JUNE 2005

June 1, 2005

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The March to Stop the Deportation
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Americans Say Never Again!
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Never Again to indifference.
Never Again to silence.
Never Again to deportation.
Dear Friend of Israel,

The Sharon Government plans to deport close to 10,000 Jews from Gush Katif and Northern Shomron later this summer. Jewish lives are at risk both there as well as in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and other major population centers. Even PM Sharon’s own newly appointed head of the Shin Bet Yuval Diskin paints a bleak picture of Israel’s security situation after the expulsion. According to Diskin, “”Northern Samaria and Gaza without the IDF means terror and the firing of missiles at Israeli targets all over the Land. It would leave the IDF without an effective method of fighting terror.”” Our brothers and sisters in Israel have pleaded for us to do something to prevent this crime against humanity and violation of G-d’s commandment to the Jewish people. They are counting on us. We will not let them down.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Outside the Israeli Embassy, Washington DC

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Questions/Comments: matt@stopthedeportation.org

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ET TU BRUTUS
PRESIDENT BUSH BETRAYS ISRAEL

LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) Jerusalem
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Dear Friends,

I no longer enjoy reading the newspaper in the morning with my first cup of coffee.  Usually the news as far as Israel is concerned ranges from bad to very bad.

Friday morning, May 27, the day after President Bush met Mahmoud Abbas, I received a painful reminder that countries do not have friends, only interests.

The Leader of the most powerful democratic country in the world, President George W. Bush, said in his meeting on the previous with the Holocaust denier, and Arafat’s collaborator for forty years, Mahmoud Abbas, that:

        1.1949 ARMISTICE LINES ARE THE STARTING POINT OF REFERENCE RATHER THAN THE 1967 LINES.
[RM]:  This, of course, means that everything that Israel’s miraculous victory in the 1967 war achieved, can be nullified in final status negotiations.  The 1949 Armistice lines is what Abba Eban called:  “”The Auschwitz Borders””.  Is the miracle given to the Jews by the G-d of Israel, when he allowed the Jews to defeat all those invading Arab armies, to be nullified by the arrogant pronouncement of an American president?

        2.””ISRAEL SHOULD NOT UNDERTAKE ANY ACTIVITY THAT PREJUDICES FINAL STATUS NEGOTIATIONS WITH REGARD TO GAZA, THE WEST BANK AND JERUSALEM.””
[RM]:  President Bush always uses the term “”West Bank””, coined by the former Jordanian King, Abdullah I, when he illegally occupied these areas between 1948 and 1967, rather than the Biblical names of Judea, Samaria and Gaza.  President Bush thereby denies Israel’s Biblical right to these Jewish areas.

President Bush also makes us question American support even for an undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.  (By the way, Mahmoud Abbas has “”graciously”” promised, that “”if there is real peace between the Palestinians and the Jews””, he will permit the Jews to pray at the Western Wall!)

        3. “”HAMAS IS A TERRORIST GROUP, IT’S ON A TERRORIST LIST FOR A REASON.  AS THE ELECTIONS GO FORWARD, OF COURSE, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE ON THE VOTE.””
[RM]:  Does President Bush really think it’s O.K for a terrorist party to run in a democratic election?

        4. “”WE MEET AT A TIME WHEN A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN HISTORY IS IN REACH, THE CREATION OF A PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC PALESTINIAN STATE.  PRESIDENT ABBAS IS SEEKING THAT GOAL BY REJECTING VIOLENCE AND WORKING FOR A DEMOCRATIC REFORM””.
[RM]:  The following are quotes from an article in the Jerusalem Post by Caroline Glick, entitled:  “”Our World:  Abbas the Circus Master””:

                a. As far as terrorism is concerned:  “”Three years ago, Bush called for the PA  to transform its 13 security services from terror organizations into counter-terror militias…This demand has the advantage of being concrete and measurable, but the disadvantage of being completely meaningless.  As long as the PA’s security services are actively involved in terrorism, who cares how they are organized?…Not one of them is taking any action whatsoever against terror cells.  On the contrary, they are openly bringing new terrorists into their ranks.””

                b. With regard to Palestinian democracy:  “”Since his election, Abbas’s pro-democracy work has involved enabling Hamas to participate in the Palestinian election process; signing the death warrants of Palestinians accused of assisting Israel in combating terror; and ratcheting up incitement in the PA media against Israel and the U.S.

        5. “”THEREFORE, ISRAEL MUST REMOVE UNAUTHORIZED OUTPOSTS AND STOP SETTLEMENT EXPANSION.  ANY FINAL STATUS AGREEMENT MUST BE REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES, AND CHANGES TO THE 1949 ARMISTICE LINES MUST BE MUTUALLY AGREED TO””.
[RM]:  In addition, Bush states in his Speech that there may not be any Israeli construction in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem, while Palestinian construction will be ignored.

President Bush directly challenges the Word of G-d in the Judeo-Christian Bible.  The Holy Land was given by the G-d of Israel to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants, the Jewish People, as an everlasting inheritance. It was not given to the descendants of Ishmael, Mohammed, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas.  In fact, the G-d of the Bible admonished the Jews to settle the land of their inheritance and to obey His Commandments, such as:
                                        “”The Land shall not be sold in perpetuity,
                                        for the Land is Mine; for you are but |
                                        sojourners and residents with Me.””
                                        Leviticus 25:23

        6. “”THE UNITED STATES ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE QUARTET’S SPECIAL ENVOY, JIM WOLFENSOHN, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT BRINGS PALESTINIANS A BETTER LIFE””.
[RM]:  (The Gaza Disengagement Plan also includes communities in Northern Samaria).  The above statement makes the President of the United States a partner in the crime of expelling and deporting Jews from their homes in their divinely apportioned Homeland. Can President Bush justify the theft of Jewish land, Jewish labor and Jewish assets, in order to give the Palestinian terrorists “”a better life”” at the expense of the Jewish People?  The Biblical quotation which comes to mind is:  “”Hast thou murdered and also inherited””?

        7. “”TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT IS A SUCCESS, THE UNITED STATES WILL    PROVIDE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY $50 MILLION FOR NEW HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN GAZA.     THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PALESTINIANS LIVING IN GAZA, WHERE POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT ARE VERY HIGH””.
[RM]:  President Bush is giving these unreformed terrorists a gift of $50 million from our taxpayers’ money, without any congressional supervision whatsoever.  Will these monies be used for further terror attacks?  In today’s Jerusalem Post there is the following item:  “”Security forces thwarted attempts by the Islamic Jihad to launch double-suicide bomb attacks in Jerusalem, including one that was to have occurred on Thursday, June 2 (today’s date).  The terrorists planned to launch an attack in the Ramot neighborhood and at the coffee-house, a synagogue or a bus in the Capital’s center.  Some of the cell members were previously incarcerated in Israel and released in February.””

Dear Friends, if you and I as American tax payers do not strenuously object to this large unsupervised gift to the Palestinian Terror State in the making – literally from our pockets – we ourselves are partners to President Bush’s betrayal of Israel.

It is vitally important that you let President Bush understand how we, the people who elected him, feel about the promises he made to Mahmoud Abbas at the White House meeting on May 26.

Mailing address:  The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20500
Telephone:  202-456-1111,  Fax:  202-456-2461.
Email: president@whitehouse.gov

With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth Matar

P.S. I am attaching the complete transcript of President Bush’s speech, the remarks of Abbas, and the press conference at the White House.

PRESIDENT BUSH’S SPEECH
Thank you. Mr. President, it is my honor to welcome the democratically elected leader of the Palestinian people to the White House.

We meet at a time when a great achievement of history is within reach, the creation of a peaceful, democratic Palestinian state. President Abbas is seeking that goal by rejecting violence and working for democratic reform. I believe the Palestinian people are fully capable of justly governing themselves, in peace with their neighbors. I believe the interests of the Israeli people would be served by a peaceful Palestinian state. And I
believe that now is the time for all parties of this conflict to move beyond old grievances and act forcefully in the cause of peace.

President Abbas’s election four months ago was a tribute to the power and appeal of democracy, and an inspiration to the people across the region. Palestinians voted against violence, and for sovereignty, because only the defeat of violence will lead to sovereignty.

Mr. President, the United States and the international community applaud your rejection of terrorism. All who engage in terror are the enemies of a Palestinian state, and must be held to account. We will stand with you, Mr. President, as you combat corruption, reform the Palestinian security services and your justice system, and revive your economy. Mr. President, you have made a new start on a difficult journey, requiring courage and leadership each day — and we will take that journey together.

As we work for peace, other countries must step up to their responsibilities. Arab states must take concrete measures to create a regional environment conducive to peace. They must offer financial assistance to all — to support the peaceful efforts of President Abbas, his government and the Palestinian people. And they must refuse to assist or harbor terrorists.

Israel must continue to take steps toward a peaceful future, and work with the Palestinian leadership to improve the daily lives of Palestinians, especially their humanitarian situation. Israel should not undertake any activity that contravenes road map obligations or prejudice final status negotiations with regard to Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Therefore, Israel must remove unauthorized outposts and stop settlement expansion. The barrier being erected by Israel as a part of its security effort must be a security, rather than political, barrier. And its route should take into account, consistent with security needs, its impact on Palestinians not engaged in terrorist activities. As we make progress toward security, and in accordance with the road map, Israeli forces should withdraw to their positions on September the 28th, 2000.

Any final status agreement must be reached between the two parties, and changes to the 1949 Armistice lines must be mutually agreed to. A viable two-state solution must ensure contiguity of the West Bank, and a state of scattered territories will not work. There must also be meaningful linkages between the West Bank and Gaza. This is the position of the United States today, it will be the position of the United States at the time of final status negotiations.

The imminent Israeli disengagement from Gaza, parts of the West Bank, presents an opportunity to lay the groundwork for a return to the road map. All parties have a responsibility to make this hopeful moment in the region a new and peaceful beginning. That is why I assigned General Kip Ward, who is with us today, to support your efforts, Mr. President, to reform the Palestinian security services and to coordinate the efforts of the international community to make that crucial task a success. The United States also strongly supports the mission of the Quartet’s special envoy, Jim Wolfensohn, to make sure that the Gaza disengagement brings Palestinians a better life.

