Goldstone, International Law, Jewish Press, Once again your front page cover puts dangerous new IDF Policy changes in positive light

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Unfortunately I am once again angered that  the Jewish Press uses their Front Page to report  acceptably on  a new IDF policy that potentially endangers IDF Soldiers and Israeli lives.  http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/47946/Goldstone_Fallout:_I.html

Failure of Jewish Media to put things in a proper Torah perspective indirectly aids and empowers  the enemies of Israel.

 I am referring to the new IDF Policy Changes as a result of the Goldstone Fallout.  Rather than expose the double standard of the use of International Law  JTA tells half the story leaving out the side that conclusively shows that such a new IDF policy can in fact endanger Israeli Soldiers and Israeli civilians.

Unfortunately this is the pattern of JTA reporting and the Jewish Press should reconsider using them as a reliable and  kosher news source typically gracing the Jewish Press on their front cover.  The Jewish Press as well as all the Jewish Print Media who puts Torah before everything else  would do well to consult with Daas Torah  as per whether such IDF decisions is consistent with how the Torah would advise a Jewish army defending the residents of Israel when the Palestinians use their civilians as human shields.  The Torah viewpoint must be investigated, heard and not suppressed!

Please report on the likely endangerment of IDF Soldier due to these new policy changes as per what happened in Jenin where many IDF soldier were killed in urban warfare in an attempt to spare Palestinian civilian casualties.   While there is positive things to say about using accurate weapons it must not be done at the expense of the lives of the Israel Soldier.

Please note  that in the Jenin battle,  the international media did not recognize or appreciate  the self sacrificing efforts to save Palestinian civilian lives.  That was a perfect example but not the only one of how IDF military operations are dictated by media rather than military considerations and as a consequence suffered very heavy losses.

 Not only were the efforts not appreciated in international media it received the exact opposite desired  PR reaction in that Israel was accused of War Crimes and of staging a  progrom against the civilian Palestinian population.  These accusations were based on lies and distortions and falsehoods...and  I personally knew Gedalia  a soldier who died in combat in that useless urban battle in Jenin and know of the pain and sorrow of his family...  This should surely cause one to reflect as per whether these new guidelines of the IDF is indeed one that is consistent with Torah.

But not only the lives of IDF soldiers and Israeli residents are endangered by fighting a war based on PR. Israel is endangering the world by setting a precedent of weakness in the fight against such evil  The world takes their cue from how Israel responds.    Being compassionate to the cruel results in being cruel to the compassionate.

 NATO forces in Libya face these same moral dilemmas.  Military targets are placed in civilian populations zones who serve as human shields and NATO forces retreat. How compassionate is this to the potential victims of  these rockets allowed to be left in place ready to be fired on the civilian populations of  babies, children and elderly?

Please take your reporting from Kosher sources such as Doris Wise Montrose and the Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors working to ensure that Never Again remains more than a mere slogan,  Please put only Kosher News sources, those that are proud to  defend our rights to defend our Land dictated by Torah Shebichtav and Torah SheBaal Peh , the written and oral Torah Law on your Front Page.   Please don't empower those (including  the Gov't of Israel and the IDF who hold that Torah is secondary to secular state laws of IDF engagement.  These new IDF guidelines implicitly suggest guilt of war crimes by their determination to "rectify wrongdoing" in the face of international condemnation. It seems pretty clear to me that the IDF now calls for new policies that potentially stops to  protect our own Jewish military and  civilian population in order to defend the civilian population of our enemies who unfortunately are  being used by cowards as human shields..

Please turn a blind eye to the hostile international media waiting to pounce on Israel whenever she shows strength to defend the rights of our Land and our people.   Who if not  the Jewish Media, will speak out the Truth of Torah?

