Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Fwd: Israel Opens Brutality Investigation Against Shin Bet

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Published on: Today 10:03 PM
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This news will hopefully help Elisha Odess, the 19 year old Jewish teen from the Shomron who was arrested two years ago and brutally tortured by the Shuin Bet until he "confessed" that he was involved in the arson of an Arab house  in the Arab village of Duma. There is no other evidence linking him to this event except for his forced confession which he gave after a week of unbearable torture. He has been held in jail without evidence under the purview of "Administrative Detention" which allows the Israeli government to hold a person prisoner indefinitely and with no legal recourse. May we finally see the end of this barbarism in the only democracy in the Middle East. 


ISRAEL OPENS BRUTALITY INVESTIGATION AGAINST SHIN BET: Jerusalem -

 Israel's Justice Ministry has launched an unprecedented criminal investigation against an interrogator from the Israel Security Agency over brutality allegations.

It marks the first time that an investigation has been opened since the Justice Ministry established a unit called Mivtan about 18 years ago to investigate complaints against the ISA, also known as the Shin Bet.

The complaint was filed against the ISA operative over an interrogation from 2015.

More than 1,100 complaints have been filed alleging misconduct and brutality by Shin Bet interrogators over the last 17 years, according to the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, which called the statistic "highly unflattering." The committee did not file the complaint against the operative under the criminal probe, according to Haaretz.

Both Mivtan and the Police Internal Investigations Department, or Mahash, must approve the launch of a criminal investigation against a Shin Bet agent. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit was involved in the decision to investigate this interrogator, Haaretz reported, citing two unnamed sources.

"We hope that this precedent will usher change in the Shin Bet's interrogations procedures, in line with their legal and moral obligations," the committee said in a statement. "Personal accountability will encourage interrogators to adhere to legal practices, keeping in mind that even detainees, be them Jews or Palestinians, maintain their rights and dignity.

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"By launching this unprecedented investigation, the Ministry of Justice sends a clear message that the Israeli Security Agency is not above the law and that interrogators crossing red lines will have to answer for their actions. The State of Israel acknowledges that torture is a prohibited and immoral practice, and that no justification can be made for the use of cruel or degrading treatment in breach of international treaties."

The Justice Ministry told Haaretz that 50 examinations of complaints were started in the last year.

"The process of examining the complaints has frequently led to different system-wide lessons being applied, or to disciplinary action being taken against investigators," the ministry said.   

https://www.vosizneias.com/290471/2018/02/01/jerusalem-israel-opens-brutality-probe-against-shin-bet-security-service/


Monday, January 29, 2018

Letter to the Editor by Helen Freedman on Stephen Flatow's description of Shiva Call to Shevach Family in Havat Gilad. Yael Shevach asks money for Mikvah and Sefer Torah following her husband's massacre.

Letter to the Editor - The Jewish Press
From Helen Freedman

Stephen Flatow's description of his shiva call to the Shevach family in Havat Gilad accurately describes a community, built on private Jewish land, which has experienced discrimination from the Israeli government since its creation about 15 years ago. Struggling with the label, "illegal settlement", the residents have experienced sporadic electricity and water, which they must purchase themselves. These are basic necessities, which, if denied by Israel to the Gazans, would have the world screaming about inhumanity. If it's done to Jews it seems to pass unnoticed. 

It took the murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a beloved resident of Havat Gilad, for attention to be paid. My organization, Americans for a Safe Israel, as well as the Israel Independence Fund, led by Aharon Pulver, have been the few, perhaps only, organizations that have tried to help the community.

I recently paid a late condolence call to Rabbi Shevach's widow, Yael. I was introduced to her by Ilana Shimoni, an ardent spokeswoman for the community whom we have befriended over the years. I marveled at Yael's strength of character and beauty during our meeting. The one thing the women asked for was help with building their mikveh. The women of Havat Gilad, who struggle with all the hardships the community presents, are entitled to have the comfort of a mikveh. They have already raised some funds for the project and are hoping to raise more. 

Another wish expressed by Yael Shevach was for the donation of a Torah scroll in time for the shloshim for her husband. He was killed on Jan. 9 so the time is growing short. 

For information about donating to the mikveh or the Torah scroll, please contact AFSI at212-828-2424judy@afsi.org, or the AFSI website. If using the website to make a donation, just hit the DONATE button, use your credit card, and earmark the amount for Havat Gilad. 


My Comments:
In this week's Yated Parshat Beshalach Shira. Volume 30 No. 4 Page 34 there was an article entitled "The President and  the Rebbe"  on the encounter of the Klausenberger Rebbe in Germany and General Eisenhower, the Commander of the American armed forces in Germany.  

On Yom Kippur or the year 5706, 72 years ago, the general arrived at the shul in the refugee camp of Fedafing to meet the "holy man" and the leader of the Jews, whom he had heard much about.  

The Rebbe was a survivor of the horrors and a man who had lost his entire family, became known for his superhuman strength..  The Rebbe had lost his wife and eleven children during the war, and he himself barely survived the death march. 

