Apology
for Unintentional Mistake.
by
Steven Shamrak
I would like to apologise for an
unintentional mistake I made in last week's letter. Many people wrote and corrected me - that Desmond Tutu is not
Catholic. Some wrote that he is the retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town.
Others wrote that he is “Episcopalian" or
“Protestant”. Some so-called friends of Israel felt deeply
offended by my honest mistake and even asked to be removed from my mail list.
Let’s put aside for a minute the role the
Church played in the massacre of the Jews in Jerusalem by Crusaders, the
Inquisition, pogroms that were instigated all over the Europe for centuries and
the Holocaust. Considering that repentance is a major part of Christian faith,
shouldn’t Christian officialdom and individuals re-examine and apologise for
the role that both major branches of the Church, Catholicism and Protestant,
played in:
One has to really revisit deeds of the
past and make teshuva (true confession - admit wrongs, make sincere apologies
and promise not to repeat the wrongdoings again) for the mistakes that were
made. Otherwise everything is just a pretense induced by the current fake
politically correct reality. These false appearances can be easily reversed at any
time to the ugliness of old ways!
Jews and Israel need good friends, but
only genuine ones are welcome. Otherwise don’t bother us with your hidden
agendas! If this message has offended you, it is not my intention, please be
honest and ask yourself “Why?”
The
Games They Play with of Jewish Lives!
United States officials are unfamiliar
with the commitments America is allegedly offering Israel in exchange for a ban
on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria, says investigative journalist
David Bedein. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told his ministers, and the
Israeli public, that the U.S. has promised not to pressure Israel for any
additional ban on construction in the future in exchange for a three-month
building freeze now.
Bedein was in the U.S. last week and met
with senior White House officials. He reports that he was surprised to hear
them deny the promises reported by Netanyahu. The officials said they had heard
of the alleged American commitments in the Israeli media but had not received
confirmation from the Obama administration.
Even Enemies do not Stay in Jail for so Long!
United States President Barack Obama is
under increasing pressure to free Jonathan Pollard with 39 Members of Congress
submitting a letter calling for his release. Pollard has served 25 years of a
life sentence for passing classified information to Israel.
Food for Thought. by
Steven Shamrak
1.
How
many Muslims do you know who would defend the right of Jews to live in peace on
their ancestral land?
2.
Why
are there so many Jewish individuals and organisations defending concocted
rights of so-called Palestinians with inexplicable vigour?
3.
Why
do we see so many non-Muslims, whom Islamic terrorists despise and hate them
even more than Jews, care about “poor Palestinians” but nothing else?
Friend or Bully? Another Proof that It is all about
Money!
The
Pentagon pressured Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to withdraw from a massive
aircraft tender for the Indian Air Force, leaving competing American aerospace
companies in prime position to win it. On the table: a $12 billion Indian
Ministry of Defence tender for 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) for the
Indian Air Force.
No Pressure on Terrorists
PA
is refusing to return to the negotiating table even if a new 90-day freeze is
implemented. Opposition is responsible for the delay in Israel wants to receive
a formal letter outlining terms of the deal (too
often the US has reneged from the verbal deals and promises it made to Israel).
PA’s rejection to return to the negotiating table, even if a 90-day settlement
freeze is in place, has delayed the anticipated agreement between Israel and
the US for a package of incentives in exchange for such a moratorium
The
plight of Sudan’s refugees has been largely ignored on the international level,
where United Nations Human Rights officials have taken aim at Israel for
maintaining a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria and a maritime blockade on
the Hamas terrorist regime in Gaza.
Cruelty, Cynicism, Disrespect and Ugliness of Islam!
Hamas
newspaper El Risala has published a story claiming that kidnapped IDF soldier
Gilad Shalit and his captors together celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid Al
Adha. The paper said the kidnappers also fed Shalit sweets made in Turkey. (Hamas is an Islamic terrorist organisation. It has
demonstrated only hate and complete contempt for Israel and even other Muslims.
There is no world-wide condemnation of this evil - just because it is against
Israel!)
Schizophrenia of US
International Policy
Chairman
of the US Joint Chief of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, met with IDF Chief of
Staff Gabi Ashkenazi on Wednesday. During the meeting Mullen claimed that
sanctions against Iran were working, but stressed that all options
remained on the table, including a military option. Mullen's remarks stand
in contrast to those of US Defense Secretary Robert Gates who on Tuesday said
that a military strike against Iran's nuclear program was unnecessary.
Quote
of the Week:
"We
have a government that does not tell the truth to itself or the public." - Opposition
Leader Tzipi Livni – She is right! The current Likud government, and the Labor
one before it, are both ideologically bankrupt and have no political direction
or plan for the future of the Jewish state. This is because they refuse to
embrace the original ideals of Zionism upon which both parties were actually
founded!
Useless Nothing at Its Best!
Good news - Saudi Arabia has a seat on
the women’s board at the United Nations now. That’s right, a regime where it’s
illegal for women to drive or leave the house without being accompanied by a
male guardian, where girls were pushed into a burning building because they
were trying to flee without covering their ‘obscene’ female faces… will be a
key player in the international effort to empower women. (The United
Nation is an ugly international bureaucracy, which has been artificially kept alive
far too long after its expiration day. Its main preoccupation is Israel - over
50% of its resolutions are anti-Israel ones!)
Arabs do not
Want Peace – Why does Israel still Bother?
The Arab League is waiting to see if the
Obama administration will offer it further inducements (put more
pressure on Israel) to entice the Palestinian Authority into direct talks, but
it is likely they will reject such talks with Israel based on the ”Clinton
freeze”.
PA
Drumming Hate in Violation of Oslo!
by Itamar
Marcus, Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Barbara Crook
May-August brought no changes in the quality of
messages being transmitted from the Palestinian Authority and Fatah to
Palestinians. An examination of the Palestinian leaders' statements, official
media, children's programs of PA and Fatah-controlled events reveals the
following: The conditions, principles and expectations set by the US and the
Quartet for accepting the Palestinian Authority as a partner in the peace
process continue to be violated by the Palestinian Authority.
Contrary to the PA's moderate statements to the West,
its statements to its people in Arabic continue to delegitimize Israel's
existence, deny Israel's right to exist, define the conflict with Israel in
religious terms, promote hatred through demonization and libels, and glorify
terror and violence:
The PA continues to teach on PA educational TV that
Israeli cities across the entire country, including Jaffa and Haifa, are
Palestinian cities.
The official PA media denies Israel's right to exist
by using terminology that refer to Israel as "Palestinian Interior"
and "the homeland occupied in '48."
Maps used by the PA still erase and replace Israel
with "Palestine."
The conflict with Israel is defined by PA-appointed
political and religious leaders not as territorial but as a religious conflict,
sometimes even as Ribat - religious war.
(Nobody actually cares about the expired
Oslo accords any more, which only created fake photo ops for president Clinton.
It is time to stop pretense and reclaim Jewish land from enemies!)