Until Malcolm Hoenlein publicly talks of the Biblical rights of the Land and denounces Oslo and Annapolis why do we give him a public forum?

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Years ago I heard Malcolm Hoenlein say that Oslo was a done deal and that the government of Israel is committed to abide by its agreements.  Sounds very responsible. After all the Jewish People must show that we keep our word.

I thought at that time, "What about G-d's Covenant with Avrohom, Yitzchok and Yaakov?  Isn't that a done deal?  How can we renege on our eternal commitment  to G-d's Covenant?".  Our commitment to Oslo is an annulment and direct negation of "Lezaracha Etain Es Haaretz", To Your Children the seed of Avrohom Yitzchok and Yaakov", will I give this Land.

I have heard Malcolm Hoenlein speak eloquently to standing room only audiences, mesmerizing the audience. He is a first class speaker.  He is the world "expert" on antisemitism.  He keeps track of the growth of antisemitism all over the world and he himself says that he is unable to sleep at night.  He is on first name basis with Presidents and  world leaders such as Bush and Putin

Yet his activism has been to promote the Roadmap and Annapolis and the concept of a two State Solution which has been a direct and major  factor in the INCREASE of antisemitism, .instability and rise of terrorism worldwide.  He calmed our fears at Annapolis by saying that nothing of substance was agreed upon.  How can he now explain the freeze and stagnation of Jewish building in Judea and  Samaria? Illegal  Arab building is happening at an alarming rate due to USAID and other monies flowing from European Union and Saudi Arabia.  No new Jewish kindergardens and overcrowding due to no new housing permits inhibiting growth.  Is this nothing of substance? What about removing security checkpoints as a confidence building gestures in promoting peace? Is this nothing of substance to those living in Judea and Samaria under the threat of unsafe roads?

Malcolm Hoenlein does not use Torah to claim our Land and has effectively neutralized all activism against a Palestinian State.  He talks of reciprocity and of the Arabs failure to keep their part of the bargain.  Sounds good? He does not speak out against a Palestinian STate but rather of the need to monitor Palistinian activity in order to ensure that they show reciprocity.  Many others, including PRime Minister Netanyahu err in this regard as well.

This approach works against us.  It implies that had we had a working peace partner then we would have a legitimate reason to give the Arabs parts of Eretz Yisroel. 

Malcolm Hoenlein says that Jews do not stoop to the levels of racism and acts of terrorism shown by the Arabs. We on the other hand, not like them,  work for peace and desire to raise the standard of living of the Palestinians. He speaks of our higher moral standard and to be the shining light among Nations..

This is a very lofty goal and indeed the Jewish Nation wishes to improve peace and prosperity of humanity.  But agreeing to give away our precious Land is doing the very opposite of what he wishes to accomplish.  It's like giving away the violin to someone that hates music in order to produce the most beautiful music.  Then we blame the new prospective owners of the violin of bashing the violin.  We put the blame on them and don't take any responsibility  for their actions, since we lack the understanding that it was our own unwillingness to hold on and protect our precious violin that gave rise to the unfortunate predicament that we found ourselves in. 

We foolishly tell the new owners that we are good sharers and they should learn from our example. They should learn from our higher moral standard and share the violin with us and we will show them how to play.  We are so self absorbed in our benevolence that we are blinded to the fact that they hate music and have no desire to produce music, have no  talent for music and merely wish  to destroy the violin. 

Why did we stupidly offer them the violin? just because they demanded it and threatened us with Kassam and suicide terror attacks if they did not get what they wanted.

The Land of Israel is G-d's precious gift to Israel alone.  There is no middle ground when it comes to the Land of Israel. The Land will not produce for any other people.

