Sunday, June 15, 2014

Sign Petitions: U.S. Government: Take Action to Force the Palestinian Authority to Help Return the 3 Kidnapped Israeli Students, Hebrew Petition asking that Israel Kill a terrorist every hour until the abducted kids are returned

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  • In Hebrew: Kill a terrorist every hour until the abducted kids are returned. A Hebrew Facebook page that has around 15,000  likes at this time gaining momentum very quickly.   https://www.facebook.com/lehaselmehabel
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In The Palestinian News about the abducted kids:

Around the World: Kidnapped Israeli Teens: The Worst Coverage The Guardian, CNN, Sky News, Christian Science Monitor

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Watch: Mother of Kidnapped Teen Naftali Frenkel Speaks Out 'They were just boys on their way home from school,' Racheli Frenkel states, tearfully, to reporters. 

Did Leftists Try to Divert Army's Attention from Kidnappers? Residents of a Hevron-area town suspect that leftists tried to help kidnappers of Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel. ... both Hamas and Fatah called on activists and local Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria to work to disrupt the IDF's search as much as possible.

The Israeli Gov't is doing a tremendous amount.  Is it strong enough?  Here are my suggestions and please read till end: We don't want another Nachshon Wachsman ending http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/rekidnapped-boys-facebook-page-launched.html 
My concerns:  Knowing the evil nature of the enemy, Is the mother overly trusting, overly optimistic and naive, counting on the IDF and gov't officials who are bound to a certain degree to political pressures, to deal with this evil. Not that I blame her, chas veshalom.  It is easy to give the impression of being macho but in reality it's just rhetoric. From the count of likes of the Hebrew petition above , it seems many like myself feel that only a no nonsense approach is the way to deal with the likes of Fatah and Hamas. Even if the IDF closes in on the terrorists what is preventing them from shooting the boys chas veshalom if and when the IDF zeroes in on them like they did to Nachshon Wachsman hy"d?   Netanyahu needs to show the terrorists very clearly that we mean business so they get it and won't lift a finger on them. Rounding up 80 terrorists is not going to convince them not to murder the boys I'm afraid especially when the terrorists get salaries and released in the past. 

Here is an opinion piece by Shalom Pollack of Honenu an organization that defends Settler Youth from often bogus charges of "price tag" vandalism and unwarranted arrests by the civil Police.  A bit cynical about the Police.  http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/fwd-three-boys-abducted-nation-rresponds.html.  

 Here is another report critical of the Police's response time to missing person's reports. Yekutiel ben Yaakov : Israeli Dog Unit. Maginei Eretz LMaan Hazulat Extreme delay in police response to missing people reports http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/yekutiel-ben-yaakov-israeli-dog-unit.html

We can expect Netanyahu and his government to be subjected to extreme international pressures to  raise the rhetoric and to talk tough but not to act in a way that the PA and Hamas know we mean business.  That White House petition above is a perfect example.

Right now Kerry is saying the proper things. Kerry Says Hamas Apparently Behind Kidnapping 'Many indications point to Hamas' involvement' in the 'despicable terrorist act,' says US Secretary of State.
The U.S. embrace of the Palestinian unity government and act on it.  Highly unlikely unless forced to. That is my educated guess.


Arlene Kushner writes. "Unless I am missing something, there has been no condemnation of the kidnapping by Obama.  Which is fairly incredible. 
"Canada has firmly condemned last week's Palestinian Authority terrorist kidnapping  of three teenage boys but U.S. President Barack Obama has yet to say a word about the attack — even though one of the hostages is an American citizen."


It makes me wonder.  Was the following just another set up of "price tag" libel against the settler youth?

Youths held after angry protesters throw stones at Arab cars near Beitar Illit in protest of terrorist abduction of Israeli teens. Attorney David Halevi, who is representing the youths on behalf of the Honenu legal rights organization, told the court that police had a very weak case, as they were unable to positively identify the youths as the culprits.  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181741#.U53XdfldXOg

On the other hand....


