Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Today, Parashas Haman Tuesday of Parashas B'Shalach, Artscroll English Translation and in Hebrew and Aramaic

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Artscroll English Translation of Parshas Haman


Subject: Recite Parshas HaMan - Segullah For Parnassah (livelihood)
click on link below and print and daven

Hatzlacha.
There are many who recite this daily, however, it is a most auspicious time to recite it on the Tuesday of Parashas B'shalach. 


Below is a link for it in Hebrew and Aramaic for 2 Mikra Echad Targum:


May all your tefilos (prayers) be answered l'tova(for the good)!




Monday, January 30, 2012

A Second Gush Katif? article by Dovid Hoffman of Yated, Bibi Willing to Cede Judea and Samaria? Arutz7 Action alelrts

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Thank you to all the Media that have been reporting re: the looming cloud over the settlements slated for destruction  similar to Gush Katif and Amona chas Veshalom.  You can truly say that you are working to prevent their future pain.  May Hashem reward you with Bracha and Hatzlacha and Parnossa because you care about the livelihood and properties of our fellow Jews in Judea and samaria, you are standing up for the Torah and ultimately will bring strength to fight Radical Islam in america as well.

recent articles that I have personally seen describing what happened in Gush Katif and the current battles to prevent destruction of additional homes and communities in Judea and Samaria  have appeared in Jewish Voice, 5 Towns Jewish Times, Yated (see  article link below),  and Jewish Press. and of Course Arutz 7 the preferred paper in Israel for Judea and Samaria.


A Second Gush Katif by Dovid Hoffman of Yated.com


WHAT WE CAN DO IN CHUTZ Le Aretz
  • encourage friends in Israel to VOTE Likud Primary (only if you are a Likud Member) for FEIGLIN, not Netanyahu - Tue.
    • Mattot Arim Good list for Likud MK's based on past voting records. see below after Arlene Kushners article

  • Lobby the MK's ,  we can do this in the Diaspora as well regarding Outpost Legalization bill,   taking place on Wednesday.  The above links from Yated and A7 will encourage you to act.  See below for instructions from Arlene Kushner 
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Arlene Kushner writes:
You've heard about this legislation from me previously:  Proposed by MK Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi), it would forbid the dismantling of communities of more than 20 families in Judea and Samaria without properly filed documentation that the land was Arab-owned.  This would negate the vague, unsubstantiated claims of land being "Arab" that are currently filed in court by Peace Now.
 
What is more, this legislation stipulates that if the documentation of Arab ownership is filed after a specified period of time (four years, as I understand it), the community still wouldn't be taken down and instead the Arab land owner would be provided with monetary compensation.
 
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Prime Minister Netanyahu -- at the behest of Minister Benny Begin, who is attempting to negotiate a "deal" with the residents of Migron and wants them to feel squeezed -- has secured a negative vote on this legislation in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. Nothing prevents the promoters of a piece of legislation from bringing it to the Knesset without the approval of the  committee -- it is simply that without this endorsement it is less likely to pass in the Knesset.
 
An appeal has been filed -- requesting a re-vote in the committee -- by Minister of Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein (Likud) and Minister of Science Daniel Hershkowitz (Habayit Hayehudi) -- but there has been no response to this.  There is reason to believe the original vote would overturned if there were a second vote. 
 
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Now MK Oren has decided to bring this proposed law before the Knesset -- possibly by Wednesday. 
 
And  here's where you have to pay attention to understand the situation and its serious implications:
 
Coalition discipline will not be invoked, so that members of the Knesset will be free to follow their conscience on this important matter rather than having to vote a party line. 
 
HOWEVER, since the Ministerial Committee voted against the legislation, ministers are expected to also vote against it in the Knesset.  They can, if they choose, vote for the legislation, but then, according to the rules, Netanyahu can fire them.  He is not obligated to fire them, he is simply at liberty to do so.
 
Needless to say, Netanyahu is applying pressure, and making noises about firing those who do not toe the line.
 
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This has an unpleasant echo of Gush Katif, when then PM Sharon applied every sort of strong-arm technique possible to keep his ministers in line so they'd vote as he wished.  We cannot let this happen again.  Sharon betrayed his mandate when he behaved this way, and Netanyahu is now playing matters in a similar fashion.  I've cut him slack with regard to many issues.  But I cut him none here. 
 
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In my last posting, I asked you to write to the Likud ministers in support of Migron.  Now I ask you to write again, to these ministers and those of Shas and Yisrael Beitenu as well:
 
Say that you understand that legislation that would save Migron and other communities in Judea and Samaria is about to come before the Knesset.  It would release Israel from the strangle-hold of Peace Now and prevent Jewish communities from being destroyed.
 
Remind them that the mandate given to the coalition by the voters was nationalist and that they would be betraying this mandate if they voted against this legislation. 
 
Tell them that, even more importantly, if they vote against it they would be taking a position that is not in the best interests of the State of Israel. 
 
