[ April 18, 2024 ]
Imagine, if you will, how they must laugh at us. And how laughable we are. That girl wearing the keffiyeh is like a young Jewish girl wearing the swastika circa 1943. The Nazis would be laughing also.
Amazon is pimping for jihad. The Arafat war scarf is on sale. The keffiyeh is the icon of the global jihad. It is as iconic of jihad as the swastika is of the Nazis. Notice the advertising of the bloodiest murderer in modern Middle East history (the competition is stiff, after all), Yaser Arafat.
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Keffiyeh Arafat Paisley Desert Scarf
They are norming the keffiyeh? Apparently so. And they are not alone. The below shots were snapped at a local target — thanks to Shawn:
Check out the latest fashion at Target stores, jihad inspired chic
Jihad chic…the only thing missing is blood spattered on his clean white shirt
Hey moe, let's target some infidels!
Arafat, the depraved pedophile and barbaric monster, was never seen without it.
Nicholas Berg (moments before his beheading)
Hamas leader Khalad Maashal
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (Hezb'Allah)
mujahideen screen shot (off video)
The
keffiyeh was Yaser Arafat's swastika, and became a powerful symbol of
jihad. In the ensuing years, the keffiyeh as an icon of
anti-Americanism, anti-semitism and anti-westernism took on a life of
its own. The death-to-the-Jews marches across the globe during the Israeli defensive
these past few weeks were awash in keffiyehs from London to Paris, to
New York, to Fort Lauderdale, to Bahrain, to Thailand …..well, you
get the picture.
keffiyeh was Yaser Arafat's swastika, and became a powerful symbol of
jihad. In the ensuing years, the keffiyeh as an icon of
anti-Americanism, anti-semitism and anti-westernism took on a life of
its own. The death-to-the-Jews marches across the globe during the Israeli defensive
these past few weeks were awash in keffiyehs from London to Paris, to
New York, to Fort Lauderdale, to Bahrain, to Thailand …..well, you
get the picture.
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85 Comments
13 years ago
Is anyone really surprised? Just as the shirts with pictures of Che and Mao are popular items, these probably will be. The sad thing, just as with the shirts, some liberal, ignorant Hollywood star will be seen wearing one, and many of our youth, like blind sheep, will decide they are “cool” and it will become a “trend”. We all should start boycotting any store who sells ANY of these items.
13 years ago
pamela and readers, i have an important question:
i have many liberal/leftie friends. i never discuss these things because..well, you know, you can’t “talk” about these things with them usually. once i spoke to someone about the keffiyeh and it blew up into a big problem. here’s my question…serious answers only please: how to respond when i see people i know wearing them? do i say, “hey, do you realize that what you may consider just a nice fashion scarf is more than just arab culture…these days it is a sign of solidarity with jihad and those who want to destroy israel, america etc”. i have on occasion corrected young, naive people and they have appreciated what i said (in very calm tones)… but target is selling them? this is bad. insidious.
i think we should get glen beck to do a piece on it so these stores will stop carrying them. he seems to have a wide audience of active people. (same to ask beck to come out in support of atlas and ask his viewers to write to their churches etc to show support (financial and otherwise in the media) for pamela and robert).
13 years ago
The keffiyah (sp?) kind of reminds me of the Che Guvara T-shirts, I figure that at least 50% the people wearing them have no clue what they symbolize. Useful idiots as the saying goes.
Humorously enough I have seen a number of obviously gay men sashshaying around in the these neck scarves and I think to myself ‘if they only knew it wasn’t just a fashion statement they would probably be mortified.’
13 years ago
i agree…hit ’em in the pocketbook. any store that sells them, we should contact them, carry picket signs or whatever to let them know as americans we do not approve of this at all.
13 years ago
ATLAS READERS: TELL TARGET HOW YOU FEEL, AND THAT YOU WONT SHOP THERE UNTIL THEY CANCEL THIS ITEM!
http://www.target.com/gp/help/display-contact-us-form.html?displayLink=tci
13 years ago
The founder of CAIR, Council of American Islamic Relations, Omar Ahmad, told a reporter that their real aim is to make Islam the only religion in America.
This is the group the liberal media loves to interview and which is threatening Pam and Robert.
