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Why Israel keeps moving to the right | Carlo Strenger by Carlo Strenger (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 3:30:26 AM
Israel’s growing distrust of the external world reflects a sense of existential threat and deep anxiety about its viability Israel has been sliding into ever greater isolation in the few last years and this process has accelerated since Binyamin Netanyahu came to power in 2009. The international community is put off by his tactics: whenever the question of Israel’s settlement policy comes up, he diverts attention to the Iranian nuclear threat. He argues that the world is facing a situation similar to 1938, and that its reaction is that of Neville Chamberlain, trying to appease Adolf Hitler. The world doesn’t buy Netanyahu’s rhetoric; his policy of stalling the peace process is perceived as a cynical ploy hiding Israel’s true intent of holding on to the territories. This explanation fails to take into account that Netanyahu’s rhetoric reflects a paradoxical state of mind of the Israeli electorate. Polls show that a consistent 70% majority of Israelis favouring the two-state solution. So why has Israel’s electorate been moving consistently to the right in the last decade? Why is Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel so high? And why is Israel’s public less willing than ever to listen to criticism of Israeli policies? This development can be elucidated by a universal tendency of the human psyche uncovered by existential psychology in the last two decades. When under threat, particularly mortal threat, humans tend to defend psychologically by entrenching in their world views. These world views, which include identity narratives of righteousness, become ever more rigid under these circumstances, leading to growing distrust, hatred and negative prejudice against out-groups. Criticism of the in -group and its world view is rejected categorically. This theory predicts that Israel’s move to the right reflects a sense of
existential threat. To outside observers this may seem absurd, given that Israel is a regional superpower generally assumed to have a substantial nuclear arsenal, whereas the Palestinians don’t even have a standing army. Nevertheless all polls show that Israel suffers from deep anxiety about its viability. Part of the explanation is quite concrete: Two realistic threats have indeed emerged in the last years. The first is the possibility that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons, a threat that most Israelis see as catastrophic. The second is that groups like Hezbollah and Hamas have moved from suicide terrorism to rocket attacks on Israel. Israel, for the first time since 1973, is faced with security threats to which it has no clear-cut answer. As a result, Israel launched massive attacks in Lebanon in 2006 and against Gaza in 2008-9 under the assumption that the price of rocket attacks must be destruction on a substantial scale. This has pushed Israel into unprecedented international isolation. Israel’s electorate reacted to this sequence of events exactly as predicted by existential psychology: during operation Cast Lead, the Israeli public was unwilling to tolerate any criticism of the massive destruction in Gaza, and in the 2009 elections it moved strongly to the right and effectively erased the Israeli left. The result is a vicious circle in which Israel feels that its existential fears are not taken seriously. Israel’s electorate moves towards leaders who address but also keep reinforcing its fears. International opinion becomes ever more negative, which in turn reinforces Israel’s isolation which in turn raises existential fears. This has one, very unfortunate, consequence. Israel’s best chance of minimising the threat from Hamas and Hezbollah and minimising Iranian influence in the Middle East is to engage with the Arab League peace initiative. If Israel were to normalise relations with all of the Arab and most of the Islamic world, particularly Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas would be isolated to the point
of having to move towards abandoning violence and recognising Israel’s legitimacy. Taking this road requires Israel to take a risk and bet on the positive dynamics of a peace process. But this is precisely what Israel is incapable of doing after the traumas of the second intifada and the shelling of southern Israel. Israelis at this point prefer international isolation, painful as it is, to reliance on Arab peace partners for its own security. Are there any ways to get Israel out of its growing distrust of the external world? Experimental existential psychology suggests two main means: one is, obviously, lowering the real or perceived mortal threat. The other is to decrease the sense of isolation. The Obama administration has addressed both issues lately. It is stepping up security co-operation with Israel and increasing its military aid, particularly to allow Israel to complete the Iron Dome anti-missile defence system developed to provide an answer to the short-range rockets used by Hezbollah and Hamas. Barack Obama has also changed course in that he has given Netanyahu a warm welcome after more than a year of giving him the cold shoulder. This, as most commentators assume, does not reflect a policy change: Obama is adamant to go ahead with implementing the two-state solution, but he has come to the conclusion that embracing Israel is a more effective way of getting there than to isolate it. The big question is whether this will in any way influence Netanyahu’s overall security conception, that Israel must retain control over certain areas in the West Bank to have an effective answer to any future attack coming from the East of Israel. Since this does not allow for territorial contiguity of the future Palestinian state, it will be unacceptable for the Palestinians and the international community. Nobody knows what Netanyahu’s long-term strategy is, exactly – and sometimes I doubt that he knows. But there is a simple way of gauging
whether he is about the change course. Tensions between Netanyahu and his foreign minister, extreme rightist Avigdor Lieberman, have been mounting lately. The day Netanyahu changes his coalition by ousting Lieberman’s hawkish Yisrael Beiteinu party and replacing it with Tzipi Livni’s centrist Kadima, we will have a strong indication that he is moving towards genuine progress with the Palestinians. • Comments on this article are set to remain open for 24 hours from the time of publication but may be closed overnight • Binyamin Netanyahu • Israel • Palestinian territories • Hamas • Obama administration • Middle East Carlo Strenger guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Force Israel’s hand on Palestinian home demolitions | Seth Freedman Israel's resumption of demolition in East Jerusalem requires firm intervention to prevent a total breakdown in talksIn theory, a municipality demolishing illegal structures on its land should not rais... • Gilad Shalit freedom march reaches Jerusalem Tens of thousands expected at rally after 12-day march calling on Israel to secure release from Hamas with prisoner swapTens of thousands of Israelis are expected to rally in a Jerusalem park later to... • The ‘trick’ of Camp David | Rachel Shabi Palestinians feel they were deceived by a PR exercise. Now aid carries disruptive caveats and the peace process is just a circusIf there are Palestinian textbooks on the failure of the Camp David talk... Original post source
