Problems with Contiguity of the Fake
Nation
by Mordechai Kedar
Palestinian
territorial contiguity is dangerous for Israeli national security:
Over the years,
many Israelis and others have adopted the Arab-Palestinian narrative that views
territorial contiguity as a condition for the establishment of a viable
Palestinian state. As a result of this narrative and its pervasiveness
worldwide, efforts are made to insure that the West Bank Palestinians will have
an integral territory from Mount Gilboa in the north
to the outskirts of Beersheba in the south...
The central
strategic goal of the state of Israel should be to permanently remain in Judea
and Samaria and to prevent Palestinian territorial contiguity... Territorial
contiguity will compromise Israel’s security for the following reasons:
Non-viability of PA
governments. Experience has shown that PA governments do not
resolutely and consistently act against terrorists. Political and media
messages since 1994 have proven that neither the PLO nor Hamas have prevented
terrorism and the proliferation of weapons. There also is no evidence that any
Palestinian government will prevent terrorism, even if Israel withdraws all the
way to the Green Line. A further danger is the possibility of a Hamas takeover
in Judea and Samaria and the creation of a terror state like the one in the
Gaza Strip.
Rockets. Territorial
contiguity will enable weapons smuggled from Gaza to easily reach all parts of
the West Bank and to be used against the surrounding major Israeli landmarks
and cities. For example, Israel’s only international airport, nuclear reactor,
and towns such as Petah Tikva, Kfar
Saba, and Afula in addition to Jerusalem, Haifa and
Tel Aviv will fall within rocket range.
Tunnels. After the
completion of the security fence in the West Bank, the Palestinians are likely
to dig tunnels along the perimeter, as they have done along the Gaza-Egyptian
border. These tunnels can be used to smuggle explosives and terrorists in and
out of Israel...
Territory. Transferring
land to the Palestinians will remove the IDF presence from Palestinian towns.
Two problems arise with this scenario. First, every strategic location Israel
evacuates is at risk of becoming an arms depot and a haven for launching
missiles into Israel. Second, any IDF operation against terror in these towns
will require movement through hostile territory. This eliminates the element of
surprise, essential for an operation’s success and forces the IDF to cope with
explosives, mines and ambushes on the way to the target...
Water. Most of
Israel’s water comes from an aquifer located under the Judea and Samaria.
Palestinian sovereignty over the aquifer will create a grave water problem,
compounded by the presence of hundreds of thousands of Israelis who will need
to be evacuated from the settlements of Judea and Samaria.
Arab neighbors to the East. Palestinian
territorial contiguity will cut off the strategically vital Jordan Valley from
Israel, exposing it to dangers from the east - Jordan, Iraq and Iran. The
threat posed by Iraq and Iran is thus greatly magnified by the loss of this
territory.
Settlements. Retaining the
rural areas in Judea and Samaria will significantly reduce the number of
settlements to be dismantled, increase the chances that evacuation of
settlements will be accomplished by agreement, decrease the expenditures for
compensation and rebuilding, and limit the destructive repercussions on Israeli
society. At present, there are serious social disruptions resulting from the
events of Gush Katif, Northern Samaria and Amona. There is also a growing distrust and the resultant
alienation from the political establishment and the democratic system by
religious Zionists and settlers. Efforts should be made so that further
withdrawals will be conducted in cooperation with the settlers and not in
opposition to them. (After all these perfectly reasonable objections the
author still believes and advocates possibility of creation of another Arab
terrorist state on Jewish land! What is have to happen that would convince
those ‘liberal’, if not self-hating, Jews that they need to regain self-pride
and self-respect, and pay more attention to interests and the future of their
own people? May be they will understand this: “It is our land!” Simple, isn’t
it?)
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein
confirmed in “a concrete and personal” manner an order to torture the detainees
in the Duma case. Weinstein had given his approval to use torture in
interrogating the suspects three weeks ago, after Police had informed him their
investigation was stuck in the mud. (Traitors are still in control of
Israel’s legal system - by opposing Zionist ideals they are undermining future
of Jewish nation!)
Reactive ‘Raids’ Will not
Stop Terror!
Israel Air
Force fighter jets conducted several air raids on unspecified targets in the
northern Gaza Strip overnight Friday-Saturday after five rockets were fired
from the strip at city of Sderot.
Food for Thought by Steven Shamrak
After 15
minutes conversation with two Muslim guys who were propagating moderate Islam,
by setting official information tables in the center of the city at the time of
the Charismas shopping rush, I do not doubt any reports about the hate and
horror ISIS inflicts on Yazidis, Christians and
others who are not believers in anything except their brand of Islam!
IDF Haters Received Traditional Arab Welcome
A tour bus, visiting the Hebron/Kiryat Arba area, was carrying members of “Breaking the
Silence” group - a foreign-funded NGO that travels around the world and
bad-mouths the IDF, was stoned by Arabs.
Only
Left has the Right to Incite?
