יום רביעי, 30 בספטמבר 2009

Journalism which Cultivates Hatred of Israel and Israelis

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Journalism which Cultivates Hatred of Israel and Israelis 

 

Hatred -- of any group -- does not drop out of the sky like rain. It is cultivated. Sadly, it has become necessary to ask the JTA (the news agency which supplies most American Jewish newspapers) not to inadvertently cultivate hate -- in particular, not to falsely accuse Israeli settlers of criminal deeds. This is important because unfounded hatred of settlers causes much of the unfounded hatred of Israel.
 
Here's an example letter that you can send (or write your own...):
 
Dear Jewish Telegraph Agency, Your website  http://jta.org/about  states that the JTA strives to be "the definitive, trusted global source of ...current events". But this past year you printed a series of 3 one-sidedly derogatory articles against settlers which does not fit this description.
 
It is my understanding that an Israeli grassroots organization, Mattot Arim www.mattotarim.org,  has approached you several times regarding the most distasteful "fact" presented in your series:  "[R]adical settlers ...have ...thrown acid at Israeli soldiers" http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/24/1005829/behind-the-headlines-radical-jewish-settlers. I understand that Mattot Arim told you they have carefully looked into this matter with settler leaders such as the spokesperson of the Jewish Community of Hebron, where the event allegly occurred, the Shomron Council spokesperson, Women in Green founder Nadia Matar, Gush Katif spokesperson and others and all believe that the allegation you published is not factual, i.e. not a single settler is known to have thrown acid at even a single soldier.  
 
I also understand that you (the JTA) have claimed that an un-named Israel Police spokesperson made this allegation to you and you merely reported it. Could you, the JTA, take responsibility for your story and write to the Israel Police, inform them that the information they gave you has been challenged by concerned readers such as myself and ask them to corroborate their allegation by providing the JTA in writing some elementary details regarding their allegation (copy of the chemical analysis performed if any, who (names, dates) purportedly witnessed these events, were any soldiers purportedly injured and if so where are the medical reports, etc.). I would be pleased to receive a copy of the Israel Police spokesperson's response to you in due course.
 
Or, since we are in Yom Kippur season -- the traditional Jewish apology season -- could you simply publish a correction and apology indicating that (1) your acid story was challenged; (2) you have not found any facts to support it and (3) your acid story is therefore  retracted until further notice. I look forward to hearing from you, sincerely, (NAME)."
 
 
Please email the above (or write your own!) to uheilman@jta.org, to  info@JTA.org, and to Gary Rosenblatt gary@jewishweek.org who is on the JTA's board of directors. If you know anyone  else  on the board, http://jta.org/about/board, please cc them. And please cc us4israel@gmail.com  so that the necessary parliamentary action in Israel can be arranged regarding the partial role of an Israeli Police spokesperson alleged by the JTA. Finally, if you get a response from the JTA, please fw it to us4israel@gmail.com immediately. Thank you very much.
 
Please pass this on, particularly to Jewish leaders and Jewish (or pro-Israel) news media so that the JTA does not, in future, poison attitudes toward Israel and its citizens by careless journalism. Please note: No libel suit can be filed because the JTA article merely accused un-named "settlers" of throwing the acid at the soldiers. The JTA has avoided mentioning the name of any settler hence it cannot be prosecuted. However, the JTA very much cares about its reputation (even more than it cares about a legal proceeding) in the eyes of the public, so please -- contact them, explain that you are not happy, and ask your friends to do likewise. Thanks for helping Israel.

 

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יום רביעי, 5 באוגוסט 2009

Pro-Israel News: Caroline, WIG, Naomi & Lori appeal to US Jewry...


