Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #8 ISRAEL Must Be The One Country Between The River and The Sea!

How did the "Two State Solution" morph into a a policy that demands only one, Gd forbid, the terror state of Palestine sic?

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

It's time for all those who have been promoting a Palestinian 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.

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. 

About the United States, historically, if you follow policy, not speeches, you'd find that the State Department, which is eternal, 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 Bruce Brill's Deceit of an Ally. 

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.

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?

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Yesterday the Jerusalem Post published a letter I wrote to them which, davka, 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. 

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.

Too bad we couldn’t see the earrings, since there was never an ancient Palestine as a country with its own leadership and government.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

BATYA MEDAD

Shiloh

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.

Please think about the points I've made. 

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. 

I'm interested in your opinions, and please share this post, thanks.

Israel Attacked by Hamas 2023/5784, War Musings #6 - CONCEPTZIOT Misconceptions Ad Nauseum, Recipe for Disaster

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." 

So Sorry We Won, by E. Kishon, Dosh 

Call that "conceptzia" 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.

"Conceptzia" misconception #2 was that mighty Israel had done such a great job defeating three Arab armies in 1967 that they'd never want to mess with us ever again. 

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.

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 fokokt 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 "Conceptzia" misconception #3, that if an Arab isn't shooting, stabbing he/she must be an innocent sic civilian. 

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.

That's how Israel has gotten into this war for its very survival. 

WE MUST FIGHT TO WIN! 

History of Jordan and Palestine in a Nutshell

 

A little history...

East of these mountains I can see from my house is Jordan...

Here's the very short history of Jordan. It was invented by Britain when they were looking for someone to hold onto the eastern part of the Mandate. The entire Mandate was supposed to become a Jewish State. So the Brits imported a foreign sheik, Abdulla and made up the "Kingdom of Jordan."

Then they and their buddies in the newly formed UN decided that the Jews should share what was left with another Arab "nation", as if Abdulla wasn't Arab. They drew a map, which resembled blood splatter, and told the Jews, grandparents and parent of those rioting against Bibi, that they could have the splotches while the rest would go to the "palestinians." And that's how that "nation" was born.

Ribonut, Sovereignty vs The Trump-Kushner Apartheid Terror Plan

Yesterday I was in Jerusalem and had a bit of time between appointments, so I made my way to the Women in Green's three day "Yes to Sovereignty over the Land of Israel, No to Palestine" conference.

It was good to feel that I was doing more for Jewish Life in the State of Israel than tapping on my computer keyboard, even though I only sat and listened to the speakers. Seeing women and men from all over the country who all agree that we can't play games with our sovereignty and security was reassuring.

Trump's "plan/deal" is a nightmare and diametrically opposed to his original stated policy. He should have stuck with his position that only the parties involved should negotiate, and there should never be an imposed/proposed plan by outsiders.

Now, his so-called Israeli Sovereignty sic requires American approval as if we're under his and Jared Kushner's rule.

The state of Israel is an independent country, and in June, 1967, we were threatened with total destruction by neighboring Arab countries. The results of the war those threats caused was the straightening out of our borders and the liberation of territory which had been used to attack Israel. All international historical precedent is similar situations is that the victorious country absorbs/annexes such territory, and that is what the State of Israel should have done as soon as Jordan, Egypt and Syria surrendered or ceased attacking. Incomprehensibly we didn't, and we've been suffering ever since.

Better late than never, it's the time NOW TO ANNEX ALL LAND ISRAEL HOLDS! If the Arabs don't like it they can leave. Simple.

PALESTINE POSTS, Book Review

PALESTINE POSTS: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL By Daniel S. Chertoff is an amazing book. Chertoff found a collection of his father's correspondence written between 1947-1949 when Mordecai S. Chertoff (his father) was here witnessing the end of the British Mandate and the beginning of the State of Israel.

Mordecai Chertoff came to "Palestine" officially to study in Hebrew University but was quickly drafted to the staff of the English newspaper, The Palestine Post, now called The Jerusalem Post. In addition, he joined the Haganah, and later after the establishment of the State of Israel, he became a citizen and was subsequently drafted into the IDF.

The letters Daniel found were from his father to the family in America and letters sent to him from them. Besides the correspondence, Daniel had an incomplete memoir of the time, his father had once started writing. Besides all that, there are many of the articles Mordecai had written for the Post and other publications. Daniel's job was to weave these all together along with a historical narrative informative enough for those less knowledgeable to follow and not too simplistic for those who already know the history. He did a very good job. I can recommend the book to all.

I had a personal need to read the book very carefully. My Uncle Izzy, Israel Shanks "Red" Shankman, was also here in Palestine-Israel at the time. He was in the Palyam, the naval branch of the Palmach as high level crew, medic plus, on some of the ships that defied the British in an attempt to bring Jewish immigrants to safety. It's very possible that they had been acquainted, though my uncle isn't mentioned. My uncle also left Israel for New York, around the same time.

