The Vicious Babushka

Pet Magazine's Use of Yellow Star Sparks Outrage

 

Vienna - Vienna's Jewish community on Wednesday blasted a dog magazine for using yellow stars in a campaign fighting "racism" against attack dogs, and criticized the choice of a Nazi-era symbol. Authorities in the Austrian capital are currently assessing whether to introduce a special owner's license for dog breeds that are considered especially dangerous or aggressive, a measure that has incensed many dog owners in Vienna.

Wuff magazine had issued fliers showing two puppies, a labrador retriever and a pit bull terrier. The pit bull bears a yellow star in the shape of the Star of David with the word "evil" on it.

The publishers reacted to the criticism by saying they would replace the star with a red circle in the future.

"Equating examinations for certain dog breeds with the persecution, torture and murder of millions of people reveals the spirit of those who are responsible for designing and distributing such materials," Vienna's Jewish community said in a statement.

Jews in Hitler's German Reich and its occupied areas were forced to wear yellow stars with the word "Jew" written on it.

Read more at Earth Times.

If pit bulls have a rep as a vicious breed, it's because of stupid pit bull owners.

Turnabout is Fair Play: Jews Sue Hamas in Belgian Court

May be indicted in Belgium

Israel - Though charedim in Eretz Yisroel constantly have to defend themselves for not serving in the IDF, this week some were actively involved in high-profile moves to combat Hamas terrorism.

A group of charedim living in Israel and who are part of a larger group of 15 Israelis with Belgian citizenship filed a suit in Brussels this week through Israel-based lawyers Mordechai Tzivin and Nechama Tzivin, accusing Hamas leaders of complicity in war crimes.

Belgian courts let citizens living anywhere in the world request criminal prosecutions for violations of their human rights.

“Our current legal efforts are intended to mark Hamas leaders in public opinion and among decision makers in Europe as the real war criminals. This is the only way for us to offset the ‘legal Intifiada’ being waged by pro-Palestinian groups in Europe. Issuing warrants against Hamas sends an important message – even if no actual arrests are made,” Mordechai Tzivin said in a conversation with VIN News in Israel on Thursday.

With a wide network of connections around the world, Tzivin has provided legal counsel in a number of enigmatic international cases, including the case of two young yeshiva students currently awaiting trial in Japan on charges of smuggling ecstasy into the country.

The motion calls for arrest warrants to be issued immediately against 10 Hamas military leaders and lawmakers, including Ismail Haniya, Khaled Meshaal, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Mohammad Daf and Ahmad Jabri, charging Hamas, during Operation Cast Lead in January, caused injuries, property damage and in one case a relative died as a result of Palestinian rocket attacks. The plaintiffs, who lived in and around Ashdod, asked not to be identified by name.

The group is making no effort to hide the fact that the case is a reaction to the flood of suits against Israeli military and government officials sweeping through Europe, including an arrest warrant against former foreign minister and opposition leader Tzipi Livni, which prevented her from traveling to London recently.

Read more at VIN News. 

Moldovan Church Blames Jews for Priest's Menorah-Smashing Rampage

 Moldovan Orthodox Church: Jews to blame for menorah incident

Church calls Hanukkah attack on menorah in Chisinau 'unpleasant', but adds, 'We think it inappropriate to put a symbol of the Jewish cult in a public place.' Buenos Aires rabbi says desecration of menorah in city 'should not be blown out of proportion'

The Moldovan Orthodox Church on Wednesday blamed the local Jewish community for the recent rally in which a public menorah was torn down and a cross was put in its place.

During the December 13th incident, dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital Chisinau, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah.

The 1.5 meter (5-foot)-tall ceremonial candelabrum was retrieved and reinstalled. The national government said in a statement that "hatred, intolerance and xenophobia" are unacceptable.

According to a report, published Monday by the Russian Interfax news agency, the church said in a statement, "We believe that this unpleasant incident in the center of the capital could have been avoided if the menorah had been placed near a memorial for victims of the Holocaust."

The church said it opposed the form of the protest, and that it respects "the feelings and belief of other cults that are legally registered on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, and expects a similar attitude from their side," according to the report.

