5768.09.05 Action Alerts and News. ISRAEL THE LAND OF MY POSSESSION

 

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Thank you for the individuals that sent these links to me. (emails in Parentheses)

 

1. Let's Get Real!  Paul Eidelberg . Jewish Claim to the Land (rosewalk@concentric.net)

 

2. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita "I Was Up There..."  Miracle!

rosewalk@concentric.net

 

3. 29 Year Old Israeli Woman Jailed For Ideological Dissent Please Help Imprisoned Rivka Meirchik (HavaNehama@aol.com
pidionshvuim@yahoo.com)

 

4. Palestinian Flags at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem  (yonatanadler@yahoo.com.  Womeningreen, Yisroel Medad)

 

5.   Fatah and Hamas use identical symbols to teach children hatred of Israel (pmw@pmw.org.il)

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1. Let's Get Real!

Prof. Paul Eidelberg

What Justifies the Jewish Claim to the Land of Israel?

The Balfour Declaration?

The Mandate of the League of Nations (or San Remo Conference) that
affirmed Balfour?

The Holocaust?

The United Nations Resolution of November 1947?

Historical rights?  Natural rights?  Human rights?

The Arabs say "No" to all of the above, and any good international
lawyer or political scientist could make a case for them-which is not
to say the Arabs have a better claim than the Jews.

So let us add "God" or God's Covenant with the Patriarchs to justify
the Jewish claim to the Land of Israel.  Obviously, the Arabs reject
this claim in the name of Allah.

This being the case, or since no claim to the Land of Israel is
self-evident-like the whole is greater than any of its parts-it comes
down to a question of power.

Yes, I know there is a legal axiom that possession is nine-tenths of
the law.   Thus, when Israel regained possession of Judea, Samaria,
Gaza, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai, Israel's government might
have said to Israel's enemies: "Tough, fellows, you lost.  Better
luck next time. End of Story."

For once you engage in peace talk with the Arab, you have lost the war.

So let's downplay the legalisms, the histories, and the pieties.  If
Israel can't muster the will and the power to enforce its claim to
the Land of Israel, it will lose this land.  But to strengthen its
will and magnify as well as exert its power, Israel will need very
different kinds of leaders and very different kinds of institutions.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is not going to happen until Israel
raises up a leader whose fear of God is greater than his fear of
Washington, or whose love and awed-admiration of his people's
heritage is greater than his concern about Israel's reputation as a
democracy.  Period.

 

2. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita "I Was Up There..."



After an hour and 40 minutes of unconsciousness and undergoing
resuscitation, the first words HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita, said
upon waking up , "I was up there and returned to this world."

When the Rav woke up after head surgery, the Rav cried out loud "The
decree has been annulled." In another instance, when he was half
conscious, he revealed, "I'm in middle of being judged."

Professor Doctor Cohen, the Rav's doctor, said the following, "I
didn't believe we'll succeed. I felt as if a Malach  (angel) from
Shamayim performed the operation together with me. It is not possible
that a person that went through 2 heart attacks and head surgery will
remain alive even one minute.

I'll not be reporting this specific medical report because they will
say I'm lying. It is not natural; an angel was protecting him. I
believe there is Go.d."

A nurse who witnessed the miraculous turn of events said, "I didn't
know beforehand who this Rav is. But we all understand that what
transpired is a true miracle. This Rav is a Tzaddik and Shamayim
(heaven) helped him. Otherwise, I cannot begin to understand how he
stayed alive after all that he went through this month.

Medically, it does not make sense."

HaRav Shmuel Zafrani, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's personal assistant,
added, "Two secular doctors that treated the Rav and witnessed this
great miracle are very seriously considering doing Teshuva. "

In a very short conversation, the Rav said the following about
Shavuot, "We must increase learning Torah, respecting Shamayim and
completely repent. A Jew that is suffering should pray by Kever
Tzaddikim and say, "Master of the Universe, in the merit of the
Tzaddik, accept my prayers.' One has to be extremely careful not to
pray to the Tzaddik, only to HKB'H (G-d) and ask HaShem to save him
in the merit of the Tzaddik. Also, we must increase in charity and
not be rude when giving charity."

The Rav also emphasized, "HKB'H wants us to authentically regret our
bad behavior and this should come directly from the heart. The
strength of Am Israel is learning the Torah and loving one another.
When Jews live in a land without Torah and unity, all the terrible
decrees arrive."

Translated from Ynet

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3551977,00.html


Rav Mordechai Eliyahu Shlita's health is slowly improving but is
still hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit. Please continue to
pray for HaRav Mordechai Eliyahu Tzemach Shlita ben Mazal Tov -

LIVING in Eretz Israel is the equivalent of all the Mitzvot of the
Torah (SifrI, Parashat Re'eh, TOSEFTA, AVODA ZARA 5:2)

 

3. 29 Year Old Israeli Woman Jailed For Ideological Dissent Please Help Imprisoned Rivka Meirchik

 