Sincerely, Robin Ticker


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From: Doris Wise Montrose <doris@cjhsla.org>
Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Subject: IMPORTANT EVENT: Goldstone, International Law, and the Coming Crisis in September - April 28 at 7 p.m.
To: faigerayzel@gmail.com

Working to ensure that Never Again remains more than a mere slogan
	THURSDAY, APRIL 28 AT 7:00 P.M. Goldstone, International Law, and the Coming Crisis in September A presentation by three distinguished lawyers, historians, and scholars   Avi Bell J.J. Surbeck Rick Richman   Thursday, April 28 - 7 p.m. Luxe Hotel Sunset 11461 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA  90049 Avi Bell participated in a debate on the Goldstone Report at Stanford Law School on March 28 with Justice Richard Goldstone and others, three days before Justice Goldstone published his now-famous recantation in the Washington Post. The Goldstone Recantation demonstrates that the truth about international law and the Arab-Israeli conflict, although slow to get its boots on, can be used as an effective defense by those who are knowledgeable in it.   International law is usually considered only when it can be played against Israel and is generally ignored when it is in fact in Israel's favor or would condemn the Palestinians. We have been dealing with the progressive institutionalization of a double standard. J.J. Surbeck will give examples of the problem and where it is leading the world community if not addressed in time. In advance of the coming September meeting of the UN General Assembly, where opponents of Israel plan to seek a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state with non-negotiated borders, Rick Richman will analyze the legality and the political implications of such an attempt.  Panelists: Professor Avi Bell holds multiple degrees from Harvard and the University of Chicago, clerked for the Supreme Court of Israel, and has taught courses on the laws of war and the legal aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict.  He is a professor at Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law as well as the University of San Diego Law School. J.J. Surbeck is a Swiss-educated attorney who worked for 16 years for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which many have called the "Guardian of the Geneva Conventions." He has lectured and taught widely on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, also called International Humanitarian Law. He is currently Executive Director of T.E.A.M. (Training and Education About the Middle East), a non-profit organization, and is based in San Diego.   Rick Richman is a graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School. His articles have appeared in American Thinker, Commentary, the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, the Jewish Press, Pajamas Media, and the New York Sun. He blogs at Contentions and edits Jewish Current Issues. $15 per person - Cash or check at the door  SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS $5 (with valid ID - age 26 and under) Register by email at RSVP@cjhsla.org or call (818)704-0523 Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors(CJHS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization committed to the promotion of Western values against the dual threats of complacency at home and political Islam abroad. We believe that a safe and secure Israel, prospering as a Jewish State, is a prerequisite to long-term global peace.  CJHS insists that the last Holocaust imposes upon all people of good will a moral and political imperative to prevent the next one. Or mail your tax deductible check payable to "CJHS" 20058 Ventura Blvd., #198 Woodland Hills, CA  91364   We are grateful to the Luxe Hotel Sunset for their gracious contribution to making this event possible.

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This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

This will be posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com

Fwd terror victim, Daniel Viflic Beit Shemesh - Family in need of funds. LemaanAchai.org

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From: sb7c@bezeqint.net

Please send this email out to the congregation-- I know the organiztation collecting the funds. They are based in my neighborhood and are very honest and caringm, so the money will go right to the family in need--Tizkeh L'mitzvot!

The victim of last week's utterly evil missile attack on a
school bus, is
local Bet Shemesh/RBS resident Daniel Viflic, aged 16.

Daniel is in critical condition - and his family asks all of
us to daven for
his survival and recuperation (Raphael Daniel Arieh ben
Tamar). The coming
hours are extremely important.

Lema'an Achai, the RBS Chesed Organization, is coordinating
all efforts to
help the family, shoulder to shoulder with our colleagues
at "One Family"
(who specialise in assisting Terror Victims) and "Paamonim"
(who specialise
in financial and small business structuring).

* How You Can Help *

The Viflic family run a small catering business, and right
now (coming up to
Pessach) was planned to be their peak season.

Due to the horrific circumstances the Viflic's are now
suffering, the
business will be non-existent during this period.
Unfortunately, there is no
cash reserve to fall back on.

In order to float the business and the family until after
Pessach, $10,000
is immediately needed.

This is a definite and immediate need. Depending on Daniel's
progress, there
will likely be other financial impact also.

A special Emergency Fund has therefore been established for
the Viflics, by
Lema'an Achai.

