USAID and US taxpayers money "Funding Education or Funding PA Schools for Incitement?"

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USAID Funds PA Schools for Incitement

 

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134354

According to David Bedein it's 2.4 Billion dollars since 1994 and USAID says it plans to invest another $153 million in 2010 for the development of PA infrastructure in Judea and Samaria.

I think that taxpayers would prefer their taxpaying money go "illegally" to the Spinka Yeshiva, a private school,  to help pay teachers salaries than "legally" to USAID to fund incitement for terror.  ( Please note that the Spinka Rebbe publicly expressed remorse for defrauding the gov't and taxpayers monies.) 

 I think Americans would expect the gov't to answer to the taxpayer and apologize and express remorse because they were told that the monies to USAID would go to "reduce poverty, improve health and education, create jobs and advance democracy" 

Is this the education we are funding?

Is this the return we wish to see on our taxpaying investment?

PMW Bulletins Kids' hate speech against Jews included in PA Arafat memorial

 

American Jews, Are your passports in order?

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 Rav Amnon Yitzchok said in one of his taped lectures that in the end of times it says that the Jews will either be Kulo Zakai (all righteous) or Kolo Chayav (all guilty).  He asks how is this possible.  A whole generation that is righteous?  There will always be sinners!  A whole generation that is guilty?.  There are always 36 Righteous for which the world stands.  What's the explanation?  He said that it means there will be no middle ground. 

In the end of times there will only be extremes.
Either chose with the righteous or choose with the quilty.
Well which side do you choose?

In case you haven't already please read

Why I Murdered 13 American Soldiers at Fort Hood: Nidal Hassan Explains It All to You

Make a point to watch the powerpoint slides of the academic lecture! 

Now Read in Arutz7  (Please distribute their material and of course help fund them. (Beit El Dinner coming up...)

Obama 'Reaches Out' by Naming 'Devout' Muslims to Security Posts

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

U.S. President Barack Obama continues to "reach out to Muslims" by appointing them to key security posts amid charges he wrongly ignored internal Muslim terror. One recent appointee was harshly criticized for appearing on a British-based television station whose host is a member of a radical Muslim group.
President Obama has continued to "reach out Muslims," as he said in his keynote speech in Cairo last June, and this past week he swore in a Muslim rights advocate to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, shortly after the Fort Hood massacre. HSAC members are involved in expertise on national security.
The new member is Syrian-born Kareem Shora, who was the national executive director of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination (ADC), which previously has called on the United States to stop providing Israel with weapons because of alleged "atrocities" against Arabs. Her background for her new security post is having been a legal counsel and advocate for Muslim civil rights.
She also has been a frequent guest on the pro-Hamas al-Jazeera satellite network.
Shora, who has been described as a "devout Muslim, joins another devout member of the faith, Arif Alikhan, who was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development in the Department of Homeland Security. His qualifications for the job were listed as having been in charge of public safety in Los Angeles during his term of deputy mayor. One of his actions was to remove the plan that tracked Muslims in the city who were suspected of terrorist activities.
Americans have been jolted by several lethal attacks and confrontations with Muslims over the past year, including a plot to attack synagogues and down U.S. military aircraft, the manufacture of bombs, an alleged attempt to explode a Texas skyscraper, a plot to blow up malls in Boston, and last month's Fort Hood massacre by a Muslim psychiatrist who was an officer in the army.
A desire to avoid the appearance of labeling all Muslims as terrorists lunged out from the shadows last month after President Obama faced criticism for not taking seriously the threat of Muslim terrorism within American society as well as in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Several months ago, President Obama appointed Dalia Mogahed, a "devout Muslim," to his Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. She quickly came under fire for appearing in a telephone interview on a London-based Muslim television station, whose host is a member of an extreme Islamic group.
She said was unaware of the affiliations of her host, whose program included questions and comments favoring the implementation of Islamic Law ("sharia").
Mogahed explained that she did not hang up the phone in the middle of the interview because "I assumed that very few people would watch this show but that doing something more dramatic would bring more attention."
 In the current issue of Newsweek, columnist Jacob Weisberg, citing former Secretary of State Colin Powell, wrote that "Obama's [Muslim] heritage feeds a broader suspicion that he is too casual about the threat from America's Islamist enemies."
The journalist added, "With the massacre in Texas, Obama now confronts something that George W. Bush did not face in the years after September 11—not just a major act of domestic terrorism, but one struck from inside our security apparatus…. America does not face a threat from the perversion of faith in general. We face a threat from the perversion of one faith in particular."

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Fwd: Rubashkin in Prison, The Bigger Picture Part - 2. and It's NOT the Economy - by Paul Eidelberg

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Rubashkin Denied Basic Rights

South Dakota Prison Officials Strip Rubashkin, Deny Him Kosher Food And Religious Items, Supporters Claim.