Mordecai's letters are invaluable in describing what life was like in Jerusalem during the long, difficult siege. There was rationing, since water and food were almost impossible to find. The only road Jews could take to Jerusalem, for deliveries of all sorts, went through enemy Arab territory. Attacks were frequent. It's amazing that people survived on such small quantities, but they did.

Due to Mordecai's status in the Haganah and Palestine Post, he got to Tel Aviv on occasion. He writes of the plentiful food and being able to leisurely bathe, both luxuries in Jerusalem. From his letters I discovered that there was a real lack of unity between Jerusalem and "Israel" in the early days of the state. One reason was that the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan Jerusalem was to be a separate entity, not part of Israel. And even after the 1949 ceasefire, travel from the coast to Jerusalem was difficult until Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Days War.

There was only one thing that mars the book. Daniel criticizes his father's words about Arabs fleeing the Jewish State, page 338. Nobody's reading PALESTINE POSTS to discover Daniel's 21st century PC opinions. If another edition is printed, I suggest deleting those comments.

PALESTINE POSTS is a very readable, well-written book. Daniel Chertoff succeeded with a very difficult task. This is a History book, Biography, family memoir and more. The fonts and print-size are easy on my elderly eyes. I highly recommend PALESTINE POSTS: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL By Daniel S. Chertoff.

GUEST POST: Remember World Trade Center

Remember the World Trade Center

(a guest post by Mr. Cohen)
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You may ask why I have chosen this
day to remember the destruction of the
World Trade Center and 3,000+ innocent lives,
because September 11 was ten days ago.

My answer is that the World Trade Center

was destroyed on the 23^rd day of Elul,
and tomorrow is the 23^rd day of Elul.
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It is not enough to remember the names

of the 3,000 victims who died when the
World Trade Center was destroyed by
Arab-Muslim terrorists on 2001 September 11.

Even more important, we must remember:

the names of the 19 terrorists, and
which religion they believed in [Islam] and,
which religion motivated their violence [Islam] and,
which language they spoke [Arabic],
and where they came from [Egypt and Saudi Arabia].

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Yigal Carmon [President of MEMRI dot org] said:

Two months before 9/11, on Qatar’s state-run

Al-Jazeera TV, [Osama] bin Laden was lionized
in a show dedicated to him. He was called
“the No. 1 Arab and Islamic hero” and
“the conscience of the Arab and Islamic world.”

The program host underlined that as

“the [Muslim] nation thirsts deeply
for someone who will confront America... 
not with words and slogans,”
and said that bin Laden was
“the right man for this important role.”

And indeed he was.

SOURCE:

Americans are good people — just ask the Qatari Emir

by Yigal Carmon, 2019/7/14
www.jns.org/opinion/the-americans-are-good-people-just-ask-the-qatari-emir

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Yigal Carmon [President of MEMRI dot org] said:

“For over two decades, Qatar has been

fostering and advancing nearly every
terrorist organization that has murdered
Americans. It praised Osama bin Laden,
and after him Ayman Al-Zawahiri [leader of
Al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden], to the skies.”

SOURCE:

Americans are good people — just ask the Qatari Emir
by Yigal Carmon, 2019/7/14
www.jns.org/opinion/the-americans-are-good-people-just-ask-the-qatari-emir/

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Germany: ISIS bride arrested after photo of
cake celebrating 9/11 found on her lost phone:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/09/germany-isis-bride-arrested-after-photo-cake-celebrating-9-11-found-on-her-lost-phone
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If you really want to know the details about Muslims

around the world committing violence against their

non-Muslim neighbors, then please go to:

www (dot) JihadWatch (dot) org

Articles on Jihad Watch right now include:

[1] Muslim scouted landmark sites in Boston,

NYC, and DC including Fenway Park and
Statue of Liberty for jihad massacres

[2] 61% of “Palestinians” approve mygf

of jihad murder of Israeli teen

[3] UK: Grand Mufti of Bosnia and

Herzegovina gives Qur’an reading
in Westminster Abbey

[4] Women’s March Replaces Anti-Semites

with Another Anti-Semite

[5] That Was Quick: Women’s March Drops

Anti-Semite It Brought in to
Replace Its Other Anti-Semites

[6] Afghanistan: Taliban target election

rally, murder 50 in jihad bombings,
warn people not to vote or face death

[7] “Anti-Muslim” Event at Michigan Church

Cancelled Quite Unnecessarily

[8] Bangladesh: Muslim mob vandalizes Ahmadi

mosque, cops say mob is too large to oppose

[9] Smuggler claims he will get Islamic

State jihadis into Europe for $8,000

[10] Glazov Gang: Revealed –
Obama’s Betrayal of SEAL Team Six

[11] Muslim Mayor of Prospect Park, N.J.,

Enraged at Being Questioned by
Border Agents on Return from Turkey

[12] Why We Are Bogged Down in Afghanistan

[13] Miami: Muslim American Airlines

mechanic who sabotaged plane had ISIS videos,
spoke of wanting to harm non-Muslims

[14] India: Jammu and Kashmir official says

religion terrorists follow is “definitely not Islam”

[15] Germany: ISIS bride arrested after photo

of cake celebrating 9/11 found on her lost phone

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Finally, I suggest that Batya add Jihad Watch

to Shiloh Musing’s list of “Interesting Blogs”.