 KFAR SABA -- An Israeli judge has sent a Jewish dissident back to jail for another month after deeming the defendant's refusal to cooperate with the authorities an ideological crime.  
   Rivka Meirchik, 29, who was arrested two months ago, is being held until the end of judicial proceedings. She has refused to cooperate with authorities. Her next hearing is scheduled for June 19.  
   Ms. Meirchik was arrested on April 2 in the Jewish community of Shvut Ami in the northern West Bank after police ordered all Jews evacuated from the area. Meirchik was charged with trespassing, assaulting a police office and disobeying military orders after the area was proclaimed a closed military zone. For her part, she said that she was beaten by police. She has since been held in the Neve Tirza prison.
   Meirchik was brought to court appearances manacled and on April 14, Kfar Saba Magistrate Nava Bechor ordered her held in leg-irons and handcuffs throughout the hearing. Border policeman Nasid Sayad (an Arab) testified that Meirchik had assaulted him and resisted arrest while she was sitting on the ground.  
   Sayad, who said he bent down to touch Meirchik's bag, first said Meirchik bit him when she was sitting down and later testified that Meirchik also slapped him.  
   Her lawyer asked Sayad to demonstrate how a police office, over one meter tall, with a second police officer at his side, was slapped and bitten by a very slight young woman in a sitting position. Sayad refused to cooperate with the defense's request.
   Visoli said he will appeal to the Supreme Court to have Meirchik released immediately. He said that it isn't a crime in Israeli law not to recognize the authority of the court.  
   "It's shocking," Visoli said. "Her incarceration is illegal and so is keeping her in custody until the end of proceedings."

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Please Call The Military Attache at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. Israel is sensitive to public opinion, especially that of American Jews.
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO CALL (202) 364-5500
For more information see: www.Israeljustice.com
    (please forward to your email lists) 
    
 

4. Palestinian Flags at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem

 From: Yonatan Adler
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:14 PM
Subject: PLO Flags at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Inbal Hotel and... the Palestine Liberation Organization?!?!

Last Friday, as I drove by the Inbal hotel in Jerusalem on my way home from Friday errands, I noticed a number of large banner-flags hanging along the facade of the Inbal. There were flags from various countries - the United States, England, Germany, Spain, and... Palestine!!

I couldn't believe what I was looking at - a huge PLO flag draped on the front of the Inbal hotel in the heart of Jerusalem!

When I arrived home, I immediately called the Inbal hotel to ask why they had a PLO flag draped across the front of their hotel. The answer that I received was that the hotel was hosting a conference, and that the organizers had requested that the PLO flag be displayed together with the national flags of various countries.

I promptly returned to the hotel in order to meet with the general-manager of the Inbal, Mr. Rodney Sanders to inquire why an Israeli hotel in the heart of Jerusalem would think to fly a huge PLO banner. Mr. Sanders presented the same laconic reply as I had received on the phone.

Upon leaving the hotel, I found more PLO flags displayed in the lobby, which I photographed (see attached photo - please note the Inbal insignia in the background).

http://www.myrightword.blogspot.com/

At this point, the security in the lobby quickly escorted me outside, and I was unable to photograph the banner outside.

I believe that the Inbal hotel should be taken to task for this provocative behavior. The general-manager of the hotel, Mr. Rodney Sanders may be contacted at the following email address:   rodneys@inbalhotel.com

Sincerely,

Jonathan Adler

  5.   Fatah and Hamas use identical symbols to teach children hatred of Israel (pmw@pmw.org.il)

Bulletin May 25, 2008 Palestinian Media Watch Fatah and Hamas use identical symbols to teach children hatred of Israel by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook   Teaching children that all of Israel is occupied "Palestine" is a backbone of Palestinian Authority education for both Fatah and Hamas.  Both Hamas and Fatah recently broadcast TV programs featuring children with giant keys hanging from their necks, and  names of Israeli cities written on the keys. The key, a symbol of ownership, is a prominent Palestinian symbol indicating their claim of ownership over all Israeli cities and all of Israel. It also represents their demand that residents of refugee camps be settled in these Israeli cities. The Fatah children's keys include the names of Israeli cities Haifa, Ramla, Acre, Jaffa, Beer Sheva. The Hamas children's keys include the names of Israeli cities Haifa, Ramla, Acre,  Beit Shean, Jerusalem. To support the work of PMW, donate by credit card, check or wire   VISIT PMW VIDEO ARCHIVES Incitement of children to Shahada Teaching hatred with music Children as combatants in PA ideology Denying Israel's right to exist Hamas in its own words Support for terrorism Understanding Shahada Mothers joy at sons' Shahada Hatred of America and the West Holocaust denial Clarifying history Arab world TV Contact Palestinian Media Watch:   p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@pmw.org.il f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.pmw.org.il

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Fwd: unbelivable Obama video

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I believe that G-d has given us a choice.  That choice is Obama or Huckabee.   Obama is evil and Huckabee is a mentch, a G-d fearing man.  Use your clout to convince McCain to put Huckabee as his running mate.  At the Aipac Convention McCain clearly feels that we have a peace partner with Fatah.  We know that Fatah and Hamas are synonymous.  Only Huckabee will speak out for G-d's Covenant with the Jewish People and that Israel is the Land of our Ancestors, our forefathers,  and that G-d gave Israel to the Jewish People.  Huckabee is a courageous man that speaks out against a 2 State Solution or rather he said let it be in Saudi Arabia.   

