100531
31st May 2010.
Urgent update on Gaza Flotilla
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2010/Israel_Navy_warns_flotilla_31-May-2010.htm
CNN Turkey reported that when the Israeli Marines boarded the ships the "Peace" demonstrators became extremely violent and attacked the soldiers with knives, iron bars and even guns.
There was no need for this flotilla. Israel provides aid to Gaza every day – each and every hour of each and every day more aid is trucked into Gaza by Israel than was on all of the boats in this flotilla. It is all a fabrication to garner world sympathy – as always at Israel's expense. The intention of the flotilla was provocation and PR – and as a democratic country whose citizens demand truth from their leaders we do not have the responses required. If provocation is your chosen weapon do not be surprised if you provoke.
Members of the flotilla were heard chanting: khaybar khaybar ya yahud, Jaish Muhammad Sawfa Ya'ud - זיכרו את ח'יבר, יהודים, צבא מחמד עוד יחזור - Remember Khaybar, Jews, the army of Mohammad is coming back
Muhammad's war against the Jews of Khaybar (628) was very harsh. At first he sent disguised guests to the homes of the leaders of Banū Naḍīr who then killed their hosts. Muhammad's victory over the Jews of Khaybar, some of whom were held in esteem by the enemy, was also aided by the treachery of a Jew who showed the Muslims the secret entrances to one of the fortresses……maybe a Jew such as Miri Weingarten of Jews for Justice for Palestinians http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0012_0_11088.html
The IDF boarded the "Gaza Flotilla" last night with the intention of checking the cargo for arms but not harming those on board. When they boarded they were met with gunfire and were attacked by clubs. The result is horrific but I have no doubt that Israel, as always, will stand alone in the dock before the jury of international opinion. What would the USA have done? What would the UK have done? What would the Saudis have done? What would any other country have done and the world would be with them?
For those who love Israel do not judge Israel for last night's actions. No other country in the history of the world has faced such a determined, wily, vicious and brutal enemy on its own doorstep in a constant war of attrition yet survived. We are fighting for our very existence against a rabid and fanatical enemy.
Erdogan of Turkey spends all his energy in currying favour with Iran and Syria by denigrating turkeys main ally – Israel - rather than taking care of issues at home and was slipping in the polls due to his demagogic behaviour and he needed a boost – which is why this Turkish initiated flotilla set sail. His actions probably provided the perfect tool for his continued attempts to cause Turkey to regress to pre-Ataturk days.
We cannot sit back and allow their malicious lies and calumny to continue. Rayeed Salah has been seriously injured – most probably because any shots came from his direction and the soldiers responded. The IDF video will tell the truth – let us hold judgment until then.
I wish you a better week and Israel an understanding world
Sheila
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Monday, 31 May 2010
Friday, 28 May 2010
Shabbat Shalom - Gaza Flotilla
100528
28th May, 2010
Shabbat Shalom everyone. I hope this letter finds you well.
The papers and media here are filled with reports on the "humanitarian aid" Flotilla organized by the Turks with the support of too many Europeans, they present the antithesis of a humanitarian group.
Noam and Aviva Schalit, parents of Gilad Schalit, offered to support the Free Gaza Flotilla if they presented a demand that Hamas permit the human rights organisations to visit their son and allow him aid packages or letters from home. The members of the campaign refused! And you thought they were human rights activists...
As to the claim of bringing essential aid - how ludicrous can one get? Israel provides more aid in one day (and every day for the last umpteen years of the so-called siege) than these clowns are providing in one ship. Ergo - this is a publicity stunt –a very successful one to a world every ready to believe their new-speak Goebbels lies. Whatever we do does not look pretty for the cameras but we cannot sit back and do nothing.
This link gives you a run down of Israeli aid to Gaza http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Israeli_humanitarian_lifeline_Gaza_25-May-2010.htm
If their need is so extreme why did masked gunmen from an Islamist group burn down a UN summer camp for children and teens in Gaza on Sunday. The top UN aid said the assailants tied up the guard, burned tents and vandalized bathrooms and left behind three bullets and a note threatening to kill Ging and others unless the UN cancels its activities for some 250,000 Gazan children. Amazingly the Head of UNRWA in Gaza supports the flotilla – is he scared of them too? Maybe he uses the wonderful swimming pools, fine dining restaurants and sumptuous hotels in Gaza City as recompense for his assent?
