Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Wakeup call by HaRav Simcha HaCohen Kook regarding Kever Dovid HaMelech due to the Pope's upcoming visit this month.


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It is important to do  מצוות מקיץ נרדמים to the rabbonim re Kever David Ha-Melech which is a problem now due to the pope's upcoming visit this month. and the hareidi mk's are fast asleep even tho Rav Kook performed a wake-up call,

Please see attached letter signed by Rav Eliashiv zt"l, Rav Shteinman, Rav Kanievsky and Rav Kook and resigned again now by Rav Shteinman, Rav Kanievsky and Rav Kook. 

 

הזדעזענו לשמועה המרה, שעל אף הצעקות המחאות והאזהרות מסוף חודש אייר תשנ"ב, להפוך את הר-ציון למבצר של מוסדות נוצרים מיסיונריים ולאתר תיירות ובילויים, הכרוכים בחילול שבת המוני שיבטלו את אופיו המיוחד בקדושתו של ההר וסביבתו. וכמו כן עלול הדבר לגרום למכשולים קשים למוסדות התורה והחינוך שבשכנות, וכן להוות מטרד ומפגע רוחני חינוכי וסביבתי לאוכלוסיית הרובע היהודי - הסולדת משכנותם של מוסדות כגון אלו.
ועל כן הננו פונים בזאת בתביעה נמרצת לכל מי שבידו לעכב ולמנוע מימושה של תוכנית זו, ובפרט לנציגי הציבור נאמני התורה והמצווה, להשתדל ולהפר את המזימה בכל מאמצי הכח האפשריים, ולשמור בכך על קדושת הר ציון שייבנה ויתכונן על אושיות התורה והיראה, ולאפשר למוסדות הקדושים שבו להתרחב ולהתבסס כרצון ה' יתברך, וכל העושים והמעשים בעניין קדוש זה יבורכו "מעם ה' השוכן בהר ציון" (ישעיהו ח) ויקוימו בנו הכתובים:"ובהר ציון תהיה פליטה" _יואל ג), "כי נחם ה' ציון ניחם כל חורבותיה" _ישעיהו נא).
 
החותמים בחרדה לשלום עיר קודשנו ותפארתנו
א.ל. שטינמן
חיים קנייבסקי
שמחה הכהן קוק
 
על הנוסח חתמו בתשנ"ב גם הגר"ש אלישיב והגרש"ז אוירבך
בשבט תשע"ד החתימו עליו שוב את שלושת הרבנים שלעיל.


Government Plan to Hand King David's Tomb to the Vatican?


THE POPE'S ANTI-SEMITIC PLAN FOR JERUSALEM


Published: Friday, April 04, 2014 4:25 PM

 
Giulio Meotti

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The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book "A New Shoah", that researched the personal stories of Israel's terror victims, published by Encounter. His writing has appeared in publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, Frontpage and Commentary. He has just prblished a book about the Vatican and Israel titled "J'Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel" published by Mantua Books.

 

"The Pope will be received by "the President of the State of Palestine" (words taken from the Vatican official note).

                          Pope  Francis' visit in the "holy land" will be a kind of final solution for the Jewish sovereignity over Jerusalem.

                          After visiting Amman, the Pope will be received by "the President of the State of Palestine" (words taken from the Vatican official note).

                         Then the Pope will be received in the "Phoenix Center of the Dhaisheh refugee camp". He will endorse the "inalienabile right" of millions of descendants of Palestinian Arab refugees to repossess the homes and villages that their grandparents and great-grandparents had lost in 1948, an act which would dismember the modern state of Israel.

                        The Vatican always presented the 1948 war as the source of an "injustice" committed by Israel when it "pushed away" the Palestinian Arabs.
                        Pope Francis will talk with the people in charge of the Ibdaa camp, whose main goal today is to educate Palestinian Arabs about the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe).
Does the Pope know that Dehaisheh has also been a notable breeding ground of suicide bombers? Will the Pope see the graffiti and poster glorifying the Arab terrorists who dismembered Jewish babies and 
mothers?

                        Pope Francis will join the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem "in the building of the Great Council on the Esplanade of the Mosques". It will be an implicit recognition of Muslim hegemony over the Temple Mount, Judaism's most sacred site in the world. The Pope's visit is taken to mean that Islam and Christianity superseded the Jewish religion and have the right to "inherit" its holy places.

