Will the REAL Abbas Please Stand Up!!!

It has been pissing me off over the past few days how the media is trying to make Abbas seem like a dove and an innocent peacemaker... he is a terrorist in a dress suit...

Here he is in his own words:


On recognizing Israel:” It is not required of Hamas, or of Fatah, or of the Popular Front to recognize Israel” (Al-Arabiya [Dubai] and PA TV, October 3, 2006).
Fighting Israel: “We have a legitimate right to direct our guns against Israeli occupation ... Our rifles, all our rifles are aimed at The Occupation” ( Jerusalem Post, January 11, 2007; Independent Media & Review Analysis, January 12, 2007).

On Jews: “The sons of Israel are corrupting humanity on earth” ( World Net Daily, January 11, 2007).

On Israel: “the Zionist enemy” (Associated Press, January 4, 2005; CNN.com, January 7, 2005).

On suicide bombers: “Allah loves the martyr” ( Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2005).
On wanted Palestinian terrorists: “heroes fighting for freedom” ( Age [Melbourne], January 3, 2005); ” Israel calls them murderers, we call them strugglers” (Jerusalem Post, December 25, 2004).

On Palestinian terrorist leaders Yasser Arafat, Hamas’ Ahmad Yasin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Fathi Shikaki: “martyrs” (Palestinian Media Center , September 9, 2005)

On Hamas: “We must unite the Hamas and Fatah blood in the struggle against Israel as we did at the beginning of the intifada. We want a political partnership with Hamas” ( Jerusalem Post, February 5, 2007).

On Yasser Arafat: “It is our duty to implement the principles of Yasser Arafat” ( Haaretz, January 3, 2005); “We will continue in the path of the late president until we fulfill all his dreams” (Agence France-Presse, November 11, 2005); “The Palestinian leadership won’t stray from Arafat’s path” (Yediot Ahronot, November 11, 2006)

On disarming Palestinian terrorists: a “red line” that must not be crossed (Washington Times, January 3, 2005)/LI>

On jailed Palestinian terrorists: “our heroes.” (Israel National News, May 26, 2006).
On the so-called ‘right of return’ of Palestinian refugees and their millions of descendants which, if implemented would end Israel as a Jewish state: “The issue of the refugees is non-negotiable” ( Jerusalem Post, January 11, 2007).

On the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah: A source of pride and sets an example for the “Arab resistance” (Jerusalem Post, August 6, 2006).

Saddam Hussein: ” Saddam Hussein has entered history as a symbol of Pan-Arab nationalism” (Independent Media Review and Analysis , December 31, 2006).

Mahmoud Abbas’ acts:
Holocaust denial: He wrote a PhD thesis and published a book denying the Holocaust.

Terrorist group Fatah: He co-founded with arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat the terrorist group Fatah, whose Constitution to this day calls for the destruction of Israel (Article 12) and the use of terrorism against Israelis as an indispensable part of the struggle to achieve that goal (Article 19).

Funding terrorism: as senior PLO official, he funded the Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972.

Terror & incitement to violence: He has refused to implement the signed Oslo agreements and the 2003 Roadmap peace plan which requires him to fight, arrest, extradite and jail terrorists and confiscate their weaponry and end the incitement to hatred and murder in the PA-controlled media, mosques, schools and youth camps that feeds it.

Terrorists’ plan for more violence: In May 2006, he endorsed the so-called ‘Prisoners’ Plan’, a document produced by jailed Palestinian terrorists, that endorses continued terrorism against Israel, legitimizes the murder of Jews, does not accept Israel’s existence as a Jewish state, abrogates Palestinian obligations under the signed Oslo agreements and the 2003 Roadmap peace plan, and insists on the ‘right of return.’

Money for suicide bombers’ families : In December 2005, he approved legislation mandating financial benefits to be paid to families of killed Palestinian terrorists.

Mecca Agreement: In March 2007, he formed a unity government with Hamas under the Mecca Agreement that called for more violence, not peace and reconciliation with Israel.
Despite this record, Israel and the U.S. are describing Abbas as a moderate and a peacemaker they intend to support. Prime Minister Olmert, en route to the U.S. to meet with President Bush, said that he saw “an opportunity that has not existed for a long time” now that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had dissolved his unity government with Hamas. The U.S. has indicated that it intends to continue funding, arming and training the forces of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah. The State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack said that the role of American Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, who was in charge of American training and bolstering of the Fatah forces that were overrun by Hamas in Gaza, will be reevaluated in the coming weeks. “In the days and weeks ahead we’re going to take a look at that to see how to proceed with the security assistance program, how Keith Dayton is going to continue working with the Palestinians ... I believe that he has every intention and that we have every intention of his continuing his work with the Palestinians.” A U.S. diplomat said that he expected the 15-month-old foreign aid embargo on the PA to be lifted once Abbas appointed an emergency government without Hamas ( Jerusalem Post, June 17, 2007). The Middle East Quartet (United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia) has also issued a statement of support for Abbas and his decision over the weekend to dissolve the PA unity government ( State Department, June 16).