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Tom Segev Critically Reviews Benny Morris’ new book, ’1948? by Richard Silverstein (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 1:12:03 AM
“1948: A History of the first ArabIsraeli War” by Benny Morris – A War of Necessity Translated from English: Yaacov Sharet. Published by Am Oved In his new book, 1948, Benny Morris presents his readers with a readable, well-edited story…The writer focuses on the fate of the Palestinians…but his attitude toward their tragedy is troublesome in terms of both humaneness and morality. Review by Tom Segev[translated by Dena Shunra] Benny Morris’…attempt to author a popular history of the War of Independence is praise-worthy, and as a former journalist he is skillful at taking into account the limits of his readers’ patience. The story he tells is welledited, the translation from English flows well, and, and the general picture takes shape clearly. But Morris is now also a history professor, and unfortunately he – like his colleagues – writes primarily about decision-making and processes, armies and military maneuvers, and tends to ignore the people behind the documents. His book therefore demonstrates what the books written by his colleagues tend to prove: it is generally not a good idea to abandon a good story to history professors. Like everything else Morris writes, this book is also very political, and for this reason, too, it is worth reading. Like the books by his colleagues, it also demonstrates that history is written by the winners: Morris’s position about the tragedy of the Palestinians is shameful on both humanistic and moral terms. Securing the Homeland The basic thesis appears in the very first sentence: “The 1948 war was an almost inevitable result of nearly half a century of friction and disputes between Arabs and Jews.” In the next 40 pages Morris takes his readers on a whirlwind tour beginning in 1200 B.C. and ending at the end of the British Mandate over Palestine… Morris focuses on the fate of the Palestinians, and that is indeed the main story. Like other historians, he divides the War of Independence into two primary stages: from the Partition Decision, on November 29 th 1947, until the declaration of independence, on May 15 th, 1948; and from the invasion of the armies of Arabia until the armistice agreements in 1949. Morris calls the first stage a “civil war” for some reason, as do others. This is a spurious term because even at this stage there was no political dispute between citizens of one state but rather, a national confrontation between two nations. For some
reason Morris found it important to prove that the Arabs of the country were not a nation but just “a nation”. He uses quotation marks a great deal: the Arab Rebellion was not a rebellion but a “rebellion”, the Arabs did not have a plan but only “a plan”, a promise made by an Arab prime minister is only “a promise”. The land of Israel is the land of Israel, but Palestine is only “Palestine”, of course, and the justice sought by its Arab residents was not justice but only “justice”. Most of the Arabs in the country, approximately 400,000, were chased out and expelled during the first stage of the war. In other words, before the Arab armies invaded the country. According to Morris, the expulsion of the Arabs was meant to safeguard the homeland before the invasion of the armies of Arabia. This explanation is problematic, first because according to Morris himself, David Ben Gurion was not at all afraid of the Arabs of Israel, and for good cause: they were almost powerless. Ben Gurion was afraid of an invasion by the Arab armies. Moreover, Ben Gurion was not certain that they would invade Israel. On May 7 th 1948 he wrote in his journal: “Will the neighboring countries fight?” Ben Gurion could not know this for certain because, according to Morris, the Arabs themselves hesitated until almost the very last moment. Be that as it may, Morris states that the invasion plans by the Arab armies played no role [in the thinking and decisions of] the Arabs of the land of Israel. This brings the discussion back to the question of why 400,000 Arabs were expelled before these armies had taken even a single shot at the IDF, and the possibility arises that it did not happen because the Arabs had attacked Israel but vice versa: the Arab states attacked Israel – among other reasons – because it had chased out and expelled 400,000 Palestinians. It is doubtful if any person knows more about this subject than Morris. The thesis which
transpires from his book is that almost everything happened as the result of an error: the Jews exaggerated the force of the Arabs and were afraid of another Holocaust. In fact, they did not correctly estimate their weakness and were unjustifiably afraid of them. It seems that it was for this reason that they expelled them, with no justification. But Morris wishes to justify the expulsion of the Arabs: he says that they started the attack, but the concrete information that he brings forth about their harassment of the Jewish settlements cannot explain great extent of the expulsion. Naturally, the question arises: were the Arabs expelled in order to get rid of them. Morris states at as early as December 1947, at least, which is nearly half a year before the Arab armies invaded, two goals were at the forefront for the Jews of the land of Israel: expanding the territory designated by the United Nations resolution for the founding of a Jewish state; and reducing the number of Arabs living in that territory. And that was what they did. Historiographically, that is sufficient, but Morris brings his readers into an old dispute about a subject with which he is also well-familiar: the Zionist movement’s yearning to transfer the Arabs of the country, or at least some of them. This idea has accompanied the Zionist movement since the time of Herzl himself. It took center stage in the thinking of the leaders of the Zionist movement, including Chaim Weizmann and David Ben Gurion. But Morris makes a great effort to detach the chasing out of the Arabs from the idea of transfer. A similar measure of logic could detach the founding of the state from the Zionist vision. The rest of the Arabs [300,000 more] were expelled during the war and thereafter. What Morris says about the frontline conditions does not demonstrate the military need to expel the population, especially as
