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ELI HERTZ:Applying Double Standards by Requiring of Israel a Behavior Not Expected or Demanded of any Other Democratic Nation ****

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12592 The leniency with which the European Union (EU) judges Palestinians’ reforms compared to the strictness of EU demands for reform by the Turks reveal Europeans’ duplicity and lack of integrity, and should disqualify the European Union from playing any significant role in the Middle East peace process, under the guise of being an honest […]

LORI LOWENTHAL MARCUS:Lawmakers: Obama Watering Down Iran Sanctions, PA Punishment

Lawmakers: Obama Watering Down Iran Sanctions, PA Punishment There are some in Congress who are fed up not only with the unilateral actions taken by the Arab Palestinians to subvert the agreed-upon path to Middle East conflict resolution, but also with this administration’s repeated efforts to create unlevel footing such that Israel is doomed to […]

DIANA WEST: THE MEDIA ODDLY SILENT ON WIKILEAKS PROCEEDINGS

http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2012/12/14/media-oddly-silent-on-wikileaks-proceedings-n1466618/page/full/ Some thoughts about Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s pretrial hearing, which concluded this week. Manning, of course, is charged with leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks and, at his trial in March, will be pleading guilty to certain charges while rejecting the military’s contention that he “aided the enemy” in […]

ANDREW BOSTOM: HADD TIMES AHEAD FOR EGYPT?

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2012/12/14/hadd-times-ahead-for-egypt/   Ahmad al-Zind, Egypt Judges Club chairman, said his judicial body has decided to reject overseeing Dec. 15th and 22nd 2012 constitutional referendum. He also said this on November 26, 2012: “The judges have a burning desire to instate shari’a laws regarding Islamic hudud punishments”   **   Today (12/14/12), the senior Egyptian judges […]

Czech Ambassador Tomas Pojar Discusses the Similarity Between Israel Today and Czechoslovakia in 1938 ****

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=295915 In interview following ‘Post’ Conference, Czech ambassador warns against relying too much on international community. Czech Ambassador Tomas Pojar was in the hall attending The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Herzliya on Wednesday when Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman made an example of his country, saying Israel was not about to become “the second Czechoslovakia.” […]

AMB. (RET.) YORAM ETTINGER: THE ARAB STREET….QUO VADIS

http://send.hadavars.com/index.php?action=message&l=2096&c=14567&m=13071&s=4cd27f3da5dfa876ce4b7531a605e261 The assumption that the rising tide of the Islamist forces, on the Arab Street, is led by politically-pragmatic and moderate Islam, is divorced from reality. The supposition that the surging Islamic forces, on the Arab Street, aim to eschew violence, moderate the Arab Street, focus on economic growth rather than the spread of Islam […]

Into the Fray: Ill-Considered, Inappropriate and Inadequate By MARTIN SHERMAN ****

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=295870 In response to the Palestinians UN initiative for non-member statehood, Israel must impose permanent penalties, not make provocative proclamations You never let a serious crisis go to waste…. What I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. – Rahm Emanuel The Palestinian leadership, abetted by […]

HATE CRIMES AGAINST JEWS REPRESENT TWO THIRDS OF ALL RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES..

FBI: Jews are the Victims of Nearly Two-Thirds of Religious Hate Crimes The release of the FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) report indicated a promising new trend in America, with overall hate crimes overall falling by 6 percent in 2011. However, despite the improvement, anti-Jewish hate crimes still remain disproportionately high, the report […]

MY SAY: NEWLY DISCOVERED! GENERAL GEORGE PATTON’S GUIDE FOR U.S. SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR 11

Below, read excerpts from “Insider Threats – Germany: Observations, Insights, and Lessons,” a draft handbook prepared for U.S. forces serving in Europe

First of all: Understand that they may have poor conflict resolution skills and that insults cause irrational escalation of force.

Nazism has been hijacked by a tiny minority of radical Naziists. Do not deride Mein Kampf publicly or use derogatory and inflammatory expressions like “Kraut”….Avoid asking for sour kraut with your sausage.

Understand that they may have poor conflict resolution skills and that insults cause irrational escalation of force.

* * *Cultural Awareness: Show understanding of their culture. Tell them how much you love Wagner and loathe Mendelssohn. Mention their good cars, but not AUDI (company was started by a person of Jewish origins which may, in certain cases elicit some excitable response ).

* * *Etiquette Violations Best Avoided by U.S. troops. Taboo conversation topics include:

Anything related to Jews.
Mention of any other religion and/or spirituality or Gypsies
Debating the war
Making derogatory comments about the Fuhrer or the concentration of certain groups within labor and detention camps
Directing any criticism towards Herr Hitler’s inner circle…Himmler, Goebbels, Speer, Eichmann
Mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct

Bottom line: Try to avoid highly charged and emotional issues

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Obamacare cometh: Fear the changes
Washington Examiner
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Commentary
Obamacare cometh: Fear the changes
Obamacare will mean higher insurance bills, unwanted changes in status at work, higher taxes, loss of employer-based health insurance and a bewildering bureaucracy that will make today’s complex insurance maze seem downright simple. Read more…

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Rice withdrawal signals Obama’s Libya concern
Fox News
Thursday, December 13, 2012
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Rice withdrawal signals Obama’s Libya concern
President Obama took the unusual step of issuing a statement saying Susan Rice, the embattled U.S. ambassador to the U.N., had withdrawn herself from consideration to be secretary of state. This tells us that the White House remains deeply worried about the Libya scandal. Read more…

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Pentagon’s caginess over N. Korean launch puzzles experts
Kristina Wong

U.S. missile experts have noted the success of North Korea’s satellite launch late Tuesday, but the Pentagon has said it is still assessing the event to determine whether it was indeed a success. The Pentagon’s hesitance has piqued the curiosity of some experts. Read more…

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IAEA: Progress made on Iran nuke talks (WHEW! I AM SO RELIEVED)
Agence France-Presse
Friday, December 14, 2012
News
The chief U.N. nuclear inspector said Friday after “good” talks in Tehran that he expects to reach a deal with Iran in January on outstanding issues over its controversial atomic program. Read more…

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