After the operation “Defensive Wall”, first attempts were made to use the Israeli and international court systems to indict IDF officers in “war crimes”. One of the widest known cases is the dodged arrest by General (reserve) Doron Almog, the former Commander of IDF’s Southern Command, responsible – among others – for Gaza Strip area. London police had allowed Almog to leave back for Israel without leaving the aircraft, fearing shoot-out between Almog and armed El Al guards.

One setback is nothing for European Arabs and “human rights groups” – and they keep on pressing forward. Latest decision by a Madrid court to grand motion by Palestinian Center for Human Rights (apparently – only
Palestinians’ human rights) is probably the first among many upcoming others such motions against Israeli officials and IDF officers. The PCHR wishes Madrid’s legal system to investigate allegations of crimes against humanity during the assassination of a Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh. Shehadeh – to remind you – was responsible, among others, for planning and executing the attack against IDF’s “Africa” outpost, resulting in murder of four IDF soldiers, and an attack on high-school students in Atzmona settlement, resulting in murder of another five students. By all standards, Shehadeh was no angel.

Not so for Europeans, however, and politically correct media. The Reuters news agency, for example, doesn’t even use the word “terrorist”, explaining that Reuters does not “use emotive words when labelling someone”, according to David A. Schlesinger, Reuters’ global managing editor. The Associated Press, for example, labels Al Qaeda as a “terror network”, while Hamas is a mere “militant group”. While the IDF is being labelled as committing crimes against humanity by most in the media and in Europe, Hamas’ tactics and attack are being mostly disregarded. Yes, that’s right: according to the UN, 25% of those killed in Gaza were civilians – which makes it fine to criticize Israel for crimes against humanity and breach of international law. Hamas, however, whose casualties – according to statistics for years 2001 to 2003 – were specifically targeting civilian population – are just fine and are simply a “militant group”. Yes, fighting for freedom. Yes, killing civilians. Yes, their own too.

We are soon to see if the European court system would allow itself to be used by terrorists and their supporters to create yet another battlefield against Israel. Yet, after you pour over USD 7 bln. into the Palestinian cause, it probably won’t be easy to halt the support.

This is a guest post by Jonathan Boyko.

It’s expected that within days of taking office she will announce plans to rebuild the Icelandic economy, reverse the plummeting unemployment figures and also wage war on Scotland.

A war with Gordon Brown’s homeland has been on the cards ever since October 2008, when the Scottish-born British prime minister made the decision to freeze the assets of Icelandic banks and companies in the UK, by using anti-terrorist legislation. Then Prime Minister Geir Haarde, put the blame for Iceland’s collapse squarely on British shoulders. The IMF predicts Iceland’s economy is facing its biggest slump since the country won full independence from Denmark in 1944.

Media propoganda, including military parades and television adverts have been whipping the Nordic hordes into a frenzy of anti-Scottish hatred. Effigies of kilted Scots have been hung under the few trees that grow on the freezing rocky island whilst hundreds of shoes were thrown at the British embassy gates in a protest last Saturday.

Gunnhildur Gylfason, one of the protestors who was apparently confused by the differences between Scottish and English politicians, shouted through a microphone:

“Wendy Alexander, are you watching? Ann Widdecombe, are you listening? Maggie Thatcher can you still hear? … We’re coming to get you! Our dykes are bigger than yours! Down down Scot-a-land!!”

Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66, is currently the social affairs minister and has little experience of military conflict or foreign policy. Annalysists predict she will however provide a flurry of jobs in the longboat building sector as well as in the metal industries. The United Nations plans to hold a security council meeting early next week and is expected to condemn Israel for the tension between the two Atlantic countries.

Gordon Brown has brushed off speculation of an impending war with Iceland as ludicrous.