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Israel v. Barbarism: No moral equivalence Huckabee afďŹ rms nation’s right to build on land given Jews in G-d’s Biblical deed By Ed Weintrob A folksy Mike Huckabee told several hundred enthusiastic supporters of the State of Israel on Sunday that the Jewish state has an “absolute right to exist as a secure, free and unfettered nationâ€? because Jews “own the land according to G-d’s deed from the Bible.â€? Huckabee, a past and present Republican presidential hopeful, delivered the keynote address at the thirty-second annual gala of the American Friends of Bet El, at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan. A Baptist minister who hosts “Huckabeeâ€? on the FoxNews cable channel, he preached to the converted as he restated his broad support for the expansion of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, an activity that has been strongly criticized by the Obama administraiton. Bet El is a community founded in 1977 on a mountain in Samaria near Ramallah. It is now home to 1,300 families. “Our government should be encouraging Israel to
build as many bedrooms as can be, in Samaria, Judea and throughout the land of Israel — and especially in the capital of Israel, in Jerusalem.� Huckabee said that he is “outraged that Israel has been given a sense of moral equivocation with the likes of the terrorists of Hamas.� “When Hamas was sending rockets by the thousands indiscriminately into civilian targets in Israel, there were people in the American government that had the audacity to suggest that maybe there wouldn’t be rocket launches if Israel would just abdicate its sovereign right to the land that G-d gave them,� he said. “There is no moral eqivalency between terrorism and the free state of the nation of Israel. One is evil and one is good. One represents civilization and the other represents barbarism.� Huckabee has been to Israel over 30 times, often leading tour groups. He recounted that he would sometimes stop in a Palestinian shop and pick up a map, pointing out to his group that Israel is not labeled on the map. “Palestinians continue to deny even the existence of Israel and continue to teach in their schools that the Jews are targets for murder,� he said. “The United States should send a simple message — until the Palestinians are willing to acknowledge not only the right of israel to exist but until it tears every page out Continued on page 6
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“Given frankly the concern that the By Karen Matthew and Ula Ilnytzky news of this story may bring to houses of Associated Press worship around the city, our critical inciAuthorities are stepping up security dent response vehicles which we normally at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in post at sensitive locations depending on Crown Heights and at synagogues on what the threat stream of the day is will Long Island and in New York City after focus on religious institutions in part,â€? a mentally ill man from Valley Stream Miller said. wandered inside the library and stabbed Borough Park Assemblyman Dov Hia student in the head before he was shot kind said the entire Jewish community and killed by police. was impacted by the attack. He suggested Calvin Peters, 49, was seen on amateur that synagogues should consider taking video waving a knife in the basement of stronger security precautions. 770 Eastern Parkway at 1:40 am on TuesContinued on page 6 day after the attack on Levi Rosenblat. /HYL 5RVHQEODW &KDEDG The 22-year-old Israel, who was studying in Brooklyn, was wounded on the side of the head, For free bulk delivery to your Long Island shul or was listed in stable condition. business, email EWeintrob@TheJewishStar.com NYC police said the stabbing was not believed to be connected to terrorism. But it shook the Jewish community, still reeling over an attack on a Jerusalem shul by two Palestinian cousins last month that left four worshippers and an ofďŹ cer dead. Commissioner William Bratton said the department was already on heightened alert based on the incidents in Israel. John Miller, deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, said there was an increased presence at religious locations.