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UN Watch exposes Syria’s most recent blood libel
I guess the ol’ Jews drink the blood of (whatever group wants to inspire hatred) never grows old. Here is from UN Watch Newsletter:
UN Watch Exposes Syrian Blood Libel, Calls on World Body to Condemn Anti-Semitic Speech
Geneva, June 8 — UN Watch is calling on the United Nations to condemn hateful and anti-Semitic remarks made today by the Syrian delegate to the UN Human Rights Council.
“Let me quote a song,” said Syrian diplomat Rania Al Rifaiy, “that a group of children on a school bus in Israel sing merrily as they go to school: `With my teeth I will rip your flesh, with my mouth I will suck your blood.”‘
She also accused Israel of being a state “built on hatred, discrimination, oppression and a paranoid feeling of superiority.” (See details below.)
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer urged an immediate condemnation from Council President Alex Van Meeuwen of Belgium, UN rights chief Navi Pillay, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as well as by the member and observer states of the Council.
“Allegations of Israeli blood-sucking echoes the medieval blood libel about Jewish murder of children. Such statements, absurd and patently false, are historical incitements to prejudice and violence,” said Neuer.
“We had thought that they had been relegated to the ash-can of history. They have no place in the United Nations. They offend the decorum of the Human Rights Council and damage the credibility of its work.”
“We deeply regret that the Council, whose founding mission is to end intolerance toward any religious, racial, or ethnic group, was the venue for the expression of such crude and hateful allegations. It is now incumbent on all responsible UN authorities to speak out immediately and forcefully to condemn this bigotry.”
UN Watch’s exposé of today’s blood libel is already reported in the Canwest News article below.
Syrian envoy’s attack on Israel threatens to foil U.S. diplomatic drive
Steven Edwards, June 8, 2010
Syria on Tuesday accused Israel of indoctrinating its children with hatred towards Arabs, telling the United Nations Human Rights Council that Israeli youngsters sing about sucking Arab blood, and learn how to sign missiles destined for military activity against Arabs.
The tirade, delivered by Syrian diplomat Rania Al Rifaiy, was part of a Syrian appeal at the world body for countries to unite behind a campaign to “put an end to Israeli brutality.”
It came as Turkey sought a fresh condemnation of Israel over its deadly raid on Gaza-bound aid ships last week and hosted Syria and other regional leaders in Istanbul to discuss security in the region. Continue Reading →
Syria using secret bases to arm Hizbulah against Israel
From Israel Insider:
Israel is likely to send a “calibrated signal” to Hezbollah and Syria by launching a precise airstrike against a weapons convoy are increasing, the Times of London reported Friday, following reports of Israeli plans to bomb a Syrian arms convey as it crossed the border into Lebanon. The Israeli strike was reportedly called off at the last minute.
Friday’s report covered tensions in the region, and cited satellite images of secret arms depots in Syria, in which surface-to-surface missiles destined for Hezbollah are stored. The report said the Times has been shown images of one such site, located in a compound near the town of Adra, northeast of Damascus. The site reportedly includes living quarters for Hezbollah fighters, arms sheds and a fleet of trucks used for transferring weapons. The facility is believed to be one of several used as a base for weapons deliveries.
“Hezbollah is allowed to operate this site freely,” a security source told the paper. “They often move the arms in bad weather when Israeli satellites are unable to track them.” The weapons in question are either of Syrian origin, or are delivered from Iran by sea or by air. A UN report obtained by the AP indicated that North Korea is supplying nuclear and other military technology in large quantities to Syria and Iran. Continue Reading →
PJTV confirms post on TT and Vlad. Hizbolah attack on Israel likely and soon
Please watch this interview
In Bill Whittle’s interview with former US General Paul E. Valleley (link), Velleley reports that Iran is leading a group of forces including Syria and Hezbollah, as well as their own military, for a possible near-term attack on Israel.
Tundra Tabloids posted here on Vlad a few days ago this report which would appear to be confirmed
For the PJTV interview click here:
Additionally, a nice clip on political correctness, dhimitude, and South Park here
MAJOR SLAPDOWN OF SYRIAN KINGPIN BY FM LIEBERMAN
Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman: Keep screwing us around Assad, and your heretic Shiite Alawite clan will no longer be in a position of power, and then what?
Oh and the Turks want to act as mediators for the resuming of peace talks..yeah, right. I like what Lieberman has to say to the Syrians, shut up, give up dreams of the Golan and don’t dare to attack us, because you’ll pay a heavy price. That’s how dictators are spoken to. KGS
FM: If Syria provokes Israel, Assad will be out of power
Lieberman blasts Syrian president for claiming Israel leading Middle East towards war, says Assad made a “direct threat on Israel,” calls on Damascus to give up demand for Golan Heights.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday morning blasted Syrian President Bashar Assad for saying Israel was “leading the region towards war,” and warned the leadership in Damascus that in the next war, Syria would be defeated by Israel.
Speaking at an event at Bar-Ilan University, Lieberman warned Assad that in an event of war with Israel, “not only will you lose the war, you and your family will no longer be in power.”
The leaders in Syria care only about their power, Lieberman claimed, and therefore it is important that Damascus understands a war with Israel will drive Bashar Assad and the Assad family out of power.
“I tell Assad and [Syrian Foreign Minister Walid] al-Moallem clearly – what was said yesterday marked a dramatic change of game, a direct threat on the State of Israel. I think that a line was crossed, and this cannot be tolerated,” the foreign minister said.
“We heard Defense Minister [Ehud] Barak’s sincere call for peace with Syria, and we have now received Syria’s answer. Whoever thinks territorial concessions will disconnect Damascus from the Axis of Evil is wrong,” Lieberman asserted.
The foreign minister went on to stress that he supports peace with Syria as long as the Golan Heights remain in Israel’s hands.
“Syria must understand that it has to let go of the demand for the Golan, in the same way that it gave up on the Greater Syria dream,” said Lieberman.
Lieberman also warned the Palestinian Authority, and called on the Palestinian leadership to resume peace talks with Israel.
“I want to tell [PA Prime Minister] Salam Fayyad and Abu-Mazen [PA President Mahmoud Abbas]: Without immediate, direct negotiations, not only will you not have a state in two years, you will also lose control over Judea and Samaria as you did in Gaza. Negotiations are not only an Israeli interest, nor a favor that anyone does for Israel.”
Lieberman’s remarks came hours after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed disappointment with Assad’s claim that Israel was pushing the region towards war, saying instead that the reality was quite the opposite.
“Netanyahu has said many times that he would be prepared to meet and negotiate with Syria, as long as [Damascus] does not set any preconditions. Unfortunately, Syria is the one that is setting obstacles [to peace],” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement overnight Wednesday.