FEBRUARY 2005
A SHIP ON OILY WATERS
LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2005
Dear Friends,
I must confess that I have heretofore been an admirer of the new US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. She seemed to me to be a perfect role model for women, someone who grew up in very difficult circumstances, but pulled herself up by her bootstraps, and reached the very heights of personal achievement. President George W. Bush nominated her to succeed Colin Powell as US Secretary of State in November of 2004, and the Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85 – 13.
Condoleezza Rice was born on November 14, 1954, in Birmingham, Alabama, the only child of Angelena Rice and the Reverend John Wesley Rice, Jr., a minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Birmingham, Alabama, where Condoleezza grew up, is the town where Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King was thrown in jail for demonstrating without a permit. Where black people had to ride at the back of the bus. Where black people weren’t even allowed to drink water from public fountains. Where a classmate of Condoleezza, Denise McNair, was among the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of an African-American Baptist church by white supremacists. But Condoleezza states that growing up during segregation taught her determination against adversity.
I was very pleased, along with many others, that Colin Powell was not going to be the US Secretary of State during the second term of President George W. Bush, as Israeli analysts had predicted that Condoleezza Rice was going to be friendlier to Israel than her predecessor. I became somewhat concerned when I learned that at her Senate confirmation hearing Rice said: “”And, if I am confirmed, I will be especially honored to succeed a man I so admire – my friend and mentor, Colin Powell. He was a great and inspirational Secretary of State.””
That was the first alarm bell. Colin Powell was the US Secretary of State, who described Arafat to a US Senate Committee as follows: “”One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.””
I became really concerned about Ms. Rice’s attitude toward Israel when I read the newspaper headlines during her recent whirlwind tour of Europe and the Middle East. For instance, the headline in The Jerusalem Post of February 7, 2005 read as follows on the front page:
RICE CALLS ON ISRAEL TO HELP, NOT HINDER, ABBAS.
In private meetings and public declarations, visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel to do everything possible to support Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and to refrain from taking steps that would make it more difficult for him to assert his authority… According to diplomatic officials, Rice said that Abbas needed to have tangible results to take to his people….
What exactly does that mean? Should the victim supply the hangman with the rope? Should Israel be on Abbas’ side in the negotiations? Does Ms. Rice not want a mutual give and take? Condoleezza also made it clear that the US government was against settlements. Whose settlements? (According to Joseph Farah, Arab-American head of World Net Daily, more Arab than Jewish settlements have been established in the Holy Land since 1948. As a matter of fact, almost twice as many Arab settlements than Jewish settlements have been built since the Jewish State was reborn!) Also, Condoleezza insists that the Disengagement Plan go forward as promised by Sharon. Altogether, Rice made it clear that she wanted Israel to take steps to bolster Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen).
It seems that Rice was not concerned about bolstering Sharon, who had just encountered a massive non-violent demonstration of at least 200,000 people who strongly disagreed with his policies vis a vis the PLO enemy, and his intentions to reward such terrorists with Biblical covenant land.
Condoleezza Rice, in an interview with Yediot Aharonot, said: “”I am the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and was brought up on the very moving stories of the Holy Land. They mean a lot to me. When I first visited Mt. Olives, Lake Kinneret, Jerusalem, I felt a very deep emotional experience. I already then felt that I am returning home despite the fact that this was a place that I never visited. I have a deep affinity with Israel.””
Sadly to say, the daughter of a Minister of God is hell-bent on promoting the expulsion of 8,000 Jews from their Biblical homeland. During her childhood, Condoleezza must have read the Judeo-Christian Bible. No doubt she must have come across the fact in the Book of Joshua that G-d gave Gaza to the Tribe of Judah. Also, that it is stated in the Book of the prophet Amos, Chapter 9: 14-15, “”I will return the captivity of my people Israel, and they will rebuild desolate cities and settle them; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will cultivate gardens and eat their fruits. I will plant them upon their land and they will never again be uprooted from their land that I have given them, said HASHEM your G-d.””
I decided to do some research through the Internet to find out more about Condoleezza Rice. If you, dear friend, have some extra time, you will be able to find out interesting facts about Condoleezza Rice, her attitude to the Holy Land, and her past associations, which are far from reassuring for friends of Israel. For instance, James Baker of “”F__k the Jews”” fame, is one of her good friends. They have many common interests and attitudes.
As Condoleezza Rice embarked on her maiden voyage after her appointment as US Secretary of State, it was reported that she departed from America armed with a new policy paper on how to implement the Quartet’s Road Map produced by the JAMES BAKER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AT RICE UNIVERSITY.
According to Edward Djerejian, the former US Ambassador to Syria who directs the Baker Center, the policy paper, with its detailed recommendations, is a “”street map to the Road Map.””
The following is part of an article by Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post columnist:
“”… the team that composed the report included senior policy makers from the US, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Canada and the World Bank. The US was represented by current Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Burns as well as by Norman Olsen, the political counselor at the US embassy in Israel. The PA was represented by security strongman Jibril Rajoub and by senior aides to Mahmoud Abbas, Yasser Arafat and Ahmed Qurei. Egypt was represented by Dictator Hosni Mubarak’s senior adviser Osama El Baz and by General Hossam Khair Allah.
Israel had no official representation. Rather, the Jewish state was represented by none other than Yossi Beilin’s Geneva Accord crowd. Amnon Lipkin Shahak and Shlomo Brom, signatories to that subversive agreement where private citizens tried to abscond with the government’s sovereign power to determine foreign policy by negotiating the scandalously anti-Israel “”accord,”” participated. They were joined by members of Beilin’s EU-financed think tank, the Economic Cooperation Foundation.
Not surprisingly, the product this team produced and delivered to Rice is soft on Palestinian terrorism, soft on Palestinian democratization, and relentlessly harsh toward Israel – its sovereignty, its right to defend itself, and its ability to claim any right to retain any of the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria.
The document makes no clear statement on the need for the Palestinians to dismantle terrorist organizations. Indeed, the term “”terror organizations”” is absent from the report. Instead, the Palestinian requirement to combat terrorism is reduced to demands on Israel to facilitate the training, arming and operation of the “”reformed”” Palestinian security services while not interfering with them in any way….
