Palestinians: Crocodile Tears and Terrorism

In this mailing: - Bassam Tawil: Palestinians: Crocodile Tears and Terrorism - Denis MacEoin: A Measured Response to Bishop George Browning and Others Interested in the Palestinians - Maria Polizoidou: The Foundations of Global Jihad - Please help us not allow Islamic terror to be "the new normal"! [] [Palestinians: Crocodile Tears and Terrorism]( by Bassam Tawil • June 8, 2017 at 5:00 am - This apparent repudiation of terrorism is a startling development for Abbas. The only catch is that when it comes to Israel, Abbas takes quite the opposite line. - For the past two years, Palestinians have been waging a new type of "intifada" against Israel -- one that consists of knife and car-ramming attacks, similar to the ones carried out in Britain, France and Germany. This wave of attacks, which began in September 2015, has claimed the lives of 49 people and injured more than 700. Since then, Palestinians have carried out more than 177 stabbings, 144 shootings and 58 vehicular attacks. - Adding to the hypocrisy, Abbas and his PA leadership often point an accusing finger at Israel for killing the terrorists. Instead of condemning the perpetrators, Abbas and the Palestinians regularly accuse Israel of carrying out "extra-judicial killings" of the terrorists. In other words, Palestinian leaders save their condemnation for Israeli soldiers and policemen for defending themselves and firing at those who come to stab them with knives and axes or try to run them over with their cars. How would the British or French governments react if someone condemned them for killing the terrorists on the streets of Paris and London? Who says that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does not condemn terror attacks against civilians? He is against terrorist attacks anywhere in the world -- except in Israel, perpetrated by his own people and prompted by him. Abbas's crocodile tears are intended to disguise tears of joy that terrorism is alive and well. (Image source: Muhammed Muheisen-Pool/Getty Images) Who says that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does not condemn terror attacks against civilians? As it turns out, he and his Palestinian Authority (PA) do indeed condemn terrorism -- when it is directed against anyone but an Israeli. Israeli blood, it seems, is different. Abbas led the international outcry after the June 3 London Bridge terror attack that left seven people dead and 48 injured. A brief statement issued by Abbas's office read: "The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday condemned the terror attack in the British capital of London. His Excellency (Abbas) offered his deep condolences to Britain - its queen, government and people, and to the families of the victims of the terror assault. He affirmed his permanent rejection of all forms of terrorism." [Continue Reading Article]( [] [A Measured Response to Bishop George Browning and Others Interested in the Palestinians]( by Denis MacEoin • June 8, 2017 at 4:30 am - Wafa al-Biss is only one among hundreds if not thousands of Palestinians who have tried to smuggle guns, knives, suicide vests and bombs into Israel. Should anyone be surprised if Israel uses checkpoints and other security measures to save Jewish, Christian and Muslim lives? - In the wave of terror that has continued for the past eighteen months, Palestinians, including children, have used knives, scissors, and machetes to stab Jews, and cars to ram and kill pedestrians or police. Palestinians also suffer from the security this demands, by having to wait in queues at checkpoints or searches. That is regrettable, but hardly a reason to condemn Israel. - The Palestinian narrative and the wider Arab and Muslim demand that Israel must be wiped out is not a Christian narrative. It is an Islamic narrative. Arabs in Israel have exactly the same rights as citizens as Jews: they have political parties, they serve in the parliament, and some serve as judges in Israeli courts, including the Supreme Court. Pictured: Israel's supreme court justices, along with PM Netanyahu and President Rivlin. Salim Joubran, an Israeli-Arab Supreme Court justice, is in the middle of the second row. (Image source: Spokesperson unit of the President of Israel) A few days ago, some friends in Australia alerted me to a blog post written by former Bishop George Browning, who had been the 9th Anglican bishop of Canberra and Goulburn. Entitled, "Capitalism, Anti-Semitism & the Judaeo-Christian Ethic" (5 May 2017), this was an anti-Israel rant of biased and profoundly inaccurate misdirection, mixing outright lies with exaggerations. Towards the end, Browning denies that his article is anti-Semitic ("... rather than this critique being anti-Semitic, I believe it to be..."). Is he aware of the leading modern definition of anti-Semitism written by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and recognized by some 32 countries? This definition, like others before it such as the European EUMC and US State Department definitions, includes several clauses that identify unfair, incorrect and biased criticism of Israel, the world's only Jewish state, or setting double standards for it, that are anti-Semitic. Unfortunately, Browning's article, as shall be seen, falls without reserve into that definition. It is hard to understand how a man of his intelligence and personal involvement in Israeli-Palestinian matters should not know of or respect the IHRA definition. In order to make this clear, here are two clauses from the IHRA definition: [Continue Reading Article]( [] [The Foundations of Global Jihad]( by Maria Polizoidou • June 8, 2017 at 4:00 am - U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, by rejecting the term "radical Islamic terrorism," appears to be ignoring the ideological, cultural, religious, political and economic factors behind global jihad. - It is as if McMaster believes that the terrorists' war against the West emerged out of nowhere -- unconnected to a multi-pronged logistical foundation and network. - A Palestinian state would quickly become a theocracy -- an ISIS clone, denying its citizens exposure to Judeo-Christian culture, as Islamists are currently trying to do in Europe, Australia and Canada. U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, by rejecting the term "radical Islamic terrorism," appears to be ignoring the ideological, cultural, religious, political and economic factors behind global jihad. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Despite considering Iran a grave threat to the Middle East and the rest of the world, the U.S. establishment opposes canceling the nuclear deal, and instead apparently prefers to provide the Islamic Republic's theocratic regime with the logistical means to continue developing its nuclear weapons program. U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, for example, by rejecting the term "radical Islamic terrorism," appears to be ignoring the ideological, cultural, religious, political and economic factors behind global jihad. It is as if McMaster believes that the terrorists' war against the West emerged out of nowhere -- unconnected to a multi-pronged logistical foundation and network. The same can be said of the American media, the Justice and State Departments and the intelligence services -- and not only in relation to terrorism. [Continue Reading Article]( [] [Please help us not allow Islamic terror to be "the new normal"!]( June 7, 2017 at 1:00 am Dear Friend, Most of the West's political leaders and their vassals in the media want us simply to accept massacres by Islamists in the heart of our cities as "the new normal". London's Mayor Sadiq Khan tried to claim that terrorist attacks are just "part and parcel of living in a big city". We will not accept that. It is poisonous to accept that. To every new jihadist bloodbath, those "authorities" respond with denial, word games or silence. Citizens who dare to speak openly about these threats are stigmatized and often threatened, branded as "Islamophobic" or "racist," to try to silence us. Social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter regularly censor and ban users who express "politically incorrect" opinions – while at the same time allowing jihadists to use their platforms for recruiting more murderers to their cause. 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