Mutual Assured Destruction
For over fifty years the
Maybe now
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For over fifty years the
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Jimmy Carter wrote the book
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OPINION
I just wanted to say a Happy Pessach , Hag Shamach to people around the world. This week we are graced or cursed to have our old friend Ex President Carter traveling around
God’s Warriors Former President Jimmy Carter Speaks
Last night I saw the first part of God’s Warriors on CNN presented by Christine Amanpour. I had a feeling that this was going to be anti
Must I remind CNN that Ex President Carter was partially responsible for rise of Islamic Radicalism by failing to retaliate against
What is Ex President Carter’s motivation? Why is he so Anti Israel. Quite honestly I have no idea. But a couple of interesting facts come to mind. The Carter Center that the ex president runs is a organization that was formed to promote conflict resolution. A noble gesture, however a quick look at some major contributors came up with some surprises. Below is a link to the report look also at page 37.
http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/Carter%20Center%20Annual%20Report%200506.pdf
Partial List of Donors
Bakr M. Bin laden of the Bin Laden Group Yes that Osama Bin Laden's Family
Suadi Fund for Development
Goverment of the
Sultanate of
"His Royal Higness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Abdulaziz Al Saud Fund"
Now I am not going to speculate here and it’s just a opinion but I wonder if there is not some motivation for the Anti Israel stance, maybe some influence from some of these contributors. Just a curious point I wanted to point out this coincidence, a coincidence that cannot be ignored. I wonder why this fact was not investigated by CNN during the Gods Warriors special?
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I have two things I need to write about today one is a interesting article I found on Saudi Influence in universities in the
http://www.ameinfo.com/153123.html
The second part this weeks blog deals with the 30 year anniversary of
British Funding of Israeli Left Wing Organizations My Opinion and Criticism
I know that in essence my job is to give the pro Israeli point of view but in light of boycotts in the UK and growing anti Israeli and Anti Jewish feeling around the world especially in Europe I feel it is my duty of a Jew to speak up when I see injustice. But for years I have always suspected some foreign government help to Israeli Left Wing so called peace organizations. I have also seen some reports on the net regarding this, but the recent actions by organizations such as the Israeli section of Peace Now in regards of challenging the legality of settlements in Judea and Samaria have led me for the quest to find out why such organizations act in such disregard to Israeli legitimate security concerns. It took me less than ten minutes to find
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo061009/text/61009w0032.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm061009/text/61009w0033.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060710/text/60710w1516.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060724/text/60724w1993.htm
Example of Questioning on Website
Mr. Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what joint projects his Department conducts with Israeli non-governmental organisations. [90264]
Hilary Benn: The Global Conflict Prevention Pool, jointly managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth 9 Oct 2006 : Column 155WOffice (FCO), DFID and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is funding the following projects with Israeli non-governmental organisations:
Peace Now—Settlement Watch;
Ir Amin—advocacy project on status of
Council for Peace and Security—advocacy work on Israeli separation;
Economic Co-operation Foundation—
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This week there were two articles that got my attention. One article was from National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer according to the Jerusalem Post saying that the absence of a agreement would lead to a
Both of these statements are utter rubbish. If
This is a failed process giving up everything is not going to get peace but more war. There are vast areas of opinion on how negotiations should be done and how much to give up. From Olmert and the extreme left's view to the view that no land should be given up. I have lost faith in the peace process as one being controlled by the EU, the United States, the Saudi's, the UK, and the extreme left of the world and in Israel. Peace at any price has never worked and always caused war, and one is surely coming between
Referendum on J'lem will end in bloodshed YNETNEWS
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3526850,00.html
Ben-Eliezer warns of bi-national state JPOST
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Let me start by saying I am not making any accusations, but only opinions with no proof. The Shas get 100 million dollars for Yeshivas where does the money come from I ask myself? The Israeli government does not have the money to fix houses in Sederot but can find money to fund Shas Yeshivas. Something is wrong here in my opinion. A investigation in my opinion is needed into where the money is coming from. The Shas are a lynch pin for the current Israeli government if they leave the government would fall. Now I am not saying there is any wrong doing, but a investigation is needed not just with this incident but with the entire government of
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As the Pesach, and Easter holidays come this year and the problems of the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_(Christian_holiday)
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The attack on the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva on
It is clear that other countries and peoples care more about themselves than other people and the Jewish people and
So with that I will state that I will not nor will I ever support this peace process or any peace process until I see people, other government and countries recognizing our rights to secure borders, recognition of our religious and refugee rights, our right to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the Jewish people, and see other Arab countries understand and have sympathy with our point of view. Never will I support a process that is mired in corruption. Never will I support that process until
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"Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us." Golda Meir
Tonight I wanted to repost one of the comments that I got from a teenager name Tom on a kibbutz on the
Hello, I am a teenager living in
Let me explain some things here: We indeed live under rocket fire for more then 5 years, we do feel frustrated and most of us also support a large operation in
Now, in the last weekend, while staying inside the shelter, I got to think about the whole situation.
