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Steven Shamrak

"We Promote PA Economy While PA Boycotts Us . While Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz toured the Gush Etzion region he criticized the PA's economic boycott of Jewish goods and said that "This is a malicious step by the PA, at the same time that the Israeli government is doing everything it can to promote peace and economic assistance with them." (It looks like Israel is perpetual glutton for punishment - Appeasement of enemies never works for Jews!)" Jew Against Jew!

by Steven Plaut

It sounds like a contradiction in terms. An oxymoron. If only it was.

Jewish anti-Semitism is a modern disease. (Not quite! History is full of examples when self-hating Jews, conformists or Jewish traitors who converted to other faith were the biggest enemies and threat to their own people) The world is experiencing an explosion of it. Among the most malicious and venomous of all bigots, Jewish anti-Semites are at the forefront of just about every smear campaign against Israel and other Jews.

Such Jews are leaders in the campaigns to boycott and divest from Israel. A number of them make pilgrimages to the terrorist camps of Hamas and Hizbullah, with some even rationalizing or justifying terrorist atrocities against Jews. Such Jews pioneered the smear campaign painting Israel as an apartheid regime. Denouncing Israel as equivalent to Nazi Germany is their favourite pastime.

Western campuses are crawling with them. A Jewish judge chaired the UN commission that demonised Israel over Operation Cast Lead. A Jewish member of Britain's Parliament compared Hamas terrorists to Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto and denounced Israel as a Nazi entity.

Israelis and ex-Israelis comprise a shockingly large number of this group. Most Jews dismiss such people as "self-hating," but that term is misleading. These rogues do not hate themselves. Indeed, they are masters of narcissism. They hate other Jews and wish them harm.

These are not assimilationists of Jewish descent who have simply lost interest in their Jewish heritage or are indifferent to Jewish history and Israel. No, these Jews often make a point out of waving their own Jewish "roots" as artillery support for their extremist positions.

In some extreme cases they collaborate with neo-Nazis, Islamist terrorists, and even Holocaust deniers. No, that is not a misprint; there are today in the world Jews who are Holocaust deniers or who ally themselves with Holocaust deniers... (This modern strain of the disease flourishes only due to inapt policy of Israel's government and willingness to negotiate with the enemies and surrender Jewish land instead of pursuing the Jewish national goal!)

Ugliness of Hizbullah Exposed. The IDF has taken the unusual step of revealing to the press the precise location of Hizbullah hideouts in southern Lebanon. Many outposts and weapons warehouses are hidden in civilian areas and homes - but one actually takes shelter in a home for mentally handicapped children in the southern Lebanon village of Aita al-Shaab.

Food for Thought. Steven Shamrak

"Was the Aksa Mosque built over the remains of a Byzantine church? " - The church was built over the Jewish Temple! Christians had desecrated the Jewish holiest ground first and Muslims continued with the ugly tradition of insolence. Both religions have not expressed regret or have apologised to Jews!

Delay Tactic. Iran asked IAEA for help with sanctions and complains to the UN about American "threats of military action".

Stupid Games they Play. As the last brigade of US combat troops began to leave Iraq Thursday the Obama administration planned to double the number of private security guards it has in the country to fill the void. (More of taxpayers' money into the pockets of the 'mates', owners of private security companies!)

When the Word Worth Nothing! Sudden announcement from Moscow and Tehran 11 that Russia will activate Iran's first nuclear power reactor on Aug. 21 by loading the fuel has caused a major flap in Israel, Only two weeks ago Russian leaders assured Washington that the reactor would not go on line this year.

We Promote PA Economy While PA Boycotts Us . While Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz toured the Gush Etzion region he criticized the PA's economic boycott of Jewish goods and said that "This is a malicious step by the PA, at the same time that the Israeli government is doing everything it can to promote peace and economic assistance with them." (It looks like Israel is perpetual glutton for punishment - Appeasement of enemies never works for Jews!)

They Love Jewish Money and Blaming Israel for Everything. An Egyptian government official has blamed a natural gas deal with Israel for the country's power cuts. The export agreement leaves less gas to run the local power plants, an unnamed official at the Egyptian Ministry. (Bad planning! So, whose fault is it?)

Smart Money-making Portrayed as Anti-Israel Disinvestment. Harvard University's investment fund reported sold nearly $40 million in shares of Israel-based companies, but the sales appear to have been more of a smart money-making move than an anti-Israel "disinvestment action. The Harvard Management Fund sold out its Israeli investments in what it described as another blow to Israeli shares."

Woman Murdered for 'Witchcraft'. Islamic extremism in Gaza appears to be behind the Wednesday murder of a 62-year-old woman. The woman, Jabriyeh Abu Kanas, had been accused by neighbours of practicing witchcraft and was reported to Hamas authorities. Hamas has imposed several restrictions on Gaza residents aimed at strict observance of Islamic law.

Move to Expose anti-Israel Self-haters and their Supporters. The Knesset's Constitution Committee approved the first reading of a bill requiring the submission and publication of reports by non-profit organizations that receive foreign funding.

Gaza Markets Full of Goods. Wafa News Agency reported that since the beginning of the month of Ramadan, the markets in Gaza are full of goods, and laden with fruit and candy of all kinds. This report comes despite the ongoing claims by the ruling Hamas government that there is a siege on Gaza.