But two questions still arise: Why is the US government sending its officials to participate in a ‘working group’ which works to undermine the sovereignty of a US ally; and why is the Israeli government not taking legal action against private citizens who travel the world “”negotiating”” away the sovereign rights of the state while undermining the prerogatives of the Israeli government?””
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I have only chosen two items from her background which I feel cast light on the persona of Condoleezza Rice.
1) Chevron is a San Francisco-based multinational oil firm, one of the top ten largest oil companies in the world. Condoleezza Rice served on Chevron’s board from 1991 until January 15, 2001, when she resigned after Bush named her as his top national security aide. A double-hulled 129,000-ton giant tanker, part of the international fleet of Chevron, had years before been named “”Condoleezza Rice”” in honor of her service to the Chevron oil company.
Critics complained that the ship served as a giant floating symbol of the Bush administration’s cozy ties to the oil industry. The tanker’s name also raised more serious questions of possible conflict of interest for Rice, because Chevron does business on six continents and in 25 countries, and has been sued for alleged human-rights abuses in Nigeria.
Leaving a wave of controversy in its wake, one of the most visible reminders of the Bush administration’s ties to big oil – the “”Condoleezza Rice”” tanker – was quietly renamed the “”Altair Voyager.””
2) There has been widespread concern that Rice’s expertise is the Soviet Union and that she is out of her depths in the Middle East. Actually, she was out of her depths in relation to the Soviet Union as well. Rice, who claims an expertise in nothing less than the high-stakes world of global power, has failed spectacularly as the “”expert”” who was disastrously wrong in her area of expertise — the US relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev. President George H. W. Bush, Rice, National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, James Baker (then Secretary of State) and then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Colin Powell approved supporting the Soviet leader and his vision of a reformed Soviet Union. Dick Cheney (then Secretary of Defense), Paul Wolfowitz (his deputy), and Lewis “”Scooter”” Libbey foresaw the break-up of the USSR and wanted to speed it along. “”Regime change”” in Europe and Asia was what the Cheney crew were after — with resulting opportunities for American corporate interests if the US got in on the action early.
As it turned out, Bush and Rice prevailed. In one famous incident, Rice physically blocked the door to the Oval Office to prevent Russian leader Boris Yeltsin from meeting with the President. The Bush team was slow to grasp the scope of the changes that were seizing Europe, slow to encourage the unification of Germany, and slow to give up on the Soviet Union. A speech Bush gave with Rice’s assistance in Kiev became notorious as the “”Chicken Kiev”” speech because in it, the US urged the people of the Ukraine, (then clamoring for independence), to remain loyal to Moscow. At the same time, the President balked at giving Gorbachev what he needed — either at arms talks, or in terms of foreign aid — and the Soviet leader’s domestic currency made a nose-dive. Within months, the Gorbachev era was over. The new post-Soviet Republics broke away one by one and in Russia, Yeltsin rose to power.
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The above information gleaned from the Internet certainly made me less starry-eyed about Condoleezza Rice.
Of prime importance to us in Israel is Condoleezza Rice’s apparent antagonism to the Jewish People, and their right to live in their entire homeland, as spelled out continuously in the Bible. We must also be aware of her continual attempts to whitewash Mahmoud Abas (Abu Mazen) and his unsavory past.
The next holocaust train has already left the station and is once again hurtling towards the abyss. What will change the US policy favoring the forced deportation of Jews from Gaza and Samaria?
Dear friends, I feel that only a very strong showing of support for Israel by Jewish and Christian Bible believers, and other concerned supporters of Israel, will be able to stop this train.
Let us start a list of people who are willing to join a giant rally on the Washington, DC Mall, most likely in the month of May 2005.
Please email me your name and address if you think this is a good idea.
We have a wonderful friend in Oklahoma City, Pastor James A. Vineyard, who is enthusiastic about taking part in this endeavor. He has sponsored the production of a DVD on “”Disengagement.””
The DVD which Pastor Vineyard sponsored has interviews made with Israelis who are to be “”deported”” from their homes. This is powerful stuff. As Pastor Vineyard says, he doesn’t want to profit from the troubles of the Jews, so he’s only charging $10 for a copy. In the words of Pastor Vineyard, “”The deportation scheme will be one of the ‘ugliest scenes’ unfolding for 2005, because these folks probably will not go peaceably and quietly.””
Time is short! Get your copy of the DVD and encourage your friends to get a copy as well. Plan a social evening in your home, and invite people in your community to view the DVD as well. Also, arrange that Synagogues and Churches feature a viewing of this tape, together with a discussion program. To purchase a copy of this DVD, email javyedidimis@aol.com or write him at 5517 NW 23rd St., Oklahoma City, OK, 73127.
It is most important, dear friends, that after viewing this DVD, you express your feelings to President Bush. Send him a fax at 202-456-2461, or a letter by snail mail to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20500. In addition, call his office at 202-456-1414. As I previously mentioned, emails are not as effective, as they’re not printed out, and therefore your opinion may not be fully brought to the President’s attention. Also, contact your Senators and Congressman in this regard.
With Blessings and Love for Israel,
Ruth Matar
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February 11, 2005
Adir Zik, of Blessed Memory, The Man of the Letter Alef
by Nadia Matar
Our precious Adir Zik passed away this week and was buried on the Mount of Olives, next to the outstanding sons of the Jewish people, Prof. Yisrael Eldad and Uri Zevi Greenberg.
Like Mordechai the Jew, Adir Zik was a proud Jew, who “”would not kneel or bow low”” to all the corrupt elites in Israel. Like Mordechai the Jew, Adir always knew what our internal and external enemies were plotting. And so, like Mordechai the Jew, who tore his clothes and cried out loudly and bitterly when he heard of the decree of Haman and Ahasuerus, Adir Zik tore his clothes after the signing of the Oslo accords. During all the years that passed since then, Adir Zik cried out loudly and bitterly, on the radio and in articles in the press, in order to awaken the people of Israel to take action to stop the destruction.
