Leading Rabbi: War, Not Music Concerts, Will Save Kidnapped Boys. He Who is Compassionate to the Cruel will Ultimately Become Cruel to the Compassionate.

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Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu and Members of the Knesset amv"sh

 "He Who is Compassionate to the Cruel Will Ultimately Become Cruel to the Compassionate" Contemporary Lessons from an Ancient Midrash by Eliav Shochetman This paper was published as ACPR's Policy Paper No. 124 (2001).  

http://www.acpr.org.il/ENGLISH-NATIV/06-issue/shochetman-6.htm

The Rosh Yeshiva of the Beit El Yeshiva, Rabbi Zalman Melamed, urged the public to set up a protest in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv Sunday to call for a tougher crackdown against Hamas. 

Leading Rabbi: War, Not Music Concerts, Will Save Kidnapped Boys

Leading religious-Zionist rabbi says solidarity event won't help find kidnapped boys, urges protests for tougher IDF crackdown on Hamas.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182292#.U7BLn_ldXOg

I believe that Rabbi  Zalman Malamed is on the mark. 

What incentive currently exists for the Hamas kidnappers to free the abducted kids?  The IDF has a full scale operation in progress and weapons and hidden tunnels have been uncovered. The names of the abductors have been released. The boys still have not been found.  Is this approach tough enough? 

Will merely, rounding up terrorists and throwing them into Israeli Jail scare them? Quite the opposite. In Finance the Flames http://www.financingtheflames.com/index.php?page=60124  Edwin Black conclusively documents how millions of American taxpayer dollars are funding the salaries of specific terrorists sitting in Israeli prisons, salaries that are among the best paid jobs in the Palestinian Authority, and are calculated to increase with the level of mass murder and destruction!!!

 Besides receiving a salary, terrorist earn degrees while in jail. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/palestinians-earn-degrees-while-israeli-jail.  The prisoners say they have found ways of earning degrees. Issa Karake, the Palestinian minister for prisoners affairs, said the inmates were now "secretly studying" in coordination with Palestinian universities in the West Bank and Gaza.

"Education is one of the basic rights for the prisoners and when the Israelis reject this right we have to find ways to give our people the proper education they need," he said. "With education, prisoners feel they are human beings. They feel hope for their life, they benefit from the endless time in jail, they turn something negative into something positive."

Barghouti, the uprising leader, earned a doctorate from an Egyptian university in 2010, making him eligible to teach university-level courses in prison.

Barghouti was jailed 12 years ago and is serving five life terms after being convicted of involvement in the killings of four Israelis and a Greek monk. 

Terrorists and families of terrorist do not fear for their lives nor do they live in constant terror of being beheaded and dismembered.  Images of Daniel Pearl and the Fogel family are constantly on our minds. Poetic justice demands that this should be reversed and it should be on the terrorists minds......

In the past terrorists have been released and received a hero's welcome.  In Palestinian society, prisoners held by Israel are revered as heroes and freedom fighters. Those released are welcomed home with posters, parades and large feasts.

Therefore,

Let us call for harsher measures.  Stopping electricity to the Gaza Strip  http://www.jewishpress.com/cartoons/the-note/ along with stopping the salaries of terrorists http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=11822 would send a clear message that there are some real consequences for terror activities and kidnapping.

Dear Irgun Chazak in Kew Garden Hills, Queens, NY (and fellow activists) amv"sh

Yasher Koach on organizing a Press Conference and Protest Rally and raising awareness about the Kidnapped boys. Heartfelt Tefilla is of course our greatest weapon and this needs to be coupled with Hishtadlus as well.  Let us take our cue from the thesis by Eliav Shochetman linked above and from Rabbi Melamed when delivering the message. Kol Tuv.