...The refugee population gathered at the gates of the camp to greet him (Eisenhower), and the rebbe zt"l came out as well.  He carried a braided challah and salt, which were served to the general, and he held a Sefer Torah in  his arms....The  People demanded that the Klasenberger Rebbe serve as the main speaker for the occasion...the Rebbe began speaking in an impassioned voice about the destruction and calamities aht had befallen the Jewish people, about the destiny of the Jews and our  mission in this world as Hashem's chosen people.  He gave his blessing to the visiting general, who had been granted the tremendous merit in taking part of the liberation of masses of innocent people who had been condemned to death.  However, his words were directed mainly at his Jewish brethren.
"The Rebbe adjured all the Jews who were present for the occasion not to forget what our enemies had done to us.  ...His speech made a tremendous  impact.  His listeners dissolved into tears...Adults wept like small children.. ..

"At the end of  the ceremony the general asked the Rebbe, 'How can I be of assistance now?'

"The Rebbe replied through an interpreter that his only request was for Arba Minim for Yom Tov of Sukkos, which was only a  few days away, for himself and for the other survivors.  When General Eisenhower heard that  response, he was overcome with awe, and he understood that the man standing before him was a truly holy man.  There was no other way to explain the fact that a Jew in the DP camps could hear the  commander of the American army saying that he was willing to fulfill any request, and yet could ask for nothing other than a lulav and esrog. 

This kind of greatness is found in Havat Gilad. These settlers are the salt of the earth.  May Hashem ease the sorrow and may Yael Shevach and the children know no more pain or suffering.  

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Fwd: Daniel Greenfield's article: A Year of Russian Collusion . The left inevitably accuses the right of its own sins. Trump didn’t collude with Russia. Obama did.


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A Year of Russian Collusion

Posted: 29 Jan 2018 12:44 AM PST

September 2009.

Obama hadn't even been in office for a whole year when he gave in to Moscow's biggest demand by dropping the missile defense shield for Poland and the Czech Republic. During his campaign, he had enthusiastically backed the defensive program, declaring, "We have to send a clear signal that Poland and other countries in that region are not going to be subject to intimidation and aggression."

Like all of his campaign promises that were based on political triangulation, law enforcement, counterterrorism, Jerusalem and gay marriage, it was a campaign lie to be thrown out after the election.

Putin praised Obama's sellout of our allies as a "brave decision." In his first year, President Trump touted the sale of Patriot missiles to Poland. That was a truly brave decision.

After the Russian invasion, Obama refused to provide Ukraine with military assistance. While he had handed out weapons to Islamist terrorists in Syria and Libya, the Ukrainians were only offered MREs. The same administration that covertly shipped a fortune in foreign currency on unmarked cargo planes to Russia's Iranian allies took months to meet Ukrainian requests for boots and spare tires.

The Trump administrated unapologetically approved the sale of sniper rifles to the Ukrainians.

"I'm aware of not only the extraordinary work that you've done on behalf of the Russian people," Obama had gushed during his meeting with Putin. There were no protests from the same media that has since then repeatedly suggested that Trump's praise for Putin indicated a soft spot for dictators.

Looking back at Obama's first year and Trump's first year, it's easy to assess who was giving Moscow more. It wasn't just missile defense. In the spring of '09, Hillary was in Moscow toting a misspelled Reset Button swiped from a swimming pool. But it was Obama who had first urged a "reset or reboot". That was the month he sent a secret hand-delivered letter to Russia offering to kill the missile shield. The Russians turned down his proposed deal, but he went through with the appeasement anyway.

Trashing missile defense was just one step in a larger effort to revive Jimmy Carter's defense policies. In his first year, Obama began the push to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. CTBT would have allowed the Russians (and everyone else) to build up their nuclear arsenals while crippling our own. The new START treaty was drafted in '09 and signed next year. And Russian violations of it were ignored.

It took a new administration to change that.

In his first phone call with Putin, President Trump blasted the START treaty as a bad deal that gave Moscow a free ride. Next month, the Pentagon officially came out and said what everyone knew.

This was a sharp contrast with the previous administration which had refused to detail Russian violations. It falsely claimed that it couldn't answer the question because "the New START treaty forbids releasing to the public data and information obtained during implementation of the treaty."

Before the Iran deal, the Russia deal had been Obama's legacy. And the same lies, echo chambers and spin that would be used to cover up Iranian violations were being deployed to mask Russian violations.

The Russians couldn't have been too surprised at Trump holding their feet to the fire. Trump had blasted the START treaty during the third presidential debate while Hillary Clinton had rambled on about cyberattacks. The Russians would have been far more concerned about nukes than keyboards.

That was the same debate where Hillary Clinton had accused Trump of being Putin's "puppet".

But if that's true, where are the concessions and the appeasement? Every tangible foreign policy issue that the commentariat at conspiratorial lefty media outlets like the Washington Post, the Huffington Post and ThinkProgress had seized on as evidence of Trump's collusion has come up short.