 

Even if McCain is chosen over Obama, People must lobby McCain to recognize that Oslo and the 2 State Solution is a dismal failure.  America  must cut it's losses and start over with a New USA/ISRAEL Foreign Policy that is based on G-d's Covenant, G-d's Promise to the Jewish People.  We must reject the 2 State solution for the sake of freedom and democracy and truth.  Huckabee has the right idea.  Israel must be allowed and encouraged to defend it rightful borders.  The gov't of Israel does not represent the Jewish people and therefore the Jewish people have no obligation to support the policies of the gov't of Israel which include Land for "Peace".  Such a statement from the National Mainstream Orthodox Jewish Organizations such as Agudath Yisroel of America, the OU and the National Council of Young Israel as well as Chabad Headquarters, supported by right wing political parties and spiritual leaders in Israel  will have a tremendous effect on American Foreign Policy. 

 

And even if one argues that we are powerless, we are still obligated to speak up for Torah and put our faith in the Almighty that  He will save us from our enemies and fight our battles.  But we are not allowed to sit by and expect miracles from G-d when we refuse to do our Hishtadlus..

 

Obama video

http://www.eyeblast.tv/Public/Video.aspx?rsrcID=2036

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Yesha Action alerts- Rivka Meyerchik, Chazon David, Mishmeret Yesha, Baruch Rofeh Cholim

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1. Pidyon Shvuyim. Demonstration Rivka Meyerchik.(Nadia and David Matar)

2. Chazon David outpost rebuilt for the 33rd time. (Nadia and David Matar)

3. Support  Mishmeret Yesha. (Helen Freedman)

4. Baruch Rofeh Cholim. Yosef Chaim ben Mazal Tov of Kiryat Arba  (Tehilla Shimoni)

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1. Pidyon Shvuyim. Demonstration Rivka Meyerchik

Prisoner of Zion in Zion

Tomorrow Thursday, June 5th 2008, at 2:30pm there will be a demonstration at the Shalom Court in Kfar Saba (Tchernechovsky street) to demand the immediate release of Rivka Meyerchik, innocent of any crime, who was arrested at the outpost of Shvut Ami and is in prison for the past two months in the neve Tirza prison.

The justice system, the police and the prison authorities are abusing and persecuting this young womanfor her refusal to recognize the authority of the justice system.

 Her  basic human rights are trampled and non-existant.

When brought to court  she is taken out of her cell hand and leg cuffed and she is not allowed to talk to family nor lawyers.

All human rights groups and all lovers of Israel are called to come and protest this grave travesty of justice done against a young Jewish woman in Israel only because she represents those who love the land of Israel.

0505-246770 or 0505-777254

 2. Chazon David outpost rebuilt for the 33rd time

 As we told you, On the eve of the liberation date of Hebron, 29^th of Iyar, the IDF has destroyed the Chazon David outpost for the 33^rd time.

This time, because of the IDF's lack of sensitivity, destroying the outpost on the day Hebron was liberated, the residents of Kiryat Arba – Hebron decided to rebuild the Chazon David synagogue and make it much bigger. With nightfall, with presence of Rabbi Dov Lior and head of the Kiryat Arba council Tzvi Katzover, a truck unloaded building materials. Throughout mincha and ma'ariv, the afternoon and evening prayers, the sounds of hammers could be heard mingling with the cantor's voice.

After just a few hours, a new synagogue was raised, bearing a massive Star of David.

The elation the builders just intensified when we heard from a trusted source – that Olmert told Condoleezza that "We have taken down four outposts", only to have her tell him that "No, you have taken down only three. Chazon David has been rebuilt".

 

A drive has been organized, in which every citizens will be able to buy blocks in order to rebuild the outpost, hopefully boasting not only a synagogue but also a neighborhood center.

 

For contributions and information  contact Yehudit Katzover

at 02-9961292 or at ihuditk@gmail.com

 

Attached are pictures of Chazon David partially rebuilt already this morning

 

link to the arutz 7 Hebrew article with more pix

http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/175902

 3. Support  Mishmeret Yesha

WHY ISRAEL NEEDS RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS

By: Helen Freedman

 

            Israel is reputed to have one of the best armies in the world. The army, navy, and air force of the IDF have been victorious over and over again in so many miraculous defensive wars. Noting that, one would ask why it is necessary for Israel to have rapid response teams made up of members of the individual communities in which they live. The answer is supplied by an IDF spokesperson, Rabbi Moshe Hager-Lau, a reserve colonel who serves as assistant division commander for reserve forces in Judea and Samaria . He says, "It takes at least ten minutes for the IDF to respond when an infiltration incident occurs. An armed terrorist can kill a whole lot of people in ten minutes."

            What happens in the time it takes for the IDF to appear on the scene of a terrorist attack? If the community is lucky, and the men have been trained by Mishmeret Yesha's crack trainers, the rapid response team drawn from the residents of the community will identify the terrorists and subdue them. In situations where such teams don't exist, horrific murders have taken place.

            It has been my privilege to enlist the services of Israel Danziger as a tour guide for the Chizuk (encouragement) missions conducted semi-annually by Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI). I and the members of the group are continuously amazed at the depth of Danziger's knowledge about the land of Israel . Wherever we travel, he knows the hills, the communities, the farms, the vineyards, the people, and the trees. Mishmeret Yesha  and their groups have planted thousands  of these trees and vineyards. It is his conviction that this is one way of holding onto the land of Israel . We've stopped at some of the rocky hillside areas that Danziger has found for us, and with rudimentary tools, we've dug away at the hard soil, planting our saplings. We've also admired the huge fields of vineyards planted by Mishmeret Yesha. We look forward to drinking the wine from those grapes, and seeing it exported to the U.S.

