Ramadan -- The Excuse For Violence

Israel's President: “Month of Ramadan a Month of Terror”

 July 2, 2015   0 Comment

Author(s):  Lea Speyer
Source:  ABCNews.     Article date: July 3rd, 2015

In a meeting Tuesday with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned the recent wave of terror attacks against Israelis during Ramadan.

The month-long Ramadan holiday, which began on the evening of June 17, sees a general uptick in violence and terror related incidents across Israel. Most attacks occur in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.

“This month of Ramadan is turning into a month of terror before our very eyes,” Rivlin said, vowing that Israel will continue to combat terrorism. “Terror is terror is terror, wherever it strikes in the land of Israel, and across the world.”

The president angrily called out Palestinian leadership for caving into Hamas and not condemning each terror attack since the start of Ramadan. “The silence is louder than ever,” he stated. 

Addressing Gentiloni, Rivlin said, “We have no war with Islam, and Islam should have no war with us,” adding that terrorism must be stopped.

Bravo To Netanyahu And Rivlin. Carter Should Be Dismissed As A Senile, Hateful, Useless Old Man!

Netanyahu, Rivlin Refuse to Meet with Jimmy Carter

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Cover of Israel-bashing book by former US President Carter. (Youtube)

Israel’s leaders are refusing to meet with former US President Jimmy Carter due to his anti-Israel statements and activities. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin have both turned down a request by former US President Jimmy Carter for a meeting during his upcoming visit to Israel, citing his “anti-Israel” stance as the reason, Israel’s Channel 10 reported on Monday.

A senior diplomatic official told Channel 10 that Carter, one of Israel’s most vociferous critics, is “disastrous” for Israel, saying that he “consistently harms the State of Israel, and Israel’s leaders should refrain from meeting him.”

The report indicates that Rivlin’s aides counseled him not to meet with Carter and he 

accepted their advice.

The president’s office stated on Monday night that Rivlin had accepted the Foreign 

Ministry’s recommendation not to meet with Carter, who reportedly is scheduled to 

arrive within the next 10 days for meetings with Palestinian leaders and Israeli officials.

History of Anti-Israel and Pro-Hamas 

Positions

Throughout the years Carter has gained the status of persona-non-grata in Israel. 

During the IDF’s Operation Protective Edge to uproot Hamas terror infrastructure, 

Carter declared that there was “no justification in the world for what Israel is doing” 

in Gaza, calling it a humanitarian disaster.

He also advised President Barack Obama to take Hamas off the list of organizations

 designated as terror groups by the US.

Rivlin and Carter in 2010. (Flash90)

In May 2014, Carter supported 

the Palestine Liberation 

Organization’s unilateral push to 

join international organizations,

 a breach of the 1993 Oslo

 Peace Accords.

In 2013, he called on the European

 Union to label products produced at “illegal Israeli settlements,” which is tantamount 

to calling for a partial boycott on Israeli goods.

In 2006, Carter wrote a book titled “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” which was 

found to contain factual errors, leading the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East

 Reporting, a media watchdog, to conclude that the former American leader “clearly

 has an Israel, and even a Jewish problem.”

In 2010, when Rivlin served as speaker of the House in the Knesset (Israeli parliament),

 he criticized Carter for certain actions, including his meetings with senior Hamas 

officials. Israel viewed these meetings as support for Hamas and encouraging terror,

 Rivlin said. Carter claimed that the purpose of the meetings was to “bring peace to 

the region.”

Most recently, Carter appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in January 2015,

 during which they discussed the  terror attacks in Paris earlier that month. Carter

 claimed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was a cause for Islamic terror.

By Max Gelber, United with Israe
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