"At the same time," the statement continued, "we think it inappropriate to put a symbol of the Jewish cult in a public place connected to the history and faith of our people, especially because Chanukah is classified by the cult books of Judaism as a 'holiday of blessing' that symbolizes the victory of Jews over non-Jews."

Read more at YNet.

Also, the comments at YouTube are sickening.

German Historian Corrects False Media Story About Hitler's Mother

 
This is not Hitler's mother.

This is Hitler's mother. 

German historian Joachim Riecker recently published a book about Hitler's hatred of Jews. British newspapers soon printed articles containing inaccurate information about the book. Now the researcher is battling to save his reputation. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Riecker expresses his frustration and demands a correction.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Riecker, you wrote a book about Hitler and the Holocaust. Your central thesis in "Hitler's November 9," is that Germany's defeat in World War I is one of the main reasons for Hitler's anti-Semitic delusion. Now the tabloid Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph newspapers claim that you wrote in your book that one of the causes of that hatred of Jews was the "harmful treatment" Hitler's mother received from a Jewish general practictioner. You were even quoted directly. Did the Daily Mail ever talk to you?

Joachim Riecker: No. The author appears to have taken the information from an obscure Austrian Web site with English-language articles that included incorrect information about my book in a review. That was the first place I read the quotations that had been attributed to me.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Anyone who reads your book with any attention to detail will not find any indication that you support the thesis of US historian Rudolph Binion, who attributes Hitler's hatred of Jews to, among other things, the treatment methods used by the Jewish doctor. You even reject his theory outright in one chapter. Nevertheless, the Daily Mail quotes you as saying that Hitler "never forgave the Jewish doctor" and became anti-Semitic for that reason.

Riecker: This claim is simply nonsense. General Practitioner Eduard Bloch, who treated Hitler's mother in 1907, still lived in Linz during the occupation of Austria by the Wehrmacht in 1938. He was placed under the protection of the Gestapo and was allowed to sell his property in a normal manner and emigrate to the USA with his wife in 1940. Historian Brigitte Hamann recently wrote a book about Eduard Bloch and even quoted Hitler as commenting that his mother's former practitioner had been a "noble Jew."

Read more at Spiegel.de 

Auschwitz Sign Stolen By Deranged Souvenir Collector

Polish police are interrogating a gang of five professional thieves to find out whether a foreign collector commissioned them to steal the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from the entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp.

The wrought iron sign — which means “Work sets you free” — was recovered 72 hours after being stolen from the camp where more than a million Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.

Its cynical wording raised the possibility that it had been taken for ideological reasons or at the behest of a far-right mastermind.

Five men, aged between 20 and 39, from the Torun area of northern Poland, have been arrested for the theft. Andrzej Rokita, the deputy commander of Cracow police, described them as nonpolitical. All had previous convictions for theft or assault.

“We can say that none of the five are members of a neo-Nazi group,” Mr Rokita said. One suspect owns a construction company; the others are unemployed.

They are being interrogated in Cracow, the city responsible for the nearby Auschwitz camp museum. If charges are pressed, they could face up to ten years in jail for the “theft of a cultural treasure of particular significance”.

Read more at UK Times.
  

Moldovan Priest Leads Mob in Knocking Over Hanukkah Menorah

Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital capital Chisinau, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said.

The 1.5 meter (5-foot)-tall ceremonial candelabrum was retrieved, reinstalled and is now under police guard.

Police said they were investigating but there was no official reaction from Moldova's Orthodox Church, which is part of the Russian Orthodox Church and counts 70 percent of Moldovans as members.

The national government said in a statement that "hatred, intolerance and xenophobia" are unacceptable.

Jewish leader Alexandr Bilinkis called on the Orthodox Church to take a position over the priest's actions.

The Jewish community was thriving before World War II but there are now estimated to be just 12,000 Jews in the former Soviet Republic. Twenty years ago there were 66,000 Jews. Many immigrated to Israel.

YNet.

The Gollum of Austria: Muslim Bites off Jew's Finger During Hanukkah Candle-Lighting in Vienna

Tricksy Jewses! We hates them! We hates them, precioussss!   

 A Muslim man attacked a Chabad rabbi Saturday night as he was conducting the annual ceremony to light the public Chanukah menorah in Stefenfaltz Square in the city of Vienna, Austria.

