Doc's Talk: Food for Thought

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Food for Thought

Steven Shamrak

Any national or religious group in the United States and any other country, be it Irish or Muslims, has a pattern of voting for a political representation in the government, based on their special interests and affiliation. Only the loyalty of Jewish voters is constantly questioned. This is anti-Semitism! U.S. Official 'Confirmed' Borders? James Wallace, American consul general in Jerusalem, confirmed that American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel that negotiations for a new Arab country are being based on the Israeli borders that existed between 1949 and 1967. (Why not the borders that were allocated by the League of Nations for creation of Eretz-Israel in July 1922? Does it mean that the US is prepared to negotiate with Mexico the return of the South-West which is still occupied and colonised by the United States? And why does the US have the right to tell Israel what is the Jewish land? The State Department is so thoughtful in its dealings with Arabs!)

Why Have Elections? Shimon Peres has once again called for excluding the Hamas from Palestinian elections. The Israeli president met on Wednesday morning with 15 British MPs. He told them they are mistaken if ''they think that democracy is only about democratic elections.'' (There is not true democracy in any Muslim country. The PA's democracy is not the way to defeat terror; freeing Jewish land from enemy occupation is!)

Business as Usual. Vice-minister of defense Matan Vilnai said that Russian missiles purchased by Syria can strike almost the entire territory of Israel. (And Russia complains about the sale of defensive weapons by Israel to Georgia?) The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it intends to sell an anti-missile shield to the United Arab Emirates for the nice sum of $7 billion. (It is all about money!)

Hamas Members Like to Stay 'Israelis'. Several Hamas-affiliated members of the PA government are petitioning the High Court of Justice to return their revoked Israeli ID cards. Holding special ID cards, permanent residents can vote in municipal elections, receive Israeli pensions, social security and health care benefits, and enjoy freedom of movement throughout the State of Israel.

Iran to Hamas: Take Over from Abbas. According to Kuwaiti paper Al-Siasa, Iran has instructed Hamas to take over the presidency of the "Palestinian Authority" in Judea and Samaria when Fatah head Mahmoud Abbas's term expires next January. The demand was conveyed in a recent meeting in Damascus between senior Syrian and Iranian officials and Hamas representatives. (Anti-Israel groups are quiet vocal when Israel 'interferes' in 'poor Palestinians' affairs. Why are they quite about Iran's interference?)

Nasrallah: No Peace if Israel Exists. Hizbullah terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah declared on Thursday in an interview with Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) that there will never be peace in the Middle East as long as the State of Israel exists. Hizbullah has re-supplied its arsenal with the generous assistance of Iran and Syria, with more weapons and materiel than it had stockpiled prior to the 2006 Second Lebanon War. (…with the helpful inaction of the UN!)

Quote of the Week:

"The citizens of the entire State of Israel are looking at us and crossing their fingers for Kadima to make the right step." - Tzipi Livni – Another brainless and self-hating Israeli politician! Isn't she Foreign Minister of the Jewish state? The only "right step" she and Kadima members can do is to leave politics.

Divine punishment? The preparations began for demolition of a house owned by Southern District Police Commander Uri Bar-Lev, who was the commander of the police during the demolition of Jewish homes in the framework of Ariel Sharon's 2005 Disengagement from Gaza. The house is to be demolished due to safety issues that arose because of a softening of the land it was built on.

Winnie the Pooh Became a Terror Agitator. Previously the Palestinian Authority official TV station used a Mickey Mouse look-alike to spread anti-Israel messages. Now it has added Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to its terrorist education programming for kids. The new children's program teaches kids to glorify a mass murderer who killed 12 Jews in a 1978 bus attack. (There is no limit to the ugliness of the ugly Islamic agenda of terror!)

There is a Better Way to Spend Money. The treasury department estimated that an 'evacuation' (population transfer) of Jews from the West Bank by Israel could cost up to almost $5 billion. A draft law calling for the financing of voluntary departures by settlers from the West Bank was recently submitted by left-leaning, self-hating and traitorous lawmakers. (Why waste money on transferring Jews again. It will not bring peace, as the Gaza 'experiment' has shown? Let's have another test: Transfer the enemy population from the West Bank and Gaza to Sinai and see if this ends terror in Israel?)

The Best of Arab Produce. In a joint operation targeting a local smuggling network Israeli army and police forces seized around 55 kilos (120 pounds) of heroin and 650,000 dollars (450,000 euros) in cash. Three Bedouin from southern Israel were arrested in the raid a week ago.

Another Act of Political Stupidity. A committee has been assembled in the Knesset to discuss a bill that would require a national referendum before the government could agree to cede the Golan Heights to Syria as part of any potential peace deal. The committee members agreed that a national vacation day would be required for such a referendum. (The Golan Heights is Jewish land in accordance with biblical and modern laws. It was assigned by the League of Nations as a part of Eretz-Israel in 1922, as Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and Gaza. Beside Israel, could you name any country that 'sells' its own land to anyone, especially to its enemies? No self-respecting country would!

