lgf: Concordia Riot Eyewitness Account

She was there, and tells about it. This is part of a larger pattern, friends.

Dave Barry: On hallowed ground

Dave Barry is not just a humorist, and this beautiful column reveals it.

Naomi Ragen: Shine on, New York!

Naomi Ragen, native daughter.

HonestReporting: Arafat's non-speech

HonestReporting: What the leading papers said...

Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Naomi Ragen shares her thoughts about Jerusalem.

Daniel Pipes' "Reality Check"

It started for real in November, 1979.

Here's a thought

My son said to me this morning, "Israel is making a big mistake blowing up the homes of terrorists. They should do what we do in this country--confiscate the home and sell it at auction. It would only take a couple of marble palaces (paid for with EU funds) going at auction for 54 shekels

Reuter's skews deportation

Reuters shows their anti-Israel hatred in an article that HonestReporting comments on here.

Jewish treason bought by Ford Foundation

Naomi Ragen on the despicable Rabbi Yoffie

"Palestinian" D-day?

Yisrael Medad on the death of Oslo--we hope.

Jordanian troops in Bethlehem

DEBKAfile reports:

"...whether EU member governments like it or not, Washington is pressing ahead single-mindedly with its own reform program. Jordanian Palestinian troops have now moved in, with Israeli consent, to act as America’s wrecking ball for dismantling Arafat’s suicide brigades and knocking over every last stone of his political and military establishment, so as to make way for a pro-American, pro-Hashemite administration."

Thwart de facto occupation of Israel by Muslims!

I'm sending this url to everyone I know because the Arabs are using it to say the UN should invade Israel. Since the majority of UN countries are Muslim, Israel will be effectively conquered by Islamic forces on the ground--never mind what it will be called. And regardless of which countries send their people in. Since the Muslim VOTE in the UN will determine the policies implemented in Israel, it will be an invasion and victory for Islam. They couldn't bring it off militarily, so they found out how to do it "democratically." And if you think they aren't planning to do the same to the United States, once they get Israel out of the way, read translations of their materials.

I just voted here; please click and vote, too.

This is not an old issue: The poll is on the middle lower right of the screen.

Christian Support for Israel Rally

Christian Support for Israel Rally October 11, 2-4 pm, The Ellipse, near the White House.

Interview with Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon

Ari Shavit is the hostile jerk of an interviewer who has swallowed whole the Big Lie. But Ya'alon's integrity--and blessed views--come forth anyway.

What about Arafat's money?

With all the documentation of Arafat's billion+ nest egg, where is the international outcry? Why is nobody, including the "Palestinians," asking anything about the gargantuan effrontery of his milking his people--and then crying to the world about their poverty? What about the sources of this money--largely European? Did they really intend for it to wind up in Yasser's private bank account? Hello?

KC Star: Other Arabs undermine Palestinians

Stephen Winn writes a good piece that sheds some light on the situation.

Understanding the media war

This interviewe with David Bedein in UAHC - Reform Judaism Magazine - is the most complete explanation I've read anywhere. Thanks, HonestReporting.

A sad anniversary

On this day in 1994, Israel and the PLO signed a new agreement to shift "West Bank" (Judea and Samaria) administrative functions to the Palestinian National Authority--a body of corrupt and immoral thugs with less administrative functional ability than a rhinoceros.

We give them guns and they shoot at us. We give them money and they buy explosives to blow us up. We give them authority and they use it for mayhem, murder, and blackmail of their own people and of us.

They are evil and crazy--but then what are we? "Stupid" doesn't begin to cover it.

Let's do something different.

Are Jews being sacrificed to political ambitions?

David Wilder's moving account raises powerful questions.

Naomi Ragen: About going to Israel

Naomi Ragen is encouraging us to visit Israel now, and offers these reports from many who have.

Voice of Judea: Israel lifting restrictions in Gaza - Arabs respond with mortars

Israel agreed to begin lifting restrictions on "Palestinians" in the Gaza Strip due to a drop in violence. The move was agreed upon in a security meeting Monday night between Israeli and "Palestinian" security officials, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The Israeli army also announced it would begin easing restrictions on "Palestinians" in Bethlehem starting Wednesday. The measures include letting "Palestinian" workers into Israel, lifting travel restrictions on teachers and permitting clergy to travel between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the paper said.

