SHAVUOT
Is a Celebration for Receiving the TORAH on Mt SINAI.
The Battle for Jerusalem is a Battle for Truth.
Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu attended the annual Jerusalem Day celebration
at the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem. In his speech,
Netanyahu stressed the importance of Jerusalem and the unbroken connection of
the Jewish people to the city, quoting the verse from Isaiah 62: "For
Zion's sake I will not be silent and for the sake of Jerusalem I
will not be still, until her righteousness emerges as a shining light
and her salvation burns like a torch"…
The PM
continued: "There can be no justice without truth and if there is a
perversion of justice vis a vis our city and nation, it means the truth
has been perverted, because the truth is that Jerusalem is our city and we
never compromised on that," he said, "not after the destruction
of the First Holy Temple, nor after the destruction of the Second. We were
a majority in the city until the 9th century and we
returned 2000 years later and witnessed the city's destruction once again.
There is no
other nation that feels this deeply about a city. Yet there is no
other nation that has allowed such complete freedom of worship to other
religions in this city. We will continue to build Jerusalem, a city that is
full of life."
The Speaker of
the Knesset, MK Ruby Rivlin spoke at the start of the event, saying "Over
the last year, Jerusalem has lost many supporters... Today, some Zionist
political parties who spoke of united Jerusalem until a short while ago, are
now seeing the city as a problem and obstacle to our continued existence here.
The same politicians who voted laws protecting Jerusalem into effect are now
looking for loopholes in those same laws that will allow them to raise their
hand against Jerusalem… Zionism without Zion, without Jerusalem is an empty
shell. Our ability to withstand attacks on Jerusalem depends a great deal on
our resolve and patience, on our ability to bide our time until the sword that
is drawn over the city is removed."
Jerusalem and Torah - Even in Name They are Linked.
The Midrash
tells us that when Hashem came to designate a name for His favorite city, He
was, as it were, faced with a dilemma. Malkitzedek, otherwise knows as Shem son
of Noach, first referred to the ancient city as "Shalem." Years
earlier, Avraham, following his offer of his son Yitzchak as a sacrifice on
what was to eventually become the Temple Mount, called it "Yireh." To
call it only "Shalem" would be an affront to the righteous Avraham;
to call it only "Yireh" would be an insult to the righteous
Malkitzedek. The Divine solution was to combine the two and call the city
"Yireh-shalem" which English translation has formed into Jerusalem. (It does not support the claim of so-called Palestinians,
does it?)
Stop
Desecration of Ground ZERO. Stand up and
oppose the building of a mosque at ground ZERO. We have sensibilities too. Muslims must not be allowed to offend
the sensibilities of the innocent dead and those who survived murder by
terrorists shouting, in the name Islam and of the Koran, “Allahu Akba” as they
killed 'infidels' at the World Trade Center
Food for Thought. by
Steven Shamrak
While so-called Palestinians strongly oppose the presence of
Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, it is estimated that between 20,000
and 30,000 Arabs are working on building them. Regardless of their Jew-hating
feelings, all anti-Semites love Jewish money!
Rear Admission by European. On a visit to
Ben Gurion University, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos said that
Islamic fundamentalism was the common enemy of Europeans, Israelis, and Arabs
as well. (They all know about it but in fear of offending their oil
suppliers afraid to talk about it!)
PA
Just Slaps Israel in Face. Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman said in an interview with Ha'aretz
that Israel had done much to advance peace with the Palestinian Authority, but
that the PA had responded by “slapping Israel in the face.” Lieberman said “I
think we made countless gestures, and what did we get in return? The
glorification of terror.” The day before the invitation to join the OECD was
issued to Israel, PA Prime Minister “Salam Fayyad approached dozens of
countries with a request to sabotage that acceptance. They keep going on with
their stories about war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. After all,
PA President Mahmoud Abbas himself called and asked us, pressured us to
continue the military campaign and overthrow Hamas,” Lieberman said.
Livni
Brainwashes Children by calling Treason “Patriotism”. In a meeting with eleventh grade
students in Jerusalem Opposition leader MK Tzipi Livni, said that,
"Israeli patriotism today means promoting the idea of two states. This is
in the Jewish Zionist interest." (There is a Jewish saying: "Any
evil can be justified by quoting Torah out of context")
Obama not a Friend of Israel. The Obama administration is preparing to join an international UN-backed
advisory group the Alliance of Civilizations. The Bush administration boycotted
the group when it was founded in 2005 because it feared the group would become
a forum for bashing Israel and the United States. Those concerns were magnified
a year later when the alliance released a report that officials in Washington
said unfairly blamed Israel and the United States for many of the world's
problems.
