‘Shocked and Dismayed’: U.N. Group Cuts Funding of Palestinian Kids Mag After It Publishes Pro-Hitler Story
- Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:15am by
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Zayzafuna's February Cover (Image Courtesy: Palestinian Media Watch)
Imagine the outcry that would occur in the U.S. if a classic kids’ magazine such as Highlights or Ranger Rick were to publish a story praising Adolf Hitler. That’s exactly the theme a Palestinian children’s magazine found appropriate to publish earlier this year, but the editorial choice didn’t spark an outcry in the West Bank or Gaza.
According to the new book “Deception: Betraying the Peace Process” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik who uncovered and translated the magazine article, the children’s magazine Zayzafuna published a fictional submission by a teenage girl who described Hitler’s actions as positive, because he killed Jews. The magazine is funded by the Palestinian Authority (the Authority gets U.S. taxpayer dollars).
Here’s how the book describes the controversy surrounding the monthly “educational” magazine:
Most of the content in Zayzafuna is positive and educational. It promotes family values, encourages children to read and to participate in building a modern, democratic society. However, these positive messages are directed at Palestinian society, Muslims, Christians and Druze. When it comes to portraying Israel and Jews, Zayzafuna changes its tone and includes items glorifying Jihad against Israel and praising Martyrdom death for Allah, and the Martyrs themselves.
The most extreme expression of demonization of Jews is the inclusion of an essay submitted by a teenage girl in which Hitler is presented as a positive figure to be admired because he killed Jews in order to benefit the world.
Sample Cover Zayzafuna, January 2011 Issue (Image Courtesy: Palestinian Media Watch)
The 10th grader describes a dream in which she meets four historical figures who each offer her advice:
I turned to the next door; there Hitler awaited me. I said, ‘You’re the one who killed the Jews?’
He [Hitler] said: ‘Yes. I killed them so you would all know that they are a nation which spreads destruction all over the world. And what I ask of you is to be resilient and patient, concerning the suffering that Palestine is experiencing at their hands.’
I said [to Hitler]: ‘Thanks for the advice.’
The magazine editors did not post any disclaimer about the Hitler part of the girl’s essay, according to Palestinian Media Watch which published “Deception.”
The book’s authors Marcus and Zilberdik combed through Palestinian television, newspaper and magazine items looking for signs the Palestinian Authority is influencing public opinion toward peace with Israel but instead found a multitude of terror-glorifying messages including “streets, schools, sporting events and more [named] after Palestinian terrorists who have killed hundreds of Israeli civilians.”
They write:
“Palestinian children have participated in summer camps named after Dalal Mughrabi who led a bus hijacking in which 37 civilians were killed, and played in football tournaments named after Abd Al-Basset Odeh, a suicide bomber who killed 31 Israelis at a Passover dinner.”
Add to this the wider context of adult admiration for Hitler in the Arab world, children picking up on the trend isn’t all that surprising.
Since August (after the Hitler essay was published), the magazine has received funds from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which prompted the Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center to lodge a protest Wednesday with the UN organization:
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is calling on UNESCO to cut all funding for a Palestinian youth magazine for publishing material exalting Hitler […] .
Responding to the Wiesenthal Center’s protest, the office of the Director General of UNESCO wrote the [Wiesenthal] Center’s Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, and said in part, “Allow me to underscore that UNESCO takes this matter extremely seriously and it cannot but strongly deplore and condemn the statements… We will bring this matter to the attention of the concerned Palestinian authorities.”
UNESCO on Thursday decided to stop funding the magazine. In a letter to the Wiesenthal center, the office of UNESCO’s Director-General wrote:
“UNESCO is shocked and dismayed by the content of the February issue, and has requested more detailed information and clarification from the editors of the magazine and to Palestinian Authority. UNESCO strongly deplores and condemns the reproduction of such inflammatory statements in a magazine associated with UNESCO’s name and mission and will not provide any further support to the publication in question.”
In October, UNESCO voted to accept Palestine as a full member. As a result, the U.S. cut funding to UNESCO, previously providing 22% of the organization’s budget.
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tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:06amWow Smack all you prove is that Jews are just like everyone else: they too can be criminals or immoral people.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:02amCass Sunstein….
conspiricy theories…
.. if a “conspiricy theory” is true, continue to debunk it… but what if…
.. you take the truth, and begin to claim it is a conspiricy theory? how? by taking the truth and surrounding it with conspiricy theories to make the truth look false.
… think about it, then think about alot of the post that have been posted here recently….
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:37amIsn’t Cass Sunstein Jewish? And he want’s to have Americans that talk about conspiracy theories arrested? And when they are proving true that doesn’t matter? Didn’t even our hero master and legend in his own time say the same this past year?
