Israeli Mainstream Media Fails to Cover Zionist Statements by Muslim Kuwaiti Writer on Kuwaiti TV

By Noam A. Rotem

The renowned Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translated and published on Sunday, November 19th 2017, a 6 minute long video clip, with one of the more extraordinary interviews to emerge from within the Arab Muslim world in recent memory.

The video includes excerpts of Kuwaiti writer, Abdullah Al-Hadlaq (with a history of realistic and positive views about Israel), articulating remarkable statements about the Jewish state. Statements, that had they not had been spoken by a Muslim Arab on Kuwaiti TV, one would be forgiven to have thought that they were communicated at some rightwing Zionist convention in Israel.

Here are a few incredible examples:

"Israel is an independent sovereign state.... and most peace-loving and democratic countries recognize it. The group of states that do not recognize Israel are the countries of tyranny and oppression…

"The State of Israel has scientific centers and universities the likes of which even the oldest and most powerful Arab countries lack…

There is no occupation. There is a people returning to its promised land…

When the State of Israel was established in 1948, there was no state called 'Palestine.'...

From the religious perspective, Quranic verse 5:21 proves that the Israelites have the right to the Holy Land. Allah says: 'When Moses said to his people... Oh my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you.' So Allah assigned that land to them…

Are you aware that the history of the Israelites is ancient, predating Islam? Therefore, we Muslims must acknowledge that the Israelites have a right to that land, and that they have not plundered it…

I support the establishment of a three-way alliance, consisting of Israel, the Arab Gulf states, and America, in order to annihilate Hizbullah beyond resurrection."

The full transcript you can find on MEMRI along with the video clip.

The clip was ignored by Israeli mainstream Hebrew media. The Jerusalem Post and The Times Of Israel (both English publications not consumed by mainstream Hebrew speaking Israelis), were the first to pick-up the story on Wednesday November 22.

Following that, the clip started spreading on Israeli social media, including a Hebrew translation by Yoni Barak, so that by Friday evening, November 24, Israel channel 1 news, could no longer ignore it, and showed 2 brief parts from it, mixed into other clips about the winds of change taking place in the Arabian peninsula, regarding attitudes towards Israel. Channel 1 news offered no commentary on it, and instead spent most of their 2 hour long Friday evening week-in-summary news, on other matters that best fit their blatant biased center-left commentary and political agenda.

But here’s the amazing thing, if you go back and read these statements:

“There is no occupation. There is a people returning to its promised land”

“When the State of Israel was established in 1948, there was no state called 'Palestine'.”

“From the religious perspective, Quranic verse 5:21 proves that the Israelites have the right to the Holy Land”

Here is a Muslim Arab, stating historical truths, that have been censored and derided by a politically correct liberal mainstream thought police for decades. These statements stand in stark contrast to everything mainstream media, the Israeli left and center-left, and so called western liberals, have believed in, and promoted, for the past 40 or 50 years.

For decades now mainstream media and the political left have ignored or marginalized brave and internationally renowned Zionist truthsayers from the Arab and Muslim world, the likes of Brigitte Gabriel, Nonie Darwish, Mosab Hassan Yousef and Kasim Hafeez just to mention a few of the more famous ones.

The time has come for mainstream media and the political center-left in Israel and the west, to wake up and acknowledge the truth as simply stated by Abdullah Al-Hadlaq. Their relevance will depend on it, history will judge them by it, and true democratic free-speech is waiting for it.

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This Op-Ed was originally published on The Times of Israel Blogs:
Israeli Mainstream Media Fails to Cover Zionist Statements by Muslim Kuwaiti Writer on Kuwaiti TV by Noam A. Rotem

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התקשורת הישראלית המרכזית התעלמה לרוב מדבריו הציוניים של הסופר המוסלמי הכוויתי בטלוויזיה הכוויתית

מאת נעם רותם   By Noam A. Rotem

המכון הנודע לחקר התקשורת במזרח התיכון (MEMRI) תירגם ופרסם ביום ראשון, ה-19 בנובמבר 2017, סרטון וידיאו באורך של כ-6 דקות, עם אחד הראיונות היותר מדהימים שיצאו מתוך העולם הערבי המוסלמי בזמן האחרון.

הסרטון כולל קטעים מתוך ראיון עם הסופר הכוויתי, עבדאללה אל-הדלק (עם היסטוריה של ביטויים והשקפות ריאליות וחיוביות על ישראל), המבטא אמירות מדהימות על המדינה היהודית. אמירות, שלולא נאמרו ע״י ערבי מוסלמי בטלוויזיה הכוויתית, אפשר היה לסלוח למי שיחשוב שמדובר על הצהרות מתוך איזה כנס ציוני ימני בישראל.

להל״ן כמה דוגמאות:

"ישראל היא מדינה ריבונית עצמאית ... ורוב המדינות שוחרות השלום ודמוקרטיות מכירות בה. קבוצת המדינות שאינן מכירות בישראל הן מדינות עריצות של דיכוי ... 

למדינת ישראל יש מרכזים מדעיים ואוניברסיטאות שכמוהם אפילו המדינות הערביות הוותיקות והחזקות ביותר חסרות ... 

אין כיבוש. יש אנשים שחוזרים לארץ המובטחת שלהם ... 

כאשר הוקמה מדינת ישראל ב -1948, לא הייתה מדינה בשם "פלסטין". 

מנקודת המבט הדתית, הפסוק בקוראן 5:21 מוכיח כי לישראל יש זכות לארץ הקודש. אללה אומר: "כאשר אמר משה לעמו ... הו עמי, היכנסו לארץ הקודש אשר אללה הקצה לך." אז אללה הקצה להם את האדמה הזאת ... 

האם אתה מודע לכך שתולדות ישראל הן עתיקות, וקדומות לאיסלאם? לכן עלינו המוסלמים להכיר בכך שלישראל יש זכות לאותה ארץ, וכי הם לא בזזו אותה ... 

אני תומך בהקמת ברית תלת-כיוונית, המורכבת מישראל, ממדינות המפרץ הערבי ומאמריקה, כדי להשמיד כליל את חיזבאללה."

את התמליל המלא אפשר למצוא באתר MEMRI יחד עם הוידאו קליפ.

תקשורת המיינסטרים הישראלית בהתחלה התעלמה מההקלטה. הג'רוזלם פוסט והטיימס אוף ישראל (שני פרסומים באנגלית, שהמיינסטרים הישראלי הדובר עברית לא קורא בדרך כלל), היו הראשונים שפרסמו את הסיפור ב -22 בנובמבר.

לאחר מכן, הסרטון החל להתפשט במדיה החברתית הישראלית, כולל תרגום עברי של יוני ברק, כך שביום שישי בערב, 24 בנובמבר, ערוץ החדשות 11 של התאגיד הישראלי לא יכל עוד להתעלם, והראה שני חלקים קצרים, יחד עם קליפים נוספים על רוחות השינוי המתרחשות בחצי האי ערב, ביחס לעמדות כלפי ישראל. חדשות ערוץ 11 לא הציעו שום פרשנות על הקליפ, ובמקום זאת בילו את רוב השעתיים של חדשות השבוע עם תמר אלמוג ויאיר ויינרב, על עניינים אחרים המתאימים במיוחד לפרשנות המוטית למרכז-שמאל, ולאג׳נדה הפוליטית שלהם.