Christians are still Pushed Out of Bethlehem. The Muslim Fatah-controlled authority in Judea and Samaria is encouraging a "sharp demographic shift" in Bethlehem, where the Christian population went from a 60 percent majority in 1990 to a 40 percent minority in 2000. It is estimated that, for the past seven years, more than one thousand Christians have been emigrating from the Bethlehem area annually, as a result of frequent human rights abuses by Muslims, and that only 10,000 to 13,000 Christians remain in the city. (The Church is silent about the abuse of the Christians in the Muslim world!)

Jewish Nobel Prize Winners.

(www.jinfo.org/Nobel_Prizes.html www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/nobels.html)

Alfred Nobel (1833 - 1896) – Jewish Chemist, Inventor and Engineer. Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm in 1833. It was he who founded the Nobel Prizes – the most prestigious award attainable in human achievement. He held 355 patents and left $9 million in his will to establish the Nobel Prizes, which are awarded annually, without regard to nationality, in six areas (peace, literature, physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and economic science) "to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."

Between 1901 and 2007, there were more than 750 Nobel Prizes handed out by the Nobel Foundation of Sweden. Of these, at least 162 (22%) are Jews. (Note: Jewish population of the world less than 0.2% and less than 2% of US population.)

- Chemistry (29 prize winners, 19% of world total, 28% of US total)

- Economics (25 winners, 41% of world total, 55% of US total)

- Literature (13 prize winners, 13% of world total, 27% of US total)

- Peace (9 prize winners, 9% of world total, 10% of US total)

- Physics (47 prize winners, 26% of world total, 38% of US total)

- Physiology or Medicine (53 winners, 28% of world total, 41% of US total)

Also:

- Jewish Recipients of the US National Medal of Science (166 recipients, 38% of total)

- Jewish Recipients of the Kyoto Prize (26% of recipients)

We do not ask for admiration or special treatment!

We demand the end of the double standard in treatment of Israel! Anti-Semitism must end!

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The IDF’s Minorities in Numbers and Pictures

In honor of IDF Diversity Week, we present diversity through numbers and pictures. Each year, more and more Muslims, Christians, Druze, Bedouin and immigrants from around the world take on the responsibility of defending Israel.

MUSLIMS:

Muslim Arab Israelis are not required to draft in the IDF, but there are many who volunteer. In 2013, there were over 200 Muslims serving in the IDF and over 300 in the reserves.

Bedouins:

Bedouins are nomadic Muslims who were in Israel when modern borders were set in place and are now considered Israeli citizens. They are not required to draft but a growing number choose to enlist. In 2012, there were over 1,400 Bedouin Muslim soldiers doing regular IDF service and almost 1,500 in the reserves.

Read more:http://www.idfblog.com/2014/02/27/truth-idf-numbers-pictures/#more-34027

Are you aware that in 2013, Middle class taxes go up-significantly?

In January of next year, the federal income tax rate for middle-class taxpayers is scheduled to rise from 25 percent to 28 percent, and the payroll tax is scheduled to rise from 13.3 percent to 15.3 percent… This drives the marginal tax rate based on the aforementioned three taxes to 48.12 percent. Add in state and local property, corporate, excise, and other state and local taxes, and the percentage of each additional dollar that is taxed hovers around 50 percent… When half of each additional dollar earned is taxed away, taxpayers experience a disincentive to start businesses or expand existing ones. This leads to fewer jobs being created.

Why is HAMAS Inside Tampa Schools?

Clare Lopez

Kelly Miliziano, who teaches history classes at Steinbrenner High School in the Tampa, Florida area apparently thinks it’s perfectly OK to invite a senior official of a HAMAS-affiliated organization into her classroom to discuss Islam with her students. According to local media reports, not only has this been going on for years, but in spite of the civil and criminal proceedings that could result from such reckless negligence, the Hillsborough County school superintendent, Mary Ellen Elia, and the chairman of the school board, Candy Olson, also expressed approval for students under their responsibility to be exposed repeatedly to guest speaker, Hassan Shibly, who is the Executive Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the Tampa area.
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Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad

‘Conquest through Da’wa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! Not through sword but through Da’wa.’
-- Yousef al-Qaradawi , Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader The Arabic word ‘Da’wa’ means the “call to Islam.” But do not think that Da’wa is the same thing as an invitation to an optional holiday event. The classical Islamic doctrine of jihad mandates that enemies must be given the opportunity to convert to Islam or pay the jizya tax before it is permissible to attack them.
Clare M. Lopez

Who is being discriminated-facts tell the truth

Religious bias

Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,409 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-bias offenses showed:

65.4 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-Islamic.
9.5 percent were anti-other religion, i.e., those not specified.
4.3 percent were anti-Catholic.
3.8 percent were anti-multiple religions, group.
3.3 percent were anti-Protestant.
0.5 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/narratives/hate-crime-2010-incidents-and-offenses.

