-Fake Palestine from Planck's Constant Archives

Posted on September 4, 2011 05:38 PM

Muhammad's tomb is located under the Green Dome of Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.

Read the Rest: Medina Was Originally A Jewish Settlement

Posted on May 23, 2011 10:08 PM

Since the peace process was thwarted by Arafat , approximately 5,000 Palestinians have been killed by the hated Jews.

In that same period, Muslim and Arab governments have killed over 5 million people in Africa and the Middle East - or more than a thousand times as many as the poor Palestinians.

Read the Rest: Please No tears for Dead Palestinians

Posted on November 18, 2010 09:20 AM

The massacre of the Banu Qurayza. Detail from miniature painting The Prophet, Ali, and the Companions at the Massacre of the Prisoners of the Jewish Tribe of Beni Qurayzah, illustration of a 19th century text by Muhammad Rafi Bazil. Manuscript (17 folio 108b) now housed in the British Library.

Ahmadinejad conveniently forgets Islamic history. It was at Mohammed's command that Jews were ordered to settle in present-day Israel.

Read the Rest: Mohammed Ordered the Jews to Live in Palestine

Posted on November 17, 2010 09:48 PM

I do not deny that Muslims should be outraged by what is happening in Gaza. They should be outraged that these Arabs in Gaza live better under Israeli rule than any Muslim under Muslim rule with the exception of oil sheiks and princes who live in an Islamic paradise better than any described in the Quran.

Read the Rest: The Myth that life in Gaza is Tough

Posted on November 4, 2010 07:31 PM

The green denotes Arab lands covering 5,382,910 square miles and a population of 360 million.
You might think that the Arab states could easily accept 5 million more fellow Arabs as citizens somewhere. But you would be wrong. The Arab states want all the refugees to go live in that little white spot on the map. See the white spot?

Read the Rest: Not One Square Foot of Living Space for Arabs

Posted on October 27, 2010 03:35 PM

The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were no "Palestinians" then, and the West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation."

Read the Rest: Larry Miller on the Middle East

Posted on August 20, 2010 08:02 PM

It might surprise some of my readers to learn that the Jordan has 5 times as many Palestinians yet we never read of rocket attacks coming from the Jordan. The answer might be because Jordan granted most of the Palestinian refugees citizenship in 1950. The percentage of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the Jordan to those who were absorbed into the country is the lowest among all of the refugee camps.

Read the Rest: The Solution to the Arab Refugee Problem

Posted on June 14, 2010 01:01 PM

Under Jordanian Arab rule the so-called Palestinians were treated like junk-yard dogs. Under Israeli rule they finally had opportunities most Arabs in Arab countries do not have. Palestinians under the thumb of Israel have a higher literacy rate than Arabs in almost every single Arab state and live better than the majority of Arabs not under Israeli rule.

Read the Rest: Outrageous Photos of Starving Gazans

Posted on February 14, 2010 07:46 PM

Muslim women at Bethlehem christmas celebrations

Bethlehem is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, for the time being. Soon there will be no Christians left at all. In 1948 the city of Bethlehem was 80% Christian - today it is only 20% Christian. The city is the birthplace of David and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. In addition, most Christians believe the city to be the birthplace of Jesus.

Read the Rest: Christians Driven out of Holy Land

Posted on May 1, 2009 03:10 PM

Naïve & Abroad: Israel & Palestine: Obvious Questions No One Asks

I do not do book reviews but I found the following so interesting that I thought I would pass it along to my readers. If you had to guess who had the majority population in Jerusalem 165 years ago would these numbers have been in the realm of your best estimate: "The 1844 census of Jerusalem found 7120 Jews…5760 Muslims…3390 Christians."?

Read the Rest: Naïve & Abroad: Israel & Palestine

Posted on February 2, 2009 10:27 AM

Palestinians pass by the destroyed part of the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, January 31, 2008.

Between the 12th and 19th centuries Japan was under the military rule of warlords. It went to war with China in 1894 and with Russia in 1904 and won both times. In World War One it fought to win German colonies in the Pacific and by 1919 it was one of the great military and industrial powers of the world. After WWII Japan was occupied by Americans and its reconstruction was supervised under US command to insure that it would not be rebuilt to be a threat again. Since America was its military protector, Japan did not need to spend money on a large army or navy and its economy unburdened with these expenditures was able to grow and its people to prosper. Eight centuries of feudal militarism disappeared within one generation and Japan is now a powerful yet peaceful nation.

