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Thank you.Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8359125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-65060239253563500432024-03-17T21:35:00.003+02:002024-03-17T21:35:59.948+02:00Hamas/Gaza War Musings #19: Disgusting Condemnation by Biden and Schumer Expected, Because...Simple Math<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMOhBKVhb2ElXW_DmMtfoaiDiuNeCPOzh5q0J3uUN0t-_kFtU2vL3yfM-uU24LkCSZVnf4q-baPTwEEbRU-4u6iQev2qcV07wYmhyphenhyphenM478KZXv5GaD6S842KgnAXl6RV1aSJLxZuED5FlQL2g4GYdQvJVYH03HpkcHXao8JeiSxdshFn0c0U3O/s1577/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-03-17%20at%2020.43.03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="1262" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMOhBKVhb2ElXW_DmMtfoaiDiuNeCPOzh5q0J3uUN0t-_kFtU2vL3yfM-uU24LkCSZVnf4q-baPTwEEbRU-4u6iQev2qcV07wYmhyphenhyphenM478KZXv5GaD6S842KgnAXl6RV1aSJLxZuED5FlQL2g4GYdQvJVYH03HpkcHXao8JeiSxdshFn0c0U3O/w320-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-03-17%20at%2020.43.03.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Most Israelis are furious about the outrageously chutzpadik words of US Senator Chuck Schumer, his unabashed interference in internal Israeli politics, which has been given full backing by US President Biden. Prime Minister Netanyahu, among others, are ranting that "<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792312" target="_blank">we're not a banana republic</a>" and other complaints.</p><p>But to be perfectly honest, Bibi's constant consultations with Biden, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/blinken-said-to-warn-war-cabinet-it-may-not-have-months-to-topple-hamas/" target="_blank">Blinken</a> and other American officials during this dangerous war for our very survival made us looks weak and dependent. As a long-time Israeli, I felt embarrassed, and I'm not the only one. And worse than embarrassed, I felt endangered and then not surprised, as simple as 1+1=2, when the elected head of a country keeps taking advice from another country, he doesn't look like a strong, competent, sovereign leader, so why should he expect to be treated with respect?</p><p>Considering that the USA has never fought a war on its own territory for its very survival against terrorists who rape, decapitate etc, I don't see what expertise they have. And the minute Biden started talking about his plans for establishing "Palestine" sic in Israel after the war, Bibi should have cut off all contact. But that topic is for another war musing.</p><p>The truth is that the Democrats don't like Bibi and they never have. The Clintons loved Peres, and Obama couldn't even fake a smile when Bibi was in the same room. Biden has a ready smile, but it's fake. He knows the saying:</p><p></p><blockquote>"You can get catch more flies with honey than vinegar.."</blockquote><p></p><p>It makes Biden more dangerous, because people don't expect a knife in the back. And now Bibi got stabbed. </p><p>Biden isn't the first American President to be involved with interfering in Israeli elections. <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2015/03/israeli-democracy-defeats-chutzpadik.html" target="_blank">Barack Obama's administration financially supported the "anyone but Bibi</a>" crowd nine years ago. Follow the money... I have no doubt that American money has been supporting all of the anti- Bibi/Likud demonstrations which have plagued Israel for years. They've also been supporting the anti-Judicial Reform movement, even though the present Israeli judicial system goes against every fair proper justice principle American law demands. </p><p>The only American President who has treated Israel with proper respect was Donald Trump, who couldn't/can't understand why American Jews continue to support the Democrats who have always treated Israel so poorly.</p><p>It's time for the State of Israel to cut its dependence on the United States. Every "gift" we get has strings attached which are really a noose. We get "shop in America only" shopping coupons. Other countries get actual money to spend wherever. These shopping coupons have weakened Israeli military industries. We could be exporting weapons all over the world. Instead we're begging the USA for more bombs. </p><p>Enough is enough! Let's finally be a fully independent country. That's the only way we'll be safe and win this war. We don't need America! </p><p>In 1967 we had no allies, and we won in six days. I remember it well. That's because Gd helped. Yes, simple math...</p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-190528284017341342024-03-05T20:34:00.001+02:002024-03-05T20:34:44.403+02:00Hamas/Gaza War Musings #18: Demand to Force Draft of Chareidim is to Break Coalition<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIJVGFB9TXeTfaID2ZBRmKyJxlHWZPcOx4lxcFP2Rwm8TmRHJG98PIBGOyqFJ_7SdXYEZkBbRSlnGo3I9elKwq2qrEjPgoj153pZdIqrp3zgV3FwKnQHimRA3iE4GfhiFKMVFEUPo7T6cyssmSb2y4ULBKapumLS8RF1lJCzke78wlGokJkTs/s1440/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-03-05%20at%2006.29.05.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIJVGFB9TXeTfaID2ZBRmKyJxlHWZPcOx4lxcFP2Rwm8TmRHJG98PIBGOyqFJ_7SdXYEZkBbRSlnGo3I9elKwq2qrEjPgoj153pZdIqrp3zgV3FwKnQHimRA3iE4GfhiFKMVFEUPo7T6cyssmSb2y4ULBKapumLS8RF1lJCzke78wlGokJkTs/w400-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-03-05%20at%2006.29.05.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this set of three mugs which picture/symbolize the range of Jewish Israelis from non-religious old time kibbutznikim to chareidim. <b><i>Am Yisrael Chai!</i> The People of Israel Lives! <i>Yachad Ninatze'ach!</i> Together Victorious!</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>One of the most beautiful and encouraging things I've seen in this horrifying war for the State of Israel's very survival has been the involvement of all sectors of Israeli society, and that does include chareidim. </p><p>In the more than half a century I've lived in Israel, there has been a steady, quiet change in the involvement of chareidim with the rest of Israeli society. Today Israelis of all levels of Torah observance enjoy the services of various <i>gmachim</i> like <a href="https://yadsarah.org/about-us/" target="_blank">Yad Sarah</a> and first aid services established by chareidim. As strictly Shabbat observant chareidim are, those who are in first aid and emergency services keep their phones on 24/7, so they were among the first to try to rescue the dead and wounded in southern Israel on that nightmarish Simchat Torah on October 7, 2023. This was even before the army had gotten themselves organized. And, yes, if you're wondering, ambulance crews were murdered, too. </p><p>Within days of the start of the war, Hamas trying to destroy Israel, many chareidim made their way to the IDF offices to sign up and join the army. Joining the army is a process, since recruits and volunteers must be assessed to see their abilities to find the most suitable unit. Newspapers and television news showed them lined up waiting their turn for assessment. It certainly made me feel good. <i>And to make it clear, I'm not at all chareidi. It's not my cup of tea.</i></p><p>As this war has dragged on, one of the most comforting thing has been seeing the volunteerism in Israeli society. Yes, that includes chareidim among others coming to the hotels where Israelis who had to leave their homes were staying, and bringing them supplies, toys, doing people's laundry and more. <i><b>Yachad Ninatzeach </b></i><b>UNITED WE WIN!</b></p><p>So why did <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-789460" target="_blank">Defense Minister Yoav Gallant</a> suddenly make a speech demanding an end to the army exemption for yeshiva students*? With his army experience he must certainly know that angry resentful people make for terrible soldiers! And why now, in the middle of a war for the country's survival would he want to shake up Israeli society in such a way?</p><p><b>No doubt Gallant wants to break up the coalition, which simply put is Likud plus <i>dati leumi </i>(national religious) and chareidi parties.</b></p><p>Considering that a sizable portion of Likud MKs are either religious or traditional, I guess Gallant feels like a fish out of water. Has he made a deal with another political party....? Considering <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/05/biden-netanyahu-gantz/" target="_blank">Benny Gantz's unauthorized trip to the USA</a>... something stinks for sure.</p><p>*Despite the exemption, chareidim do serve in the army in various roles, and numbers have been growing. </p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-4747689859498570512024-03-04T13:33:00.000+02:002024-03-04T13:33:08.163+02:00Guest Post: The Intentional Silence re: Crimes Against Jewish Women by Hamas, October, 2023<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaZX316eKqrfi4l2rUEoi1tuw3jbn_9gyVDQufu4O-xxaMuBqP3Atc2_7HRu6anBW6SC2MApjVlU5iR6seIOiDP39sk6WaTWJil-xLWDUwlmXqP26UIdyVnbAJB4L97V_BqfFJSTLR0YZhioIBdYerSfPBOhCvFnILvbngkpL3MZLl1JJcssL/s2443/20240304_132543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2443" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaZX316eKqrfi4l2rUEoi1tuw3jbn_9gyVDQufu4O-xxaMuBqP3Atc2_7HRu6anBW6SC2MApjVlU5iR6seIOiDP39sk6WaTWJil-xLWDUwlmXqP26UIdyVnbAJB4L97V_BqfFJSTLR0YZhioIBdYerSfPBOhCvFnILvbngkpL3MZLl1JJcssL/w400-h255/20240304_132543.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Subject: The intentional silence of UN Women Geneva regarding the crimes against humanity perpetrated against Jewish women: brutal rapes, torture, kidnapping and murder that happened on Oct 7 2023, and thereafter in Israel and Gaza. </b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear ladies of the UN Women’s European and Asian Organization and sister organizations,</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am contacting your organization at the Geneva email address as I could find no other address for you. If you would please forward this letter to your sister organizations, it would kindly be appreciated </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The purpose of this letter is to ask why the EU Women European and Asian Organization, and sister organizations, remained radio silent for nearly two months after the October 7th massacre? Your embarrassingly late response was made on December 2, 2023.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your international organization represents all women, and underage girls, regardless of race and creed; you are their megaphone for crimes they suffer now, and suffered. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your deafening silence, in my humble opinion, is open -in -your -face antisemitism/Jew hatred. I’m not at all surprised, since the UN has been most unfair in their many resolutions against Israel over the decades</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I ask you now, where was your collective voice and outrage that day, and the immediate days to follow? Not a word. No indignation? No concern whatsoever for your fellow sisters? I question your motivations It was, in my humble opinion, not a bureaucratic error. No, it was intentional. Crimes against women and young girls: the human trafficking, raping, murder, child pornography, sex slavery, child endangerment (selling children for sex) and kidnappings are called crimes against humanity, as defined by the UN. <br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your organization analyzes and makes recommendations to assist female victims of sex crimes, such as those listed above. You have, for decades, addressed these horrific crimes. I must ask why not for Jewish women?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I recently went on your website and found dozens upon dozens of articles and in depth studies pertaining to atrocities suffered by women of all ages from various countries around the world. What I found most interesting , when pursuing one of your websites, was an extensive and detailed study about the effects of the war on Gazan women. There was a substantial collection of colorful photos, all documenting the carnage in northern Gaza. I then searched through many of recent online publications on the UN Women websites. What I discovered was upsetting-that there is not one study or in depth report on the events of Oct 7th, and thereafter </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That these online reports are published monthly gives me pause. The butchery and barbarism that occurred was no where to be found. I must have read 15 articles and websites. I was saddened and at the same time angered to learn that basically the lives of these women just don’t matter in your organization’s opinion. That Jewish women, who had been raped, mutilated, and some brutally murdered, some beheaded, in some cases burned, not addressed at all by your org. Is disturbing and insulting to those women. And to all of us.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your agency receives hundreds of millions of dollars from the US. Over the past decade, billions have been donated. And it’s my tax dollars paying your salaries<br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The hostages are still in Gaza. What are your people doing about it? I see you doing zilch. There are still 14 women presently held by Hamas. Negotiations to release them thus far have been fruitless. Where are your demands to have them released? Again, all is quiet on the home front</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only when you were publicly embarrassed, and basically called out on the carpet by the hostage families, PM Netanyahu and President Biden, distinguished Jewish leaders, and hundred of Christian and Jewish communities, did you finally respond. And the statement given was generic and lackluster. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the hostages are now home with loved ones. But there are grave concerns that some women may have been impregnated. Imagine, if you will, having to make a “Sophie’s Choice” decision, whether to keep the baby or abort? Can you imagine the psychological damages these women now suffer, and the nightmarish memories they will carry for the rest of their lives. What if it had been your daughters, or family members? Imagine. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I read that your organization has plans to conduct investigations of the women that were held in captivity. That you even question the testimonies of these survivors is disgusting and reprehensible. There have already been several investigations by Israeli and US agencies and journalists. Question: do you doubt their stories. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As you know, there are hundreds of videos, made by Hamas that were published in the media. One particular Arab “Telegram” channel published the more graphic and grotesque imagery. One was of a woman’s severed breast being tossed about like a ping pong ball. There were photos of women’s bodies with mutilated sex organs. These Hamas monsters were heard laughing in their videos. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The most widely publicized video clip is of a young woman being shoved into a white van, the back of her pants bloodied. One can only imagine what was done to her. Later, it was discovered she was beheaded. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember, and still see on television, a scene with a beautiful, terrorized young woman, being carried off on a motorcycle to Gaza. I also remember an elderly woman , known as grandma, kidnapped, and riding towards Gaza in a jeep. I’m sure many of you saw these images too. They were reported on all major media ( BBC, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, Newsmax, New York Times , Guardian, US News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal, Jerusalem Post —international edition, and countless other news outlets. And still, you believe it necessary to conduct a separate investigation? Shame on you. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am a former member of an internationally recognized womens rights organization, NOW, who still unnervingly remain silent. I became a member way back when, in the early seventies. I have now cancelled my membership, and I will be sending them a similar letter. I will also pursue other notable women like Oprah, Michelle Obama, Barbara Streisand and well known so called women’s rights activists and influencers who have yet to speak out. You would think any decent woman with a heart would have something to say. Right?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe it is incumbent upon your organization, in order to redeem your now sullied reputation, to announce publicly your unequivocal support for Israel and their war to totally destroy Hamas and their terror machine. That means no end to the war until the job is finished. That means no ceasefires.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I will make a suggestion: from now on going forward, you will include in your many online journals and reports, the stories of the Jewish women who were brutally victimized, and include the many well established facts on the ground that have been compiled, as to what actually happened Oct. 7th and thereafter.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I do believe, in my heart of hearts, that you will simply laugh at, or ignore this letter. Nevertheless, as a proud Jewish woman and ardent Zionist, I feel it is my obligation and duty to speak up. I will not remain silent in the face of what happened to these women. Silence by the UN is disgraceful. It’s gross dishonesty and is moral bankruptcy. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shame on the UN. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NEVER AGAIN!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Respectfully, </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Deborah Bee </span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;">Deborah Bee: </span><span style="background-color: white; word-spacing: 1px;">I am a wife, mother, grandmother and freelance writer residing in the US. I am an ardent Zionist who firmly believes that Israel and Judea Samaria are the eternal homeland of the Jewish people, and will always be, God willing. </span></span></i></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-49706358621666328232024-03-01T10:15:00.004+02:002024-03-01T10:15:49.867+02:00Hamas/Gaza War Musings #17: Bibi, Who's Minding the Store?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf7yPC-uTOrZEWXkTFIJmaE4VwQO346ZgHyOkzHp5mbobyvHWP9OU-HibDP2DpX7NZeaneCp03dD1ldMRzdimj0cOFqidil0mpMX5FhyphenhyphenT-JeYeBPUTvrD9HhW5un66W2SdlXEgpkSSUgY39HLJBIXE9J846fPPlIzqTqTyq4M345ShJc8vqNh/s1886/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-03-01%20at%2009.11.42.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1886" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidf7yPC-uTOrZEWXkTFIJmaE4VwQO346ZgHyOkzHp5mbobyvHWP9OU-HibDP2DpX7NZeaneCp03dD1ldMRzdimj0cOFqidil0mpMX5FhyphenhyphenT-JeYeBPUTvrD9HhW5un66W2SdlXEgpkSSUgY39HLJBIXE9J846fPPlIzqTqTyq4M345ShJc8vqNh/w400-h276/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-03-01%20at%2009.11.42.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Before I get started with this post, I really recommend that you watch listen to Caroline Glick. Here she's exposing important facts/truth about American Politics and some very fishy stuff about American interference in what's happening here in Israel, especially its connections with the Gazan Hamas terrorists and more. Get comfortable and listen, please. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ilTF0WZdq7o" width="320" youtube-src-id="ilTF0WZdq7o"></iframe></div><br /><p>This morning's bad news, just hours after <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386058" target="_blank">two innocent Jews were murdered by Arab terrorists</a> a couple of miles from my house, is the shock that <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-789726" target="_blank">convicted Arab terrorists were released from jail</a>. The Jerusalem Post article didn't give a number, but Arutz 7 said "<a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386051" target="_blank">dozens</a>." Of course I have no idea.</p><p>What made the biggest impression on me was what was said on the radio that nobody is taking responsibility for the decision, especially Prime Minister Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu. Before the war, scandalous news was that <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-terror-inmate-suspected-of-raping-guard-repeatedly/" target="_blank">prison directors had been assigning young females to the terrorist wing</a>, and the women were raped. Something definitely stinks in that branch of the prisons, and I'm not talking about the loo.</p><p>The decision to release these terrorists is bad enough, but for me the lack of leadership and responsibility from the Prime Minister reminds me of all the stories about how our security forces pooh poohed reports of imminent Gaza Hamas attack, neither raising security, nor consulting with the PM. What's going on?<b> Who's the boss?</b> Something stinks for sure.</p><p>Heads should have rolled, as the expression goes. Lots of top "head" people in the defense establishment of Israel should have been fired and replaced with those out of the establishment. Netanyahu has not been acting as a strong leader. That's for sure, and it's very worrying.</p><p>Prime Minister Netanyahu's weakness is also apparent with his kowtowing to America's Biden, Blinken and other foreign leaders. </p><p>Israel is all alone. The "advice," or to be more accurate DEMANDS of international leaders and bodies that we treat this war for Israel survival as a sports game. Why haven't we condemned the demands that we protect so-called <i>"<a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_27.html" target="_blank">innocent</a></i>" civilians? No doubt that <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2024/01/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_31.html" target="_blank">If The WW2 Allies Had Fought Morally, Nazis and Japanese Would have Won..</a>. A simple NO! NEVER! would have stopped all the pressure. The "nicer" we are the more the pressure. </p><p>We definitely should have demanded that the International Red Cross take a list of all of our missing and investigate who's alive, dead, injured, ill and missing. Israel should be the one making demands!!! Our Magen David Adom should have demanded to be part of the delegation with full protection. If these things hadn't been done, then we could have been totally justified in condemning the International Red Cross. </p><p>I don't know what's really going on with Bibi, but ever since I heard him, in person, at the <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/impressive.html" target="_blank">International Bloggers Conference in the summer of 2008</a>, I lost my confidence in him. Then he told us that when he returns to the position as Prime Minister, he'd do it as a "centrist," and that's what he has been. Even now in the midst of this dangerous war for Israel's survival, he has sent our IDF soldiers to destroy new Jewish communities, and the army has practiced how to deal with various acts of Jewish terror, as if that's a reasonable possibility. <b>But they weren't prepared for a multi-targeted invasion of southern Israel, which DID HAPPEN!</b></p><p>I don't accept any denials that "Bibi didn't know." Again I ask: <b>Who's the boss?</b></p><p>US President Harry Truman is known to have said: <b>The buck stops here!</b> That's the type of leadership we need ASAP!</p><p>What do you think?</p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-89884090167573450652024-02-25T21:59:00.005+02:002024-02-25T21:59:57.498+02:00Hamas/Gaza War Musings #16 Israel's Victory Sabotaged by The USA-- OF COURSE WE SHOULD JUST SAY NO!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivielsB9Si7H_m2Js5HkRGwrR2hV3Uycm_P7v7vldrVhFwpdAAgN8JezMO7PKoQ-0dFPgTUDJwYkMpb5SdngNHhUuDxNWc2ylvAfDUzRLETosWgpYaqAMFhFdyYeUngU9C8Oh-EaSnux5-agOBCQtd_QR7n4lOSYq5_dLwy3WTZ0f2H8a9tMdk/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-25%20at%2020.33.23.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivielsB9Si7H_m2Js5HkRGwrR2hV3Uycm_P7v7vldrVhFwpdAAgN8JezMO7PKoQ-0dFPgTUDJwYkMpb5SdngNHhUuDxNWc2ylvAfDUzRLETosWgpYaqAMFhFdyYeUngU9C8Oh-EaSnux5-agOBCQtd_QR7n4lOSYq5_dLwy3WTZ0f2H8a9tMdk/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-25%20at%2020.33.23.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Deja Vu!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">American interference in Israel's WAR FOR SURVIVAL against Hamas/Gaza is dangerous and deceitful. The USA doesn't want us to win. It wants us to beg and then crumble as the Americans set up an Arab terror state in Israel's historic heartland. </div><br /></div>I find it totally insanely preposterous that the State of Israel thinks that the USA knows more about winning wars than we do. They haven't actually won a war for close to eighty 80 years, and World War Two would have dragged on for many more years -if not longer- if they hadn't dropped the bomb.<p></p><p>The two greatest and most unexpected victories in the twentieth century were Israel's The IDF's, in the 1967 Six Days War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. I'm not exaggerating. And to be honest, Israel almost lost in 1973, because the USA leaders kept lying and misleading Israel. Read <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-deceit-of-ally-by-bruce.html" target="_blank">Deceit of an Ally</a> and listen to Bruce Brill</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_MF3w8FrRV4" width="320" youtube-src-id="_MF3w8FrRV4"></iframe></div><br />During the Yom Kippur War I was a young mother of two living in Jerusalem, and as I listened to the news and read the paper I became convinced that something was wrong. Prime Minister Golda Meir seemed addicted to consulting with America, especially Henry Kissinger who seemed to have too much influence on our -meaning the Israeli- government. I had this awful feeling that Kissinger and Nixon, who had been US President at the time, had envisioned Israel becoming too weak to win and then agree on being a "protectorate" of the USA. Then Kissinger would come to "lead/save" us. <p></p><p>A couple of decades later I discovered from various sources that my suspicions were pretty close to the truth. America knew about the war well before the first bullet was fired, and they continuously told Israel that they shouldn't go on alert, because the Arabs weren't planning any attack.</p><p>Here we are fifty 50 years later, and again it seems obvious that the United States is interfering, trying to sabotage Israel's success in this war for our very survival. Unfortunately in the past half century, we've become more dependent on getting shopping coupons aka "gift cards" tied with noose-like strings for American military equipment. Even some of our own military inventions need parts from the states, which we can't even buy without the American "approval." We must totally wean ourselves from the USA. </p><p>The American State Department has always been against Israel and had recommended to Harry Truman not to vote for Israeli statehood. Truman disagreed and had his ambassador vote "yes" at the United Nations.