In spite of Israel's announcement to surrender more land, Arabs launched a mortar shell that hit the roof of a home in Neve Dekalim in Gush Katif shortly past 11 PM tonight, reports Israel Radio.

Voice of Judea Commentary:

Here we go again. Once upon a time, Ariel Sharon demanded "complete quiet" and a complete cessation of violence before making additional compromises and negotiations with the so called Palestinians. Now, he is prepared to reward them for their previous violence and is prepared to give them land and what not for a temporary "drop in violence."

Mark Steyn: Context for taking Iraq down

Writing in JPost, the perceptive Steyn provides a good overview of the politics of toppling Saddam.

Bauer: The fox is guarding the henhouse

Under the rules of the United Nations, it is Africa's turn to choose which nation will chair the 53-member UN Human Rights Commission. The African nations have caucused, held their vote and in their wisdom selected Muammar Gaddafi's Libya! Yes, that's right. Libya is the best they could come up with.

According to a report from our own State Department, Libya routinely tortures prisoners using such methods as electric shock, applying corkscrews to the back, pouring lemon juice in open wounds and suspending prisoners from poles inserted between the knees and elbows.

With each passing day under Secretary General Kofi Annan, the United Nations becomes more of joke. This confederacy of thugs routinely outvotes the free nations of the world and then uses the U.N. infrastructure to harass the United States and our allies. Remember this vote the next time you hear some U.N. bureaucrat criticizing America for how the Al Qaeda prisoners are being treated in Cuba. Compared to how prisoners are treated in much of the Third World, including Libya, the guys we are holding are staying in the equivalent of the Waldorf-Astoria!

Celebrating Their Wedding In Style

Avraham Moshe and Chavi Adamkar, of London, decided to spend the happiest day of their lives making others happy. They were married Monday morning in a modest ceremony in the Jerusalem Rabbinate, and then surprised 600 needy people - who usually come daily to the Meir Panim Soup Kitchen for a free hot meal - by celebrating their wedding feast with them.

Yediot Acharonot welfare reporter David Regev reports that the Adamkars turned the modest lunchroom into a wedding hall for a day, with white tablecloths, fancy dishes and silverware, a sumptuous feast, and a band playing music. "The atmosphere was festive," reported Regev, "and the many guests who celebrated with the bride and groom forgot their troubles for a short while..."

"Our purpose was to give some joy to people who don't have much," the happy bridegroom said. "We fulfilled the mitzvah [Torah commandment] of making a meal for poor people on the wedding day." His new wife agreed: "I'm thrilled that we were able to bring so much joy to needy people on our wedding day."

Practical help for Israeli children with disabilities

My friend (we were in the Nachal together) Shmulik Ben-Dov is a music therapist in Jerusalem. Through his love and talent, this gentle man has helped scores of children and adults with varying disabilities--many autistic, many with different types and degrees of mental retardation. Budgets for his work are always tight. He has been trying for some time to build a wonderfully innovative play area for one of the institutions with which he is affiliated--a musical play area, where the various climbing and playing things will have musical qualities.

He got students from the world-renowned Bezalel School of Design to design the area. All he needs now to make it happen is some money. Not much: I think he said the total would be around $30,000.

Like Israel's hospitals, the facilities for children with disabilities do not differentiate by national origin, race, religion, or anything.

Shmulik tells me the donations are tax-deductible. Please write to him and tell him how much you are sending, so he can tell you where to send it.

Special appeal to children from Israel's "peace partner"

This was said in Arabic, so for the Left, it doesn't count.

HAGANAH: You can do something about terror on the Web

HAGANAH is an outstanding site hosted by the Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, & Western Kentucky. It tells you what to do to get sites that support terror shut down, and lists encouraging success stories. (Thanks, Charles.)

Larry Miller: In an Israeli Hospital, Signs of Hardship, Hope, and Horror

In Hadassah hospital, I couldn't help but notice the many Arab families and children. "Oh, yes, we treat everyone," a doctor told me. "It's not easy, I admit. And it gets hard when they cheer when the [Jewish] bodies are brought in." I looked at her. What did you say? She sighed. "Yes, it gets hard when they cheer." (Weekly Standard)

from daily-alert@jcpa.org

Encourage US military personnel

It's a small thing, but meaningful: If you are so inclined, visit the Department of Defense web page below and sign a brief message thanking the men and women of the U.S. military services for defending our freedom. The compiled list of names will be sent out to our soldiers at the end of the month After you sign, you can check out how many others have also signed.