Israel’s military power was much greater than the armies of Arabia within two or three weeks, and the remaining Arab population did not constitute any kind of threat to the country. The question of why they were expelled remains without an answer in this book. Morris says that they wanted to throw the Jews into the sea and states: “The Arab expulsion clearly derived from the Zionist transferist thinking in the 30s and 40s.” This is a perplexing statement, as Morris goes out of his way to prove the marginal status of transferist thinking. Cleansing – without quotation marks About six years ago Benny Morris said that Israel had not expelled enough Arabs. In an interview with Haaretz’ Ari Shavit, he stated that if Ben Gurion had carried out a full, rather than just a partial expulsion he would have stabilized the State of Israel for generations. It would eventually transpire as his fatal error, warned Morris at the time. He does not repeat this opinion in his current book, but he describes Ben Gurion as an obsessive “generalissimo” who is not always aware of the goings on around him. Morris’ obliviousness to the story of the people behind the documents he quotes is also revealed by an almost complete avoidance of describing the suffering of the refugees. It seems that in his opinion at least some of them, especially the residents of Lyd and Ramleh, should have been grateful for the expulsion: “there is no doubt that after they had experienced battles, massacres, and Israeli occupation, many of the residents wholeheartedly wished to leave and move to areas controlled by Arabs,” writes Morris. In his opinion, the loss of their homes was not so terrible for them: “The Palestinians, a mostly rural nation, used to living outdoors, exhibited resilience,” he says, wishing to soothe his readers. The decision not to permit the refugees to return is also acceptable to Morris, and in a footnote he states that most of the refugees are not refugees at all, as they had been permitted to remain in the land of Israel, in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. The murdered of Deir Yassin He exhibits a great deal of understanding for a series of atrocities which went along with the expulsion. He describes some actions which were meant, among others, for the expulsion of residents – as cleansings, with no quotations. This is embarrassing and indeed, in the American original, quotations were added to this phrase in one case. At the same time, he carefully states again and again that Arabs, including prisoners of war and civilians, TOM page 3
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including women and children, were “executed”. Jews, on the other hand, were generally “murdered”, as he puts it. The civilians who were killed by Arabs in Gush Etzion were murdered in a “massacre” writes Morris. This was after the events of Deir Yassin, but the Deir Yassin incident is not one that he defines as a massacre. Even those of the villagers who were shot after the battle were, as he put it, “executed.” He directs his readers to a footnote in which he complains that the Commissioner General “believed exaggerations” when he cabled his superiors about women and children being stripped, stood in a row, photographed, and then massacred by automatic gunfire in Deir Yassin. Morris sarcastically comments that “it seems like the British were prepared to believe everything that is said about the Etzel and the Lehi.” Horrifically, the State of Israel conceals to this day photographs taken in the course of the attack on Deir Yassin and prevents their publication. The Haaretz newspaper has appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice in this matter, and the State explained that making these photographs public could damage not only the country’s foreign relations but also “the dignity of the deceased.” Having seen the photographs, the Supreme Court justices decided that the State was correct. For this reason it would perhaps be better to wait a bit with the guess about the Commissioner General having “believed exaggerations.” Do not forget Saddam Hussein …It is customary to say that the
Israelis won, being “a few against many”, thanks to their fighting spirit, the sense that they have no other country, and the remembrance of the Holocaust. The victory cost the lives of nearly 6,000, nearly 1% of the Jewish population in the country. Morris does not ignore all of these factors, but he tends to focus more on the professional quality of the IDF…The defeat of the Arabs does not, for this reason, come to be seen as a “miracle.” Morris wishes to persuade his readers that the primary cause which led the Arabs to attempt to throw the Jews into the sea was religious and anti-Semitic. In his opinion, this is not an Israeli problem but rather, a global struggle between the Muslim Orient and the West. In doing so, he meticulously gathers up every Arab call for a Jihad against the Jews. At least in one case, he adapts his source to his own needs, using an ellipsis: Kind Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud did indeed write President Roosevelt about the religious hostility between Jews and Muslims and mentioned the “treacherous conduct” of the Jews toward the Prophet Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him], but where Morris placed an ellipsis the king suggested that the religious issue be put aside and stated that even without it, the land of Israel could not resolve the problem of the Jews. And indeed, the Arabs did not need the Quran in order to object to the intention by the Zionists to take over the land of Israel. The expulsion of the Palestinians proved to them that they had been right. Morris knows what he does about the
Arabs, primarily from having read the reports of the Hagana intelligence service. This is a doubtful source, as according to Morris himself, the foundational perceptions of the Jews about the power of the Palestinians and the Arab armies were entirely mistaken. His choice of sources to quote is sometimes odd. In one case he quotes a news item, translated into English, which had appeared in German in a Swiss newspaper, which stated that hundreds of Jews had been murdered in Egypt. It is not clear why Morris did not find a better source for this than the Basle National Zeitung, and he states in a note to this that there apparently were not hundreds of casualties. To remove any doubt that the Arabs are really scoundrels, he also gets carried away and quotes the Palestinian National Covenant of 1964 and does not forget Saddam Hussein. A long line of such quotes reminds one of Morris’ own scolding of the Palestinians: they do not have serious historiography. The bottom line is this: the IDF won because it was stronger than the Arabs of the land of Israel and the Arab armies put together, it carried out more atrocities than the Arabs, some of which were perpetrated in order to cause the Arabs to escape and to expel them, but not to worry: “a total number” of approximately 800 Arab citizens and prisoners of war were murdered in the war, writes Morris; the war crimes in Yugoslavia and Sudan are worse. Related posts: • Nakba 1948-2009“There were two men in a certain city, one rich…
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YNet: Hamas brags that it swaps fake shekels to Israel for real ones by Elder of Ziyon (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 2:31:00 AM
From YNet: The Bank of Israel is about to transfer tens of millions of shekels to the Gaza Strip this week. It has been less than six months since the last time this occurred. Hamas’ website claims that the amount to be transferred is NIS 81 million (about $21 million). A senior official in Israel’s banking system claimed that the sum will be smaller than what Hamas claims, but confirmed that tens of millions of shekels will be cashed for residents of the coastal enclave. The Hamas website asserts that the Bank of Israel is cashing money of two kinds for banks in the Strip.