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PRESS CONFERENCE & RALLY Come one, Come all...   WHAT:             The CHAZAQ organization will hold a rally / press conference outside its office to denounce the kidnapping of the three Jewish teens in Israel.     WHEN:              This Sunday, June 29, 2014                         At 2:00PM   WHERE:            CHAZAQ                         141-24 Jewel Avenue                         Flushing, NY 11367   WHO:                Distinguished Community Leaders, Elected Officials and Rabbis   CONTACT:        718-285-9132                         Email: Info@Chazaq.org    Cant Make it in Person? Listen LIVE on www.ChazaqRadio.com  (Possibly will be a live video)   (This event was originally a Ribbon-cutting for our new office, but due to the situation in Israel, we added this important Rally and Press conference to the program)   Please Come and Spread the Word!!!   ALSO...          ------------   Visit us online at www.CHAZAQ.org

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Fatah Peaceful and Jewish Youth terrorists? Depending on Fatah to help find Kidnapped boys?

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Fatah Peaceful and Hamas Terrorist?  Jewish Youth called terrorists? 

Hamas Indoctrinates Palestinian Youth after Kidnapping Published on: June 22, 2014

http://www.idfblog.com/2014/06/22/hamas-indoctrinates-palestinian-youth-kidnapping/#.U6on6cxVQmw.email

Look at this cute picture, photographed today on the Temple Mt., sponsored by Israel's police department.

These sweet 'Palestinian' children and their teachers are celebrating the abduction of our children, holding up their three fingers in what has become the viral sign of joy at the kidnapping. For this abomination alone Internal Security Aharonovitch should be fired! 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152478046238058&set=a.90307813057.83095.5733858057&type=1&theater

Aharonovitch: Price tag suspects are terrorists, use administrative detention against them By BEN HARTMAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF 05/07/2014 http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Aharonovich-Price-tag-suspects-are-terrorists-use-administrative-detentions-against-them-351538

Security Minister Admits Police Criticism Justified.  

Aharonovich visits yeshiva of kidnapped teens, says recording of ignored emergency call will be published.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181878#.U6pn0_ldXOg

My comments: Perhaps now,  Security Minister Aharonovitch  understands the fundamental difference with alleged Jewish "Price Tag Youth Suspects" who are barely identified supposedly coming from Judea and Samaria and real terrorists who kidnap youth. Apparently the police were confused by Aharonovitches previous statements and mistakenly diverted their resources to targeting the wrong population. As a result, real cries for help from Jewish youth were ignored and mistaken as "pranks" while real terrorists got away.  His previous instructions were...."Price Tag suspects are terrorists.  use administrative detention against them!!!

Fatah Video Threatens Israelis: Death is Near. Not to be outdone by Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas's party releases aggressive propaganda video calling for more attacks against Israelis.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182112#.U6oKF_ldXOg

My comments.There needs to be a new paradigm to address how to deal with brutality of such scale. Beheadings, (graphic, viewer discretion advised) dismembering, hangings etc their modus operandi. Suggestion, Why not take the Fogel Family murderers guilty of some of the above atrocities and treat them as they treat their victims like dismember a finger at a time and then go on to the next terrorist with blood on their hands until the the 3 boys are released.  Hopefully that will stop their celebrations...and hate education and finger raising .... Next, hold Fatah responsible for the Unity gov't and stop funding by Israel, the US, EU until the kids are freed!  Collective punishment is in order especially when there has been collective support and glorification for the kidnapping. 

Terrorists' Home Will Be Razed:At Prime Minister's orders, the home of the murderer of Baruch Mizrahi will be torn down. Leftists aghast. Mizrahi was driving to Kiryat Arba for a Passover seder meal with his pregnant wife and three of his children when the terrorist opened fire onthe family car. He had served as head of the Technology Division in the Sigint Unit, part of the Intelligence Brigade in the Investigations and Intelligence Branch of the police.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182082#.U6oJBvldXOg

Interesting that this punishment is not reserved for terrorists alone. For Jews though the crime is Iack of proper permits.  