To help ensure that the Gaza disengagement is a success, the United States will provide to the Palestinian Authority $50 million to be used for new housing and infrastructure projects in the Gaza. These funds will be used to improve the quality of life of the Palestinians living in Gaza, where poverty and unemployment are very high. I’ve also asked Secretary Rice to travel to Jerusalem and Ramallah before the beginning of the Israeli withdrawal. Secretary Rice will consult with Israelis and Palestinians on the disengagement, their shared commitments and the way back on the road map.

As we work to make the disengagement succeed, we must not lose sight of the path ahead. The United States remains committed to the road map as the only way to realize the vision of two democratic states living side-by-side in peace and security. It is through the road map that the parties can achieve a final permanent status agreement through direct negotiations. The people of the Middle East have endured a long period of challenge, and now, we have reached a moment of hope.

Leaders from around the world have made a moral commitment: We will not stand by as another generation in the Holy Land grows up in an atmosphere of violence and hopelessness. With concrete actions by the United States, the Palestinians, Israel, and other nations, we can transform this opportunity into real momentum.

Mr. President, we will work with you to help realize the dream of a free and democratic Palestine, to bring greater freedom, security and prosperity to all peoples in the region, and to achieve the lasting peace we all seek.

Welcome back to the White House.

PRESIDENT ABBAS: (As translated.) Thank you, very much, Mr. President. I’d like to thank you for this warm welcome and express my view in order to strengthen the relationship between Palestine and the United States. The Palestinian people share with the American people the same values of peace, freedom and democracy. We are confident that the two peoples will benefit from continuing and developing this relationship.

Today, we have conducted very intensive and constructive discussions with you, Mr. President, and with your senior administration officials. We discussed ways to support the opportunities to revive and resume the peace process in the Middle East. These discussions afford us with the opportunity to emphasize the central and essential role played by you, Mr. President, and by your administration, in supporting and advancing the peace process toward the realization of your vision of ending the Israeli occupation that started in 1967 and the establishment of a democratic, free and independent Palestine to live side-by-side with the state of Israel in order to create a better future for the peoples of the region. We have reiterated again to you, Mr. President, our strong commitment to the peace option, and through negotiations, we can achieve, the two sides can achieve their objectives.

We also discussed the efforts that have been undertaken by the Palestinian Authority throughout the past few months to bring about calm. These efforts have brought about the reduction of violence to the lowest level in four years, and once again reopened the window of hope for progress toward peace.

We emphasized our determination to maintain and preserve this calm. The Palestinian Authority exerts a great deal of efforts in reforming our security organizations, and the truth is, our efforts are fully supported by our own people who repeatedly reaffirmed their commitment to peace and negotiations.

In our talks we also discussed the ongoing democratic process in Palestine. This process has successfully presented, through the presidential elections and the local municipal elections, that the Palestinians have succeeded in carrying out transparent and fair elections under very difficult circumstances, another example of the capability of our people and their ability to build an independent democratic state once we achieve our freedom and our independence.

We expect that our people will be helped and supported to make their democratic experiment a successful one. We look forward to the free movement and the freedom of movement and the removal of Israeli roadblock and check points, and the Israeli withdrawal to positions prior to September 28th, 2000, and as well as implementing the various understanding that we have reached with the Israeli government in Sharm el-Sheikh. We stress that democracy cannot flourish under occupation and in the absence of freedom.

In this regard, we expressed our deep concern over the continuous Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the wall on our land, particularly in the area of Jerusalem. These settlement activities, in addition to undermining President Bush’s vision in establishing a Palestinian and contiguous state, that it is a viable state that can live side-by-side by the state of Israel, it also contributes to the feeling of frustration and despair and the loss of hope. Stopping this is one of the requirements of the road map. Time is becoming our greatest enemy. We should end this conflict before it is too late.

We are extending our hands to the Israeli people in good intention. We are saying that peace and dialogue and the recognition of the other side’s rights is what will create a good neighborhood and achieve security and prosperity for our people and the peoples of the region.

We have assured the President that the Palestinian Authority is ready to coordinate with the Israeli side in order to ensure the success of its withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank upon the Israeli evacuation. We see this evacuation as a part of ending the occupation, and it should not be at the expense of the West Bank. We must then immediately move to permanent status negotiations to deal with the issues of Al-Quds, East Jerusalem as a capital of the future state of Palestine, the issues of refugees, settlements, borders, security, and water, on the basis of President Bush’s vision, and on the basis of U.N. resolutions, and the basis of the Arab Initiative.

It is time for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to end, right now. It is time for our people, after many decades of suffering and dispossessions, to enjoy living in freedom and independence on their own land. And we should accelerate the freedom of our prisoners in order to be a part of peace-making.

Mr. President, we end our discussions in Washington and we are more determined to move forward in the path of freedom, reform, and democracy. We depart Washington, we are more confident about the role that you will play and the role that your administration will play in order to move the process forward and achieve lasting peace.

Mr. President, at the end I would like to thank you very much for your hospitality and expressing the American — and demonstrating the American support to the Palestinian administration and the Palestinian people. We continue to look forward to work with you ahead in order to achieve our common objectives of peace, security and democracy and freedom. Thank you very much, Mr. President.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Good job, good job. Two questions a side, starting with Terry.

Q Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, you just spoke about the rejection of terror. Are you satisfied that President Abbas is moving aggressively enough, doing everything he can to shut down terror groups? And do you think that he should, for example, close Hamas or remove from positions of power associates of Yasser Arafat?

PRESIDENT BUSH: I believe that — and I know the President is committed to democracy. After all, he ran on a platform that said, vote for me, I’m for peace, and I believe in democracy. That’s what he told the Palestinian people when he ran. And he won with 62 percent of the vote, I think it was. So in other words, he’s committed; that’s what he said he was going to do and he’s now fulfilling it.

Our position on Hamas is very clear, it’s a well-known position and it hasn’t changed about Hamas: Hamas is a terrorist group, it’s on a terrorist list for a reason. As the elections go forward, of course, we want everybody to participate in the vote. There is something healthy about people campaigning, saying, this is what I’m for. The President ran on a peace platform; you know, maybe somebody will run on a war platform — you know, vote for me, I promise violence. I don’t think they’re going to get elected, because I think Palestinian moms want their children to grow up in peace just like American moms want their children to grow up in peace. As a matter of fact, I think the people that campaign for peace will win.

The goal of a — is, of course, a Palestinian state based upon rule of law, and you cannot have a democracy based upon rule of law if you have armed bands of people who will use their weapons to try to achieve a political outcome. We discussed this with the President. He can give you his own views. I will just tell you, he is — he believes strongly in democracy and understands that aspect of democracy.

And so I’m — I think there’s something healing about asking people to vote. And hopefully, as more people participate and more people see progress on the ground, in terms of real tangible benefits when it comes to democracy — like being able to make a living, or being able to send your child to a school that works, or being able to get good quality health care — that more and more people will reject the notion that the only state based upon violence is a positive state.

Q President Abbas, regarding settlements and the erection of the wall, your positions before that you gave to your voters among the Palestinian public? And the question to President Bush, we heard your remarks. You talked about clear American position about the issue of settlements. But Israel continues to build settlements and continues to seize Palestinian territories. What is your position, Mr. President?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, I told you what my position was. And it’s exactly what I said when I was in Crawford, by the way, when Prime Minister Sharon was there, as well. I mean, when you say you’re going to accept the road map, you accept the road map. And part of the obligations of the road map is not the expansion of settlements. And we continue to remind our friends, the Israelis, about their obligations under the road map, just like we remind President Abbas about the obligations under the road map that the Palestinians have accepted. So nothing has changed.

Adam, yes.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Oh, I’m sorry. I beg your pardon.

PRESIDENT ABBAS: The first one.

PRESIDENT BUSH: I beg your — sorry, yes. Just trying to cut you off. (Laughter.) It’s an old Rose Garden trick.

PRESIDENT ABBAS: Regarding the issue of settlements and the wall, our position is very clear from the beginning. When we talk about two states, we are talking about a Palestinian state within the boundaries of 1967. That means that those boundaries, in our views, should go back to the Palestinian people. This is what the road map states, and this is what is in various U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Also President Bush talked about ending the occupation that started in 1967. In our views, the wall — there is no justification for the wall, and it is illegitimate, as well as settlements, it is illegitimate and should not allow. We heard from the President that these activities should stop. I believe this is an important step in order to get to the permanent status negotiations. During the permanent status negotiations, we will put all these issues on the table. And we express our views that does not contradict international legitimacy.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Now Adam.

Q Mr. President, President Bush, the First Lady under the Egyptian pyramids this week enthusiastically endorsed Mubarak’s first steps towards direct presidential elections. Two days later, Mubarak supporters attacked the opposition in the streets. Was it premature to back Mubarak? What’s your message to Mubarak now?

PRESIDENT BUSH: I also embraced President Mubarak’s first steps and said that those first steps must include people’s ability to have access to TV, and candidates ought to be allowed to run freely in an election and that there ought to be international monitors. That’s — and the idea of people expressing themselves in opposition in government, then getting a beating, is not our view of how a democracy ought to work. It’s not the way that you have free elections. People ought to be allowed to express themselves, and I’m hopeful that the President will have open elections that everybody can have trust in. Final question here. Oh, sorry. That’s what happens when you don’t get called on.

Q To President Bush, Mr. President, Israel insists on controlling the Gaza airspace, as well as the port, after its unilateral withdrawal. What practical steps are you prepared to take, sir, to deter Israel from doing so and ensuring that the Gaza disengagement remains an integral part of the road map?

And to President Abbas, in the article that was published in the Wall Street Journal today, you emphasized the link between democracy and freedom. Do you feel concerned that the new Palestinian democracy could go back under the occupation and under the lack of freedom? Thank you.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Actually, my answer kind of ties into the question you asked the President. You know, one of the things when you are in the position I’m in, I’m able to observe attitudes and opinions, and clearly there’s a lot of mistrust, and you can understand why. There’s been war, violence, bloodshed. The only way to achieve all the objectives is for there to be a democracy living side-by-side with a democracy. And the best way to see — to solve problems that seem insoluble now is for there to be a society which evolves based upon democratic principles.

And so there’s going to be a lot of issues that come up as this process evolves that are going to be difficult issues. But as — as more people trust each other, then those issues become easier to solve. And so one of my cautions to both sides in this very important problem is to make sure that we stay focused on getting things right initially, and what needs to happen is that Palestinians, with the world’s help, fill the void created by the
withdraw from Gaza with a society which is hopeful. And that means people can find work, and people can send their kids to school, the health care system functions well.

