Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Re: Netanyahu "King of Yishmael"?

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Dear Knesset Members: 

Yesterday, a fellow activist Ohev Yisroel, Nationalist right winger who sides with the Settlers of Judea and Samaria disapproved of Netanyahu being called "KIng of Yishmael"

Menachem wrote:
IMO (In my opinion) Wolpo in his statement deviates from the Issue of Shlaymut HaAretz to engage in counterproductive and unHalachic name calling. This cannot achieve anything productive.
Menachem 

My response.

Dear Menachem, amv"sh

Allow me to differ with you.

Rabbi Wolpo really feels the pain of the Jewish families who are on the verge of being expelled from their homes.

Let me elaborate. "King of Yishmael".... Is this merely vindictive name calling or a reflection of reality? 

IMO It accurately describes the situation as it is and serves to correct a distorted wishful perception. There is a Toeles for choosing these words, a purpose and that purpose is to present a reality to a clueless population in order to prevent another expulsion chas veshalom. It turns on a light bulb to get people to think.

Rabbi Wolpo chooses his words carefully.  Not merely to be mean and vindictive.   The message of Rabbi Wolpo is that Netanyahu has betrayed the Jewish people. His point is that Netanyahu and his administration are acting in the best interest of Arabs and not Jews.  

A king by definition is a popular, benevolent ruler with absolute authority. A despot is an unpopular ruler who rules by force and by arm twisting. 

Here Rabbi Wolpo attempts to correct the popular misconception  that Netanyahu is King of Israel, representing Israel. 

Unfortunately the reality is that Netanyahu in cahoots with his self appointed cabinet and leftist Supreme Court, is acting like a despot with absolute authority on behalf of Israel's enemies, and has chosen to act benevolent to the Arabs.  In deed, he sides with Arabs, to effectively end "Jewish occupation" of "Palestine" aka Judea and Samaria. Menachem, sorry to burst your bubble. I too would like a benevolent King leading Israel but surely it is not Netanyahu.

Rabbi Wallerstein on Radio Hidabroot spoke about Pharoh's three advisors.  Pharoh asked them what to do about the Hebrews.  Astrologers in Egypt predicted a leader to emerge from the Hebrews that will bring the downfall of Egypt.  Bilam's solution, kill the Hebrew boys. Cast them into the sea.   Pharoh was happy with this solution.  Yitro opposed it.  Iyov said it's already 2 against 1 so I'll abstain.   Rabbi Wallerstein continued.  Iyov later in his life suffered immensely.  He screamed out in pain. Why did G-d bring this upon Iyov?  Rabbi Wallerstein continued to explain the Midrash.  Screaming really serves no purpose. The pain is still there with or without screaming.  This was G-dly retribution for not protesting for not screaming against this evil decree of Bilam. Even if he would not have been effective, he still should have protested because the situation was painful.  Because Iyov did not protest and scream against this terrible decree, G-d punished him measure for measure so that he would scream irregardless.

The Lubavitch Rebbe says, perhaps based on this Midrash,  that we protest because the situation is painful. 

Whether or not our protest is effective is irrelevant!




From: "Robin Ticker" <faigerayzel@gmail.com>
To: "Robin Ticker" <faigerayzel@gmail.com>
Cc: "המטה להצלת העם והארץ המטה להצלת העם והארץ" <e.ishelanu@gmail.com>, sos-israel@012.net.il
Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 4:55:25 PM

Subject: Rav Shalom Dov Wolpe Founder of the Gush Katif Museum has harsh words and warning to Netanyahu

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Rav Shalom Dov Wolpo, founder of the Gush Katif Museum has some harsh words for Bibi Netanyahu on the eve of the vote of the Regulation Bill.  The GK Museum was established  not merely to document what happened to Gush Katif.  It's primary purpose is to prevent a recurring tragedy.  

With the knowledge of the Gush Katif tragedy in front of us at all times, a strong rebuke will hopefully arouse the necessary awareness to prevent another similar catastrophe.  (Robin)

From המטה העולמי להצלת העם והארץ e.ishelanu@gmail.com
"In an unprecedented attack on Netanyahu, Israeli right-wing bulletin "Eretz Yisroel Shalanu" headlines  "Bibi King of Ishmael". 