Click here.

GedankenPundit: Controlling the past

Good thoughts from Solly.

What do they mean when they talk about "their own state"?

If you are wondering what the Arabs think a Palestinian state means, see this brief slide show.

Israel saves ex-PLO minister...from? For?

This cryptic report makes me hope there is a tit for this tat somewhere.

Update: This article makes it seem that this is not the case--just another self-defeating well-intentioned blunder on the part of Israel. (Or maybe these protests from Sharon et al are just a screen for the guy to really dump his guts about Arafat's machinations? One can hope.) Sigh.

NRO: Derbyshire on Rumsfeld & Mideast

A literate breath of fresh air; read it, if you dare...:-)

Beres: Israel must learn to confront reality

In this piece Professor Beres sets forth indisputible truths--starting with, First, Israel must learn to recognize that it can disappear.

Volunteer in Israel

Check out The Livnot Experience - - Volunteer in Israel. You may qualify for a scholarship or subsidy.

Naomi Ragen: Peace Now = Death Now

I agree with this piece of Naomi's: Do not support "Peace Now."

Two pipedreams

Very clear thinking and writing from Mark Goldblatt.

Naomi Ragen: Awakenings and courage

She's back from vacaton, with more penetrating insights.

N'omi Orr comments about this:

MISS THIS AT YOUR PERIL! It tells what you can do to defend America from terrorism: Change your mind!

There is a PRECISE MINDSET that is softening up the U.S. for a rampage of terrorism covering the entire U.S. SIMULTANEOUSLY. That assault will make 9-11 look like a scraped knee by comparison. And it won't be just germs.

Read these Israeli's observations of their own and their countrymen's mistakes in regard to interpreting Arab promises--and threats.

Clue: They believed the promises Arabs made TO them, but didn't believe the threats Arabs made ABOUT them when speaking to other Arabs. Do we in the U.S. even really KNOW what Arabs are saying about the U.S. lately...or ever?

Yet they have been pouring into the U.S. by the tens of thousands, establishing safe houses and other terrorist "conveniences," AND STILL ARE.

Did you know Saudi Arabian planes can land in the U.S. without divulging the names of their passengers? Do they even go through customs? I don't think so.

But the warriors are here! And they have brought a ton of money. They have formed a global network of guerilla/terrorist groups who all have one aim: Conquer the United States. And they know how they can do it, too. They started by paying Americans--of high and low estate--to look the other way. And "think positive."

Read these sad yet INSTRUCTIVE commentaries from Israel, and apply the wisdom: 1. A note from Naomi Ragen, 2. "We Are People Too," by Moshe Sheskin, and 3. "The Ten Fatal Flaws of Oslo," by Yossi Klein Halevi.

RIVETING READING!
Love, N'omi

HE'S (Multi-) BILLION-DOLLAR ARAFAT By URI DAN

Uri Dan writes in NYPOST.COM World News that things may be even more bizarre than was hitherto disclosed.

Right is right, and left is wrong

After reading about Leftists chaining themselves to walls to keep the IDF from demolishing the home of the Petakh Tikva suicide bomber, and sending letters to IDF officers warning them that they may be charged with war crimes, I shook my head in perplexity. I identified. I used to be one of them.

Now--and especially in the situation they're facing in Israel--I keep asking myself: What are they seeing and thinking that is so different from what I see and think?

And another question came to mind: Why is the American Christian community so clearly aligned WITH the nationalist point of view in Israel, and so fervently? And why are all the 'warbloggers' of one accord in this matter? What do all these people really have in common? They are certainly a diverse group in terms of age, religion, race, and sex.

And then it came to me: You are either for G-d or against Him. Jew, Christian, or "uncertain," you are really choosing every moment: Your will, or His. (By the way, when I say "G-d," I do not mean "Allah.") And your words and deeds will reflect that.

America, which has been feeding, clothing, and inspiring the world, became "America" on the strength of people who aligned with G-d. Other countries want to conquer America, thinking if they capture the US, they will own its greatness.

Wrong.

Any country can have America's greatness. The price: To see the individual as someone created in G-d's image, and to structure society and government accordingly. All it takes is to acknowledge those famous "unalienable rights"--meaning rights which, if taken away, render a person less than human.

