I've spent a decent amount of time on this Earth, but I still sometimes make the mistake of thinking I've seen and heard everything when it comes to Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. However, right when I start getting bored, out comes Hamas with something so amusingly insane that my night is made.
Tonight was one of those nights. According to the invaluable Palestinian Media Watch, Hamas TV ran an "educational program" outlining the truth about the Holocaust so that all of us who are so horribly misinformed can finally learn the truth. Buckle up, everyone, because you know what's coming is going to blow your mind. Apparently, Holocaust was a Zionist plot to kill . . . other Jews, specifically handicapped Jews! Upon seeing the title, I was immensely enthusiastic to see what evidence Hamas would be presenting to rebut over sixty years of Holocaust scholarship. Needless to say, I was not disappointed.
The video begins with an apparent quote from David Ben Gurion (helpfully identified as "Zionist Leader - Israel's first PM," in case any of the viewers mistakenly thought he was a member of Hamas or something) stating that the "disabled and handicapped are a burden on the state." Now, I'm not too sure what "state" is being referred to here since there wasn't yet an Israel during the Holocaust, but whatever state it was I'm sure was like totally burdened and stuff.
A voiceover then kindly informs us that the "Satanic Jews" (nice) thought up the Holocaust to, well, off handicapped people. We then accused the "Nazis or others" (others?) so the Jews would seem persecuted and would benefit from international sympathy. As a bonus, we are told that these "Satanic Jews" were "the first to invent the methods of evil and oppression." I'm going to take a moment and relish in the awesomeness of that thought: Jews invented evil. I didn't know that evil could be "invented," but if we somehow managed to pull that off, that's kind of cool. Apparently, this particular plan was so meticulously executed that the best minds were misled for over sixty years. It took the Hamas brain trust to bring this nefarious plot to light.
Speaking of said brain trust, we are then introduced to Amin Dabur, the Head of the Palestinian "Center For Strategic Research." Dabur strategically researched this matter to death and concluded that the "Israeli Holocaust" (again, no Israel during the Holocaust) was "a joke," and the "perfect show." Ben-Gurion focused on young people and sent the handicapped off to die or something, curiously adding "if it can be proven historically." (He's unsure?)
Then my minute and a half of entertainment ends with a statement from the narrator that the "alleged" number of Jews killed in the Holocaust was "merely for propaganda." Jimmy Carter keeps great company. So, dear readers, how much of Judea, Samaria and Gaza do you think will satisfy these guys?
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Israel Demonstrates Testicular Fortitude
I'm as surprised as anybody, given that Richard Falk is exactly the trendy Leftist type that Israelis try to woo all the time under the highly mistaken impression that making concessions to the enemy will get such people to like them.
Falk, who compared Israel's treatment of the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza to to the Holocaust, is the new "United Nations official appointed to investigate Israeli-Palestinian human rights." Sounds like the right man for the job, right?
Well, Falk stood by his Holocaust comments, and Israel, for once, actually took a stand, refusing to allow this degenerate to enter the country. While I fully support this, I have to say that I found the the responsive comments from Israel rather tame:
"The Foreign Ministry spokesperson called Falk's comments 'unacceptable and, in fact, a little strange.'
'To compare Israel to the Nazis is not just a total falsehood, it's also a personal insult to everybody," he said, adding that the choice of Falk is indicative of the Human Rights Council's negative attitude toward Israel. "Of all the people to be able to appoint, to find somebody who compares Israel to the Nazis is very bizarre and outrageous,' he said."
Well, yes, all that is true, but I think you need to go further. Quite frankly, if Falk really believes that what Israel does is in any way comparable to Germany's mass genocide of World Jewry during the Holocaust, he's not just wrong and being insulting. He's freaking insane. This man is not mentally competent enough to head a party planning committee, much less play a leading role in a major international organization (though, in fairness, the UN Human Rights Council is one of the most ridiculous organizations on the planet, so maybe it is a good fit). As Steinbrenner said to George on Seinfeld, "You're non copus mentus! You got some bats in the belfry!"
And this is not the only issue either. This dude at least strongly suspects that, um, "the Neoconservatives" (not just particular neoconservatives?) caused 9/11.
In fact, perhaps Israel is taking the wrong action here. Perhaps the wisest course would be to let Faulk into the country and then commit him to a mental institution. That way he's not a threat to himself or anybody else.
The fact that Falk used to teach International Law at Princeton is downright scary.
Falk, who compared Israel's treatment of the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza to to the Holocaust, is the new "United Nations official appointed to investigate Israeli-Palestinian human rights." Sounds like the right man for the job, right?