An Abducted Youth Called Police and Said: 'We've Been Abducted!' 
Explosive revelation: One of the youths abducted Thursday night called the police hotline, but police did not take him seriously.
...News surfaced Saturday night that there was a significant time lapse between when parents reported the kidnapping to the police and the notification of security sources and the IDF over the issue. As of Saturday, initial reports indicated a lapse of a few short hours, but some reports Sunday allege that the gap may have been as much as eight hours.
The Israeli police has finally responded to these reports Sunday afternoon. Senior police officers told Walla! News that "you cannot overlook" the mishandling of the report and that an internal committee has been set up to handle the issue. 
Despite this, the police have refused to accept criticism launched at them over the mishap, claiming that every day are dozens of reports of attempted abductions, and in the end they turn out to be false reports.
"We check every report, but you can not call the IDF over every report we get," said a police official. "Still, this case turned out to be a red flag, so there will be a thorough investigation into the matter." 

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Fwd: Three boys abducted _ A Nation responds



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From: Shalom Pollack <shalompollack613@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 11:49 AM
Subject: Three boys abducted _ A Nation responds
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It happened  again. The  Arabs  promised  they would,  after their last great coup as Israel released thousands of terrorists for one kidnapped soldier - and they did. As I write these  words, three innocent Jewish  boys are undergoing unspeakable terror at the  hands of our cruelest enemies  Their  families  -  can  we imagine?

We heard  the  news just hours before the Shabbat on Friday afternoon
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Before that  shocking  bulletin, the media was  busy with  the  ever increasingly popular annual  "Gay Parade"  in Tel Aviv. The  excited  media sounded as if they were there in the middle of the - what shall we call it...? Hundreds of thousands jamming down town Tel Aviv. The major streets were closed to traffic to enable..their free and  expressive statement  of ...  what shall we say...? 
As they were making certain that  the first Hebrew city, deserved it's growing  reputation as one of the hottest "Gay  tourism"  (Yes,  the Miistry  of Tourism is very pleased)  sites in the  world, news came in about the three boys.

I wondered if the very gay party makers, paused for  a moment. Perhaps they were upset with the party poopers who should have not been in those occupied territories in the first place. Why can't they  just let their Israel get on with  being a "normal" place like all others.. The  common profile of the  Gay partiers usually includes a desire to disconnect with any link to the Land promised to us by God and to the  rest of  what He  has to say. Coincidence I suppose.

I Just wondered.  I also  wondered if there just may some link between the  two events taking place  just about forty  miles   ..and  a world   away...

An Israeli soldier  doing his military service with the army radio station: "Galei  Tzahal"( where Left wing celebrities  find soft jobs for their children in the IDF) posted a complaint on Face Book, "Why do these kids have to hitch hike in "those places"(Jews should not dare  travel in certain places!) late  at night and rely on God  to  protect them. If they do  so, then let God protect them now an not force an entire country to stop what its doing and mount  a search..!"

"Mmmm..what  shall  we make of this? Notice ,the anger aimed at the victim, his brothers(?). and not at  the Arab kidnappers. What can one expect  from the Arabs.? Maybe they were justified in some way. After all those settlers and their God preoccupation, are not  regular Israelis but  a mutant body that we "normal" Israelis  thought we  were rid of and  must deal with  too.They make problems for every one!. Again , the common profile. 

We begin to connect some dots.

On the same day as thousands of Jews in Israel and beyond, were steeped in thought and prayer over our three young brothers, some other Israelis (they would  prefer the term Israeli  over Jew..) were deeply concerned about  a  dire threat to society. Israeli Leftists joined their Arab brothers in the Israeli - Arab village of Furadis , south of Haifa. They demonstrated their solidarity and outrage at graffiti scrawled on one of the  walls of the village.  Jews  were suspected of  the act and this war  against "hate crimes" is the latest Crusade of the Left media and "elites" against  nationalist Jews in Israel.

 So far, not one has been found guilty  after dozens of arrests. In some instances, it was later found to be an inside  Arab job.  

 In any event, that Shabbat  found some Israelis in Furadis doing the "enlightened" thing and other Jews in synagogue doing the Jewish thing. 
By the way, the police and security forces have promised to, and in fact have, devoted huge resources to cracking the "hate crimes" (graffiti) against Arabs.and so when the boys were abducted and one of them got off a phone call to the police, they were too busy to respond immediately. It took eight  hours before they acted. After all, it was not a hate crime that was reported.

The same police chief, Aronovich, (Israel Beitenu party) who makes  grand appearances when graffiti is found on a mosque, never visits the sites of a torched or desecrated synagogues  - in our Jewish state. That is never called  a hate crime  by the media or by the police and is ignored by the media. 

And so  we pray for our boys and for our beloved country. May He  have mercy upon us all.