Pretty dismaying.  Is this an accurate report? They said a video was taken. Why would they make it up? The source is chabad.info.  It's about serious infractions in South Dakota State penitentiary in Sioux Falls where Rabbi Shalom Rubashkin was taken initially pending his transfer to Iowa when he insisted on wearing  Yarmulka and Tzizis in Prison..

Before continuing please take some time to read 

 More on Rubashkin Part 1.  It attempts to analyze the Bigger Picture!  It is a letter to Attorney Sam Hirsch representing Rubashkin and Shmuly Yanklowitz representing Uri L'Tzedek. 

It was posted in reponse to Zev Brenners program http://talklinecommunications.com/ featuring them both.  People may argue that what is happening in Israel and the establishment of a Palestinian State is unrelated to what happened to Rubashkin. I disagree.  I see clear connections.

What follows is more analysis and is directed primarily to Uri L'Tzedek.  Uri L'Tzedek has lofty goals.  Those that are quick to condemn human rights abuses actually might unintentionally or intentionally feed and enable evil.   The biggest condemners of G-d fearing Jews come from leftist Jewish Media  who are quick to condemn them based on allegations, theories, other biased negative media reports based on one or more of innuendos, lies,  heresay,  and absolutely no fact, like the Jewish Week's Article

'Messianic Marlboro Man': Are American-Born Settlers More Likely to Go Postal?

I would be pleasantly surprised to see that they actually find  it newsworthy to present their Readers with articles based on clear factual data like article by Barry Rubin. 

Why I Murdered 13 American Soldiers at Fort Hood: Nidal Hassan Explains It All to You

Make a point to watch the powerpoint slides of the academic lecture!  Hassan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn't enough for too many people-including the president of the United States--to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack.

More on Rubashkin Part 2

To: : Shmuly Yanklowitz and Ari Hart of Uri L'Tzedek

My purpose is not to defend Rubashkin.  It is to analyze the outcome of the closing down of Agriprocessor and  then to take an honest appraisal of what Uri L'Tzedek has accomplished with their victory of raising awareness of the lack of social and moral ethics on the part of Agriprocessor. To the rest of you reading this, please take a minute to watch a video describing Shmuly Yanklowitz as a real Jewish community hero. He has over 19,000 votes. http://www.jewishcommunityheroes.org/nominees/profile/shmuly-yanklowitz/

It's seems to me quite probable that in reality the opposite is true since one can expect that the economic conditions of the illegal Guatemalan workers actually deteriorate after being sent back to Guatemala.  After all, why would they take the risk of being illegal immigrants if it was better in Guatamala economically.  I am not even referring to being detained and imprisoned for being in the country illegally by the US gov't.  I am not denying or confirming that there were abuses under Rubashkin  and abuses must be addressed, and I have not researched evidence or testimony one way or the other, however, did the actions of Uri Le'Tzedek truly benefit this community consisting of legal and illegal employees given American Immigration Law and the reality of the employment conditions (wage and working conditions) in Guatemala itself?  What actual good did Uri Letzedek accomplish? Many employees lost their jobs. Many legal employees lost their jobs or money as did many businesses.  Does Uri LeTsedek now support them  with charity until they find alternative employment or sources of income? Let us not even address the ripple effect of all the charities that benefited from Agriprocessor staying in business. 

 On the positive end, I suppose  Uri L'Tzedek encourages employment to those that are in this country legally in an ethical manner  and assures minimum wage for all employees.  On the negative side this in turn raises the price of  Kosher meat in an industry that  must pay their employees the minimum wage.   Besides the rise in prices, another worrisome negative is that it will encourage poorer Jews who are not as observant to buy non Kosher meat which is way more affordable.

   After all, besides not being subject to extra expenses because of Kashrush stringency, the USA gov't didn't select all meat plants to enforce illegal immigration issues.  Non kosher meat plants can keep hiring the illegal immigrants from Guatemala, pay them sub minimum wages and subject them to abuses unless the USA gov't gets on their case as well.   It appears that Agriprocessor was subjected to selective prosecution  where Agriprocessor was targeted to close down even though turning a blind eye to hiring illegal immigrants  appears to be  the industry standard way of operation for the typical meat plant.  In addition, the judgement not to allow Rubashkin bail on grounds that he might run away to his Homeland Israel seem to come from left field.