            Danziger has also taken us to the "factory" in Beth-El where he personally has designed the bullet-proof vests that are provided to the reservists called to active duty. His expert workers – six work full-time – carefully cut out the patterns and sew up the vests which contain pockets and belts and loops of all kinds, anticipating the needs of the soldiers. Of course, there is a sleeve for the bullet-proof shield.

            When Danziger took us to the target practice field where the 12 man team from Yitzhar was being trained, I was moved to tears. Here were Jews practicing with the M-16 rifles supplied by the IDF, so that they could protect the lives of their families and friends. Their instructors were driving them hard, and they were training hard. Life and death matters were at hand, and they were taking it all very seriously.

            The MIshmeret Yesha training is primarily for the threatened communities in Judea , Samaria , Hebron hills, and the former Gush Katif. Here there are communities that are small and largely unprotected by the IDF. Over 100 settlements like Shavei Shomron, Kfar Tapuach, Adei Ad, Shvut Rahel, Bat Ayin, Yitzhar, Itamar, Otniel, Esh Kodesh, Sde Boaz and more, are forced to deal with the constant threats from Arab terrorism that confront them daily.

            Today, as a result of terrorist infiltrations into yeshivas throughout Israel, such as the Mekor Haim high-school yeshiva in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion, in Atzmona (before it was destroyed), in Otniel ,and at Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav Yeshiva on March 6, 2008, where eight students were murdered and nine were seriously wounded,  Mishmeret Yesha has been called upon to train rapid response teams in the schools. The organization is ready to do this, but there is one stipulation. There cannot be any Arabs working in the schools – or for that matter in any of the communities – in which training will be supplied. There is the belief that Arabs will either participate in terrorist attacks themselves, as in the case of the Arab driver who worked for the Jerusalem Yeshiva, or they will supply information to others, thereby enabling successful attacks.

            Another outgrowth of the success of Mishmeret Yesha is a plan to arm young men who have completed their army work with M-16's and handguns in order to neutralize terrorists who infiltrate urban facilities. This would be in addition to the guards who are typically posted at all urban public buildings and businesses.

            My question to Israel Danziger is, "Who pays for all of this?" How can enough money possibly be raised to cover the expenses of the training, the vests, the night vision scopes, the communications equipment, the tree plantings, and all the many activities in which the organization is engaged? It costs $18,000 a year just to train one 12 man team. Mishmeret Yesha now trains 30 teams, at a cost of over half a million dollars. That doesn't include all the other costs, and the demand for more training, more equipment, is increasing.  

            Organizations like Friends of the IDF do NOT contribute to the rapid response program of Mishmeret Yesha, and neither does the IDF, except to supply the M-16's for training. At present, the burden of payment is on the shoulders of the organization.

 

Anyone wishing to share in this burden is encouraged to do so. Send your tax-deductible contribution, to: Mishmeret Yesha  1412 Avenue M , Suite 2363, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11230 . Those wishing to contact Israel Danziger directly can reach him by email at: guards24@zahav.net.il or by cell phone: 011-972-52-468-9991.

 

In Canada contact Toronto Zionist Council, israelkaplan@yahoo.com

cell phone 416 824 2858

 

 

 

 

Kol Hakovod to those who respond to this need.

4. Baruch Rofeh Cholim. Yosef Chaim ben Mazal Tov

My name is Tehila Shimoni. I'm 27 years old, the wife of Yosef Chaim Shimoni 28 years old, and mother of Itai, two and a half years old. I would like to tell you about my young family.

My husband and I both were born in Kiryat Arba. He went to the army, to a special unit, "Egoz"- that fights terrorists in Judea and Samaria and against" Hizballah" in Lebanon.

When we married 5 years ago we chose to live in "Giva't Harel"-in the Binyamin Settlements.  This settlement is named after our loved brother in law, Harel Ben Noon, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist on the same hills.

My husband Yosef works in a company that ensures that the Arabs will not take over more lands in our holy land.

A few weeks ago Yosef wasn't feeling well. We went from doctor to doctor and then from one hospital to another, and they told us that it's just an infection. On Israel's Independence Day he was accepted for emergency surgery and unfortunately diagnosed with a very violent cancer that spread in his stomach.

After counseling with doctors, we were told that the treatments in Israel are limited.

My husband and I were raised on the laps of our ancestors: Avraham and Sarah, Yitzchak and Rivka, and Ya'akov and Leah, all of whom refused to give up hope.

After searching all over the world we found a clinic in Germany that treats successfully such cases They combine chemotherapy treatment with other unique treatments. We sent a family member to Germany to examine those clinics and we understand that we have to be quick and arrive as soon as possible in order to improve our chances of success.

The estimates of the expenses are 150,000 Euro (almost $250,000) which we don't have, even after opening all our savings.

My uncle, Ofer Ochana, who some of you many know from the Gutnick Center Restaurant in Hebron, suggested that I write and tell you my story. Therefore I ask any of you that can help me save my husband's and the father of my children's (I'm two months pregnant) life!

As it is written "whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved an entire world."

Funds can be donated via the Hebron Fund in NYC,  at 1760 Ocean Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11230 or via internet at www.hebrontruma.com. Please note on the check or web donation that the funds are for the Yossi Shimoni Fund.

In Israel checks can be deposited in Bank HaPoalim, Branch 695, Account number 595954. Please fax the deposit slip to 02-9944521. More information can be received from Efrat at 050-628-5603 or Moshe at
054-486-1274.

Also, your prayers are very much needed for: Yosef Chaim ben Mazal Tov.

