Proving to the world yet again what a class-one moron he is, Pat Robertson purports to speak for God and tells the world that God gave Ariel Sharon a stroke for giving Gaza to the palestinians.

“He was dividing God’s land, and I would say, ‘Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,’” Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, “The 700 Club.”

“God says, ‘This land belongs to me, and you’d better leave it alone,’” he said.

Since Robertson has that direct line to God, I would like to ask him what offense against God these stroke victims made:

Dick Clark
Kirk Douglas
Coretta Scott King
Patricia Neal
Ellen Corby

Last, but not least: My Uncle Joe

So, whattya think? C’mon, Pat, you’ve got a direct line to the Almighty. Tell me the awful things that all these people did to deserve having a blood vessel in their brain burst open.

Schmuck.

Pat Robertson has joined the MonkeyBoy club. (MonkeyBoy is my name for the current president of Iran.)

Hadassah hospital says the blood thinning agent was the right treatment:

Dir.-Gen. of Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef in a Thursday evening press conference insisted that the treatment which Prime Minister Ariel Sharon received during his last hospitalization and after his release, was appropriate.

He claimed that the decision to return to his intensive work after his last stroke was one which was reached by the prime minister after he received the approval of his doctors.

Reports say that though the Prime Minister is in a drug-induced coma, his pupils are reacting to light and he is not in a vegetative state.

This story says that Sharon’s brain was badly damaged.

More on Ehud Olmert, Acting Prime Minister.

Gee, Arik should have listened to Kofi Annan, Israel’s new bestest friend.

Lots of people are praying for Sharon’s recovery, including mystic David Batzri (that’s the title in the JPost story).

Refuah Shlayma, Ariel ben Devorah.

Another lie that Ahmadinejad keeps spreading is that Jews were treated well by Muslims in Muslim lands. One has only to do a bit of research to see that is untrue.

At various times, Jews in Muslim lands were able to live in relative peace and thrive culturally and economically. The position of the Jews was never secure, however, and changes in the political or social climate would often lead to persecution, violence and death. Jews were generally viewed with contempt by their Muslim neighbors; peaceful coexistence between the two groups involved the subordination and degradation of the Jews.

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One of the most dangerous twists to the Ahmadinejad lies about the Holocaust is the way it utterly ignores the 3,500-year-history of a Jewish presence in Israel.

The way the media are portraying the quotes effectively passes along the lie. Imagine that you know nothing of Israel’s history (and many people do not). You read this:

“Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces and they insist on it to the extent that if anyone proves something contrary to that they condemn that person and throw them in jail,” IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

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Predictable, and a day behind schedule.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted Thursday as saying he was hoping for the death of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

“Hopefully the news that the criminal of Sabra and Shatila has joined his ancestors is final,” the semi-official students news agency ISNA quoted him as telling a group of Shi’ite Muslim clerics in Iran’s holy city Qom.

May I be the first to respond in kind in wishing that Ahmadinejad would drop dead, and take his mullahs with him?

Yesterday’s rampage by palestinians at the Egypt/Rafah border got the results the terrorists were looking for:

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian authorities on Thursday released a militant held in connection with the kidnapping of a British family in Gaza, a day after his followers went on a rampage and smashed holes in a wall along the Egypt border.

Palestinian security officials refused to comment on why they released Alaa al-Hams, a militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. The group is affiliated with the ruling Fatah Party.

“I was released as a result of the agreement reached between Fatah and the (Palestinian) Authority yesterday. This will calm all types of protests from our side,” al-Hams told The Associated Press by telephone.

I think the Egyptians are going to have something to say about this, though:

Two Egyptian guards were shot dead in clashes on the border after about 300 Palestinians streamed through breaches in the wall. The guards were reported to have been shot by Palestinians.

A security source said four Egyptian guards were seriously injured and were transferred to a hospital in El Arish in the north of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.

So much for that fabled Muslim brotherhood. Then again, the pals might not have wanted to raise the ire of the Egyptians. They just murdered more than a dozen Sudanese refugees for simply refusing to leave a park.

Omri Ceren, with a heartbreaking quote from Ha’aretz, on prayer.

Photo essays at Boker Tov, Boulder: Praying for Sharon, and celebrating his misfortune. Guess which are from whom.

Kesher Talk, updating the news.

A consensus seems to be gathering that the doctors really screwed things up by giving Sharon blood thinners. And while that may indeed be the contributing factor, I would point out that pointing out that fact is not going to change what happened. Sharon has had a major cerebral hemorrhage, and will probably be incapacitated for life.

Terrorists in Gaza are promising a barrage of “celebratory” rockets into Israeli towns if Sharon dies.

“I am ready with my candies and my rockets and praying to Allah that Sharon dies. We have prepared a celebratory barrage of rockets ready to fire into Israel on the occasion of the death of our enemy,” said Abu Abir, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, an umbrella group of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists responsible for firing hundreds of Qassam rockets and mortars at Jewish towns.

Charming.

Soccer Dad points out that Sharon steamrollered his way over Israeli opinion to get his results, following in the tradition of many other Israeli Prime Ministers.

Lynn is back and points out that Sharon devoted his life to his country.

And last, Dave Bogner has nothing but contempt for those who see Ariel Sharon’s stroke as evidence of the hand of God (in a negative fashion). (Don’t miss the picture he has on the post.)

Now that Ariel Sharon is incapacitated, Ehud Olmert has been sworn in as Acting Prime Minister. To put this catastrophe into American terms, think back to when FDR died in office and Harry Truman suddenly became president, but with (hopefully) more preparation.

Omri has a post that details the three major Israeli political parties and their outlooks and chances, as well as the Israeli political situation in general.

Barring a miracle, all eyes will be on Olmert for the present. Israel is still in a precarious position: Much of the Muslim world wants the Jewish state extinguished, and one lunatic has already proclaimed his desire to “wipe Israel off the map.” This is an existential threat to Israel every bit as great as the threats in 1948 and 1967, when the Arab and Muslim world tried to prevent Israel’s birth, and then to drive her into the sea.

Terrorists are still trying to murder Israelis on a daily basis; in fact, look for them to redouble their efforts, sensing that this may be a time when (they think) the IDF may not be as attentive.

Gaza is a land in total anarchy. Mahmoud Abbas has proven that he has neither the will nor the strength to establish the rule of law in the only parcel of land ever fully governed by palestinians.

And Israeli politics are in transition following Sharon’s withdrawal from Likud and establishment of Kadima. And so all eyes are on Ehud Olmert, and the question is: Can he lead the nation through this crisis? And then what?

I don’t know enough about the man to make a guess. But my eyes, like those of Israel and the world, will be upon him. This is his Harry Truman moment.

Update: Israel Insider has a profile of Olmert.