The attacker hurled himself at Rabbi Dov Gruzman, principal of the city’s Jewish school run by the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement, and began punching him, a local resident told Arutz Sheva.

As the rabbi tried to hold off his attacker, the Muslim suddenly bit his victim, severing part of his finger in the process. The Muslim was caught and arrested by police, and was held for questioning. The rabbi was evacuated to the hospital where doctors rushed to reattach his finger.

Gruzman told Arutz Sheva that the Muslim had raced towards the entrance at the beginning of the ceremony and began to curse the Jews who were there and the Jewish people in general.

"I tried to hold him off, to keep him away from the entrance and he bit me really hard, and that’s how he injured me," he said.

The event itself did not discourage Rabbi Gruzman, and in fact strengthened his resolve. “We are glad that such an event occurred,” he said.

"Today, because of what happened, we are planning [a much larger event]. We increased the number of sufganiot [Chanukah jelly doughnuts] from 50 to 700 – and this is our answer to the attack and to anti-Semitism."

However, the rabbi himself will be unable to participate in Sunday evening’s ceremony due to the fact that he is still hospitalized, and being monitored for infection from the bite. Nevertheless, he emphasized, through the Chanukah lighting ceremony he sends his blessing to every Jew around the world.

Israel National News.

Dutch Leftists Claim Israel is "Stealing" Palestinian Dead Sea Mud

Holland to probe if Ahava products made on occupied land

According to Socialist Party website, Dutch foreign minister intends to investigate whether Dead Sea cosmetic company's products sporting label 'Made in Israel' are manufactured on 'occupied' territory

It seems as though not everyone in Holland is thrilled with Ahava beauty products. In a discussion held in the Dutch parliament a few days ago, Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen agreed to launch an investigation of the Dead Sea company's products marketed in Holland in order to ascertain whether they are manufactured in Palestinian territory held by Israel, according to the Dutch Socialist Party's website.

According to the report, Verhagen acted at the behest of Socialist Party parliament member Harry van Bommel to check whether the products exported to Holland under the Israeli flag in actuality "create revenue for the occupier."

The site claims that van Bommel explained in the discussion that "This issue stands in the way of reaching a fair, honest, and just solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians."

The accusation against Ahava is that the company manufactures cosmetic products in a lab located in Mitzpe Shalem, a kibbutz on the western bank of the Dead Sea and uses minerals suspected of being Palestinian.

The company's products are exported to Holland with the stamp "Made in Israel," but, according to the Dutch socialists, the territory on which the products are manufactured does not belong to the State of Israel. The kibbutz is located on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea.

If it will be found that the Ahava products are made on occupied territory, Bommel said that he "will call for a boycott of these products" because selling them "violates international law that forbids an occupying power from selling products whose raw materials belong to the occupied nation under its name."

Read more at YNet.

The Zionist Mall has an excellent selection of Ahava products at discount prices! Babushka especially recommends the Botanic Velvet Body Wash.

Nazi Descendant Offers Holocaust Memorabilia to Yad Vashem

JERUSALEM – The offices of Yad Vashem, the Israeli agency that memorializes the six million Jews murdered by their Nazis and their allies, received an extraordinary and even infuriating proposal recently. The grandson of Rudolf Hoess, the notorious commander of the Auschwitz death camp, offered to sell some of his grandfather’s personal effects to the museum.

The letter to the museum, which was sent several months ago and entitled “Rare objects, Auschwitz, Commander Hoess,” was short and succinct, saying: “These are several objects from the estate of Rudolf Hoess, the commander of Auschwitz: A massive, fireproof box with official insignia – a gift from Henrich Himmler, the commander of the SS, weighing 50 kilograms, a letter opener and folders, slides from Auschwitz that have never been seen publicly, letters from his period of imprisonment in Krakow. I would be very grateful for a brief answer. Sincerely, Reiner Hoess.”

The management of Yad Vashem responded with shock to the proposal and rejected it out of hand. The management of the museum expressed disgust over the desire of the criminal’s relative to profit from Holocaust memorabilia.

A high-ranking official of Yad Vashem said, “Here we must ask: did you murder and profit as well?” (The reference is to 1 Kings 21:19—INT)

However, museum officials told Rudolf Hoess’s grandson, Reiner, that he may donate the original items to the museum in order to commemorate the Nazi horror.