Nice to be at the top making rules for the United States of America I suppose… Interesting, I thought we use to be a Constitutional Republic? lol
By the way wasn’t it John F. Kennedy that said Adolf Hitler would go down in history as one of the greatest heroes of the world? I might need to verify that but what would the Wiesenthal center say to President Kennedy? If it wasn‘t John F that said that I’ll repost but it was a promminent Kennedy for certain.
Personally I don’t believe Hitler gets a fair shake in history. Anyone ever care to have a debate with facts and time line I’d be all in.. I’m certainly no expert but I know enough to know that everything said about him is far from the truth and that the leaders or our Apartheid today in America certainly has an agenda. Maybe agenda 21? lol
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:55amIndeed I was correct. Here’s the exact quote.
“Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived… He had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. HE HAD IN HIM THE STUFF OF WHICH LEGENDS ARE MADE.” – John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
What do you think about that quote Weisenthal Center? Want to erase that quote from history? lol Why sure you do..
Report Post »Warrior4Zion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 12:03pmSunstein is correct. Conspiracy theories inflame passions and may cause hatred especially when used against God’s chosen people. They should all be banned.
Report Post »WatchingObama
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:34pm@techengineer11
JFK’s statements never promotes or shows approval of Hitler. He was merely stating his perception of who Hitler was and what kind of legend he will be. There are evil legends. Hitler is one of the worst if not the worst to walk the face of the Earth.
Pray for the Peace of Irsael
TEA
Report Post »Warrior4Zion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:05pmWatchingObama: Well you may not interpret that to show approval but I certainly do.. I sure hope a lot of people can say that about me when I die.. lol
I do not stand for Israel. I’m not an Israeli citizen but an American. I stand for America. I do not stand for Iraq, Iran England or Germany either. I stand for America.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:43pmTZION…Herod Antipas was quite alive during Christ’s time on earth. He died after AD39.
Report Post »stephenb.net
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:50amGambling in Casablanca? I’m shocked!
Report Post »Joshua7
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:46amWhy does the world hate the jews so much? They want one little clump of dirt to call their own, a clump of dirt that no one cared about before the twentieth century at that. This is just mindless hate.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:05amIt’s their heritage from Christian antisemitism. Notice how non-Muslim African countries don’t seem to have an opinion. The Muslims in the Middle East, meanwhile, have transferred their hatred of Europeans to the Jews.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:15amTzion, let’s see. The Jews killed Christ, but the Christians were antisemitic? Paul was one of many Jews seeking out and persecuting Christians, but the Christians were antisemitic?
Fact is, the Jews have been anti-everybody from the beginning, and claiming that everybody else is the problem.
http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/expulsions.html
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:20am@Smack
What if the child was black and all the schools were 98% white? Does that change the formula? Maybe one country did it because they believe Jews killed Jesus. Then another. One then expels them after they are falsely accused of killing a Christian boy. Then eventually one comes along and says “All those countries expelled them. Maybe we should too. They must have had good reasons.”
Smack, if you actually studied history instead of dates and numbers you wouldn’t have to ask why Jews were expelled. Why were the American Indians driven of their land? Answer, because they weren’t white, European settlers or their descendents nor were they Christian. Why were blacks discriminated against throughout much of US history? Because they were different. Why did America set lower quotas for immigrants from Ireland and Italy? Because they didn’t like Catholics.
Your entire argument is based on the false assumption that people always act fairly and rationally. News flash Smack. They Don’t. In fact, that’s probably the same assumption that leads you to think Palestinian actions are justified. “There must be a good reason why they hate them”. FALSE
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:21amTzion, the proof of all of my claim has just been proven. You have been a witness.
Note how they just removed my commonsense response to Joshua’s question, the one to which you made the response. It made too much sense, and therefore the pro-Jewish protectors had to remove it from public consumption… as they have done with so many substantive proofs.
Report Post »Centralsville
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:25amI always thought it was because the Jews were God’s chosen people. Chosen by God to send his son to, first to the Jews, then to the world, to bless the world. All the early followers of Christ were Jews. Satan has great power on this earth. He uses it to attack God’s chosen people. Hitler was a tool of Satan. To call Hitler a Christian, as some have here, is to show complete and total ignorance of Christ’s teachings. You aren’t born a Chrisitan because you have Christian parents, you become a Christian by loving God and your fellow man and the word of God from the Bible. Beware of people that hate the Jews.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:28amTzion, you are witness to the tactics used. Note that they removed my commonsense argument to which you responded. There were no policy violations. You read the posting with your own eyes and responded. Commonsense has no place in propaganda. It must be removed. And, this site did just that.
This is the source of much of the frustration and anger directed at the asymmetrically protected group collectively known as the Jews.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:29amJoshua7: Ignorance is bliss isn’t it?