When the pontiff John Paul II ascended to the Temple Mount in 2000, he wasn't welcomed by any Israeli official, but by representatives of the Palestinian Authority, and the holy complex was bedecked in Arab flags. A few months later, the Intifada broke out leaving 1,600 dead and maimed Jews.

Does Pope Francis know that Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, who will join the Pope, last year declared that "the Hour of Resurrection will not come until you fight the Jews"?

Does Pope Francis know that Jerusalem's Mufti at funeral ceremonies for terrorists promoted terror against Israel, saying that the terrorists' souls "tell us to follow in their path"?

Does Pope Francis know that this Sheikh denied the existence of the Jewish Temples?
Francis will also celebrate a mass "in the room of the Cenacle in Jerusalem". Are Jews aware of the immense symbolism of this 
event?

          The Cenacle lies on Mount Zion, where David and Solomon, Jewish kings of Judea, are considered by some researchers, to also be buried. The Pope's mass will be the culmination of a long campaign by the Catholic Church to regain religious stewardship over the place where Jesus is supposed to have broken bread and drunk wine with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion.

           The Pope will also visit Yad Vashem memorial. It is not a gesture of empathy for the Jewish people, but of perfidy, because the Holocaust has become for the Church the counterweight to the recognition of the Jewish condition in politics and history, the recognition of Jews as a people, along with Israel and Zionism.

           The Pope will have a tepid moment of prayer at the Wailing Wall and will spend a few hours mourning for the Holocaust's Jews. But for the rest of the time, the Pope will be there for the Muslims, in order to recognize their genocidal "right of return" and their apocalyptic right to get control over Jewish holy sites.

           Why don't rabbis and the ordinary Israelis organize moments of protest against the Pope's Islamic-friendly visit? 

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Sunday, May 04, 2014

"Price Tag" Vandals in Fureidis vs. Libel Fabrication against Jewish Settlers. Real or Staged? Yitzhar couple Guilty until proven innocent

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How did a protest of 1,500 take place in one day after a graffiti incident and the slashing of some tires in Fureidis up near Haifa?  Who is behind this organized protest against the Price Taggers?? Have they any real proof of who the perpetrators are? Why label an act of grafitti or vandalism as a "Price Tag" act committed by extreme Jewish settlers without any proof? 

The common understanding of the word "Price Tag" is acts of vandalism and violence carried out by extreme Jewish settler groups mainly targeting Palestinians and their property, exacting a price for eviction and demolition of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.


Maybe we can offer an alternative definition: "Price Tag" is acts of vandalism and violence carried out by extreme Arab groups mainly targeting Palestinians and their property, in order to Libel Jewish Settler groups to make them look bad in International and world  opinion thereby exacting a price for eviction and demolition of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria.  

In Fureidis, in Haifa District, all schools and businesses of town of 12,000 brought to a halt with no real evidence. That's impressive.

Unrelated vandalism and grafitti incidents has been happening throughout Israel... in , Hadera,
Umm-al-Fahm in the Haifa District,  Arab Christian village of Jish in the Galilee, Diri-Rafat near Beit Shemesh,   northeastern Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina. ... 

Who gets blamed?  Settlers of Judea and Samaria. Labeled and slandered. Guilty until proven innocent !!!?????? 


Real or Staged?

In Hadera 

Israeli police deems Palestinians' report on price tag attack "fabrication"  http://www.americantaskforce.org/daily_news_article/2013/02/28/israeli_police_deems_palestinians_report_price_tag_attack_fabrication 

That doesn't stop Tzipi Livni from accusing, judging,  prosecuting and convicting. 

Price Tag' vandals oppose Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday. (Tzippi, maybe they are staged by Arabs who oppose Israel as a Jewish and democratic State, my comments, robin)

"This morning, we woke up to hatred and racism among us," Livni wrote on Facebook. "We woke up to another 'Price Tag,' another desecrated mosque in Fureidis and more cars vandalized. (If Palestinians are willing to sacrifice their own kids for Jihad why wouldn't they vandalize their own  mosque for Jihad? It does wonders for their PR and their agenda when they libel the Jews, my comments robin)

"I'm ashamed. Whoever did these things are not part of my nation," she added. (Don't be ashamed Tzipi.  Chances are they are not part of your nation)

Livni was responding to reports of vandalism of a mosque in Fureidis, near Zichron Ya'akov on Tuesday morning. (That's not even in Judea and Samaria....)

