Ahmed Tibi, Waste Of Space

Israeli-Arab member of the Knesset Ahmed Tibi continues to bite the hand that feeds him.

Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List-Ta’al) has asked Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz (Habayit Hayehudi) to cancel the plan to name a new space center in Tayibe after Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut.

Ramon was killed along with six other crew members of the Space Shuttle Columbia when it disintegrated upon re-entry on February 1, 2003.

MK Tibi explained his request by saying that during his service as a fighter pilot in the Israel Air Force Ramon took part in “bombings of civilian populations during the first Lebanon war and in attacks in other Arab countries.”

“Dedicating a center in his honor in an Arab community is a tasteless and unjustified move,” the MK wrote.

Tibi suggested naming the center after a Muslim space scientist or simply calling it the “Tayibe Space Center.”

Hershkowitz said in response that building a space center in the periphery is part of his ministry’s plan to “make science accessible to the entire population and help narrow the gaps within Israeli society.”

The minister said Tibi “crossed a red line” and is “causing great damage, particularly to the public he represents, and to Israeli society as a whole.

“All space centers (in Israel) are named after Ramon, and if Tayibe does not want a space center named after him, it won’t have a space center at all,” Hershkowitz said. “You can’t accept State funds and at the same time ridicule one of its heroes, who fought devotedly against Islamist terror, both in Israel and abroad.”

What planet is Tibi from?

If only we could launch him into space on a one-way trip.

As for the suggestion that we name the center after a Muslim space scientist, I was not aware we had any. And firing rockets into Israel does not count. 

What a black A hole

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  • Jim from Iowa

    Honoring a true Israeli patriot like Ilan Ramon in a fitting and appropriate manner is not rocket science. This MK Tibi should have his head examined.

  • Shy Guy

    I’m all for moving Israel’s main waste site to Taybe and naming it after Dr. Tibi.

    He should have been tried for treason and sedition long ago, taken out back and had a bullet plugged into his head.

    Hey! He could be the first garbage dumped into the waste site in his name.

  • Travis

    He should be deported, he is every bit the traitor that Vidkun Quisling was.

  • unpluggged

    Why is the need for a space center in Tayibe in the first place?

    • Shy Guy

      It was “Be Nice to Arabs” Day in the Land Of Shimon Peres.

      • Jim from Iowa

        Make that “Medal of Freedom Honoree Shimon Peres.”

        • Shy Guy

          Yep, given to one sham by a much bigger one.

          • Jim from Iowa

            The real shame is that the Nobel committee did not award the Peace Prize to AussieDave for not going to war with Debbie Schlussel after all the mean things she said about IsraellyCool.

            • Shy Guy

              Indeed, that’s actually more worthy of the prize.

  • A picture of Mohammed having sex with a goat

    Let him rant and rave. It amounts to nothing.

  • Chris from Lakeland, FL

    It is unfortunate, but I would picture a Muslim astronaut with a vest over its spacesuit. Not really my fault, as I have never observed a Muslim society that launched peaceful rockets.

  • He’s just a Muslim

    He’s a Muslim, and he’s behaving like a Muslim. Not much to see here.

  • Travis

    Being attacked by mental case Debbie Schlussel, an evil embittered bitch – is something to be proud of. I’ve seen photos of her – she has more chins then a Hong Kng phone book. That photo of herself she has on her blog is at least 20 – 25 years old. Pam Geller is another embarrassment.

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