I told the — I told the President, there’s a lot of international help that will be available, particularly as his government earns the trust of the donors. And the best way to earn the trust of the donors is to work to develop this — to take advantage of this opportunity and develop a state. Israel has obligations to help. You noticed in my statement, I said, help improve the humanitarian situation on the ground. And America wants to help.

Now as a democracy evolves and people see that this is a government fully capable of sustaining democratic institutions and adhering to rule of law and transparency and puts strong anti-corruption devices in place, answers to the will of the people, that it becomes easier to deal with issues such as airspace. The West Bank will become an easier issue for everybody to meet obligations. We’ve got a fantastic opportunity now.

When I — I told the President, there’s no doubt in my mind we can succeed. President Abbas is a man of courage. Part of the success is going to require courageous decision by the President. And I take great faith in not only his personal character, but the fact that he campaigned on a platform of peace — he said, vote for me, I am for peace. And the Palestinians voted overwhelmingly to support him.

And so there will be a series of issues that come up — you know, how do we deal with this issue, or, how do you deal with that issue, all of which will become easier to deal with as the government succeeds in Gaza. And the United States stands with the government to help them succeed.

PRESIDENT ABBAS: Thank you. Regarding the democracy and freedom, I am saying that when we have chosen democracy as a way of life. This was not an adventure; this was a determination and a strategy that democracy is the only way to move forward and for life among different nations. But democracy is like a coin; it has two sides. On one side is democracy; on the other side of the coin is freedom.

It’s true, now we lack freedom and we are in dire need to have freedom. We do not live in freedom in our homeland. This will weaken the hope to continue this democracy, and will weaken the democratic march. But we will not go back. Our strategy is clear and we are determined to achieve our freedom in order to complete and achieve both sides of the coin, and we can live a normal life.
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THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE THE “”MINERS’ CANARY””
OF THE WESTERN WORLD

LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) Jerusalem
Sunday, June 5, 2005
Dear Friends,

The Jewish State of Israel is in great danger today, but so is the rest of the world.  Islamic states, such as Saudi Arabia, are fighting a fanatic Holy War against all of us.

9/11, as well as Islamic terror attacks against European and Asian countries, might well have been avoided, if the world had only realized that Israel had already been forced to play the role of the “”miners’ canary””.

What then is meant by the expression “”miners’ canary””?  Experienced miners do not ever enter unknown caves, without first placing a canary at the entrance.  If the canary suddenly drops dead, the miners know that there are dangerous noxious fumes inside the cave, and that they will meet the same fate as the canary if they would be foolhardy enough to enter.

Alas, the world refuses to realize that the Jewish victims of Peres’ Oslo Accords and Sharon’s refusal to protect his own citizens had already resulted in 1,600 murdered Jews.  This should have been proof enough that the Jews have again played the part of the “”miners’ canary”” for the entire world.

But the world completely ignored this warning.  The world foolishly felt comfortable in thinking that these Islamic terror attacks were solely against the Jewish People.  They ignored the popular Islamic graffiti sprayed on walls all over the Arab world:  “”First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.””  America puts its head in the sand and ignores the fact that the “”insurgents””, who kill American soldiers in Iraq, are mostly Saudi Arabians and Palestinians (this according to the Washington Post and the Jerusalem Post)!

Saudi Arabia, and its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, together with former U.S. Secretary of State, James Baker, are the originators of the Road Map Plan.  It is therefore not mentioned at all frequently that fifteen of the nineteen hijackers in the World Trade Center attack were Saudi citizens!  It is not publicized at all that Saudi Arabia and other radical Islamic Arab States continue to fund Hamas and other terrorists in a big way. The greatest victory for global Jihad is the crime of the planned expulsion of close to ten thousand Jews from their homes in Biblical Samaria and Gaza, in order to appease radical Islam.  Unfortunately, this has been initiated by Israel’s Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, with the approval and financial support of the President of the most powerful country in the world, who shamelessly continues to profess that he wants to introduce democracy in the Middle East!

IT IS SAID THAT AS IT GOES WITH THE JEWS, SO WILL IT GO WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.  IF WE DO NOT STOP ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACKS NOW, WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF GLOBAL JIHAD?

With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth Matar

P.S.  Please pass this letter on to Prime Minister Sharon, FAX: 011-972-2-566-9245 and President Bush, FAX:  202-456-2461.
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People all over the world are waking up to the realization that Islamic terror targets all of us, not just the Jews.  All who do not worship Allah are considered by radical Islam to be “”infidels””, who have to be subjugated.  The way they plan to realize their goal is by GLOBAL JIHAD, which means GLOBAL HOLY WAR!

The various forms of GLOBAL JIHAD were perfected in the continual Islamic terror war against the Jewish State of Israel.  GLOBAL JIHAD takes many forms:

1.      SUICIDE ATTACKS AGAINST THE INFIDELS.  Islamic scholars who are considered mentors of terrorist movements, attribute great importance to “”suicide attacks in the path of Allah””, describing them as the highest level of Jihad against the “”enemies of Islam””.  Many American soldiers have been killed in Iraq by such suicide attacks.  You will recall that Saudi Arabia gave $25,000 to the families of successful suicide bombers, meaning that if they killed themselves and, at the same time, killed many innocent people along with themselves, their families were rewarded.

2.      FINANCIAL JIHAD AGAINST INFIDELS:  Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are the main support of the Jihad warriors.  President George W. Bush announced in the summit meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in February 2005, that he had assurances from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Abdullah, and other Arab leaders that they would halt all financial assistance to terrorist organizations, including those controlled by Hamas.  To date, Hamas is the happy recipient of large donations from Saudi Arabia, even though Hamas is declared to be a terrorist organization by both Israel and the United States.  This fact is confirmed by none other than officials of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority!

3.      JIHAD OF THE TONGUE AND OF THE PEN AGAINST THE INFIDELS:  which means, all forms of incitement; such as in newspapers, on the radio, on television, in schools (starting in kindergarten).  Much of this incitement is directed against the “”Big Satan””, the U.S.  (Israel is considered to be only the “”Little Satan””).  During the current war in Iraq, the Palestinian Authority, headed by its President Mahmoud Abbas, called for armed terror against U.S. soldiers.  A music video, calling for Iraqis to kill U.S. troops has been played daily on Palestinian Television.

The most unbelievable item, which shows that the U.S. knows no red lines in its appeasement of the Arab enemy:  Saddam Hussein just celebrated his 68th birthday in May, and the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, wrote him a warm birthday greeting.
“”BLESSINGS TO THE LEADER OF THE MASSES, SADDAM HUSSEIN THE FAITHFUL, THE LEGAL PRESIDENT OF THE IRAQI REPUBLIC ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 68TH BIRTHDAY.  WE WISH HIM LONG LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF IRAQ AND TO FREE THE ARAB NATION FROM THE ENSLAVEMENT OF FOREIGN IMPERIALISM.  OH, THE GLORY OF VICTORY, WITH THE HELP OF ALLAH””.  Of course the “”enslavement of foreign imperialism”” means America!  President Bush gives this Palestinian Authority, who considers America a “”foreign imperialist””, and who calls for the murder of American troops in Iraq, yet another bounty of 50 million dollars.  Has our American Government no self-respect?
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GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING OF
THE JULY 19 WORLD WIDE RALLY!
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT A VERY CAPABLE PERSON, DAVID ROMANOFF, WHO HAS LONG BEEN COMMITTED TO THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ISRAEL AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ISLAMIC JIHAD, HAS AGREED TO BE THE MAIN COORDINATOR OF THE JULY 19 WORLD WIDE RALLY.  HE HAS SET UP A VERITABLE COMMAND CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IS EAGER TO HELP YOU WITH ANY LOGISTIC PROBLEM OF ARRANGING A LOCAL RALLY, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, WHETHER IT BE WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, OKLAHOMA CITY, CITIES IN GERMANY OR AUSTRALIA, ETC…THE LIST IS ENDLESS.

TIME IS SHORT.  CONTACT DAVID ROMANOFF TODAY AT HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
davidromanoff@gmail.com
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June 8, 2005
Study: Gov´t Basing Decisions on Flawed Demographic Data  June 8, 2005 /
 
A report that exposes the fallacy of the “”demographic threat”” of an Arab majority between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea is being presented by Israel’s Government Press Office. The new data raises doubts about one of the central arguments advanced by PM Ariel Sharon on behalf of the withdrawal plan.””Unfortunately, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet as a whole are basing critical policy decisions on grossly flawed demographic assumptions and data,”” says former Knesset consultant and analyst Yoram Ettinger. “”That is why it is so important that this report be increasingly recognized at this time.””

The study, carried out by a Washongton D.C.-based think tank and scrutinized by the leading American demographer, Dr. Nick Eberstadt, undermines the assumption that Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza pose a demographic threat to Israel. The researchers reported that the 2004 Arab population of Judea, Samaria and Gaza was closer to 2.4 million than to the 3.8 million reported by the Palestinian Authority (PA). “”These findings,”” the report states, “”should have a significant impact on politicians, policy makers and international aid agencies.””  The million-and-a-half person gap occurred because the PA numbers are based on Palestine Bureau of Statistics (PBS) projections made in 1997, not on actual population counts. The PBS used their official 1997 census as a base population and assumed the population would grow at 4 to 5% a year, one of the highest growth rates in the world. When the research team reviewed PA Ministry of Health birth data and actual border entry/exit data, they found that the PBS projected growth rate was not! met in any year between 1997 and 2004.

The American-based project was led by Bennett Zimmerman, a former Strategy Consultant with Bain & Company. On the research team were historian Dr. Roberta Seid and Dr. Michael Wise, a physicist and expert in mathematic modeling techniques. Yoram Ettinger, a former minister at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC and an expert in Middle East politics, led the Israel research team with members Brig. Gen. (Ret.) David Shahaf, former Head of the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria; Prof. Ezra Sohar who has published several research papers on demographics in Israel; Dr. David Passig, an expert in forecasting, Avraham Shvout, who has tracked both Jewish and Arab population in Judea and Samaria, and Yakov Faitelson, who has researched demography of the Arab population of Judea and Samaria since 1975.

The most extraordinary aspect of the meticulous study is that it undercuts the claim that Jews will become a minority between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea if Israel retains, or even annexes Gaza, Judea and Samaria – the areas liberated in the 1967 Six Day War. “”There is now a 60% Jewish majority between the Jordan and the Mediterranean,”” Ettinger said. “”This has been the case, more or less, since 1967. “”The difference is that in 1967 we were at the beginning of a huge increase in Palestinian natural growth rate – but today we stand at a time when the Palestinian population is going through a drastic decline in natural increase.””

