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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Golan Promise
From: The Dry Bones Blog <blog@mrdrybones.com>
To: ackieone <ackieone@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:03:18 -0400
Subject: Dry Bones:Golan Promise (1981)
Dry Bones blog updates for ackieone@yahoo.com Dry Bones:Golan Promise (1981) Golan Promise (1981)
I was shocked to discover a fact that everyone (your faithful servant included) has forgotten. Following the 1973 Egyptian Yom Kippur War surprise attack on Israel, the Israelis pushed the Egyptian invading force out of Sinai. In the ensuing "search for peace", America put heavy pressure on Israel to withdraw from the Egyptian Oil fields in Sinai.
What I (in 2008), and apparently President Ronald Reagan (in 1981) forgot was that Israel had received something tangible from the Americans in return for the unilateral withdrawal from the oil fields: "the tangible benefit for Israel from its agreement to a unilateral withdrawal from the Egyptian oil fields was a presidential letter from President Ford concerning the vital importance of Israel holding on to the Golan Heights, which Israel had taken from Syria in 1967 following 19 years of Syrian shelling on Israel's northern communities from the towering Golan Heights, and Syria's incessant attacks from the Golan on the Sea of the Galilee – Israel's only fresh water resource, from where Israel's National Water Carrier pumps water to the whole country." -moreIn the letter, Gerald Ford, 38th President of the U.S. gave an assurance that "The U.S. will support the position that an overall settlement with Syria in the framework of a peace agreement must assure Israel's security from attack from the Golan Heights. The U.S. further supports the position that a just and lasting peace, which remains our objective, must be acceptable to both sides. The U.S. has not developed a final position on the borders. Should it do so it will give great weight to Israel's position that any peace agreement with Syria must be predicated on Israel remaining on the Golan Heights." -more -Dry Bones- Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973 Click to visit the Dry Bones Gift Shop. Mugs, T Shirts. Posters, Greeting Cards, Mousepads... |
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Fwd: Comments re: IDF. They are just tools of the Political class.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robin Ticker <faigerayzel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Subject: Comments re: IDF. They are just tools of the Political class.
To: media@actcom.co.il
bs"d
Thank you Akiva for your excellent comments. Besides the typo of Kassam instead of Yassam, it's pretty apparent that the Security of the Jewish people be it IDF, police or Yassam is as Akiva puts it a tool for the political class or as David Bedein says acting in response to American intervention, removing functional generals and replacing them with like-politically-minded sycophants.
We can say the same thing about the Judicial system. Judges do do not carry out justice but are the same like-politically-minded sycophants. What is with Misphat Ivri?
Apparently the police serves not to protect the security of the citizens rather are the same like-politically-minded sycophants..
How about the Media. Where is the voice of Judea and Samaria. Why is A7 banned? Same as the above in the mainstream media.
How about the Rabbinate? Are they speaking up for Torah or appointed by the political class and misrepresent that as Torah?
So .....
Isn't there a Higher Authority?
What are officers to do when commanded to carry out immoral orders?
What are citizens to do when their legal system is corrupt and not just. What's the point of going to court?
What are religious Jews to do when their appointed Rabbis of the political class promote the political agenda rather than Torah.
Akiva writes:
I agree with what you wrote, but a few fact corrections:
2. Amona - Select Kassam units of the IDF cruelly commit a pogrom on unprotected, unarmed G-d fearing Jews primarily a bunch of teenagers.
- Yassam, not Kassam.
- Yassam is a special riot police division, who receive crowd brutalization training. (really) They are not army, nor even regular police. I have a picture of this from an event where they tore down a synagogue in Hevron last night I'll send you (you'll see the difference).
3. The IDF command structure was changed under the Sharon & Peres regimes, removing functional generals and replacing them with like-politically-minded sycophants. They revamped the IDF battle structure to fit their new-middle-east world view, which of course didn't really exist. You know the results. My point being, the IDF is a tool of the political class, not an independent entity.
3. S'derot - same statement, the IDF provides or doesn't the coverage or defense that the political class orders. They present attack plans and are told not to. They present defense plans and are also told not to. S'derot is not being left out to dry by the IDF, but by Kadima.
