BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

RAPE VICTIM PARDONED "Reportedly" the Saudi woman sentenced to 200 lashes because she APPEALED? Has been pardoned. The judges say she was "having an illicit affair." Um... how did the men who jumped her and her friend in the car KNOW they were having an affair? Was there a sign on the window? Or is that another misogynistic excuse? She and the man in the car deny an affair and continue to deny it. I have a number of male friends. JUST friends. (I don't date because my PTSD is so profound now I stay away from any sort of emotional involvement.) Male friends have driven me to doctor appointments and hospital appointments - as well as sat with me in the hospital or while having a test done. Does that merit raping me and them? In Saudi Arabi it does. Not a place I want to visit. Ever. Rape is a serious crime. This woman and man have to live with the shame, memory and fear for the REST OF THEIR LIVES. Rape is intimate violence. You never fully recover m...

THE POST-ANNAPOLIS BLAME GAME Reposting Honest Reporting's GREAT article (on target as always) about how Israel is being set up as the fall guy... AGAIN. I have followed up with a piece from my favorite blogger, Kathy Krajco - read, compare and know the enemy. And YES, the MSM and Islam ARE OUR ENEMIES ~~~~~~~ Israel's opponents laying the groundwork for blame if peace process fails. Less than a week after the Annapolis conference and even before serious peace talks officially begin on Dec. 12, Michael Shaik, the public advocate for Australians for Palestine, and Antony Loewenstein, co-founder the Independent Australian Jewish Voices, provide a distorted commentary on why the peace process appears doomed to failure. Writing in the Australian newspaper, The Age , Shaik and Loewenstein ignore the Palestinian Authority’s weakness and inability to implement their agreements, particularly in the area of security, as a factor in the peace talks. In fact, they write, the Palestinia...

SAUDI RAPE/ LASHING CASE PROVOKES CALLS FOR REFORMS Anyone taking bets that this will happen? Or are we going to have another spate of fatwahs declared again those taking a stand? By RASHEED ABOU-ALSAMH The case of a 20-year-old woman who was sentenced to be lashed after pressing charges against seven men who raped her and a male companion has provoked a rare and angry public debate in Saudi Arabia, leading to renewed calls for reform of the Saudi judicial system. The woman, known here only as the Qatif girl because she comes from the Eastern town of that name, was initially sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with a man to whom she was not married. Her outspoken human rights lawyer appealed the sentence and brought down the wrath of the court, which doubled the woman’s sentence and stripped her lawyer of his license to practice. The case is now being appealed to the kingdom’s highest court. Human rights activists said the treatment of the woman, the man who was raped with her and ...

A BEAUTY CONTEST FATWA This looks like a beauty contest I might have a shot at. But a fatwa? Spare me. Don't those terrorists have women to oppress, children to teach hate to and innocent American and Israelis to blow up? And why aren't female camels wearing hijabs? Saudi Fatwa Bans Camel Beauty Contests Members of Saudi Arabia's Senior Clerics Association have issued a fatwa banning camel beauty contests. The fatwa stated that the contests are prohibited because they include perversion, waste money on futility and ostentation, and are similar to games banned by the Koran. Camel beauty contests have been held annually at this time for the past decade, and are part of Saudi tribal folklore. SOURCE PLEASE CLICK HERE TO JBLOG ME

ISRAEL, FOLLOW THE MONEY! AND BEWARE THE SAUDI SCORPION It's simple, there's a story that I love because it applies so aptly to people too. If you have never read it - here it is: One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river. The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back. Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream. "Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?" "Well now, Mr. Scorpion! ...