Read the Rest: No Rebuilding of Gaza without Occupation

Posted on January 28, 2009 07:19 PM

Reader jFp has commented a few times wondering why the Jews didn't settle in Uganda instead of Israel given all the hostile opposition to allowing Jews to have a homeland in the Holy Land. jFp is also under the misapprehension that many Jews were in favor of the British offer known as the "Uganda Program". Actually it was completely rejected by the Zionist Congress one year after Herzl's death in 1904.

Read the Rest: Sand, Sand Everywhere and not one Speck of Land for a Jew

Posted on January 13, 2009 10:48 PM

Palestinian university students -- Zababdeh, West Bank

Israel, the 100th largest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world's population, can make claim to the following

In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has more startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.
Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East. The per capita income in 2000 was over $17,500, exceeding that of the UK.
Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship - and the highest rate among women and among people over 55 - in the world.

Read the Rest: Arabs Live Better under Israeli Rule

Posted on July 8, 2008 10:15 PM

If Arabs cannot live in Jerusalem peacefully then they should not live there at all. Perhaps it is time to admit that there is indeed an elephant in the room: Muslims cannot live with Israelis.

Read the Rest: Time to Deport all Muslims from Jerusalem

Posted on June 29, 2008 08:10 PM

Here we see a "No More Blood" protest by Palestinian women and children who are protesting the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip in front of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) offices in Gaza City on 3 Jun 2008.

Read the Rest: No More Blood - Except for Jewish Blood

Posted on June 27, 2008 02:52 AM

If Palestinians valued life at all, if they held any Arab life as sacred, if a Muslim soul were worth anything at all, they would have gladly given Schalit back in exchange for one Arab prisoner.

Read the Rest: 450 Palestinians Equal One Israeli

Posted on June 26, 2008 08:58 PM

Eleven year old children from Bronx middle school read from a story written by Gilad Shalit when he was himself eleven years old. "When the Shark and the Fish First Met:" Youtube Video...

Read the Rest: The Difference Between Israelis and Palestinians

Posted on May 7, 2008 05:13 PM

So it seems Israel was not far off all these years when they complained that that militants use UNRWA vehicles and facilities in its attacks against Israel. Who knew?

Read the Rest: Gaza headmaster was Blank Blank rocket-maker

Posted on April 18, 2008 12:17 PM

It should be noted that Yousef al-Khattab (SFB) considers himself a non-violent, moderate Muslim whose only desire on this Earth is to live a peaceful life free of filthy Jews and Christians, Insha'Allah.

Read the Rest: Even Jews can turn into Idiots

Posted on April 17, 2008 12:32 AM

I know what you are thinking, Jimmy Carter wouldn't be stupid enough to lay a wreath at Hitler's gravesite. Actually he would if there were a gravesite and if some Neo-Nazi group donated the same amount of money as the Saudis did for his Carter Center.

Read the Rest: Jimmy Carter will Lay Wreath at Hitler Gravesite

Posted on April 15, 2008 05:15 PM

President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, backed by Arab states (Syria, Lebanon, Iraq l-r), kicking Israel into the Gulf of Aqaba. Pre-1967 Six-day war cartoon. Al-Jarida newspaper, Lebanon.

If you're too young for the reference "If attacked we will eliminate Israel," Gamal Abdel Nasser expressed those very sentiments toward Israel shortly before the 6 Day War in 1967.

Read the Rest: Iran to Israel: We will huff and we will puff

Posted on March 29, 2007 02:40 AM

Here's a simple video: we have what appears to be a Palestinian woman, although she could be a Moroccan Jew, they dress alike; we also have a dog attacking her and Israeli soldiers who are trying to disengage the dog's grip on her arm.

Read the Rest: HOAX: Israeli soldiers unleash a dog on an elderly Palestinian woman

Posted on January 24, 2006 04:52 PM

Being a supporter of Israel, I think it's a good thing if Hamas comes to political power. Nothing will bring them to utter powerlessness as becoming politicians. Some constituents will want this, other will want that, lobbyists will offer money to vote this way, outright bribes will make them vote that way. If they pay attention to business, jobs, education, they will do right by the voters. If they don't and pay attention only to terrorism, corruption and Arafatism, they will lose followers and influence much as Fatah has.