My Letter to the US Dept of State re: mislabeling of products from Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Golan as coming from the "West Bank"

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This letter was written as per Susie Dym's request that at least 10 people, a Minyan of people write to the State Dept in protest of their recent customs regulation requiring products from Judea and Samaria, (not to mention products of Jerusalem and the Golan) to be labeled as products of the West Bank. See Susie Dym's Blog Zion's Corner post on Arutz7 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/8113#.VslvIPkrJdi entitled We need a minyan! (10 complaints)

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RE: Mislabeling of Products from Judea and Samaria, Israel

To Whom It May Concern:

Products that are made in Judea and Samaria, are products of Israel and not the Palestinian Authority.  These products are superior in quality than other products manufactured by Arab communities living in Judea and Samaria. These Arab communities have often substandard quality compared to the Israeli products because their self government is too focused on teaching their kids and their people how to hate Israel and how to attack Israel.  

Just take a look at their textbooks.  It does not focus on producing high quality products.  In fact they protested so much about a nice company called Soda Stream which helped employ many Palestinians that the company had to leave Judea and Samaria.  Now the Palestinians employed by Soda Stream will lose their jobs.  

What does it take for the Palestinians to appreciate Israel who is helping to provide their water and electricity and jobs. Shame on America for not recognizing that Jewish Settlement is good for the non Jewish population instead of spreading lies of Violent Occupation against the Palestinians. The truth is that it is only the Palestinians who have been violent against the Jewish Settlers and NOT Visa Versa!  Jews act in self defense against Terror attacks against their civilians.  That by definition is not a violent act but rather their basic civil rights to protect themselves against a violent terror attack. Jews have a claim to the Land of Israel based on the Bible. Judea and Samaria is the Biblical Heartland of Israel.  The Palestinians has a false claim to the territory they call "West Bank" based on their desire to destroy Israel. 

Kindly label these products as products of Judea and Samaria, Israel which is the correct label designation.   Many will be more than happy to enjoy these high end, organic, delicious products of Israel. Those who wish to boycott Israeli products will lose out and probably won't sustain the boycott since they won't be able to replace them with the same quality products elsewhere.

PS. The same holds true from products coming from any territories reacquired by Israel in 1967 like East Jerusalem and the Golan. 

Sincerely, 

Robin Ticker

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The Leading Republican Candidates are Destroying Themselves. An Open Letter to Mike Huckabee

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Dear Former Governor Huckabee, 

While Obama is busy destroying America, the candidates are busy with their campaign....It's a turnoff...

We need a leader now, not in 8 months when it might be too late....

Mike don't retire just yet....Be a leader now to fight Obama and his policies....Forget about the Presidential campaign for now. A true leader would realize that a greater priority than even the election is the here and now crisis facing America. So please......just focus on the issues now and lead...

Radical Islam is a theological crisis that must be addressed head on and not too many individuals have the stomach, the inner conviction to stand up to radical Islam. Those who have strong faith in G-d and G-d alone,  and those who stand with Israel are the only ones capable of fighting this enemy.

Islam is a false religion so long as they follow the practices of Mohammad. We need to raise awareness about Universal Morality which is the 7 Noahide Laws. ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic "religion" using Mohammad as a role model,  violate these basic fundamental principles of a civilized society and therefore must be exposed as a false religion!

• "G-d gave the land of Israel to the Jews as an inheritance and non Jews can live in Israel so long as the non Jews follows the 7 basic laws of humanity: "The Noahide Laws".... Biblical Path to Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbQgmqHuFgk
  
• Please raise consciousness that the Yezidis and Chaldo-Assyrian Christians are the most needy of Refuge!!!!!!! not the Syrian migrants.
  
• We need to stop the billions of $ of sanction relief to Iran before it gets into the hands of terrorists. 
  
• Focus on regulating and stopping racist, antisemitic, anti American education via text books and curriculum now being taught in schools across America. This will surely destroy the America we know. 
  
• etc...

Please raise awareness of the onslaught of  hate tweets that attacked your twitter account when you announced you were stopping your campaign.. It is proof that you are on the Biblical Path since they will attack in vengeance those who are most threatening. 

Please don't give up on your fight against evil. This is a theological war and not everyone is equipped to fight. We need to fight them on their terms.  I believe you are the best equipped of all the candidates. The other leading Republican candidates are decent human beings and leaders. However, their egos and this campaign has them sidetracked.   Financing is what is stopping you?  May the Almighty G-d provide you with sustenance and help to finance all your needs!

Have trust in G-d that you will find those who will stand by you with G-d's help. Believe in yourself and in your faith. Please continue to Pray for strength and guidance. Your Prayers are being heard.   There is much more at stake than just winning an election and the more they attack you, the more on target you are.  

May G-d Bless you! May G-d Bless Israel and hand in hand May G-d Bless America!

Sincerely,

Robin Ticker

  

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker

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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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Education: New York Public School Textbooks, East Jerusalem Texbooks under scrutiny. Please forward...

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BH Good people are addressing serious problems in the Educational Textbooks of children here in NY. Kudos to those involved in  introducing legislation to regulate textbooks material, Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook-21st A.D.)  Assemblyman Dov Hikind (Brooklyn-48th A.D.)  Rubber Room Romance Author Cindy Grosz and  Curriculum Watch Leader Dr. Sandra Alfonsi.  Parents, at least in America, assume that textbooks are educationally sound.  But that isn't necessarily the case. Kids nurtured on false and hateful ideology grow up quickly and translate their knowledge into hateful, antisemitic, racist actions.  We don't want our children nor any other children to use such textbooks as part of their curriculum.   This is very important legislation. Kol HaKavod! 

