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Shavua tov! If you haven't already please sign up.... Zol Tuv, robin

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David Ha'Ivri sent a message to the members of Friends of the Jewish Communities in the Shomron.

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Subject: Monday at 5PM Israel time - World wide demo to end the Freeze

Please get the word around to all of your friend in every location. Each group no matter who big or same is called on having a local demonstration calling on Israeli PM Netanyahu to end the building freeze in Yehuda and Shomron immediately. Please repost and invite friends to join the Friends of Jewish communities in Shomron FB group. Details will be posted on the group board for locations of events. These demonstrations will be held simultaneously throughout Israel.

BTW - we are at 999 group members right now, next one to sign up will be #1000.

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Don't accept bread crumbs by Nadia Matar - in the Spirit of Hebron - a Must Read

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Dear Nadia, amv"sh

You are a true Eishat Chayil bli ayin hara....

May you go from Chayil to Chayil... One Chizuk mission to the Next...

Chazak, Chazak VeNitchazek!

Hashem Oz LeAmo Yiten, Hashem Yevarech et Amo Bashalom!

Aloh Na'aleh Ki Yachol Nuchal La!  (From a not so secret admirer), Robin

Bitzchut Nashim Tzidkaniyot.......

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Don't accept the bread crumbs

Dear Friends,

A few thoughts about the recent freezing decrees we, residents of Judea and Samaria have received. I must say, there is great potential to turn the curse into a blessing if we act correctly.

Let me first say kol hakavod to those mayors who organized and participated in the protest in Efrat against the freezing decrees. Efrat mayor Oded Revivi and other mayors poured cement and started the foundations of a synagogue. An important  message was passed on to all: We, the mayors, declare we proudly and publicly defy the anti-Jewish building freeze decrees.

Now, in order for this not to be a one-time statement, this must continue. And we must be careful not to fall in the trap they are planning.

Let me explain:

The healthy reaction by almost all communities seems to have scared of Netanyahu a bit. What bothers the authorities the most is the unity in our camp. Moderates and less moderates, all united, came out strongly against the decrees.

In dovish and secular communities like in the Jordan valley or bet Arieh, the mayors physically blocked the entrance to the Civil Administration informers. Some were even arrested. More moderate communities, such as Efrat and Gush Etzion, were as strong in their terminology as more hawkish Yitzhar and Har Bracha. Dovish Ariel mayor compared the decrees to the "saison".

When there is unity and determination in our camp around the issue of Erets Israel, the government cannot implement their decrees. So what do the authorities do? They implement the policy of "divide and conquer" which helps them neutralize some leaders and keep them quiet.

For instance, in the past they said that unlike Yitzhar and Kiryat Arba, the communities of Gush Etzion and Ariel are "in the consensus". As long as some leaders actually believed this sad joke, they wouldn't come out to fight for other areas because 'we are in the consensus" so we shouldn't rock the boat", "we should be well-behaved".

Netanyahu and Barak managed to burst the bubble of the "you are in the consensus" joke. The decrees made it clear. Alon Shvut, Ariel, Maaleh Adumim and Neve Daniel are exactly like Yitzhar, Bet El and Har Bracha.
All are part of the freeze, meaning all are meant to later be expelled (G-d forbid).

So how is Netanyahu going try and fix this? News reports say that he will allow mere 84 projects to be built, anyway, around Yesha. How smart! Shimon Peres, the general of 'divide and conquer" policies must have advised him.

If our mayors in Judea and Samaria will fall into that trap, they each will now bicker who will get some bread crumbs from these 84 permits and mayors who will receive these permits will then immediately be good boys again. A mayor who will receive, for instance, 12 permits will not struggle anymore for the larger cause and for other places to be allowed to build. He will keep his head low just to be able to build these 12 "divide-and conquer" bread crumbs. That is how, G-d forbid, they will manage to end the amazing uprising we have seen in the last few days.

So we hope and pray that the mayors will not fall for this. That they will stay united and declare: Don't try to buy us with 84 bread crumbs. We are not fools. Unless you completely thaw the freeze everywhere, in Gush Etzion and in the Shomron and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e, we will continue to defy your decrees. We will turn a blind eye to all our residents who hopefully continue to build. We will build, build, build, anyway.

Let's see what happens in the next few days. Let's remember that the authorities managed to destroy Gush Katif because they had managed to neutralize and convince some Yesha leaders and Rabbis to collaborate  with them (probably by promising them all kinds of "divide and conquer" bread crumb promises) and thus making sure there would not be a real struggle in our camp but rather only symbolic demonstrations.

