Thursday, October 01, 2015

Hakhel Crown Heights Simchat Beit Hashoeva 7:30pm Thurs. Oct 1, 2015 18 Tishrei 2nd day Chol Hamoed Chul

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Thousands Expected at Mega Hakhel Event

http://crownheights.info/chabad-news/501079/thousands-expected-at-mega-hakhel-event/

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Fwd: From Israel: Mid-way - Joy and Urgency

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September 30, 2015
 
"Mid-way - Joy and Urgency"
 
We are currently in the middle days of Sukkot.  It is not a full holiday, but a half-holiday, still filled with joy.
 
I thought perhaps I would not post during this time.  But there are matters of significance that call to me in urgent tones, telling me to do so.  You see, I came out of the Sukkah, figuratively, to check the news and read my email.  And there I was!  But hopefully strengthened in the face of the urgency.
 
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We need all of the strength we can acquire these days, because from all sides come the attempts to challenge us.

Today I want to focus on Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who is inordinately eager to challenge Israel. 

Credit: Global Research

What she has done is outrageously inappropriate: she has seriously over-stepped her bounds and misrepresented a situation, to boot.

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The issue at hand is an encampment of illegally constructed structures in an Arab outpost referred to as Kirbet Susiya, in the south Hevron Hills of Area C, under full Israeli control. There are about 64 structures, all built illegally and without permits, almost all within the last 15 years (85% between 2011 and 2013).  These structures are permanent, concrete, but have fabric draped over them to lend the impression of tents.

 

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This encampment is very close to the archeological site of the ancient Jewish Susiya, which existed from the second to the sixth century CE.

Credit: PamGeller

And to the modern Jewish town of Susiya.  

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The claim is being made that the Arab encampment is on the site of an ancient Arab village, and that the residents of the encampment are being unjustly expelled. This is simply not the case – it is a lie.  The Arabs are squatters who are being properly evicted.

The facts:

There is no evidence of a long-standing Arab village in the area.  Not according to the survey of all villages of the area done in 1945 by the British as the Mandate authority.  Not according to various travelogues.  And not according to aerial photographs of the area, which showed no development before 2000. 

The area had been recognized informally as an archeological region. For some time, Arabs shepherds who lived in the nearby Arab town of Yatta - with some 80,000 residents, in the PA-controlled Area A - were permitted to use this region for grazing, and to utilize caves in the area for temporary protection. 

In 1986, the area (277 dunam) was officially designated as an archeological site, and the shepherds were then forbidden to use the caves.  For a while they put up temporary tents for shelter when their sheep were grazing in the region.  But in recent years, there has been an attempt made to co-opt this land – with structures erected that were intended to be permanent.

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It must be pointed out that this situation is part of a broader pattern of illegal Arab building in Area C, which is under full Israeli control.  I have written extensively about this.

See, for example: http://arlenefromisrael.squarespace.com/current-postings/2015/4/15/april-14-2015-illegal-eu-assistance-to-bedouin-in-area-c.html

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What is significant here is that one particular Arab clan – the Najawa family – is primarily responsible for attempting to seize the land.  It has been determined that most members of this Najawa family actually live in Yatta.  They just pop over to the Susiya encampment from time to time to demonstrate their "residency." 

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The High Court of Israel has been involved in this case since 2001, and found that there was no legitimacy to the claim of the squatters, and no basis for approving building on that land.

In 2013, the High Court issued an interim order against further building on the land.  Since then, 33 additional illegal structures were put up. This was in blatant defiance of the law. The Court then ordered the demolition of those buildings that had been erected in defiance of the Court ruling. The squatters appealed, but the Court rejected their petition.

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In spite of all that transpired, in spite of the recognition that most of the squatters already lived in Yatta, the State of Israel was prepared to allocate an alternate area to the residents of the encampment, on State land, adjacent to the town of Yatta. The squatters refused to accept the offer – clear evidence that this is not about having a place to live in the area at all.  In early 2012, the squatters submitted an outlined plan, that called for legalizing the illegal encampment and even enlarging its area. The plan was rejected by the planning authorities, and it was subsequent to this that the High Court ruled that it was not possible to authorize construction at this site.

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However, those seeking to pressure and delegitimize Israel have seized on the faux issue of the Arab village of Susiya as a "poster issue." 

Credit: Rena Oppenheimer

We are talking about left wing individuals, NGOs that offer pretense of being human rights organizations – such as B'tselem, and representatives of various governments.  This has included the EU (naturally) and, unfortunately, individuals and officials within the US government.

This is a considerable outrage.  How does anyone on the outside presume to have anything to say when the High Court of the sovereign State of Israel has ruled?  With what other country would they presume such tactics?  Not only is the High Court of Israel highly respected internationally in legal circles, it was evident that the State had gone out of its way to accommodate the squatters.  Above and beyond, if truth be told.

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Previously, the US State Department issued a statement on this issue that shocked Israel because of its impropriety in criticizing a High Court decision.  The State Department stood in opposition to the eviction of the Arab squatters.

And now, Senator Feinstein has become publicly involved.  Contacted and visited by members of the Najawa family, she has swallowed their lies whole without doing proper research.  The hope of the Najawa family, those who provide knee-jerk support for the "poor Arabs," and those eager to weaken Israel, is that sufficient pressure from US sources will cause the Israeli government to back down and appear illegitimate.

Previously, the Senator wrote a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu, asking him to overrule the High Court on the matter of Arab Susiya.  On Monday, she held a press conference at which she repeated fabrications about the situation that she has apparently accepted as truth. 

She is doing damage to Israel.

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And so now I must ask each of you to help.  Please, circulate this posting as widely as you can. Share it with others, put it on your Facebook page, put it on discussion groups, write letters to the editor, talkbacks on the Internet.  You know the routine.  Use it, please!

If you are a resident of California, please, let Senator Feinstein hear from you.  Let her know how much in error her presumed facts are, and how upset you are with her inappropriate criticism of the High Court of Israel.  Request, with firmness, that she withdraw her statement, and clarify the issue – utilizing solid facts. Keep the communication brief but provide very basic facts. (Do not adopt a nasty tone, as it will simply backfire. Better to say you realize she was misinformed.) 

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me

Additionally, get this posting to everyone in California that you can reach, and who would understand the problem.  Ask each of them to contact Senator Feinstein as well. 

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Sites that provide information:

http://regavim.org/?s=susiya

http://regavim.org/susiya_facts/ – very basic facts outlined at the bottom here

http://regavim.org/feinsteinlettersusiya/

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Here is a way to help Israel, my friends.  Please act without delay.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

PLO FLAG Raised at UN for the first Time. Abbas no longer honors Oslo Accords.

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From Dan Friedman

Just a few hours ago at the UN, terror chieftain Mahmoud Abbas declared before the world that his Fakestinian nation would no longer honor the Oslo Accords. The Jews are probably the only ones on earth who don't see the golden opportunity Abbas has just handed them. Israel now has the perfect right (nay, the obligation!) to follow suit and relieve themselves of an absurd pursuit that in 22 years has never given them anything except war, pain and suffering.

But the betting here is that no such sanity will take hold in Israel. The Jews will reflexively cling to their fantasies of peace even as their peace partners have bluntly state they're officially backing away from negotiations. Is this an addiction, a fetish or some type of sadomasochism? Hard to say. Maybe all three. Whatever, Israel and its delusional leaders will still insist it only takes one Jew to tango – and that they can defy gravity forever.


This comes on the heel of the Palestinian Flag being raised in the UN.


Palestinian flag raised at UN

The Palestinian flag has been raised at the UN in a historic step, despite prior condemnation from Israel and the US.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/palestinian-flag-raising-symbolic-step-150930124248791.html


PLO Flag Raised at UN For the First Time 

Irony: flag-raising comes minutes after Abbas cancels Oslo Accords, which had PLO removed from international terror lists.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201262#.Vgx76vlViko


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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. 