Adir Zik loved Women in Green, and Women in Green loved him. He taught us to tell the truth, out loud, and fearlessly. Adir always encouraged us, publicized all our demonstrations on his Arutz 7 radio program, and frequently participated in demonstrations himself. During the entire time that Arutz 7 broadcast on the radio, the members of Women in Green knew that they could not call one another on Friday mornings, between 9 and 10 am, because Adir was talking, and all of us were listening to his program while cooking. On the rare occasions when he did not broadcast, we knew that the Shabbat chicken soup would not be as tasty, because, in addition to all the usual ingredients – chicken, meat, vegetables, salt, and pepper – all the Shabbat dishes had to be seasoned with an essential spice: the “”Adir Zik spice””. After the Sharon government fired the unholy cannon that sank the Arutz 7 ship, many of us specially set up our computers, just so we could continue to hear Adir’s Fireworks program in the kitchen while cooking.
Adir had a well-known theory about the defective chip that existed in the national religious camp. He always said that the camp lacked the letter alef. It began with bet (the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet): those who voted for bet (the symbol of the National Religious Party), would feel second-class.
If we want to define our dear Adir Zik, we can say that he was entirely the man of the letter Alef: Adir – like his name, means tremendous; Abir – truly gallant, like a knight; Ahavah – his love knew no bounds; Eretz Israel – a champion of the Land of Israel; Adamah – the Land of Israel was precious to him; Ahizah – tenacity in possessing the Land; Ahud – he was truly beloved by all; Optimi – he was always optimistic; Amunah – his faith never wavered; Ikhpati – always caring; Efshar – for Adir, everything was possible; ideologiyah the premier ideologue; Ahrayut – responsibility; Aluf – a true chieftain of Israel; Ahdut – a champion of Jewish unity;ish Elokim – a man of God; Ish Emet – a man of truth; Ish Amunah – a man of faith; Otzar – a treasure to us all; Adam – a man, but more than that: a mensh (a lovely person). All these words, that in Hebrew begin with the letter alef, define Adir, who belonged to all of us.
An additional letter that begins with alef is Aron. In this week’s Torah reading, Terumah, we read: “”And deposit in the Ark [Aron] the tablets of the testimony that I will give you”” (Exodus 25:16). Rabbi Avraham Blass writes in Me’at min ha-Or:
The central vessel of the Tabernacle was obviously the Aron Ha-Kodesh, the holy repository of Israel’s Torah. What is the meaning of the word Aron? The Jerusalem Talmud (Berakhot 4:5) presents a marvelous linguistic association: “”Aron: is the vessel which brings to the world the Light (which) comes forth from the Torah.””
This requires further explanation. What is the connection between the spiritual light of the Torah and the material structure of the Ark that serves as a receptacle for the Torah? The answer is that the framework of the cabinet or Ark holds the Torah from which light emanates. A vessel is needed from which the Divine spark or light can shine forth.that
Adir Zik was the Ark, or vessel, that channeled the Divine light and love of the people of Israel, for the Torah of Israel, and the Land of Israel. We had the great privilege of knowing the “”great one of our generation,”” Adir Zik, may the memory of the righteous be for a blessing was a replica of Mordechai the Jew. He truly was: “”great among the Jews, and popular with the multitude of his brethren; he sought the good of his people and interceded for the welfare of all his kindred”” (Esther 10:3).
We mourn our great loss, but we know that Adir expects us to act with renewed vigor, and this we shall do. Women in Green promise to continue in his path – the path of love of the People, the Land, and the Torah of Israel – and, with God’s help, we shall prevail.
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February 12, 2005
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
1) SUNDAY, February 13, 2005- at 9:30 am (weather permitting)- at the entrance to the Central Bus Station- Women in Green will continue, together with the Chomat Magen activists, to sign up soldiers on the “”I will not give a hand to the crime of uprooting Jews from their Homeland”” Petition.
This past Tuesday, Noam Livnat, brother of Minister of Education Limor Livnat and head of the Chomat Magen Campaign held a press conference in Tel Aviv, where he handed 10,000 signatures of soldiers to Attorney Chaim Misgav. Those signatures were meant to be given to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Chief of Staff Bugi Yaalon, but they refused to accept them. Other participants at the press conference were Boaz Haezni, Lieutenant in the Reserves, who had already announced that this summer he will refuse to show up for his reserve military duty, because he will not give a hand, actively or passively, to the crime of expelling Jews from Eretz Yisrael. Ronen Almog, doctorate student at the Haifa Technion and a major in the Reserves, joined Boaz in his statements and reminded us all that the purpose of the army is to fight the enemy, not to fight Jewish brothers. Nadia Matar, Women in Green’s co-chair, also participated in the Press Conference, and described the atmosphere in the street when signing up soldiers. The support is tremendous. For every soldier that agrees to sign, at least another seven say that even though they are scared to sign, they promise never to give a hand, actively or passively, to Sharon’s despicable plan of ethnic cleansing. Matar also told the journalists that at least half of the soldiers signing are not religious. Some of them are Druse soldiers.
Noam Livnat announced that Chomat Magen’s purpose is to get 30,000 signatures by Pessach. Women in Green is proud to be part of this important campaign which ultimately will be THE campaign that will stop Ariel Sharon from implementing his evil decree. Join us!
2) That same SUNDAY, at 3:00 P.M.in the afternoon, a new women’s group -KOLA SHEL IMA- will be founded in Tel Aviv, at the site of the Altalena memorial, between Kikar Herbert Samuel and Frishman Street. KOLA SHEL IMA is a new Movement uniting mothers and grandmothers, wives and sisters of soldiers and other security forces, religious and non-religious, from all over the country. Their message is: No to another Altalena! No to Civil War!
A bus will be leaving from Jerusalem. The fee is 30 NIS. For reservations please call Anita 050-5-777 254.
(The reason that this message is sent at the last minute is because of the weather, the organizers were not sure the ceremony would actually take place.)
At the ceremony very interesting people with a moving message will be speaking:
Yael Sherez-Polakovski, 74 years old, resident of Ramat Hasharon, was a Palmach fighter when she was 16 years old. She followed orders and shot at the Altalena. All her life she has been in trauma because of this action. She feels that Ariel Sharon is planning another Altelena, and vows to do all in her power to prevent this. Another speaker will be Yossef Nahmias, Etzel fighter who was on the Altalena. His brother was part of the Palmach forces on the beach, and was ordered to shoot at the Altalena. Knowing that his brother was on the ship, he refused to shoot. Other speakers are mothers of officers in today’s army, and officers who have already announced they will not participate in the crime of uprooting Jews. Palmach and Etzel fighters from the past, officers, and mothers of officers. Together will put an arrangement of flowers on the Altalena Memorial and will vow: NO MORE ALTALENAS! NO MORE JEWS FIGHTING JEWS!