Thank you very much.

 

Tehila Shimoni

 

 

 

 

FINALLY AN AUTHENTIC RABBI NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK. RABBI ALGAZE.....

 

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DEAR Friends, amv'sh

Failure of the Major Orthodox Jewish Organization in America to express  our entitlement to Eretz Hadodesh and be an integral player towards the Settling of the Land of Israel.

It has been so frustrating for me after years of calling and calling Rabbis and Major Jewish Organizations such as Agudath Yisroel of America, the OU and the Young Israel, the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation etc. etc. etc. only to be treated politely and respectfully to my cries to please end the Silence and speak out for our entitlement to Eretz Yisroel.   I always sensed that our respectful Rabbinic Leaders agreed with me 100% regarding our entitlement to Eretz Yisroel.  Can they blatantly ignore what is so clear in the Torah?  Yet there was that awful silence as the people of Gush Katif were thrown out of their homes.  There was no public protest or statement of clarity to the perpetrators of this terrible tragedy inflicted upon our dear brothers by our very own.  In fact many of the religious parties chose to be part of a coalition in the gov't in return for various subsidies. There was no public protest to the progrom of our precious children in Amona.  No outcry of pain and anger toward the gov't of Israel as those Kassam Rockets showered on the people of Sderot and the army as per their instructions looked the other way, nor any apology to the people of Gush Katif for allowing their expulsion to happen and there was  no resolution to not allow it to happen to another community in Judea and Samaria or the Golan.  Yes these worthy organizations will collect for the poor.  (Their askanim will find it quite difficult in the future to support the hundreds of thousands of displaced people chas veshalom, as was quite apparent after the Disengagement from Gush Katif or the War with Lebanon.)   

PIDYON SHVUYIM not a priority

And today as I write this email, there is no attempt to publicize or act upon the travesty of justice of the imprisonment of Rifka Meirchik whose crime was stubborn refusal to recognize a corrupt Judicial System that persecutes those that settle our heartland.  There is no outcry of Pidyon Shvuyim for the Chalamish brothers, lovers of Eretz Hakodesh, defenders of the security of the residents of Yehuda and Shomron for doing what they were supposed to do which is defend our rights to live securely on the Land.  Jonathan Pollard, who acted on behalf of his brethren when the United States gov't failed to share important intelligence with Israel is still languishing in jail and we continue to tolerate it with an occasional protest that is ignored and we fail to persist in our protest.

We are powerless is their excuse. 

Our leaders and organizations  say they are powerless and refuse to publicly even validate the legitimacy and justification of the struggle of our brave brothers and sisters that have taken upon themselves the unfair burden of the rest of us to settle and defend our Land. Instead our leaders are silent while others successfully portray the struggle as a religious extremist fringe element of the Jewish population. It is politically correct to speak of the tragedy of Mercaz Harav Kook and the martyrs but not politically correct to speak of the policies that led to this and other tragedies and G-d forbid portend future tragedies of the same sort.

The World Committee for the Land of Israel is a spark that will hopefully turn into a flame to unite all Jews to recognize our precious gift Eretz Yisroel and speak out with Komemiut, uprightness for the Torah and for Am Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel.  No longer will the Mainstream Jewish Organization in the Diaspora hold us hostage, or steal the actualization of  yearning of hundreds of thousands of Jews in an applied manner towards Yishuv Haaretz.   The goal of the World Committee for the Land of Israel is to practically invest our resources and efforts in being an integral part of the settlement of Eretz Yisroel in this historical time.  No longer will we allow our Jewish Organizations to divert the pure intentions of our people to go nowhere except to memorialize the dead and into empty prayers of hypocrisy.  

Let us stop this absurd expression of yearning for something that we have been given and proceed with the next step of fulfilling our historic mission of keeping the Chukim and Mishpatim in the Land of Israel with a burst of passion.  G-d has kept His promise and we have witnessed a miraculous return to Zion in our generation. Now we are expected to fulfill our part of the agreement.

Invest our energies to settling Israel rather than putting in stronger roots into the Diaspora

 Here in America our Jewish energies are diverted to investing our lives in the Diaspora and obtaining American aid for our Yeshivas here in the Diaspora and obtaining aid for our worthy programs in America so that we have no energy left to cry out in despair against the American Foreign Policy that is strangling the lives of our brethren in Israel.  Maybe we fear that speaking out against American foreign policy will jeopardize the funding for the government aided programs or our tax exempt status as non for profit organizations.  Meanwhile the lives of our brothers and sister living in Eretz Hakodesh are in danger at the mercy of their enemies that our surrounding them at an alarming rate,  These enemies have armed themselves with sophisticated weapons coming from Iran funded by monies of Arab countries that have become so rich from the American consumer.  Where is all our money for gas going if not to aid terrorists?

Christians Leaders speak up quoting Tanach while the Jewish Leaders are silent or condemn them.

I have seen courageous Christian Leaders such as Hagee, Hutchinson, Vineyard, Hellman speak up with clarity regarding G-d's promise to Israel.  And it's a real disgrace that there have been Jewish  or so called Jewish Leaders that condemn them since they are an obstacle to the "Peace Process" based on the "Land for Peace" recipe .

 Promote Huckabee for Republican Vice Presidential Running Mate for McCain.