Firstly, it is exchanging worn-out banknotes for fresh ones, and, secondly, it is cashing money that Salam Fayyad’s government in the Palestinian Authority transfers to Gaza as part of its aid program to the Strip. Officials in the Israeli and Palestinian banking systems confirmed Hamas’ claims. The Bank of Israel declined to comment. Deputy finance minister in the Hamas government Ismail Mahfouz boasted on the movement’s website, “ We are transferring counterfeit money to Israel, and they transfer real money to us in exchange.” I’m not sure if this is true. The screenshot that accompanied the story was not a Hamas website, but rather the PA Ministry of Finance site, in a story from a few weeks ago about
paying salaries and quoting Mahfouz about the possibility of a new Palestinian Arab currency, plus a few other topics, but nothing about counterfeiting. The YNet story is mentioned in a number of Arabic media, but without attribution, so it might be that YNet got it from a Fatah site, or vice versa. At any rate, I cannot find any Hamas site that says this. On the other hand, the Hamas-linked Felesteen site says that Hamas denies the charges that it sends counterfeit money, saying that Israel checks the worn-out notes. It also has a story about Hamas itself busting a counterfeit money operation over the weekend – where someone was printing out US currency on his laser printer. YNet might be mistaken in this case. (I updated this with new information
about the YNet screenshot.) (h/t Jed and Ali) Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • The Story of Purim... • Purim connections Purim connections Here are a few Purim posts to brighten up your day.What's the Mossad's connection to Purim?What Jew hater went to the gallows o... • Israeli Concert Producer Claims Boycott=Cultural Terrorism I don’t know whether to pity or despise Shuki Weiss, Israeli concert promoter, who’s losing international stars to the Israeli boycott faster than he can replace them. The IDF’s cons... Original post source
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CCTV and police abuse of power | Nicola Cutcher by Nicola Cutcher (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 4:00:28 AM
Investigations into the London Gaza protests last year have called into question how CCTV evidence is being used by police Last week there was a slight tipping of the justice scales in relation to the London protests against the Israeli offensive in Gaza in January 2009. Protesters were awarded reduced sentences by the court of appeal who judged that the starting point for their sentences had been too high. Meanwhile, we had the first acknowledgement of police wrongdoing at the demonstrations. Beyond these documented facts lie much wider concerns about how the police used CCTV of the protests and how that affects the judicial process. Twins Russell and Ashley Inglis were each struck forcefully on the head by a police officer at the Gaza demonstrations. They couldn’t identify the officer at the time because his number was covered. The IPCC referred their complaint to the Metropolitan police for internal investigation. The Met concluded that there was “no case to answer” because they could not identify the officer. The twins appealed this decision and were again told there was “no case to answer”. Disillusioned, the twins took their case to a solicitor for a civil claim and have now been awarded £25,000 compensation. This is the first public acknowledgement from the Met that aspects of policing at the
demonstrations were unacceptable, though the officer remains unidentified. By contrast, no effort was spared to pinpoint protesters. Following the Gaza demonstrations, police officers spent months trawling through hours of CCTV footage to identify protesters and compile dossiers and videos showing their misdemeanours, the majority of which involve throwing placards or bottles at lines of police in riot gear. More than 100 arrests were made and 65 people charged with violent disorder. At least 29 are now serving custodial sentences. It is only right that similar efforts are made to uncover police wrongdoing. More worrying is the way in which CCTV is being used by the police. Demonstrator Jake Smith was charged with two counts of violent disorder. These charges were later dropped when Smith’s solicitor, Matt Foot, viewed the original CCTV footage and discovered that the police video had been edited to show events out of sequence, at one point implying another man was Smith while omitting footage showing Smith being assaulted by a police officer without provocation. Considering the potential for abuse of power, the control that the police have had over the use of CCTV is frightening. Foot warns, “We should be both curious and suspicious about how the police use CCTV footage in these cases.” Foot’s concern extends to how police have dictated the use of their edited material. Solicitors representing the protesters were told to sign an
undertaking by the Met that prevented them sharing their police videos with anyone but their client. This stopped defence solicitors working together to establish a wider picture of the protests and their context. This worked hand in hand with the decision to charge all the protesters individually rather than collectively. At the court of appeal last week, Lord Justice Thomas stated that the video evidence was good for identifying individuals at the protests but not helpful in providing an overview of the demonstrations. When considering sentencing for violent disorder, it is commonplace to consider the overall view of the protests first and then the individual acts second. It seems doubtful that any of the judges thus far have been able to sentence with all the facts necessary to form an accurate overview of the demonstrations. The court of appeal upheld that it was correct to use deterrent sentences because we must deter protesters from acting in a violent manner towards police. But police officers are not being deterred from assaulting protesters. This is grossly hypocritical. The protesters who were sentenced for violent disorder did not commit anything as serious as assaults on individuals. The Met evidently cannot be relied upon to investigate their own officers. The IPCC needs to deal with police services who cannot hold themselves accountable. There are calls for a judicial inquiry into the handling of the Gaza protests. It is high time for a purposeful investigation examining