3) MONDAY, February 14th, 2005
The Knesset will hold a crucial vote, on the criminal and despicable Deportation Law. At 10:00 A.M., Women In Green will hold a noisy protest outside the PRIME MINISTER’S RESIDENCE. We urge you all to join. Bring shofars, whistles, pots and pans.
At 5..00 P.M. in the afternoon – a couple of hours before the vote- Moetzet Yesha is organizing a large gathering in Gush Katif. Buses will be leaving from different cities. Jerusalem: Buses will leave from Binyanei Hauma from 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. For other cities, call Moetzet Yesha 02-582-2224
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SOCIAL SECURITY FOR ARAB TERRORISTS
LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005
Dear Friends,
There are some recent developments in the United States, which I would never have dreamed of, even in my worst nightmares. I am aware (being an avid Fox News Channel watcher) that the U.S. Social Security system faces some severe financial problems, and that there are various proposals to improve it on the part of President Bush’s government. These are legitimate concerns and various plans have been advanced to improve the Social Security system, as well as the Health Insurance system.
In spite of the financial problems in assisting the aging part of the American populace, and those who cannot afford adequate health insurance, President George W. Bush wants to make an extraordinary gift of $390 million to Abu Mazen and his terrorist regime.
I am going to quote extensively from an article by Yoram Ettinger, former Israeli Minister for Congressional Affairs (with the rank of Ambassador), entitled: “”$390 Million to Abu Mazen Defies U.S. Global Policy.””
1. PRESIDENT BUSH’S MEMORABLE SEPT. 20, 2001 SPEECH VS. $390 MILLION TO ABU MAZEN
… “”Either you are with us, or your are with the terrorists…Any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the US as a hostile regime…WE WILL STARVE TERRORISTS OF FUNDING…[Where does that leave Abu Mazen, Card #2 of the Palestinian Terror Authority, the largest terror base in the world?! With $390 Million US foreign aid???]
2. U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VS. $390 MILLION TO ABU MAZEN.
The prerequisite for free election and for US assistance to Iraq and to Afghanistan, was the thorough eradication of – rather than accommodation with – rogue regimes. US policy would not tolerate top Ba’th or Taliban leaders running for office, let alone heading a new regime. The US would not tolerate an Iraqi or Afghani candidates campaigning for office on the shoulders of a most wanted notorious terrorist, as did Abu Mazen on the shoulders of Zakaria Zubeidi, the leading terrorist in Jenin. Abu Mazen did not emerge, on election day, from exile in Europe or from his hiding cave in the Judean Desert. Abu Mazen emerged from Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah, running as Arafat’s most intimate confidant during the last 50 years and Arafat’s loyal #2 since 1993. Abu Mazen had occasionally disagreed with Arafat tactically, but always concurred strategically. Contrary to US policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has re-entrenched, rather than uproot, the rogue old regime, thus rewarding Palestinian terrorism and adrenalizing regional anti-US terrorism.
3. U.S. FARM SUBSIDIES VS. $390 MILLION TO ABU MAZEN.
The US would not extend grants/loans to farmers, who have misused previous subsidies in gambling and other non-farming mischief. Why would the US extend a $390 Million grant to the PA, which has misused some $1.5 Billion since 1994, promoting anti-US and anti-Jewish hate-education, terrorism (including the murder of 52 US citizens), corruption and repression, rather than moderation, peaceful-coexistence and counter-terrorism?
4. U.S. POLICY ON SYRIA VS. $390 MILLION TO ABU MAZEN.
President Bush (“”State of the Union””, Feb. 2, 2005) and Secretary of State Rice (Israel, Feb. 7, 2005) have condemned Syria for harboring terrorists, which has denied Damascus US foreign aid and cooperation. Where does that leave Abu Mazen, who has harbored Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, while heading the political infrastructure of PA (“”security organizations””) terrorism?! Abu Mazen met – in December 2004 in Damascus – the leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the PDFLP, and will meet shortly with other Islamic terrorists in Teheran. Both meetings (at terrorist capitals) aim at coordination and co-existence with terrorists, in defiance of the morally-just and strategically-right US war on global terrorism.
5. PAST U.S. CRITICAL BLUNDERS & $390 MILLION TO ABU MAZEN.
Sacrificing the 50 year track record of Abu Mazen – and the lessons of the last eleven years since the signing of Oslo – on the altar of wishful thinking, is consistent with the 1993 White House embrace of the Oslo Process and Nobel Laureate Arafat, with the 1996 crowning of Arafat – by the US Administration – as “”a democratically elected President””, with honoring Arafat as the most frequent visitor to President Clinton’s White House, with the 1988-91 courting of Saddam by the Bush/Baker Administration (until the day of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait!), with the 1978 US Administration support extended to the “”elder Iranian religious leader in exile”” (Khomeini) in his battle against “”the dictator in Teheran”” (the Shah), etc.
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President Bush said in his State of the Union Address. “”Secretary of State Rice will depart on a trip that will take her to Israel and the West Bank for meetings with Prime Minister Sharon and President Abbas. She will discuss with them how we and our friends can help the Palestinian people end terror and build institutions of a peaceful, independent, democratic state. To promote this democracy we will ask Congress for $350 million to support Palestinian political, economic and security reforms. The goal of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace, is within reach – and America will help them achieve that goal.””
The Bush administration subsequently suggested that Congress consent to send an additional $41 million immediately for an immediate impact in support of democratic transition. The entire gift to Abu Mazen now amounts to $391 million dollars.
And now for what Bill O’Reilly of the American Fox News Channel would surely call the most ridiculous item of the day.
Condoleezza Rice, in her new position as successor to Colin Powell, demands that part of that money go directly to “”retired”” terrorists. She proposed a $100 dollar monthly allowance to “”retired”” terrorists, who agree to lay down their arms and retire, or find another profession. She proposed that this pension fund must benefit at least 1,000 terrorists. The money would come out of President Bush’s offer to Abu Mazen of $390 million dollars.