Where did I get all that? Take a moment to read it again: "WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, 1. that all Men are created equal [equally of value to God and in their right to respect] 2. that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights [rights that come from their Creator, not from governments or bureaucrats] 3. that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness [that last is often termed "property"] 4. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men [and securing these rights is the ONLY LEGITIMATE reason for the existence of governments] 5. deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed [we, the people, decided what powers they have and enumerated them in the Constitution of the United States] 6. [and it is also self-evident] that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government--laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

Everything follows from that.

I was at a high-tech meeting (of the Israel CAD/CAM Society) in Herzliya in the early eighties. Venture capital was just getting going in Israel. Dan Tolkowsky, former commander of the Israeli Air Force, and head of the VC unit of Bank Discount, spoke to us.

Angrily addressing a room full of a couple hundred influential engineering and software professionals, he said, "Israel will never have a high-tech industry until we are willing for some people to make a lot more money than others!"

The "ruling class" of Israel, to that point, had been solidly Socialist. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Following this dictum, Socialism brings about a society in which the dominant dynamic is envy, the dominant emotion is hatred, and the dominant attitude is cynicism. Tolkowsky rightly pointed out that that would have to change.

But envy is based on the idea of a "zero-sum game": For you to have a bigger piece, my piece must be made smaller. And that's what Socialism offers. But Socialism wasn't the only way to look at things. Just not in Israel.

But even then a fresh wind had already begun to blow.

Efy Arazi had come back to Israel from years at MIT and Itek, and had founded Sci-Tex, which was a great success--not only in terms of business, but in terms of changing the way a business treats its employees. Sci-Tex was one of the first companies in Israel to use paint on its walls, instead of whitewash that comes off on your hands and your clothes. Comfortable, modern furniture. Working hours to accommodate parents. Intercoms.

Courtesy!

The company's every policy and action spoke louder than any published mission statement could: We care about our people--and about our customers. People are important, and should be respected. That was new for Israel, and alien to Socialism.

In the eighties and nineties, more and more Israelis went to school in the States, and after living here a while returned to Israel with new expectations: To be treated decently; to live and let live; and to PROSPER.

Prosper? Why "prosper"? Because when you honor a person because you see him--or your political system sees him--as created in G-d's image, you liberate the G-d-given creativity within them--the only truly renewable, even inexhaustible, source of wealth on the planet.

To be sure, the Left tried some of the attitudes. But because their religion teaches that Man is an accident--one of the animals evolved from the Primordial ooze--Leftists have no basis for thinking humans are endowed with anything unalienable.

But you can't have a right attitude based on wrong beliefs. Your behavior will eventually break down and reveal the true attitudes generated by what you think. So Leftists try to fill that void with things to feel good about--compassion for the downtrodden, for example. But since it is not founded in reality, but only in a quest for good feeling, it is blind and stupid.

So Israel, with all the troubles from the Arabs, must now also face this polarization of its own society--between Left and Right; between a self-generated zero-sum-game and a self-generated creativity-induced prosperity.

Between hate and love.

Between hope (a passive desire for things to be better) and faith (which is acting as if G-d is real, and means what He says).

In the end, of course, Love wins. I just wish the other guys would stop fighting, and accept that.

What might Arafat do for his people with his $1.3 billion?

Here's a list for you to consider, Yasser.

Prof. Beres retells the unchanging story

Genocide, nothing less, still and ever.

Why?

More money transferred to Arafat. I'm sure someone has a rationale for this; I just don't see it.

Terrorist lost in card game and killed Israeli soldier to pay his debt

Understanding the murderers?

Gold medal for Israeli pole-vaulter in Europe; remembering Munich 1972

Alex Averbukh pole vaults into Israeli sports history

Balint: The S. Word

'When your mother is sick you run to her, not away from her.'

israelinsider: A time to choose

In this thoughtful and thought-provoking piece, Yaakov Nathan brings us face-to-face with a fundamental question.

Glick: The road to irredentism

An irredentist is "One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government" (American Heritage Dictionary). I would quibble with Ms. Glick's choice of term here, but the content of (her JPost column about Israeli Arabs in universitities more and more dissociating from Israel is cogent and comprehensive.