</p><p>More recently, the USA has interfered in Israeli elections by <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2015/03/israeli-democracy-defeats-chutzpadik.html" target="_blank">supporting the Leftist parties</a>, and more recently it has been shown that all sorts of foreign money has been supporting the anti-Bibi, anti-judicial reform and get the hostages out NOW movements. Once the USA opened up and stated that they were planning on establishing an Arab country, which they'd call <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/us-making-plan-for-palestinian-state-after-war-ends-in-gaza-/7498889.html" target="_blank">Palestine</a>" in the Heartland of Israel, it became clear that the war was part of the plan. The Americans must have had this planned and knew it could only happen if they weakened Israel first. This is my gut feeling. I can't prove it yet, but it makes sense to me.</p><p>The bottom line is that we shouldn't trust America. They speak with "forked tongue" like the bad guys in old cowboy movies.</p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-71521374861227180042024-02-19T09:37:00.000+02:002024-02-19T09:37:08.971+02:00Nothing's New! אין חדש תחת השמש These Old Buttons Say It Best<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz4TtEYV_gaSPXIo_9uJu8v_HAJSHIuxS948_QpP53t6NLwuMcbRID5kG6M7cLBq2JX0lH72JihmMTkwOXw88HFcfcrdpx0cTRWIlXV2unyknzILGvJT5vj9h45RZTKAflmBHAwkB4Fq1oH6i3VzGCSExsyd9fHDFp1VXk7Y-Sfe6g6UYmXI-/s2048/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-19%20at%2009.02.32.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnz4TtEYV_gaSPXIo_9uJu8v_HAJSHIuxS948_QpP53t6NLwuMcbRID5kG6M7cLBq2JX0lH72JihmMTkwOXw88HFcfcrdpx0cTRWIlXV2unyknzILGvJT5vj9h45RZTKAflmBHAwkB4Fq1oH6i3VzGCSExsyd9fHDFp1VXk7Y-Sfe6g6UYmXI-/w400-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-19%20at%2009.02.32.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Who should be edited in over Yitzchak Rabin*? </p><p></p><p>I suggest one of the "NOW" leaders. Basically whoever (among Israelis) is pushing a "deal" with the Hamas/Gazans instead of defeating them, until they beg us to stop. </p><p><b>We must stop begging!!!!!</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYitFUNlupxTpcXg8gbT5qq4ShIDnhjlFESkMaPUcPz7Min6eVpM4vdCw2V-3ebS-_YXaCPSbDCILuYYRbCst0u_UzgES7bnUZt9qhzWLYsmW80pZQgBAPtR8Cf5s0yjHH1r7PRwXh3H01QX0cekgSvXp3-G1ovDuZRcj7yAOgI-DQbx4oZQdk/s2048/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-19%20at%2009.02.33.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYitFUNlupxTpcXg8gbT5qq4ShIDnhjlFESkMaPUcPz7Min6eVpM4vdCw2V-3ebS-_YXaCPSbDCILuYYRbCst0u_UzgES7bnUZt9qhzWLYsmW80pZQgBAPtR8Cf5s0yjHH1r7PRwXh3H01QX0cekgSvXp3-G1ovDuZRcj7yAOgI-DQbx4oZQdk/w400-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-19%20at%2009.02.33.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Israel's demand re: the hostages, most who have been imprisoned by Hamas/Gaza must be <b>LET MY PEOPLE GO</b>, not <b>LET'S MAKE A DEAL</b>. Negotiation, making a deal just makes danger, bad business and, as we saw with the Gilad Shalit fiasco, more kidnapped Israelis. <br /><div><br /></div><div>*The <a href="https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2023/09/how-the-oslo-accords-let-illegal-weapons-flow-into-israel/" target="_blank">Oslo disaster</a> is one of the causes of today's Hamas/Gaza war against Israel.<p></p></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-50122440707305012882024-02-10T20:24:00.004+02:002024-02-11T04:45:53.348+02:00Book Review: Brother's Keeper-A Comic Book about an Old War... And a New One<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSQ63ZqdMqAS7ZU5W6XxL-UEsjJad8Kydtyca0I9SBBlV6lYqk1-2LxPkLEvtpkjzYn3H1Mt5Ehi7gkU3LKiT-NeTmzZwPIPqbaWG74jIY4nb_EvflZifuqFY5dW5Tt_Vf2XOQ4Bq5Jm9Ufts1vt4ajkgb4Gig_49dDfB4x9X7se7s-huWzVO/s1080/Brothers%20Keeper%20-%20FRONT%20Cover%20(smaller%20file).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="698" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSQ63ZqdMqAS7ZU5W6XxL-UEsjJad8Kydtyca0I9SBBlV6lYqk1-2LxPkLEvtpkjzYn3H1Mt5Ehi7gkU3LKiT-NeTmzZwPIPqbaWG74jIY4nb_EvflZifuqFY5dW5Tt_Vf2XOQ4Bq5Jm9Ufts1vt4ajkgb4Gig_49dDfB4x9X7se7s-huWzVO/w129-h200/Brothers%20Keeper%20-%20FRONT%20Cover%20(smaller%20file).png" width="129" /></a></div>As Israel is in the middle of its most difficult -and long- war since the War for Independence in 1948, I must say that the timing of <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Keeper-Arnon-Z-Shorr-ebook/dp/B0CMD8J76C" target="_blank">Brother's Keeper</a></b> by Arnon Z. Shorr is beyond perfect. <p></p><p>When I first read it, I knew that I needed to involve children in the review, but then it took me awhile to find the right kids and get their parents' permission.</p><p><b>Brother's Keeper</b> is based on a true story about Shorr's grandfather who had been seriously wounded in the battle for Kibbutz Ramat Rachel and survived. Today Kibbutz Ramat Rachel is a suburb of Jerusalem. <a href="https://www.arnonshorr.com/post/a-comic-book-about-an-old-war-and-a-new-one" target="_blank"><b>Click here</b></a> for Shorr's story about writing <b>Brother's Keeper</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX_VnLxQyfuIy_eC3f6-ey8_HRiyrbF0IypnbmANVzgLT8GfUd37albnUgFFztwUUn7d56EaKTQQcHfxnjudfvQGg3W6Zn5QZIKjPQP2tBrMFBVWS_b_jx1zMe3CtLx0roEXoY7Yg5rwb02Ju3IUnOw59F9JdnRMJLh8WOCoW9vUcgXeuRuZ5/s1080/Brothers%20Keeper.colored.lettered.flattened.pg01%20(SmallFIle).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX_VnLxQyfuIy_eC3f6-ey8_HRiyrbF0IypnbmANVzgLT8GfUd37albnUgFFztwUUn7d56EaKTQQcHfxnjudfvQGg3W6Zn5QZIKjPQP2tBrMFBVWS_b_jx1zMe3CtLx0roEXoY7Yg5rwb02Ju3IUnOw59F9JdnRMJLh8WOCoW9vUcgXeuRuZ5/s320/Brothers%20Keeper.colored.lettered.flattened.pg01%20(SmallFIle).jpg" width="207" /></a></div>In many ways, <b>Brother's Keeper </b>reads like a classic short story, which makes it a good book to be used in the classroom for teaching literature in English speaking countries, or English as a foreign language where needed. I'm sure that my yeshiva high school students, during my teaching days, would have enjoyed the story and learned additional English vocabulary at the same time. No doubt many would have shared their own family stories. <div><div><br /></div><div><b>Brother's Keeper</b> is a good history book for youngsters. It should be bought by schools, if not to be used in the classroom, at least available in the library. And of course, it's an excellent gift for children, both boys and girls. As you can see in the sample page, the illustrations aren't childish, and neither is the story.</div><div><p>Definitely, during these difficult times, we all need to read such positive stories. The added bonus is that it's a true story.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4XHMBiL2WEzSyUB-ww5fazI2j8aKVOr3L3O6IN7lnX4WsRvDPSwFMY-9RZiLA3vse0eZH5hvvRjiAoUHezCSWHA94yC59imidMmZzwNhBitzEMmZA6x6R08j13xvVp8Vtrftzo9JV8r9wc60TmmQC9RzDXdsfCsbMskF_rUwm8j5lY_Dh9FD/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-10%20at%2019.23.23.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4XHMBiL2WEzSyUB-ww5fazI2j8aKVOr3L3O6IN7lnX4WsRvDPSwFMY-9RZiLA3vse0eZH5hvvRjiAoUHezCSWHA94yC59imidMmZzwNhBitzEMmZA6x6R08j13xvVp8Vtrftzo9JV8r9wc60TmmQC9RzDXdsfCsbMskF_rUwm8j5lY_Dh9FD/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-02-10%20at%2019.23.23.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br />The Hebrew version of the book available as an e-book on <a href="https://amzn.to/48eOuHh" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. </p><p>In the US, physical copies can be ordered here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/brotherskeepercomic " target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/brotherskeepercomic </a></p><p>All over the world, the eBook is available here: <a href="https://amzn.to/48E6OtJ " target="_blank">https://amzn.to/48E6OtJ </a></p><p>For educators, we’ve prepared an educator’s guide: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/brotherskeeperedguide">http://tinyurl.com/brotherskeeperedguide</a></p><p>For more purchase information, <a href="https://free---appointments-103561.square.site/product/BrothersKeeper/17?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p></div></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-79491031566227370142024-01-31T19:40:00.003+02:002024-01-31T19:40:43.049+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #15 If The WW2 Allies Had Fought Morally, Nazis and Japanese Would have Won..<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If The WW2 Allies Had Fought <i>Morally</i>, The Nazis and Japanese Would have Won The War</span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgstTqgK9u1--q5-bIpI7ISarOJ2NizynGCfTM3qYb1v8Zcn-SAdGXyZHcJE5AVdObTkdHw2QTzI_TnV_jZTPcRFfNJj-jOeHBrJJu5L02gUgR_WhvRU9wJuKeVmzCvf7vyI64XnpUWR3s7XkLGYqOSUhZTzCTA9pJvLmxA5bJxYcRSENz5G4-9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgstTqgK9u1--q5-bIpI7ISarOJ2NizynGCfTM3qYb1v8Zcn-SAdGXyZHcJE5AVdObTkdHw2QTzI_TnV_jZTPcRFfNJj-jOeHBrJJu5L02gUgR_WhvRU9wJuKeVmzCvf7vyI64XnpUWR3s7XkLGYqOSUhZTzCTA9pJvLmxA5bJxYcRSENz5G4-9=w282-h400" width="282" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graves in Shiloh Cemetery, not of soldiers killed in <br />Hamas-Gaza War 5784</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Soldiers Shouldn't Die in Vain!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b>There's a major disconnect between our IDF soldiers on the ground, doing the fighting, and the upper echelons making policy, the government and top officers.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Our IDF soldiers are the best in the world. First of all, most are civilians now serving in the reserves. They've left their families, studies, jobs, businesses, and too many have lost their lives. Their successes in battle are future books and movies.</div><div><br /></div><div>There's only one problem. The government is weak, groveling to foreign countries and worse. With all the rumors of a "break in fighting," as if it's half time in a football game, releasing terrorists, lots and lots of terrorists from Israeli jails to <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-784557" target="_blank">free a few hostages</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>The State of Israel is also giving fuel, food and other supplies to Gaza. That makes them stronger and more confident fighting against us.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even more incomprehensible, the State of Israel is warning Gazans before destroying buildings, so "<a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_27.html" target="_blank">innocent civilians</a>" won't be injured. Now, do you really think the terrorists stay in the buildings to die? A bigger question is: Are there any innocent civilians? They voted in Hamas. They were part of the attack on Israel's south, raping, murdering, stealing valuables. Remember that they were instrumental in giving Hamas all the important information which made the attack so easy. These "innocent civilians" pretended to be friends with the gullible, peace-loving Israelis. <i>Remember that terrorists don't wear uniforms. They look like regular civilians.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Some Israelis, including top army officers and government ministers are proudly bragging that "there was never an army more <i>moral</i> than the IDF."</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Moral? </b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>What's moral about endangering our soldiers? </li><li>Wasting our ammunition? </li><li>Feeding our enemies while battles are still raging? </li><li>Giving the enemy time to rearm? </li></ul><div>Yes, no other country has ever done such a thing! But it's bad! It's dangerous! Not only does it endanger our soldiers and civilians, it makes it impossible to win the war. Yes, I've said it!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Look at history. <b>Can you imagine if during World War Two the allies had warned the Nazis before bombing? Thrown food packages, rather than bombs on Japan? I know know what would have happened. Today we'd be speaking German and Japanese, because they would have won the war.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Don't let our soldiers die in vain and don't cause the defeat of the State of Israel. The United States wants to rule here, which was their plan in 1973. Yes, it's the truth. I suspected it then and over the years learned that my gut was right. It has been confirmed by a few sources, among them <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-deceit-of-ally-by-bruce.html" target="_blank">Deceit of an Ally</a> by Bruce Brill. </div><div><br /></div><div>US President Biden has been very up front about saying that the USA plans on sponsoring/supporting/establishing a "Palestinian State" in the middle of Israel when the war ends. All the "aid" we get is payment/bribery for this. It's a way of controlling the State of Israel. <b><i>And if you've been following what's happening in the world you know that "from the river to the sea..." is a popular slogan. People all over the world unabashedly demand that Israel cease to exist!</i> </b></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4zrejParw1nwf38vim92kJ3A0Wc8oB4nzoTQYLEDkzyxY-6BA9-G8HwkwXWtiSemQ_SxMazB-VOFhOVkElj2rZ3qgmlFhgHxBdJI99lXDpsMydy5H_moE01AvVvrCWEYAdEwoPXvA49cSZiurlmQpN7rCVCiu5VKQo-YA9iUiFb01LAU688A/s2048/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-31%20at%2019.07.53.