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Friday, December 22, 2006

Israeli Left: Living In Another Reality

This morning as I was reading the morning news in the Jerusalem Post I was not surprised to see Shimon Peres again talking, purposefully spewing a most unrealistic viewpoint into Israel’s media.

The headline of the article was 'Peres Predicts Eventual Peace With Syria'. It was written by Paula Slier. In this article Peres does indeed predict eventual peace with Syria, reminding all and sundry that no less than four Israeli Prime Ministers offered to give up the Golan Heights to the enemy in exchange for peace. Unexplainably, Syria never went for the deals offered by those Prime Ministers.

Hmmmm…lets see…what could those reasons be?

Ah! I know. They don’t just want the Golan Heights you see. In another article in the J-Post this morning entitled ‘Syria Building “Death-Trap” Villages’ written by Yaakov Katz, the IDF has come to the realization that the villages Syria has been building along the Syrian/Israeli border are intended to draw Israel into an “asymmetrical war”.

They are basically replicating the tactics of Hezbullah in Lebanon. Some of the villages have no people living in them, while others do…but those that do also have commando troops being moved into them along with medium to long range missiles designed to hit deep into Israel’s heart land.

When it comes to peace talks, Syria has no desire to speak directly to Israel. They just want direct talks with the United States of America ABOUT peace in Israel. They will say “Yes, yes, we want peace…but here’s what we want you to do…put pressure on Israel to give up the Golan Heights…while leaving us in the clear to continue to fortify and militarize our border. Never mind what the purposes for that are!” Shimon Peres was at least mildly sarcastic and mildly correct when he suggests that if you want to make real peace with Israel; shouldn’t the Syrians be speaking to the Israelis about that desire?

Are the actions of Syria those of a nation that wants peace with its neighbors? Of course not! Besides, everyone knows Syria is in bed with Iran and we all know Iran has declared that Israel’s destruction is close at hand. It seems to me that perhaps Syria is maneuvering itself to a position that would allow it to play a significant role in Iran’s plans for Israel.

But, the article by Paula Slier just goes to once again prove in light of the article by Yaakov Katz, that the Israeli left is not only willfully putting on blinders to reality, they have actually left this plane of reality and have moved on to an imaginary wonderland

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Neturei Karta: A Disgrace to Judaism

I cannot begin to express my disgust with Neturei Karta: Jews United Against Zionism. Representatives of these people are actually taking part in Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust Conference fiasco and that makes me incredibly angry!

How dare these Jews take part in this circus? How dare these people basically mock the suffering of millions of their brethren by even acknowledging this conference? As Fox News has reported, Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called the Holocaust a “myth” and has said Israel would be “wiped off the map.”

This wouldn’t pose a problem for the Ultra-Orthodox Neturei Karta though. It’s no wonder they are partaking in this embarrassment to the international community. These people have a mistaken religious view that since the Messiah himself (who is currently unrecognizable if he’s here) did not personally set up the State of Israel, then Israel itself is illegitimate. The same views are held by the much larger group the Satmar Hasidim.
These people hold, in one of the utmost idiotic views I have ever heard, in agreement with their late Rabbi, Joel Teitelbaum, that Tractate Kesubos 111a of the Talmud explains that God and the Jewish people exchanged three oaths at the time of the Jews' exile from ancient Israel:

* That the Jewish people would not ascend to the Holy Land as a group using force;
* That the Jewish people would not rebel against the governments of countries in which they lived;
* That the Jewish people would not, by their sins, prolong the coming of the Jewish Messiah.

To these ideas I have this to say:

How does anyone know that it was not G-d who caused Israel to come back into being? Because secular men helped it to come into being? Can Hashem not use ordinary, even unbelieving men for His purposes? If not, is He really a G-d worth following? If not, He doesn’t sound like He’s too powerful to me...it sounds like He would only be powerful to those who believe. Further more, isn’t Hashem the G-d of all mankind? Wouldn’t that include the secular whether they believe in Him or not as well as the datim?

I say He is the G-d of all Jews whether those Jews acknowledge Him or not. Therefore He would perfectly be able to cause Israel to come into being as it did in 1948 against all human odds. The fact that there is a nation called Israel now is a miracle.

The Neturei Karta, along with the Satmar Hasidim are denying G-d’s power, and this disgusts me!

