Doc's Talk: Disillusionment

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Disillusionment

Ari Bussel

“Abu Mazen has no right to represent the Palestinian People. We will not honor anything he agrees to in Washington DC.” Hamas Spokesperson, Southern Palestine. One of the most memorable slogans of the 2009 parliament elections in Israel was Avigdor Liberman’s “I Speak Arabic.”

Liberman holds such sufficient pressure on the Prime Minister, due to the number of mandates he controls, that one must hope he is currently practicing his “Arabic.” However, Israelis do not like Liberman, his methods or rhetoric. Even members of his party serve at his will. Who then does respect the Israeli Foreign Minister? The Arabs, who first refused to even meet him, are now his followers and advocates.

Liberman apparently clearly understands the neighborhood in which he lives. In the Middle East, one utilizes Western culture and language as weapons, propaganda and attack tools. But on the ground, there is only one language: power. Respect stems from strength. Ambivalence is translated into weakness, and weakness is equated with an opportunity to conquer.

The situation, incidentally, extends far beyond the Middle East. Russia practices the “bully syndrome” and the world shakes. There is a clear connection since Liberman was born in the former Soviet Union. He apparently was brought up on this ideology and now practices its tenets.

If this is indeed the case, why doesn’t Liberman utilize the Ministry he controls and its hundreds of employees and missions around the world? How can that be explained? What has Liberman done to relate the current situation to the world? Perhaps the mission is too big and requires a more capable Foreign Minister? Or perhaps Liberman, who so eloquently put forth the message everyone understands “I Speak Arabic,” has lost touch with the real objective of his lofty position?

A very clear message is resonating now from the spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. In a weekly lesson he stated, “Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this earth.” Peace-advocating Ishmaelites and the Palestinians Evil? Plague upon them? The Wrath of the God of the Hebrews, Lord of Hosts?

Iraqi-born Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has succeeded in his pronouncement to get the attention of Israel’s enemies, and they did not like what they heard. They make even worse pronunciations week after week, from the pulpits and loudspeakers of the mosques, including that on the Temple Mount. They throw stones at the praying Jews below next to the Western Wall, and all that is acceptable. Yet, in their minds, no one else is entitled to do the same.

There is another minor difference between Rabbi Ovadia and the Muslims. Rabbi Ovadia’s call is one of frustration, a request to end the war against us, a debate with the Almighty asking, “Why?” and “How much longer?” Rabbi Ovadia does not talk about angels or saints. Rather he describes a reality in which the Muslims’ call is one for action—to go out and murder the Jews. Rabbi Ovadia clearly sees what the world refuses to acknowledge, the systematic attempt to annihilate the Jewish people.

True incitement, vile and venomous, is the artifact of the Muslims. They have perfected its meaning and expanded its use to a level of expert craftsman, a witchcraft of the highest form. They served as an example 80 years ago to the Nazis, and to this very day they continue to spread blood liable to the most twisted imaginations.

The Arabs are insulted when they see reality staring them in the face. Liberman and Rabbi Ovadia both succeeded, each for a split second, to get the attention of our Muslim enemies. Pointing out that reality is ugly and can rear its head back at them as effectively as it is being used against Israel. That created an uncomfortable moment, but one that quickly passed.

Since the real essence of the Middle East is the war to eliminate Israel, and since Israel will not fight back nor at the moment successful at protecting herself, one must evaluate the situation beyond the Second-Peace-Prize Obama is eying, or the false pretenses and trumped-up photo-ops in the White House.

Indeed, Obama is intent on forcing Israel to acquiesce to a peace, as false and far removed as it may be from the Western definition of “peace.” One that would translate to weakness of the West, not only Israel, and be exploited against them, much like the long awaited and much publicized American withdrawal from Iraq.

The West is focused on the illusion of peace, and will force it on Israel whatever the cost to her people. The Arab world realizes this “peace” is nothing short of an execution order against the Jewish State, but they care not. Thus, in order for Israel to continue to exist, she must regroup, reevaluate and respond through action.

Defining the road to follow is actually very easy. Israel should desert the Palestinian Authority (PA) via a unilateral disengagement, and pronounce to the world that the PA is ineffective as it is incapable of representing the Palestinian “People.” Instead, Israel should turn to Hamas, a terror organization claiming it is the true representative of the Palestinian People, and work with it toward a desired “peace.”

“Work with it” may translate to “go to war against it,” but that is to those who speak Arabic and understand the Middle East mentality. For the Western ears, we will be “Striving for the elusive peace” and “condemning acts of terror against the Palestinians.”

By cutting off the PA from its sources of funding and international recognition, it will vanish quickly. They are not the moderate alternative they present. They are not much different than Hamas, except that Hamas has the guts to tell it like it is. They are too embroiled in money or corruption to ensure funding gets to the people whom it is supposed to serve.

Such a move will also strengthen Israel, since she will stop acting as a conduit transferring aid to Gaza via the PA. They will also have to face the grim reality of to whom they must look as a partner for “peace.”

What would happen then? Hamas puts forward what the PA is working to achieve through lies and deceit. Hamas wants to DESTROY ISRAEL. Hamas also claims to be the true representatives of the Palestinians, in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Jerusalem, Acre, Jaffe, Haifa and elsewhere in Israel and the refugees around the world. One needs just imagine for moment what will happen to Israel when Hamas takes over and the refugees start arriving. The landscape will resemble an area devastated by a nuclear bomb.

To achieve peace two enemies must sit down across from each other on the same level, even two sworn enemies. Then President Obama may finally see that his attempts at forcing a “peace” need to be directed at an organization his administration defines as terrorists.

Israel and the Palestinians have wasted two decades, since the Madrid Conference of 1991 and the Oslo Accords of 1993, 17 years ago. In the meantime, the situation has become worse for both parties to these delusional, mistaken and misleading events.

For peace to happen all parties must want peace. The Palestinians do not, and they do everything to continue destroying their archenemy, the Jewish State. They thirst for blood as the Israelis submit, and along with them the world dances around and around and sings in a choir of the unholy. It is truly a carousel of the absurd.

We must depart this sick circus and face reality. The truth is grim, but its exposure to the light of day will bring about healing. The process will be challenging, but at its end, a new world order will emerge, one where fanatic Islam is eradicated, Islam reverts to a religion from a geopolitical movement. Eventually, 21st century civilization will recognize its absence of rationality, as was the case during World War II with Germany, the most advanced society of the time.

Change can only happen when people admit to and face reality. Hope always exists that we will emerge victorious. Anything short of winning means our—Israel’s and the West—complete and utter elimination. The final act of a play that started so long ago is playing in our lifetime. It is still seeking a happy ending.

The series “Postcards from America—Postcards from Israel” by Ari Bussel and Norma Zager is a compilation of articles capturing the essence of life in America and Israel during the first two decades of the 21st Century.

The writers invite readers to view and experience an Israel and her politics through their eyes, Israel visitors rarely discover.

This point—and often—counter-point presentation is sprinkled with humor and sadness and attempts to tackle serious and relevant issues of the day. The series began in 2008, appears both in print in the USA and on numerous websites and is followed regularly by readership from around the world.

© “Postcards from Israel—Postcards from America,” September, 2010

Contact: aribussel@gmail.com

First Published September 2, 2010

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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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