police usage of CCTV in these cases. Only then will the Met be held accountable for its actions. • Protest • Surveillance • Police • Gaza • Israel • Palestinian territories • Middle East Nicola Cutcher guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Off the hook: Israel’s own Widgery inquiry into Bloody Monday | Chris Doyle Israel cannot be trusted to investigate its military over the Gaza flotilla raid. Only an international, independent inquiry will doThe man who ordered the attack on the aid flotilla to Gaza, set up t... • Lessons from Camp David | Ben White Ten years after Bill Clinton guided failed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the idea of a negotiation on equal terms is now defunctTen years ago this month, Israelis and Palestinians gathered at Camp ... • Israel to ease Gaza blockade• Human rights groups say new measures do not go far enough• Construction materials among products to be allowed inIsrael will ease much of its land blockade on the Gaza Strip, hoping to stop growing ... Original post source
UK: Muslim drivers refuse to let guide dogs on board by Esther (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:56:00 PM
UK: Muslim drivers refuse to let guide dogs on board Via Daily Mail: Blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their ‘unclean’ guide dogs. One pensioner, a cancer sufferer, told how had twice been confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog, and had also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal. The problem to carry guide dogs on religious grounds has become so widespread that the matter was raised in the House of Lords last week,
prompting transport minister Norman Baker to warn that a religious objection was not a reason to eject a passenger with a well-behaved guide dog. This article was prepared by the Islam in Europe blog – islamineurope.blogspot.com While drivers can use their discretion to refuse to carry non-disabled passengers with dogs, they are compelled to accept guide dogs under disability discrimination law. Yesterday both the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the National Federation of the Blind confirmed the problem was common, and, according to the latter organisation was ‘getting worse’. The tension stems from a strand of Islamic teaching which warns against contact with dogs because the
animal’s saliva was considered to be impure, the Muslim Council of Britain said. It urged Muslims to show tolerance and common sense over the issue. ‘We need to be flexible on this,’ a spokesman said. ‘Muslim drivers should have no hesitation in allowing guide dogs into their bus or car. ‘If a dog does lick you, it’s not the end of the world. Just go home and wash yourself.’ ( more) Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • UK: Muslim pupils pulled out of music class UK: Muslim pupils pulled out of music classThe problem with this article is that it doesn't really differentiate between Muslims who have a problem with music, and Muslims who have a problem with
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Why American Jewish students won’t defend Israel by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 12:50:00 AM
Why American Jewish students won’t defend Israel Evelyn Gordon points to an interview of political consultant Frank Luntz with David Horovitz that appeared in the Jerusalem Post over the weekend. This part was deeply disturbing. The greatest challenge for the Israeli position isn’t in the media. It’s on the typical college campus. Because there, the truth doesn’t matter. There, day after day, the Palestinian advocates will say anything and do anything and these Jewish kids are totally ill-prepared to stand up and challenge. We did a session with MIT and Harvard students. The best of the best. We had 35 people in the room: 20 of them were non-Jewish, 15 were Jewish. And I didn’t tell anyone who was which. And I’d recruited them by telling them “we’re going to talk about Iraq, Iran and the Middle East,” not telling them that the real focus was Israel. Got them all into the room. It was so crowded that we had kids sitting on the floor. But that added to the intensity. They felt like they were in a dorm room. And within 10 minutes, the non-Jews started with “the war crimes of Israel,” with “the Jewish lobby,” with “the Jews have a lot more power and influence” – stuff that’s borderline anti-Jewish. And guess what? Did the Jewish kids at the best schools in America, did they stand up for themselves? Did they challenge the assertions? They didn’t say sh*t. And in that group was the leader of the Israeli caucus at
Harvard. It took him 49 minutes of this before he responded to anything. The group is over. It’s a three-hour group. I then say, “Who’s Jewish, who isn’t?” At that point some of the Jewish kids got a little outraged. I dismiss all the non-Jewish kids. And the Jewish kids are there. And they’re now ticked at me for doing this, you know, “Why have you segregated us?” I said, “I’m Frank Luntz and I’m Jewish, and I’ve been working on this now for 10 years, and you all didn’t say sh*t.” And it all dawned on them: If they won’t say it to their classmates, who they know, who will they stand up for Israel to? Two of the women in the group started to cry. I got the whole thing on tape. The guys are like, “Oh my God, I didn’t speak up, I can’t believe I let this happen.” And they’re all looking at each other with horrible embarrassment and guilt like you wouldn’t believe. And I take this tape down, this little DVD, to the Jewish community and I say, “This is what we’ve done – or not done.” It’s not just giving them the facts. It is also teaching them how
to say it, when to say it, when to crack a joke, when to acknowledge someone else’s points, when not to be argumentative or judgmental. The problem that I see is that so mahttp://www.blogger.com/postcreate.g?blogID=20498788ny parents in the Jewish community taught their kids not to judge. I’m going to say something that’s a little bit ideological, but I find that kids on the Right are far more likely to stand up for Israel than kids on the Left. Because kids on the Right believe that there is an absolute right and wrong; this is how they’ve been raised. Kids on the Left have been taught not to judge. Therefore those on the left will not judge between Israel and the Palestinians; those on the Right will. I’ve now been doing this research for eight years. Gordon says it’s the American Jews’ fault – that the parents should be able to get across to their children that for all its faults, Israel is better than the undemocratic regimes around it. She also says that defending your values should apply to both right and left.