Ettinger insists that not only will a Jewish majority be maintained, it will only increase from now on. “”The 60% of today is by far a drastic improvement over 1967,”” he said, “”and the long-term trends dictate that the Jewish majority will increase as Palestinian natural growth rate continues to decrease, and negative migration [Ed: Arabs leaving Judea and Samaria] continues to be very high.””  In addition to the drop in Arab birth-rates, Ettinger ! points out that – more Arabs have moved out of Judea and Samaria than have moved in. He says that this trend of Arabs moving away has intensified in the recent years since Israel transferred sovereignty over Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority. On the average since 1950, Palestinian net emigration has been 10,000 annually.”” These figures stand in sharp contrast to the steady flow of net Jewish increase due to Jews making Aliyah (immigrating to Israel) since 1882.

Other facts presented in the report are:  Fewer births: PA Ministry of Health birth reports were substantially lower than the number predicted by the PBS.Lower Fertility Rates: PA Arab fertility rates declined from the mid-90’s through 2003, according to PA Ministry of Health, consistent with the trend occurring in other Middle Eastern Arab societies. Double Counting: 210,000 Jerusalem Arabs who are already counted in Israel’s population survey were included in the PA! survey. Inclusion of non-residents: PA Arabs with ID’s living abroad for over one year were included in the PA Census & Projection.  Internal migration: 150,000 PA Arabs who have legally relocated to Israel since 1993 are still counted by the PA.Retrospective Alterations of Recorded Birth data.

“”The most convincing evidence again came from the Palestinians themselves,”” explained researcher Roberta Seid, Ph.D. “”The PA Central Election Commission press release of October 14, 2004 acknowledged that 200,000 of Palestinians were living abroad and that the number of eligible voters living in the Territories was only 1.3 million. These figures corroborate our lowest population calculations.””

Since its original publication in January, the leaders of the study have presented their finding to President Moshe Katzav, National Security Advisor General (res.) Giora Eiland, the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Knesset Government Operations Committee, the State Comptroller, the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Foreign Ministry and in private meetings with Cabinet Members and Knesset members. They have now been invited to present their findings at Israel’s National Security Council, the Haifa Technion, Knesset Committees, and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.

Though the report debuted in January, it is being presented at Israel’s Government Press Office Thursday. “”Since January, it has become part of the Israeli public debate,”” Ettinger said. “”There is one team of the ‘demographers of doom,’ who have been feeding the public data based on gross misinterpretations. Now that we have documented this and presented the facts, they are gradually being accepted.””

Despite the new revelations, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continues to present demographics as the central reason for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria. “”We are not allowed to ignore the demographic reality in the land of Israel, and even within the borders of the State of Israel,”” Sharon said Tuesday in an address at Bar Ilan University. “”This reality entails sober decisions now. Any postponement in making the necessary decisions will not relieve us of the need to tackle the difficult questions.””

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“”FOOLED ONCE SHAME ON YOU, FOOLED TWICE SHAME ON ME.””

LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) Jerusalem
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Dear Friends,

I had really intended to write this Letter about Sharon’s humiliating defeats in the Knesset two days ago, when the Opposition managed to pass three no-confidence measures as the beleaguered Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, battled criticisms from MKs on rising corruption.  Hopefully the opposition to Sharon will increase in time to prevent his immoral Disengagement-Deportation of Jews Plan, now set for August 15, from becoming reality.  Unfortunately, a regular majority will not topple the Prime Minister.  61 MKs out of 120 must support a
no-confidence motion in order to get rid of Ariel Sharon!

Dear Friends:  Stay tuned and pray!

Meanwhile, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is walking in the footsteps of his partner and mentor, Yasser Arafat.  He, Abbas, of course, has inspired the Chairman of the PA Environment Authority, Dr. Youssef Abu Safiyeh, to spread extraordinary lies about Israel.  These lies were published in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post, in an article entitled:  “”PA CLAIMS ISRAEL SELLING ‘CARCINOGENIC JUICE'””.  This morning, I heard the same Palestinian lies reiterated on the American Fox News station.

Some of the lies spread by Abbas’ Palestinian Authority:

        1.The Palestinian security forces have seized a number of shipments from Israel that
         included canned juice containing carcinogenic juice substance.  These drinks are         specifically produced for Palestinian consumers in the Gaza strip.

        2.Egyptian Authorities have intercepted two Israeli trucks carrying children’s toys       that included carcinogenic and radioactive substances.

        3.Israel is dumping toxic chemical waste in some areas of the West Bank with the          intention of causing severe damage to the health of the Palestinians.

        4.Settlers and IDF soldiers are setting loose many wild pigs in the Palestinian           villages as part of the campaign designed to destroy the Palestinian economy.

A senior official in Prime Minister Sharon’s office said that with this type of allegations the PA was resorting to the same type of lies that Yasser Arafat used to spread.  He further said that, as PA officials stray from reconciliation to comments of this type “”there will be greater objection inside Israel about being able to move forward with the PA on the diplomatic track.””  Comments such as these, the senior official said, as well as PA Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidway’s remark last week that the PA had no intention of dismantling the terror organizations, would raise questions about moving forward with any type of diplomatic process with the PA.

Thus we see again that President Mahmoud Abbas, who tries to play the “”Democratic Moderate””, is just a cleaner-looking carbon-copy of Yasser Arafat, in word and in deed.

This does remind us of the time when Bill Clinton was President.  His wife, Hillary Clinton, made a State visit to the Middle East and visited Arafat in Ramallah in November, 1999.

At that time, Arafat’s wife, Suha Arafat, made deliberately false allegations such as:  “”Our [Palestinian] people have been submitted to the daily and intensive use of poisonous gas and contamination of water sources, used by Palestinians with ‘chemical materials’, leading to a large increase of cancer cases among women and children.””

Hillary Clinton did not react with outrage.  She sat silently by and when Suha finished speaking she gave her a big hug and a kiss.

Are we going to have a repeat performance when Condoleezza Rice goes to Ramallah this Saturday?  Will Mahmoud Abbas repeat the PA’s recent allegations to U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice?

It is difficult to understand why the Palestinian Authority, under Mahmoud Abbas, is leveling these serious accusations at Israel at the exact time when Condoleezza Rice is arriving in the Middle East.  It is somewhat doubtful that Abbas wants to be compared to Arafat!  President George W. Bush used to denounce Mr. Arafat as a corrupt politician who failed to crack down on terrorism.  However, President Bush feels that Mahmoud Abbas’ election as Palestinian President will help spread the U.S. gospel of democracy in the Arab world.  In this connection, Condoleezza Rice, has recently stated:  “”There is no doubt that this is a different Palestinian leadership than we have had in the past.  He is a committed person.””

He certainly is a committed person!  His commitments are to the same goals held by Yasser Arafat.

Are President George W. Bush and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intent on being hoodwinked by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as was President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, by Arafat and his wife, Suha?

Mahmoud Abbas is trying to fool our American President as well as our senators and Congressmen!

Why does the United States refuse to see the real Abbas, the con artist extraordinaire?

A famous American proverb comes to mind:
“”FOOLED ONCE SHAME ON YOU, FOOLED TWICE SHAME ON ME.””

With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth Matar

P.S. Dear Friends, I would like to share an article with you which appeared in yesterday’s Jerusalem Post entitled:  “”IT’S HARD TO LET GOOD HELP GO”” about Saudis enslaving domestic help in America.  “”The U.S. State Department knows about the forced servitude in Saudi households and laws exist to combat the scourge, but it refuses to take measures to combat it.  Saudis can get away with any misbehavior!””
IT’S HARD TO LET GOOD HELP GO,
Daniel Pipes, The Jerusalem Post (June 14, 2005)

Homaidan Ali Al-Turki, 36, and his wife, Sarah Khonaizan, 35, appear to be a model immigrant couple. Having arrived in the United States in 2000, they live with their four children in an upscale Denver suburb. Al-Turki is a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Colorado, specializing in Arabic intonation and focus prosody. He donates money to the Linguistic Society of America and is CEO of Al-Basheer Publications and Translations, a bookstore specializing in titles about Islam.

Last week, however, the FBI accused the couple of enslaving an Indonesian woman in her early 20s. For four years, reads the indictment, they created “”a climate of fear and intimidation through rape and other means.”” The slave woman cooked, cleaned, took care of children and more for little or no pay, fearing that if she did not obey “”she would suffer serious harm.””

The two Saudis face charges of forced labor, aggravated sexual abuse, document servitude, and harboring an alien. If found guilty they could spend their remaining lives in prison. The government also wants to seize the couple’s Al-Basheer bank account to pay their former slave $92,700 in back wages.

It’s a shocking instance, especially for a graduate student and religious bookstore owner  but not a particularly rare one. Here are other examples of enslavement, all involving Saudi royals or diplomats living in the United States:

In 1982, a Miami judge issued a warrant to search Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz’s 24th-floor penthouse to determine if he was holding Nadia Lutefi Mustafa, an Egyptian woman, against her will. Turki and his French bodyguards prevented a search from taking place, then won retroactive diplomatic immunity to forestall any legal unpleasantness.

In 1988, the Saudi defense attach in Washington, Col. Abdulrahman S. Al-Banyan, employed a Thai domestic, Mariam Roungprach, until she escaped his house by crawling out of a window. She later told how she had been imprisoned there, did not get enough food, and was not paid. Interestingly, her work contract specified that she could not leave the house or make telephone calls without her employer’s permission.

In 1991, Prince Saad Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud and his wife, Princess Noora, lived on two floors of the Ritz-Carlton Houston. Two of their servants, Josephine Alicog of the Philippines and Sriyani Marian Fernando of Sri Lanka, filed a suit against the prince alleging they were held against their will for five months “”by means of unlawful threats, intimidation and physical force,”” only partially paid, denied medical treatment, and suffered mental and physical abuse.

In March 2005, a wife of Saudi Prince Mohamed Bin Turki Alsaud, Hana Al Jader, 39, was arrested at her home outside Boston on charges of forced labor, domestic servitude, falsifying records, visa fraud and harboring aliens. Al Jader stands accused of compelling two Indonesian women to work for her by making them believe “”that if they did not perform such labor they would suffer serious harm.”” If convicted, Al Jader faces up to 140 years in jail and $2.5 million in fines.

