Muslims attacking Jews all over Europe

Of course AP didn't say that. Many of these incidents happened in passive voice. As for the rest, the perpetrators, according to AP, were these: "Assailants." "Someone." "A 27-year-old Dane born in Lebanon to Palestinian parents." And "a gang of 15-20 youths." Yet oddly enough, France's interior minister met with Muslim as well as Jewish leaders. Now, why was that? What do Muslims have to do with these assailants, this Dane, and this gang of youths?

In a story like this, the truth can't help but come out, in spite of the PC mainstream media's best attempts to ignore or deny it.

Eurabia Update: "Fears mount of Gaza conflict spill over in Europe," by John Leicester for Associated Press, January 6 (thanks to all who sent this in, and who sent in stories about these individual attacks over the last two days while I have been on the road):

PARIS – Government officials and Jewish leaders are concerned the conflict in Gaza may spill over into violence in Europe, with attacks reported against Jews and synagogues in France, Sweden and Britain.

Assailants rammed a burning car into the gates of a synagogue in Toulouse, in southwest France, Monday night.

A Jewish congregation in Helsingborg, in southern Sweden, was attacked Monday night by someone who "broke a window and threw in something that was burning," said police spokesman Leif Nilsson. And on Sunday slogans, including "murderers ... You broke the cease-fire," were daubed on Israel's Embassy in Stockholm.

In Denmark, a 27-year-old Dane born in Lebanon to Palestinian parents is alleged to have injured two young Israelis last week in a shooting police suspect could be linked to the Gaza crisis. Belgium ordered police in Antwerp and Brussels to be on increased state of alert Tuesday after recent pro-Palestinian protests ended in violence and arrests.

France has Western Europe's largest Jewish and Muslim communities and a history of anti-Semitic violence flaring when tensions in the Middle East are high. In 2002, some 2,300 Jews left France for Israel because they felt unsafe. Even in normal times, anti-Semitic incidents are not uncommon.

President Nicolas Sarkozy warned in a statement Tuesday that France would not tolerate violence linked to the Gaza crisis. A day earlier, his interior minister said she was concerned about the prospect of contagion and met with the heads of the two main Muslim and Jewish groups and police officials to stress the need to "preserve national unity."

Jews in the small Strasbourg suburb of Lingolsheim in eastern France woke up Tuesday to find graffiti with words like "assassins" spray-painted on the outside walls of their synagogue. The community filed a complaint for "degradation of a place of worship," the mayor's office said.

Damage to the synagogue in Toulouse was limited to a blackened gate. Police said unlighted gasoline bombs were found in a car nearby and in the synagogue's yard. A local Jewish leader, Armand Partouche, said he believed the assailants fled when the building's alarm went off....

Here it comes, the ritual condemnation:

French Muslim leader Mohammed Moussaoui condemned the attack, saying no motive could justify an assault on any place of worship....

AP apparently did not ask Mohammed Moussaoui what measures the Muslim community in France was taking to make sure that such attacks would not happen in the future, and that antisemitism did not spread among Muslims in France.

“We face a very delicate situation where the Hamas is using the citizens of Gaza as a protective vest”

Speaking of Hamas using children as human shields, here is an example from today. "Hamas Terrorists Found Dead in School Strike," from Israel National News, January 7 (thanks to all who sent this in):

(IsraelNN.com) The IDF reported that two well known Hamas terrorists were among the dead in the IDF strike on a school Tuesday which also killed over 40 civilians. According to the IDF, the terrorists were using the school to fire mortar shells at troops.

The dead Hamas operatives were Imad Abu Askhar and Hassan Abu Askhar. The IDF said, “We face a very delicate situation where the Hamas is using the citizens of Gaza as a protective vest.”

Video of Palestinian jihadists using children as human shields

A senior intelligence analyst (who shall remain anonymous) just sent me the above video. It appears to show Palestinian militants intentionally dragging Arab children into the line of fire, forcing them to become "martyrs" -- all to garner international sympathy for the Arab cause and censure for Israel: War is Deceit.

Regarding sympathy and deceit, al-Qaeda, while discussing the important role of deception in the jihad, quote the classical exegete Ibn Hajar, who wrote: "Revealing one thing while secretly planning another is the essence of deception; moreover, the hadith incites [Muslims] to take great caution in war, while [publicly] lamenting and mourning in order to dupe the infidels" (from The Al Qaeda Reader, 142).

