January 2003
January 2, 2003 The Road to Perdition, Is Israel Being Sold Out?
January 2, 2003 Please Sir - Just Take My Wife
January 7, 2003 Israel's Electoral System
January 8, 2003 Upcoming Women In Green Activities
January 8, 2003 Purim Masquerade Ball
January 12, 2003 Jerusalem Police Stop Women in Green Convoy
January 16, 2003 Pulling the Plug on Democracy
January 18, 2003 Take Their Guns Away
January 27, 2003 Unleashing the Dogs of War
January 30, 2003 Ruth Matar, Women in Green Radio Program
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January 2, 2003
The Road to Perdition, Is Israel Being Sold Out?
Ruth Matar, Women in Green Radio Program
Arutz Sheva, January 1, 2003
In the Hagadda, the story which Jews read on Passover, it is written:
"For not one only has risen up against us, but in every generation some
have
risen to annihilate us, but the Most Holy, blessed be He, has delivered us
out
of their hands."
In the last century, the Nazis thought they were going to succeed in what
they
planned as the Final Solution of the Jewish Problem, the complete
extermination
of the Jewish People. In this new century, our enemies, the Russian
Federation,
the United Nations, the European Union, and the US State Department have
conceived of a plan, which will finally put an end to the dangerous ideas of
those pesky Jews, to return once again to the land which they keep
insisting
some deity promised them long ago. Not only that, but these Jews actually
have
the audacity to build their homes in Judea, Samaria and Gaza where, they
claim,
remnants of synagogues thousands of years old are proof positive that this
is
their land.
Okay, the nations of the world say, that was then, now is now. Therefore,
these
nations of the world have come up with a "Road Map to Permanent Two-
State
Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict".
* Natan Sharanski calls this plan "a Road Map that leads straight back to
Oslo".
* The Jerusalem Post, in an editorial of October 24, 2002, calls it a "Road
Map to misery".
* Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post columnist, calls it a "Roadway to
perdition".
I, personally, think that Israel is being sold out! The Russians, the United
Nations, the European Union and the US State Department are effectively
ganging
up against Israel. All the signs are there. Last year, a French Ambassador
to
England described Israel as feces. A Saudi newspaper—controlled, of
course, by
the Saudi government--wrote that Jews make holiday pastry with human
blood.
Tony Blair, supposedly America's main partner in the war against terror,
invites the mass murderer Assad of Syria to 10 Downing Street for a cozy
chat
about Israel, the only obstacle to peace in the Middle East. The British
Queen
invites this murderer Assad for tea and crumpets in her palace. And the
head of
the US State Department, Secretary of State Colin Powell, makes a remark
which
reveals his admiration of Yasser Arafat: "One man's terrorist is another
man's
freedom fighter."
Yes, the signs are all there. As A. M. Rosenthal, formerly one of the editors
of the New York Times, said in an article in the New York Daily News on
April
5, 2002, entitled "Ignore Hate Today, Die Tomorrow", that Jews and
Christians
have been deceiving themselves that the most violent and virulent anti-
Semitism
campaign since Hitler has involved only Muslim states. "The noise and
stench of
hatred are soiling us again, not just from Muslim countries, but from lands
we
consider our friends."
Rosenthal further says: "Jews, listen and you will hear the sound of
breaking
glass."
Lately, I have been hearing the sound of breaking glass again. I was a small
child at the time of Krystall Nacht in Austria in November of 1938, 64 years
ago. No, the Nazis didn't break the glass of the windows of our home. They
knew
that would be pointless, since our home was to be given in good condition
to
one of the party faithful. They did, however, break all the windows of our
synagogue, where they had herded all the town's Jews. I remember two
things
very clearly, being terribly cold and so, so hungry. The cold November
winds
blowing through the broken windows chilled us to the bones as we
huddled
together on the stone floor. In addition, we were very hungry. They did
serve
us food. A meat stew that smelled heavenly! But of course, as Jews, we
could
not eat a stew made with pork. With their fiendish sense of humor, they had
put
in large chunks of pork to teach us to eat what "normal" people eat.
This is just a small example of the Nazis' hatred and cruelty toward Jews.
My
brother and sister and I were fortunate to escape on a Kindertransport to
Sweden. My parents were also miraculously saved by illegally crossing the
Italian border, though they endured great hardship during the war years.
Most
of the people, however, who were herded into that synagogue together with
us on
Krystall Nacht, perished in the Holocaust.
I think this is the reason why I stopped doing what I really love to do, which
is designing beautiful jewelry and Judaica. Instead, my Belgian-born
daughter-
in-law, Nadia, and I founded the organization Women for Israel's Tomorrow
(Women in Green). Sadly, most of Nadia's family in Belgium was also killed
in
the Holocaust.