THERE ARE many other similar instances, for example, the Orlando escapades of Saudi princesses Maha al-Sudairi and Buniah al-Saud. Joel Mowbray tells of 12 female domestics “”trapped and abused”” in the households of Saudi dignitaries or diplomats.

Why is this problem so acute when it comes to affluent Saudis? Four reasons come to mind. Although slavery was abolished in the kingdom in 1962, the practice still flourishes there. Ranking Saudi religious authorities endorse slavery; for example, Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan insisted recently that “”Slavery is a part of Islam”” and whoever wants it abolished he called “”an infidel.””

The US State Department knows about the forced servitude in Saudi households and laws exist to combat this scourge but, as Mowbray argues, it “”refuses to take measures to combat it.””

Finally, Saudis know they can get away with nearly any misbehavior. Their embassy provides funds, letters of support, lawyers, retroactive diplomatic immunity, former US ambassadors as troubleshooters, and even aircraft out of the country; it also keeps pesky witnesses away.

Given the American government’s louche attitude toward the Saudis, slavery in Denver, Miami, Washington, Houston, Boston, and Orlando hardly comes as a surprise. Only when Washington more robustly represents American interests will Saudi behavior improve.

The writer is director of the Middle East Forum.
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How about it, Ms Rice?  YOU are the head of the U.S. State Department!  How about protecting domestic help against affluent Saudis in America?
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GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING OF
THE JULY 19 WORLD WIDE RALLY!
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT A VERY CAPABLE PERSON, DAVID ROMANOFF, WHO HAS LONG BEEN COMMITTED TO THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ISRAEL AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ISLAMIC JIHAD, HAS AGREED TO BE THE MAIN COORDINATOR OF THE JULY 19 WORLD WIDE RALLY.  HE HAS SET UP A VERITABLE COMMAND CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IS EAGER TO HELP YOU WITH ANY LOGISTIC PROBLEM OF ARRANGING A LOCAL RALLY, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, WHETHER IT BE WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, OKLAHOMA CITY, CITIES IN GERMANY OR AUSTRALIA, ETC…THE LIST IS ENDLESS.

TIME IS SHORT.  CONTACT David ROMANOFF TO DATE AT HIS EMAIL ADDRESS: davidromanoff@gmail.com
AND MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY PART OF THE WORLD WIDE RALLY ON JULY 19, 2005.

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June 22, 2005

OH YOU WOMEN IN GREEN
I don’t know if there ever was an article printed in any of the main stream news outlets about the organization called Women In Green. They are a group of Israeli women of various ages who has served in the Israeli Defense forces at one time or another. These are patriotic women who love their country and do not mind letting the world know it. Some call them nuts, some don’t have opinions one way or another and others agree with their pro-Zionists views. I myself see these women as heroes. I believe these women are a throw back of the early years (1880’s) of Israel coming back to reclaim their God-given land. I think that they would be embarrassed at reading this piece but it is people like Ruth and Nadia Matar and all those who are behind Women In Green that are among the real backbone of Eretz Yisrael. It seems somewhat ironic that the present prime minister, who was once considered the “Lion of Israel” is now leading his people like sheep to the slaughter house, with his “Road Map to Peace” Unfortunately he has turned out to be more treacherous than all the other left wing politicians, radical anti-Jewish Jewish groups, combined. And yet, what we have here are just a handful of determined women, unafraid of, and not intimidated by the likes of these powerful forces.
Obviously these women whom some feel are insignificant must be having some effect if so much effort is being put into silencing them, going so far as to have their office bugged and their tires slashed and just being harassed on a regular basis. Yet this small group of women can mobilize tens of thousands if not more people world wide to oppose these heartless vipers. My apologies to the vipers.
And in the end, when these gutless politicians go on to meet what awaits them in the next life, here on earth they will be treated with great honors and lauded over as heroes even though they were responsible for the deaths, maiming and general suffering of thousands and thousands of Jews. Meanwhile, what will people say of Women in Green?
Although I might be pleasantly surprised, and they just may get the recognition for being a positive influence in the Jewish Nation. And they do deserve it. And at the risk of sounding like a male chauvinist, which I proudly admit to being, if I could of had the privilege of serving in the military with them I would have seen it as an honor, because we who have been following their bravery for years I can respectfully say that these are some tough ole’ broads. We love you. Richard Margarit

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June 22, 2005
(Following is a translation of an article written in Hebrew by Nadia Matar.)

Prepare for the Coming of the Provocation and the Blood Libel 
by Nadia Matar
The short history of the modern State of Israel teaches us that when the Israeli Left is panicky and fears losing control of the country, it is capable of doing anything to maintain its standing and power. The end – staying in power – justifies the means, and so the leaders of the Israeli left find nothing wrong with initiating provocations against their political rivals, spreading blood libels against them, and even murdering them in cold blood.When Chaim Arlosoroff, one of the heads of the Labor movement, was murdered on the Tel Aviv shore on June 16, 1933, those involved in the investigation knew that the murder suspects were most likely Arabs, but this version didn’t go out to the public at first. Instead, they decided to accuse members of the Revisionist movement with the murder.

Avraham Stavski, Zevi Rosenblatt, and even Abba Ahimeir were arrested and charged with murder and/or incitement to murder. The people in Israel were shocked, and a terrible campaign of slander and delegitimation was launched against all the members and supporters of the Revisionist movement. The brilliant timing of the murder raises the question, who really wanted to kill Arlosoroff?

The murder was committed just a few weeks before the elections to the Eighteenth Zionist Congress, in which the Revisionists were expected to win a great victory. Their strength was constantly on the rise, and this posed a tangible threat to the left, headed by Ben-Gurion. The murder of Arlosoroff and the left’s blood libel against the Revisionists put an end to this trend, and the left preserved its political strength. An additional fascinating point should be mentioned: a dazzling political career lay before the young and brilliant Chaim Arlosoroff – and some said that Ben-Gurion viewed him as a threat. Arlosoroff’s murder therefore was of benefit to Ben-Gurion in more than one way. In 1934 the court convicted Stavski and acquitted Rosenblatt. Stavski was sentenced to death. On July 20 of that same year Stavski also was acquitted, on the basis of a Mandatory law that a murder suspect cannot be convicted on the testimony of a single witness.  Years later, in 1982, Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided to establish the Bekhor Commission to determine who killed Arlosoroff. The commission declared that Stavski and Rosenblatt did not murder Arlosoroff, but was incapable of determining who had committed the crime. To this very day the leftists continue with their blood libel, and charge that the Revisionists murdered Arlosoroff, when it is clear to all that they were the last to have gained any benefit from such a crime.

Shamefully, there are copious additional examples of the willingness of the left to cross every political red line in order to stay in power. For example, the episode of the Altalena that occurred in 1948. Ben-Gurion’s people feared losing power because of the public admiration that Menachem Begin would enjoy if he were to succeed in bringing the arms that were so necessary to the fledgling state, and so they resolved to attempt to eliminate him and his movement. Ben-Gurion ordered the sinking of the Altalena. After the ship sank and the Etzel [Irgun Zevai Le’ummi] men were swimming to shore, Ben-Gurion’s men fired at them and coldbloodedly murdered 16 Etzel members. In any normal country, such an affair, in which the prime minister ordered the killing in cold blood of innocent citizens, would have led to the fall of the government and the placing on trial of everyone involved in the affair. This did not happen, because Ben-Gurion spread a blood libel against Begin and his people, as if they had planned to use the arms on the ship in order to conduct a putsch, and therefore “”there was no alternative to shooting at them in order to save the young State and its institutions.””

Moving on to an additional example, one closer to our time: in 1995 Israel was swept by a tremendous wave of Arab terror resulting from the accursed Oslo accords. Rabin and Peres, the architects of Oslo, brought to Israel the arch murderer Arafat and the band of terrorists around him, and gave them weapons, ammunition, and cities of refuge. As could be expected, this led to the daily murders in Israel of Jews – men, women, and children. All the polls clearly showed an overwhelming majority of the people of Israel were furious over the Oslo accords, and wanted to replace the government in order to stop this madness. The Rabin-Peres government was in danger of collapsing. There was an urgent need to divert public attention from the Oslo disaster and to delegitimatize those who attacked the Oslo accords. A GSS agent popped up: Avishai Raviv, the provocateur who initiated all kinds of actions against Arabs and members of the government, all in order to defame the national camp. The height of success for the witch-hunt against the Oslo opponents was the Rabin assassination, which was followed by a national campaign of  persecution of every Jew who belonged to the national camp. This led to the almost total paralysis of the camp of those opposing the Oslo accords, who did not dare to raise their heads. To this very day, the left continues to spread the blood libel, as if the entire national camp is guilty of the assassination. It is clear to us that elements in the left, specifically, were interested in the murder of the Prime Minister, and therefore we continue to demand the establishment of a commission of inquiry that will conduct an independent investigation of the question: who really was behind the Rabin assassination?

And now, all the polls in the governmental media admit that the Sharon-Peres regime has a serious problem: a majority of the people of Israel opposes the “”disengagement”” plan (that is, the plague of retreat, deportation, uprooting – and even the initials of these words in Hebrew spell out the word for “”plague””: nega). It understands that if, Heaven forbid, it were to be realized, the wave of terror that would overwhelm the country would be so massive and monstrous, and the demands by the world for a return to the 1949 armistice lines would intensify to such an extent, that the very existence of the State of Israel would be endangered. The old Mapai hands Sharon and Peres are panic-stricken. They are well aware that their government is in danger. Sharon insists on not heeding the will of the people, but the people insists on showing him just how fierce is its opposition: everywhere you turn, you see orange in solidarity with the residents of Gush Katif and the Shomron, and in protest against the expulsion plan. Everywhere that Sharon and the other forces of deportation appear, our wonderful youth heckle and shout at them “”A Jew does not deport a Jew.”” Hugging Condoleezza Rice and the terrorist and Holocaust denier Abu Mazan will be of no avail. The Israeli people want to depose the Sharon-Peres-Hamas regime. The people want, at long last, to have a Jewish-Zionist government that will not surrender to terror, and that will protect our G-d given Biblical  homeland.

Accordingly, we must lose no time and warn from every possible forum that we are aware of the possibility that the Mapainiks Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres, the summa cum laude disciples of Ben-Gurion, together with the anti-Jewish Department of the GSS, are preparing a horrible provocation in order to totally delegitimize the national camp, one that will totally silence the national camp and allow the deportation forces to carry out their plans. It is not clear what they are plotting for us. Will a GSS agent masquerade as a settler and, Heaven forbid, shoot the Prime Minister, a senior government minister, or a soldier? Will a GSS agent do something on the Temple Mount? We don’t have a clue. There are infinite scenarios.