Let them know that you see it as imperative that they vote their conscience on this matter.  It is not acceptable for them to place job security ahead of what is best for Israel.  In any event there is no guarantee that the prime minister will fire any ministers, and less likely if many ministers stand together to do what is right. 
 
Voters and those who support the parties are very tired of political game playing.  The ministers must know that they are being watched and that support in the future will depend on their readiness to do the right thing now.
 
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 Do NOT send a group message; the message to each minister should be separate.  But there is no reason to be intimidated by the fact that there are several names on the list that follows.
 

There is a way to make it easy for yourself:  Compose a message that says "Dear Minister," followed by text of that message.  Copy that message and salutation.  Then, in turn, click on each minister's e-mail address, paste in the greeting and message, and hit send. 

 

LIKUD:

Minister of Improvement of Government Services Michael Eitan

meitan@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan

gerdan@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Welfare Moshe Kahlon

mcachlon@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz

yiskatz@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Culture Limor Livnat

llivnat@knesset.gov.il (a previous typo in this address has been corrected) 

 

Minister Yosi Peled

ypeled@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Education Gideon Saar

gsaar@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of the Development of the Negev Silvan Shalom

sshalom@knesset.gov.il

 

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz

ysteinitz@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe Yaalon

myaalon@knesset.gov.il

 

SHAS:

Minister of Internal Affairs Eli Yishai

eyishay@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister Meshulam Nahari

mnahari@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Religious Affairs Yakov Margi

ymargi@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Housing Ariel Atias

aatias@knesset.gov.il

 

YISRAEL BEITENU:

Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov

smiseznikov@knesset.gov.il 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
 
Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver
 
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon
 
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If Gush Katif infuriated you or pained you, if you want to be part of a democratic process that protects Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, if the idea of their having to turn over their land to Arabs distresses you,  please! take the time to do this. 
 
Numbers count a great deal.  Send this to others who are likely to also respond.
 
Thank you.  More will follow tomorrow.
 
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In closing, a note of clarification, very broadly, for those who are outside of Israel and perhaps confused by our system:  Parties receive mandates (seats) in the Knesset according to the percentage of votes they secured in the previous election. If one party does not have sufficient seats (i.e., more than 60) to constitute a majority of the Knesset, then a coalition is formed; this always happens.  Once the coalition is in place, there are ministerial positions allocated to the various parties in the coalition.  With very rare exceptions, the ministers are chosen from the ranks of those within the parties who have been elected to the Knesset.  Those who are ministers sit in the Cabinet and constitute the government, but they are still members of the Knesset.
 
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From MattotArim: Important info if you can vote for Likud primary: 


Hope you got our previous email on Likud voting tomorrow,  here it is for you to re-read:  
http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/tuesdayimportant-likud-elections.html

 

Updates: Apart from the important Feiglin-Netanyahu contest, we now -- with everybody's help -- have assembled the names of many more "good guys" -- candidates who are FOR Yehuda and Shomron and against Palestinian state!  These "good guy" candidates are listed in these 4 links:

 

New "good guys:   http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_644.html 

 

Good guys dating back to Gush Katif   struggle http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_30.html 

 

Special "good guys" list for Haifa  http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_9989.html   

 

Last minute list of "good guys" whom we just heard about  http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_984.html

 

To vote beneficially, simply click on and go through the above 4 lists, and look for candidates in YOUR city or branch. Lists are alphabetical - Ashdod comes first (aleph), Tel-Aviv (taf) comes last.  Copy down all the good guys in YOUR city/community, from all 4 lists. There is some duplication between the lists -- sorry about that. 

 

Put that "good guys" list in your pocket or purse, since it is no-one's business but your own, and when you get into the voting booth, quietly take out your "good guys" list, and mark whatever "good guys" you find, on EACH of the 2 voting slips that you get. One of those slips will be for the all-important  "central committee members" and one is for "moetzet ha-snif". There will be many names on each of the 2 voting slips -- you mark only the "good guys" among them! 

 

PS. These "good guy" elections are not being held everywhere (for example -- NO "good guy" elections in Rehovot and in most places in Yehuda & Shomron), but in many other places, such as Jerusalem, Netanya, Petah Tikva, Raanana and Tel-Aviv: http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_27.html  there WILL be such elections.

 

If you live in Yehuda and Shomron, simply mark the candidates you know personally. We have not listed any particular "good guy" residents of Yehuda and Shomron because we figure ALL of them are "good guys"!

 

List of voting locations  in each city/community (a little messy -- but that is what we could get):  http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_2940.html

 

Can you please pass this email on to other Likud voters who may not know what to do? 

 

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO VOTE TOMORROW -- RAIN OR SHINE! YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU! Thank you!

