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Posted by hebron_1929, at 12:30PM 06/24/08 :
The usual, GOOD Israel vs EVIL Arab "Palestinians" - The Mistakes That Launched 3000 Rockets
Note: (the usual, GOOD Israel vs EVIL Arab "Palestinians") <p>The Mistakes That Launched 3000 Rockets American Thinker, WA - Jun 17, 2008 <h1>The Mistakes That Launched 3,000 Rockets</h1> <strong>By</strong> <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/richard_a_baehr/"><strong>Richard A. Baehr</strong></a><br> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3">When Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdrew 8,000 residents and all of its defense forces from the Gaza Strip in the late summer of 2005, he offered several rationales to support what he called "disengagement." Regrettably, all but one have proven to be illusory. The result has been disastrous -- leading to the creation of a lawless terrorist haven in the Gaza Strip from which the controlling Hamas faction has lobbed thousands of crude rockets indiscriminately into southern Israel, precipitating a new generation of terror attacks against the Jewish state.</font><br /><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Demographics</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">One argument cited was the need to take the teeming Gaza Strip out of the Israeli-Palestinian demographic equation. It was estimated that some 1.5 million Palestinians live in Gaza, 2.5 million Palestinians live in the West Bank, and one million Arabs lives inside Israel's green line. This population of 5 million Arabs roughly matched Israel's Jewish population of 5 million. Thus, Sharon reasoned, with just the West Bank under Israeli control, the concern that Israeli Jews would soon be a minority between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River appeared less foreboding, or at least not for several decades. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">As it turns out, the demographic scenarios promulgated by those who advocated for an Israeli withdrawal from both Gaza and the West Bank were wildly off the mark. As </font><a href="http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/article/111"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">noted by researchers Bennett Zimmerman and Michael Wise in the pages of inFocus Quarterly</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, the Palestinian census counters inflated the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza, while also exaggerating the annual population growth rate for the Palestinians. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">In retrospect, the Gaza withdrawal may have lifted the Jewish percentage in the remaining areas under Israeli control, but the move was premature if not completely unnecessary. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Preventing Terror</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A second rationale was that if Israeli settlers were removed from Gaza, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) would have no civilian population to protect, thereby relieving the army of the need to remain. Gaza, after all, had never been a major source of the suicide bombing attacks that had occurred inside Israel's green line. In fact, throughout the "al-Aqsa intifada" that began in 2000, only one such attack originated in Gaza, when foreign nationals traveling to Israel from Gaza with British passports devastated </font><a href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/Details+of+April+30-+2003+Tel+Aviv+suicide+bombing.htm"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Mike's Bar, a popular pub near the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv in 2003</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">. The IDF had simply erected a fence to surround Gaza, preventing untold numbers of suicide attacks. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">In the years since its 2005 withdrawal, the IDF has learned a difficult lesson: suicide bombing is not the only way for terrorist to inflict harm upon Israeli civilians. Indeed, a fence cannot prevent projectiles such as rockets, missiles, or mortars aimed at close-by Israeli communities. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">These attacks began soon after the Gaza fence was completed in 2001, but increased substantially year after year. Over the last seven years, Palestinian </font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Number_of_Morter_and_Rocket_Attacks_2001_to_early_2008V2.jpg"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">rockets have become increasingly lethal, with longer trajectories</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">. Conservative estimates suggest that </font><a href="http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/prr/history.php"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">3,000 rockets have been fired into Israel</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, not to mention mortars and missiles. The rockets now reach Ashkelon, a city of over 100,000 people, with key infrastructure, including a major Israeli port. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">It is unclear whether Israel assumed that the Palestinian Authority would want to keep a lid on rocket fire from Gaza, since a period of "quiet" might encourage further Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank. If this ever was the case, things certainly changed in June 2007, when </font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/15/opinion/15fri1.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Hamas' one week military coup</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3"> decimated the PA's grip on power in Gaza. Since then, rockets have been landing at an increasingly rapid rate.</font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Public Relations</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A third rationale for Gaza disengagement was that Israel, often maligned in the mainstream media, would win a public relations victory from its unilateral withdrawal. This was wishful thinking. While the media has occasionally heaped scorn upon Hamas for its indiscriminate rocket attacks, the disengagement has done little to improve Israel's steady drubbing when it defends itself. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Sadly, the occasional criticism of Hamas violence seems to suggest that indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilian targets were somehow more justified during the period when Israel controlled Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is still castigated by the United Nations, left-leaning Human Rights groups and NGOs, and, of course, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. These groups can no longer castigate Israel for occupying the Gaza Strip so they now level new charges of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, when Israel responds with military operations in the areas where the rockets are launched. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A Gesture For Peace</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A fourth rationale for the Gaza withdrawal was that it would lead to an improved atmosphere between Israel and the PA, and perhaps nudge both parties towards negotiating peace. The Olmert and Abbas governments are now busy negotiating a </font><a href="http://jpundit.typepad.com/jci/2008/03/a-shelf-agreeme.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">"shelf" agreement</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, but it is one in which even the most </font><a href="http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1139"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">ardent peace pundits have little to no faith</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">There are currently two Palestinian entities: Hamastan in Gaza, and the PA under Mahmoud Abbas, which maintains only tenuous control in the West Bank. If not for a steady IDF presence, analysts believe Hamas could easily take over. The PA is negotiating with Israel as if it controls Gaza , and Israel plays along. Only, </font><a href="/2008/03/the_palestinians_have_no_inter.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Hamas is as much at war with the PA</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, as they are with Israel. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Let Gazans Control Their Destiny</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">The final rationale for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 may prove to be the only one with validity. Optimists viewed Palestinian "sovereignty" in Gaza as a way for the Palestinians to demonstrate that, once in control of their own destiny, Gazans could take responsibility for their quality of life and their economic condition. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">At least in one way, this has been a successful experiment. Hamas has demonstrated ingenuity in two areas: construction of smuggling tunnels under the border crossing between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Gaza, and mass-producing rockets with more precise targeting ability, greater firing range, and more destructive capability. While both endeavors have increased Hamas' ability to strike at Israeli civilians, they have done little to help the Palestinian national cause. By their own admission, </font><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,455254,00.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Gazans are awash in misery and poverty</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">.</font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Before its landslide electoral victory in 2006, Hamas was described by naïve observers as the one Palestinian group free of corruption. Compared to the ossified and corrupt Fatah party, Hamas could claim that it was the good government party, particularly since it had been providing social services to Palestinians through its da'wa (outreach) system for years. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Since the election Hamas has proven that feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and providing medicines to the sick are among its lowest priorities. Rather, Hamas has focused all of its resources on attacking Israel - and even Fatah. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Lessons Learned</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">There are two painful lessons that can be learned from the daily rocket fire on Sderot, Ashkelon, and other population centers in Israel's south. First, Israeli gestures of good will signal weakness, and can lead to greater Palestinian hostility and violence. Second, half measures never solve any underlying problems. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Indeed, every one of the rationales for the 2005 disengagement envisioned a quiet border, and an improved security situation. Hopefully, the Israelis have learned two more lessons from the Gaza situation: know your enemy, and no more wishful thinking. </font></div><br /><div><em><font face="times new roman,times" size="2"><strong>Richard Baehr is political director of American Thinker.</strong></font></em></div> <p> http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/the_mistakes_that_launched_300.html
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:13AM 06/16/08 :
Arab racism & Bush's admin. pro Arab - "Palestinian" foreign policy
Note: Arab racism & Bush's admin. pro Arab - "Palestinian" foreign policy, and about Arab settlements vs Jewish ones...
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:05AM 06/16/08 :
Go ahead! Compare real Arab racism with Israel - Let's compare Arab racism with bogus anti-Arab racism charges on Israel
Note: Go ahead! Compare real Arab racism with Israel - Let's compare Arab racism with bogus anti-Arab racism charges on Israel
Posted by hebron_1929, at 11:59PM 06/11/08 :
Israeli on Arab TV: Jerusalem Was Ours When Muslims [still] Worshipped Idols
Note: Israeli on Arab TV: Jerusalem Was Ours When Muslims [still] Worshipped Idols INN ^ | 06/04/08, Israeli on Arab TV: J'lem Was Ours When Moslems Worshipped Idols ... Jerusalem is our city forever and is not an issue for you, for Al Jazeera or for anyone ...Dr. Kedar: "Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran even once. You can't rewrite the Koran on air on Al Jazeera."...
Posted by hebron_1929, at 06:29PM 06/04/08 and by 1 others:
AP Video: Clinton Defends Obama's Support of Israel [Israel's survival against Arab racism & Islamofascism's genocide, terrorism & tyranny]
Note: AP Video: Clinton Defends Obama's Support of Israel [Israel's survival against Arab racism & Islamofascism's genocide, terrorism & tyranny]
Posted by hebron_1929, at 03:34AM 04/01/08 :
Arab Racism and Historical Truth: Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands
Note: Racism and Historical Truth: Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands unwatch ^ | Mar 19, 2008 Racism and Historical Truth: Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands UN Watch (press release), Switzerland - Mar 19, 2008 We thank the Special Rapporteur for his work against racism, and address two areas of his report...