Not at all subtle.
http://jewishdailyreport.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/islam-only-accepted-religion/
13 years ago
ATLAS READERS: CONTACT TARGET, TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL AND THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION OF MANY MEMBERS (OR JUST YOU) WILL BOYCOTT UNTIL THEY REMOVE THIS ITEM!!!
http://www.target.com/gp/help/display-contact-us-form.html?displayLink=tci
13 years ago
There is a Tide commercial featuring a young girl who cannot find her green blouse and she asks her mother if she has borrowed it. The young girl is wearing this scarf around her neck. I don’t get it. When will the nazi uniform make it onto the fashion scene?
13 years ago
“In recent years, new keffiyeh designs with Israeli and Jewish motifs have also been sold. Jews indigenous to the Middle East have historically worn their own variations of the Keffiyeh and in pre-state Mandate Palestine, both Jews and Arabs dressed in keffiyehs.[12][13]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh
Rather than trying to dissuade people from wearing what is actually a practical garment, popularizing the “…new keffiyeh designs with Israeli and Jewish motifs…” would probably better undermine and neuter it’s jihadist message.
13 years ago
you gotta be kidding me…the wiki post says nothing about jews. jews don’t wear them. north african/middle eastern jews do not wear them. newsflash: it is common knowledge today that the keffiyeh is a traditional arabic headscarf which has been appropriated by the “fakestinians”.
you really need to back off the lemonade.
13 years ago
EMAIL SENT!! (I hope everyone else who is offended by the Target ad does the same – see link to their email above)
As a regular Target consumer I am deeply disturbed that you have featured what appears to be a young man wearing a keffiyeh, (which is known globally to represent a collective call to jihad) in one of your ads displayed in your stores . (see link: http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/cultural-jihad-chic-norming-barbarity-target-and-amazon-heart-keffiyeh#comments ). I know there is a concerted effort to make this look fashionable and acceptable, but for many, this symbolism is as offensive as a swastika. I hope that you realize the offensiveness of this ad and remove it immediately. Until then, I will refrain from shopping at your stores (boycott), and will implore friends and family do the same. Concerned Customer, -Shawna *****
13 years ago
A – thanks for the Target link. I too have a problem with what to say. I have this older lady friend who is a big lefty. I told her once that that scarf was like wearing a swastika and her response to me was – I don’t care, I like it.
Next time she’s wearing it I’m going to mention that arafat was a pedophile. I once asked her what she thought was appealing about arafat, that he was a rebel, and she said yes. She isn’t too bright really and she is very very uninformed as all her news is from public radio and pubic tv station. She is anti computer. Thank goodness for that in a way because no doubt she would love huffpost. lol
Sorry to digress. I think using the angle of arafat being a pedophile might be a good one. How chic! Pedophile glamor? Even lefties for the most part who hate Jews and Israel, couldn’t condone child molesting? He was a monster. I’m pretty sure no one in the arab world thought to use children as bombs before. Obviously they went along with it to show what sort of people they are, but arafat if i’m not mistaken, invented using children as weapons. Those 2 angles might be a good way to bring up the topic without mentioning Jews or Israel.
13 years ago
DONE!! Thanks for the link.
As a regular Target consumer I am deeply disturbed that you have featured what appears to be a young man wearing a keffiyeh, (which is known globally to represent a collective call to jihad) in one of your ads displayed in your stores . (see link: http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/cultural-jihad-chic-norming-barbarity-target-and-amazon-heart-keffiyeh#comments ). I know there is a concerted effort to make this look fashionable and acceptable, but for many, this symbolism is as offensive as a swastika. I hope that you realize the offensiveness of this ad and remove it immediately. Until then, I will refrain from shopping at your stores (boycott), and will implore friends and family do the same. Concerned Customer, -Shawna *****
13 years ago
Fellow travelers: joscefi is probably a “concern troll” – a person with an opposite point of view who hopes to temper your point of view by presenting a “middle ground” alternative. Example here: Stop banning the symbol of Palestinian nationality, just wear your own Israeli version….
