Ping-Pong of Ideas, vol. 3 (this time with Mr. Shamrak)

* The Department of Homeland Security, created to defend the nation
after the Sept. 11 Islamic terror attacks, has dramatically shifted
its focus, earlier this year advising police nationwide to watch out
for "right-wing extremists"...
When your government carries out anti-democratic measures against some people, It really sucks when the same measures are turned back to you, doesn't it?... (I'm against political persecution on all sides).

* Five Gitmo terrorists - the worst of the worst, including confessed
9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in civilian court
in New York City, offering these mega-terrorists the worldwide stage
they crave from which to spread their ideology...
Justice for all - that sucks too, eh? I guess you prefer "Justice for all Christians and Jews".

* Why does Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano
oppose referring to Hamas as a terrorist organization?
Because that would require referring to the Israeli military by the same terminology.

Jews are still Used as Deflectors of Public Opinion. The United
States pledged to be ''even more committed this year'' to resolving
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that any further delay would
only hurt the interests of all parties involved. ''We know that the
Palestinians deserve a state to fulfil their aspirations... So we're
going to be even more committed this year'' Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton said.
Don't worry, those are empty words. The Obama administration will continue a long time tradition of being cheated by the Israeli government on "freeze of building in settlements" and alike.

*Quote of the Week: * "The PLO did not represent a state and was no
political authority. Most leaders of the PLO were from the elsewhere
in the region, Arafat for example was an Egyptian, Faizal Husseini
(Arafat's chief assistant) was from Iraq.
David Ben Gurion was from Plonsk, Russia (now Poland); Golda Meir was from Milwaukee, US (born in Kiev, Ukraine); Menachem Begin was from Brisk, Russia (now Belarus). Actually, none of the Jewish political leaders before Rabin was born in Israel.

Political Stupidity in IDF Must End. Leftist activist Edna Canetti
has used her presence on Channel 2's Big Brother program to make
political comments and attack the IDF's policy in Judea and Samaria.
Now it turns out that the Defense Ministry has invited her to speak to
disabled IDF veterans and share her views with them. (The IDF have
been systematically hindering propagation of Zionist ideals in the
army. Soldiers must know what they fight for!)
This is bullshit, and it proves that you have never been even one day close to any IDF base (and I am suspecting that neither to any military base, for that matter).
Mrs. Canetti made a comparison between the genocide in Jericho in 13th century B.C by the Jews, and the Holocaust She later on took it back and apologized. I actually don't know what she had to apologize for - according to the Bible, the Jews did kill all the people of Jericho, men women and children, just like the Nazis did.

Today, only around 45,000 Palestinians have work permits (they must say a big "thank you" for that) .
So you think that one has to say "thank you" for getting the very basic human rights. That's pure racism.

*Look Who is Complaining.
*Israel publicly snubbed Turkey's ambassador over his country's persistent criticism of the Jewish state and the screening of a Turkish television drama depicting Israeli security forces as kidnapping children and shooting old men. The Turkish government protested about the treatment of Turkish ambassador to Israel, Ahmet Oguz Celikkol, by Deputy Foreign embassador Danny Ayalon. "Israel must obey the standards of international diplomatic manners". (Since the election of Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has
repeatedly criticized and snubbed Israel . An occasional snub from Israel is a healthy treatment for enemies of the Jews.)
Even in Israel, there is a general consensus (majority of opinion), that this incident caused a HUGE damage to Israel's foreign affairs.