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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (9935)	9/13/2005 11:32:13 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

TRUE. The British have worked to help the muslims since the time of Disraeli. The Armenian genocide by the Turks would not have happened without British efforts that enabled it. Armenians hate the British to this day for that. The British blockaded the seaports in Nigeria so that the non-muslim Biafrans were slaughtered and starved by their muslim enemy in Nigeria. The British have a LONG track record of accommodating muslims.

To: Scoobah who wrote (9935)	9/13/2005 12:08:48 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

Abbas seeks more pullout gestures from Jerusalem haaretz.com

To: Scoobah who wrote (9935)	9/13/2005 12:16:53 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

Synagogue Desecrations Media outlets rationalize the burning of sacred Jewish sites in Gaza HonestReporting.com 13 Spt. 2005 Mere hours after Israel completed its historic withdrawal from Gaza on Sunday (Sept. 11), Palestinian mobs descended on former Jewish settlements, desecrating their synagogues by burning them to the ground and looting anything left. While observers the world over were saddened and outraged, some media outlets tried to justify the sacrilege, or even blame it on Israel: The BBC TV report justified the arson mobs in this manner: Palestinians came streaming to the settlements that caused them so much pain, to sightsee and to loot. Israel stole thirty-eight years from them; today, many were ready to take back anything they could. This is a clear example of BBC bias the reporter states as 'fact' that Palestinians in Gaza had their lives somehow 'stolen' by Israeli since 1967, a claim the BBC uses to rationalize the Palestinian mob violence. Comments to BBC News: click here A Knight Ridder story, euphemistically entitled 'Palestinians besiege buildings hours after Israelis leave Gaza', included this 'explanatory' quote at the top of the article: "I want to destroy everything here as they did the Al Aqsa mosque," said Mahmoud Malahi... It's a symbol of occupation. Destroying it is a symbol of Islam." Israel is well-known to protect Muslim places of worship under its control. The very site mentioned ? the Al Aqsa mosque ? is an outstanding example of this policy, for it has never been touched by Israel, and remains in perfect shape and in active use atop the Temple Mount [view picture]. In contradistinction to the status of Jerusalem under Muslim rule, Israel guarantees freedom of religion and makes holy places accessible to peoples of all faiths. Why did the Knight Ridder reporter and editor allow this libelous statement to appear unchallenged? The Philadelphia Inquirer printed the story, but deleted the reference to the Al Aqsa mosque. If your local paper is a Knight Ridder affiliate, check to ensure the erroneous statement did not appear; if it did, write a letter to the editor, noting the error and the larger issue of Israeli vs. Palestinian treatment of other faiths' holy places. The Scotsman effectively blamed Israel for the desecrations before they even occurred: Any hopes of a better and more peaceful era for the region were dampened by sharp disputes between Israel and the Palestinians over control of border crossings, and the Israeli cabinet's decision to leave intact 19 buildings that housed synagogues in the vacated settlements. A decision to leave synagogues in place 'dampened any hopes for a more peaceful era'? One would think the desecrations did that, not the (hopeful) act of leaving the synagogues intact. GAZA STILL 'OCCUPIED'?! Now that Israel has completely left Gaza, and the onus of living in peace falls on the Palestinian leadership, PA leaders are claiming to journalists that Gaza is 'still occupied' ? from Monday's New York Times: "Any suggestion coming from Israel that the status of Gaza will change is ludicrous," said Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian foreign minister. "They are controlling the borders, the air, the water, and we need approval for the crossing points and everything else. So Gaza still remains part of the occupied Palestinian territory." In a JCPA Brief, Dore Gold thoroughly debunks this claim, with reference to the key international legal precedents. See also scholar Ruth Lapidoth's opinion on the matter. Thank you for your ongoing involvement in the battle against media bias.

To: Scoobah who wrote (9935)	9/13/2005 12:32:02 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

