Doc's Talk: Shamrak Speaking Out...

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Shamrak Speaking Out...

Steven Shamrak

HAPPY PASSOVER - It is Really Time to Leave Egypt!

What Peace Process? Just PA's Violations!

Leaders and representatives of Jenin have condemned the participation of Palestinian Authority youths in a concert honouring Holocaust survivors in Holon , near Tel-Aviv. The PA authority has shut down a youth orchestra, boarded up its rehearsal studio and banned its conductor after she took 13 young musicians to perform for Holocaust survivors in Israel , for exploiting the children for "political purposes". Ramzi Fayad, a spokesman for various political factions in Jenin, controlled by the PLO/Fatah government, denounced the teenagers' participation, saying that all the groups were strongly opposed to any form of normalization with Israel .
(This violation of the Oslo agreement has received as little attention from international news coverage as have the many other terror acts committed by PA/PLO member organizations against Israel! Only Israel is blamed for the failure of the bogus peace process.)

From Jan. 1 - Feb. 28, 2009 there were 64 terrorist attacks that took place in the West Bank or were carried out by terrorists from the West Bank. Since Jan. 18, at least 154 rockets and mortars have been fired at Israel by terrorist groups in Gaza .

A Palestinian terrorist on Thursday (April 2) attacked two Israeli children with an axe, killing one and seriously wounding the other in the town of Bat Ayin in the West Bank. Shlomo Nativ, 13, died after the terrorist struck him in the head with the axe. The second child, 7-year-old Yair Gamliel, suffered injuries.

No More One-Way Street - Truth is Out.

At a ceremony on Wednesday marking the start of Lieberman's tenure as Israel 's foreign minister, he said, "There is only one document that binds us and it is not the Annapolis conference." He said Israel 's government only adopted the 2002 road map and that Israel will adhere to its requirements scrupulously. He dismissed and challenged the validity of "the goal of two states" - "It has no validity, the Israeli government never ratified Annapolis, nor did parliament." Lieberman pointed out that the road map requires the Palestinians to stop terrorism and set up a viable democratic government (have they done it?). Lieberman's speech was blunt and truthful! He warned against broad concessions to the enemies, saying that they "only bring pressure and more wars."

Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak

The Annapolis Accord had completely disregarded the letter of the "performance-based and goal-driven" Roadmap agreement and was ratified by neither Israel nor the PA. Therefore, it was not legally binding! At the same time, the deadline for the Roadmap expired in 2005 which is why the Annapolis Accord was rushed through. It is time for new approach!

Conciliatory Tone with the Message. Netanyahu struck a conciliatory tone addressing the Knesset. He stopped short of endorsing a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: "We do not want to exercise our power over the Palestinians," he said. "Under the final settlement, the Palestinians will have all the rights to govern themselves except those that endanger the security and existence of the state of Israel." (It would mean almost all of the so-called Palestinian population, including residents of Israel.)

Look Who is Talking! Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged the Arab leaders meeting in Doha to reject a 2002 Saudi peace initiative which offers normalization of ties with Israel in exchange for Jewish land Israel reclaimed in 1967. Assad told the Arab summit: "There is no peace partner for Arabs in Israel ." (Can he name any "peace partner" with Israel in the Arab world? Jordan and Egypt are not! They are just waiting for a right moment to strike at Israel , while benefiting from the US and international aid.)

Police Provocateurs Entrapped Jews. After the destruction on Thursday in the start-up outpost neighbourhood of Meoz Esther, police set up bait for the Jewish residents in the form of a car with Arab license plates that entered the Gilad Farm, an outpost near Kedumim. Several youths began to clash with the driver, and then the policemen surprised them by jumping out from the back seat and arresting them.

Who does Israel Negotiate with and will an Agreement Last? The Islamic Hamas movement emphasized last week it will not recognize the peace obligations signed by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) with Israel . Salah al-Bardaweel, a Hamas lawmaker, told the press that "Hamas can not accept the PLO's deals because any upcoming government would be formed by Hamas and Fatah and will reflect our views and we will re-compile any word the government speaks."