 

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Rally for Israel Against Rahm Emanuel

and Obama's efforts to Divide Israel and Jerusalem

 

No 2- States, No Division of Jerusalem , It's been Jewish for 3,000 years. NO Nukes for Iran ; No Freeze on Israeli's cities, No funding of Islamic terrorists via the UN, EU or Obama/Hillary.  Israel has been ours for 5,000 years

When:             August 9, 2009  - Noon to 3:00 P.M.
Where:            Daley Plaza, Downtown Chicago, at the Picasso Statue

 

CAROLINE GLICK (JERUSALEM POST) WILL BE THE HONORED GUEST SPEAKER

 

Caroline B. Glick grew up in Chicago . She made aliyah to Israel in 1991, two weeks after receiving her BA in Political Science from Columbia University . She joined the Israel Defense Forces that summer and served as an officer for five and a half years. Ms Glick is the senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy in Washington , DC and travels several times a year to Washington where she routinely briefs senior administration officials and members of Congress on issues of joint Israeli-American concern. Ms. Glick's writings, which have also been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun Times, the Washington Times, the Journal of International Security Affairs, Commentary, and other publications, focus on the strategic and political issues challenging the Israel and the United States. She is Israel bureau chief for Pajamas Media Television website where she broadcasts weekly commentary on Israel and the Middle East . Ms. Glick has appeared on MSNBC, FOX News, Sky News, Christian Broadcast Network, Israel Television channels 1, 2, 3 and 10. She is a frequent guest on talk radio shows in the US , Britain , Australia and Israel . She blogs at her website www.carolineglickcom.


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Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:50 PM

From Naomi Ragen: Our ardent Zionist friend, Lori Lowenthal Marcus, President of Philadelphia's ZOA, has been instrumental in starting a new organization to combat the pernicious influence of the far Left anti-Israel 'J Street.'. Her group is called 'Z (for Zionist) Street.' Expect the full barrage of Counter attack from the enemies of Zion. Let us organize and say we did what we could when others buried their heads in the sand. Background and positions of the organization:

Z street -- By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There is a chilling scene in the 2002 movie "The Pianist."  In it the train was already chugging along on the path to insanity and destruction, but before all was destroyed.  The family of the protagonist has been moved into the Warsaw Ghetto and the head of the family is sitting at a table, reading a newspaper.  He looks up and says, "I blame the American Jews."

He was talking to me. (...) I resolved then not to be our time's analog of a World War II American Jew -- you know, the ones who read the newspapers, see what is happening to Israel, mutter "tsk, tsk" and turn the page. (...)

Z STREET is based on these ironclad positions:

The right of the Jewish people to a state, and the right of Jews to live freely anywhere, including inhaling oxygen in areas the world insists are reserved for Arab Palestinians; (...) Categorical rejection of agreements with, or concessions to, terrorists (or their supporters) who are dedicated to Israel's destruction.

Unlike other organizations that claim to be pro-Israel, Z STREET will not pander to politicians who invite us to their offices and pay attention to our pocketbooks but ignore our positions.  (...)
 
A fuel source previously untapped has been released: within days of the launch  thousands clamored to our site, asking how to join and how they can help.  Z STREET already includes members from five continents and more than twenty states.News articles are being written about Z STREET from the far right and the center, and we have been viciously denigrated and cartooned from the far left - all of which is gratifying.(...)

A very few World War II Jews acted as catalysts for those who refused to be cowed. (...). This band of warriors, led by Peter Bergson and Ben Hecht, staged marches, rallies and theater events.  They refused to mimic the Jewish leaders who shrank from their moral duty to demand the US government face the irrefutable facts of the plans, and then the execution of those plans, to murder millions.  It would be an honor for Z STREET to be compared to the Bergson Group. 

I sleep better knowing that when my grandchildren ask me what I did to help prevent the destruction of Israel, I can tell them about Z STREET with a clear conscience and a sense of pride.  What will you say?
 
Naomi Ragen asks: Please join Lori and myself in gearing up for this battle:  http://ziostreet.wordpress.com

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Women For Israel's Tomorrow  (Women in Green)
 

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יום רביעי, 29 ביולי 2009

Israeli marchers to Obama: Let My People Grow (with photos)

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Israelis protest Obama's settlement freeze policy (photos attached)

At least one thousand Israelis came to Jerusalem earlier this week to protest Obama's settlement freeze policy and the arrival of Obama's Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who arrived in Israel on Sunday. The protestors, which organizers said numbered 2000 and local press put at 1000, stood at Paris Square, near Prime Minister Netanyahu's official residence and then marched to the American Consulate.  "Yes to Israel's independence, no to American dictates" stated Hebrew language signs, with flyers reading: "Israel is a sovereign independent state; we will not allow life in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria to be frozen". Signs in English said simply: Let My People Grow, referring to the almost half a million Israelis who reside in the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem, as well as Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank, all of whose rights to build are being challenged by the Obama administration. Marchers rythmically chanted, "Mitchell go home".
 