The Neturei Karta use this as an excuse:

According to their website they have this to say about themselves:

Neturei-Karta is the Aramaic term for "Guardians of the City. The name Neturei-Karta originates from an incident in which R. Yehudah Ha-Nassi (Rabbi Judah the Prince) sent R. Hiyya and R. Ashi on a pastoral tour of inspection. In one town they asked to see the "guardians of the city" and the city guard was paraded before them. They said that these were not the guardians of the city but its destroyers, which prompted the citizens to ask who, then, could be considered the guardians. The rabbis answered, "The scribes and the scholars," referring them to Tehillim (Psalms) Chap. 127. (Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Hagiga. 76c).

The name was given to a group of Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem who refused (and still refuse) to recognize the existence or authority of the so-called "State of Israel" and made (and still make) a point of publicly demonstrating their position, the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism.

Hmmmm....you know, when the Talmud begins to contradict the history and viewpoint of the Tanach, I think I will have to abide by the Tanach. In fact, I am more and more finding that the Oral Tradition is unacceptable to me. I was raised in the Conservative tradition. I cannot consider myself secular, nor would I want to. But, more and more I am thinking Karaite Judaism is the more correct form of observance.

Throughout the history of Israel there have had to be warriors. When G-d gave Canaan to the Israelites, was it taken by Scholars and scribes? No! It was taken by Joshua and the men of Israel who took up arms and with G-d at their side battled the Canaanites and won the day! Who protected Israel during the time of King David? Was it the Scholars and Scribes? NO! King David was a warrior...a man the Tanach says G-d called a man after His own heart!
For Neturei Karta and the Satmar Hasidim to deny the legitimacy of the modern State of Israel and to take part in Iran’s Holocaust “conference” is not only anti-G-d, it is cowardly and their views of the Torah be damned.


The picture above is that of Ultra-Orthodox men meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Traitors!

Saturday, December 9, 2006

Resettle the Haredi

It is being said that the Haredi are damaging the Jewish character of the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. This is because the Haredi have large families and are moving into cramped quarters which are built upon the foundations of the buildings that the Temple priests lived in 2000 years ago. What is it that the Haredi are doing that is damaging these historical foundations?

They are building illegally and expanding the buildings to accommodate their families.

What is the solution? The Ministry of Interior wants to establish a “master plan” to expand homes and at the same time keep from causing more damage to archaeologically valuable things.

I think I have a better idea. These families keep wanting to live in Jerusalem, but by and large the Haredi do not even serve in the IDF. They, by and large, depend on the government for stipends because their men are constantly in Yeshivot and do not work. This means they are, for all intents and purposes, on government welfare.

It is time to stop coddling the Ultra-Orthodox communities.

As long as they live in Israel, they should have to live according to the rules set by the government for every other Israeli. Tell these people to stop their illegal construction which is hurting Jerusalem and if they do not stop, arrest them!

If they need room to live, the government would do well to remember that the municipal borders of Ma’ale Adummim were set in 1983 at 35 square kilometers. To this day, only 3.7 kilometers have been built upon. Here’s a hint...

Start building in Ma’ale Adummim again, and the rest of the world be damned. It’s Israeli land, do with it what you should! Relocate the Haredi from the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem to Ma’ale Adummim, Ariel or Gush Etzion, or one of dozens of other towns in Judea/Samaria.

Here’s a hint for the Haredi, why not get some Zionist bones in your bodies and settle the LAND Hashem gave to you? Jerusalem is already Jewish. And you must remember that you are not all priests. Get out of Jerusalem and DO something for Israel! Yes, the Torah is important but when G-d gave the Land of Canaan to the Hebrews, they certainly had to do more than keep their noses buried in Torah scrolls. They had to fight for that land, and it is no different today. That remains true even if the fight is merely political. Claim the land G-d gave to Israel and LIVE in it.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Baker's Peace Conference Sans Israel: Wake Up Israel!

James Baker is quite simply an idiot. Besides the fact that he is a well known anti-semite, he obviously thinks jumping in bed with the Iranians and Syrians is in America's best interest. Those people HATE America, and it has nothing to do with America's support of Israel.

I guess Baker would like America to begin falling under the flag of Islam the way Europe is. I wonder how many jihadists Baker would personally like to call friend. After all, they share a common hatred of Israel.

In any case, He wants to call a regional peace conference but make sure that Israel is un-invited. He wants the conference to be free of "Jewish pressure".

Is the sectarian violence in Iraq due to the Jews and their conflict with the 'Palestinians?' Are Syria and Iran both hotbeds of terrorist activity because of the Israeli-'Palestinian' conflict? I think not.