Both Nadia and I were intent from the very beginning to fight those cursed
Oslo
Accords with all our strength. Nadia, of course, was not born at the time of
Krystall Nacht. But, she can well imagine the sound of breaking glass
which her
family heard before they were transported to the Nazi death camps.
In my opinion, this Road Map will surely lead us down the road to another
Holocaust, unless we are able to stop the evil designs of our enemies.
THE ROAD TO PERDITION, Is Israel being sold out?
David Weinberg, Director of Public Affairs, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic
Studies at Bar Ilan University, and Elyakim Haetzni, attorney and former
Member
of Knesset are going to give us their insights about this important subject.
(A recording of this entire program, including the interviews, is available on
http://www.israelnationalnews.com Click on "On Demand Audio" on the
blue bar.)
We cannot afford to sit around and say: "Well, what can we do about it?"
German Jews asked themselves the same question while the Nazis were
coming to
power, and then they couldn't even ask the question, because they were
being
shot, gassed and strangled.
Dissemination of Jew-hate is a prelude to suicide terror just as certainly as
making the bomb is the prelude to detonating it.
After meeting with the members of the Quartet to discuss the so-called
Road Map
a week ago, US President George W. Bush said, "I view the Road Map as a
part of
the vision that I described, it is a way forward."
A way forward? President Bush should realize that the "Quartet" plan is a
stacked deck against Israel and the United States. A prescription for
disaster
that will have the effect of undermining both countries' security interests.
Can President Bush be unaware that his policy is being fundamentally
undermined
— not least by a member of his own cabinet?
In Israel today, in America tomorrow.
The following quotation by the Philosopher Martin Niemoller is written at
the
entrance of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, and is very
relevant today:
"In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up
because
I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't
speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the
Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me,
and
by that time there was nobody left to speak up."
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January 2, 2003
Please Sir - Just Take My Wife
Just imagine the following scenario: You and your husband are happily
married for many years. You have a few kids. You live in an apartment
building and one day, in the apartment across yours, on the same floor,
come new tenants. The new neighbor says he has a crush on your wife and
starts saying clearly that he wants to take your wife from you, for him
and his sons. The pressure is unbearable- the neighbor first threatens,
then starts using violence. First he smashes your car windows, then burns
your car, then puts a bomb in the building- killing one of your own kids
and a few other tenants in the building. He wants your wife and he will not
stop till you let him have your wife.
The residents of the building itself and of neighboring buildings start
pressuring the husband to find a solution- they are worried they will be
the next target. After two years of violence, terror and incredible
pressure- your husband says: "well- this indeed cannot go on. People have
been killed because of this problem. OK- I am willing to consider the idea
of giving my wife away but I will make very strict conditions: -the
neighbor has to promise to stop all violence - he has to promise to only
want my wife and not my daughter - he has to make reforms as to how he
keeps his household, he has to keep kosher and the Orthodox restraints
relating to family purity, etc..."
And to his wife the husband says: "Don't worry- I am making such strict
conditions in order to please the other neighbors in the street. I know
that the neighbor will never accept those terms. So don't worry, I don't
really mean it". Would you stay with such a man or would you immediately
divorce him? For he has basically betrayed you and basically agreed to
give
you away? What does it matter at what price? He has agreed on the
principle. You had expected from a loyal husband to tell the entire
street- with banners and posters- I will *never* give away my wife and
let's fight together to kick that bully neighbor and his entire family out
of our street.
This is my answer to all those who try to rationalize Ariel Sharon and YBA
(Yisrael Ba'aliyah) who *just say* they are for a PLO state but put such
strict conditions "that anyway it will never happen". Just uttering the
words that you favor giving away one inch of Judea, Samaria and Gaza
-Israel's biblical heartland- is a betrayal of Erets Yisrael and nobody
should give those people their votes. How many times do we have to repeat
what Ben-Gurion said in 1937: No Jew has to right to give away one inch of
Erets Yisrael to
strangers for all of Erets Yisrael belongs to the People of Israel for all
generations. And only *saying* that you favor the idea is no different than
actually giving it away.
Ariel Sharon is not young and I wish him till 120 in good health. But after
120, when the day comes and he leaves this world- do you think that
*anybody* will remember his "strict conditions" for the creation of a PLO
state? They will just say "Sharon was for a PLO state- yalla, if he was,
then we can do it too". The same with YBA. The moment you agree to the
principle, it is just a matter of time till you will do it- and therefore
it is of utmost importance to vote for parties whose platform not only
simply oppose the creation of a PLO state west of the Jordan, but vow to
actively fight the very idea and clearly have written in their platform:
"The Land of Israel belongs to the People of Israel based on the Torah of
Israel"
Nadia Matar
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January 7, 2003
Israel's Electoral System
Does It Measure Up To What One Should Expect From A Democracy?
