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בצדק תשפוט עמיתך ויקרא יט Duma Blood Libel: BeTzedek Tishpot Amitecha Vayikra 19:15 Mitvoth D'Orayta Judge With Righteousness
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Pikuach Nefesh (Savings one's life) Who can endure administrative detention which translates to charges, prosecution, imprisonment, interrogation without due process , slander and torture for a crime one does not commit?
We can therefore safely assume that this is a matter of Pikuach Nefesh and the Duma suspects' lives, physical and emotional health, are in a precarious state along with all the other Settler Youth who are suffering Post Trauma Stress Disorder following unfair, unjustified, criminal treatment...)
Pidyon Shvuyim -- Pidyon Shvuyim (Hebrew: פִּדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים, literally: Redemption of Captives) is a religious duty in Judaism to bring about the release of a fellow Jew imprisoned unjustly by the authorities. The release of the prisoner is typically secured by a ransom paid by the Jewish community. We are not asking for money but simply that you share this email and other articles/posts etc. that vindicate the Jewish Settler Youth. Share it with your Rabbi and Spiritual Leader, Askan, Jewish print media, radio, TV, email and/or social media.
Shmos Perek 23 Parshat Mishpatim Pesukim 1-8
1 You shall not accept a false report; do not place your hand with a wicked person to be a false witness.
א לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא אַל תָּשֶׁת יָדְךָ עִם רָשָׁע לִהְיֹת עֵד חָמָס We have good reason to believe that the Israel Security Agency (also known as ISA or Shin Bet) has provided false reports about the hilltop, settler youth among them forced confessions. Unfortunately, many influential leaders, Rabbanim across the board, political figures and journalists have accepted these false reports as truth and the slander has been spread throughout the secular and Jewish media.
2 You shall not follow the majority for evil, and you shall not respond concerning a lawsuit to follow many to pervert [justice]. "לֹא-תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵי-רַבִּים לְרָעֹת וְלֹא-תַעֲנֶה עַל-רִב לִנְטֹת אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטֹּת ב
Just because the majority of the media and political figures and even Rabbanim have condemned hilltop youth for Price Tag vandalism, arson and the murder of innocent Arabs we may not pervert justice and must conduct a fair investigation as to precisely what exactly happened and not rely on forced confessions..
3 Neither shall you glorify a poor man in his lawsuit.
ג וְדָל לֹא תֶהְדַּר בְּרִיבוֹ: It must be a fair investigation
(As does the Torah, I am now embedding in our discussion about pursuing justice the Pesukim regarding helping with your enemy's donkey. There is much we can learn from this juxtaposition. Many Rabbanim hold that Meir Ettinger and the Hilltop youth reject and threaten Rabbinic authority when they promote going up to Har HaBayit etc. and in this respect consider them their enemy. Yet the Torah says that when our enemy is down we come to his aid. What a tremendous Kiddush Hashem it would be if Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah and the Aguda would demand a fair and open investigation of the hilltop youth! We pray for Shalom and Unity in Am Yisroel)
4 If you come upon your enemy's bull or his stray donkey, you shall surely return it to him.
ד כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לוֹ: Please restore the good name of these boys who have been slandered as Jewish Terrorists in a blood libel against them.
5 If you see your enemy's donkey lying under its burden would you refrain from helping him? You shall surely help along with him.
ה כִּי תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שׂנַאֲךָ רֹבֵץ תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ וְחָדַלְתָּ מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּוֹ Please write a letter!
6 You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor man in his lawsuit.
ו לֹא תַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיֹנְךָ בְּרִיב (These kids are vulnerable. They have been outcasts either by choice or by force, many of them never recovered from the severe trauma and betrayal they experienced from the expulsion from Gush Katif and Amona or of a similar nature. The Jewish people owe them an apology rather than to compound the trauma)
7 Distance yourself from a false matter; and do not kill a truly innocent person or one who has been declared innocent, for I will not vindicate a guilty person. ז מִדְּבַר שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק וְנָקִי וְצַדִּיק אַל תַּהֲרֹג כִּי לֹא אַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע: The hilltop youth claim that the allegations against them are false and fabricated and they deny the allegations… that is until they were tortured. One just turned 18 Jewish boy, a Duma suspect, who happens to be an American citizen, showed the scars of an attempted suicide following being tortured..
8 You shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe will blind the clear sighted and corrupt words that are right. ח וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִים: Does government funding for Political entities and Yeshivoth come into the picture that distorts clarity of what really happened in Duma and their quick condemnations of hilltop youth?
Vayikra Perek 19 Pesukim 15-18
15 You shall commit no injustice in judgment; you shall not favor a poor person or respect a great man; you shall judge your fellow with righteousness. טו לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ עָוֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּט לֹא תִשָּׂא פְנֵי דָל וְלֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֹל בְּצֶדֶק תִּשְׁפֹּט עֲמִיתֶךָ: The truth must be investigated and the words of influential politicians or even influential Rabbinic or governmental leaders should not be taken more seriously than the words of the poor and vulnerable.
16 You shall not go around as a gossipmonger amidst your people. You shall not stand by [the shedding of] your fellow's blood. I am the Lord.
טז לֹא תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּיךָ לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל דַּם רֵעֶךָ אֲנִי יְהוָֹה: The slander regarding the Duma case clearly reminds us of this Pasuk where almost everyone was quick to condemn them thereby engaging in character assassination and a blood libel.. These condemnations were public, are on the record, in the news and have been dutifully noted and documented and can easily be found on the internet.
17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your fellow, but you shall not bear a sin on his account.
יז לֹא תִשְׂנָא אֶת אָחִיךָ בִּלְבָבֶךָ הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ אֶת עֲמִיתֶךָ וְלֹא תִשָּׂא עָלָיו חֵטְא: Silence of evil is evil, to quote Glenn Beck. How can we be silent at this travesty of justice? Not coming to their defense points to Sinat Chinam against the hilltop and Settler youth in our hearts and fueling Sinat Chinam between Chareidim and Dati Leumi communities. Will we allow them to be locked up to satisfy our own agenda?
18 You shall neither take revenge from nor bear a grudge against the members of your people; you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
יח לֹא תִקֹּם וְלֹא תִטֹּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ אֲנִי יְהוָֹה:
Amein! Ken Yehi Ratzon!
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker
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.
The Duma Skunk
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The DUMA SKUNK
by ROBIN TICKER
I smell a skunk.....
The plea bargain forced upon minor E. Odess is a form of forced confession and should not be considered any different from the other confessions he made as a 15 year old child during weeks of relentless torture.
If the plea bargain confession in any way falsely incriminates E. and others, such as Amiram ben Uliel, this does not serve justice.. . neither for E., nor for the Arab Duma arson victims.
The family knows their son is innocent. They only signed the plea bargain in the hopes of relief from the unrelenting mental and physical anguish to which they are subjected. They want to be free of the relentless scrutiny of every move they make.
Furthermore, it is even questionable whether the Government of Israel will keep their end of the plea bargain. The system's focus is concern about protecting themselves and saving face. Too much freedom for E. means he might possibly conduct media interviews such as were conducted with Ahed Temimi following her release. Surely the government won't risk the embarrassment of the truth being revealed.
Elisha has been in prison for over 3 years, tortured emotionally and physically for a crime he never committed. .
No one can blame him or his family for this plea bargain.
No one blames him for confessing to an arson he never committed. It sure beats suicide which he apparently attempted as a child following torture and interrogation and a judge who fell asleep when Elisha showed him his slit wrists.
His forced confession of the Duma arson was thrown out for good reason. Under torture, physical or emotional, he is not a credible witness against himself. (Who among us would not confess under the circumstances?)
The plea bargain is just another forced confession by a fake judicial process that continues to put Elisha and his family under tremendous emotional duress through emotional blackmail.
The reality is that there is no lawyer in Israel who will dare represent a kid who can legitimately justify bringing charges against the Prime Minister of Israel, the President of Israel, the Defense Minister of Israel, the Justice Minister of Israel, the Supreme Court of Israel, the Jewish Division of Shabak, MKs, and the Media and prestigious Rabbanim all complicit for prematurely and falsely condemning "Jewish Terror" in the Duma case within 24 hours of it occurring. All the above guilty parties have successfully kept this false narrative going weeks and months and years with no apologies.
The public condemnation against the myth of "Jewish Terror" in August 2015 went viral, across the globe, within a week, with no genuine real investigation to speak of. It was based solely on very questionable, non-convincing Hebrew graffiti found at the scene of the crime and the "professional expertise" of a biased Jewish Division of Terror of the Shabak (which many say should be dismantled).
This so called "Jewish Division" within the Shabak has a long history of seeking to manufacture Jewish terrorists for political motivations.
Based on the false myth that "Hilltop Youth" are ticking time bombs, tens of innocent, idealistic youths who love the Land of Israel were denied due process, interrogated, denied counsel and habeas corpus, tortured emotionally and physically, and internationally slandered. Their good name was publicly smeared by reputable, trusted, powerful and influential leaders of Israel.
I am not only talking about E. Odess or Amiram ben Uliel. Tens, if not hundreds of settler youth were treated as if they were ticking time bombs, and this has not ceased to this day. They continue to be at the mercy of the draconian punishment of Administrative Detention (imprisonment without legal representation), a politically biased court, biased prosecution, and biased investigation.
President Trump would accurately call it a "Witch Hunt"!
Hoaxes based on graffiti have been used way before the Duma arson as a successful tool to incriminate innocent people for political motives.
The Jewish Division of Terror of Shabak has a history of planting agents and moles among settlers for the purpose of creative a false narrative of fabricated "Jewish terror".
If this plea bargain will continue to perpetuate a false narrative, slandering settlers as "Jewish terrorists", it will only to protect all the VIPs who were too quick to condemn the arson on Jews, quick to slander and destroy the lives of beautiful and patriotic settler kids and their families for political reasons.
We as a people can choose to persist in this false narrative for the benefit of protecting all those in leadership roles who rushed to falsely condemn Hilltop Settler Youth prematurely for political gain, or we can insist on due process. The courts must free Elisha O. for lack of evidence and focus on truth to find the real perpetrators of the Duma arson. They can start by investigating the feuding Arabs in the town of Duma who have a long history of arson against the Dawabshe family.
The Odess family stated that signing the plea bargain was not based on truth!
I believe them.
There needs to be some solid evidence other than Elisha's own confessions to incriminate him.
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Following is a statement by Helen Freedman, Executive Director of AFSI (Americans for a Safe Israel)
"The situation with E. Odess is so totally disgraceful and shameful. PM Netanyahu needs to examine the facts and totally exonerate Elisha. He and the family have suffered enough. The plea bargain is a sham. It should be scrapped and total innocence should be declared."
Helen Freedman, Executive Dir., AFSI
Statement by MK Betzalel Smotrich:
"What the State did to this minor and his family is among the most severe injustices in Israel's history. I call upon the Attorney General to intervene at last in this case and stop the witch hung that is mortally damaging the very little trust remaining in the law enforcement system..." (12-07-18) ....
Statement by Ruth Gavison, renowned Israeli Law Professor at the Hebrew University:
"We presently find ourselves at a critical juncture in the Duma blood libel. Not only is the issue of torture under examination, but also the question of the proposed plea deal.
This proposed plea deal is a form of criminal extortion. The State Attorney's Office is pressuring the family of Elisha O. to accept this plea deal with the unrelenting coercive pressure of the court. While accepting a plea deal will save time in the courtroom, it is inherently dishonest and is a distortion of the legal process. The prosecution has all the time and all means to pressure the defendant indefinitely to confess to the most serious charges. The defendant, on the other hand, does not have the financial or emotional means to wage a costly and lengthy legal battle to prove his innocence."
This proposed plea deal is a form of criminal extortion. The State Attorney's Office is pressuring the family of Elisha O. to accept this plea deal with the unrelenting coercive pressure of the court. While accepting a plea deal will save time in the courtroom, it is inherently dishonest and is a distortion of the legal process. The prosecution has all the time and all means to pressure the defendant indefinitely to confess to the most serious charges. The defendant, on the other hand, does not have the financial or emotional means to wage a costly and lengthy legal battle to prove his innocence."
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