 

Our blog: http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com Now on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MattotArim


Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Urgent: contact the MK's Action Alert: Outpost Bill Vote This Wednesday proposed by MK Zevulun Orlev fwd Arlene Kushner

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Please contact the MKs by email, phone, fax or in person. This is an important vote.  Their jobs are on the line read below but so are the Outposts and Jewish Settlement in Judea and Samaria.  Urge them to vote their conscience. fwd to lists!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Arlene Kushner <akushner18@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Subject: From Israel: Pushing Back, Pushing Forward
To: A Kushner <akushner18@gmail.com>


January 29, 2012
 
"Pushing Back, Pushing Forward"
 
There's a good deal happening, and much to respond to.  Please read this through and act.  I like to think of my readers as also actors in the important fights we are fighting  -- against some things, for others.  Your assistance does make a difference.
 
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I begin with a link to my latest article on Front Page Magazine, "Answering Obama's Israel Lies."  
 
 
It exposes the distortions and half-truths that have been put out in a campaign video purporting to show what a good friend to Israel Obama is.  Please, circulate broadly.
 
Here's the link to the original video, in case you haven't seen it.  It's making the rounds big time and must be responded to in a serious fashion, for it's so easy to be taken in if you don't know the facts.  When you DO know the facts, the response to this is some combination of rage and deep disgust.
 
 
(My thanks to Debbie B.)
 
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A very significant vote is coming up in the Knesset this week.  The issues are complex and YOUR COOPERATION HERE IS EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT.
 
You've heard about this legislation from me previously:  Proposed by MK Zevulun Orlev (Habayit Hayehudi), it would forbid the dismantling of communities of more than 20 families in Judea and Samaria without properly filed documentation that the land was Arab-owned.  This would negate the vague, unsubstantiated claims of land being "Arab" that are currently filed in court by Peace Now.
 
What is more, this legislation stipulates that if the documentation of Arab ownership is filed after a specified period of time (four years, as I understand it), the community still wouldn't be taken down and instead the Arab land owner would be provided with monetary compensation.
 
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Prime Minister Netanyahu -- at the behest of Minister Benny Begin, who is attempting to negotiate a "deal" with the residents of Migron and wants them to feel squeezed -- has secured a negative vote on this legislation in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. Nothing prevents the promoters of a piece of legislation from bringing it to the Knesset without the approval of the  committee -- it is simply that without this endorsement it is less likely to pass in the Knesset.
 
An appeal has been filed -- requesting a re-vote in the committee -- by Minister of Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein (Likud) and Minister of Science Daniel Hershkowitz (Habayit Hayehudi) -- but there has been no response to this.  There is reason to believe the original vote would overturned if there were a second vote. 
 
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Now MK Oren has decided to bring this proposed law before the Knesset -- possibly by Wednesday. 
 
And  here's where you have to pay attention to understand the situation and its serious implications:
 
Coalition discipline will not be invoked, so that members of the Knesset will be free to follow their conscience on this important matter rather than having to vote a party line. 
 
HOWEVER, since the Ministerial Committee voted against the legislation, ministers are expected to also vote against it in the Knesset.  They can, if they choose, vote for the legislation, but then, according to the rules, Netanyahu can fire them.  He is not obligated to fire them, he is simply at liberty to do so.
 
Needless to say, Netanyahu is applying pressure, and making noises about firing those who do not toe the line.
 
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This has an unpleasant echo of Gush Katif, when then PM Sharon applied every sort of strong-arm technique possible to keep his ministers in line so they'd vote as he wished.  We cannot let this happen again.  Sharon betrayed his mandate when he behaved this way, and Netanyahu is now playing matters in a similar fashion.  I've cut him slack with regard to many issues.  But I cut him none here. 
 
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In my last posting, I asked you to write to the Likud ministers in support of Migron.  Now I ask you to write again, to these ministers and those of Shas and Yisrael Beitenu as well:
 
Say that you understand that legislation that would save Migron and other communities in Judea and Samaria is about to come before the Knesset.  It would release Israel from the strangle-hold of Peace Now and prevent Jewish communities from being destroyed.
 
Remind them that the mandate given to the coalition by the voters was nationalist and that they would be betraying this mandate if they voted against this legislation. 
 
Tell them that, even more importantly, if they vote against it they would be taking a position that is not in the best interests of the State of Israel. 
 
Let them know that you see it as imperative that they vote their conscience on this matterIt is not acceptable for them to place job security ahead of what is best for Israel.  In any event there is no guarantee that the prime minister will fire any ministers, and less likely if many ministers stand together to do what is right. 
 
Voters and those who support the parties are very tired of political game playing.  The ministers must know that they are being watched and that support in the future will depend on their readiness to do the right thing now.
 
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 Do NOT send a group message; the message to each minister should be separate.  But there is no reason to be intimidated by the fact that there are several names on the list that follows.
 

There is a way to make it easy for yourself:  Compose a message that says "Dear Minister," followed by text of that message.  Copy that message and salutation.  Then, in turn, click on each minister's e-mail address, paste in the greeting and message, and hit send. 