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More on Kidnapped boys. Encourage Chareidi Rabbanim and Politicians to Visit Hebron to be strong like Calev!. Listen to Rabbi Moshe Snow. Chareidi parties asked to join coalition to offset leftist parties.

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Strength from Hebron!

Contemporary Lessons from Story of the Meraglim (Spies) with Rabbi Moshe Snow
Rav of Cong. Young Israel Beth El , Boro Park, Brooklyn 
 

IDF Arrests 80 Hamas Members, Unity Government Officials.  
Large-scale crackdown on terrorists continues as IDF sweeps Judea and Samaria looking for three missing yeshiva students. 
By Tova Dvorin and Coby Finkler

Israel Issues Sanctions on Palestinian Arabs Over Kidnapping. 
Fatah Hamas activists encourage Palestinians to cover up evidence of the boys' whereabouts - so Israel tries to get terrorists talking. 
By Tova Dvorin


Rabbi Dov Stein writes in response to my last email post:Re:Kidnapped boys. Facebook page launched. Kill a terrorist every hour until the kidnapped children are returned. We don't want another Nachshon Wachsman ending! 
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Dov <dbtc@bezeqint.net> wrote:

Dear Robin

What will be if the kidnapppers will CHAS VESHALOM do the same with the boys?!

What will be if all the nations will boycott Israel saying it is Barbaric?!

Have u any solution?

Dov

My response back: 
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I'm afraid they will do the same with the boys if they sense weakness from Israel and not the opposite as they have in the past and as they do to their own people. 
Iran: Four Sunni Men To Be Secretly Executed This Morning by Shadi Paveh June 15, 2014 at 1:20 am

Visit Hebron to get strength.  They don't understand anything except the language that they speak. 
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ERETZ ISRAEL SHELANU (english amateur translation follows. Robin)
http://www.eish-l.org/

CHANGE STRATEGY! (H) http://www.eish-l.org/s/z4bfw4
Translated by Robin with the help of google translate
הערכת מערכת הביטחון: הנערים בחיים, אבו מאזן מעורב באופן אישי
במערכת הביטחון הנחת העבודה היא אחת: שלושת הנערים מוחזקים בחיים בישוב עוין. אבו מאזן עודד והטיף לבצע את החטיפה, מימן את פעילות הארגונים שבצעו את החטיפה והנערים מוחזקים באזור שבאחריותו. אחד הנערים הוא אזרח ארה"ב. בקבינט החליטו: סגר על שטחי הרשות וצעדים נוספים. יתכנו שינויים בקואליציה.

יתכנו שינויים בקואליציה

בשל חילוקי הדעות עם מפלגות יש עתיד ומפלגת התנועה, בראשות יאיר לפיד וציפי לבני, הצפויים להתנגד לצעדים נחרצים נגד הרשות הפלסטינית, פנו בכירים בלשכת ראש הממשלה לסיעות החרדיות בבקשה לצרפן לקואליציה. בשל סירובו של אריה דרעי להצעות ראש הממשלה, אפשר שהדבר יביא את ראש הממשלה להודיע על פיזור הכנסת, מה שיקנה לממשלה חסינות מהפלתה בכנסת, יאפשר את פעילות הממשלה ללא מפלגות השמאל עד להקמת ממשלה חדשה לאחר הבחירות.

יתכן שרובי ריבלין, הנשיא הנבחר, יתבקש לסייע לראש הממשלה בשכנוע המפלגות החרדיות.

ח"כ הרצוג, יו"ר מפלגת העבודה, הטיל את האחריות לאירוע החטיפה על העדר "תהליך מדיני".

ראש הממשלה נחוש
ראש הממשלה נחוש ביותר להוכיח לרשות הפלסטינית שחטיפת הנערים היא צעד "לא משתלם" ויגבה ממנה מחיר כבד. לפי שעה נראה כי יש לראש הממשלה רוב בכנסת, וגם רוב בציבור והתזמון הנוכחי הוא שעת כושר לבצע מהלכים טקטיים אסטרטגיים, חריגים, ואולי אפילו היסטוריים.
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Evaluation of Security System: Boys Alive, Abbas personally involved 
Security system working premise is the same: Three boys are being kept alive inside hostile environment. Abbas encouraged and preached on the kidnapping, financed their activities perpetrated the kidnapping and boys are held in the area under his responsibility. One of the boys is a U.S. citizen. Cabinet decided: shut the PA areas and further action. Changes may occur in the coalition.

