[Elder of Ziyon] Sunday Links Part 2

From Ian:

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Rand Paul: It's not Our Business Where Israelis Build
The senator spoke at The Iron Dome Congressional Tribute, a celebration of the U.S.-Israel alliance.

Several hundred Jewish leaders from across the U.S. journeyed to the capital to offer their gratitude to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives for their staunch support of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Nearly two dozen Members of Congress, ranging from ultra-conservative to extremely liberal in their political ideologies, put partisanship aside and participated in this special program in order to stand united with the State of Israel.
Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, spoke about his trip to Israel and how much he enjoyed being there. He told the crowd how he sang Hebrew songs together with a group of rabbis at the Western Wall, even though he had no idea what the words meant. However, the statement that received thunderous applause was, "It is not our job to tell Israelis where they can or cannot build."

Kerry Commended for Defending 'Bedrock' of Jewish People
Simon Wiesenthal Center commends Sec. of State Kerry for directly confronting Turkish PM Erdogan's slanderous accusation against Zionism.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center commended U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday for directly confronting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's slanderous accusation in which he called Zionism a "crime against humanity".
"Secretary Kerry is to be commended for publically objecting to Erdogan's outrageous attack against Zionism, the bedrock of the Jewish people's historic narrative," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the leading Jewish human rights organization. "If our Turkish NATO ally wants to contribute to peace the first step would be for the Turkish prime minister to stop his verbal assaults against the Jewish state and her supporters around the world."

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Germany Condemns Turkish PM Erdogan for "Hurtful and Unacceptable" Remarks
Full Transcript: Kerry calls Erodgan remark "objectionable"
World Leaders Condemn Turkey's Erdogan over Zionism Slur

No way out
For Muslims, there is no escape from anti-Semitism

Muslim anti-Semitism has become historically genetic. It is fed into them with their mother's milk.
It is inculcated at all levels, family, religious, cultural and political. It demands a high level of personal resolve and courage for an individual Muslim to break out of this festering prison of Jew-hatred. Yet to do so leaves that individual open to ridicule, hatred and retribution if he or she remains in that environment. This is the worrying swamp which, for many, there is no escape.

MEMRI: Inspire X "Open Source Jihad" Calls To Assassinate Top U.S., British, And French Heads Of State And Politicians

"If you think you are unable, then you have easy targets like [G.W.] Bush, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, or Condoleezza Rice. Of course, you can also kill Sarkozy and Tony Blair. It is now easy to reach these guys, especially [now] that they aren't in office anymore."

Sanctioned sex club events and Israeli Apartheid Week have some university students angry over what their money funds

"It was one of those clear examples of crossing that line from legitimate criticism of Israel into hate and anti-Semitism," says Mr. Gilboord. "Am I gonna cry at night? … No, but I think on campus we're supposed to have a more academic atmosphere."
Mr. Gilboord said one of the speakers quipped that Israeli Defence Forces kill Gazans six days a week out of seven. "I guess they take the Sabbath off," said the speaker, according to Mr. Gilboord. When he and a handful of other pro-Israel students in attendance left near the end of the event, their departure was cheered by others in the crowd. All of this despite the equity statement commonly read at student meetings about ensuring a safe, inclusive space free from intolerance.

Jewish Students at Cornell Respond to Anti-Israel Defacement of Flyers on Campus

More than 20 posters that showed a defaced promotion for a Cornell Hillel event that brought Israeli soldiers to speak on campus were left scattered in a university rec center last week . The posters, which were marked up with red ink, denounced the "exclusively Jewish" soldiers — asserting that they engaged in "war-crime[s]," not "combat," and served in "massacres," not "missions."
The Cornell Daily Sun reported that on Sunday Students for Justice in Palestine, an organization that describes itself as being dedicated to "raising awareness of the Palestinian experience," took credit for making the posters. SJP claimed it produced the posters to "condemn the nature of Hillel's event."

Finnish police find 'Jew list' at neo-Nazi's home
Man arrested for stabbing had compiled information about Jewish teens

JTA — Finnish police have informed several members of the country's Jewish community that a neo-Nazi activist has been gathering information about them.
Police sent a letter to an undisclosed number of individuals after finding details about Finnish Jews on a USB stick in the possession of a man arrested two months ago, according a report Friday in the Israeli daily Ma'ariv.

Google opens Campus Tel Aviv startup space
The newest pin on the Google-Israel map aims to contribute toward future Israeli tech innovation.

Google opened its Tel Aviv offices in 2006. Currently, 270 developers work in this creatively designed eight-floor headquarters in the 45-story Electra Tower.
Another 80 employees churn out new products and technologies at Google's Haifa R&D lab. "We also have a business operation here working with advertisers in Israel, Europe and Africa to build online businesses," says Solomon.

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Posted By Ian to Elder of Ziyon at 3/03/2013 03:30:00 PM