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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Shamrack's Samplings

UNHRC Has Different Rules for Israel.

If more proof were needed that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a feckless, biased, intellectually corrupt haven for dictators and Islamofascists, the evidence was clearly on display this week. The UNHRC voted to affirm Sri Lanka 's right, justifiably, to self-defence from terror attacks launched against its citizens and territory by the Tamil Tigers. Indeed, the council went further, "condemning all attacks that the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) launched on the civilian population and its practice of using civilians as human shields." Sri Lanka had every right to protect itself, the council concluded, even at the cost of an estimated 20,000 civilian Tamil lives since the beginning of May alone. Why, then, when Israel seeks to do the same -- protect its citizens and territory from rocket and terror attacks launched from Gaza -- does the very same council accuse Israel of being a "genocidal empire?" No quarter is given for the way Hamas --every bit as much a terror organization as the LTTE -- hides its rocket bases and ammunition caches in schools, apartments and hospitals and launches its attacks on Israel from behind innocent human targets so that if the Israel Defense Forces wish to retaliate it is impossible for them to do so without taking civilian lives.

Muslim Convert Kills Soldier at US Recruiting Office. One soldier was killed and another wounded when Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad opened fire on the pair as they were standing outside a military recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas last week. Muhammad told police investigators he was angry about the killing of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Why are Muslims never angry at Islamists and do not kill them when they murder Jews and Christians?)

Opportunity is Slipping for Stopping Iran.

Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, issued his most serious warning yet about the approach of a nuclear-armed Iran: "Most of us believe that Iran is one to three years" from developing a nuclear weapon& depending on where they are right now. But they are moving closer, clearly, and they continue to do that," he told ABC's "This Week" Sunday, on May 24. He indicated that an Iran could develop a nuke at any time from one to three years hence.

"That's why this engagement in dialogue is so important. I think we should do that with all options on the table..." although a "pretty narrow space" is left for a successful outcome meaning Iran does not end up with nuclear weapons.

At the same time, Mullen said a military strike against Iran 's nuclear facilities could have grave consequences - but so too would a nuclear-armed Iran.

Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak

The speech of President Obama in Cairo was full of platitudes and seemingly naïve statements which were made deliberately misleading and dangerous! He completely ignored the responsibility of Muslim states for fostering Islamic hate and terrorism against infidels! According to Obama, Muslims do not have to (after 9/11, Bali, 7/7...) gain the trust of the US or the West in general.

Why does the two-state solution propose the creation of a state for the fake Palestinians only? Abbas, US President Obama and multitude of other ' Israel lovers' are planning to deport 280,000 Jews from their homes in Judea and Samaria, as was done in Gaza . At the same time, they are not willing to recognize Israel as the Jewish state or even consider the removal of the enemy population from Jewish land!

Politically Skewed Justice. State Prosecutor Menachem Mazuz said last week that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman "would not be a minister in a normal country." According to Mazuz, a person should not be able to be appointed minister if he has ongoing police investigations against him. ("In a normal country" Labor's political stooge would not be a state prosecutor. Mazuz did not make similar remarks when Olmert was investigated for multiple corruption charges, being Israel's PM, and Peres for rape, being Israel' s President! But he did everything possible to drag out these inquiries.)

Quiet Weapons War. An Iranian ship was recently destroyed off the coast of Sudan while transporting weapons to Gaza , according to the Egyptian daily Al-Usbua. The paper named Israel and the United States as likely suspects in the attack.

Is Jewish life Cheaper than American? Former Vice President Dick Cheney finally admitted that he does not believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the planning or execution of the September 11, 2001, attacks. He strongly defended the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq, however, arguing that Hussein's previous support for known terrorists was a serious danger after 9/11. (Nuclear Iran's support " for known terrorists" is also a serious danger for Israel! Why are both US administrations, Bush and Obama, vigorously sabotaging Israel's right to self-defence?)