The story of Korach, this weeks Parsha in the Diaspora,  proves that when those claim that which is not legitimately theirs, are destined to suffer the consequences.  Korach and his congregation were Leviim, yet they wanted the Priesthood.  They desired the service of Aharon HaCohen, a service that was of a higher caliber  but not divinely designated for them. They coveted that which was not rightfully theirs.  They had their own respectable job to do.  But it wasn't good enough for them.  They wanted a job that was meant for someone else.   Their punishment was severe and a plague erupted.  Clearly, it was not to their benefit to do the Priestly Service.  Only Aharon Hacoehen had the moral character to wear the Choshen on his chest, with the names of all the Tribes on his heart always praying for their well being.  That is precisely why he was Divinely chosen for the job.  He was totally devoted in his love of his fellow Jew and his concern for them and through his  Priestly service was able to atone for their sins.

The Nation of Israel is the Mamlechet Kohanim, a Nation of Priests and a Goy Kadosh, a holy nation whose actualization is to be the Priests of the Nations of the world.  Our desire and yearning is for the betterment of mankind.  However, in order to accomplish our job we must safeguard our rights to the Land just like the priests had guard duty for their priestly  boundaries  and priestly service and the Levites for theirs.

If the Palestinians were given Judea and Samaria it would not be to their benefit.  The Torah clearly says that the Land does not produce for any other people other than the people of Israel.  The Land vomits out those who can not live up to the high levels of sanctity required in the Holy Land.

Malocolm Hoenlein is a gifted speaker.  He speaks of activism.  When heads of Nations gathered to speak of a Palestinian State he told us to be activists for a United Jerusalem neutralizing any activism against a Palestinian State. Then, when they spoke of Dividing Jerusalem he stopped his activism for a United Jerusalem. Instead he told us to speak against the desecrations of the Temple Mount.  Then when the Government of Israel willingly turned a blind eye to the excavations and desecrations on Temple Mount he stopped  speaking of  activism against the desecrations on Temple Mount and  told us to be activists to place greater security in our places of worship and to give charity to those institutions hit by hard economic  times.  Effectively, his activism stopped the activism that was necessary to fight the evil decrees at the time by directing it elsewhere. 

Why does the Gershon Jacobson,  Nachum Segal, Young Israel, Hamodia, Yated and other Jewish Media  give him a public forum?

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TODAY!: RCRF June 23 Rosh Chodesh Tammus Torah Reading and Day of Learning at Rachel's Tomb. RSVP

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 The 11th RCRF Aefer Torah Reading and a Day of Learning and Creating will take place in Beis Lechem on Rosh Chodesh Tammuz,  June 23 beginning with the students of Beit Orot reading the Torah, followed by a repeat lecture by Rabbi Efraim Sprecher, Dean of Diaspora Yeshive located at King David's Tomb.

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SAVE THE DAY: June 23, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, 11th Anniversary Torah Reading and Day of Learning at Beit Bnei Rachel, Kever Rachel.
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*11am Special Lecture by Rabbi Efraim Sprecher, Dean of Diaspora Yeshiva at King David's Tomb, Mount Zion on

 

"Why does Kaballah consider Kever Rachel the holiest kever of all the kevorim?"
*Plaque Hanging and Museum of Jewish Aliyah panel unveiling presenting

 

*The story of Jewish settlement in Beis Lechem in 1879 by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Kalisher 

 

to be presented by Atara Gur, our Rachel Imeinu Scholar in Residence. 

 

*Buses will leave the Israel Centerat 8AM SHARP. A light brunch will be served.

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Urgent Action Alert Time Sensitive: Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah meeting in NY this coming Wednesday, Will discuss response to Obama

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Shmuel Koenig was told by Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, that there will be a meeting of the Rabbanim of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agudath_Israel_of_America of America this coming Wednesday June 17th 2009.   It is our understanding that on the Agenda will be a discussion of how to respond to Obama's speech.

In case you are unfamiliar with the influence Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah has over the Jewish Population in America, here are some facts which I believe to be true.  Feel free to let me know otherwise.

Agudath Yisroel of America has a Washington office.

Agudath Yisroel of America has influence over hundreds of thousands of Chareidi Jews because of their network of thousands of Yeshivoth and Rabbanim throughout America.   Major Chinuch and  Kiruv Organizations such as the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, Aish Hatorah, ARachim, Ohr Sameach, Haklhel determine who and what message they will promote based on decisions of the Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah. 