"Allahu akbar": Israeli basketball team attacked in Turkey

"The fans waved Palestinian flags and shouted abuse towards Israel." Some say fans shouted "Death to the Jews." They threw bottles at the Israeli players. The team had to flee the court.

Looks as if the Turks will fit right in in the EU.

Hoop Jihad Alert: "Terror in Turkey for Bnei Hasharon," by Allon Sinai for the Jerusalem Post, January 7 (thanks to all who sent this in):

Bnei Hasharon experienced two hours of terror in Ankara on Tuesday evening.

Moments before the tip-off of the Israeli team's Eurocup encounter against Turk Telekom some 3,000 Turkish fans shouted 'Allah Akbar' and, by some accounts, 'death to the Jews' in protest against the IDF's actions in Gaza.

Other fans threw bottles at the Israeli players and stormed the court, forcing the Israelis to flee for the dressing rooms.

The players and staff were only able to leave for their hotel thanks to a massive police escort after being stranded for two long hours in the locker room.

Bnei Hasharon chairman Eldad Akunis described the terrifying moments.

"We arrived at the arena under heavy security. There were 1,500 policemen in the arena, 500 of them in plain clothes. The fans waved Palestinian flags and shouted abuse towards Israel," Akunis said.

"As the game was set to begin they stormed the court and we raced towards the dressing rooms. Our players are in shock and all we want at the moment is to return back home."

Team captain Meir Tapiro said only the police's intervention prevented the players from being attacked.

"The fans raced on to the court and ran towards us like madmen, but the police stopped them. It was really scary," he said....

Yes, and it's rapidly getting scarier.

Israeli foreign minister: "World must choose between Israel and terror"

As for that, the world will soon learn that it has to "choose" between any number of things and Islamic terror, as the latter will be increasingly resorted to whenever the jihadists want the infidel world to make concessions -- especially if they learn from the current conflict that the West, with enough terrorist threats and attacks is willing to turn its back on Israel. If that happens, what would stop the West from turning its back on its own freedoms, submit to a life of perpetual dhimmitude, and allow sharia courts to thrive -- all in order to avoid terrorism from various "aggrieved" Muslim groups?

"Livni: World Must Choose between Israel and Terror," by Hana Levi Julian for Israel National News, January 5 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):

(IsraelNN.com) Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair met with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Monday evening, hoping to find a way to persuade Israel to consider at least a temporary ceasefire in its Operation Cast Lead against the Hamas terrorist organization ruling Gaza. Blair, who represents the body comprised of the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union, arrived in Israel earlier in the day.

"The world has to understand that it must choose a camp – Israel or the terrorists," Livni told visiting European officials earlier in the day. She declared that it was unlikely that international observers could be helpful at this point.[...]

Livni told reporters after the meeting that Israel does not need to apologize for defending itself and that the war on terror will continue.

She also said that Israel "doesn't do deals with terror, we fight terror," adding that Israel would "change the equation in the region" and that the days of "Hamas firing rockets and Israel showing restraints" had ended...

U.S. Muslims criticize LA mayor for supporting Israel

Fool me once into dhimmitude, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me

Criticizing him with, perhaps, something of a veiled threat: "We [Muslims] hold him responsible." For what, Hamas provoking war with Israel? Ironically, Muslims put him through this before over two years ago when he showed support for Israel. Then, he apologized; will he again?

"U.S. Muslims criticize LA mayor for supporting Israeli attacks," from Xinhua, January 6:

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Muslim groups on Monday criticized Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for publicly supporting Israeli military actions in Gaza.

"Why is the mayor of Los Angeles dragging himself and his constituents into international conflicts in the Middle East?" Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, said at a press conference here.

Earlier in the day, Villaraigosa reiterated his support for Israel's military attacks on the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

"I've seen the wreckage caused by a constant barrage of rocket fire -- more than 6,000 rockets launched on southern Israel over the last three years alone," Villaraigosa said.

This reminds one of the difference between Israel and Hamas: the latter has the will, but not the means, to annihilate Israel; Israel, on the other hand, has the means, but not the will, to annihilate Hamas.

