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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• April 19, 2016 at 5:00 am
- The Palestinian
jubilation over yesterday's terror bombing in Jerusalem, the first of
its kind since the suicide bombings during the Second Intifada more
than a decade ago, is yet another reminder of the growing
radicalization among Palestinians.
- The major
obstacle to peace with Israel remains the absence of education for
peace with Israel. In fact, it is safe to say that there never was a
real attempt on the part of Palestinian leaders and factions to
prepare their people for peace with Israel. On the contrary, the
message they send to their people remains extremely anti-Israel.
- This casts doubt
on the Palestinian leadership's and people's willingness to move
toward peace and coexistence with Israel.
Palestinian cartoonist Omayya Juha celebrated the April
18 terrorist bombing of a Jerusalem bus by quickly drawing a cartoon
featuring a Palestinian woman celebrating the terror attack by ululating
and handing out candies in front of the burned-out bus.
Shortly after the Jerusalem bus terror explosion attack on April 18, a
number of Palestinian factions rushed to issue statements applauding the
"heroic operation" and urging Palestinians to pursue the path of
armed struggle against Israel.
The Palestinian jubilation over the terror attack, the first of its
kind since the suicide bombings during the Second Intifada more than a
decade ago, is yet another reminder of the growing radicalization among
Palestinians. This radicalization is mostly attributed to the ongoing
anti-Israel incitement and indoctrination by various Palestinian factions
and leaders.
Not surprisingly, the first Palestinian group to applaud the Jerusalem
bus attack was Hamas.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that his movement "welcomes
the Jerusalem operation and considers it a natural response to Israeli
crimes, especially extra-judicial executions and the desecration of the
Al-Aqsa Mosque."
by Stefan Frank
• April 19, 2016 at 4:00 am
- German Chancellor
Angela Merkel has granted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's
demand for the criminal prosecution of comedian Jan Böhmermann, for a
poem he wrote insulting Erdogan. Böhmermann is accused of violating a
German law forbidding the "slander of institutions and officials
of foreign states" -- an offense carrying a penalty of up to five
years in prison.
- Erdogan once
acquitted Sudanese President Omar al Bashir of genocide allegations:
"Muslims cannot carry out genocide." Erdogan was expressing
an attitude widespread among German politicians and journalists:
crimes are not crimes when Muslims commit them. Rarely is a Muslim
despot or demagogue criticized in Germany; meanwhile no one has
inhibitions about vilifying Christianity.
- The signal that
the German federal government has repeatedly sent to Turkey: We are
totally dependent on and cannot live without Turkey. Is it really a
surprise that Erdogan's megalomania is increasing?
- "The
'cultural sensitivity' practiced in liberal societies has nothing to
do with sensitivity or thoughtfulness. It arises from the fear of
violence." — Henryk M. Broder, journalist and author.
From the German satire video about Turkey's President
Erdogan.
Who would have thought that there is still a law in Germany that makes
"lèse majesté" (offending the dignity of a monarch) a punishable
crime? And that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now benefiting
from just that -- and that it could plunge Germany into a (further)
"national crisis."
The terms "national crisis" and "governmental
crisis" have been coming up again and again. In light of all the
massive problems Germany has, this one is about a poem in which a cabaret
performer and comedian, Jan Böhmermann, recently insulted the Turkish
President. Erdogan has called for Böhmermann's head and, as of last week,
has Chancellor Merkel on his side.
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