Now is the time for the Yesha leaders to do a tikkun (correction) of the mistakes made in Gush Katif.
The last few days of uprising show we are on the right path. But now Netanyahu-Barak will try to break this healthy defiance with handing out candies and bread crumbs.

We, who still are traumatized by the betrayal of some Rabbis and Yesha leaders during the Gush Katif and Northern Shomron expulsion, will this time keep close watch of their moves. Let's pray our mayors and Rabbis do not fall in the trap Bibi and Barak are planning. Let's pray they can raise to the challenge.
If they do, and manage to stay loyal to the Land of Israel, we will thank Bibi for finally awakening the national camp and pushing it to finally struggle for the Land of Israel in an uncompromising way.

Shabbat shalom,

Nadia Matar

Dear Friends,

Now that you have been inspired please read about the struggle for Hareisha!

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2009/10/haraisha-little-engine-that-could.html

With G-d's help – and united – we can do this!

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Funds fo JNF... We still want our monies back......

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Dear Jean  KKL-JNF,

Will your wonderful 240 million trees be used by Palestinians to hide behind when attacking your Jewish Brothers? 

How can you assure your donors that KKL-JNF will not support the enemies of Israel.

The Israel government does not represent the best interests of Israel at the present moment and rather than go along with their insanity to create a Palestinian State whose 0bjectove is the elimination of Israel, please plant the trees in Jewish communities  in Judea and Samaria! 

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Marketing & Communications <JewishNationalFund2@jnf.org> wrote:

Thank you for your concerns. I appreciate very much how passionately you feel about this.

 

Please be advised that KKL-JNF was mandated by the Israeli government as the national forest service for the land of Israel. This project was carried out under that mandate. No JNF-US donors paid for this project. JNF is proud of the 240 million trees we have planted across the land of Israel.

 

Regards,

 

Jenn Lonschein

Assistant Marketing Manager

Jewish National Fund

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From: Robin Ticker [mailto:faigerayzel@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 4:08 PM
To: info@kkl.org.il; Marketing & Communications; Customer Service; JNF Travel & Tours; _Planned Giving

Subject: Please send me back my $300 contribution to JNF made after the Lebanese War and refund past donations as well.

 

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Dear Keren Kayemet LeYisroel and JNF, amv"sh
Contact info for KKL is http://www.jnf.org/includes/contact-us.html


After the latest War in Lebanon I gave $300 to my friend who was going to Israel and asked her to please spend it on a worthwhile cause.  She chose JNF to replace trees that were destroyed in the North after the North was attacked by Hizbollah. 

It has come to my attention that JNF and KKL have taken Land paid by Jews and entrusted to them by Jewish donors for the purpose of Keren Kayamet LEYISROEL and instead have allowed this Land it to be entrusted to Palestinians in Arab villages.  I  refer you  and all my fellow donors to Arieh King of the Israel Land Fund  who has done extensive research regarding this matter.

Now the latest breaking news reported in Haaretz  www.haaretz.co.il and Arutz 7 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134694#replies is that KKL is proud to donate 3,000 trees for the Palestinians while the government of Israel is freezing all construction in Judea and Samaria.  Netanyahu is acquiescing to Obama and American Pressure to establish a Palestinian State and KKL is seeing to it that Palestiniain communities are beautified with tree planting.  

The Palestinians are not interested in trees.  Look at the oasis that was once Gush Katif.  Now it  is desolate and a launching pad for Kassam Rockets against the South. 

I want my money back.   I also want all my money back from the past 30 years when I proudly donated many trees to JNF in memory of lost friends and relatives or in honor of a Simcha. I was proud of my Jewish Homeland.  I understand now, that KKL did not use the money  for that purpose.  Again please contact Arieh King who has publicized this fraud.  He can provide you and donors with facts.. 

You deceived us, all your donors into believing we are contributing to Jews and to Israel.  Instead, you betrayed our trust and instead used land and property bought by Jews for Jews and gave  it  to Palestinians.  Why call yourself Keren Kayamet LeYisroel?  Why call yourself Jewish National Fund?

In addition to demanding a full refund of all  monies donated to JNF we will recommend that from now on. money is much better spent donating to organizations that plant trees in YESHA in Jewish communities rather than to JNF..

Anyone reading this letter and wishes to join me in  a class action suit against JNF and KKL please contact  me.