אבל הנה הדבר המדהים, אם תחזרו לקרוא את המשפטים הבאים מתוך דבריו של הסופר:

"אין כיבוש. יש אנשים שחוזרים לארץ המובטחת שלהם ... " 

"כאשר הוקמה מדינת ישראל ב -1948, לא הייתה מדינה בשם פלסטין". 

"מנקודת המבט הדתית, הפסוק הקוראני 5:21 מוכיח כי לישראל יש זכות לארץ הקודש"

הנה, ערבי מוסלמי, מציין אמיתות היסטוריות, שזלזלו בהן ושצונזרו במשך עשרות שנים, ע״י משטרת המחשבות של המיינסטרים ה״ליברלי״, עם השקפת עולם של תקינה פוליטית. דבריו של הסופר עומדות בניגוד מוחלט, לכל מה שהאמינו וקדמו, אמצעי התקשורת המרכזיים, השמאל והמרכז-שמאל הישראלי, והליברלים לכאורה במערב, במשך 40 או 50 השנים האחרונות.

מזה עשרות שנים תקשורת המיינסטרים הישראלי יחד עם השמאל והמרכז-שמאל הפוליטי, מתעלמים וממעיטים בחשיבותם, של דוברי אמת, ערבים ומוסלמים אמיצים וציוניים, בעלי שם עולמי, כמו- בריג'יט גבריאל, נוני דרוויש, מסעב חסן יוסף, וקסים חפיז, אם לציין רק חלק מהיותר מפורסמים מביניהם.

הגיע הזמן שתקשורת המיינסטרים ומפלגות המרכז-שמאל בישראל ובמערב, יתעוררו ויכירו באמת הפשוטה והצרופה שבדבריו של עבדאללה אל-הדלאק. הרלוונטיות שלהם תלויה בהכרה הזו, ההיסטוריה תשפוט אותם על פיה, ושיח של חופש דיבור דמוקרטי אמיתי מחכה לזה.

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This Op-Ed was originally published in English on The Times of Israel Blogs:
Israeli Mainstream Media Fails to Cover Zionist Statements by Muslim Kuwaiti Writer on Kuwaiti TV by Noam A. Rotem

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Old Habits Die Hard

Israeli mainstream media, the Israeli left, center-left and #FakeNews

By Noam A. Rotem (Op-Ed originally published on Times of Israel Blogs: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/old-habits-die-hard/)

For years and up until very recently, news anchors on Israeli primetime TV and radio, along with politicians from Israel’s center-left and left parties, have been repeating an old and decayed axiom that the majority of the Israeli public knew was no longer true, yet no one appeared to be supplying the evidence for its demise.

But finally the proof is in. A new poll conducted by leading Israeli pollster Dr. Mina Tzemach for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, found that a majority of the Jewish public in Israel no longer supports, the Clinton parameters for a two State solution. See full poll results here.

The reasons (not covered by the poll), are obvious, as I wrote in an op-ed last September:

Both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, systematically teach and preach virulent hatred of Jews, and the liquidation of the Jewish State. Suicide bombers are not just venerated as national heroes, their families are rewarded with lifetime pensions. Both regimes systematically deny the factual 3,000 year old history of Jews in and to the land of Israel. And when Israel in a gesture of goodwill, handed over the Gaza strip, complete with state-of-the-art greenhouse agriculture, the response of the Palestinians, was to destroy those greenhouses, and vote in a tyrannical terrorist regime, bent on allocating all monetary and human resources, to the destruction of the state of Israel.

(From my op-ed: Questions Israeli Mainstream Media didn’t and won’t ask Hillary, published on Tel Aviv Vistas and Arutz Sheva, on September 12, 2016).

Not surprisingly, the poll, published on March 30, got virtually no coverage by Israeli mainstream electronic media. But thankfully, Caroline Glick cited the poll, both in an op-ed of hers (‘Israel’s silenced majority’ 03/31/2017), as well as in an interview with Avi Abelow, on his Daily Israel Straight Talk Facebook page.

The poll results are actually really big news, particularly for the center-left and mainstream media, who have continued to stubbornly believe and sanctimoniously insist, that the Israeli consensus is still firmly behind their steamrolled two state solution. But the Israeli public was not oblivious to the fact, that nearly every concession Israel made towards a two state solution, was almost always met with rampant murderous Palestinian terrorism. No matter how hard they tried, the Israeli mainstream media and center left parties, could not whitewash this self-evident evil.

Yet, despite the lack of coverage, the poll seems to have had an impact. Until its publication, on almost a daily basis, across the spectrum of Israeli mainstream electronic media, news anchors, political pundits, and politicians from the left and center left, would whip out this false pretense of alleged overwhelming public opinion support, for a two state solution. They especially would bring it up, when trying to suppress any open debate, about alternative solutions. But since its publication, at least for now, there appears to be almost “radio silence” by the Israeli troika (comprised of the Israeli left, center-left and their mouthpiece — Israeli mainstream media).

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the idiom ‘Old habits die hard’ is used to say it is hard to stop doing things that one has been doing for a long time. This adage, resonates appropriately well in this case, of the Israeli left, center-left and mainstream media.

The Tough Questions That Israeli Mainstream Media Didn't, Couldn't and Wouldn't ask Hillary Rodham Clinton

By Noam A. Rotem

On September 8th, Israel Channel 2 News published an interview conducted by their primetime evening news anchor Yonit Levi with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The interview had all the trappings of so called "liberal" mainstream media in general, with Hillary Clinton being treated to kid-glove questions. In this case it had an additional twist of Israeli left-leaning mainstream media, where by Yonit Levi, fairly unabashedly was seen fawning over every statement of Hillary Clinton through out the 20 minute interview.

As typical for such a contrived media stage, where interviewer and interviewee, share a mutual political agenda, neither difficult questions, nor questions of true substance, were asked.

At least a half dozen difficult and substantial questions could have been asked. Here are three out of the many I would have liked to hear.

Right at the opening, Yonit, who can be totally adversarial when she interviews someone on the right, goes into a long-winded compliment about how much political experience Hillary has and says that even her detractors would agree with that.

The more real, relevant and tough question that should have been asked is:

During your tenure as secretary of  state, under president Obama, Iraq spiraled into mayhem with the complete retreat of American forces, spawning ISIS; Iran is on the march, in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon; the Iranian reformist protest of 2009 was brutally crushed, while the US stood by silently; the Muslim brotherhood rose to power in Egypt; Libya descended into complete chaos, leaving in its wake 4 dead Americans, including the Ambassador; Christians are being persecuted and ethnically cleansed through out the mideast. Russian influence is growing in the Mideast and eastern Europe; North Korea is a menace to American allies in the Far-East. 

Given that record, why should Americans trust you when it comes Foreign Policy?

Early on in the interview Hillary dissed all Trump supporters as being either racists or disenfranchised, begging the following question to be asked:

So given that most polls show between 40%-45% of Americans support Trump, are you saying that at least 40%-45% of Americans are either racists or disenfranchised? 

