1. Hamas Spokesman Urges Gazans to Act as Human Shields for Hamas Leaders
When Israel bombs Hamas targets and civilians die, they’re not just collateral damage. Many of them are conscious human shields who have deliberately chosen to get their 72 virgins this way.
Hamas is making a bet that using human shields will deter Israel. And if it doesn’t, they get to shout “Atrocity” and scream that Israel is cold-bloodedly murdering civilians. (via Memri)
2. Dalai Lama asks that Buddhists stop defending themselves.
(I would like to remind his holiness the Dali Lama that under his leadership a Buddhist country became an atheist communist one. So perhaps its best if other Buddhists ignore that sage advice for the time being)
3. IDF: Hamas Caught Using Human Shields in Gaza
4. Worth catching up on reports in Israel. Some escalation still taking place with rockets fired at Israel’s nuclear facilities.
6. Shock horror: Hamas-linked CAIR’s Nihad Awad under surveillance!
7. Muslims in the Netherlands chant for extermination of Jews. No hate crimes arrests whatsoever.
Just in case there was any doubts that this is a ‘racial’/religious issue. Some people still insist this is a geopolitical matter concerning Israel. The chant is very clear about its intentions and has nothing to do with politics. Also Geert Wilders may want to point out the hypocrisy of his trials for the true yet subtle things he said in Holland while this goes unnoticed by the authorities.
Thank you Nicolai Sennels, ML, Richard, Yucki and all who sent in material. I am confident it is gonna be a busy day. Check back soon.
Brooklyn Neighborhood Targeted with Anti-Muslim Graffiti
NY – Anti Muslim graffiti insulting Allah scrawled on Kensington insurance shop
Bangladeshis in Kensington said they are living in fear after Muslim hate graffiti was found on a storefront in the neighborhood’s bustling shopping strip.
The manager of TDS Insurance on Beverly Road near McDonald Avenue, came to work Monday and spotted a nauseating sight:
“It was written on the outside – ‘Allah is s–t,’” said Abu Chowdhury, 51, who immediately called the cops.
Although the hateful message was erased hours later, Bangladeshis said the sight left them emotionally scarred.
“It is just shocking,” said Mamnunul Haq, a Bangladeshi community leader. “No one wants to see anything like that.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/anti-muslim-graffiti-insulting-allah-scrawled-kensington-insurance-shop-article-1.1019434
Anti-Israel protest in San Francisco (7/7/14)
Phyllis Chesler explains something to the war-weary Israelis and their friends everywhere:
Why This Operation is Different
Operation Protective Edge may look like its predecessors–Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012–in that it is a response to Palestinian terrorism launched from Gaza against Israeli civilians. The previous two rounds of the conflict ended with Hamas still in power in the Gaza Strip, weakened but able to re-arm over time and to project a strategic threat. There are five reasons, however, this time may be different.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/15298
If this report is right the fall of Hamas may not be good for Israel.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4392/isis-gaza
I don’t care how nasty Hamas is ISIS is worse.
2/ He does a lot of harm with this nonsense. I’ve never heard or read any indication from the DL that he knows the first thing about Islam, Islam as it is and not as fantasists would like it to be. Same with his buddy Robert Thurman (Uma’s father). Interesting on Tibetan Buddhism but politically an idiot.