Woman in Jordan Valley moshav killed by Arabs

Jpost reports that a terrorist broke through the security fence to kill residents. He was killed after taking the life of the woman and wounding her husband.

"Virginia is for lovers..." of Israeli High-Tech

I am proud of my state for doing this!

Christian Support for Israel Rally

The Christian Coalition is sponsoring a Christian Support for Israel Rally October 11, 2-4 PM on the Ellipse, near the White House. Read the list of demands; would that Israeli politicians were as clear!

And check out that organization's position statement on opposition to a "Palestinian" state, which they have maintained in the face of many "Christians" denouncing and abandoning them for it.

Gelernter :No Trophies for Terrorists

I love David Gelernter. He is a Yale computer scientist, an overcoming victim of the Unabomber, and a delightful writer. In No Trophies for Terrorists, he says, inter alia:

"When anyone is murdered there are consequences--the "cycle of violence" is called "justice," except where Israelis are involved."

Genocide continues

Carolyn Glick points out who and how.

"Militants"?

Ha'aretz writes of the "Hamas militants" and "Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade militia."

"Militants"? "Militia"? Hamas has claimed--not merely "accepted"--responsibility for most of the last several terror attacks. Do they not rate the epithet, "terrorists"?

The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade--how does Ha'aretz think their "martyrdom" comes about? Is it not by attacks on non-combatants for the purpose of influencing their government? Is there any other definition of "terror"?

This is a piece worthy of the Arab News, or the BBC. Fooey.

Arab justice

JPost reports the execution by Arafat's "justice system" of a mentally ill Arab who raped his grandmother and killed two other elderly women. Personally, I am in favor of the death penalty in general. And I have no faith whatsoever in "Palestinian" justice.

But can you picture the international outcry if this very same item had been reported about Israel? Yet I will be very surprised if it even sees the light of day in the news services--let alone if it is protested by the pious protectors of human rights in Europe and elsewhere who daily take Israel to task for imagined offences.

Daniel Pipes: Israel is Winning

Good perspective!

G-d is protecting Israel

News of bad things that didn't happen.

Some suggestions for PM Sharon

"Hamas takes responsibility" - yet Israel continues to treat Hamas' institutions as if they are not part of that responsibility-embracing body. Isn't it time to shut them down and arrest them?

My son just said, "Why not turn off their power? They haven't paid their electric bill in years. Let them try to assemble bombs by candlelight." Now, there's a humane idea!

A day of blood and murder

Please read this, especially the brief bios of some of the victims, to help you remember that these are real people, not statistics.

NYPOST.COM Post Opinion: BETRAYED BY THE STATE DEPT

Another indictment of our Jew-hating State department; this one by Sherri Mandell, mother of Koby, murdered last year by our "peace partners."

Jew-hating Berkeley unrepentant

Please read this, then sign the petition- or write or phone ((510) 643-2494) UC Berkeley. CA residents, is this a good use of your taxes?

The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Resistance
Course Number: English R1A LEC 4 Units
Semester and Year: fall 2002
Location and Time: 204 Wheeler TuTh 2:00-3:30
Instructor: Shingavi, Snehal
...

Course Description: This is a course on Palestinian resistance poetry. It takes as its point of departure the Palestinian literature that has developed since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, which has displaced, maimed, and killed many Palestinian people. The Israeli military occupation of historic Palestine has caused unspeakable suffering. Since the occupation, Palestinians have been fighting for their right to exist...

(You have to read the fine print...)

An urbane condemnation of Peres

Film producer Arthur Cohn writes from Switzerland to Peres about his Der Spiegel interview. Why is this man foreign minister?

Hamas Supporters Celebrate Bus Attack

(IsraelNN.com) 10,000 Hamas supporters danced in Gaza on Sunday, exhibiting their pleasure after learning of the suicide bombing attack against a bus at Meiron Junction. Nine persons were murdered in the attack and 53 injured.

Three more Jews murdered by Arabs

Parents driving in a car were killed, and their children injured.

Update: The couple's names, Avital and Avi Volansky, have been released. Avital was 27 and Avi was 29. Their children are two years old and nine months old.

Further update: That's three dead; Avital was pregnant.

