150529
29th May,
2015
Shabbat Shalom dear
friends. I will try to keep this missive short but so many things have happened
that it is hard to put them all in one paragraph!!
Jibril Rejub, terrorist
and representative of the PA, has put forward a motion to bar Israel from FIFA
the international Football Association. The corruption and bribery which has
tainted FIFA and brought them to the long arm of the law has caused them to
allow the Palestinian Authority, not even a country, to bring charges against
Israel. They clearly didn't watch this wonderful video – One World, One Ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYgz-ea4-J0
It is worth noting that the first
Palestinian team to play in FIFA was against the Australians in 1939, under the
British Mandate and they were all Jews!!!! http://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-palestines-1939-soccer-team/
The Israeli Judo team
arrived in Morocco for an official world Judo match to be harassed and bullied
by Moroccan authorities at the airport. "We will murder you" and "you're
not wanted here, go home" are just some of the chants which were directed
at the members of Israel's judo team over the weekend, while they competed at
the World Masters competition in Rabat, Morocco. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4660900,00.html
Sport, my foot sport.
By the way, all those
ignoramus' who shout "Free free Palestine" should read Amnesty
Internationals latest report on Hamas torture and killing of Gazans!!! https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/05/gaza-palestinians-tortured-summarily-killed-by-hamas-forces-during-2014-conflict/
To bring this saga to
its weekly end, Israel, yes Israel, which saves lives of injured Syrians (to say
nothing of Palestinians) every single
day has been accused of the United Nations Human Rights Commission as being the
worst violator of Human Rights in the world!!!!!! Perhaps this will make
everybody realise the inanity of that organization – as if they didn't already
know yet allow it to continue. http://blog.unwatch.org/index.
For
those of you who believe the hatred cannot happen in your universities/towns/
cities/ countries…. Just watch this http://ctl.stepupforisrael.com/
If
you want to know how, just watch this movie, get your children and
grandchildren to watch it – take it to your synagogue or church to understand
The Wave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFnH1c91d9Q
President
Obama reiterated his intense love for Israel and quoted his long time
admiration for Golda Meir. Someone should tell him that
Golda was much further right than One of Mrs Meir's most famous statements was
her assertion that there was never any such thing as a Palestinian. http://www.bloombergview.
There
is a beautiful event called the Jerusalem Hug, where Jews, Arabs, Moslems,
Christians all get together and……. Hug!!! For eight years it worked, this year
a gang of Arab youth decided to beat up the participants!! http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Post-writer-attacked-at-Jerusalem-coexistence-hug-event-404423
I
keep telling you about IsraAID www.israaid.co.il
and love this video explaining how they
utiilise simple tools when working in remote areas. It typifies their work,
dedication and brilliance http://www.israel21c.org/
May
24-25th 1991, Operation Solomon, the incredibly complex, covert
operation to bring the second Ethiopian Aliya home, home to Jerusalem. This
video brought me to tears, as I know it will you, as we celebrate 25 years of
the biggest humanitarian operation in history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKfzW2ClZWE
This
was a mixed week. Zvi was feeling really bad with terrible neck and head pain
(on the way to being better but really bad) so we didn't move from home. No let
me change that, Zvi and I both felt terrific when we walked into the Jerusalem
Forest to meet the grandchildren for
Shevuot, but what we thought was a short walk turned into a very long trek across
difficult terrain in inappropriate shoes, which may have contributed or
certainly exacerbated the neck situation!!!!!
The
grandchildren loved it, thought it was great fun and they enjoyed the Israeli
Shevuot tradition of being in the country and feeling nature….. We saw natural
springs, wild quince trees, flowers, bright yellow butterflies, enormous pine
cones falling from old fir trees and the
tiny trees the miracle of nature produced. We met all sorts of people, out
enjoying nature on the spring harvest festival, a celebratory festival of
harvest, the end of mourning and our receipt of the Torah.
Since
Zvi felt really bad our plans for the rest of the week changed and instead of
going out with friends we invited them home. Lidia and Mauricio Epplebaum
(Mexico and Los Angeles) came over for supper and a lovely chat as Lidia and
Zvi went back to the days they were at school together. We sat out on the
veranda, eating supper while watching to world go by from our veranda. The funniest
part is that I spoke to their guide Miri and it turns out her Mother was Welsh –
from Bryn Mawr (the original one not the American copy!!!!)
Our
next visitors were regulars! Anita and Robert Simons come to Israel all the way
from Australia, twice or three times a year, and dinner together is an
essential!! I love them so much and Anita is a very special lady, a VERY
special lady. After our meal Anita and I sat on the veranda, drinking the herb
tea from my own little herb garden, mint (nana), Melissa, lemon grass and a
touch of sage. We spoke of past and future and about the breathtaking view over
South Jerusalem.
The
weather has been foul, not foul in British terms, rainy and cloudy, but in
Israeli terms. 40 degrees Celsius in Jerusalem is rare and most unpleasant, the
air filled with Saharan sand and dust, but even so we thank Heaven we don't
live in Tel Aviv or Petah Tikva where it reach 44 degrees with high humidity!!!!
Zvi
has gone to his parliament. I wish I could be a fly on the wall today. Since
most of the members are journalists they tend to be exceptionally opinionated
and express their opinions as if it were the absolute truth. When will
journalists, indeed the media, understand that they are supposed to report the
facts not be creative?
Today
I am not going to Givat Zeev, although I already miss the children to say
nothing of my daughter!!! Tonight Zvi and I are alone, peace and quiet, I can
light the candles and see Jerusalem before me, then tomorrow Zvi's boys are
coming for what I used to call Shabbes afternoon tea. Thanks to my wonderful
daughters recipe I will make Kurdish Cheese Kadeh, tuna and sweet potato
patties, Welsh Fish balls, a quiche and the usual plethora of salads. Isn't it
strange how the site changes but the afternoon tea doesn't – although I admit I
never made Kadeh in Britain!!!
I
wish you Shabbat Shalom. I wish you good health and love. I want to mention two
special friends just now, Bernardo and Victor – get well, we need you home
soon!!
To
honour the journey from Ethiopia to Jerusalem, The Sheba Choir and Shlomo
Gronich sing Ha Masa, The Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcRKzbSeJM
With
love from Jerusalem – our Jerusalem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFtBNZl0SxU
I
love you, each and every one of you. I love to hear from you too, just to know
that you love me back!!!
Shabbat
Shalom
Sheila
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