Last year, Villaraigosa visited Israel, including the town of Sderot, which is near Gaza and a frequent target of Hamas rocket attacks.

Explaining why it is that he supports Israel: he has seen first hand what it deals with daily.

Al-Marayati said the mayor "should meet with all sides and discuss the critical perspectives and recommendations for all sides before making a decision on such an important international issue" if he chooses to engage in international affairs.

Villaraigosa "should bring both sides together to talk about how we can prevent the conflict and violence emanating from the Middle East from spilling over onto our streets in America," Al- Marayati said.

The Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, an umbrella group that coordinates activities of more than 70 mosques in southern California, also took Villaraigosa to task, saying that it is "disappointed and feels betrayed by the mayor's one-sided perspective on the tragedy in Gaza.

"While we grant the right for the mayor to his opinion, we also believe he is obligated to recognize all perspectives to any situation. The mayor failed [the Muslims of] Los Angeles in this regard and we hold him responsible," the group said in a statement.

In response, Villaraigosa said he would be willing to meet with members of Los Angeles' Palestinian and Muslim communities to address any issue, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Al-Qaeda #2 blames Hamas for Gaza situation -- no, wait...

Who can I scapegoat next?

Actually, he's blaming everyone else -- including such disparate characters as Hosni Mubarak and Barak Obama (who he once called a "house negro"). In his desperation, he also likens Israel's offensive to a "crusade."

"Al Qaeda No. 2 Blames Obama, Egypt's President for Gaza," from the Associated Press, January 6:

CAIRO, Egypt — An intelligence monitoring center reports that Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader is blaming Barack Obama and Egypt's president for the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

The SITE Monitoring Service says the audio statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri was posted on militant Web sites Tuesday.

This is al-Zawahiri's first comment on the crisis since the war began eleven days ago.

In a transcript of the statement released by SITE, he calls the Israeli offensive a "Crusade against Islam and Muslims" and "Obama's gift to Israel" before he takes office.

Al-Zawahiri also calls Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, a "traitor" for keeping his borders closed to Palestinians.

They asked me to take off my lousy t-shirt, and all I got was 240,000 bucks

Jarrar with his lucky t-shirt

$240,000 for this? Isn't that a bit excessive? I am going to have to get one of these shirts for my next flight -- Jihad Watch could use the money!

Meanwhile, the ACLU lawyer says: "The outcome of this case is a victory for free speech and a blow to the discriminatory practice of racial profiling." Great. I will be sure to call the ACLU for help to fight attempts by the Organization of the Islamic Conference at the UN to compel Western governments to criminalize free speech about the ways in which Islamic jihadists use Islamic texts and teachings to justify their actions and make recruits.

Don't you just know that they'll be all over that?

"240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt," from AFP, January 5 (thanks to all who sent this in):

NEW YORK (AFP) – An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.

Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority officials and from JetBlue Airways following the August 2006 incident at New York's JFK Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced.

"The outcome of this case is a victory for free speech and a blow to the discriminatory practice of racial profiling," said Aden Fine, a lawyer with ACLU.

Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent."

He was told other passengers felt uncomfortable because an Arabic-inscribed T-shirt in an airport was like "wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,'" the ACLU said.

Jarrar eventually agreed to cover his shirt with another provided by JetBlue. He was allowed aboard but his seat was changed from the front to the back of the aircraft....

Iran boasts: 70,000 students have signed up to kill themselves in mass-murder operations

They call them "martyrdom operations," of course, and to call them that is entirely Qur'anically correct in light of the verse that guarantees Paradise to those who "kill and are killed" for Allah (9:111). But that verse also, and the promise it conveys, should keep at the forefront of our minds the fact that when Iran boasts of signing students up for "martyrdom," they are actually signing them up to die while committing mass murder.

An update on this story. "Over 70,000 students sign up for martyrdom operation list," from IRNA, January 5 (thanks to Sr. Soph):

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA -- More than 70,000 students from universities throughout Iran have signed up on the list to conduct 'Esteshhadi' (martyrdom seeking)operations.

Announcing this at a press conference on Monday, Director of the Public Relations Department at Students’ Basij Organization Esmaeel Ahmadi said that the students will act as part of Esteshhadi battalions....