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4zrejParw1nwf38vim92kJ3A0Wc8oB4nzoTQYLEDkzyxY-6BA9-G8HwkwXWtiSemQ_SxMazB-VOFhOVkElj2rZ3qgmlFhgHxBdJI99lXDpsMydy5H_moE01AvVvrCWEYAdEwoPXvA49cSZiurlmQpN7rCVCiu5VKQo-YA9iUiFb01LAU688A/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-31%20at%2019.07.53.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Davidka, Israeli made weapon from our War of Independence 75 years ago</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Over the years, Israel gave up the attempt to be self-suffiecnt in producing military equipment arms. Even our own inventions, things we still produce need certain parts from the USA, and we have to follow their rules/policies to buy them. We can't even sell those weapons to a foreign country without American approval. </div><div><br /></div><div>Bit by bit we've been giving up our sovereignty. We were stronger when we had no allies. That's how/why Gd joined us in 1967 in the super miraculous, legendary Six Days War!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's fight to win!</div><div><br /></div><div>Tell Biden and others to butt out. That's the only way we'll really survive! I have no doubt that when foreign countries see us strong and ignoring them, they will give up. That's the only way we'll win and survive. We have no choice. Right now the terrorists and our other enemies are laughing at us, because we're trying to be <i><b>nice</b></i>, instead of fighting to win.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gd willing our Israeli Government will get WISDOM, STRENGTH and that's how we'll win. </div></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-33118852129371677142024-01-22T13:03:00.002+02:002024-01-22T13:05:46.955+02:00Guest Post: A Self-Destructive Jewish Majority (Parshat Beshalah) by By JJ Gross<p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A self-destructive Jewish majority (Parshat Beshalah) </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">by By JJ Gross</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was recently discovered that a Brooklyn public school, which has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Qatari government, has – for 12 years – been featuring a map of the Middle East on which Israel does not exist. The map, which was provided by the Qataris, shows only a country called Palestine. The map was a teaching tool in an “Arab arts class” that is taught by an Arab woman named Rita Lahoud</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One can wonder why a New York City public elementary school would have an Arab Arts class in the first place. But then, there is no limit to the extent of the Qatari infiltration of American education. Entire universities have been effectively taken over by Qatari-funded “Near Eastern Studies” departments in a barely disguised, and hugely successful, effort to occupy the minds and agendas of vulnerable college students.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In recent weeks, we have witnessed the result of this Qatari investment, as America’s most prestigious campuses have emerged as hotbeds of virulent antisemitism and vociferous support for Hamas and its murderous rampage of October 7<sup>th</sup>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But what is perhaps most horrifying – but hardly surprising – about this ongoing call for Jewish blood and the dismemberment of the Jewish State, is the significant leadership presence of activists who are not only Jewish, but who claim to be acting against Israel BECAUSE they are Jewish.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indeed there are entire Jewish organizations – all of them well funded by Jewish donors like George Soros – whose sole <em>raison d’etre</em> is to wage war against Israel. These organizations come replete with their own ordained rabbis, men and women who are members in good standing of liberal Jewish synagogue organizations. These include Jewish Voice for Peace, If Not Now, Truah and Bend the Arc – representing tens of thousands of Jews who truly hate Israel and seek its total annihilation.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The cancer of Jewish self-destruction is hardly limited to the college campus and Gens X and Z.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the case of Public School 261 in Brooklyn, according to the New York Times:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em><b>“ ‘It would be devastating if the (Arab Arts) program were cut,’ Lauren Katzman, the mother of a first grader said. Last week, a broad group of parents, teachers and staff members issued a statement calling for protection of a program that honors the “diversity and Arab heritage of the Boerum Hill neighborhood.” More than 240 people had signed it. Ms. Katzman was among 16 Jewish parents who drafted a separate letter a few days later in a similar vein …”</b></em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, it was Jewish mothers and fathers who were loudest in the call to protect Arab studies at their children’s public school. Rest assured there is no parallel Jewish studies program in that school, nor any call for one.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What does all this have to do with Parshat Beshalah? Actually everything. Because the situation in Egypt at the time of the Exodus some 3,000 years ago was very much the same as it is today in the western Diaspora.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is abundantly clear from the text of all the <i>parshiyot</i> from Vayehi through Beshalah, that the idea of Jewish national redemption was anathema to most, if not all, Israelites living in Egypt.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the Bnei Israel traveled en masse for the burial of Yaakov in Eretz Israel, they returned to Egypt en masse as well. Despite the fact that the famine had ended, and that Yosef’s status was diminishing rapidly, it occurred to none of them to remain in their ancestral home. Egypt was where they wanted to be.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, 210 years later, the idea of national redemption had gained little, if any, traction. Even the midrash – and I rarely reference midrash – tells how only 20% of the Israelites followed Moshe, while the rest – 80% of Bnei Israel – chose to remain behind.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One can readily surmise that the 20% who <em>did</em> leave Mitzrayim were hardly the more successful strata of Egyptian-Israelite society. They were not the corporate lawyers, Wall Street executives, successful surgeons, and movie and media elites of Egypt.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And even the lowest rungs of the social ladder needed the manifestation of miracles and plagues to convince them to leave, so thoroughly Egyptianized were they.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would take it one step further. Not only did the overwhelming majority of Bnei Israel refuse to leave Egypt, they did everything in their power to prevent, persecute and pursue the small minority who did choose to go. The Israelite majority were not merely indifferent to Redemption and national resurgence, they were actively hostile to it – much as so many American Jewish elitists are today.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Torah says</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">וְאָמַ֤ר פַּרְעֹה֙ <strong>לִבְנֵ֣י</strong> יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְבֻכִ֥ים הֵ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ סָגַ֥ר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַמִּדְבָּֽר<br />And Pharaoh said to the Bnei Israel, they are lost in the land,<br />the desert has closed them in<br />(Shemot 14:3)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe Pharaoh was literally speaking TO the majority of Bnei Israel who stayed behind and were goading him against their own people (and not, as Rashi tries to explain, that the ל in לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל mean “of" rather than "to".) And, no doubt, the most rabid pursuers of the Israelites who were camped at the edge of the Red Sea were the the Israelite majority -- who were so in love with Egyptian culture, so patriotic, and so hostile to their own identity.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the prophet Yeshayahu famously says:</span></p><p align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">מִֽהֲר֖וּ בָּנָ֑יִךְ מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְ וּמַֽחֲרִיבַ֖יִךְ מִמֵּ֥ךְ יֵצֵֽא<br />Your children rush; your destroyers and those who lay waste to you will come from you.<br />(Yeshayahu 49:17)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have seen this over and over again throughout our history. As the famous cartoon character Pogo says, <em>“ We have met the enemy, and he is us.”</em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF54JKozQeFqBakBSO-T3x1k0kCuE9xZcYnmVLBztOuq29DA1R5JpZQXznA-Y8gKX1WwSvf0KtlWsCB6DmWw6ghLbJDgaHfKc20S1phfkxNLlwbbTruyAd8whDqgXxaAGMjkp7Cz5KmUmpXnOoFbHZrCcrAbUg8q42KZSsc0wsmgLoBGYlAN8b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF54JKozQeFqBakBSO-T3x1k0kCuE9xZcYnmVLBztOuq29DA1R5JpZQXznA-Y8gKX1WwSvf0KtlWsCB6DmWw6ghLbJDgaHfKc20S1phfkxNLlwbbTruyAd8whDqgXxaAGMjkp7Cz5KmUmpXnOoFbHZrCcrAbUg8q42KZSsc0wsmgLoBGYlAN8b" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">provided by JJ Gross</td></tr></tbody></table>It is time to wake up and realize that our most dangerous enemy is not Iran, or Hamas, or Hizbullah or the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. It is our own people who have become so alienated from themselves, so ignorant and indifferent to the lessons of Jewish history, so addicted to diaspora culture – Egyptian then, American and British, and French today – that they not only choose to disappear, but they insist on harming the rest of us even as they hasten to demographic oblivion.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>JJ Gross- New York born and Jerusalem based, JJ Gross is a veteran blogger at Times of Israel which refuses to publish this posting. His focus is primarily, but not exclusively, on the parsha. </i></span><p></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-28967462452332272192024-01-18T21:28:00.001+02:002024-01-22T19:30:11.687+02:00Letter to Jerusalem Post -Close, but no Cigar- "Five Words for When the War Ends"<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In last week's Jerusalem Post, there was an article, </span><a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-781491" target="_blank">Five words for when the war ends</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that almost hit the nail on the head, but the writer wanted the head to also hit the nail. That's why the writer, Sherwin Pomerantz doesn't get "</span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/close,_but_no_cigar" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">the cigar</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">."</span></p><p>On one hand he admits that he and his fellow "dreamers" should admit that they made mistakes in supporting dangerous policies, like Disengagement, trusting the PA to govern properly and the Oslo Accords. Yes, Pomerantz admits that they should say those "five words:" </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;">"I'm sorry, you were right."</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">Unfortunately, after that he wants us to say those words, too, for... honestly, I can't figure out what we did wrong. The latest government coalition finally began to act against the judicial dictatorship proposing judicial reform. Pomerantz blames us for causing the demonstrations against the reform, even though he admits in his article that the judicial needed to be reined in:</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="color: #222222;">"On this same subject, the leadership of Israel’s Supreme Court in the years prior to 2022 also needs to say to all of us, “I’m sorry, you were right!” Their arrogating power to themselves to regularly override the prerogative of the elected representatives of the people to make laws was, in itself, a festering wound that culminated in the push by the Right last year to “take the country” back at they liked to say."</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">Pomerantz claims that the pro Judicial Reform demonstrations made Israel look weak and vulnerable which caused the Hamas terrorists to attack on October 7. He totally ignores that his friends, the "dreamers," had been calling for reservists, pilots and ordinary soldiers to refuse their army duty. That gave the terrorists the confidence to attack. He and his "dreamer" friends caused us to experience a nightmare that isn't over yet after over 100 days!</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Why did the Jerusalem Post publish such a piece?</b></span></p><p>Here's the letter I wrote to the Jerusalem Post. So far it hasn't been published, and I don't know if it will be. I probably should have saved and edited it the next day to make it clearer and reread the article another few times:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sherwin Pomerantz almost gets it, OK let's say partially gets it. I have a decade more than him here in Israel, which I'm mentioning, since he made a point saying that he's here forty years in the blurb identifying who he is and why he considers himself qualified to voice these opinions. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pomerantz starts off very well admitting that he and his fellow travelers erred in supporting Disengagement, trusted the PA to develop a Singapore in Gaza and thought the Oslo Accords something wonderful should say to those of us who disagreed:</span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I'm sorry, you were right."</span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But then he shows that he still doesn't get it. He can't get a handle the importance of Judicial Reform on the unjust justice system here where, as we just saw in the recent high court action, eight unelected "justices" claim the right to overrule/veto the votes of millions of Israelis, because of politics-- OK they used a euphemism "reasonableness," meaning they just don't agree with the ideology. He's blaming brave Yariv Levin and other coalition MKs who were sent by Prime Minister Netanyahu to Reform the Judicial System, without the backup of Bibi's legendary oratory skills and hasbara. (My guess is that they had been sent to fail, but that would be the topic of a longer letter or an op-ed or whatever.)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's unreasonable and unrealistic to think that those who control our Department of Justice will voluntarily agree to follow the law, the rule of the Knesset.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The anti-reform demonstrations were funded and led by the same --follow the money-- as those who funded the "crime minister" anti-Bibi demonstrations a few years before. It was the anti-reform and anti-religious demonstrators that were tearing the country apart, like they ripped the prayer books on Yom Kippur. This was not the fault of the government.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I hate to break it to Pomerantz, but our President Herzog's job is not to be the "national leader." It's more like an American Vice President for formal things and meeting ambassadors. When Biden gave great honors to Herzog during his visit, while pointedly refusing to invite Bibi, it was a diplomatic insult to our PM, actually interfering with internal Israeli affairs. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to clarify, I'm not a Bibiist and didn't vote Likud. I think that his time to retire has long passed. There are many talented potential national leaders in the coalition.</span></div></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbf5e7_h7MOYD0rUwYbGoXQWt-g-6JQtd0vT1uPJTjejGrgLAhEKrWkdd_kG8gUjP_KKkMztj0b6zF-_CGEn_QHb1aCeqoQ3Kv5W_MsbV8yWkOjf6Z_5LSd5c-NDepyVsMRuNbaFvr73FFYOQCWsK76TPuTIUT6iy4NFKjH9kornFOcJq5f1u/s1141/52words.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1141" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbf5e7_h7MOYD0rUwYbGoXQWt-g-6JQtd0vT1uPJTjejGrgLAhEKrWkdd_kG8gUjP_KKkMztj0b6zF-_CGEn_QHb1aCeqoQ3Kv5W_MsbV8yWkOjf6Z_5LSd5c-NDepyVsMRuNbaFvr73FFYOQCWsK76TPuTIUT6iy4NFKjH9kornFOcJq5f1u/w400-h315/52words.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p> </p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-26123743104267817612024-01-04T09:41:00.000+02:002024-01-04T09:41:40.629+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #14 Read & Follow The Bible Tanach<p>This is basically a quick continuation of my previous War Musing, <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/12/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_23.html" target="_blank">War Musings #13 We're All Hostages of Hamas, Dangerous Faux Morality & Pressures</a>.</p><p><b>First I'd like to remind everyone that not a single solitary country, besides Israel follows the "war <i>morality</i>" that protects its enemies at the expense/endangerment of its soldiers and civilians. Honestly, I don't mind our being unique or first in some things, but being the one and only in this category is stupidly suicidal, not moral. The Nazis and Japanese would have won World War Two if the Allies had followed such rules.</b></p><p>Considering that Hamas attacked when Israeli society had been severely weakened by dissention, internal problems, makes it most similar the the Biblical Amalek. Amalek attacked the rear, the weak, like the terrorist Hamas. </p><p>Israel's weakest border is/was the southern one with small communities populated by "peaceniks" who were so trusting of their Gazan neighbors that many didn't even have armed local self-defense staff. Many residents trusted their <i>friends</i> on the other side of the border. Afterwards, these <i>friends</i> were recognized in the security films of the surprise attack...</p><p>Biblical King Saul, the first Jewish king was ordered by Gd to kill of a Amalek, men, women and children, plus to destroy all of their animals. Saul lost the kingship, because he didn't obey those orders.</p><p>Earlier in the biblical narrative we hear Abraham debating with Gd about the destruction of two evil cities. Abraham, like many modern Israelis, worried about the "innocent civilians" who'd be harmed. Gd challenged Abraham to find a number of innocents, <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_27.html" target="_blank">my version here</a>, so they could be saved. In the end, not even a minimum amount of innocents were found, and the cities were destroyed. The only survivors were Abraham's relative Lot, plus Lot's wife and two daughters. When the wife looked back, she, too, was killed by Gd.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWS4RCf75oWuP7vfJ2FLPgwtzTNowM7ec0EeHathAgDnsZ9GW4MqvUTrxtGNACLCwNVDopDVbsegJamZEGGIHbW7xa6DRp73QNksWdto2mYjH56GldaozivKJxV9IHk3DyH6Xlfp5VMIzUqP0AmjXZScbuZks4smsK4Vnvce2ZgZVFnuImnCce" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWS4RCf75oWuP7vfJ2FLPgwtzTNowM7ec0EeHathAgDnsZ9GW4MqvUTrxtGNACLCwNVDopDVbsegJamZEGGIHbW7xa6DRp73QNksWdto2mYjH56GldaozivKJxV9IHk3DyH6Xlfp5VMIzUqP0AmjXZScbuZks4smsK4Vnvce2ZgZVFnuImnCce=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.sefaria.org.il/Genesis.18?lang=bi&aliyot=0 Chapter 18" target="_blank">End of Bereishit Genesis Chapter 18</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTHrYkqjrzUKA_tm3sWHFp3gyLdq5BPE32HGHHAuKJHxpkde1bm9Sqgl4v6buhehFtiViluc02gxxwAIfIVtAWqMVc5a63ewPgWHHeAJ5oH1PBBfaGtKL4NQ87yooYPMTP2LBB-ucUMmxAt78irOBEKgSdOBUZjrp3FwVmZG_s005R_x_QXyt0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTHrYkqjrzUKA_tm3sWHFp3gyLdq5BPE32HGHHAuKJHxpkde1bm9Sqgl4v6buhehFtiViluc02gxxwAIfIVtAWqMVc5a63ewPgWHHeAJ5oH1PBBfaGtKL4NQ87yooYPMTP2LBB-ucUMmxAt78irOBEKgSdOBUZjrp3FwVmZG_s005R_x_QXyt0=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sefaria.org.il/I_Samuel.15.3?lang=bi" target="_blank">I Samuel 15</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />To me, these two stories should be taken very seriously as Gd's instructions today.<p></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-5707209482650539862023-12-23T20:38:00.000+02:002023-12-23T20:38:17.992+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #13 We're All Hostages of Hamas, Dangerous Faux Morality & Pressures<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibI2xAj3HvwM9LKuC7bWD68AWXopv0rbZkbuHl-guovhMbh6SNB0kejbdmEBkixN1O_oeQlxqa22Zh6ezIXr0SdvRmAydN0LIFBPNfh6snAplJr0o6x0JqkWqRAY8iWimOT2RRsZSvonR4Ybl73alSokyxGBiR4Q5mXL1jL4RGWhOJ_hOyvevJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibI2xAj3HvwM9LKuC7bWD68AWXopv0rbZkbuHl-guovhMbh6SNB0kejbdmEBkixN1O_oeQlxqa22Zh6ezIXr0SdvRmAydN0LIFBPNfh6snAplJr0o6x0JqkWqRAY8iWimOT2RRsZSvonR4Ybl73alSokyxGBiR4Q5mXL1jL4RGWhOJ_hOyvevJ" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Some of you may not like this, but as I read the newspapers over Shabbat and thought about all the ridiculous things I keep hearing on the news and various talk shows, it all became clear. </p><p>The Israeli Government, which is probably to be called the Third Bibi Netanyahu Coalition, isn't conducting itself as a strong, proud independent government. Actually, it never truly has. I'll never forget hearing him at the International Bloggers' Conference in 2008 saying that when he'll return to the position as <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/impressive.html" target="_blank">Prime Minister, he'll do it as a <b>centrist</b></a>. I've written and spoken about it many times. That honest statement of his has made all of his failed policies clear to me, and I can't understand why other people don't get it. </p><p>A Centrist isn't a leader, and we can't afford more mistakes.</p><p>But back to the theme of this War Musing...</p><p>The Israeli Government and public are being bombarded with orders, warnings, slogans that "our priority must be returning the hostages." I certainly have nothing against any of the hostages, nor their families, Right, Left and Center, but the entire State of Israel is in danger. This isn't just another hijacked airplane story. </p><p>Honestly what's the point of destroying the momentum of our soldiers, yet again, needed to totally defeat Hamas, or endanger our soldiers in rescue attempts when it could, Gd forbid, cause us to lose the war. So then the few survivors (we're not even sure how many of the remaining hostages are even alive) end up being killed here in Israel as the country is Gd forbid invaded by more Hamas terrorists and their supporters?</p><p>There's an even bigger problem, which has nothing to do with the hostages that Hamas has taken to Gaza. It's the fact that Netanyahu's government and the Leftist War Cabinet are forcing our soldiers to endanger themselves to protect the so-called "innocent Gazan civilians." Please read <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_27.html" target="_blank">War Musings #7 *Volunteers Needed to Sort Innocents from Terrorists</a>.</p><p>All the warnings and inspections before we bomb a building turn our soldiers into hostages of the "loony left" who are ruling the State of Israel. This policy is unprecedented and perverse. Israel has been guilty of it for decades. We endanger our soldiers, our children, grandchildren, family, neighbors to protect those who are terrorists or protect terrorists. <b>Our soldiers protect us, and we must protect them! </b></p><p>The people funding the <b>Return the hostages NOW at all cost</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>are the same antigovernmental anti-Likud, anti-Judicial Reform <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-street-vs-democracy-follow-money.html" target="_blank">international Leftists who've been working with Ehud Barak</a> and other Israelis for years to endanger the State of Israel. </p><p><b>We must totally defeat and destroy the enemy. No mercy.</b> It's that simple, a strange adjective for a dangerous and difficult war. We must change leadership to those who understand this.</p><p><b></b></p><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><b>Gd willing בע"ה</b></blockquote><p></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-19814448653406933162023-12-17T17:29:00.001+02:002023-12-17T17:29:18.723+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #12 Heads Should Roll, Major Security Snafu<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsVfGId361n_4zGjy6Dn7kTvBNUEpFtjaVgPTtdzZQLYHAM0F92HJBcEiYCu7YUmWsM9OctW1Ow2d_MOwuXAsDYlCM-JNW-8dcESMjQG3v0DSL2J4c4IbUkO1Ab7suaer88v4YIiddRyTyg4ZHenCMdPz8iDx26umIKLCulh2_-WOwQj869r7H" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsVfGId361n_4zGjy6Dn7kTvBNUEpFtjaVgPTtdzZQLYHAM0F92HJBcEiYCu7YUmWsM9OctW1Ow2d_MOwuXAsDYlCM-JNW-8dcESMjQG3v0DSL2J4c4IbUkO1Ab7suaer88v4YIiddRyTyg4ZHenCMdPz8iDx26umIKLCulh2_-WOwQj869r7H=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i>The latest sad war news is the misidentification of Israeli hostages for terrorists and their subsequent deaths. Unfortunately, "friendly fire" deaths are common in all wars. It's definitely heartbreaking, but the soldiers have barely seconds to react, and the Hamas Gazan terrorists love playing these mind games and tricks. </i><div><br /></div><div><i>I started working on this post a couple of weeks ago, and now I know why it has taken me so long. Siyata d'Shmaya, the hand of Gd played a role for sure. Those young, tired soldiers had seen their friends and officers die and had certainly been warned not to take chances. Their lives are precious, and they're trying to save the entire State of Israel. These young soldiers are the ones facing the enemy, not those who ensconced in their cushy offices who misread the signs. Read <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-778083" target="_blank">Yaakov Katz's article</a>.</i><br /><br /><div>There's no polite way of saying this, but Israel's security experts goofed בגדול <i>bagadole</i>; that means BIG TIME, and I'm not exaggerating at all. It wasn't a simple "maybe." We had real details and films of the Hamas Gazan terrorists training. But for some fatal reason, the higher up "experts" didn't take it seriously. Check out the links below, and let me know what you think.<p></p><p><a href="https://x.com/kann_news/status/1729562031114580199?t=ZDSb3xU429qAZdaVe5MQNw&s=08 " target="_blank"><b>Kan News</b></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67480680" target="_blank"><b>How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October</b></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-774862" target="_blank"><b>IDF elite intel officer warned about Hamas attacks, ignored - report</b></a></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, as someone who made aliyah even before the <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-deceit-of-ally-by-bruce.html" target="_blank">1973 Yom Kippur War</a>, I'm not surprised to hear that lookouts had noticed suspicious movements on our southern border in the months before the "surprise" attack on Simchat Torah. And even more worrying and familiar, <i>deja vu</i>, is the fact that these reports were pooh poohed. Making it even worse was that these alert lookouts were threatened with court martial. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope the lookouts are promoted and all those "superior officers" who threatened them be court marshalled, convicted and deprived of their cushy pensions. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, half a century after the Yom Kippur War, the "conceptzia" still reigns in the IDF and Defense Ministry. Our totally miraculous victory in the 1967 Six Days War was misconstrued as proof that the IDF Israel Defense Forces is the great victor, rather than crediting Gd Almighty for making all the difference and giving us a quick victory. Entering the Sinai, Judea/Samaria/Jordan Valley and Syria for the Golan Heights weren't even Israeli military plans. Think about it.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1967 no foreign country "helped" us at all, so we were on a fast track to Gd's miracles. There's no other explanation. Military experts have no other explanation.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, the Israeli military establishment keeps insisting that our victory was due to their military superiority, brains and skills. That's the misconception aka "conceptzia."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We're paying a very heavy price for keeping the same mindset. Our IDF and military upper echelons need a serious overhaul. Knock down that glass ceiling. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In recent years Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has kept us from destroying Hamas when we have had chances. For the past decade plus we've been plagued with a series of mini-wars aka "operations" which end in what could be described as military impotence. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bibi must be replaced from within the coalition. There's lots of talent in Likud. It's time to bring in strong leadership, no more tired old failed policies. It's time for strong leaders to prove their stuff and save the country. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>We need to win this war!!</b></span></div></div></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-26697155276036077632023-11-28T15:53:00.000+02:002023-11-28T15:53:03.884+02:00Ladies, Let's Pray Together on Rosh Chodesh Tevet נשים, נתפלל ביחד<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgozi8c2qC94GaZysbu_WKLny7QX-RRntSNA2vfhATe47u03087TF6fius4f79i5CYuImxjUqBPV06iwiRsymby44MN_sT8Jof5c-vKigvN6h0nWIfqnzUxwJ3n4DoUth2fCS49-de5FVqiU7YWbxo7wK2Xr0teLQ_gwpNC1S1Xpm_XTxEtAsNF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1410" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgozi8c2qC94GaZysbu_WKLny7QX-RRntSNA2vfhATe47u03087TF6fius4f79i5CYuImxjUqBPV06iwiRsymby44MN_sT8Jof5c-vKigvN6h0nWIfqnzUxwJ3n4DoUth2fCS49-de5FVqiU7YWbxo7wK2Xr0teLQ_gwpNC1S1Xpm_XTxEtAsNF" width="382" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-B4FVR16ZsYWuhidyLKrR_KdS9ds93EOX6Ef70Rfjys6m5yWCuqr6RjHTFhm7oAWXm9v8UdlVZbdLCO5aWbA0e5qkxDcnKqPtCemR16mqbotE0CP5pY2BdnvolhC11k3tkqe91CYqGroot0YT2_qkeRJRtqBLn0UWjCTrcWA0sr-EW5CI2oF4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1430" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-B4FVR16ZsYWuhidyLKrR_KdS9ds93EOX6Ef70Rfjys6m5yWCuqr6RjHTFhm7oAWXm9v8UdlVZbdLCO5aWbA0e5qkxDcnKqPtCemR16mqbotE0CP5pY2BdnvolhC11k3tkqe91CYqGroot0YT2_qkeRJRtqBLn0UWjCTrcWA0sr-EW5CI2oF4=w400-h310" width="400" /></a></div><br />Gd needs to hear our prayers, and we need to pray together in holiest spot in the world for women's prayers. Yes, <a href=" a-shiloh.co.il" target="_blank">Ancient Shiloh</a>, where the Biblical Chana prayed for a son. Her son Shmuel Led the Jewish People for many years and then anointed our first two kings, Shaul and David.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Rosh Chodesh Tevet, Wednesday 13-12-2023, 8:30am</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>תפילת נשים <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AncientShilo" target="_blank">בשילה הקדומה</a></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>ראש חודש טבת יום ד' 13\12\2013 ב8:30</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-30449236092567442642023-11-24T10:41:00.002+02:002023-11-24T10:41:22.762+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #11 Bibi Blinked! <p><b>Bibi Blinked</b> and Then Stuffed His Ears...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHgx5AGBVZ_3vPZe9IXWDchUGjeugaXgMVSQaptCugYL-uriGhzOLv6oQmQDNM-d4TzgGM812_iZKj-uV4g5MBzREbsjBCZuVPXj_3KRia_P0JkpC-wKArg-3ko8WFXkfPn87sruSzdH8vBDXPObI-JZA-NHnJA-tP0eQVENEtsu8mRx6Z8TAn" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="501" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHgx5AGBVZ_3vPZe9IXWDchUGjeugaXgMVSQaptCugYL-uriGhzOLv6oQmQDNM-d4TzgGM812_iZKj-uV4g5MBzREbsjBCZuVPXj_3KRia_P0JkpC-wKArg-3ko8WFXkfPn87sruSzdH8vBDXPObI-JZA-NHnJA-tP0eQVENEtsu8mRx6Z8TAn=w400-h386" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many years ago, a fellow blogger (who's no longer on the blogging scene) photoshopped Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu's face in the center of a bagel for me. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">More about the image of Bibi in the center of the bagel... <span style="text-align: center;">This is what I had envisioned over fifteen years ago after hearing Bibi state that when he returns the position of Prime Minister of Israel, he'd promote </span><i style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/impressive.html" target="_blank">centrist policies</a>,</i><span style="text-align: center;"> since he considered it the proper way to be a national leader. This image of a directionless Netanyahu popped into my head. A true leader must have a clear vision חזון</span><i style="text-align: center;">. </i><span style="text-align: center;">A centrist stands still, or goes in useless circles. When a country stands still it dies. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">In the Center one circles endlessly repeating mistakes, which is exactly what Bibi and his loyal voters have been doing. <b><a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-are-people-so-surprised.html" target="_blank">Why are people surprised?</a></b> I've been expecting such a war ever since he began his "Hamas has leaned its lesson" and then he'd agree to a ceasefire, until the next round. Making such a mistake once may be understandable, but to endlessly repeat is is beyond stupid. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">To me it was perfectly clear that the "lesson" Hamas was learning was not that Israel's tougher, but it was how to aim their rockets better. And the icing on the cake for them was how quickly Israel would lie to itself and agree to a ceasefire. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Now we're paying the price. And considering the perverse sadistic cruelty Hamas has unabashedly been showing to the world, I must admit that not even I ever envisioned something so insanely psychopathic. Having grown up post-World War Two and always hearing that there was nothing worse than the Nazis and the Holocaust, I now have no doubt that <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-attacked-by-hamas-20235784-war_24.html" target="_blank">Hamas is much worse than the Nazis</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b>Netanyahu is my age and was raised by a famous academic historian, so how is it that he doesn't see what I see? How can he trust Hamas? Hamas is proud of the carnage, the rape, decapitation, burning of people. They filmed it and broadcast it unabashedly. How can Binyamin Netanyahu trust them enough to negotiate with them?</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">If you say "the Americans forced us," then why should we ever listen to such faux <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-deceit-of-ally-by-bruce.html" target="_blank">deceitful <i>allies</i></a>? As we used to hear in old cowboy and indian movies, "they speak with <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/forked-tongue" target="_blank">forked tongues</a>." Besides that, <b>as an independent country, Israel must do what's best for Israel and not allow other countries to boss us around. We owe nothing to America!!!</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Check your history, and you'll only find tricks. That includes the so call "aid," which is no more than "shopping coupons" to be used in American "stores" to shore up the American military industries and cripple the Israeli economy. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Shabbat's approaching, and I must return to my chores and get these awful thoughts out of my head...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAU4Rcs0JCvefsFv4-pxumc8Png1KsGgbiUrbMgwI5qgId9fP903RPa-Qj6uUtv0rBFhnTRaEIew0y_MhBCK4-pdWiv3qltIMIv8U36gcbU8scya2EC_HTnfDF3KPhCRlegKj_wMO9d-DRw_HDpffBN681axTbxKl1AJyyXH5IaZD5IoFt05mQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAU4Rcs0JCvefsFv4-pxumc8Png1KsGgbiUrbMgwI5qgId9fP903RPa-Qj6uUtv0rBFhnTRaEIew0y_MhBCK4-pdWiv3qltIMIv8U36gcbU8scya2EC_HTnfDF3KPhCRlegKj_wMO9d-DRw_HDpffBN681axTbxKl1AJyyXH5IaZD5IoFt05mQ=w343-h400" width="343" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-82220042665599789932023-11-19T20:33:00.002+02:002023-11-19T20:33:48.109+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #10, Paraphrasing Truman: The Buck Stops... Where?<p>I've been relatively polite about Bibi. </p><p>Remember what Harry Truman said: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>"The buck stops here." </b></p><p>It's clear that Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu, the man who broke all records as longest serving Israeli Prime Minister is very responsible for every failure. And he brought into his war cabinet others responsible, who made the decisions, policies the State of Israel is suffering from. </p><p>Naïve people voted for him, Likud, thinking Bibi's on the patriotic Right, but he's not.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZVcloo08yoVnhckqVuEa0DZaqN92tCag2WaJ-H545NObCXv7vGHWIKcIqikCxyd4Lxo6KPAgV2V4LJj6KWgjXaOf1spqjDE9JiRAuapf540XVoZUnB-sHlq2rmcIQ0GPln54FqJRXcEvSSPLyAaKflCEV4SeKb1EkUucOZRoUMl6pfeJabjZk" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZVcloo08yoVnhckqVuEa0DZaqN92tCag2WaJ-H545NObCXv7vGHWIKcIqikCxyd4Lxo6KPAgV2V4LJj6KWgjXaOf1spqjDE9JiRAuapf540XVoZUnB-sHlq2rmcIQ0GPln54FqJRXcEvSSPLyAaKflCEV4SeKb1EkUucOZRoUMl6pfeJabjZk=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2008/08/impressive.html" target="_blank">Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu</a> I took many years ago at the 1st International Bloggers Conference</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I'll say one more thing. Even though I don't vote Likud, for reasons I won't get into now though you can search my blog if you're curious, I'm a member of the party and vote in its primaries. Gd willing there will be elections for a new #1, replacement for Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu after we win this war. There are quite a number a talented potential Prime Ministers waiting in the wings. I hope that only one runs against Netanyahu, or even better that he officially retire.</p><p><b>In the meantime I pray that Gd will give our prime minister the wisdom and moral strength to lead us to victory. That is the most important thing right now!</b></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-63006276134155326792023-11-14T06:22:00.008+02:002023-11-14T06:22:41.704+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #9 Iron Dome Misused, Misconceptions Abound<p>Here's the text of a Letter to the Editor I wrote to the Jerusalem Post. It's not in today's paper, and I have no idea if they'll publish it later in the week, and if so how much they'll edit out.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha1h6zpfkPlZ5TTYPJYh8yJ03Bsm65Z_GY3YYa9x4qdb-y-Buy4fZZwe2uqTL7Le5m-yXuoSnZyY43uTnmEvD-BungQdLgBtXJgGDM0TnCb0rDlaUY46Ah_bZ_V7Fg02_2u1r2R8b1o6MxHDA61pih_MpYAIueJVSj2SIBXdrJWHFIkKZUkChs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEha1h6zpfkPlZ5TTYPJYh8yJ03Bsm65Z_GY3YYa9x4qdb-y-Buy4fZZwe2uqTL7Le5m-yXuoSnZyY43uTnmEvD-BungQdLgBtXJgGDM0TnCb0rDlaUY46Ah_bZ_V7Fg02_2u1r2R8b1o6MxHDA61pih_MpYAIueJVSj2SIBXdrJWHFIkKZUkChs" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-772170">Sky Guardians: The Iron Dome's month of miracle defenses - opinion</a><p></p>