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Israel-Palestinian "Peace Plan" Oxymoron

It seems that Donald Trump let his son-in-law Jared Kushner talk him into a stupid, useless and inevitably dangerous policy, presenting an Israel-Palestinian "Peace Plan." The term is pure oxymoron for sure. The so-called Palestinians sic have no desire for peace. They were invented to terrorize and abort a Jewish State by the British.

This fiction of a "nation," which has no history is the "pet" of innumerable countries, NGOs, media, celebrities etc.

Early on in Donald Trump's career as a politician, he had announced that it was up to the two opposing sides, Jews and Arabs, to negotiate. Too bad he didn't stick with that policy.

It doesn't matter how creative or practical or revolutionary the "peace deal" Kushner and co have come up with, it won't bring peace to the middle east. And they should know perfectly well that a "deal" can't be imposed from outsiders.

These same Arabs that celebrate murder of innocent Jews will not change their deadly cruel culture for anything. They still, supported by the EU, UN and too many others, educate their children to kill, and until this changes and takes effect, there's no chance for peace.

Gd willing, some day there will be true peace, but that will only come when the State of Israel fully annexes all of the Land of Israel and executes all Arab terrorists.

GUEST POST: Time Magazine vs Truth

Time Magazine vs Truth
(a guest post by Mr. Cohen)

This essay is a critical analysis of the article titled:

“World Beyond Hope” by Karl Vick, published in

Time Magazine, on 2018 May 28, on page 26.

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In this article about the Palestinians in Gaza, 3 of the 4 pictures
show Palestinians suffering. There are no pictures of Palestinians
holding weapons. Their protests are described twice as peaceful.
______________________________________________
In this article, there was no mention of the fact that the
Palestinian protesters in Gaza repeatedly attempted
to destroy the security wall that protects Israel from terrorists.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that the

protesters were armed with knives, clubs and Molotov Cocktails.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that the

Palestinians in Gaza have repeatedly dug underground

tunnels into Israel, so they could kill and kidnap Israeli civilians.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that the

Palestinians in Gaza have repeatedly sent kites loaded

with flammables into Israel, which has caused numerous

fires, which has destroyed both crops and nature preserves.

 

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that the

Palestinians in Gaza shot thousands of rockets and

missiles into Israel, mostly aimed at civilian targets.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that the

Palestinians have repeatedly rejected peace offers from

Israel, peace offers that would have given them 99%

of what they wanted.

[Or more accurately, the Palestinians were offered 99%

of what they told Western audiences they wanted,

to mislead the Western audiences to believe that

they would accept something less than the total

destruction of Israel, to make themselves seem reasonable.]
 

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Muslim hatred against Israel and Jews is often inspired

by Islam’s most important sacred writings: the Koran

and Hadiths. Additionally, Muslim hatred against Israel

and Jews is often inspired by the famous anti-Jewish

forgery titled: “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”,

which is a perennial best-seller in the Muslim world.

This article never mentions the fact that Palestinian

schools and Palestinian mosques teach hate

and lethal violence against Israel and Jews.

This article never mentions the fact that the

Palestinian Authority (PA) gives cash rewards

to the families of terrorists who died while killing Jews.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that
thousands of Israeli Jews have been murdered by
Muslims, with countless bombings, car-rammings,
knifings and shootings; the victims have included
teenagers and children and pregnant women.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Hamas, the organization that rules Gaza, is officially

committed to killing ALL Jews, all around the world:

even those Jews who never visited Israel, even those

Jews who are not Zionist, even those Jews who are

anti-Zionist. This is written in the Hamas Charter.

______________________________________________

This article said: “Hamas is SEEN AS
a terrorist group by the US and Europe.”

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Hamas has repeatedly pushed Palestinian civilians,

including children, directly into the line-of-gunfire,

so the news-media could report that Palestinians

were killed by Israeli gunfire.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Hamas uses children to dig underground tunnels into

Israel, so they can kill and kidnap Israeli civilians.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Hamas creates shelters to protect themselves,

but no shelters for Palestinian civilians.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Hamas uses Palestinian civilians, including children,

as Human Shields.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Hamas killed hundreds of Arabs and Muslims,

without trial and without civil rights, because

they were seen as violating Islamic law [Sharia]

or because they were viewed as opponents of Hamas.