Posted by hebron_1929, at 09:25PM 03/31/08 :
Palestinian Terrorism Created Need for Roadblocks, Expert Says
Note: Palestinian Terrorism Created Need for Roadblocks, Expert Says
Posted by hebron_1929, at 12:59PM 03/09/08 :
Thousands Mourn Arab Massacre at Jerusalem Jewish Seminary
Note: Thousands Mourn Arab Massacre at Jerusalem Jewish Seminary
Posted by hebron_1929, at 12:55AM 02/24/08 :
Islamic hatred - Islamic Judeophobia - Islamic fascism
Note: Candidly Speaking: The state of Jew-hatred Islamic Judeophobia combines demonic religious xenophobia and racism; depicts Jews and Israelis as vampires or descendants of apes and pigs
Posted by hebron_1929, at 09:22AM 02/20/08 :
U.N., Hamas are blaming Israel for Palestinians' self-inflicted problems
Note: U.N., Hamas are blaming Israel for Palestinians' self-inflicted problems
Posted by hebron_1929, at 11:23PM 02/10/08 :
Palestinian Arab Muslims first class citizens in Israel whereas Israeli Jews are second class citizens
Note: Palestinian Arab Muslims first class citizens in Israel whereas Israeli Jews are second class citizens
Posted by hebron_1929, at 09:37AM 01/29/08 :
Islamic Movement head charged with incitement to racism, violence (Arab racism & Islamic bigotry even inside Israel)
Note: Islamic Movement head charged with incitement to racism, violence (Arab racism & Islamic bigotry even inside Israel) January 29, 2008 By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Ra'ad Salah, anti-Semitism The head of the Islamic Movement in Israel's Northern Branch, Ra'ad Salah, was charged Tuesday in Jerusalem Magistrate's Court with incitement to violence and racism, over a fiery speech he gave a year ago in which he invoked the blood libel. During the speech at the February 16, 2007 protest in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, Salah accused Jews of using children's blood to bake bread. "We have never allowed ourselves to knead [the dough for] the bread that breaks the fast in the holy month of Ramadan with children's blood," he said. "Whoever wants a more thorough explanation, let him ask what used to happen to some children in Europe, whose blood was mixed in with the dough of the [Jewish] holy bread." Advertisement "Great God, is this a religion?" he asked. "Is this what God would want? God will deal with you yet for what you are doing." The rally was called to protest the planned Mughrabi bridge construction in Jerusalem's Old City. Addressing the 1,000-strong crowd and assembled press, Salah accused Israel of attempting to rebuild the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount while drenched in Arab blood. "Whoever wants to build a house of God should not do so while our blood is still on his clothes, on his doorposts, in his food, in his drink, being passed along from one terrorist general to the next terrorist general," he said. "You are inciting against us, do not let the ranks on your shoulders tempt you," he continued. "These ranks and stars on your shoulders were made from the skulls of our martyrs. They are ranks of shame, not ranks of splendor. These are ranks of disgrace, not ranks of honor." Following the speech and Friday prayers, the crowd began rioting and throwing stones at police. According to the prosecution, Salah's speech constituted a "call to commit acts of violence and encouragement of acts of violence, which given the content and context, there was a real possibility that it could lead to acts of violence." The prosecution said Salah made the remarks "with the objective of inciting racism." In an interview with Ashams radio, Salah said in response that, "I am willing to repeat before the court all the things I said at the Friday sermon in Wadi Joz or any other meeting with journalists." "Our statements are the products of conviction, and I will not recant," he continued. Salah said the decision to indict him, along with Sunday's decision to close the case against officers involved in the deaths of 13 Israeli Arabs in the October 2000 riots, was part of an attempt to pressure and threaten Israeli Arab society. "They want us to be good little boys," he said. Salah was released from prison in 2005 after serving some two years for having contact with a foreign agent, as well as financial crimes related to the Islamic Movement.
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:45PM 12/13/07 :
Arab Racism, Must Go! There will be no peace around here before Arabs view Jews as human beings
Note: Arab racism must go There will be no peace around here before Arabs view Jews as human beings ___________ Despite all the ceremonial declarations uttered in Annapolis, my attention was drawn to a small story about the organizers tasked with planning the seating arrangements. As those were peace talks, and as all of us want peace, the organizers were warned about the need to ensure that no Syrian or Saudi official unintentionally encounters some Zionist pest. This was indeed a large venue, but still, people (just like monkeys) sometimes have to go to the bathroom or wash their hands. In short, they may have to pass through a narrow corridor where, you never know, you may encounter one of those – well, here the speaker is supposed to venomously utter the word: “Zionist.” Syria’s motives for attending the conference were quite clear. They came to score points and extricate themselves, as much as is possible, out of the axis of evil. In short, they came because of Syrian issues – all the rest didn’t quite interest them, and it was not easy for them as it is. But to bump into an Israeli?! A Jew! Face to face, with no Condoleezza or a sea of officials around. Just you and I. Now that’s way too much, being forced to exchange glances or even mumble something. This is where we draw the line. After all, Arabs are honorable people, and the Israelis, on top of all the other trouble, have this bad habit of using such incidents in order to suddenly show friendliness, utter some kind of silly joke, and then tell everyone about it. Years after Annapolis, some Israeli minister or advisor could write in his memoirs how he made a quick comment to the Syrian official about the crappy American coffee, and yes, he thinks he saw a hint of a smile on the Syrian’s face – for a moment there, the Israeli will say, we were able to overcome the raging conflict and just be two men, Khaled and I, yearning for some good coffee. The end of the story is that it was not easy at all to arrange the chairs. Sophisticated algorithms were utilized and multifaceted maneuvers previously only known in Astronomy were used, so that under no circumstances would an Arab and a Jew come in contact or some share kind of proximity that could hurt the feelings of the nation. Our enemies are racist Simply put, our enemies, among other things, are quite racist. As opposed to some stigmas, it turns out that arrogance is not an Israeli monopoly. It’s amazing how the Arab world managed to convince the West that the racist hatred is merely legitimate religious sensitivity that must be taken into consideration. We should also take a moment to consider the fact that for us these things always sound like a silly joke. We treat it the same way we ridicule the Arab refusal to compete against Israeli athletes. None of us, with the exception of the margins of the far Right, have a problem meeting an Arab, shaking his hand, or showing sympathy for him. The thing is, on their side it’s an absolutely serious matter. It’s hard to believe that anyone in the Arab media was joking about the seating arrangements. For years we’ve been reprimanding ourselves over our attitude to Arabs and our racist jokes. Yet while we were busy reprimanding, we almost failed to notice that something changed around here. When was the last time you heard a derogatory term like “towel head” being used seriously, without any sarcasm? When was the last time an Israeli film featured an Arab character that was less than divine? Meanwhile, the exact opposite is happening on the other side. And no, we’re not talking about a minor issue. Even if all the roadblocks will be removed, there will be no peace around here as long as Muslim Arabs don’t view Jews as human beings.