Many of  the Rabbanim on the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah are also members of the Rabbanim affiliated with Torah Umesorah which networks a majority of the Chareidi Schools in America.  Torah Umesorah has influence over hundreds of thousands of religious students and their parents.

Major newspapers with very large ciruclations take their cue from Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah especially Yated and Hamodia.  Jewish Press to a certain extent. 

Mishpacha Magazine, with an extremely wide circulation receives guidance on what and what not to print  from Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in America and in Israel.

Tremendously large sums of monies are raised by Tzedaka Organizations due to the endorsements of the Rabbanim of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah such as Kupat Hair, Vaad HArabonim, etc.

ACTION ALERT:

The staff of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of America includes Rabbi Leibish Becker as the Executive Director, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel as the Executive Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and Rabbi Shlomo Gertzulin as the Chief Financial Officer.

Please call the Agudah office and ask to speak to Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel.  1-212-797-9000 or email at dzwiebel@agudathisrael.org

The contact email for Agudah on Wikipedia is cfo@agudathisrael.org <cfo@agudathisrael.org>

Here are some points you might wish to make:

• Suggest that Rav Eliashiv make a short video to be widely distributed, stating our Jewish entitlement based on Hashem's covenant with Avrahom Yitzchok and Yaakov Avinu in the Torah.  Who if not Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah should bring up our Biblical connection? .  In this case it will be necessary to post it on the internet in order to make a Kiddush Hashem.  All agree that the internet can be used LeToeles and Pikuach Nefesh.  We are talking about the lives, homes, families and community of  350,000 Jews living in Yehudah and the Shomron.  Obama's speech was broadcasts to the entire world.  So was Netanyahu.  President Obama raised ideological reasons why Jews may not settle in Judea and Samaria.  Only an ideological and theological response will negate the "truths"  President Obama raised.  A rational approach such as Netanyahus falls on deaf ears and does not negate a Palestinian right to the Land of Israel.  The Torah  clearly says Ki BeYitzchok Yekareh Lecha Zera. and not through Yishmael as President Obama suggests.
  
• We are not doing the ARabs a favor by giving up our Sovereignty.  Quite the opposite.  The Land will not produce for them as is written in the Torah.  Proof of this is the before and after of Gush Katif.   There is tremendous infighting, violence and terror under Palestinian control.  Many Palestinians know that economics, education and health services are much better when Israel has Sovereignty. 
• Only Jews have the sacred obligation to keep the Mitzvoth in Eretz Yisroel and this in turn brings peace and prosperity to everyone. If we have the yearning and desire to keep the commandments we would surely say that we require the Land in order to keep our Biblical obligations.
  
• Failure to speak out for Yehudah and the Shomron shows an unwillingness to leave the exile.  Are all the prayers and lectures lipservice?
• AGudah can mobilize hundreds of thousands of caring Jews to show an expression of love for Eretz Yisroel and be an actual partner in Yishuv Haaretz.  This will be a tremendous Zikui HaRabim and tikkun Chait HaMiraglim.  Silence  by the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah is modeled by hundreds of thousands of Jews who know in their hearts that Eretz Yisroel is ours and don't speak out.  This enabled the Gush Katif expulsion
• Davening and Tehilim must be accompanied by serious Hishtadlus just like looking for a job or a shidduch

Fwd: AFSI PRESS RELEASE: Netanyahu Caves In

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Kudo's for Afsi for once again taking a courageous stand!

 Let there be an avalanche of Press Releases that denounce Netanyahu's willingness to agree in principle to a Palestinian State. Netanyahu, by agreeing in principle to a Palestinian State under certain conditions, disregarded G-d's Covenant with the people of Israel and the Torah.

Words do make a difference!  Even if Netanyahu knows that the Arab world would never agree to his conditions and merely used this as a ploy to get America off Israel's back, it is a chillul Hashem.  We must publicly put our faith in Hashem and not in the power of America or Obama for our security.