I was horrified to see Tiran Goldstein-Tweg's featured opinion piece promoting the Iron Dome for the Nobel Peace Prize. Only our enemies could support such an absurdity. <div><br /></div><div>We're now into month two of the most difficult and dangerous war in Israel's history because of a "conceptzia" meaning misconception due to the misuse of the Iron Dome. <div><br /></div><div>The Iron Dome should have been used as a first line of defense to protect Israeli citizens while our military fights to destroy our enemies and their military/rocket infrastructure. Instead, the IDF got very lazy and overconfident, yes-- deja vu post 1967 Six Days War. Our military "experts" sic somehow got into the mindset that they could count on the enemy, Hamas plus, to use up their allegedly limited sic rocket supplies while the Iron Dome caught and destroyed the rockets aimed at Israel. </div><div><br /></div><div>Even if the Iron Dome was a lot more effective than it has been these past painful weeks, there's another problem, a fatal flaw. For some inexplicable reason the Israeli Government made a foolish agreement with the Americans. Crucial parts of the Iron Dome are produced in the United States. This has two extremely dangerous faults. </div><div><br /></div><div>One is that we have to beg the Americans to permit us to resupply, since they have veto power over selling us necessary parts. And we also had to give them our technology. </div><div><br /></div><div>Secondly, but more problematic is the fact that by "sharing production" with the Americans, we strengthen their economy while weakening ours, especially the military industry. We can't even sell our own inventions, if they have even the smallest part from the USA, without American permission. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's time Israel becomes a truly independent country. Our great victory in 1967 was because we had no human allies, only the Jewish People and Gd Almighty. I remember that war very well. Gd willing our governmental leaders will realize their misconceptions and fight to win and not listen to foreigners who don't care what happens to us. </div><div><br /></div><div>Batya Medad, Shiloh</div></div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-13129557761076866602023-11-10T11:22:00.002+02:002023-11-10T11:22:16.100+02:00Parshat Shavua Chayei Sara<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JazFdtaxECU/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/JazFdtaxECU?si=yj0S35jPZw9SxGmK" frameborder="0"></iframe>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-43736572979482580692023-10-31T09:14:00.003+02:002023-10-31T14:46:27.497+02:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #8 ISRAEL Must Be The One Country Between The River and The Sea!<p><b>How did the "Two State <i>Solution</i>" morph into a a policy that demands only one, Gd forbid, the terror state of <i>Palestine</i> sic?</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEUXU8jGcnu3vCJ_96MndntMAPbWdMN6Z3KZmeFs8YZPmL2xb9NOIF2HoGEQMidJXvAzOTzWiGhmG-vcLLnPPGv3lTZi0G-DgrvtLj5sBvpH8A9uuMN3jppYM4A8DVRLdrvwM97qc7LCo77VFR4H0KE8vbEY2tQmbYcQxpAJokf4QdobVJ2n9D" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEUXU8jGcnu3vCJ_96MndntMAPbWdMN6Z3KZmeFs8YZPmL2xb9NOIF2HoGEQMidJXvAzOTzWiGhmG-vcLLnPPGv3lTZi0G-DgrvtLj5sBvpH8A9uuMN3jppYM4A8DVRLdrvwM97qc7LCo77VFR4H0KE8vbEY2tQmbYcQxpAJokf4QdobVJ2n9D=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The catchy rhyming slogan "From the River to the Sea Palestine Will be Free" is an innocent sounding euphemism for the destruction, Gd forbid, of the State of Israel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>It's time for all those who have been promoting a <i>Palestinian </i>sic state to exist peacefully next to the State of Israel to finally admit to themselves that such a situation is a total impossibility. They've been lying to themselves, Israelis and foreigners alike.</b><br /><p></p><div>How did the State of Israel get into such a mess? Even our faux Right wing prime minister, Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu publicly drank the Kool-Aid, as the saying goes. I'm impatiently waiting to hear admissions by our politicians, leaders, foreigners, too, that they made a BIG MISTAKE. Unfortunately, naiveté and stupidity are very closely connected. </div><div><br /></div><div>About the United States, historically, if you follow policy, not speeches, you'd find that the State Department, which is <i>eternal</i>, though presidents come and go, has always been anti-Israel. Truman vetoed, overrode its instructions when he insisted that the USA vote "yes" for a State of Israel in the United Nations and then quickly recognized it. The Nixon-Kissinger scheming during/before the Yom Kippur War is explained very clearly in <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-deceit-of-ally-by-bruce.html" target="_blank">Bruce Brill's Deceit of an Ally</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Biden speaks with "forked tongue," as hypocrites and liars were called in old cowboy and indian movies. He's making suicidal demands on Israel, and I hope Bibi uses his IQ to realize that he's being conned. In the meantime, as long as Israel listens to the USA, we're in increasing danger.</div><div><br /></div><div>I suggest you do some research and try to find Arab leaders who have officially promoted the "Two State Solution" in Arabic. Have any tried to promote this to other Arabs? Have any accepted the various Two State Peace sic proposals offered?</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-770745" target="_blank">Jerusalem Post published a letter</a> I wrote to them which, <i>davka</i>, gives the key to how that nice mushy liberal-sounding policy evolved into an innocently sounding rhyme which actually demands the destruction, Gd for bid, of the State of Israel. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over Shabbat, I read a week of The Jerusalem Post, something I find myself doing most weeks lately. Pretty much every day, there’s an article about what’s happening in American universities. One article mentions an Arab student who says that she wears earrings in the shape of a “map of ancient Palestine,” and she was almost brought to tears because of the negative reactions of Jewish students.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too bad we couldn’t see the earrings, since there was never an ancient Palestine as a country with its own leadership and government.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope that you, Jerusalem Post writers and editors, have been paying attention to the fact that the Arabs aren’t asking for a “two-state solution.” They want “from the river to the sea,” in other words that Israel will cease to be.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Following the Six Day War in 1967, Israel did not use Jewish biblical names for any of the land liberated in the war. It was clear that – hoping for peace in exchange for land – Golda Meir, who served as prime minister from 1969 to 1974, along with her cabinet didn’t want ownership/sovereignty. Instead they referred to “the West Bank,” “shtachim” (“territories”), and “east Jerusalem,” similar to East and West Berlin.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fact is that to this day, despite the light rail which travels through all sorts of Jerusalem neighborhoods, the unification of Jerusalem is one-sided. Arabs can freely enter, work, shop, even live in Jewish neighborhoods, while Jews are kept out of Arab neighborhoods.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, Diaspora Jews and Israelis seem caught by surprise by the massive pro-Hamas “from the river to the sea” demonstrations all over the world.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since 1967, our leaders have been playing by the wrong rules. By not using our traditional names for the land liberated in 1967 and deciding not to keep God’s gift for us, they’ve told the world that the land isn’t ours. It’s all in the name. Fixing this mistake won’t be easy, but it must be done.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BATYA MEDAD</span></em></p><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shiloh</span></em></p><p></p></blockquote><p style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></em></p></div><div>I must admit that the letters editor did edit my letter quite a bit, which hadn't been written as tightly as it should have been.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Please think about the points I've made. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's important to make it clear that being in favor of a Palestinian state is the same as being in favor of the destruction of the State of Israel, Gd forbid. The evil genie is out of the bottle... The Hamas Arabs are unabashedly showing their true stripes. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm interested in your opinions, and please share this post, thanks.</div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-39541698805672660062023-10-27T12:02:00.007+03:002023-10-27T14:00:31.225+03:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #7 *Volunteers Needed to Sort Innocents from Terrorists<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja0fBM7f-vcFto7aykfXim0_835E4SFnxbAs5auxDkL6r7eYvM4g6FpPKiue0n-iXhQjxr0pTN9zUq978dktOzYakSXGYhqiPV0ZeerXE9HV2EB2I7GRN7Ze69AY5bstxPnjRq1XGNWg8gSqGMMvT6RpktuZZ9yOekLxBh6EqfRIfT2oWcaqiB" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3563" data-original-width="3117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja0fBM7f-vcFto7aykfXim0_835E4SFnxbAs5auxDkL6r7eYvM4g6FpPKiue0n-iXhQjxr0pTN9zUq978dktOzYakSXGYhqiPV0ZeerXE9HV2EB2I7GRN7Ze69AY5bstxPnjRq1XGNWg8gSqGMMvT6RpktuZZ9yOekLxBh6EqfRIfT2oWcaqiB=w350-h400" width="350" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It may be a "sticky" job...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div>Israel is under a lot of pressure not to harm "innocent civilians" sic in Gaza, so our government has been sending warnings before bombing. Personally, I think it's a dumb and wasteful way to run a war. Can we really trust the Gazans to sort themselves out accurately? </div><div><br /></div><div>The Gazan terrorists may be immoral, perverse and cruel, but it doesn't look like they're stupid. Some terrorists may not want to die, and then they may escape with the innocent civilians leaving empty buildings and then wasting our precious bombs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another problem, which some news/Arab experts have alluded to is that the terrorists are abandoning the innocent or non-terrorists in the buildings while they leave and enjoy all the "treats" the world has been sending them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because of all the above, I hope that those who really care about making sure that <i>innocent</i> sic Gazans are saved and the terrorists are targeted will be responsible for sorting them out. If not, they only have themselves to blame.</div><div><br /></div><div>*satire, though I wish that those who worry so much about the possible "innocent civilians" in Gaza would go there and sort everything out.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/3oApi9QfsUs?si=0zO43vyds4y68PSb" width="480"></iframe>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-51937334326674391622023-10-26T16:09:00.007+03:002023-10-26T16:10:06.515+03:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #6 - CONCEPTZIOT Misconceptions Ad Nauseum, Recipe for Disaster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzRt97pOjHcVSH12rVowZqhZiJHMlxNAi2d1RlKuSwtBG5ubxSdyB6RJf04Y6WR9tl7BZNQXDm8ZsnpxEy5yaBlhdPG6PI9r4ZDTcLoVZF21BAAMBOdw-NMqo5Iz26O11OL1xOpFJv8MlkhN5aDbEoUktcvRfVsKWcbP9HnELBDT_YuJkRoIEj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzRt97pOjHcVSH12rVowZqhZiJHMlxNAi2d1RlKuSwtBG5ubxSdyB6RJf04Y6WR9tl7BZNQXDm8ZsnpxEy5yaBlhdPG6PI9r4ZDTcLoVZF21BAAMBOdw-NMqo5Iz26O11OL1xOpFJv8MlkhN5aDbEoUktcvRfVsKWcbP9HnELBDT_YuJkRoIEj=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>In 1967, Israel's totally miraculous Six Days War victory "rounded out our borders" to sensible and defensible lines. We were finally surrounded by water and mountains, instead of drunken nonsensical indefensible scribbles on a map. But somehow Israel's Leftist rulers turned that victory into defeat, as they made it clear that most of the land liberated, in a totally defensive war, was being offered to the Arabs in exchange for "peace." </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtBsdAg2jjmYzBMvJK4pSyQRuu_rB43WXmJdwg2s4R9OtFe1Z1mgZRxQ8IwsFDLTixyemyZRC9JblPF5ETPDn3qT9rIed8EImDMsu_BB9nXozT3yu-3ekYrqeDFPN6azjBc04pMfRFb2arruTuJ_jsOTHzG_GZGOsSyrtaJMT47qGCts88zsn8" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="403" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtBsdAg2jjmYzBMvJK4pSyQRuu_rB43WXmJdwg2s4R9OtFe1Z1mgZRxQ8IwsFDLTixyemyZRC9JblPF5ETPDn3qT9rIed8EImDMsu_BB9nXozT3yu-3ekYrqeDFPN6azjBc04pMfRFb2arruTuJ_jsOTHzG_GZGOsSyrtaJMT47qGCts88zsn8=w200-h146" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31850521" target="_blank">So Sorry We Won</a>, by E. Kishon, Dosh</span> </td></tr></tbody></table>Call that "<i>conceptzia</i>" misconception #1. The ridiculous idea that the Arabs could be peace partners, coupled with the dangerous idea that we could defend easily defend another zigzag border was based on the double fantasy that Arabs wanted peace and Jordan wanted them back. The label "Palestinian" for the local Arabs was still pretty new; their identities were more connected to the local city. The local Arabs had never thought themselves a single people. The United Nations and an alphabet soup of NGO's have been working hard over the decades to brainwash them to accept their new identity.</p><p>"<i>Conceptzia</i>" misconception #2 was that <i>mighty</i> Israel had done such a great job defeating three Arab armies in 1967 that they'd never want to mess with us ever again. </p><p>Maybe as the dust settled and the fighting ended, the Arabs feared Israel, but as soon as they realized that Israel wasn't interested in playing strong victor, they lost all respect for us.