Please

a. *After* you have given your regular kimche depischa/maot
chitim donation,
please ALSO donate generously to the "Terror Victim Fund -
Viflic"
https://lemaanachai.org/donations.aspx

b. Please, add your personal recommendation to the top of
this email, and
send this emergency appeal to your close friends, family,
shul lists, and
others who may be interested to help the Viflic family (but
please don't
spam).

More Details How to Donate:

* Checks * - clearly marked "Terror Victim Fund - Viflic":
Mail to...

USA Tax Deductible: Payable to "US Friends of Lema'an
Achai", PO Box 532,
Oceanside, NY 11572-0532, USA.
UK Tax Deductible: Payable to "British Friends of Lema'an
Achai", c/o Nava
Kestenbaum, 96 Rigby Street, Salford, Manchester, M7 4BQ,
ENGLAND.
Canadian Tax Deductible: Payable to "Gates of Mercy Charity
Fund", C/O
Murray Shore, 31 Marwill Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 3L2,
CANADA.
Israel Tax Deductible: Payable to "Lema'an Achai", The
Lema'an Achai Center,
40/7 Nahal Lachish, Ramat Bet Shemesh, 99093, Israel.

* By Phone*:
24/6 Donations Hotline (Hebrew): 02 99.999.33

* Securely On-Line *
https://lemaanachai.org/donations.aspx
(Use the drop-down, or comments section to designate "Terror
Victim -
Viflic"

--
Besorot Tovot,
David & Avrohom

Small Print: This is an emergency situation; in the event
that more
donations are received for the Viflics than their needs, any
remaining funds
will solely be used for helping similar families in crisis.

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Operation AIT LAASOT - Women in Green - stopping Land Grab in Judea and Samaria, HONEINIi - Defending Jewish Rights of Self Defense

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Chashuva Rabbonim, Media and Friends who Love Eretz Yisroel, amv"sh

Please acknowledge, promote organizations, communities and individuals who ACT in ways that build up the Land of Israel and prevent further terror attacks against our people in Judea and Samaria and the rest of Israel.  These honored organizations include Women in Green, Honenu, Havat Gilat  , the Yishuv of Itamar  and MattotArim and many others as well.



Sent today by Women In Green:

OUTRAGEOUS ACTION in Sussya

 

Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green) and Garin Netzer protest strongly against the outrageous action performed this morning by the Civil Administration in Sussya when they destroyed Moishele Deutsh's fields and  uprooted 3300  five year old trees.

 

The State is attacking its loving sons.

 

Anyone who searches the internet and reads about the different anti-Israeli organizations, like JAI, who help the Arabs , understands that a war on the land is being waged by the Arabs-- a tree intifada. The Arabs understand that the battle will be won on the land and not on meaningless papers of "peace".

 

We call upon the Civil Administration to return to its original purpose: safeguarding the land of Israel and preventing the Arabs from taking over.

 

Yehudit Katsover 0507161818  Nadia Matar 0505500834

From Honenu:

If you killed in self defense, would you be afraid to call the police

You would if you lived in Israel and you were a Jew and your attacker was an Arab. At the end of January, a Jew walking in the Har Bracha region was attacked. Two Arabs from the village of Arak Burin appear in a video clip distributed by the IDF spokesman, where they can be seen threatening the Jew with rocks in their hands. Since he had no alternative, and since his life was clearly in danger, the victim fired his pistol and killed one of the attackers. See the incident caught on video. Shortly thereafter, Judea and Samaria Division detectives began arresting and detaining residents of Samaria on suspicion of committing the act. The sole prima facie evidence connecting them to the incident is the type of weapon that they are licensed to hold, a pistol made by Glock. It need hardly be said that numerous such weapons have been licensed throughout the country. In all cases the arrestees were released, but the Police confiscated their weapons for examination. It should be noted that these arrests occur predawn in their homes as if they were escaped criminals. The latest occurring in Itamar to the son of former IDF Chief Rabbi Avichai Ronsky, whose family was terrified thinking that the police were terrorists attempting to again murder in that community. Even though the Police declared that this was a case of self defense the person who fired decided not to inform the Police of the incident. One could correctly assume that this is due to the arbitrary conduct of the Police and the courts in such cases. Many Jews who have been attacked are arrested and forced to remain in detention for long periods of time. The person who fired apparently waited to hear of the arrest and imprisonment of the attackers. When no one was arrested he realized that the Police was not interested in true justice. Advocate Adi Keidar from Honenu said of the arrest: "The conduct of the police is very strange. The Police announced that this was clearly a case of permitted use of a weapon for self defense. It is therefore unclear why the Police decided to investigate the Jews and once again ignore the criminal acts of the Arabs." Honenu's legal defense team works non stop to ensure true justice. There were over 470 new cases in the last 6 months. This Passover holiday donate generously to provide FREEDOM for others. Make Israel a better place. P.S. Shalom Pollack, our representative, will be in the NY area from May 10 – 31 on a speaking tour. Please contact us if you can help with setting up speaking engagements or wish to be notified of his schedule. ©2011 Honenu | PO Box 2, Kiryat Arba 90100, Israel

The following link was sent to me today by Susie Dym of Mattot Arim

One-Third of PA Arabs Support Massacre of Fogels - pls distribute (press etc.). thanks. s

http://truman.huji.ac.il/upload/Joint_press_release_March_2011_Final.pdf

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143384

Chashuva Askanim,

Please engage in some personal accounting. Have you sought out these courageous Jews and Organizations knowing that enemies are surrounding them or have you turned them away from your door when they approached you?  Perhaps you have decided that there is nothing they or you can personally do that will make any difference in Yehuda and the Shomron.  Have you just given up? 

The civil rights of the residents of Yehuda and Shomron are hefker and so is their private property and belongings.  Why have we left them to fight for their homes and their security on their own.  Do we not realize that Judea and Samaria is the first stop, of terror,  on the way to us chas vechalila?

The State of Israel is working against them as per pressures of the Obama Administration.  Our American tax money is going in hundreds of millions, perhaps billions to support the PA and other terror fronts.   

Will these G-d fearing Jews not be featured in your papers or on the air or in your talks unless there is some horrific terror attack? What will it take to make their voices heard?

A personal letter to you from Robin (Faige Rayzel)

Today is 2 Nissan my Hebrew Birthday.  It is my 55th Birthday, 5 and 5 which reminds me of the 10 Luchot Habrit.  To help me celebrate this momentous Birthday, I am asking you to please give me a gift that I will treasure more than anything else in the world. 

Please do something for Yehuda and the Shomron.  Make it prominent.  (You can print that it is in honor of faigerayzel's 55th Birthday if you want but that's not important.) What is important is to put Judea and Samaria and  Jewish Rights to Eretz Yisroel literally on the map.  Emphasize our Right to Defend Ourselves on Eretz HaKodesh, Our H-ly soil.  State this  proudly  on your headline, your front pages, in your opening remarks, and/or in your Drasha in shul.

 Arab attacks do not happen in a vacuum. 

 Will what you just read sent by Women in Green and Honenu get printed in mainstream Jewish Media or get prominent space or  air time?

 Or will your space and time and promotion be  designated to organizations and individuals who excel at  memorializing  Jewish victims of Arab Terror and are expert about Egypt, Libya and Iran.  These voices are passive when the warning lights are on and they unfortunately do not sound the alarm for preventive measures to save Jewish Lives in Judea and Samaria and by domino effect save lives in the entire Israel and the world.

The Gov't of the State of Israel is turning a blind eye to Arab vandalism and Arab aggression and provocation.  Worse, it is prosecuting those Jewish settlers  that have been attacked  and turn the tables on them so that they are forced at great expense to defend their actions as if they were criminal. 