7. No, the police did. I'll send pictures so you have an example. Same story as above.
I don't idolize the IDF, but neither do I condemn them for following orders. That's what we expect armies to do. When they don't, we call it a military coup.
David Bedein media@actcom.com.il writes:
The US State Dep't has repeated time and again that Israel must not kill non combatants, including people who give orders to fire.
There are several US groups who now organize massive pressure on the US to not allow Israel to respond militarily.
The answer must be stated simply: Dead terrorists cannot give orders to kill.
It is vital for US citizens to bombard members of the Middle East Subcommittee of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee with one message:
From: Robin Ticker <faigerayzel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Subject: Comments re: IDF. They are just tools of the Political class.
To: media@actcom.co.il
bs"d
Thank you Akiva for your excellent comments. Besides the typo of Kassam instead of Yassam, it's pretty apparent that the Security of the Jewish people be it IDF, police or Yassam is as Akiva puts it a tool for the political class or as David Bedein says acting in response to American intervention, removing functional generals and replacing them with like-politically-minded sycophants.
We can say the same thing about the Judicial system. Judges do do not carry out justice but are the same like-politically-minded sycophants. What is with Misphat Ivri?
Apparently the police serves not to protect the security of the citizens rather are the same like-politically-minded sycophants..
How about the Media. Where is the voice of Judea and Samaria. Why is A7 banned? Same as the above in the mainstream media.
How about the Rabbinate? Are they speaking up for Torah or appointed by the political class and misrepresent that as Torah?
So .....
Isn't there a Higher Authority?
What are officers to do when commanded to carry out immoral orders?
What are citizens to do when their legal system is corrupt and not just. What's the point of going to court?
What are religious Jews to do when their appointed Rabbis of the political class promote the political agenda rather than Torah.
Akiva writes:
I agree with what you wrote, but a few fact corrections:
2. Amona - Select Kassam units of the IDF cruelly commit a pogrom on unprotected, unarmed G-d fearing Jews primarily a bunch of teenagers.
- Yassam is a special riot police division, who receive crowd brutalization training. (really) They are not army, nor even regular police. I have a picture of this from an event where they tore down a synagogue in Hevron last night I'll send you (you'll see the difference).
3. The IDF command structure was changed under the Sharon & Peres regimes, removing functional generals and replacing them with like-politically-minded sycophants. They revamped the IDF battle structure to fit their new-middle-east world view, which of course didn't really exist. You know the results. My point being, the IDF is a tool of the political class, not an independent entity.
3. S'derot - same statement, the IDF provides or doesn't the coverage or defense that the political class orders. They present attack plans and are told not to. They present defense plans and are also told not to. S'derot is not being left out to dry by the IDF, but by Kadima.
7. No, the police did. I'll send pictures so you have an example. Same story as above.
I don't idolize the IDF, but neither do I condemn them for following orders. That's what we expect armies to do. When they don't, we call it a military coup.
David Bedein media@actcom.com.il writes:
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008
Subject: Attn US citizens: Ask Congress to remove constraints on Israel to kill terror leaders and kill human shields in Gaza
US policy presently allows Israel to shoot at rocket launchers in Gaza - not those who give the order to shoot from Gaza..
Each time Israel mounts the slightest military operation towards Gaza, the US intervenes.
We in the world of journalism can easily locate and reach Gaza leaders who give the orders to fire mortars into the Western Negev.
The IDF can also locate and reach the same culprits.
Each time Israel mounts the slightest military operation towards Gaza, the US intervenes.
We in the world of journalism can easily locate and reach Gaza leaders who give the orders to fire mortars into the Western Negev.
The IDF can also locate and reach the same culprits.
The US State Dep't has repeated time and again that Israel must not kill non combatants, including people who give orders to fire.
There are several US groups who now organize massive pressure on the US to not allow Israel to respond militarily.
The answer must be stated simply: Dead terrorists cannot give orders to kill.
It is vital for US citizens to bombard members of the Middle East Subcommittee of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee with one message:
Here are the members:
The tel. of all congress people is: 202-224-3121
The Message:
STOP RESTRAING ISRAEL'S HAND.