Greece is a Winner. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited to Greece last week, in a sign Israel is looking beyond its troubled alliance with Turkey for other strategic Mediterranean partners. Long a traditional ally of Arab states, Greece forged full diplomatic ties with Israel later than other European countries, only in 1990, and has lately signalled a desire for closer relations.

Nuclear Threat from Iran is Becoming Reality. Russia started loading a nuclear reactor in Iran with fuel, moving the project closer to being complete. (Many nations, even Arab ones, fear that Iran would use the reactor for production of nuclear weapons - All of them are eagerly waiting for Israel to stop the monster, as it was done in Iraq and Syria. They will deffinitely comdem Israel later!)

Israel Aims to be Space Superpower. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to approve an ambitious plan to turn Israel into a satellite superpower. The multi-year plan calls for the government to annually increase support for space research and development by several hundred million shekels. The aim is to increase sales of Israeli space platforms to nearly $8 billion a year. (Not bad for a "littile sh**y country"!)

Hypocrisy of the Headlines:

EU presses Israel to allow 'a better life' for Gaza - CNN - There is no presser on Lebanon, Syria, Jordan or Egypt to "better life" of professional Palestinian refugees. I wonder why?

Arms for Oil - What the Weapons for? Saudi Arabia's shopping list for American-made weapons has swelled to $60 billion, double the amount estimated for the previously announced purchase of 84 F-15 warplanes. The oil kingdom now is interested in 132 attack helicopters (who is it going to attack?) worth another $30 billion, but the Obama administration insists, "The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in the region."

Obama in Line with His Islamic Agenda. US President Barack Obama has forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center, demaguogically saying the country's founding principles demanded no less, even as 70 percent of US citizens opposed the mosque's construction.

Israel is still Treated as "a little ghetto Jew".

by Steven Shamrak.

Most of the time when a complex issue or subject is discussed a variety of opinions and emotions are expressed. We debate them listen to the opposite opinions and ideas in an attempt to find some understanding or solution. It is not always that the majority decision is the right one. If all parties involved in the discussion of the complex issue have articulated and supported the same point of view it is most probably the wrong one and, expressed under duress or biased attitude toward the subject under discussion with disregard to the facts and disrespect towards one or all parties involved.

Out of more than two hundred countries there isn't a single voice that would say: "Wait a minute, Israel is under terror attacks for many months and years." Most of Israel's neighbours refused to recognize her right to exist for 54 years. Israel desires to live in peace and is prepared to sacrifice a lot just for the sake of the piece of paper that would guarantee her a peaceful existence. Israel is condemned, but the Arab States that created terrorist infrastructures, who are instigators of recent waves of terror are not. Something is not kosher here! Why are different standards used? Don't you think Israel deserves to be treated as equal among equals? Don't you think there are legitimate historical, legal and moral rights for Israel to determine her own future?" I am still waiting to hear this voice!

Just imagine the reaction of Indonesia if it would be told "Leave West Papua". What about the United Kingdom and its occupation of Northern Ireland? Spain and France still refuse to even consider a legitimate call for independence of Basque people. There are 35 millions Kurds divided among five countries with no hope for independence or extermination of the Christians in the south of Sudan. All of them and more have legitimate claims for independence, unlike the Arab-Palestinians.

The most amazing thing about this situation is that, living in an environment of continuous war and terror created by her neighbours, Israel has managed to build a true democracy in the neighborhood of dictatorships. In the deserts and swamps the strong, arguably, world-leading economy is built. At the same time her neighbours still ride their economies "on the back of the camel" and those who have oil have not done much for the good of humanity or even for the future of their own people.

The Arab-Israel conflict is a complex issue. Too many people, countries and organizations are expressing their opinion without full knowledge or even a modicum of the facts or filter them through deeply imbedded hypocrisy, xenophobic anti-Semitism or politico-economic fear of blackmail by oil producing Arab countries.

Arab dictators cannot allow the true and economically successful democracy to exist in their midst. It will undermined their authority and will evoke in the minds their subjects undesirable questions and ideas. This is the reason why they are using radical Islam in order to keep the population of Muslim countries under control.

A short time ago the former Prime Minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, expressed the following ideas: "Militant Islamists resented the West for pushing back the triumphant march of Islam into the heart of Europe many centuries ago. Its adherents, believing in the innate supremacy of Islam.., militant Islam does not hate the West because of Israel, they hate Israel because of the West - because they see it is an island of Western democratic values in a Muslim-Arab sea of despotism."

We are in the presence of a miracle! Traditional Christian anti-Semites, Fascists, Communists, the Leftist opposition to Western democracy and radical Islam are all united against Israel and Jews in general. All those groups hate and have been fighting and killing each other for generations. The only force that is able unite them is a deep-rooted hatred toward Jews. But they do not represent the ultimate danger. It is the silent and indifferent majority we have to worry about. They have done it before. They allowed Nazis take over Europe and commit genocide. The League of Nations (currently named UN), the International Red Cross, the Vatican and the Western democracies stood mute when more than 6 millions Jews and many millions of other minorities were murdered.

The same perpetrators submit themselves to the newly emerging force of extreme Muslim pan-Arabism, not realising or deliberately ignoring the full ramifications of its expansionistic goals. They are standing now in state of the group paralysis induced by the fear, like a rabbit in front of a piton.

After centuries of persecution of Jews it is time for all decent people to say: "Enough is enough. Israel and Jews have full right to be treated as equal among equals. No more double standards!"