Hamas admits it uses human shields

“For the Palestinian people death became an industry, at which women excel and so do all people on this land: the elderly excel, the Jihad fighters excel, and the children excel. Accordingly [Palestinians] created a human shield of women, children, the elderly and the Jihad fighters against the Zionist bombing machine, as if they were saying to the Zionist enemy: We desire death as you desire life.” Hamas Explains Use of Civilians as Human Shields . SE også   Gaza i händerna på Hamasrasister, (hvor man kan læse  Hamas´charter på svensk, eller på engelsk her)     Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton: Gaza Crisis Means We Should Attack Iran Now

Hvor mange biler brændte i Frankrig nytårsnat?

France has set a new record. One thousand one hundred forty-seven cars were burned last night. There are several news sources. The following is from Le Post :A deceptive account. There is an impression of “calm”, since there was no major incident to report. But this is counterbalanced by a negative find: 1147 burnt-out cars, or 30% more than last year, even though the police were out in force (35,000 men deployed). Two hundred eighty persons were arrested. Gallia Watch  og Brussels Journal

Flere danske medier fortæller: Over 400 biler brændt af i Frankrig og det er 1.147 biler unægtelig. Hvordan diskrepansen er kommet i stand, kan jeg ikke opklare ved at sammenligne engelsk, fransk og dansk.  Gallia Watch’ kilder er gode  nok: Europe 1, RTL , LCI.fr og Le Post

Fatamorganaet “Integrationen”

Vi må hellere stave det med stort. Et  par ikke særlig lovende  smagsprøver. Man har dog i mange år vidst, at den socialiseren der måtte være i skolen, forsvandt straks efter. Nu ser vi, den ikke engang er tilstede i de højere skoleklasser. De paralelle verdener i Danmark er en uflyttelig realitet, og S-R-SF s arv til Danmark i tilsyneladende uendelighed.

Indvandrerpigerne strømmer ind på uddannelsesinstitutionerne, men splittelsen mellem de unge danskere og indvandrere vokser, advarer skolefolk og integrationskonsulenter
“Opsplitningen er blevet værre, end den var for 10-15 år siden. I min generation var der mange, som forsøgte at pendle mellem to kulturer. I den nye generation er der en større tendens til at holde sig inden for sin egen gruppe. Særligt blandt pigerne. I disse år gør de op med en masse kulturelle normer og forventninger, men de nærmer sig ikke danskerne af den grund,” siger hun. Forfatter til bogen Mødom på mode og selvstændig konsulent på indvandrerområdet, Kristina Aamand, har iagttaget samme tendens.

“For 10 år holdt jeg foredrag under titlen ‘Kendskab giver venskab’. I dag må jeg erkende, at det var forkert. Kendskab giver ikke nødvendigvis venskab, for det er ikke sikkert, at du kan lide det, du ser, og det gælder både danskerne og indvandrernes efterkommere,” siger hun.  […]

Bror i fængsel, søster i gymnasiet

“Jeg har det sådan, at uddannelse er mit våben,” siger hun med et forsigtigt grin, og det er ikke til at blive klog på, om hun mener det ironisk eller ej. Et våben mod hvem?

“Alle de udenlandske mænd, som ikke klarer sig lige så godt som os. Man er meget mindre afhængig af dem, hvis man har en uddannelse. Hvis man nu bliver dumpet af en af dem, så kan man altid bruge sin studentereksamen,” siger hun. [..]

“‘Jeg vil gerne læse medicin’, kommer drengene og siger, og så henviser jeg til deres karakterer og spørger om, hvordan de lige har tænkt sig, at de skal komme ind,” siger Hanne-Grete Lund. “Min erfaring er, at selvom jeg får givet dem masser af idéer til andre ting, som de også kunne læse, så svirper den tilbage igen lynhurtigt. En uge efter kommer de igen og vil være læge,” forklarer hun og påpeger, at den frustration gør drengene aggressive.  [..]

Den opdeling er Amela Lekic fra 2. c træt af, for som bosnisk muslim kan hun ikke finde ud af, hvor hun hører hjemme, De udenlandske drenge har hun ikke meget tilovers for. De ser ned på piger som hende og kalder hende billig, fordi hun må have kærester og gå i byen, og pigerne er ikke meget bedre.

“Da min bror gik i skole, var der meget negativ opmærksomhed på ham. Lærerne indkaldte altid mine forældre til møde for at beklage sig over ham,” forklarer Raneen og kan ikke lade være med at bebrejde skolen, som sendte broderen ud i kriminalitet i stedet for at få ham i gymnasiet.” 