However, if this horrible situation goes through, if the U.S. begins holding peace talks with the idea of coming up with notions on how to pressure Israel to give up the Golan Heights Judea/Samaria and go back to its indefensible pre-1967 borders, then Israel MUST MUST MUST not only lodge official protests, but people like Ehud Olmert must find it within their wimpy selves to realize war is on the horizon. America will have become a stick which it would be unwise for Israel to lean on! America will truly have stabbed a good friend in the back.

This is a conserted effort by anti-Israel forces around the world to force Israel into their bidding. If Israel, obeys I can say with certainty it would be the end of the Jewish nation.

The current Israeli leadership must take a strong and irrevocable stand NOW. If they do not do so, Israelis must remove their government and establish new leaders who will protect Israel at all costs.

The time for talk is rapidly coming to an end. The rest of the world is about to talk, but they are ignoring the views and opinions of Jews everywhere and of Israel in particular. This is an existential danger which Israel now faces.

Some may think that I am being an alarmist, but these times bear the possibility of being more dangerous than Germany in the 1930's.

There MUST be action on the part of Israel's leaders. Before the world decides for Israel what her end will be.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Spotty At Best

Monday, December 4, 2006

The Pope: A Real Dhimmi

In light of the actions of Pope Benedict XVI in Istanbul, where he stood side by side with Mustafa Cagrici, the chief of religious affairs for Istanbul and prayed facing…not Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ was executed and Christians believe He rose again…but Mecca under the roof of the Blue Mosque, I would like to say:

So the “Vicar of Christ” wants to reconcile Christians with Muslims does he?

I really wonder what Jesus, an observant Jew for his time, would have thought of that? For Christians everywhere, I would tend to think what the Pope has done is really acted like a dhimmi. What he has done is capitulated to Muslim anger. What he has really done is cowed before Islamic rage. What he has really done proves to the Islamic community that their faith is superior to any other. What he has done is bowed to the Islamic Allah…a betrayal both of Jesus and of the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Because the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob…and yes, of Jesus, is not the god of Islam.

Although in modern day Arabic the word “Allah” means “God”, this was not always the case.

Islam has its roots in the pagan worship of the Arabian moon god. According to Robert A. Morey (A Christian scholar) Islam's origins have been traced back by scholars to the ancient fertility religion of the worship of the moon god which was always the dominant religion of Arabia. The moon god was worshipped by praying toward Mecca several times a day, making an annual pilgrimage to the Kabah which was a temple of the moon god, running around the Kabah seven times, caressing an idol of a black stone set in the wall of the Kabah, running between two hills, making animal sacrifices, gathering on Fridays for prayers, giving alms to the poor, etc.. These were pagan rites practiced by the Arabs long before Muhammad was born.

The Crescent Moon

What religion today practices the pagan rites of the moon god? Islam! This explains why the crescent moon is the symbol of Islam. It is placed on top of mosques and minarets and displayed on hats, flags, rugs, amulets and even jewelry. Every time you see the Muslim symbol of a crescent moon, you are seeing the ancient symbol of the moon god.

Somehow I doubt that Christians of any sect…including Catholics, or Jews worship an Arabian moon god. More than this, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’s character is so vastly different from that of the Islamic Allah that the two absolutely cannot be the same.

The Bible says in Shemot (Exodus) 34:6-7 JPS version And HaShem passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The HaShem, HaShem, G-d, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth;

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keeping mercy unto the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and unto the fourth generation.

Whereas in the Qur’an, there are multiple verses such as:

[Sura 48.29] Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves…(But not to unbelievers)….

[ Sura 9.29] Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority.

Sheesh. Ummm…can anyone besides me see the difference between the two deities here?

The Pope’s original statements wherein he quoted 14th Century Christian emperor, Manuel II Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire. "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” were dead on accurate in describing Islam in general both as a religion and as a culture.

So it made Muslims angry? So what? They need to check history. To quote a famous movie line:

“You want the truth? You can’t HANDLE the truth!”

That seems to be the case when it comes to Muslims’ refusal to face the reality of history and the reality of their own scriptures. There are constant (At least in the West) statements from Muslims about how their religion is really about peace.

To which I say:

WHATEVER.

According to: http://bibleprobe.com/mohammed.htm

Islam claims that Allah is the same God who was revealed in the Jewish and Christian Bible. . . . then if the Bible and the Qur'an have differing views of God, then Islam's claim is false. Don't forget that Muhammad claimed in Suras 2:87, 29:46, 32:23, 5:44, 6:154, 6:155 that Allah confirmed the Torah (Taurat) and Christian Gospel (Injeel) (Sura 2:87, 5:46, 5:68, 29:46 and 43:63). So, if the Torah and Gospel are correct, all contradictions to those scriptures the Qur’an itself says are true…are false.