The article  reads as follows:


While the magazine "Time" Netanyahu crowned "Bibi King of Israel",  a few weeks ago, a right-wing publication, Eretz Yisroel Shalanu,  will be distributing a hundred thousand copies in thousands of synagogues and settlements prior to this Shabbat, crowning Netanyahu as "Bibi the King of Ishmael", and calls to fight for Judea and Samaria and and not to allow the storm troopers of Bibi to win on Givat HaUlpana.

In the the article, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe said " You Bibi, son of one of the greatest believers of Shleimus Haaretz (those in favor of the integrity of the entire Land of Israel and against Land for Peace) and a believer of  an all-out war on terror...You will offer your hand to the destruction of  Jewish settlement, and stick a knife in your late father's heart ob"m from whom you just recently parted?

Ok, Arik Sharon (there the wicked shall rot) was convinced he was king of the world, and obviously was not afraid to fight against the Land of Israel and to destroy blooming communities with a high hand.  But you've already seen what happened to him and you know where all his partners in crime are to be found, did it not occur to you that the curse "there is judgment and there is a judge" will also come to you in the near future?

"Listen carefully, Mr. Netanyahu: In the current situation, you and your government are the greatest enemies of the people and country. Not Iran, not Egypt, not Syria, not Turkey, not Hizbullah, not Hamas, None of them were successful in destroying the Land of Israel. Only you can, with the help of your fellow evil judges, and with a rubber stamp of Right Wing Ministers, both religious and haredi as one.

On Shabbat Naso (Torah reading of "Count the Heads") you lost your head with an official declaration of a civil war, whereby you impose an ugly military operation upon soldiers and police, and you force them to fight their brothers and their homeland.  So you are bad for Jews and will be remembered as such in the history of our people! "

Rabbi Wolpe also read to the residents of Beit El  the writings of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Hacohen Kook, who said: "re: Judea and Samaria, there will be war."  and said. "You have been chosen by Providence to be the last dam before the ultimate destruction of settlements in Judea and Samaria. If you will leave voluntarily as the people of Gush Katif, it will be over for all of us. Please do not let the storm troopers of Bibi win. If you raise up the flag of our struggle, tens of thousands of Neemanei Eretz, those who are faithful to the Land, will stream to you at this critical time.  

With the prayer, "Please save me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisav"   

Contact: 050-8754674 052-5218730  

The original in Hebrew:


עלון הימין ארץ ישראל שלנו במתקפה חסרת תקדים על נתניהו: ביבי מלך ישמעאל 

בעוד המגזין "טיים" הכתיר את נתניהו לפני שבועות ספורים ל"ביבי מלך ישראל", עלון הימין שיופץ לקראת שבת במאה אלף עותקים באלפי בתי הכנסת ומרכזי ההתיישבות מכתיר את נתניהו כ"ביבי מלך ישמעאל", וקורא לצאת למלחמה על יהודה ושומרון ולא לתת לקלגסים של ביבי לנצח בגבעת האולפנה.

במאמר של יו"ר ארץ ישראל שלנו הרב שלום דב וולפא נכתב "אתה ביבי, בנו של אחד מגדולי המאמינים בשלימות הארץ ובמלחמת החורמה בטרור, אתה תיתן ידך לחורבנו של ישוב יהודי, ותתקע סכין בלבו של אביך ז"ל שרק עכשיו נפרדת ממנו ?!

"מילא אריק שרון (שם רשעים ירקב) שהיה בטוח שהוא מלך העולם, כמובן שלא פחד להלחם נגד ארץ ישראל והחריב ישובים פורחים ביד רמה. אבל אתה שראית כבר מה קרה לו ואתה יודע איפה נמצאים כל שותפיו לפשע, האם אינך מעלה כלל בדעתך שברכת "יש דין ויש דיין" תגיע גם אליך בקרוב ?!

"תשמע טוב אדון נתניהו: במצב הנוכחי, אתה וממשלתך הם האויבים הגדולים ביותר של העם והארץ. לא איראן, לא מצרים, לא סוריה, לא טורקיה, לא חיזבאלה, לא חמאס, אף אחד מהם לא הצליח להחריב את ארץ ישראל. רק אתה תעשה זאת בסיוע חבר מרעיך שופטי הרשע, ובחותמת גומי של השרים, ה"ימניים" הדתיים והחרדים כאחד.