ALLOW ISRAEL TO KILL TERRORIST LEADERS AND KILL HUMAN SHIELDS
THERE IS ONE KIND OF ACCEPTABLE TERROR LEADER: DEAD.
SHEICK YASSIN IS VERY LONELY DOWN THERE
Hundreds of people must flood Rep. Howard Berman, chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee and Rep. Gary Ackerman, chairman of the Middle East Subcommittee of the US House Foreign Affairs committee with that message
Speaking personally, the lives of my children in Sderot depend on this message being delivered to those who can remove US restraints on Israel.
DAVID
David Bedein
Bureau Chief, Israel Resource News Agency
President, Center for Near East Policy Research
PS IF there is someone who could sponsor an immediate ad of this nature, RSVP. ASAP
Monday, May 05, 2008
ACTIION ALERT! SUPERURGENT! Halamish brothers ordered to Jail by Arab Judge.
bs"d
Superurgent
The Halamish brothers from Gush Etzion were just ordered, by an Arab Supreme Court judge, to present themselves for imprisonment first thing tomorrow morning. (It's nice to have plenty of notice about these things…). This order was given a few minutes ago. The Supreme Court judge was to have held a hearing pursuant to a District Court decision which referred the case to him, however, he has refused to do so. This is standard, unfortunately, when settlers are involved.
So, the Halamish brothers, guilty of shooting only in the air and injuring no one responsive to a security event – in other words, innocent of any crime – will go to jail tomorrow. Women in Green request your presence at a demonstration at the Migrash haRusim – Russian Compound – in Jerusalem at 9 AM tomorrow morning (Monday). For details Nadya 0505500834 or Datya 0505246770
Action Alert: Pidionshvuim7&8 Halamish brothers, family in Negahot
bs"d
Action Alert: In addition to calling up the Embassy [telephone 202-364-5500], here are additional email addresses to express your outrage at the arrest and pending imprisonment of the Halamish brothers whose crime is protecting a Jewish community.
Apparently, American Foreign Policy rather than legitimate Israeli security considerations are dictating IDF. Dismantling 50 roadblocks as well as supplying Fatah with arms that find themselves in the hands of terrorist are other examples. where American Foreign Policy has taken priority over security considerations, thereby endangering the lives of Israeli citizens. Evicting a family from their home on the Eve of the holiday by the IDF is another proof that the IDF will operate in order to please American Foreign Policy rather than behave with human decency and concern for their fellow Jew.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jon GrÃmsson <pidionshvuim@yahoo.com>
To: FaigeRayzel@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: pidionshvuim5
Action Alert: In addition to calling up the Embassy [telephone 202-364-5500], here are additional email addresses to express your outrage at the arrest and pending imprisonment of the Halamish brothers whose crime is protecting a Jewish community.
Apparently, American Foreign Policy rather than legitimate Israeli security considerations are dictating IDF. Dismantling 50 roadblocks as well as supplying Fatah with arms that find themselves in the hands of terrorist are other examples. where American Foreign Policy has taken priority over security considerations, thereby endangering the lives of Israeli citizens. Evicting a family from their home on the Eve of the holiday by the IDF is another proof that the IDF will operate in order to please American Foreign Policy rather than behave with human decency and concern for their fellow Jew.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jon GrÃmsson <pidionshvuim@yahoo.com>
To: FaigeRayzel@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: pidionshvuim5
April 11, 2008
Pidion Shvuim Alert:
No. 7
Halamish Brothers Land in Legal Limbo; Could Be Arrested Any Moment
Hours before they were scheduled to begin their prison sentence in
connection with protecting a Jewish community, the Halamish brothers won
what turned out to be a very short reprieve.
Jerusalem District Court Judge Moshe Ravid stayed the prison sentence of
Danny and Yitzhak Halamish, scheduled to enter jail on April 10. At first,
Ravid ordered a hearing after Passover to discuss why the request by the
brothers to stay their prison sentence was rejected without explanation. But
a day later, Ravid said the hearing would take place on April 11 at 9:30
a.m. Why? Call it pressure from his superiors.