Quote of the Week: "There are those who see the solution in negotiation with the Mullahs. These people are either naïve or dishonest. The Mullahs' idea of negotiation is Islamic to the core. They take all and you give all since you, according to Islamic fiat, are not entitled to anything. The track record of Muslims negotiating even among themselves in places like Iraq, the Palestinian territory, Pakistan and almost every other Islamic land speaks volumes." - Amil Imani, an Iranian-born pro-democracy activist.

Tyrants, Terrorists and Genocidal Manics are United! Qatar's leader, a key U.S. ally, embraced Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir in a red-carpet welcome Sunday as he arrived to attend an Arab Summit in his most brazen act of defiance against an international arrest warrant on charges of war crimes in Darfur - killing up to 300,000 people and driving 2.7 million from their homes since 2003.

Arab MK: Too Many Jews in Galilee? Israeli MK Taleb A-Sana of the United Arab List (Ra'am Ta'al) accused the government week ago of "Judaizing the Galilee and the Negev " by encouraging Jews to move to those areas. (It's like saying "There are too many Arabs in Meccah". Israel can contribute to the Arabization of Saudi Arabia by moving all Muslims from Jewish land there!)

Financing Hizbullah. Interpol Director Ronald Noble told the opening of the Americas Interpol conference in Chile on Wednesday that cocaine trafficking is used to finance both the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and Hizbullah. (Poisoning the world with heroin was obviously not enough for Islamic terrorists.)

El Al Received Top Honours. EL AL, Israel' s national airline, was recently awarded for having the best security by readers of Global Traveller Magazine and rated by the German Aircraft Bureau for having impeccable security and safety practices.

Ponzi Scheme - Islamic-Style. Ali Al-Kurd, a money-changer in eastern Jerusalem , promised his investors a 26 percent annual profit. He disappeared several weeks ago, and 100 million shekels - some say 200 million - are gone. Among the investors who fell victim to the Arab eastern Jerusalem Ponzi scheme - violating Islamic religious law in the process - were leading Islamic figures in eastern Jerusalem , Hamas members and Fatah leaders.

Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak

Is it because of the need for an alternative route for the convoys supplying American and NATO troops fighting the doomed-to-failure war against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan which has brought to the US a new willingness to 'forgive' Iran and an unwillingness to stop its nuclear weapons program?

"Black Thunder" Leads the Way. The unmanned version of the D9 bulldozer - called "Black Thunder" - was developed several years ago by the Engineering Corps and was only recently declassified. "The unmanned D9 performed remarkably during Operation Cast Lead, clearing roads of mines and explosive devices," explained one officer in the Ground Forces Command. "There were explosive devices planted all over the Gaza Strip and particularly at the entrance to homes," another officer said.

The 'Friend' Israel can Trust?

1. According to a report in the London-based Arabic-language newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, a US official warned the Sudanese that someone was tracking the arms shipments of arms smuggling shortly before an aerial bombing destroyed a convoy headed for the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza . A report stated that the convoys were carrying Iranian Fajr-3 missiles, which have a range of 43 kilometres. (The US has been insisting that Israel must inform its 'friend' about its intentions in relation to Iran and other operations. Is this in order to warn Iran?)

2. Before taking office, Obama pressed Olmert to end the war against Hamas and is promoting Golan Heights surrender, reports New Yorker magazine. (Didn't he say that one president at the time I is enough?)

3. The United States will seek to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, reversing its policy of shunning the group. Since its creation in 2006 to replace the widely discredited U.N. Commission on Human Rights, the council has passed 32 resolutions; 26 have been critical of Israel . More than half of the 47 council's members fall short of basic democracy standards. (Is Obama another anti-Israel 'achiever' in the list of many US presidents of the same 'calibre'? All facts are supporting the answer "Yes".)

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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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