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Random thought

Posted on October 11th, 2005 at 9:40 pm by Meryl Yourish.

Filed under: Meanderings

Just imagine the mosquitoes that Noah and his children had to deal with when the floodwaters receded.

A breath of fresh air about the Saudis

Posted on October 11th, 2005 at 8:20 am by Meryl Yourish.

Filed under: Religion, Terrorism

Former CIA Director James Woolsey on the false concept that peace between Israel and the palestinians will change the Arab and Muslim world:

I think the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has some importance but that in reality it is much further down the line of causes of the current support for terrorism and so forth that one sees in some parts of the Muslim, principally the Arab world, than people suggest. I think you could have an Israeli-Palestinian settlement tomorrow, and the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia would still be fanatically anti-Shi’ite, anti-Sufi, anti-Jewish, anti-democracy, anti-Christian, anti-female, anti-music and so would Al-Qaeda be. Indeed the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia and the Islamists Jihadis such as Al-Qaeda pretty much agree except on one thing — who should be in charge.

Yes, that’s what we’ve been saying for years.

palestinian ERA watch

Posted on October 11th, 2005 at 8:16 am by Meryl Yourish.

Filed under: Terrorism

Women can’t do much in the world of the palestinians, but they’re allowed to carry bombs and blow themselves up. And now they’re allowed to make the bombs.

Among the numerous people recently detained by security forces is a young woman from the Gaza Strip suspected of being Hamas’ first female bomb maker.

Samar Sabih, 22, was sent by Hamas’ military wing in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to train new explosive experts.

Hamas in Gaza is believed to have taught Sabih, of the Jabalyah refugee camp, how to make bombs.

A few months ago she submitted a request to the Israeli authorities asking them to let her live in Tul Karm so that she could marry her fiance, who lived there.

The defense establishment permitted her to do so, as she had no record of security breaches.

When Sabih arrived in Tul Karm, she married her fiance and contacted Hamas activists from Ramallah. Shin Bet sources said she gave bomb-making lessons to Ali Kadi, one of the organization’s members who later took part in the abduction of Sasson Nuriel. Sabih also allegedly trained her husband to prepare explosives, so that he could replace her in training others if she were caught, the sources said.

It’s good to know that they’re letting women work in the trades now.

And gee, one more example of how the palestinians lie, cheat, and steal to take advantage of any Israeli humanitarian gestures.

Finish the fence, Arik, and separate from these murderers forever.

In your face, Adolf

Posted on October 11th, 2005 at 8:12 am by Meryl Yourish.

Filed under: Holocaust, Israel

Another Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany won a Nobel prize. (Hat tip: Rahel.)

The beaming Aumann, with a long, flowing white beard and a knitted brown and white skullcap, entered a crowded news conference at the center, cradling an infant grandchild. Several other grandchildren played in the back of the hall as other family members, including his children and brother, looked on.

Aumann said he was taken by surprise when he learned he had won. He was sitting at his computer writing letters in his office when he got the phone call from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His phone did not stop ringing for the rest of the day, although he said he eventually stopped answering it.

The award marked a half-century career for Aumann, who was born in Germany and fled the Nazis, moving to the U.S. with his family in 1938. His parents, who were wealthy, “lost everything,” he said.

Aumann, an observant Jew, said he and his brother had pledged as youths to move to Israel. Aumann moved to the Jewish state in 1956 after receiving his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and landed a job with the Hebrew University.

One of Aumann’s five children was killed in 1982 while serving as a soldier in Israel’s war in Lebanon. Aumann has 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Look at that. Not only did Aumann survive the Nazis, but he was fruitful and multiplied–while remaining a Jew.

I love a happy ending. Gee, it must suck to be a neo-Nazi and read about this guy, hm?