Posted by hebron_1929, at 06:20PM 12/04/07 :
JEWS ARE FROM ISRAEL, SO-CALLED ?PALESTINIANS? [Are Arab immigrants] FROM SAUDI ARABIA
Note: JEWS ARE FROM ISRAEL, SO-CALLED “PALESTINIANS” [Are Arab immigrants] FROM SAUDI ARABIA
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:01AM 11/05/07 :
ISLAMIC LOBBY 'MPAC' THE BULLY, Muslims bully Muslims over selling Israeli produce
Note: ISLAMIC LOBBY 'MPAC' THE BULLY, Muslims bully Muslims over selling Israeli produce 12/10/2007 By Rachel Fletcher A campaign by the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) to bully Muslim shop-owners not to sell Israeli produce “verges on antisemitism”, an interfaith activist said this week. Richard Stone, founder and president of Muslim-Jewish dialogue group Alif-Aleph UK, said the tactics by MPAC, which calls on its website for pressure against shops that carry Israeli stock, were “not constructive”. The lobby group’s campaign, timed to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan, includes calls to boycott Sabar Bros in Slough for stocking Israeli “blood” dates, giving the shop’s address and phone number. Complaining that the shop “supports Israel”, the site urges: “Don’t be silent in the face of oppression — please phone them now and tell them you will boycott their shop unless they stop selling Israeli produce.” MPAC’s website states: “The dates in your household which you may be using to break your fasts with, despite being from a Muslim-owned shop, may well be fuelling the Israeli economy.” It said eight Muslim-owned businesses in Manchester had been visited. Six of them carried Israeli stock. The campaigners complain that several businessmen — whose shops they did not name — had said they would continue to sell the Israeli products. Mr Stone told the JC: “This sort of digging around to find the smallest possible bit of Israeli activity, anything that could possibly be criticised, verges in my view on antisemitism. “This encourages people to be hostile to people who have sympathy for the Israeli position, in the same way I would not want Jewish people to promote hostility to Palestinians on the grounds of what a minority of Palestinian people do. “A lot of anti-Israel stuff has tones which slip over into being antisemitic. There should be nothing political to divide Muslims and Jews in this country and importing the crisis is often found objectionable by Israelis and Palestinians here.” Sabar Hussain, the owner of the Slough shop, Sabar Bros, said he was receiving four or five calls a day, pressuring him to stop selling Israeli produce. He told the JC: “We are open for everyone, not just Muslims. Is it illegal to sell Israeli dates? There is demand for them.Everyone in Slough sells these dates, so why are they mentioning my name? If you don’t want to buy Israeli products, don’t buy them.” Mr Hussain, who said he intended to contact his local MP, added: “Some callers say things like, ‘You are not Muslim, you’re supporting Israel.’ If people were polite I might consider what they are asking, but this makes me want to go on selling them.” MPAC’s website claimed that the Appna Cash and Carry in Manchester had declined to put up their flyers for fear of offending, but had a policy of not knowingly selling Israeli dates. Manager Naseer Ahmed said he had long refused to stock Israeli dates, but had never heard of MPAC or been approached by them. “It is possible they spoke to someone on the shop floor,” he said, adding: “I have political reasons [for not carrying Israeli stock]. In the time of apartheid, I didn’t sell South African products.” An MPAC spokesman told the JC: “Some people in the Muslim community have a village mentality. They can’t think ethically and are more profit-motivated.”
Posted by hebron_1929, at 10:24PM 10/27/07 :
['God is Great!'] 'Work accident' blamed in death of 3 Gaza girls [Palestinian terrorism]
Note: ['God is Great!'] 'Work PALESTINIAN JIHAD accident' blamed in death of 3 Gaza girls
Posted by hebron_1929, at 10:05PM 10/24/07 and by 1 others:
Turkish Warplanes Attack Kurds Near Iraqi Border
Posted by hebron_1929, at 07:29PM 10/21/07 and by 1 others:
Surprise! The United States spies on Israel more than Israel spies ...America's efforts to spy on Israel. Spy Games.
Note: Surprise! The United States spies on Israel more than Israel spies ...America's efforts to spy on Israel. Spy Games.
Posted by hebron_1929, at 11:34PM 10/18/07 and by 1 others:
OneVoice: One Million Voices to End the Conflict!