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:34am@Smack
Once again you prove yourself historically ignorant. You claim I buy into propaganda? It was the Romans who crucified people not the Jews. Moreover, at the time there were four competing and completely opposing sects of Judaism. Analyzing Matthew’s account reveals which sect was responsible for Jesus being arrested. The culprits were the Sadducees, a sect that died out decades later. Sadducees controlled the temple and didn’t like it when Jesus ransacked the vendors tables there, a source of profit for them. The High Priest, a Sadducee, oversaw his trial. The Essenes were hermits who could care less what he did, the Pharisees, from whom modern Judaism is descended, didn’t believe in crucifixion as a form of execution, and the Zealots hated Rome and would never have turned anyone over to them.
As for the persecution of Christians, remember that all Christians prior to Paul were actually Jews. They were seen not as a separate religion but as a blasphemous sect that was a threat, not unlike the Christian Protestant movement centuries later. This along with the Gospels was used as justification for 2000 years of persecution.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:38amTzion, when the same result occurs time after time, in place after place, in varying cultures after cultures, you can rationalize all that you you want… but, commonsense points to the reason.
Ask yourself why no other European nation wanted to accept the Jews that wanted to leave Germany during mid-20th century. Even nations that were vehement enemies, and could not agree on anything, agreed on this one issue. Why?
History has shown this to be the same generation after generation. http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/expulsions.html
Why? It can not be everybody else. Everyone else can not be wrong and just the Jews correct. It must be their culture and behavior. This has been consistent throughout history.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:41amIn this one case I will agree with you Smack that the removal of your post didn’t help us reach the truth. As you have seen, by bringing these arguments into the light of day, only then can we hope to counter them. You were only guilty of misrepresenting facts to imply motivation that is historically false.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:46amTzion, who sent for Jesus at the garden? Where did they directly take Jesus once they had seized him? Who called for his death, on more than one occasion? Who tried to let Jesus go? Who tried to save Jesus from death by trading another prisoner for Jesus?
You find the answers to these questions and you will find that the Jews killed Jesus, just like Hitler killed the Jews. Neither the Jews of Christ’s time or Hitler of modern times did the actual killing, but both are responsible for the killings.
You are merely spreading the pro-Jewish propaganda that when put to real scrutiny false flat on its face. The History Channel puts out this same pro-Jewish propaganda.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 12:06pmTzion, facts are facts. What you call my misrepresentation is opinion, and that is why we are here. I do respect your integrity however, and I wish there were more like you. Thanks.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:21pmTZION is right. Only the Romans had authority to exercise capital punishment in Judea and did it with brutal efficiency. This is why Ciaphas sent Christ to Pilate and demanded he be executed for sedition against Rome. In both Jewish revolts of AD70 and AD132 many thousands of jews were crucifed by the Romans. According to Jewish law, only G-d can forgive sin. So when Christ was forgiving sinners of their sins he was directly affronting jewish law. His increased popularity was a threat to Ciaphas and the sanhedrin. Jesus became not only a heretic to them (because they didn’t believe in his divinity as the son of God) but a political threat. Be that as it may, Joseph of Arimethea was a member of the Sanhedrin and a believer in Christ. When Christ began preaching of kingdoms and attacked the tax collectors and merchants Ciaphas found the means to bring Christ before Pilate because Christ at that point was compromising Roman rule also. So SMACKDOWN…it’s very shaky to say “the jews” killed Christ. Jewish factions arrested and brought him before the Romans, but only Rome and it’s governor had the authority to actually execute anyone. Look it up if you don’t believe me. Let’s also remember the christian crusaders in 1099 brought every jew in Jerusalem (man woman and child) into the chief synagogue and burned them alive while singing “Christ, we adore thee”to the screams of the people burning inside. Islam has treated them no better.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:28pmSMACKDOWN…you need to look up Pontius Pilate’s record as governor of Judea and his standing in Rome. He was a very harsh governor and Rome was on his back constantly for not settling the rebel jewish factions down in the region. Pilate tried sending Christ to Herod for disposition because Herod (a Romanized Jewish ruler) was seen as a jew and any capital crime judgement against Christ would have been squarely on a Jewish official deeming it so. Christ would then be sent back to the Romans for execution. Herod however passed up on judging Christ and sent him back to Pilate for judgement. Remember at this point Christ is on trial for sedition against Rome. Seeing Christ‘s rising movement Pilate made a political decision to crucify just one more Jewish troublemaker he didn’t need reaching the ears of Rome.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:46pmSMACKDOWN..you’re looking for common denominators as to why Jews have been persecuted for so long? How about scapegoats and greed? Adolf Hitler scapegoated them for his political ascension and to coalesce the german people around a notion of aryan superiority. How did he accomplish this? Look at the state of the German economy in the 1920‘s and 1930’s. Jews were not alllowed to own land in Europe. So they became bankers and merchants. Blame the jews for your problems…of course. And not dissimilarly today..Barack Obama scapegoats the “rich” to incite animosity for his political gain. History is a great teacher SMACKDOWN..this is why liberals like to erase it, corrupt it, and change it.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:52pmI’ll give a parallel to my point SMACKDOWN. The knights templar (a christian order) became very rich and powerful in the course of the crusades. Kings throughout christiendom owed them a lot of money as the templars were precursors of todays bankers. So what happened to the templars? They were accused of being in league with the devil and duly hunted down and exterminated. VOILA…debts owed were erased and the templar wealth stolen. Just like what happened to the jews in Europe.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:10pmAvengerK: We over look the fact that the Bible says repeatedly that the Jews killed Christ and furthermore cried out and demanded that the Blood of Christ be upon them and their children for generations to come.