The problem is that too many Jewish parents don’t talk to their kids at all about Israel. They’re too embarrassed because there’s so much about Israel that doesn’t accord with their fantasies of Liberalism – most of which is necessary to survive in the neighborhood in which we live. And as to the unwillingness to defend their own values, isn’t that exactly what the multi-culturalism and the non-exceptionalism being promoted by the Obama administration is all about? Is it surprising that those ‘values’ have seeped through to those American Jews whose parents support Obama? posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:50 AM Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Exploring the Tanach: Sefer Shmu’el Aleph – Part IV The twelfth in a series of videos exploring the Tanach (Hebrew Bible). Sefer Shmuel or the Book of Samuel is a single book that has been split into two books by Christi... • Iran’s Ahmadinejad on Holocaust Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is asked by MSNBC anchor Brian Williams to clarify his statements about the Holocaust. (September 2006)... • Fruit and Vegetables – The Frozen Option Mid-winter produce can start looking a little sad right now. Hopefully you still have a decent selection of winter squash, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage) and greens like ch... Original post source
Battle for Survival, The Arab Israeli Six Day War [VHS] by paraisrael (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 4:20:06 AM
Battle for Survival, The Arab Israeli Six Day War [VHS] Rating:(out of 3 reviews) List Price: $ 19.95 Price: Israel Postage Stamp: Levy Eshkol Image by karen horton “THE LOSS OF LIBERTY” — Howard Films On June 8, 1967, Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats launched a ferocious two-hour attack against the USS Liberty, an American intelligence ship operating in the eastern Mediterranean. Of the 294 men aboard the vessel, 34 were killed and 172 were wounded. For years the
survivors kept silent about what happened, under threat by military authorities of severe punishment if they revealed the truth. Now, in this powerful film documentary, USS Liberty survivors speak with moving candor about what really happened. “The Loss of Liberty” includes interviews with high-ranking Israeli military officers. High-ranking American military and civilian officials, including Dean Rusk, former US Secretary of State, and Admiral Thomas Moorer, former Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, provide authoritative analysis. “I have never believed that the attack on the USS Liberty was a case of mistaken identity,” Admiral Moorer has said. “What is so chilling and cold-blooded, of course, is that they
[the Israelis] could kill as many Americans as they did in confidence that Washington would cooperate in quelling any public outcry. I have to conclude that it was Israel’s intent to sink the Liberty and leave as few survivors as possible.” “Israel’s premeditated, sneak attack, on the USS Liberty was a direct attack on America,” says Phillip Tourney, a crewman wounded in the attack. Awarded the Bronze Star for his heroism under fire, he is president of the USS… Video Rating: 5 / 5 Find More Levi Eshkol Products Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Expect the Unexpected:African Arab Israeli music fusion pt4 continue viewing these clips out of
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Jewish Gifts at the Judaica Store by paraisrael (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:25:10 PM
by Robert Couse-Baker Jewish Gifts at the Judaica Store Check the Judaica store holiday sales. The judaica store has a wide selection of Jewish gifts. Shabbat items can be found at the Judaica store. Items like candlesticks, Havdalah sets, Kiddush cups and more. If you have not yet visited an internet Jewish store this is the time. On Passover Jewish people mostly buy Seder plates, Matzo covers, Afikkomen covers and Matzo plates. You can find Jewish holiday items here. The answer to the question about where to buy a menorah is simple: go online. You can find Judaica Menorah at the Judaica store. On Hanukkah Jewish people mostly buy Hanukkah Menorah, Dreidels and Jewish gifts. Judaica products on the internet became very popular in the last decade. On Rosh Hashanah Jewish people buy mostly Shofars, Jewish gifts, and Honey dishes. Jewish holidays are a busy time for a Judaica store. Bar Mitzvah gifts can be found in a Jewish store. Gifts like Jewish Jewelry, Bar Mitzvah Kippahs. Buying at an internet Judaica store is safe and secured. Getting ready for Hanukkah, Passover Rosh Hashanah or other Jewish holiday is easier than ever. The great thing is that you can order Jewish items from almost
anywhere. It does not matter if you are looking for a Menorah, a Tallit, a Mezuzah or any other Jewish item, you came to the right place. The answer to questions like where to buy menorah accessories? where to buy a Shofar? as well as where to buy the menorah itself, are simple: shop online. Now, you can purchase gorgeous jewish jewelry, sacred items such as Tallit prayer shawls, Tefilin, and much more at online stores like TheJudaicaStore.com. You can even find Synagogue furniture at an online Judaica store. A marketting manager of a Judaica store in Israel. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Rookie Read-About Holidays) The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons – to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the worldÂ…and right in their own backyards. Rating:(out of 1 reviews) List Price: $ 5.95 Price: $ 2.24 Perry talks in Israel with his tour group. The believer must be concealed in Heaven during the seven year tribulation. There are three themes of Rosh Hashanah. He tells us some words that we use that are not in the bible. There are two ways you will be able to understand the rapture. He gives us both ways and then he uses it in his teaching. He talks about
the Feast of Trumpets and how it relates to the concealment of the new moon and the concealment of the righteous. He tells us why he believes the righteous will be taken at the beginning of the rapture. He gives us scripture to back up what he is saying. God will always give at least three verses to back up what God says — Isaiah 28:10. There are people who don’t believe in the rapture. But you have got to study this from a Hebraic perspective. When you see the words that he speaks and understand that he was talking to a Jewish audience — the whole thing will come alive and together. The whole key is to understand the ancient Jewish wedding. Isaiah 26:19-21 – Connected during Rosh Hashanah — Jewish New Year and feast of
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Limiting Israel’s academic boycotters by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 1:05:00 AM