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Posted by hebron_1929, at 12:30PM 06/24/08 :The usual, GOOD Israel vs EVIL Arab "Palestinians" - The Mistakes That Launched 3000 Rockets
Note: (the usual, GOOD Israel vs EVIL Arab "Palestinians") <p>The Mistakes That Launched 3000 Rockets American Thinker, WA - Jun 17, 2008 <h1>The Mistakes That Launched 3,000 Rockets</h1> <strong>By</strong> <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/richard_a_baehr/"><strong>Richard A. Baehr</strong></a><br> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3">When Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdrew 8,000 residents and all of its defense forces from the Gaza Strip in the late summer of 2005, he offered several rationales to support what he called "disengagement." Regrettably, all but one have proven to be illusory. The result has been disastrous -- leading to the creation of a lawless terrorist haven in the Gaza Strip from which the controlling Hamas faction has lobbed thousands of crude rockets indiscriminately into southern Israel, precipitating a new generation of terror attacks against the Jewish state.</font><br /><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Demographics</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">One argument cited was the need to take the teeming Gaza Strip out of the Israeli-Palestinian demographic equation. It was estimated that some 1.5 million Palestinians live in Gaza, 2.5 million Palestinians live in the West Bank, and one million Arabs lives inside Israel's green line. This population of 5 million Arabs roughly matched Israel's Jewish population of 5 million. Thus, Sharon reasoned, with just the West Bank under Israeli control, the concern that Israeli Jews would soon be a minority between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River appeared less foreboding, or at least not for several decades. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">As it turns out, the demographic scenarios promulgated by those who advocated for an Israeli withdrawal from both Gaza and the West Bank were wildly off the mark. As </font><a href="http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/article/111"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">noted by researchers Bennett Zimmerman and Michael Wise in the pages of inFocus Quarterly</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, the Palestinian census counters inflated the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza, while also exaggerating the annual population growth rate for the Palestinians. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">In retrospect, the Gaza withdrawal may have lifted the Jewish percentage in the remaining areas under Israeli control, but the move was premature if not completely unnecessary. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Preventing Terror</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A second rationale was that if Israeli settlers were removed from Gaza, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) would have no civilian population to protect, thereby relieving the army of the need to remain. Gaza, after all, had never been a major source of the suicide bombing attacks that had occurred inside Israel's green line. In fact, throughout the "al-Aqsa intifada" that began in 2000, only one such attack originated in Gaza, when foreign nationals traveling to Israel from Gaza with British passports devastated </font><a href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/Details+of+April+30-+2003+Tel+Aviv+suicide+bombing.htm"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Mike's Bar, a popular pub near the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv in 2003</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">. The IDF had simply erected a fence to surround Gaza, preventing untold numbers of suicide attacks. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">In the years since its 2005 withdrawal, the IDF has learned a difficult lesson: suicide bombing is not the only way for terrorist to inflict harm upon Israeli civilians. Indeed, a fence cannot prevent projectiles such as rockets, missiles, or mortars aimed at close-by Israeli communities. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">These attacks began soon after the Gaza fence was completed in 2001, but increased substantially year after year. Over the last seven years, Palestinian </font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Number_of_Morter_and_Rocket_Attacks_2001_to_early_2008V2.jpg"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">rockets have become increasingly lethal, with longer trajectories</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">. Conservative estimates suggest that </font><a href="http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/prr/history.php"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">3,000 rockets have been fired into Israel</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, not to mention mortars and missiles. The rockets now reach Ashkelon, a city of over 100,000 people, with key infrastructure, including a major Israeli port. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">It is unclear whether Israel assumed that the Palestinian Authority would want to keep a lid on rocket fire from Gaza, since a period of "quiet" might encourage further Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank. If this ever was the case, things certainly changed in June 2007, when </font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/15/opinion/15fri1.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Hamas' one week military coup</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3"> decimated the PA's grip on power in Gaza. Since then, rockets have been landing at an increasingly rapid rate.</font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Public Relations</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A third rationale for Gaza disengagement was that Israel, often maligned in the mainstream media, would win a public relations victory from its unilateral withdrawal. This was wishful thinking. While the media has occasionally heaped scorn upon Hamas for its indiscriminate rocket attacks, the disengagement has done little to improve Israel's steady drubbing when it defends itself. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Sadly, the occasional criticism of Hamas violence seems to suggest that indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilian targets were somehow more justified during the period when Israel controlled Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is still castigated by the United Nations, left-leaning Human Rights groups and NGOs, and, of course, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. These groups can no longer castigate Israel for occupying the Gaza Strip so they now level new charges of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, when Israel responds with military operations in the areas where the rockets are launched. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A Gesture For Peace</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">A fourth rationale for the Gaza withdrawal was that it would lead to an improved atmosphere between Israel and the PA, and perhaps nudge both parties towards negotiating peace. The Olmert and Abbas governments are now busy negotiating a </font><a href="http://jpundit.typepad.com/jci/2008/03/a-shelf-agreeme.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">"shelf" agreement</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, but it is one in which even the most </font><a href="http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1139"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">ardent peace pundits have little to no faith</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">There are currently two Palestinian entities: Hamastan in Gaza, and the PA under Mahmoud Abbas, which maintains only tenuous control in the West Bank. If not for a steady IDF presence, analysts believe Hamas could easily take over. The PA is negotiating with Israel as if it controls Gaza , and Israel plays along. Only, </font><a href="/2008/03/the_palestinians_have_no_inter.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Hamas is as much at war with the PA</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">, as they are with Israel. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Let Gazans Control Their Destiny</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">The final rationale for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 may prove to be the only one with validity. Optimists viewed Palestinian "sovereignty" in Gaza as a way for the Palestinians to demonstrate that, once in control of their own destiny, Gazans could take responsibility for their quality of life and their economic condition. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">At least in one way, this has been a successful experiment. Hamas has demonstrated ingenuity in two areas: construction of smuggling tunnels under the border crossing between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Gaza, and mass-producing rockets with more precise targeting ability, greater firing range, and more destructive capability. While both endeavors have increased Hamas' ability to strike at Israeli civilians, they have done little to help the Palestinian national cause. By their own admission, </font><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,455254,00.html"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Gazans are awash in misery and poverty</font></a><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">.</font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Before its landslide electoral victory in 2006, Hamas was described by naïve observers as the one Palestinian group free of corruption. Compared to the ossified and corrupt Fatah party, Hamas could claim that it was the good government party, particularly since it had been providing social services to Palestinians through its da'wa (outreach) system for years. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Since the election Hamas has proven that feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and providing medicines to the sick are among its lowest priorities. Rather, Hamas has focused all of its resources on attacking Israel - and even Fatah. </font></div><br /><div><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Lessons Learned</font></strong></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">There are two painful lessons that can be learned from the daily rocket fire on Sderot, Ashkelon, and other population centers in Israel's south. First, Israeli gestures of good will signal weakness, and can lead to greater Palestinian hostility and violence. Second, half measures never solve any underlying problems. </font></div><br /><div><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Indeed, every one of the rationales for the 2005 disengagement envisioned a quiet border, and an improved security situation. Hopefully, the Israelis have learned two more lessons from the Gaza situation: know your enemy, and no more wishful thinking. </font></div><br /><div><em><font face="times new roman,times" size="2"><strong>Richard Baehr is political director of American Thinker.</strong></font></em></div> <p> http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/the_mistakes_that_launched_300.html
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:13AM 06/16/08 :Arab racism & Bush's admin. pro Arab - "Palestinian" foreign policy
Note: Arab racism & Bush's admin. pro Arab - "Palestinian" foreign policy, and about Arab settlements vs Jewish ones...
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:05AM 06/16/08 :Go ahead! Compare real Arab racism with Israel - Let's compare Arab racism with bogus anti-Arab racism charges on Israel
Note: Go ahead! Compare real Arab racism with Israel - Let's compare Arab racism with bogus anti-Arab racism charges on Israel
Posted by hebron_1929, at 11:59PM 06/11/08 :Israeli on Arab TV: Jerusalem Was Ours When Muslims [still] Worshipped Idols
Note: Israeli on Arab TV: Jerusalem Was Ours When Muslims [still] Worshipped Idols INN ^ | 06/04/08, Israeli on Arab TV: J'lem Was Ours When Moslems Worshipped Idols ... Jerusalem is our city forever and is not an issue for you, for Al Jazeera or for anyone ...Dr. Kedar: "Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran even once. You can't rewrite the Koran on air on Al Jazeera."...
Posted by hebron_1929, at 06:29PM 06/04/08 and by 1 others:AP Video: Clinton Defends Obama's Support of Israel [Israel's survival against Arab racism & Islamofascism's genocide, terrorism & tyranny]
Note: AP Video: Clinton Defends Obama's Support of Israel [Israel's survival against Arab racism & Islamofascism's genocide, terrorism & tyranny]
Posted by hebron_1929, at 03:34AM 04/01/08 :Arab Racism and Historical Truth: Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands
Note: Racism and Historical Truth: Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands unwatch ^ | Mar 19, 2008 Racism and Historical Truth: Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands UN Watch (press release), Switzerland - Mar 19, 2008 We thank the Special Rapporteur for his work against racism, and address two areas of his report...
