Palis have already gone wireless. Well, with bombs, that is.
There's alot to admire about the Israelis: military prowess, technological innovation, intelligence capabilities... but what impresses me most about them is that they manage to live with the Palestinians in their midst. You've gotta love the land to put up with those kind of neighbors.
Certain residents of Jerusalem and surrounding areas have long been noted for having communication with no wires involved..
The Arab league wants them to continue to be the intellectually blind homicidal maniacs that they are today.
The statement added that the WiFi project, along with all of Israel’s policies, "contradicts not only the international law and resolutions but also reflect no desire in realizing the just and comprehensive peace in the region."One thing, the Moslem despotates are always good for a few laughs. Another reprise:
Islam Faces a New EraToday's Muslim world is also being betrayed by a similar intellectual passivity regarding the Internet, the dynamo of the next Renaissance. While the French fight an uphill battle to prevent English from laying siege to the French-speaking world via the Net, none of the major Muslim languages plays a major role in this huge knowledge machine. Equally conspicuous is the absence of Muslim countries from one of history's greatest scientific endeavors, the Human Genome Project. Islam is not intrinsically opposed to ideals of justice, equality, and human dignity. It is folly to assume that technological sophistication or economic prosperity need weaken, or run counter to, religious belief. Meanwhile, at some distance from the ivory tower lies the grim reality of much of the Muslim world: poverty; mass illiteracy; want of basic hygiene and primary health facilities; lack of fundamental liberties of religion and speech; little protection from state persecution.
by Munawar A. Anees
1999, Civilization Magazine
It's naturally an assault on the Arab identity. Anything that reminds Arabs they are not living in the Middle Ages is an assault on their identity:
-- The unveiled woman is an assault on Arab identity
-- Democracy is an assault on Arab identity
-- Freedom of speech is an assault on Arab identity
-- An independent judiciary is an assault on Arab identity
-- Childrens' rights are an assault on Arab identity
-- Respect for other cultures is an assault on Arab identity
-- A free press is an assault on Arab identity
-- Democracy is an assault on Arab identity
-- Religious freedom is an assault on Arab identity
Maybe they can deliver messages on those big, giant spiders.
In short: if it's Israeli, it's wrong.
It is a direct threat to the Arab identity of the city, imagine what will happen to the Arabs if they suddenly got access to newspapers and information that was not filtered by the Imams.
Revisionist historians hate books too for the same reason.
What will happen with the "intifadda" if Arabs find out that there is hope and freedom? Imagine what will happen when they find out that Mohammad Duran was killed by the PLO for hot video footage instead of the IDF? What will happen if the Arabs find out how much money Arafat has stolen from them, how they were talked into blowing up their own children so that Arafat could squeeze the UN for a few more dollars.
Free internet could destroy the Arab identity of Jerusalem all right. Truth is poison to lies.
Without corrupt clerics telling the population how and what to think and mischaracterizing conditions in the west Islam might begin a reformation. That would seriously undermine the Arab elite.
Maybe they're afraid that the 2.4GHz WiFi signal wills interfere with the remote triggers for planned terrorist bombs...
Mark
The statement added that the WiFi project, along with all of Israel’s policies, “contradicts not only the international law and resolutions but also reflect no desire in realizing the just and comprehensive peace in the region.”
They know that the buzz words "International Law" and "Peace" makes westerners stand up and salute, but they do not actually understand what the words mean. What does having INTERNET access have to do with breaking international law? How does someone surfing the net make peace impossible.
I think we need to seriously look at these statements from the Arab League, as they prove that the Arabs promise what they do not even have the intellectual capacity to understand and clearly do not intend to fulfill.
To an Islamic Arab the term "a just and comprehensive peace" means complete and utter domination of Islam over the world.
(subjection)
In their understanding this is the proper place for the Nations, groveling before the feet of Islam.
Only in this light do the statements in this article by the Arab league make sense. Remember this when you hear the term "Peace" and "International Law" from Arab League lips in the future. Suddenly the drivel they speak will come into all too clear of a focus. They are not babbling madmen, they are very focused and very intent on their march to world domination. They define terms differently from us, it is part of their deception in battle doctrine.
Hmm. Driving through ShenZhen China earlier this month, my Boss's Ipaq picked up ShenZhen Wireless throughout the entire city. You needed a WEP ID to use it, but the whole city is pretty much wireless already.
I think the other posters have it right. They don't want Arabs surfing the internet in the privacy of their own homes.