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Israeli Grocery Produces Ad Inspired by Dubai Surveillance Tape

 

JERUSALEM — An Israeli supermarket on Wednesday looked to to cash in on the infamous surveillance camera footage showing suspected assassins stalking a Hamas operative in Dubai with a new advertising campaign.

The commercials for the "Mahsaney Kimat Hinam" supermarket chain shows actors carrying tennis rackets, and wearing hats, glasses and wigs — the same disguises worn by the alleged killers — as they make their way through store aisles.

"We offer killer prices," announced the advertisement's tagline.

Advertising executive Sefi Shaked says the campaign was inspired by footage released by Dubai police that allegedly shows the disguised killers prowling the halls of the posh hotel where Hamas commander Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was slain on Jan. 19.

Israel's Mossad spy agency is widely suspected in the killing.

"It's a funny take of this event," Shaked said. "We were fascinated by the technique of using surveillance cameras instead of (expensive) high production commercial cameras, and the latest events in Dubai gave us a great opportunity."

An actor wearing a tennis outfit like the one seen in the Dubai footage browses the frozen food section. An actress wearing a wide-brimmed floppy hat mimics Israel's policy of neither confirming or denying involvement in the assassination, saying she "couldn't admit to anything."

Dubai has accused Israel of carrying out the killing, an allegation strengthened by the fact that many of the forged European passports used in the operation bear the names and details of dual nationals living in Israel. Several European countries whose nationals' passports were used have summoned Israel's ambassadors for an explanation and have sent investigators to Israel.

Israel says al-Mabhouh was a key figure in smuggling weapons to anti-Israel militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

The commercials are expected to air in time for the upcoming Passover holiday season starting at the end of March.

Associated Press.

Doofus of the Day: Turkey Refuses Earthquake Relief from Israel

6.0 magnitude earthquake in Turkey

Turkey rejects Israel's offer of post-quake aid

Ankara declines Jerusalem's proposal to assist search and rescue operations following 6.0-magnitude earthquake which hit country's east

Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the defense establishment to put together an aid proposal for Turkey, following the earthquake that hit the country's eastern region Monday, only to be rejected by Ankara.

Barak's office said that Turkey informed Israel that it did not require assistance at this time.

The 6.0-magnitude quake shook the Elazig province in eastern Turkey around 4:30 am (GMT). Some 57 people were killed and over 40 aftershocks have been registered since, the strongest reaching 5.5 on the Richter Scale.

Over a decade ago, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey, killing some 18,000 people. An Israeli search and rescue mission sent at the time was instrumental in saving dozens of lives.

Jerusalem's relations with Ankara have deteriorated greatly over the past year, in wake of both Operation Cast Lead and Turkey's failure to mediate indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria.

The growing tensions have seen Turkey cancel a joint military exercise scheduled to take place between the two air forces.

Read more at YNet. 

Hamas Celebrates 16th Anniversary of Tel Aviv Terror Bombing

 This is the the kind of stuff they did before the "Apartheid Blockade"

Palestinians Drop Big Honking Cinder Blocks on Jews at "Disputed Holy Site," Claim It's Israel's Fault

Palestinians worship peacefully at the Harm Al Sharif, known to Jews as the "Temple Mount." AP Photo.

Palestinian president's office issues special statement following Temple Mount clashes, says Friday's events 'aimed at damaging the chances to resume the peace process.' PA calls on US to intervene in order to 'stop the adventure which may spark a religious war in the region.' Syria condemns 'desecration of Arab and Islamic sanctities'

The Palestinian Authority on Friday pointed a finger at Israel following clashes which broke out on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and left 60 Palestinians and about 20 police officers injured. Eight policemen were evacuated to hospitals in the capital. Five protestors were detained for questioning.

According to a special statement released by the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, "Today's events were aimed at damaging the chances of resuming the peace process and Israel is crossing all the red lines – after the Arab League's monitoring committee recommended that the negotiations between the sides be resumed."

The statement also said that Abbas, who was being updated on the events in Jerusalem, had called on the American administration to "stop the adventure which may ignite a religious war in the region" and demanded that the international community "take responsibility and stop the Israeli recklessness, which may have serious implications on the entire region and on peace and security in the entire world."