The demonstration came just days after Independent Media Research and Analysis (IMRA) published a surprising poll by a prestigious polling company, Maagar Mochot, according to which Israelis regard settling Judea and Samaria as almost as important as the heavily subsidized national enterprise of settling the Negev and Galilee. http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=44698. A huge majority (71:20) of Israelis also agreed with a tongue-in-cheek proposition presented by the poll, according to which Palestinians should be made to freeze settlement in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) if Jews were forced to do so. The poll also found that Israelis strongly prefer Palestinian autonomy over Palestinian statehood --  which is the concept strongly promoted by the Obama administration.  
 
Not a few well known rightist Israelis publicly boycotted the protest which they said was too tame. "I'm willing to remind Netanyahu to be Israel's Prime Minister, not Obama's poodle," snapped Batya Medad, a well known Israeli blogger. "America would cut out the pressure if we sent them packing. The American government has enough trouble with a sinking economy, health care issues and Iraq."   Yair Mendelson from Herzlia, one of the cities that would be adversely affected if a rogue Palestinian state is established, told his email list that such demonstrations are "sterile", "useless" and "deceptive". The main issue, said Mendelson, was the "lies alleging illegality of the settlement enterprise", without which "the Americans would be unable to justify intefering in the legal, sovereign affairs of another state". Mendelsohn recommended to his distribution list that rather than demonstrating, Israelis and committed American Jews should work together to "restore liberty" to the national home of the Jewish people.
 
Rightist Knesset Members addressing the crowd included the chairperson of the Knesset's influential Law and Constitution Committe, MK David Rotem, who told the Israeli Bar Association's journal last month that razing of outposts for political reasons constituted discrimination against settlers. "It's time America realized we are surrounded by enemies here," Rotem announced tonight. Another Knesset Member, former Chief Medical Officer of the IDF Prof. Aryeh Eldad, said that half a million Jews were being de-humanized by settlement freeze proposals. The chairman of the National Union, the only rightist party not in Netanyahu's coalition, MK Yaakov Katz, told the crowd that as a Cohen, having a priestly perogative to bless the people according to ancient Jewish tradition, he wishes to bestow a blessing of another child in the upcoming year, on all families in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. "This is our answer to Obama's cruel proposals," Katz, a disabled military hero who leans heavily on a cane, told the emotional crowd. 
 
SUGGESTION FROM US4ISRAEL: Please ask your religious leader whether he or she is comfortable with the United States's attitude "freezing" communities numbering almost half a million Jews and let us know what s/he responds. Also, please contact your favorite radio show or newspaper about this matter, perhaps they will be willing to publish at least a Letter to Editor.  
 

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יום חמישי, 9 ביולי 2009

Hamas Barbarians Get Lucky Break from New York Times??

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Hamas Barbarians Get Lucky Break
From New York Times??
 
Distributed TODAY by Palestinian Media Watch: Suicide bomber's children shown re-enactment of mother's death
on Hamas TV kids' show  Click here to view 
 
Reminder: Who is the Hamas? (then scroll down to the bottom for some disturbing food for thought)
 