You are so far off base that it becomes laughable.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:19pmAvengrk: Who does this passage speak of??? The Romans?
Thessalonians 2:15:
15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
You are both a liar and fraud.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:26pm@Techengineer
Report Post »I’ll say this one more time. There were four Jewish factions at the time. The one that handed him over to Rome, the Sadducees, ceased to be a major player in 70 CE. I personally find the biblical description of Pilate very unusual. For Jews he’s often seen as the second cruelest Roman ruler to ever be placed over them. Yet the Bible makes him seem merciful. I heard a theory once based on Josephus’ accounting that explained that Barabbas was one of the Zealots, a group that violently opposed Roman rule. The only people that would ask for this man’s release would be other Zealots. Since modern day Judaism is descended from the Pharisees, not the Zealots, they wouldn’t have been accountable. Also, to correct a mistake of AvengerK, I’m 99% certain Herod was dead at the time.
AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:41pmTECHENGINEER…I told you not a few days ago not to address me. You’re a repugnant neo-nazi piece of filth. I have to shower after everytime I address you. Much like your beloved Austrian corporal and his accomplices you pervert the scriptures to manipulate others. Saduccees and Pharisees I believe are what you’re referencing. Furthermore…Christ HIMSELF reiterates the T’orah in the New Testament. He celebrated passover /pasach at the last supper. Liar and fraud TECHENGINEER? You echo your counterparts in Germany of the 1930′s beautifully. In fact..you highlighted exactly the kind of scapegoating and misdirection I said takes place among the unscrupulous people who seek to eradicate the jews. Isn’t it time for your daily reading of mein kampf champ?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:45pmTZION the monitors here a playing havoc with my posts. I‘m confident Herod Antipas was alive at the time of Christ’s passion, crucifixion and resurrection. Herod Antipas died after AD 39.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:50pmTZION I’ll try once more to get past the monitors here…you‘ll find that Herod Anti pas was quite alive at the time of Christ’s passion, crucifixion and resurrection. This Herod (which is why you may be confused with the previous Herod) died after AD 39.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:57pmOh get real. You’re arguing about crap that allegedly happened thousands of years ago, and trying to pretend there is some relevant bearing on the way people are treating each other now.
The simple answer is people are racist by nature. The more different another culture is from their own the more uncomfortable people are with it. More educated and advanced cultures have learned to move past much of that uncomfortableness and learn to live alongside other cultures. Others haven’t changed since the stone ages and are still threatened by and instinctively want to eradicate anything they find significantly different.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 4:21pmOh my sounds like avengerk might need a Bible lesson. Let me give you a little hint. Try reading the verse before 15. Since it appears that someone may be unable to read or they just prefer putting their own words in to substitue for the Holy Spirit’s words… lol Nice try though.
So you think that the Germans disliked the Jews because they supposedly killed Christ? lol I really don’t think they cared about the Scriptures one way or the other.. The Germans were like many Nations and people before them.. They simply wanted to rule and reign in their own Nation among their own people without the Jewish perversions.
Avengerk if you want to be a Christian you really need to know the Scriptures a little better…
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 12:54amAvengerK : No answer? It’s ok AvengerK to admit that you were wrong… Would be the Christian thing to do… lol
Such a liar and imposter.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:43amThe money changers and thieves cleared by Jesus were Jews, not Muslims or Christians. I know these facts are meaningless to fundamentalists, but I’ll put them out anyway.
Report Post »Centralsville
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:14amIslam is a religion made up by one man stealing from other religions. Islam spread like a plague by the sword conquering and killing all those who would not convert then turning their houses of worship into Mosques to worship their new religion of death. What is disgusting is the descendents of those killed by invading Muslims continue to this day to worhip the religion that killed their ancestors. To this day Islam is a religion of death that justifies murdering anyone not willing to convert. Islam, like liberalism in America, is a tool of Satan. Notice how they work together as Satan grows stonger and angrier toward the end of humanity.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:34amPalestinian leader haven’t been trying to make peace.
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smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:49amThis site is protecting Sandy Berger. Why?
