Doc's Talk: Disproportionate Response

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Disproportionate Response

Many countries and world leaders have accused Israel of responding disproportionately to aggression from Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Reluctantly the world's media started to make note of another disproportionate response from Israel.

Let's look at Haiti and the disastrous earthquake in Haiti that has generated responses from many nations: The US has sent supplies and personnel, Britain sent 64 firemen and 8 volunteers, France sent troops for Search and Rescue. Many large and wealthy nations of the world sent money.

The Arab and Moslem world -- nothing.

Israel, a nation of 7.5 million people has sent a team of 220 people that include Medical personnel and has established the largest field hospital in Haiti, treating up to 5000 people a day, along with an experienced Search and Rescue team and medical supplies.

As in previous earthquake disasters, such as in Gujarat India in 2001 and in Turkey, in the bombings in Kenya, Israel has been one of the most generous givers of aid and assistance Turkey seems to have forgotten this help...

It is about time for some soul-searching and honesty. It is about time for the world to acknowledge Israel's disproportionate response to those who face despair - Israel's disproportionate compassion to those in dire need of succour in the face of disaster?

It is also about time for the world to admit the disproportionate hatred spewed out by the United Nations - by those very nations whose hands are soaked in the blood of the innocent.

Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak

Osama bin Laden claimed credit for the Christmas day attempt to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit and vowed there would be more attacks. Have you heard any condemnation from traditional anti-Semites and Israel haters and Muslim allies of the United States?

Time for Israei's self-Defence is Now. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote that "Surely, the day will come when the nations of the region will witness the destruction of the Zionist regime." Western Intelligence agency's now believe Iran will be able to produce a large nuclear bomb within a year and Iranian President Ahmadinejad has often said that Israel is "doomed to be wiped off the map".

Obama Using Blame to Cove up his Failed Polices. President Barack Obama blamed the Israeli right for the diplomatic freeze with the Palestinian Authority: "the difficulty of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to progress beyond what the right-wing coalition allows." (The Israeli self-hating left will push Israel to self-destruction. Is the unwillingness of Arabs, including Abbas, to have peace with Israel nothing to do with lack of progress?)

The Traitor has Spoken Again. President of Israel, Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that Israel is ready to surrender more land: "Israel supports the principle of the 'two state solution'... today we are prepared to relinquish territories to achieve peace with the Palestinians and to enable them to establish an independent, prosperous and peaceful state." (When will this delusional man retire and stop undermining Israel's policy?)

Another Idiot has Opened his Mouth. In order to promote his party (Labor) position and undermined the view of his Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Ehud Barak says the conflict with Palestinians poses a greater threat to Israel than Iran's nuclear program.

IDF Trains International Commandos. The IDF's Foreign Training Branch trains international commandos from around the world in urban warfare and 2010 is overbooked already.

Quote of the Week: "A mere six decades after the Holocaust, you give legitimacy to a man who denies the murder of six million Jews while promising to wipe out the State of Israel, the State of the Jews. What a disgrace. What a mockery of the charter of the United Nations." - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at about U.N. summit, after Ahmadinejad's speech.

What War on Terror? The Obama administration has lifted a ban placed on the radical Muslim intellectual and theologian Tariq Ramadan, based in Switzerland, because he had contributed several hundred dollars to a Palestinian aid association. Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan el Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo in 1928.

Response to UN's anti-Israel Smear. IDF prosecutor Avichai Mandelblitt said the Goldstone Report charges Israel with intentionally damaging civilian infrastructure, which he called ''totally false'': 1) Destruction of a flour mill did not come from an Israeli F-16, but was caused by a rocket launching by the Hamas that went bad. 2) The much discussed destruction of a waste water treatment center was not by Israel but rather by Hamas explosions. (Has Hamas bothered investigate its war crimes and respond to the UN? As usual, no one is complaining!)

They Also Opposed Sanctions Against Nazi Germany! American business groups, including the United States Chamber of Commerce, warned the White House that congressional plans to expand sanctions against Iran threaten to significantly undermine American economic and security interests. "The proposed sanctions would incite economic, diplomatic and legal conflicts with US allies and could frustrate joint action against Iran." (Why are those 'US allies' supporting Iran - the enemy of the United States?)

Stupidity of Feeding Enemies. As a goodwill gesture (how many of them must Israel make to realize that they do not work?) , Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the annual transfer of NIS 25 million, about $6 million, to Gaza Strip residents entitled to social security and pension payments from Israel. (The money could be better used for supporting Israeli victims of Hamas and fighting terror!)

Hiding Failure and Delusional Stupidity. In his first State of the Union address on Wednesday night, U.S. President Barack Obama said that he would not give up on his vision of affordable health care, and would work harder to fix the U.S. economy. He did not mention U.S. involvement in achieving a Mideast peace deal, nor did he mention Israel and the Palestinian Authority. He did say that the U.S. war against Al Qaeda terrorists was succeeding. (The fake Mideast peace process has brought another failure. There is no progress in Iraq and Afghanistan either!)

Non-Zionist Press does not Make Commercial Sense. Public radio station Kol-Israel, which has a monopoly on national broadcasts, is losing listeners to regional stations. Army Radio stations also lost listeners. Meanwhile listenership of regional radio stations is rising. And the new TGI media survey shows that the three main leftwing newspapers continue to lose readership. Haaretz Falls to Fifth Place .

Time for Rebirth of True Zionism.

by Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Israel is the Jewish state. The UN recognized Israel that way in 1948. The idea of a safe homeland for the Jewish people, in the land of Israel - that's Zionism. But that idea has been effectively stolen and delegitimized by people peddling fashionable (anti-Semitic) politics.

And as the world grows increasingly hostile to Israel, the Jews hostile to Israel play an increasingly larger role in the public debate. Who are those Jews? You know: the self-important intellectuals and the well-moneyed, honey-tongued groupies currently whispering into the eager ears of the White House (seeking the praise of the masters) . They label themselves "pro-peace and pro-Israel." But they don't really care about protecting Israel from the threats of terrorism and extinction.

They protect themselves from being identified with the nationalistic Jews (but Palestinian nationalism is a virtue and a right, according to them) by advocating a "peace process" that has never led and will never lead to peace in the Middle East. The same holds true for the non-Jews who call themselves pro-peace but are really just anti-Israel.

How will Z STREET change the terms of the debate? First, ours is the proud, full-throated advocacy of (true) Zionism (flexible 'zionism' does not work and is even more dangerous than Arab terrorists). Second, our approach is devoted to changing the terms of the public debate by firmly and unabashedly asserting our "three No's": NO negotiations with, NO appeasement of and NO concessions to terrorists. We refuse to use the vocabulary of those who have delegitimized the Zionist idea. Words like "occupation", " West Bank" and "settlers" are weapons pointed at the heart of Zionism, not neutral instruments (but do not spend too much time on useless rebuke). The sooner people see that, the faster we'll all attain clarity.

There was never a Palestinian State (or people) and that Jews have an irrefutable centuries-long religious and historical attachment to Jerusalem (and all Palestine), while the Arab (and other so-called) Palestinians have none... What's not nice - the language or the facts? Until the terms of the debate and the strategy for changing those terms are employed, the world will continue to abuse Israel. (But most importantly, Jews must start to believe again that Jewish people have the right to live as a sovereign nation on the land of our ancestors. We must stop looking for approval from others and pursue what is rightfully ours!) It is time to sweep aside years of mind control successfully practiced by the anti-Israel crowd..
Thanks Steven Shamrak

1 comment:

wattanni said...: I would just like to reiterate the following:

"The Arab and Moslem world -- nothing."

NO, not at all!; 6:17 PM

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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