</p><p>Due to some perverse Leftist ideology that we could win over our enemies with kindness, security has gone down and Arab terrorism has been rising. Add to that, for some totally <i>fokokt</i> nonsensical reason, Israel's defense policies have been based on some Christian notion, which isn't obeyed by any Christian country, to "turn the other cheek," to passively absorb aggressive blows. And then there's what you can call "<i>Conceptzia</i>" misconception #3, that if an Arab isn't shooting, stabbing he/she must be an <i>innocent </i>sic civilian. </p><p>Instead of being pragmatic and careful the Leftists who still control the IDF, Ministry of Defense, Foreign Ministry, Judicial ad nauseum have been overruling the wishes of the public who vote for parties and politicians who are more REALISTIC aka Right. That's what Judicial Reform is about. Since the Left can't win an election, the justices have decided that they have the right to override/veto laws and decisions voted by Knesset Members who had been elected by Israeli citizens.</p><p>That's how Israel has gotten into this war for its very survival. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WE MUST FIGHT TO WIN! </span></b></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-33137314440536418112023-10-24T15:24:00.005+03:002023-10-24T16:50:31.770+03:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #5 Hamas is Worse Than The Nazis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJsCjXH9eYCnjJ-vhp1wXoKV4sVMRoJVroCkadzRoSNsm5quJ-BhtEUrpfKB6Ax_EzPvaexgELaKJFzN8JBtqmuRihG1CW0oGFrlXHdIR0lzL5vfrf1uJHeGrTwi_lK977Gh1mW_rzvWvjFpNSCD9PEYZm440jOO1fP1SgEguaZzCfyDEQjwXS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJsCjXH9eYCnjJ-vhp1wXoKV4sVMRoJVroCkadzRoSNsm5quJ-BhtEUrpfKB6Ax_EzPvaexgELaKJFzN8JBtqmuRihG1CW0oGFrlXHdIR0lzL5vfrf1uJHeGrTwi_lK977Gh1mW_rzvWvjFpNSCD9PEYZm440jOO1fP1SgEguaZzCfyDEQjwXS=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Click to watch <a href="truth" target="_blank"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FhUWJrj1Wvk?si=Z8yAhBTzXRnXO5YP" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As many now say, Hamas is worse than the Nazis were, because the Nazis tried to hide what they did, but but Hamas brags about it. <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-769851" target="_blank">The State of Israel is trying very hard to show the world the truth</a>, but an incomprehensible amount of people, including academics and media, have completely closed their minds to the truth. Also, <a href="https://spotify.link/JUOcEurM9Db" target="_blank">Dennis Prager and his guest, Dinesh D’Souza, </a>discuss and prove it. </div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The terrorists of Hamas don't pretend to be civilized and cultured. In many cases, they took their victims' and hostages' cellphones to photograph their cruelty and then sent the pictures and movies out on the social media, on the victims' very own personal accounts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hamas terrorists aren't freedom fighters! They're out to murder all Israelis, destroy the country and they don't give a hoot how many of their own family die as collateral damage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's worse than shocking how much support Hamas has in the western world, the world that claims to be civilized, freedom-loving and tolerant. OK, I guess they are tolerant when it comes to Arab terrorism against innocent Israelis and Jews.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The pet projects of the Left are somehow heavily coated with "Teflon" and simple facts can't penetrate. Shockingly there are even Jews who consider Israel guilty. Last week's Jerusalem Post had a daily "life on the campus" op-ed by Jewish students abroad who while describing the heavily anti-Israel atmosphere always inserted a statement "admitting" that <i>Israel was also guilty of crimes/discrimination against its Arabs</i> sic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Post World War Two for a few decades, there was a feeling that many Germans and their allies were embarrassed by the Nazi atrocities against Jews, and those who weren't tried to stay quiet. Considering the enormous pro-Hamas demonstrations around the world, we're facing very serious danger. You didn't see pro-Nazi demonstrations in the western world during WW2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm interested in your comments, so don't be shy. Also, please share this and the other blog posts in the series, thanks.</div><p></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-5188023293309841562023-10-23T06:12:00.000+03:002023-10-23T06:12:09.514+03:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #4 Pulse of Israel Reports on Hamas Barbarism <p>I don't know if you've been following the war news on Israeli and unofficial Israeli news and commentary sites. For sure, you'll find reports that won't be on CNN, BBC, NBC etcetera ad nauseum. </p><p>One of those I recommend is Avi Abelow's <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/" target="_blank">PULSE OF ISRAEL</a>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvJDNGgU95LfGP0UAdM_snZxTU4e8ie2APpCz6n6xFv4mvQmQFH8hHyKqXYZOBK6vxmL7pTKS7v_8cHdplajAZSluZzwJD0--12Erg9HiJfgzb7N2Ic4W1wSAq_TMwSMNQGtwzHVBZpUzU0XbpqwlYZO9PK9r-1fhd9_Z-NXPhO_zBBauRkM1K" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="158" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvJDNGgU95LfGP0UAdM_snZxTU4e8ie2APpCz6n6xFv4mvQmQFH8hHyKqXYZOBK6vxmL7pTKS7v_8cHdplajAZSluZzwJD0--12Erg9HiJfgzb7N2Ic4W1wSAq_TMwSMNQGtwzHVBZpUzU0XbpqwlYZO9PK9r-1fhd9_Z-NXPhO_zBBauRkM1K=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br />Last night I heard what was titled <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/2023/10/22/hardest-interview-war/" target="_blank">The Hardest Interview I Have Ever Done...</a>, and as difficult as it is to listen to it, it's not something you can turn off. And you shouldn't turn it off. In his words:<p></p><p><span style="background-color: #002642; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="background-color: #002642; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In between shifts, I just conducted one of the hardest Pulse of Israel interviews in my life.</span><br style="background-color: #002642; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #002642; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #002642; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Meet Avigail Gimpel who volunteers for the Gush Etzion chevra kadisha. THe chevra kadisha was tasked with preparing the massacred and mutilated bodies, from down South, for a proper Jewish burial.</span><br style="background-color: #002642; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #002642; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #002642; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Her testimony is super critical, as too many media outlets, journalists, online influencers and politicians deny that any massacre took place, while simultaneously believing the blood libel that Israel shot a Gaza hospital which was proven to be a story of lies.</span><br style="background-color: #002642; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #002642; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #002642; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">May nobody ever witness what Avigail had to see.</span></blockquote><span style="background-color: #002642; color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><p></p><p>Looking at the photo of them, you'd never guess Avigail Gimpel's volunteer activity, nor the horrendous scenes and tasks she has been doing. Listen, and let her tell you.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqJzwJMN2ROE-iGkwWdZGhNsWE7ma0sMACZ2BCSXceeNC8833XjEAfzUfZnECLCti-MNjr8cM_Lh4GBQpBBFqDsvOo3e1lJ22wtBXJD969LWBRoOuSxYwK_B6KBqwjplTW8LnigWpeYslvR_JFCKkKpWQn5J8LeZB8EBvTqbRJ3Ph0uEdme3fc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqJzwJMN2ROE-iGkwWdZGhNsWE7ma0sMACZ2BCSXceeNC8833XjEAfzUfZnECLCti-MNjr8cM_Lh4GBQpBBFqDsvOo3e1lJ22wtBXJD969LWBRoOuSxYwK_B6KBqwjplTW8LnigWpeYslvR_JFCKkKpWQn5J8LeZB8EBvTqbRJ3Ph0uEdme3fc=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br />You can also listen on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ARgOgbA8kTOvj03EIDDK0?si=btQXIEsVSVu5p5jVEKna3A&fbclid=IwAR22iwvpNpl6bzK9c2BRgJBb89nj0lyVWeq9tsj1IK2mefdv0uN9gPQF5nw&nd=1" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, even the free version. I highly suggest signing up to <a href="https://pulseofisrael.com/about/" target="_blank">Pulse of Israel</a> to get all of their news/interviews.<p></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-3969173050462192082023-10-21T22:19:00.002+03:002023-10-21T22:19:34.170+03:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #3 With Friends Like These...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCImF1btw7v8azP0TXA-Pk8K88tUH3G7DFJO01_qYukJ5qe0Tbp4vnrQURNzonu1ainl-PYRUDtxpDtJlowDoke3W8Q99j9kRy305cZugLOtxmG--TgvdafF9KS8lE18_RzSrbgDwZl4JGdrPwDxdR8wyIw5Q_mfW0JLl1ZKw3I40BAQOS8kV2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="239" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCImF1btw7v8azP0TXA-Pk8K88tUH3G7DFJO01_qYukJ5qe0Tbp4vnrQURNzonu1ainl-PYRUDtxpDtJlowDoke3W8Q99j9kRy305cZugLOtxmG--TgvdafF9KS8lE18_RzSrbgDwZl4JGdrPwDxdR8wyIw5Q_mfW0JLl1ZKw3I40BAQOS8kV2=w400-h350" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/378896" target="_blank"><b>Report: Biden pressured Israel not to launch attack on Hezbollah</b></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES....</b></p><p>I'm not surprised at all. Sometimes I don't like being right, totally on target. I haven't trusted the United States for half a century already...</p><p>Biden's no friend of Israel
He doesn't want Israel to really win. </p><p>He wants to come in and "rescue" a desperate Israel making it a weak protectorate. </p><p>I've always suspected that it had been Kissinger's dream in 1973. That's the only thing that makes sense. Way back when, in 1973, during the Yom Kippur War, I began being very suspicious of the USA and Kissinger. Later on, from two totally unrelated friends, meaning people who never knew each other, I discovered how the USA had deceived Israel. <a href="https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/book-review-deceit-of-ally-by-bruce.html" target="_blank">Read Bruce Brill's Deceit of an Ally</a>. Kissinger's guilt is my theory.</p><p>There are too many strings, conditions and demands to the American "aid." Read the fine print.</p><p><b>We have to fight to win, to destroy Hamas and demand unconditional defeat of the Gazan Hamas terrorists. Nothing else will end this hell/war.
Bibi's previous attempts to "quiet things" in recent years were disasters. It was so obvious this sort of thing would happen, though even I never expected such depravity and cruelty.</b></p>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-91720858747481419422023-10-20T14:55:00.007+03:002023-10-20T14:55:43.686+03:00Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #2 Off With the News<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSYN2bWfvE6VSPR9oe_dVdPtoZ-8vmkoS-2250GNbH0njB9Ost7LlsQdAiyLq6sYNGqP3n9Xwon_LQe7icopFL7836GHtBgiJ7dKg3Gz19718qkmjoYVdiT-Zg9OCWRIwlfBn8XJgm_8HbwusabtiloJwGXSgOYmecKnQdCIwOuSue9zLHrWml" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1698" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSYN2bWfvE6VSPR9oe_dVdPtoZ-8vmkoS-2250GNbH0njB9Ost7LlsQdAiyLq6sYNGqP3n9Xwon_LQe7icopFL7836GHtBgiJ7dKg3Gz19718qkmjoYVdiT-Zg9OCWRIwlfBn8XJgm_8HbwusabtiloJwGXSgOYmecKnQdCIwOuSue9zLHrWml=w400-h353" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>For a news junky like myself, such a decision can be called sacrilegious for sure. To be honest, I do check in periodically to get an idea of what's actually happening, but I don't think watching/listening to the "news" is a good idea. </div><div><br /></div><div>For one... I find myself yelling:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>STUPID! </div><div>THAT'S IDIOTIC</div><div>YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS</div><div>WHY SHOULD YOU BELIVE THAT CLOWN etc.</div></blockquote><div></div><div>Another thing is that I miss the more innocent time pre-cellphone and social media. During the rather devastating 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israeli television was in its infancy and we didn't have one. Many Israelis didn't even have telephones. Computers, tablets and cellphones were from the world of science fiction, definitely make-believe. That innocence kept us saner than today. </div><div><br /></div><div>We barely heard accurate news of casualties. There were quick burials and then after the war was over the dead soldiers were reinterred. Only during that difficult postwar time did we discover what really happened. The disadvantage was that instead of celebrating our victory, people mourned. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now we're burying, mourning and fighting all at once. In addition there are the stories of soldiers taken from the front to attend their own weddings. It's all rather insane and schizophrenic. I guess it suits the mentality and culture of the day, but it's hard for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think that there's too much said in public, on the news and in private conversations. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, too many tv and radio shows are like "backseat drivers." Everyone's so smart, smarter than the government and generals. I also am, but I don't think all this talk should be in the media. You know what they say about loose tongues.</div><div><br /></div><div>May we listen to Gd and not the Americans! The last time they won a real war was seventy 70 years ago, and they've never even fought a war for their survival. We're the experts and Gd Almighty.</div><div><br /></div><div>We need Gd's help for sure, and we must work hard to deserve it.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach</div>Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com0