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Arabs who define themselves as Palestinians ask, "Where did the name Palestine come from? What does the name mean? Dec 4, 2022 Arabs who define themselves as Palestinians ask, "Where did the name Palestine come from? What does the name mean? No one knows. One came up with a new theory that it is a combination of "fales" = penny and "tin" = muddy soil... LOL. clip

Israel’s amb. to UN launches first exhibit showing Jewish expulsion from Iran, Arab countriesBy Halwy Cohen, The Jerusalem Post, November 30, 2022.https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-7236831947-1948 - Forced transfer or mass escape?Ha’aretz claims that 800,000 Arabs were expelled from the country by the Jews during the War of Independence. The purpose of this lie is to hide the shameful truth: the great majority were not deported but fled on their own initiativeHanan Amior, Presspectiva, 29.11.22https://presspectiva-org-il.translate.goog/1947-1948-%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%a0%d7%a1%d7%a4%d7%a8-%d7%9b%d7%a4%d7%95%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%95-%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%97%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%aa/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=enThe fate of the Jews in Arab countriesConrad Myrland, Miff.no, June 28, 2022.https://miff.no/jodenes-skjebne-i-arabiske-landhttps://miff-no.translate.goog/jodenes-skjebne-i-arabiske-land?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=enFrom Hitler to Putin: Palestinian habit of always backing ‘wrong side’Opinion: In 1940s, then-Palestinian leader Mufti Hajj Amim...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- A University of Idaho graduate student who is under investigation for suspected terrorism ties obtained unauthorized access to a campus lab containing radioactive material, court documents allege. Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a Saudi national working on his computer science doctoral degree, quietly moved his student office from the Computer Science Department into the school's engineering isotope lab, apparently without his adviser's knowledge, according to the documents. "The investigation of Sami Al-Hussayen has, from its outset, been focused on suspected material support to terrorism, particularly to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network," FBI agent Michael Gnecknow said in the...

Pearls of no-wisdom from a self proclaimed "Transpalestinian" who won't talk about his bloody culture and Ahmad Abu MurkhiyehThis hypocrite describes himself as Transpalestinian.Some 19k followers. Using a global issue, like climate change, to propagate against Israel - his real agenda. Like other "Palestinian" bigoted "activists," jumping various wagons only for this purpose.Here he plays dumb, as if he doesn't know Palestinian Nazism worshipped/worship Hitler including when displaying Nazi flag in Ummar (again) on Sep 25, 2021.Climate Warrior #ClimateJustice #BDS @ClimateWarrior7Sep 25, 2021People don't realise the swastika is actually a Hindu good luck symbol. This is simply more Zionist propaganda...

The State of Israel is "on the brink of civil war" between Jews and Arabs, warned Acre Mayor Shimon Lankri during an emergency conference of the Forum for Security, Governance and Settlement on Sunday. "A moment before we fall into a civil war, and I say this really after I was a witness to all the events of the May [2021, Operation Guardian of the Walls], the endpoint of the events of May will be the opening mark for the coming events," said Lankri. "Whoever hasn't understood it yet, we are on the brink of civil war in the State...

A huge hug from the people of Israel to a girl from the Negev: "The holy mothers are reaching out to you" The singer and composer Tova Gadot came to the home of the girl's family who was affected by a Bedouin attacker in the Negev and gave her a unique Bat Mitzvah gift. Ido ben Porat, 27 in Cheshvan, 11/21/22 Tova Gadot with the child - photo courtesy of the photographer Tova Gadot, a singer and creator, collected from the public an amount of 26,000 NIS for the girl from the Negev, who was injured two years ago by...

Authorities in the Arab Gulf state of Qatar are prohibiting Jewish visitors from purchasing cooked kosher food or organizing prayer groups during their stay in the country for the World Cup, leading Jewish groups to accuse Doha of reneging on its promise to protect the religious rights of sports fans during the World Cup. Qatar has no diplomatic relations with Israel, but as a condition of its hosting the World Cup, FIFA mandated that Qatar not bar fans based on their nationality. With thousands of Israelis expected to travel to Doha for the games, Qatar agreed to permit Israel to...

This is the report on the controversies around Qatar being host of the World Cup that just played on @BBCOne as @GaryLineker begins @BBCSport's coverage of the tournament. Report ... [5 mins]

We’re still days away from the official beginning of the 2022 World Cup, and we already have our first tense encounter between a reporter and a Qatari official caught on live television. Danish reporter Rasmus Tantholdt was reporting live on TV2 when a group of men approached him in a golf cart, clearly upset with him filming. One man waved at the camera, but another tried to cover it up, which quickly escalated into a heated exchange.