"Hitler didn't do a good job"

Gaza jihad-enablers chant genocidal slogans and get aggressive -- in Toronto, January 3.

People with Israeli flags can been seen across the road.

When the peace-loving thugs shout, "You are the product of monkeys, you are the product of pigs!," they are referring to the passages in the Qur'an in which Allah curses Jews and transforms them into apes and pigs (2:62-65; 5:59-60; 7:166).

Accused jihadist claims government using mind control tactics on him, asks for exorcist

On call for the mujahedin?

Here's a new variation on the Courtroom Jihad. But maybe the time when he really needed the exorcist was when he was planning his jihad plot. "Terror suspect asks judge for exorcist." by Moni Basu and Bill Rankin for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 6 (thanks to James):

Relatives of terrorism suspect Ehsanul Islam Sadequee accused federal authorities Monday of using mind-control tactics intended to induce a guilty plea.

Sadequee’s family leveled the accusations after a court hearing in which Sadequee pleaded not guilty to a recently returned, amended federal indictment.

Sadequee and former Georgia Tech student Syed Haris Ahmed are being held without bond on charges they conspired to provide material support to terrorists.

At Monday’s hearing, Sadequee asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Gerrylin Brill for an “exorcist” to free the “demons” placed in his head by authorities.

Brill denied the request.

Appearing in prison garb, canvas slip-ons, a long beard and an off-white knit cap, Sadequee took the unusual step of speaking for himself in court.

He told Brill that he had been subjected to psychological abuse at the federal penitentiary where he is being held. He accused Ahmed, who also has pleaded not guilty, of being a confidential informant....

Both men are accused of trying, in 2005, to join Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based militant group India blames for the recent terrorist rampage in Mumbai that killed 164 people. They also are accused of taking videos of “symbolic and infrastructure targets for potential terrorist attacks” in Washington during a trip there in 2005....

Why are American professors accepting awards from Iran's Thug-In-Chief?

It's a question I ask in "Blessing From A Tyrant," at FrontPage this morning:

Three American academics flew to Tehran last week to accept awards from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In Tehran, Carl Ernst, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was honored along with William Chittick, a scholar of Islamic mysticism and a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Miriam Galston, a lawyer at George Washington University who made significant contributions to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Thorp and Ernst seemed anxious to stress that this was an academic, non-political award -- as if Tehran these days were crawling with disinterested academics who are in no way co-opted by the regime. Even though Ernst reportedly “cringes” at some of Ahmadinejad’s “policies,” UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp decided that this was an “academic honor,” not a political one, and so had no objection to Ernst’s trip. Ernst himself explained, “it would have looked strange if I declined an academic award.”

Continue reading "Why are American professors accepting awards from Iran's Thug-In-Chief?"

Jihad in Anaheim, California

A woman at a California pro-jihad rally (thanks to Pamela) calls for inner spiritual struggle against the Zionists -- a rather unnerving call in light of this.

Mumbai jihadists' prime target was Jewish center

"When asked during interrogation why Nariman House was specifically targetted, Ajmal reportedly told the police they wanted to sent a message to Jews across the world by attacking the ultra orthodox synagogue."

"Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans" -- Qur'an 5:82

"Nariman House, not Taj, was the prime target on 26/11," by Somendra Sharma for DNAIndia, January 5 (thanks to Pamela):

Think 26/11, and images of the carnage at the Taj come to mind. But the terrorists themselves were in no doubt that Nariman House was the prime focus. For this was the place which housed a Jewish centre, and the fanatics from Pakistan were clear that they wanted to send a message to the world from there.

The Mumbai crime branch, which is investigating the terror attacks, has found that the terrorists’ handlers in Pakistan were clear this operation should not fail under any circumstances. The rest of the operations — at the Taj, Oberoi and Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus — were intended to amplify the effect.

A senior police official, told DNA on condition of anonymity, that the interrogation of Mohammed Amir Iman Ajmal (aka Kasab) revealed as much. Just before entering the city, the terrorists’ team leader, Ismail Khan, briefed them once again about their targets. “But Khan briefed Imran Babar, alias Abu Akasha, and Nasir, alias Abu Umer, intensely on what to do at Nariman House,” the officer said.