All this, and author Karl Vick describes Hamas not

as a terrorist group, but merely as being “SEEN AS

a terrorist group”, as if their status as terrorists

were a mere opinion, that is subject to debate.

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Last, but not least, we speak about the Israelis, who
are the only people portrayed as villains in this article.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israelis warned Palestinian civilians in advance about

their military activities, to reduce civilian casualties. 

This kind of warning is extremely rare,

and you can count on one hand the number

of armies that offer this type of warning.
 

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

every day, Israel sends trucks filled with food and

medical supplies to Gaza. This inconvenient fact

is routinely omitted by news reporters who want

to promote the false idea that Israel is trying to

kill all the Palestinians.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israel supplies Gaza with water and electricity,
even when terrorists from Gaza shoot dozens
of missiles and rockets at Israeli civilians.

What The New York Times Isn’t Telling You
About Israel’s Gaza ‘Blockade’
www.algemeiner.com/2018/04/08/what-the-new-york-times-isnt-telling-you-about-israels-gaza-blockade/

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israelis practiced great restraint; they waited for many

months to respond with military force, even when

they were being attacked with thousands of rockets

and missiles from Gaza, which were mostly aimed

at civilian targets.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israelis practiced great restraint; they waited for many

months to respond with military force, even when

they were being attacked with underground terror tunnels,

designed to kill and kidnap Israeli civilians.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israelis practiced great restraint; by waiting for many

months to respond with military force, even when

they were being attacked with kites loaded with

flammable materials, flammable materials that

started big forest fires and crop fires.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israeli is the only democracy in the entire Middle East,

and the only country in the entire Middle East

with modern standards of civil rights, including

freedom of religion and equality for women.

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

in Israel, Arab citizens have voting rights and are

elected to membership in the Israeli Supreme Court

and membership in the Israeli parliament [the Knesset].

In this article, there was no mention of the fact that

Israel’s government gives money to mosques,

where Muslims gather for prayer.

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CONCLUSION:  The article “World Beyond Hope”
by Karl Vick contains no context and no balance;
it is a one-sided propaganda essay that whitewashes
the numerous wrongdoings of Arabs and Muslims,
while portraying Israel and Jews and one-dimensional
villains who just want to kill innocent people for no reason.

Another article, which was featured on the front cover

of Time Magazine, attributed 100% of the blame for

Middle East violence on Israel and Jews, while attributing

0% of the blame for Middle East violence on Arabs

and Muslims. I do not remember the name of this article,

but the front cover displayed a large six-pointed star,

like the six-pointed star on the flag of Israel.

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“Furthermore, journalists located in any Arab town
know that if they write anything not favorable to
the Arabs, they can face physical danger.”

SOURCE: article by Ralph Dobrin:
Why Peace in the Middle East Remains Illusive
www.jns.org/why-peace-in-the-middle-east-remains-illusive/
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Dennis Prager said:

“Israel, it ought to be recalled, is the only country in
the world targeted for annihilation.  That has been true
from the day it was proclaimed as a state in 1948 until today.

It was true before Israel was forced to conquer East Jerusalem,
Gaza and the West Bank. 

It was true after three Israeli prime ministers: Yitzchak Rabin,

Ehud Barak, and Ehud Olmert, agreed to give up virtually all of

Gaza and the West Bank to the Palestinians to set up a Palestinian state. 

It was [still] true after Israel have every inch of Gaza to the Palestinians.

All of which proves that when Palestinian spokesmen say

they want peace, they do not mean peace WITH Israel,

they mean peace WITHOUT Israel.”

SOURCE: Why I am in Israel and you should be

by Dennis Prager, December 2015, Country Yossi

magazine, December 2015, page 48

 

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Articles about Media Bias against Israel
from Aish HaTorah:
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Why is the Media Biased?
www.aish.com/jw/mo/48917482.html

4 Reasons Why the Media is Biased against Israel:

www.aish.com/jw/mo/4-Reasons-Why-the-Media-is-Biased-against-Israel.html

Dishonest Reporting: Media Bias Against Israel:

www.aish.com/jw/mo/48932327.html

The Media: Destroying Jerusalem Again:

www.aish.com/shraga_blog/The-Media-Destroying-Jerusalem-Again.html

European Media and Anti-Israel Bias:

www.aish.com/jw/mo/48924097.html

Palestinians: Western Media's Ignorance and Bias Palestinians:

www.aish.com/jw/mo/Palestinians-Western-Medias-Ignorance-and-Bias.html

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Huge source of high-quality pro-Israel videos:

www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity
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An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth

by Matti Friedman, 2014/8/26
www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/183033/israel-insider-guide

SUMMARY: This article exposes intentional anti-Israel bias in the news media.

It is still VERY relevant, even though it was written in 2014.

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Facts about Israel from Daily Forest dot com:

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“Israelis invented voice mail technology.”