On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview

with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

In March 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

The Arab Apartheid

Ben-Dror Yemini
In 1948, the Arab countries refused to accept the UN partition proposal and they launched a war of annihilation against the State of Israel which had barely been established. All precedents in this matter showed that the party that starts the war - and with a declaration of annihilation, yet - pays a price for it. Between 550,000 and 710,000 Arabs fled because of the war and a larger number of 850,000 Jews were expelled or fled from Arab countries (the "Jewish nakba").
Population exchanges and expulsions were the norm at that time, occurring in dozens of other conflict points and affecting about 52 million people. In all the population exchange precedents that occurred during or at the end of an armed conflict, there was no return of refugees to the previous region, which had turned into a new national state.
Only the Arab states acted completely differently from the rest of the world. Instead of assimilating the refugees, they crushed them despite the fact that they were their coreligionists and members of the Arab nation - instituting a regime of apartheid. So the "nakba" was not caused by the actual dispossession, which had also been experienced by tens of millions of others. The "nakba" is the story of the apartheid, oppression, abuse and denial of rights suffered by the Arab refugees at the hands of the Arab countries. (Maariv)

International Law and Military Operations in Practice - Col. Richard Kemp

"Islamist fighting groups study the international laws of armed conflict carefully and they understand it well. They know that a British or Israeli commander and his men are bound by international law and the rules of engagement that flow from it. They then do their utmost to exploit what they view as one of their enemy's main weaknesses. Their very modus operandi is built on the correct assumption that Western armies will normally abide by the rules, while these insurgents employ a deliberate policy of operating consistently outside international law. "

Lost Historical Moments

What Rabin’s last Knesset speech really said:repudiation of a Palestinian state

Rabin ruled out a fully sovereign Palestinian state :

“We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.”

Rabin ruled out a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and thus a return to the pre-June 1967 borders :

“The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”

Rabin ruled out withdrawing form the Jordan Valley:

“The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.”

Rabin ruled out uprooting settlement blocs, like the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza (which was subsequently uprooted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon):

“The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.

AND

Rabin ruled out removing any settlement before coming to a full peace agreement with the Palestinians:

“I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.”

Rabin insisted on Israel retaining full security control of the borders with Egypt and Jordan, contrary to Israel’s relinquishment of the Philadelphia Corridor on the border with Egypt:

“The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.”

Correcting Oslo Myths-Part 2

3) Kuttab laments that the post-1993 Oslo process resulted in a Palestinian Authority "whose ministers and legislators are not guaranteed passage between Gaza and the West Bank ...."

Before free passage or other perquisites, PA leaders were obligated, among other things, to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, end anti-Israeli, antisemitic incitement in schools, mosques, and communications media, and resolve all outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. They met none of these commitments, sometimes bolstering terrorism and greatly increasing incitement.

4) Kuttab complains that under Oslo the PA got "lightly armed police ---- but no real sovereignty over the land or contiguity between our communities in Gaza and the West Bank."

Oslo agreements repeatedly were revised, regardless of Palestinian non-compliance, until the authorized number of police grew from 8,000 to 40,000. Though they were to be the only armed forces in the territories, Israeli estimates early in the second intifada put the number of gunmen - police, "security services," terrorists, and armed gangs - at 85,000. Their armament reportedly included not only heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but also anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Sovereignty was to be negotiated in the envisioned 1998 "final status" talks - after a five-year period of confidence-building. Palestinian leadership chronically undermined the process. Palestinian terrorism made the 1993 - 1998 Oslo period more deadly for Israelis than the 15 years preceding it.

The United States doesn't have contiguity between the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii; territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip - that is, through the 20 miles of Israeli territory between them - was never promised and would destroy Israeli contiguity.

5) "Palestinians have been made to endure hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, an eight-foot wall deep in our territories, and tight Israeli control over borders."

The security barrier is not "deep in Palestinian territories," but rather encompasses less than 8 percent of Judea and Samaria, and is mostly a fence, rarely a wall; the land in question is not "our [Palestinian] territories" but disputed territory to which, according to the authors of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, Jews as well as Arabs have claims; and there are no international borders, only the 1949 armistice lines with Jordan. Under 242, borders remain to be negotiated. As for checkpoints - like the security barrier and "tight Israeli control" - Palestinian Arabs precipitated these measures themselves. No terrorism and there would be no fence or tight Israeli control and few checkpoints - like before the first intifada.

Correcting Some Oslo Myths

1) In Oslo "Israeli, Palestinian and other world leaders promised that ... Palestinian sovereignty would be solidified."

No, they didn't. The 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent Oslo agreements outlined a process by which final status negotiations about the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be reached. The process required an end to anti-Israel terrorism and incitement and a commitment to peaceful negotiations. The PA, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist groups, sabotaged the process from the start.

2) "The reality is that, in defiance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which states that it is inadmissible to occupy land by force, Palestinian territories are still under foreign military occupation."
Wrong again. Resolution 242 (1967) does note "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." It also affirms the right of every state in the area "to live in peace with secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." There were no "Palestinian territories." Jordan occupied the West Bank, Egypt controlled Gaza. Israel did not have "secure and recognized boundaries," so retention of some of those territories was possible under 242. Israel is not a "foreign" military occupier in the West Bank but, pending final negotiations, the lawful military administrator as a result of a successful war of self-defense.

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