Ruth Matar interviews:
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Director of The Jewish Outreach Center of Ra'anana
and
Professor Paul Eidelberg
President of the Foundation
For Constitutional Democracy
Wednesday, January 8th, 2003, between 9-10 PM (Israel Time)
Arutz 7, 98.7 FM or 1539 AM or live on Internet
(www.israelnationalnews.com)
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January 8, 2003
Upcoming Women In Green Activities
Dear Friend of Women in Green,
In the upcoming elections, Women For Israel's Tomorrow (Women in
Green)
will assume its non- political stance. We will not attempt to tell you for
whom to vote. Nevertheless, we support the proposal of the Rabbis of
"Pikuach Nefesh" who widely suggest that any party you vote for must
specifically have in its party platform that it is opposed to the creation
of an Arab State within the Promised Land.
WOMEN IN GREEN ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO THE UPCOMING ELECTION
Women in Green Renews Its Weekly Convoys:
For the next three Sundays, until the elections on January 28th, Women In
Green will drive all around Jerusalem and Gush Dan in convoys. The cars
will carry Israeli flags, and banners saying "The Land of Israel Belongs to
the People of Israel."
The convoys will start every Sunday morning at 9:30 AM in Jerusalem at
the
Rose Garden, in front of the Prime Minister's office.
Thus, the dates are January 12th, January 19th, and January 26th.
On Sunday, January 19th, the day after Tu Bishvat, we will end our car
convoy in Maale Har Hazeitim where we will plant trees in honor of Tu
Bishvat.
We are trying to get as many cars as possible to join us for these weekly
convoys. We have learned from experience that convoys of more than ten
cars make a very impressive showing. Please contact the Women in Green
office by email, by phone, or by fax, and tell us whether you are able to
join us with your car, or as a passenger, on any or all of the above dates.
Ruth and Nadia Matar
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January 8, 2003
Purim Masquerade Ball
Dear Supporter of Women In Green,
Our annual Purim Masquerade Ball this year will once again take place on
Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at the lovely Plaza-Sheraton Hotel in
Jerusalem. It will be a stupendous fun occasion. Those who attended last
year had a glorious time and this year we expect it to be even better. It
is for the whole family. Kids loved it, as we had special entertainment
for them in an adjoining ballroom. With so much tragedy occurring daily,
this joyous Purim Holiday provides a refreshing interlude.
We are hopeful that you will be present in Israel for this
occasion. However, whether you are or not, we nevertheless rely on you to
directly participate in our Purim Gazette in an important way. By taking a
tax deductible ad for your business, this Journal provides you with an
opportunity to support the vital work of our organization.
In this regard, we are annexing here as an attachment, a form so that you
can select the manner in which you choose to help us. The proceeds of
this
Journal provide us with the funds for our widespread activities throughout
the year. We are constantly working in behalf of our People both here in
Israel and in the Diaspora. In addition, we make it our
business to visit the families of terror victims and help them in every way
we can, including financial support. We are adamant in stating that the
Jewish People have a right to live and grow in all of this Biblical Holy Land.
Contribute generously! This organization is extremely positive and is the
most active force on the Israeli scene. In the ten years of our existence,
we have made many significant contributions to Israel. The tributes and
accolades from many Ministers of the Government which have consistently
appeared in our Purim Gazette over the years, attest to the prominent role
that Women For Israel's Tomorrow plays in improving life in Israel.
A formal invitation to the Purim Masquerade Ball will be sent out during
the next few weeks. What we need you to do right now however, is to
commit yourself by mailing a check to us for a Women in Green, Full page
($3,600.), or a Queen Esther Full Page ($1,500.) or even a Half, Quarter,
or Eighth of a Page in our Purim Gazette, in accordance with the price list
annexed. Whatever your present finances, the names of everyone should
appear in our Purim Gazette. There are many categories and ways in which
you can choose to express your support.
Purim is a meaningful holiday! G-d saved our People from a pending
catastrophe approximately 2500 years ago. Once again, in an age of
terrorism, we are thoroughly in need of His care, protection and
salvation. At a time when anti-Semitism once again is rife throughout the
world, you can act as the Lord's agent by giving us your support. In this
manner you will insure that the devoted work of our volunteers continues.
In Israel one can truly experience the joy of Purim. But wherever you are
located, we wish to extend our sincerest wishes that you fully enjoy the
blessings of this joyous Holiday.