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “It is incomprehensible that President Bush and Prime Minister Olmert would even consider referring to Abbas as a peacemaker and working towards supporting, funding and arming him when he has done precisely nothing to fulfill Palestinian Arab commitments under the signed Oslo agreements and the 2003 Roadmap peace plan. He has not jailed terrorists, confiscated illegal weapons, or closed the bomb factories. He has not ended the incitement to hatred and murder in the PA-controlled media, mosques, schools and youth camps that feed terrorism. This should not be surprising, since his own Fatah, especially the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, are just as much involved in suicide bombing and other acts of terrorism as Hamas, the Popular Front, the Popular Resistance Committees and other Palestinian Arab terrorism groups. Both Fatah and Hamas have each murdered nearly 500 Israelis in nearly 7 years of suicide bombing and terrorism.
“Despite this, the Bush Administration and the Olmert government act as though Abbas and Fatah were moderates who should be strengthened and with whom peace negotiations are desirable. The impression is given that Abbas’ dissolving of the PA unity government with Hamas is somehow an opportunity for peace-making. This is a terrible mistake. It is vital that the United States and Israel cease the policy of funding, arming and diplomatically supporting Abbas and Fatah, which has ensured that the PA remains an unreformed terrorist regime. It is after Abbas and Fatah who retain control over the content of Palestinian textbooks and the media, both of which promote hatred of Jews, Israel, Christians and America. The U.S. and Israel are making the same mistake they made when they falsely stated that Yasser Arafat was a moderate peacemaker, and on that false premise made concessions to his Fatah regime which resulted in a surge of terrorism and placed Israel in greater danger.
“Also exposed again is, Mahmoud Abbas’ real attitude towards terrorism against Israeli civilians. It has been reported that Abbas has rejected an offer by the Arab League Secretary-General, Amr Moussa, to negotiate with Hamas’ Khaled Meshaal. A spokesman for Abbas has actually called Hamas ‘murderers’ and Abbas aide Yasser Abed Rabbo was also quoted as describing Hamas as ‘killers’ ( Jerusalem Post, June 19, 2007). Yet, whenever Hamas murdered Israelis, he never referred to them as killers. Until now, Abbas did not lift a finger to stop terrorism against Israelis. On the contrary, he previously praised terrorists wanted by Israel as ‘heroes fighting for freedom,’ stated that ‘Israel calls them murderers, we call them strugglers.’ Abbas also described Hamas terrorist chieftain Sheikh Ahmad Yasin as a ‘martyr.’ So much for Abbas condemning terrorism and working to end it.
“Now, however, when he himself is under attack from Hamas, Abbas can suddenly reject dealing with Hamas, authorize Fatah to fight Hamas with full force and describe them as ‘murderers.’ The conclusion is obvious: Palestinian Arabs who murder Jews are not terrorists so far as Mahmoud Abbas is concerned. It seems that when Hamas kills Jews, that’s acceptable. It only when Hamas kills Arabs that it becomes a problem.
“Mahmoud Abbas got himself into this situation of empowering Hamas and legitimizing it by forming a unity government with it. It is not the responsibility of Israel, the United States or anyone else to save him and his forces now that Hamas has decided to take over Gaza. Abbas has done nothing to merit our support. It is vital that we do not decide at this moment to continue faster in the same wrong direction of trying further to empower Abbas. Until and unless Abbas take steps to fulfill all Palestinian obligations under the Oslo Agreements, there should be neither diplomatic, financial or military support nor other rewards and concessions for Abbas and the PA.”
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Mr. President, don't forget the troops!

Today, President Bush went to the GOP in congress and in every sense begged them to support his immigration bill (read: amnesty bill). It is very disturbing that the president did not show this enthusiasm when pushing the war funding bill to support our troops serving overseas. He seems to let that one slide. He should be pushing the bill that would support the troops whom he sent to war and not a bill that supports the criminals living in this country. Let's face it you come to this country illegally - you have committed a crime.