When asked during interrogation why Nariman House was specifically targetted, Ajmal reportedly told the police they wanted to sent a message to Jews across the world by attacking the ultra orthodox synagogue.

According to the statement by Ajmal, Khan told Babar and Nasir that even if the others failed in their operation, they both could not afford to. “The Nariman House operation has to be a success,” the officer said, quoting from Ajmal’s statement.

“Khan also said that as far as Nariman House was concerned, there should not be even a minimal glitch in finding it and capturing it,” the officer quoted Ajmal as saying.

After the dinghy carrying the 10 terrorists reached Mumbai at the Macchimar colony opposite Badhwar Park in Cuffe Parade, it was decided that no bombs would be planted in the taxi to be used to reach Nariman House.

“The idea,” according to the police officer, “was that if Babar and Nasir got delayed in locating and entering Nariman House, the bomb in the taxi may explode even before they entered their target.”...

“Ansari told us that he did not divulge this information earlier because it would have jeopardised the most important operation of the LeT. He had also been warned by the LeT that Nariman House was their most secret operation and must not be compromised at any cost,” the officer said.

Hamas fires rockets into kindergarten schoolyard

Making good on its promise to try and "kill Jewish children anywhere." "Grad Rocket Strikes Ashdod Kindergarten Schoolyard," by Hana Levi Julian for Israel National News, January 5 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):

IsraelNN.com) A long-range Grad-type Katyusha rocket landed in the schoolyard of a kindergarten in a northern Ashdod neighborhood at approximately 3:20 Monday afternoon -- but miraculously, only two people were lightly wounded, one by flying shrapnel.

Thirty children are normally in the classroom during the day, when the missile struck, but due to Home Front Command instructions, the building was empty at the time.

Magen David Adom medics who raced to the scene said they treated a number of people who suffered from severe emotional trauma. Eyewitnesses described the explosion as "unusually loud."

At about 3:00 p.m., a short-range Kassam rocket exploded in the Eshkol region as well. No one was injured and no damage was reported.

Hamas and allied terrorist attacked southern Israel with close to 30 rockets since 7:00 a.m. Monday, appearing to focus primarily on the coastal cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod...

Germany: Muslim father "abused," brother stabbed to death, 16 year-old girl

The fate of Westernizing Muslim females?

Perhaps her "conservative" father should have considered the possibilities of his daughter becoming "too Westernized" when he, no doubt, freely chose to immigrate to the West. More on this story.

"Honour killing victim's parents refuse to testify," from The Local, January 5 (thanks to Dionysios):

The parents of the German-Afghan victim of an “honour killing” by her brother last year refused to testify in a Hamburg court on Monday. Meanwhile state prosecutors have also accused her father of abuse.

The 24-year-old Ahmad-Sobair O. is on trial after admitting to police that he killed his 16-year-old sister Morsal O. on May 23, 2008 because she had turned away from her family. The girl died after suffering 23 stab wounds in a Sankt Georg district parking lot. Both siblings, who immigrated to Germany 13 years ago, have German citizenship.

The two parents of the family, as well as the girl’s younger brother refused to testify. Her sister is scheduled to testify on Monday afternoon.

And, if she does testify, need she fear her late sister's fate?

Before she was murdered, Morsal O. had been seen by emergency youth services on several occasions, suffering from pressures by her family, which did not approve of her Western lifestyle.

Also known as the "non-Muslim" lifestyle.

Her brother had already been prosecuted for assaulting her and others. He was sentenced in March on an assault charge to one year and five months without possibility of probation. He had requested his March sentence be deferred, but was notified in writing - a day before the stabbing - that the request had been rejected.

Now state prosecutors have accused her 46-year-old father of abusing the girl in May 2008, a spokesperson told news agency DDP on Monday.

A series of six honour killings - including the shooting at a bus stop of 23-year-old Turkish woman Hatun Sürücü in Berlin - shook Germany in 2005. Sürücü's youngest brother, Ayhan Sürücü, later confessed to killing her because he did not approve of her Western lifestyle.

Egyptian Icon: Hamas "should have known that Israel wasn't going to receive the attacks with roses"

Hamas...Hamas...whatever are we going to do with you?

It's rather telling when a beloved Egyptian celebrity and nationalist -- not a "Zionist" nor a "neo-con" -- clearly declares that Hamas, not Israel, is to blame. Another soon to be declared apostate?