Famous Hamas terror attacks include
First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing  February 25, 1996 Jerusalem Central Bus station 27 DEAD
Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing March 3, 1996 Jaffa street, Jerusalem 20 DEAD
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing March 4, 1996 Tel Aviv 13 DEAD
Mahane Yehuda Market attack July 30, 1997 Jerusalem main market 16 DEAD
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 15 DEAD
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing December 1, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 11 DEAD
Haifa Bus 16 attack December 2, 2001 Haifa 15 DEAD
Café Moment bombing March 9, 2002 Rehavia, Jerusalem 11 DEAD
Passover massacre March 27, 2002 Park Hotel, Netanya 30 DEAD
Matza restaurant suicide bombing March 31, 2002 Haifa 15 DEAD
Rishon LeZion attack May 7, 2002 Rishon LeZion 16 DEAD
Patt junction bus bombing June 18, 2002 Jerusalem 19 DEAD
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing March 5, 2003 Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa 17 DEAD
Jerusalem bus 14A attack June 11, 2003 Downtown Jerusalem 17 DEAD
Jerusalem bus 2 suicide bombing August 19, 2003 Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem 23 DEAD
Beersheba attack August 31, 2004 Downtown Beersheba in buses 7 and 12 16 DEAD
 
Disturbing food for thought:
 
A New York Times article by Jerusalem bureau chief and former deputy foreign editor, Ethan Bronner, dated June 6, 2009, sets out "parallels" between "Hamas militants" and "settler extremists". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/weekinreview/07bronner.html 
 
"There are striking parallels between the hard-core opponents of a peace deal on each side," explains Bronner, giving various examples, such as: "They are generally driven by a belief in a law higher than any created by human legislatures".
 
The New York Times has done a terrible thing.
 
* It is absolutely unacceptable to write about "parallels" between those Israelis (about one-half) who oppose Palestinian state and the Hamas. Doing so is not only a vicious denigration of Israelis -- it is a public relations boon of the first order for one of the worst terror groups in the world.
 
* Yes, any two groups of people have things in common. But when the New York Times chooses to write about what two specific groups have in common -- that gives a message. In this case -- the wrong message. Example: There are "parallels" between Ethan Bronner and Bin-Laden, for example. Both have a last name that begins with B, both are male, and both have issues with Israeli "settlers". But if someone were to write this in a mass-circulated newspaper, even though it is true, it would be an abomination. The only reasonable thing that can be said about Mr. Bronner and arch-terrorist Bin-Laden is that they have nothing significant in common. Similarly, a respectable opinion-setter like the New York Times should be the first to stand up and say that the Israeli "settlers" and "peace deal opponents" have nothing significant in common with the Hamas, because the trademark of Hamas is their concerted effort to slaughter men, women and children in the name of hate. So, the Hamas can be compared to other terror groups, and to organized crime groups. They cannot be compared to hundreds of thousands of Israelis - in many cases, ironically, themselves victims of Hamas.   
 
The New York Times will hopefully improve if we ask it to. So, if you agree with the contents of this email, please feel free to forward it to your friends, and also to the following NYT addresses:
 
 

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יום שלישי, 16 ביוני 2009

Friends of Israel urge the Government of Israel: Improve Israeli hasbara!

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: מטות ערים <mattot.arim@gmail.com>
To: US 4Israel us4israel@gmail.com


Friends of Israel urge the Government of Israel:
Improve Israeli hasbara!
 
If you think Israeli embassies worldwide MUST clarify that the Palestinians do already have a state -- because the state known as Jordan was set up precisely to be a Palestinian state -- please sign here: http://www.atzuma.co.il/petition/avishalomf/1/  and pass this on. Your signature will be submitted to the appropriate government ministries in Israel by an Israeli grassroots organization called Mattot Arim (www.mattotarim.org).  
 
BACKGROUND: The fact that a Palestinian state has long existed, in Jordan, is best explained in British historian Sir Martin Gilbert's classic work,  Arab-Israeli Conflict: Its History in Maps. Read more about Sir Martin Gilbert, a scholar at the University of Oxford and an official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gilbert.
 
Page 8 of Gilbert's Arab-Israeli Conflict is a map of what Sir Gilbert identifies as the "Palestinian Mandate, granted to Britain at the San Remo Conference in 1920, as the region of a Jewish National Home". The area of the mandate -- Palestine -- in which, according to the terms of the mandate, a Jewish National Home was to be established -- is clearly seen to include the entire state of Jordan. Sir Gilbert's text accompanying the map  explains that the area of Jordan was "separated from Palestine by Britain in 1921.... Named Transjordan, this territory was at once closed to Jewish settlement".
 