Israel is proud to have the world’s highest rate of
entrepreneurship of women and people over the age of 55.

“The Jewish State has more museums per capita

than any other country in the world.”

Out of all the countries in the Arab-Muslim world,

Israel has the highest life expectancy for Arabs.
The life expectancy is 79 years.

“If you were to take a look inside a Pakistani passport,

you would see that it read, “This passport is valid for
all countries in the world, except Israel.”

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Please check out these pro-Israel web sites:
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www.camera.org

www.HonestReporting.com

www.memri.org

www.ActForAmerica.org

www.aish.com

www.IsraelLawCenter.org

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Pro-Israel Articles from Aish HaTorah:

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www.aish.com/jw/me/Ten-Ways-Israel-Is-Treated-Differently.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/13-Facts-about-Israel--the-Middle-East.html

 

www.aish.com/jw/s/The_Pro-Palestinians_Real_Agenda.html

 

www.aish.com/ho/i/Menachem-Begin-on-the-Lessons-of-the-Holocaust.html

 

www.aish.com/jw/me/Why-Are-There-Still-Palestinian-Refugees.html
 
www.aish.com/jw/me/The-Arabs-Real-Grievance-against-the-Jews.html

 
www.aish.com/jw/me/Col-Richard-Kemp-on-Israels-Moral-Army.html

http://5tjt.com/why-israel-is-the-worlds-best-nation-an-amazing-article-in-an-italian-paper/

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Articles Refuting BDS from Aish HaTorah:
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www.aish.com/jw/me/The-BDS-Smokescreen.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/BDS-The-Attempt-to-Strangle-Israel.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/BDS-and-Anti-Semitism.html
 

www.aish.com/jw/me/Fighting-BDS-in-the-Name-of-Human-Rights.html
 

www.aish.com/jw/s/Winning-the-BDS-Battle.html
 

www.aish.com/jw/s/10-Ways-You-Can-Fight-BDS.html

www.algemeiner.com/2018/07/13/bds-founder-confirms-movement-is-about-ending-the-jewish-state/
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Articles about the Palestinians
from Aish HaTorah:
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www.aish.com/jw/me/Golda-Meir-on-the-Palestinians.html

www.aish.com/shraga_blog/The_Palestinian_Money_Pit.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/The-Truth-about-Palestinians.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/Believing-Palestinian-Lies.html

www.aish.com/jw/mo/Staged-Palestinian-Photos.html

www.aish.com/jw/s/The_Pro-Palestinians_Real_Agenda.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48882577.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48897862.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48883522.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48908777.html

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Articles from Mr. Cohen:
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Who are the Palestinians?

https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2018/06/who-are-palestinians.html

Did Captain Kirk believe in negotiating with terrorists?

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/08/can-jews-learn-from-captain-kirk.html

Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable:

www.algemeiner.com/2017/10/27/israel-cannot-withdraw-from-the-west-bank/
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-why-1967-borders-are-suicide.html

www.jns.org/in-gaza-flare-up-new-york-times-obscures-cause-and-effect/

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Mr. Patrick Condell has no Jewish ancestors
and no religion that might cause him to favor Jews.

Please read these short pro-Israel articles that

expose the Palestinians by Mr. Patrick Condell:
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http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/boo-hoo-palestine-by-pat-condell.html

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/patronising-palestinians.html

 

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-great-palestinian-lie.html

 

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/useful-idiots-for-palestine.html

 

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/israel-and-united-nations.html

 

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/why-do-muslims-always-blame-jews.html

 

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/liberal-hypocrisy-over-gaza.html

Thank you!

"Palestine," sic, is a "Toy!"

The Jerusalem Post had a feature article in its Friday edition titled:

ARE PALESTINIANS READY TO TELL ‘SUPPORTERS’: ‘WE'RE NOT YOUR TOY’?

No surprise, but the writer got the whole "Palestinian thing" all wrong, because it didn't get to the gut/history of the issue.

"Palestine" is the Barbie Doll, the toy invented by anti-Semitic Europeans and British who were determined to sabotage the Zionist efforts to promote Jewish Nationalism and its aim of re-establishing a Jewish State in the Biblical Holyland.

There is absolutely no history of a Palestine, people, nation, culture. And the so-called Kingdom of Jordan is even a bigger fake, invention. The British moved the Hashemites in, even though the land east of the Jordan River was supposed to be part of the Jewish state, and anointed them rulers over the nomads residing there. This was in direct contravention of the Mandate, the assignment the British had been given by the League of Nations.

But as you most probably have noticed, the world didn't care. It's very similar to the way the world powers, at the same basic time, reacted to the rising antisemitism and violence against Jews in Nazi Germany.

And after World War Two, the British did everything in their power to keep Europe's surviving Jews out of the Holyland, while simultaneously helping to strengthen the Arabs.