The FIFA World Cup is right around the corner. The 32-team quadrennial event is all set to kick off this Sunday at Qatar’s Al Bayt stadium. But even as hosts Qatar ready themselves to showcase their world-class football stadiums, human rights groups are increasingly calling for a boycott of the tournament. Over the last decade, as Qatar prepared itself to host the first-ever FIFA World Cup in the Arab peninsula, Humans Rights groups pointed out the several violations the Gulf state was committing. The monarchical state was accused of employing slave labor from South Asia to build the infrastructure required...

I'd like to know this as the soccer tournament starts this Sunday in Qatar. It has been controversial to say the least ever since Qatar was awarded it. From using "migrant workers" to build the stadiums and reportedly working them to death to their poor human rights record will US networks fully embrace it? I notice the US team will use a rainbow logo "in support of the LGBTQ community". Interesting they feel the need to do that.

Anish Adhikari awoke at the Qatari labor camp at 4 a.m. to diarrhea from last night’s rotten fish. His tonsils were swollen from the limited water made available by his employer while working 14 hours a day in 125-degree heat. But he remained hopeful that building air conditioners for 80,000 ticket-holders could provide the equivalent of $8,000 over three years to support his family in Nepal. That he could pay back the loan shark who’d secured Adhikari a job beginning in 2019 with the Hamad Bin Khalid Contracting Co. (HBK), the contracting firm owned by the the highest echelons of...

The coalition negotiations: Ben Gvir will ask to include in the agreements a death penalty law for terrorists Moran Azoulai, November 14, 2022 The chairman of Otzma Yehudit Itamar Ben Gvir is expected today (Monday) to request the death penalty law for terrorists as a clause in the coalition agreements. The law has been on and off the agenda from time to time due to elements that took part in the coalition and opposed it. Now, in the emerging right-wing government, there seems to be a clear majority for the law. However, it is not clear how motivated the Likud...

Sometimes it takes 70 years to sober up, sometimes you have to admit unpleasant things and sometimes it turns out that there is something more important than the country. Don't blame the Shin Bet Anyone who passionately claims (and even without passion) that the Shin Bet was not aware of the serious actions of Avishi Raviv and his incitement of Yigal Amir to assassinate the Prime Minister, accuses the Shin Bet of very serious things, such as the organization's lack of control over its agent, ignoring The heads of the organization warn public figures of the actions of their agent,...

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu said Wednesday that a normalization agreement between Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is within reach and would effectively “end the Arab-Israeli conflict.” The latest statement from the Prime Minister comes as the new conservative coalition vows to confront terrorism in the Middle East and strengthen alliances with Arab allies. Speaking from Israel at an online event hosted by Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center, Netanyahu reminded an online audience of nearly 300 people that the Abraham Accords were negotiated by the former Trump administration when he was Israel’s prime minister. The Accords normalized...

[0404.co.il/?p=846085] MK Ben Gvir: "I will work to explain the positions of Otzma Yehudit in the entire world" News 0404, 09/11/2022 The chairman of Otzma Yehudit, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, referred to the audio segment in which Herzog was talking about when he thought the microphones had been turned off. "President Yitzhak Herzog and I have had many fruitful conversations in recent weeks. More than once he has pointed out to the president that the close familiarity with my views and plans has succeeded in swaying hundreds of thousands in Israel and that he is confident that if I speak...

They want to preserve the honor of the dead, also of the other sideThe geographer Yehuda Ziv investigated and revealed the true story of Mount Pilots, and cleared the Arab residents of the nearby village of the guilt that stuck to them. Now he works to protect their cemeteryNir Hasson, 02 June 2012 Three months after the crash, when the village of al-Omur no longer existed, and the area was occupied by the Harel Brigade, a delegation of Palmach personnel arrived at the scene led by Isser Halamish, the patrol officer of the 6th Battalion in the brigade and Ziv's...

Authorities warn Ye’s anti-Semitic comments incite violence among extremists This comes amid an alarming rise in anti-Semitism which reached an all-time high in 2021... The FBI on Thursday said it has "received credible information of a broad threat" to New Jersey synagogues. In a tweet, the FBI urged people to "stay alert" and "take all security precautions to protect your community and facility."

Israeli elections 2022: The tired R word and the elephant Arab Islamist racism, supremacy, fascism in the area Take a look at Zehava Galon Mererz, total defeat. Her/Meretz's constant R ("racism") word throwing around isn't just making people tired, but draws more attention to the real dangerous bigotry in the area: Arab Islamist leadership, not just Hamas and Palestinian Authority media, Mosque sermons but inside Israel, with its Arab MKs and preachers, especially before (like the Lod grand mosque leader), during, after 2021 anti-Jewish racial riots and the sick glorification of Islamic butchers as supposed heroes. Or in its Islamist...

The young woman who called the police reported that a man she did not know tried to force her into his car but she managed to escape. In a short time the man was located and arrested by a team of police officers. He was taken in for questioning. The police say that the main suspicion is that this is an attempted kidnapping based on nationalistic background. The investigation of the incident was handed over to the General Security Service.