http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/palestinian/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:51:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418190/posts Evil has certainly been unleashed. It's a damn firestorm. It sitnks from the top down ......... the free world has been taken siege. And that muhammadan in the White House denands we respect this evil. Molotov Cocktail Found In Downtown Parking Garage CBS3 News hat tip MikeThe discovery was made at about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday inside a parking garagelocated at Callowhill and N. 16th Streets.Philadelphia Police are investigating the discovery of a Molotov cocktail along with anti-Israeli books inside a Center City parking garage. The discovery was made at about 2:00 p.m. Wednesday inside a garage located at Callowhill and... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418190/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:51:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415040/posts Palestinian officials are confiscating merchandise produced in West Bank settlements as part of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's plan to remove all goods made in the settlements from Palestinian markets by the end of next year. Although the government banned goods from settlements some time ago, it only launched a concerted effort to enforce the ban a few months ago. Sources in the National Economy Ministry said that NIS 651,982 worth of goods were confiscated and disposed of in the second week of December alone. The goods included Ahava cosmetics and toiletries, plastic products, long-life milk made in the Golan, Mei... HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415040/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:28:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411564/posts A Palestinian nun could serve as an inspiration for Christians who remain in the Holy Land, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said during her beatification. The beatification on Sunday "breathes upon us a new spirit, renews our Church and invites us to the happy hope that we ourselves, too, can be saints like her", said Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal about Blessed Soultaneh Maria Ghattas, founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem. "What the Church needs most is the witness of saints," he added in his homily. "Holiness is the sign of the Church's credibility." Patriarch Twal... Catholic Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411564/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407855/posts A resident of the Jewish community of Eli in Samaria has discovered that the giant Google search engine is apparently not waiting for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to complete final status negotiations. In Google's Internet world, life for Jews in the region has already taken on a new reality. Eliezer Tabor picked up a connection on the community’s wireless router as usual this week. But he found that despite the fact that the rest of the sites he surfed recognized his location as within Israel, Google named his location as within “Palestinian territory.” Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407855/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405426/posts Palestinian Muslim fathers provide their daughters for sex in multiple “marriages” per SAWA (All Women Together Today and Tomorrow). faithfreedom.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405426/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404867/posts sraeli officials reacted angrily Thursday night to a British decision to advise retailers and importers to distinguish on labels whether imported produce from the West Bank is being made in the settlements or by Palestinians. According to a statement released by the British Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, "Importers, retailers, NGOs and consumers have asked the Government for clarity over the precise origin of products from the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). The label 'West Bank' does not allow consumers to distinguish between goods originating from Palestinian producers and goods originating from illegal Israelisettlements." Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404867/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:24:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397475/posts The Foreign Ministry warned Tuesday morning that a Swedish-led attempt to have the European Union recognize eastern Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian Authority will backfire. The draft proposal, expected to be placed on the EU table next week, would damage efforts to reach peace with the PA and damage the EU’s standing as a trusted entity, ministry spokesman Yossi Levy said. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397475/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395960/posts Farouk Shami of Houston, who made a fortune in the hair care business, is the first Democrat running for governor to start airing TV ads. And he plans to air a lot of them so voters can get to know the relatively unknown candidate. It's not surprising, then, that his first ad is long on image and short on details. The ad describes Shami's early business career this way: "Arriving with $71 in his pocket, a man came to Texas and turned a dream into a reality." Shami made millions by founding Farouk Systems in Houston that makes hair care... WFAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395960/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390946/posts Prez. Incapable of making rational decisions Frolicking in the Quicksand: How the Obama Administration Keeps Making Huge Mistakes in the Middle East By Barry Rubin thelastcrusade.org Of course, the Obama Administration has its defenders. They either ignore criticism of the Administration’s foreign policy or claim it is all partisan and ideological. And yet the truth is that if you watch the government's policy on a daily basis it is truly remarkable how many dumb, avoidable mistakes are made.I won’t supply a long list here but instead will talk about the latest one. Let’s take it step by step to... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390946/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384118/posts In Ramallah on Wednesday thousands of Palestinians gathered to mark the five-year anniversary of Arafat's death and to express support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who announced last week that he will not seek to hold office again in next year's elections. Five years ago today the world became a much better place. Today November 11 is the day that Terrorist/ Pedophile Yassir Arafat finally succumbed to AIDS. Yasser Arafat is considered a hero by most Arab Palestinians, a Statesman by many EU and African Governments, family friend by Obama adviser Robert Malley and a Terrorist by rational thinking people.... The Lid/Front Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2384118/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379696/posts Hasan is a U.S.-born Muslim of Palestinian descent whose parents came to the United States from the West Bank. He joined the military after high school and earned medical degrees as he rose through the ranks, family members said. 'snip' Hasan attended the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring and was "very devout," according to Faizul Khan, a former imam at the center. Khan said Hasan attended prayers at least once a day, seven days a week, often in his Army fatigues. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379696/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:40:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374848/posts Bethlehem – Ma’an News-Rachel’s Tomb lies behind Israel’s eight-meter concrete separation wall in a fortified enclave close to the center of Bethlehem. The wall criss-crosses Bethlehem, blocking the main road to Jerusalem, encircling a refugee camp and looming over the upscale Intercontinental hotel. Right-wing religious groups petitioned Israel’s highest court in 2004 to re-route the wall to include the tomb on the western side. To this day the site, formerly known as the location of the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque, is accessible only from the Israeli side. A major strategy of the Palestinians in their goal of ultimately taking over... Mann News/ The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374848/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:26:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370548/posts JERUSALEM – Israeli forces stormed Jerusalem's holiest shrine Sunday, firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a fresh eruption of violence at the most volatile spot in the Holy Land. A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields closed in on the crowd, sending many protesters — overwhelmingly young men — running for cover into the black-domed Al-Aqsa mosque. The mosque is one part of the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Dozens of protesters remained holed up inside the mosque for several hours, occasionally opening... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370548/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:46:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370142/posts A Palestinian father hit a Danish primary school teacher and bit his ear after he shook the hand of the man's daughter, police said on Thursday. Topix.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370142/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:12:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362814/posts Palestinian political leaders have expressed acute disappointment in the Obama administration, saying their hopes that it could bring peace to the Middle East have "evaporated" and accusing the White House of giving in to Israeli pressure. The unusually frank comments come in an internal memo from the Fatah party, led by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, but reflect a broader frustration among Palestinian politicians that Washington's very public push for peace in the Middle East has yet to produce even a restarting of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. "All hopes placed in the new US administration and President Obama... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362814/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357363/posts JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's foreign minister says there's no chance of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many years. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says efforts to reach a final peace deal have failed since the first accord between Israel and the Palestinians in 1993. Lieberman says it's unrealistic to think a long-term agreement on ending the conflict can be reached at this time and that whoever thinks an agreement can be reached soon just doesn't understand the situation. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357363/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:30:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351665/posts JERUSALEM – The Los Angeles Times has no plan to ever release a video it stated it obtained of President Obama attending an anti-Israel event in which he delivered a glowing testimonial for Rashid Khalidi, a pro-Palestinian professor who excuses terrorism. At the 2003 event, poetry reportedly was read comparing Israelis to Osama bin Laden and accusing the Jewish state of terrorism. "The story ran in 2008 and we pretty much said everything we are going to say about that event," Peter Wallsten, the Times reporter who claimed to have obtained the video, told WND yesterday. Asked for details of... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351665/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:29:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347881/posts Jews have no history in the city of Jerusalem: They have never lived there, the Temple never existed, and Israeli archaeologists have admitted as much. Those who deny this are simply liars. Or so says Sheik Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, chief Islamic judge of the Palestinian Authority. His claims, made last month, would be laughable if they weren't so common among Palestinians. Sheik Tamimi is only the latest to insist that, in his words, Jerusalem is solely "an Arab and Islamic city and it has always been so." His comments come on the heels of those by Shamekh Alawneh, a lecturer... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347881/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2346331/posts There was only one reason that yesterday was the first meeting between Netanyahu and Abba since the Israeli Election, President Obama's screw-up. What the President and his advisers perceived as a minor concession, a settlement freeze, was not perceived by Israel as a minor one. This was a major error by Obama. And when he added Jerusalem to his demands it just compounded the situation. His insistence for a freeze and the constant public berating of the Jewish State has turned the Israeli population against Obama, and increased the support of Prime Minister Netanyahu even with the Israeli left, no... NY POST/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2346331/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342779/posts After weeks of speculation and buzz, it was reported this morning in the Houston Chronicle newspaper that Farouk Shami has announced he is running for the Democratic nomination of governor of the state of Texas. In an exclusive interview in the September issue of MODERN SALON, Farouk hinted at the possibility. When MODERN Editor in Chief Laurel Smoke asked about rumors surrounding Shami’s political ambitions, he answered, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” A few weeks ago, Shami hosted thousands of guests, including current Texas governor Rick Perry and Houston Mayor Bill White, for the ribbon cutting of CHI USA, a... Modern Salon/The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342779/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342655/posts On June 28 and 29, 2009, the Goldstone Commission recorded Palestinian statements at the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City. This study is an analysis of the four main statements, the way the commission interpreted them, and reports from other Palestinian sources which contradict the testimony presented to the commission. Reports issued by the Palestinian terrorist organizations themselves detailed the fighting in a way that often contradicted the Palestinian witnesses. In addition, the witnesses hid vital information from the commission regarding the presence of armed terrorists or exchanges of fire in their vicinity. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342655/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341421/posts The Land of Israel is divided. The question is how it will be divided in the future,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Hebrew-language daily Israel HaYom (Israel Today) in an interview published Wednesday. He emphasized the security aspect concerning the future borders of Israel and of a “Palestinian entity,” a phrase he used before conceding in the face of pressure from U.S. President Barack Obama that he would acknowledge a Palestinian Authority state under certain conditions. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341421/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:44:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340490/posts Month and a half after plan to blow up tallest skyscraper in world exposed, 45 more suspects arrested in addition to eight arrested when plot unraveled. Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese among those detained. Iran suspected to be mastermind behind plot Roee Nahmias 09.15.09 / Israel News The defense apparatus in the United Arab Emirates arrested 45 suspects, most of them Palestinian and Lebanese, after the plot to blow up Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) was uncovered. Dubai Tower, currently under construction, is the tallest building in the world. The current wave of arrests adds to the eight other suspects detained immediately after... ynetnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340490/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334490/posts Jimmy Carter may have been the worst president in American History, but you gotta give the guy some credit, 30 years after he left the high office of the Presidency he is still diligently working to screw up America and its allies. He can no longer screw-up Zimbabwe or Iran, those deeds have been done, so now he is working on turning the Middle East into a powder keg and he has the Richard Branson's elders as an ally in his efforts. The elders are a "save the world" group created by the British billionaire Richard Branson (the Virgin Guy)... Wash Post/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334490/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:35:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2330526/posts The President Obama continues to pressure Israel to make one-sided concessions even to the point of threatening that the POTUS and Bibi wont be "best buddies": Another senior U.S. official held out a similar carrot for Netanyahu: This moment offers the opportunity to “forge a very important and positive relationship between Netanyahu and the president,” the official said. At the same time Obama hasn't asked the "moderate" Palestinian President Abbas to make concession number one toward Israel. In fact Abbas is working toward ensuring that the conflict exists for generations to come. The schools run by the Palestinian strongman's Fatah... PMW/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2330526/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:49:33 GMT