 

LIKUD:

Minister of Improvement of Government Services Michael Eitan

meitan@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Environmental Protection Gilad Erdan

gerdan@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Welfare Moshe Kahlon

mcachlon@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz

yiskatz@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Culture Limor Livnat

llivnat@knesset.gov.il (a previous typo in this address has been corrected) 

 

Minister Yosi Peled

ypeled@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Education Gideon Saar

gsaar@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of the Development of the Negev Silvan Shalom

sshalom@knesset.gov.il

 

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz

ysteinitz@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe Yaalon

myaalon@knesset.gov.il

 

SHAS:

Minister of Internal Affairs Eli Yishai

eyishay@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister Meshulam Nahari

mnahari@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Religious Affairs Yakov Margi

ymargi@knesset.gov.il

 

Minister of Housing Ariel Atias

aatias@knesset.gov.il

 

YISRAEL BEITENU:

Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov

smiseznikov@knesset.gov.il 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
 
Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver
 
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon
 
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If Gush Katif infuriated you or pained you, if you want to be part of a democratic process that protects Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, if the idea of their having to turn over their land to Arabs distresses you,  please! take the time to do this. 
 
Numbers count a great deal.  Send this to others who are likely to also respond.
 
Thank you.  More will follow tomorrow.
 
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In closing, a note of clarification, very broadly, for those who are outside of Israel and perhaps confused by our system:  Parties receive mandates (seats) in the Knesset according to the percentage of votes they secured in the previous election. If one party does not have sufficient seats (i.e., more than 60) to constitute a majority of the Knesset, then a coalition is formed; this always happens.  Once the coalition is in place, there are ministerial positions allocated to the various parties in the coalition.  With very rare exceptions, the ministers are chosen from the ranks of those within the parties who have been elected to the Knesset.  Those who are ministers sit in the Cabinet and constitute the government, but they are still members of the Knesset.
 
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© Arlene KushnerThis material is produced by Arlene Kushner, functioning as an independent journalist. Permission is granted for it to be reproduced only with proper attribution.

 
See my website at www.arlenefromisrael.info  Contact Arlene at akushner@netvision.net.il
 
This material is transmitted by Arlene only to persons who have requested it or agreed to receive it. If you are on the list and wish to be removed, contact Arlene and include your name in the text of the message.
 
 



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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Vote Feiglin! Voting for a White Paper against Netanyahu is a wasted virtual vote

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Dear Ohavei Eretz Yisroel, amv"sh

Another Megilla from Robin.....

Re: Vote for Chairman of Likud Party this coming Tuesday - 

Netanyahu vs Feiglin vs an empty ballot?!?!

You tell me.  Can an empty ballot lead a country?

When I first read about voting a blank instead of voting for a real person as a protest vote against Netanyahu, I immediately thought it was a plan devised by Netanyahu's team as damage control for the Likud party being disenchanted with Netanyahu. 

In the real world, Netanyahu has to get the message loud and clear and that can only be accomplished with a vote for Feiglin.  BTW Netanyahu deserves a bit of embarrassment still from the last election where he bumped Moshe Feiglin down to the 38th place for some ridiculous clause in the law  which never made any sense to me. Don't underestimate his ingenuity in devising a scheme that will bring Feiglin down once again.  Personally I like when Jewish  leaders play fair and square with integrity.  It is no embarrassment to lose. It's cheap to cheat or bully. Am I naive to go  by the saying "it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game". .  All these shenanigans really turn me off.

So urge your friends who are disgusted with the destruction of Settlers homes in Judea and Samaria and the way it was done by Arabs in the middle of the freezing night to little kids.  Don't underestimate the trauma experienced in Mitzpe Avichai, Mitzpe Assaf, Migron, Givat Aryeh, Yissa Bracha etc. So vote against Netanyahu and vote for Feiglin. 

In my next email, I will forward Arlene Kushner latest post whereby she asks all voters to email the Knesset ministers to vote with their conscience on Wednesday for the Outposts at the risk of getting fired.  Look, having free time on your hand can have its advantages.  In Israel nobody starves.   

Voters will remember MK's that truly represented them and reward them in the future, while those MKs who are intimidated from voting their conscience will be perceived as weak and easily swayed by threats or bribes.  The public will lose trust in their ability to lead independently and with good conscience.  They will be put on Mattot Arim's bad list. I would not start up with Susie Dym.  Most importantly, the MK's who vote with their conscience will feel good about themselves.  





Partial Apology to Jason Maoz Senior Editor of Jewish Press - No Evidence he is Obama Supporter but the Jewish Press has put Obama in positive light with Ron Kampeas front page consistently

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Sam has left a comment on my Shemittahrediscovered blog post where I (most probably) mistakenly said that Jason Maoz was an Obama supporter.  See "Save the Date: Dinner for Gush Katif Museum -- Feb...":  this is Sam's comment:

Jason Maoz is a supporter of Obama? Please supply the evidence. I've been a regular reader of his Media Monitor columns and Jewish Press editorials (you may not know thia, but he writes the editorials) and I don't recall any such statements. But that kind of wild exaggeration is typical of your blog. You'd better hope he doesn't sue you for libel -- but then again he probably doesn't even know you exist.  