In an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth last night, Mr. Hoess, 44, said the idea of selling the items to Yad Vashem came up following a conversation that he had with a friend, the grandson of Baldur von Schirach, who was the leader of the Nazi youth movement, the Hitler Youth.

“These items were in the family’s possession,” Hoess said in a telephone conversation.

“We knew about them, people outside the family knew about them for a long time as well. Quite a few organizations wanted to buy them from us, including well-known media such as Der Spiegel and the Axel Springer publishing company. In the wake of Mr. von Schirach’s recommendation, I thought that it would be appropriate to sell the items to Yad Vashem. I do not want these items to get into the wrong hands.”

Read more at Philadelphia Bulletin.

I don't understand why this is "horrifying" as long as the collection does not include soap or lampshades. The museum is angry that he is offering to sell these items instead of donating them, although he appears willing to donate the collection so that it should not get into "the wrong hands."
 

The Juice Want to Take Over Hungary!

A member of Hungary's main opposition party has accused the Jews of trying to take over the country.

"I'm a Hungarian nationalist. I love my homeland, love the Hungarians and give primacy to Hungarian interests over those of global capital - Jewish capital, if you like - which wants to devour the entire world, especially Hungary," Oszkar Molnar, a member of parliament, said in a television interview earlier this month.

As proof of his assertion that Jews are plotting to take over Hungary, Molnar claimed to have discovered that the language of instruction in Jerusalem's schools is Hungarian, and when asked why, students said they were "learning their future homeland's language."

The statement sparked an outcry among Hungarian politicians, with protests coming from, inter alia, the ruling Socialist Party, the youth wing of the Alliance of Free Democrats, and a group of intellectuals known as the Democratic Network, as well as the Jewish community.

But Molnar's party, Fidesz, has not condemned his statement - and Fidesz, according to the polls, is likely to take power when elections are held this spring. Party leader Viktor Orban did term the statement "embarrassing," but declined to denounce it. He said he would not even consider ousting Molnar from his party or parliamentary faction, as the remark "did not violate the party's bylaws."

Rumors of a mass Jewish return to Hungary have been floating around the country for some time. But until now, they have been confined to marginal, far-right web sites.

Haaretz.

Oh those wily Satmars!

 

Eeville Zionist Conspiracy of the Day: Israel Hijacked Russian Ship

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel intercepted a Russian-manned cargo ship allegedly carrying secret weapons that had disappeared, a European Union official said.

Adm. Tarmo Kouts, the European Union's rapporteur on piracy and a former commander of the Estonian armed forces, told Time in an article posted Monday on the magazine's Web site that although Russia claimed the ship was carrying lumber, only a shipment of missiles could explain its actions since the alleged hijacking on July 24.

"There is the idea that there were missiles aboard, and one can't explain this situation in any other way," Kouts told Time. "As a sailor with years of experience, I can tell you that the official versions are not realistic."

Russia said the ship, the Arctic Sea, was destined for Algeria with less than $2 million of timber, was hijacked and its tracking device disabled in late July. In mid-August the Russian government sent out a search party, which recovered the ship and its crew without firing a shot, according to Time.

Russia denied the ship was running weapons to the Middle East.

According to Time, Israeli President Shimon Peres met with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, the day after the ship was recovered and the leaders discussed "the sale of Russian weapons and military hardware to countries hostile to Israel," though the Arctic Sea was not specifically mentioned.

In addition, Time wrote, Russia sent a disproportionate force that included destroyers and submarines to look for the ship, and returned the small crew and alleged pirates back in two enormous military cargo planes.

Russia's envoy to NATO, Dmitri Rogozin, said Kouts should stop "running his mouth," Time reported. 

JTA.org

Germans Cheer Nazi-Killers in "Inglourious Basterds"

Tarantino's 'kosher porno' thrills Germany

While US-director Quentin Tarantino’s new Jewish revenge film “Inglourious Basterds” has garnered mixed reviews elsewhere, German critics are exalting the bloody fantasy as a cathartic departure from typical World War II films.

Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel wrote this week that after 65 years of portraying Nazis with “shuddering obeisance before evil,” Tarantino’s explosive film is “Catharsis! Oxygen! A wonderful retro-futuristic frenzy of fantasy!”