"Egyptian film star: Hamas is to blame," by Khaled Abu Toameh for the Jerusalem Post, January 4 (thanks to She-Child):

The Arab world's most prominent comedian and movie star, Egyptian actor Adel Imam, has shocked many of his fans by expressing understanding for Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip.

Imam, a longtime outspoken critic of Islamic fundamentalism, lashed out at Egyptians who have been demonstrating against Israel's war on Hamas. He said calls for general strikes in solidarity with the Palestinians "harmed our economy and benefited Israel alone."

Imam was also quoted in the Egyptian press as strongly criticizing the leader of the country's Muslim Brotherhood organization, Mahdi Akef, for having accused Egypt's leadership of "collusion" with Israel.

The veteran 68-year-old movie star blamed Hamas for the violence, pointing out that the Egyptian leadership had warned the Islamist movement against an impending Israeli military operation.

"Hamas ignored our warnings and chose to lead an asymmetrical war," Imam said, echoing earlier statements by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. "It's preferable for Hamas to stop [the rocket attacks]. They should have known that Israel wasn't going to receive the attacks with roses."

Imam's remarks have been condemned by many of his colleagues in Egypt who have come out in support of Hamas.[...]

Imam's most recent film, Hassan and Morqos, also enraged extremists, prompting them to launch a campaign to boycott the actor. The movie is about a Muslim cleric and a Christian priest whose paths cross as they face threats from Muslim terrorists. Some of Imam's critics accused him of using the film to promote "apostasy."

Hamas: We'll kill Jewish children anywhere

Behold the brazen hypocrisy: Hamas launches attacks from civilian areas and uses children as human shields, and then uses the deaths of Palestinian children to justify murdering Jewish children anywhere in the world. And the world yawns and issues another condemnation of Israel.

"Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children," by James Hider in the Times, January 5 (thanks to all who sent this in):

As fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza City today, a top Hamas leader broke cover to warn Israel that the Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for their own young who have died in the devastating assault.

“They have legitimised the murder of their own children by killing the children of Palestine,” said Mahmoud Zahar, in a televised broadcast recorded at a secret location. “They have legitimised the killing of their people all over the world by killing our people.”

Mr Zahar, a hard-line political leader, made his first appearance since Israeli launched its offensive against his organisation. Dressed in a dark suit and as he read the statement, he declared “Victory is coming, God willing.” As night fell on the territory, most of which is now without electricity, the dark sky above Gaza was illuminated by explosions and flares from the pitched battle on Gaza City’s northern fringes, where Israeli tanks, helicopters and artillery fought to dislodge Hamas guerrillas. Witnesses said the battle had, for the first time, spilled into Gaza City itself, where the head of Hamas’ armed wing warned thousands of his determined fighters were waiting for the invaders.[...]

But France's Sarkozy shows that he is not entirely a lost cause:

Mr Sarkozy quickly ran foul of Hamas though when he said it must bear most of the blame for the increasingly miserable plight of the 1.5 million Gazans it rules over.

“Hamas acted in an irresponsible and unforgiveable manner... Hamas is to blame for the suffering of the Palestinians,” he said. A Hamas spokesman quickly accused the French leader of “total bias” towards Israel.

Lebanese Muslim cleric: Jew-hatred bridges Sunni/Shi'ite divide

An Islamic cleric defines his heroes

Something they can all agree on. Note that he is preaching violence against Jews not only in reference to Gaza and Israel, but worldwide. "Sunni Lebanese Cleric Maher Hamoud Launches Unprecedented Attack on Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Gheith, Calling Him 'Idiot Abu Shit," from MEMRITV, January 3 (thanks to Carl In Jerusalem):

Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Sunni Lebanese cleric Sheik Maher Hamoud, which aired on NBN TV on January 3, 2009:

Sheik Maher Hamoud: Today, there is no distinction between Sunnis and Shiites. The party of resistance stretches from Beirut, Maroun Al-Ras, Bint Jbeil, from the proud southern suburb of Beirut, and from Ein Al-Tineh, to Gaza, Beit Hanoun, Jabalya, and Sajaiyeh. This is the party of Islam, and it exists in Baghdad, in Kabul, and in the villages of Afghanistan as well. Whoever brandishes a sword at the Jews, anyone who incites against the Jews, against the Americans who support them, and against the [Arab] thrones that support them, obey their commands, carry out their wishes, and constitute a party that confronts Hizbullah ["the Party of God"]...