What can be done to prevent this? First of all, we talk about it. The more we spread the word that we are aware of this possibility, the greater our chances of preventing the realization of the provocation. We must make it clear that the camp of those opposing the retreat-expulsion-uprooting plan does not have to resort to force and violence in order to stop the deportation. Our strength lies in our numbers. The tens of thousands of soldiers and police who will not obey the illegal deportation order, the tens of thousands of Jews who will cut the fences and stream to Gush Katif and Samaria on D-Day (the day they try to close these areas), the tens of thousands of Jews who will disrupt the country with nonviolent acts of civil disobedience, are, please G-d, enough to prevent the implementation of the decree.

The use of force and violence, attacks against leading members of the government, shooting at soldiers, and the like, will only cause us harm. Sharon and Peres know this, and so they are undoubtedly cooking something up along these lines. Most of the leaders of the national camp, Rabbis, and public figures, fell into the trap of the blood libels by the left against the national camp that I mentioned above (the Arlosoroff murder, the Altalena affair, the Rabin assassination). Instead of raising their heads’ going on the offensive and accusing the libelers until the fall of their regime, they preferred to engage in breast-beating for something they did not do.  This must not happen again!

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June 22, 2005
Residents of Gush Katif Hotel Say Gov´t Trying to Defame Them
An interview with Nadia Matar
Following widespread reporting of violence on the part of residents of the Maoz Yam hotel in Gush Katif Saturday, Nadia Matar says the government is trying to defame Gaza’s newest residents. “I have nearly lost my voice from talking to reporters and trying to correct the lies being spread about the hotel here in Gush Katif that we have refurbished,” Matar told Israel National Radio’s Eli Stutz.

According to Matar, guests who were visiting the hotel for the Sabbath were walking along the beach toward the beachside Shirat HaYam community when a group of Arabs attacked them with sticks and stones. “Thank G-d the Jews had the upper hand and were able to disperse them,” Matar said, “but then the Arabs themselves had the gall to call the police, and of course the press decides to believe the Arab story.” Matar says she is extremely concerned that the government and Shabak (General Security Service), led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, will attempt to win back the support of the public for expelling the Jews of Gaza and northern Samaria by orchestrating some sort of atrocity and blaming it on them.

“We know that Sharon is on his way down,” Matar said. “He is like a wounded animal and needs to find a way to win back public opinion. We already know that there was an Avishai Raviv [the agent provocateur who was hired by the Shabak to orchestrate bizarre militant swearing-in ceremonies and attacks on Arabs that were broadcast on television nightly in order to sap su! pport for residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza ed.]. I am very afraid that there will be a Shabak agent dressed as a settler who will shoot a soldier, or some other production  we must be very aware and on the lookout for this.” Matar, together with Datiya Yitzhaki of Minhelet Kela (the organization refurbishing homes in Gush Katif for new residents and gathering supplies), has successfully restored the 114 room Palm Beach Hotel to a level in which it is able to house hundreds of Jews who wish to move to Gush Katif in order to show their identification with the Jews there who face expulsion.

“We contacted the owners of the hotel, who were enthusiastic about reviving the place,” Matar said. |The hotel was completely abandoned and vandalized. Jewish and Arab criminals from the region and Ashkelon took everything that could be taken  from toilets to window frames. Now, through Minhelet Kela, the place has been cleaned up and it is now in amazing condition. We have electricity, and we even have a large shared kitchen.”

Matar says the army is not happy with the hotel’s residents  not because they are “radical” or “law-breakers”  but because the IDF planned to confiscate the hotel and use it for a base of operations in implementing the Disengagement plan. “The army was eyeing this hotel and wanted to turn it into a headquarters for hundreds of soldiers  to use as barracks and to be a way of entering Gush Katif through the back door,” she said. “Now they are trying to blacken our name and frame us as violent. We, the national camp do not need violence because we have justice on our side.”

Matar moved to a small trailer in Gush Katif from a four-story home in the Gush Etzion community of Efrat last month. “It was not easy to move here,” she said. “We have six children. Four of them are now in a new school here. I don’t have my Maytag washing machine, but we are one of many families doing the same thing and this is what you have to do! for the Land of Israel.” She is calling on others to join her. We have 114 rooms here, plus big halls,” she said. “We opened up a kindergarten a few days ago and there are 18 children between 1 and 4 already attending. The military has made it clear that if 100,000 Jews arrive here they will not be able to implement the plan  so that is what we are doing.” Those who aren’t ready to move down to Gush Katif yet should still have a bag packed, Matar said. “The day you hear they have tried to close Gush Katif down. Everybody should walk down to Gush Katif on foot. Everybody should already have a knapsack in their living room with two liters of water, a flashlight, wire-cutters, some crackers and sun-tan lotion.” She is sure that the nation of Israel will succeed in thwarting the Disengagement Plan.
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THE UNMASKING OF ARIEL SHARON

LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) Jerusalem
Friday, June 24, 2005
Dear Friends,

Ariel Sharon’s once illustrious name will go down in history as the name of someone who betrayed the Jewish People.  The ugly truth is now revealed!  Sharon betrayed Israel to save his own hide and to avoid criminal prosecution of himself and his sons, Gilad and Omri.

U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on her recent State visit to Israel on June 19, said about Ariel Sharon:  “”He has displayed courage and vision on putting forth this Disengagement Plan.””

For shame, Condoleezza Rice!

What incredible hypocrisy!  The present U.S. Secretary of State well knows that she had a secret private meeting with Ariel Sharon’s personal attorney-Chief of Staff, Dov Weisglass, in December of 2003.  At that time Ms. Rice was the U.S. National Security Advisor.  Dov Weisglass was sent by Ariel Sharon to meet Condoleezza Rice all by himself – without his Military Secretary, Moshe Kaplinsky or National Security Advisor, Giora Eiland – who usually accompany him.

According to the new book “”Boomerang”” by two veteran left-wing Israeli journalists, Raviv Drucker of Channel Ten TV. and Ofer Shelach, Yediot Acharonot newspaper, that was the meeting where Weisglass on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made the following offer:  in the first stage, Israel would quit Gaza, in the second stage there will be a deep withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and in the third stage Israel would even be willing to talk about the ’67 Lines.  (The ’67 Lines are synonymous with the ’48 Lines.)

Why was Ariel Sharon willing to make such extreme promises to the U.S. National Security Advisor?  His own advisors, chiefly Dov Weisglass had told him that the only way to avoid criminal indictment was:  “”To change the public agenda away from the media’s focus on the corruption investigation of the Sharon family.””

That is how the Disengagement from Gush Katif and Northern Samaria Plan was born.  That is why 9,000 people are to be forcibly dragged out of their homes in their own Biblical Homeland in less than two months.  Gush Katif is the Land promised to the Tribe of Judah by the G-d of Israel as part of its eternal patrimony (Joshua 15:47 and Judges 1:18).  The four communities in Northern Samaria which Sharon also plans to give over to the Islamic terrorists were promised in the Tanach (Bible) to the Tribe of Menashe as its eternal patrimony (Joshua 16:1-5 and 17:1-13).

The following article by Caroline Glick of The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, June 21 entitled:  “”OUR WORLD:  A COWARD FOR PRIME MINISTER”” is a MUST-READ analysis of Ariel Sharon’s betrayal of Israel:

Our World: A coward for prime minister, by Caroline Glick
During her visit to Jerusalem on Sunday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice applauded Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, saying, “”He has displayed courage and vision in putting forth this disengagement plan.””

Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth.

In a new book, Boomerang, published in Hebrew last week, left-wing commentators Raviv Drucker and Ofer Shelach provide an insider’s narrative account of how Sharon came to make the decision to withdraw from Gaza and Northern Samaria. Their findings are devastating.

Based on interviews with senior government and military officials, Drucker and Shelach report that Sharon’s decision in December 2003 to abandon his electoral platform, which opposed the unilateral transfer of land to the Palestinians and rejected out of hand the notion of expelling Israelis from their communities in the Gaza Strip or Judea and Samaria, stemmed from considerations that had absolutely nothing to do with Israel’s national security interests.

According to the two writers, Sharon’s basic impetus for adopting the radical left-wing plan  that had been overwhelmingly rejected by voters in the January 2003 elections  was his desire to avoid indictment for his role in corruption scandals for which he and his sons Gilad and Omri were under police investigation.

They write: “”In private conversations [Sharon] said he was convinced that [state attorney Edna] Arbel would try to bring about his indictment and his resignation from the premiership.”” Sharon’s aides, first and foremost among them his personal attorney and chief of staff Dov Weisglass, told Sharon that to avert indictment he had to take a bold initiative “”to change the public agenda away from the media’s focus on the investigation.”” And so the disengagement plan was born.

After Arbel was booted up to the Supreme Court, Sharon, still under investigation, made a move to head off an indictment by the new attorney-general, Menachem Mazuz. As the media bleated daily, Mazuz’s first order of business upon taking office would be to decide whether or not to indict Sharon and his son Gilad in what had become known as “”The Greek Island Affair.””

The day after Mazuz came into office, Sharon invited radical left-wing columnist Yoel Marcus from Haaretz for a visit at his residence in Jerusalem. Sharon outlined his plan to withdraw from Gaza to Marcus. As expected, Marcus embraced both Sharon and the plan in Haaretz the next day, and thus the radical Left was brought on board Sharon’s bandwagon. Shortly thereafter Mazuz closed the investigation on Sharon and Gilad.

In an interview last Wednesday night on Channel 2, Shelach said, “”The people who are closest to Sharon told us absolutely that if it hadn’t been for those police investigations, this decision [to withdraw from Gaza and northern Samaria] would not have been made.””

Several months ago, a senior government official who was involved in the government discussions about the withdrawal plan told me, “”Sharon placed the legal establishment on the horns of a dilemma. They had to decide what moved them more, their love of the law or their hatred of the settlers. It was an easy decision.””

SHELACH AND DRUCKER’S book gives the lie to the notion that any security or strategic considerations were taken into account by Sharon and Weisglass in formulating the withdrawal plan. Indeed, as Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Yaron, who now serves as Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz’s senior policy adviser, is quoted as having said, “”If the disengagement goes through, it will be proof that there is no need for any decision-making process in the State of Israel.””