At the hearing on April 11, Ravid, who pleaded ignorance to the details,
said he did not have authority to decide the case. The prosecution was
pleased, but then asked the judge to order the arrest of the Halamish
brothers so that they would not be declared fugitives. The judge refused,
and suggested that the court that sentenced the brothers be approached
instead.
The bottom line is that the Halamish brothers are free, but could be
arrested at any moment. The brothers plan to again appeal the Supreme Court,
which already rejected a previous motion.
In March, we reported on the case of Danny and Yitzhak Halamish, two
members of an Israel Army-sponsored unit abandoned by the military and
sentenced to jail for protecting a Jewish community in Judea and Samaria.
Since then, at least 1,000 people have either telephoned
their outrage to the Israeli military or signed a petition for the
suspension of theit sentences.
Ravid's ruling not to hear the Halamish case could give the brothers
another chance to prove their innocence. The brothers argued in their appeal
that a third member of the unit had been kept of out prison until he
was pardoned by then-President Moshe Katsav. The Halamishes have submitted a
similar
pardon request to President Shimon Peres.
Dear lovers of Zion, there is no question that your pressure helped keep
the Halamish brothers out of prison. Now, we must redouble
our efforts so that the Israel Army assumes responsibility for its soldiers
and
either bails them out or tries the brothers in a military court..
Call the Israel embassy [telephone 202-364-5500] and ask to speak to
the military attache. Express your outrage that the Israel Army abandoned
its fighters for protecting Jews.. Don't argue. The military attache's office
knows exactly what you're talking about.
Stress that you are an American citizen whose support for the Israeli
military is based on its protection of Jews. Say that you also plan to
discuss this case with your member of Congress who decides on U.S. military
aid to Israel.
The Olmert government, with an approval rating of near zero, has refused
any accountability to the Israeli people and fears only the Bush
administration. Unless we act now, there will be many more young Jews in
jail. The Jewish holiday of Passover is about redemption. Let's work to
redeem our fellow Jews.
With Love of Israel,
Datya Itzhaki
7 proofs that the IDF has lost its vision. Celebrate 60 What for?
bs"d
Dear Friends, amv"sh
So many of us have idolized the State of Israel. The beginning of our redemption.
Yes, there is no denying the miracles of the establishment of Israel Sovereignty, finally, exclusive authority of the Nation of Israel in the Land of Israel after 2000 years!
Especially having risen from the ashes of the gas chambers in Eastern Europe.
BUT!!!!, we must not replace the vision of a State of Israel which wishes to be a Nation like all other Nations for the real thing. That is idolatry.
The IDF is serving foreign G-ds! Time for massive expression of ENTITLEMENT!
EXAMPLES
1. Gush Katif - Expulsion- Following orders of the gov't of Israel to steal property, take away the source of Parnassa of the residents of Gush Katif, breakup families and communities, destroy synagogues, dig up graves, bring unbearable grief and emotional, physical and spiritual pain of men women and children, residents of Gush Katif, G-d fearing Jews. The IDF was brainwashed to follow orders. But these orders came from a foreign power. Not the G-d of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, Yosef, Moshe, Aharon and David.
DAYENU!
2. Amona - Select Kassam units of the IDF cruelly commit a pogrom on unprotected, unarmed G-d fearing Jews primarily a bunch of teenagers.
DAIY! Enough!
3..The Unnamed War in Lebanon - The IDF, a pitiful display of strength and might of the Israeli armed forces, desiring to prove to the world that they, the IDF, are invincible. Pitiful because of their miserable failure to so. They held steadfast in their determination to follow orders to give away G-ds gift of Land, our heartland, Judea and Samaria to the PALESTINIANS in direct defiance to G-d's Law regarding the Biblical borders. . IN doing so, they proved quite the opposite. The IDF lost the war, showed no clarity of purpose, no clear strategy, were ineffective and powerless to destroy the weapons buildup of our enemies supplied by Iran and Syria to Hizbollah. clearly a terrorist group..
DAIY - Enough
3.Sderot - Turning a blind eye as Kassam rockets terrorized the citizens of Sderot. They did not go after the source of the rocket attacks with strong determination and full force even though they had the ability to do so. They did not go after those that gave the orders of the attacks. Who did they go after? The shelter of Noam Bedein the media center of Sderot. They took it away so that it was unreachable within the 15 second time interval of a Kassam attack. Their citizens who they were supposed to protect were left defenseless day after day, trauma after trauma. The IDF followed the orders of a gov't that feared Washington DC and not G-d.