Well, Falk stood by his Holocaust comments, and Israel, for once, actually took a stand, refusing to allow this degenerate to enter the country. While I fully support this, I have to say that I found the the responsive comments from Israel rather tame:
"The Foreign Ministry spokesperson called Falk's comments 'unacceptable and, in fact, a little strange.'
'To compare Israel to the Nazis is not just a total falsehood, it's also a personal insult to everybody," he said, adding that the choice of Falk is indicative of the Human Rights Council's negative attitude toward Israel. "Of all the people to be able to appoint, to find somebody who compares Israel to the Nazis is very bizarre and outrageous,' he said."
Well, yes, all that is true, but I think you need to go further. Quite frankly, if Falk really believes that what Israel does is in any way comparable to Germany's mass genocide of World Jewry during the Holocaust, he's not just wrong and being insulting. He's freaking insane. This man is not mentally competent enough to head a party planning committee, much less play a leading role in a major international organization (though, in fairness, the UN Human Rights Council is one of the most ridiculous organizations on the planet, so maybe it is a good fit). As Steinbrenner said to George on Seinfeld, "You're non copus mentus! You got some bats in the belfry!"
And this is not the only issue either. This dude at least strongly suspects that, um, "the Neoconservatives" (not just particular neoconservatives?) caused 9/11.
In fact, perhaps Israel is taking the wrong action here. Perhaps the wisest course would be to let Faulk into the country and then commit him to a mental institution. That way he's not a threat to himself or anybody else.
The fact that Falk used to teach International Law at Princeton is downright scary.
Larry Miller Dances on Arab Dead Bodies
Seriously, is that a kick-ass article title or what? Anyway, here is what it refers to to. Larry Miller, a long-time friend of Israel and one of the rare sane people out there who has retained his sense of right and wrong, was sticking up for war crime victims in Israel (how awesome would it be if the Israeli media actually said that when referring to Sderot?):
Of course, an Arab blogger, for reasons known only to him, labeled this as, I kid you not, "dancing on our dead bodies."
Yes, raising money for victims of rocket attacks directed at civilians involves dancing on Arab dead bodies. Unfortunately, this is very often the type of argumentation one has to deal with when perusing anti-Israel blogs. I especially love the first commenter on the Arab blog who says that he sees literally no difference between what's going on in Gaza and the Holocaust. In other words, precision attacks aimed at terrorists who consciously hide themselves among the civilian population (in gross violation of the laws of war) are the functional equivalent of the Holocaust, albeit, as the commenter argues, using different means (i.e., not gassing 10,000 people a day in an effort to eradicate every so-called Palestinian on Earth). Ironically, Sderot is a town largely inhabited by refugees of Arab countries, who were the victims of some old-school ethnic cleansing by the Arabs shortly after Israel was established.
My response to these Holocaust/"ethnic cleansing" arguments is always pretty much the same. If Israel is conducting a holocaust, ethnic cleansing or whatever, they're like REALLY bad at it and stuff, given how dramatically the Arab population (and their standard of living) has increased in Judea and Samaria and Gaza since the Six-Day War in 1967. If you're trying to eradicate a population, giving them a better life than pretty much anywhere else in the Middle East probably isn't the best way of going about it. But hey, Bizzaro World and all, right?
Of course, an Arab blogger, for reasons known only to him, labeled this as, I kid you not, "dancing on our dead bodies."
Yes, raising money for victims of rocket attacks directed at civilians involves dancing on Arab dead bodies. Unfortunately, this is very often the type of argumentation one has to deal with when perusing anti-Israel blogs. I especially love the first commenter on the Arab blog who says that he sees literally no difference between what's going on in Gaza and the Holocaust. In other words, precision attacks aimed at terrorists who consciously hide themselves among the civilian population (in gross violation of the laws of war) are the functional equivalent of the Holocaust, albeit, as the commenter argues, using different means (i.e., not gassing 10,000 people a day in an effort to eradicate every so-called Palestinian on Earth). Ironically, Sderot is a town largely inhabited by refugees of Arab countries, who were the victims of some old-school ethnic cleansing by the Arabs shortly after Israel was established.
My response to these Holocaust/"ethnic cleansing" arguments is always pretty much the same. If Israel is conducting a holocaust, ethnic cleansing or whatever, they're like REALLY bad at it and stuff, given how dramatically the Arab population (and their standard of living) has increased in Judea and Samaria and Gaza since the Six-Day War in 1967. If you're trying to eradicate a population, giving them a better life than pretty much anywhere else in the Middle East probably isn't the best way of going about it. But hey, Bizzaro World and all, right?
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