"בשבת פרשת 'נשא את ראש', איבדת את הראש, והכרזת רישמית על מלחמת אחים, אתה כופה את הביצוע המכוער על חיילים ושוטרים, ומכריחם להלחם באחיהם ובמולדתם. לכן אתה "רע ליהודים" וכך תיזכר בהיסטוריה של עמנו ! 

הרב וולפא גם מפנה קריאה לתושבי בית אל "הרב צבי יהודה הכהן קוק זצ"ל, אמר: "על יהודה ושומרון תהיה מלחמה". אתם נבחרתם על ידי ההשגחה העליונה להיות הסכר האחרון בפני חורבנה המוחלט של ההתישבות ביו"ש. אם תתפנו מרצון כמו בגוש קטיף, יקיץ הקץ על כולנו. אנא אל תתנו לקלגסים של ביבי לנצח. אם תרימו את דגל המאבק, יזרמו רבבות נאמני ארץ ישראל להיות איתכם בשעה גורלית זו, בסיסמת "הצילני נא מיד אחי, מיד עשו".".

לפרטים: 050-8754674 052-5218730  



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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Rav Shalom Dov Wolpe Founder of the Gush Katif Museum has harsh words and warning to Netanyahu

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Rav Shalom Dov Wolpo, founder of the Gush Katif Museum has some harsh words for Bibi Netanyahu on the eve of the vote of the Regulation Bill.  The GK Museum was established  not merely to document what happened to Gush Katif.  It's primary purpose is to prevent a recurring tragedy.  

With the knowledge of the Gush Katif tragedy in front of us at all times, a strong rebuke will hopefully arouse the necessary awareness to prevent another similar catastrophe.  (Robin)

From המטה העולמי להצלת העם והארץ e.ishelanu@gmail.com
"In an unprecedented attack on Netanyahu, Israeli right-wing bulletin "Eretz Yisroel Shalanu" headlines  "Bibi King of Ishmael". 

The article  reads as follows:


While the magazine "Time" Netanyahu crowned "Bibi King of Israel",  a few weeks ago, a right-wing publication, Eretz Yisroel Shalanu,  will be distributing a hundred thousand copies in thousands of synagogues and settlements prior to this Shabbat, crowning Netanyahu as "Bibi the King of Ishmael", and calls to fight for Judea and Samaria and and not to allow the storm troopers of Bibi to win on Givat HaUlpana.

In the the article, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe said " You Bibi, son of one of the greatest believers of Shleimus Haaretz (those in favor of the integrity of the entire Land of Israel and against Land for Peace) and a believer of  an all-out war on terror...You will offer your hand to the destruction of  Jewish settlement, and stick a knife in your late father's heart ob"m from whom you just recently parted?

Ok, Arik Sharon (there the wicked shall rot) was convinced he was king of the world, and obviously was not afraid to fight against the Land of Israel and to destroy blooming communities with a high hand.  But you've already seen what happened to him and you know where all his partners in crime are to be found, did it not occur to you that the curse "there is judgment and there is a judge" will also come to you in the near future?

"Listen carefully, Mr. Netanyahu: In the current situation, you and your government are the greatest enemies of the people and country. Not Iran, not Egypt, not Syria, not Turkey, not Hizbullah, not Hamas, None of them were successful in destroying the Land of Israel. Only you can, with the help of your fellow evil judges, and with a rubber stamp of Right Wing Ministers, both religious and haredi as one.

On Shabbat Naso (Torah reading of "Count the Heads") you lost your head with an official declaration of a civil war, whereby you impose an ugly military operation upon soldiers and police, and you force them to fight their brothers and their homeland.  So you are bad for Jews and will be remembered as such in the history of our people! "

Rabbi Wolpe also read to the residents of Beit El  the writings of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Hacohen Kook, who said: "re: Judea and Samaria, there will be war."  and said. "You have been chosen by Providence to be the last dam before the ultimate destruction of settlements in Judea and Samaria. If you will leave voluntarily as the people of Gush Katif, it will be over for all of us. Please do not let the storm troopers of Bibi win. If you raise up the flag of our struggle, tens of thousands of Neemanei Eretz, those who are faithful to the Land, will stream to you at this critical time.  