Daiy! Enough!
4. Young religious girls were imprisoned, harassed and abused and treated as criminals by the Police, IDF and Prison officials for these girls failure to recognize and show any respect to a corrupt judicial and legal system that continuously showed animosity and contempt for legitimacy of the settlers to live and settle the Land according to the Torah.
5. YESHA - Removal of 50 Roadblocks meant to prevent terror attacks against G-d fearing Jews in Judea and Samaria as an expression of loyalty and devotion to the Godess Condeleeza Rice.
DAIY! Enough
6. YESHA - Harrassment and arrest of 2 security officers, the G-d fearing Halamish brothers, for having protected themselves and their communities. The eviction of a family on the Eve of Pesach, of five including a pregnant wife and five kids for moving into their homes in NEGAHOT a legal settlement. No compassion for the settlers. Just devotion to the Goddess Condeleeza Rice and American foreign policiy.
DAI! Enough
I
7. Hebron- The arrival of IDF forces to destroy a synagogue Chazon Dovid, near Kiryat Arba, established in memory of G-d fearing Jews Dovid Cohen and Hezi Mualim who were murdered by terrorists as a result of IDF laxity in security by removing roadblocks at the time.. Another, sacrificial lamb for the Godess Condeleeza Rice.
Dai, Dai Yenu, Dai, Dai Yenu, Da Dayenu, Dayenu Dayenu!!!!!!
The cry must be heard with Clarity that the Land of Israel is our entitlement. The IDF is
David's Vision or Bush's Vision?
David Wilder
May 04, 2008
Chazon David. Many people are familiar with the name of the small
synagogue just off the main road leading from Kiryat Arba to Hebron.
Constructed some seven years ago after the murder of David Cohen and
Hezi Mualem on the same day, the place of worship was to eternalize
their memories.
I fled from the office a little early today because our rooms and the
halls are being painted. I was speaking to one of the painters just
before leaving, telling him that I'd spent the day working on the
events occurring at Chazon David. He looked at me rather dejectedly
and told me that on that day some seven years ago, he had sent David
Cohen to buy some building material. Cohen had just arrived at the
western gate of Kiryat Arba when an Arab car drove by and opened
fire. David Cohen's car was hit and he never had a chance.
Later that night the Kiryat Arba local council met and decided to
protest the opening of a roadblock which had allowed the killers to
easily escape. They met on the road by the western gate leading from
the Ramat Mamre (Givat HaHarsina) neighborhood (now closed). Arabs
saw them there and notified some terrorists who opened fire on the
men in the pitch dark. A few men were hit, but Hezzy Mualem, then a
councilman, was killed, dying later that night in the hospital. I
remember him well, as he was a true community servant. Among other
things, he drove an ambulance and once took my wife and I to the
hospital while she was in labor with one of our children.
The synagogue's name hit the spot: Chazon (for Hezzy) David (for
David Cohen). In English the name means "David's vision."
In truth many people were unaware of the synagogue's existence.
However it did not escape the always present eyes of the Israeli
version of Big Brother. It was labeled a 'ma'achaz.' 'Ma'achazim' are
usually defined as 'hilltop settlements' but the fact that this site
was on the road in between two Kiryat Arba neighborhoods made no
difference. A 'ma'achaz' it was declared, and a 'ma'achaz' it was.
When the government decided to prove to the United States that it
really meant business, Chazon David was place on the black list; a
'settlement' to be exterminated.
Word filtered down: the site is to be destroyed. It was a few days
before Passover. Who has time, only days before the holiday, to worry
about a small synagogue? Well, it seems that many many people in
Kiryat Arba and Hebron cared very much. When the huge tractors
arrived in the middle of the night, they were met by a large group of
concerned people, men, women and children. Of course the security
forces used much force to keep them away from the actual site and
stop the destruction. The road from Hebron was closed and I had to
run up the hill to reach the synagogue.