Average German cinema-goers also seemed bowled over at the premiere in Berlin on Thursday evening, roaring with laughter and applause throughout the film.

“It felt so good to finally say, ‘Kill! Kill all the Nazis!’” a 20-year-old student raved as he left Berlin’s CineStar theatre.

Set “Once upon a time,” in occupied France, two parallel plot lines focus on Jews exacting bloodthirsty revenge for the Holocaust by assassinating Hitler at a propaganda film premiere in Paris. While a band of renegade American-Jewish soldiers led by Brad Pitt called “The Basterds” hunts and mercilessly kills Nazi soldiers behind enemy lines, an outwardly meek French Jew living under an assumed identity plots a fiery revenge for her family’s death.

The script, inspired by Italian director Enzo Castellari's 1978 movie "The Inglorious Bastards," features Tarantino’s typically witty dialogue and cartoonish violence – but German critics are most fascinated by how it challenges standard Nazi film constructs and archetypes.

Read more at TheLocal.de

The Shocking Secret Ingredient in Swedish Gravlax

Special report: Sweden’s dirty secret

Does Swedish salmon secret involve horrific crimes against Norwegian villagers?

OSLO – Gravad lax – or pickled salmon – is one of the most popular Scandinavian dishes. Its preparation process is simple and quick, and its ingredients are seemingly identical everywhere: Salmon fillet, salt, sugar, oil, and herbs.

However, despite this, those in the know and lox connoisseurs have been claiming that the Swedish gravad lax tastes differently than the Norwegian, Finnish, and Danish variety. “The Swedish variety contains some sort of slight sourness, “ says Danish Chef Richard Muller Holstrum. “I was never able to detect its source.”

However, Ynet’s special investigative report has revealed, for the first time, what may be the secret ingredient in Sweden’s gravad lax. The horrifying findings indicate that the source is fungus removed from the feet of innocent Norwegian fishermen.

Horror at the village

Arnolf Lillehammer, a resident of the Norwegian village of Idiben, located near the Swedish border, will never forget the last time he saw his father alive. “It happened just before the last summer,” Arnolf recounted. “The lake was about to freeze, and dad went out to fish in the afternoon. He asked me to help him clean the fish when he returns. After three hours we started to worry. The next day, after we found his boat, we realized something terrible had happened.”
 
Three weeks later, Arnolf’s fears were replaced by pure horror, after finding his father’s corpse buried in the snow, with both his feet cut off.

Read more at YNet.

 

Swedish Paper Runs Another Blood Libel Story

Swedish daily publishes second article on 'IDF organ harvesting'

Family of Palestinian teen killed in 1992 tells Aftonbladet reporters IDF soldiers demanded NIS 5,000 to return his body and claimed stitches result of autopsy

Despite Israel's harsh protests, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published a second article accusing the IDF of harvesting Palestinian organs.
 
In the article, published Sunday, Oisín Cantwell and Urban Andersson report from the northern West Bank village of Imatin, where 19-year-old Bilal Ahmad Ghanem was killed during a clash with Israeli soldiers in 1992.

Ghanem's family claims that his body was returned several days later, wrapped in hospital bandages. Aftonbladet published what is said was a photo of the body, which had a scar running from the neck down to the abdomen.

The second article, titled "Mother never stopped suffering; she never stopped wondering," quoted Bilal's brother as saying that the killed teen was "hunted by Israel for protecting his people."

The brother, who was 15-years-old at the time, recounted the shooting incident. "A number of (IDF) soldiers ambushed (the Palestinians) and opened fire. The fist shot hit (Bilal) in the chest, the second in the leg. We believe that he was still alive after sustaining the two bullet wounds."

The mother, Sadija, told Aftonbladet "they could have arrested him, but instead they decided to kill him. 

Read more at YNet.

Israelis Launch Boycott of Ikea in Response to Swedish Blood Libel

Thousands of Israelis have signed an online petition to boycott the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA, in the wake of a controversial article published in the Swedish daily Aftonbladet that suggested that Israeli soldiers "harvested" the organs of Palestinians.

The signatories were also dismayed at the refusal of the Stockholm government to denounce the allegations under the banner of press freedom.