Livni commended municipalities in the area for speaking out against the acts. She promised Fureidis residents that she will do all she can to catch the criminals, put them on trial, and have them serve a serious sentence. (And if you found them to be Arab perpetrators who wish to fabricate a lie, will you keep this promise Tzippi? my comments, Robin)

"Price Tag crimes aren't against Arabs; they're against us, against everyone who wants our country to be Jewish and democratic," she stated. (You are probably right on this since they are probably merely fabrications and  provocations by those against our country, Robin)

MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL-Ta'al) said the acts of vandalism are part of "an anti-Semitic wave executed by extremist Jewish hooligans against mosques and churches. These anti-Semites are acting without any fear that they'll be caught or punished." (If they weren't caught and convicted, how do you know with certainty that they are extremist Jewish hooligans?, my comments, Robin)

Tibi accused the government of incompetence in responding to Price Tag acts and warned of "local responses to defend mosques and property in Arab towns." (Maybe they are incompetent because they are looking in the wrong places for the perpetrators, my comments)

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Labor) pointed out that Monday was Holocaust Remembrance Day and many spoke out against rising anti-Semitism against Jews in Europe, saying that the vandalism is no different from fascist and neo-Nazi anti-Semitic acts (Just curious, How would Isaac Herzog respond if some fascist came and demolished his home and proceeded to go to his friends and neighbor's home in Tzahala neighborhood of Tel Aviv  as the next target?  Would he still equate slashing tires as being no different than the fascist anti semitic act?", If so, I suppose he never appreciated the Nuns in "The Sound of Music" my comments Robin)

"In this matter, all of Israel is a joint force," he stated. "We will put all pressure possible to make sure the violence toward [Fureidis residents] stops and the criminals are severely punished." (And if you find that it was staged, will you keep your resolve to punish the criminals severely?, My comments, Robin)

Science and Technology Minister Yaakov Peri (Yesh Atid) said the price tag acts "hurt sacred religious values and are trying to sabotage the delicate fabric of life between Jews and Arabs in Israel." (I suppose according to Yaakov Peri, surely he would also agree that demolishing Settler homes of Yitzhar is an act to hurt sacred religious values and to  sabatoge the delicate fabric of life  between Jews and Arabs. ....my comments Robin)

Peri also called for the police to catch and punish the perpetrators

  • Netanyahu Vows to Find Fureidis 'Price Tag' Vandals Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the alleged "price tag" attack in the town of Fureidis is "outrageous." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/180120#.U2X7ePldXa0 
  • Price Tag attack in Fureidis sparks protest, general strike by local residents http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Price-tag-attackers-vandalize-mosque-slash-car-tires-350735 "In surveillance camera footage shown on TV Tuesday night, three people can be seen slashing the tires. (Jews or Arabs? my comments, robin)
    In response to the vandalism, a general strike was called for Wednesday in the village of some 12,000 residents, and all schools and businesses will be shut down.On Tuesday night, around 1,500 people took part in a protest march through the village, calling for an end to "price tag" attacks and for police to find the perpetrators. In addition, dozens of residents of nearby Zichron Ya'acov and other Jewish towns came out and protested in a sign of solidarity." 

