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Posted in Europe on Mar 7th, 2009
For all the talk of Germany’s progressiveness and its attempts to shed itself of its genocidal past, their far-right neo-Nazi party is apparently quite popular: Despite government attempts to ban the party, the overtly racist NPD has already won seats in two of Germany’s 16 regional state parliaments. It has some 220 members on local [...]
As announced a few weeks ago, the Sweden-Israel match of the Davis cup was in an empty arena today. 200 anti-Israel protesters gathered outside. AFP – Some 200 people demonstrated Friday outside a sports arena in southern Sweden to protest against the Scandinavian country’s Davis Cup tie against Israel, as a massive police deployment watched [...]
Hat tip to GayAndRight: CHANNEL 4 has come under fire from Islamic leaders over a television documentary showing how gay and lesbian Muslims suffer under their laws. Its director has already had death threats because homosexuality is strictly forbidden by The Koran. Now station chiefs are bracing themselves for a backlash. Its digital channel More [...]
This is just over a week after the Israeli Taekwondo team was told to stay out of a Swedish competion due to attack threats and a few weeks after it was decided that for security reasons, an Israeli soccer team participating in a Swedish tournament would play in an empty stadium. What the hell is [...]
Posted in Europe on Feb 28th, 2009
Yesterday I frustratingly read that Poland desperately needed 120 million euros to save the death camp, which has started to decay and deteriorate. Germany today announced that it would pledge 1 million Euro to the cause: Germany has promised one million euro for the renovation of the Memorial Museum at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp, [...]
Posted in Europe on Feb 27th, 2009
An ex-member of Germany’s far right neo-nazi NPD party speaks to Spiegel.de about his experiences there, their ideology, and their support base. I recommend the whole interview, but here’s an excerpt that really gets to the bottom line: SPIEGEL ONLINE: What kind of politics do these gentlemen dream of? Luthardt: Of the German Reich. They’re [...]
Ted over at GubuWorld posted a piece today about the IAWM’s attempts to pressure Ireland’s largest telecom supplier, Eircom, to pull out of a deal that involves Israeli company Amdocs. The group picketed the company’s headquarters yesterday, but I can’t find details on the turnout. I’m not sure who this group is, but a quick [...]
Ah yes, the classic “Jews control our wealth” tirade. This guy has serious mental issues, but he still managed to get on the city council. Probably safe to assume that there are other like-minded council and government members. I wish the Jews did control Ukraine – then they could lock this guy up and put [...]
Posted in Arab World, Europe on Feb 23rd, 2009
Looks like Canada isn’t the only country helping out Jordan. The ABC reports: Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has signed a deal with energy-parched Jordan to explore for uranium as part of the kingdom’s efforts to pave the way for producing nuclear energy. “Under the 18-month agreement, the firm will fund the exploration of different [...]
The Ex-German Chancellor Gerard Schroeder is visiting Iran this weekend. While most of the western media seems to be reporting on Schroeder’s comments regarding the holocaust, here’s an article from the Tehran Times that tells us his real agenda: TEHRAN — Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Saturday welcomed a proposal by Iran to establish [...]