Yes, there was a United Nations vote November 29, 1947, supporting the establishment of a Jewish State, but it had no "teeth." The Jews would have to survive a "fire test," a war during which surrounding Arabs, armed and trained by the British, would attack them. The UN suggested a further division of land between Jews and Arabs for another new Arab state. They drew a map assigning small amounts of land in various disconnected locations for the "Jewish State." The Jewish Agency accepted it, despite the dangerous borders, but the Arabs refused insisting on more.

After the ceasefire in 1949, Jordan illegally occupied the land not in Jewish hands, including half of Jerusalem. No surprise, that there were no formal complaints by the world powers of the time or from the United Nations.

In the decades since, these same countries, diplomats and NGOs have been creating their Barbie doll, financing "her" every whim, paying for everything and turning a blind eye when their toy literally terrorizes Israel. And in 1967 when the Arab countries surrounding Israel gathered their forces and threatened destruction of the Jewish State, nobody cared or tried to stop them. The State of Israel fought a brilliant and miraculous war in which not only did it survive but it liberated all the land to the Jordan River, the Sinai and the Golan Heights. Only then did the world get angry. World powers, NGOs etc got angry with the State of Israel. And then their toy, the so-called "Palestinians" were given a makeover to look moderate and deserving.

The  so-called "Palestinians" are a toy. It never would have existed if other countries hadn't invented it. It's no more than a bloody Barbie doll.

GUEST POST: Who Are the Palestinians

(a guest post by Mr. Cohen)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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1. Who Are the Palestinians? by Yashiko Sagamori
2. What happened to the Philistines? by Mr. Cohen
3. Josephus and the Philistines by Mr. Cohen
4. Where did the Philistines come from? by Mr. Cohen
5. Where did the Philistines live? by Mr. Cohen
6. Four Quotes about Palestine
7. Why did the Olso peace treaty fail?
8. Articles about the Palestinians from Aish HaTorah (LINKS)
9. More Articles about the Palestinians (miscellaneous) (LINKS)
10. Articles about the Palestinians from Mr. Patrick Condell (LINKS)
11. Pro-Israel Articles from Aish HaTorah (LINKS)
12. Articles Refuting the BDS Movement from Aish HaTorah (LINKS)
13. Articles about Media Bias against Israel from Aish HaTorah (LINKS)
14. Ancient Roman historians connected Jews with the Land of Israel
15. Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable (LINKS)
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Who Are the Palestinians?
by Yashiko Sagamori  --  2002 November 25

Yashiko Sagamori is a New York-based

Information Technology consultant.
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If you are so sure that "Palestine, the country, goes back

through most of recorded history", I expect you to be able

to answer a few basic questions about that country of "Palestine":

1. When was it founded and by whom?

2. What were its borders?

3. What was its capital?

4. What were its major cities?

5. What constituted the basis of its economy?

6. What was its form of government?

7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat?

8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence,

at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?

9. What was the [unique] language of the country of Palestine?

10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine?

11. What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history

and try and find the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian

 monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, British pound,

Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date.

12. Have the Palestinians left any artifacts behind?

13. Do you know of a library where one could find a work

of Palestinian literature produced before 1967 CE?

14. And, finally, since there is no such country today,

what caused its demise and when did it occur?

If you are lamenting the "low sinking" of "once proud"

nation, then please tell me, when exactly was that "nation"

proud and what was it so proud of?

And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the people

you mistakenly call "Palestinians" are anything but generic

Arabs collected from all over - or thrown out of - the Arab

world, if they really have a genuine ethnic identity that gives

them right for self-determination, why did they never try

to become independent until Arabs suffered their devastating

defeat by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War?

I hope you avoid the temptation to trace the modern-day

"Palestinians" to the Biblical Philistines: substituting

etymology for history won´t work here.

The truth should be obvious to everyone who wants to know it. 

Arab countries have never abandoned the dream of destroying

Israel; they still cherish it today. Having time and again failed

to achieve their evil goal through military means, they decided

to fight Israel by proxy. 

For that purpose, they created a terrorist organization, cynically

called it "the Palestinian people" and installed it in Gaza, Judea,

and Samaria.  How else can you explain the refusal by Jordan

and Egypt to unconditionally accept back the "West Bank"

and Gaza, respectively, in the aftermath of the 1967 war?

The fact is, Arabs populating Gaza, Judea, and Samaria have

much less of a claim to nationhood than the American Indian

tribe that successfully emerged in Connecticut with the purpose

of starting a tax-exempt casino: at least that tribe had a constructive

goal that motivated them.

The so-called "Palestinians" have only one motivation:

the destruction of Israel. In my book that is not sufficient to

consider them a "nation" -- or anything else -- except what they

really are: a terrorist organization that will one day be dismantled.

In fact, there is only one way to achieve piece in the Middle East.