If your library does not have a copy of Gilbert's Arab-Israeli Conflict, there are similar maps on Internet, here:
REMINDER: If you think Israeli hasbara will benefit if this information is distributed, 
please sign here: http://www.atzuma.co.il/petition/avishalomf/1/  and pass this on.
Thank you!
 
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יום שני, 18 במאי 2009

Fw: YOUNG ISRAEL ACTION ALERT-re:PM Netanyahu's Visit


  

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  May 18, 2009                       National Council of Young Israel ActionAlert                 24 Iyar 5769
YOUNG ISRAEL MOVEMENT LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT ISRAEL

In conjunction with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington to meet with President Barack Obama for the first time, the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) is urging its 25,000 member families and Jews throughout the United States to express support for Prime Minister Netanyahu and the State of Israel.

 
The NCYI is launching a campaign which encourages people to call and e-mail the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. and express four fundamental points:
 
1. I support the State of Israel.
2. I oppose the division of Jerusalem.
3. I oppose the creation of an independent Palestinian state within Israel's borders.
4. I urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to stay strong and I support his efforts to guarantee the security of the State of Israel.
 
The Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. can be reached at 202-364-5500, or by e-mail at info@washington.mfa.gov.il
 
"With U.S. policy towards Israel seemingly shifting away from what had been the status quo, it is imperative that Israeli leaders stay firm in their resolve and recognize that they have the support of the American Jewish community," said NCYI President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. "With the future of the Jewish homeland hanging in the balance, it is critical that we make our voices and opinions heard so that the State of Israel is protected in perpetuity."
 
for more information http://www.youngisrael.org
 
 

PLEASE SIGN PETITION ABOUT GETTING ORGANIZED TO SAVE ISRAEL: http://www.petitiononline.com/1eys/

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יום חמישי, 14 במאי 2009

This Monday, 18 May: Washington Rally for a Proud & Undivided Israel!!!

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Rally for a Proud & Undivided Israel!!!

   This Monday, May 18th

 

 

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be meeting with President Obama on Monday, May 18th in the White House.

Please join a rally in support of the State of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu across the street from the White House, rain or shine, at:
 
Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House * Monday  May 18, 2009 * 10am -3pm 

Please bring YOUR OWN  "Say No to Palestinian state" sign (Yes, a regular sheet of paper is large enough. Handwriting is fine).

An example sign is attached, you can print it out.


Round trip transportation (charter buses) from New York and Riverdale leaving 6 a.m. prompt  from:

* 79th and West End Avenue, New York City AND  * The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Riverdale, New York
Returning:  8:00 p.m. 

To book a seat on a bus, and for all inquiries please contact Hillary Markowitz, AMCHA kensy7@aol.com. Updates will be posted on: http://eretzy.blogspot.com. Groups, blogs, lists and organizers include AMCHA -  AFSI - IsraPundit -  IsraelLives =  US4Israel. and more...

 

 If you have not as yet signed "No Arab State in the Land of Israel" petition please click here:  http://www.petitiononline.com/1eys/.

 

"I just got off the phone with the Israeli consulate in Washington. He is thrilled that we will be out there. They are really feeling alone these days. Please try to get as many people as you know to come to Washington and join us. Thank you! Hillary"

 

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יום ראשון, 10 במאי 2009

Received from Israel: Palestinian state is turning into a real problem...