However, Abu Mazen has made the terrorists a better offer. About 350 gunmen, all on Israel’s list of wanted terrorists, have been recruited to “”join the [PA] security forces.”” This move is designed to protect them against Israeli assassination attempts. According to the Jerusalem Post, these terrorists are all members “”of the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad – Izzaddin Kassam and al-Kuds brigades. The two groups are responsible for most of the suicide bombings and rocket attacks against Israeli targets over the past four years.””
“”A PA ‘security’ official said, ‘Hamas and Islamic jihad leaders who met with Abbas last week in Gaza City demanded that their followers be recruited as policemen as a condition for accepting a temporary truce with Israel.'””
Maybe the American money could be put into a “”Social Security”” Fund for the time when these particular Arab terrorists are too old and feeble to kill Jews?
Do not believe for even one minute that Israel’s Prime Minister Sharon will not be the recipient of this largesse of American tax payers’ dollars, as well. President Bush has promised to help Sharon financially with his unilateral Disengagement Plan (actually, Deportation of Jews by Jews Plan).
Thus, President Bush is with one hand promoting a make-believe democracy for Abu Mazen’s terrorist regime, and with the other hand he is collaborating with Israel’s Prime Minister Sharon in suppressing Israel’s democracy.
Dear Friends, it is absolutely essential that you contact your Congressman and your Senators. and ask them to defeat this $390 million dollar appropriation for a terrorist regime. It is in your power to avert this evil plan, since Congress has to approve any such appropriation.
You can see it is important that the giant rally, which is being planned for the Washington DC Mall, in May 2005, is becoming more and more important. We, Bible-believing Jews and Christians, must impress on the U.S. Government that we will not allow Israel to become the first “”democracy”” to be defeated by Islamic terrorists.
With Blessings and Love for Israel,
Ruth Matar
P.S. Don’t forget to send us your name and street address, so that we can add you to our rapidly growing list of people who are anxious to save G-d’s Promised Land.
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February 18, 2005
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
This Sunday, February 20, 2005 At 9 A.M. at the Inbal (LaRomme) Hotel
CAR CONVOY- HONK AGAINST THE RELEASE OF MURDERERS
HONK AGAINST THE DEPORTATION OF JEWS
HONK AGAINST THE ABANDONMENT OF OUR HOMELAND TO THE ENEMY!
This coming Sunday morning the government will vote in favor of destroying and uprooting Jewish communities in Israel. Sharon will thus be no different than Ferdinand and Isabelle who in 1492 called for the expulsion of Jews because of “”the crime”” of being Jews . This cannot go by quietly!!!
Women in Green call upon all to come , with their cars. ( We will decorate our cars with israeli flags and posters, drive very slowly around Jerusalem, honking our protests and calling upon the public to join us.
Please confirm you are coming by calling Nadia 0505 500 834 or
Anita 0505 777 254- For those who have no car, call us also and we will make sure you can join us in one of the available cars
If for any reason you are not able to come to Jerusalem to participate in this activity, we urge you to organize in your own city or community such an event as soon as is possible!
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February 18, 2005
And What Are You Doing This Summer? By Nadia Matar
These are difficult times. Our country is being kidnapped, before our very eyes, by a band of politicians, thugs, and frauds, led by Ariel Sharon, who, like a real dictator, in Bolshevik style, wants to force his disastrous plan upon us. The Sharon plan not only endangers the entire settlement enterprise in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza- it threatens all our lives and the continued existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. A witch-hunt is currently underway against anyone who dares to oppose the Sharon plan. Lies are spread by public officials who presumably are attacked by opponents of “”disengagement”” It is clear to all that these episodes never happened;. There is the use of horrifying force by the police against nonviolent demonstrators – and the list of such incidents grows each day.
The aim of all this is obvious: First, to divert the attention of the public from the true crime of the Israeli government, a crime that includes the release of terrorists; the handing over of parts of the homeland to the enemy and their transformation into Judenrein Fatahland, from where missiles will be launched at all of Israel’s major cities; the training and rearming of the PLO army; the entry of Jordanian and Egyptian soldiers close to our homes; and who knows what else. So that the public will not devote too much thought to the immorality of this course of events and all the dangers and murder of Jews that will result from the criminal Sharon plan, which is a sort of “”mega-Oslo,”” the decision was taken to assault those who cry out.
The second goal, obviously, is to intimidate all those who intend to demonstrate and protest. The documents circulating on the Internet concerning all the plans of the police, that include the use of overwhelming force against demonstrators; the promise not to indict violent policemen who attack and brutalize demonstrators ; the plan to separate parents from children; the building of camps for prolonged detention of thousands of demonstrators, and even the government’s willingness to shoot Jewish demonstrators – all are truly intimidating and shocking. The government wants to lead us to despair, to implant in us the feeling that everything is lost, that there is no point in even opening our mouths and crying out. We must not fall into this trap! Not only are we capable of stopping the Sharon plan, but the more that the Sharon regime’s persecution campaign intensifies, the more strength and encouragement we should draw from this, and realize that they are in a state of total panic, and they rightly fear that they will not be able to realize their malicious schemes.
This is best illustrated by a short story that should light the way for us, and that was mentioned by Rabbi Binyamin Lau in the Kislev 5765 (November 2004) issue of Nekudah. In the year 40 CE the Roman emperor Gaius Caligula proclaimed his intent to erect a idol in the Temple in Jerusalem. The edict was to be implemented by the Syrian procurator Petronius with two legions. In practice, this was a declaration of war against the Jews and Judaism. Both Philo and Josephus describe the profound shock of the Jews when they heard of this horrendous decree.