Report Post »Conservative_Atheist
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:41amReally! I’m pretty sure Christians and Muslims used the sword for hundreds of years to gain converts. Seriously, did you ever stop to wonder why almost all South American countries are Christian. The difference is that Christians decided to drop the sword and now brainwash people through missionary work. They‘ve found it is easier to feed a man then force your religion down his and his children’s throat rather than killing a man and forcing your religion down the throats of his children.
Report Post »WatchingObama
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:52pmSmackdown
Your opinion would drastically change if you were a Jew.
The Arabs/Palestinians/Islamists all have been attacking Israel CONSTANTLY since 1948!
From terrorist attacks via bus & car bombs to RPG’s to multiple rocket lauches aimed at Israeli civilians – innocents.
With most wars territory is lost and gained. If mankind would say, “let’s give everybody back the land that they lost due to a war” The Jewish nation would own it all! :O)
Israel does an icredible amount of good in terroist intelligence for the West – Us! If Israel is gone watch what happens then to the UK, US, Japan, and Canada.
War and intimidation like you’ve never seen.
Lastly, Israel is the only democratic society in the middle east – not counting Iraq now that the US has left her helpless.
Support Israel!
You’ll be glad you did!
TEA
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 2:41pmTZION…I can post from Hamas’ charter quoting almost verbatim from the Islamic holy book “The Haddith” calling for the extermination of every jew but much like the horse…you can lead it to water but can’t make it drink.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 3:55pmWell gosh CONSERVATIVE_ATHEIST..we’ve already tried it your way champ. Nazi Germany, Stalin’s Russia, Khmer Rouge, Maoist China to name a few…all vehemently and violently secular/humanist regimes. Responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths and incarcerations between them.
Report Post »sdeakins
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:06amThese are not an invented people these are the Bizarro people.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:40amHere’s the real rub coming from this pro-Israeli propaganda group, “However, these positive messages are directed at Palestinian society, Muslims, Christians and Druze.”
It shows that the Palestinians are tolerant of every group ‘except’ the one that, like the Nazis, is occupying and imprisoning their people. Itamar Marcus, like Meyrav Wurmser and Yigal Carmon, is a Goebbels-like propagandist.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:13am@Smack
How much do you even know about Palestinian Christians and Druze? I’ve met many Druze living in Israel and they were all quite friendly. To the Druze, it matters little which country they live in and they are a very peaceful group. The Christians live primarily in areas like Bethlehem and Jerusalem and other enclaves and rarely resort to terror. Ever notice that most of the terrorist groups in Israel have Islamic names (Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad)? How about how Lebanon, the other country with a significant Christian population, has been the least aggressive of all Israel’s neighbors? The fact is most of the terrorists are Muslim as only Muslims have this particular concept of martyrdom.
Under Israeli rule, Muslims, Christians, and Jews all have access to their holy sites, are allowed to practice their religion as they see fit, and are granted equal justice under the law. Israel is tolerant of all groups INCLUDING the ones that time and again have tried to wipe them out. If Palestinians are so interested in peacefully existing in their own country, why did Arafat turn down Ehud Barrack’s offer for 98% of the territories at Camp David?
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:30amTzion, the word reading comprehension comes to mind. The report outlines how Palestinians have a positive message for Christians, Druze and Muslims. The Palestinian negativity is directed at the occupying Jews. This is why a pro- Israel propaganda organization disseminates its hate. They are Jew-specific.
Report Post »rdk
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:27amIs this part of the peace process?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:49am@smackdown33
Report Post »Two words describe you: complete moron !
Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:18amWait a minute. I thought the Holocaust was a myth, which would mean that Hitler did not kill Jews. How can you admire him for something he supposedly did not do?
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:29am@ LLOYD DRAKO- If you think the Holocaust is a myth, it’s a myth.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:02amAsk yourself why the words ‘The Holocaust’ are set aside for one, specific group, of the many holocausts that have occurred throughout the history of world. It feeds into the ‘Jews are special’ message that pervades our asymmetrically Jewish media. Why don’t the words, ‘The Holocaust’ refer to the holocaust of the non-Jews in the Ukraine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Ukraine).
Why are there ‘Jewish Holocaust’ museums in America, and all over the world? ‘The Jewish holocaust was perpetrated by Europeans on European soil. The victims were Europeans on European soil. The Jewish holocaust had nothing to do with America.
Where are the Gettysburg museums of Europe?
