Semitic Notes

By Gail Ellis (edits by yours truly). Recently (Today its Yom HaShoah , commemorating the victims of Nazi atrocities) there has been a remarkably stupid lie going around on social media. Here's one version of it: First of all, if this is an 80 year old man I would certainly like an appointment with his cosmetician. Or alternately to congratulate him on the effectiveness of his diet and lifestyle. Because he’s got a remarkable complexion for one so old. (And to point out his friend on the right who looks more like an actual elderly person might look). Now let’s focus on the punch. Notice this part in pink. That’s where they photoshopped it. How do I know? Because I found the original film. You can watch it yourself here. قناة الغد | جنود الاحتلال يهاجمون المصلين المسنين بقوة عند إحدى بوابات (المسجد_الأقصى) في (القدس) (قناة_الغد) (فلسطين) جنود الاحتلال يهاجمون المصلين المسنين بقوة عند إحدى بوابات #المسجد_الأقصى في #القدس #قناة_الغد #فلسطين https://nabd.com/s/103046170-726e24/%D8%AC%D

The Big Story: Riots continued on the Temple Mount, while Arabs did everything they could to stop Jews from visiting, destroyed artifacts, and Israel continued to be fairly treated by the media . Hamas and what was (as of writing) unknown but  likely  Hezbollah fired a "small" number of missiles at Israel. Israel has so far responded with incredibly limited strikes on Gaza, which unlike the jihadist groups attempts at genocidal destruction, are meant only to hurt the missile capacity of the dictatorship running the strip Israel withdrew from in '06. ----- Note, this edition will be a quick sum-up of the weeks news and best in opinion articles. The usual longer-form writing will be in a separate article.  An amazing example of how the internet dumbs down already stupid conversations.  A "stream of shit", social media stars becoming politicians? This is an internet hellhole.  A Visit to a Jewish Historical Site which Arabs claim is their land. America's Biblic

                                                                    The Big Story Arab Rioters ripped apart the Temple Mount , stone by stone, and then attacked Jews for "profaning" the Temple Mount.  A Massive Terrorist attack in Jerusalem was foiled  which could have turned this into the spark of mass murder. The archeological assault alone is enough that each and every one of these monsters will doubtlessly face a fate much worse than their planned post-life heaven. Islamist and Arab Nationalist factions in Israel  urged  Arabs in the region to start a war, one they'd presumably blame on Israel. Meanwhile, in a  call  with Yair Lapid and Abbas,  Secretary of State  *Blinken (a Jew ), ignored the history of Jews on the Temple Mount, attacked Israel, and laid the blame for terror attacks on "all sides". Wonder if he felt 9/11 was everyones fault too? And for those who think the Muslim world is Israel's new best friend, and little things like setting off fir

In a insane ceremony , Issac Herzog had a meal with Arab-Israeli Muslims, praised Islam, Abbas (and the Times of Israel) pretended Arabs have gotten nothing from the current coalition, and Herzog called Jews trying to sacrifice a lamb on Passover at the site of the Jewish Temples 'extremist' while supporting Islamic prayer at the Temple Mount. As if it was normal only Muslims get to worship at Judaisms holiest site on Jewish *holidays. And he's talking to people who last year used their own holy site as staging ground for a war zone on the blatant lie (which the international media accepted) Israel attacked the Al Asqa Mosque trying to stop violence against Jews, are doing the same thing now , and tried to destroy the tomb of Joseph, who they supposedly revere alongside *us.  Now, this is obviously not needed to celebrate Passover today, a beautiful holiday of freedom. The Third Temple is not rebuilt. But the fact the President of the Jewish State is telling a room full of

To start with, good news:   https://www.timesofisrael.com/ at-least-10-terror-attacks- foiled-in-past-two-weeks-idf- chief-says/  That number has climbed to 15 since posting this.  https://www.jns.org/florida-gov-desantis-awards-prosecutor-of-nuremberg-trials-with-medal-of-freedom/ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/325200 http://www.preoccupiedterritory.com/racist-israel-is-focusing-only-on-jewish-ukraine-refugees-charge-countries-taking-no-ukraine-refugees/  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/325215 Yes. A government should have a social safety net for the people who support to it. Thats moral.  https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-703357 Its worth noting tons of stuff happens which is ignored by the Israeli media. Attacks and infractions, hundreds of them, told only through whatsapp and, if we're lucky, government statistics.   https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/04/05/cnn-abc-ap-vice-dredge-up-cycle-of-violence-myth/  https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/04/05/isr

The Big News: Israel's Coalition Government has lost its majority: This does not mean the government will collapse necessarily, as the Opposition is split. But its brokered mandate to govern has become fully dysfunctional. Even if every single person in the coalition votes in favor of a full-Knesset motion, it will need some opposition members to succeed.  The Israeli government is currently for Passover, facing Ramadan Islamo-Arab terrorism, and a mass surge of immigrants from Ukraine. Here’s to hoping Israel changes their electoral rules, starting with bringing the number of Knesset members up to 121, down to 118 (Chai), and kicking terror-supporting parties.  One can only hope instability in the Holy Land will Passover soon, and for the better.  Baruch Hashem.  Update: It didn't Passover soon. But once Mosciach has arrived, it will seem like that to our descendants. 

By A Rosen (and moi)   Good news! Amnesty International is now offering an Israel Apartheid course. The course is fully interactive with videos, quizzes, even an interactive map that shows the region in real time. I am now certified to be able to discuss human rights abuses in the region. Well here is what I learned from the course. Slide by slide. Editing to say- I’d love feedback on this. So if there are mistakes I can correct before sharing to other social medai :) The course opens with a video introduction. The video introduces the claim that the course aims to educate users about. Primarily the claims are -Jewish Israeli citizens have innate privilege given to them by law -Palestinians are being forced off their land -The situation is reminiscient of South Africa’s apartheid Next, the definition of apartheid. Amnesty brought three pieces of legislations: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Convention on the Suppression and the Punishment of Apartheid and the Rome Statu