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This is what I had written on my blog shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com which was also sent to my list:

I was appalled to read about this very same event in Yissa Bracha, Mitzpe Yericho reported in this weeks Jewish Press Page 40 in the Week in Review under Israel/Mideast New edited by Jason Maoz.  it is painful enough to see how such disgraceful expulsions are written up in leftist newspapers like The New York Times or Haaretz. But to see it written in such a distorted leftist slant in the Jewish Press was very upsetting. Compare this news report with Arutz7 report of the same demolition.

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(as reported in Jewish Press, Jan 27, 2012 page 40)
SETTLERS,OFFICERS HURT IN OUTPOST DEMOLITION

Six West Bank [what happened to Judea and Samaria? Robin] settlers and three police officers were hurt during the demolition of an illegal [who says they are illegal? not the Torah and not even Israeli law.  Robin] outpost near Jericho.

Settlers threw rocks at police when they gathered at the outpost, near Mitzpeh Jericho, to raze six dwellings.  Police responded with tear gas.  Hundreds of security personnel reportedly gathered at the outpost, as well as 200 outpost supporters. [very selective reporting, missing background info]

The police and three settlers were injured when the roof of one of the buildings collapsed as a protester was being removed. [missing details of exactly how this occured....]

At least three settlers were arrested on suspicion of assaulting police officers. [no mention of the violent way the settlers were treated....]
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Please join me in calling for the resignation of Jason Maoz, editor of the Jewish Press, supporter of Obama and no friend to Judea and Samaria.   Rabbi Klass would not have approved of this piece. He would not of approved of Ron Kampeas featured often on the front page of the Jewish Press either. 

Dear List, amv"sh

I don't know who Sam is but when I read his angry comment I thought to myself.  Why did I write that Jason Maoz was an Obama supporter?  I need evidence  obviously.  So I quickly checked out this weeks Jewish Press and as Sam wrote I didn't see any evidence that Maoz is supportive of Obama in this issue.  Furthermore, if what Sam writes is true and that Maoz writes the editorials of the Jewish Press then he clearly is not an Obama fan.  So I thought to myself, what did I read in that Jewish Press that prompted me to write that he was an Obama supporter?  It wasn't his Media Monitor piece. 

 I realized it was the Jewish Press front cover Ron Kampeas piece entitled Focus on Florida's Jewish Community as GOP Presidential Primary Approaches.  which is news of such minor importance in my opinion and serves no real purpose other than to do damage control for Obama's poor showing and publicity in the Jewish community. Please read Ruthie Blum 'It's Jewish moneystupidhttp://www.eish-l.org/s/ob55u5 and Arlene Kushner Fronpage Magazine in response to Jan. 19, U.S. President Barack Obama released a video called "America and Israel: An Unbreakable Bond." 

  Even though the picture on the front page in the Jewish Press was of the Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich and not President Obama, the thrust of this article was featuring the Democrats, namely Obama's latest outreach to the Jewish Community. 

As you all know I been been sending many  disturbing youtubes and articles about demolitions and destruction in Judea and Samaria.  The images were heartbreaking and showed  violent, cruel  treatment of Jewish settlers by Arabs contracted to throw out the Jewish familes, children and their parents between 3 and 4 am .  These stories are worthy of front page coverage in my opinion and eagerly I waited to see the Jewish papers to see if anyone took the bait. Imagine my disappointment when I realized that my emails were disregarded by the Jewish Press.  What they did report was that little news brief above on Page 40. To their credit, they did have a nice piece on Migron by Moshe Feiglin but many who read it would not really understand what Migron is facing unless they read and watch Arutz7 videos and articles firsthand unedited. 

Let me set the matter straight.  I happen to really enjoy the Jewish Press. Most of the paper is entertaining, featuring strong Yesha people like Dovid Wilder of Hebron, Sarah Lehmann, Rebbetzin Jungreis, Prof. Paul Eidelberg and good editorials that perhaps are written by Jason Maoz as Sam suggested.  But when I read the Jewish Press front page, I become aggravated,  Perhaps wrongly I blamed the Senior Editor, Jason Maoz for putting Ron Kampeas and leftist JTA on the cover of the Jewish Press time and time again. Maybe that decision is not his and belongs to the publisher Jerry Greenwald or maybe someone else.   But that news item on page 40 edited by Jason Maoz made me think or assume that since positive press forJudea and Samaria is not priority for him perhaps damage control for Obama was also his choice.

 It seems to me that the Jewish Press works very hard on a balancing act on a trapeze which is hard to do without falling on your face. Clearly their desire to give the readership "balanced reporting" which they interpret as something to please everyone will please no one. Surely their front page article Focus on Florida's Jewish Community as GOP Presidential Primary Approaches.makes no one happy except perhaps the Conference of Presidents and the likes of Alan Solow a "key Obama fundraiser (my emphasis) and the immediate past president of the Conference of Presidents of the Major American Jewish Organizations" getting out Israel's pro-Obama message now in the front feature cover news of the Jewish Press..

Anyway why would Jason Maoz sue me for Libel for calling him an Obama supporter as Sam suggest? it was an honest mistake. I really meant to say that the Jewish Press seems to have a Pro Obama slant on their front page. 

