Belgium Officially Backs Jew Hatred. Official, you say? That sounds pretty final to me.

Verne Strickland / September 16, 2013

September 16, 2013

Belgium Officially Backs Jew Hatred

By Peter Martino

Shockingly, in Belgium, history lessons about Nazism and the Holocaust are currently being used to infuse children with hatred against Israel.
The Belgian Ministry of Education funds an organization, the Special Committee for Remembrance Education (BCH), which provides teachers with ready-made templates for their history lessons. In its September issue, Joods Actueel, the largest Jewish magazine in Belgium, describes this educational material as "perverted." The so-called Remembrance Education, the magazine writes, "has degenerated into an instrument to infect youngsters with hatred of Israel and anti-Semitism."
One of the materials used is the cartoon "Never Again, Over Again." It equates the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israelis today with the treatment of the Jews by the Nazis in the 1930s and 40s.
"Never Again means that what happened under Hitler should never happen again. And Over Again means that what is happening today is the same as in the past with Hitler," the Belgian school teachers are told. "In the past, the concentration camps were fenced off with barbed wire. Today, the border between Israel and Palestine is marked with barbed wire and a wall."
The atrocities committed by the Nazis are linked to the so-called atrocities of Israel. Teachers indoctrinated with teaching material provided by an organization that is sanctioned by the Ministry of Education, in turn indoctrinate the school children in their care.
The material of the Special Committee for Remembrance Education is frequently used by primary school teachers, who seem to have little knowledge of history. Two Belgian researchers, Jan Swerts and Kurt Monten of the Catholic College of Limburg, found that young people studying to become teachers know amazingly little about history. Many of them were unable to tell in which century the Second World War took place. They knew hardly anything about major ideologies such as Socialism and Communism. Ten percent of them even confused Zionism with Fascism. They are easy prey for the anti-Semites who author some of the material provided by the Special Committee for Remembrance Education.
The educational material also includes a "role play," in which children must play Palestinians and Israelis. The Palestinians are invariably good people who are confronted by the Israelis, who are almost always bad people, with the exception of the odd Israeli with many Palestinian friends.
One of the roles assigned to a child is the following: "You have sympathy for the radical group Hamas. You live in Gaza and go to work every day in Israel. It takes you four hours to go to work as you need to pass the border control between Gaza and Israel. You are already on your way at 4 a.m. You have two children in primary school. As a consequence, the death of a Palestinian girl shot by Israeli soldiers in the school playground has shocked you deeply. Israel denies having shot the children, but according to representatives of the United Nations in Gaza everything indicates that she was killed by the Israelis. Hamas has fired six rockets towards Israel. Israel has to stop with its attacks."
The Belgian Ministry of Education and the Special Committee for Remembrance Education fail to provide teachers with the information that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, or that the suffering of the Jews in the Nazi extermination camps is in no way be comparable to the situation in Gaza. It would suffice to point out that the Jews arriving in Auschwitz had only a few hours or a few days to live, while life expectancy for the Palestinians in Gaza and on the West Bank is 72 years.
The cartoon "Never Again, Over Again," is the work of a Brazilian artist of Arab origin, Carlos Latuff, who is known for his anti-Semitic motifs and especially his preposterous claim that the Palestinians are in the same position as the Jews were under Nazi tyranny. He once depicted a Jewish boy in the Warsaw Ghetto as saying, "I am Palestinian." In the 2006 Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Competition, Latuff won a second prize.
What would the 6 million Jews who died in Hitler's extermination camps have said if they had known that 70 years later their deaths would be abused to indoctrinate schoolchildren with anti-Jewish feelings? Surely, they would have felt as if they were being killed twice.
That a Latuff cartoon is used in Belgian schools in lessons that are ostensibly designed to remember the Holocaust, is particularly worrying. They instill Belgian children aged 6 to 12 with a hatred for the Jews that is so deep that one day the "Never Again" may indeed become an "Over Again," and with the same victims as before: the Jews. The authorities, such as the Belgian Ministry of Education, that have facilitated the indoctrination of children with this anti-Semitism, will be directly responsible.

Originally published by the Gatestone Institute. Republished with permission.

Thom and Susan Tillis discuss their hope to bring traditional conservative values to the seat now held by Kay Hagan

By Verne Strickland




John Dismukes talks to crowd during the "Proud to Be Republican"
event at Snow's Cut Park. Looking on are Thom Tillis and David Rouzer,
part of enthusiastic crowd of GOP faithful who turned out.