“Vi har noget, som vi kalder integrationsbænken,” fortæller Amela Lekic, lidt flov over at have forrådt en hemmelig joke. “På integrationsbænken sidder tørklædepigerne og taler ‘forlovelse og ægteskab’, og hvad ved jeg,” siger hun irriteret, for hun føler pigerne indirekte anklager hende for at være en dårlig muslim.Faktisk har jeg opdaget, at det særligt er pigerne, som holder hinanden fast. De er utroligt hårde mod de piger, som går over stregen og bliver for danske,” siger Hanne-Grete Lund.

Mere uddannelse fører ikke til bedre integration ‘Hvis man bliver dumpet af sin mand, kan man altid bruge sin studentereksamen’

Diana West: Jyllands Posten

First, the valiant Geert Wilders, PVV member of Dutch Parliament, as quoted in De Telegraaf:

“If we [in The Netherlands] had to deal with terrorists just across the border in Belgium or Germany, who were launching missiles at Maastricht or Breda, and broke a truce,” Wilders — if he were Minister of Defense — would have done exactly the same as Israel is doing now….According to Wilders, Israel is quite right: “Just kick the whole lot into the Sinai.”

And now, a remarkable editorial titled “Israel’s Struggle” in Denmark’s Jyllands Posten newspaper (of Motoon fame).  Try to imagine this running in any other European newspaper–no, try to imagine it running in the New York Times :

“After a massive international pressure Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon. Has this led to peace? No, the rockets continued to rain down over Israel, so a military response on this front became unavoidable last summer.After a massive international pressure Israel withdrew in 2005 from Gaza. Have this led to peace? No, rockets and mortar shells have ever since rained down on Israel — according to Israeli calculations 6,300 rockets and shells since then(!). A military response was also here unavoidable.

As horrifying as the images from Gaza in these days may appear, it is necessary to constantly keep the roots of this conflict in focus. Israel — surrounded by enemies who wish to remove the Jewish state from the map — is in a struggle for survival. That is the starting point.

Israel has a self-evident right to defend itself. The violence, terror, and war come from Gaza and are forced on the sole democracy in the Middle-East, Israel, which then reacts with a completely legitimate “Enough is enough”.

One can discus the proportion in the military response, although it must be recognized that Israel seems to take into consideration the civilian population of Gaza, that the nature of war otherwise makes difficult: According to news agencies approximately 180 of the 250 killed are regular Hamas-warriors.

However, there is a reason to keep remembering the fundamental conditions in this endless war between Israel and the terror organizations that surround the country, because in such a tragic conflict a false symmetry quickly appears, clearly stated in the phrase “They are equally guilty. Nobody has anything to let the other hear”.

This is and remains manipulation; a moral and intellectual knee-jerk towards the violence and terror. The two parties aren’t equally guilty. The violence goes one way — and releases a response. Israel has throughout the years given its enemies all chances. They have been rejected. The violence has on the contrary been escalated.

After a massive international pressure Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon. Has this led to peace? No, the rockets continued to rain down over Israel, so a military response on this front became unavoidable last summer.

After a massive international pressure Israel withdrew in 2005 from Gaza. Have this led to peace? No, rockets and mortar shells have ever since rained down on Israel — according to Israeli calculations 6,300 rockets and shells since then(!). A military response was also here unavoidable.

Gaza is one large catastrophe. The humanitarian conditions are horrible. 1.5 million people are pressed together in a small area. The structures of society have all broken apart. The only thing that still works is apparently the military structure and the will to constantly challenge Israel.

Is that the fault of Israel? When will the international community hold the changing Palestinian regimes responsible? For decades the West has pumped a dazzling amount of money into Gaza. Denmark has contributed generously as well. Money that was meant for common Palestinians and in an effort to make the region better able to take care of itself. What has become of that money? Well, the international community slowly realizes what the corrupt-to-the-core Yassir Arafat used the billions for. He spent it on a two-digit number of security services in addition to keeping his private accounts abroad fully stocked.

What Hamas uses the energy and money for is beginning to be equally clear. They have built up to 700 tunnels under the border to Egypt, which are being used to smuggle weapons into Gaza, and they have thrown themselves into a simultaneous battle of life and death against the competing Fatah organization.

Israel cannot be responsible in any way for the changing leaders of the Palestinians, taking their own population as hostages in a darkened, fundamentalist battle. Israel is essentially a Western outpost in this struggle, which is underlined by the fact that on all of Israel’s fronts Iran is pulling the strings.

We must understand Israel’s position. But naturally friends should also by criticized, when there is reason for it.”

Try to imagine this running in any other European newspaper–no, try to imagine it running in the New York Times. Can’t be done.   Diana West: More Friends