Limiting Israel’s academic boycotters Where is the line between academic freedom and harmful actions that should result in a professor being dismissed? Eli Pollak and Mordechai Keidar try to draw it. The problem starts when the event where such foolish claims are uttered is not academic, but rather political in nature (for example, the “Israel apartheid Week.”) It’s even graver when an Israeli academician urges the pension fund of Finnish miners (for example) to withdraw its investments from Israel and from his university while boycotting them and imposing sanctions on them. This kind of activity is not academic, but rather, purely political. The moment an academician undertakes such acts he deviates from his field and operates as though he’s a political man. In the political arena, there is no significance to academic freedom, just like academic freedom does not grant anyone the right to drive on the wrong side of the road or park
illegally, even on campus. … Freedom is not unlimited: Freedom of speech does not include the right to yell out “fire” in the theater for no reason, while freedom of occupation, which grants any carpenter the right to drill holes, does not allow him to drill a hole in a ship carrying other passengers. Similarly, academic freedom is limited to academic activity and related areas and does not apply to political activity. Academic freedom does not grant academicians the right to risk their colleagues’ place of employment, and should such academicians believe their university deserves to be boycotted, they should be honest with themselves and start the boycott themselves by resigning and shunning their salary and the research budget they received. There is no reason that would require a State, just like any other organization, to fund and sponsor people who travel the world and call for boycotts and sanctions against it, as such people threaten the State’s legitimacy and thereby its existence as well. An academician who exploits
academic freedom for political activity necessarily pushes the institution he draws his salary from into a political position, even though he was not authorized by his employers and colleagues to do so. He therefore endangers their academic standing among global colleagues as well as their economic situation, as a decline in investments and donations as result of their actions would undermine the
university’s resources. Read the whole thing. Yes, they’re right. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:05 AM Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • What Biden’s visit proved What Biden's visit proved Jennifer Rubin got this one right. If Biden’s visit proved anything, it is that diplomatic activity can be counterprod... • IDF to PA: Stop the violence or we will IDF to PA: Stop the violence or we will The 'Palestinian Authority' is complaining that the IDF gave them an ultimatum: You stop the violence or ... • Tzedakah Box: Tree of Life & Menorah Judaica – judaica Tzedakah Box: Tree of Life & Menorah Judaica Tzedakah Box: Tree of Life & Menorah Judaica Tzedakah Box: Tree of Life & MenorahThis colorful Tzedakah Box celebrates the rich cultural heritage of th... Original post source
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Dagestan: Pastor and apostate from Islam shot and killed
India’s home minister: Pakistan’s ISI orchestrated Mumbai jihadist attacks
by Marisol (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel)
by Marisol (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel)
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Dagestan: Pastor and apostate from Islam shot and killed Someone decided to follow Muhammad’s orders yet again. “Pastor killed by gunman,” from the Barnabas Fund, July 16 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy): A dynamic Christian pastor has died after being shot in the head as he was leaving church, in what is being seen as a bid to intimidate converts from Islam in the strongly Islamic republic of Dagestan. Artur Suleimanov (49), himself a convert from Islam, was murdered by a gunman who approached and opened fire as the pastor got into a car outside Hosanna House of Prayer in the capital, Makhachkala, on Thursday 15 July. He died from his wounds in hospital around an hour later. Nobody else was injured in the attack. Pastor Suleimanov leaves
behind a wife, Zina, and five children, the youngest of whom is twelve years old. Mr Suleimanov’s church is one of the largest Protestant churches in Dagestan. In a context where Christians face regular harassment and intimidation, his life had been threatened on several previous occasions. Barnabas Aid has supported Christians in Dagestan, and our coordinator for the Former Soviet Union met Pastor Suleimanov a number of times. He said, “Pastor Suleimanov was a wonderful Christian brother and his shocking death is a devastating loss for the Dagestan church. He and the Hosanna House of Prayer church were very active in ministry and outreach in particular. We see his murder as an attempt to put further pressure on Christian converts in Dagestan.” The Russian Republic of Dagestan borders Chechnya in the turbulent North Caucasus. The population is 98 per cent Muslim, and the Church
faces harassment and intimidation from various groups. Posted by Marisol on July 19, 2010 12:03 AM | 1 Comment Print this entry | Email this entry | Digg this | del.icio.us | Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Shirim ad Kan Havdalla between Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut 2009, Beit Tfila Israeli... • Volunteer Spotlight: Sam Schleman Posted by Joanna LeeferSam SchlemanSam Schleman does not take retirement lying down. While many people consider retirement as a time to relax, Sam has done just the opposite and has become one of the... • IMGP0502 Image taken on 200707-23 21:21:20 by yosefsilver.com.... Original post source
The Koren Classic Yom Kippur Machzor: A Hebrew High Holiday Prayerbook, Ashkenaz (Hebrew Edition) by paraisrael (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:40:05 PM
The Koren Classic Yom Kippur Machzor: A Hebrew High Holiday Prayerbook, Ashkenaz (Hebrew Edition) The clear font, clean graphic layout and elegant design of The Koren Classic Yom Kippur Machzor evoke one of the main themes of the holiest day of the Jewish year – purity. The machzor’s comfortable size and light weight allow you to concentrate on what is in your heart. It is a machzor that will deepen your Yom Kippur experience year after year. Rating:(out of reviews) List Price: $ 19.95 Price: $ 15.56 Documental sobre la guerra de Yom Kippur El documental dura 35 minutos y esta cortado en 4 partes de unos 10 minutos cada una. El enlace
de cada parte es el siguiente: Primera parte www.youtube.com Segunda parte www.youtube.com Tercera parte www.youtube.com Quarta parte www.youtube.com Para ver mas videos o comentar este visitad este foro: cat-israel.frbb.net Documental sobre la guerra de Yom Kippur. El documental té una duració de 35 minuts i està tallat en 4 parts d’uns 10 minuts cadascuna. Els anllaços de cada part son els següents: Primera part www.youtube.com Segona part www.youtube.com Tercera part www.youtube.com Quarta part www.youtube.com Per veure més videos o comentar aquest aneu a: catisrael.frbb.net Video Rating: 4 / 5 Yom Kippur Image by RonAlmog Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • The Koren Classic Rosh Hashanah Machzor: A Hebrew High Holiday Prayerbook, Ashkenaz (Hebrew