*Photos by Pamela Lynn Collins


Thom Tillis and his wife Susan hosted a week-end event underneath a canopy of spreading trees, and brilliant white clouds floating in a deep blue autumn sky. It was a perfect setting for a cook-out and picnic attended by Republican faithful from many communities in the Cape Fear Region and beyond.

Thom has been very successful as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and is now campaigning for the U.S. Senate.

He was in Wilmington for a fund-raiser -- one of many that will be held throughout the State. I asked him how his Wilmington event had gone:

Tillis:

Went very well. We are doing three or four fundraisers a week, most of it in North Carolina. But we’re already receiving support from friends and family of mine, and allies in my professional network across the nation. So we’re getting great reception, we’re optimistic about the Sept. 30 results. Being in a legislative session the week before last was a little bit of a challenge, so we’re very optimistic, and have built strong momentum with a number of  events, but the first quarter is fact. 

Hagan really has just failed to distinguish herself. Except where she can call “run-on” bills, where she can say she filed something, there has just been no evidence at all that she has tried to get out there and work hard on anything in particular to get  a vote and move something forward. Her objective seems to be going out to various areas where she can say “I proposed this or that” but nothing meaningful.



Among guests of honor at "Proud to be Republican" were John Dismukes,
Thom Tillis and Davis Rouzer.

Tillis (cont'd.)

We are going to contrast that with what we’ve done in North Carolina where we’ve balanced the budget, where we’ve cut more than two and a half billion dollars in taxes, where we’ve gotten regulations out of the way of business. We’ve compiled a great record there. Incidentally, what we’re cutting or eliminating are things  that Kay Hagan voted for when she was in the State Senate. So there is a dramatic difference between us there, and I don’t think that will bode well for the Senator.

Verne: Her tenure there comes at a critical, or even awkward time for America, and raises the stakes in the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. I’m sure you feel that this gives added emphasis to this battle which is shaping up for you. 

Tillis:

We certainly do. It’s unfortunate that Senator Hagan didn’t go to Washington and represent North Carolina. If you take a look at her positions, you would think that she’s a senator from California or a senator from New York. You wouldn’t think that she’s  a senator from the State of North Carolina. She’s not in touch with the citizens here, and we need to put a leader in there who represent the thinking and values of our people here in North Carolina.

I think we need to work to re-establish the United States as the leader in terms of national security. We seem to have taken a step backward as Russia has been able under Obama to take the lead in getting our stature back where it needs to be, because a strong America means a stable world, and we’ve got real problems there. We have got to take a seventeen-trillion-dollar deficit to prove to citizens and businesses that we have a credible way to pay it down, to look at entitlements. Everything has to be on the table so that we can balance our budget, because this is the single greatest emergency we face right now. We have to defund  Obamacare. But then Republicans must come up with alternatives that don’t have the cost and complexity that Obamacare has. 

Verne: Thom also spoke to an enthusiastic audience gathered around one of the covered picnic sites, where he offered additional comments about the vital importance of the pending GOP primary, the general election, and why a victory in his bid will be a key to putting U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, and President Obama, out to pasture before they can continue to take America down the road to a tenuous future under a possible ultra-liberal U.S. government:

TILLIS

Before I get to the U.S. Senate race, I want recognize Ted Davis. His hard work in the Legislature has been just amazing. We’ve got a lot of freshmen who have come in. Ted is one and he’s first among them in my book. 

Also went to recognize one of my favorite people ever in the Legislature, and that’s Carolyn Justice. She was just a wonderful person to serve with during my first time as Speaker, and two terms prior to that as a freshman and a sophomore. She has just been a wonderful influence, and I hope we can continue to have her influence and wisdom in state government and beyond

.

I also have one other person I want to recognize because she’s the only reason I’m serving in the House and now running for the U.S. Senate, and that’s my lovely wife Susan. 

We’re going to have a primary and I personally believe primaries are good. I came into the North Carolina  House after running against a two-term Republican incumbent because we just had a different way of doing business. And I believe that, if you do it in a respectful way that you never lose sight of the fact that what we’re ultimately trying to do is beat one of the most liberal senators in the Senate. So we’ll dispense with the primary and get together after that to beat Kay Hagan. 