Some 3,000 left-wing demonstrators rallied in
Tel Aviv to protest what they called right-wing incitement against left-wing
advocacy organizations, President Reuven Rivlin and others. (For decades, the Israeli left, with the help of
Avoda party infested judiciary, had a free ride at
Jewish patriots. Interestingly, leftists do not dispute facts about Arab terror
and that they are receiving funds from various European governments and the
EU!)
Boycott of Judea and Samaria by the Pretend Friend
While the world is focused on the product labeling going on in
Europe, the U.S. boycott has been continuing unabated since 1967. The State
Department stated bluntly: “The stipulation requiring that foreign assistance
funds provided to Israel only to be used in the geographic areas which were
subject to the Government of Israel’s administration prior to June 5,1967, has been the policy of every administration since
1967.”
International corporations look to Israel for Innovation - 25 of the
world’s largest multinational corporations gathered in Tel Aviv on December
16th, to be introduced to 15 handpicked Israeli startups. Senior
representatives from firms such as AVG, Ford, IBM, GE, Tyco, GM, Coca-Cola, Singtel, PayPal, Yahoo, ProSieben
and Kimberly-Clark participated in the second annual networking and deal-making
meetup of its kind.
“They are not
scared of the British and the Americans, they are
scared of the Israelis and told me the Israeli army is the real danger. 'We can’t defeat them with our current
strategy,' (they said). 'These people (the IDF) can fight a guerrilla
war." The terrorists were much more confident regarding western
armies: “In Mosul there are 10,000 fighters living among 1.5 million people
in 2,000 apartments, not in one place – so it would be difficult (for western
soldiers) to fight them. ISIS fighters are ready to die in a war against
western soldiers.”
Is
It a New anti-Zionist Low Committed by the Government?
A new counter-charge maintains that undercover
agents entered the wedding hall, staged the "hate dance" and then
disappeared with their weapons. The owner of the wedding hall reportedly claims that several
men in civilian clothes and with security IDs entered the wedding hall towards
end of the wedding party. The entire dance appears to have lasted about a
minute or two, with the most horrid scenes being repeated several times in the
media. The father of the groom insists that the “guests” were not invited and
that he was in another part of the hall during the hate dance. (One thing is not disputable:
the Israeli government persistently portraits Jews, true Zionists, as radicals
and enemies. Thanks to the same Jewish ‘radicals’ the state of Israel was
created - Now they are trying to prevent its destruction by self-serving
opportunists!)
Quote of the Week:
“A Christian can never be
an anti-Semite, especially because of the Jewish roots of Christianity” - says a new document issued by the Holy
See. This is the first time the Catholic church officially repudiates active
attempts to convert Jews - No apology was given for almost 1,800
years of ‘non-anti-Semitic’ behavior of Catholic and other brands of Christianity. The hunt for Jewish
souls - Jews who know little of their own religion and traditions, and are
confused due to various factors, the pressure of surrounding anti-Semitic
environment is the major one - is still going on!
Pollard Saga Proves the US
Government is anti-Israel!
by Caroline Glick
Even before the dust settled on last Friday’s happy headlines proclaiming
that after 30 years in federal prison, Jonathan Pollard was being released, we
discovered that his release wasn’t the end of his sad saga.
Pollard’s parole conditions are draconian. For the next five years he
will be under curfew, barred from stepping outside his apartment after 7 pm. He is prohibited from surfing the Internet. Anyone
hiring him will be required to allow law enforcement authorities full access to
their computers. Pollard already lost one job due to this condition.
Pollard is prohibited from leaving the US, or even from leaving New York.
Even the smallest infraction on his parole conditions is liable to send him
back to the slammer In other words, Pollard moved from a federal prison to
house arrest.
The injustice screaming out from Pollard’s parole conditions force us to
recall the long injustice he has suffered at the hands of very specific parts
of the American establishment. The story that everyone wishes to put behind us,
remains excruciatingly familiar.
From 1983 until his arrest in 1985, as a US naval analyst, Pollard served
as an Israeli agent and unlawfully transferred classified information to
Israel, a US ally. The normal prison sentence for Pollard’s offense is 2-5
years. Pollard was sentenced to life in prison.
Generally speaking, convicted agents of allied nations serve their prison
sentences in minimum- security prisons under relatively easy conditions.
Pollard spent ten years in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison.
Generally, prisoners receive early parole for good behavior and if they
express sincere regret for their crimes.
Pollard was denied early parole despite the fact that he was a
consistently exemplary prisoner and repeatedly – indeed continuously – expressed his sincere remorse for his offense.
Despite the fact that Israel is the US’s closest ally in the Middle East,
none of the five presidents who served while Pollard sat in jail agreed to
grant him clemency.
And today, President Barack Obama has made clear that he will not
intervene with federal prison authorities to ease Pollard’s parole conditions
or allow him to move to Israel.
The American Jewish community’s response to Pollard’s self-evidently
discriminatory parole terms has been muted. Only Pollard’s lawyers and a
handful of other voices have spoken out publicly against them. This is not in
the least surprising.