 Because in the Orthodox Jewish World  and especially among the Jewish Press readership, being an Obama Supporter is reason enough to want an editor to resign.  Only an Obama supporter would want to place Obama damage control on page 1. Jason Maoz perhaps is not totally responsible for whom is featured on Page 1 but he should take some responsibility as Senior Editor. 

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

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Excellent Speech by Moshe Feiglin at Jerusalem Campaign Rally 8 Tevet 72, Jan, 3 12


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Moshe Feiglin Video (h)(14:57)

8 Tevet '72/Jan. 3,  '12

Moshe Feiglin's Speech at the Jerusalem Campaign Rally

Thank you, each and every one of you. Thank you for choosing to be part of the faith-based revolution. Thank you very much. 

We are all servants of G-d. Not for honor and not for fame – there is nothing but Him. 

The Minister of Education told me that schools in North Tel Aviv are requesting to visit the Cave of Machpelah. Would you have believed that two or three years ago?

Israel thirsts for meaning. Israel thirsts for the Judaism of liberty. Slowly but surely, a new consciousness is being created here; Jewish consciousness. A wondrous energy of life and hope is awakening the Nation of Israel as it begins to fulfill its destiny. It could be that this year we will be in a new stage of Jewish history; the stage in which most of the Jewish People are in their Land. We may reach that point for the first time since the First Temple. The only question that remains is when will this wonderful Jewish revolution dovetail with Jewish leadership; leadership that is aware of and committed to Jewish destiny; leadership that will assemble all these desires and give them direction and significance. That is our task – all of us. Nobody will do it instead of us. 

That is why I have decided to announce my candidacy for chairmanship of the Likud and leadership of the State of Israel. 

The Likud under my leadership will, with G-d's help, consolidate Israel around its Jewish identity and values. 

The Likud under my leadership will, with G-d's help, restore the State of Israel to the Nation of Israel. Our state must be a Jewish state in its essence, not only in slogans. It must be a Jewish state in its society. It must be a Jewish state in its security. It must be a Jewish state in its economy and it must be a Jewish state in its justice system. Society, security, economy and justice. 

Society in a Jewish state means first of all genuine Jewish education for every child in Israel. Society in a Jewish state means fortifying the status of the family with tax breaks, by enabling mothers to raise their children at home, by allocating a piece of the Land of Israel for free to every Jewish family. Society in a Jewish state means genuine liberty for every Israeli citizen, free and representative media, full human rights for all and political rights only for those who are faithful to the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish Nation. 

He who believes does not fear a Jewish society. 

Security in a Jewish state means, first of all, clear borders; the basic understanding that this is our Land by virtue of G-d's promise. Security in a Jewish state means declaration of sovereignty over all parts of the Land of Israel that is in our hands and that, by the way, word for word, is in the Likud constitution. Security in a Jewish state means fostering the emigration of all those who are not loyal to Israel as the state of the Jewish nation. Security in a Jewish state means restoring the concept of victory to the IDF. Today this concept has been neutered. It has disappeared from the IDF lexicon. Nobody talks about victory. Restoration of the concept of victory means the elimination of leadership – any leadership – that initiates a conflict with us; that should be noted by the Iranian leadership. Security in a Jewish state means power of deterrence; an offensive approach as a guarantee of peace. That is why, ladies and gentlemen, only someone who believes can bring security. Because he who believes is not afraid. 

Jewish economy means first and foremost – liberty: A truly free economy - within the Jewish framework of faith and kindness. Only our Jewish culture has the proper balance that allows a truly free economy – capitalism – without sliding into the jungle that everyone fears. In other words, a free economy within the cultural framework of Jewish faith and kindness. Jewish economy means allocating welfare funds to the community. Only the community can really take care of those in need. Jewish economy means affordable housing for every Jew; first and foremost by allocation of the land to the public. 

Justice in the Jewish state means first of all judges from the People and not from the UN. (ed: This is a play on words in Hebrew: am and oom). Justice in the Jewish state means completion of the legislation that would require public hearings for Supreme Court judges. Justice in the Jewish state means a constitution that preserves Israel's Jewish character and a Constitutional Court, elected by the public once in a decade, that will be the ultimate authority on national issues. Justice in the Jewish state means separating the role of the Attorney General from the role of State's Attorney. Justice in the Jewish state means gradual adoption of the Jewish law system.

Ladies and gentlemen, 
he who believes is not afraid to bring the Nation judges and a justice system that is from the people and not from the UN. 

He who believes is not afraid to appoint a defense minister from the Likud!

He who believes is not afraid to build in the entire Land of Israel!

He who believes is not afraid of Jewish education and the Jewish family!

He who believes is not afraid and does not send soldiers to the Marmara with toy guns, humiliating the IDF.

He who believes is not afraid to return the infiltrators to their own countries. Just in the past month 3,000 of them infiltrated into Israel.