Philo describes what happened when Petronius arrived in Tiberias with his forces, on his way to Jerusalem: Some of Petronius’ men saw a multitude approaching. The multitude of Jews came as swiftly as a cloud, and covered the face of the land of Phoenicia. Then the sound of shouting, wailing, and the clapping of hands was heard, so awesome that the ears of the listeners could not bear it. This sound did not cease even when the people stopped screaming, rather its echoes reverberated even after they had already fallen silent. The Jews were divided into six divisions: the older men, youth, and boys on one side, and the older women, maidens, and girls on the other. When Petronius appeared, the Jews told him:We have not come to fight, for who can strive with the Emperor? But there are only two possibilities: either not to erect the idol, or to destroy all the people of Judah entirely. Accordingly, if you have resolved to erect an idol in the Temple, then kill us all first, and then do what your heart desires. For as long as we are capable of taking even a single breath, we may not permit anything against our Torah to be done. We are not so witless as to raise a hand against the mighty emperor. Behold, our necks are extended for slaughter, and our lives to be taken. When not a single one of us is left, then carry out the order of Gaius.
In other words, tens of thousands of Jews – men, women, and children – left their homes, left the fields at the height of the harvest, and came in the height of the summer heat, to stand without arms and without violence, against the Roman army, and state simply: We cannot remain in our homes and allow this decree to be implemented. We will stand here in masses, and you will be forced to kill us all if you desire to carry out this crime. The Jews remained there for weeks. Petronius realized that he could not fight against this popular uprising. Caligula was furious, and even threatened to sentence the procurator to death if he did not obey the order. And then a miracle occurred. Caligula was killed in Rome during some political strife that was totally unrelated to the events in Eretz Israel, the decree was abrogated, and calm returned to Judea. The Sharon decree is a declaration of war against the Jews, against Zionism, and against the State of Israel. As our forefathers acted during the time of Caligula in order to prevent the execution of the decree, with nonviolent civil disobedience, it is incumbent upon each and every one of us to go this summer to Gush Katif, or to the closest place to Katif if the area will be sealed off, and to prevent, with his body, the execution of the decree – without violence and without the use of force. The masses will prove decisive, and, with God’s help, will defeat all of Sharon’s plans for the security forces.
Before thinking about the logistics of the operation (how to come, what to do with the children, what about work, how will we have food, what will we do if arrested, and many more important questions) we must first psychologically prepare ourselves and our families: this summer, all of us will be in Gush Katif. We will not go on vacation to the Golan or to Eilat or abroad. We will not plan trips, picnics, or even a kumsitz. This summer there are no plans, except one: masses of people going to Gush Katif. It cannot be that a Jew who is loyal to his land and his heritage will stay home with arms folded and watch the horrendous events on television. Some will already come months before the uprooting date. Some will come for two weeks, some for one. But no one will stay at home. This message has to be delivered, already now, to all the members of our families, and to our friends and acquaintances.
There is no doubt that the arrival of tens of thousands of Jews to the area earmarked for uprooting, together with the tens of thousands of soldiers and policemen who will refuse to implement the crime of deportation, and the tens of thousands of others who will disrupt the entire country with demonstrations and the blocking of roads from the north to the south, will, with God’s help, succeed in preventing the execution of the decree. All the intimidation, the threats, the arrests, and the silencing of protests will be of no avail. Our strength lies in our numbers. Our strength lies in our determination.
Our strength lies in our faith in Hashem and in the justice of our cause. “”They call on chariots, they call on horses, but we call on the name of the Lord our God. They collapse and lie fallen, but we rally and gather strength. O Lord, grant victory! May the King answer us when we call.”” (Psalms 20:8-10)
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“”HAST THOU MURDERED AND ALSO INHERITED?””
LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005
Dear Friends,
History repeats itself in the most amazing ways. In these very difficult times we must not fail to learn from Jewish history, because as the saying goes: “”Those who will not learn from history are bound to repeat it.””
Do you remember the story in the Bible about King Ahab? This famous story is found in the First Book of Kings, Chapter 21. There is a chilling resemblance between this story and the events in the Holy Land today.
…. There was a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite in Jezreel that was adjacent to the palace of Ahab, King of Samaria. Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “”Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it as an herb garden, it is close by my house; in its place I will give you a better vineyard, or if you prefer I will give you its price in money.”” (1 Kings, 1-2)
(Isn’t this exactly what Sharon is offering to the Gush Katif Jews?)
But Naboth said to Ahab, “”Far be it for me before HASHEM that I should give you my ancestors’ heritage.”” (1 Kings, verse 3)
This is exactly how the Gush Katif Jews replied to Sharon. They refused to give Sharon their ancestors’ heritage, as HASHEM had given Gaza to the Tribe of Judah, as their eternal inheritance.
Do you see the incredible resemblance between the Biblical story and what is happening in the Holy Land in the Jewish Year of 5765 (2005 C. E.)?
In the “”good old days””, when Sharon went through his Zionist phase, he criticized the Peres-Rabin government for acting as if Israel was their “”private real estate.””
Now Ariel Sharon himself treats our Biblical inheritance of Samaria, Judea and Gaza as his own personal real estate. Sharon is working non-stop to give our covenant land to the Arab enemy, who have murdered us non-stop since long before the State’s rebirth.
Sharon needed to shore up his tottering government. He therefore joined forces with the leftist Labor party and its leader, Shimon Peres. Peres is now the Vice Prime Minister, and is contributing his proven extraordinary talents to the project of helping Sharon deport the Jews in Gaza from their homes in their G-d given homeland.
Let us not forget that Oslo architect, Shimon Peres, negotiated these Accords with the Arabs when it was totally forbidden under Israeli law to have any dealings whatsoever with the Arab enemy. The agreement he signed with the Arabs was “”retroactively”” and illegally approved by the Knesset.
Dear Friends, let me tell you, the Sharon-Peres combination is even worse than the Rabin-Peres combination was. Peres, the architect of the disastrous Oslo Accords is, in the opinion of many Jews, the personification of evil. He gave the Arab enemy ammunition and guns, and shares responsibility with them in the murder of more than a thousand innocent civilians.
Now let’s get to the practical aspects of the Disengagement (Deportation) Plan. Those Jewish “”Extremists”” had actually been encouraged to build their homes in Gaza by Sharon, as Governor of Gaza, and by various previous Israeli governments. Sharon, who is often called, not affectionately, the “”bulldozer””, thought at first that the transfer of Jews was a simple problem. Just bring in the mechanical bulldozers and level the Gush Katif homes.