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Just received from Israel (re assisting Prime Minister Netanayhu who is trying to stand strongly against the Palestinian state issue):

 
LET'S GET SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING THE PALESTINIAN STATE NOTION
We need the help of all major Orthodox public affairs and media organizations  in the United States to combat the Palestinian state notion. So far, only wonderful Young Israel has really started working to keep those rockets away from Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Ben-Gurion airport. If we aren't speaking for A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE, these organizations (Agudath Yisroel, AMIT, Emuna Women, Nachum Segal Radio Show, Yated Neeman, etc.) will simply say NO when we ask for their help. So, we need several thousand people to sign this petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/1eys/petition.html.
We will then promptly approach each of the Orthodox Jewish media and public affairs organizations in the name of the whole group and ask them to help.  Prime Minister Netanyahu's first trip to the US is in a few days time so please sign TODAY and pass on. Thank you very much. Notes:
(1) Please don't fuss about the precise wording of the petition since it does not matter at all.
(2) When asked for "state", simply write "none" if you live outside the USA
(3) Sometimes the petition doesn't work well, but if you click around, eventually it "lets you" sign. Thanks.  
 
THANK YOU, KNESSET MEMBER DANNY DANON
Danny Danon is a Likud member of Knesset who represents Israel's Coastal Plain -- a highly populated area here in Israel, including many cities which will be within rocket range of Palestinian state. Mr. Danon will be holding a "no to Palestinian state" session in the Knesset this Wednesday 13 May at 10:00 AM. To attend, please email to ddanon@knesset.gov.il  indicating your name - preferably in Hebrew exactly as it appears in your teudat zehut, cell phone number and teudat zehut number. Your email should be entitled "ishur knisa" since the purpose of the email is to arrange an "ishur knisa" (permit to enter the Knesset on that day). Then, arrive at the Knesset at 9:30 AM and say you are attending the "no Palestinian event" in the Yerushalayim Hall in the Knesset as a guest of MK Danny Danon. If you don't get an email reply from Mr. Danon's office tomorrow, email again to make sure your "ishur knisa" has been arranged.
 
AMERICAN CITIZENS, HOW ARE YOUR WRITING SKILLS? -- suggestion from David Bedein
Establishing a Palestinian state means deporting more Jewish communities and handing over their  property to terrorists, following the precedent of Gush Katif. There are US Congressional committees that oversee all aspects of American Middle East policy - ONLY if they are inundated with well-reasoned calls and letters to do so. Give your letter a title which makes it immediately clear that you are against Palestinian state.  Write to (then call to follow up): 
* Near East Subcommittee, Foreign Relations Committee, US Senate. Chaired by Senator Robert Casey (D-PA): http://casey.senate.gov/
Phone: (202) 224-6324  *  Toll Free: (866) 802-2833   * Fax: (202) 228-0604
383 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
* Middle East Subcommittee, US House Foreign Affairs Committee. Chaired by Rep. Gary Ackerman, New York 5th District:
http://www.house.gov/ackerman/
http://www.house.gov/ackerman/pages/contact.html
Phone: (202) 225-2601  * Fax: (202) 225-1589 * Congressional switchboard, connects to all offices: 202-224-3121.
United States Capitol  Office, 2243 Rayburn House Office Building, House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515

DON'T HAVE TIME? THEN JUST EMAIL "SAY NO TO PALESTINIAN STATE" to the following GREAT email addresses (thank you Young Israel):
Don't worry if some of the emails bounce and come back to you. If most got through -- that's fine.
 
REHOVOT SAYS NO TO PALESTINIAN STATE
Israel's 20th largest city, Rehovot, is home of the world-famous Weizman Institute of Science and was also home to Israeli former Presidents Chaim Weizman and Prof. Efraim Katzir and former Prime Minister Sharon. 70% of Rehovot's Municipal Council members (14 out of 20) have signed a letter opposing Palestinian state, in order  to keep rockets out of Rehovot. http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3711559,00.html. (in Hebrew) 

 

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יום רביעי, 25 במרץ 2009

What does "pro-Palestinian" mean? Kindly fw to academics in the United States

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Dear Friends,

Khaled Abu Toameh is an Arab journalist living in Israel. (...)

On Campus: The Pro-Palestinian's Real Agenda

By Khaled Abu Toameh

http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/03/on-campus-the-pro-palestinians-real-agenda.php

 

           

 


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יום רביעי, 18 במרץ 2009

URGENT ACTION ALERT - "Respect Our Wishes": Most Israelis Object to US Two-State Policy

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Here is a very crucial Action Alert by UCI - well worth a minute of your time! 
 

