My
Narrow-minded Attitude.
by Steven Shamrak.
I am sometimes criticised for covering
only one subject in my editorial letters, namely the Middle East conflict in
general, and the right of the Jews to live in peace on their ancestral land in
particular. My critics are quite right! I can’t help it. I am passionate about
the rights of my people.
I could write about colonialism and the
effect it had on the lives of millions of Indians who were shipped throughout
the British Empire as cheap slave labour, plus the adverse social and cultural
impact it brought to the indigenous nations. The devastation of environment,
due to colonial exploitation, would also make a big and interesting subject to
explore.
I could write about the Church, its
persecution of not only Jews, but millions of Christians who had stepped out of
the official line or tried to be a good G-d-respecting human being. Nobody
wants to seriously and systematically contest the devastation and destruction
to other cultures and religions brought by the Church to many nations around
the world. Then there’s always the systematic child abuse by priests, monks and
nuns, and efficient cover-up by the Church’s official and legal system to write
about. Cultural genocide of many nations and legalization of the slavery was
also done in the name of Christ and the superiority of the Church-led nations!
Political hypocrisy and stupidity could
be another favourite subject of mine. A lot could be written about forging of
the state of Panama by and for the economic benefit of the United States;
Creating political minefields by dividing Africa and the Middle East along
colonial control lines, with no consideration for tribal interests and
historical information; How about the betrayal of Tibet and Czechoslovakia!
Most people don’t even know that the war in Vietnam could have easily been
avoided if not for the arrogance and stupidity of the French and US
governments. What about occupation of West Papua by Indonesia; the Basque
region by Spain and France; Northern Cyprus by Turkey; Western Sahara by
Algiers, as well as the misfortune of the people of Kurdistan and Kashmir.
Yes, there are hundreds of issues I care
about and could easily write about. I have chosen only one – Eretz-Israel, the
land of Israel! Please, choose the one that you are truly passionate about. If
all of us start to care, it will make the life of corrupt political systems
intolerable, and the lazy and hypocritical journalists might start to do their
jobs properly and honestly. And G-d forbid if in the process we are able to
change the world into a better place!
The US House of Representatives is
scheduled to vote on Tuesday of next week on a resolution to move the U.S.
embassy from Tel Aviv to the capital of Israel, Jerusalem, in accordance with the Jerusalem
Embassy Act of 1995. – Will it be another
hypocritical 6 months delay?
Food for Thought.
by Steven
Shamrak
Hypocrisy of International
Aid: No international aid or moral
support has been offered by any country or non-Jewish organization to the
residents of Israeli town Sderot, victims of Arab terrorists’ rocket attacks,
during the past two years!
Sderot takes 310 Qassam missiles from Gaza 16 days
in a row.
– While Israeli government continues the pretence
of current military tactic - INACTION!
Fake Regrets for
Disengagement. The Yesha Council of the Judea, Samaria and Gaza
communities has published a collection of statements by public figures who
supported or helped implement the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and northern
Samaria and have since expressed regret: 1) Maj.-Gen (ret.) Yiftah Ron-Tal, IDF
ground forces commander at the time of the Disengagement. 2) Ilana Dayan,
Journalist, Host of Popular ‘Uvda’(Fact) Program. 3) Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora
Eiland, Chairman of the National Security Council and one of the
Disengagement’s chief architects. 4) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a major
backer of the Disengagement. (It is just a fake PR work of
political parasites. They must start actively supporting a Jewish Gaza! How
often must true Zionists say: “I told you so”?)
Still
Sitting on the Fence. Former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon
stated that the Disengagement is what led to the Second Lebanon War and brought
southern Israel under fire from Gaza. Ya’alon was replaced as Chief of Staff
just before the 2005 Disengagement due to his semi-public disapproval of the
plan. “The unilateral approach that drove the Disengagement Plan has failed and
Israel must abandon it,” he said. (But he is still sitting on
the fence, as in 2005, and is not advocating re-establishment of a Jewish
Gaza.)
Peres
to Run for President. Shimon Peres, 83, confirmed he would
stand for election to be the country's next president. "I have occupied
almost every senior position in the land," Mr Peres said. "I have
known failures but have also had successes that I hope have contributed to
building (more like destroying) the
nation." During five decades in Israeli politics he has never won a
national election. (In fear of persecution for corruption,
Israeli political self-hating dinosaurs do not retire! The sick, corrupt and
traitorous immorality of governance must be stopped!)