Regarding the Israeli-Arab conflict, here's a question that many Jews and Israelis like me would love to hear, yet it will never be asked by Israeli mainstream media, as while in their misguided fantasy they see themselves as the so call "watchdogs" of democracy, in fact many times they're no more than a mouthpiece for the political agendas of the center-left. And the question is:

Both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, systematically teach and preach virulent hatred of Jews, and the liquidation of the Jewish State. Suicide bombers are not just venerated as national heroes, their families are rewarded with lifetime pensions. Both regimes systematically deny the factual 3,000 year old history of Jews in and to the land of Israel. And when Israel in a gesture of goodwill, handed over the Gaza strip, complete with state-of-the-art greenhouse agriculture, the response of the Palestinians, was to destroy those greenhouses, and vote in a tyrannical terrorist regime, bent on allocating all monetary and human resources, to the destruction of the state of Israel. 

Given that, why should Israelis support a Two-State solution, which the Republican party has removed from their platform.

Watching Yonit Levi's display of exaggerated flattery, one gets the sense, that in her fantasy, she actually believed she was asking difficult questions, making her performance all the more embarrassing, almost sophomoric, and underscores the mind-set of elitist mainstream Israeli media, that have virtually no self-awareness, of how disconnected and biased they are, nor how the public actually perceives them for what they actually are -- a mouthpiece for a center-left political agenda.

Israel is very much in need of a media reform, one in the form of a free market, that would enable a "marketplace of ideas" where the truth and excellence in reporting, can emerge via free and open competition.

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This article was also published on the Op-Ed page of Arutz Sheva:
Op-Ed: Questions Israeli Mainstream Media didn't and won't ask Hillary

As well as in Hebrew on News1 מחלקה ראשונה:
שאלות שתקשורת המיינסטרים לא שאלה את הילרי

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David Cameron is No Friend of The Truth

True friends don't pander to mendacious lies against their friends

By Noam A. Rotem

Last week, in what became a widely discussed incident here in Israel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, in a discussion at the British Parliament, called Israeli construction in East Jerusalem “genuinely shocking”,  while insisting at the same time, that he is a “great friend of Israel”. What's genuinely shocking, is David Cameron's historical ignorance, hypocrisy and utter lack of moral clarity.

From the Islamic theocracies of Iran and Saudi Arabia, through the Sunni-Shia blood baths in Iraq and Syria, to all the offshoots of the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and Muslim brotherhood across the entire length of North Africa, the Islamic Mideast is producing some of the most horrifying levels of rampant murderous violence and persecutions the world has seen in the 21st century.

In the 20th century, the Arab and Islamic mideast, was ethnically cleansed of its Jewish population, that lived across many parts of the region for more than 2,000 years. Now in the 21st century, religious persecution of the remaining ancient Christian communities, along with other ancient minorities, are being brutally persecuted and ethnically cleansed, across many parts of the Islamic Mideast and Africa.

Israel is the only western liberal democratic country in the entire mideast, where minorities of all faiths, including Arab Muslims, enjoy democratic freedoms, unprecedented and unheard of anywhere in the entire region, and where Christians in particular are prospering and growing.

Under the Muslim Ottoman occupation, Jerusalem descended into a backwater forsaken city of little interest to the Arab and Muslim world. And under the Jordanian occupation of east Jerusalem in 1948, the Jewish Quarter in the Old City was destroyed, and its residents expelled.  Over 50 synagogues, some of them hundreds of years old, were destroyed and looted. Jewish religious sites were desecrated and turned into animal stalls. The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where Jews had been burying their dead for over 2500 years, was ransacked, and thousands of tombstones were smashed and used as building material.

Contrarily, since 1967, when Jerusalem was liberated by Israel from Arab Muslim rule, there's been full freedom of religious practice for all faiths, and the holy sites of all religions are treated with utmost sanctity. Moreover, under Israeli rule, many holy sites in Jerusalem of all religions have been restored, and renewed.

By pandering to the question of the British Muslim MP, David Cameron, unwittingly or not, has aligned himself, with those perpetrating a systematic campaign of mendacious lies designed to undermine the Jewish State and rob it, of its more than 3,000 year old history to the land of Israel. Ever since King David made Jerusalem the capital of Israel more than 3,000 years ago, the city has played a central role in Jewish culture, religion and existence. In all of history, Jerusalem was never the capital of any Arab country.

In this unprincipled stance, David Cameron is leading Great Britain down the slippery slope of depraved multicultural political correctness, to a place where historical facts no longer matter, and where moral clarity is a pejorative.

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This article was also published on the Op-Ed page of Arutz Sheva:
Op-Ed: David Cameron is no friend of the truth

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Is the Swedish Foreign Minister an Anti-Semite?

Examining Natan Sharansky's 3D litmus test for modern anti-Semitism

By Noam A. Rotem

At the annual foreign press meeting, on Jan 14, organized by the Israeli Government Press Office, a foreign press reporter, asked PM Netanyahu, regarding the anti-Semitic accusation, that one of Netanyahu's cabinet ministers made, about the Swedish FM, who singled out Israel, for using so called "extrajudicial killings", in response to the wave of stabbing attacks by Palestinian terrorists, and called for an international investigation. This same reporter, in the same breath, asked the PM a follow-up question, as to how does he answer those who accuse Israel of being above criticism.

Netanyahu answered emphatically and poignantly that Israel is not above criticism, but it should be held to the same standards that everyone else is being held to. The PM went on to say, that the Swedish FM's comments are outrageous, immoral, and unjust. People are defending themselves against assailants wielding knives, who are about to stab them to death, and they shoot the terrorist, and that's extra judicial killings? Netanyahu asked the reporter.

You can view the full exchange in the following video clip:

The Swedish foreign minister's remarks are outrageous, immoral, unjust, wrong, and stupid.==מה שאמרה שרת החוץ השוודית הוא שערורייתי, בלתי מוסרי, בלתי צודק, מוטעה וטיפשי.
Posted by ‎Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו‎ on Thursday, January 14, 2016

The exchange went on, but in the end, PM Netanyahu, correctly refused to be pushed by the reporter, to label the Swedish FM, Margot Wallström, anti-Semitic.

But here is how I'd answer that unanswered question. Natan Sharansky, one of the great human rights activists, and democratic thinkers of our times, devised a widely accepted 3D litmus test for modern anti-Semitism: Demonization, Double Standards and Delegitimization and is a set of criteria intended to distinguish legitimate criticism of Israel from antisemitism.

It's clear that on the double standard test, the Swedish FM passes with flying colors, especially when one looks around the mideast, at the horrifying levels of rampant murderous violence and persecutions going on, not to mention medieval judicial systems that execute punishments by heinous means of beheadings, stonings and amputations. By not mentioning these, and singling out Israel, the Swedish FM's accusation also serves to demonize the State of Israel. So labels aside, the facts are she fulfills at lease 50% of this 3D criteria. That being the case, the Swedish FM needs to seriously check her blatantly biased statements, if she sincerely wants to avoid aligning herself with anti-Semites.