With the prayer, "Please save me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisav"   

Contact: 050-8754674 052-5218730  

The original in Hebrew:


עלון הימין ארץ ישראל שלנו במתקפה חסרת תקדים על נתניהו: ביבי מלך ישמעאל 

בעוד המגזין "טיים" הכתיר את נתניהו לפני שבועות ספורים ל"ביבי מלך ישראל", עלון הימין שיופץ לקראת שבת במאה אלף עותקים באלפי בתי הכנסת ומרכזי ההתיישבות מכתיר את נתניהו כ"ביבי מלך ישמעאל", וקורא לצאת למלחמה על יהודה ושומרון ולא לתת לקלגסים של ביבי לנצח בגבעת האולפנה.

במאמר של יו"ר ארץ ישראל שלנו הרב שלום דב וולפא נכתב "אתה ביבי, בנו של אחד מגדולי המאמינים בשלימות הארץ ובמלחמת החורמה בטרור, אתה תיתן ידך לחורבנו של ישוב יהודי, ותתקע סכין בלבו של אביך ז"ל שרק עכשיו נפרדת ממנו ?!

"מילא אריק שרון (שם רשעים ירקב) שהיה בטוח שהוא מלך העולם, כמובן שלא פחד להלחם נגד ארץ ישראל והחריב ישובים פורחים ביד רמה. אבל אתה שראית כבר מה קרה לו ואתה יודע איפה נמצאים כל שותפיו לפשע, האם אינך מעלה כלל בדעתך שברכת "יש דין ויש דיין" תגיע גם אליך בקרוב ?!

"תשמע טוב אדון נתניהו: במצב הנוכחי, אתה וממשלתך הם האויבים הגדולים ביותר של העם והארץ. לא איראן, לא מצרים, לא סוריה, לא טורקיה, לא חיזבאלה, לא חמאס, אף אחד מהם לא הצליח להחריב את ארץ ישראל. רק אתה תעשה זאת בסיוע חבר מרעיך שופטי הרשע, ובחותמת גומי של השרים, ה"ימניים" הדתיים והחרדים כאחד.

"בשבת פרשת 'נשא את ראש', איבדת את הראש, והכרזת רישמית על מלחמת אחים, אתה כופה את הביצוע המכוער על חיילים ושוטרים, ומכריחם להלחם באחיהם ובמולדתם. לכן אתה "רע ליהודים" וכך תיזכר בהיסטוריה של עמנו ! 

הרב וולפא גם מפנה קריאה לתושבי בית אל "הרב צבי יהודה הכהן קוק זצ"ל, אמר: "על יהודה ושומרון תהיה מלחמה". אתם נבחרתם על ידי ההשגחה העליונה להיות הסכר האחרון בפני חורבנה המוחלט של ההתישבות ביו"ש. אם תתפנו מרצון כמו בגוש קטיף, יקיץ הקץ על כולנו. אנא אל תתנו לקלגסים של ביבי לנצח. אם תרימו את דגל המאבק, יזרמו רבבות נאמני ארץ ישראל להיות איתכם בשעה גורלית זו, בסיסמת "הצילני נא מיד אחי, מיד עשו".".

לפרטים: 050-8754674 052-5218730  

Monday, June 04, 2012

Letter of 10 year old girl to Knesset Members, Hunger Striking for Givat Assaf, Ulpana, Amona - fight for Regulation Bill, Women in Green, Mattot Areim, Prof. Paul Eidelberg

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Dear Knesset Members: 

Please note that this is CC'd to Jewish press in USA whom I hope will publish this young ladies anguished letter! It is also being sent to many Rabbanim who bs"d follow the commandment "Al Taamod Al Dam Reiacha!"

From המטה העולמי להצלת העם והארץ e.ishelanu@gmail.com

מכתב של ילדה תושבת שכונת האולפנה לחכי"ם
Letter of 10 year old girl from HaUlpana to Knesset Members (translation in English follows) 

קוראים לי אביָה מרגלית ואני בת 10 וגרה בשכונת האולפנה בית אל.

כידוע, הבית שלי ושל מאה ושישים הילדים בשכונה בסכנת הריסה. אותו דבר גם עם הבתים של חברים שלי בגבעת אסף ועמונה.