Isn't it  a heavenly act of  justice that Goldstone a Jew,  is behind a report of the UN criminalizing the State of  Israel for acting in Self Defense.  Goldstone seemed almost on the verge of retracting this libelous Goldstone report and then didn't.  Perhaps what just  happened in Sussia as reported by Yehudit Katzover and Nadia Matar of Women in Green or what was reported by Honenu triggered something in Goldstone's brain to retract  only halfheartedly.  Perhaps in Heavenly Court, The State of Israel needs to be a lot more deserving  in order to obtain a full retraction from Goldstone. After all aren't they guilty of acting similarly, accusing and treating the Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria, the Galil and the Negev who act in Self Defense as criminals? 

The Right of Self Defense and the Freedom to Bear Arms is embedded in the  Bill of Rights of the American Constitution.

The underlying basis for these Bill of Rights is that we are not trespassers or threatening the real owners and we have full rights to be on the Land.

Arabs distort truth and create lies to fabricate the idea that  Arabs are victims of the Israeli "Occupation". They claim that we stole the Land from them.   This legitimizes their "armed struggle" against Jews and makes light of  the heinous crimes  of their  "armed struggle" in the leftist Global Media.

Therefore, to counter this identity theft by the Arabs, and land theft by Arabs, literally and in principle,  Israel must justify their rights to settle Judea and Samaria based on our Biblical and Historical Rights.

After all, if we are "Occupiers" as Obama and the Global Community proclaim, then the armed struggle of the "Palestinian People" is justified and slaughtering innocent babies in their sleep is not portrayed as an act of terror.

May we all be zocheh to be part of the Return of Am Yisroel to Eretz Yisroel and bring Moshiach Tzidkeinu Bimheira Beyameinu Amein so that we will be able to serve Hashem in the Beit Hamikdash and throughout the world, as per His desire and liking...

Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

This will be posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com

Operation AIT LAASOT- Twinning with Yehuda andShomron Partnering with Judea and Samaria

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Dear Rabbonim, Media, Organizations and individuals who are Friends of Eretz Yisroel Hashleima, amv"sh

Will we merely memorialize the dead, the barbaric murders, the massacres?

Or WILL WE ACT so that WE WON'T HAVE TO MEMORIALIZE the dead the barbarity and the massacres?

Introducing Operation AIT LAASOT.   We are individuals (initiators, Robin Ticker and Shmuel Koenig) who spend our days and nights doing what we can to wake up, inspire, cajole and plead and cry for our precious brothers and sisters,  the Nation of Israel to be actively part of Yishuv Haaretz.  Here in Brooklyn, the murders touched a sensitive bone.  But is the pain acute enough to turn sentiment into action?  How much pain does it require Chas VeChalila. We do not want to find out!  

We can preempt and prevent what happened in Itamar.  The tragedies COULD have been prevented by us had we gotten involved sooner and not supported the "peace initiatives" by expressing outrage when property is stolen or vandalized by Arabs or victims of Arab aggression are turned into the aggressors and arrested rather catching the perpetrators and prosecuting them.  The Arabs have become brazen as to attack babies and  children on a Friday night without fear of reprisal.  Quite the opposite, they look forward to the reward they will receive from those that support terror for these heinous acts. To Build and expand is the answer.

We can stop future tragedies chas vechalila BUT NOT MERELY BY MEMORIALIZING.

Operation AIT LAASOT is a campaign to encourage every Jew to partner in whatever capacity with building Judea and Samaria.  By your efforts you are an automatic member of AIT LAASOT.  WE choose the Best and most useful way to both Memorialize and Prevent future tragedies.

We want shuls to partner with shuls, schools with schools, classes with classes, families with families, or a shul with a family or a group of people with a business, or a business with a business.  The point is to be Mezakeh the Rabbim, make ALL Jews worthy of Yishuv  Eretz Yisroel. Let us partner en masse with the pioneers, brave, courageous and sacrificing families and individuals that already live and invested their whole lives in Yishuv Haaretz based on Torah and Mitzvoth in Judea and Samaria and all of Eretz Yisroel. 