Ma'ale Rehavam outpost buildings razed, 4 arrested

Illegal structures in Givat Asaf, Ramat Gilad also slated to be demolished in coming days

BY LAZAR BERMAN AND YIFA YAAKOV May 14, 2014, 5:56 pm http://www.timesofisrael.com/maale-rehavam-outpost-buildings-demolished-4-arrested/

What happened in Ma'ale Rechavam on the day Adam and Genya were expelled with cruelty from their home and their home demolished. 

מה שקרה ביום הגירוש במעלה רחבעם- האוהל של אדם וג׳ניה

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Rl8lYSbw0

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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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THE FLAME THAT BURNS ON, SO TOO, THE SOUL ASPIRES FOR GREATNESS by Rivka Ryback Lighting a candle. Praying for a Jewish soul captured and held against its will.

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THE FLAME THAT BURNS ON, SO TOO, THE SOUL ASPIRES FOR GREATNESS by Rivka Ryback

Recently we read the Torah portion of Beha'alotecha. It is traditionally read either the first or second Shabbat after the holiday of Shavuot, the annual celebration of the renewal of God’s giving the Torah at Mount Sinai to the Jews. Therefore, there must be some connection between this portion and how we perceive ourselves after receiving the Torah.

The second verse, "when you raise up the candles," is a statement describing the essential human relationship to the Divine. In Torah terminology, a candle is a vessel that includes a wick and oil, that must be lit with a flame. Every Jewish soul is analogous to a candle, as it says in the verse, "The soul of man is G-d's candle". (Proverbs 20:27) The seven candles that lit the Menorah in the Sanctuary and the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, contained the seven levels of serving G-d: chesed - love of G-d; gevura - awe and fear of G-d; tiferet - beauty, the realization of G-d's great compassion towards us; netzach - eternity, overcoming any obstacle to our service; hod - glory, demanding of ourselves awe of G-d, even when we do not feel it fully in our hearts; yesod - not just feeling, but truly connecting ourselves to the emotions of love and fear; malchut – kingship, actively taking on the divine yoke with humility and subservience.

Man is a complex conglomeration of heaven and earth, spirit and matter, fire and wick. Like the light, man too, is comprised of three elements which determine the direction of his actions. The candles wick, flame and oil resemble man’s body, soul and source in the Torah and its mitzvot.

His soul, like the flame, is a flame with yearning and inspiration. It burns brightly within him, inspiring him to connect to his Creator. It desires fiercely to break the bonds of this physical world; to transcend the barriers of a material existence and unite with its Maker.

The body of man, like the wick of the candle, is both grounded and physical. With its many limitations, many real needs and desires, the body entraps and enslaves the soul within it. Yet, while imposing its restrictions, the body also houses the soul and provides an outlet for its unique expression. The soul can only feel, perceive and savor reality, through the body's senses; it can only move about freely with the body's limbs; and it can only think and analyze with the body's mind. The body's very groundedness, then, provides a means and opportunity for the soul's relationship with creation.

The lighting of a candle, as a required observance and focal point of Jewish Ritual, is perhaps the most prevalent act of Judaism. At the onset of Shabbos, Holidays and during times of remembrance, the igniting of a candle has served to be an  "Eternal Light for the Jewish People.

In praying for a Jewish soul captured and held against its will, lighting of a candle is a significant reminder. We are reminded of the all too temporal bond between body and soul. This same metaphor of the flame of a candle does, however, contain a great life -affirming lesson for us all. Though we cannot see the person in question, we pray for their safe return and well being until such time we are, B”H, are together again.

The flame of a single candle can, when touched to another candle, have the essential ability to ignite the wick of the next candle; this newly lit candle can now go on to light the next candle - and so on, ad infinitum, striving to achieve the likeness of the infinite qualities of HaShem. At a time of distress, time of the most indescribable angst and fear possible, one can find tremendous spiritual strength in the knowledge, that just like we hope and pray for the safe return of our captured loved ones, they too, continue to reach out to us to help lift up our soul.

May the world be filled with the light of the good deeds of the Jewish People; speedily usher in the long awaited time of the full revelation of our redemption: as it is said, “May death disappear forever, and may Eternal G-d wipe the tears from every face!". 

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