  • Evidence: Arabs Staging 'Price Tag' Attacks, Blaming Jews Pictures taken by K. show Arabs chopping down their own trees. Then, they painted 'Price Tag' in Hebrew. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176599#.U2X8A_ldXa0
  • Husband and wife from Yitzhar arrested for Umm al-Fahm Price Tag attack http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Husband-and-wife-from-Yitzhar-arrested-for-Umm-al-Fahm-Price-Tag-attack-351082  They were arrested on Wednesday, she was released on Friday and he on Sunday.  The main evidence presented in court Friday against the couple – who have no criminal record was that their Suzuki Baleno car was reportedly spotted at the crime scene.In his closing argument, Ben-Gvir their attorney said there are a lot of Suzuki Balenos in Israel and in Yitzhar, and that unless the police knows the particular license plate they have no case. ..Judge Avital Chen said that the burden of proof is on the suspects, that they have to prove that they are not linked to the attack, and ordered them kept in custody. The Samaria Regional Council's Welfare Division has lodged a complaint with the Tel Aviv District Welfare office against police behavior both prior to and during the arrest. The two couples were arrested in front of their children and there was no plan in place for care the ten minors. It added that such actions violate the youth law which mandate that no minor should be left unattended. Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika said, "it's inconceivable to abandon children without informing social services." 
  • Police Admit Most 'Price Tag' Vandals Not from Yesha Judea and Samaria Police Chief admits most of the 'price tag' attacks are not being carried out by Jewish youth from Judea and Samaria. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/160623#.U2X4TvldXa0
  • Legal Forum Slams Terror Label for 'Price Tag' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/269948#.U2YkLfldXa0

  • טחנות השידור טוחנות מהרמה שקרה בפורדיס הוכיח פעם נוספת שטחנות השידור אכן טוחנות, וטוחנות מהר וטוחנות עד דק. הפעם הגדיל לעשות ערוץ 2, שטרח להקים אולפן שידור מיוחד ביישוב הערבי מוכה הטרור. האולפן הוקם לאות הזדהות עם התושבים הסובלים מגל טרור יהודי בלתי פוסק, שבא לידי ביטוי רק פעם אחת ויחידה http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/003-D-92136-00.html By Yossi Dayan (Translate to get general idea) 

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Robin Ticker
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Friday, May 02, 2014

100 Shofars - A Heartening Success against Proposed BDS Participation in Celebrate Israel Parade

Date: Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:44 PM 

Watch a Video of the 100 Shofars Blower Rally! Very entertaining!
http://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/275481

 


Dueling Shofarim

Photo Credit: Orel Cohen/Flash 90 



             100 SHOFARS – A HEARTENING SUCCESS
Against proposed BDS participation in Celebrate Israel Parade
By: Janet Lehr

MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION
ISRAEL GOVERNMENT COALITION KNESSET CHAIRMAN, MK YARIV LEVIN, WROTE "I am deeply moved... by the courageous stance of friends of Israel involved in the parade, calling to delegitimize those who delegitimize Israel. It is not logical or reasonable for Israel supporters to condone, overlook, or indirectly cooperate with BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel) groups..." (SEE FULL TEXT OF LETTER BELOW)


Crowd of Protestors, Mort Klein, Richard Allen, Helen Freedman,


Lauri Regan, Dr. Paul Brody, Rob Muchnick

Maxine Dovere (JNS) and Russian TV were photographing and interviewing protestors.  100 + stalwarts stood proud, shofrot sounding.  We were energized as we repeatedly chanted NO BDS IN OUR PARADE.  MORT KLEIN pointed out that the New Israel Fund gives millions to B'Tselem and the palestinian-supporting group Adalah.  "Say NO to Mr. Ruskay, UJA/FEDERATION, Mr. Miller, head of JCRC which is supported by UJA/FEDERATION.  If you support or condone BDS, you can't march in our parade.  Support of BDS is a part of the long, dark history of anti-Semitism.  Ruskay, by giving these groups money, wants them to grow."  Gesturing to the entrance of UJA/FEDERATION headquarters,  RICHARD ALLEN, head of JCCWatch.org, who has nurtured our protests with long hours of work cried, "SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.  We want to make sure our Jewish Charitable dollars are not misused." RABBI DAVID ALGAZE of Havurat Yisrael, and President of the International Committee for the Land of Israel, opened his remarks with a shofar blast.  "There is no room for those who boycott Israel.  Organize your own parade.  And the crowd chanted:
NO ROOM
NO ROOM
NO ROOM
You want to be democratic?  Why don't you ask the Jews who support you.  We question Kerry.  You are wrong.  You should apologize.
STEP DOWN KERRY
STEP DOWN KERRY
STEP DOWN KERRY
…..
THE PARADE IS FOR FRIENDS OF ISRAEL!