Cordially,
Ruth and Nadia Matar
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January 12, 2003
Jerusalem Police Stop Women in Green Convoy
Judge Mishael Cheshin managed - with his judicial persecution of the
national camp - to take away the public attention from the one and only
real issue in these upcoming elections:
yes or no to the creation of a Palestinazi state in Israel's biblical
heartland.
Women in Green decided it was time to bring that crucial issue back to the
streets and remind the people of Israel of the dangers of the creation of
such a PLO state.
This Sunday morning we started our car convoy in Jerusalem from the
Prime
Minister's office with the intent of driving through Jerusalem's main
streets. We were 20 people in 10 cars, all decorated with Israeli flags and
banners against the creation of a PLO state. The banners read "The Land of
Israel belongs to the People of Israel", "Expel the Arab enemy" and "It is
forbidden to give them a state" (written on the poster showing the Arab
lynching
in Ramallah.)
We were driving slowly but without bothering traffic, here and there
honking to get people's attention. The response of the Jerusalemites was
one of great support, thumbs up, honking in
solidarity and general happiness that we were saying what most of us feel:
"This is our land!"
All of a sudden a police car shows up and asks us to stop on the side of
the road. A few minutes later another police car showed up. The officer
came to Nadia's car which was driving at the head of the convoy, with Ruth
Matar at her side holding an Israeli flag out of the window. The officer
asked what we were doing and where we were driving. We told him we were
simply driving in the streets of Jerusalem without blocking roads or
making
any other problem. All we wanted was to show our love for our homeland
and
give some messages of strength to the people in the street.
First the policeman ordered we'd drive behind him and he would show us
where we can drive. Nadia refused saying that there is no reason in the
world that we could not drive where we wanted. The policeman then said
he
would accompany us and insisted on driving next to Nadia's car. When
Nadia
started driving he urged her to drive much faster. It was clear he was
trying to break up the convoy but Nadia refused. Then Nadia honked once
and the policeman -angrily- pulled in front of Nadia's car, stopped the
entire convoy (and traffic) and told her to give him her license and other
documentation. Nadia got a 250NIS fine for honking.
He then allowed us to continue driving, still following us and urging Nadia
to drive faster. At one point he managed to disconnect Nadia from the rest
of the convoy by forcing her to drive through a green light that then
immediately turned red, thus cutting Nadia off from
the rest of the convoy.
Nadia stopped on the side of the road, in order to wait for the others. She
parked her car close to the entrance of a gas station, away from the street
that happened to be a very wide 3-lane street. It was obvious her car was
not bothering anybody. Traffic was flowing freely. Nonetheless the same
policeman drove up to her and said that she cannot just stand there on the
side of the street! She must drive on!
Nadia said that there is no crime in just standing on the side of the
street and that she was not going to move till the others would join her.
This made the policeman angry and he ordered her to once again give him
her
documents. Meanwhile the other cars had arrived and he ordered them not
to
continue driving. He called for more backup and it was clear that they had
managed to stop our convoy.
Seeing we were at a major intersection and that we could park our cars in
the gas station, the women decided to park their cars, take the banners and
posters and have a spontaneous vigil at the 4 corners of the intersection.
There we were, 20 women and men holding our banners and flags -we must
have
looked like a big threat because 3 more police cars
came to "watch over us"! Nadia received a summon to go to court on
February
12th, accused of not listening to a policeman's order. There is no doubt
that they will try to take her driver licence away.
We stayed at the intersection with our placards for close to an hour, and
received great support from the Jerusalemites. This entire morning was
very distressing and worrisome because Women in Green has had many
car
convoys in the past and we were never stopped. Car convoys are a great
way
to be seen by thousands of people within a very short time. There is no
doubt in our mind that the police is playing hand in hand with the others
in the media and the Supreme Court, who try to stifle the national camp
from expressing their views before the elections.
If today's persecution of Women in Green by the police was meant to scare
us, then I guess they do not know who they are dealing with! We will not
let anybody scare us from expressing our views and our love for the Land
of
Israel, the People of Israel and the Torah of Israel. Next Sunday morning
we will meet again -with our cars- at 9:15 am in front of the PM's offices,
the Rose Garden, Jerusalem.
Ruth and Nadia Matar
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January 16, 2003
Ruth Matar, Women in Green Radio Program
Arutz Sheva, January 15, 2003
PULLING THE PLUG ON DEMOCRACY
Did Judge Chesin, by turning off Prime Minister Sharon's microphone,
impair the
holding of fair elections in Israel?
Can we count on the upcoming Israeli election on January 28 to be entirely
fair? The jury is still out on this question!