When I arrive the bulldozer was in action. It was a terrible site,
seeing a synagogue being razed. Had it been a mosque, Israeli
security forces wouldn't have dared to implement such a solution; but
synagogues are less important than mosques, at least in the view of
Israeli decision-makers. Down it went, plowed into the ground.
Since then the synagogue was built and knocked down countless times –
between 30 to 40 times. But, surprising or not, for the past three
years it stood undisturbed. Prayer services were held every day,
including the Shabbat. Torah classes were also conducted there.
But, as soon as the 'piece talks' started thawing out, Chazon David
was remembered: an ever ready sacrifice to be slaughtered on the
altar of pacification – pacifying the White House and its
surroundings; in this case, Ms. Rice.
We thought the time had come last week, but when word leaked out and
over 100 people showed up, ready to take on the troops, the
government backed down, albeit temporarily. However it seems that
last night they saw that the time was ripe. At about two o'clock two
policewomen in civilian clothing showed up at the guard booth at the
western gate and without a word stole the guard's security radio and
telephone. A little while later the troops showed up, sealed off the
road from Hebron and closed the Kiryat Arba gate, surrounded the
synagogue, removed its furniture, books and holy articles, and again,
plowed it down. By the time I was able to get there it was gone.
But it won't be gone for long. Kids already started laying the
foundation for the renovated synagogue. Of course, when the police
realized what was going on they brutally chased them away. But not
for long. The kids will be back, as will the adults too.
There are two kinds of visions: Bush's vision is based on temporal
results, like the Nobel Piece prize or saving his legacy post-Iraq.
There are those who buy Bush's vision, like the former editor of
HaAretz who asked Condi to "rape Israel," forcing us to "make piece,"
including numerous "painful' concessions." Others, like the current
Prime Minister, thought that Bush's vision would save his hide from
an Israeli court and maybe even a jail cell. And the list goes on and
on.
But the Bush vision is very nearsighted, seeing only as far as his
nose, if that far. Acquiesce to Arab terror is as far from a true
vision as is possible. Nothing could be farther from a vision founded
on truth and ideals. That's the difference between Bush's vision and
David's Vision – one total sheker, that being falsehood, and the
other being total Emet, that being truth.
Which David? Take your choice. David Cohen and Hezzy Mualem surely
had a vision, to live a life of authentic Judaism in their land,
building Eretz Yisrael for the Jewish people. But so did their
namesakes – David, King of Israel and Yehezkel (Hezzy, for short),
King of Israel, both of whom were righteous leaders of their people.
Despite the fact that they lived thousands of years ago, their
legacy, a real legacy, still lives on today. Their inheritance, as
well as the legacy of David Cohen and Hezzy Mualem, as personified by
the Chazon David synagogue, will exist long after Bush, Condi and
their so-called vision are long forgotten.
The Jewish Community of Hebron
POB 105 , Kiryat Arba-Hebron 90100
<mailto:hebron@hebron.org.il>hebron@hebron.org.il
Tour Hebron: Tel 972-52-431-7055 or write: <mailto:simcha@hebron.org.il>
tour@hebron.com
Dear Friends, amv"sh
So many of us have idolized the State of Israel. The beginning of our redemption.
Yes, there is no denying the miracles of the establishment of Israel Sovereignty, finally, exclusive authority of the Nation of Israel in the Land of Israel after 2000 years!
Especially having risen from the ashes of the gas chambers in Eastern Europe.
BUT!!!!, we must not replace the vision of a State of Israel which wishes to be a Nation like all other Nations for the real thing. That is idolatry.
The IDF is serving foreign G-ds! Time for massive expression of ENTITLEMENT!
EXAMPLES
1. Gush Katif - Expulsion- Following orders of the gov't of Israel to steal property, take away the source of Parnassa of the residents of Gush Katif, breakup families and communities, destroy synagogues, dig up graves, bring unbearable grief and emotional, physical and spiritual pain of men women and children, residents of Gush Katif, G-d fearing Jews. The IDF was brainwashed to follow orders. But these orders came from a foreign power. Not the G-d of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, Yosef, Moshe, Aharon and David.
DAYENU!