HELEN FREEDMAN of AFSI – spoke with passion. "For those who have questions, there is no room.  We supported UJA and JCRC years ago and they have terribly disappointed us.  How could Kerry, under the influence of Barack Obama, have said that Israel is an Apartheid State.  He's in effect giving a green light to our enemies as they join with Fatah and Hamas.  IF THERE WAS AN APPLICATION OF SOVEREIGNTY IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA, we would be able to assert our rights.  RIGHT NOW, ON HAR HARBAYIT, WE ARE NOT SOVEREIGN.  ON YOM HAATZMAUT,  G-D WILLING, WE  (THE AFSI CHIZUK MISSION) ARE GOING TO BE IN ISRAEL TO CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S 66th (MODERN) BIRTHDAY.  THIS ISRAEL IS OURS.  WE ARE NOT GIVING IT AWAY TO THESE PHONY ORGANIZATIONS."

RICHARD ALLEN again took the mic.  Referencing John Ruskay, Allen noted the short lived CONAME, one of a number of Liberal-Anti-Zionist organizations that sprung up in the aftermath of the Vietnam War where Ruskay worked with Noam Chomsky (1974.)   With the help of John Ruskay and Rabbi Arnold Wolf, it morphed into Breira.  (For a thorough overview of the various organizations: Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America by Michael E. Staub).  "John Ruskay, and his group in UJA, uses Jewish money to push their agenda.  We hope our shofars today will open their hearts so we get a resolution." 

LAURI REGAN, Endowment for Middle East Peace, spoke of the parable of the Little Kosher Pigs whose first houses were made of straw, houses that were quickly blown away.  Regan continued, the Jews of UJA and JCRC build a big tent, but the JEWS OF ISRAEL BUILD A HOUSE OF BRICK.  The future of the organized Jewish community in the United States is at stake.  All the Jewish leaders who have come out in support of J Street are accepting their support of John Kerry and a two state solution including Hamas. "What does it mean to be pro Israel.  DISBAND THE BIG TENT.   Surely, if we don't learn from the lessons of history, we are bound to repeat them."

DR. PAUL BRODY, Vice President of the Great Neck-based Jewish Political Education Foundation (JPEF), discussing Talmudic law, proclaimed that during this time of Sfira, 24,000 Jewish scholars died because they did not treat each other with proper respect. "We are protesting out loud against a major Jewish organization. This is because, although according to Jewish law it is forbidden to talk ill of another person, if the situation involves a potential union of two individuals (a "Shidduch"), and a third party knows of a defect in one of the parties that would harm the second party, it is permissible to notify the party of that defect." "We are hereby notifying the UJA-Federation that a union of the Celebrate Israel Parade and the 3 BDS groups it proposes to allow to march, is a DANGEROUS and DESTRUCTIVE union for the State of Israel. We are, therefore, permitted to proclaim that this union MUST BE DISSOLVED  immediately and that no BDS groups shall be allowed to march with Israel supporters!"  

ROB MUCHNICK, U.S. Director of Manhigut Yehudit, a staunch supporter of a whole Israel and an early supporter of  Deputy Knesset Speaker, MK Moshe Feiglin, was the final speaker.  He led the crowd of ANTI-BDS WARRIORS IN CHANTING:

2-4-6-8  ISRAEL IS A JEWISH STATE
1-3-5-9 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PALESTINE
2-4-6-8  ISRAEL IS A JEWISH STATE
1-3-5-9 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PALESTINE


ROBIN TICKER, blogger and Israel activist, acknowledged the tremendous work and support of Mattot Arim for the anti-BDS movement and this rally, in particularMattot Arim is an Israeli grassroots organization working to educate the public on topics of national interest for the Jewish people. Susie Dym is the spokesperson for Mattot Arim. Their semi-annual report grades MK's on Knesset activity pertaining to National interests.  The report, breaks down the legislative, lobbying, and media activity of the MKs – from bills preventing the boycott of products made in the settlements, to media interviews and then puts it in a report card form.  

The excited band of Zionists at the Rally had one more amazing revelation to digest: Richard Allen quoted the president of the New Israel Fund as saying, "Why should I worry when the heads of UJA/FEDERATION and JCRC support us."   After which Richard Allen roared: "This is not the end, this is only the beginning,"  He means it.  Stay tuned for the next rally.