From Wiki:
In recent years, new keffiyeh designs with Israeli and Jewish motifs have also been sold. Jews indigenous to the Middle East have historically worn their own variations of the Keffiyeh and in pre-state Mandate Palestine, both Jews and Arabs dressed in keffiyehs.[12][13]
12 Heads up! It’s the new ‘Israeli keffiyeh’
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167191
13 (More pics of the “Israeli keffiyeh”)
http://tourism.walla.co.il/?w=/1/1039036
Controversial symbol
The keffiyeh has become a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, dating back to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. As a result of its symbolic meaning in this context, its display in the West has periodically been the subject of criticism. In 2007, the American clothing store chain, Urban Outfitters, stopped selling keffiyehs after “a pro-Israel activist… complained about the items”, and the store also issued a statement that “the company had not intended ‘to imply any sympathy for or support of terrorists or terrorism’ in selling the keffiyehs and was pulling them”.[14] Caroline Glick, deputy editor of the Jerusalem Post, equates the Palestinian keffiyeh with the fascist wearing of brown shirts.[15]
Dunkin’ Donuts controversy
Dunkin’ Donuts discontinued an online ad featuring Rachael Ray wearing a paisley-patterned scarf after columnist Michelle Malkin claimed that the scarf resembled a keffiyeh.[16][17]
American Arabs were angered by the controversy, calling it a campaign of prejudice. Laila Al-Qatami, Communications Director of the Arab Anti-Defamation Committee, called it “a sad commentary when an article of clothing is labeled in such negative and derogatory terms and used as a premise to vilify Arabs and Muslims.”[18] Nemi Jamal, a Palestinian-American designer, said “The Palestinian people consider this their flag. It is about pride and class struggle and nothing else. To say it stands for what they’ve said is just a disgrace.”[19]
13 years ago
This is the review I wrote for the Amazon.com listing –
I used the title – Pervert Chic
Why on earth would anyone want to dress like that creepy old yissar arafat? He was a pedophile and a monster. Why glamorize terrorism? Why emulate a man by dressing with his trademark scarf who invented the human child bomb? Anyone stupid enough to waste money on this item and wear it is showing you are a really stupid fashion slave and have no problem of the idea that thousands of children were blown up and thousands of other people murdered in the name of this pedophile islamic monster.
13 years ago
On another note: Do you all remember this Target controversy? It appears that Target has hired some Arab supremacists – who either try to sneak things by their bosses – or their bosses are sympathizers to the “cause” (whichever works for you)….
New York – Target Orders Globe That Omits Israel Removed From Shelves After NYC Jewish Protest
http://www.vosizneias.com/48074/2010/01/28/new-york-target-orders-globe-that-omits-israel-removed-from-shelves-after-nyc-jewish-protest/
13 years ago
Well, well, well, Target’s “mistakes” keep adding up, don’t they? They’re all just bumbling mistakes, of course.
SOMEone, SOMEwhere up the chain is calling the shots here, and they better weed em’ out.
13 years ago
you conservatives are about the most disgusting and shallow people on earth. I can’t wait till civil war hits. Your time in america is coming to a close I think.
IP address: 24.113.144.118
13 years ago
Nope. The most disgusting and shallow people on earth shill for Islam – the religion of Sharia-promoted and legalized pedophilia and rape.
ISLAM = EVIL
MOHAMMED = HISTORY’S MOST EVIL MAN & AN ADMITTED PEDOPHILE RAPIST
13 years ago
My dear ‘a’, look again!
The wikipedia quote which you state “…says nothing about jews…” is directly quoted in my post;
“In recent years, new keffiyeh designs with Israeli and Jewish motifs have also been sold. Jews indigenous to the Middle East have historically worn their own variations of the Keffiyeh and in pre-state Mandate Palestine, both Jews and Arabs dressed in keffiyehs.[12][13]”
Beyond which, you missed the point, the keffiyeh is a practical head dress, especially in the Middle East. Both the Special Night Squads, and, as shown at http://www.historama.com/online-resources/online-gallery/eretz_israel_palestine_noter_jewish_settlement_police_uniform.html , the Notrim wore them. Traveling from Egypt to Israel, in the mid 1970’s, I personally saw Israeli soldiers wearing them too.
I would direct you to, http://www.jewlicious.com/2010/01/introducing-the-first-ever-israeli-keffiyeh/
The Keffiyeh itself doesn’t disturb me, marketing it by invoking Arafat does. Yes, I recognize it’s symbolism, why it’s the accoutrement of choice at Israel bashing demonstrations, but as with the Che T-shirt, remove Che and it’s just a T-shirt, replace Che, and then it’s another mesage.
As for “…backing off the lemonade…”, did you perhaps mean ‘kool aid’, as in Jonestown, Jim Jones and the People’s Temple?