2. Amona - Select Kassam units of the IDF cruelly commit a pogrom on unprotected, unarmed G-d fearing Jews primarily a bunch of teenagers.
DAIY! Enough!
3..The Unnamed War in Lebanon - The IDF, a pitiful display of strength and might of the Israeli armed forces, desiring to prove to the world that they, the IDF, are invincible. Pitiful because of their miserable failure to so. They held steadfast in their determination to follow orders to give away G-ds gift of Land, our heartland, Judea and Samaria to the PALESTINIANS in direct defiance to G-d's Law regarding the Biblical borders. . IN doing so, they proved quite the opposite. The IDF lost the war, showed no clarity of purpose, no clear strategy, were ineffective and powerless to destroy the weapons buildup of our enemies supplied by Iran and Syria to Hizbollah. clearly a terrorist group..
DAIY - Enough
3.Sderot - Turning a blind eye as Kassam rockets terrorized the citizens of Sderot. They did not go after the source of the rocket attacks with strong determination and full force even though they had the ability to do so. They did not go after those that gave the orders of the attacks. Who did they go after? The shelter of Noam Bedein the media center of Sderot. They took it away so that it was unreachable within the 15 second time interval of a Kassam attack. Their citizens who they were supposed to protect were left defenseless day after day, trauma after trauma. The IDF followed the orders of a gov't that feared Washington DC and not G-d.
Daiy! Enough!
4. Young religious girls were imprisoned, harassed and abused and treated as criminals by the Police, IDF and Prison officials for these girls failure to recognize and show any respect to a corrupt judicial and legal system that continuously showed animosity and contempt for legitimacy of the settlers to live and settle the Land according to the Torah.
5. YESHA - Removal of 50 Roadblocks meant to prevent terror attacks against G-d fearing Jews in Judea and Samaria as an expression of loyalty and devotion to the Godess Condeleeza Rice.
DAIY! Enough
6. YESHA - Harrassment and arrest of 2 security officers, the G-d fearing Halamish brothers, for having protected themselves and their communities. The eviction of a family on the Eve of Pesach, of five including a pregnant wife and five kids for moving into their homes in NEGAHOT a legal settlement. No compassion for the settlers. Just devotion to the Goddess Condeleeza Rice and American foreign policiy.
DAI! Enough
I
7. Hebron- The arrival of IDF forces to destroy a synagogue Chazon Dovid, near Kiryat Arba, established in memory of G-d fearing Jews Dovid Cohen and Hezi Mualim who were murdered by terrorists as a result of IDF laxity in security by removing roadblocks at the time.. Another, sacrificial lamb for the Godess Condeleeza Rice.
Dai, Dai Yenu, Dai, Dai Yenu, Da Dayenu, Dayenu Dayenu!!!!!!
The cry must be heard with Clarity that the Land of Israel is our entitlement. The IDF is
David's Vision or Bush's Vision?
David Wilder
May 04, 2008
Chazon David. Many people are familiar with the name of the small
synagogue just off the main road leading from Kiryat Arba to Hebron.
Constructed some seven years ago after the murder of David Cohen and
Hezi Mualem on the same day, the place of worship was to eternalize
their memories.
I fled from the office a little early today because our rooms and the
halls are being painted. I was speaking to one of the painters just
before leaving, telling him that I'd spent the day working on the
events occurring at Chazon David. He looked at me rather dejectedly
and told me that on that day some seven years ago, he had sent David
Cohen to buy some building material. Cohen had just arrived at the
western gate of Kiryat Arba when an Arab car drove by and opened
fire. David Cohen's car was hit and he never had a chance.
Later that night the Kiryat Arba local council met and decided to
protest the opening of a roadblock which had allowed the killers to
easily escape. They met on the road by the western gate leading from
the Ramat Mamre (Givat HaHarsina) neighborhood (now closed). Arabs
saw them there and notified some terrorists who opened fire on the
men in the pitch dark. A few men were hit, but Hezzy Mualem, then a
councilman, was killed, dying later that night in the hospital. I
remember him well, as he was a true community servant. Among other
things, he drove an ambulance and once took my wife and I to the
hospital while she was in labor with one of our children.