Control
of Gaza Only Solution. Former General
Security Service head Yaakov Perry stated that the only way Israel would be
able to stop the incessant bombing of the south by Gaza terrorist was to
control Gaza. Perry said, however, that a temporary Israeli entrance into Gaza
to “clean house” would end up backfiring… (Just
control of Gaza with Arabs remaining there is not enough! It is not the
solution, but postponing the problem. Gaza must be completely cleared from
enemies and reunited with Israel!)
Quote of the Week:
"[Israel
will] create in the course of the next 10 or 20 years conditions which would
attract natural and voluntary migration of the refugees from the Gaza Strip and
the west Bank to Jordan. To achieve this we have to come to agreement with King
Hussein and not with Yasser Arafat." - Yitzhak
Rabin, Quoted by David Shipler in the New York Times, 04/04/1983. – It
was good but naïve idea, thinking that in order to clear the Land of Israel of
a hostile Arab population, Israel needs to rely only on someone’s blessing and
Arabs’ good will.
Change
without Change. Palestinian Fatah-al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades group
splits, with 40 percent defecting to Hamas. The breakaway Fatah rebel group
based in the West Bank has turned its back on PA leader Mahmoud Abbas (Abu
Mazen) and established a separate suicide terrorist militia. Called the Martyr
Abu Amar (Yasser Arafat) Brigades. (The name of the well-known
child molester who, most likely, died from AIDS is symbolic! Is it because
so-called Palestinians are the virus, which Israel must get rid off?) - The Bush
administration is still telling a skeptical US Congress that training moderate
Palestinian troops is a key to Israel's security and hopes for peace. (There
are no “moderate Palestinian troops“! What hypocrisy!)
‘Misguided’
Focus. American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told
reporters: "I don't...see my role as negotiating a ceasefire between Hamas
and the Palestinian Authority." but to facilitate “…a political framework,
a political horizon for those who want to pursue a two-state solution." (She
is only interested in facilitation of Israel’s surrender!)
PA
'Honor killings' Up. Violence against women in Palestinian
society is on the rise. At least 48 women have been killed in the last three
years in the West Bank and the Gaza as a result of domestic violence. Most of
the victims were murdered for allegedly bringing "shame" on male
members of their families. Seventeen of the women had been murdered by their
brothers, while five were slain by their fathers. (A
society that is ugly outside and inside!)
Bishara:
War Was Great Victory for Arab World. In an interview
with Hizbullah media outlet Al-Manar, former Arab-Israeli MK Azmi Bishara said
that the Arab world should “celebrate the Hizbullah victory over Israel. “It
was the antidote to the '67 syndrome Arabs have suffered for many years,” (This
is the call of Israeli Arabs, if there is such a thing, for the destruction of
Israel! The war exposed the moral and military bankruptcy of any non-Zionist
and non-Jewish solution of the conflict. All of them have been tried and failed
many times!)
No
One is Stopping Iran! "The international community must
concentrate on preventing Iran from attaining nuclear weapons. The report shows
that the time element is critical…" Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said. The
report reveals that instead of freezing the uranium enrichment program, Iran
has widened its scope, with 1,300 centrifuges in operation in various nuclear
facilities throughout the country.
Hamas:
Islam Will Rule the World. The Hamas charter specifically mandates
the murder of Jews. “We will liberate Palestine, all of Palestine... Palestine
will not be liberated by negotiations, committees and decisions. It will only
be liberated by the rifle and the al-Kassam. Therefore, prepare yourselves,”
declared Hamas spokesman Dr. Ismail Radwan. Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said
(March 25, 2007): "The prophetic foundation is the message of the prophet
Muhammad, that Islam will enter every house and will spread over the entire
world." (Western friends of Arabs and
Jews-haters, beware! After Israel you will be next on the hit list!)
Here
We Go Again. Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco sent a letter
granting his initial approval to a gay pride parade in Jerusalem. Last year,
the parade was replaced by a demonstration on Hebrew University’s Givat Ram
campus due to fears of violence. (Country under attack! People
are suffering. But, self-hating Jews of all denominations are only concerned
with destroying the fabric of Israel’s Jewishness.)