There may be changes in the coalition

Due to differences with Yesh Atid and Hatnua Parties, led by Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni who are expected to resist forceful measures against the Palestinian Authority, senior members of the Prime Ministers Office contacted the Chareidi, religious faction in a request to include them into the coalition. Due to the refusal of Aryeh Deri to the proposals of the Prime Minister it can lead to the Office of the Prime Minister to announce the dissolution of the Knesset, which would provide for government immunity from bringing down the Knesset and will allow the activity of the government without the Leftist parties until a new government is formed after the elections.

Perhaps Ruby Rivlin, President-elect, prompting assist the Prime Minister in persuading ultra-Orthodox parties.

MK Herzog, chairman of the Labor Party, laid responsibility for the kidnapping of the lack of "political process".

Prime Minister determined
The Prime Minister is determined to prove to the Palestinian Authority that the abduction of the boys is  "not profitable" and will exact strong repercussions. Now, the time is ripe, it seems that the  Prime Minister seems to have a majority in the Knesset, and the majority of the public and the current timing is an opportune time to make strategic tactical moves, unusual, perhaps even historic.

Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
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Re:Kidnapped boys. Facebook page launched. Kill a terrorist every hour until the kidnapped children are returned. We don't want another Nachshon Wachsman ending!

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Dear Friends of Israel, Fellow Activists, Knesset members, Rabbanim and Media, amv"sh

A Facebook page has been launched demanding that Israel kill a terrorist every hour until the kidnapped children are returned. Like it,  and post a comment.



We can not delay because this is the only language theTerrorists understand. 


Here are my comments. Many agree.


  • Start with the Fogel Family murderers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_attack
  • Treat  theTerrorists the same way they treated their victims  Check out the link in case you forgot how the terrorists treat their victims.
  • Publicize our ruthless response based on the terrorists' own conduct, on Arab TV, Arab radio, and Arab newspapers and fliers parachuted down just in case the other forms of media is not reaching them. 
  • At the same time publicize what these terrorists did, for international media consumption. 
  • Don't plead and beg or negotiate.  These are barbaric terrorists.  They show no mercy. No mercy is what they deserve and understand. 

This kidnapping attempt, which actually succeeded after many unsuccessful attempts,  follows a declaration of a Palestinian Unity Government (PUG) with Hamas and America's and EU's acceptance and willingness to work with Hamas a terrorist organization.

 Interestingly, the Nachshon Wachsman kidnapping coincided with a Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Rabin, Peres and Arafat. This same Shimon Peres is at it again.  



In  October 1994 when Wachsman was kidnapped, the kidnappers released a videotape of Wachsman where he says "A group from Hamas kidnapped me. They are demanding the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and another 400 (men) from Israeli prisons. If their demands are not met, they will execute me on Friday at 8 pm."

That same Friday 14 October Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Yasser Arafat announced that they had won the Nobel Peace Prize. When asked his opinion on the "peace" that he had achieved in Oslo in light of Hamas' impending deadline, Peres responded that the peace process involves "calculated risks."

My suggestion to the parents is don't allow Shimon Peres to represent you when he appeals to the Pope or depend on Shimon Peres to get the boys back safely.  He doesn't have a very good track record. How is this kidnapping any different than the Wachsman kidnapping and just another "calculated risk"?

 Nachshon Wachsman. We begged and pleaded  and how did it help? (see below for details)



Other suggestions to respond to this kidnapping in a way that removes incentives for terror instead of  increasing incentives for terror!

Besides replicating their own butcher style on known Palestinian terrorists, make life very unpleasant for all the people in the PA territories especially as long as the Jewish Kidnapped Victims are held. Threaten serious repercussions and  consequences on the entire Palestinian population if these Jewish Kidnapped victims are in any way hurt or tortured. 

Be prepared to carry out threats.   

Edwin Black reports that terrorists who have the longest convictions receive the greatest salary!! Talking about incentives to commit terror attacks!  http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/action-item-from-afsi-lobby-congress.html 


Edwin Black has a history of writing investigative reports about the financing of conflict and Financing the Flames: How Tax-Exempt and Public Money Fuel a Culture of Confrontation and Terror in Israel is firmly in that tradition. Black picks up where he left off with his investigation of the Ford Foundation's bigoted Anti-Israel shenanigans at Durban to look at the left's financing of the conflict in Israel.