Dr. Paul Brody concluded the Rally by leading us in singing Hatikvah.  It was a powerful moment.

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The author is the the editor and the publisher of the newsletter Israel Lives, and can be reached at JanetLehr@IsraelLives.org

Other major organizations supporting the "100 Shofar Anti -BDS Rally" include UCI, United Coalition For Israel, Esther Levens, CEO and Founder.  UCI is well known for its popular newsletter, an aggregate of many Nationalist media links. As reported on their website, UCI has convened an alliance of Christian and Jewish organizations actively working together to generate support for the State of Israel.  UCI on their website writes "With more than 200 autonomous partners, representing more than 40 million Americans, we are the largest network of Pro-Israel groups in the world. Through this grassroots coalition, we deliver a much-needed message to the media and Congress."

TZC, Toronto Zionist Council, Mothers for MIA's, and Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights. TZC newsletter has a devoted readership who wait with great anticipation for each week's articles bringing the side of the settlers in Judea and Samaria in a fair light.  Most news outlets are afraid to present the settlers in a positive light since it is not politically consistent with the way the State Dept wishes to portray settlers. The State Dept. does not base their report on true and accurate facts which have been thoroughly checked out, but rather on allegations.

SAY NO TO BDS ISRAEL GROUPS IN THE ISRAEL DAY PARADE!
   

Sponsored by THE HEAR O ISRAEL COALITION:
Jewish Political Education Foundation (JPEF)
Manhigut Yehudit
The Nordau Circle

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FULL TEXT OF LETTER FROM COALITION CHAIRMAN MK YARIV LEVIN
SUPPORT FROM ISRAEL KNESSET


 Open Letter to Israel Parade Participants
 Knesset Coalition Chairman, MK Yariv Levin


From: יריב לוין  
Date: April 27, 2014 at 10:07:16 AM EDT
To: Richard Allen
Subject: For the participants of the 100 Shofars Rally, April 29th in New York City
Mr. Richard Allen
Founder, JCCWatch.org

Dear Mr. Allen,

As coalition chairman at the Knesset in Jerusalem, I am deeply 
moved by the tireless supporters and marchers in the Celebrate Israel Parade and by the courageous stance of so many friends of Israel involved in the parade, calling to delegitimize those who delegitimize Israel. It is not logical or reasonable for Israel supporters to condone or overlook or indirectly cooperate with BDS groups which represent the antithesis of support for Israel. Refusing to recognize the State of Israel's sovereign right to develop and maintain an independent legal position on any issue of national importance is not legitimate.
The State of Israel came into being by virtue of our people's unassailable rights having historical, legal and religious foundations. I am certain that by mutual effort our just path will surmount any attempt to strike down Jewish survival and the Jewish way of life in the land of our forefathers.

MK Yariv Levin,

Coalition Chairman
Daniel Sokatch of NIF indignantly responded with this letter:

From:
 "Daniel Sokatch, NIF" <info@nif.org>
Date: April 29, 2014, 14:29:04 EDT
Subject: We will not be deterred.
Reply-To: info@nif.org



Friend --

It seems silly at first.

100 men and women are planning to blow shofars outside the UJA-Federation office in New York this evening. They're calling on the UJA to exclude NIF, Partners for a Progressive Israel, and B'Tselem from New York's Celebrate Israel Parade based on the phony charge that we support the global BDS movement.

The protestors seek to narrow the margins of debate about Israel. They can't seem to come to terms with the notion that, for many thousands of us, loving Israel means not sweeping Israel's problems under the rug, but rather helping Israelis overcome the most difficult challenges Israel faces: from ending the occupation, to preserving democratic freedoms, to upholding women's rights.

So what's the big deal about 100 protesters in New York City, especially when the UJA, the JCRC, and so many in the organized Jewish community are standing with us?

Sadly, the shofar blowers are getting support from Israeli extremists, including those in positions of real influence. Just yesterday Knesset Member Yariv Levin -- chairman of Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition and the author of anti-democratic legislation -- wrote them a letter of support.

What I have come to understand is that there is a visceral connection between those protesting the UJA and the ultra-nationalist settlers who hold so much influence in the current Israeli government. Both seek to narrow the scope of acceptable discourse. Both are emboldened by the collapse of the peace process. Both want to rip Israel away from its heritage as a liberal democracy.