Syria said Friday it "condemns the Israeli aggression" at the Temple Mount which showed the Jewish state rejected efforts to relaunch the peace process.

"The desecration of Arab and Islamic sanctities comes as the Arab League accepted the launch of indirect negotiations... which is further evidence of the seriousness of Israel's quest for peace," said a foreign ministry statement.

"It's also proof that the Israeli policy rejects the peace process and seeks to liquidate the Palestinian cause."

Read more at YNet.

Epic Fail: "Queers For Palestine" at Apartheidapalooza

World's stupidest Hamas shills, ever.

Queers for Palestine on Wiki.

Also: Queers protest Israel at Victoria's Secret.

Oh Noes! Juice Boxes Seen at US/Canada Border!

When a plane made an emergency landing back in January after a teenage boy donned the black Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin, people across North America treated it as something of a humorous oddity.

But weeks after that incident, a similar case – this time of a super-vigilant passerby sounding an alarm among U.S. border officials – led to the detaining of a rabbi and his Jewish driver as they tried to return to New York from Canada.

It was just before sunset when Rabbi Eli Silberstein, director of the Roitman Chabad-Lubavitch Center serving Cornell University in Ithaca, suggested, as he had done time and time before, that his driver, Ken Kaplan, don tefillin while it was still daytime. The two men, who were heading to Montreal, stopped at a gas station in Watertown just before crossing the border.

“He likes me to put on tefillin, because I drive him all over the place,” said Kaplan, who has driven Silberstein for four years. Besides for the religious requirement, “it’s good luck.”

The pair got out, Kaplan popped the truck, and soon the rabbi was helping the driver wrap one of the box’s leather straps around his arm.

No sooner had they finished, that a person approached the car.

“It was right after I put the tefillin back in the trunk that someone came up to us and said, ‘You can’t leave now, I need to talk to you,’ ” recalled Silberstein. “He was so suspicious of what we had been doing that he took our license plate number.”

They tried to explain and Kaplan drove off. At the border, Canadian officials inspected the car and, finding nothing suspicious, waved them through.

“When we got to Montreal, I got a call from my wife saying that the police in Watertown were searching for us, and that we were under suspicion for trafficking babies across the border,” [WTF???] said Kaplan. “The guy in the gas station saw us standing over the trunk with the straps and assumed that we were doing something criminal.”

Read more at Chabad.org

"The Poor Pitiful Gazans" Sob Story of the Day

 
High-tech greenhouse, gifted to the Palestinians after the withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, destroyed and looted.

Ruins in coastal enclave have become source of income for hundreds of men, women, and children around fighting areas from Cast Lead and area of destroyed settlements. To make money, they sift sand in order to make gravel and small pebbles needed for building

The continued blockade on the Gaza Strip has created a new social class in the coastal enclave, known as "the sifters." To earn a living, hundreds of men, women, and children, considered the poorest in the Strip, sift through sand in order to make gravel and other small pebbles necessary for building and paving roads.

The sifters are located throughout Gaza, but are concentrated mainly in areas in the northern Strip where there was heavy fighting during Operation Cast Lead and in the territory of settlements that were destroyed. They make their living off of piles of debris by doing back-breaking work that brings in meager income.

The al-Arabiya network did a news item on the sifters during which some of them were interviewed. Hamed Saad told the television station that he joined the sifters because he had a hard time finding any other source of income. He said that a day of sifting earns him NIS 30 (about $8) a day. "I try to earn even this little amount in order to feed by children instead of being out of work," he said.

A 14-year-old boy said that his father sent him to work because the aid the family receives does not cover their basic needs. "We need to work at this job. We want to live. No one asks about us, and we don't have any income that will let us live with dignity," said the boy.

Read more at YNet.

This is what happens when you have a society that puts more effort into kidnapping than providing a decent life for their people. 

Biased Media Photo of the Day: Hamas Rehearses a Kidnapping and Reuters Calls it an "Arrest"

Members of Hamas' security forces demonstrate an arrest during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City March 1, 2010. Reuters Photo.