Extraordinary things have been happening during this past week. A secret
document was leaked to the newspaper HaAretz, asserting that the Justice
Ministry was investigating a loan to Sharon's sons from Cyril Kern, a long
time
South African friend of their father. The loan was to cover campaign debts
of
Sharon's 1999 campaign.
The police and the prosecution indulged themselves in an endless stream
of
leaks, declaiming that "suspicions have only deepened in recent days",
that
every new statement by the Prime Minister and his aides only "raises more
questions", or that Sharon's claims of innocence "are premature". Both
police
and prosecution admit that the investigation is still in its infancy and that
they as yet have almost no information. Therefore, the leaks are simply an
attempt to convince the public of Sharon's guilt before there is evidence to
prove it.
Most outrageous of all, however, was the Supreme Court Justice Mishael
Chasin's
decision to order live television and radio broadcasts halted during
Sharon's
press conference last Thursday night.
Given the extraordinary circumstances of Sharon's press conference, and
the
fact that the Israeli media have been devoting lopsided attention to
allegations of Likud corruption while virtually ignoring shenanigans in
Labor,
it would have been fair to allow Sharon the opportunity to explain his side
of
the story. After a week in which the lone affair was the number one news
item,
the public had a right to hear for itself what Sharon had to say in response.
Only a few hours earlier, on the very same day, there was another rather
frightening example of judicial bias in Israel. A duly constituted election
committee voted to deny Israeli Arab Knesset members Azmi Bishara and
Ahmed
Tibi the right to run again for the Knesset, as they had openly advocated
and
applauded anti-Israeli violence. On the other hand, the committee voted to
allow Moshe Feiglin to run on the Likud Party ticket.
Guess what? An eleven man Supreme Court decided to overthrow these
rulings of a
duly constituted committee. The Supreme Court ruled that Bishara and
Tibi,
declared Arab enemies of the Jewish State of Israel, are in, and that the
Jewish patriot Feiglin is out. (Moshe Feiglin had been convicted of sedition
some years ago for stopping traffic at intersections as a protest against the
Oslo Accords. Stopping traffic has been done many times by the Histradrut
and
the University Students' Union. They have done this on a much larger scale
than
Moshe Feiglin without ever being indicted. In fact, Histradrut of the Labor
Party once prevented airplanes from taking off by blocking all the runways
at
Ben Gurion Airport.)
The issue here is not whether or not it was wise or politically correct for
the Supreme Court to let Bishara and Tibi run for the parliament of a state to
whose nature, security and laws they are not committed. The job of judges
is to
apply the existing laws, not the laws they wish existed. In this case the law
was very clear, as was the evidence against Bishara and Tibi presented by
the
Security Forces and the Attorney General. According to existing laws,
Bishara
and Tibi should not have been allowed to run for the Knesset.
Let me give you a personal but relevant example of police and judicial
persecution of the National Camp. The real issue of these upcoming
elections is
Yes or No to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Women in Green decided it was time to bring that crucial issue back to the
streets and remind the people of Israel of the dangers of the creation of
such
a PLO state.
Therefore, this past Sunday morning we started our car convoy in
Jerusalem from
the Prime Minister's office with the intent of driving through Jerusalem's
main
streets. We were twenty people in ten cars, decorated with Israeli flags and
banners against the creation of a PLO state. The banners read "The Land of
Israel Belongs to the People of Israel", "Expel the Arab Enemy" and "It is
Forbidden to Give Them a State" (written on the poster showing the Arab
lynching in Ramallah).
We were driving slowly but without bothering traffic, here and there
honking to
get people's attention. The response of the Jerusalemites was one of great
support, thumbs up, honking in solidarity. There was general happiness
that we
were saying what most of us feel: "This is our land!"
Car convoys are a great way to be seen by thousands of people within a
very
short time. That is no doubt the reason that the police tried to break up our
convoy. As part of this police engineered confrontation—four police cars
guarding twenty Women in Green in their convoy—my Co-chair Nadia was
given a
250 shekel fine for honking, and a summons to go to court on February 12,
accused of "not obeying a policeman's order". This could well mean the
loss of
her driver's license, or even a criminal file.
I can't resist telling you a story about Ronald Reagan when he was running
for
President: In a Hampshire primary, the moderator was trying to turn off Mr.
Reagan's microphone. Reagan grabbed the mike and snapped: "I paid for
this
microphone, Mr. Green." And Ronald Reagan went on to become President
of the
United States.
In an effective way, the police are trying to turn off the "Women in Green
microphone".
There is no doubt in my mind that the police are playing hand in hand with
the
others in the media and the judicial system to try to stifle the National
Camp
from expressing their views before the elections.