I have listened to Huckabee, a G-d fearing man say what we the Jews have not publicly said.  He speaks with clarity and conviction regarding the rights to the Land to Israel given to our ancestors by G-d.  He speaks out with logic and reason against a 2 State Solution. He speaks of Americas dependency on oil that is feeding the terrorists.  Don't these these words deserve our endorsement and promotion? 

 

Now is the time for us Jews to express our admiration for his courageous stand for truth and convince McCain to accept him as the Vice President running mate and to embrace the words of Hagee and all those that love freedom and Democracy and Israel's right to their Land for the benefit of humanity.

I am not a political person and do not speak up for what is politically correct.  But when a politician speaks up for Torah then I will do whatever I can to embrace their platform and promote it.   

From: Nadia & David Matar [mailto:nmatar@netvision.net.il]
Subject: MUST READ!! Rabbi David Algaze's speech at Central Park, Sunday
Dear friends,

If more and more Rabbis and public figures would speak like Rabbi David
Algaze spoke in Central Park, the Jewish People would be in much better
shape.

Kol Hakavod Rabbi Algaze!

Ruth and Nadia Matar
Women in Green
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Subject: MUST READ!! Rabbi David Algaze's speech at Central Park, Sunday
June 1, 2008



Speech at the Concert in Central Park
June 1st, 2008
Rabbi David Algaze


I HAVE COME TO ASK A QUESTION, A SIMPLE QUESTION, ONE THAT HAS BEEN
FORGOTTEN IN ALL THE TALK ABOUT PEACE IN ISRAEL.

WHO DOES THIS LAND BELONG TO?

WE HAVE AN ANSWER AND IT IS THE ONLY ANSWER. LET US SAY IT OUT LOUD,
LET THE WHOLE WORLD HEAR IT. LET NO ONE, NOT EVEN US, HAVE ANY DOUBT
ABOUT IT:
THIS LAND IS MY LAND, IT'S YOUR LAND IT'S OUR LAND.
IT'S THE LAND OF OUR FATHERS; IT IS THE LAND FOR OUR CHILDREN.


THIS IS THE SIMPLE TRUTH WE ARE BEING ASKED TO FORGET AND IGNORE. BUT
WE WILL NOT FORGET IT, WE WON'T BETRAY OUR LAND. WE SAY TODAY AND
EVERY DAY: "IF I FORGET THEE
JERUSALEM LET MY RIGHT HAND BE PARALYZEDS."

THERE IS A REASON WHY THIS LAND IS CALLED THE PROMISED LAND. AND DO
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE IT IS PROMISED TO OUR FATHERS AND IT IS
PROMISED TO OUR CHILDREN.
HOW CAN WE GIVE IT AWAY? WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE IT AWAY.


G-D SAID TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM OVER AND OVER AGAIN: THIS IS YOUR
LAND; I HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU. HOW CAN WE FORGET THIS? IT IS REPORTED
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMAN, THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE AND
SUPPORT THE STATE OF ISRAEL, OFTEN CITED THE VERSE IN DEUTERONOMY
(1:8) "BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN THE LAND BEFORE YOU, GO IN AND TAKE
POSSESSION OF THE LAND WHICH THE LORD HAS SWORN UNTO YOUR FATHERS
THROUGH ABRAHAM, THROUGH ISAAC AND THROUGH JACOB."

TRUMAN REMEMBERED, MANY CHRISTIAN PREACHERS REMEMBER, DARE WE BE THE
ONES TO FORGET?

WE CREATED THE WORLD COMMITTEE FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL JUST TO SPREAD
THAT SIMPLE TRUTH THAT THE LAND OF ISRAEL BELONGS TO THE JEWISH
PEOPLE AND WE WILL NOT PART WITH IT. THIS IS OUR LAND AND WE WILL NOT
BARTER IT AWAY. PERIOD.





THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL IN ITS LAND IS AN EVENT HARD TO UNDERSTAND. THE
WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE IT. THE STORY OF OUR RETURN IS
WITHOUT PARALLEL. JEWS NEVER LEFT ISRAEL VOLUNTARILY AND THEY
RETURNED WHEN THEY COULD. WE NEVER ABANDONED THE LAND ENTIRELY
EITHER, THERE WERE JEWS THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN THE LAND. IT IS A
MIRACLE AND AS WITH ALL MIRACLES WE NEED TO BELIEVE IT TO SEE IT.

LET US BE CLEAR: THE JEWS HAVE RETURNED TO OUR LAND.

WE DID NOT COME AS CONQUERORS. WE DISPLACED NO ONE. THE NATIONS OF
THE WORLD MANDATED THE RETURN. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SINCE MANY TIMES
RESCINDED AND DIMINISHED THEIR ASSURANCE, THE RETURN HAS BEEN LEGAL
AND MORAL.

THE LAND WAS A DESERT BEFORE THE JEWS RETURNED. CHURCHILL ONCE
REMARKED THAT THE LAND BELONGED TO THE JEWS BECAUSE THE ARABS
DESTROYED THE LAND, WHEREAS JEWS CREATE THE LAND.

THIS IS A LOVE STORY BETWEEN A PEOPLE AND ITS LAND LIKE NO OTHER. NO
OTHER NATION EVER CREATED A STATE IN THE LAND, AND THE JEWS NEVER
CREATED A NATIONAL HOMELAND OUTSIDE OF IT. THE LAND ONCE FLOWING WITH
MILK AND HONEY, WHEN THE JEWS PARTED, REFUSED TO GIVE ITS FRUITS. THE
BEAUTIFUL LAND BECAME A WASTELAND. WAITING FOR HER CHILDREN.