Posted by hebron_1929, at 09:25PM 03/31/08 :Palestinian Terrorism Created Need for Roadblocks, Expert Says
Note: Palestinian Terrorism Created Need for Roadblocks, Expert Says
Posted by hebron_1929, at 12:59PM 03/09/08 :Thousands Mourn Arab Massacre at Jerusalem Jewish Seminary
Note: Thousands Mourn Arab Massacre at Jerusalem Jewish Seminary
Posted by hebron_1929, at 12:55AM 02/24/08 :Islamic hatred - Islamic Judeophobia - Islamic fascism
Note: Candidly Speaking: The state of Jew-hatred Islamic Judeophobia combines demonic religious xenophobia and racism; depicts Jews and Israelis as vampires or descendants of apes and pigs
Posted by hebron_1929, at 09:22AM 02/20/08 :U.N., Hamas are blaming Israel for Palestinians' self-inflicted problems
Note: U.N., Hamas are blaming Israel for Palestinians' self-inflicted problems
Posted by hebron_1929, at 11:23PM 02/10/08 :Palestinian Arab Muslims first class citizens in Israel whereas Israeli Jews are second class citizens
Note: Palestinian Arab Muslims first class citizens in Israel whereas Israeli Jews are second class citizens
Posted by hebron_1929, at 09:37AM 01/29/08 :Islamic Movement head charged with incitement to racism, violence (Arab racism & Islamic bigotry even inside Israel)
Note: Islamic Movement head charged with incitement to racism, violence (Arab racism & Islamic bigotry even inside Israel) January 29, 2008 By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Ra'ad Salah, anti-Semitism The head of the Islamic Movement in Israel's Northern Branch, Ra'ad Salah, was charged Tuesday in Jerusalem Magistrate's Court with incitement to violence and racism, over a fiery speech he gave a year ago in which he invoked the blood libel. During the speech at the February 16, 2007 protest in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, Salah accused Jews of using children's blood to bake bread. "We have never allowed ourselves to knead [the dough for] the bread that breaks the fast in the holy month of Ramadan with children's blood," he said. "Whoever wants a more thorough explanation, let him ask what used to happen to some children in Europe, whose blood was mixed in with the dough of the [Jewish] holy bread." Advertisement "Great God, is this a religion?" he asked. "Is this what God would want? God will deal with you yet for what you are doing." The rally was called to protest the planned Mughrabi bridge construction in Jerusalem's Old City. Addressing the 1,000-strong crowd and assembled press, Salah accused Israel of attempting to rebuild the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount while drenched in Arab blood. "Whoever wants to build a house of God should not do so while our blood is still on his clothes, on his doorposts, in his food, in his drink, being passed along from one terrorist general to the next terrorist general," he said. "You are inciting against us, do not let the ranks on your shoulders tempt you," he continued. "These ranks and stars on your shoulders were made from the skulls of our martyrs. They are ranks of shame, not ranks of splendor. These are ranks of disgrace, not ranks of honor." Following the speech and Friday prayers, the crowd began rioting and throwing stones at police. According to the prosecution, Salah's speech constituted a "call to commit acts of violence and encouragement of acts of violence, which given the content and context, there was a real possibility that it could lead to acts of violence." The prosecution said Salah made the remarks "with the objective of inciting racism." In an interview with Ashams radio, Salah said in response that, "I am willing to repeat before the court all the things I said at the Friday sermon in Wadi Joz or any other meeting with journalists." "Our statements are the products of conviction, and I will not recant," he continued. Salah said the decision to indict him, along with Sunday's decision to close the case against officers involved in the deaths of 13 Israeli Arabs in the October 2000 riots, was part of an attempt to pressure and threaten Israeli Arab society. "They want us to be good little boys," he said. Salah was released from prison in 2005 after serving some two years for having contact with a foreign agent, as well as financial crimes related to the Islamic Movement.
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:45PM 12/13/07 :Arab Racism, Must Go! There will be no peace around here before Arabs view Jews as human beings
Note: Arab racism must go There will be no peace around here before Arabs view Jews as human beings ___________ Despite all the ceremonial declarations uttered in Annapolis, my attention was drawn to a small story about the organizers tasked with planning the seating arrangements. As those were peace talks, and as all of us want peace, the organizers were warned about the need to ensure that no Syrian or Saudi official unintentionally encounters some Zionist pest. This was indeed a large venue, but still, people (just like monkeys) sometimes have to go to the bathroom or wash their hands. In short, they may have to pass through a narrow corridor where, you never know, you may encounter one of those – well, here the speaker is supposed to venomously utter the word: “Zionist.” Syria’s motives for attending the conference were quite clear. They came to score points and extricate themselves, as much as is possible, out of the axis of evil. In short, they came because of Syrian issues – all the rest didn’t quite interest them, and it was not easy for them as it is. But to bump into an Israeli?! A Jew! Face to face, with no Condoleezza or a sea of officials around. Just you and I. Now that’s way too much, being forced to exchange glances or even mumble something. This is where we draw the line. After all, Arabs are honorable people, and the Israelis, on top of all the other trouble, have this bad habit of using such incidents in order to suddenly show friendliness, utter some kind of silly joke, and then tell everyone about it. Years after Annapolis, some Israeli minister or advisor could write in his memoirs how he made a quick comment to the Syrian official about the crappy American coffee, and yes, he thinks he saw a hint of a smile on the Syrian’s face – for a moment there, the Israeli will say, we were able to overcome the raging conflict and just be two men, Khaled and I, yearning for some good coffee. The end of the story is that it was not easy at all to arrange the chairs. Sophisticated algorithms were utilized and multifaceted maneuvers previously only known in Astronomy were used, so that under no circumstances would an Arab and a Jew come in contact or some share kind of proximity that could hurt the feelings of the nation. Our enemies are racist Simply put, our enemies, among other things, are quite racist. As opposed to some stigmas, it turns out that arrogance is not an Israeli monopoly. It’s amazing how the Arab world managed to convince the West that the racist hatred is merely legitimate religious sensitivity that must be taken into consideration. We should also take a moment to consider the fact that for us these things always sound like a silly joke. We treat it the same way we ridicule the Arab refusal to compete against Israeli athletes. None of us, with the exception of the margins of the far Right, have a problem meeting an Arab, shaking his hand, or showing sympathy for him. The thing is, on their side it’s an absolutely serious matter. It’s hard to believe that anyone in the Arab media was joking about the seating arrangements. For years we’ve been reprimanding ourselves over our attitude to Arabs and our racist jokes. Yet while we were busy reprimanding, we almost failed to notice that something changed around here. When was the last time you heard a derogatory term like “towel head” being used seriously, without any sarcasm? When was the last time an Israeli film featured an Arab character that was less than divine? Meanwhile, the exact opposite is happening on the other side. And no, we’re not talking about a minor issue. Even if all the roadblocks will be removed, there will be no peace around here as long as Muslim Arabs don’t view Jews as human beings.
