(crack)pot to kettle: "you're black"

Right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders is about to set his country afire. His upcoming film Fitna which portrays Islam as Nazism has already provoked threats from Islamists against the Netherlands. Many commentators see the potential of a blowup bigger than that of the Danish cartoons affair of two years ago. Geerts is unapologetic; he isn't hating on Muslims, just pointing out that their "Islamic ideology is a retarded and dangerous one."

Yep. Retarded. Thus the already fragile European-Muslim relationship is endangered by a bleached hair freak using middle school insults against other people's cultures. Good thing he's not calling them "gay"...

Schadenfreude

Far-Right MK Arieh Eldad "can't bear the thought of hearing German in the Knesset...the language my grandparents were murdered in."

What's next? Is he going to boycott McCain's visit because he can't bear hearing the language his crazy Stern Gang father was arrested in? Why not ban Yiddish, it's a dialect of German after all? My grandparents were pogrom-ed in Russian, should I never go to the doctor lest my ears be polluted?

I assume Pig Latin would certainly be out of the question. Now is that because it's aif-tray or it's the language the Emple-tay was destroyed in?

"Some of my best friends are black"

My amateur ethnographic research has recently started showing evidence that, at this point in time, every male in the greater middle east has a Soulja Boy ringtone. But then Haaretz brought this moving personal interest tidbit on the son of an assassinated Beit Lehem man who had allegedly been an Islamic Jihad activist:

Instead of a Britney Spears ring tone, Shehadeh Shehadeh's cell phone emits a recording of a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Call that guy up! But wait, there's more. Mr. Shehadeh also wants you to know he's not just a blanket anti-Semite:

"Some Jews are all right and my father valued them, like Neturei Karta," he conceded, referring to a fringe ultra-Orthodox sect that is rabidly anti-Zionist. "But most Jews are the enemy."

Tell it like it is

Yesh Matzav's favorite חברת כנסת in action:

Where was Yachimovich? She was promoting a bill in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee to increase funding to parties that put women on their lists. Yachimovich said she not only wants talented women in the Knesset, but also mediocre women who resemble many of the men there.

Is this real?

Ynet has more on the Knesset's dignified deliberations:

The fierce argument in the plenum broke out following an agenda proposal levied by Hadash Chairman MK Mohammad Barakeh relating to the escalating violence in southern Israel. Barakeh noted that he is a Palestinian who was born in a Galilee village that has now been utterly demolished.

“Then why don’t you leave this country and go live with your Palestinian brothers,” replied Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman.

“Why don’t you go back to where you came from, you impudent immigrant," Barakeh retorted. "Israel’s quest to protect its citizens is understandable and legitimate, but not at the cost of mass genocide involving children. Force is the only solution, however, envisioned by fascist, racist leaders of a failed political party," he added.

Yes!!! Give me more.

MK Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List-Ta'al) retorted that “there wasn’t an Arab MK that did not condemn attacks on Israeli citizens, however one cannot compare the mass panic in Sderot to the slaughter of innocent children, which is a war crime.”

“I will not remain silent when traitors speak in the Israeli Knesset,” said MK Rotem, to which Tibi replied “I hold you and your friends in contempt. You are members of a fascist party which thrives on blood. You get an immense adrenaline rush every time you hear a Palestinian speak and express his point of view.”

Oh, burn!

Politicians, or statesmen?

So much dignity in the Knesset:

Tempers flared Wednesday during Knesset plenary session when National Union MK Effie Eitam told Arab MKs that "one day we will expel you from this house, and from the national home of the Jewish people."

I wonder why tempers flared? It's hard to see. Who would get mad about that?

Balad Chairman MK Jamal Zahalka heckled him in turn: "You're a madman, a miserable character, a racist," and was ejected from the debate.

Sounds like Zahalka's a little sensitive... Of course, natives often have difficulty controlling their passions. Who else got testy about such a harmless little dig?

"He advocates the expulsion of Israeli citizens," [MK] El-Sana said. "Eitam belong in history's garbage can."

Ok, good line. Eitam, your rebuttal?

Eitam said in response that he did not call to expel the Israeli Arab community entirely, only Arab MKs and those who participated in Tuesday's rally.

Oh ok. Phew! Good save.