Why didn't Netanyahu talk about Shemittah and explain to the world that we are obligated, as caretakers of this Holy Land to keep commandments in order to infuse the world with Holiness. and bring peace and prospereity.

No peaceful Palestinian State has this agenda. 

Unfortunately, neither does Netanyahu or else he would never have agreed to a Palestinian STate under any conditions. This, my dear friends is the true root of our problem!

In addition, we are not doing the Palestinians a favor either by giving them a State.  The Torah promises to us that the Land does not produce for anyone else but the Jewish people.  If we really cared about making the lives of the Palestinians better, we would assert our rights to the Land. They know and we know that they are much better off that way.


Once again the Arabs do what we should have done and put in a no confidence vote in this Prime Minister who lacks knowledge and has not internalized our sacred and exclusive relationship of  the Jewish People with the Land of Israel based on the Torah  for the betterment of mankind.

Netanyahu has no right to give away that which does not belong to him.

Any agreement is therefore null and void. 

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PRESS RELEASE: Netanyahu Caves In

New York City

June 15, 2009

 

 

In the first major policy speech of his administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caved to Barack Obama's key demand that the Palestinian Arabs be given a state in the heart of Israel's historic homeland.  

 

"The only winner from this speech was Barack Obama. It's Obama: 1 Jews: 0," said Herbert Zweibon. "Obama couldn't care less about a few settlements here or there. He wanted Netanyahu to accept the principle of a two-state solution. Netanyahu collapsed in the face of American pressure. He allowed himself to be outmaneuvered."

 

Netanyahu, who began reasonably enough, systematically laying out the case for why there should not be a Palestinian state – including the point that Arab hatred of Israel preceded Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria –then reversed course at the end and endorsed a two-state solution.  

 

"The White House calls Netanyahu's speech an 'important step forward,'" said Herbert Zweibon, Chairman of Americans for A Safe Israel. "In fact, it's a dramatic step backwards as Netanyahu edges the Jewish People toward the cliff."

 

In an attempt to mollify Israelis, who have the seen the painful results of Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, in which thousands of their fellow citizens were dragged from their homes only to be replaced by a Hamas-run terror enclave, Netanyahu insisted in his speech that a Palestinian State be demilitarized.

 

Setting aside the fact that there are thousands of assault rifles already in the hands of Fatah, many Israeli-approved, it is simply not possible to prevent a Palestinian entity, once it has been granted sovereignty, from emerging as a military threat, AFSI notes.   

 

"Every time Israel evacuates a piece of territory it turns into a launching pad," Zweibon said. "During the Lebanon War alone, some half a million Israelis were displaced by missiles. On the outskirts of Gaza, Israelis fear for their lives. Those areas were supposed to be demilitarized and subject to international monitoring, too. What makes Netanyahu think this time will be any different?"

 

The Arab reaction to Netanyahu's speech was noteworthy, Zweibon says. It was one of uniform hostility, despite Netanyahu's sudden willingness to accept a two-state solution. A spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Netanyahu's speech "torpedoes all peace initiatives in the region" simply because Netanyahu asked Arabs to recognize Israel's Jewish character.  

 

"What this proves, as if it needed to be proved yet again, is that what the Arabs find distasteful about the Jewish State is that it exists at all," Zweibon said.

 

 

 

 

Arutz7: Susie Dym Blasts Netanyahu Fwd: Women in Green: A Jewish View of Netanyahu’s Speech by Prof . Paul Eidelberg,

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Susie Dym blasts Netanyahu

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166475


As Professor Eidelberg said, Netanyahu deprived us of the moral high ground. 

Did anyone see any of these articles on this nature on the News of Arutz 7.  If so please forward it to me?  Susie's article came and went as a News Brief  but not a news item.  Too bad.  Susie might not have the stature of Jimmy Carter to the World at Large but what she says is reflective of Authentic Torah and our Jewish Heritage.  Jimmy Carter on the other hand......  Given his book and past history I am very suspicious of his motives behind his humanitarian efforts.

 Yasher Koach for Women in Green for widely distributing Professor Paul Eidelberg's article.