Does this look like an arrest? An arrest shows the suspect in handcuffs, escorted by police officers.

What this looks like is a kidnapping.

Are You Ready For Apartheidapalooza?

The sixth international Israeli Apartheid Week kicks off on Monday, with the “week-long” festivities taking place over 14 days in over 40 cities across the globe.

Organizers say this year’s events are meant to “educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.”

The IAW’s Web site says 2010’s apartheid week “takes place following a year of incredible successes for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the global level.”

Organizers say the event will not only push for an end to “colonization of all Arab lands” and the “full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel,” but also the dismantling of the West Bank security fence and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

Read more at Jerusalem Post.

In honor of "Israel Apartheid Week" this blog urges everyone to buy Israeli products at the Zionist Mall.

And Now for a Giant Angry Papier-Mache Puppet

 
Palestinians and left-wing activists take part in a protest against Jewish settlement activity in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Arab East Jerusalem February 26, 2010. The placard reads in Hebrew "Enough theft". Reuters Photo. 

Babushka asks, what "theft" are they referring to? Who stole what from whom? The Jewish residents of this neighborhood bought and paid for the houses they live in. Oh, I know. They stole the "Jew-free-ness" that the Arabs previously enjoyed.

Dubai Using Racial Profiling to Ban Jews

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Following the assassination of a Hamas operative, Dubai police will attempt to identify Israelis traveling on foreign passports by assessing their physical features and manner of speaking upon arrival, the police chief said Monday.

Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim said travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the Gulf country even if they arrive with alternative passports. The Emirates will "deny entry to anyone suspected of having Israeli citizenship," Tamim said.

The move follows the killing of a senior Hamas operative in Dubai, blamed by the Emirates authorities on Israel's Mossad spy agency.

Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was found dead in a Dubai hotel room Jan. 20. The authorities have identified at least 26 suspects of the alleged hit squad that traveled to Dubai on fake identities and forged European and Australian passports to kill al-Mabhouh.

At least 15 of the suspected killers share names with Israeli citizens, further fueling suspicions the Mossad was behind the hit.

"It is disgraceful how the killers abused European (and other) passports and UAE soil to assassinate," Tamim told reporters at the sidelines of a security conference in Abu Dhabi.

"We will not allow those who hold Israeli passports into the UAE no matter what other passport they have," Tamim said.

He did not explain what procedures would be used to identify the Israeli visitors, except that the police will "develop skills" to recognize Israelis by "physical features and the way they speak."

Read more at Associated Press.
 

Holocaust Denier Zundel Released from German Prison

MANNHEIM, Germany – Far-right German activist Ernst Zundel was freed after serving five years in prison for denying the Holocaust ever happened — something he wouldn't speak about Monday.

The 70-year-old had been extradited in 2005 from Canada, where he spent some additional time behind bars on the German warrant after having been deported from the United States for alleged immigration violations.

A crowd of 20 supporters on Monday morning clapped and shouted "bravo" as Zundel emerged from the prison in Mannheim. Some handed him flowers as he passed through the prison's steel gates.

"I'm back out after seven years, three weeks, three prisons and three countries," Zundel said, declining to comment when asked whether the Holocaust happened. He also served some time in prison in North America.

"It's kind of a sad situation; there's a lot to say. I'll certainly be careful not to offend anyone and their draconian laws."

Zundel was convicted on 14 counts of inciting hatred for years of anti-Semitic activities, including contributing to a Web site devoted to denying the Holocaust — a crime in Germany. The Web site's accessibility made it possible for German prosecutors to charge him.

Zundel and his supporters had argued he was exercising his right to free speech.

Read more at Associated Press.
 

Spanish Children Flood Israeli Embassy with Palestinian Propaganda

Spanish children urge Israeli envoy to 'stop murdering Palestinians'

Israeli Embassy in Madrid receives hundreds of letters of protest from local pupils. 'Why does Israel murder Palestinians?' one letter notes. Foreign Ministry protests phenomenon

The Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of European Affairs Naor Gilon protested via telephone to Spanish Ambassador to Israel Alvaro Iranzo the delivery of letters written by Spanish school children to Israel's Ambassador in Madrid, Rafael Shotz.