Abbas Rejected Olmert's State Offer. The Palestinian Authority rejected an offer from the Olmert government for a PA state on almost the entire area of Judea and Samaria (Yesha). Deputy Editorial Editor Jackson Diehl of Washington Post by revealed: "Abbas acknowledged that Olmert had shown him a map proposing a Palestinian state on 97 percent of the West Bank ... He confirmed that Olmert 'accepted the principle' of the 'right of return' of Palestinian refugees -- something no previous Israeli prime minister had done... Abbas turned it down." (Abbas, as his predecessor Arafat, has only one objective - Destruction of Israel - anything else is irrelevant! Never again should Israel 's leaders gamble with Jewish land for the sake of the fake peace process!)

Quote of the Week: "With all due respect to the United States , our strategic ally, we are an independent democratic country and our political leadership is chosen by internal democratic processes... Our experience with American dictates in the very recent past has not been a good one. It was the United States that insisted on allowing Hamas to run in the Palestinian elections. I don't think this government will very easily cave to demands that are not carefully considered and responsible, no matter how much we value our strategic partnership with the United States." Coalition chairman and Likud MK Ze'ev Elkin

Barbarity is an Intricate part of the 'Moderate' Arab State. Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh week ago, on Friday. The Saudi Interior Ministry said Ahmed Al-Shamlani Al-Anzi was sentenced to death and then "crucifixion" - having his body displayed in public. (No doubt it was a part of the Muslim's holiest day of the week celebration!) Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh Saudi Arabian officials beheaded and then publicly displayed the body of a convicted killer in Riyadh on Friday

Amnesty International is Another anti-Israel 'Barking Dog'. In its 2009 annual report Amnesty International places sole blame on Israel for the breakdown in the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that led to Operation Cast Lead and ignored Hamas violations, including terror attacks and kidnapping of Gilad Shalit.

Any Fake Excuse Would Do. On his way from Washington Abbas met Mubarak to inform him of the results of his visit to the United States and stated at a press conference: "Palestinians will not resume peace talks with Israel unless it stops settlements" (But the infighting between Hamas and Fatah, continuation of terrorist attacks against Israel and the non-recognition of Israel as the Jewish state are not an obstacle for peace!)

Britain to Review all Arms Exports to Israel. Britain said it will review all weapons exports to Israel following the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The move comes after pressure from British lawmakers who had demanded that the government ensure U.K. weapon parts were not used against 'Palestinians'. (But it can be used to kill Jews? It would be a balance approach to stop selling weapons to Muslim countries as well! This is another case of anti-Semitic international hypocrisy!)

What Peace? It is Just a Respite. Several Jordanian Parliament members presented a new law to cancel the country's peace treaty with Israel. The lawmakers claimed Israel does not respect treaties and does not want peace. (Look who is talking? How have Jordan and Egypt contributed to peace with Israel, except for taking US aid for nothing?)

'Easing Life' for Arabs = Life in Terror for Jews!

by David Wilder

In January 1997 Bibi signed and implemented the Hevron Accords, which transferred over 80% of Hevron to Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority. Finally, an overwhelming majority of Hevron Arabs were freed from the yoke of the Zionist occupier. No more Israeli soldiers patrolled some 80% of the city looking for 'freedom fighters', AKA terrorists. This led, three and a half years later, to the beginning of shooting attacks from the Abu Sneneh and Harat a-Sheikh hills overlooking Hevron's Jewish community, which continued for almost two and a half years. They lived the good life; Hevron's Jews lived with constant terror. (Over 850,000 Jews have been forced to leave Muslim countries since the creation of Israel . Isn't it time for Arabs to leave Jewish land and put an end to subjecting Jews to terror even within Israel? Stupidity of the global domination of Islam must be stopped!)

Irreconcilable Brotherly Love.

Six people were killed in a Palestinian Authority raid on a rival Hamas terrorist stronghold in the Samarian city of Kalkilya last week. Egyptian mediators have spent months trying to bring the Hamas and Fatah factions together to recreate a PA unity government. Prior to the seizure of Gaza by Hamas in June 2007, Saudi Arabian King Abdullah had managed to convince the two terror groups to work together in a coalition, but it lasted only a few weeks. PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas has in the past promised Israel and the United States not to return to any unity government with Hamas unless it first renounces terror, accepts Israel's right to exist and commits itself to upholding agreements signed by previous PA governments with Israel and other entities. (Both parties hate Israel without any doubt, but hate among them is flaming also high!)

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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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