הבתים שלנו נבנו על אדמה שוממה שבמשך שנים רבות, גם אחרי שהבתים נבנו, אף אחד לא טען שהוא הבעלים שלהם.

הבית שלי אפילו נבנה על אדמה שקנו אותה מערבי, אבל פתאום בא ערבי אחר וטען שהאדמה שלו, עד היום לא הוכח שהוא צודק.

בתביעה בבג"ץ, המדינה לא חשבה על הנושא ועל ההשלכות וכנראה גם לא על כל העובדות ולכן נפסק שצריך להרוס לי את הבית.

בלי להיכנס לעובדה שלפי חוק המקרקעין, במקרים כאלה נותנים פיצוים לבעל הקרקע, לא ייתכן שבגלל טעות של הממשלה יזרקו אותנו מהבית.

מדברים על בנייה של בתים חדשים או להעביר את כל הבתים למקום אחר. זה מזכיר לי את אחי שרצה לחבר גלגלי עזר לאופניים במקום לתקן את הפנצ'ר. 

אגב, לא בדקתי את כל הבתים ביהודה ושומרון, אבל אבא אמר שיש 9000 בתים באותו מצב של עמימות ושצריך למצוא פיתרון כולל, אחרת בכל יום יהיה בג"ץ חדש.

אני לא פוליטיקאית ויודעת שיש התנגדויות לחוקי ההסדרה, אבל אני יודעת שאחרי שנים של קומבינות, צריך לעמוד באומץ ולתת פיתרון שיסדיר לתמיד את הבנייה ביו"ש ולהפסיק את הנוהל של הממשלות הקודמות של תיקון פנצ'רים במקום סלילת כביש בלי חורים. פיתרון כזה יכול להיות רק בחקיקה.

אני יודעת שדברים לא פשוטים כמו שאני חושבת, אבל אני יודעת שאי אפשר לעשות צדק על ידי עוולה. לכן אני מבקשת ממך, גם אם אתה לא מסכים עם חוקי ההסדרה, אל תהיה שותף לפגיעה בנו ולהשלכתנו מהבית בו גדלנו. אם לא תצביע בעד חוקי ההסדרה, לפחות אל תתנגד.

אני מודה לך מאוד על הקדשת הזמן

שלך, אביָה  
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My name is Aviya Margalit and I am 10 years old and live in the neighborhood of HaUlpana,  Beit El.

As is known, my home and the homes of one hundred and sixty children in the neighborhood are threatened with demolition. Same with my friends' houses in Givat Assaf and Amona.

Our houses were built on barren soil for many years, even after the houses were built, no one claimed to be their owner.

My house was built on land bought from an Arab, but suddenly another Arab came and claimed this as his land, and it has still not been proven he was right.

In the Supreme Court lawsuit, the State did not take this into account nor about the consequences and they probably did not have all the facts, and ruled that my house should be demolished.

Without going into the fact that according to real estate law,  in such cases, compensation is provided to the land owner, and it can not be that due to a government error the government can throw us out.

Talking about the construction of new homes or moving all the houses elsewhere, it reminds me of my brother who wanted to attach training wheels to the bike instead of fixing the flat tire.

Incidentally, I did not check all the houses in the West Bank, but Dad said that 9,000 homes are in the same situation of ambiguity and need a comprehensive solution, otherwise there will be a new law suit every day.

I'm not a politician and know that there are objections to the regulation bill, but I do know that after years of kombinot (not sure of translation, robin), we should stand courageously and allow for permanent regulation of  building in Judea and Samaria and stop the policy of the previous governments to repair  flat tires rather than paving a road with no holes. Such a solution can only be accomplished with legislation.

I know things are not as simple as I think, but I know you can not do justice by injustice. So I ask you, even if you disagree with the regulatory bill, don't be a partner to harm us and throw us from our homes from where we grew up.  If you do not vote for the Regulation Bill, at least do not oppose it.

Thank you very much for your time,

Yours, Aviya
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From Women in Green:

This Wednesday - The Likud's Judgement Day

This Wednesday between 12:00 and 2:00pm- we will be there at the tent
 
This Wednesday, 16th of Sivan 6/6/12 the Regulation Law will be brought before the Knesset for voting. If the law does not pass - Givat Haulpena, Givat Assaf, Amona and many other communities in Judea and Samaria will topple like dominoes. Thousands of Jews will be expelled. The Disengagement Plan, part II.
 