Moreover, since this biased statement of hers against Israel, two horrifying Palestinian terrorist attacks on innocent Israeli civilians took place. In one, a 38-year-old mother of six was murdered in a stabbing attack, at the entrance to her house, as her 17-year-old daughter, who heard her screams, ran to her aid, only to see the terrorist stab her mother again and again. In the second, a pregnant Israeli woman in her 30s, was seriously wounded in her lung after being stabbed in clothing store, thank god in this case, both mother and fetus are doing well.

The Swedish FM's silence about these heinous attacks on innocent Israeli civilian women, in contrast to her deriding criticism of Israel responding in self-defense to murderous terrorists attacks, demonstrates prejudice and bias against the Jewish state of Israel.

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This article was also published on the Op-Ed page of Arutz Sheva:
Op-Ed: Is the Swedish foreign minister an anti-Semite?

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The Fallacy of Moderate Mideast Muslim Countries

And The Misguided Tenets Of The Israeli Left, Center-Left and Mainstream Media

By Noam A. Rotem

Yitzhak (Isaac) Herzog, chairman of the Israeli Labour party (aka The Zionist Union), came out with a statement on Saturday, that the latest wave of terror needs to be stopped by security or diplomatic measures, and that this is the time for negotiations with the Palestinians, and with moderate Muslim elements in the region, including Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.

Throughout this most recent wave of savage Palestinian stabbing attacks, against Israelis, the Israeli left and center-left, with the backing of mainstream media, have consistently insinuated that the source of this latest wave of terrorism, is somehow related to a lack of diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, rather than the Nazi style incitement and propaganda that the Arab masses are fed each day, by both official Hamas and PA media, as well as online social media. They also often fail to talk about the virulent antisemitic religious hatred, preached in mosques, and taught in schools. And lastly, they make little mention of the veneration, and massive funding, in millions of dollars, that Palestinian terrorists are granted, by the PA. In the same breath, this Troika (of the Israeli left, center-left and mainstream media), suggests, that there's some historic, almost cosmic, last opportunity, for cooperation with so called "moderate" regional Sunni regimes, like those mentioned in Herzog's statement.

Here are the facts. Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocracy and one of the most repressive regimes on the face of the earth. Religious minorities do not have the right to practice their religion and conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable by death. It practices gender apartheid against women, and capital punishment without western due-process, that is carried out by beheading with a sword, stoning, or firing squad. Just last week the Associated Press reported that Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in two decades. Last year, liberal Saudi blogger, Raif Badawi, was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam". Other forms of punishment in the kingdom, include amputations of hands and feet for robbery, and flogging for crimes such as "sexual deviance" and adultery.

A Pew Research Center study published in 2013 of the world's Muslims, found widespread support for Sharia law, in Egypt 74%, Jordan 71%, and in the PA 89%. And among those, a very high percent supporting the death penalty for apostasy (those who leave or convert out of Islam), in Egypt 86%, Jordan 82%, and the PA 66%.

In Egypt, 92% of married women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to female genital mutilation, according to an official Egyptian government report from 2014. And Jordanian law criminalizes speech deemed critical of the king, government officials, institutions, and Islam.

Last but not least all of these so called "moderate" Arab countries, in one form or another, continue to actively support the BDS, uphold rampant lies about the Jewish state, consistently vote and operate against Israel in the UN, and antisemitic teachings and hatred of Israel, is widespread in all these countries. The Israeli Troika refrains to point all of this out, about their "moderate" Sunni Arab partners, as their entire political belief system would collapse should they do so.

Moreover the Israeli left, center-left, and mainstream media, fail to realize, that true peace cannot be achieved in the mideast, until real democratic reform comes to the Arab and Muslim world, and it doesn't look like that will be happening anytime soon. True peace, is one between nations with shared democratic values, and not just between governments, and certainly not dictatorships. Sadly the Israeli Troika, fails to grasp this most basic foundation to what makes a real and lasting peace.

Having said that, Israel by all means should be pursuing tactical and strategic alliances with Mideast regimes who are sincerely interested in joining forces, to combat terrorists and state sponsored terrorism. Moreover, Israel's moral and existential imperative, must be to seek out and build bridges to true moderates, and democratic reformers, that do exist in the Mideast, and work together with them, to be agents of true democratic change and coexistence. Often these reformers are pro-Israel, believe in cooperation with the Jewish state, yet are sadly ignored by the Israeli Troika. One such example is Greek Orthodox Israeli priest, Gabriel Naddaf, who is a proponent of integrating Arabic-speaking Christians into Israeli society, and to serving in the Israeli Army. Like him, there are Christian, Muslim, and democratic reformers of other faiths and ethnicities, around the Mideast and in exile beyond, who see Israel as a beacon of democracy in this troubled region.

Arab nation states are crumbling before our eyes, and deteriorating into barbaric, bloody and violent chaos. This is hardly the time to be pursuing peace agreements, based on concessions, to authoritarian, anti-Israel and immoral regimes, that may not be around tomorrow. Let us not forget the cry of the center-left, to quickly pursue a 'peace' agreement with Syria, while Assad was still in power, in exchange for the Golan Heights, before it is too late...

The refrain "when will they ever learn", from the 1960's political folk classic "Where have all the flowers gone?" feels likes a curiously appropriate question for the Israeli Troika.

Map of the Arab Spring

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This article was also published on the Op-Ed page of Arutz Sheva:
Op-Ed: The fallacy of moderate mideast Muslim countries

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Paris, France, Pays The Terrible Price of Europe's Inability To Recognize The Real Enemy: Radical Islamism

By Noam A. Rotem 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his statement on the Paris attacks tonight said:

On behalf of the people and Government of Israel, I extend our deepest sympathies to the people of France and to the families of those who were brutally murdered in Paris last night. We also extend our wishes for a speedy recovery to the wounded.

It would be nice if France and the EU, could show the same solidarity with Israel, when innocent Israeli civilians are massacred by Palestinian terrorists, who share the same barbaric and murderous Jihadist ideology, with those of the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the other related and affiliated, radical Islamic terrorist groups around the world. Sadly though, France and the EU instead of recognizing the real enemy and threat to western democracy, have been spending their time, singling out Israel, and labeling Jewish produce, made by Jews, in their ancestral homeland.

What happened in Paris on the horrifying night of Friday November 13 2015, is Europe's chickens coming home to roost. For decades Europe turned a blind eye to virulent humans rights violations of despot radical Islamic regimes across the mideast. Within Europe, and across western intelligentsia, a politically correct ideology took hold. Backed by an omnipotent politically correct mainstream media-- violent, misogynist, antisemitic, and anti-democratic rhetoric and behavior, by radical muslims at home and abroad was either given a free pass, or got little to no media coverage, while Israel was singled out for biased, hypocritical and immoral condemnation. And thus by ignoring, what is the real threat to western civilization and democracy, Leonardo Da Vinci's immortal words turned into a devastating reality: "he who does not punish evil, commands it to be done".