Why specifically Judea and Samaria?  Because they are the ones targeted by all the Nations of the World including the United States.  When there is a Mitzva that has universal opposition, that is davka the Mitzva that we must strengthen.  Because of Areivus, we as a Nation must be worthy of the Land of Israel. When only a minority of Am Yisroel is worthy, collectively as a Nation we are short on merit. Only when the majority is worthy will we merit to overcome our enemies and win the struggle for Eretz Yisroel.  If we somehow show HaKadosh Baruch Hu that we in Chutz LeAretz care, that we desire the Land, that our Tefillot and dreams are meaningful and not empty words, surely we are confident that Hashem will respond positively. 

We have been told by some caring Jews, we must wait for Moshiach.  Surely, Moshiach needs a Kli, some vessel in which to appear.  Otherwise when Moshiach knocks on our door telling us to return to Eretz Yisroel we might turn him away saying that we are waiting for Moshiach to come.  Will we recognize Moshiach when he stares us in the face? 

Our Hishtadlus is the vessel needed by Moshiach  to come and operate.

For starters let us recommend two possibilities for our hishtadlus, our partnering.  Of course, there are many opportunities in Judea and Samaria and we will be more than happy to assist you to find the venue that touches your heart and soul.  We are connected to many organizations and Yeshivoth and businesses that help the Yesha communities.

1. URGENT! Chavat Gilad.  A privately owned farm in the Shomron currently without electricity housing 27 families and Yeshiva students.  Right before the Itamar massacre following a campaign to raise funds for fuel for their generator, they were attacked 4:30 am by Israeli police with plastic bullets for the crime of "illegal" building.  The police demolished a home and some structures.

This community relies on an electric generator because the Gov't of Israel refuses to provide the infrastructure.  (Please note that the gov't however has no problem with supplying power to our enemies in Gaza who attack Sderot, Ashdod and Beer Sheva).

Chavat Gilad is  "illegal" as per the demands of the International Community who do not have our best interest at heart.

Their electric generator is extremely expensive to run and the community runs out of funds for fuel. 

I am looking for 20 people that would be willing to contribute $100 each to ease the current crises and get them back electricity.  So far I have several contributors. As a long term solution we want to raise money for funding Wind Turbines so that they will not have to rely on contributions of others for their electricity but will have a clean alternative affordable energy source that will be a model for others as well. Our goal is to be Komimyut LeArtzeinu. 

You can send them money directly through paypal or by check .  (it would give us chizuk if you email us the details of your contribution).   In Brooklyn, if there are any questions feel free to call 718-510-2364 or  718-375-7056.  Encourage pooling with others.  If you can think of a person that would like to contribute, spread the word.

Donations for Chavat Gilad can be made online via paypal at this link. Then share the Nachas of your contribution with others.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TDLJEHPBMCU4L

Wire info for Shuva Israel in America, a 501(c)3 charity. 

 Shuva Israel - The Return Israel Fund Inc.

 Account# at Citibank: 95733396

 111 Great Neck Road, Great Neck, NY., 11021, USA

 Routing number: 021000089

 Swift Code:  CITIUS33

You can also send a check To:Shuva Israel  PO Box : 27255  Austin TX 78755  USA

David Ha'ivri Executive Director The Shomron Liaison Office
Tel: +97239368146 Cell: +972526071690

Oshri David Shomron Liaison Office
Tel:  +(972)  3936-8146  Fax: +(972) 153-393-68146 Cell: +(972)  507-480-718

2. TIMELY suggestion: This week's Parshat Shemini has references to the Cohen Gadol Itamar the son of Aharon HaKohen. The community Itamar in the Shomron is named after him. I believe the Kever of Itamar is located in this location.

Itamar of the Shomron, the place of the recent brutal massacre of the Fogel family hy"d.  The Mayor of Itamar Moshe Goldsmith and his wonderful wife Leah are in New York.  They will be in Brooklyn, speaking in the Kingsway Jewish Center 2810 Nostrand Ave. on Sunday April 3rd at 8:pm Beezrat Hashem.   Besides, serious security needs the Yishuv Itamar wants to complete the construction of a beautiful Beit Knesset in time of the first Yahrzeit of the Fogel family hy"d.  Rabbi Goldsmith can fill  you in. Go on friendsofitamar.org and contribute via paypal or send a check to Friends of Itamar, 1483 E. 34th Street Brooklyn, NY 11234.  If you have any questions please call 718-338-3822 or 718-375-7056




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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

This will be posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com

Re: Chavat Gilad : Tell Netanyahu that the Torah is the only true reality and his "reality" translates into sure destruction for not only Israel but for humanity

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Netanyahu's response  as reported in Israel National News:

Netanyahu Says Nationalists 'Do Not Live in This World'

Dear Knesset Members, Rabbanim and my List, amv"sh

The Covenant carries with it either a Blessing or a Curse. Both are true realities. Netanyahu is choosing to side with the curse reality.  