It was unnecessary to reach this point, and this time Ba'Ga'Tz, the Supreme Court, are not to blame. The accusatory finger is pointing at Bibi Netanyahu, and him alone. If not for his weakness, he could have easily saved the communities.
 
We are all wracking our minds searching for what can be done. Some fellow activists have already started a hunger strike outside the Prime Minister's Offices  and a march and it is important to come and strengthen them. Other activists are preemptively making preparations to fight the eviction and it is obviously crucial to have a strong resistance to any and every eviction and destruction attempt.
 
But before we rally our resistance in the field - there is one more thing we can and must do: Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud ministers that will vote against the law or are absent from the vote, must be punished, politically, once and for all.
 
A statement must be made immediately, that if the Regulation Law is not passed on Wednesday - every true lover of the Land of Israel will leave the Likud party permanently. If the law is not to pass, it will prove once and for all that registering as a member of Likud was a terrible mistake that shattered the National political camp. The whole idea of "influencing from within" will be proven as wrong. The National camp gave Bibi Netanyahu 8 (!) mandates, yet he has no problem tearing down the communities in Judea and Samaria.
 
On Wednesday, if the law is not passed, Bibi Netanyahu must know that he is loosing all 8 mandates. Every true lover of the Land of Israel within the Likud, including Members of Knesset and Ministers who are loyal to the Land of Israel - must leave the Likud and form, together with all the other lovers of the Land of Israel, both religious and secular, one large party. Such a party could easily reach 18 mandates, if not more, and will finally present a true political power. No more "influencing from the inside" of a sick entity but rather creating one healthy movement that will represent the voice of the the Land of Israel, the voice of Zionism, the voice of sanity.
 
This Wednesday - we will all gather at the hunger strike tent from 12:00-14:00 (12pm-4pm)- at the time of the vote.

 
Yehudut Katsover and Nadia Matar
Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green)

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From Mattot Arim: mattot.arim@gmail.com

Visit the hunger strikers – including the newest hunger striker, Baruch Gordon, a well known English speaking activist.  10 minutes from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. 0526427450  yairfrank@gmail.com for questions. Simply walk from the bus station to Binyanei haUma and then continue walking straight -- right past i.e. toward the back of Binyanei haUma, straight on until you see the hunger strikers' tent.
 
Otniel Schneller, MK is abroad. This Knesset Member, from Kadima and probably on his way into the Likud, is himself from a national religious community in Judea and Samaria – Michmas. http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=776.  
 
Please write to him and ask him to return to Israel. Example letter:

Otni, please don't turn your back on your own people!
Dear Mr. Schneller, You are one of us. We do not even need to explain the importance of the Wednesday vote for saving the Yesha community from the clutches of Peace Now. Please can you board a plane and raise your hand on Wednesday. The public would not be able to forgive any other outcome. We look forward to seeing your familiar face on Wednesday and wish you success in representing your people with the necessary fortitude and determination, by doing exactly the right thing at exactly the right time.  
 
Here are the email addresses to use – both direct and via Michmas.  (The secretariat of the Michmas community   can easily call Mr. Schneller's family and mention that the public is leaving messages, and the family can easily call Mr. Schneller at his hotel).  oschneller@knesset.gov.il michmash@bezeqint.net  mazkirut@michmas.org     klitah@michmas.org  rozi@michmas.org.
 
You can also try to call the Schneller family. Their numbers are available in 144: 025354494, 025354280.. It is hardly necessary to mention that phone calls to a Knesset Member's family must be courteous and polite. Please inform (mattot.arim@gmail.com) what did the family say.
 
Bus from Haifa to Jerusalem on Wednesday 830 am: d1dt@netvision.net.il.
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-The Likud: A Dead Man Walking

Prof. Paul Eidelberg

 The Likud is a dead man walking, and no one can enliven that intellectually sterile party.  This means that political Zionism is dead. It died in May 1996 when Benjamin Netanyahu was elected prime minister and said his government would abide by the Oslo or Israel-PLO Agreement which the Labor Party had foisted on the nation in September 1993. 