Arab countries must acknowledge and accept their defeat in

their war against Israel and, as the losing side, should pay Israel

reparations for the more than 50 years of devastation they have

visited upon it. The most appropriate form of such reparations

would be the removal of their terrorist organization from the

land of Israel and acceptance of Israel´s ancient sovereignty

over Gaza, Judea, and Samaria.

That will mark the end of the Palestinian people.

What are you saying again was its beginning?

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What happened to the Philistines? by Mr. Cohen
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Some Palestinians claim to be descendants of the Philistines,

an ancient nation that is mentioned in the Bible.  This claim

is very unlikely to be true, because around the year 600 BCE,

King Nebuchadnezzar [king of Babylon] destroyed most of

the Philistines, and the rest were deported to Babylon. 

According to the article titled: “Who Were the Philistines?”

written by Owen Jarus, which appeared in Live Science

magazine on 2016 July 16:

“The Philistines disappear from written history during the 6th century B.C. when the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (reign ca. 605 BC – c. 562 BC) conquered the region and destroyed several cities, including Ashkelon [which was their main city].”

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Josephus and the Philistines by Mr. Cohen
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Michael Avioz wrote an essay titled: “The Philistines in Josephus’ Writings”.
In the final paragraph of this essay, which is titled “Conclusion”, he says:

               “Unlike the Egyptians, the
               Philistines no longer existed
             in Josephus’ own life-time.”

Since the famous historian Josephus lived around 2,000 years ago

in the Holy Land [which was then called the land of Judea] this

means that the Philistines were already vanished from the Holy Land

around 2,000 years ago.  Therefore, claims that the Palestinians

are descendants of the Biblical Philistines are very unlikely to be true.

SOURCE: “The Philistines in Josephus’ Writings” by Michael Avioz

www.academia.edu/22646521/The_Philistines_in_Josephus_Writings

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Where did the Philistines come from? by Mr. Cohen

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The ancient Philistines originated from the
AEGEAN area, according to the World Book
Encyclopedia, volume 15 (letter P), page 382, 2017.

The Aegean Sea is part of Greece.  Therefore,
the Philistines were Greeks. They were NOT
indigenous to the Land of Israel; they were foreign.

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Where did the Philistines live? by Mr. Cohen
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The ancient Philistines lived in what is now
southwestern Israel, according to the World Book
Encyclopedia, volume 15 (letter P), page 382, 2017.

 

Therefore, if the Palestinians have any claim
to the Land of Israel that is based on the
ancient Philistines, then that claim is limited to
southwest Israel, also known as Gaza.

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Four Quotes about Palestine

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***** QUOTE 1: *****

Zuheir Mohsen, a leader of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization),
said this in an interview with Trouw (a Dutch daily newspaper) in March 1977:

“The Palestinian people does not exist.

 

The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing

our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality,

today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians,

Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons

do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people,

since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence

of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

***** QUOTE 2: *****

"From the end of the Jewish state in antiquity to the beginning

of British rule, the area now designated by the name Palestine was

not a country and had no frontiers, only administrative boundaries…"

SOURCE:

Professor Bernard Lewis, Commentary Magazine, January 1975

***** QUOTE 3: *****

"There is no such thing as a Palestinian Arab nation...

Palestine is a name the Romans gave to Israel with the express

purpose of infuriating the Jews...

Why should we use the spiteful name meant to humiliate us?

The British chose to call the land they mandated Palestine,

and the Arabs picked it up as their nation's supposed ancient name,

though they couldn't even pronounce it correctly and turned it into

Falastin a fictional entity."

SOURCE: Golda Meir quoted by Sarah Honig,

Jerusalem Post, 25 November 1995

***** QUOTE 4: *****

"Palestine has never existed . . . as an autonomous entity.

There is no language known as Palestinian. 

There is no distinct Palestinian culture. 

There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. 

Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians

(another recent invention), Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc.  

Keep in mind that the Arabs control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands.  Israel represents one-tenth of one percent of the landmass. 

But that's too  much for the Arabs.  They want it all.

And that is ultimately what the fighting in Israel is about today . . .

No matter how many land concessions the Israelis make,

it will never be enough."

SOURCE: Myths of the Middle East by Joseph Farah,

an Arab-American editor and journalist,
www.WorldNetDaily.com, 11 October 2000

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Why did the Oslo peace treaty fail?

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“[The] Olso [peace treaty] also failed because the Palestinians,
while talking peace in English, continued to build hate
against Israelis in Arabic, in their mosques and textbooks.

And they continued to draw maps of a future
Palestinian state that erased Israel.” 

