Judith's speech

From: JUDITH NUSBAUM
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: Fw: final speech for ACTS, July 3, 2005

Thank Roberta Hromas for inviting me

Welcome you to Israel, and thank you for participating in the final redemption of Eretz Yisrael.
You and I, Americans and Israelis, Christians and Jews, are united inthe battle against the Global Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism. A war that isbeing experienced throughout the world and must be defeated.

Israel is but one part of the equation!The act of Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism against the United States on 9/11was horrific. American will never be the same.

But, as you all know, we, in Israel experience the effects of Islamic Fundamentalist

Terrorism on a daily basis.

Your media report the "successful terror attacks,”

NOT of thehundreds that the IDF has prevented from occurring.

We are able to stop the terrorists from entering our cities, our schools, our buses, our cafes, ONLY because we are presently inside THEIR cities, and because the IDF mans the checkpoints.If we withdraw, if we close the checkpoints, the Terrorists will be able to enter our cities with ease.P.A. Chairman Abbas will not stop them. Not only is he a Holocaust denier, he is also the architect of the Maalot massacre of 1973 and the Munich Olympic murders in 1972.

Today, as Arafat's heir, he has not only demonstrated his unwillingness to stop Terrorism, but he has invited Terror groups including PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi, leaders of Hamas and the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine to move their headquarters to the Gaza Strip after Israel evacuates the area. It is obvious that Gaza will become another Terrorist State.

PM Sharon's so called "disengagement" plan, it isn't really a disengagement plan, is a plan to "evacuate the Jews from the entire Gaza Strip.” To cleanse the area of Jews.We are not disengaging from the Arabs, since Israel will continue to welcome the Arabs into pre-67 Israel in mass, to work? Perhaps? To commit acts of terror? Probably. In addition, Israel has agreed to continue to provide the Arabs in Gaza with many of their utilities

This is not disengagement. This is withdrawal under fire, and it will only serve to exacerbate Arab violence.
According to Dr. Kallil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Research in Ramallah, the Arabs view "disengagement as a victory for the armed struggle.

The P.A. Minister of Civil Affairs in charge of the Israel Withdrawal Portfolio, Mohammed Dahlan, stated recently that the Palestinian side would deal with any Israeli withdrawal from any piece of land as a victory for the will of the Palestinians.Disengagement is contradicting the U.S. War on Terrorism. Disengagement is perceived, by the Middle East, as cut and run, appeasement and cave-in; in sharp contrast to the U.S. war on terrorism.

Financially, according to Min. of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu, Sharon's plan will cost Israel between 8 and 10 billion shekels; money that could be used for much needed social services. We will be retreating under fire and receive nothing in return. It will turn Gaza into a Terror State of Hamas.Disengagement is a setback to Peace. The only peace attainable in the Middle East is deterrence-driven peace. Disengagement undermines deterrence.General Ya'alon, Israel's previous chief of staff, cautioned that "Disengagement" would be a tailwind to Palestinian terrorism, bringing Kassam missiles and homicide bombing to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Kfar Saba and other major cities.And there is more. Already, missiles from the Gaza Strip have landed near the Ashkelon Electric Power plant putting 35% of Israel's electricity in jeopardy?

Already, the roofs of homes and building in Ashkelon are beingreinforced against missile attacks in preparation for the "disengagement."

Would an American population tolerate this?

The Disengagement Plan is splitting our country apart. Jews are fighting Jews. Our army's mandate is to defend and protect our citizens from our enemies and not to fight Jews, not to remove Jews from their homes, and not to destroy Jewish communities.

Nineteen-year-old Corporal Avi Bieber refused to participate, when he saw his commanders beating Jews. He said that he didn't enlist in the IDF in order to destroy Jewish communities or prepare the ground for the destruction of communities, or to remove Jews from their homes. "I enlisted in the IDF to defend the state, and what the IDF is doing now is not the role of the IDF."

He has been sentenced to 56 days in prison for his decision.I watched on TV the expulsion of 150 young people, mostly families with children, being dragged from their rooms in the Maoz Yam Hotel last week. My cousin Akiva and his family have lived there for several months. I had visited the hotel two weeks ago and met with the residents. They are not extremists. They are against the disengagement, as am I. They are not violent. They are law-abiding citizens. Akiva questioned: Why was it necessary to use such force? Why did the Security Forces have to storm the hotel 1000 strong? I don't know.

But I do know, that the proposed Disengagement Plan is only the first step. Judea and Samara will follow, then parts of Jerusalem, and so on.

We all are aware of what the Arab position is: "From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean, with NO Israel." One has only to look at a map printed by the PA in 2005 to see that Israel does not exist on their map. The word Palestine is imprinted over the area of Israel.This Land belongs to the Jewish People. We have the original deed from the Bible, and we have the legal deed from the League of Nations and the success of defensive wars. Eretz Yisrael belongs to Am Yisrael. We must repeat this every day and in every forum.I know that you do and I thank each and every one of you present today for your support, dedication and commitment to Israel.

If you want to make your voice heard, I urge you to contact your congressmen, senators, and Pres. George Bush. Explain to them why Sharon's plan is immoral and dangerous. Tell them they must not support disengagement, neither financially nor politically.

Thank you.