 Unknown to the general public, Oslo presaged the establishment of an Arab-Islamic state in the Land of Israel, a state Netanyahu unlawfully sanctified on June 14, 2009 at Bar-Ilan University.  Let us probe the little known perfidious nature of the Likud via political Zionism.

 It never entered the minds of political Zionists that the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel was to culminate in the construction of the Third Temple and the restoration of Jewish law.  The founders of political Zionism, such as Herzl and Pinsker, started from the failure of liberalism to solve the Jewish problem, but continued to see the solution in liberal terms, as a merely human problem.  As Leo Strauss has written:

The terrible fate of the Jews was in no sense to be understood any longer as connected with divine punishment for the sins of our fathers or with the providential mission of the chosen people and hence to be borne with the meek fortitude of martyrs.  It was to be understood in merely human terms:  as constituting a purely political problem which as such cannot be solved by appealing to the justice or generosity of the nations ...

Accordingly, political Zionism was concerned primarily with nothing but the cleansing of the Jews from millennial degradation or with the recovery of Jewish dignity, honor, or pride.  The failure of the liberal solution meant that Jews could not regain their honor by assimilating themselves as individuals to the nations among which they lived or becoming citizens like all the other citizens of the liberal states: the liberal solution brought at best legal equality, but not social equality; as a demand of reason it had no effect on the feelings of the non-Jews...

Only through securing the honor of the Jewish nation could the individual Jew's honor be secured.  The true solution of the Jewish problem requires that the Jews become "like all the nations" (I Sam. 8:20), that the Jewish nation assimilate itself to the nations of the world or that it establish a modern, liberal, secular ... state.

 The political elite that led this movement succeeded in establishing a secular state, but they failed to solve the Jewish problem or restore the honor of the Jewish people. Political Zionism could not solve the Jewish problem because of the narrowness of its original conception.  This was understood by cultural Zionism, which saw that political Zionism lacks historical and cultural perspective. The community of descent "must also be a community of the mind, of the national mind; the Jewish state will be an empty shell without a Jewish culture which has its roots in the Jewish heritage."  But as Strauss points out:

 One could not have taken this step unless one had previously interpreted the Jewish heritage itself as a culture, that is, as a product of a national mind, of the national genius.  Yet the foundation, the authoritative layer, of the Jewish heritage presents itself, not as the product of the human mind, but as a divine gift, as divine revelation.  Did not one completely distort the meaning of the heritage to which one claimed to be loyal by interpreting it as a culture like any other high culture?  Cultural Zionism believed to have found a safe middle ground between politics (power politics) and divine revelation ... but it lacked the sternness of the two extremes.  When cultural Zionism understands itself, it turns into religious Zionism.

The Likud never took an honest step toward religious Zionism, indeed, never understood what Zionism is all about. 
 
The term Zionism is obviously derived from "Zion," one of the most sacred words in the dictionary of authentic Judaism.  Zion is the dwelling place of God's glory.  It is the Sanctuary of the Torah, the Holy City which surrounds it, the Holy Land of which Jerusalem is the eternal capital.  From Zion, from Jerusalem, the word of God—the Truth—shall come forth.
 
Viewed in this light, the Likud has been a small-minded party conceived in falsehood.  Consistent therewith, the Likud pursued the false and defeatist policy of "territory for peace."  It constantly deceived the nation by obscuring the truth about the implacable nature of Israel's enemies and the fatal character of the Oslo Agreement. The Likud remains a dead man walking while its leader, "a man without chest," continues to abide by that perfidious agreement.



Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are 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.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Fwd: My letter got published QJL issue # 10 Don't Dance on My Parade page 8 - also read Jewish Star - Jerusalem Concert in the Park by Malka Eisenberg

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It got published!  See page 8.  Here is the link for the 10th edition of the Queens Jewish Link

The Queens Jewish Link in an up and coming paper originating in Kew Gardens Hills delivered door to door in Queens.  A victory for the Committee for a Pro Israel Parade who has been having difficulty in getting many Pro Israel and Pro Yesha papers and media to publish any news item about this campaign to protest NIF marching in the Parade.  

Apparently, many  Pro Yesha Media  should thank us for getting special attention recently from the Federation who "coincidentally" is infusing them with much needed funds in the tens of thousands of $$$ advertising revenue in return for positive Press and effectively buying their silence about such unpleasant details about the NIF. 

