Give us everything we want or we won’t negotiate with you: Saab Erekat repeats the Palestinian preconditions for peace talks (thanks, Obama!), which are for Israel to accede to all Palestinian demands, and then they’ll sit down at the negotiating table, presumably to demand everything else (e.g., the “right of return”).
“Netanyahu needs to freeze the construction of settlements and accept the ’67 outline for a two-state solution before we return to the negotiations table,” he asserted.
In other words, we’ll take Jerusalem first and talk later. Right. That’s gonna happen.
Inappropriate JHolocaust comparison alert: Sure, bringing sexual harassment charges against a man who spit on a woman and called her a slut is just like Nazi Germany’s Nuremberg laws.
Moshe compared the Israeli society’s treatment of the haredim to “persecution similar to the Nuerenberg Laws.” According to him, the very fact that a haredi man who verbally assaulted a female soldier is being accused of sexual harassment – even though many legal experts claimed there were no grounds for arrest – resembles racist legislation.
Sure. Israel is now going to create laws forbidding Haredi to have marry non-Haredia and strip them of their citizenship. Yes, what’s going on now–demanding that the Haredi nutjobs stop treating women disgustingly–is just like what happened in Nazi Germany.
I am beginning to understand the insanity of the Neturei Karta a little more now. Apparently, they’re not the only extremely religious nutjobs.
There was another election at the UN? Did you know that SecGen Ban Ki-Moon starts his second term today? Yeah, me neither. And what is he going to concentrate on?
As he embarks on a new five-year term starting New Year’s Day, Ban said one of his top priorities is to help Arab countries sustain their moves toward democracy. He also said he intended to do more for young people and women, and address frustrations over the growing gap between the rich and poor expressed by the Occupy movement.
What democracy? It’s going to be one man, one vote, one time in Egypt, soon enough. Libya? Islamists. Tunisia? Well, maybe there, but what is the UN going to do to promote democracy over Islamism? Nothing, because it is filled with Islamists and politically correct bureaucrats who will cry “Islamophobia!” at the drop of a hat.
Finally, a feel-good story: Utah passers-by rescued two drowning children and saved their lives. And one of them used a handgun to do it. (He shot out the rear passenger window to get in and reach the children.) Here’s the original story with all the details.