Remember when Trump was secretly conspiring to lift sanctions for Exxon-Mobil's Russian drilling project?

"Could Massive Russian Oil Deal with Exxon Explain Why Putin Appears to Have Meddled in US Election?", Democracy Now shrieked. "Trump-Putin Bromance: Election Hacking, Oil Drilling," the Huffington Post caterwauled.

ThinkProgress made them seem restrained. "Trump, Putin, and ExxonMobil team up to destroy the planet."

"Pick of Exxon CEO for Secretary of State clarifies why Putin wanted Trump elected: a $500 billion oil deal killed by sanctions," the sub yammered. Trump, Putin and oil represented "the gravest threat to humanity (and democracy) since the rise of the Axis powers".

Just one problem. Trump refused to let the deal happen. So much for that conspiracy theory.

Seizing on the potential Exxon deal was an act of desperation. The left was quick to juggle Russia collusion theories, but had trouble coming up with anything that Russia actually got from Trump.

Not only wasn't there anything like Obama's Year One windfall of appeasement, but Moscow was getting nothing but trouble. The new National Defense Strategy lists Russia as a major threat. It's a return to the Republican view of Russia as a geopolitical threat that Obama had mocked Romney for.

The Washington Post, which boasts a new Russia-Trump conspiracy theory every five hours, responded by claiming that Trump's policy of confronting Russia is exactly what Vladimir Putin wants. "Trump's strategy pushes confrontation with Russia, and Moscow is pleased," a Post op-ed declared.

What better evidence could there be that Trump is Putin's puppet than that he's standing up to him?

The new Russia conspiracy meme borrows the old Obama spin on Iran and ISIS which accused critics of "playing into their hands" by trying to fight them, instead of appeasing them. It was classic Orwellian spin. "Weakness is strength", "lies are truth" and "opposition is collusion". But it said something about the weakness of the collusion reality that the Post was forced to rely on such weak Rhodes-ian spin.

What had Trump done for Russia? Well he stood up to it. And that's exactly what Putin wants.

The media's case for collusion comes down to the hacking of Democrat emails. But while having Podesta's missives exposed to daylight was clearly a traumatic event for the Dems, it's not exactly up there with letting the Russians have a free hand in Europe. Or letting its Iranian allies go nuclear.

The media has blasted us with headlines about the meeting between Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer about the Magnitsky Act. But a year later, the Magnitsky Act is doing just fine. There's been no review. Obama had singlehandedly dismantled the Cuban embargo. If Trump had really wanted to, the sanctions on Russia would be a memory. But instead the sanctions keep on coming.

The media made much of Trump's signing statement to CAATSA criticizing its intrusion on his authority. Obama had repeatedly made similar objections, though using very different rhetoric, in signing statements to previous bills. When the administration missed the October 1 sanctions deadline, the media again rolled out the conspiracy theories. "The Trump administration is delaying Russia sanctions that Congress demanded," Vox bleated. The sanctions were sent in the very next day.

The media has come to specialize in spinning conspiracy theories out of process. It's safer to focus on the trees, because then they don't have to notice that there's no forest. But it's a sign of just how little it has to work with when it comes to real life policy as opposed to the conspiracy theories of its bubble.

"What did Putin want from Trump and what did he actually get?" a Newsweek article inquires. It's forced to conclude that the answer is nothing. Russia received a whole lot from Obama in his first year. Trump has dealt it a series of setbacks instead. Newsweek concludes that Putin helped elect Trump, but got nothing in return. That would make Putin rather stupid. And no one has yet accused him of that.

But that's what the current collusion conspiracy theories of the left have irrationally been reduced to. Putin helped elect Trump. And got nothing from Trump for it. Now it's time to impeach Trump anyway.

Backing Trump never made any sense. Republicans have traditionally been more hostile to Russia. And Trump's entire pitch was nationalism. Nationalist leaders in small countries might collaborate with Putin, but the nationalist leader of the United States could only end up on a collision course with Russia.

Obama's first year was a golden period for Russia because he didn't believe in national interests. Trump does. The left inevitably accuses the right of its own sins. Trump didn't collude with Russia. Obama did.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Fwd: the art of the deal by Shalom Pollack on the Alliance between the Chareidi Party UTJ and Shas and Arab Israeli Joint List


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MK Menachem Eliezer Mozes (United Torah Judaism) admitted that the Haredi parties were closely collaborating with the Arab-Israeli Joint List party.

First hints of the unlikely alliance appeared last week after the Shas and UTJ factions opposed the Muezzin Law, which seeks to limit the use of loudspeakers in mosques at times of the day in which they could disturb residents.

On Sunday, Mozes admitted that the Haredi factions, both members of the coalition government, were collaborating with the Joint List in order to advance bills that were important to the Haredi community.

"We're doing 'business' with the Arabs in order to support laws that are important to the Haredi public," Mozes told Radio Kol Hai, adding that the Haredi factions had scuttled the Muezzin Law in order to keep the alliance alive, despite supporting an earlier version of the bill in 2016.

