Obamanation vs Reality.
Only
One Option? U.S. envoy George Mitchell assured the Palestinians
on Wednesday of Washington's commitment to a state of their own, calling its
establishment the only viable solution to their conflict with Israel. U.S.
President Barack Obama had made it clear "the only viable resolution to
this conflict is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two
states," Mitchell said. (When politicians are
unable or unwilling to see alternative options it says a lot about the limitations
of their intelligence or political dishonesty! I can name at least 3 options;
the Sinai Option is a better one for all parties!)
Who Needs to Change? U.S. Middle East envoy
George Mitchell, en route to Jerusalem, told reporters that U.S. President
Barack Obama wants the Palestinian Authority and Israel to meet for “immediate”
talks towards the creation of a new PA state, but PA Chairman Abbas refused. (No
recognition of Israel as the Jewish state has been offered yet!)
Obama Following the Path of Normal US
Hypocrisy! U.S. President
Barack Obama filed his first six month postponement of the U.S. embassy in
Israel’s move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the White House announced a week ago.
A 1995 law ordering the transfer of the U.S. embassy has been routinely delayed
by subsequent U.S. presidents.
Obama’s Reaching out to the Muslim World – Another
Waste. Giant transports were landing
at Cairo airport, unloading a fleet of armoured vehicles, White House
helicopters, counter-terror weapons and the vanguard of the 3,000 Secret
Service officers backed by CIA and FBI personnel who will secure the US
president during his stay in Egypt. (The US is ten
trillion dollars in debt, wouldn’t it cheaper to make speech in the White
House? The result will be the same – Nara! Have you ever seen the Muslim World
‘reaching out’ to the West - and, I don’t mean the suicide bombers? After
Obama’s speech, the best response from Muslims “We’ll wait and see”)
‘Friends’
of Obama have Spoken! The PA was the first to welcome Obama's statements as
a "new and different start." Nabil Abu Rudaineh, a spokesman for PA
President Mahmoud Abbas, termed the speech a "clear and frank message to
the Israelis." Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum welcomed what he called "Obama's calm
tone." But, he continued, the speech was "full of contradictions and
lacking in practical policies and steps to support Palestinian sovereignty on
our(?) land." The Hamas
spokesman said his movement would not accept the Quartet's conditions for
recognition of Israel, renunciation of violence and acceptance of all previous
agreements signed between the Palestinians and Israel. (Why must Israel talk to terrorist
organizations in order to cede Jewish land to the fake nation? The US does not
negotiate with Al Quaida, it destroys it!)
Hypocrisy
in US Military Budget. Four years after its cancellation, the
U.S. Army continues to exploit technology from a laser weapon program developed
with Israel. Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser in the army's research and
development budget, but shows no funding through 2013.
Quote of the Week: "I say this in a clear voice - if we receive a
guarantee of this demilitarized unit, we will be prepared to reach agreement to
a demilitarized Palestine side by side with the Jewish state." - Netanyahu set rigid conditions.
Among them: unequivocal Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish
national state with Jerusalem as its capital, and full demilitarization for a
Palestinian state - no army, no rockets or missiles, no control of airspace. - Sinai is the best place for creation of
this “demilitarized unit”!
Predictable Response from ‘Peace-loving’
PA. Senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat rejected Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech on Israeli-PA diplomacy: "Netanyahu
will have to wait 1,000 years for someone to
agree to talk to him." Netanyahu had said that he was willing to talk and
make peace with any Arab leader at any place and at any time.
Problem Is Iran and Islamic Doctrine, Not
Ahmadinejad. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the
Iranian presidential election late Friday. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
said that the problem was not who the president of Iran was, but with the
actions of the regime. "The Iranian problem stems from the policy of the
regime in Tehran, all the more so in light of Ahmadinejad's victory and the
continuation of his rule."
Time to Act Now! Ahmadinejad wins second presidential term up to 2013
– Iranians made it clear: No prospect of change in Iranian politics!
Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak
Why are the children, grandchildren and grand-grandchildren of
the people, who have left land of Israel during the independence war in order
to accommodate extermination of the Jews by advancing Arab armies, still
considered as refugees by the UN? Applying this logic, most of the people of
the world are still refugees and entitled to UN aid!
Human Shield or Just Another Terrorist? Two Hamas militiamen were killed earlier last week
by PA policemen in Kalkilya. Initially terrorists used a local woman as a human
shield during the seven-hour gun battle before she herself threw a grenade at
the policemen. (Most of the times Islamic terrorists
use willing participants, who are prepared to martyr themselves, as ‘Human
Shields’)
Another
UN anti-Israel Smoke Screen. A UN war
crimes investigator acknowledged that his probe of possible war crimes by Israel
is unlikely to lead to prosecutions. Israel has refused to cooperate with this
bogus investigation and Hamas security often accompanied his team during their five-day trip to Gaza, raising
questions about the ability of witnesses to freely describe the militant
group’s actions. (Several years ago the UN
investigated the so-called Jenin Massacre with the same intentions and result!)
Another US
Friendly Act. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said a week ago Tuesday that
Israel “does not like” the fact that the United States has been supplying arms
to Lebanon in recent months. “These weapons could reach Hizbullah,” he warned.
“We need to give a chance to the new government in Lebanon, but we must also
demand that it [Lebanon] fulfil its obligations under agreements, foremost
among these [UN] decision 1701.”
Quote of the Week: "We're an independent country… Settlement in the Land
of Israel is a basic right of the Jewish people which is not solely based on
the Bible and the history of the Jewish people but a right which was recognized
by the international community in the days of the [British] Mandate… We are not
in Judea and Samaria because of natural growth but because of our rights
here." - Professor Moshe Arens, the former Defense
Minister.
IDF
for Better Environment.
The IDF is contributing to the
protection of the environment by planning to place solar generators on all IDF
bases to store electricity.
When
Self-hate and Apathy Take Over. Student council electioneering on the campus of Hebrew University
in Jerusalem deteriorated into Nazi salutes by far-left and Communist students,
according to one of the leaders of a Zionist youth movement.
Corrupt
Police Must be Purged.
The national police force's Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) filed charges against
47 policemen or former policemen accused of taking part in a scheme to falsify
records indicating extensive yeshiva studies that never took place, They
allegedly illegally obtained certificates of higher education in Jewish studies
cost the State hundreds of thousands of shekels in additional pay benefits. (Unethical policemen have no respect for
the state and aspirations of Jewish patriots.)
‘Poor Palestinians’ Have Cash for Terror. PA Police have arrested
six Hamas members in the West Bank suspected of planning acts against the
Palestinian Authority and seized from them 1mn euros ($1.4m) and 21,000
Jordanian dinars ($29,750).
PA Doesn’t Want Two States.
Minister Benny
Begin (Likud) said on Wednesday that he rejected the two-state solution because
it would not end the Palestinian Authority’s demands for all of Israel (Shouldn’t it
be because Judea, Samaria and Gaza are Jewish land as the main reason?). Speaking at a
conference of Likud Party founders in Tel Aviv, Begin said he believed the PA’s
plan was comprised of "two states on the path to one state –
Palestine".
"The
reality of the past 15 years is territory for terror, not peace," he said.
Begin added that two states for two people was not a viable solution, and that
failures in the peace process are to be blamed on lack of PA interest and not
an Israeli unwillingness to make concession. "The Palestinians are
interested in two stages, not two states." He said the Palestinians were
refusing to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish state in order to keep their status
as refugees and to fight for their right of return. Begin also claimed
construction in settlements was "not an obstacle to peace, otherwise peace
would have been born on the ruins of Katif".