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:06amIt should also be noted that we have yet another ‘poor me I’m a Jewish victim’ story. It’s an industry. We are fed a constant diet of Jewish victimhood as the daily main course.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:17am@ smack – I see you missed that day in class when debating and critical thinking were in the lesson and also must have missed the lesson in Algebra class about Proofs”. When adding these to the other lessons you missed, History, Civics, Social Studies…explains a lot
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:24am@Smack
Report Post »Look up the original meaning of ‘holocaust’. It doesn’t mean genocide, ethnic cleansing, or any other similar evil. The original meaning meant something like “to be completely consumed by fire”. Used in modern terms the word means an attempt to completely destroy a particular race so that nothing is left. You speak of what happened in Ukraine. Similar atrocities happened in Poland, where I think between 1.5-3 million Poles were murdered. But in neither case was the goal to completely end the existence of Ukrainians or Poles so that nothing was left. Genocides are, regrettably, fairly common. But fortunately, true holocausts are much rarer.
smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:25amAs is always the case with radical fundamentalists, I see that you make no substantive argument. Your reasoning is no different than me calling you a pig, then accepting it as truth because I said it.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:29am@Smack
Report Post »“Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.” The Holocaust was genocide on such a scale that it has few if any comparisons. Many countries have war museums, but how many times has America actively and meticulously attempted to completely exterminate part of their population. If we followed your idea of “It didn‘t happen here so we shouldn’t have to remember it” we would be inviting history to repeat itself.
Rayblue
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:38amSmack and surhan are the Jay Carneys of the Palestinians..
Report Post »Flunkies for the fascists.
smackdown33
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:41amTzion, you used a whole lot of words to say nothing. Pol pot killed a higher percentage of his people than Hitler. Why aren’t the words, ‘The Holocaust’ specific to Cambodians? Like wise, Ukrainians? When one says the words, ‘The Holocaust,’ it is accepted as being specifically the Jewish holocaust. Why?
I say it’s media manipulation. Just look at this website. We are fed a daily meal of ‘poor me I’m Jewish, or Israeli’ diet. Why? Jews are 1.7% of our population. Israel is a two bit nation the size of New Jersey. It’s publicity vastly out weighs its significance. Why?
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:56am@Smack
Report Post »If Jews are so minute, so insignificant, so unimportant, then why have they suffered two thousand years of nearly constant persecution? The answer to your question is because throughout history, whenever you have a minority in a country whose ways are different than the majority’s, that minority has first been mocked, then criticized, then demonized, and finally persecuted. Why? Because it always easier to find fault with others than with yourself. If you truly stood for the end to persecution, genocide, and discrimination, you would ask that all instances of hate speech be taken note of and dealt with. As is, you have repeatedly made it clear you don’t think clear signs of hate directed at Jews is worth even reporting on. You always talk about the evils of the past yet want us to ignore those happening right in front of us.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 12:30pmI do not think the Holocaust is a myth. But if, like many Arabs, you do think it’s a myth, then it’s illogical to congratulate Hitler for having perpetrated it, as this book appears to do! You can’t have it both ways.
Merry Christmas to all, and Happy Hanukkah too, and to you folks currently on Hajj but following The Blaze on your laptops, have a safe journey!
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:09amThe UN has been coddling and funding the palestinian terrorists from the beginning – why the sudden change?
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:57amCongressional Record: The Great Conspiracy to Destroy the United States
Speech of Hon. Usher L. Burdick of North Dakota in the House of Representatives April 28, 1954
http://www.libertygunrights.com/UsherBurdickSpeech.html
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:47amThanks,I just read it, this to me supports the writings of Jan Kozak who in 1951 already explained how the communists would without firing a gun undermine the US and the West by infiltrating the school system and preparing the bureaucrats of the future to stymie the system. The unions were always meant to be used as the “shock troops” as “in the bullies”. But the behind the scene the never changing (not elected) bureaucrats are the the most dangerous . But as Soros said “the train has left the station”. I am sorry to say this time period (if ever recorded ) will be known as the fall of what we called the Western Civilization.
Report Post »the point
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:56amDo anyone think that our ruler , Obama, will cut funding to Palestine ??
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:05am@ THE POINT- Did George Bush cut funding to the Palestinians? No, he did not!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:21amDid you not read the story? The US under Obama has in fact cut funding for UNESCO’s support of the Palestinians.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:32am@Lloyd Draco
Report Post »Not by choice. US already had legislation that forbids us from supporting any UN group that tries to declare Palestine as a state without going through negotiations with Israel.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 12:31pmFie. And the Obama administration has followed the law. Next!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:26amHey Palestinian fools, Hitler didn’t think much of you either but, I guess he had you at “kill the Jews”.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:11am@ GONZO- Hitler called himself a Christian. Hitler said: Hitler wrote in his book, Mein Kampf: “. . . I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the Jews, I am doing the Lord’s work.” He made essentially the same claim in a speech before the Reichstag in 1938.
Hitler considered himself a Catholic until the day he died. In 1941 he told Gerhard Engel, one of his generals: “I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.” In fact, Hitler was never excommunicated from the Catholic Church, and Mein Kampf was not placed on the Church’s Index of Forbidden Books.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:46amTell me something I don’t already know.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:36am@Surhan
Report Post »All you have done is revealed the already known fact that even the Church didn’t stand unanimously against Hitler.