Int'l Media Justify Synagogue Burnings www.arutzsheva.net ^ \| 18:59 Sep 13, '05 / By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Several major international media outlets have justified Arab burning 19 synagogues remaining on the ruins of Gush Katif. Arab Knesset Knesset supported destroying the Jewish sanctuaries. Knight-Ridder News agency, a major news source for American dailies, reported, " 'I want to destroy everything here as they did the Al Aqsa mosque,' said Mahmoud Malahi, who told a reporter he had lost a leg to an Israeli tank when he was 15. 'I want to destroy everything here. It's a symbol of occupation. Destroying it is a symbol of Islam.'" The news agency did not tell its readers that the Al-Aqsa mosque still stands on the Jewish Temple Mount and enjoys the same protected status as Christian and Jewish places of worship. Israel opened the Christian and Jewish holy places after it survived combined Arab attacks in the 1967 Six-Day War and Jordanian armies fled the eastern part of the city and the rest of Judea and Samaria. Reporters for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), reporting on the Arab mobs that overwhelmed the Gush Katif ruins, told viewers that Israel "stole" the Gaza region. "Palestinians came streaming to the settlements that caused them so much pain, to sightsee and to loot. Israel stole thirty-eight years from them. Today, many were ready to take back anything they could," BBC reported. The Scotsman news agency reported that the Cabinet decision not to destroy the synagogues "dampened any hopes for a more peaceful era." The New York Times implied that Israel was at fault for the destruction and told its readers, "Israel had leveled all the other buildings in the settlements in an agreement with the Palestinians but chose, at the last minute, not to destroy the synagogues because a number of Israeli conservatives argued that it was wrong for Jews to destroy synagogues. As a result, settlement synagogues were standing and vulnerable to vandalism." Similarly, the Associated Press wrote, "The Israeli Cabinet decided at the last minute Sunday to leave 19 synagogue buildings intact, drawing complaints from the Palestinians and criticism from the United States." The burning of the synagogues and use by at least one of them by a Hamas terrorist for Moslem prayers came at the same time Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar said that Moroccan King Mohamed VI said he would intervene to prevent desecration of the synagogues. Similar assurances were received from Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. In Israel's Knesset, Arab MK Ahmed Tibi said he supports demolishing the synagogues, but not the burning. He told the Knesset, "The Palestinian Authority must destroy all symbols of the occupation....The problem is that you are asking the Palestinians to be more Jewish than the Jews." Arab MK Abdulmalik Dehamshe said, "Synagogues located throughout the entire Arab world are being preserved, but this is a unique case. Shas Sephardic party leader Eli Yishai stated, "I expect the Arab Knesset members to condemn the barbaric acts that are taking place in the Gush Katif synagogues." MK Uri Ariel (National Union) tore his clothes, one of the Jewish acts of mourning. The United Nations 1947 armistice agreement provides for preserving holy places in Jerusalem. The armistice was intended to establish Israeli and Jordanian states, but Jordan and other Arab nations immediately tried to destroy Israel in what became Israel's War of Independence. The U.N. document states, "Holy Places and religious buildings or sites shall be preserved. No act shall be permitted which may in any way impair their sacred character.... Similarly, freedom of worship shall be guaranteed in conformity with existing rights, subject to the maintenance of public order and decorum." After the War of Independence was concluded in 1949 and Jordan took over Jerusalem's Old City and the eastern part of the capital, Christians and Jews were denied access to holy places until Israel recovered the land in the Six-Day War, in 1967.

To: Scoobah who wrote (9935)	9/13/2005 7:06:02 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 32591

Rice: U.S. to press Israel ______________________________________________________________ ynetnews.com America to press Israel, Palestinians to move forward on Sharm understandings, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says; Israel may be expected to hand over more West Bank towns, release prisoners. Rice lauds Israeli-Palestinian cooperation Yitzhak Benhorin, D.C. The United States will act to preserve the momentum in Israeli-Palestinian relations and is expected to press both sides to make progress, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the New York Times Tuesday. The American pressure is expected to focus on advancing understandings reached between the two sides in the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt earlier this year. For Israel, this means the handover of more West Bank towns to Palestinian control and the release of Palestinian prisoners. In his recent statements, President George W. Bush focused on American demands from the Palestinian and PA leader Abbas. Recently, the U.S. also related a message to European and other nations to refrain from exerting pressure on Israel for further concessions as a result of Sharon’s internal troubles and upcoming Palestinian elections. However, the U.S. Administration is apparently also concerned about stalling the process. During her meeting at the New York Times, Rice said the key on the Israeli side is to use the momentum, including the Sharm understandings, in order to go back to the U.S.-brokered Road Map peace plan. Rice noted both sides have obligations under the plan and said the U.S. will press both sides to deliver on their pledges. The Americans intend to put pressure on Israel to allow passage of Palestinians through the Rafah border crossing. They believe that opening the crossing will debunk the Palestinians’ claim that the Israeli occupation of the strip in effect continues despite the pullout. It is clear to the Americans that at present Israel cannot allow the opening of the airport or the crossing between the West Bank and Gaza. Therefore they now concentrate on facilitating the opening of the Rafah crossing. Rice praised Israel’s and the IDF’s conduct and operations during the pullout, as well as the excellent cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians. She explained that contrary to the apparent lack of cooperation, the two sides have in fact worked together well. According to Rice, the cooperation was not made public due to political considerations on both sides. Abbas was tremendously courageous to call Sharon and praise him for the withdrawal from Gaza, she said. _________________________________________________________ I say, "HORSESH*T."