This is the case because, as the authors demonstrate, the plan, which was Weisglass’s brainchild, was made without any staff work, without any discussion with the army, and without any debate by the cabinet. Weisglass presented it to then US national security adviser Rice without any discussion with or forewarning to the IDF or the Shin Bet and against the strenuous objections of both.

To counteract the security establishment’s opposition, Sharon effectively fired the IDF chief of general staff, Lt.-Gen. Moshe Ya’alon, and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter by not extending their tours of duty, as is routinely done for both positions. He simultaneously stacked the General Staff and the Shin Bet with commanders who, like Mofaz, understand that they are personally indebted to the prime minister.

Not surprisingly, the media establishment, which, like the legal establishment, hates the settlers more than it loves the law, has been silent on Drucker’s and Shelach’s revelations. There have been no follow-ups to Shelach and Drucker’s television appearance from last Wednesday in any of the television newscasts or major newspapers.

DRUCKER’S AND Shelach’s findings point to two critical and acute problems in Israel. The first is that Sharon, in sharp contrast to the public image that his advisers have carefully crafted for him, is neither a great visionary nor a strong leader. He is an old widower moved by personal ambition and an overarching desire to be perceived as a man he is no longer capable of being. The second problem is that our legal establishment is perceived by our political leadership as so prejudicial that it is capable of inspiring policies that are antithetical to national security.

The fact that, in spite of their clear support for the left-wing platform of an Israeli return to the 1949 armistice lines Drucker and Shelach could not ignore the fact that Sharon’s entire policy was based on nothing other than his desire to be admired and to avert criminal indictment, shows clearly how history will look back on this period. It also shows that, as was the case with the critics of the Oslo process, critics of this plan  which, like the Oslo agreement, was put together with no discussion or debate, against the strenuous opposition of the defense establishment and with no thought of what would come in its aftermath  will be proven right in all of their warnings of impending disaster.

There are still two months before this ill-begotten and breathtakingly ridiculous plan is to be carried out. In the time that remains it will be interesting to see whether those, both in Israel and the US, who were brave enough to oppose the Oslo plan on the basis of its obvious and gaping flaws but who today, placing their trust in large part on Sharon’s reputation as a strong leader, support the withdrawal plan, will reconsider that support. If they do not, they, like Sharon, will not be remembered by history for their past bravery, but rather for their decision to prefer momentary and opportunistic accolades for their “”moderation”” over the long-term security of the State of Israel and the stability of the Middle East as a whole.
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Dear Friends, the following words were written by a well-known Likud Knesset Member about the Rabin Government.  This analysis which fits the present situation perfectly, as well:

“”A NORMAL PEOPLE WILL STAND TOGETHER.  BUT WE DESTROY AND DISMANTLE.  THIS ‘GOVERNMENT OF DISMANTLERS’ IS WORKING OVERTIME.  DAY BY DAY THE JEWISH GRIP ON THE LAND IS WEAKENING…THE PRIME MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO ISOLATE JEWISH SETTLERS, TO QUESTION THEIR LEGITIMACY, DEFAME THEM, AND BREAK THEIR SPIRIT.””

The Likud Knesset Member who wrote these words about the Rabin Government was none other than Ariel Sharon.  (The quote is from an article by him in The Jerusalem Post of March 31, 1995, entitled:  “”The Enemy Within””).

The Biblical quotation which comes to mind is:  “”Put not your trust in princes, or in the son of man, in whom there is no help.””  (Psalms, 146:3).

Dear friends, now that you know the truth, do you feel that you are able to stand silently by while G-d’s Holy Land is divided?  While innocent people are forcibly dragged out of their homes?  While Islamic terrorists are getting closer and closer to realizing their obsession of conquering, not only the Holy Land, but the rest of the Judeo-Christian world?

It is very important that you disseminate this article as widely as possible.  Print it out and send it to President Bush and your Senators and Congressmen by REGISTERED MAIL.  Pray that the finally emerging ugly truth about Sharon’s perfidy will now be understood by both Israelis and Americans.  Pray that the plans hatched in the private secret meeting between Condoleezza Rice and Dov Weisglass will come to naught.  Pray that America will not cooperate with Sharon’s evil plan, which goes directly against G-d’s Word.

With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth Matar

P.S. Don’t forget to plan your participation in the World Wide July 19 Rally.  Get in touch with David Romanoff TODAY!!
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GREAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING OF
THE JULY 19 WORLD WIDE RALLY!
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT A VERY CAPABLE PERSON, DAVID ROMANOFF, WHO HAS LONG BEEN COMMITTED TO THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SHARON’S DISENGAGEMENT PLAN, THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ISRAEL  AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ISLAMIC JIHAD, HAS AGREED TO BE THE MAIN COORDINATOR OF THE JULY 19 WORLD WIDE RALLY.  HE HAS SET UP A VERITABLE COMMAND CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IS EAGER TO HELP YOU WITH ANY LOGISTIC PROBLEM OF ARRANGING A LOCAL RALLY, WHEREVER YOU LIVE, WHETHER IT BE WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, OKLAHOMA CITY, CITIES IN GERMANY OR AUSTRALIA, ETC…THE LIST IS ENDLESS.
TIME IS SHORT.  CONTACT DAVID ROMANOFF TODAY AT HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
davidromanoff@gmail.com
AND MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY PART OF THE WORLD WIDE RALLY ON JULY 19, 2005.
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THE UNMASKING OF ARIEL SHARON – CONTINUED

LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM
Thursday, June 30, 2005

Dear Friends,

I am writing this on Thursday morning, 9:00 AM, Israeli Time.

I have just received a phone call from my daughter-in-law and co-Chair of Women in Green, Nadia Matar, who currently resides in Gush Katif with her children.

She told me that the elite police-patrol unit (YASSAM), known for their brutality towards Jews, is on the way to the Palm Beach Hotel (renamed Maoz HaYam – The Seaside Fortress) to forcibly evacuate its residents.  This includes, of course, Nadia Matar, since she is the hotel owner’s Legal Representative and Hotel Manager.

How can Sharon forcibly evacuate the residents of the privately owned hotel and its legal Representative and Manager, Nadia Matar?  It should be made clear that the army has previously tried to negotiate a deal with the owner to let them establish an army base in his hotel in order to facilitate the evacuation of Gush Katif.  The owner firmly resisted the government’s financial overtures.  Last week I wrote my Letter from Jerusalem on the incontrovertible truth that Sharon has betrayed his own nation, Israel, in order to avoid a criminal indictment for corruption for himself and his two sons.

Most of my email correspondents were shocked but supportive.  However, a few people just could not stomach the truth about Ariel Sharon.  “How can you say this about Ariel Sharon, the hero of so many Israeli wars?”

My answer is:  He fooled so many of us, including, I’m sorry to say, the Women in Green.  On a personal level, he was always chummy and successfully pretended that we were comrades in arms, fighting for the same cause of an undivided Jerusalem and the whole of the Land of Israel.

However, there was one person who read Ariel Sharon correctly.  Eric H. Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism.  In this connection, early this morning, we received a fax from an American attorney, Lionel Alan Marks (fax: 011-972-212-943-3495; telephone: 011-972-212-943-3400).  Attorney Lionel Marks writes in his Cover Letter the following comments:

“Please read the most remarkable and prescient article in the Reform Judaism magazine on Ariel Sharon.  Written in 1990 by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, the article reveals the controversial and erratic military and political background of Sharon.  Quoting two remarkable prescient conclusions in the article:

‘As an opportunist who has exchanged one set of principles for another many times before, he will not hesitate to betray his right-wing constituency if this is required to bring him success.’

‘How dangerous would Sharon be as Prime Minister of Israel?  According to virtually every sober assessment, he would be very dangerous indeed.’

Rabbi Yoffie looked into Sharon’s background in 1990 and found Sharon to be an opportunist who was dangerous to the safety of Israel if he became Prime Minister.

I am sorry for the Israel Public and the Likud party members that supported Sharon and his disengagement plan.  Let the IDF and the public know of his unscrupulous and perilous record.  They should search their conscience and act to remove Sharon and stop the disengagement plan.”

ISRAEL’S FALSE MESSIAH?
By: Eric H. Yoffie,
President of the Union for Reform Judaism
Ariel Sharon is a maverick who continues to defy the conventions of Israeli political life.  No other Israeli leader has been so thoroughly disgraced and discredited, nor returned so quickly to political prominence and respectability.  Forced to step down as defense minister in 1983 for “indirect responsibility” for the massacre of hundreds of women and children in Sabra and Shatilla during the Lebanon War, General Sharon is today a serious contender for prime minister of Israel.

Sharon’s downfall is easy enough to trace.  Appointed defense minister by Menahem Begin in 1981, he immediately began preparing for a general war in Lebanon, determined to dislodge the Syrians and Palestinians and install a pro-Israel Christian government.  Knowing that neither the Israeli government nor the public would approve such a scheme, he kept his intentions secret, obscuring from the cabinet the true extent of the war.  On August 12, 1982, however, he was stripped of the authority to command the Air Force, which he had ordered to strike at Beirut without government approval or Prime Minister Begin’s knowledge.

Those who hail Ariel Sharon as Israel’s most brilliant military commander reflect a popular mythology that ignores historical fact.  While “Arik” Sharon has had his successes, a review of his years in the military reveals an uneven record and a tendency to disobey orders.  He has shown indifference to civilian casualties and escalated military actions beyond the intentions of his superiors.  Indeed, the fiasco of the Lebanon War should properly be seen as the logical outcome of Ariel Sharon’s military career rather than as an aberration.

As a young man, Sharon was asked to lead a special commando unit, Unit 101.  In what was to be a limited retaliatory raid on the Jordanian village of Qibiya in 1953, Sharon’s men demolished 42 houses and killed 69 civilians, half of them women and children.  This incident, a source of controversy still, caused an international uproar and much anguish and soul-searching within Israel.

In the Sinai Campaign of 1956, Sharon disobeyed specific orders not to send men Into the Mitla Pass.  Uzi Benziman, a respected Israeli journalist and the author of the definitive biography of Sharon, has chronicled the details of the battle, in which Sharon’s paratroopers suffered 38 men killed and 110 wounded in an ambush.  The incident led to bitter criticism of Sharon after the war by paratroop officers and the high command, almost ending his military career.