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India’s home minister: Pakistan’s ISI orchestrated Mumbai jihadist attacks And yet the Pakistani foreign minister quoted below seems baffled as to why this is such a sore spot for India. “India: ISI ”controlled” Mumbai attack,” from AdnKronos International, July 16: New Delhi, 16 July (AKI) – Pakistan’s intelligence service orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Indian home secretary said, in one of the most straightforward accusations of Pakistan’s suspected involvement in the coordinated assault on India’s financial centre that killed 166 people. “It was not just a peripheral role,” G.K. Pillai was cited as saying in the Indian express newspaper. “They (Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence) were literally controlling and coordinating it from the beginning till the end.” Pillai’s comments come a day before the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers were to meet in Islamabad in an effort to patch up relations worsened by the Mumbai attacks. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that India was not prepared for a positive outcome of the talks, DawnNews reported. Qureshi said Indian officials were constantly taking directions from New Delhi. Posted by Marisol on July 19, 2010 1:02 AM | No Comments Print this entry | Email this entry | Digg this | del.icio.us | Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Part 2: The Book of Zohar – Selections, chapter "Vayetze", item 30, lesson 4 Lecturer: Rav Michael LaitmanDate: 2010-06-11Text: ENG 0.24MB... • Good news: Sanctions on Iran only ‘months’ away Good news: Sanctions on Iran only 'months' away Hillary Clinton advanced the probability of an Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear weapons ... • June 17 Links June 17 Links â?¢ Flotilla Battle Continues: In Law Schoolsâ?¢ No Saddam-Sized Sanctions on Iranâ?¢ Support Israel: If It Goes Down, We All Go Downâ?¢ Hezbollah, Iran "Aid" Ships: Is a Bloodbath Pla... Original post source
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La Briute Sizzling Cuisine, Salisbury Steak with Diced Potatoes, 12Ounce Meal (Pack of 6) by paraisrael (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:45:07 PM
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And another ‘Palestinian’ precondition by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 2:13:00 AM
And another ‘Palestinian’ precondition Here’s yet another precondition to direct talks between Israel and the ‘Palestinians,’ this one from Arab League chief Amr Moussa. After his meeting with US mediator George Mitchell on Sunday, Arab League chief Amr Moussa affirmed that Palestinians cannot enter direct talks with Israel without written guarantees. Mousa told reporters that “moving from proximity talks into direct ones without any confirmation or guarantee on Israel’s seriousness means that we have entered into crisis management and not solving the crisis.”
Lest any of you think otherwise, when he says ‘written guarantees,’ he means written guarantees of the outcome. Well I’m going to give you a written guarantee and you can take it to the bank: Without direct talks, there isn’t going to be a ‘Palestinian state.’ So there. What could go wrong? posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:13 PM Hija del Zion para Israel Support
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Top EU diplomat calls for further lifting of Gaza siege by paraisrael (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:15:09 PM
by merdi Top EU diplomat calls for further lifting of Gaza siege The European Union’s top diplomat on Saturday called for the further easing of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip on the eve of a visit to the Hamas-ruled territory. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News Finance: Exempt insurance market from antitrust law The Finance Ministry and the Israel Antitrust Authority still haven’t been able to come to a compromise on a new antitrust law to decrease the concentration of power in the economy, due to a demand to exempt the insurance companies from the proposal. Read more on Haaretz Daily Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Israel to ease Gaza siege by jaime.silva Israel to ease Gaza siege Israel approved a plan to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip after weeks of pressure. Read more on iafrica.com Germany blasts Israel block Germany h... • Eli Lake Calls for ‘Regime Change’ in Gaza, ‘Strategic Communications War’ Against Hamas The NY Times features excerpted conversations with political bloggers on various topics via an agreement with BloggingheadsTV. Very infrequently, they will host a discussion about the Israeli-Palesti... • No lifting of Gaza blockade without soldier visits: Israel by david55king No lifting of Gaza blockade without soldier visits: Israel Israel will not lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip unless the Islamist Hamas movement allows the Red Cross to visit an Isr...
What Hamas Doesn’t Want You to Read About by Honest Reporting (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 1:17:34 AM
Hamas exerts considerable influence over journalists. Look at what is and isn’t being reported in the news. In the news( AP) Gaza Family Struggles to Survive In
A Tent Out of the news( Elder of Ziyon) Grand Opening of the Gaza Mall In the news( AFP) Top EU Diplomat Calls for Further Lifting of Gaza Siege Out of the news( Daled Amos) Gazan Businessmen Demands Hamas Embargo As Israel Relaxes Restrictions
So Palestinians have enough cement and want to shield their businesses from competition from outside products. How come correspondents on the ground in Gaza aren’t following up on these stories? Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • IMG_1270 Image taken on 200508-13 13:57:57 by oligopistos....
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CandyGem 925 Silver Lab Created Round Star Sapphire Jewish Star of David Magen David Pendant by paraisrael (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:35:05 PM
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Should Israel bomb Iran? by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:26:00 PM
Should Israel bomb Iran? Here’s a lengthy and important piece by Reul Marc Gerecht in the Weekly Standard in which he lays out the case for Israel bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities if no one else will. It’s too long to excerpt and I urge you to read the whole thing. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:26 AM Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel
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Part 2: The Book of Zohar – Selections, chapter "Lech-lecha", item 68, lesson 8 by Bnei-Baruch (Hija del Zion para Israel - Daughter of Zion for Israel) Submitted at 7/19/2010 12:44:15 AM
Lecturer: Rav Michael Laitman Date: 2010-07-19 Text: ENG 0.33MB Hija del Zion para Israel Support Israel • Spencer at the Reagan Ranch
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