France, Europe, and the West will be making yet another terrible miscalculation, in the aftermath of this horrendous attack, if they interpret these attacks, as only emanating from the Islamic State. The issue is much broader than that, and is a clash of civilizations (as the term was coined by Prof. Samuel Huntington), between democratic modernism and theocratic medieval barbarism. The west needs to recognize and acknowledge the enemy, namely radical Islamism. Sadly this is not a fringe movement, as PC ideologues would like to believe, and enjoys widespread and popular support.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended his statement tonight with the following poignant words:

Terrorism is the deliberate and systematic targeting of civilians. It can never be justified. Terrorism must always be condemned. It must always be fought. Innocent people in Paris, like those in London, Madrid, Mumbai, Buenos Aires and Jerusalem, are the victims of militant Islamic terrorism, not its cause. As I've said for many years, militant Islamic terrorism attacks our societies because it wants to destroy our civilization and our values.

I call on the entire civilized world to unite to defeat the plague of worldwide terrorism. An attack on any one of us should be seen as an attack on all of us. All terrorism must be condemned and fought equally with unwavering determination. It's only with this moral clarity that the forces of civilization will defeat the savagery of terrorism.

Photo from World Jewish Congress FB page: Israelis gathers in solidarity with France, in front of Tel Aviv city hall which is lit up in the Tricolors of the French flag. 

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Article was also published on the Op-Ed page of Arutz Sheva:
Op-Ed: Paris pays the price of Europe's inability to recognize the real enemy

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The Utter Hypocrisy About The Boycott Against Israel

Short intro and commentary to Yair Lapid's article by Noam A. Rotem
Yair Lapid did a great job of putting the Israeli Palestinian conflict into its correct proportions, and no less importantly, its correct moral proportions where he writes:

12,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in this conflict. A large proportion of those were terrorists, suicide bombers, terror tunnel diggers from various global jihadist organizations...  in 67 years less innocent Palestinians were killed than in one week (!) in Syria. In fact, in that same period around 12 million people were killed in the Arab world. A simple calculation shows that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict caused 0.01% of the numbers killed in conflicts in the Islamic world.

He poignantly ends the article with:

Hamas has no intention of creating a Palestinian democracy but a dark theocracy in which homosexuals are hanged from telephone poles, women aren’t allowed to leave their homes and Christians and Jews are murdered for being Christians and Jews. Are those values acceptable to the Reykjavik City Council? If not then that’s strange, because they voted in favor of them. 

My only small criticism, would be that missing from the article, is a little more info about the violent Jihadist and virulent anti-Semitic indoctrination that Palestinians are subjected to massively and systematically, not just by Hamas, but also by the Palestinian Authority. Their intention, is the liquidation of the Jewish State, and in the case of Hamas, also includes a call to obliterate Israel and murder of all its Jews.

Also worth pointing out, the heinous persecutions, and human rights violations across the rest of the Arab Muslim world. From rampant suicide bombings of civilians, mass rape and enslavement of women in the Islamic State, persecutions of Christians and other minorities, corporal punishment and execution of LGBTs, as well as gender apartheid in Saudi Arabia, and the wide spread practice of FGM in Egypt, is but a partial list of countries with terrible human rights, yet aren't being boycotted by Reykjavik, Iceland or the EU.

One last thought, given this, how can Lapid seriously be against the Likud and Netanyahu on this matter, who are saying very similar things. Moreover, how can he seriously be for the so called two state solution, given the above, and given the Palestinian's relentless hate preaching and delegitimizing of Jews and Israel.

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The Hypocrisy of Boycott

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By Yair Lapid 

Originally appeared in Fréttabladid (Iceland) on September 18, 2015 and as a Post on Yair Lapid's Facebook Page

As you know by now, the Reykjavik City Council decided this week to boycott products from Israel. All products. From all of Israel.

I have a few questions:

Does the boycott include products made by Israel’s Arab minority which is 20% of the population? Does the boycott include the 14 Arab Israeli parliamentarians who sit beside me in Israel’s parliament?

Does the boycott include Israeli factories which employ tens of thousands of Palestinians for whom this is the only opportunity to provide for their children?
Does the boycott include Israeli hospitals at which tens of thousands of Palestinians are treated every year?

Does the boycott include produce made by the 71% of Israeli’s who, according to the latest survey, support a two state solution and the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel?

Wait, don’t go yet, I’ve got a few more:

Among the products being boycotted is Copaxone, for MS sufferers, included?
Does the boycott include “Tulip” wine which is made by people with special needs and those who suffer from autism?

And what about the books of Israeli Nobel Prize Laureate in literature, Shai Agnon?
Does the boycott include Microsoft Office, cellphone cameras, Google – all of which contain elements invented or produced in Israel?

If the answer to all these questions is “yes” then I’ll move aside and wish you all an enjoyable life until the sadly unavoidable heart attack (sorry but pacemakers are also an Israeli invention). The other option is that someone at Reykjavik City Council didn’t think the issue through.

If they had then why stop at Israel? One of the best kept secrets about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it is one of the smallest conflicts in the Middle East. In fact, there is no correlation between its actual size and the media coverage it receives.

Since the end of Israel’s War of Independence, 67 years ago, around 12,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in this conflict. A large proportion of those were terrorists, suicide bombers, terror tunnel diggers from various global jihadist organizations.

With that we can’t ignore the fact that in those years there were a few thousand innocents who lost their lives. I believe that’s terrible. It keeps me awake at night, like most Israelis. With that the simple fact is – and it’s easy to check – that in 67 years less innocent Palestinians were killed than in one week (!) in Syria. In fact, in that same period around 12 million people were killed in the Arab world. A simple calculation shows that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict caused 0.01% of the numbers killed in conflicts in the Islamic world.

An interesting question then is what is the position of Reykjavik City Council about the Islamic world? Do they boycott it also? All of it?

But of course this isn’t a discussion about statistics, it is about morals. Israel is a vibrant democracy fighting for its existence in tough circumstances. Our major sin, in the eyes of the world and the Reykjavik City Council, is that we are winning that war.

Yes, in this conflict more Palestinians are killed than Israelis. Why? Because we have a better army and we have the Iron Dome system which protects our cities from rockets. If our military lays down its weapons and we disarm Iron Dome, we’d be murdered within 24 hours.

So Israel will continue to defend itself, and will continue doing all it can to avoid civilian casualties.

At the same time, we will continue to search for the path to peace with the Palestinians. Twice, in the year 2000 and in the year 2008, Israel offered them over 90% of the land so they could build a state for themselves. Both times they refused.

The boycott industry is not new. It is a vast industry of media and public relations organized by Islamist groups funded by Qatar and Iran. Their purpose is not the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel but a Palestinian state on the ashes of Israel.

They know that message won’t be acceptable to liberal Europe. So they decided – as has been exposed time and again – to sell the naïve Europeans humanitarian values of freedom and solidarity which they don’t believe for even one second.

Hamas has no intention of creating a Palestinian democracy but a dark theocracy in which homosexuals are hanged from telephone poles, women aren’t allowed to leave their homes and Christians and Jews are murdered for being Christians and Jews. Are those values acceptable to the Reykjavik City Council? If not then that’s strange, because they voted in favor of them.

The Root Cause, Triggering the Wave of Refugees into Europe, is Conspicuously Missing from Mainstream Media Reports

By Noam A. Rotem

What is glaringly missing from many reports by the mainstream media on this topic, is that there is no mention, of the key root causes and culprits, triggering this historic migration. Namely, the disintegration of 20th century fabricated Arab nationalism, and the vortex of violent, anti-democratic, often barbaric and fascist, radical Islam, swirling across swaths of the middle east, and projecting far beyond -- from the far-east, through central Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

Take this CBS News report for example:
The story behind the images that shocked Europe.