Honey money for Israel

Economic Honey Campaign is a great idea. Buy some Rosh haShanah honey - or honey for any other time - from Israel!

eLuna.com to buy restaurant vouchers for soldiers

JPost reports this wonderful deed here. To participate, go to www.eluna.com/golani51.asp

2 killed, 14 hurt in Jerusalem shooting attack

This Ha'aretz article tells of an Arab who attacked a group of Border Police officers and a Bezeq Telecom vehicle with a pistol. Police shot and killed the gunman. This was three hours after the Meron bus explosion.

IDF: Demolishing terrorists' families' homes works as deterrent

In this piece, the IDF reports on interviews with two who had contemplated suicide bombings, then decided against them when they realized it could result in the destruction of their families' homes.

Bus explodes near Meron; 9 killed, many injured

israelinsider: Crowded bus bombed in northern Israel; at least 9 people killed.

A student's response

'This is my business.'

FALSE MORAL EQUIVALENCE HEADLINE OF THE WEEK:

HonestReporting.com points out:

(courtesy of Agence France-Presse)

"Two Israelis, Two Palestinians Killed in Suicide Bombings and Ambushes"
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020730/1/31286.html

In this case, two does not equal two. The two dead Israelis were brothers who had gone on Tuesday to a Palestinian village to sell fuel. The two dead Palestinians were a suicide bomber (Jerusalem falafel stand), and a man who broke into a Jewish home and stabbed two Israelis, before being shot by security guards.

Complaints to:
nicosie.redaction@afp.com

Jubilation in Gaza over Hebrew U. cafeteria murders

Yahoo! News - World Photos - AP

Hamas: All Jews must leave Israel or be killed

N'omi Orr forwarded this note from Gary Bauer with her own comment.

7 killed in Hebrew U. Mt. Scopus cafeteria; injuries in Jerusalem yesterday

News report gives some details; Hamas claims it's in retaliation for Shehadeh.

IDF - from the Hamas Web forum: How to kill Americans

From the Hamas web site forum:

1. Al- Awsad (user number 1):
Once a week, a group of American "dogs" come near us on the sea front. I have been following them for a long time and am interested in your suggestions for ways to get rid of them secretly.
...
8. UNITY_MANAGER (user number 6):
Put cyanide in the water (tank). They will die within 10 seconds. They won't even have time to scream in pain. Make sure that they DESERVE TO DIE, that is, that they are soldiers OR JEWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. (emphasis added)

The entire thread can be found at: http://www.idf.il/english/announcements/2002/june/forum_hamas.stm

Two from Kfar Tapuach killed; three injured in Jerusalem suicide bombing

Voice of Judea reports: Motti and Shlomo Odessar, two brothers from Kfar Tapuach were killed while delivering diesel fuel to a nearby Arab village Tuesday morning.

Earlier at approximately 6 AM, several miles north of Tapuach in the village of Itamar, a terrorist was shot dead after sneaking on to the Yishuv, into a home and stabbing a man.

Those wishing to support the Jewish Legion dog defense program in Tapuach and Itamar or to volunteer for guard duty can call 054 876 709 or email JewishLegion@aol.com, or visit www.JewishLegion.net.

In Jerusalem, shortly after noon, 3 Israelis were injured, after a suicide bomber exploded on Rehov HaNeveim, in the city center, near the Bikur Holim hospital.

Fifth Tour in Gaza

From Naomi Ragen, a powerful account by Andrea Simantov.

lgf: NYTimes displays its anti-Semitism...again

Read today’s outrage.

Update from HonestReporting.com

A report covering a range of issues from the vigilant media watchdog.

israelinsider: Views: The enemy within

The Israeli press officer in Dubline condemned the Gaza attack. A sane Foreign Ministry would immediately remove the traitorous Dr. O'Carroll. But then, a sane Foreign Ministry wouldn't be headed by Peres.

Glick: Strategy for victory

In her JPost column, Carolyn Glick puts forth common sense for the Israeli government.

IDF Code of Ethics

A translation of portions of the IDF Code of Ethics (via Naomi Ragen).

If you want to know what Jews are really like, read this

Here is a translation of the eulogy spoken by Tzvi Yehuda Dickstein, not yet 21, the eldest of the surviving nine children of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Dickstein, 44, and his wife Chana, 42. Murdered along with them in their car was their son Shuva'el Tzion, 9.

N'omi Orr: A Russian proverb few remember

As this piece points out, the "logic" of the left in Israel is seriously flawed.

