Thursday, November 16, 2017

Stop Demolition of Homes in Netiv Avot. A Letter from a Cousin....

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Dear Ohev Yisroel, 

Please forward this letter to Rabbanim and Askanim and Jewish Leaders.  We must all unite to stop this horrendous decree.  With strong leadership it is doable. No one is exempt.   

After the destruction of the 22 communities of Gush Katif on Tisha Baav 2005 and 800 homes were demolished and their families displaced, and disturbing pictures were in the news, there were Tehillim rallies organized with the theme "we share in your pain".  Great sums of monies were collected for emotional counseling and for food and clothing and basic necessities of the displaced families.  It was a drop in the bucket.

These families have now suffered for 10 years. The pain is diminished yet engraved in our consciousness and still raw. Many of the children went OTD (Off The Derech) , the breadwinners were demoralized, the families suffering great emotional and financial pain, sometimes physical as well..

Following the expulsion of these families, the entire southern Israel was under Kassam rocket attacks.  Sderot, Ashkelon and Ashdod as well as the neighboring communities.

This past year,  homes in Amona and Ofra were once again pointlessly demolished and families once again displaced due to a nonsensical and baseless ruling of the Israel Supreme Court.  The emotional trauma and pain for the pointless destruction of peoples homes and communities were barely publicized here in the Diaspora and left to each and every suffering family to shoulder the burden and injustice on their own. 

We know in advance of the senseless suffering that is in the planning for Netiv HaAvot.. Israeli politicians engage in platitudes but nothing of substance to stop the demolition.  If we stand by and do nothing we too will be held accountable in a Heavenly Court, Chayav BeDinei Shamayim Lo Taamod al dam Rei'acha, The Torah (Vayikra 19:16) states "lo ta'amod al dam rei'echa," do not stand idly by your brothers blood. The Gemara, Sanhderin 73a, cites a Beraita that states that this verse teaches that if one sees someone in a life-threatening situation (e.g. he is drowning in a river or being dragged by wild beasts), he has an obligation to save him. http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/_lectureshiurtext.cfm?shiurid=721717

The Chofetz Chaim (Beer Mayim Chaim, Rekhilut, beginning of Klal 9) maintains (based on the Gemara and Rishonim) that the Biblical prohibition of "Lo taamod al dam reiekha," (Vayikra 19:16 – Do not stand idly by while your friend's blood is spilled) applies not only to death but also to loss. In other words, it is prohibited to watch a potential financial loss coming upon another and not prevent it.   http://midreshetrachel.com/permissible-lashon-hara/

In addition,  We pray each and every day Hoshiva Shofteinu (Return Our Judges) keVarishona (Like the Ones We had) .  https://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2016/10/hoshiva-shofteinu-kevarishonaatem.html

Is this prayer mere lip service? 

The people, Am Yisroel are ready for change.  We are waiting for the Leaders of Am Yisroel to act. and demand that this senseless ruling be overturned and for an Israeli Supreme Court which is not engaged in Judicial Tyranny corrupt and self perpetuating.  We want a Judicial System consistent to the teachings of Torah. 
 
We have heard so many inspiring lectures on Ahavas Yisroel.  

Let us serve Hashem with Thought, Speech and Action.  

So after saying some Kepitlach of Tehillim for Eretz Yisroel, let us follow up with real Action.  

If it were our homes at risk, wouldn't we be more proactive?

"First They Came..."

They came for the others...

"Then they came for me --- and there was no one left to speak for me"

                                                                                    Martin Niemoller

Niemöller was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1938 to 1945.[6][7] He narrowly escaped execution. After his imprisonment, he expressed his deep regret about not having done enough to help the victims of the Nazis.[4] 


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Date: Nov 12, 2017 1:22 PM
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To:

I need your help to save the Jewish community of Netiv Avot, located in Elazar. We are trying to get our friends and relatives in the U.S. to contact members of Congress to inquire regarding Israeli government plans to destroy Netiv Avot, with at least 50 families. The first stage is for the demolition of 15 homes -- all of them permanent. You might have fostered good contacts with your member of Congress and perhaps others as well. Even if you didn't, your congressman will listen to you and respond quickly. Can you make some phone calls so that the members of Congress contact either Bibi or the Israeli embassy? We know for a fact that every phone call from a member of Congress to the embassy warrants a cable to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. If the ministry knows that there are questions being asked, they will think twice or more before destroying Jewish homes and lives.

Here is a sample e-mail that I have distributed that could help you.

