Predictably, the Arabs are blaming Israel for yesterday’s incident in which Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher was attacked by PLO Arabs. The Waqf (Muslim religious trust) on Tuesday blamed Israel for the incident, after interfering in the ministerís program. Waqf’s chief executive, Adnan al Husseini told Israel Radio on Tuesday, “unfortunately as always, the Israeli [...]
The Israeli hikers and a Briton kidnapped by Colombian rebels have been freed. Happy Hanukkah, guys! Update: NJ.com is running a story that sheds some light on the Israelis’ escape attempt, as well as what their ordeal was like. Released after spending 101 days as a hostage in the hands of leftist rebels, Ido Yosef [...]
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher has been attacked by PLO Arabs at the al-Aqsa Mosque. As Maher made his way into the mosque, scores of Palestinians, shouting Allahu Akbar (“God is great”) converged on him and began berating him for his meetings with Israeli leaders. “Traitor! Collaborator!” they screamed at him, with some of them [...]
Some true words from an Arab paper. COMMENTING ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT SADDAM’S CAPTURE, THE IRAQI DAILY AL-ITTIHAD SAID THAT EVERY TIME ARAB PEOPLES ARE AFFLICTED WITH DISASTER, DEFEATS, OR TRAGEDIES, IT IS ALWAYS BLAMED ON A ZIONIST, COLONIALIST, OR AMERICAN IMPERIALIST CONSPIRACY. (AL-ITTIHAD, BAGHDAD, 12/21/03)
Joseph Farah hits the nail on the head with his column The Libya ruse. And it is all best summed up by the following paragraph. We need to be able to make moral distinctions between Israel and its Arab neighbors. We cannot begin to treat them as if they are moral equivalents. They are not. [...]