Cheers,
j
13 years ago
actually, a, joscefi is right. Jews USED to wear them. Many here have told me that, HOWEVER, since the first Intifada, Jews have eschewed them because of what they symbolize.
And you’re right too, in part. They are a traditional “arab” headdress. But Jews from Arab countries have traditionally dressed in “arab” clothing. Religious women from those countries still wear robes not Western style clothing. It is practical in this hot climate. What bothers me most about that however is that they have adhered to the black their Moslem masters demanded of them. There are even a number of men here who have realized the practicality of wearing “Biblical” robes and do so regularly.
13 years ago
Concern Troll?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#Concern_troll
Of course I am!
13 years ago
I’m with you here. I have recently seen the keffiyeh being worn in the small city where I live. I have seen it before during Ramadam, but more of it this year than before. I actually forgot about it being Ramadam, and wondered if men were wearing it to make a statement about the political climate of the moment. What concerns me is how to deal practically with these issues; we’re talking about it and that’s good, but how do we act to make any changes?
Yesterday, out of curiosity I downloaded a publication available online put out by CAIR. It is called “Teachable Moment Community Response Guide: Guidance For Local Communities to Respond to Challenges and Opposition” (Ramadan 2010). It is fascinating reading and I recommend it to all.
Like me, you may be amazed by the level of organization detailed here – from how to respond to interviewers, to how to write letters. What is important is that THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE CAN ALL USE! Please have a look. . .
13 years ago
Target is headquartered in Minnesota…Keith Ellison land. Mere coinkydinky? Hmmmm….
13 years ago
great job!
13 years ago
nope, i meant lemonade. as in lefty lemonade that makes you goofy-stupid.
you are missing the entire point. any jews who wore keffiyehs in the west did so out of lefitst solidarity with the fakestinians. jews from arab lands don’t wear them. the fact that some have israeli symbols is just a marketing ploy.
please, for gosh sakes, it is reeeeeally simple here: the keffiyeh is now a symbol of solidarity with the fakestinians and the arab/islamic agenda. period. it is no longer just an arab culture thing. but the jihad would have you think so.
arafat changed the whole idea up. look at the photos pamela posted. and please, let’s get on to the more serious business of stopping the jihad.
13 years ago
thanks, i need to leave these idiots alone.
13 years ago
Muhammad used to dress in women’s clothing. That’s a fact and here are the islamic sources to proove it.
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/03/transvestite-muhammad-mahomet-le.html
Did anyone try to sell a true Mohammedan dress…like this one?
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/05/drawing-muhammad-dessiner-mahomet.html
13 years ago
I bet, old holier than thou, that you are a great supporter of BDS against Israel! But that disgusting racist, anti-Semitism is ok because your peadophile masters sanction it!
I can’t wait for civil war either: you and your dhimmi pals will sh!t yourselves!!
13 years ago
The Black/Gray/White Khaffiyah,with Fringes,is particularly identified as “Palestinian”Arab Muslim.
One wearing it is a sign of SUPPORTING the PLO/Al-Fatah(yes, they DO still exist and also as the P A )and Hamas/Palestinian Islamic Jihad JIHAD AGAINST ISRAEL , the U.S.,and Western Democracies.
The Red Khaffiyah is actually Bedouin and is identified with the ALREADY EXISTING Palestinian Arab State,Jordan.
13 years ago
Serious answer: First, get new friends. You’re smart, compassionate and possess a conscience and you deserve friends who deserve to have you as a friend. After that’s done, most of the people around you will be smart, compassionate and possessing of a conscience, so talking about these things with them won’t be so dreadfully painful and drama-filled. They’ll actually interract with you, back and forth, you speak then they speak then you speak then…and so on. As for the few lefturds you’ll be stuck associating with for whatever reason(s), only bring it up to those who, based on their temperament and mood, you judge won’t be likely to go ape shit on you.
I started shedding libturds from my life in Nov 2008 and I gotta’ tell you that I like it better this way. I didn’t and don’t and never will need all of the laziness, stupidity, anger, hatred and rage that makes up every libturd’s “baggage” in my life. The way I see it is that their baggage is what’s kept them uneducable so, until they ditch the baggage, why should I bother with them? I much prefer discussing and even arguing these things with conservatives. At least with conservatives, I always feel like I got something out of the back and forth besides insulted since many times one or the both of us will learn something new from the other.
