Doc's Talk: Jewish Organizations' Failure

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Jewish Organizations' Failure

March 3, 2013

Nurit Greenger

Reading the article 'Hagel Without Tears' (http://www.nysun.com/editorials/hagel-without-tears/88207/) has brought up the question, are the organizations that suppose to represents Jewish causes and help Israel in the international arena doing their job?

When you read that Jewish organizations, such as American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) do not take a formal public position in cases, such as the nomination of Chuck Hagel to a Secretary of Defense you begin wondering, are they doing their job right?

PM Benjamin Netanyahu at AIPAC Annual Conference

When you read that Morton Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) claims that the leaders of the Jewish organizations, mentioned above, were worried about the consequences for the Jewish community if they took an forceful position against Hagel's nomination, you know something is wrong; they do not have what it takes to lead.

The nomination of Chuck Hagel was an American issue, not only Israel's issue, or Jews, despite his mainstream anti-Semitism sentiments and his negative position on Israel and his favoritism of her foes. Hagel appeared to be simply unfit to be the Secretary of State of all Americans, not only American Jews. Had the Jewish organizations come out and lobbied against Hagel, there was a chance that he would have been stopped and that would have been good for every American.

In observation of what the Jewish organizations have done for us, Jews and Israel, lately, besides constantly asking for money to keep their doors open and raise funds, I come up rather empty handed.

Here is an interesting triangle: The Union of Reform (Deformed) Judaism (URJ) just came out against Israel building in area E-1, but it is actually promoting a J Street (J'ihad Street) event to take place in a URJ Temple Isaiah on Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, this after J Street advocated for Hagel nomination and called those who opposed Hagel smear artists. Is J Street for or against USA and Israel's interests?

We better get used to the word 'stealth'; there is full blown stealth jihad by Moslems against the non-Moslem world; there is also stealth civil war, the Left war against all that the Left is not for and does not supports; and there is a stealth civil war among Jews on wide spectrum of issues.

For instance, in my opinion, Jeremy Ben-Ami, the executive director of J Street is a stealth Israel hater and he needs to be confronted. That is what StandWithUs (SWU) will be doing on March 11, 2013 when the organization's CEO Roz Rostein will be debating Ben-Ami on the subject "Israel's Future and the Role of the American Jewish Community"; venue: Temple Isaiah, 10345 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles,90064. If you are still in the loop and you have not distanced yourself from Israel, as many Jews have done already, and you are concerned about Israel's future, join the efforts, go listen, make your voice heard.

With organizations such as J Street and even URJ influencing our Jewish youth we are raising generations who will be ashamed of Israel and will have nothing to do with the Homeland of the entire Jewish nation.

These organization are, for instance, blind to what the Palestinian Authority and Mahmud Abbas really are; they have whitewashed Jewish history and the real legal rights of the Jewish people to the land, not the land they elected to relate and deal with but all the land that make up the land of Eretz Israel. If we allow J Street, the Jewish organizations that have elected to shut up and religion based movements, turned political, such as URJ, to continue on their path, watch how fast the connection to Israel vanishes and anti-Semitism sentiments fill the vacuum in the West, including the United States. Failing to speak up when one had the chance has its detrimental consequences.

Time is dire. It appears that we have to redouble our efforts of telling the truth so many simply elected not to tell or hear. This is what Sarah N. Stern, Founder and President of EMET (Endowment for Middle East Truth) tells us to do.

StandWithUs, should not be afraid to come up with a booklet that tells the truth about the Palestinian Authority, similar to the one they have issued on Hamas; political correctness and false hopes will not bring about peace with this Arabic entity. They have never been and are not a peace partner for Israel, no matter how one approaches this long conflict issues. In fact the PA are just like Hamas only that they have chosen the diplomatic and legal warfare against Israel rather than the arms' struggle, the operation path of Hamas. It is time to tell it as it is, not hide behind hopes, delusions, lies and deception, as we have been doing for decades. Until these Islamo-jihadists change their education system NOTHING will make them a genuine peace partner for Israel, not now, not ever.

The world has lost a huge chunk of its moral compass, or perhaps it really did not have it. If we do not define what is right, make our case and then fight for it we are doomed.

If the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC), based in Los Angeles, promotes the SWU-J Street debate event, then their duty is to also keep the Los Angles-Israeli community well balanced on information; they should invite, for instance, Gerald Steinberg of the NGO Monitor who will update the community on what J Street, the New Israel Fund and Americans for Peace Now really are and how they are harming Israel and with that, indirectly, the entire world's Jewry.

People need to know that organization such as J Street wears the cloak of respectability but the fact is that it works to subvert Israel every day and its aggressive advocacy to see Hagel nominated is just the latest example.

Here is another idea: how about SWU running a campaign on campuses all over the world, to expose and delegitimize the fake pro-Israel groups? It is not just the covert and overt anti-Semitism on campus that is the problem, it is also the stealth jihad that is rampant there too. Just like it is not just Hamas that is the problem for Israel; the PA and its leadership and its head Abbas are too a major problem that is not properly dealt with. As if because they all wear suits and ties everyone lives with the delusion that they are not the terrorists they really are. It is not just the Muslim Brotherhood that is the problem, it is also its USA front groups, including those the Jewish community supports and does "interfaith" meetings with, such as MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs counck) and ISNA, Islamic society of North America, that are the problem.

Here is a scenario our minds need to grasp and think along: in order to have Israel's Ambassador to the USA Mr. Michel Oren's approval, J Street declared they have changed their mind on the Goldstone Report, which they first promoted, now reject. BUT, when the PA went to UN to seek membership, against all the agreements it has signed with Israel, to which the USA and EU were witnesses, and members of Congress were passing a bill to deny any future funding for the PA and to shut its DC office, J Street made sure no such bill got a majority, and indeed it never passed. In other words, J street has given a pass to Israel's enemy for its recalcitrant behavior, which undermines Israel's position in the international arena. That must not be tolerated.

So, it appears that AIPAC, ADL and AJC have been silenced. Silence can be death too.

NO more debates and parlor meetings. Action is needed. If Jews and Israel want to be respected, rather than bashed, expose and delegitimize those who demonize, delegitimize and subvert Israel and Jewish positions.

We have to re-evaluate everything we do because thus far we rank a failure.

There were over 600 rabbis who promoted Obama for a second term as president. This after his record was already shameful. Has anyone asked these rabbis why? What good is Obama brining to the entire American nation, to Israel and to the world? What has he done in the past 4 years that has made the USA and the world a better place to live? Name one!

I am well aware about the egos that run organizations, all functioning on the benevolence of the public. Have we asked them, what have you done for us lately?

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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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