He who believes is not afraid to demand of Obama from every platform to free now, immediately, our brother Jonathan Pollard. (standing ovation)

I did not intend to talk about Jonathan Pollard; I have another few "I believes" here – but I see that the point about Jonathan Pollard evoked a standing ovation from you. I had the merit to visit our brother, my brother, Jonathan Pollard five or six times. Each time we engaged in long discussions. At a certain point I said to him, "You understand that for you to get out of prison, I have to be prime minister." No, it's not funny. And I asked him to do one thing: to pray. 


He who believes is not afraid: Not of the High Court, not of the media and not of the Left – only of G –d.

He who believes is not afraid of our destiny.

He who believes is not afraid to return the Nation of Israel to the place that G-d chose; we will ascend to the Temple Mount to pray, to bring the Pesach offering, to make a pilgrimage three times a year. (Standing Ovation)

He who believes in G-d, ladies and gentlemen is not afraid to proclaim, "This is our Land and it is ours forever." 

Thank you all. We have one short month to work hard; G-d will do His part and with His help, we will succeed!

(13:39 of video ends the speech with terrific singing and clapping מי שמאמין לא מפחד "One who believes in not afraid")

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Likud Primary Tuesday - Vote Pro Yesha and against Netanyahu and his settlement bashing! msg from Mattot Arim

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Dear Ohavei Eretz Yisroel, amv"sh


If  we all forward and publicize this email and its information we can make a real difference to save the Settlements of Judea and Samaria.  In the past few weeks expulsions of homes in Judea and Samaria are reminiscent of Gush Katif and Amona.  If you need evidence that this is really happening with no exaggeration please see end of this email for links to youtubes and articles.


From Mattot Arim:


The important Likud Primaries will be held this Tuesday,  Jan. 31 from 10 am to 10 pm. Only those who registered for Likud voting privileges at least 16 months ago, can vote.  Also, you can vote only at the Likud branch where you were registered (can change your registered address - but not now, only after Tuesday for the NEXT elections).  If you have not received a voting station notice in the mail, check your eligibility and voting location here. Just enter your te'udat zehut number and your voting station, if you are eligible, will appear on the screen. 

1. General: YOU MUST BRING your teudat zehut or driver's license. RAIN IS EXPECTED -- PLAN TO VOTE ANYWAY. Sometimes you will find there is a very long line -- VOTE ANYWAY. Bring a newspaper to read and plan in advance that you may need 1 - 2 hours to get to the head of the line. (We hope it will be less!).  We have requested access for the physically handicapped at all branches in view of past difficulties - we hope this request has been honored.


2. How to vote for Chairmanship of the Likud: There are two choices, Netanyahu and Moshe Feiglin. The first supports a Palestinian state just a bike-ride away from Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and BG Airport and the second opposes this. So, please take the voting slip with the name "Moshe Feiglin" (משה פייגלין), put it in a white envelope that you will be given and insert in the blue voting box. If you are not comfortable voting for Mr. Feiglin, at least bring with you a slip on which you  write "NO to Palestinian state, YES to Migron, NO to settlement bashing" (or similar) and put that in the blue voting box, to send a message to Mr. Netanyahu that you are NOT AT ALL  happy with his disgraceful endorsement of Palestinian state and with his stubborn insistence on doing the bidding of the extreme left (Netanyahu is about to deport all 50 young families from the yishuv of Migron and is blocking the legislation intended to save this brave yishuv). 

3. How to vote for your local Likud Committee Members (very important!!) 

 

a. There are 2 separate ballots -- one for "chavrei merkaz" (also called "chavrei veida") and one for "chavrei moetzet snif" (also called "moetzet ha-snif").

 

b. In some places, you will NOT be voting for these, because in your particular branch, there were a small number of candidates and agreement was reached between them without even holding elections. You WILL be voting for committee members, if your branch is one of the following (click here): http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_27.html    

 

c. On both ballots, PLEASE FIRST LOOK for the names of the courageous committee members who bravely opposed Sharon's Gush Katif disengagement plan  in 2004/5 and who are running again - their names are here:

 

GOOD GUYS LIST  http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_4740.html.

 

Please click on the above link, look for your city or branch,  and copy down the "good guys" in YOUR city or branch only (for example -- if you are from Raanana, copy down ONLY the Raanana "good guys".

 

Bring those names with you on Tuesday. Look for them on all ballots -- they strongly deserve our support!!

 

In addition, you may hear of other, usually new, candidates who you KNOW FOR SURE are against Palestinian State and support Yehuda and Shomron. Here are examples of good new candidates, who oppose Palestinian state and support yishuvim and maachazim:

 

   ירושלים -  דוד איש-שלוםיהונתן לסי JERUSALEM

           SHAFIR   מועצה איזורית שפיר: אביאל טוקר. מרדכי יפרח. ציון אדרי. דנה זלינגר 

RAMAT GAN רמת-גן - איזו חיימוביץ, קטי כהן, ברכה רוקח, נועה וילשטיין. איזוסלב צירולניקוב

 RAANANA  רעננה - ד"ר אהרן לרנר    

 

If you know of more - please URGENTLY send their names, email addresses  and cellphone numbers, and where are they standing for election (what branch) to us atmattot.arim@gmail.com.