[...]

In this sense, we are all the Party of God – from Tangier to Jakarta, from Tashkent to Nigeria, throughout the Islamic world, in all its capitals, wherever the displaced are to be found, wherever there is anyone who demonstrates, who makes his voice heard, who raises banners, shouts slogans, and incites against the Jews, wherever there is anyone who has nothing but a shoe with which to express his faith. These are all [members] of the Party of God – regardless of their identity, or the identity of their fathers and mothers.

It is faced by the Party of Satan, one of whose members [Egyptian Foreign Minister Abu Al-Gheit] did not hesitate to say anything possible in order to please the Jews. It is a disgrace that his name is Ahmad. He is Ahmaq Abu Ghaet ["Idiot Abu Shit"] – you all know what "shit" means. He is Idiot Abu Shit, not Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit. It is Idiot Abu Shit who is talking a load of shit, when he says the missiles are the reason for these crimes and for what is happening, without shedding a tear.

Hate Mail: "Do you recommend the violence of Israel on Palestinian people? I am Christ (aren't you?!)"

We found this humble missive from Austria in our Hate Mail Bag this morning:

Do you recommend the violence of Israel on Palestinian people? I am Christ (aren´t you?!), I hate all kinds of fascism and I am against islamic extremisms. But this violence and this MURDER ON INNOCENT CHILDREN is not the solution. Shame on you! Shame on Israel! Where is your conscience? Where is your respect towards religion? You demand absolute press freedom, but you mean: the freedom of insulting religion and people. You torpedo peaceful efforts and you agitate. You are godless Americans.

Alrighty, then. Let's go point-by-point:

Do you recommend the violence of Israel on Palestinian people? I am Christ (aren´t you?!)

Huh. Does "Christ" work for Reuters? Language barriers aside (as "Christ" is the adjective for "Christian" in the German language), just to restate the obvious: A sovereign state has the right to defend itself. Israel is a sovereign state; Hamas' regime in Gaza is not. And if it were, Hamas' conduct -- persistent, random rocket fire, genocidal agitation, and the destruction of another state as its raison d'être -- would not be tolerated from any other sovereign state in existence. Why, then, is Hamas so special that the rules don't apply?

I hate all kinds of fascism and I am against islamic extremisms.

That's nice. Good for you.

But this violence and this MURDER ON INNOCENT CHILDREN is not the solution.

Surely, you've also sent a strongly-worded letter to Hamas honcho Mahmoud Zahar, who today said that Israelis "have legitimized the killing of their children by killing our children. They have legitimized the killing of their people all over the world by killing our people."

A few questions: First, are Israeli children, in your mind, also innocent? More importantly, what of Hamas' long-standing habit of storing its weapons in and launching attacks from mosques and other civilian areas? It has even boasted about using human shields and hidden its operatives in hospitals. Thus, Hamas -- an illegitimate regime -- is both deliberately targeting Israeli civilians, and deliberately acting to maximize Gaza's civilian suffering and casualties in a war of its own making. Who, then, is playing fast and loose with human life?

Shame on you! Shame on Israel! Where is your conscience? Where is your respect towards religion? Where is your respect towards religion? You demand absolute press freedom, but you mean: the freedom of insulting religion and people. You torpedo peaceful efforts and you agitate.

So "respect" requires never, ever criticizing or giving offense, intentionally or not, to "religion," by which you likely mean one religion in particular. Freedom of speech without the freedom to offend is hollow and self-defeating in that it creates a climate of fear for the consequences of speaking "freely."

You are godless Americans.

Say, now, that's kind of offensive. Where would that fall in your vision of limitations on freedom of speech and the press?

Anti-jihad, pro-Israel rallies nationwide!