Again, too bad that the articles  newsworthy on Arutz7 included Obama's praise for Netanyahu's speech, Eu's praise for Netanyahu's speech and - not the good stuff- our rejection and disappointment of Netanyahu's speech! 

No headline news item such as Susie Dym's of Mattot ARim or Prof Eidelberg.    Merely visiting the grave of Yehoshua and Calev is benign.  The spirit of Calev and Yehoshua is quite another matter.  

Bizchut Nashim Tzidkaniyot!  Where is the voice of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in response to the Chillul Hashem of Netanyahu's speech?  Time for Tikkun Chait Hamiraglim!  It is still Parshat Shlach in Chutz LeAretz!   Please forgive us women for being so forward...Ach Tov Vechesed Yirdefuni.....

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A Jewish View of Netanyahu's Speech*
Prof. Paul Eidelberg

Know first that Judea and Samaria constitute the heartland of the Jewish people.  This land is inseparable from the teachings of the Prophets of Israel.  From there our Prophets bestowed on humanity its loftiest and most fundamental ideas and values: first and foremost the idea of Ethical Monotheism.  From ethical monotheism we derive the possibility of Truth, of Human Dignity, of Justice, of Kindness, of Freedom, of Progress, of Peace—of peace because there cannot be genuine and abiding peace among men without Truth.  Moreover, there cannot be peace between nations unless they acknowledge that lapidary verse from holy writ that God created man in His own image, for this verse affirm unity the human community.

These ideas and values are the building blocks of Western civilization.  They endow human life with meaning and nobility, with creativity and continuity, with depth and purpose.  Yes, and they are tangibly linked to Judea and Samaria—the source of our historic memory.  Therefore, to agree to establish an Arab-Islamic state on this land, a state whose inhabitants harbor a religion diametrically opposed to what this land stands for, is a Chilul HaShem—a desecration of God's Name.  To agree to a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is to negate God's Covenant with the fathers of the Jewish People.  This agreement will never be consummated.

I am well aware of the political and rhetorical nature of Netanyahu's speech.  One does not have to be a rocket scientist to recognize that the conditions he laid down for the establishment of a Palestinian state will never be accepted by Arabs or Muslims; for unlike Mr. Netanyahu, they believe in a deity in whose name they are willing to sacrifice their lives.

I wonder whether the people of Israel understand the dreadful transgression Netanyahu committed by saying YES to a Palestinian state on Jewish land?   Some observers, trained in law, may say that Netanyahu's YES will not stand the test of international law; I leave this for them to explain.  Others have already said that he has violated the coalition agreement that forms the basis of his government.  What most disturbs me, however, is his projected violation of Jewish law.

In a policy paper in which I collaborated with Professor Louis Rene Beres, I abbreviated a lengthy halakhic disquisition by the Gaon Rabbi Dr. Haim Zimmerman, of blessed memory, in which he sets forth, in a most compelling way, the prohibition of yielding Jewish land to non-Jews.  This paper was written and published in opposition to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria in 2005.  Serving then as a minister in the Sharon government, Mr. Netanyahu voted for that withdrawal, contrary to the warnings of Israel's highest military and intelligence officials.  Hence, he is partly responsible for the death, destruction, and suffering resulting from the government's violation of Jewish law.

But Mr. Netanyahu, like so many Israeli politicians, is superior to Jewish law.  He is superior to the teachings of Moses and the Prophets of Israel.  His highest law is derived not from God but from his own self-serving political calculations.

We have known for some time the conditions he would lay down for a Palestinian state: it would have no army, no control of air space, no power to make treaties with other nations, etc., etc.  It was obvious that these conditions would not be acceptable to the Palestinians.   Mr. Netanyahu may be cunning, but he is not wise.  Surely he should also insist that Arabs cease brainwashing their children to exalt suicide bombers on the one hand, and to hate Jews and Israel on the other.  But how could he insist on this without insisting that the Arabs overhaul the Quran, erase the ethos of jihad, rewrite their history, hence cease being Muslims!

To be fair, there were some solid points in Netanyahu's speech.