NIF is committed to the proposition that Israel can be simultaneously a Jewish homeland and a democracy where everyone participates in a shared and just society.
 You and I know, however, that this vision of Israel is jeopardized by the rise of political forces bent on delegitimizing progressive Israelis, marginalizing Israel's Arab minority, and shutting out women's voices.

We also know that the answer to this threat is to help ordinary Israelis fashion a better Israel. This has been the core of NIF's work for more than 30 years.

The time has also come for us to step up our investment to change the public discourse in Israel and to rebuild the pro-democracy, progressive camp. You will be hearing more from me soon about the bold steps we are initiating to shift the national direction from greater exclusion toward greater openness.

The noisy extremists will not deter us. Not from marching in the Celebrate Israel Parade, nor from pushing for social change. We will continue to provide the support that Israel's champions of democracy need to build a better Israel.

I invite you to join us at the parade in New York on June 1st. Click here for all the information you need.

Also, please take a second and forward this message to any of your friends or family in New York who are committed to Israel and to progressive values.

Thank you for your partnership.

Daniel Sokatch, CEO
New Israel Fund
  




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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) and Howard Chaim Grief great activists and lovers of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichronum Baruch.  May their memories serve as a blessing.

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Is State Dept Report Fueling Persecution Against Settlers? Is NIF funding Youth Against Settlements? Just curious.

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What do you think?  Seems pretty interconnected.  Shabbat Shalom Umevorach!


[Edwin Black in] Financing the Flames establishes how often "peace groups" act in such bad faith ways, engaging in pointless confrontations and promoting boycotts that only hurt the people they claim to want to help while appearing utterly disinterested in working toward peace.

The culture of activism that has grown around the conflict has made things worse, Black suggests. This isn't a new phenomenon. Western NGOs routinely make things worse when they egotistically and blindly interfere in foreign countries, but their actions in Israel are often uniquely malicious.

Some of the most shocking material in Financing the Flames includes the New Israel's Fund involvement in child endangerment as children are dispatched to harass Israeli soldiers. Paying children to throw rocks at soldiers was a common journalistic tactic back in the Intifada 80s and produced plenty of dramatic photos and videos, but there is something disturbing about a non-profit that is being heavily supported by American tax-exempt contributions helping finance this sort of behavior.

BUREAU OF COUNTERTERRORISM
Report
April 30, 2014


.....Price Tag Attacks:
 
"Price tag" attacks (property crimes and violent acts by extremist Jewish individuals and groups in retaliation for activity they deemed to be anti-settlement) expanded into Israel from the West Bank in 2013. The Israeli government formed a new unit of the national police designated specifically to investigate these crimes in both Israel and the West Bank and in June the Security Cabinet authorized the Ministry of Defense to classify groups that perpetrated "price tag" attacks as "illegal associations," which allowed security authorities greater leeway in collecting information on and seizing the property of groups, and of their members, that perpetrated "price tag" attacks. Incidents included:
 
    • In July, gravestones in a Christian Orthodox cemetery in Jaffa were vandalized with the words "revenge" and "price tag." Price tag graffiti was also found on a residential building near the cemetery.
    • In August, the Beit Jamal Monastery near Jerusalem was firebombed and spray-painted with the words "death to the Gentiles" and other slogans.

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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) and Howard Chaim Grief great activists and lovers of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichronum Baruch.  May their memories serve as a blessing.

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

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

Monday, April 28, 2014

Please watch or listen to these amazing youtubes. Caroline Glick, Mark Langfan, Dr. Shalem

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Please watch or listen to these amazing you tubes



  • Dr. Shalem lecture in Hebrew. See English summary below (Special Lecture in Shdema sponsored by Women in Green - Rabbis and Spiritual Leaders on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. What did Rabbis and Hassidic leaders think about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising? And what did the spiritual leaders of Zionism think? Points of view that have been forgotten and ignored over the course of Zionist history. Historian Dr. Haim Shalem revealed unknown facts during a special event in Shdema, in Gush Etzion and can be watched (in Hebrew) by clicking on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNFjsrQAOWg&list=UU2BQ9Ug9niueKD0R6Nf3F2A