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----- Original Message -----
From: UCI
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:09 AM
Subject: URGENT ACTION ALERT - "Respect Our Wishes - Most Israelis Object to US Two-State Policy"

Unity Coalition for Israel

URGENT ACTION ALERT - "Respect Our Wishes - Most Israelis Object to US Two-State Policy," MK Eldad`s Message to Secretary of State Clinton.

Arieh Eldad, the eminent physician and Israeli Knesset Member (MK) representing the National Union party, wrote the following letter to Hillary Clinton in response to her announced priority of establishing a Palestinian State. Eldad`s letter defends Israel`s right to determine its own destiny.

By forwarding this letter, you will protest our new US Administration imposing its will on the sovereign democratic State of Israel.

If you agree with Eldad, that the United States should NOT dictate the "Two-State Solution" to Israel, please forward MK Eldad`s letter below. This letter is addressed directly to Secretary of State Clinton. Copies will automatically go to President Obama, Vice President Biden, Prime Minister Netanyahu, MKs Liberman, Yishay, and Eldad, and other officials.

The Obama Administration must hear from us!

CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS URGENT ACTION ALERT!!!



Honorable Secretary of State Clinton,

I agree with Israeli Member of the Knesset, Arieh Eldad, in his appeal for you to consider the wishes of Israeli citizens when formulating US Policy regarding Israel. Please consider the important points he sets forth in his letter addressed to you:

"Dear Ms. Clinton,

"This letter was originally written in Hebrew, which you would probably have trouble reading. However, I know that more than a language barrier stands between us. More than 3,000 years of history make a difference too.

"There are historic lessons and perspectives that the Jewish people learned in person. At this time, on the eve of Purim, when again we see a Persian archenemy planning to exterminate us, all the ancient defense mechanisms are emerging within us - the ones that refuse to buy into the false promises of those who view themselves as Israel`s friends, and as such tell us what is good for the Jewish people and for the State of Israel.

"You came here from the world`s greatest and strongest democracy. You come from the Democratic Party and you know how to recite the familiar mantras, claiming that the United States respects Israel`s democracy and will cooperate with any elected Israeli government.

"Well, Israeli democracy has spoken: Most Israeli citizens do not wish to establish an Arab terror state in our homeland. If your democracy is real, you should of course respect the democracy of others as well.

"However, as we all realize that what guides the US is not democracy in other countries, but rather, what the American Administration perceives as American interests - it would be worthwhile to remind you of Einstein`s definition for madness. He said that madness is the attempt to repeat the same action time and again, in the hopes that the result will be different next time.

"The US, while conveniently ignoring the values of democracy, attempted on more than one occasion to appease aggressors, especially by sacrificing the interests of other states. Yet it always ended disastrously. Only when these aggressors attacked the US, its citizens, or its interests, America changed its policy.

"At this time it appears that the US is planning to appease the Iranians, Syrians, and Palestinians by paying with "Israeli currency." As you recall, dear Ms. Clinton, we have too much history. We remember what happened when the Free World was willing to sacrifice Czechoslovakia in order to appease Hitler. We are unwilling to risk our very existence in order for the US to buy itself a quiet withdrawal from Iraq."

Encouraging terrorism

"Nobody really thinks that words or economic sanctions will prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons.

"America`s declarations that it will destroy Iran should it dare attack Israel with nuclear weapons don`t help us, because we are unwilling to be the excuse for attacking Iran after we`ve already been exterminated.

"This too is a historical lesson we bear. We are also unwilling to see the desire to appease the Sunnis in Iraq to prompt an American payment to the Syrians and Palestinians.

"Don`t you understand that pressing Israel to renounce the Golan Heights in order to buy Syrian cooperation with the withdrawal from Iraq will not calm the Mideast, bring peace, or reinforce western democracy?

"Rather, it will encourage the Arabs to continue on the path of terrorism because you will prove to them that terrorism pays off.

"Dozens of bloody conflicts are taking place worldwide. The vast majority pit Muslims against their neighbors. The US is not fighting Jihadist terror in Afghanistan and Iraq because Israel is building houses in the West Bank..."

