Shana Tova!
Wishing all of you a happy,
healthy and
peaceful New Year!
International
Idiocy still Prevail
by Isi Leibler
Over 120 countries - equating to two thirds of total United Nations
membership - convened in Teheran to partake in the 16th
The Iranians boasted that 3 Kings, 27 presidents, 8 Prime Ministers and
50 Foreign Ministers attended.
Despite appeals from the
In his address to participants, Ban, without explicitly naming
…representatives from 120 nations, the UN Secretary General’s presence
effectively provided legitimacy to
...The willingness of so many countries to attend such a conference in
Teheran at this time and unanimously endorse the Ayatollah’s nuclear policies,
clearly demonstrates the abysmal failure of Obama’s initial policy of
“engaging” with
Abbas Asked Iran to Help Establish 'Palestine'
According to PLO
negotiator Saeb Erekat, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas asked Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to help establish a Palestinian state along the pre-1967
borders, which they rejected. Abbas’ meeting with Ahmadinejad took place on the
sidelines of the summit of the 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement. Earlier this
week, he threatened to pull out after Hamas’s Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail
Haniyeh, announced he had also received an invitation to the summit.
Food for Thought. by
Steven Shamrak
When
What about Jewish Arab Refugees?
The Foreign Ministry -
along with the World Jewish Congress and the Pensioners Affairs Ministry - is
ramping up its campaign to bring the issue of Jewish refugee rights to public
and diplomatic attention. According to the Foreign Ministry more than 850,000
Jews from Arab states fled their countries of birth following persecution that
ensued after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Many also had
their property confiscated. (Arabs left Palestine - all
460,000 of them - following orders from their leaders, to facilitate genocide
of the Jews by advancing armies of seven Muslim countries. Their number has
‘magicly’ doubled after the UN granted them a status of refugees with generous life-lasting
benefits!)
International Aid Funding Terror
The Palestinian
Authority has granted jailed terrorists hefty pay hikes for murdering Israelis,
with salaries higher for those with Israeli citizenship. The PA, which has been
screaming for foreign funds to stay solvent, spends 6 percent of its annual
budget to pay $4.5 million a month to jailed terrorists and another $6.5
million to their families.
Egypt Put Terrorists In Charge of Security in Sinai
1) To keep the truce
with the Islamist terrorist groups in Sinai in place, Egypt is releasing dozens
of jailed Salafist gunmen every few days in batches, so feeding them a steady
supply of reinforcements. Cairo is also in negotiation with Bedouin tribal
elders to grant a body of 6,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Salafi gunmen the status of an
approved, independent militia. Armed with up-to-date Egyptian weapons (paid by the US taxpayer), this militia is to be
charged with responsibility for maintaining security. 2) A day after Egypt
claimed to have completed a military offensive for cutting down Islamist
terrorist activity in Sinai, Salafi gunmen attacked an Egyptian army post at
Sheikh Zuweid in northern Sinai.
US Partly Responsible for Iranian Nuclear
Threat
Israel’s Vice Premier
Moshe Yaalon said that mixed messages from foreign powers, including the US,
were responsible for Iran not fearing a real military threat. Iran believes it
can carry on developing a nuclear bomb without interference. (In 1990, similar policies of political ambiguity and
irresponsibility, conducted by the US, caused Saddam Hussein to think that Iraq
could invade Kuwait)
1,500-Year-Old Jewish Town Near Be'er Sheva
Archaeologists have discovered
remains of a large 1,500-year-old Jewish town near Be’er Sheva, including two
public ritual pools, or mikvehs and a synagogue or Torah study centre.
Israel Talks,
Iran Doubles Nuclear Centrifuges
The UN International
Atomic Energy Agency says the number of nuclear centrifuges, used to enrich
uranium, more than doubled to 2,140 from 1,064 in May this year. In the weeks
and months when Israeli politicians increased their talk of air strikes on
Iran's nuclear sites, the Islamic Republic was rapidly increasing the
enrichment capacity of its Fordow site, buried deep underground to withstand
any such hit.
US Making Another Friendly
‘Gesture’
Just days after a report
that the US was sharply cutting its participation in a military exercise
scheduled with Israel, US planes landed in Egypt Tuesday for a joint exercise.