"UTJ's earlier support of the Muezzin Bill was a mistake," contended Mozes, who hinted that the Haredi parties had torpedoed the bill in order to earn the Joint List's support for the Draft Law granting Haredi yeshiva students draft deferments.

The above is a quote from a news item today (Israel National News).

Did it make you blink twice and rub your eyes to make sure they were not playing tricks on you?

Let us try to understand this. The Haredim, (known generally as the non-Zionistic "ultra-Orthodox" community in Israel) are making deals with the anti-Zionist Arab parties in the Knesset and proudly announce that an alliance has been struck.

You help make sure that our sons do not have to defend the country, and we will help you do what is dearest to you (weaken Israel as a Jewish country).

What can one say? I must choose my words carefully.

I usually save my harshest words for the Arab enemy who want us dead and the Leftists who support them. It is the  Jewish country that the Leftists I believe truly hate, as they do themselves for being Jewish.

It is not difficult for me to paint the above with a rather wide and clear brush.

The Arabs hate us because we are Jews and the Left hate themselves and us because we are Jews. They suffer from a generationally recurring warped jean that stems from a continuing disconnect from Judaism.

I get it.

The Haredim are not Arabs, so they do not hate Jews.

 They are firmly planted in the Jewish tradition, dress, liturgy,  strict Shabbat and holiday observance etc..,  so they are definitely not Leftists in the classic sense.

Then don't talk like them or walk like them, but the Arabs are ready to embrace them just as they have the Leftists.

The difference is this:  The Leftists are driven by an ideology that calls for abetting our enemies.

The Haredim on the other hand, don't love the Arabs, nor do they adapt their national narrative.

 It's purely business. Nothing personal.Nothing ideological

That explains why they (Shas) voted for Oslo and they (UTJ) voted for the expulsion from Gush Katif and Shomron.

It's the ultimate art of the deal.

As far as the Haredim are concerned they could be wheeling and dealing with any political players in Brooklyn, NY or Manchester, England or in Lublin, Poland before those deals ended a few decades ago.

Non-Zionist, means, I live in my corner of this country (it can be any country or community, anywhere) and I do what is best for my corner. Period

Two thousand years of Jewish dispersion, humiliation and weakness are OK. There was a corner

 Just give me my corner. I don't need a Jewish country with its unfamiliar myriad types of Jews from every corner of the earth. I don't want an army and all the other nuisances that a real people must face.

We never had to deal with this stuff in the ghetto. Just give me a Goy with whom I can make deals and stay out of my corner.

Many of the Jewish slaves who left Egypt quickly preferred to return to Egypt and not enter the promised land to deal with the responsibilities of a  free responsible nation.

They were the prototype.

I will continue to be woken up at 4:30 am by the blaring mosque loudspeakers, but I won't curse the Arabs any longer.

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Friday, January 26, 2018

A Miscarriage of Justice The Case of Ben Deri from Helen Freedman Executive Director AFSI


A Miscarriage of Justice
The Case of Ben Deri
  
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David Jacobs, a crusader for justice in Israel, is calling attention to the case of Ben Deri, a young man whose story was well known in Israel four years ago but has now been largely forgotten. Here are some of the details:
 
In the October 4, 2011 Shalit exchange, 1127 Arab terrorists were released from Israeli prisons. On July 28, 2013, in the John Kerry deal, the Israeli Cabinet agreed to release 104 Arab terrorists from prison to restart the "peace" negotiations with Abbas. The terrorists would be released in four groups of 26 each over a period of nine months. 
 
On April 14, 2014, Baruch Mizrahi, an Israeli policeman and a father of five from Modiin, was murdered by a terrorist released by the Netanyahu government in the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. In response, the Netanyahu government decided not to release the final group of 26 prisoners. The first 78 had already been released. The Arabs began rioting on May 14, 2014, their Naqba day, outside Ofer prison.
 
Fifteen Border Police were surrounded by thousands of Arab rioters, and an Arab was shot. Ben Deri, the commander of the Border Policemen, was charged with shooting a live bullet, rather than the rubber bullets the police were using. This finding was based solely on the report by the Abu Dis Institute of Forensic Medicine.
 
Ben spent three months in jail and in January 2015 was released to house arrest which he has been under until very recently. He is now allowed out during the day for work in his father's factory. The prosecution has asked for a 27-month jail term with no time
consideration for time already served. Sentencing will be this April.
 
It is necessary to shine the light on the Ben Deri case. This young man represents all the police and soldiers who serve their country and then end up becoming victims of an unjust justice system. This young man's life must be saved. 
 
For additional information contact:
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A Miscarriage of Justice The Case of Ben Deri from Helen Freedman Executive Director AFSI


A Miscarriage of Justice
The Case of Ben Deri
  
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David Jacobs, Yael Shevach and Helen Freedman
David Jacobs is the son of Bob and Elaine Jacobs, super activists for Israel.
David lives in Modi'in and took Helen to meet Ben Deri.