"In the wake of the anti-Semitic publication of a Medieval-type blood libel against IDF soldiers, and the ongoing silence of the Swedish government on the matter, it is unacceptable that we continue to support the Swedish retailer IKEA," the petition read. "Please, don't just sign the petition, we need real action!"

Various figures in the Israeli government have harshly criticized the article and demanded, to no avail, that the Swedish government issue a condemnation. On Sunday it emerged that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to press Stockholm for an official condemnation.

IKEA boasts more than 283 branches in 36 countries, and its business cycle in 2007 stood at 19.8 billion euros. The first store in Israel opened in Netanya in April 2001, and a second store, in Rishon Letzion, will open in early 2010.

A Web-based petition calling for a boycott of Swedish furniture chain IKEA's Israeli branch claimed to log over 4,600 signatories on Sunday.

In response, IKEA's local management issued a statement describing the firm as a commercial nonpolitical organization that has, and will continue to have, an excellent relationship with Israeli consumers.

Read more at Haaretz.

 

Author of Swedish Anti-Semitic Article Admits He Has No Clue

A report in Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet earlier this week alleging that Israel was harvesting Palestinians' organs for transplant continued to cause ripples on Wednesday with statements by Israeli officials, the Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv and the writer of the report.

"I have a personal opinion, it concerns me that it's true," Donald Bostrom, who penned the story, told Israel Radio en route to an emergency meeting at the editorial offices  Aftonbladet, presumably to discuss the aftermath of the report.

"I was [present] during the interview that night, I was a witness. It concerns me to the extent that I want it to be investigated," Bostrom told the station. "But whether it's true or not - I have no idea, I have no clue."

He was referring to a Palestinian witness who recounted an incident where a Palestinian was allegedly taken by the Israeli military and his body returned several days later - lacking some internal organs.

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon responded to the report by saying: "This is a blood libel and the worst type of anti-Semitism."

Ayalon called on the Swedish government to condemn these accusations and said Israel "sees a correlation between the Swedish government's public statements, which are extremely critical of Israel, and anti-Semitism in the press."

Read more at Jerusalem Post

 

Israeli Navel Gazer: "Europeans Hate Us Cause We're Rude!"

 

We are the real ambassadors

Europeans hate us not because of Middle East conflict, but because of our rude behavior. If we want to change Israel's image abroad, we must make sure Israeli tourists learn to behave

A lot has been written about the unruly behavior of Israeli tourists during vacations abroad. But very little has been said about the impact this behavior has on Israel's diplomatic ties with these countries.

At a time of crisis in our relations with the European Union, in light of political disagreements and the EU's threat not to upgrade ties with Israel, it is more important than ever that Israelis visiting abroad, and mainly Europe, respect the local codes of conduct.

During a recent visit to Prague I met a group of local university graduates who invited me to join them for a beer. At some point, the conversation turned to the issue of tourism to the country, and the young Czechs said how much they hated American tourists because of their condescending behavior.

The only tourists worse than the Americans, said the Czechs, were the Israelis (they did not know I'm an Israeli myself.)

I very much wanted to get to the bottom of this deep hatred towards Israelis, and expected to hear political criticism regarding Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. But when I asked the young men why Israeli tourists were so bad I was very surprised by the answer I received.

The Czech focused on the behavior of the Israeli tourist, who they said is rude, loud, vulgar, a bad tipper and complains all the time. The list of grievances did not include even one political element.

When I raised the political issue it became clear my friends had no clue what was going on in the Middle East, and could hardly pronounce Israel's name correctly.

More whining at YNet.

No dumbass, they don't hate you because you're rude. They hate you because you're a Joo. If you were a rude Arab sheik, throwing money around, they'd run after you to press their lips against your smelly butt cheeks.

French Jews: "German Officer Spat on our Passports"

 

Jewish family: German officer spat on our passports

Michael and Dvora Sitbon fly with their four children from France to Israel with layover in Germany, where they say border officer humiliated them, made hand motions pretending to shoot them

The Sitbon family will not forget their most recent flight to Israel for quite some time. Paris residents Michael and Dvora Sitbon flew with their four children from France to the Holy Land. During their layover in Germany, they claim they were subjected to degrading and racist treatment by one of the German border officers.

Once the border officer saw 26-year-old Dvora's Israeli passport, he spat on it and made a gesture with his hands as if he were trying to shoot her, the Sitbon couple told French-Jewish radio station Radio Shalom.

