Arabs Still "Humiliated" at Israel Checkpoints - Arabs caught with 10 pipe bombs near checkpoint - Religious War in Gaza: Hamas Assaults Shi’ite Muslims

[It’s been some time since we’ve heard about Arabs being humiliated at Israeli checkpoints. That meme seems to have run out of steam. Yet the devilish Israelis are still at it. If you need to see proof, the story below should provide it. Now put yourself in an Arab terrorist’s shoes. You’re stopped and frisked at an Israeli checkpoint, then caught flagrante delicto and arrested when explosives and weapons are found in your backpack. For a Palestinian jihadist trained and tasked to kill as many Jews as possible, can you think of anything more humiliating than that? df]


Source: YNet News
By Yoav Zitun



Military Police forces working at the Salem checkpoint caught two Palestinians carrying 10 pipe bombs, a gun and several bullets. The bombs were dismantled and the Palestinians were turned over to security forces.

An initial investigation suggests that the soldiers detected two Palestinians in their 20s approaching a checkpoint near the military court carrying two bags. After a check they discovered the contents of the bags.

Last week, a Palestinian man trying to cross a Jenin checkpoint was caught in possession of 11 explosive devices.

"An investigation of the previous incident suggests that the suspects planned on carrying out a terrorist attack at the court," the battalion commander Lt. Col. Erez Raven said. "The other side is not familiar with our MOs which change from time to time and we raised our alert level in the past week. There were no terror threat alerts."
The Salem Military Court is scheduled to discuss a hearing on the sentence of Amjad Awad, one of the murderers of the Fogel family.
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So much for "friendship" and "unity"

Source: Arutz Sheva
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu


Police in Gaza, ruled by Hamas’ Sunni Muslims, broke the bones of several Shi’ite Muslims last week, a further sign of a break between Iran and Hamas.

Iran drastically reduced funding to Hamas this past summer after the Gaza regime did not back Iran’s support for beleaguered Syrian President Bashar Assad, a key ally of the Ahmadinejad regime.

Masked Hamas police last week beat a group of Shi’ite Muslims, a tiny minority in contrast to the overwhelming Sunni Muslim majority, as they were observing the end of the 40-day mourning period for the grandson of  the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab Ghussein insisted that the police acted against "outlaws" who were planning "criminal acts," according to a Fox News report.

The Sunni-Shi’ite violence parallels deadly battles that have broken out throughout the Middle East the past years.

Despite Hamas being ruled by Sunni Muslims, Iran has had a vested interest in arming the terrorist organization and political party with money and weapons, placing Israel on the defense against terrorist attacks from the south and from the north. Hizbullah, also financed by Iran, has allied with pro-Syrian parties to become the dominant political force in Lebanon.

However, recent events, including  the lack of Hamas support for Assad, have changed the relationship.

The attack on Shi’ite Muslims last week “is part of an attempt to limit Iranian influence in Gaza and indicates the end of a decade long relationship between Iran and Hamas,” according to the Strategy Page website.

Hamas was openly critical of Assad brutal suppression of Shi’ite Muslims, one of the reasons that Iran began financing Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups in a power struggle with Hamas in Gaza.

“Iran expected Hamas to allow local Shia to seek converts among the Sunni majority,” Strategy Page stated. “Hamas has cracked down on that now, but Iran's new allies are pressured to encourage the conversions. Sunni Islamic conservatives believe such activity should be punished by death. Meanwhile, all this fuss in Gaza is also causing more friction between Hamas and rival Palestinian government Fatah.”