Posted by hebron_1929, at 06:20PM 12/04/07 :JEWS ARE FROM ISRAEL, SO-CALLED ?PALESTINIANS? [Are Arab immigrants] FROM SAUDI ARABIA
Note: JEWS ARE FROM ISRAEL, SO-CALLED “PALESTINIANS” [Are Arab immigrants] FROM SAUDI ARABIA
Posted by hebron_1929, at 01:01AM 11/05/07 :ISLAMIC LOBBY 'MPAC' THE BULLY, Muslims bully Muslims over selling Israeli produce
Note: ISLAMIC LOBBY 'MPAC' THE BULLY, Muslims bully Muslims over selling Israeli produce 12/10/2007 By Rachel Fletcher A campaign by the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) to bully Muslim shop-owners not to sell Israeli produce “verges on antisemitism”, an interfaith activist said this week. Richard Stone, founder and president of Muslim-Jewish dialogue group Alif-Aleph UK, said the tactics by MPAC, which calls on its website for pressure against shops that carry Israeli stock, were “not constructive”. The lobby group’s campaign, timed to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan, includes calls to boycott Sabar Bros in Slough for stocking Israeli “blood” dates, giving the shop’s address and phone number. Complaining that the shop “supports Israel”, the site urges: “Don’t be silent in the face of oppression — please phone them now and tell them you will boycott their shop unless they stop selling Israeli produce.” MPAC’s website states: “The dates in your household which you may be using to break your fasts with, despite being from a Muslim-owned shop, may well be fuelling the Israeli economy.” It said eight Muslim-owned businesses in Manchester had been visited. Six of them carried Israeli stock. The campaigners complain that several businessmen — whose shops they did not name — had said they would continue to sell the Israeli products. Mr Stone told the JC: “This sort of digging around to find the smallest possible bit of Israeli activity, anything that could possibly be criticised, verges in my view on antisemitism. “This encourages people to be hostile to people who have sympathy for the Israeli position, in the same way I would not want Jewish people to promote hostility to Palestinians on the grounds of what a minority of Palestinian people do. “A lot of anti-Israel stuff has tones which slip over into being antisemitic. There should be nothing political to divide Muslims and Jews in this country and importing the crisis is often found objectionable by Israelis and Palestinians here.” Sabar Hussain, the owner of the Slough shop, Sabar Bros, said he was receiving four or five calls a day, pressuring him to stop selling Israeli produce. He told the JC: “We are open for everyone, not just Muslims. Is it illegal to sell Israeli dates? There is demand for them.Everyone in Slough sells these dates, so why are they mentioning my name? If you don’t want to buy Israeli products, don’t buy them.” Mr Hussain, who said he intended to contact his local MP, added: “Some callers say things like, ‘You are not Muslim, you’re supporting Israel.’ If people were polite I might consider what they are asking, but this makes me want to go on selling them.” MPAC’s website claimed that the Appna Cash and Carry in Manchester had declined to put up their flyers for fear of offending, but had a policy of not knowingly selling Israeli dates. Manager Naseer Ahmed said he had long refused to stock Israeli dates, but had never heard of MPAC or been approached by them. “It is possible they spoke to someone on the shop floor,” he said, adding: “I have political reasons [for not carrying Israeli stock]. In the time of apartheid, I didn’t sell South African products.” An MPAC spokesman told the JC: “Some people in the Muslim community have a village mentality. They can’t think ethically and are more profit-motivated.”
Posted by hebron_1929, at 10:24PM 10/27/07 :['God is Great!'] 'Work accident' blamed in death of 3 Gaza girls [Palestinian terrorism]
Note: ['God is Great!'] 'Work PALESTINIAN JIHAD accident' blamed in death of 3 Gaza girls
Posted by hebron_1929, at 10:05PM 10/24/07 and by 1 others:Turkish Warplanes Attack Kurds Near Iraqi Border
Posted by hebron_1929, at 07:29PM 10/21/07 and by 1 others:Surprise! The United States spies on Israel more than Israel spies ...America's efforts to spy on Israel. Spy Games.
Note: Surprise! The United States spies on Israel more than Israel spies ...America's efforts to spy on Israel. Spy Games.
Posted by hebron_1929, at 11:34PM 10/18/07 and by 1 others:OneVoice: One Million Voices to End the Conflict!
Note: Arabists force kind Israel to make more concession while Arab "palestinians" continue it's fascistic violence & hatred campaign of the non Muslims