culture."

[PA TV (Fatah), Feb. 15, 2012.