"Rocket falls on Beersheba," What? Like Rain?

I hate these sorts of titles and headlines.  The Jerusalem Post's article on the Arab attack on Beersheva made things worse by adding "Following Katyusha fire in Negev..." Do these things happen all by themselves, like spontaneous combustion?  Nu?  Who launched these weapons at Israel?  I stress the who, because people, not chance, not G-d are guilty of attacking Israel and its civilians.

But as much as I dislike the headline, at least it's big news in the Jerusalem Post.  I just checked the New York Times which at this moment, hours after the Arab attack on the main city of Israel's south, there isn't a mention.  Surprisingly, BBC has a better title to their article than the Jerusalem Post:

Gaza militants fire rockets at Beersheba, Israel

Of course I disagree with their use of the word "militants," but at least they rightly put the blame on the Gazans.

That's much better than ynet:

Grad rocket hits Beersheba
Gaza terror reaches Negev capital for first time since Operation Cast Lead. Grad rocket explodes in Beersheba house yard...

No people seem to be involved in their version of the attack. It reads like one of those science fiction stories in which computers take control.

Arutz 7 got it right with:

Terrorists Fire Two Rockets at Be'er Sheva; IDF Retaliates

And lastly, at least for me, will be Haaretz's top story at this moment:

Grad rockets fired at Be'er Sheva for first time since Gaza war

One missile hit building in residential area, causing damage; no casualties reported; Palestinians report Israeli air strike retaliation, wounding two Islamic Jihad militants.

Grammatically, at least, someone/something is blamed for firing the rockets, though we're not specifically told who or what.

An important headline should never be written in passive, because as news it must indicate an active subject. A good news title must be clear, and the first sentence should summarize the story giving a Who, What, When and Where. Too many news titles leave out the "Who," because they don't want to connect the Arabs, Gazans, or what they call "Palestinians" with terrorism and violence.

Shvut Rachel is Getting Closer

It used to be that we'd look out our front windows and only see an empty valley.  At night we'd see, and still see, lights from the other side of the Jordan. Considering our Betar background, living in Shiloh, where we can see two sides of the Jordan, just like we sing in the song, "Shtay Gadot LaYarden."



After our neighbor Rachella Druk was murdered two things were immediately established in her memory, the Shiloh Cemetery and the community of Shvut Rachel.  It once seemed far away, but more houses and caravans are popping up in the valley connecting us.  There are many young families moving in. Rachella would have liked that.

Will Things Quiet Down in The Arab Middle-East? And How Accurate is the Reporting?

Is there anything the rest of the world can do to calm things down, or are these spreading riots in Arab North Africa like some virus that must run their course?



Here's a media darling used to promote the idea that the protesters want a better life.


Most pundits can't accept that these spreading riots won't give the citizens of those countries a better life.  U.S. President Obama and U.K. Prime Minister Cameron are among those in la la land, because they refuse to recognize the true situation.



Rioters/demonstrators chosen to appear in the international media are chosen to portray the image, the agenda, that the media wants us to see.  Everything is scripted.  They are casting directors, like in the movies.  They provide professional image-making.

Years ago, when we were frequently featured in the international press and media as typical "settlers," I finally realized why.  It wasn't that we were the most eloquent, intelligent, photogenic or that the reporters liked my cooking.  It was because the international media liked to show that Jewish residents of Judea and Samara (and then Gush Katif, too) are foreigners, immigrant Israelis, new-comers, not native to the region.  They didn't want Israelis whose English had been taught in Israeli schools.

One time we were asked to help the "casting director" find a Right wing immigrant Israeli from the Hebron area and a native Leftist Israeli from a kibbutz.  So I have no doubts that everyone you see peacefully demonstrating in those Arab cities were very carefully chosen and probably prompted, rehearsed and well-edited.  No, nobody ever gave me a script to read, but my words were edited to suit the agenda of the media.

According to Jewish Law, Is Gadhafi a Mamzer?

hat tip Shy Guy

Israel Matzav has the sorry it's just in Hebrew youtube story that Muammar Gadhafi's mother's mother was a Jew who fled her Jewish husband and married a Sheik.  Carl missed that important point, that his grandmother fled her Jewish husband. So, if she fled, she didn't divorce him. The family members who were interviewed didn't mention a divorce. So if Gadhafi's mother was halachikly a mamzer. A mamzer is a child from a forbidden union like when a married woman commits adultry and has a child with another man.




Whether or not it's really true, I don't know if the family can really prove it.

Anti-Semitic Graffiti

This was taken by a Shiloh neighbor,  Miriam Feyga Bunimovich.  The sign is at the old bus stop to Ma'ale Levona near Eli.  The Hebrew says that it's forbidden to hang up signs, or you'll have to pay a fine.  And of course I don't read Arabic, so I don't know what's written in that language.  The English is clear, and the hand-writing seems native English speaker or well taught.