"Lo bashamayim hi."   The solution of Torah  is not out there in the heavens or across the sea; it is rather "very near to you, in your mouth and your heart...." [2] Lo Bashamayim hi, our commandments are not made for heaven but within our reach TO DO IT

As we say in Psukei D'Zimra, from Chronicles Aleph Chapter 16: "Zichru LeOlam Briso.. ""Remember forever His Covenant, the Word He commanded for a thousand generations, that He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, the He established it for a statute for Jacob , for Israel as an everlasting Covenant, for you I shall give the Land of Canaan the lot of your inheritance." 

In Reward for Abraham's faithfulness, G-d made a Covenant with him. However, if we are not faithful to G-d and wish to silence G-d's faithful (equivalent to prophets of days gone by) than it is no surprise that the  reality is subservience and of being delivered to the hands of people of the Lands. The reality will be distress and slavery. It is truly remarkable that the words of our Torah and Prophets are so real and true after many thousands of years.

In Nechemia Chapter 9:

verses 6-8

6. You alone are the Lord; You made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens and all their host, the earth and all that is upon it, the seas and all that is in them, and You give life to them all, and the heavenly host bow down before You.		ו.
7. You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram, took him out of Ur of the Chaldees and made his name Abraham.		ז.
8. And You found his heart faithful before You, and You made the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give to his seed, and You kept Your words, for You are righteous....(underline my emphasis) 25. And they captured fortified cities and fat soil, and they inherited houses full of all good, hewn cisterns, vineyards, and olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance, and they ate and were sated, and they became fat, and they enjoyed pleasures with Your great goodness.   כה. 26. And they disobeyed and rebelled against You, and they cast Your Law behind their backs, and they slew Your prophets who warned them, to bring them back to You, and they committed great provocations.   כו. 27. And You delivered them into the hands of their adversaries who distressed them, and at the time of their distress they cried out to You, and You heard from heaven, and according to Your abundant mercies, you gave them saviors, who saved them from the hands of their adversaries.   כז. 28. But when they had rest, they would revert to do evil before You, and You left them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them, and they returned and cried out to You, and from heaven You heard and rescued them according to Your mercy many times.   כח. 29. And You warned them-to bring them back to Your Law, but they behaved wickedly and did not heed Your commandments, and they sinned against Your ordinances, which man should do and live with them, and they presented a stubborn shoulder, and they stiffened their necks and did not hearken.   כט. 30. But You extended [mercy] upon them for many years, and You warned them with Your spirit by the hand of Your prophets, but they did not incline their ears, and You delivered them into the hands of the peoples of the lands.   ל. 31. But with Your abundant mercies You did not wreak destruction upon them, and You did not forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.   לא. 32. And now, our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps the covenant and the loving- kindness, do not belittle all the travail that has befallen us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our forefathers, and all Your people from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.   לב. 33. And You are just with all that has come upon us, for You have dealt truly and we have dealt wickedly.   לג. 34. And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our forefathers did not keep Your Law and did not hearken to Your commandments and to Your warnings, which You warned them.   לד. 35. And they, in their kingdom and with Your abundant goodness, which You gave them, and in the wide and fat land that You placed before them, they did not serve You, and they did not repent of their evil deeds.   לה. 36. Behold, today we are slaves, and the land that You gave our forefathers to eat its fruit and its goodness-behold we are slaves upon it.   לו. 37. And it lavishes its produce upon the kings whom You have appointed over us because of our sins, and they rule over our bodies and over our cattle as they wish, and we are in great distress. Nechemia Chapter 11...