Screen-capture from CBS News. See article link.

From the title one would expect it to also weigh-in on the barbaric Arab Syrian regime, Islamic State, the bloody and explosive hatred between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, fundamental Islam in Afghanistan, and lawless Arab gangs in Libya, as causes for this unprecedented migration. But no, stating the painful and naked truth of reality would just be politically incorrect.

Another thing that till now, has not gotten enough focus in western broadcast media, but is generating quite a bit of discussion on social media, is the question as to why the nearby rich Arab gulf states aren't taking in any of their brethren refugees. To be fair, this debate is being held in some online news-outlets like this article from the "Daily Beast": The Middle East Needs To Take Care Of Its Own Refugees, and has even made in into some online mainstream publications, like this article from "The Washington Post": The Arab world’s wealthiest nations are doing next to nothing for Syria’s refugees.

Having said that, neither article, weighed-in on the role that Radical Islam is playing, in creating these waves of refugees.

Mainstream media, plays a powerful role in shaping public opinion. For decades now, it has been narrating news according to a left leaning politically correct ideology. The media's focus on the tragic image of the 3 year old Syrian boy who washed ashore, is deliberate, and intended to create pressure on western European governments to open the floodgates. The media largely omitted offering any alternative destinations, like the much closer wealthy gulf states, as PC European politics has a long standing policy,  in favor of large scale immigration from the mideast and North Africa. Similarly their omission of what is causing the plight of these refugees is intentional.

For the past 4 years, children have been killed and murdered on a daily basis in Syria and Iraq, yet their photos are not regular headlines in mainstream media news, as that would undermine their political correct ideology, that desperately promotes the notion, that radical Islam, is only a fringe phenomenon.

Pope Francis Decries the 'Genocide' of Middle East Christians

Finally, the Pope weighs in on the terrible persecution of Christians in the mideast. 

By Noam A. Rotem

AFP reports from Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), that Pope Francis, this past Thursday, called for an end to the "genocide" of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond. Quote:

"Today we are dismayed to see how in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world many of our brothers and sisters are persecuted, tortured and killed for their faith in Jesus," he said in Bolivia, part of a three-nation tour to his native South America. 

"In this third world war, waged piecemeal, which we are now experiencing, a form of genocide is taking place, and it must end."

Sadly what appears to be missing from his statement is a clear accusation of the perpetrator, namely, fundamental Arab Islamism, which is the ruling doctrine across vast areas of the Arab mideast, and despite its brutal, violent, genocidal, bigoted, anti-Semitic and misogynistic nature, enjoys widespread support across many parts of the Arab and Islamic world.

Photo by Raffaele Esposito

(Used here according to its Creative Commons licensing)

Please share if you agree, thanks in advanced, kindly, Noam Rotem

אבו מאזן לירדנים: ״אנחנו עם אחד שחי בשתי מדינות״

מאת נעם רותם   By Noam A. Rotem

כך דווח בכתבה במעריב: אבו מאזן בירדן: "אנחנו עם אחד שחי בשתי מדינות" . גם העיתונאית המוערכת מהג׳רוסלם פוסט, שרה הוניג, ציטטה את אבו מאזן באותו ציטוט, בכתבת עומק חשובה: Mahmoud Abbas’s careless candor

ואני אומר - אם הוא יכול להגיד את זה, הגיע הזמן שאנחנו נאמר את זה. זו האמת, ורק עם האמת נוכל לנצח את מסע השקרים כנגדינו. זה הפיתרון היחיד שהוא הוגן, ישים, ואף צודק היסטורית -- ירדן היא מדינה פלסטינית, אין שום סיבה היסטורית או מוסרית לעוד אחת, נקודה. 

כרגיל המיינסטרים מדיה לא סיקר את הידיעה החשובה הזאת, שמראה את פניה האמיתיות, ואחיזת העיניים של מהי ומיהי התנועה הפלסטינית. כי הם (המיינסטרים מדיה) נעולים בתפיסת עולם, שיש להקים עוד מדינה ערבית (שלא לומר גם מוסלמית וגם קיצונית), ברצועה הקטנה שממערב לירדן, ולרצועת החוף הצרה. 

ולהזכיר שיש  כבר 22 מדינות כאלו, לא דמוקרטיות, לא מעט מהן מתפוררות, רובן כושלות עם תעודות זכויות אדם מתחת לכל ביקורת. ולמי שלא שם לב, הלאומיות הערבית מתה, ואיתה הסיבה לעוד מדינה ערבית, שמפעילה הסתה, שנאה, וטרור כנגד המדינה הדמוקרטית הליברלית היחידה במזרח התיכון.

(מפה של מדינת ירדן, בצבעי הדגל הפלסטיני, כפי שצריך להיות)

להלן הפוסט שלי בדף הפייסבוק של ציפי חוטובלי בנושא לתשומת ליבה, ולינק לטוויט.

אני ממליץ על כתבה יותר רחבה שכתבתי בנושא ירדן הנקרא:
מלך ירדן מתקיף אותנו באו״ם למה אנחנו שותקים!?

השמאל והמרכז-שמאל בגיבוי המדיה, לא מסוגלים להפנים, שהדבר היחיד שמניע את ה-בי.די.אס., בגיבוי הרשות הפלסטינית, הוא חיסול המדינה היהודית

מאת נעם רותם     By Noam A. Rotem

השמאל ומרכז-שמאל, בגיבוי המדיה, נעולים בתפיסת עולם, שמתעלמת מעובדות, וע״כ הם  לא מסוגלים להפנים שהדבר היחיד שמניע את ה-בי.די.אס. בגיבוי אש״ף והרשות הפלסטינית, הוא חיסול המדינה היהודית.

״הסבב הבא כבר בדרך״ כותב עופר שלח בפוסט שלו בפייסבוק, אך לא בגלל חוסר תהליך מדיני כפי שהוא טוען, אלא בגלל,  שעד שלא יובס הטרור האיסלמיסטי, המונע משנאת יהודים, שנאת מדינת ישראל, שנאת נוצרים, המערב, ערכים דמוקרטים והאחר, הם ימשיכו לנסות לחסל אותנו.

הנ״ל היא תגובה שלי לפוסט של עופר שלח:
https://www.facebook.com/OferYeshAtid/posts/893380460734091

עופר שלח -- או שאתה מנותק מהמציאות, או שבוי בתפיסה אידאולוגית שלא נותנת לעובדות לבלבל אותך. תראה את הברבריות האיסלמיסטית האלימה חסרת הרחמים המשתוללת בכל האיזור. הפלסטינים הם חלק מאותה רקמת תרבותית ג׳הדיסטית.

לך תבלה כמה שעות טובות באתר מבט לתקשורת פלסטינית - ותראה שכל מטרת התנועה הפלסטינית מבוססת על שנאת יהודים וחיסול המדינה היהודית -- את זה אתה לא אומר, ולא מסביר, למרות שזאת האמת ואלו הן העובדות. אתה מתעלם לגמרי מאמנת החמאס שקוראת להריגת כל היהודים.