Always Time For Havel Havelim

By the time I got back from the NCSY Ben Zakkai Honor Society event honoring the Luchins and Leffs, it was time to sleep so I didn't post about this week's Havel Havelim.  It's at Susan B's to Kiss a Mezuzah.  So, hurry on over, post about it and read the articles.

Know Your Enemies, Rule #One for Survival

Our la la Lefty leaders seem to be phobic about the truth.  It's obvious that facts and history will only get in the way of their ideologies. 

Gabi Ashkenazi and I may root for the same IFL football team, but I think his headline-grabbing proposal to give the Golan to Syria is worse than fokokt.  It's dangerous and suicidal.  It's much worse than Disengagement, being that the Golan overlooks northern Israel and was used by Syria to attack innocent Israelis during the nineteen difficult years Syria held it.  With today's weaponry, Israel wouldn't survive.  I don't know what is going on in Ashenazi's mind, but if he thinks that this is his key to a new career, I suggest that he stay in the Kraft Stadium bleachers and enjoy his retirement.

All of the recent rioting in the neighboring Arab world should prove to him how dangerous it is to think that Syria would remain quiet if fed such a juicy piece of real estate.

Syria looms enormous compared to the Golan and Israel.

• Why put the Arabs any closer to us?
• Why forcibly remove more innocent Israelis from their homes?
• Why reward our enemies with our Land? 

The world and Israel in particular had better wake up and face the truth. There are no benign Arab nations.  The western world is in danger, and all the recent riots aren't for democracy and civil rights.  Wise up!

Huckabee Speaks at Messianic Missionary Banquet

Posted by Jewish Israel

That's not kosher chicken Mike Huckabee is eating with messianic missionary Jonathan Bernis.

Just over three months ago, Mike Huckabee was the celebrated keynote speaker at the the ninth annual banquet of the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute (MJBI).

MJBI is a deceptive and aggressive Christian missionary organization which exists for the sole purpose of converting Jews.

Does this indicate that there may be a serious chink in the armor of Israel's latest white knight?

Jewish Israel has written a respectful letter of concern to Mr. Huckabee and we hope to get a reply to some difficult questions.

Mr. Huckabee needs to be told in no uncertain terms that supporting Israel while simultaneously sanctioning missionary activity directed at Jews is seen as an irreconcilable and conflicting agenda by many in the Jewish community, who would otherwise enthusiastically endorse his political aspirations.

Huckabee's high profile appearances with messianic missionary leaders and performers should be of concern to Jewish leaders in Israel and the Diaspora. This is a disturbing report…more

Latma, Sorry It's Late

There's nothing more Right to start the week than Latma's latest, brought to you by Caroline Glick.

Here are a few versions and the clip that inspired this week's Latma broadcast-Tribal Update, the nursery rhyme Ode to Muhammad.

Different Cultures, Different Values

• Right and wrong are taught. 
• Right and wrong differ from culture to culture.

What's known as "western," Jewish-Christian culture would never accept or encourage kamikazi pilots, suicide terrorism or self-immolation (burning oneself to death.)

It's not racism to state that Muslim Arabs embrace a culture very different from the "western" one.  That's a good reason for Israel to stop negotiating "peace" with the Arabs, because the Arab concepts of "peace" and "negotiations" are fatally and inherently different from ours.

The recent rape of journalist Lara Logan is a case in point.  Just now, as I was googling for news articles about it, I was disappointed that most were from the non-conventional news sites and blogs, not the large mainstream ones.  That means that the big newspapers and news sites have been playing down the attack.  I found an article in the New York Post, because it was mentioned some place else.  Why has the rape been downplayed?  I guess it's just not PC to say that Muslim Arab mobs unapologetically do things considered immoral and unthinkable elsewhere.

I've said many times that I'm a pragmatist.  That puts me on the ideological Right.  I'm a realist.  That reminds me of some very wise words from MK Dr. Arieh Eldad, MD, Ha'Ichud Le'umi, National Union.  He has stated that it must be remembered that there are many scientists, those who deal with real logic on the Right.  They can't pretend; they must see things as they are.

Yes, as I've been saying, all these riots in Muslim Arab countries endanger world peace, and the fact that United States President Barack Hussein Obama finds these riots encouraging and supports them should frighten the "western world."

Mount Zion, Jewish For Sure

A few weeks ago, I found myself wandering around Mount Zion with the best tour guide imaginable, Rabbi Goldstein of Yeshivat HaTfutzot, the Diaspora Yeshiva.  It was the highlight of my adventure with a lantzman.  Some of you may recognize the other person in the pictures.  That's Ruby Harris who was one of the regulars in the lengendary Diaspora Yeshiva Band.

I'd like to leave you with the music, that still reverberates on the Holy Site.





And just remember, if Jesus ever did have a meal there, he ate it as a Jew. The Vatican doesn't like to remember that. I have no doubt that Jesus wouldn't like that new-fangled religion trying to take over the Holy Jewish site.