But then another problem arose: “”We are going to lose the international good will of the World, which we gained by agreeing to transfer the Jews. The World will think that we are leveling these houses, in order to deprive these poor, long-suffering Arabs of shelter, purely out of spite.”” (Our Dictator Sharon does not for one moment care what the Jewish People will think of his scheme.)
An additional problem arose. The environmentalists started a hue and cry. Not what will happen to those poor Jewish families, but what will happen to the environment? Environment Minister Shalom Simhon warned of unprecedented environmental damage to the country. “”The demolition of homes in Gush Katif under the Disengagement Plan will cause severe damage to the environment and unprecedented damage to Israel’s economy and public image””, Simhon warned. “”Israel is not sufficiently prepared to properly dispense all the refuse that would be created if the homes are demolished. The demolition of the standing structures in Gush Katif would create some 1.5 million cubic meters of garbage. The demolition and the removal of the refuse would cost the State over NIS 80 million. The State of Israel is not prepared to absorb all the refuse, even if new garbage sites are created for that purpose. We will still not be able to recycle the materials until 2010. Also, the homes and the underground infrastructure may be made of asbestos and those exposed to the refuse will be at risk of getting sick with cancer in addition to other illnesses.””
To the rescue comes an Arab billionaire, Mahmoud al-Abar, from Dhabai. One of those romantic oil-sheikhs, you know!
To make a meeting between Mahmoud al-Abar and Sharon possible, Labor Knesset Member Ephraim Sneh and Prime Minister Sharon’s Office Director-General, Ilan Cohen, arranged a clandestine meeting.
The Jerusalem Post assured us gullible little readers that the sheikh only stayed in Sharon’s office for 180 seconds. I guess the Jerusalem Post reporter thought that this sounded like less than three minutes! In any case, the reporter tells us that all they did was shake hands. But what did they shake hands on?
Well, it develops that sheikh Mahmoud al-Abar has offered to buy the Jewish Gaza settlements for $56 million. What an incredible bargain! For Mahmoud al-Abar, that is! Who will be the beneficiaries of this real estate transaction? For sure not the Jews of Gush Katif who will most likely be in prison for not leaving their homes voluntarily. Neither do we know what is going to be left of this $56 million purchase price, after Sharon’s sons Gilad and Omri, and Knesset Member Ephraim Sneh get their cut? And how about the Prime Minister’s Office Director-General, Ilan Cohen, who helped to set up this deal, doesn’t he deserve something for his efforts?
I am sure you are aware that both of Sharon’s sons, Gilad and Omri, have been investigated for financial wrongdoings, both in the Greek Island Affair and for illegal campaign contributions to their father’s campaign. All this was supposedly done with filial devotion to their father. The new Attorney General Mazus, appointed by Ariel Sharon, has found the evidence insufficient to indict Gilad, but has just indicted Omri. But both sons claim that their father knew absolutely nothing of their trying to help him! Also, the Brooklyn Bridge is still for sale.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has just told a committee of Labor Knesset members that they should not support the Prime Minister, because the whole Sharon family is riddled with corruption. Is this the case of the pot calling the kettle black?
Shimon Peres does not want to stay out of the debate about Disengagement. Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres is preparing a plan to transfer Jewish-owned businesses, green houses, farms and factories by selling them to the Arabs, to ensure as smooth a transition as possible. “”We are interested in economic peace in addition to political peace,”” Peres said. “”The Palestinians residing in Gaza must not find themselves disappointed the day after we disengage. If unemployment and poverty increase, hatred and bitterness will increase as well. I see this scenario as a danger.””
Peres, as always, is loyal to the enemy rather than to his own Jewish brethren. What about the difficulty of the dispossessed Jews to find employment, to start new farms, to feed their families? Yes, hatred and bitterness will increase among those poor people who were subject to the crime of being expelled from their homes by Ariel Sharon, their own Jewish Prime Minister.
Isn’t this the story of King Ahab and Naboth, multiplied 9,000 times over?
Has the Sharon Government lost it completely? Even if the buildings are given over to deserving terrorists, government officials say that the synagogues of Gush Katif and northern Samaria will not be left standing, for fear that Arabs will defile them. It is unclear how the Israeli Defense Forces’ destruction of the synagogues in Gush Katif and northern Samaria would take place in a manner that would not constitute “”defilement””.
Dear Friends, I have completely abandoned the idea that Sharon and his leftist coterie will ever abandon the evil and immoral plan of deporting the Jews from Gush Katif and northern Samaria. However, American support is vital for Sharon’s political survival. I don’t think he can carry out his plan without American complicity.
We must convince the Bush Administration that the goal of bringing democracy to the Middle East is not served by making parts of the Holy Land “”Judenrein.”” Such a plan is completely against the promises given to the Jewish People by the G-d of the Judeo-Christian Bible.
Time is short. A giant protest rally is being planned for Washington, D.C. to convince the American government that Sharon’s plan is dangerous not only for Israel, but for America as well. A date for this rally will be announced soon. Let us put our heads together and plan how to make this event a resounding success!
Please give me your name, street address and email address for our rapidly growing list. We count on you, both Christian and Jewish Zionists and Bible believers to join the struggle against a take-over of the Holy Land by radical Islam. Remember what Arafat said in his Johannesburg speech in 1994: “”Now after this agreement [the Oslo Agreement] you have to understand our main battle is Jerusalem. The jihad (Islamic holy war) will continue, and Jerusalem is not for the Palestinian people alone. It is for all the Muslim people.””
Dear Friends, make no mistake about it. The Muslims believe in conquering by stages. First Gaza and Samaria, then Judea and the rest of Israel. And finally, Jerusalem! We must wake up before it is too late. Together we shall overcome!
With Blessings and Love for Israel,
Ruth Matar
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February 26, 2005
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
1) Women in Green representatives were invited to participate last Tuesday in the Knesset Law Committee, headed by MK Michael Eitan, regarding the topic of “”human rights during the era of terror””. Up until now, the Law Committte only invited as guests extreme left wing organizations like Machsomwatch, Betzelem, Association of Civil Rights, who would give a completely distorted image of what was going on in Judea, Samaria and Gaza and at the IDF chekpoints, spreading lies about our soldiers, besmirching them and even managing to bring soldiers to trial for things they had never done (remember the Zviki Koretzky case).
