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Obama clenching his fist?by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:49:00 PM

Obama clenching his fist? TimeMagazine’s Joe Klein reports that theObama administration is putting themilitary option for dealing with Iranback on the table. Gates is sounding more belligerentthese days. “I don’t think we’rep repa red t o even t a lk abou tcontaining a nuclear Iran,” he toldFox News on June 20. “We do notaccept the idea of Iran having nuclearweapons.” In fact , Gates wasreflecting a new reality in the militaryand inte l l igence communit ies .Diplomacy and economic pressureremain the preferred means to forceIran to negotiate a nuclear deal, butthere isn’t much hope that’s going tohappen. “Will [sanctions] deter themfrom their ambitions with regards tonuclear capability?” CIA DirectorLeon Panetta told ABC News on June27. “Probably not.” So the militaryoption is very much back on the table. What has changed? “I started torethink this last November,” arecently retired U.S. official withextensive knowledge of the issue toldme. “We offered the Iranians a reallygenerous deal, which their negotiatorsaccepted,” he went on, referring tothe offer to exchange Iran’s 1.2 tonsof low-enriched uranium (3.5% pure)for higher-enriched (20%) uraniumfor medical research and use. “Whenthe leadership shot that down, I beganto think, Well, we made the good-faith effort to engage. What do we donow?” Ed Morrissey adds: This conundrum didn’t begin with

Obama’s election to the Presidency.It began in 2007, when the Americanintelligence community produced alaughable NIE that asserted that Iranhad stopped working towards nuclearweapons in 2003. America’s alliesopenly scoffed at the conclusion ofthe NIE and critics called it a nakedlypolitical move intended to force Bushinto inaction on Iran. Despite thecriticism, it worked — and it allowedBarack Obama, among many others,to claim that Bush was too much of acowboy and a war monger to betrusted with power. In fact, in thesame year, Obama asserted at apresidential debate that he wanted tomeet one-on-one with the Iranianleader (although he later denied thathe meant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)without preconditions in order toreach a peaceful settlement of theissue. What this produced was a three-yearwindow for Tehran to pursue itsnuclear-weapon program with littler i sk of in te r ference . Obamacontinued his open-hand rhetoricwhile grudgingly pursuing moresanctions, while Iran either ignoredObama, lectured him on the primacyof Islam, or gleefully insulted him onthe world stage. Obama’s “smartpower” diplomatic team fell for thePeanuts football ploy that Iran hasused for the last seven years inexploiting splits in the Westernalliance by offering terms and thenchanging the terms when the Westagrees to them. Now that the Obama administrationhas wasted more than a year on thesame kind of fruitless diplomacy thathad already been tried over and over,they have suddenly reached theconclusion that Iran doesn’t want

peace; it wants nukes. And if it wantsnukes more than it wants peace,they’re likely to want the nukes for aspecific target. All of this wasblindingly apparent in 2007, butObama somehow figured that startingover from scratch would work, sincehe was the change that the worldwanted and needed. A military strike is still a desperationmove, for all of the reasons that theBush team argued. However, theonly option worse is an Iran armedwith nuclear weapons. We’ve wastedthree years getting back to that samerealization, but you can bet that theIranians haven’t wasted a day of it. There’s little doubt the Iranians arepursuing a nuclear weapon, andperhaps President Obama’s advisersare thinking in terms of a militarysolution. But the President himself isnot. Obama continues to repeat at everyopportunity that he wants to ‘engage’wi th I ran , tha t he ’s open tonegotiations, that he’s not closing thedoor on negotiations, and so on andso forth. He continues to insist on wateringdown and delaying any action againstIran, whether it’s negotiating for

months before finally putting asanctions resolution through theSecurity Council (and that only afterhe realized the consequences of Iranaccepting his enrichment offerthrough the offices of Brazil andTurkey six months after the offer wasmade), or whether it’s insisting onPresidential waivers being inserted inthe United States’ own sanctionsagainst the Iranian regime. This President is not going to pull thetrigger on Iran, regardless of howbadly Bob Gates or David Petraeuswants him to do it. Pulling the triggeron Iran is going to be left to others.And then we will see how Obamareacts. What could go wrong? posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:49AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• How Hezbullah operates overseasHow Hezbullah operates overseasThis ought to make all of you inplaces like Detroit that have largeShia communities feel secure. As inLebanon...• Spencer interview: Are USpoliticians aware of Islam’s nature?Spencer interview: Are US politiciansa w a r e o f I s l a m ' s n a t u r e ?. . .• Why Does the Shin Bet Hate andFear Ameer Makhoul? To my greatdelight, Israeli bloggers, unlike theirjournalistic counterparts, are defyingthe Shin Bet’s gag order on reportingthe secret arrest of Ameer Makhoul,director of the Israeli Pales...

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Friendshipby Yaakov Kirschen (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 8:00:00 PM

According to CBS: Obama Says Middle Name May BeSource of Israeli Skepticism“When President Obama was asked aquestion about Israeli skepticism ofhim during an interview with anIsraeli television station, he suggestedthat his middle name Hussein may bea culprit.“I think what this [skepticism] arisesfrom… some of it may just be the fact

that my middle name is Hussein, andthat creates suspicion,” said Mr.Obama.”-more I was so flabbergasted by thePresident’s amazing ignorance ofIsrael that the only answer I couldpost was the photo quiz below.-Dry Bones- Israel’s Political ComicStrip Since 1973 Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• the Name Game The extent towhich the Obama administration isavoiding reality and refusing torecognise the world-wide IslamicJihad is astounding! This is beyond

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UNRWA – even more despicable than I thoughtby Elder of Ziyon (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:57:00 PM

Silke in the comments points to aUNRWA document showing theincrease in Palestinian “refugees”since 1950. Here it is (transposed tomake it easier to read): Year Jordan Lebanon Syria WestBan Gaza Total 1950 506,200127,600 82,194- 198,227 914,2211955 502,135 100,820 88,330-214,701 905,986 1960 613,743136,561 115,043- 255,542 1,120,8891965 688,089 159,810 135,971-296,953 1,280,823 1970 506,038175,958 158,717 272,692 311,8141,425,219 1975 625,857 196,855184,042 292,922 333,031 1,632,7071980 716,372 226,554 209,362324,035 367,995 1,844,318 1985799,724 263,599 244,626 357,704427,892 2,093,545 1990 929,097302,049 280,731 414,298 496,3392,422,514 1995 1,288,197 346,164337,308 517,412 683,560 3,172,6412000 1,570,192 376,472 383,199583,009 824,622 3,737,494 20051,795,326 401,071 426,919 690,988969,588 4,283,892 2008 1,930,703416,608 456,983 754,263 1,059,5844,618,141 If you prefer charts: A couple of things struck me whenlooking at this. First of all, there is a missing columnin the table. There is one othercountry that had people defined asPalestinian refugees in 1950 not listedhere – and that country is Israel. According to UNRWA, Israel had48,000 Palestinian refugees: 31,000Arabs and 17,000 Jews. Israelmanaged to integrate the refugees,Arabs and Jews alike, into its societyand they disappeared from therefugee rolls within a couple of years. If Arab countries had worked attreating their Palestinians as well asIsrael did (reducing the population by25,000 refugees a year,) they wouldhave eliminated the refugee problemwithin 20 years rather than let it festerfor thrice that time. Not only that, but the percentage ofrefugees compared to total populationwas about 8% in Lebanon, 2% inSyria, and 4% in Israel. So there is noexcuse that the other countries wereoverwhelmed and couldn’t handle therefugees – Israel not only absorbedthese refugees but took hundreds ofthousands of additional refugees fromArab countries at the exact same time– all without help from any UNagencies. (In Jordan, the percentageof refugees was about 40% of the

population, but keep in mind thatJordan also gained a lot of land in the1948 war that many of the refugeeswere already living on.) Isn’t it interesting, though, thatUNRWA doesn’t acknowledge thePalestine refugees in Israel in theirstatistics? It’s almost as if they areembarrassed that the single successstory for Palestinian Arab refugeescame in the country that they have aseething hatred for. Another very important fact that weglean from these statistics: Nearly allof the “refugees” that live in Jordanare Jordanian citizens! Not only isUNRWA’s definition of a “refugee”skewed by including the descendantsof refugees, but they also include ahuge population that is not stateless atall! UNRWA actually admits this, withtendentious logic. This past February,Michael Kingsley-Nyinah, Directorof the Executive Office of UNRWA,gave a speech in Malta about howUNRWA looks at Jordanians ofPalestinian origin, and his words areamazing: Refugees residing in Jordan andSyria enjoy a wide range of rights andfreedoms that have helped to mitigatethe hardships of displacement. Manyare granted economic rights andaccess to the employment market, andthe stability of these countries means

they are spared the trauma of armedconflict. Among the relatively lessdisadvantaged are the refugees inJordan who enjoy the privileges ofspecial categories of Jordaniannationality. The advantages of residing in Jordanand Syria are welcome and beneficial.Yet they do not obscure thevulnerability inherent in the refugeelabel. Neither do they detract fromthe distinctness of the refugeeidentity. The refugees and host communitiesshare an implicit understanding thatthe sojourn of Palestine refugees istemporary– and that this transientstate is unchanged by the lengthyduration of their exile. As a corollary,“refugee consciousness” is strongamong Palestinians, including theyounger generation. The passingyears have left intact a sense ofi n j u s t i c e , a d e m a n d f o racknowledgement and a desire fortheir travail to be justly resolved.Across the Middle East, Palestinerefugees define themselves(and aredefined by others) by reference to thehistorical experience of exile. For any other group of refugees, theUN (meaning the UNHCR) bendsover backwards to remove the “refugee label,” but UNRWA appliesit even in situations when it shouldn’texist. Arab nations refused to treat the

early refugees like human beings, andUNRWA eventually not only wentalong with this evil plan, butinst i tut ionalized i t . A person who was born and raised asa citizen of another country cannot becalled a “refugee” by any sanedefinition. Yet the UNRWA doesexactly that. With a stroke of a pen,they could have reduced the numberof “refugees” by 40% – and theyinstead kept the label. One result is that even Jordanians arediscriminating against PalestinianJordanians, sixty years after theirancestors became citizens. UNRWAhas made their “otherness” officialand has justified it by using the wordsof those who hate them most byc la iming tha t t he i r s t a tus i stemporary. By defining PalestinianJordan ians a s somehow on lytemporary Jordanians, UNRWA isjustifying their discrimination. There is another implication of usingthe word “temporary” to define the“sojourn” of the PalArabs. If theirstatus is only temporary, then surelyIsrael’s status is temporary as well,and will end with their “return.” As I’ve mentioned before, on twooccasions when Lebanon allowed al i m i t e d n u m b e r o f s o - c a l l e d“refugees” to become citizens of thatcountry, the Palestinian Arabsjumped at the opportunity. Manymore would happily trade in their“refugee” status for the opportunity tobe normal, functioning citizens oftheir host countries, or of other Arabcountries. They are not being giventhat choice, and a good part of that isbecause UNRWA is doing everythingthey can to perpetuate and expand thepurported number of “refugees” fordecades after they no longer shouldhave that label. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Relax: Turkish PM says there’s noIslamic terrorism Relax: Turkish PMsays there's no Islamic terrorism...• vehicles of the idf Image taken on2 0 0 9 - 0 1 - 1 8 2 3 : 4 2 : 5 2 b yi s f u l l o f c r a p . . . .• Netanyahu Interview With GeorgeStephanopoulos This morning BibiNetanyahu Sat down with GeorgeStephanopoulos Below is thetranscript of their interview. I willannotate and comment later in thed a y . G E O R G ESTEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. PrimeMiniste...

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A double agent?by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 4:28:00 PM

A double agent? A lot of you havespeculated in the comments thatIranian nuclear scientist ShahamAmiri was a double agent. Here’s arather detailed analysis that exploresthat issue. As far as the kidnapping charge goes,there is an unspoken rule amongintelligence services that they do notkidnap each others’ agents. (This rulealso applies to al l high-valueindividuals who may have access tosensitive information.) The practicearises out of sheer necessity: byengaging in kidnapping or otherviolent acts against your adversaries,you immediately invite retaliation bythe other side. Things could soonescalate beyond anyone’s control. Acountry tha t engages in suchactivities, as Iran did in the 1980s, isconsidered a pariah and ostracized,with manifold diplomatic andeconomic consequences. Although the rule was ignored by theBush adminis t ra t ion in casesinvolving the fight against Al Qaedaand similar organizations, it has beenconsistently upheld in state-to-staterelations. Still, in the unlikely eventthat the U.S. government actuallykidnapped Amiri, it is inconceivablethat they would simply let him go ofhis own accord. Thus the absurdclaim by some hardline papers in Iranthat he has escaped from his captors. With the contingency of kidnappingeffectively ruled out, we are left withtwo possibilities. The first is thatAmiri defected, but then had a changeof heart due either to pressuresapplied to his family in Iran or tofeel ings of homesickness and

u n h a p p i n e s s w i t h r e s t r i c t e dcircumstances, as many newspaperarticles have suggested. There is afamous precedent for this. In 1985,Sovie t spy Vi ta ly Yurchenko“redefected” to the Soviet Union aftera short stay in the United States,allegedly for such reasons. (On hisreturn, Yurchenko, l ike Amiri,claimed he had been drugged andabducted by the CIA.) The second possibility is that hisdefection was fake and that Amiriwas in fact tasked with the mission ofacting like a genuine defector in orderto embarrass Iran’s adversaries, gainknowledge of their “methods andtechniques,” and score a noteworthypolitical and diplomatic victory.Already, hardline papers are touting itas a major “intelligence coup” ontheir front pages. Though it is likelythat Amiri divulged some statesecrets to his interrogators — as it isassumed he did concerning the Fordonuclear plant — if he was indeed adouble agent, his superiors must haveweighed the cost and benefits of his“defection” and concluded that therewas more to be gained by his goingover to the other side than not. It isalso possible that they suspected theWest knew about Fordo already.

Regarding the first possibility, it is avery rare for defectors to return tothe i r home count r ies ; th i s i sespecially true of a brutal regime likethe Islamic Republic, where arepatriated defector would likely faceextensive, interrogation, torture, oreven execution. (Saddam Husssein’sson-in-law Hussein Kamel al-Majid,for instance, was executed after hereturned to Iraq from Jordan.) Theleast that a lapsed defector couldexpect would be a l ifetime ofopprobrium and festering suspicions.Amiri, who has worked within theIranian system for many years, wouldsurely be aware of these perils. It isalso relevant that even the mostcelebrated case of “redefection”,Yurchenko’s, is now believed to havebeen an elaborate penetrat ionoperat ion. Whereas the “lapsed defectorsyndrome” is problematic for avariety of reasons, the likelihood of afake defection seems quite plausible,p a r t i c u l a r l y g i v e n t h e w e l l -coordinated effort to portray the caseas an abduction from the verybeginning. First, Iran has already gained a greatdeal from the incident. The IslamicRepublic can now claim that Western

intelligence reports on its mostcritical national security issue, thenuc lea r p rogram, a re l a rge lyfabricated. The return of Amiri andhis charges of abduction by the CIAare major morale boosters forsupporters of the regime and thecadres — particularly the IntelligenceMinistry agents — whose esprit decorps has been weakened by a spateof unfavorable news in recentmonths. Second, from now on, every high-value defector from Iran will be seenas a potential Shahram Amiri —suspected of being a double agent,any such person is far more likely tobe subjected to harsh interrogationand debriefing sessions. Third, Amiri’s experiences andobservations while being held by theSaudi and U.S. intelligence servicesm u s t p r o v i d e t h e i r I r a n i a ncoun te rpa r t s w i th i nva luab l eknowledge of what is called their“methods and techniques” in the spytrade. Hmmm. There’s much more here. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:28AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Hamas, Hizballah top dogs meet inLebanon Hamas, Hizballah top dogsm e e t i n L e b a n o n. . .• 100215-N-0696M-400 Image takenon 2010-02-15 14:59:35 by Chairmanof the Joint Chiefs of Staff....• Case involving military documentsroils Israel – latimes.com Caseinvolving military documents roilsIsrael Anat Kam is accused ofsecretly copying 2,000 militarydocuments during her service as asoldier and of passing s... ...

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Rav Michel Dorfman, ob"mby LazerBeams (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 5:09:35 PM

Rav Michel Dorfman, ob”m Today,the 5th of the Hebrew month of Av, isthe yahrtzeit(anniversary of thepassing) of the holy Rabbi YitzchakLuria Ashkenazi of Tzfat, of sacredand blessed memory, the father ofKabbala. Today is also the first yahrtzeit of aquiet and modest human with agigantic character, Rabbi MichelDorfman, one of the lead ingBreslever chassidim of this pastgeneration. He was a walking Gardenof Emuna, whose faith in Hashemhad the fragrance of the mostexquisite orchid. Born in the USSR,he stayed firm in his faith against theRussian communists and spent seven

years in Siberia because of his Jewishactivities. He brought the first peopleto Uman (Gedal ia Fleer , RavRosenfeld, and others), which led toreopening the gates to RebbeNachman’s holy gravesi te . Rav Michel had the quiet, innocentpower of faith. As an elderly man inhis seventies, he flew to the USA to“seek” an audience with PresidentCarter to ask him to intervene in theCommunist’s plans to build abuilding on top of the RebbeNachman’s gravesite. Not knowing aword of English, through prayer andEmuna, he  managed to reach Carterand have Brezhnyev cancel the plan.Rav Michel was the moving forcebehind reestablishing the RoshHaShanna gathering in Uman. Heloved ALL Jews, no matter how farthey were from Judaism. He livedEmuna. May his pure and blessed

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Still banking on Iranby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 9:29:00 PM

Still banking on Iran When Europe’sforeign ministers meet next week toenact regulations for their newsanctions against Iran, all eyes will beon Germany, which continues to dobanking business with the Islamists tate , says Washington Timescolumnist El i Lake. In the past three weeks, Germany hastaken steps to close some Iranianbanks operating in the country,according to a senior Germangovernment official who spoke withThe Washington Times on thecondition of anonymity because ofthe sensitivity of the topic. Meanwhile, an analysis of Iran’sbanking sector by former U.S.Treasury Department analyst AviJorisch found that five German bankscontinue to do business with Iranianentities that are designated by themost recent U.N. Security Councilsanctions. Mr. Jorisch also found that as of June30, four major I ranian bankss a n c t i o n e d b y t h e T r e a s u r yDepartment or the U.N. SecurityCouncil continued to operate inGermany.… On July 26, the European Union’s

foreign ministers will meet to discussin detail new sanctions that couldlimit Iranian shipping lines and theinsurance companies that underwriteIranian exports.“Concerning the activity of Iranianbanks in Germany: Branches andsubsidiaries of U.N.- and EU-designated Iranian banks are frozenand not operating,” a senior Germangovernment official said in aninterview this week. The official added that, specifically,the Frankfurt branch of Iran’s BankSepah [ pictured. CiJ] is allowed toengage only in “activities related tothe closure of its business, i.e.finishing its existing obligations. Allthe before-mentioned Iranian banksare submitted to strict monitoring;they cannot enter into any newbusiness.” Bank Sepah has been implicated inboth the procurement of nucleartechnology and the financing ofterrorist organizations, Mr. Jorischsaid.“The closure of Bank Sepah is animportant and significant first step,”Mr. Jorisch said. “But Germanauthorities should shut down thedesignated Iranian branches operatingin Germany and German financialinstitutions should cease providingfinancial services to designatedIranian banks.” In addition to Bank Sepah, Mr.

Jorisch identified in his recentresearch Bank Melli and BankSaderat as having branches inHamburg and Frankfurt . Requests for comment from theFrankfurt branch of Bank Sepah wentunanswered. In addition to Iranian banking,Germany’s trade with Iran is bigbusiness. German trade with Iran in the firstfour months of 2010 totaled $1.8billion, according to the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce inHamburg. That figure increased by 20percent from the same period in 2009. This is why Congress put languagein the US sanctions that allow foreigncompanies who do business with Iranto be penalized in the United States.But the US law has provisions that

allow President Obama to waive theforeign company penalt ies forcompanies based in ‘cooperatingcountries.’ Will Obama decide thatGermany is a ‘cooperating country’and waive the sanctions? I haven’tseen him bowing to German PrimeMinister Angela Merkel yet, but Iwould bet that he will waive thosesanctions. Read the whole thing. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:29AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Think Tank: Israeli retaliationshould include ‘major Muslim sites’Think Tank: Israeli retaliation shouldinc lude 'ma jo r Mus l im s i t e s 'A n I s r a e l i t h i n k t a n k h a srecommended that any Israel ire tal ia t ion for a non. . .• Exploring the Tanach: TheBackground of the Tanach The firstin a series of videos exploring theTanach (Hebrew Bible). The Tanachthe Hebrew acronym formed from theinitial letters of the three subdivisionsof the text...• Sensing The Zohar – UnlockingThe Zohar – June 14, 2010 TweetThis Post Delicious FacebookStumble It...

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How to re-set Obamaby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:14:00 PM

How to re-set Obama This hasalmost nothing to do with Israel(we’re mentioned once – I’ll includeit in the excerpt), but it’s too good notto share. Victor Davis Hanson has aten-step regimen for reset t ingPresident Obama. 1) Impose a moratorium on all theracial talk. After the beer summit, the“stupidly,” the “stereotyping,” the“cowards,” the Van Jones rants, the“wise Latina,” the suing Arizona, theexempting the Black Panthers, the al-Qaeda-as-racists (e.g., nine yearsafter 9/11 we at last have a reason toreally hate these terrorists), etc., weget the message that race permeatesthe presidential worldview — andthat all issues, from those of terrorismto policing to immigration to theenvironment, are seen largely throughracial us/them lenses. This obsessionhas turned off an increasing multi-racial nation, and is reaching thepoint of caricature. Take a deepbreath, Mr. President, and promise togo through one day without self-referencing yourself as black, without

speaking to an identity-politicsgroup, and without reviewing theAmerican past in terms of race. Justone day …… 7) Please, no more “Bush did it.”Stop the daily two-minutes of hatea g a i n s t o u r n e w E m m a n u e lGoldstein. Bush is 19 months gone;no one forced President Obama toborrow $3 trillion, to nationalizehealth care, or to scare business withthe neo-socialist talk of income-,FICA-, and health-tax increases, andgovernment takeovers that helpedsend unemployment from 7% to 10%.Bush reacted to 9/11 by going intoAfghanistan and passing the PatriotAct without daily blaming Clintonfor his appeasing of radical Islam.Nothing so diminishes a president ast h e t r a i t o f s c a p e g o a t i n g apredecessor; nothing so erodes hisstature as the teenage habit ofblaming someone else for one’s self-inflicted problems. Enough already.We’ve gotten to the point now thatthe audience cringes when Obamacites what he has done, as it muttersto itself: “Here comes the ‘Bush didit.’” And, of course, it always comesjust as we feared. 8 ) No need either for more of the

Muslim thing. We learned on day 1,19 months ago, that the presidentwould reference his Muslim heritage(e.g., “I have Muslim members of myfamily. I have lived in Muslimcountries.”) to al Arabiya in a waythat was taboo during the campaign.And after the Cairo mythmaking, therantings of John Brennan, the neweuphemisms, the “America is theproblem” (e.g., “All too often theUnited States starts by dictating — inthe past on some of these issues —and we don’t always know all thefactors that are involved.” ), and theNASA lunacy, we understood that theproblem is our purported not beingnice to Islam rather than radicalIslamists trying to kill us out ofexistential hatred. I would cut theMuslim therapeutics out; there issimply no need to cite your middlename as the real reason Israelis arenot fond of you. None at all.

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Muslims jailed for trying to killMotoonist unrepentant: "He isIslam’s greatest enemy right now"by Robert (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 8:31:13 PM

Muslims jailed for trying to killMotoonist unrepentant: “He isIslam’s greatest enemy right now”They seem to think that murderingVilks was something justified —indeed, called for — by Islam. Andonce again, no “moderates” havecome forward to explain how they’regetting the Religion of Peace™ allwrong. And so the cycle endlesslyrepeats. “Brothers jailed for Vilksarson attack,” from The Local, July15 (thanks to Fjordman): The two brothers accused of fire-bombing the home of SwedishMuhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks,have been imprisoned, with the olderbrother being served a three yearsentence and the younger two years. The brothers, from Landskrona in thesouth of Sweden, faced charges ofarson at Helsingborg district court, acrime that carries a penalty of 2-8years imprisonment. The prosecutor had sought a six yearsentence for the elder brother, a 21-year-old, and four years for his 19-year-old younger brother. As the court trial opened last

Wednesday the 21-year-old defendantdescribed Lars Vilks as “God’senemy, he is the Prophet’s enemy, heis the Muslims’ enemy.”“He is Islam’s greatest enemy rightnow,” he added. The news agency did not give thebrothers’ names, but the Expressentabloid has identified them as Mentorand Mensur Alija, aged 21 and 19. Vilks has faced numerous deaththreats and a suspected assassinationplot since his drawing of the Muslimprophet with the body of a dog wasfirst published by Swedish regionaldaily Nerikes Allehanda in 2007 toi l lus t ra te an ed i tor ia l on theimportance of freedom of expression. The drawing by Vilks promptedprotests by Muslims in the town ofÖrebro, west of Stockholm, where thenewspaper is based, while Egypt, Irana n d P a k i s t a n m a d e f o r m a lc o m p l a i n t s . An Al-Qaeda front organisation thenoffered $100,000 to anyone whomurdered Vilks – with a $50,000bonus if his throat was slit – and$50,000 for the death of NerikesAl lehanda edi tor - in-chief UlfJohansson…. The slit throat bonus comes from theQur’an’s directive to “strike at thenecks” of the unbelievers (47:4; cf.

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“That” Dayby Jewish Thought of the Day(Hija del Zion para Israel -Daughter of Zion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 7:48:10 PM

We all have one of those; the daythat you fear and dread. For some, it’s“That” appointment with the dentist.For others, there’s “That” day whenyou have your visit to your localTraffic Court Judge. And thenthere’s always “That” day, April15th, when taxes are due. The Jewish people also have a“That” Day. It’s called Tisha B’Av(which means the Ninth day of theHebrew month of Av) and it occursthis year on Tuesday, July 20th. What qualifies it as a “That” Day?Here are just a few things thathappened on that day over themillennia: The destruction of the First Templein Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar,King of Babylon in 586 BCE.(The Temple was the site where theJewish people used to gather threet imes each year, on Passover,Shavuot and Succoth, as well as onthe High Holy Days of Jewish NewYear {Rosh Hashanah} and the Dayof Atonement {Yom Kippur}. It iswhere the Holy of Holies was locatedthat housed the Tablets of the TenCommandments that were brought

down from Mount Sinai by Moses. Itwas the seat of the Jewish HighCourt, the Sanhedrin, and was thecenter of spirituality and holiness). The destruction of the SecondTemple (same as the First) inJerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE. Pope Urban II declared the FirstCrusade. The Jews of England were expelledin 1290. The Jews of Spain were expelled in1492. (Christopher Columbus set sailfor America the following day). World War I broke out in 1914 whenRussia declared war on Germany.

Deportation began of the Jews fromthe Warsaw Ghetto. With all of these terrible tragediesoccurring on the same day, youwould think that we should stop andtake notice. We do. Beginning Monday night, rightbefore sundown, we begin a fast ofjust over 24 hours during which weare supposed to reflect on our uniquehistory, ask ourselves what we can doto make this world a better place andthank G-d that we live today in peaceand freedom. Our Sages tell us that in the future,

“This” day will be one of greatcelebration. (Even better than if yourdentist told you, “Congratulations, nocavities!”) May “That” Day come speedily inour time. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• UK: "Dad" wearing Islamic garband chanting "Allah" fights off gas,blow from police van and nine copsas he marches down street with 12-inch knife UK: "Dad" wearingIslamic garb and chanting "Allah"fights off gas, blow from police vanand nine cops as he marches downstreet with 12-inch knife ...• Even more good news: Syria andTurkey to conduct joint militaryexercises Even more good news:Syria and Turkey to conduct jointmilitary exercises Forthe second year in a row, Syria andTurkey will conduct joint milit...• F i t zgera ld : Two Miss ionsImpossible — Both Reflections OfOne Mistake (Part I) Fitzgerald: TwoMiss ions Imposs ib le - - Bo thReflections Of One Mistake (Part I)...

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Part 2: The Book ofZohar – Selections,chapter "Lech-lecha",item 28, lesson 6by Bnei-Baruch (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:00:00 PM

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‘Success’: Another 1% of Israelisthink Obama is pro-Israelby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 10:16:00 PM

‘Success’: Another 1% of Israelisthink Obama is pro-Israel PresidentObama turned on the charm withPrime Minister Netanyahu last week.Obama let Netanyahu enter throughthe front door of the White House. Helet photographers in, and even held a‘media availability’ session. Hedidn’t abandon Netanyahu to eatdinner with his family. Then hewalked Netanyahu back to hislimousine and told him to take care.And then he even gave an interviewto Channel 2’s Yonit Levy. Israelis were impressed. Realimpressed. The percentage of Israeliswho think Obama is pro-Israel hasnow risen from 9% to 10%. When asked whether they sawObama’s administration as more pro-Israel, more pro- Palestinian orneutral, just 10 percent of Israeli Jewssaid more pro-Israel, 46% said morepro-Palestinian, 34% said neutral and10% did not express an opinion. The poll of 515 Jewish Israelis,representing a statistical sample ofthe adult Jewish population, wastaken on Monday through Wednesdayand had a 4.4 percentage pointmargin of error. The question asked was exactly thesame as in four previous pollssponsored by this newspaper sinceMay 2009. The first poll, which wastaken before the first Netanyahu-Obama meeting in the White Houseand Obama’s landmark speech inCairo in June 2009, found that 31%considered this presidency more pro-Israel and 14% more pro-Palestinian. The next poll, taken just one month

later, found a huge shift, with theproport ion cal l ing the Obamaadministration more pro-Palestinianrising from 14% to 50% and theproportion calling it more pro-Israelfalling from 31% to only 6%. Those calling the Obama presidencymore pro-Israel than pro-Palestinianfell in August 2009 to a nadir of 4%and rose to 9% in March 2010. Since then, the latest poll shows, theshare who consider this White Housemore pro-Palestinian fell by 2percentage points, from 48% to 46%,and those saying it is neutral rosefrom 30% to 34%. R e s p o n d e n t s w h o c o n s i d e rthemselves right-wing or haredi weremore likely to call the Obamaadministration more pro-Palestinian. I guess Israeli Jews aren’t so stupidafter all. And no, his unpopularityhere has nothing to do with hismiddle name. Read the whole thing.

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Mah Jongg Small Snack Plate 6Square Mah Jong – judaicaby paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

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Israel admitsflotilla‘mistakes’by paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:15:12 PM

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Congress to Education Dept. CivilRights Division: Do something aboutanti-Semitism on college campusesby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 6:18:00 PM

Congress to Education Dept. CivilRights Division: Do something aboutanti-Semitism on college campusesThirty-six members of Congress havewritten a letter to US Secretary ofEducation Arne Duncan concerninganti-Semitism and intimidation oncollege campuses. The members askwhether Title VI of the Civil RightsAct of 1964 is being used to protectJewish students from intimidation.“College campuses in the UnitedStates are meant to be positive, safe,and open forums for intellectualexpression, conducive to learning,”they wrote.“We believe that enforcing Title VI toprotect Jewish students who, in rarebut highly significant situations, faceh a r a s s m e n t , i n t i m i d a t i o n o rdiscr iminat ion based on thei rancestral or ethnic characteristics –including when it is manifested asanti-Israel or anti-Zionist sentimentthat crosses the line into anti-Semitism – would help ensure thatwe’re preserving the integrity of ourhigher education system by affordingthe same protection to all ethnic andrac ia l g roups on our co l legecampuses .” I n c r e d i b l y , t h e E d u c a t i o nDepartment’s Civil Rights Divisionhas thus far taken the position thatTitle VI does not apply to Jewish

students. ZOA has tried in recent years to getthe civi l r ights’ off ice of theD e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n t oinvestigate allegedly anti-Semiticincidents on US campuses. The officedeclined to take action, arguing thatthe incidents were not based onstudents’ “national origins.” Theletter from Members of Congressaims in part to clarify that Jewishstudents should be granted the sameprotections that are given to racial orethnic minorities. I wonder if intimidation of Muslimson college campuses would fall under‘national origins.’ I’ll bet it would. Double standard…. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:18AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Dancing with Dragonflies Product

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Part 3: Preface to the Wisdom ofKabalah, page: 599 , item 68. Friday’smorning lessons for beginners, lesson 30by Bnei-Baruch (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:00:00 PM

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Part 4: Preface to theWisdom of Kabalah,page: 32, Article "TheWisdom of Kabbalahand its Essence", lesson2

by Bnei-Baruch (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:00:00 PM

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Part 1: Shamati, article:Gimel – 3, "The Matterof Spiritual Attainment"by Bnei-Baruch (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 3:00:00 PM

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Knesset going after traitorsby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 8:49:00 PM

Knesset going after traitors For once, the Knesset is actuallyworking. Too bad they go on vacationat the end of next week for the nextthree months (until mid-October). Two important bills are making theirway through the Knesset. One, whichhas gotten a lot of publicity, wouldrequire a super-majority in theKnesset and a referendum for Israelto give away land that is part of theState of Israel. It would mean that thegovernment could not give away anypart of Jerusalem or the GolanHeights without the super-majorityand the referendum (unfortunately,Judea and Samaria have never beenmade an official part of the State ofIsrael). The other bill would deal withtraitors like the ‘ academics’ whotravel around the world sullying ourreputation and encouraging BDS(boycott, divest, sanctions) againstIsrael. Evelyn Gordon (no relation tothe subject of the previous link)explains. The boycott bill, which will nowproceed to committee, would makeIsraelis who “instigate,” “encourage,”or “assist” boycotts against Israel orIsraeli institutions subject to fines ofup to NIS 30,000 even if no damageis proved, and more if damage isproved. Foreigners or foreign entitiesthat do the same could be barred fromthe country and denied the right to

use Israeli banks, land, or stocks. Thebill would also allow boycottdamages to be deducted from Israel’sremit tances to the Palest inianAuthority should the latter continuepromoting anti-Israel boycotts. The bill, co-sponsored by 27 MKsfrom seven parties, is modeled onAmer ica ’ s an t i -boyco t t l aws .Ironically, those laws were passed inthe 1970s in response to the Arabboycott of Israel. But at that time,Israel saw no need to imitate them:what Israel i then would havepromoted a boycott of his owncountry? It is a sad comment that today such alaw is Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Nigeria, West Africa and IslamicTerrorism, Dr. lmadu1 CommentsW i t h D r . J a m e s H a n e y

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Despite numbers, doubtersremain for Miami Heat’sBosh – Israel Gut…by israel (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

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Plane crashvictims flown toIsrael for burialby israel (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 7/15/2010 6:28:00 PM

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