Saturday, June 18 2016

UPDATES 7 pm Israel time:

…Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours…

4 hours ago, IDF forces along the northern Gaza border opened fire on Palestinian terrorists as they attempted to infiltrate Israel.

Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad in Gaza said that it will “respond harshly” to any attempt to build a concrete wall around the Palestinian state (click here to read about the wall that Israel is about to build).

…The news from Europe…

*Qatar has announced that it is spending 27 million Euros to build Europe’s largest mosque, “the Center of Light”, in Limoges, France.

An artist’s rendering of the new mosque about to be built in Limoges.

According to Qatar, the purpose of the mosque is “to strengthen identity among Muslims in Europe, encourage coexistence between different cultures, contribute to the correct understanding of Islam, emphasize moderation, and fight Islamophobia.”

Hmm…do any of these goals seem contradictory to you?

By the way, Limoges already has a population that is more than 20% Muslim. That percentage is expected to double by 2025.

*Doctors Without Borders is fighting for more Muslim immigration to Europe.

To that end, the organization announced this week that it will no longer accept donations from any European Union country (an estimated $65 million a year).

Why? Because the European Union just signed an agreement with Turkey for Muslim refugees to be “returned to” Turkey (read “deported” to Turkey).

Doctors Without Borders says that it would be inconsistent for them to take money from the E.U. when the E.U. is deporting the very people “Doctors” is striving to help.

But don’t worry about “Doctors” being underfunded. Whatever they lose in donations from the E.U. will undoubtedly be made up by the likes of Qatar.

…Speaking of Qatar…

Today, an Egyptian court sentenced former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi to life imprisonment for passing state secrets to Qatar.

Six other defendants, including two employees of Qatar-based Al-Jazeera, were sentenced to death.

…Speaking of France…

The U.S. state of California has climbed from 8th to the 6th largest economy in the world. In doing so, it dropped the country of France to number 7.

The gross state product of California last year was 2.46 trillion dollars with a 4.1% growth rate.

…What’s happening to the Mediterranean?…

Anyone who has been swimming in the Mediterranean recently knows that the water seems a little colder than before–despite the blazing hot temperatures outside the water.

As it turns out, the melting shelves of ice in Greenland are causing the Mediterranean water to cool.

So far, the temperature drop has not been dramatic. For example, in front of your humble servant’s home on the coast in south Ashdod, the water temperature has dropped about 1 degree C. from its usual 26.5 degrees to 25.4 degrees.

TODAY’S BLOG

You may be wondering what the reaction of the Arab world has been to the massacre in Orlando, a massacre which took the lives of 49 Americans. As you know, most of these Americans were gay.

Given the fact that the murderer was a Muslim of Afghani heritage, you would think that the Arab world denunciation of the attack would have been immediate and forceful.

There has been forceful and immediate reaction, but it hasn’t been a denunciation.

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