 

d. We do NOT recommend which candidates to vote for in Yehuda and Shomron branches because we assume all LOCAL candidates in those branches are good and are known personally to the local voters.

 

e. If someone asks you to vote for "somebody", ask for the name, email address and cellphone of the somebody and are they FOR Yehuda and Shomron and AGAINST Palestinian state. If so, vote for them and send their particulars to us so we can make sure they do what they promised, in the upcoming years.

 

f. Do NOT vote for names you never heard of. Vote ONLY for names you know personally or that someone you absolutely know and trust knows personally, to be  FOR Yehuda and Shomron and AGAINST Palestinian state.

 

4. THANK YOU FOR BEING A CARING, INVOLVED CITIZEN AND HAPPY VOTING ON TUESDAY. MANY THANKS TO THE MANY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED PUT THIS EMAIL TOGETHER.


Also from mattot Arim:


Action Alert without delay please: re: Outpost Legalization Bill being brought to vote in Knesset most probably on Wednesday

כתובות המייל הם:

myaalon@knesset.gov.ilmcachlon@knesset.gov.ilyiskatz@knesset.gov.ilgsaar@knesset.gov.ilsar@sviva.gov.il;info@ng.pmo.gov.il;sar@moin.gov.il

yedelstein@knesset.gov.ilaliberman@knesset.gov.il;ulandau@KNESSET.GOV.IL;

slandver@knesset.gov.ilsmiseznikov@knesset.gov.ilministerts@most.gov.ildhershkovitz@KNESSET.GOV.IL;aatias@knesset.gov.ilmnahari@knesset.gov.il;  

ysteinitz@knesset.gov.il;  ymargi@dat.gov.il;iaharon@knesset.gov.il;

בפייסבוק: לכתוב על הקיר:http://www.facebook.com/silvan.shalom https://www.facebook.com/YuliEdelstein

סמס לעוזרים הפוליטיים של השריםSMS to ministers' politicalaides

לשכת ארדן -גלעד מזרחי 050-6237623 * לשכת בוגי - איציק אשכנזי 050-5313133 * לשכת כחלון - שמעון בן דוד 050-5808851

לשכת י. כץ - אסף יצחקי 054-4900290  * לשכת ל. לבנת - אופיר כץ 054-2670368 * לשכת ג. סער - קטי 052-8396559

* לשכת שטייניץ - נמרוד 050-6204466 * לשכת אדלשטיין:  קובי 050-3161171 

We are delighted and honored to announce that the coalition's leaders (the faction heads of all coalition factions) have decided, as we all hoped and worked for, on freedom of conscience for the outpost legalization bill. 

So, this bill can be and will be soon (probably this Wednesday) brought to vote in Knesset.   

It is now our DUTY and PRIVILEGE to make sure  every single minister votes for the bill! 

Often ministers do not bother to vote in the Knesset. However this vote is going to be extremely close. So, each and every minister's finger will need to be waving in the air if we are to pass this bill - on this coming Wednesday, 1 February.    

Please do your personal duty without delay:  use one or more of the following: personal contact, fax, phone, email, SMS or Facebook-wall message --  to send your urgent appeal to each and every minister!!   

Personal visit: If you can personally arrange to visit any one of the ministers -- at his home, neighborhood, synagogue, office or other -- that would be GREAT. If not, use these contact methods:  

Telephone and fax numbers -- see : http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com/2010/08/tel-fax-nos-rightwing-ministers_05.html -- but do NOT contact Benny Begin, Silvan Shalom, Yakov Neeman, Yossi Peled, Netanyahu himself. We will explain why, in an upcoming email.   

Email: An entire paragraph of relevant email addresses appears above in the Hebrew.   

Facebook: Here are the links we found:  http://www.facebook.com/silvan.shalom https://www.facebook.com/YuliEdelstein.  You can write your message on the minister's wall!! 

SMS: See many cellphone numbers of the ministers' political aides -- scroll up to the Hebrew.   

Example message to fax, call in, SMS, email, etc: (feel free to write your own) SAVE MIGRON & OTHER YISHUVIM - COME TO KNESSET ON WED, VOTE FOR OUTPOST LEGALIZATION LAW!!  

If you get a  serious answer from any Minister, positive or negative, please URGENTLY LET US KNOW --mattot.arim@gmail.com awaits your inputs eagerly and gratefully - thank you very much!!

 


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Recent Brutality and Expulsions in Judea and Samaria!
 * in Yissa Bracha in Mitzpe Yericho
* in  Mitzpe Avihai   http://www.eish-l.org/s/w2c8dt
* 8-min video: startled mother in freezing middle-of-the-night
    holding babies... http://www.eish-l.org/s/cnb6tg
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* in Mitzpe Yitzhar http://www.eish-l.org/s/eo3gje

Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are L'Ilui Nishmat Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog.