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As mentioned on a comment by Punter, some stickers have appeared over campus during the weekend. They are obviously anti-capitalist, anti-war, left wing driven campaigns. I am told that there is a sticker with Tony Blair doing a Nazi sulute, so I will get a picture of that hopefully and post it here. For now, enjoy the two below:

“The Arab press has outdone Hitler’s propaganda,” Anti-Defamation League National director Abraham Foxman said Monday, noting that “a grotesque propaganda war which has reached a new dimension” had emerged from the war in Lebanon.

Foxman, speaking at an ADL press conference in Jerusalem, said the anti-Semitic material in the Arab press frequently depicts Israeli control over the UN, an irony noted by Foxman, who pointed to the UN support of Arab causes, particularly in the UN Human Rights Council.

Cartoon published in the Syrian A-Dustur

Over 100 incidents of anti-Semitism have been triggered by the war in Lebanon, Foxman said, and while there had been an increase in the US and Europe, the situation was not nearly as serious as in the Arab world.

“Conflict in the Middle East legitimizes anti-Semitic actions worldwide,” explained the ADL director. However, he noted that “if you over hype specific incidents, such as the attack in Seattle, the anti-Semites win because people will stop going to Jewish centers and institutions - it’s a delicate balance.”

Commenting on Germany’s potential role as part of the UN peacekeeping force, Foxman said that its participation “is still an issue.”

“The fact that one still needs to struggle with the issue is important, but at the end of the day I would like to see the Germans as peacekeepers,” Foxman said. He added that “it is important that there is an element of historical trauma. Jews and Germans will always have that shadow of history, but it’s healthy.”

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This blog is about the horrific suicide [homicide] bombing in Tel Aviv (Israel) yesterday. I’ve commented on suicide bombings in the past and the grief that it causes the people injured and the families of those killed. What I plan on doing is to write a seperate post about the mechanics of a terrorist suicide bomb, just to drive home how evil these people truely are. What I wanted to point you towards first is a couple of other blogs that I have read through Jo’s site as they really put the events of yesterday into perspective.The first is a blog called On the Face written by Lisa Goldman, an Israeli freelance journalist based in Tel Aviv. She was there and has blogged about it.

Today’s explosion was so loud and so strong that we thought it was just down the street. But it turned out to be at the old central bus station, a seedy area of cheap shops and food stands about 15 minutes’ walk away. It’s a place where poor people, junkies and foreign workers live. Incredibly, the bomber hit the exact same shawarma stand that another suicide bomber had exploded himself in just three months ago. That time, no one was killed. This time the bomb was a lot bigger - and it was packed with long nails.

I then followed a link on Lisa’s blog to a ’sober and intelligent take on today’s bombing’. It’s a blog by an Iranian called Arash Abadpour who is currently working on his doctorate at the University of Manitoba in Canada.

If those black sheets with the prophet’s name were not hanging behind him, I would be thinking he is reading an essay about the “beauty of the spring”. The sixteen-year-old boy kills eight people at the scene and wounds dozens more, some of which are reported to be in serious condition.

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I was thinking will the Islamic world give an appology for the prophet’s name used in a mission to kill people?

Both these blogs are very good and the photos are harrowing, but I would advise reading both of them.

In response to the very sad news of the deteriorating health of the Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, I would like to express my hope that this great leader makes a recovery.

I would like to offer this prayer:

Almighty, Master of the Universe,
my G-d and the G-d of my forefathers:

May it be Your Will that You speedily send
a complete recovery from Heaven,
a healing of the body and a
healing of the spirit to:

Ariel Sharon
the son of
The State of Israel

amongst all of the sick of
the Children of Israel.