SOURCE: Longitudes and Attitudes (page 224)
by Thomas L. Friedman, 2002 April 7

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Articles about the Palestinians from Aish HaTorah:

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www.aish.com/jw/me/Golda-Meir-on-the-Palestinians.html

www.aish.com/shraga_blog/The_Palestinian_Money_Pit.html
 
www.aish.com/jw/me/The-Truth-about-Palestinians.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/Believing-Palestinian-Lies.html

www.aish.com/jw/mo/Staged-Palestinian-Photos.html

www.aish.com/jw/s/The_Pro-Palestinians_Real_Agenda.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48882577.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48897862.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48883522.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/48908777.html
 
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More Articles about the Palestinians (miscellaneous)
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The Palestinian Connection to the Nazis
by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, 2017 May 14
www.algemeiner.com/2017/05/14/the-palestinian-connection-to-the-nazis/
 
How a pro-Palestinian American reporter
changed his views on Israel and the conflict
by Hunter Stuart, 2017 February 15
www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/A-view-from-the-frontlines-480829

Dismantling the Palestinian Lie

by Yaakov Menken,  2018 May 25
https://cross-currents.com/2018/05/25/dismantling-the-palestinian-lie/

Why Palestinian Incitement Matters
by Jonathan Rosenblum, 2009 November 5
https://cross-currents.com/2009/11/05/why-palestinian-incitement-matters/

End the False Israeli-Palestinian Parity
by Daniel Pipes, 2017 July 9  
www.algemeiner.com/2017/07/09/end-the-false-israeli-palestinian-parity/

Palestine: Failing the test of history
Martin Sherman 2018 June 6
www.jns.org/opinion/palestine-failing-the-test-of-history/

Rudy Giuliani said: Terror promotion proves
Palestinian Authority is ‘not entitled to be a state’
www.jns.org/rudy-giuliani-the-pa-is-not-entitled-to-be-a-state/

What is Palestine? Who are the Palestinians?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ReF4UUa4E

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Mr. Patrick Condell has no Jewish ancestors

and no religion that might cause him to favor Jews.

Please read these short pro-Israel articles that

expose the Palestinians by Mr. Patrick Condell:
********************************************
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/boo-hoo-palestine-by-pat-condell.html

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/patronising-palestinians.html

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-great-palestinian-lie.html

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/useful-idiots-for-palestine.html

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/israel-and-united-nations.html

http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/why-do-muslims-always-blame-jews.html
http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/liberal-hypocrisy-over-gaza.html

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Pro-Israel Articles from Aish HaTorah

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www.aish.com/jw/me/Ten-Ways-Israel-Is-Treated-Differently.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/13-Facts-about-Israel--the-Middle-East.html

www.aish.com/jw/s/The_Pro-Palestinians_Real_Agenda.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/Why-Are-There-Still-Palestinian-Refugees.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/The-Arabs-Real-Grievance-against-the-Jews.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/Col-Richard-Kemp-on-Israels-Moral-Army.html

www.aish.com/ho/i/Menachem-Begin-on-the-Lessons-of-the-Holocaust.html

http://5tjt.com/why-israel-is-the-worlds-best-nation-an-amazing-article-in-an-italian-paper/

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Articles Refuting the BDS Movement from Aish HaTorah
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www.aish.com/jw/me/The-BDS-Smokescreen.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/BDS-The-Attempt-to-Strangle-Israel.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/BDS-and-Anti-Semitism.html

www.aish.com/jw/me/Fighting-BDS-in-the-Name-of-Human-Rights.html

www.aish.com/jw/s/Winning-the-BDS-Battle.html

www.aish.com/jw/s/10-Ways-You-Can-Fight-BDS.html

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Articles about Media Bias against Israel from Aish HaTorah

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Why is the Media Biased?

www.aish.com/jw/mo/48917482.html

4 Reasons Why the Media is Biased against Israel:

www.aish.com/jw/mo/4-Reasons-Why-the-Media-is-Biased-against-Israel.html

Dishonest Reporting: Media Bias Against Israel

www.aish.com/jw/mo/48932327.html

The Media: Destroying Jerusalem Again

www.aish.com/shraga_blog/The-Media-Destroying-Jerusalem-Again.html

European Media and Anti-Israel Bias

www.aish.com/jw/mo/48924097.html

Palestinians: Western Media's Ignorance and Bias
www.aish.com/jw/mo/Palestinians-Western-Medias-Ignorance-and-Bias.html

Huge source of high-quality pro-Israel videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity

An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth

by Matti Friedman, 2014/8/26

www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/183033/israel-insider-guide

SUMMARY:

This article exposes intentional anti-Israel bias in the news media.

It is still VERY relevant, even though it was written in 2014.

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Ancient Roman historians connected Jews with the Land of Israel:
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http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/05/guest-post-cornelius-tacticus.html
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/02/guest-post-josephus-vs-muslim-liars.html
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Why Israel’s 1967 Borders are Undefendable:

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www.algemeiner.com/2017/10/27/israel-cannot-withdraw-from-the-west-bank/
https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/guest-post-why-1967-borders-are-suicide.html