David Jacobs, a crusader for justice in Israel, is calling attention to the case of Ben Deri, a young man whose story was well known in Israel four years ago but has now been largely forgotten. Here are some of the details:
 
In the October 4, 2011 Shalit exchange, 1127 Arab terrorists were released from Israeli prisons. On July 28, 2013, in the John Kerry deal, the Israeli Cabinet agreed to release 104 Arab terrorists from prison to restart the "peace" negotiations with Abbas. The terrorists would be released in four groups of 26 each over a period of nine months. 
 
On April 14, 2014, Baruch Mizrahi, an Israeli policeman and a father of five from Modiin, was murdered by a terrorist released by the Netanyahu government in the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. In response, the Netanyahu government decided not to release the final group of 26 prisoners. The first 78 had already been released. The Arabs began rioting on May 14, 2014, their Naqba day, outside Ofer prison.
 
Fifteen Border Police were surrounded by thousands of Arab rioters, and an Arab was shot. Ben Deri, the commander of the Border Policemen, was charged with shooting a live bullet, rather than the rubber bullets the police were using. This finding was based solely on the report by the Abu Dis Institute of Forensic Medicine.
 
Ben spent three months in jail and in January 2015 was released to house arrest which he has been under until very recently. He is now allowed out during the day for work in his father's factory. The prosecution has asked for a 27-month jail term with no time
consideration for time already served. Sentencing will be this April.
 
It is necessary to shine the light on the Ben Deri case. This young man represents all the police and soldiers who serve their country and then end up becoming victims of an unjust justice system. This young man's life must be saved. 
 
For additional information contact:
Honenu.org.il@gmail.com or amchazak1836@gmail.com


Thursday, January 25, 2018

Government won't discuss legalization of Havat Gilad outpost. Deja Vu . One more strike against Defense Minister Lieberman who likes to "look" for a solution but doesn't deliver...

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...apparently we thanked Lieberman prematurely....

Government won't discuss legalization of Havat Gilad outpost
Despite promises, the government will not debate the legalization of Havat Gilad outpost. 'The time for excuses is over.'


Amona Revisited, Is Lieberman doing enough by merely actively looking for a solution to prevent the evacuation of Amona?


Here are some ideas that have been offered to create Facts on the Ground that will help the Security situation in Judea and Samaria for a long and lasting peace!

  • Time for  Defense Minister Lieberman to retire.  In his place we need someone who appreciates G-d's active role in our life!  One who prays for Divine Protection and understands what we as a nation must be worthy.  We need a G-d fearing man, who deeply values the Torah especially guarding the Mitzvoth that protect the Nation  The signs of a G-d Fearing individual with such qualifications is one who values and guards  Shabbat, Brit Milah and Tefillin.  
  • End rules of engagement against terrorists that put the lives of our own soldiers in danger while they try too hard to save the lives of the enemy.  This is not a reflection of a moral army.  This is an army that betrays its soldiers.  
  • Instruct IDF to confiscate cameras there to put our soldiers in a bad light
  • Instruct IDF to treat enemy children,  pregnant women, disabled etc with extreme caution as if they are ready to detonate in a suicide mission and not with restraint and compassion lest we fall into their trap. Know that your enemy uses deceipt as a weapon.
  • Pressure the powers at large to Pardon Elor Azarya condemned before a fair trial, hearing, publicly and  prosecuted by the IDF military court publicly probably to gain political points, for having eliminated a terrorist. This public theater served to demoralize and weaken the IDF.
  • Implement the Death sentence for terrorists who have Jewish blood on their hands
  • Stop PA stipends to Terrorists and their families
  • Monitor and stop the hate education and brainwashing, incitement of  terror of Palestinian children in all schools including schools funded by USA like UNRWA
  • Immediately have the IDF remove billboards etc that incite terror and if the IDF turns a blind eye,  don't be surprised or upset when Residents of Judea and Samaria take the matter into their own hands to bring down those billboards. 
  • Make sure IDF comes quickly when children go on a Tiyul and are threatened, It should not take over an hour.
  • Don't accuse the Settlers of taking their security into their own hands and force them to rely on the IDF when the hands of soldiers have been tied to do the job effectively 
  • Normalize Jewish Settlement in Judea and Samaria not only Havat Gilad!  
  • Do not demolish the homes in Netiv HaAvot as were homes in Neve Erez, Amona and elsewhere!!!! Heartless and senseless!
Lieberman, Security Failures in Judea and Samaria, reflective of Failed Leadership?

The Three Mitzvot that are called Signs אותות: Ot Brit אות ברית (a Sign of a Covenant), Shabbat שבת, and Tefillin תפילין Brings Divine Protection. Mitzvot called Ot אות were given to Children of Israel before Matan Torah.

Baruch Dayan HaEmet - Rabbi Raziel Shevach, z'l, of Havat Gilad Time to Cry OUT and Blow Trumpets and Repent as per the words of Rambam Hilchot Taanit.

Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Temple Mount, Judea and Samaria Lives and Property Hefker? Temple Mount, Netiv HaAvot, Raziel Shevach Father of 6 Murdered Chavat Gilad, Letter to Ambassador Friedman from Helen Freedman Executive Director of AFSI

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Fwd: Shutdown over. Jan 23, 2018 Mike Huckabee newsletter


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I hope you were all able to survive, despite the government being shut down for all of Monday morning. We were told millions would die, but I hope they managed to hold on until lunch time without Uncle Sam to give them mouth-to-mouth.
In the meantime, if you're wondering why Chuck Schumer gave up holding the government hostage and folded like a cheap card table, here's one unsurprising answer: the polls terrified him. A Democrat super PAC commissioned a quick poll in 12 battleground states, and it turned out voters weren't too keen on the idea of holding up military pay and poor children's health insurance funding to try to extort citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Chuck's priorities might be out of whack, but at least he hasn't forgotten the politician's #1 priority: getting reelected.
Mike Huckabee

          
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Fingers crossed

By Mike Huckabee
A Democratic pollster actually has a suggestion for President Trump that he believes would make him wildly popular and prevent future government shutdowns: make it so all future shutdowns cut off Congressional paychecks.
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Maeve gets it

By Mike Huckabee
I'm a little concerned today about CNN political reporter Maeve Reston, who may have caused irreparable damage to her career by admitting the truth on-air: that all CNN talks about is the hysterical "Russian collusion" narrative, and outside the DC media bubble, nobody cares.
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Great Moments in Loony PC Virtue-Signaling

By Mike Huckabee
L'Oreal Paris is congratulating itself for showing diversity and inclusion by paying actual money to run an ad for shampoo featuring a Muslim model wearing a hijab. You know: a scarf that completely covers her head. The message is that she cares about her hair, even though nobody can see it. Which is fine for her, I guess, except…isn't L'Oreal supposed to be selling shampoo? And toward that end, shouldn't the people they're trying to sell shampoo to be able to see the hair model's hair?
This is sort of like Chevrolet showing us a picture of a garage and assuring us that there's a new Camero in there, and the guy who owns it really likes it.
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Huck's criminal mastermind

By Mike Huckabee
Today's Huck's Criminal Mastermind proves the old adage that "fools' names and fools' faces often appear in public places." And thanks to social media, they appear in public places 24/7.
Florida rapper "Kodak Black" (Dieuson Octave) was already on probation for previous crimes when he was busted by Broward County Sheriff's deputies on multiple charges for allegedly rolling and lighting joints and playing with a handgun with some "associates" in his bathroom, with his infant son just inches away. Police knew he was doing this because he was live-streaming it to his five million Instagram followers. In fact, they even got to see the bust, because the police arrived right in the middle of the show.
Man, talk about a Kodak Moment!
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The punches to the face keep coming

By Mike Huckabee
Take that, you evil corporations! Some California politicians want to put a big tax on companies to take back much of the GOP tax cut that so many employers are using to give raises and bonuses to workers, and to expand and create new jobs. The pols in Sacramento know better how to use that money: to provide more "social services." Which Californians will probably need, when they don't get raises or find jobs because all the businesses are moving to Texas. But hey, Californians: no need to thank them! It's just what liberals do!
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Please Tell Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman that not Guarding 3 Mitzvoth that are called Ot אות, Milah, Shabbat and Tefillin, harms Israel's Security and National Strength.



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Siddur Ashkenazi/Shacharit/Shema and its Blessings for Weekday Shacharit
אַשְׁרֵי אִישׁ שֶׁיִּשְׁמַע לְמִצְותֶיךָ וְתורָתְךָ וּדְבָרְךָ יָשִׂים עַל לִבּו: אֱמֶת. אַתָּה הוּא אָדוֹן לְעַמֶּךָ. וּמֶלֶךְ גִּבּור לָרִיב רִיבָם: אֱמֶת. אַתָּה הוּא רִאשׁוֹן וְאַתָּה הוּא אַחֲרוֹן. וּמִבַּלְעָדֶיךָ אֵין לָנוּ מֶלֶךְ גּוֹאֵל וּמושִׁיעַ:


Praiseworthy is the man who obeys Your commandments and Your Teaching, and Your Word, (he) places on his heart.  It is true that You are the Master for your people and a Might King to fight their battles. It is true that You are The First and You are The Last, and other than you we have no king, redeemer or savior...

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:Siddur_Ashkenazi/Shacharit/Shema_and_its_Blessings_for_Weekday_Shacharit  Translation with help from Interlinear Artscroll Weekday Siddur. 

Look at the contact info for the defense minister
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B86sGl9yfinjSnBFX3hSRUdmWGhwS28wQldqa1MzbF9sQUZ3/view?usp=sharing

.The Holocaust has taught us that Israel needs a strong army  

Chayalim, Mothers of Chayalim, Citizens of Israel and the entire world want and needs Israel to be strong and to have a strong army.. 