·         He said the root of the conflict was, and remains, the Arab refusal to recognize the right of the Jewish people to a state of their own, in their historic homeland.

·         He said the closer we get to an agreement with the Palestinians, the further they retreat and raise demands that are inconsistent with a true desire to end the conflict.

·         He said the claim that territorial withdrawals will bring peace with the Palestinians, or at least advance peace, has up till now not stood the test of reality.

He summed up by saying: "If we receive [a] guarantee regarding demilitarization and Israel's security needs, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the State of the Jewish people, then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach a solution where a demilitarized Palestinian state exists alongside the Jewish state."  However, if the Palestinian state were threatened by terrorists, international law would not require Palestinian compliance with pre-state agreements concerning demilitarization.

Leaving this aside, I see in Netanyahu's speech something overlooked by its author and thus far by commentators.  Looking beyond his crafted rhetoric, Mr. Netanyahu, in my opinion, has given the Arab-Islamic world a great victory and has inflicted on the Jewish people a terrible defeat.  For by agreeing to a Palestinian state, Netanyahu has given the democratic world to believe that the Arab claim to Judea and Samaria is superior to any put forth by the Jews!   Arabs thus have all the more reason to despise the Jews and scorn the God of Israel!  They will then have all the more incentive to persist in their territorial demands whose ultimate objective is to wipe Israel off the map of the Middle East.
How ironic!  I said Prime Minister Netanyahu desecrated God's Name.  He did so, moreover, at Bar-Ilan University, Israel's one religious university.  Contrast President Barack Obama's speech at al-Azhar University—the theological Harvard of the Islamic world.  Obama repeatedly praised Islam and its "holy" Quran.

I fear for Israel's future.  The strength of a nation depends more on its morale than on military might, and I see this morale evaporating while Jews resign themselves—even though it's still not official—to the establishment of an Arab-Islamic state in their heartland.  I ask: How should and how will the 300,000 Jews living in Judea and Samaria feel now that their Prime Minister has renounced any Jewish claim to this land?  They saw what happened to the 10,000 Jews in Gaza and northern Samaria, so many of which were traumatized and impoverished by the Expulsion.

Let me ask Mr. Netanyahu:  How will these Jews feel while you trifle with their lives and their future while waltzing with Mahmoud Abbas who you know very well is leading the Americans by the nose.

You know, Mr. Netanyahu, that the first task of a statesman is to promote national unity by heightening a people's sense of national pride and identity—which requires the nation's territorial integrity.  Your speech has alienated the most patriotic citizens of Israel, those who live in memory-filled Judea and Samaria which you are willing to surrender.  Of course they know the Palestinians are not going to buy your Alice-in-Wonderland peace plan.   But you have deprived them of the moral high ground on which to fight for Israel's survival.

I did not realize how much you have in common with Obama.  Perceptive writers, including Victor Davis Hanson, Ralph Peters, our own Caroline Glick, Frank Gaffney, Melanie Phillips, Wafa Sultan, have exposed the incredible number of falsehoods that fill Obama's Cairo speech. But your own speech is based the one colossal falsehood that has betrayed Israel since Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accord—that peace is possible with the disciples of Muhammad.

You may know this in your heart of hearts, but like so many policy-makers in the democratic world, you lack the courage and wisdom to face the truth and act accordingly—with decisiveness and Jewish vision.

What is the difference between Obama's reaching out to Ahmadinejad—which you deem futile—and your reaching out to Mahmoud Abbas?   I don't see Muslims or Arabs reaching out to Jews.  Why not?  Because they have pride, overweening pride, groundless pride, destructive pride—call it what you will—but it means you will blink first, you will make concessions to them, and you will get nothing but more than contempt and violence in return.

And so the Big Lie of the "peace process" will continue.  The shoddy domestic politics of Israel along with the Saudi infested politics of America will continue. Yes, and the terrorism will continue.  Is there a way out of this maze?  Perhaps, but I've said enough for this report.

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*Edited transcript of the Eidelberg Report, Israel National Radio, June 15, 2009.