Just in case you choose to believe the tales of siege and starvation in Gaza check out this article by Tom Gross and understand that it is not Israel which is starving Gazan's but their own leaders because hungry they need Allah. http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001114.html
Just in case you feel that the Moslems of Gaza are the underdogs read this which is one of hundreds of reports on the persecution of Christians in Gaza. http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/11/persecuting-christians-in-gaza
The Australian Government announced that one of Israel's diplomats has been asked to leave the Israeli Mission in Canberra as a result of the Passport affair in Dubai. The opposition party led by former Prime Minister Downey expressed its chagrin at this action calling it currying favour with Israel's detractors. The Australia/Israel relationships have always been exceptionally strong. The Israeli Secret Service, assuming the accusations are true, did what every other country's secret service does – often working together. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/24/2908049.htm
Dr. Malcolm Hoenlein gave a wonderful speech when accepting the Guardian of Zion Award at the King David this week. He held us transfixed as he spoke of the need to stand up to the onslaught both in the media and within our own communities, not to allow apathy to win. I hope to receive a transcript of Malcolm's speech to send to you since we all need to absorb his message. His words have been haunting me since Sunday as he spoke of his late Mother whose love for Israel was so great that as she became older and her eyesight failed she would "walk" the streets of Jerusalem in her mind conveying her dedication to our city through her memories. http://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/content.asp?id=63
This week we had visitors from Edmonton! Zvi's long-time friend Barry Slawsky with his sisters Fern and Phyllis and friend Christine wanted to see everything! Zvi is an outstanding guide and among so many sites we went to Givat ha Tachmoshet (Ammunition Hill) where they met with one of Israel's greatest heroes who is so famous he needs only one name – Katcha http://njjndev.com/njjn.com/051508/mwIsraeliHeroRecalls.html http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/ammohill.htm The Herzl Museum http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/project_overview.aspx?TAB=0&MID=550&CID=565&PID=660 the Old City Shouk, The Kotel and Davidson Center http://www.archpark.org.il/panorama.shtml Indeed everywhere that we felt would be of interest to them.
Friends ask me if we lose hope when we see the reports of alleged crimes that Israel is said to commit when we know full well that our protestations of innocence fall on deaf ears. The answer is no….. never!
We cannot afford to lose hope – it is our National Anthem after all! You must not lose hope either. Each and every one of you who writes a letter to your local politician or to the press, each and every one of you who attends rallies and demonstrations, each and every one of you who stands up to be counted is cause for hope. Most importantly each and every one of you who comes to visit Israel and see how different the fact is from the perception will make a difference.
This is the time that we need leadership in the Jewish world; leadership that is capable of motivating and inspiring a new generation to stand up and fight – someone who can speak and people will listen – someone who has not become jaded by years of public office and diplomatic babble. We need someone who understands the Diaspora and whose infectious enthusiasm will bring about change and our world will wake up and react. Only by motivation to pull together can we survive.
I just popped out onto the mirpesset (veranda) and realized that I am late with my letter. The shopping mall car park is almost empty; the streets are silent and the aromas settling. Zvi will soon be home from his parliament in Angel's coffee shop in Nayot where they clean up the coffee machines and parcel up the excess patisseries to be distributed to the poor. Soon my Jerusalem will turn pink as the sun prepares to set, pink to accompany the bride of Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom from this oft beleaguered but ever unsullied city – Jerusalem.
Sheila
28th May, 2010
Shabbat Shalom everyone. I hope this letter finds you well.
The papers and media here are filled with reports on the "humanitarian aid" Flotilla organized by the Turks with the support of too many Europeans, they present the antithesis of a humanitarian group.
Noam and Aviva Schalit, parents of Gilad Schalit, offered to support the Free Gaza Flotilla if they presented a demand that Hamas permit the human rights organisations to visit their son and allow him aid packages or letters from home. The members of the campaign refused! And you thought they were human rights activists...
As to the claim of bringing essential aid - how ludicrous can one get? Israel provides more aid in one day (and every day for the last umpteen years of the so-called siege) than these clowns are providing in one ship. Ergo - this is a publicity stunt –a very successful one to a world every ready to believe their new-speak Goebbels lies. Whatever we do does not look pretty for the cameras but we cannot sit back and do nothing.