Mr. President, you do not have a mandate and you no longer speak for me and many of my conservative brethren feel that you have abandoned your conservative roots. It's time you switch parties. Your spending is out of control. Gas prices are sky rocketing. Why are your friends the Saudis stiffing us? Why isn't the war paying for itself? The Iraqis have enough oil to support their own war! If the Iraqis want to slaughter each other that is their prerogative. When are you going to take care of Iran? Have you succumbed to the appeasement tactics of Chamberlain? Why don't you support the men and women who wear our uniform? Why do we have heroes like Pantano and Lozano fighting for their lives; not on a battlefield in Iraq - but in the battlefields of the courtroom! Soldiers should not have to second guess in a battle whether the next shot fired from their gun is going to land them in a courtroom. War is ugly, people get killed - question the actions of the enemy - not the actions of the brave soldiers who risk their lives everyday to serve this country. Why have you allowed the incarceration of two border guards, yet, the drug smuggler is still free to roam? Why are you giving amnesty to criminals, to people who have no respect for the laws of the land that they need to come in through the window and not the front door. Thieves come in through windows; guests come through the front door. If we need the labor so badly, why not eliminate all the recipients of welfare and in lieu of them sitting on their lazy asses all day - let them do the farm work! That should end welfare right then and there! Mr. President, enough is enough - remember those who put you where you are... remember our voices... remember the voices of those soldiers who aren't coming back because they didn't have the right ammo or equipment because you pushed more for the illegals than you did for the heroes - May their memory serve as a blessing for us all! Never forget!

Nazis in Israel - The view from my hotel

I asked these anti-Semites if they were protesting the Arab occupation of Jewish land?

Israel and beyond...

This past week has been a hectic one to say the least. I returned from Israel earlier in the week and I had the longest bout of jet-lag. It probably did not help the fact that the day I landed I got off the plane went to Long Island, Staten Island, Manhattan Island back to Staten Island and back to Manhattan. In any case, I was in Israel for a few weeks celebrating my brother's wedding. I think this trip to Israel was an eye opener for me - I cant live in Israel until they get rid of the socialist society and the mentality of "the government will provide" becomes extinct. Another interesting factor I noticed is that the single Anglo girls living in Israel who made aliyah in the past few years seem to have one purpose to their existence - obtaining an MRS. Many of them have the mentality of I will teach in a gan, work in a dentist office, babysit or do whatever until they find "rich" Mr. Right and at that point there is no need to have any professional goals because babies will come hard and fast and since the government will provide there is no point in even thinking long term finances - UGH! I am off the aliyah bandwagon at this point. One of my brother's sheva brachot was on a night hike sponsored by Nefesh B'Nefesh and my new sister in law's brother was walking behind me on the hike and of course all these single new immigrants were all over him and they were bombarding him with questions and were pestering him why he didn't want to make aliyah. The ever so polite Canadians response was because I like living in Calgary but these pestering JAPS kept saying there is no future for Jews in Canada etc... I wanted to shout to these dumbfucks - HE IS NOT JEWISH!!! He looks like a typical Slavic non-Jew but of course these husband hungry girls probably just saw a male and wishfully thought they could convert him.

I rented a car and went to the Dead Sea for a day and it was fabulous! I got the massage of a lifetime. I noticed that at the spa there were people from all over the world with various types of skin conditions. As I sat in one of the hot tubs I was hopping that none of these skin conditions are contagious the longer I sat the more of a hypochondriac I became and finally pulled myself from the tub. I'm usually not a hypochondriac but some of those skin diseases looked scary.

One of my brother's air force buddies came in from Turkey for the wedding and we decided to go to Hebron early one morning. I was told women in the back so I sat with him in the back by the back door and all of the sudden a hassidic guy comes to me and with his back toward me says "women to the back, women to the back" I felt like Rosa Parks and I pretended I was deep in conversation with my brother's friend. The hasid behind me was American and politely translated and being that this Air Force Captain is a huge rule follower he promptly got up and moved to the back...

On my way to Israel I got to the Israir check in and saw that it was me and about 200 hassidic me and of course I could imagine my seat was probably between two of these folks so when I was going through security I said the Israeli security "is it gonna be me and them" and he said for your sake I hope there are others on the plane. He was a nice guy, he didnt ask me the usual bullshit security questions - he cracked a few jokes and then said remember not to take anything from those people who wear the kaffiyahs - you know who they are. I laughed thinking to myself I could not imagine someone from American Airlines saying the same thing and his job still waiting for him the next day. When I was going through TSA security on my way to the gate, once more I found myself alone in the sea of black hassidic men. When it was my turn to show my passport and ticket the agent asked me why all the men are throwing all their passports on the floor and she had to pick them up (she was not young!). My response was loud and clear and I told her that these men think that that they might get zapped by lightening if they treat women with respect and give them eye contact or god forbid they accidentally touch a women by showing her their passport. There was swift reaction and to my surprise the next few guys on the line put their passport on a book and handed the woman the book. That's what I call progress.

The wedding was very beautiful it was in a garden of a restaurant and the place stunning. The morning of the wedding I went to get my make up done by a haredi French lady who used to do make up for TV and movies and now that she is religious her husband does not allow her to do it on men. As she is applying the make-up we were discussing what kind of make ups she uses etc and then she said to me in her very thick french accent "you like my make-up I wearing?" I said it was very nice and then she said to me "I just make sex with my husband this morning and the make still on!" I almost fell off the make up stool. I then had to stare at her an inch from my face for the next hour - there is not a word to describe how I felt...