The exercise is one of a series of steps the US has undertaken in recent weeks
to build ties with the regime of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi.
Washington is set to forgive a billion dollars of Egyptian debt as part of its
international assistance program for Egypt. The debt will be dumped in the laps
of US taxpayers. Egypt currently owes the US some $3 billion.
The 14-member Security
Cabinet, the body authorised to approve military attacks, met Tuesday to hear
the annual intelligence assessments provided by the country’s intelligence
agencies. The 10-hour meeting is believed to be the first time in months that
this body conducted an in-depth discussion on Iran that is believed to have
included timelines. The situation in Egypt and Syria was also discussed. Uzi
Arad, the former head of the National Security Council, said that they could
include a declaration that any uranium enrichment beyond 20 percent would be a
direct trigger for military action.
PA Should Pay its Electricity Debts or Else
Energy and Water Minister
Dr. Uzi Landau wrote a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday,
demanding his intervention in regards to a Palestinian Authority debt to the
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC). Debt accumulated by the Palestinian
Authority to the company stands at more than 700 million shekels. The PA
acquires 95% of its electricity in Judea and Samaria and 75% of its electricity
in Gaza from Israel. Several months ago, Environmental Minister Gilad Erdan
recommended that Israel cut power to Gaza in order to conserve electricity for
its own use. (Sounds like a good idea! Israel
regularly transfers collected tax to PA - why not withhold debt for
electricity, water and compensation to Jewish victims of terror? After all, PA
has funds to finance terror campaign against Israel!)
Compliment Haaretz Feel Proud?
French Ambassador to
Israel Cristophe Bigot acknowledged that Israelis are portrayed in France as
“occupiers who are against Palestinian aspirations" but, he noted, “that
is exactly how Israel is portrayed in its own paper, Haaretz.” (Jewish self-haters give ‘legitimate’ excuse to
international anti-Semites)
Quote of the Week:
“Helping the rebels (in
By US
Gen. Martin Dempsey’s assertion on Thursday, Aug. 30 that the US would not be
“complicit” in an Israel strike against Iran, President Barack Obama was
telling Israel: You are on your own! (since-when has
US army personnel started making political statements?) The drastic
reduction in the scale of next month’s joint US-Israeli war game is disclosed.
Instead of the 5,000 US troops originally assigned for Austere Challenge 12,
the annual joint exercise, the Pentagon will send only 1,200 to 1,500 service
members. The missile interception systems at the core of the joint exercise
will be reduced in number and potency: Patriot anti-missiles will come without
crews and maybe one instead of two Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence warships. (It is a well-known secret that the US government, even
since the establishment of Israel, continuously undermines Israel’s right for
self-determination and prevents the Jewish state from delivering decisive victory
against her enemies!)
Throwing Israel “Under the
Bus”
While accepting
Republican convention’s nomination, Mitt Romney devoted a part of his speech to
Obama’s foreign policy, especially on diplomatic engagement with Iran: “We’re
still talking and Iran’s centrifuges are still spinning,” he said. “Every
American is less secure today because he has failed to slow Iran’s nuclear
threat,” said Romney. He accused Obama of having “thrown allies like Israel
under the bus.”
Defacto Dropping Jerusalem from Platform
Facing sharp criticism
from Mitt Romney and Republicans, President Barack Obama ordered his
Democratic party to reinsert references to G-d and Jerusalem in their party
platform. Romney called the change a "shameful refusal to acknowledge that
Jerusalem is Israel's capital." He accused Obama of distancing the US from
its ally Israel. (They voted three times! Delegates were clearly equally split on the
subject. Organisers were embarrassed, but pretended that they have 75% approval
and made fake adaptation of the resolution! We need to see solid deeds, not hollow words!)
What will be after the Election if Obama Wins?
PA officials had
originally announced that Abbas would submit a request for membership in the UN
during the General Assembly session in New York at the end of this month.
However, following American pressure, Abbas has decided to delay the move until
after the US presidential election. PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabbo
said that the PA would coordinate its move with Arab countries, the EU and
members of the Non-Aligned Movement. (All of them
are known anti-Semitic bigots!)
Israel Must not Trust Obama
The
Wall Street Journal says it is no wonder Israelis are upset when President Obama who is fond of saying he “has
Please view the list of Obama’s Broken Promises