The reason we have to beat Kay hagan is that she acts more like a senator from California or New York than from North Carolina. She votes with President Obama 96 percent of the time. 

When you take a look at what we’ve done in North Carolina over the past three years, we’ve cut taxes over two and a half billion, we’ve  cut regulations, respecting property rights, promoting gun rights and second amendment rights, promoting the right of the people to have some say over the amount of money in their wallets, promoting life, promoting traditional family values – those are the kinds of things in which Kay Hagan cannot be more far afield from the traditional beliefs of the people of North Carolina. 

We have to get on board, we have to  work hard. This is going to be one of the most expensive Senate races in  the United States. With a good primary we will come out with a good candidate. That is first and foremost. So we’ve got to work together for a victory in the primary, and move on to the general election because North Carolina is considered vital to our interests and the path to a Republican majority. If we can’t defund Obamacare before then, you can be darn sure that by January 15, 2015, we will put Obama into a lame duck session. The importance of avoiding that should be obvious and can’t be over-emphasized.

Verne:
I was also able to with Thom's lovely wife, Susan, who took a moment for an interview as she talked with some of the many guests and supporters who were on hand at the cook-out in Snow's Cut Park.




Susan with Claire Ledford, daughter of Carmen Cox Ledford.
Her mom says she is Thom Tillis' number one fan!

Susan Tillis (cont'd.)

I resigned from my management position at the end of May to help Thom in his campaign, so I am 120% behind him to help with his duties and assist in any way I can. I often accompany him on his trips to speak to audiences wherever his schedule takes him. 

Verne: The State needs Thom and so does the country. What qualities and experience does he bring to the task?

 Susan:

Well, for me, having been married to him for 26 years, what I want our message to accomplish is to show everyone who he really is. He’s someone with a big heart and integrity who cares deeply about this country, and deeply about North Carolina. After seeing what he has been able to accomplish in North Carolina, I want people to really understand the vision he successfully presented in North Carolina and bring that same vision to Washington.

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*** This is one of a series of stories from the "Proud to Be Republican" event held at Wilmington this week-end. It will accompanies by additional photos from the occasion. 

 

Al-Qaeda chief calls for attacks on US in 9/11 speech to followers

Verne Strickland / September 15, 2011

The leader of Al-Qaeda has called on Muslims to wage attacks inside the United States, to wreak instability that will “bleed America economically”.

 

 Photo: AFP/GETTY

Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking during an interview   

By Ruth Sherlock, Beirut

11:03AM BST 13 Sep 2013

In an audio message released on Friday, two days after the anniversary of September 11th, Ayman al-Zawahiri said America was not a “mythic power” and that it could be defeated even through small-scale strikes by “one brother or a few of the brothers”.

“We should bleed America economically by provoking it to continue in its massive expenditure on its security, for the weak point of America is its economy, which has already begun to stagger due to the military and security expenditure,” he said, according to SITE, a jihadist monitoring group.

“America is not a mythic power and the Americans, after all, are humans who can be defeated, felled and punished.”

Zawahiri urged the Islamic world to “abandon the dollar and replace it with a currency of other countries that are not taking part in the aggression against us”. He also said that Muslims should refuse to buy goods from America and its allies, as such spending only helped to fund US military action in Muslim lands.

As well as mounting small, “disparate” assaults, Zawahiri urged fellow members of his extremist group to “watch and wait” and seize any opportunity to conduct a large strike against the US, similar to the 9/11 attack that killed almost 3000 people.

His speech picked up on the belief held by former Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden that targeting economic institutions can destroy the United States.

Free hot dog cookout a la Pamela Lynn Collins and John Dismukes. Not an official GOP function although it might just as well be.

 

Brotherhood Imposes Jizya Tribute on Egypt’s Christians:

 Verne Strickland / September 13, 2013

Understanding (and deploring) Muslim Persecution of Christians

By Raymond Ibrahim on September 8, 2013 in Muslim Persecution of Christians

 The return of jizya. 

Historically, non-Muslims had to pay tribute to their Islamic masters.  This practice was interrupted in the 19th century, thanks to European intervention. Today it’s back thanks to Western intervention.