תראה מה עשו, כשנתנו להם במתנה את כל החממות החקלאיות - הם הרסו אותן, במקום לדאוג לכלכלת התושבים שלהם (וזה היה אש״ף, לאלו שאתה קורא מתונים).

מיליארדי דולרים השקיעה החמאס בכלי נשק, ע״מ לרצוח אזרחים במדינת ישראל, במקום להשקיע ברווחת האזרחים שלהם -- איפה אתה חי? על מי אתה מנסה לעבוד? עם ישראל רואה את המציאות שאתה בוחר לצנזר.

לבסוף בוא תראה את קלואי ולדרי, סטודנטית אפרו-אמריקאית צעירה, שמבינה יותר טוב ממך, מהי האנטישמיות החדשה, ומהי באמת תנועת ה-BDS.

אם אתם מסכימים, נא שתפו, תודה מראש, נעם

​בתוכנית סדר יום של רשת ב׳ - המרואיינים לא מוצאים קשר בין ארגוני טרור איסלאמיסטים לדוקטרינת איסלאם רדיקלי רצחני‎

מאת נעם רותם     By Noam A. Rotem
מתוך מכתב גלוי לרשת ב׳

בתוכנית סדר יום מה- 15.04.15, קרן נויבך ראיינה את פרופסור גליה צבר. סביבות הדקה ה-43:00 לתכנית, תיארה גליה, חלק מפשעי הטרור הנוראיים שמבצעת בוקו חראם, ארגון טרור ג'יהאד איסלאמיסטי קיצוני סוני בניגריה, ואמרה שאין שום קשר ביניהם לאיסלאם...

בהמשך אותו ראיון' הזכירה גליה גם את ארגוני הטרור האיסלאמיסטים- א שבאב, ואל קאעידה. כשהיא נשאלת למקורות האלימות של הארגונים הללו, היא מדברת על תסכול כלכלי, פוליטי, ומקטינה כל קשר לדוקטרינת איסלאם רדיקלי, כאיזשהו מקור לבעיה. לא משנה, שלא מעט מהטרוריסטים המוסלמים שהגיעו מהמערב, כמו גם מנהיגי הארגונים האלו, הם מבני מעמד ביניים וגבוהה עם השכלה גבוהה.

קרן נויבך, בוחרת לא לראיין מזרחנים ומומחים בנושאי טרור איסלאמי כמו ד״ר מרדכי קידר, ד״ר גיא בכור, ד״ר ראובן ברקו, ואישתו וחברת הכנסת מטעם הליכוד ד״ר ענת ברקו, רק לציין כמה מומחים בתחום, עם דיעה שונה בנושא. גם מומחים בינלאומיים מובילים וחשובים, כמו בריג'יט גבריאל ואייאן חירסי עלי, לא מצוטטים, ובכלל לא מוכרים למאזיני התכנית.

קרן נויבך, ושותפה לתכנית צ'יקו מנשה, יש להם היסטוריה ארוכה ועקבית, בלהביא מרואיינים עם הטיה פוליטית ברורה אם לא לומר בוטה, התואמת את השקפת עולמם, הנוטה שמאלה מהמרכז, ובכך הם מצנזרים דעות מהמרכז-ימין, והימין. חמור מכך, גם מצונזר מידע, שהוא קריטי ע״מ באמת להבין, לנתח נושא לעומק, ולגבש דיעה מושכלת.

ב-25 ליולי 2014 קרן נויבך בתכנית שלה, סדר יום, בנושא על התנהלות התקשורת בעת מבצע צוק איתן (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fozU_Dd_vzs), אמרה: ״תפקידם של המגישים יחסית מינורי״. אבל אני יכול להוכיח בצורה אמפירית שלמגישים כמו קרן נויבך, וצ׳יקו מנשה, יש קביעה מז׳ורית, לסוג הדיעות שנשמעות בתכניות הפריימטיים שלהם, כמו בדוגמה הנ״ל, אך היא רק אחת, מאלפי דוגמאות, שאפשר להביא רק מהתכנית סדר יום, לאורך השנים. כי מידי יום יש כמה בחירות כאלו בתוכנית הזאת.

למשל, לכל אורך מבצע צוק איתן (ולאחריה) ראיינו רק את הפרשן הצבאי של עיתון הארץ, שקשר בין העימות בקיץ שעבר, לחוסר התקדמות בשיחות עם הפלסטינים, ובלי שום איזכור לאמנה האנטישמית, של ארגון החמאס, הקוראת להשמדת העם היהודי בכל שטחי ארץ ישראל. אמנה שרוויה בסיסמאות הלקוחות היישר מפרקי האנטישמיות של הנאצים -- את זה לא נשמע בתכנית סדר יום , למרות שהיה מאד רלוונטי לציין את העובדות האלו בקונטקסט כזה.

תקשורת המיינסטרים הישראלית יש לה הטיה שמאלה מהמרכז. ניתן להוכיח את זה בצורה אמפירית. סדר יום היא דוגמה מובהקת להטיה הזאת.

אשמח לדבר אם מישהו אצלכם על איך אפשר להביא דיעות ותכנים מגוונים ומאוזנים יותר, גם מהמרכז-ימין, ע״מ שהמאזינים יחליטו בעצמם, בהישמע מידע ודיעות מכל הצדדים. כי החד-צדדיות הנוכחית, יש בה אופי של תעמולה אידאולוגית, שלא לומר משטרת מחשבות.

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פסיקה: הרש"פ נושאת באחריות לשורת פיגועים בישראל -- חדשות טובות שיכול לשרת גם את קמפיין הבחירות‎

כששמעתי את החדשות הטובות ב-23 לפברואר, שחבר מושבעים בניו יורק קבע כי הרשות הפלסטינית ואש"ף נושאים באחריות לשורת פיגועים שהייתה בישראל לפני יותר מעשור --  כתבתי למחרת את המכתב הבא לאיילת שקד:

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איילת שקד,​
שלום רב,​ לילה טוב!
חדשות מעולות! שגם יכול לשמש חומר מעולה לקמפיין:

NY court: PLO, PA to blame for terror attacks a decade ago 

In landmark verdict, American victims awarded $218.5 million in damages; Palestinian leadership held accountable for six attacks

פסיקה: הרש"פ נושאת באחריות לשורת פיגועים בישראל 

חבר מושבעים בניו יורק קבע כי הרשות הפלסטינית ואש"ף נושאים באחריות לשורת פיגועים שהייתה בישראל לפני יותר מעשור. 

בעשור הזה התקשורת, השמאל ,ושמאל-מרכז הציגו מצג שווא, סילפו את המציאות, ובשטיפת גלי האתר, והמוח, מכרו הונאה (שהם עצמם האמינו בה) -- שאש״ף והרשות הפלסטינית הם ״פרטנרים לֹשלום״, במקום לתת לאמת להישמע, והיא שאש״ף והרשות הפלסטינית הם זורעי שנאה אנטישמית, מחוללי טרור ורצח, מבית-סיפרו של האיסלאם הרדיקלי, הפאשיסטי וברברי.