Sample letter for member of Congress from constituents on Israeli government plans to destroy Netiv Avot

Dear Member of Congress,

We're communicating with you out of deep concern for our relatives and friends in Israel threatened with the destruction of their communities by the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Initiated by well-financed anti-Jewish elements in Europe and the United States, non-governmental organizations have petitioned and won judgments from the Supreme Court to destroy the entire community of Netiv Avot, established nearly 20 years ago with government support. The court has ruled that certain homes in the community, located around 10 minutes south of Jerusalem, were built on farmland claimed but never proved by local Arabs. The court has rejected all offers of compromise, including demolishing sections of homes that intrude only meters within the farmland. Although the government supported the community, outlined building areas, installed infrastructure and collected taxes, officials have abandoned Jewish residents to the bulldozers of the police and military. The first stage of the plan is to demolish 15 homes imminently, followed by additional police and army operations that would eventually destroy a law-abiding community of nearly 500 people.

We are appealing to you to seek clarifications from Prime Minister Netanyahu, who met Netiv Avot residents three times and repeatedly pledged not to destroy Jewish communities around Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria. The most troubling aspect is that the entire demolition campaign is based on U.S. military aid -- including U.S.-made police and army vehicles, bulldozers and anti-riot equipment. They have been used repeatedly against unarmed civilians, a violation of the Arms Export Control Act, which authorizes the sale of U.S. defense articles and services for "legitimate self-defense." Over the last few years, there have been several Jewish communities destroyed by Israeli forces with U.S.-made equipment. We believe that U.S. aid to Israel was never meant to hurt its citizens.

We wish to stress that we and our relatives in Netiv Avot are loyal citizens and enthusiastic supporters of the Jewish homeland. But we cannot keep quiet with a government policy meant to destroy scores of Jewish communities as well as the lives of their law-abiding residents. We appeal to you for immediate help.

Sincerely,

May Hashem bless you and your family and all Klal Yisrael.


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BACKGROUND VIDEOS AND NEWS 

Video of beautiful Netiv HaAvot slated for destruction by Israel Supreme Court while illegal Arab building is protected due to intense pressure of hostile NGO's. 

The Amona Catastrophe by Joseph Frager 06/02/17
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/9515  
...This should not have happened at all. With the Trump Presidency,  Amona should have and could have been saved. Prime Minister Netanyahu and others may have thought they would be rewarded in other ways if the Amona expulsion took place. This is entirely wrong and dangerous thinking. Now the struggle is that much harder. This was a bad precedent to set especially at the beginning of a friendly President's term. It should never have happened. The Jews of Amona tried very hard but were let down by major Jewish Organizations who did not raise an outcry.
I know for a fact that President Trump was spoken to about Amona. He could not be both President of the United States and Prime Minister of Israel. He did not want to see Amona torn apart. This was not his wish.
The Eviction Begins by Eliran Aharon, Amona, 01/02/17 
Watch: Amona evacuation underway
Hundreds of protesters prepare to confront security forces as Amona evacuation begins. 15 policemen reportedly wounded.


Watch: The Ofra eviction as it unfolds
See albums from evacuation of nine houses in Ofra, Tuesday 2nd of Adar 5777

15 homes in Netiv Avot slated for destruction Prime Minister Netanyahu. 

Netiv Avot residents petition Supreme Court Elul 9, 5777 , 31/08/17
Residents of the Netiv Avot neighborhood of Elazar in Gush Etzion have petitioned the Supreme Court to allow them to saw off the problematic parts of their houses and leave the houses standing. At present a demolition order hangs over 15 houses in the neighborhood, parts of which are deemed to have been built on private land.

Is Netanyahu words to be taken seriously? 

IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis
Excerpt from PM Netanyahu's Remarks at Ceremony Marking 50 Years of Settlement in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, this evening (Wednesday, 27 September 2017), attended a ceremony marking 50 years of settlement in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley. Following is an excerpt from the Prime Minister's remarks:

"We have brought about magnificent settlement in Judea and Samaria that we are maintaining and strengthening – responsibly, wisely and persistently. Settlement is important to you my friends. It is no less important to me and therefore, I tell you clearly and before anything: There will be no more uprooting of communities in the Land of Israel! It is not just a question of links to the homeland, though it is certainly that, but first of all, that is not the way to make peace. We will uproot neither Jews nor Arabs. We did not receive peace; we received terror and missiles! We will not go back to this. That was just the promo, that uprooting, to what is currently going on in the Middle East: Any area that falls to radical Islam becomes a base for destruction, violence and death. Therefore, we will not abandon our national home to danger. Instead we will strengthen the home, with momentum. When I say momentum I mean not just words but also momentum, movement."