Press Conference Notice NY LEGISLATION TO END DISCRIMINATION, BIAS, INACCURATE FACTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2016/02/fwd-pess-conference-notice-ny.html

We see how hateful textbooks translate to violent acts of terror.  In Israel it is no wonder that Israeli's are being fatally stabbed by Arab teens 13, 14, 15 even younger. It started with their education at a young age. They were educated on Palestinian Sesame Street and UNRWA Camps.

Kudos to ILF (Israel Legal Forum)! 

ILF Appeals to Israeli Education Ministry Regarding Hateful and Inciting Content in East Jerusalem Textbooks http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2016/02/fwd-ilf-israel-legal-forum-appeals-to.html

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker

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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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Fwd: Pess Conference Notice NY LEGISLATION TO END DISCRIMINATION, BIAS, INACCURATE FACTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS

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PRESS CONFERENCE ALERT 

NY LEGISLATION TO END DISCRIMINATION, BIAS, INACCURATE FACTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS 

Assemblyman Brian Curran and Assemblyman Dov Hikind will be holding a press conference to announce legislation that would prohibit the use of textbooks and materials that redefine the roles of Jews, Christians, African-Americans and all groups in American History and create the New York State Textbook Commission to regulate instructional material used in New York State elementary school classrooms. They will be joined by education activists Cindy Grosz and Dr. Sandra Alfonsi. 


WHO: Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook-21st A.D.) 
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (Brooklyn-48th A.D.) 
Rubber Room Romance Author Cindy Grosz 
Curriculum Watch Leader Dr. Sandra Alfonsi 

WHAT: Press Conference on Bias in School Textbooks 

WHEN: Monday, February 22, 2016 
3 p.m. 

WHERE: Assembly Brian Curran's District Office 
100 Merrick Road 
Lynbrook, NY 11563 
516/561-8216 

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker

Israel Advocacy Calendar (www.IsraelAdvocacyCalendar.com).

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. 

Fwd: ILF (Israel Legal Forum) Appeals to Israeli Education Ministry Regarding Hateful and Inciting Content in East Jerusalem Text Books

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From: Legal Forum for Israel <lg@haforum.org.il>
Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 9:03 AM
Subject: ILF Appeals to Israeli Education Ministry Regarding Hateful and Inciting Content in East Jerusalem Text Books
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February 12, 2016   ILF Appeals to Israeli Education Ministry Regarding Hateful and Inciting Content in East Jerusalem Textbooks The ILF sent a letter to the Israeli Ministry of Education in which it raised the issue of incitement to violence and glorification of Jihad in official East Jerusalem schools' text books. As opposed to most of the Arabic-speaking schools in Israel, which follow the Israeli Ministry of Education's curriculum and use textbooks approved by the Ministry, most of the schools in East Jerusalem follow the Palestinian Authority's curriculum and use their text books. This is a historical policy which dates back to 1967, when the schools used the Jordanian curriculum. Approximately 70% of these schools are under the Israeli Ministry of Education's responsibility and receive Israeli government funding. The issue of incitement to violence and terrorism in Palestinian text books is a known one. Therefore, the Israeli Ministry of Education created a committee which is responsible to oversee the content of the textbooks and remove hateful or inciting content, and reprint the textbooks before distributing it to the students. However, research conducted by the ILF,  in collaboration with The Lawfare Project and The Center for Near East Policy Research, discovered that this mechanism is not effective, and that the committee has been unable to regulate the content of the textbooks used. Many of the textbooks being used contain incitement to violence, glorification of jihad and martyrdom, and denial of Israel's right to exist within any borders. For example, a poem called The Martyr appears in a 7th grade text book: "(...)Hearing [weapons'] clash is pleasant to my ear /And the flow of blood gladdens my soul /As well as a body thrown upon the ground /Skirmished over by the desert predators/... /By your life! This is the death of men /And whoever asks for a noble death - this is it!" Similarly, in a religion textbook for 11th graders, killing of Jews is presented as a precondition for the "End of Days": "Fighting the Jews and the victory over them: The Messenger [Muhammad] already announced [the good news of] the end of the Jews' oppression upon this Holy Land and the removal of their corruption and of their occupation thereof. [It is told] by Abu Hurayrah [one of Muhammad's Companions] that the Prophet said: The End of Days will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them to a point that a Jew will hide behind a rock or a tree, and then the rock or the tree will say: 'O Muslim, O God's servant, there is a Jew behind me, so come and kill him', except the salt bush, for it is one of the Jews' trees" To read the full research report in English click here. In the letter sent to Minister of Education Naftali Bennet, the ILF stated that these textbooks are in complete contrast to Israel's responsibly to educate the future generation on principles of tolerance and peace. Young minds, who are the future leaders of their society, are poisoned and intentionally stirred away from religious and cultural tolerance. The radical views promoted in the text books are used to induce students to carry out terror attacks and to distant the mindset of the young generation from peaceful resolutions and co-existence. The ILF's position is that the current system is clearly faulty and incapable of resolving this systematic violation of human rights and abuse of public funds.  The only way to solve this issue is by applying the Israeli Ministry of Education's curriculum to all East Jerusalem schools, primarily those who receive the Ministry's funding. The Israeli Ministry of Education has a curriculum for Muslim schools, and it is applied successfully in many Arab schools across Israel. To read the full letter click here. The Ministry of Education commented that they are looking into the matter. The ILF will continue to pursue this issue, and if necessary proceed with legal measures, to ensure that this offensive content is removed from the schools' curriculum. STAY CONNECTED