PitaJ
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 2:14amBut you can’t forget, the Vatican was at the center of Italy, an Axis power. If they went against Hitler, they would have been destroyed.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:24am“UNESCO is shocked and dismayed by the content of the February issue….” I’m shocked that UNESCO is shocked.
Report Post »Those are some creepy eyes on those children. Gives me the heebee jeebees.
Deckle
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:22amIt is about time the UN took one positive action for real peace!
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:14amI must comment on the 2nd Cartoon but does the guy with with shovel look creepy to anyone else? Do all mass murderers at heart look like Beelzebub?
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:53amAs nearly everything that the occupiers of the west bank must be funded by some organization such as the US or UN. With the funding gone from the UN, they will have to find a back door way to get the funding (highly likely) or shut down their printing press that vomits up this vile stuff. If they don’t get funding via the UN backdoor, I am sure that there are other that will find the necessary Hate to fund. We all know that occupiers of west bank are so morally and finacially bankupt that they would never fund it themselves.
Report Post »I would propose that all thinking people(conservatives) start calling them Occupiers of the west bank or OWB
Mess23
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:46amShocked??? US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!!!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:15amHe77 Yeah! The fabian’s of the U.N. need to be removed from the U.S. And the Fabians in the U.S. NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE U.S. AS WELL. There are ENEMIES OF THE STATE in our Capital openly supporting counter Constitutional agendas…..THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM ON SHORES.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:17amDid you not get that the UN defunded this particular magazine precisely because it published this glorification of Hitler?
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:42amGlenn Beck: “United States out of the United Nations, United Nations out of the United States”
Report Post »KTsayz
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:59amRon Paul wrote and submitted HR 1146, The American Sovereignty Restoration Act, since 1997 and Congress has continually ignored it. It’s a short bill, that’s still sitting in committee.
This is what it will do:
(a) Repeal- The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 is repealed.
(b) Termination of Participation in United Nations- The President shall terminate all participation by the United States in the United Nations, and any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body of the United Nations.
(c) Closure of United States Mission to United Nations- The United States Mission to the United Nations is closed. Any remaining functions of such office shall not be carried out.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.1146.IH:
To sum up – it will withdraw the US from the UN and kick the UN out of the US
What we need are people calling their reps and asking them to move it OUT of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and onto the floor for a vote saying to their rep that if they don’t vote YEA they will not be re-elected.
If Ron Paul is NOT elected President where he has a better chance of getting this done because he’ll have the weight of the Presidency behind him – this bill will DIE FOREVER and we will be FOREVER involved with the UN. Paul has tried for 14 years to awaken people to the evils of the UN and it’s about time Congress LISTENED and did something about it.
Report Post »President Ron Paul 2012
ColoradoMaverick
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:41amThe UN is so damn clueless when it comes to how Muslims view the rest of the world. They are so preoccupied with being “politically correct” and “tolerant” that they simply refuse to see what is blatantly obvious to most of the Western world. Muslims are the most hateful, intolerant, backwards, racist, anti-sematic people in the world and they should be dealt with accordingly. Yes, sure, there are “peaceful” Muslims, but the fact that they don’t do more to oppose the Muslims who are not, they are condoning their actions.
The world needs to wake up. This is not political to the Muslims. This is religious and ingrained in their beliefs. Hitler conspired with the Muslims in his bid to rid the world of Jews and others. History can and will repeat itself if we do not learn from it.
Report Post »getourcountryback
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:34amHow can this organization be “shocked and amazed” by this. It is not like this anti Jewish sentiment is a new thing for God’s sake. What I would like to know is how the POTUS can support this garbage coming from Palestine and not get the backlash he deserves. Where is the outcry from the media about supporting a place where they not openly seek to destroy an entire country but Christianity as a whole? The US needs to cut off funding to this magazine NOW.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:39amIslam is unrelated to Christianity and Judaism.
It is a false link first established by Mohammed so that he could commit evil cloaked in the garb of his victims.
Allah is not God.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:19am@ MIKE_TRIVISONNO- Jesus said: By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. (John 5:30)
The disciples followed the teachings of Prophet Jesus (pbuh). They worshiped Allah alone and kept religion pure for Him. They believed and supported Prophet Jesus (pbuh) to such an extent that Allah held them up as an excellent example to Muslims in the Qur’an:
O you who believe! Be you helpers (in the cause) of Allah as said Jesus – son of Mary, to the disciples: “Who will be my helpers in Allah’s cause?” The disciples said: “We are the helpers of Allah (i.e. we will strive in His cause)! Then a group of the Children of Israel believed and a group disbelieved. So, We gave power to those who believed against their enemies, and they became the victorious. (Qur’an, 61:14)
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:20am@ MIKE_TRIVISONNO- Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and all the other Prophets from Adam to Muhammad (peace be upon them) were sent with the same Message, to command human beings to worship Allah alone, and not to join in worship partners with him. Prophet Jesus (pbuh) never claimed divinity. He taught the Oneness of Allah and confirmed that he was just a Messenger:
Jesus said,”… I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” (John 20:17)
Report Post »sdarbro
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:45amSURHAN SURHAN These scriptures from the same Gospel you quote, JOHN disagree with your hypothesis. Next time, read further.