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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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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Fwd: [nashimbyarok-WIG] Succesful 1st Sovereignty Conference! כינוס ריבונות מוצלח! AFSI was part of it!


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Yasher Koach to Women in Green,  Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover who are amazing women and have stepped up to the plate in Israel to raise consciousness and dared to take the dream of actualization of  Israel Sovereignty to new heights. Our heartfelt yearning for Eretz Yisroel Hashleima inclusive of Judea and Samaria under Israel Sovereignty not mere lip service. 

So proud of AFSI to be a part of it.  See link to Helen Freedman and Judy (Freedman) Kadish speaking at the event at the bottom of this post..

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Date: Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:15 AM
Subject: [nashimbyarok-WIG] Succesful 1st Sovereignty Conference! כינוס ריבונות מוצלח!

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Sovereignty:  It is Possible and it is Vital
First of Eight Conferences this year Promoting Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria
 by SHIRA SHREIER
 PHOTOS GERSHON ELLINSON
 Links to all speeches are at bottom of mail
"The Time Has Come for Sovereignty" proclaimed a large backdrop to the dais as over 100 people gathered in a large white tent in the Oz VeGaon Nature Preserve in Gush Etzion on Friday morning, November 10 for the first in a series of eight conferences this year promoting the application of Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. Other conferences will take place (in Hebrew) in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ra'anana, Haifa, Petah Tikva, Givat Shmuel and Sderot. The Oz VeGaon Nature Preserve was established by the Women in Green movement, with the encouragement of the Gush Etzion Council, in memory of the three boys – Gilad, Ayal and Naftali - abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists three years ago, as an immediate and appropriate Zionist response to this brutal act of terrorism. Oz VeGaon has developed into a vibrant and impressive center of education, culture and tourism.
The 9th issue of the Sovereignty Journal, hot-off-the-press, in both Hebrew and English, published by the Sovereignty Movement (founded by the Women in Green), was distributed at the Conference and participants could be seen eagerly turning the pages and browsing the articles during the program.
"The sovereignty vision is no longer mere talk and declarations and is certainly not a weak, isolated voice as it was at the beginning of the publicity campaign of the Sovereignty movement seven years ago," according to the Sovereignty Journal editorial board. "Thanks to public figures, spearheads of public opinion and a supportive and encouraging public, this vision is being transformed into operational, organized political programs found on the agenda of the Israeli public and politics and is arousing active discussion and debate."
For a sneak preview, the Sovereignty Journal Issue #9 features an article by Minister Gila Gamliel who presents an outline for a political plan: Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and a Palestinian State in Sinai; Scoop: A team of experts is preparing TAMA 100, a National Outline Plan that will include Judea and Samaria as an indivisible part of the State of Israel for the first time; Former Minister Gideon Saar: Sovereignty must be the Likud's position; The Shas Party in favor of Sovereignty: An Interview with MK Yoav Ben Tsur, head of the faction; and more.
 Growing Support for Sovereignty
"The circle supporting Sovereignty is widening and the list of politicians favoring Sovereignty is growing," said Yehudit Katsover, co-head of Women in Green with Nadia Matar (who translated Yehudit's words from Hebrew into English for the largely English-speaking crowd).  "Sovereignty in the Land of Israel began in this week's Torah portion of Chayei Sarah when our forefather Abraham paid the full price of 400 silver shekels to Efron the Hittite to purchase the Cave of Machpela in Hebron to bury his wife Sarah." She attributed Abraham's success in bringing about the revolution of monotheism to his dynamic personality. "Avraham did what God asked. He was a man of action, who acted with alacrity and confidence in his mission," she said.
Greetings were brought by Sam Solomon, business executive and entrepreneur, and chairman of the board of Women in Green.  "My wife, Meryl, and I are proud and privileged to be supporters of Women in Green, Oz Ve'Gaon and the Sovereignty Movement. They need your economic support. They are probably the largest volunteer organization in Israel supporting Judea and Samaria," he said. "It is important to have real dialogue about Sovereignty. The mantra about two states is an ideology not based on fact. 75-80% of Israelis are pro-Sovereignty, meaning autonomy for local Arabs under Israel sovereignty." 
Helen Freedman and Judy Freedman Kadish, co-executive directors of American Friends for a Safe Israel (AFSI) who led a large delegation of members from the US, also greeted those assembled. "Ribonut – Sovereignty – is an idea which AFSI has always had. We believe in Yisrael Shleima – one state with no divisions," Helen Freedman said.  Her daughter, Judy, added, "AFSI will always remain a partner with Women in Green and the Sovereignty Movement. May you go from strength to strength!"
"My speech is already printed in the Sovereignty Journal #9 in Hebrew and English. You can read it there," began MK Yehuda Glick of the Likud. "How did the two-state concept enter our terminology? The extreme left-wing parties have a method; they use brainwashing. In the past few years, the terminology has changed. Everyone knows that in a few years there will be Sovereignty. They know we are here for good. This is our land. We must give thanks to God. 70 years ago they were talking about the final solution, not the one state/two state solution. Look where we are today. We must take the initiative." In his article, he writes that, "the most ideal plan today is the one proposed by the Federation Movement, calling for the implementation of a realistic solution, meaning the application of Israeli law in Judea and Samaria, granting equal civil rights to the Arabs of Judea and Samaria and a federal regime divided into cantons."