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Secretary of State Clinton, I agree with Knesset Member Arieh Eldad and I believe the Obama Administration should not encourage establishment of a Palestinian state. A terrorist state led by Hamas would present another existential threat to the security of Israel at the same time the tiny democracy is targeted by a potentially nuclear Iran.

Respectfully,

   

 

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יום רביעי, 25 בפברואר 2009

New Obama appointee may hurt Israel

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Pls fw this email to pro-Israel friends in California, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Montana, Maryland,Oklahoma & Utah. Thank you.

News has broken of the impending appointment of Chas W. Freeman Jr. to the chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council. 
 
Freeman was U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989-1992.  Here are quotes (emphasis added) which are characteristic of his hostile attitude towards Israel:
 
"Those in the region and beyond it who detest Israeli behavior, which is to say almost everyone, now naturally extend their loathing to Americans." (speech at Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs in 2007)
 
"[T]he Jewish state continues to seize ever more Arab land for its colonists."  speech for Middle East Policy Council, Oct. 4, 2007
 
 
"Tragically, despite all the advantages and opportunities Israel has ... failed to achieve concord and reconciliation with anyone in its region, still less to gain their admiration or affection." http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3380291/an-american-addition-to-the-islamists-armoury.thtml
 
Freeman has even blamed Israel for 9/11:  "We have paid heavily...for our unflinching support ...of Israel's approach to managing its relations with the Arabs. Five years ago (note: statement was made in 2006 -- 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers occurred in 2001) we began to pay with the blood of our citizens here at home."  http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3380291/an-american-addition-to-the-islamists-armoury.thtml
 
Ed Lasky, an editor at The American Thinker,  termed Freeman "de facto Saudi Ambassador to America" because of his promotion of the interests of Saudi Arabia and informed that:  "He shares Board membership with executives from major multinationals with major markets in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world..." http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/12/personnel_is_policy_the_case_o.html
 

There are two reasons for concern. One is with regard to the damage Freeman can do. As chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Freeman would have the major influence on the intelligence briefings presented to the president (remember the damage caused by the National Intelligence Estimate, the NIE, in 2007, which erroneously downplayed the dangers of Iran), and would be called upon often to give direct briefings to the President.
 
The other reason for concern is what is implied by the appointment of Freeman.  A president who seeks to maintain an Israel policy that is even passively benign (not out to hurt Israel) simply does not select someone like Freeman to the top intelligence post -- someone like Freeman to depend upon for securing intelligence information.  
 
It may not be too late to stop this. Also, silence now invites additional problematic appointments later.  Please let members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence know how concerned Americans are by the possible appointment of Freeman.  Please, address them with courtesy; some are very warmly predisposed to Israel.  Phone or fax are better than email. Explain:
 
  • Freeman's appointment would be detrimental to the true interests of the US and the Western world. 
  • Freeman would seriously undermine support for the only democracy, and the bastion of Western values, in the  Middle East. 
  • Israel is at the forefront of the fight against radical jihadism, which is of concern to all democracies. Israel should not be weakened, as Freeman would seek to do. 
  • Freeman's perceptions of Israel are badly skewed and dangerous.   
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Members -- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
(If you are from California, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Montana, Maryland,Oklahoma or Utah - please contact only YOUR Senator and please inform us4israel@gmail.com that you have done so -- many thanks)
 
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chair of the Committee
Phone: (202) 224-3841   Fax: (202) 228-3954
 
Christopher (Kit) Bond (R-MO) Vice Chair (important to reach)
Phone: (202) 224-5721
 
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Phone: (202) 224-5251   Fax: (202) 224-6331
For e-mail form: http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
 
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
 
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Phone: 202-224-5754   Fax: 202-224-6008
For e-mail form: http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.Home
 
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Phone: (202) 224-5623   Fax: (202) 228-1377
For e-mail form: http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
 
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Phone: (202) 224-4654   Fax: (202) 224-8858
 
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Phone: (202) 224-5344   Fax: (202) 224-1946
 
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