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איילת שקד, השתמשה בפיסקה הנ״ל מתוך האימייל ששלחתי לה, בפוסט שלה בפייסבוק:

https://www.facebook.com/ayelet.benshaul.shaked/posts/725967127521716

Steve Forbes: Why Netanyahu, The Churchill Of Our Time, Must Speak Before Congress

The illustrious Steve Forbes writes a moving article in support of Netanyahu and Israel 

Steve Forbes, proves himself to be a genuine friend of the Jewish nation. Following is a heartfelt paragraph, from an article he wrote that was published on his online Forbes magazine, on January 28, 2015.

"Given the size of the Jewish state, it has no room for error. A nuclear-armed Iran will put Israeli leaders in a dangerous, hair-trigger situation. Israel is a crucial US ally, strategically and morally. It is the only durable democracy in the Mideast. With only 8 million people, Israel has surpassed the European Union, with a population of over 400 million, in high technology, rivaling Silicon Valley. It was born from the ashes of the Holocaust. The destruction of Israel would mean, ultimately, the end of Western civilization; the moral rot that would permit such an event would be just about impossible to surmount."

Sadly you won't find this covered in Israeli mainstream media

למרבה הצער לא תמצאו שום דיווח או ציטוט לגביי זה במיינסטרים מדיה הישראלית, המיושרת קו עם מפלגות ״המרכז-שמאל״ ושמאל, לרוב עם תפיסת עולם פוסט-ציונית, ולעיתים אף אנטי-ציונית. לא תשמעו את המיינסטירם מדיה שואלת שאלות קשות לגביי התרבות הרצחנית של האיסלאם הרדיקלי, שיש לה משקל רב בכל עמי ערב ואיסלאם הסובבים אותנו, כולל ברשות הפלסטינית, וכמובן אצל חמאס, שהיא מדינת טרור, המבוססת על עקרונות איסלאם רדיקלי, קנאי, אלים, אנטישמי ופאשיסטי.

The full article can be read here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2015/01/28/why-netanyahu-the-churchill-of-our-time-must-speak-before-congress/

Pro-Palestinian Protestors Disrupt NYC Council Holocaust Memorial - Councilman David G. Greenfield Delivers a Poignant Response

Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian, protestors, prove what they're really all about -- naked blind anti-semitism 

After the protestors were removed from the chamber, New York City Councilman David G. Greenfield delivered a poignant and powerful response -- that must be seen! 

Israeli diplomats and politicians should take notes!

התנועה הפרו-פלסטינית/אנטי-ציונית חושפת את פניה האמיתיות -- תנועה אנטישמית גרידא. חובה לראות ולהפיץ!

יהודי מרשים, וחבר מועצת העיר ניו-יורק -- דוד גרינפלד, נותן מענה נוקב, מרגש, מילים כדורבנות, כתגובה לחוליגנים הפרו-פלסטינים, שהפריעו לישיבה זיכרון מיוחדת, של מועצת העיר, ליום השואה הבינלאומי ושחרור אשוויץ.

פוליטיקאים, ודיפלומטים שלנו כאן בישראל, יכולים ללמוד פרק מהרהיטות המרגשת שלו בנושא!

If you're on the side of democracy and freedom then you're on the side of Israel

Which side are you on? 

This video from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, does a nice job in juxtaposing the moral divide and difference between Israel and the vast majority of surrounding undemocratic, despot and oppressive regimes. Most of those, including the Palestinian Authority, are bent on undermining the Jewish state by means of delegitimizing, via rabid libels, blatant lies, falsifications of historical facts, and through indoctrination of hate.

In an age where moral equivalence between free, liberal, democratic Israel, and despot, fascist theocracies, is the daily dosage on mainstream TV, universities campuses across the west and the world, this video serves a nice, albeit small, antidote to the war of lies, disinformation,  and delegitimization, being waged on the Jewish state of Israel.

By Noam A. Rotem 



Which side are you on?

The side of open debate   -- or --   the side that represses free speech
The side which is a democracy   -- or --   the side that executes political opponents
The side that take pride in its diverse society   -- or --   the side which persecutes gays and minorities
The side that strives for gender equality   -- or --   the side which oppresses women and condones honor killings
The side that protects its young people   -- or --   the side which uses its children as human shields
The side that builds shelters for civilians   -- or --   the side which constructs bunkers for terrorists
The side that goes out of its way to harm innocent people   -- or --   the side which deliberately targets innocent civilians.
The side that invests in education   -- or --   the side that uses its money to fund terrorism
The side that sanctifies life   -- or --   the side which worships death 

I know which side I'm on, and its not the one of a repressive terrorist organization. I'm for Freedom, I'm for democracy, I'm for Israel.

How dangerously ludicrous does appeasing terrorism with territories look like when put into a context devoid of prejudice against Israel

From Daniel Pipes Twitter Feed

משוא פנים של הפרשן הפוליטי חנן קריסטל בתוכנית בחצי היום השישי‎

מכתב גלוי לרשת ב׳ שנשלח ב-13 לינואר 2015

שלום רב,

בתוכנית בחצי היום השישי עם צ'יקו מנשה: חנן קריסטל, בפרשנות פוליטית -- יותר מפעם ובאופן די מגמתי, קרא למפלגת העבודה ״מרכז-שמאל״ ולליכוד ״ימין״ -- למרות שהליכוד מגדיר את עצמו מפלגה לאומית וליברלית. מעבר לכך אפשר להראות בצורה אמפירית שכמעט בכל נושא פוליטי, חברתי ומדיני, שהליכוד ממוקם בקשת מרכז-ימין של המפה הפוליטית הציונית. יתר על כן בכמה וכמה נושאים, עמדותיהם של חלק מחברי מפלגת העבודה המובילים, מיושרים קו עם מר״ץ, שהיא מפלגת שמאל. 

נשמע שחנן קריסטל, משתמש בשִׂיחָדָש (Newspeak -- השפה הבדיונית מספרו הקלאסי של ג'ורג' אורוול, "1984", שמטרתה לסלף את המציאות בעזרת מונחים הממסכים את האמת), ע״מ למצב את מפלגת העבודה במקום יותר בחיר, ובכך עוסק בתור תַעֲמוּלָן למפלגת העבודה, ולא פרשן פוליטי אובייקטיבי. אין סיבה שמאזיני רשת ב׳ יצטרכו לסבול מההטיה הפוליטית שלו, במיוחד כל עוד הוא הפרשן הפוליטי היחידי שאתם מביאים לדיון.

שוב ברצוני לציין שכל הפרשנים שלכם בכל תוכניות הפריימטיים הם מהמרכז-שמאל. מן הראוי שהשידור הציבורי, במימון ציבורי, יביא פרשנים עם קשת דיעות יותר רחב הכולל גם את המרכז-ימין. להלן כמה פרשנים שראוי היה לשמוע גם את קולם באופן  קבוע בפרשנות הפוליטית שאתם מביאים לציבור:  דן מרגלית, מתי טוכפלד, נדב העצני, מרטין שרמן, קרוליין גליק, ודרור אידר.  מתי תתקנו את האי שיווין המשווע הזה?

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בכבוד רב,

נעם רותם

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