Women in Green, who, as one of their many activities, go to the IDF checkpoints to strengthen the soldiers and the border policemen, demanded that this time we would be present at the Law Committee to give a real picture of what goes on at the IDF checkpoints; how the extreme left wing Machsomwatch ladies harass and endanger the soldiers. How they are collaborators of the Arab enemy, etc.
Nadia Matar and Anita Finkelstein were WiG’s representatives at that Knesset Law Committee where all the higher echelons of the army and the border police were present. It was shocking to realize how the army, the police and the MK’s are completely “”prisoners”” of the extreme left wing organizations like Betselem, Machsomwatch, Association for Civil Rights, and “”Shvrim Shtika””. Every little demand they made, the army and police representatives were bowing down to them making sure to please them. It was nauseating. When Nadia Matar started telling stories about Machsomwatch, how they bother the soldiers to do their work, how they help the Arabs to bypass checkpoints, how in any other country such traitors would not be allowed in the Parliament, the head of the Law Committee, MK Michael Eitan (Likud!) threatened to forcibly remove her. “”You were invited to give us facts about what goes on at the checkpoints, not to start attacking other groups in this room”” he said. Nadia answered that she had brought a folder filled with facts as to what harm Machsomwatch does to the security of the soldiers and of the country. Nadia demanded to tell her stories anyway, which enraged MK Zahava Galon (Meretz) greatly. In the end, Nadia was able to tell some stories, and thus, for the first time, somebody in the Law Committee actually defended the soldiers and border policemen. Nadia pointed out how those women, who are very connected to the leftist Israeli media, and to the high echelons in the army Yaron London’s wife is Machsomwatch. Amnon Dankner’s daughter is Machsomwatch. Some of the high ranking army people are married to women active in Machsomwatch]. They enjoy “”protekzia”” and are not being brought to justice for harassing soldiers and bothering them at work, as would be the case in any other country.
MK Michael Eitan, who had just praised the wonderful cooperation between him and Machsomwatch(!), seemed shocked and unaware of these stories. He invited WiG to come this coming Tuesday to his office in order to hear more. We will be coming with two officers who will finally have a chance to tell some MK what really goes on at those IDF checkpoints.
Women in Green see this as a big achievement and will continue to strengthen the soldiers and the border policemen at the IDF checkpoints. Our next visit to the IDF checkpoint will be this WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2nd, leaving the Inbal hotel at 9:30 A.M. Call to confirm you are coming – Nadia 0505-500834, Anita 0505-777254
2)Women in Green is joining Kola Shel Ima’s protest opposite the supreme court on TUESDAY, March 1st at 11:30 A.M., to support the officers who were expelled from the IDF for not agreeing to take part in the “”Altalena War””. On Tuesday they are going to the Supreme Court to fight their expulsion from the army- claiming that when they said they would not give a hand to the illegal and immoral order of the uprooting, they acted like every soldier should act, and therefore should not have been expelled from the army
3) The following week, Tuesday and Wednesday March 8 and 9- WOMEN’S MARCH FOR AM ISRAEL AND ERETZ Israel FROM OFAKIM TO KISSUFIM JUNCTION (Gush Katif) – Organized spontaneously by different women around the country.
Program: Tuesday March 8th-Assembly at 10:30 opposite the municipality (Ofakim)
At 11:15 A.M. Start walking along the road – We will sleep in the fields. The March will continue on Wednesday. Assembly at Kissufim Junction in the afternoon. Come with appropriate clothing and equipment and ORANGE colors Details: Ruti 0577-208135, Shosh 0577-614403
WOMEN IN GREEN will join the march for one day, on Wednesday, March 9th. Anybody who wants to join only on Wednesday, please call Nadia 0505-500834 or Anita 0505-777254.
Jerusalem, February 26, 2005, Ruth and Nadia Matar
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February 28, 2005
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace
By the Grace of G-d Adar I, 5765
URGENT CALL BY MOST PROMINENT JEWISH LEADERS TO WORLD JEWRY
TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR MEANS TO STOP THE MADNESS
An Urgent Call to All Rabbis, Jewish Communal Leaders, and Friends of Israel Throughout the World,
“”For the sounding of wailing is coming from Zion: ‘How have we been plundered? We have been shamed tremendously, for we have abandoned the land; our own dwellings have cast us out'”” (Jeremiah 9:18)
Open your eyes and see what the government of Israel is planning to do:
Jewish communities that are more than three decades old will be destroyed;
Torah centers and yeshivos will be torn down;
Cemeteries where terror victims lie will be given over to the very hands who slew them;
Parents and grandparents, young children and flowering youth, will be driven from their homes; and
Businesses and corporations employing thousands will be closed.
A victory will be granted to terror.
Our enemies will celebrate in the streets and be encouraged to further acts of violence.
Jews throughout the land of Israel will be endangered when the bases of terror will be brought closer to their homes and thousands of terrorists will be set free. Success that our foes could never dream to achieve will be granted to them.
For what? What is being given in return? There are still terror alerts throughout Israel. Rockets and mortars are still falling on Jewish homes. Suicide bombers are still blowing themselves up in the heart of Israel murdering innocent Jews.
“”Do not stand idle while the blood of your brother is endangered”” (Leviticus 19:16). We must
object by raising an outcry, fasting and giving charity. As in all times of difficulty an extra measure of Psalms including Chapters: 20, 83, 103 should be recited daily.
The emperor has no clothes. But the media in Israel are so slanted that they celebrate his parade through the streets while exposed.
You can help! Raise an objective voice. Speak in the name of our Torah and our Jewish tradition.
Tell the government to stop. Speak to your congressmen and senators. Let the media throughout the world know. Let an outcry be heard so that the heroes risking their lives and fortunes in Israel will take heart.
“”They will contrive a scheme, but it will be foiled; conspire a plot, but it will not be realized, for G-d is with us”” (Isaiah 8:10).
Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, Rebbe of Sadigura and Member of Council of Torah Sages
Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe and member of Council of Torah Sages
Hagaon Rabbi Binyomin Yehoshua Zilber, Member of Council of Torah Sages
Hagaon Rabbi Meir Mazuz, Rosh Yeshivas Kise Rachamim
Former Chief Rabbi and noted Kabbalist, Hagaon Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu
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