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

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HAKHEL: Dirshu. Day of Jewish Unity, 24 Elul, September 8th, 2015, in Radin by gravesite of Chofetz Chaim. R' Gavriel Sassoon speaking for Chazaq, Queens about "Choosing Life", Hakhel with Breslev Chasidim

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DIRSHU EVENT IN RADIN  

(btw. the Yahrzeit of the Chofetz Chaim on Sep. 8th coincided with large gatherings on Capitol Hill against a Nuclear Iran on Sep 8th and 9th http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2015/09/please-forward-today-washington-rally.html )

 Delegation of Gedolei Torah organized by Dirshu at Kever of Chofetz Chaim on Yahrzeit 24 Elul Sep 24, 2015, joined by hundreds of thousands worldwide
http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2015/09/delegation-of-gedolei-torah-organized.html  hundreds of thousands participating.....Gedolim BaTorah and children.....

The Chofetz Chaim predicted WWII and another horrendous World War, 70 years following WWII in 1945 5705  following a Shemittah yearj. Rav Amnon Yitzchok brings trustworthy sources like Reb Yechezkil Levenshteyn, and Rabbi Lopian who heard from Rabbi Wasserman, Rabbi Eliyahu Shvei who heard from Rav Aharon Kotler who heard from Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman re: ...Milchemet .Gog UMaGog 3 Wars...Midrash SHochar Tov al Tehilim 119, 32.Malbim Yechezkel perek 32:29
Rav Amnon Yitzchok (H)
** הרב אמנון יצחק - גוג ומגוג ע"פ החפץ חיים!! אוי לנו מיום הדין !! 2015 HD **
חלק ב- גוג ומגוג 2015- HD יותר מ- 26 שנה הרב אמנון יצחק 

Reb Gavriel Sassoon Speaks about CHOOSING LIFE!


R' Gavriel Sassoon speaking for Chazaq about "Choosing Life" September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015
Reb Gavriel Sassoon: "We Don't Ask What Could Have Been"
http://matzav.com/reb-gavriel-sassoon-we-dont-ask-what-could-have-been/

"לשאוף לקיים את מצווה הקהל בפועל"  To aspire to observe the Mitzvah of Hakhel for real!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=72&v=-Uaq5BmFcqY
אלפים השתתפו השבוע במעמד 'הקהל' ושמחת בית השואבה עם הרב גינזבורג בסוכתו של הרב שלום ארוש בירושלים
Thousands participated in a Hakhel event and a Simchat Beit Hashoeva with HaRav Ginsburg in the Sukkah of Rav Shalom Arush in Jerusalem: 
Rabbi Ginsburg:
There is a Mitzvah to appoint a King over Israel.  The way to bring a King is to make G-d our King and then we will be worthy of King descendant from King David made of flesh and blood. 


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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. 

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

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Delegation of Gedolei Torah organized by Dirshu at Kever of Chofetz Chaim on Yahrzeit 24 Elul Sep 24, 2015, joined by hundreds of thousands worldwide

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DIRSHU EVENT IN RADIN

Video, Photos: Delegation Of Rabbonim Of Dirshu Return From Their Journey To Radin
Hundreds of thousands of children, Yeshivah Bachurim and Jews from all over joined in a day of Tefillah organized by “Dirshu” and delved into the teachings of Maran the Chofetz Chaim *  Heartfelt event at the circumcision of a boy who reached the age of Mitzvot who asked to enter the covenant of the Brit of Avrohom Avinu and became circumcised and was called ‘Yisroel Meir’ * 

Dirshu a Worldwide Achdus Phenomenon


The “Yom Limud and Tefillah,” (presented also as a Day of Jewish Unity to our unaffiliated brethren) touched over 500,000 people! Participation continued even after the day was officially over, with more and more people signing on to be involved. By nighttime, when they were finally able to take stock on what had been one of the most amazing days ever, the organizers were able to recognize that their initiative had been supported by Jews literally ALL OVER THE WORLD!!
There was participation from the USA, Eretz Yisrael, Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, Australia, Belgium, Greece and even Japan, to name but a partial list. The campaign had turned global in an unprecedented way, as the best global campaigns tend to do. With hundreds of thousands of people actively involving themselves in the “Day of Jewish Unity,” it became clear that the initiative had struck a chord in the hearts of Jews worldwide....read more at link
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