Yehudit Katsover introduced Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel as "one of the first people who pushed the issue of Sovereignty forward, and in these days acts together with MK Bezalel Smotrich, helping to move the entire government to the right and succeeding to maintain a high ideological standard."
"I want to say one thing. What Yehudit and Nadia and all their friends are doing is very important and dramatic. The time has come for Sovereignty! That is the plain truth," Minister Ariel declared. "My friend, Bezalel Smotrich, has called Sovereignty the Decision-Making Program. We want to push this plan forward, together with you and the People of Israel, so that between the Jordan and the Sea, there will be only one nation. We hope there will be a big community right here in Oz VeGaon and also in Emek Bracha below and in Hevron (with hopefully100,000 Jews living there) and in Beit Lechem. We need to change the situation – the nation is returning to its land."
"I am excited to be at this first conference of the Sovereignty series," said guest speaker Ken Abramowitz, founder of SavetheWest.com, chairman of American Friends of Likud, and general partner and co-founder of healthcare venture NGN Capital. Addressing the topic of "How to Save Western Civilization From Itself," he began with a three-minute talk on the concept of the need for devising a winning strategy in terms of national security, and then briefly discussed the key problems of Western Civilization (US, Europe, Israel, Christians and Jews) which is under attack from the "outside" and "inside" and needs different strategies for different problems. He described the key solutions as being: Maximize Growth of Economy, Protect our Culture, and Protect the People physically. He said that 1/3 of the population of the world – the rational centrists - are "normal" while 2/3 - the Leftists, Political Islam, United Nations and Isolationists - are not "normal" and believe in false narratives.  "What will be in 50 years?" he asked. "What percentage of the people will be "normal"? It depends on whether we can get our act together."
In Issue #9 of the Sovereignty Journal, Abramowitz writes:
Judea and Samaria were given to Abraham and the Jews by God in the Bible. Jews have lived here for 3,800 years.  So called "Palestinian" Arabs are largely squatters who moved here during the past 100 years from Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
Jerusalem, Shilo, Beit El, Hebron, Kiryat Arba, Efrat, Shechem and 40 other cities were mentioned in the Tanach. None were mentioned in the Koran. Jewish legal rights to Jerusalem (and even all of Judea/Samaria) were "irrevocably" recognized in the San Remo conference of 1920 by unanimous agreement of the 51 members of the League of Nations. Moreover, for the past 150 years, Jews have been the majority population in Jerusalem. The IDF in Judea/Samaria protects 800,000 citizens and protects 1.4 million Muslim Arabs from inside (Hamas, Islamic Jihad) and outside terror organizations (particularly Iran and ISIS).
Without proper IDF protection, a Palestinian State would be immediately attacked and occupied (as in Syria now) by the four worldwide professional "Political Islam" terror organizations: Iran, ISIS/Al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, and the Saudi Wahhabis. A Palestinian State would be dedicated to Israel's destruction and represents an existential threat to Israel. A Palestinian State would inevitably declare war on Israel, forcing the IDF to re-invade, thereby costing 100-500 IDF lives and thousands of civilian lives. A Palestinian State would uncontrollably dig water wells, eventually destroying the aquifers, causing Israel to lose 25% of its water supply. Sniper shooting and terror operations from the Palestine State into Israel could cause 25% of the citizens living on the border to flee (as happened in Jerusalem after 1948).
In essence, Judea/Samaria protects Western Civilization. Any weakening of Israeli sovereignty over this territory would imperil the security of the rest of the West and irretrievably so.
The final speaker at the conference, Atty. Karen Stahl-Don, an expert in international law, spoke about "Why International Law is Israel's Best Friend."
"In addition to the Bible as the source for our rights to all of the land of Israel, we have valid and binding documents and tools available to us which we are not utilizing but with which we can win and disrupt the false narrative," she stated.  "The good news is that we are not as alone in the international arena as we think (see www.thinc.info). We need a new successful international law paradigm for the Israel/Palestine conflict to promote Israel's right to Judea and Samaria."
"The young population in Asia and Africa view Israel as a model to emulate," she explained. "We can build upon that by using tools of international law and building bridges. It is time to assert our rights according to international law and promote sovereignty."
"The bad news is that the narrative has been entrenched by anti-Israel narrative, leaving no room for discussion," she said. "Mahmoud Abbas wants to revise history along with the text of Resolution 181 – the 1947 Partition Plan (see The Legal Grounds website). We need to get the passion back and stop the brainwashing that has completely changed the direction of the dialogue."
"Resolution 181 detailed intense interaction and cooperation between the proposed states and required agreement from all parties," Stahl-Don noted. "It requires Arab cooperation. You can't blame Israel if the Arabs don't cooperate. Resolution 181 never came to fruition and was abandoned. The UN never implemented the mechanism for achieving economic union.  No final boundaries were ever set (there was just a sketch for a proposal). Therefore, Resolution 181 is now null and void. The British Mandate for Palestine document, which established the modern-day legal status of Judea and Samaria as part of Israel, remains decisive today!"
She concluded, "We have to use the tools, enforce our rights and disrupt the false narrative. The promise of Abraham has become part of international law."
Speeches can be viewed by clicking on the following links:
Introduction by Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0huxgYgGMfk&feature=youtu.be
Helen Freedman and Judy Freedman Kadish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ES5iStxAfY&feature=youtu.be
Please share these videos far and wide, Thank you
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar 
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Monday, November 13, 2017