Turn out to show your support for sanity and your resistance to the jihad and Islamic supremacism against Israel and wherever they are found. From StandWithUs (thanks to Joseph):

RALLIES THIS WEEK in LA, NY, Denver & Boston

Join the pro-Israel rallies that are taking place this week in chronological order:

New York
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (across from U.N.)
Street: 1st - 2nd Avenue @ 47th Street

Denver
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Hebrew Educational Alliance
Street: 3600 South Ivanhoe, Denver

New York
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Across from Israeli Consulate in New York
Street: E 42nd Street @ 2nd Avenue

Los Angeles
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: In front of the Israeli Consulate in L.A.
Street: La Jolla & Wilshire

Los Angeles
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 12 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Federal Building in Westwood L.A.
Street: Veteran and Wilshire
StandWithUs, Bnei Akiva and the ILC in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, and Jewish Day Schools across Los Angeles, invite you to STAND IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL's RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS

Washington D.C.
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Street: 600 I. Street, N.W.

Boston
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Congregation Mishkan Tefilah
Street: 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill

Pacific Northwest
Seattle and Portland are planning rallies this week to take place in the near future.
If you are interested in helping plan or attend a rally in Seattle, please contact seattle@standwithus.com.
If you are interested in helping plan or attend a rally in Portland, please contact portland@standwithus.com.

Save the poor, starving Gazans!

A must-see video from Elder of Ziyon (thanks to Michael) tears the cover off the propaganda that the mainstream media continues to retail.

Jihad Watch Award winners 2008!

Cartoon by the peerless Dave Washburn.

In case you missed this post, here again are the winners of the 2008 Jihad Watch Awards:

The American Dhimmi of the Year 2008...JIMMY CARTER

Dhimmi Internationale 2008...ROWAN WILLIAMS

Anti-Dhimmi Internationale 2008...GEERT WILDERS

The American Anti-Dhimmi of the Year 2008...MARK STEYN

Sharia Supremacism Ahoy!

Over at Free Canuckistan there is a review of my book Stealth Jihad by...Binky:

YOU SHALL BUY. YOU SHALL READ. Robert Spencer's latest book, Stealth Jihad. You can get it thought the Conservative Book Club (as I did) via Der Shaidle’s page.

We've got a serious tentacle-problem, here.

Spencer points out the crucial fact: sharia supremacists want the world submitted to Islam & the sharia law. Terrorism is one tentacle; sharia banking another; local sharia and polygamy another; no-go zones another; Hamas and Hizballah another; with the CAIR/ CIC lawfare and mainstreaming of such supremacism, and the re-definition of any criticism or concern as racism and Islamophobia. Whay do they hate us? Cuz we're not all their biatches yet.

Back in the good old days of Jihad 1.0, you had Muslims and infidels. Infidels came in two classes: Jews/ Christians, and then everybody else. Under conquest Jews & Christians had to choose: convert, submit (with double-taxes & third-class status), or war. Everybody else got to convert, or war.

The idea that all Jihad is terrorism has been our mistake, says Spencer: more deadly is the "normalization" of Islamic demands in Western institutions and countries, so that sharia is seen as reasonable, and soft Islamic supremacism is openly advocated.

The root? Islam, as promulgated by the root of the tentacles, The Muslim Brotherhood, out of Egypt. The intent? That Islam shall rule the world, whether or not everybody converts at once, or open warfare is needed.

Enter Elmasry

What was entire Steyn-Levant situation? A mere foretaste of the lawfare side of sharia supremacism. Egyptian-born Elmasry and his sock-puppets and legal enabler Fiasal Joseph did not have one goal, but many -- chilling Western freedom, bullying government and media, hijacking western law by normalizing their categories of criticism = bigotry, and making a space for Islamic Supremacism in Canadian affairs. That work continues, under whatever guise and whoever the talking head. It's more well-established in the U.S., as Spencer details.

Read it all.

"Hamas operatives are in the hospital and have disguised themselves as nurses and doctors"

War is deceit, kuffar

Human Shields Update: "OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet that Hamas was using mosques, public institutions and private homes as ammunition stores."

"IDF battling Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun," from the Jerusalem Post, January 3 (updated January 5), with thanks to Axel:

[...] The defense officials said it was likely that a number of senior Hamas operatives and terror chiefs were hiding and conducting their operations from within Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

"Hamas operatives are in the hospital and have disguised themselves as nurses and doctors," one official said.

OC Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet that Hamas was using mosques, public institutions and private homes as ammunition stores....