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From: Ynet

A prisoner exchange deal securing the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit will be executed this Friday, Saudi network al-Arabiya reported Sunday, quoting sources in the Hamas organization.According to the report, 450 Palestinian prisoners will be released to the Gaza Strip and West Bank in exchange for Shalit’s transfer to Egypt. Shalit was kidnapped into Gaza 1,246 days ago.

The al-Arabiya report added that the Hamas leadership from Damascus would meet with the Hamas leadership from Gaza in Cairo on Monday, to discuss the latest offer submitted by Israel.

Sources in Gaza told Ynet that significant progress had been made over the past few days in the talks for the prisoner exchange deal, and that the last obstacles – related to a number of prisoners from the leadership of Hamas’ military wing – could be removed by Friday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

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Moshe Feiglin

According to Ynet, MK Moshe Feiglin sent Ehud Barak a statement requesting that he not negotiate his release, if he were kidnapped:

“What our betrayed hero who is rotting in his cell understands, must be understood by any Israeli citizens as a free person. We must not buy one person’s freedom in exchange for risking the lives of many and encouraging additional abductions.”

He went on to claim that “this order is the product of a sound mind.” A statement that would be unnecessary unless one actually considered what they’d just said to at least sound insane. Kind of like when you say “with all due respect” and everyone knows that whatever comes next will be offensive.

Feiglin keeps digging himself deeper:

“Since then and to this day, Jonathan has been imprisoned under disgraceful conditions. Israel, which sent him and for which Jonathan sacrificed his life, has done and is doing all in its power to keep him in prison and see him die there.”

That would have been fine – had Feiglin not said just a sentence before, that Jonathan Pollard turned down release deal offers. You can’t possibly accuse a country of not trying to get a prisoner out of prison, when you’re turning down offers for your own release. Feiglin ripping a page right out of martyrism 101. Turn down offers for your release – and you can no longer complain that nobody is trying!

On Gilad Shalit, Feiglin says:

“The Israeli government has refrained from carrying out the simple and most required actions for Gilad Shalit’s release,” he accused. “Hamas, which at first avoided admitting that it was the kidnapper, understood quite quickly that Israel’s leaders would not endanger themselves with international arrest warrants and is no longer afraid to claim full responsibility for this act. Thousands of its detainees in Israel are getting the royal treatment and conditions no Israeli detainee can even dream of.”
This is true. Palestinian terrorists do get treated really well in Israeli prisons. But really, Feiglin? Are you about to argue that Shalit should not be released in return for Palestinian prisoners? What authority do you have? Who died and gave you the power to decide what Gilad Shalit’s life is worth?

“In this situation, the responsible Israeli citizen is faced with one of two choices: One – to come to terms with the described process and wait for the blow that will terminate this historic episode called ‘The State of Israel’. The other option is that, like in past wars, the simple soldiers will know how to save the state from its leaders’ failures, as today, we, the civilians and the simple soldiers order that no negotiations be held for us.”

Oh well, I guess he did go there. And when you take any argument and put the opposite arguement in the place of anti-Israeli thought – you’re hitting below the belt. Releasing prisoners for Gilad Shalit is not anti-Israeli, and is not ‘terminating the historic episode called ‘The State of Israel.’ Feiglin – stop it. You’re sounding more and more ridiculous every time you open your mouth.

And please – don’t make decisions as to what others’ lives are worth.

Yup! You saw right!

Lady Gaga is wearing no pants – a fishnet, and a Jewish Star of David made of spikes on the back of her Israel-blue jacket!

Lady Gaga Jewish Star

UPDATE: Turns out this rumor was refuted. Mosey along now … nothing to see here … (still, a funny thought – eh?)

So it turns out that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s roots are Jewish. Yup, his family converted. So he’s not Jewish the way Hitler was – what with the Jewish grandma or something. His family name was changed from  Sabourjian to Ahmadinejad when he converted to Islam from Judaism. I guess hindsight is 20/20. Only a Jew could become the Jews worst enemy.

Remember – in Judaism there’s no way out:

• You can convert to Catholicism and become the Pope and you’re still Jewish.
• You can defraud hundreds of people and companies out of billions of dollars and you’re still Jewish.
• You can join the SS and you’re still Jewish.
• You can convert to Islam and become President of Iran and condemn Israel to death and threaten it with nuclear bombs – and you’re still Jewish!

Oh well, welcome to the clan, Sabourjian.

The fact was revealed when a close-up of his papers, which he showed on various occasions, showed the name Sabourjian – which is Iranian for “cloth weaver.” The ending of the name, ‘jian,’ is commonplace for Jewish families in Iran – I guess it’s the same as ’stein’, or ‘berg’. Not only that, but apparently the name Sabourjian is a common Jewish name in Iran.

Imagine if some guy who’s last name was Cohen was screaming ‘death to Israel.’ Would you take him seriously?

Jewish Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Apropos, here’s a cute video by Birthright about it!

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Jerusalem – After over three years in which IDF St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit has been held in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Israel breathed a sigh of relief on Friday afternoon after it was verified…

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If websites could be adapted into movies, JBloggers.org – the official website hosting the Jewish Bloggers event – would be a Hungarian horror B-movie from the 80’s. And it doesn’t get much worse than that. Seriously – if you’re going to host a Social Media centered event – don’t create a boxy website with clashing colors and non-agnostic widgets and components to boot. Doesn’t even warrant more than a paragraph – this is the #jbloggers site. Laughable.

In honor of Rosh Hashana – I figured I’d answer the age-old question: Why 5770 and not 2009? Last year it was the same just with 5769 and 2008 etc. It changes every year – but the point is, there is a reason. Several, actually:

Some very clever Jews some 5770 or 2009 years ago decided it would be a good idea to place our calendar year some 3760 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar. The reasons for this are unclear, but there could be a few explanations for this interesting discrepancy:

The Rapture Extravaganza! (don’t forget chips & dip)

According to Rapture2009.org, the world RAPTURE does not appear anywhere in the bible. This couldn’t possibly mean it is a fabricated. It must mean it’s hidden somewhere else! And I quote:

The word “RAPTURE” has been said not to appear in the Bible. Is it possible that it has been concealed or hidden (ENCODED) within the scriptures themselves.  Four matrices  have been located in the Old Testament linking the key word “RAPTURE” with the Hebrew years of 5770 (2009-2010), 5771 (2010-2011), and 5775 (2015-2016).

Most Plausible: Jewish People Are Robots from the Future

Jewish people are robots from the future, and so since we’re stuck in 2009, we need to superficially advance ourselves by making the number of our calendar year way, way ahead. We are super advanced! That’s why hassids walk so fast. That’s why Jews get married at 18 (16 if it’s against our will.)

These are known to exist! Check out their appearance on Conan!

In this skit, Conan was celebrating his 13th year on air. He considered it his bar-mitzvah episode. So in order to make it kosher, he summoned a minyon of Jewish characters, including the rabbinical robot, Cyberg, played by Threebrain. I suppose it was funny because, well, any time you mix something Jewish with pop culture, it’s sure to be a hit, and rein in those wayward Jews.

We Jews are Hassidic Ninjas sent from Outer Space

After much deliberation, I’ve found that this is probably the most absurd. I argued a strong case, though.