Quote of the
Week: “How odd of G-D to choose the Jew. But not as odd as those
who choose the Jewish G-D, and hate the Jew!” - Francis A. Schaeffer
Lack of Corage and
Vision. High officers leading this week's big war game in
northern Israel confronted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and chief of staff
Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi with harsh criticism over the lack of a clear
government strategy for dealing with the rising Hizballah threat of aggression
and the uninterrupted flow of advanced weaponry from Syria to Hizballah.
Foe in the
Knesset. In an interview with the Kol El-Arab newspaper,
Arab MK Masoud Ranaim, a member of Re’em-Ta'al party and of the southern
branch of the Islamic Movement, called to establish an Islamic caliphate that
would include Israel. He also said that all means are warranted to “protect”
Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa mosque.
Actual Issue of the Right to Vote is
Ignored. The Ministerial Committee on Legislation is
scheduled to discuss a bill preventing the assassin of former Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Amir, from voting in general elections. (Why
is the committee not interested in discussing the rights of Israeli Arabs, who
do not have loyalty to the country they live in, to vote and live?)
Government of Lebanon is Hezbollah
Partner! Lebanese President Michel Suleiman announced Saturday that
Lebanon "cannot and must not" tell Hezbollah to disarm before
reaching a deal on a defense strategy. A United Nations deal to end the Second
Lebanon War in 2006 required Hezbollah to disarm. (No
one is furious when Muslim states ignore UN resolutions.)
Tear Down Illegal
Arab Buildings Now. Illegally built homes in east
Jerusalem will be demolished in the coming days, Public Security Minister
Yitzhak Aharonovitch announced on Wednesday. The minister said there had been
delays in carrying out the orders due to diplomatic concerns, but that the
concerns no longer applied and that the demolitions would go ahead. “Police have no instructions to refrain from
carrying out the demolitions. They will be carried in the coming days,”
Aharonovitch said. “There were times
when the political echelon thought the timing for implementing the orders was
inappropriate, because of diplomatic processes. The orders were not canceled,
but were delayed. If there were such delays, they are no longer in effect.”
Hypocrisy in Action:
“US Officials Monitoring Jerusalem Construction” – Maybe it is time for Israel to start monitoring US
construction on Native American land and other territories occupied by the
United States! In contrast, it is Jewish land that is occupied by the enemies
of Israel!
Neo-Nazis
Murder Yeshiva Student. Ukraine police
have found the mutilated body of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva student Aryeh Leib
Misinzov, who disappeared in Kiev on April 20, the anniversary of Adolf
Hitler’s birthday, when Neo-Nazis often carry out attacks on Jews.
Netanyahu is
the Weak Leader and a Liar. Member of
Knesset Michael Ben-Ari, the National Union, said that "The Likud
government of [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu is leading Israel to
destruction." He was responding to the announcement made in Washington
that Netanyahu had committed to freeze construction in the northern Jerusalem
neighbourhood of Ramat Shlomo: "His yielding to the dictates of [United
States President Barack] Obama will bring about the division of
Jerusalem." Not long ago, before Likud party
members voted to postpone elections for all the party’s institutions, based on
promises that Netanyahu would not freeze building in Jerusalem and would never
divide the city.
UN Elects Iran to Women's Rights Watchdog.
by Joseph Abrams
(Another example of the UN’s consistent
hypocrisy!)
Without
fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the
Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body
to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are
required for women judged "immodest."
…Buried
2,000 words deep in a UN’s press release
distributed last Wednesday on the filling of "vacancies in subsidiary
bodies," was the stark announcement: Iran, along with representatives from
10 other nations, was "elected by acclamation," meaning that no open
vote was requested or required by any member states...
Iran's
election comes just a week after one of its senior clerics declared that women
who wear revealing clothing are to blame for earthquakes, a statement that
created an international uproar - but little affected their bid to become an
international arbiter of women's rights.
"Many
women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their
chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases
earthquakes," said the respected cleric, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi.
The Commission on the Status of Women is
supposed to conduct review of nations that violate women's rights, issue
reports detailing their failings, and monitor their success in improving
women's equality.