A tenet of Islam is that both Mohammed and Jesus of Nazareth were both Muslims. Islam says both were prophets sent by Allah. If this were true, then it is mandatory that these two great prophets must coincide exactly in all points and never contradict each other. Did not the same Allah send both of them? Then, aren't even the smallest of contradictions between the two, very big red flags? And there are a great many.

Islam says that Jesus did not die. So, again --Islam has proven to be false; because Muhammad claimed the Gospel is true, and all 4 Gospels (Injil) testify that Jesus died and rose from the dead. God does have a begotten Son (not made, but one with the Father), which Islam denies. The Jewish Torah / Taurat (Tawrat) was revealed by G-d over 1000 years before Muhammad and Islam. In addition, in terms of disparities between Christian sources and the Qur’an there are collateral 1st century sources that testify that Jesus was put to death. In the "Annals" written by Roman historian Tacitus, in Book XV, Chapter 44 we read "Christus, the founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius."

If I were a Christian I would be horrified, angered and disgusted with Pope Benedict…in fact, with all of Catholicism which seems to be seeking peace at all costs.

What the Pope has done is betray the Messiah he claims to serve, and the one true G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by following pagan prayer rites in praying toward Mecca.

To my Christian friends I would like to say; “I would remind you that there can be no fellowship between darkness and light.

1 Corinthians 10:20 (New International Version) “No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.”

And

2^nd Corinthians 6:14-15 (NIV) 14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial^[a]? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Friday, December 1, 2006

Of Prisoner Swaps

While Condoleezza Rice is going around talking about all the “progress” that was made this past week toward real talk of peace, the actual ideas for promoting that peace are incredibly one sided and are, in fact, truly dangerous!

I’ll focus on one idea in particular here. The ‘Palestinians’ want a prisoner swap in order to release Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit. The ‘Palestinians’want a lot of prisoners released in exchange for one Israeli soldier. (Does that sound seriously lopsided to anyone else besides me?)

More than that however, there are already major hints despite a denial by Ehud Olmert, that the Israeli government is planning on releasing Marwan Barghouti, a leader of Fatah’s Tanzim militia.

If everyone recalls, Barghouti escaped a major Israeli assassination attempt in 2001 and was arrested eventually and sentenced to five life sentences in a civilian court for the murder of five people including a Christian Greek Orthodox monk, and received an additional forty years for a failed attempted murder through the use of a suicide car bomb. He was acquitted of over thirty other murder charges.

Now, this idea of releasing a convicted murderer in exchange for a soldier who had not murdered anyone is a bit ludicrous. If Barghouti was anyone else, and was a murderer, I doubt this idea would even be floating around. But, Marwan Barghouti is a political figure as well and the Israeli left-wingers like to point to this guy and remind us all, that he has publicly said that the “resistance” should not target Israeli civilians but only the Israeli military. They like to point out that Barghouti and Yassir Arafat were at odds with one another because Barghouti advocated a more peaceful approach to ‘Palestinian’ dealings with Israel.

This isn’t about Barghouti’s beliefs on peace however. This is about letting a murderer go free in exchange for the release of an innocent person. While I still doubt that Barghouti may have personally been involved in the deaths of those he was convicted of murdering, he was the leader of the group that carried out the killings and as such bears responsibility. There is no evidence that he punished those Tanzim members that murdered Israelis Jews or the Orthodox Christian monk.

I wonder what the Israeli leadership is thinking? Do they honestly think that Barghouti, if he were released, would deal with the Israeli government better than Mahmoud Abbas has done? Do they think that Barghouti, who claims he doesn’t want to harm civilian Israelis, will get along with Hamas who wants to destroy Israel without regard to whether someone is a civilian or soldier? What’s going on in their minds? Do they think he will go back and become a peace loving individual and will renounce all violence?

What planet is the Israeli leadership living on?

If there is to be a prisoner swap of any kind, let it be on a one to one ratio and let it not be a high level ‘Palestinian’ political figure in exchange for a lowly Israeli corporal.

Also, if there is serious consideration of releasing Marwan Barghouti, who has five life sentences for murder, then let Yigal Amir, the Israeli assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin also be released.

If the crime of murder is not enough to keep someone locked away for life, then what’s the difference between letting one murderer go free and not another?

Oh! I know the difference…one is a ‘Palestinian’, and one is a Jew.