Israel's Embassy in Madrid has recently been receiving children's letters expressing protest of Israel's conduct towards the Palestinians. The Foreign Ministry is concerned that the students who wrote the letters were being instigated by their teachers. One letter directed at the ambassador noted, "How many Palestinians have you murdered today?"

Another read, "Mr. Ambassador you should think about not killing the Palestinian children and elderly. I don't know if it doesn't bother you, having to murder people. You should leave Palestine."

Read more at YNet.

 

Haman: Jewish People are an Insult to Humanity (News Item, not a Purim Joke)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said that the existence of "the Zionist regime" is an insult to humanity, according to Iranian news agency IRNA.

Ahmadinejad made his remarks at a conference called "National and Islamic Solidarity for the Future of Palestine" where he declared Israel the reason for instability in the Middle East.

The Iranian leader said Israel's presence on even one inch of the region's soil was a cause for crisis and war, adding that the only way to confront Israel is through the resistance of Palestinian youth and other nations in the region.

Ahmadinejad also told the conference that the "Zionist regime" is the origin of all the wars, genocide, terrors and crimes against humanity and that it is a racist group that does not respect human principles.

Also in attendance at the conference were Hamas Chief Khaled Meshal, Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah and the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command, Ahmed Jibril, all of whom live in exile.

The Iranian president ended his speech by suggesting a referendum on the destruction of Israel.

Haaretz.

Dubai Inspector Clouseau: We Found Killer's DNA!

 

Police chief contacts various countries in attempt to assemble global team to pursue 26 alleged killers

Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim announced Friday he possessed the DNA of at least one of the assassins of senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh.

"We've (identified) traces of DNA on the scene, belonging to the criminals," he told Al-Arabiya satellite TV. "We have fingerprints and DNA traces and we know what they look like (thanks) to cameras that have revealed the whole operation."

Tamim also said he plans to appoint an international investigation team to pursue the 26 people suspected of committing the murder.

Tamim estimated Friday that the Interpol would put 15 of the new suspects on its most wanted list as early as next week. He said a delegation on behalf of the Dubai police had visited a number of European countries as part of the investigation which led to the assassins' exposure.

Tamim told the United Arab Emirates-based Al-Bayan newspaper that he was working with European countries, Australia, and the US through diplomatic channels in order to establish an international detection team including members from "at least seven countries".

To the Mossad he called, "Crime does not pay", and hinted that there was no use in disguises, false identities, and concealment. Tamim also stressed that the alleged assassins did not use diplomatic passports.

Dubai identified 15 new suspects in the assassination this week, bringing the total number of people believed involved in the death to 26.

Read more at YNet. 

Little do they know that the devious Zionist overlords have already figured out how to fabricate DNA evidence. No doubt the intrepid Dubaian detectives will discover that the DNA belongs to Ismail Haniyeh, or Khaled Mashaal.

Bwahahaha!

Another Mossad Trick? Shark Tank in Dubai Mall Springs a Leak

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Water gushed from a leak in a shark-filled aquarium in a ritzy Dubai mall on Thursday, sending startled shoppers scattering and shutting down nearby shops in one of the city's proudest attractions.

Amateur video footage posted on the Web site of Dubai newspaper Gulf News showed what appeared to be hundreds of gallons of water showering down on the polished tiled floor of the Dubai Mall, which sits in the shadow of the world's tallest tower.

The timing is unfortunate for Dubai, which is trying to restore its once gilded image as it wades through a torrent of negative publicity generated by its burst property bubble, crippling debt pile and the assassination of a top Hamas commander in an airport hotel last month.

The incident also raises new questions about building safety in the city-state, which pushed through ever more extravagant and complicated construction projects until the economic downturn halted its rapid-fire growth. Less than three weeks ago, trapped tourists had to be pulled from a stuck elevator in the mall owner's record-breaking Burj Khalifa skyscraper nearby. The world's largest tower, due to accept its first permanent tenants in March, has yet to reopen to the public.

The breach in the 2.6 million gallon tank at the Dubai Mall, open little more than a year, was quickly plugged and caused no harm to the 33,000 fish inside, according to mall owner Emaar Properties. It was not clear when the attraction featuring an "underwater" tunnel would reopen.