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE LAND AND THE LAND SMILED UPON US WHEN WE
RETURNED. WOULD ANYONE DESERT HIS OR HER MOTHER? CAN WE THINK OF
LEAVING THE LAND VOLUNTARILY IN THE HANDS OF STRANGERS?
THIS IS OUR LAND, AND WE WILL NOT BETRAY HER.

THE STORY OF GUSH KATIF PROVES THIS. THE LAND THE ARABS CALLED
"ACCURSED," AS SOON AS THE JEWS CAME, BEGAN TO YIELD THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL FRUITS, FLOWERS AND PLANTS. THE TINY PORTION OF LAND IN
GAZA YIELDED AT ONE TIME MOST OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS OF ISRAEL.
YET, WHEN THE JEWS LEFT, THE LAND BECAME USELESS AGAIN. EVEN THE
INSECTS PARTICIPATED. THE VEGETABLES THAT HAD BEEN ONCE FAMOUSLY
BUG-FREE, BEGAN TO DEVELOP BUGS. THE THRIVING BUSINESSES OF GUSH
KATIF LANGUISHED IN THE HANDS OF THE ARABS. EVEN THE SAME MANAGERS,
WHO HAD WORKED UNDER THE JEWS AND HAD ALL THE EXPERTISE TO MAKE IT
GO, COULD NOT DO IT. WHY? THE LAND DID NOT COOPERATE.

THE LAND WAS LOYAL TO THE JEWS, ARE WE GOING TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE LAND?



THERE IS A NEW CAMPAIGN IN THE JEWISH PEOPLE, A DANGEROUS AND
INEXPLICABLE DEMENTIA. IT IS CALLED "LAND FOR PEACE" IT WAS TRIED IN
OSLO, IT WAS TRIED IN WYE, IT WAS TRIED IN TABA, AND NOTHING WORKED.
THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE. WHEN TIME AFTER TIME A PROBLEM IS NOT
RESOLVED, IS IT NOT REASONABLE TO SUSPECT THAT IT MAY BE
IRRESOLVABLE? AT LEAST IN THE MANNER IT IS PLANNED?

YET THERE IS A CAMPAIGN AFOOT INVOLVING ALL MAJOR JEWISH
ORGANIZATIONS TO GIVE THE LAND AWAY. WHEN WE GIVE AWAY JUDEA AND
SAMARIA, WE ARE GIVING AWAY THE CORE OF OUR LAND, THE HOLY PLACES
WHERE OUR HISTORY EVOLVED. WE ARE GIVING UP ONLY JUDEA?  WHAT WOULD
JEWS BE CALLED IF WE GIVE UP JUDEA? AND THOSE INTRUDERS WHO WILL
OCCUPY JUDEA, WOULD THEY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED JUDEANS AS
WELL?

WHEN WE GIVE UP THE LAND, WE GIVE UP OUR HISTORY, WE GIVE OUR
IDENTITY AND WE GIVE UP OUR SOUL.


WE HAVE COME TO STOP THIS MADNESS. TO SAY TO THEM:
WE ARE TIRED OF EXPULSIONS, WE ARE TIRED OF POGROMS, AND WE ARE TIRED
OF SUICIDE BOMBERS AND INDISCRIMINATE MURDER IN THE STREETS. WE ARE
NOT GOING TO SPEAK OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS; WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK OF
OUR LEGITIMATE AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS. WE WILL NOT ENDANGER OUR
PEOPLE WITH FOOLISH DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED AND DISCREDITED OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.

THERE IS A SPIRIT OF FEEBLENESS AMONG US. OUR LEADERS HAVE LOST THE
WAY. THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS NO HOPE FOR A PEACEFUL ARAB STATE IN THE
LAND OF ISRAEL. NEVERTHELESS THEY INSIST BECAUSE THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE ESSENTIAL: THIS LAND BELONGS TO US. THEY FAILED AND YET THEY KEEP
TRYING WITHOUT REMORSE AND WITHOUT SHAME.

TO THEM WE TELL THEM: ENOUGH. ENOUGH OSLOS, ENOUGH WYES, ENOUGH
LIFTING OF ROADBLOCKS, ENOUGH RISKING THE LIVES OF OUR INNOCENT
PEOPLE, ENOUGH OF SDEROT, ENOUGH!

IN OUR LONG HISTORY, WE WITNESSED THE DESTRUCTION OF JEWISH
COMMUNITIES BEFORE. BUT THIS TIME IS WORSE, MUCH WORSE. THIS TIME WE
WANT TO HELP THE DESTRUCTION ALONG.






AFTER HITLER, WE VOWED "NEVER AGAIN" BUT TODAY OUR LEADERS, OUR
RABBIS, OUR MAJOR JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALLOWING WITH THEIR
ACTIONS AND THEIR SILENCE, THAT WE HEAR  "EVER AGAIN."


WE NEED TO RISE AND TELL THEM "NO!"

THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL WITH THE AID OF WEAK-MINDED JEWISH
LEADERS IN THE DIASPORA HAS EMBARKED UPON A PROGRAM THAT MAY SIGNAL
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. WITH A BLEND OF HASTE AND
SUBMISSIVENESS, WITH DECEIT AND SELF-DECEPTION, THE PRESENT
LEADERSHIP OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAS SUCCEEDED WHERE ITS MOST BITTER
FOES HAVE FAILED. THEY ARE ENDANGERING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
ZIONIST ENTERPRISE THAT WERE ATTAINED WITH A SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION
UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY. OUR LEADERS ARE PLAGUED WITH AN
IRRESPONSIBLE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS AND ARE RUSHING HEADLONG INTO ACCORDS
WITH PARTNERS THEY KNOW ARE DECEITFUL.