Now that the attacks on Egypt’s Christian churches have subsided, stage two of the jihad — profiting from the fear and terror caused by stage one — is setting in: reports are arriving that the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters are forcing the roughly 15,000 Christian Copts of Dalga village in south Minya province to pay jizya — the money, or tribute, that conquered non-Muslims historically had to pay to their Islamic overlords “with willing submission and while feeling themselves subdued” to safeguard their existence, as indicated in Koran 9:29.

According to Fr. Yunis Shawqi, who spoke yesterday to Dostor reporters in Dalga, all Copts in the village, “without exception,” are being forced to pay tribute, just as their forefathers did nearly 1400 years ago when the sword of Islam originally invaded Christian Egypt.  He said that the “value of the tribute and method of payment differ from one place to another in the village, so that, some are being expected to pay 200 Egyptian pounds per day, others 500 Egyptian pounds per day…”

In some cases, those not able to pay have been attacked, their wives and children beaten and/or kidnapped.  As a result, some 40 Christian families have now fled Dalga, joining the ever growing list of displaced Christians in the Middle East.
It’s the same in Syria and Iraq.  ”Rebels” recently went to a Christian man’s “shop and gave him three options: become Muslim; pay $70,000 as a tax levied on non-Muslims, known as jizya; or be killed along with his family….  Androus from Mosul, Iraq… says he received a similar demand via telephone. ‘Because you are infidels, you have to pay jizya,’ he recalled being told over the phone. ‘Either you pay jizya, or we will kill you or your son.’”

Collecting jizya from non-Muslims was interrupted in the 19th century, thanks to European intervention.  Today, the jizya and other injustices against Mideast Christians — in Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq — have returned precisely thanks to Western intervention, in this case, U.S. support for the Muslim Brotherhood and its jihadi offshoots.

Team Tillis ramps up the momentum for Thom Tillis campaign for U.S. Senate

Over the past few weeks, we have been working on assembling a strong campaign team to ensure we have the resources needed to defeat Kay Hagan.  I am happy to announce that Lieutenant Governor Jim Gardner, former Ambassador Dave Phillips, Bob Ingram and Harry L. Smith, Jr. have agreed to help lead my finance team.  Each has dedicated much of their lives to making North Carolina a great place to live, work and raise a family. Jim Gardner was elected in 1989 as the first Republican Lieutenant Governor since 1901.  Jim previously served in the US House, where he chaired the House Committee on Agriculture.  He began his successful business career in Rocky Mount in the early 60s.  Stanley Davis (Dave) Phillips was appointed Ambassador to Estonia by President Bush in 2007.  Dave has been a business leader for our state in showcasing to the world our furniture and textile industries.    Bob Ingram began his career in the pharmaceutical industry and is the former CEO/Chairman of GalxoWellcome.  He serves on numerous community and business boards and has been a leading citizen in helping to shape the Research Triangle business community.  Harry Smith is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Flanders Corporation.  He is also a member of the UNC Board of Governors and a member of the North Carolina Economic Development Commission. In addition to building out our finance committee, staff and I continue to build a strong list of supporters who are hosting campaign events in their local communities.  We are happy to announce the following events: • September 13: Fundraiser at the home of Jane and Scott Sullivan, Wilmington • September 18: Fundraiser at Old Town Country Club, Winston-Salem • September 19: Fundraiser at The Peninsula Club, Cornelius • September 20: Fundraiser at River Landing Country Club, Wallace If you would like information on any events in your area, please contact Lucy Croxton at Lucy@thomtillis.com. Equally important to building a strong finance team is the need to build a strong grassroots effort.  Kim Canady, former Political Director for the North Carolina Republican Party has joined our staff and will serve as Political Director.  Kim has extensive experience in working with local Party volunteers and we are excited about having her on staff.  Kim has finalized our grassroots plan and is now working on building our volunteer effort in each county.  If you have an interest in working as a campaign volunteer, please contact Kim at Kim@thomtillis.com. Also helping with our political staff is Luke Blanchat.  Luke’s is a native of Hickory but comes to us from Texas where he worked for Governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign and Congressman Michael McCaul’s reelection campaign.  You can reach Luke at Luke@thomtillis.com. Thank you for your support and I hope you enjoyed your summer.  There is still a lot of work to complete so be sure and check back for more campaign announcements and updates very soon! Best, Thom

The Cross Still Stands: Another timeless image which burns 9/11/01 into our memory forever