It is sad that in these difficult, fateful times one cannot count on the
supposed guardians of the law, the media, the police, the prosecution and
the
judiciary, to protect our basic democratic rights.
Our guests are Yisrael Medad, Member of the Board, Israel's Media Watch,
and
David Weinberg, Director of Public Affairs, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic
Studies, Bar-Ilan University.
(A recording of this entire program, including the interviews, is available on
http://www.israelnationalnews.com Click on "On Demand Audio" on the
blue bar.)
Yesterday I had to take a taxi to my doctor's office. The cab driver started
to
talk election as soon as I got into his taxi.
"I see you are one of them Women in Green!" (I was wearing our signature
hat
with the insignia "Israel is Our Heart".) "So, who are you voting for?" I told
him my vote was secret, but that it would definitely go to a party which is
against giving parts of our homeland to the enemy.
"And who are you voting for?" I asked in return. "Since you won't tell me, I
won't tell you either," he said, "but you can be sure it's one of the big
parties, Labor or Likud. I don't want to waste my vote. I just need to decide
who is the least corrupt of these two."
What a sad comment! I think this cabbie got it all wrong. You don't lose
your
vote by voting for a smaller party, which has a platform and leaders who
believe that Eretz Israel belongs to the People of Israel. There is no doubt
that Ariel Sharon will defeat Amram Mitzna and win this election. It is,
however, extremely important that there be a strong National Camp elected
to
the Knesset, which will be able to influence Sharon to once again be the
idealistic leader he once was. We need to convince Sharon that Israel does
need
unity—but unity with the builders of Israel, not unity with the Osloite
destroyers of the Holy Land.
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January 18, 2003
TAKE THEIR GUNS AWAY!!
This past Shabbat another Jew was murdered by Arabs who received guns
from
Shimon Peres and the other Oslo criminals. This time it was Rabbi Natti
Ozeri HY"D, father of 5 little children, who lived on the "Hill number 26 "
in Kiryat Arba.
Over the past two months, 19 Jews from the Hevron area alone, were
murdered
by Arabs using guns (as opposed to Jews being murdered by Arab
suicide-bombers). When one tallies the Jews
murdered by Arabs using guns throughout the country, one finds that one
third of all Oslo victims have been murdered by Arabs using the Oslo-guns.
A high-ranking officer in the IDF recently revealed that a reserve division
stationed in the Ramallah area during "Operation Defensive Shield",
decided
to gather weapons by going from house to house, and conducting
thorough searches. Let's clarify that we are not talking about homes of
wanted terrorists, we are talking about homes of the so--called " innocent
peaceful Arab population". This officer said that in almost *every* Arab
home they found guns. Those IDF reservists gathered, over a period of a
few days, 1500 guns- which is more than what the entire IDF has gathered
since the beginning of the Olso war.
According to the Shabak, at the outbreak of the Oslo war in September
2000,
there were more than 40,000 guns held by Arabs in Judea, Samaria and
Gaza,
of which 12,000 were given to the
terrorists officially as part of the Oslo agreements. The rest were
smuggled in or stolen under the new conditions created and facilitated by
the Oslo agreements. To date, the IDF, in all of its activities, has
gathered less than 2500 weapons.
According to the journalist Hagai Hoberman, before Oslo, in August 1993,
the then commander in charge of Judea and Samaria (not including Gaza),
General Boogie Yaalon (now the Army Chief of Staff) conducted a major
and
successful campaign to gather all weapons from the Arab population. At
the
campaign's end, his intelligence concluded that Judea and Samaria were
free
of guns, except for not more than 25 weapons that were not located.
All those efforts were put to nought a short time later, when the Insanity
of Oslo was brought upon us by Peres, Beilin and their gang.
Whenever Israel demands from the Palestinian Authority to stop terror, one
of the first demands on the list is that the Arabs gather all the guns and
hand them over. Gathering the Arab guns is even part of the Likud platform
- so now the question is: If gathering all those guns is a major part of
fighting terror, why is Israel not doing anything about it?
Women in Green call upon the government of Israel to take away from the
Arabs the guns that Shimon Peres and other Oslo criminals gave them, or
enabled them to procure in such huge quantities.
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 19th, at 9:15 am - before leaving for our car
convoy - we will gather in Jerusalem, in front of the Prime Minister;'s
offices (Rose Garden) with the simple and basic demand: "TAKE THEIR
GUNS
AWAY!!"
We urge all of you in Israel and abroad to spread this message to all other
email lists of friends and relatives and in addition to fax, email and call
the Prime Minister and others with this same demand "TAKE THEIR GUNS
AWAY"!