"We were shocked. It is very painful. My wife is the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor. She lives and breaths this issue and was shocked by the incident," said Michael, 28. "We flew by way of Germany because it was the least expensive, but my wife never wants to go back there."

According to the couple, who have been living in France for the past three years, they arrived in the German airport on Thursday night from France with only a few minutes to catch their connecting flight to Israel. A border officer detained them at passport control. "When he saw that my wife's passport is from Israel, he spat on it and didn't let us pass, saying that she has overstayed her visit in France," said Michael.

Read more at YNet.

Reading some of the comments at the YNet article, again there is the swarm of Holocaust deniers and other claiming this family "deserved" to be humiliated because Palestinians are allegedly humiliated at Israeli checkpoints.

Babushka has visited Frankfurt Airport on a layover from Israel, and did not find the passport control officers any more rude or insulting than passport control officers anywhere else. In fact my visit to Frankfurt was quite pleasant, except for the weather.

Whoever insulted this family should be sacked, immediately.

US: "Too Soon" to Consider Sanctions Against Israel (Maybe Later)

 
Obligatory "Jewish Settlement" Propaganda Photo

WASHINGTON — Washington believes it is too early to talk about imposing sanctions on Israel to force it to freeze settlement building in east Jerusalem, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.

"It's premature to talk about that," said spokesman Robert Wood when asked about the possibility of US financial sanctions.

"What we are trying to do, as I said right now, is to create an environment which makes it conducive for talks to go forward," he added.

"And you know, as I said, Senator Mitchell is working very hard on this."

US Middle East envoy George Mitchell was due to leave Washington later Tuesday, another State Department official said, asking to remain anonymous. No precise itinerary was given, but the official said Mitchell would meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders, but would probably not travel to Syria.

Israel came under intense diplomatic heat Tuesday over its settlement activity in occupied east Jerusalem, with the European Union and Russia warning it not to violate a Middle East peace plan.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy also repeated "the need for a complete freeze" of settlement activity after talks with Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.

Israel's deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon said the Jewish state was "working and will continue to work in accordance with its vital national interests, especially with respect to Jerusalem."

But Wood responded: "Well, certainly no one is asking Israel to act outside its national security interests.

"What we're asking both parties to do is to fulfill their road map obligations. Both sides have committed to do that."

Under the Middle East peace roadmap, which has yet to be implemented, Israel has pledged to freeze settlement activity while the Palestinians vowed to end anti-Israeli violence.

The US, France and the European Union have called on Israel to halt work on 20 apartments due to be built on a site in Sheikh Jarrah, one of the most sensitive and upmarket neighborhoods closest to the so-called Green Line that separates east and west Jerusalem.

Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community.

It sees all of Jerusalem as its "eternal, undivided" capital and does not consider construction in east Jerusalem to be settlement activity.

AFP

Russia, France, Sweden and Germany all Demand Israel Stop Building in its own Capital

 
Getty Images obligatory propaganda photo

Moscow says plans to build 20 apartments in Sheikh Jarrah should be 'stopped immediately' in line with Roadmap peace plan, while France summons Israeli ambassador to demand halt to 'settlement construction' in eastern part of capital; Deputy FM Ayalon in response: Our right to develop Jerusalem irrefutable

Russia, France and the European Union on Tuesday called on Israel  halt all construction in east Jerusalem, saying it obstructed the Mideast peace process.

"The settlement should be stopped immediately in line with the Roadmap," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said Tuesday, referring to an international peace plan endorsed by the Israelis and Palestinians in 2003.

The project to build 20 apartments is on a site in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, which formerly housed the Shepherd Hotel, and in 1985 was bought by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz. It received a building permit from city hall three months ago.

The plan has also been criticized by the US, and Israel's ambassador in Washington, Michael Oren, was summoned to the State Department earlier this month when he was told the project should be halted.

France also summoned the Israeli ambassador in Paris to demand a halt to the Jewish "settlement building" in east Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday.

Sweden, the current holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, urged Israel "to refrain from provocative actions in east Jerusalem, including home demolitions and evictions, as stated also by the Quartet 26 June 2009.

"Such actions are illegal under international law," it added.

Read more at YNet.