Financing the Flames breaks down everything from the dollar amounts paid to convicted terrorists ($400 a month for under 3 years, $1,690 for over 10 years and $2,000 for over 15 years) to how the viral videos of Israeli soldiers clashing with civilians are staged (taunt the soldiers, insult their mothers, get right in their faces, edit out the parts that show the incitement) to how a money trail that begins with George Soros ends with violence and hate.

  • Annex Judea and Samaria to Israel and demand from all non Jewish residents a loyalty declaration to the State of Israel a Jewish Sovereign Nation as well as requesting from all non Jewish residents to agree to keep the Seven Noahide Laws in order to remain in Israel. Otherwise let them find another country that they feel more comfortable. There are plenty of Arab and Muslim countries to choose from. Why should Israel, the only Jewish Country absorb them?
Create facts on the ground and negative consequences toward acts of terror generating widespread public Palestinian discomfort which will in turn pressure the Fatah/ Hamas leadership to free the kidnapped boys asap rather than the opposite, which is International pressure on Israel to release more terrorists!

Show no mercy! Have no pity. Otherwise they just continue to terrorize.

Nachshon Wachsman


"According to published reports, Wachsman boarded a car with four men in it, all believed to have been wearing kippas (a traditional Jewish skullcap) so not to arouse suspicions. The four overpowered him, rendered him unconscious and drove to the Palestinian village of Bir Nabala, located about six miles northwest of Jerusalem.
Two days later the kidnappers released a videotape of Wachsman. A Hamas gunman was shown displaying the soldier's Israeli ID and reading aloud his name, home address and identity number.
The tape then showed Wachsman's plea: "A group from Hamas kidnapped me. They are demanding the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and another 400 (men) from Israeli prisons. If their demands are not met, they will execute me on Friday at 8 pm."

...Nachshon's parents personally appealed to world leaders, including then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, then American President Bill Clinton, and Muslim religious leaders, each of whom urged Hamas to release the soldier.


On 14 October 1994, with 24 hours until the ultimatum, prayer vigils were held in many places. Over 100,000 people representing all religious, political, and social segments of the Israeli population gathered at the Western Wall. Responding to a request by Esther Wachsman, Nachshon's mother, many women lit an extra Sabbath candle for her son.[1]


...In the meantime, the Israeli military had captured Jihad Yarmur, the driver of the car that had picked up Wachsman.[1] After interrogating Yarmur, they learned that Wachsman was being held in a village called Bir Nabala, a location under Israeli control and only ten minutes away from his home in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. Prime Minister Rabin authorized a military rescue attempt.

On Friday 14 October Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Yasser Arafat announced that they had won the Nobel Peace Prize. When asked his opinion on the "peace" that he had achieved in Oslo in light of Hamas' impending deadline, Peres responded that the peace process involves "calculated risks."

At 20:00 that night, at the hour of the ultimatum, the operation was to be carried out by Sayeret Matkal – an elite IDF commando unit. It was thought that Wachsman was being held behind an iron door, but in fact it was a solid steel door. As the commando team attempted to gain entry, it came under heavy fire by the group holding Wachsman hostage and the Sayeret Matkal team commander Nir Poraz was killed, and ten soldiers were wounded. The entry team returned fire and killed the three gunmen guarding Wachsman. Eventually the team was able to break through the door and enter the room, but they were too late, as Wachsman had already been killed. The Wachsman family was informed of his death personally by General Yoram Yair.[4]"

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Robin Ticker
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Friday, June 13, 2014

Breaking New2s: 3 Yeshiva Students Missing, Suspected Kidnapped by Terrorists. Please say Tehilim

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From OU:

Dear Friend,

Three yeshiva students from Kfar Etzion are missing and believed to be kidnapped. A massive IDF operation is currently underway. We pray for the students' safe and quick return. 

Please recite Tehillim for: 

Yaacov Naftali ben Rachel Devora 
Gilad Michoel ben Batgalim
Ayal ben Iris Teshua


If we have not received good news by later today, please take a moment when lighting Shabbos candles to think about them and recite Tehillim chapter #121.


Yeshiva Students Missing, Suspected Kidnapped by Terrorists

Massive IDF manhunt underway in Hevron area after students suspected kidnapped by terrorists; Chief rabbinate calls for public prayer.

By Arutz Sheva Staff
First Publish: 6/13/2014, 5:16 PM

IDF Launches Massive Manhunt for Three Israeli Youths Feared Kidnapped in West Bank (VIDEO)
JUNE 13, 2014 10:33 AM 19 COMMENTS
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Monday, June 09, 2014

Action Item from AFSI: Lobby Congress against PUG (Palestinian Unity Government) $5 Billion of U.S. Taxpayer Money to Fund Terrorists? And more to come?

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Message from AFSI:

Call the offices of Franks: 202-225-4576 and Bachmann: 202-225-2331, thanking them for drafting their legislation. We also have to call Congresswoman Nita Lowey: 202-225-6506, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee, and Kay Granger: 202-225-5071 - Chair of the Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - asking them to follow U.S. law in denying the appropriation of American taxpayer funds to support foreign terrorist organizations. 

Edwin Black: How One Democratic Congresswoman (Nita Lowey) Could Spoil the Party for Hamas 
http://www.eish-l.org/s/xo3w1x



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Fwd from AFSI: $5 Billion of U.S. Taxpayer Money to Fund Terrorists? And more to come?



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From: Americans for a Safe Israel <afsi@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 4:34 PM
Subject: $5 Billion of U.S. Taxpayer Money to Fund Terrorists? And more to come?
To: faigerayzel@gmail.com


Americans for a Safe Israel
 
June 9, 2014
 

 Friday's email informed you about the commendable efforts on the part of U.S. Representatives Michele Bachmann and Trent Franks in drafting a House Resolution calling for the cessation of funds to the new PA/Hamas unity government. Despite the fact that the Obama/Kerry duo have given the funding a green light, there are many members of Congress who are calling for the enactment of U.S. law prohibiting the funding of foreign terrorist organizations. 

I hope that our readers acted upon my suggestion to call the offices of Franks: 202-225-4576 and Bachmann: 202-225-2331, thanking them for drafting their legislation. We also have to call Congresswoman Nita Lowey: 202-225-6506, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee, and Kay Granger: 202-225-5071 - Chair of the Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs - asking them to follow U.S. law in denying the appropriation of American taxpayer funds to support foreign terrorist organizations. See below:

 

How One Democratic Congresswoman Could Spoil the Party for Hamas

Rep. Nita Lowey vows to put the brakes on Obama admin's 'unrestricted funding' of Hamas-aligned PA government.
By Edwin Black
First Publish: 6/5/2014
America grants the Palestinian Authority about $500 million annually; the fast-spinning money meter has already broken the $5 billion mark over the years. The annual financial infusion has been on autopilot as Israelis and Palestinians negotiated over the meters and metrics of a two-state solution. American money has been lavishly spent on the Palestinian Authority for one purpose: to encourage the peace process.
Recently something changed. The Palestinian Authority unified with Hamas, making it the largest, best organized, and best armed terrorist entity in the world. Hamas, long designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, is well-known for showering Israeli civilians with rockets and for leading the deadly suicide bombing campaign against Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada. Quickly dashing any hopes of change, Hamas did not disband its highly-armed and trained militias, vowed to never recognize Israel, and barred pursuing joint peace.
Newspapers have been filled with headlines recently about how Congress is preparing to defund the Palestinian Authority because various federal laws make continued cash infusions under present conditions illegal, and because further money would be antithetical to America's pro-peace and anti-terrorism policy.
While many of the names of House and Senate leaders have been bandied about, most Congressional sources arguably agree that the most important lawmaker is Rep. Nita Lowey, the ranking Democrat from Westchester County, NY. Lowey sits on both the full Appropriations Committee and the key subcommittee governing State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Foreign assistance begins and dies in this subcommittee. The Republican side of the aisle has been lining up staunchly against continuing funding and invoking the mandatory legal brakes. This includes subcommittee chairwoman Kay Granger from Dallas, who has asserted that unification "puts in jeopardy future U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority." 

The Obama Administration, however, has signaled it is ready to continue funding the new Hamas-infused Palestinian Authority.