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
tel 972-2-670-5555
fax 972-2-566-4838
email: pm_heb@pmo.gov.il
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz
tel 972-3-697-5436
fax 972-3-697-6218
email: sar@mod.gov.il
Minister of Public security (Police) Uzi Landau
tel 972-2-530-8500
fax 972-2-581-1832
email sar@mops.gov.il
President of Israel, Moshe Katzav
tel 972-2-670-7211
fax 972-2-567-1314
Ruth and Nadia Matar
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January 27, 2003
Unleashing the Dogs of War
by Martin Sherman
With each passing day, the macabre reality of death and destruction
wrought upon the nation by the Palestinians is making one thing
increasingly clear: something is dreadfully amiss with the way Israel is
handling its affairs.
Afflicted by an inexplicable impotence, the country is sliding inexorably
into an abyss of self-annihilation. Israel's continued restraint in dealing
with the onslaught upon its citizens is rapidly becoming morally untenable.
It is sending a clear message to both its Arab adversaries and the world at
large: "Judacide" is tolerable - and hence morally acceptable - for if it were
not, a far more assertive response would be forthcoming.
No people can adhere to such a policy of self-disparagement without
forfeiting its claim to sovereignty as an independent nation. No country can
command the respect of others if it consistently fails - or worse, refuses -
to employ all means at its disposal to protect the lives and property of its
citizens against concerted attack from foreign entities.
In such circumstances, restraint will not be construed as strength, but as
weakness, inviting more aggression from foes and growing alienation from
friends.
Only a dramatic change of policy can turn back the inevitable tide of events
relentlessly washing away the awe-inspiring achievements of the Zionist
revolution and eroding the very foundations upon which the nation-state of
the Jews was founded.
The Arab attack must now be met with a response of ferocity and force that
will leave a traumatic scar on the collective national consciousness of the
Arabs.
Israel must now unleash upon its assailants a fury akin to that which the
democratic powers unleashed in World War II on those who dared threaten
their survival.
Nothing less will quell the violence. Only when a terrible, disproportionate
price is inflicted for attacks on Jews will such attacks cease.
However, for such a martial initiative to succeed, it must be combined with
an equally resolute assault on public opinion, both at home and abroad.
This is, in many ways, a far more challenging task than the military one, for
Israel will have to contend with years of neglect in this field.
It will have to roll back perceptions that have been inculcated in the public
consciousness over the last three decades. This requires a totally different
approach to Israel's public relations efforts ("hasbara") from that which has
been adopted up to now.
Instead of the self-effacing apologetic endeavor of trying to explain away
current events, what is required is a new assertive attitude aimed at
changing the public perception of the overall context in which these events
take place.
Instead of allowing Israel to be portrayed as a cruel plunderer and a callous
oppressor, motivated only by territorial avarice and religious egotism, it
must be depicted for what it really is: a valiant and beleaguered democracy,
locked in a deadly struggle for its very survival, and assailed from all
quarters by vicious aggressors who subscribe to values that are not only
divergent from, but diametrically opposed to, those of the pluralistic,
libertarian nations of the world.
This is an undertaking of daunting proportions, which should not be
underestimated. But neither should the difficulty be overestimated. In fact,
the very erosion of Israel's image in world media is proof that international
perceptions of the protagonists in the Arab-Israeli conflict are not
immutable.Moreover, those who claim that it is an insurmountable task are,
in fact, saying that the truth cannot be disseminated and that falsehood
must inevitably triumph over veracity.
For Israel is still both a bastion and a beacon of immeasurable importance
to the West - even after the fall of the Soviet empire.
Indeed, in the brewing clash between radical Islam and the democratic
nations, Israel's geo-strategic significance for the West is likely to be even
greater than it was in the days of the Cold War.
Thus, it is demonstrably counter-productive and self-defeating folly for the
democratic world to side with those likely to identify themselves with its
potential foes and against those who are likely to be among its strongest
allies.
The Jewish people have taken their peace-making efforts to irrational
extremes to prove to the world that they yearn for peace, they have meekly
offered the other cheek, abjectly bent over backward in an attempt to
accommodate Arab demands, and demeaningly beseeched their
adversaries to accept, as a craven peace offering, large tracts of their
ancient homeland in which the history, tradition and heritage of the nation
were forged.
All to no avail. This policy of excessive appeasement has done nothing to
placate the animosity of foes, nor to rally the support of friends. Indeed, it
seems that quite the reverse is true.
The time has come for Israel to assert its fundamental right to self-defense
and for the Jews to remind the world that they can be fearsome warriors
when pushed to the wall.