During the Yom Kippur War, Sharon, with a bandage on his forehead, led his troops across the Suez Canal.  In the opinion of many experts, the much publicized crossing was poorly conducted and costly in lives.  Benziman has noted that Sharon’s battle tactics were opposed by many of his own officers, and that he was severely criticized for not extending assistance to the beleaguered units of General Avraham Adan.

Sharon’s political career is no less controversial.  Viewed today as an answering nationalist, he has in fact demonstrated extraordinary political opportunism.  Before retiring from the army in 1973, he negotiated simultaneously with both Menahem Begin and Labor kingmaker Pinhas Sapir.  After joining Begin and helping him establish the right-wing Likud Party, Sharon crossed party lines in 1976 and became personal advisor to Labor Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.  Following his decision to form his own party list, he sought the support of Israel’s leading doves, including Yossi Sarid, the Knesset’s most prominent left-wing member.  Prior to the 1977 elections, he called on Israel to negotiate with the PLO, expressed a willingness to meet with Yasir Arafat, and agreed to a formulation permitting Arab sovereignty over the territories.

In light of his uneven past, how is one to explain Sharon’s rapid rehabilitation and sudden emergence as the leading figure of Israel’s right wing?  While there is no simple answer, a number of factors have apparently contributed to his current political prominence.

First, he is a charismatic figure possessing leadership qualities unusual among Israel politicians of either the right or left.  Daring in his thinking, original in outlook, and hardworking, he has a straightforward, confident manner which radiates strength and draws people to him.

Second, he is very skilful in his dealings with the press.  Sharon was the first army commander in Israel to cultivate the media, which explains his exaggerated reputation as a military hero.  Beginning in the 1950s, even his most ordinary military actions were reported in the newspapers as if they were strokes of genius.

Third, his accomplishments on the battlefield, while less dazzling than commonly thought, are nonetheless impressive.  Sharon’s finest hour came during the Six Day War as commander of a division in the Sinai, where his courage and tactical skill won the gratitude and respect of many Israelis who tend to forgive his shortcomings.

Fourth, and by far most important, Sharon is a deft exploiter of the security situation in Israel.  For twenty years he has played on the fears of the Israeli public, continually insisting that the very survival of the state is in jeopardy and engaging in heated public feuds with Yitzhak Rabin, Menahem Begin, Ezer Weizmann, and Moshe Arens.  As a military man, Sharon’s claims are always received with a certain sympathy, especially when public insecurities run high.  Sharon then becomes the rallying point for public discontent.  Since the outbreak of the Intifada in late 1987, he has stepped up his criticism of the leadership of both Likud and Labor, attacking their incompetence and proclaiming that he alone can end the uprising and bring peace.

Could Sharon actually become prime minister?  When Likud last chose a party leader in 1984, Sharon received roughly 40% of the Central Committee’s votes.  When the party selects a successor to Shamir before the next election, scheduled for 1992, most observers believe that Sharon will not have sufficient support.  Still, a Sharon victory cannot be ruled out if the security situation and the political atmosphere continue to worsen.

How dangerous would Sharon be as prime minister of Israel?  According to virtually every sober assessment, he would be very dangerous indeed.  In 1977 Menahem Begin stated that Sharon was capable of surrounding the Knesset with tanks.  While Yitzhak Rabin was prime minister, Sharon presented him with a plan for restructuring the government that included a provision proclaiming a state of emergency “in order to contend with the political blockade that has been imposed upon Israel.”  The plan was not adopted, but the ambiguity of the phrase would have allowed a state of emergency to be proclaimed on virtually any pretext.  Elements of both Labor and Likud have frequently questioned Sharon’s commitment to democracy, a concern which has been deepened by his demagogic tendency to present himself to voters as a “strong man” capable of saving the people from weak and treacherous leaders.

Israeli diplomats recall that, during his tenure as defense minister, Israel’s relations with the United States and the Pentagon reached an all-time low.  Today, there is little support for his belief that massive force and large-scale deportations would end the intifada, and most experts dismiss as naïve his view that Palestinians will accept Israeli rule in the West Bank should King Hussein fall and a Palestinian state be established in Jordan.

There are those, however, who would welcome Sharon as prime minister, and they are not limited to the right wing.  They argue that only a tough, unifying leader like Sharon, a man with nationalist credentials and a military background, can make peace with the Arabs.  They also contend that, unlike many other politicians on the right, Sharon will not be weighed down by the ideology he now espouses or the political solutions he advocates.  As an opportunist who has exchanged one set of principles for another many times before, he will not hesitate to betray his right-wing constituency if this is required to bring him success.

Still, those who are counting on Sharon to be a moderate and flexible prime minister are taking an enormous gamble.  Sharon’s career and reputation are rooted in confrontational politics and the use of power.  While it is possible that he would abandon these instincts to search for peace, it is more likely that he will lead Israel into a war with its Arab neighbors.
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The following indictment of Ariel Sharon is connected with his own autobiography, WARRIOR.  In this book, Ariel Sharon describes how he, as a young man, wanted to join the elite fighting force, the Palmach, which had been organized in 1941.

The following is a verbatim excerpt, pages 35-36:.

“But it turned out that my father had other ideas.  One day as we were working together in the orange groves, I glanced up and saw him looking at me, his face framed by the branches of a tree.  With an expression full of concern he said, ‘Arik, I want to tell you, anything you decide to do with your life is all right with me.  But you have to promise me one thing.  Never, never participate in turning Jews over to non-Jews.  You must promise me that you will never do that.’

He did not mention the Palmach directly; he didn’t have to.  What he meant was clear enough.  The ‘season’ had started up again.  And what my father thought of this campaign of Jew against Jew can hardly be described.  As the Haganah’s strike force, it had been the Palmach that had carried out the hunt.  Palmach men had arrested the militants, and Palmach men had turned them over to the British.  My father could not stomach the thought of my being connected with that, and though I badly wanted to join, I understood his feelings exactly, and I accepted them.”

Ariel Sharon in his autobiography says that he understood his father’s feelings exactly and accepted them.  This turns out to be additional self-serving lies on Sharon’s part.

During the period of the “Saison” in the mid-1940’s, Sharon and other left-wing Haganah activists often beat up Nationalists ETSEL (Another name for Menachem Begin’s Irgun Group), and LECHI activists.

Ben-Ami Zamir, who today is a member of the Likud Party Bureau, yesterday gave the following harrowing account to Arutz Sheva:

“”I was given the mission of establishing an Etzel cell in our moshavah [townlet] of Magdiel, and I did so. I gathered some youths in our cafe, and I would often give shelter to Etzel men who needed to hide from the British police. Everyone knew everyone, and it was known that I was an Etzel man, as were all my neighbors; residents of the surrounding moshavim were rival Haganah people.””

One of these towns was Kfar Malal, home to young Ariel “”Arik”” Sharon. “”One Motzaei Shabbat [Saturday night], a truck arrived at the cafe, and out of it jumped a group of uniformed Haganah men, led by Ariel Sharon holding a hoe-handle. We knew him in the area as someone who always holds a hoe-handle to catch Etzel and Lechi people. They tried to break into the cafe, which was still closed because of the Sabbath. I came close to him, and he said, ‘Give me some soda,’ and pointed to a box of drinks on the ground. I bent down to the bottles, and then he picked up his arm and smashed me with all his might with the hoe-handle. My head was covered in blood, which dripped down all over me.””
Zamir said that a fight ensued, and “”for ten minutes, they destroyed everything they could… The next morning, I went to the Sharon home… His mother came out, saw me all bandaged up and immediately realized what was going on. I asked where Arik was, and she said he wasn’t home. I said that if I would see him, I would get him. Later people in Kfar Malal told me that he was afraid to go home. We didn’t see him again in Magdiel.””

Zamir said that this was not the only violent incident against Etzel people in which Sharon was involved. He noted specifically the case of someone named Hayuma, who died six months ago, whose arm was broken by Sharon’s gang.

Zamir’s story was publicized 15 years ago by Yediot Acharonot reporter Shlomo Nakdimon. That article also quoted similar testimony by Etzel member Daniel Basamnik. “”Sharon threatened to sue [following Nakdimon’s article],”” Zamir told Arutz-7’s Cohen, “”but for his own reasons decided not to.””

In 1983, Ariel Sharon rushed to sue Time Magazine for remarks that they published with regard to Sharon’s part in the Lebanon War!)

It is, therefore, extremely interesting that Ariel Sharon threatened to sue Yediot Acharonot and its reporter Shlomo Nakdimon, but never instituted such a suit.  This story, if untrue, is certainly defamatory!

On June 28, Arutz Sheva republished the same interview with Ben-Ami Zamir.  Again, Ariel Sharon did not rush to sue Arutz Sheva.

Also, how come Ariel Sharon does not sue the authors of the book “Boomerang”, Raviv Drucker of Channel 10 TV, and Ofer Shelach of Yediot Aharonot newspaper for the accusations they make against him, both in writing and on Channel Two television?

How come he does not sue Carolyn Glick for her article:  “OUR WORLD: A COWARD FOR PRIME MINISTER”, published in the Jerusalem Post on June 20?

And finally, how come Sharon does not sue me, the writer of last week’s Letter from Jerusalem, “THE UNMASKING OF ARIEL SHARON”?

Is Ariel Sharon no longer concerned about defamation of his own name?

Sharon is sitting tight and his bureau is keeping numb.  MK Handel, who spoke up before Shelach and Druker did, has long since volunteered to wave his Knesset immunity so that Sharon can take him to court, but Sharon has not picked up the gauntlet.

WHAT IS ARIEL SHARON AFRAID OF?  That the judgment may be that these statements are the unvarnished truth, rather than libel?

Dear Friends, I implore you:  Disseminate this article to your utmost ability.  Send it to your legal representatives.  Send it to your local newspaper.  Speak about it in your synagogues and churches.  Discuss it with your family and friends.  This is not an article that you can afford to put aside as interesting, but of no concern to you.  We desperately need new elections in Israel.  If Ariel Sharon succeeds to continue in his evil, dangerous and dictatorial path, the very future of Israel as a Jewish democratic State is in danger.  In addition, virtually all the senior army personnel warn that after, G-d Forbid, a successful Disengagement-Deportation of the Jews in Gush Katif and northern Samaria takes place, Israel will face a major Arab attack.
With Blessings and Love for Israel,

Ruth Matar

P.S. Don’t forget to print out this article and send it to President George W. Bush.  I cannot believe that President George W. Bush will want to go down in history as the American President who collaborated with Ariel Sharon in his crimes against the Jewish People.

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