The synagogue's name hit the spot: Chazon (for Hezzy) David (for
David Cohen). In English the name means "David's vision."
In truth many people were unaware of the synagogue's existence.
However it did not escape the always present eyes of the Israeli
version of Big Brother. It was labeled a 'ma'achaz.' 'Ma'achazim' are
usually defined as 'hilltop settlements' but the fact that this site
was on the road in between two Kiryat Arba neighborhoods made no
difference. A 'ma'achaz' it was declared, and a 'ma'achaz' it was.
When the government decided to prove to the United States that it
really meant business, Chazon David was place on the black list; a
'settlement' to be exterminated.
Word filtered down: the site is to be destroyed. It was a few days
before Passover. Who has time, only days before the holiday, to worry
about a small synagogue? Well, it seems that many many people in
Kiryat Arba and Hebron cared very much. When the huge tractors
arrived in the middle of the night, they were met by a large group of
concerned people, men, women and children. Of course the security
forces used much force to keep them away from the actual site and
stop the destruction. The road from Hebron was closed and I had to
run up the hill to reach the synagogue.
When I arrive the bulldozer was in action. It was a terrible site,
seeing a synagogue being razed. Had it been a mosque, Israeli
security forces wouldn't have dared to implement such a solution; but
synagogues are less important than mosques, at least in the view of
Israeli decision-makers. Down it went, plowed into the ground.
Since then the synagogue was built and knocked down countless times –
between 30 to 40 times. But, surprising or not, for the past three
years it stood undisturbed. Prayer services were held every day,
including the Shabbat. Torah classes were also conducted there.
But, as soon as the 'piece talks' started thawing out, Chazon David
was remembered: an ever ready sacrifice to be slaughtered on the
altar of pacification – pacifying the White House and its
surroundings; in this case, Ms. Rice.
We thought the time had come last week, but when word leaked out and
over 100 people showed up, ready to take on the troops, the
government backed down, albeit temporarily. However it seems that
last night they saw that the time was ripe. At about two o'clock two
policewomen in civilian clothing showed up at the guard booth at the
western gate and without a word stole the guard's security radio and
telephone. A little while later the troops showed up, sealed off the
road from Hebron and closed the Kiryat Arba gate, surrounded the
synagogue, removed its furniture, books and holy articles, and again,
plowed it down. By the time I was able to get there it was gone.
But it won't be gone for long. Kids already started laying the
foundation for the renovated synagogue. Of course, when the police
realized what was going on they brutally chased them away. But not
for long. The kids will be back, as will the adults too.
There are two kinds of visions: Bush's vision is based on temporal
results, like the Nobel Piece prize or saving his legacy post-Iraq.
There are those who buy Bush's vision, like the former editor of
HaAretz who asked Condi to "rape Israel," forcing us to "make piece,"
including numerous "painful' concessions." Others, like the current
Prime Minister, thought that Bush's vision would save his hide from
an Israeli court and maybe even a jail cell. And the list goes on and
on.
But the Bush vision is very nearsighted, seeing only as far as his
nose, if that far. Acquiesce to Arab terror is as far from a true
vision as is possible. Nothing could be farther from a vision founded
on truth and ideals. That's the difference between Bush's vision and
David's Vision – one total sheker, that being falsehood, and the
other being total Emet, that being truth.
Which David? Take your choice. David Cohen and Hezzy Mualem surely
had a vision, to live a life of authentic Judaism in their land,
building Eretz Yisrael for the Jewish people. But so did their
namesakes – David, King of Israel and Yehezkel (Hezzy, for short),
King of Israel, both of whom were righteous leaders of their people.
Despite the fact that they lived thousands of years ago, their
legacy, a real legacy, still lives on today. Their inheritance, as
well as the legacy of David Cohen and Hezzy Mualem, as personified by
the Chazon David synagogue, will exist long after Bush, Condi and
their so-called vision are long forgotten.
The Jewish Community of Hebron
POB 105 , Kiryat Arba-Hebron 90100
<mailto:hebron@hebron.org.il>hebron@hebron.org.il
Tour Hebron: Tel 972-52-431-7055 or write: <mailto:simcha@hebron.org.il>
tour@hebron.com
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