Archive for February, 2007

Interview with Stephen Schwartz

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

In Shmuel Rosner’s column in Ha’aretz. You absolutely have to read this. For example:

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Palestinian factions meet with Saudi King in Mecca

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

By Vic Rosenthal

PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas’ Khaled Meshaal and Ismail Haniyeh are presently meeting in Mecca.

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Temple Mount incitement again

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

From time to time (since the 1920’s) Palestinians have been moved to violence over Jewish activities near the Temple mount.

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FresnoZionism’s Index (with apologies to Harper’s Magazine)

Monday, February 5th, 2007

The following statistics are taken from Israeli General Security Services head Yuval Diskin’s press briefing on Monday:

Number of tons of explosives smuggled into the Gaza strip in 2006: 28

Number of assault rifles smuggled: 14,000

Number of ‘armament accessories’ smuggled: 5,000,000

Number of RPGs smuggled: 150

Number of grenade launchers smuggled: 65

Number of upgraded antitank missiles smuggled: 10

Number of antiaircraft missles smuggled: 10

Number of tunnels currently being dug towards Israel from Gaza with the intention of carrying out attacks against IDF forces in the communities adjacent to the border: 10

Number of terrorists arrested in 2006 after trying to enter Israel unlawfully, having left Gaza for Egypt with the intention of entering Israel through Egypt: 43

Number of Kassam (or Qassam) missiles that fell in Israel in 2006: 1726

Number of potential suicide bombers arrested in the West Bank in 2006: 279

Percent increase in the number of terror groups being guided by Hezbollah over the course of the first half of 2006: 150

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Muslim unity

Monday, February 5th, 2007

The AP reports:

Iran’s top spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday that the Zionist regime was preventing unity in the Muslim world.

And all this time I thought that we were the only thing they agreed about!