Some perspective from Gary Bauer

This brief note reminds us that our actions are not unique in recent history.

Naomi Ragen: No need to apologize

Naomi cites this WSJ piece with which I, too, agree.

Gems in Israel: First Prize - What Israel Means to Me

From a 9-year-old in Ohio (via this 'Support Israel' site, which deserves your visit).

Gary Bauer: UN on 'tilt'

Another penetrating note from this consistent supporter of Israel.

AA pilot: You worry me

This speech was given in March, at a memorial dinner in Jerusalem.

Israel Consulate in NY announcement and words from a doctor

Naomi points out reality.

Gary Bauer: One Thug Gone.

Read this succinct description by a friend of Israel, followed by a good joke about context.

"Does anyone hear me?"

This story of an Israeli hero is worth reading slowly.

Get Freud out of politics

Sigmund Freud was a distinguished Jewish intellectual with a profound influence on our civilization. The Freud Museum website (http://www.freud.org.uk/l) reflects that legacy with its archives and historical research on the life and works of Sigmund and his daughter Anna Freud. The museum is housed at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London, the home of Sigmund Freud and his family following their escape from the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938 until Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, died in 1982.

But part of the large website of the Museum is a section called "Freud Today" . There the generally academic tone of the museum goes off the rails into anti-Israel personal opinion. The "Freud Today" section has the stated goal to "show how Freud himself or psychoanalytic ways of thought might respond to everyday situations and issues of the day". In fact, it shows how the writers of the section can attempt to use Freud's name to push their own pro-Palestinian Arab propaganda.

Examples:

1. September - November 2000, "The Arab-Israeli Conflict". Reprints a suspect translation of a Freud letter rejecting a call for him to condemn Arab riots in 1929. The museum writer concludes from this that Freud would have been "gratified at the growing call within Israel itself to pull out of the occupied territories".

2. December 2000 - March 2001, "Holocaust Memorial". The museum writer turns from a discussion of the Holocaust into this statement: "That is why today, as I write this, I feel a sense of pride - as a human being - when I read the headline, 'ISRAELI ARMY DESERTED BY SOLDIERS WITH A CONSCIENCE'". This outrageous linkage between the Holocaust and the internal Israeli issue of soldiers serving in the territories is nothing more than the writer's personal opinion, yet the platform of the Freud Museum is hijacked to present these views.

There are more such instances that you can find for yourself. Fortunately this irresponsible and unprofessional activity has been noticed and an on-line petition is available to protest. You will find the petition here with more information on the offending material:

http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/Protest_Freud_Museum/

FYI,
Chuck/JIA

New Blog: In Context

Add In Context to your regular stops, for thoughtful, chewy analysis. Current topics: broken Tikkun; Palestine Media Watch.

Gedankenpundit thoughts on deportation

From Solly's comments:

...Next, listen to what Saeb Erekat has to say:

"Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat also denounced the deportation idea, calling it a war crime and violation of the fourth Geneva Convention, which governs the treatment of civilians in war zones"

Heavens! Mistreatment of civilians in a war zone? Why, next they'll be deliberately killing civilians by blowing them up, perhaps with explosives packed with shrapnel dipped in an anticoagulant to make the victims bleed more profusely!

Oh, wait. The Palestinians are doing that already.

Can you believe Mubarak?

I mean this in the rhetorical and ironic sense: This crazy is working his own Jew-hating agenda, even cutting and pasting words from Israeli pleas for peace ("He said Israel should not "waste the historic chance that exists to end the dispute and fighting and enter a new stage where people face the challenges of development and progress."") to tell his lies.
It's in this JPost article, along with his praise (with a medal, yet) for neighbor cuckoo Qadafi.

Bret Stephens in JPost: New sympathy for Israel?

This well-written piece by Stephens explores the "wave of charitable coverage of Israel," and links it to our protests. Keep it up!

Women in Green/US

We've put up a site for the US operations of Women in Green. Visit for the latest information about the activities of this wonderful group of selfless and compassionate people. Talks by Ruth and Nadia matar, resources, and other information, all updated regularly. Check out the upcoming International Conference and Ingathering, November 13-24.

israelinsider: Free Lebanon now!

This article is a reminder that if you are looking for an oppressed people on the eastern Mediterranean shore, suffering from decades of military occupation and cruel oppression, you can find it: the Syrian occupation of Lebanon.