We are hoping that these news articles in the Queens Jewish Link and the Jewish Star are educating the masses as per the evils of the grantees of the NIF and we hope that all those marching under the NIF banner will be greeted with a roaring Bronx cheer as they march down 5th Ave. See attached flier.

Yasher Koach as well goes to the Jewish Star publisher Karen Greene for their Op Ed Why I won't be going to the Salute to Israel Day Parade by Jeff Dunetz.  This post raises awareness as per the evils of NIF. While Mr. Dunetz protests by not attending the Parade, the Committee of the Pro Israel Parade differs with Dunetz in that they do support going to the Parade and cheering all the Pro Israel marchers but are doing their best to make lemonade from lemons by loud protest against the NIF at the Parade.  In substance all agree that the NIF has no place at the Parade. 

No one has any excuse to miss the Concert in the Park and coming to watch the Parade has an added advantage of  being in the vicinity of the Israel Day concert.  My family for many years has truly enjoyed sitting on the grass, picnic style (or sometimes even sitting on chairs reserved for VIP and first come first serve) the spirited Concert in the Park featuring great Jewish choirs, bands,singers, musicians and politicians (not necessarily Jewish) local or from Israel who without exception have a deep love for Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and all of Israel and the Jewish People. And the yummy glatt kosher food is an added attraction.....

So an additional Yasher Koach to the Jewish Star for the excellent article by Malka Eisenberg about the Israel Concert in the Park, held at Central Park's Summer Stage (enter at 5th Ave. & 72nd St.), Sunday, June 3rd (the 45th anniversary of the miracle of the Six-Day War and the Re-unification of Jerusalem), from 2:30-7:30 PM, rain or shine, free admission, after the Salute to Israel Parade. Dr. Joseph Frager, long-time Organizer, and Dr. Paul and Drora Brody, are Chairpersons.






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From: QJL <queensjewishlink@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Subject: QJL issue # 10
To:


Here is the link for the 10th edition of the Queens Jewish Link
 
Please forward to your friends and make sure to send us your comments and feedback; it is vital for us to know what you think.
 
Deadline for submissions for our next edition is Thursday, June 7th.
 
All the best and enjoy!
 
QJL Staff
 

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
Activist emails sent to my list  are 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.

Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com 

Personal emails to individuals will not be posted to my blog. 

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

FW: An answer from Ben Gurion / precious

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Makes one proud to be a Jew!

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From: ted ackerman <ackieone@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:21 PM
Subject: Fw: Fwd: FW: An answer from Ben Gurion / precious

Subject: An answer from Ben Gurion
In 1954, when Ben Gurion was prime minister, he traveled to the USA to meet with President Eisenhower to request his assistance and support in the early and difficult days of the State of Israel. John Foster Dulles who was the then secretary of state confronted Ben Gurion and challenged him as follows:
"Tell me, Mr. Prime Minister – whom do you and your state represent? Does it represent the Jews of Poland, perhaps Yemen, Romania, Morocco, Iraq, Russia or perhaps Brazil? After 2000 years of exile can you honestly speak about a single nation, a single culture? Can you speak about a single heritage or perhaps a single Jewish tradition?"
Ben Gurion answered him as follows:
"Look, Mr. Secretary of State – approximately 300 years ago the Mayflower set sail from England and on it were the first settlers who settled in what would become the largest democratic superpower known as the United States of America. Now, do me a favor - go out into the streets and find 10 American children and ask them the following:
· What was the name of the Captain of the Mayflower?
· How long did the voyage take?
· What did the people who were on the ship eat?
· What were the conditions of sailing during the voyage?
I'm sure you would agree with me that there is a good chance that you won't get a good answer to these questions.
Now in contrast – not 300 but more than 3000 years ago, the Jews left the land of Egypt. I would kindly request from you Mr. Secretary that on one of your trips around the world, try and meet 10 Jewish children in different countries. And ask them:
· What was the name of the leader who took the Jews out of Egypt?
· How long did it take them before they got to the land of Israel?
· What did they eat during the period when they were wondering in the desert?
· And what happened to the sea when they encountered it?
Once you get the answers to these questions, please carefully consider the question that you have just asked me!"