?What truly makes Israel Strong

When Israel internalizes that she is dependent on Hashem our Almighty G-d, King of the Universe for her Salvation.  Ein Od Milvado.

When our eyes are properly open, surely the miracles we witnessed in 1967 and the open miracles in Operation Desert Storm, and miracles happening  each and every day,  remind us that it is not our might nor strength that protects us.

The  secret of our Strength comes from G-d. 

Therefore,  Israel's Military Leaders should be men of integrity, men of Truth speaking truth in their hearts.  They need to be above all,  G-d Fearing  who respect and value the power of keeping the Mitzvoth. 

They would then understand that the Security of Israel is surely endangered by flippantly dismissing Commandments of  the Torah, there for our protection,  as "primitive".  

The Three Mitzvot that are called Signs Brings Divine Protection. Brit Milah, Shabbat and Tefillin
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-three-mitzvot-that-are-called-signs.html

Lieberman, Security Failures in Judea and Samaria, reflective of Failed Leadership
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2018/01/lieberman-security-failures-in-judea.html

Rabbi Calling to Oust IDF Chief over Mixed-Sex Agenda
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel-israel/rabbi-calling-to-oust-idf-chief-over-mixed-sex-agenda/2018/01/17/

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) called Rabbi Eliyahu's statement "primitive" and even suggested it "harms state security and the national strength."

Rabbi Eliyahu: Defense Minister Must Apologize or I'll Sue

Haredi Parties, Liberman, on Coalition Toppling War Path over Shabbat Laws

More of these posts  from the past. put Lieberman in a negative light...Let us not forget Amona, Chalamish, Lieberman's carrots, hilltop youth etc. 
https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/search?q=lieberman&max-results=20&by-date=true

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Monday, January 22, 2018

The Three Mitzvot that are called Signs אותות: Ot Brit אות ברית (a Sign of a Covenant), Shabbat שבת, and Tefillin תפילין Brings Divine Protection. Mitzvot called Ot אות were given to Children of Israel before Matan Torah.

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3  Mitzvot מצוות that are called Signs אותות are:
  • OT Brit, אות ברית מילה
  • OT Shabbat אות שבת
  • Ot Tefillin אות תפילין

...In Lech Lecha circumcision is not only called a brit but also called an ot brit (a sign of a covenant) (Bereishit 17:11). Shabbat is also called an ot, as the pasuk says: "But my Shabbat you shall guard, for it is a sign between Me and you for your generations, so that you should know that I am Hashem who sanctifies you" (Shemot 31:13). There is yet another mitzva that is called an ottefillin. "It should be for you an ot on your arms and a remembrance between your eyes" (Shemot 13:9). (In another place we pointed out that all the mitzvot that are called ot were told to Bnei Yisrael before the Torah was given at Sinai.) 
http://www.eretzhemdah.org/newsletterArticle.asp?lang=en&pageid=4&cat=7&newsletter=964&article=3689

These three signs reminds us that G-d is the Master of the Universe and they remind us of the  Covenant G-d made with our Forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, an everlasting  Covenant for their seed, their descendants, the Nation of Israel for all generations.

יאוּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶֽם
11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be as the sign of a covenant between Me and between you.


יג ְאַתָּ֞ה דַּבֵּ֨ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַ֥ךְ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כִּי֩ א֨וֹת הִ֜וא בֵּינִ֤י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם לָדַ֕עַת כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּשְׁכֶֽם:
13 And you, speak to the children of Israel and say: 'Only keep My Sabbaths! For it is a sign between Me and you for your generations, to know that I, the Lord, make you holy.

Shemot - Exodus - Chapter 16 before Matan Torah
כט רְא֗וּ כִּֽי־יְהֹוָה֘ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֣ם הַשַּׁבָּת֒ עַל־כֵּ֠ן ה֣וּא נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֖י לֶ֣חֶם יוֹמָ֑יִם שְׁב֣וּ | אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֗יו אַל־יֵ֥צֵא אִ֛ישׁ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי
29 See that the Lord has given you the Sabbath. Therefore, on the sixth day, He gives you bread for two days. Let each man remain in his place; let no man leave his place on the seventh day 
http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/9877/jewish/Chapter-16.htm



ט וְהָיָה֩ לְךָ֨ לְא֜וֹת עַל־יָֽדְךָ֗ וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙ בֵּ֣ין עֵינֶ֔יךָ לְמַ֗עַן תִּֽהְיֶ֛ה תּוֹרַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּפִ֑יךָ כִּ֚י בְּיָ֣ד חֲזָקָ֔ה הוֹצִֽאֲךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה מִמִּצְרָֽיִם:

9 And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as a remembrance between your eyes, in order that the law of the Lord shall be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

Divine Protection:

Ot אות Brit Milah  - נדמיך חיי In Blood Shall  You Live.  Brit Mila was a precondition for being able to bring the Korban Pesach before the Jews were allowed to leave Egypt.  The blood of the Korban Pesach was then put on the doorposts which then protected the Jews.  Shemiras HaBris - Guarding one's eyes is key for Divine Protection for failure in this area drives the Shechina away.  All the holy books are full of sayings and hints about how important Shmiras Habris is, the Talmud, the Halacha, Kabbalah and all the Chassidic masters...Just Google "Guard Your Eyes",  See Breslev websites on this particular topic.   https://guardyoureyes.com/

Brit Milah is a Sign of the Covenant.  אות ברית between G-d and the Nation of Israel. An Everlasting  Covenant. .  

Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 17

And I will establish My covenant between Me and between you and between your seed after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be to you for a God and to your seed after you.זוַֽהֲקִֽמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ֧ אַֽחֲרֶ֛יךָ לְדֹֽרֹתָ֖ם לִבְרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֑ם לִֽהְי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אַֽחֲרֶֽיךָ:
8And I will give you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, the entire land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them for a God."חוְנָֽתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ֠ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַֽחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת | אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַֽאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִֽים:
9And God said to Abraham, "And you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.טוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם וְאַתָּ֖ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֑ר אַתָּ֛ה וְזַרְעֲךָ֥ אַֽחֲרֶ֖יךָ לְדֹֽרֹתָֽם:
10This is My covenant, which you shall observe between Me and between you and between your seed after you, that every male among you be circumcised.יזֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַֽחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר:
11And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be as the sign of a covenant between Me and between you.יאוּנְמַלְתֶּ֕ם אֵ֖ת בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלַתְכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶֽם:
12And at the age of eight days, every male shall be circumcised to you throughout your generations, one that is born in the house, or one that is purchased with money, from any foreigner, who is not of your seed.יבוּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים יִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֛ם כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם יְלִ֣יד בָּ֔יִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּ֨סֶף֙ מִכֹּ֣ל בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִזַּרְעֲךָ֖ הֽוּא:
13Those born in the house and those purchased for money shall be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.יגהִמּ֧וֹל | יִמּ֛וֹל יְלִ֥יד בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ וּמִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ וְהָֽיְתָ֧ה בְרִיתִ֛י בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם לִבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם:
14And an uncircumcised male, who will not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin-that soul will be cut off from its people; he has broken My covenant."ידוְעָרֵ֣ל | זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר:


As during the week, the Shabbos Maariv contains the two pre-Shema brachos, the Shema, and the two post-Shema brachos. The only alteration in these blessings is found at the very end of the fourth bracha. During the week we end off asking Hashem to please "safeguard our going and coming – for life and for peace from now to eternity. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who protects His People (Israel) forever." On Shabbos, however, we end off "Safeguard our going and coming – for life and for peace from now to eternity. And spread over us your sukkah of peace. Blessed are You, Hashem, who spreads the sukkah of peace upon us, upon all of His people (Israel), and upon Yerushalayim." Why is the text changed on Shabbos?
The Tur (Orach Chaim 267, 3) explains that on Shabbos we do not need to say "Blessed are You, Hashem, Who protects His People (Israel) forever" because Shabbos itself is a protection, so it is superfluous to pray for Hashem to protect us.
Please note that the Pasuk says אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כִּי֩ א֨וֹת הִ֜וא. Why does the Pasuk use the work שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י in the plural (My Shabboses). Why not just say שבת? The Pasuk also refers to another Shabbat,  Shabbat Haaretz, the Shemittah year,  as well.  In the Shemittah year we return the Land to its owner the Creator of the World.  By keeping this Mitzva we demonstrate that the Land does not belong to us but rather to the Master of the Universe.  This reflects also on the first Rashi in Breishit.

         First Rashi of Breishit. Yes: It's OUR Land



Ot אות Tefillin has the power to induce fear in the enemy   http://www.shemayisrael.com/parsha/kahn/archives/vaeschanan66.htm


Overcoming enemies
There is a special connection between the commandment of putting on tefillin and overcoming the enemies of the Jewish people. In Parashas Ki Savo (Devarim 28:1-10) it says: "And it shall be that if you listen to the voice of HASHEM your G'd to observe, to perform, all of His commandments … HASHEM your G'd will make you supreme over all the nations of the land … G'd shall give that your enemies that rise against you shall be smitten before you. They will come out against you on one road and they will flee from you on seven roads … G'd will raise you to be for Him a holy people … as you observe the commandments of HASHEM your G'd … and all the nations of the land will see that the name of G'd is proclaimed over you and they will fear you."
G'd's name proclaimed

The Talmud (Berachot 6a) explains the meaning of "the nations of the land will see the name of G'd proclaimed over you". This is a reference to the tefillin worn on the head.

Operation Protective Edge - Tefillin. Key to G-d's miracles when fighting our enemies. Tefillin Campaign for Security in Eretz Yisroel. Amazing youtube of Lubavitcher Rebbe 1967. Recalling Miracles of the Exodus in Operation Protective Edge with a Tefillin Campaign
 https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/07/tefillin-key-to-g-ds-miracles-when_15.html

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