Therefore, all eyes now fall on Lowey. For her, this is a leadership moment. Will she break with her party and the Administration?
Lowey's personal and legislative feelings have been made abundantly clear. "At this point, the law is clear, their actions are clear, and the path forward is clear," Rep. Nita Lowey told the JTA news service immediately after news of the Hamas union became known in late April. Monday, June 2, after the unification ceremony finished in Ramallah, Lowey issued this short warning: "I am deeply disappointed with the announcement today of a Palestinian government that includes the terrorist organization Hamas. As long as Hamas rejects the Quartet principles and the existence of the State of Israel, United States funding for this unity government is in jeopardy."
Early June 4, 2014, a source close to Lowey confirmed her feelings remain unchanged, Indeed, within 10 seconds of asking, he emailed this reporter the relevant section of one of several key legal bars to continued funding. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, in Section 7020, Subsection F, entitled Prohibition to Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization, unambiguously declares: "None of the funds appropriated ... may be obligated or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing government of which Hamas is a member, or that results from an agreement with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises undue influence."
The Lowey source explained, "The law is clear-cut, but what makes it complex is there are also important considerations - are we subjecting ourselves to more danger? For example, is there a particular security assistance program? Should we stop that? Or, is it smarter to keep some of those of those programs going?" The staffer conceded the notion of a drastic cut with carve-outs for special security programs. However, the source added, "The Administration seems to be 'all systems go'" in terms of unrestricted funding.
Lowey is now posed between the law and common sense on one hand, and her own party and extenuating circumstances on other hand. "Rep. Lowey appreciates the important considerations on all sides," the source stated. "But, also, this law it is written that way for a reason, and this law has been agreed to by the overall majority of Congress and signed in to law by the President."
There are presidential override provisions, "but that formal procedure has not yet been invoked," the Lowey source assured.
In the meantime, momentum is fast-boiling through Congress to reach a bi-partisan consensus that funding must stop. The latest is a "Dear Colleague" letter and resolution jointly spearheaded by Representatives Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) seeking a "sense of the House" that "Congress must suspend our foreign aid and support to the Palestinian Authority, as continued foreign assistance runs in direct contravention to current law." A five-page House Resolution has just circulated demanding that all funding stop unless the PA-Hamas unity is unraveled, and the Ministry of Prisoners, that pays monthly salaries to terrorists, is disbanded.
No one knows how Lowey will vote, not even her own staff. One key staffer remarked, "I just don't know yet. She is in consultations daily, if not hourly, with personnel at the White House and State Department." He stated the process would come to conclusion by the legislative deadline, October 1, 2014.
Asked if Lowey would be willing to break with her party and the Administration over this issue, the answer was immediate: "Of course." Hence, the future of Palestinian funding will be written or unwritten, by Lowey. 

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 During all the excitement about the Pope visiting Israel, there were many concerns that his purpose in visiting might not simply be ceremonial. We saw that he visited the PLO leadership and expressed sympathy with the PA cause. The question of the Catholic take-over of David's tomb came up and assurances were given that this holy place would remain a Jewish holy site. The fears of those who were concerned, seem to have been justified. Click the link below:

 

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Wednesday, June 11 -  7pm
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Thursday, June 12- 7:30pm -  The Jewish Week is proud to present Pulitzer Prize winning foreign- affairs columnist Bret Stephens, foreign-affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal.  Bret won for the Pulitzer Prize for a selection of his weekly Global View columns in 2012. He was previously editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post.  Interviewed by Joshua R. Fattal, Columbia University student and graduate of Write On For Israel. $25 at the door.  Student discount, complete details of the event, to RSVP and purchase tickets please click here ;  RSVP/ID/Security PARK EAST SYNAGOGUE 163 East 67th Street NY, NY;  

 

Tuesday, June 17 - 7:30 pm
Another exciting AFSI event at the home of Chairman, Mark Langfan. Ken Abramowitz, AFSI Council Member, will be the speaker, discussing the Future of Western Civilization and How to Save It From Itself. RSVPs required. 212-828-2424 or afsi.judy@rcn.com.  Refreshments will be served.

 

Wednesday, June 18 - 7:30 P.M.
Zionism Museum & Education Center present: The Palmach Spirit: Then, 1941-1948; and NOW...Speaker: Mordechai Schwartz, Palmach commander, Rabbi Avi Schwartz, Director, New Palmach. Special guest appearance and CD signing by Lipa.
Kingway Jewish Center - 2810 Nostrand Ave., (Kings Hway), Brooklyn. Free admissio.n 

Thursday, June 26 - 7 pm
J Street Challenge - Lincoln Square Theaters, NYC - Between W. 68th & W. 67th Streets. Private pre-screening wine reception - 6-7 PM. Doors open for screening - 6:40 PM; Screening and panel discussion - 7-8:45 PM - $20 pp. Patron and Sponsorship opportunities available. Register: www.camera.org/events/#newyork;  917-991-9782. CAMERA & Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) are co-sponsors.
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