Hot off the Press from Women in Green! Sovereignty Issue No. 9. LInks to PDF and ONLINE Format!.


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200,000 printed copies.  Here is the Sovereignty Issue no. 9 in PDF and Online Format.  ENJOY! 
 
 
Issue no. 9 of Sovereignty is being published!

Dear friends and partners in the vision of sovereignty,

We are honored and pleased to announce that at the end of this past week, for the Shabbat of the Torah portion Chayei Sarah, which marks the beginning of the connection between the People of Israel and Hevron, the City of the Forefathers, the new issue of the Sovereignty Journal, issue no. 9, was distributed throughout the Land in 200,000 copies, in Hebrew and English.

In the new issue you will be exposed for the first time to the details of the new national outline plan that a team of experts is now working on. It seems that the lack of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria has brought about the situation where outline plans for the State of Israel to date do not relate to anything over the Green Line. The new outline plan, TAMA 100 (named for the hundredth year since Israel's independence), is the first one to relate to Judea and Samaria as part of the planning horizon for the State of Israel and views Judea and Samaria as the vital center of the state.

Also in the new issue is an interview with Minister Gila Gamliel, who sees sovereignty as a historical and security necessity for the future of Israel. She also expresses her objection in principle to the establishment of another Arab dictatorial state in the Middle East, yet states that if there is no choice, because the idea has been deeply ingrained into the international community's consciousness, then such a process can be promoted in the Sinai Peninsula.

Interviews presented in this issue include those with former minister Gideon Saar, head of the Shas faction, MK Ben Tzur , MK Bezalel Smotrich, Rabbi Shmuel Eliahu.

The sovereignty discourse is no longer only reactive, responding to the dangerous plans of the Left. The balance of powers has changed in recent years. The national Right is taking the reins of the political discussion by presenting orderly plans for the application of sovereignty to the government, and thus is a faithful representative of the spirit and position of the absolute majority among the People of Israel. After 100 years since the Balfour Declaration and 50 years of the renewed settlement in Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights, there is nothing more appropriate than the application of Israeli sovereignty throughout the entire Land of the Jewish People".

The journal is attached and can also be read by clicking on the following links: 

http://womeningreen.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ribonut9english.pdf

 
For those who wish to get a hard copy please email us your name and snail mail adress to ribonut@gmail.com and we will send it to you.
 
Last but not least, we thank our donors who make it possible for us to continue and promote the Sovereignty vision, the Zionist challenge of our generation.

 

Pleasant and beneficial reading

With blessings of the Land,

Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

The Sovereignty Movement founded by Women in Green

www.ribonut.co.il



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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.