29. And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinites, and all who separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all who know enough to understand.		כט.
30. They held with their brethren, their noblemen, and entered the curse and the oath to follow the Law of God, (underline my emphasis) which was given through Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and perform all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes.		ל.
31. And that we shall not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and we shall not take their daughters for our sons.		לא.
32. And as for the peoples of the land who bring merchandise and all grains on the Sabbath day to sell-we shall not purchase from them on the Sabbath or on holy days, and we shall abandon [the land] during the seventh year [and] the loan given by every hand.		לב.
33. And we set upon ourselves the commandments to give a third of a shekel a year for the service of the Temple of our God.		לג.
34. For the bread of the arrangement and the daily meal offering and for the daily burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the New Moons, the appointed seasons, and for the holy offerings and for the sin offerings to atone for Israel, and all the work of the Temple of our God.		לד.
35. And we cast lots for the wood offering, the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring to the Temple of our God, to the House of our forefathers at set times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God as is written in the Torah.		לה.
36. And to bring the first-fruits of our soil and the first of every fruit of every tree, year by year, to the Temple of the Lord.		לו.
37. And the firstborn of our sons and of our animals, as is written in the Torah, and the firstborn of our cattle and our flocks to bring to the Temple of our God, to the priests who minister in the Temple of our God.		לז.
38. And the first of our dough and our heave offerings and the fruit of every tree, wine, and oil, we shall bring to the priests, to the chambers of the Temple of our God, and the tithe of our soil to the Levites, and they, the Levites, who receive tithes in all the cities of our work.		לח.
39. And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites at the Levites' tithing and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithe to the Temple of our God, to the chambers, to the storehouse.		לט.
40. For the Children of Israel and the children of the Levites shall bring the heave-offering of corn, wine, and oil, to the chambers where the Temple vessels and the ministering priests are, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we will not forsake the Temple of our God." Please read Helen Freedman's letter and take it to heart.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:27 AM, AFSI <afsi@safeisrael.org> wrote:

Dear Members of the Knesset,

       My Chairman, Herbert Zweibon, z"l, is no longer with us to personally protest against the horrific display of force against innocent Israeli citizens in Chavat Gilad, so I am picking up the mantle for him.

       Americans for a Safe Israel visited Chavat Gilad many times over the years, with our most recent visit on the November 2010 AFSI Chizuk mission to Israel. With great pride, the residents showed us their beautiful homes and furnishings, much of which had been built and created by the owners themselves.

       We were informed then that the Israeli government had NEVER made available to these Jewish residents, the basic needs of water and electricity. It was explained to us that water was trucked in from Kedumim and that generators provided the electricity. We were appalled by the thought that Hamas in Gaza is supplied with these essential items by Israel, but the Jewish government of Israel sees fit to deprive its fellow Jews of the same necessities. This defies understanding.

       We were recently informed of the need to purchase fuel for the generators because the community was facing the reality of a cold and dark Shabbat. Some good people came to the rescue for the short term. We were working on the long term solution when we received news of the brutal attack on the community.

       The hundreds of police and special forces who descended on Chavat Gilad, a community of 28 families, 20 singles, and 30 small children at 4:30 AM, armed with guns and shooting dangerous rubber and plastic bullets, are guilty of crimes against humanity. Those who issued the commands for such action of wanton destruction and cruelty should be tried for the same crimes. The guilt goes to the very top – to PM Netanyahu and Ehud Barak. The shame and disgrace of what has occurred cannot be erased.

       We pray that every Minister in the government will assume the obligation to demand justice in this case and to do everything in his/her power to prevent such nightmares from being repeated.  

Helen Freedman

Executive Director

Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI

www.afsi.org

Re: Urgent ! Chavat Gilad. This morning Police Fire Rubber Bullets 4:30AM in Outpost Destruction Operation Et Achai Anochi Mevakesh. I Am Seeking my Brothers.

http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2011/02/re-urgent-chavat-gilad-this-morning.html

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.

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