This link gives you a run down of Israeli aid to Gaza http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Israeli_humanitarian_lifeline_Gaza_25-May-2010.htm
If their need is so extreme why did masked gunmen from an Islamist group burn down a UN summer camp for children and teens in Gaza on Sunday. The top UN aid said the assailants tied up the guard, burned tents and vandalized bathrooms and left behind three bullets and a note threatening to kill Ging and others unless the UN cancels its activities for some 250,000 Gazan children. Amazingly the Head of UNRWA in Gaza supports the flotilla – is he scared of them too? Maybe he uses the wonderful swimming pools, fine dining restaurants and sumptuous hotels in Gaza City as recompense for his assent?
Just in case you choose to believe the tales of siege and starvation in Gaza check out this article by Tom Gross and understand that it is not Israel which is starving Gazan's but their own leaders because hungry they need Allah. http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001114.html
Just in case you feel that the Moslems of Gaza are the underdogs read this which is one of hundreds of reports on the persecution of Christians in Gaza. http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/11/persecuting-christians-in-gaza
The Australian Government announced that one of Israel's diplomats has been asked to leave the Israeli Mission in Canberra as a result of the Passport affair in Dubai. The opposition party led by former Prime Minister Downey expressed its chagrin at this action calling it currying favour with Israel's detractors. The Australia/Israel relationships have always been exceptionally strong. The Israeli Secret Service, assuming the accusations are true, did what every other country's secret service does – often working together. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/24/2908049.htm
Dr. Malcolm Hoenlein gave a wonderful speech when accepting the Guardian of Zion Award at the King David this week. He held us transfixed as he spoke of the need to stand up to the onslaught both in the media and within our own communities, not to allow apathy to win. I hope to receive a transcript of Malcolm's speech to send to you since we all need to absorb his message. His words have been haunting me since Sunday as he spoke of his late Mother whose love for Israel was so great that as she became older and her eyesight failed she would "walk" the streets of Jerusalem in her mind conveying her dedication to our city through her memories. http://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/content.asp?id=63
This week we had visitors from Edmonton! Zvi's long-time friend Barry Slawsky with his sisters Fern and Phyllis and friend Christine wanted to see everything! Zvi is an outstanding guide and among so many sites we went to Givat ha Tachmoshet (Ammunition Hill) where they met with one of Israel's greatest heroes who is so famous he needs only one name – Katcha http://njjndev.com/njjn.com/051508/mwIsraeliHeroRecalls.html http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/sites/ammohill.htm The Herzl Museum http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/project_overview.aspx?TAB=0&MID=550&CID=565&PID=660 the Old City Shouk, The Kotel and Davidson Center http://www.archpark.org.il/panorama.shtml Indeed everywhere that we felt would be of interest to them.
Friends ask me if we lose hope when we see the reports of alleged crimes that Israel is said to commit when we know full well that our protestations of innocence fall on deaf ears. The answer is no….. never!
We cannot afford to lose hope – it is our National Anthem after all! You must not lose hope either. Each and every one of you who writes a letter to your local politician or to the press, each and every one of you who attends rallies and demonstrations, each and every one of you who stands up to be counted is cause for hope. Most importantly each and every one of you who comes to visit Israel and see how different the fact is from the perception will make a difference.
This is the time that we need leadership in the Jewish world; leadership that is capable of motivating and inspiring a new generation to stand up and fight – someone who can speak and people will listen – someone who has not become jaded by years of public office and diplomatic babble. We need someone who understands the Diaspora and whose infectious enthusiasm will bring about change and our world will wake up and react. Only by motivation to pull together can we survive.
I just popped out onto the mirpesset (veranda) and realized that I am late with my letter. The shopping mall car park is almost empty; the streets are silent and the aromas settling. Zvi will soon be home from his parliament in Angel's coffee shop in Nayot where they clean up the coffee machines and parcel up the excess patisseries to be distributed to the poor. Soon my Jerusalem will turn pink as the sun prepares to set, pink to accompany the bride of Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom from this oft beleaguered but ever unsullied city – Jerusalem.
Sheila
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