Read more at Associated Press.

The Mossad Killed a Top Terrorist in Dubai and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Irish newspaper reports sales of garments carrying Israeli spy agency's name have risen tenfold since Hamas man's assassination in Dubai, particularly among Diaspora Jews

Israel has yet to confirm or deny its involvement in the assassination of senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, but there are those who are already taking advantage of the mysterious affair in order to make a profit.

The Irish Times reported Wednesday that the sales of Mossad-themed T-shirts have risen tenfold since the Israeli spy agency was linked to last month’s operation.

Eran Davidov, marketing manager of a top mail order company selling Israeli-made products, said his company had been overwhelmed by demand since launching a special “Show off your Mossad and Israeli pride” campaign earlier this week, directed mainly at Jewish communities in the Diaspora.

The most popular T-shirts include the writing “Don’t Mess with the Mossad” alongside a picture of a pistol. Another garment has the word Mossad with the letter “o” replaced by a circular target used on a rifle range.

Read more at YNet.

You can buy Mossad T-shirts at the Zionist Mall!
 

Doofus of the Day: Luddite Rabbi Destroys a Computer as "Tool of Satan"

 This video makes Babushka cringe with embarrassment that there are morons like this in our community. A shandah un a bushah!

Who Built the Hitler Snowman?

Stuttgart - German prosecutors said Friday they have dropped an investigation into who built a snowman that bore an uncanny resemblance to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. A group opposed to right-wing activities filed a complaint at the end of January that the snowman violated German laws, which ban the reproduction of Nazi symbols or slogans.

The snowman, with a distinctive Hitler moustache and an arm raised in a Nazi salute, was built outside a pub frequented by right-wing extremists in Schorndorf, near the southern city of Stuttgart.

The case was dropped this week after police were unable to find the culprit, a spokeswoman for the Stuttgart prosecutor's office said.

"Not every likeness of Hitler is a forbidden symbol," the spokeswoman, Claudia Krauth, told the German Press Agency dpa.

By the time the case was dropped, the snowman had melted.

German authorities routinely look into complaints about the use of Nazi symbols.

Last summer, a German sculptor was subject to an investigation after he exhibited a garden gnome with its arm raised in a Nazi salute.

In 2006, a German trader who was fined 3,600 euros (4,850 dollars) for using crossed-out swastikas on buttons and T-shirts to protest far-right extremism.

The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe later overturned the verdict, saying it was not a criminal offence to display symbols that are "obviously and clearly" meant to demonstrate opposition to Nazism. 

 

Earthtimes.com

ADL, AJC Deny Giving "Approval" to Passion Play Script

(JTA) -- The Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee said a news release suggesting that they had approved of this year's Oberammergau Passion Play was misleading.

"American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League have not approved the 2010 Oberammergau Passion Play," said a statement issued jointly by Rabbi Eric Greenberg of the ADL and Rabbis Noam Marans and James Rudin of the AJC, who had consulted with the Oberammergau production team.

"After our  rabbinic team met in Oberammergau with the directors and church (Catholic and Lutheran) theological advisor in October 2009, we made clear a number of issues of great concern regarding the play’s text, visual images and significant plot changes that we believe can transmit toxic anti-Jewish images and perceptions," the statement said. "We notified them about our concerns in a Nov. 4, 2009 letter, and have never received a response."

Both groups asked the producers to remove references suggesting their approval from press materials.

The most recent Oberammergau news release on the play's Web site, dated Nov. 30, 2009, says that "Two high-ranking rabbis of the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee were consulted in order to avoid any anti-Semitic references."

The Oberammergau is a Passion play that has been staged in the Bavarian village -- and featuring only its residents -- every 10 years, going back to the 1600s. It is a major tourist attraction, drawing half a million viewers to its shows, which will be staged this year between May and October. Its depictions of Jews at the time of Jesus' crucifixion were notoriously anti-Semitic.

In 1970, the village started consulting with Jewish authorities in order to tamp down anti-Jewish imagery. The efforts have had mixed success.

JTA.org