It is time to convey to the public at home and abroad that Jewish patience
is at an end, that Jewish lives are not cheap and the letting of Jewish blood
will no longer be acceptable. It is time for this embattled nation to arise, to
cry "FOUL!" and let slip the dogs of war. Only then will it be clear that the
present policy of restraint was indeed a noble gesture of benign strength
and not of ignoble faintheartedness.
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Martin Sherman is a senior research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center,
Herzliya, and served for seven years in Israel's defense establishment
*******************************************************
January 30, 2003
Ruth Matar, Women in Green Radio Program
Arutz Sheva, January 29, 2003
The State of Israel held elections yesterday, very important elections. In
fact, the very survival of our country hinges on the decisions of Israel's
government. Israel is in a very precarious situation. The Arab enemy - they
invented the fiction of a Palestinian people for propaganda purposes - are
not
only at our doorstep; they are within our very home. They're occupying our
holiest religious site, the Temple Mount, and are forbidding Jews and
Christians to even approach this holy site. They are killing us daily,
innocent
men, women, children and babies. They are in truth equal opportunity
killers.
Jewish blood has become very cheap again.
Let me give you an idea of how cheap. I'm going to give you the figures for
the
period between September 29, 2000 through January 25, 2003:
16,209 attacks - this does not include attacks with rocks or firebombs.
5,055 injured
724 killed (this figure is equivalent to approximately 40,000 persons killed
in
America)
Statistics of atrocities do not tell the whole story. One cannot really
internalize the human suffering behind them. Six million Jews murdered
during
the holocaust is an incomprehensible figure. The thought of an innocent
little
baby being thrown alive into a roaring oven in Auschwitz makes the
Holocaust
horror all too real. This was unmitigated, cruel, and inhumane criminal
behavior on the part of the Nazis.
Jewish history repeats itself. In the Haggadah, the story which Jews read
on
Passover, it is written: "For not only one has risen up against us, but in
every generation some have risen to annihilate us, but the Most Holy,
blessed
be He, has delivered us out of their hands!" In the last century, the Nazis
thought they were going to succeed in what they planned as the final
solution
for the Jewish problem, the complete extermination of the Jewish People.
When
the Nazis were defeated at the end of World War II, the Arabs picked up
where
the Nazis left off. Innocent Jewish children are again being murdered, this
time by Arabs. The motivation is the same, the extermination of the Jewish
People.
In yesterday's election, Sharon's party, the Likud, won with a landslide
victory of 37 mandates (the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, has 120
members).
The Labor Party and the Meretz Party, that is the leftist Oslo Architects,
who
are responsible for the terrible ongoing carnage in their "new Middle East"
were punished by the voters, and lost heavily the support of the public.
Before the election, Ariel Sharon had emphasized that he did not want to
form a
government with right-wing parties, but that he preferred a Likud unity
coalition with the left. After his overwhelming victory, where his
constituents
completely rejected the policies of the left, he still surprisingly proclaimed
this view, deliberately spitting in the face of his own supporters.
How does Israel get out of this life-threatening situation? We have two well-
informed guests who will give us their views on this matter. Dr. Aaron
Lerner,
Head of IMRA, Independent Media Review and Analysis; and Martin
Sherman, Senior
Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya.
(A recording of this entire program, including the interviews, is available on
http://www.israelnationalnews.com Click on "On Demand Audio" on the
blue bar.)
This morning, I listened to a re-broadcast of the State of the Union Address
by
President George W. Bush. He said, with reference to a possible war with
Iraq:
"If the war is forced upon us, we will fight with the full force of the United
States, and we will prevail."
A war was forced upon Israel starting on Rosh HaShana, September 29,
2000.
Unfortunately, our government has refused to recognize the Arab assault
as a
war, and has pretended that this war is just a series of individual terror
attacks by Hamas, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, and others, and that it is not
coordinated by Arafat's Palestinian Authority.
Our government must stop apologizing. Let's tell it like it is. The Jews are
not occupying the Holy Land. It is their G-d-given inheritance. Arafat and
his
vicious murderers are the ones who are the occupiers.
We have been asked to show restraint in dealing with this Arab onslaught.
Unfortunately, this restraint has sent a clear message to the Arab
adversaries
and the world at large: Jews can be killed with impunity! Jewish blood is
cheap!
In the words of Mr. Sherman in his article "Unleashing the Dogs of War":
"It is time to convey to the public at home and abroad that Jewish patience
is
at an end, that Jewish lives are not cheap and the letting of Jewish blood
will
no longer be acceptable. It is time for this embattled nation to arise, and to
cry 'FOUL!' Let us unleash the dogs of war!"
It is imperative that Israel finally take its cue from the greatest democratic
country in the world, the United States. To paraphrase the American
President:
"If the war is forced upon us, we will fight with our full force, and we will
prevail."
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