13 years ago
You’re DAMNED RIGHT You Are!
Ring -Up one “Concern Troll” ID to Egghead.
We’re under TROLL Attack
but it will NEVER suceed.
Pamela gets STRONGER EVERY DAY.
ATLAS SHRUGS GETS STRONGER EVERY DAY.
13 years ago
Head scarves are nice to keep handy should you need to strangle your daughter to death. Handiest is when daughter already has the scarve placed nicely around her throat when you go all honor-killer on her.
13 years ago
It appears that A. Morea…whatever might have decided to stop posting after being called out as a troll yet again this weekend. Don’t believe for a minute that s/he’s gone. S/he hadn’t caused any significant damage yet and therefore isn’t ready to move on. S/he’ll adopt a new handle, be “new” to us while we aren’t new to him/her at all, and keep on the psy-ops by way of posted comments.
13 years ago
I remember that.
13 years ago
Go have a Hot Pocket and then do your homework before your mom gets home from work. You know how pissy she gets when you slack off.
13 years ago
Look on the bright side those who wear the mark of “We support Terrorism” shall be easy to spot and even easier to ignore, deny employement to etc. You can use free speech to tell them what you think of their marxists/socialists’ terrorists supporting ways.
13 years ago
Would you mind providing a link, I’ve not been able to find what you’re talking about. In future, please provide us a link & save us the frustration. Thanks.
13 years ago
Perhaps a “medium” blue & white keffiyeh would be the answer?
13 years ago
But the idea to take it back, particularly in the traditional Israeli colors (blue & white) is a really good idea.
13 years ago
Well, you know I’m not a troll and that I’m a staunch supporter of Israel and her people , but I’m going to buy one of the new Jewish keffiyehs.
Sometimes the only thing one can do is fight fire with fire and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let those savages and their supporters parade around North America in arab keffiyehs without making my own statement. At the very least it could open the door to explanations, discussions & debates. I will not let the “keffiyeh” invasion go unchecked, particularly because 50%of those wearing them do not have any idea what they’re wearing.
Here’s where you can get the attractive Jewish keffiyeh
http://www.bangitout.com/articles/viewarticle.php?a=2975
13 years ago
Not if the non-muslim girls and women are wearing them, too, because it’s “in style” and “it’s what everybody’s wearing.”
13 years ago
Keep the scarf. I’ll just wrap the male bangitout.com model around me to keep warm.
13 years ago
Sorry Auntie Izlam, I tried to make a link and it broke when I tested it in e-mail. Don’t know why. If you google “Teachable Moment Community Response Guide” you should get there. (www.cair.com/Portals/0/pdf/2010Communitytoolkit.pdf
13 years ago
I agree. Joscefi and I were not talking about Western lefty Jews. We meant Jews right here in Israel adopting the red and white Bedouin ones to work in the fields but when the Fakeistinians adopted them and made them a “symbol” of their “struggle” we stopped wearing them at all. We are a Middle Eastern people and before there even were Arabs, we were wearing robes and head scarves because that is the most practical clothing in this climate. We don’t go from airconditioned houses to airconditioned cars to airconditioned businesses like Americans do. We walk, we ride buses that we wait sometimes 20 minutes for in the Sun when it’s 110º out. We schlepp groceries, kids and large water bottles as we do so. Religous women who wear wigs, long dresses with long sleeves in the western style look about to pass out. A loose fitting jalabiyah and a light scarf on the head, would be just as modest and a lot cooler. Men who wear satin overcoats and FUR hats in this weather are even crazier and there is nothing intrinsically more holy in doing so. This is the ME desert not chilly Poland.
13 years ago
He was called out about trying to infer that disguised NYPD officers would be in the protest group and for trying to cause trouble. I think the know-it-all troll is not posting because it’s the long weekend & he’s off somewhere irritating someone else, thank goodness. He’ll be back.
13 years ago
We’ll take what we can get, right?
13 years ago
thanks…but it’s complicated. got a bunch in my family; professional community; long time friends (whom i never, ever bring it up…too much too deal with )… but thanks.
13 years ago
not on a keffiyeh. keffiyeh spells: islam, fakestinians, hate israel. it is a leftard move to wear one. trust me.
13 years ago
if you wear a “jewish keffiyeh” you have just certified yourself with an official “idiot badge”.