Sincerely, Robin Ticker
A very disappointed contributor.
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Last update - 05:19 29/11/2009
A new Palestinian city takes root - with JNF trees
By Eli Ashkenazi
Hirui Amara excitedly held a bunch of pine seedlings and was quick to dip their soft roots in a bucket of water. Several seconds later he was next to an elderly man, and helped him plant one of the seedlings. This was the end of an exciting day for Amara, who heads a Jewish National Fund greenhouse at Golani Junction. Amara and five other JNF employees took part, 10 days ago, in an extraordinary project that involves the JNF assisting in planting trees in the area where a new Palestinian city, Ruwabi, is scheduled to be built north of Ramallah. The name means "City of Hills." As a first step, the JNF contributed 3,000 tree seedlings for planting in what is meant to be a forested area on the edges of the new city. At the same time, the forestry experts of the JNF have been advising the city planners on the matter. Suhil Zaydan, one of the JNF's forestry managers, is serving as liaison between the organization and the city planers. "There have been a number of meetings, both at the location where the city will be built and also at the JNF greenhouses," he says. "We have contributed with our know-how, by advising on how to prepare the ground for the planting and how public gardens should be planned, as well as the best times for planting, and what kinds of trees it is preferable to plant. We did not talk about politics and we shall not talk about it - we deal with trees and understand forestry, botany and greenhouses." The ambitious project of building a city from scratch has drawn an estimated investment of $800 million, mostly from Palestinian and Qatari sources. The plan is for 6,000 housing units over a 6,300 dunam area that is supposed to provide housing for nearly 40,000 people and employ some 10,000 Palestinian workers. The project is aimed at the Palestinian middle class. Zaydan says that a new kind of planning attitude is involved. "There is no other city like it in our area with regards to the ecological-forestry aspects of planning. Everything will be natural, and there is great attention to preserving nature, the trees, the springs, the streams, the topography and other values, such as antiquities. During the planning stage the natural resources are taken into account," he said. Ruwabi will be located nine kilometers northwest of Ramallah. A few days ago, at what will be one of the entrances to the city, workers were busy setting up a large sign advertising the project. Several hours before traveling to the site of the tree planting, Amara was ready at the greenhouse for the truck to arrive so that the seedlings could be loaded. "This is not a regular day of work," he said. "Today there is a sense that something special is happening. This is a project that grants hope to young people for a better future. I am proud that I am party to this thing." Like a proud father who nurtured his children, he walked through the rows of seedlings. "These are seedlings of high quality from every respect - thickness, shape, health, development of its roots," he said. The seedlings originate from locations throughout the country where seeds were collected and were planted at the greenhouse under conditions favorable to their species. A bumpy ride along a dirt path comes to an end at the foothills of the settlement of Ateret, at the edge of what will be Ruwabi. Dozens of people are there to plant, ranging in age from youth to people in their 60s, waiting for the truck with the seedlings. Everyone brought tools from home. One person has a metal hoe with a serial number dating back to Ottoman times. "This is a very old hoe which belonged to my grandfather," he tells the JNF people, who are amazed by the fact. Michael Weinberg of the JNF acknowledges that there is a great deal of "professional pride in the project. We are helping in any way we can." Kneeling to touch the earth, he is optimistic: "There are excellent conditions here."

 

JNF BETRAYS ITS JEWISH MANDATE

 

            Arieh King, founder and head of the Israel Land Fund, has been battling with the JNF for years. He has documented the egregious abuse of the organization's mandate to collect money from Jewish people in order to buy and preserve land in the Land of Israel. King has documented proof of JNF land purchase and give-away to Arabs that has been going on with the knowledge and approval of the Israel Land Authority.

            King asserts that during the years 2004-2009, more than 200 new apartments were built on JNF land in the area north of the Atarot airport, in Jerusalem. When one drives near that area today, a very visible sign reading AREA A – NO ISRAELIS (Jews) ALLOWED, can be seen,  even though one is in Israel's capital city of Jerusalem. (Israel has been divided into areas A,B and C. A is solely Arab. B is under Israeli control, but open to Arab administration, and C is solely under Israeli control.) King also accuses the JNF of failure to protect Jewish land in Gush Etzion where three years ago, no effort was made to keep hundreds of acres inside the separation wall. Arabs are now using this land.  In the Shoafat/JNF forest, near Pisgat Ze'ev, Jerusalem, Arabs have built 300 apartments between 1991-2009, with building continuing today.

            King has written to the heads of JNF, pleading with them to stop JNF assistance in planting 3000 trees in the area of a new Arab city, RUWABI, scheduled to be built north of Ramallah. Instead, we read that "Michael Weinberg of the JNF acknowledges that there is a great deal of "professional pride in the project. We are helping in any way we can."

            The reports on the project mention such names as Hirui Amara, who heads a JNF greenhouse at the Golani Junction, and Suhil Zaydan, one of the JNF's forestry managers. At the recent Zionist Congress an Israeli Arab was nominated to the KKL (Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael or JNF) General Assembly. Why is JNF, or KKL, hiring and working with Arabs when so many Jews are jobless? Wouldn't some of the expelled farmers from Gush Katif be people who would be expert in working with the land, and keeping it in Jewish hands?

             Maaleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel, a member of the JNF board, describes the situation as something that has gone "haywire."  He continues, "The country has gone crazy when it plants trees for the PA in Judea and Samaria at the same time that it forbids Jews to build. The system does not know who it is representing – us, the PA, or the Americans."

            Diaspora Jews are urged to call JNF headquarters in NYC – 212-879-9300 to voice their indignation about the disgraceful betrayal of the JNF mandate. Ask for CEO Russell Robinson, or VP of Israel Relations Isaac Blachor. Tell them you will no longer contribute to JNF because of their scandalous behavior. Write letters to your local papers about the situation. Spread the information.

            Those who are interested in getting more information about the issue are invited to contact Arieh King at kingshir@bezeqint.net or office@israellandfund.com. Tel: 972-2-622-3195. He will be happy to answer your questions and present you with the proof of his investigations into JNF abuses.

 

IZZY KAPLAN

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Fwd: TZC-Newsletter-Dec-4-09-PDF-Format Vayishlach

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Please print and distribute!  Shabbat Shalom

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SHABAT SHALOM!

Rabbi Eliyahu authentic Torah Leader. AFSI an authentic Jewish Voice, Anti Torah Deals and Decrees

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Please read this arutz7 article which presents the Torah position with clarity

Rabbi Eliyahu: Religious MKs Supporting Anti-Torah Terror Deal

In addition what about the Anti Torah, property destruction construction freeze?


One can not say that they believe in the Torah and keeping the Torah yet support a government whose higher authority is not Torah.

  One has to choose. 

If you choose to be part of  Likud or the Coalition and have policies implemented by Barak  then you are effectively a partner with them. You aren't forced to be partners with them.  It's your choice. Netanyahu and the Likud have made it the law  to control  the  property of Jews in Judea and Samaria and, steal livelihood  away from fellow Jews. 

For the religious MK's.  What's the point of sitting and learning all the Mesechtot of Baba Kama and Baba Metzia?   What about implementing Torah Law? Isn't Torah relevant for all times?

 If Steinmentz, Yaalon, Benny Begin and Zev Elkin don't want guilt pangs  let them resign in protest from the cabinet unless it is revoked ! Otherwise the natural consequence of their vote is  that it will be on their conscience .  I would not want to be in their shoes when they are called up in heaven in a higher court of law to face the settlers who lost  control of their homes and livelihood as a result of this law.

AFSI APPLAUDS CALLS FOR END OF FREEZE

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Subject: AFSI APPLAUDS CALLS FOR END OF FREEZE
To: AFSI <afsi@rcn.com>

1751 Second Ave, New York, NY 10128

Tel: 212-828-2424; Fax: 212-828-1717; afsi@rcn.com; www.afsi.org

Contact: Helen Freedman, Executive Director

Dec. 3, 2009

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

AFSI APPLAUDS CALLS FOR END OF FREEZE

 

            Likud leaders, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Minister Benny Begin, and Chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria Affairs MK Zev Elkin, have all come out in opposition to the "draconian" manner in which the construction freeze in Judea and Samaria has been implemented.

            Considering that PM Netanyahu maintains that "the decision does not apply to 2,500 units under construction, to 500 additional housing units we recently approved…", the Likud leaders are outraged by Defense Minister Barak's stop-work orders on all construction in Judea and Samaria, including all of the above.

            It is interesting to note that Steinitz, Ya'alon, Begin and Elkin all voted for the freeze, believing that it would proceed as stipulated in the Cabinet decision. They apparently didn't anticipate that Barak would enforce it in the brutal manner that he has implemented.

In the face of this, Netanyahu maintains that he "has no choice" but to keep the freeze in place. Who has given him "no choice"?  The Prime Minister of Israel must have the choice to preserve the land and the people of Israel in the best way possible. There can be "no choice" to destroy peoples' lives and livelihoods.

            The Likud leaders should never have voted for the freeze. They must anticipate the aggressive and destructive manner in which the Defense Minister would implement the "permission" he received to destroy Jewish homes and lives, while turning a blind eye to rampant and illegal Arab building throughout the land of Israel. This Labor Minister does not belong in a Likud government.

            Finally, one must question the purpose and meaning of a freeze when it obviously makes no difference in the supposed "peace process." The Arabs have already rejected it as inadequate in satisfying their demands. This meaningless action only does harm to Israel's legitimacy.

            We commend those who are calling for a halt to the freeze, and urge PM Netanyahu and Likud to remember the party mandate to preserve the Land of Israel for the Jewish people.