Doc's Talk: From Shamrak

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

From Shamrak

Happy New Year - ShanaTova!

Israel is still Lead by Delusional Leadership!

Israel wants a real peace agreement with the Palestinians, which will ensure Israeli security and will not be satisfied with "papers and promises", said Premier Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the start of direct negotiations between the sides.

"We will not allow the firing of thousands of rockets and missiles from Palestinian (controlled) territories into Israel as was the case when we pulled out of Lebanon and Gaza," "That is not peace? We want real agreements on the ground, that ensure the security of Israel and its citizens," Netanyahu said. According to the Ha'aretz daily, he told the Likud members that "real peace lasts for generations," citing as an example the peace agreement Israel and Egypt signed in 1979. (Is Egypt a true peace partner or just a camouflaged enemy, who is waiting for opportunity to stab Israel in a back? It is just 31 years, not "generations"!) He said peace was an attainable goal, but noted that it was not entirely up to Israel alone. (It will never happen - It is time to change direction!)

Netanyahu turned to Abu Mazen on Wednesday night and said: "You are my partner for peace." - With the partner like this, who needs enemy!

True Face of the 'Peace' Partner. As direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority began last week in Washington, the PA gave an award to a woman for raising four sons who all murdered Israelis in terrorist attacks. All her sons took part in terrorist attacks in which innocent Israeli civilians were murdered. PA Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Karake praised the Abu Hamid family as "a model of willpower and of the struggle for the independence of Palestine."

Sober Assessment of Reality. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman does not believe it was possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians: "I do not believe that a comprehensive agreement with the Palestinians is possible within a year, nor even during the next generation... Since the Oslo accords 17 years ago, important politicians have made multiple pledges and statements that nothing ever came of... We have not examined in depth the reasons why we have paid such a high price for each accord with the Palestinians which has had no results."

Food for Thought. Steven Shamrak

Advise to my readers: Please, learn facts, distribute information to others, focus on the ones who are open-minded and do not waste your time on rebuking fake views of Israel's enemies and stay focused on Jewish national goal - Reunification of Eretz Israel!

Problem is not Abbas - It is all of Them! A day after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged Israel to take advantage of "this historic opportunity" to achieve peace via the imminent direct negotiations, Hamas and 10 other Palestinian resistance groups demanded that he resign because of his "failure to resist heavy American and Israeli pressure" to abandon his preconditions for the talks.

Peace Partner or Partners in Crime. A cell of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the so-called military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization, claimed responsibility for a shooting attack that targeted two Israeli civilians in the drive-by shooting in the West Bank, one day after a similar attack, perpetrated by Hamas, left four Israeli civilians dead.

Worning to Lebanon. Frederick Hoff, assistant to US Middle East Peace Envoy George Mitchell, warned Lebanon that if it did not prevent any recurrence of the border-fire incident that occurred last month, the IDF is ready to implement a plan to destroy within four hours all Lebanese military infrastructure, including army bases and offices, should a similar confrontation occur in the future.

Arabs Silence One Another. Palestinian Authority human rights groups are reporting that both the PA government in Judea and Samaria as well as the Hamas government in Gaza inflict abuse on one another, carrying out arbitrary arrests, ban rivals from travel, exclude them from civil service jobs and suppress opposition media. (The US did not want to talk to Taliban, Al Quida or Sadam. Both Hamas and Fatah are terrorist organisations, committed to obliteration of Israel. Why should Israel negotiate with them?)

Stupidity in Action:

Israeli President Apologizes to Arab Photographer over Security Check... - Has the PA President appologised for killing of four Israelis?

Tying Knot before the War. Syrian army and the Hezbollah terrorist organization have reached a military cooperation agreement. The agreement includes intelligence cooperation on Israeli targets and a possible exchange of information on the types of weapons used by the Israeli army. Syrian President Bashar Assad put his cards on the table while hosting Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri on Sunday night and urged a joint Syrian-Lebanese-Hizbullah front against Israel.

Should not be Israel's Problem Also. In a recent interview she made to a website identified with the Palestinian Authority, Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi (Balad) said that she does not represent Israel, but rather represents a struggle that does not recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Speaking to the website Elaph, Zoabi said: "Our voice is painful to the Israeli public on national issues, because it feels we are a threat to the state. Therefore, when we demand national rights, we threaten the Jewishness of the state. It's true, but it's not my problem, this is the problem of the racist definition of the state (of Israel) as a Jewish state." (Why should existence of fake Palestinian nation be Israel's problem? Only by stopping the peace process sharade and removing enemies from Jewish land we can begin creating true peace in Israel!)

Quote of the Week:

" Osama bin Laden never mentioned the Arab-Israeli conflict as a reason for 9/11. He was angered by US involvement and influence in the Arab world, particularly in Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden only jumped on the Palestinian issue after seeing them celebrating 9/11, and realizing that the fractious, feudal Muslims could only agree on one thing, that being the hatred of the 'little Satan'." - Len Bennett

Taliban does not Care. The death toll from a Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose to 65. About 150 people were wounded and some remained in critical condition after the bombing Friday in the south-western city of Quetta. The attack was the second in a week against Shiites for which the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. A triple suicide bombing on Wednesday night killed 35 people at a Shiite ceremony in the eastern city of Lahore. (Many News agencies have conveniently omitted that the procession was conducted in support of so-called Palestinians during ' Al-Quds Day'. Lives of Muslims are not secret for Taliban and Al Quida. And terror is not about 'Palestinians'!)

Peace is Weapon Against the Infidels.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the moving spirit behind the initiative to establish a mosque within a short distance from Ground Zero presents himself as a Muslim moderate, striving to find common ground between religions and reveal the "true essence" of American Islam.

In a letter to The New York Times, published on November 27, 1977, responding to the historic visit of Sadat in Israel he called on Muslims to "give a chance for peace." But he added, "I say to my Arab brothers, the Prophet Muhammad taught... after the war with the infidels of Mecca, which lasted many years, he acceded to their demands in the Hudaibiah Convention, demands that his colleagues saw as most humiliating. And yet, peace has become the most effective weapon against the infidels." Muhammad used the period to rearm and eventually conquered Mecca and defeated the heretics.

Rauf added "real peace, is impossible with a pure Jewish state in Palestine... in a real peace, which will be in our lifetimes, Israel will become yet another Arab state with a Jewish minority."

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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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