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
John 10:33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
and one more, just for you to meditate on:
Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:02amSurhan is a CAIR troll. He stinks up the Blaze frequently with the odor of a pig pen.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:37am“The disciples followed the teachings of Prophet Jesus”
Sheesh. The muslims, even when confronted with internment camps and deportation, insist on intransigence. Though not too terribly religious, I do know that Christians consider Jesus a tab more than a prophet…and Mohammed much less than a man.
lol
Please take your weak, lame, and transparent dawa back to Dar al-Islam. It is played out crap from a played out failure of a religious system.
I am not swayed by your deceptions. Were I the arbiter of your fate, you would be stripped of citizenship and deported.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:05am“Surhan is a CAIR troll. He stinks up the Blaze frequently with the odor of a pig pen.”
I thought it was the scent of wet goat.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:41am“I thought it was the scent of wet goat.”
Or both. Poor goat.
Report Post »pecopfc
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:29am…US out of the UN….
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:51amAnd the UN out of the US!
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:59amthe un should have never been formed , go back to UBETHECHANGE’s post earlier follow the link Educate yourselves. It might not be too late. Derail Soros’s train!
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:29amAllah is not God.
Islam is not related to Christianity.
Mohammed was not a good man.
The false link between Islam and Christianity needs to be broken so that the enemy can be revealed.
Muslims Engaged in Jihad.
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:22am@ MIKE_TRIVISONNO- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all people to Jesus – the son of Mary. The Prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one (Islamic Monotheism).” (Bukhari)
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:26am@ MIKE_TRIVISONNO- The word ‘Muslim’ is a description; anyone who submits himself to Allah’s Will and obeys Him is a Muslim.
All the Prophets were Muslims because they obeyed Allah and submitted themselves to His Will. Furthermore, the true followers and companions of those Prophets were Muslims:
Then when Jesus came to know of their disbelief, he said: “Who will be my helpers in Allah’s cause?” The disciples said: ” We are the helpers of Allah (i.e. we will strive in His cause); we believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims (i.e. we submit to Allah). Our Lord! We believe in what You have sent down and we follow the Messenger (Jesus) so write us down among those who bear witness.” (Qur’an, 3:52,53)
Report Post »sdarbro
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 9:51amAisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Prophet (may the blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) married her when she was six years old, and he consummated her in marriage when she was nine years old. Then she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).
SURHAN SURHAN this guy is not on the same level as Jesus. Sorry, but marrying a 9 year old? That is prophet worthy in your book?!?
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:47amQuoting Bible verse and insisting we worship at the same altar does not make it so.
I place little value in quotes from the Koran. It is a manual of deception and death.
Instead all one need to do is look across the face of the planet and back through time and one will find that in each and every instance where Islam interfaces with non-Islam, there is violent Jihad.
Soon, the entire planet will see the naked, stinking, body of Islam.
You will not be able to conceal yourselves behind robes of God for too much longer. Your deceptions are being revealed more and more every day.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:55am“All the Prophets were Muslims because they obeyed Allah and submitted themselves to His Will. Furthermore, the true followers and companions of those Prophets were Muslims:”
See? It is garbage like this that reinforces my conclusion that you should never ever learn about Islam from a muslim or take a muslim as an advisor. They will attempt to deceive you through subtle manipulation of language.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 11:02amThis is how it works. Islam sees itself as related to Christianity and Judaism while the reverse isn’t always agreed upon; Christians don’t always see similarities between themselves and Islam. Similarly the connection between Judaism and Christianity is seen as solid by most Christians but Jews don’t feel as strongly about it. In fact, some Jews see more similarities between Judaism and Islam than between Judaism and Christianity.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:27amHow ’bout we cut all funding to all middle east countries AND the UN?
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:40amDeport all muslims to the shores of Saudi Arabia. They can walk to Mecca and worship the black rock from space enshrined there.
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:53amI‘m not shocked and I don’t think they were either. We need to dump the UN. This organization is corrupt from the top to the bottom. It is time that We The People make a stand and say get OUT!!!
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:59amI’ll second that!
Report Post »mrfunn
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:13am@americansfightingforcommonsense
Report Post »Will be interesting to see who is shocked by this story.