[Elder of Ziyon] Friday links

From Ian:

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IDF Blog Palestinian Terrorist Group Graduates Its First Class from New Academy

"The PRC, along with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, tries to enlist and train as many terrorists as they can in order to be able to fire rockets into Israel and fight the Israel Defense Forces. The PRC has established the Shahid Imad Hamad Academy of Military Training for this purpose. This week, the first class graduated from the academy."

Israel's Right to Exist Not Based Upon UN Resolution

"Jewish rights to the Land of Israel are steeped in four millenia of facts. The right to re-establish a country on the entirety or any portion of this land stems from writ and deed, and from the continual presence of Jewish communities dwelling in the land throughout the epochs. Living descendants of these die-hard, holdout communities are firm links in the chain of generations, and proffer irrefutable proof. Every archaeological Tel and architectural artefact testifies to the truth. All remnants and ruins bear witness. Relics substantiate and place-names verify."

Romney: Obama 'threw Israel under the bus'

As he accepts Republican presidential nomination, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney slams president's Iran policy • Every American is less secure today because Obama failed to slow Iran's nuclear threat ... We're still talking, and Iran's centrifuges are still spinning, says Romney.

Iraqi Ally of Israel Dispossessed of his Home, he Says by Iraqi PM Maliki

"Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, who in a series of recent interviews with The Algemeiner has spoken of Iran's alleged bribery of numerous Iraqi officials, says he has received notice from the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that he is being dispossessed of his home in Baghdad's Green Zone."

UN investigator condemns Corrie court ruling

Richard Falk, a UN special rapporteur on human rights says decision "a victory for impunity for Israeli military."

Jimmy Carter calls Corrie ruling 'unacceptable'

Former US president says decision exonerating IDF in activist's death 'confirms a climate of impunity'

[There's that word again! -EoZ]

Pro-Palestinian group offers BDS tour of Australian stores

Sally McGregor, an American podiatrist who founded the Brisbane shop in 1994, said members of the group occupied her store until police were called and eventually moved them on, the newspaper The Australian reported Thursday.
"I am really scared that they will return and damage my business, but I will not be told what I should or should not stock," she told J-Wire, a local Jewish website.A letter was given to owners of several stores visited by the group, asking them to "stop importing and selling goods from Israel," according to the Justice for Palestine website.
Danny Lamm, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, told The Australian: "These mafia-style tactics have no place in contemporary Australia. The shop owner deserves our admiration and every support for refusing to be stood over."

LAPD: 'Active' Terror Plots Linked To Iran, Hezbollah, 'Sovereign Citizens'

The Department is currently tracking "government of Iran operatives, Hezbollah, sovereign citizen, homegrown violent extremists, animal rights groups" and others, Downing said.
He added that Iranian or Hezbollah agents may initiate attacks locally if war erupts between the U.S. and Iran.

Muslim Persecution of Christians: July, 2012 by Raymond Ibrahim

Egypt's Salafi Party Objects to Banning Sex Slavery by Raymond Ibrahim

'June 67 taught them respect': Heavy-metal Swedes hail the IDF

Hard rockers Sabaton spend their only free day on tour in Israel visiting Ammunition Hill and army base in West Bank

The greenest house in the world?

Students at Ariel University marshal all sorts of techniques to build an environmentally sound abode

Israel Daily Picture Ottoman General at the Damascus Gate 1916
"...the street was full of observant Jews dressed in their Sabbath finery."

Richard Millett: Paralympics are Go: Israeli team receives warm welcome from home crowd.

And a full-length dramatic film about the Jewish founder of the Paralympics, Sir Ludwig Guttmann:

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Also, Iran's translator tampers with Morsi's NAM speech. (h/t O)

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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder of Ziyon at 8/31/2012 01:00:00 PM