WE PROTEST. THE WORLD COMMITTEE FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL HAS COME TO
OBJECT AND REFUSE THESE PLANS OF THE DEMENTED AND THE PATHETIC.

WE NEED TO REPUDIATE ANY PLAN THAT INVOLVES BETRAYING OUR LAND. WE
MUST OPPOSE ANY PROGRAM THAT PUTS OUR POPULATION WITHIN THE RANGE OF
THE KASSAM. WE HAVE TO STAND AGAINST ANY SUGGESTION THAT PLACES OUR
CHILDREN AT RISK. WE DID NOT RETURN TO ISRAEL TO RELIVE THE TRAGEDY
OF POLAND AND GERMANY. IF OUR LEADERS ARE TIRED, LET THEM STEP ASIDE.
IF THEY FEEL EXHAUSTED AND DRAINED, LET THEM MAKE ROOM FOR A NEW
GENERATION THAT REMEMBERS THE DREAM OF ABRAHAM AND HAS THE COURAGE TO
FIGHT IN OUR DEFENSE.

THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT WANT PEACE. WE SHOULD BE ZEALOUS IN
THE PURSUIT OF PEACE, BUT WE SHOULD BE NO LESS FIERCE IN THE DEFENSE
OF OUR LAND.

WE EXTEND OUR HAND IN PEACE TOWARDS ALL OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR HANDS
CONTAIN NEITHER RANCOR, NOR HATRED NOR WAR.
BUT THEY ALSO CONTAIN NO LAND.

WE OFFER PEACE, A REAL GENUINE PEACE. NEVERTHELESS, OUR PEACE IS NOT
THE PEACE OF BEGGARS. IT DOES NOT GIVE AWAY OUR CHERISHED LAND.  WHAT
OTHER NATION IN THE WORLD GIVES AWAY ITS LAND?  WE WILL NOT GIVE AWAY
OUR LAND NO MATTER WHO COUNSELS IT OR WHO PROFITS FROM THIS BETRAYAL!

OUR FIRST FATHER ABRAHAM HAD TO UNDERGO TEN TRIALS. THE LAST OF WHICH
WAS TO BURY HIS DEAR WIFE SARA. THE TRIAL WAS THAT ALTHOUGH G-D HAD
PROMISED HIM THE ENTIRE LAND OF ISRAEL, HE DID NOT HAVE EVEN A PLACE
IN WHICH TO BURY SARAH. YET, HE, THE OWNER OF THE ENTIRE LAND, DID
NOT COMPLAIN. HE HAD NO LAND NOW BUT HE STILL KEPT THE HOPE. IT IS
IRONIC THAT OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, WHEN HE DID NOT HAVE THE LAND, KEPT
THE HOPE AND WE WHO POSSESS THE LAND ARE THINKING OF GIVING IT AWAY.

THE WORLD COMMITTEE FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL CALLS UPON THE JEWS OF THE
WORLD TO RALLY AROUND OUR BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, THE LAND OF ISRAEL. WHEN
ESTABLISHED JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ARE PATHETICALLY ACCEPTING AND EVEN
CALLING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARAB STATE IN THE LAND OF
ISRAEL-- IT IS TIME FOR US TO SAY NO!

IF THEY HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED OR WORSE, WE WILL NOT ALLOW TO BEING
BRAINWASHED. THE GIVING AWAY OF LAND TO CREATE ANOTHER ARAB STATE,
THIS ONE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS WRONG.  IT WAS WRONG WHEN THE ARABS
WANTED IT, IT WAS WRONG WHEN JESSE JACKSON SUGGESTED IT, IT WAS WRONG
WHEN OUR ENEMIES SUGGEST IT AND IT IS STILL WRONG!

HASHEM OZ LE'AMO YITEN, HASHEM YEVARECH ET AMO BASHALOM!
G-D SHOULD GRANT US THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP TO OUR ENEMIES. IF WE
DO, THEN WE WILL MERIT THAT HE BLESSES US WITH LASTING PEACE.

I CALL UPON ALL JEWS AND GOOD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO RALLY AROUND ERETZ
ISRAEL, THE LAND OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. DO NOT
LEAVE HER, DO NOT BETRAY HER. THIS LAND CAN BECOME THE RALLYING POINT
FOR ALL JEWS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE. LET US ALL BE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR LAND, WE WILL BECOME
ONE NATION AGAIN.

WHEN ALL JEWS ARE UNITED, NO FORCE ON EARTH WILL EVER CONQUER US. LET
US UNITE, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND LET US HAVE THE HOPE OF ABRAHAM
THAT THIS LAND IS OUR LAND NOW AND FOREVER.

Rabbi David Algaze

To hear this speech live, www.israelnationalnews.com . Click on radio and then on Israel Day Concert. Rabbi Algaze's speech may be found in Part 3 of the concert.

 

Also please read Caroline Glicks article in the Jerusalem Post showing disgust at the Jewish leaders of AIPAC for shunning Hagee and CUFI

 

Click here to view the entire article:
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