My guess and hope is that Agriprocessor was far less abusive of their employees than non Jewish plants because the owners of Agriprocessor were G-d fearing Jews with laws against animal cruely and a religious requirement to create a Kiddush Hashem among gentiles.  So if these illegal immigrants found work in other meat plants how did their working conditions  compare with Agriprocessor.  Have you done a comparison that is objective and fair? Perhaps many illegal workers from Guatemala were grateful at the opportunity to be treated with respect at AGriprocessor at what they considered a decent wage.  The money they earned supported their families respectfully in Guatemala. Are you sure that there are no such examples of satisfied workers that also happened to be here illegally?  You paint such a negative picture of Agriprocessor.  Was Everyone there mistreated and abused? It seems hard for me to believe that G-d fearing Jews abuse their employees as a rule.  Perhaps I am naive in a different way than you. My religious education never taught that it is ok to mistreat Gentiles.   Quite the opposite.  We are required to create a Kiddush Hashem! 

Notwithstanding American Law requirements of minimum wage and our obligation to obey the law of the land, it is my understanding that paying less than minimum wage is not necessarily abusive because it's relative to the society one lives in.  In Jewish Law, one must give charity on the level that the recipient is accustomed. Perhaps the solution is for Agriprocessor to open a plant in Guatemala not subject to American minimum wage as do other companies that manufacture in foreign countries like shoes and toys.  Would you boycott them as well? Such a boycott  would shut down the entire American economy. "Made in the United States of America" is a rare commodity in todays' world.  Isn't there a real possiblity that workers in other countries get paid less then $7.25 an hour or employ children under age etc. Child Labor is a serious matter in foreign countries and not always illegal.  But again everything is relative to the society that the people are accustom.  It may be the lesser of an even greater evil. 

Let me conclude with this eye opener by Dr. Paul Eidelberg.

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Arabs in Judea and Samaria were more prosperous and exercised far more self-determination under Israel than they now do under the PLO-Palestinian Authority!

It's NOT the Economy, Stupid!

 

Paul Eidelberg

 

A reader reminds me what I have often written about, namely, Israel's efforts after the Six Day War of June 1967 to raise the standard of living of "West Bank" Arabs. 

 

As noted in my forthcoming book, "An American Political Scientist in Israel," the Arabs in Judea and Samaria were more prosperous and exercised far more self-determination under Israel than they now do under the PLO-Palestinian Authority!  Under Israel's benevolent rule they elected their own mayors and enjoyed rights and opportunities non-existent in the entire Arab-Islamic world. 

 

While the "West Bank" was occupied by Jordan, and Gaza by Egypt, conditions in these territories were quite dire.  Life expectancy was low, malnutrition, infectious diseases, and child mortality were rife; and the level of education was very poor.  Fewer than 60 percent of all male adults had been employed.  When Israel regained possession of this land after the 1967 war, its government established new hospitals, health centers, and nursing schools.  Infant mortality was greatly reduced and the standard of health improved beyond recognition.  Roads as well as water and electric power facilities were constructed.  Modern methods of agriculture were introduced. A system of primary and secondary schools was established, which greatly multiplied the number of girls and boys attending classes. Even more dramatic was the progress in higher education.  From none in 1967, by the early 1990s, there were seven universities boasting some 16,500 students (where, unfortunately, they were also taught by their mentors, to hate Jews).

 

Eventually, tens of thousands of "West Bank" Arabs were employed in Israel.  The Arabs' standard of living doubled and quadrupled.  According to George Gilder: "Under Israeli management, economic growth in the West Bank and Gaza surged for some twenty years at a rate of 30 percent in 1979, averaging 25 percent per year …" (By the way, Gilder points out that "…without the presence of the Jews, there is no evidence that the Palestinians would particularly want these territories for a nation."  "During the 1970s, the West Bank and Gaza constituted the fourth fastest-growing economy in the world … with per capita GDP expanding tenfold between 1968 and 1991 … Life expectancy rose from 48 years in 1967 to 72 in 2000 … By 1986, 92.8 percent of the population … had electricity around the clock, as compared to 20.5 percent in 1967 … [Similar advances occurred in hygiene, healthcare, child mortality, immunizations, and communications, which all rose to levels equal or exceeding other Middle East countries].

 

Despite Israel's "economic solution" to the plight and hostility of the Palestinians, their deeply engrained Islamic hatred of Jews never waned.

 

Those who think there are economic solutions to ideological and/or international ideological conflicts forget that no European country was more prosperous than Germany in the 19th century, yet this did not prevent Germany from waging war against France.

 

Israel's ruling elites like to believe that a middle class Palestinian society will live in peace with Israel.  They forget that aggressive, militaristic sentiments and ambitions are not uncommon in places with a rising middle class.

  

Finally, one often says in America, "It's the economy, stupid.'  As concerns the Palestinians, however, one must say—as suggested by one of my readers: "It's NOT the economy, stupid!" 

 

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Fwd: rsvp: Rachels Children Reclamation Foundation presents Melava Malka Dec 19 : SINGLE AND MINGLE

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