We, obviously, can not stop them from lunching rockets without a large operation. On the other hand, we can not end a large operation as easily as we may want to.
A large operation is exactly as it sounds, Large. My brother is in the army at the moment, as well as some of my cousins, and I'm supposed to get there in two years. I Know a large operation will cause years of harsh fighting, and I clearly don't want that (I believe you don't want it either). Moreover, it will surely start a wave of terrorism deep in
Considering the way Hamas and his groups fight, a large operation will result in hundreds, maybe thousands of innocent casualties in
You said the following sentence: "The goal should be the stopping of the rocket fire from
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The SHAs this week according to the below JPOST article received 475 million shekels which is approximately 100 million dollars commitment by the government to fund Torah Schools. Now tell me how the SHAS received so much money when there is not enough money to fortify each home in Sederot or to provide each Israeli family with a gas mask. The SHAS know that
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203847481727&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203343699073&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
SHAS
Eliahu Yishai eyishay@knesset.gov.il
Chaim Amsellem eamsalem@knesset.gov.il
Ariel Atias aatias@knesset.gov.il
David Azoulay dazulay@knesset.gov.il
Shlomo Benizri slomob@knesset.gov.il
Amnon Cohen amncohen@knesset.gov.il
Yitzhak Cohen izchakec@knesset.gov.il
Yakov Margi ymargi@knesset.gov.il
Avraham Michaeli amichaeli@knesset.gov.il
Meshulam Nahari mnahari@knesset.gov.il
Yithak Vaknin yvaknin@knesset.gov.il
Nissim Zeev nzeev@knesset.gov.il
FAX NUMBERS
Avraham Michaeli - 011-972-2-675-3961
Eli Yishai - 011-972-2-6662923
Amnon Cohen 011-972-2-640-8927
Ariel Atias - 011-972-2-562-1599
David Azoulay - 011-972-2-675-3908
Chaim Amsalem - 011-972-2-649-6527
Yaakov Margi - 011-972-2-675-3759
Yitzchak Cohen - 011-972-2-531-1308
Meshualam Nahari - 011-972-2-569-5360
Nissim Ze'ev - 011-972-2-649-6549
Roi Lachmanovitch - 011-972-2-666-6209
Shlomo Benizri - 011-972-2-675-3747
Yitzchak Vaknin- 011-972-2-649-6079
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Over the past several months
The current peace process is a failure full of one sided concessions from
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The assassination last week of Imad Mugniyah last week surprised the world. There is no indication as to who had done it. But there was speculation that
1. The
2. The Israeli Mossad who may have killed him for the revenge for the
3. Hezbollah dissidents which I find a little strange since at this time
4. There is one other theory that comes into play that the killing was the revenge by Lebanese for the assassination of Rafik Harari? This to me is the most plausible since Harari was the head of the Anti Syrian coalition when he was alive. He was very popular among the Lebanese.
No matter who did it Hezbollah will blame
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A interesting article appeared in the Jerusalem Post on February 9th titled A Million Dollars to Bring Down Olmert. The million dollar bounty was offered according to the article from unidentified right winged individuals in the
Reference Article A million dollars to bring down Olmert JPOST
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202246346350&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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Last week Iran launched a Safir-1 Rocket into orbit, as part of their new "Space program". The story went little noticed in the world press especially in the United States since the news was dominated by the United States election campaign. But this event was was not meant to be a first step to a landing on the moon by the Iranians, but it was clearly a message to the United States. The launch destroyed the myth of the US national Intelligence Estimate on Iran and pushed the United States possibly closer to a armed confrontation. If the rocket can support a satellite to go into space then it can support a nuclear warhead to strike anywhere in the world.
The United States and indeed Israel now face a choice as to what to do with Iran. Even the Russians are now concerned about this rocket launch. If the United States waits much longer it may be faced with a nuclear Iran that is able to strike the United States with nukes, and the danger of accidental nuclear war between Russia and the United States would also increase. Israel clearly needs leaders now that are strong not corrupted. A new election is needed now before a major confrontation with Iran takes place. It would be a disaster for Prime Minister Olmert and the Israeli government to be at the helm if a major confrontation breaks out.
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Well it's almost time for Super Tuesday February 5th here in the States when on many occasions presidential candidates win or loose the Presidential election. This year it has been somewhat challenging to pick the best candidate. If I could pick or choose elements of each candidate to pick the best candidate I would but unfortunely I can't.
It will be very difficult for me to recommend a democratic candidate this year for several reasons. In regards to
On the republican side Mitt Romney seems to have had some success in trying to solve the health care crises in
in the senate he also has a strong moral character that can't be ignored. Is survival as
a POW during the Vietnam war is one of the things I most admire from him. He has also been a fighter against corporate lobbyist for a log time and was able to get some reform measures passed in 2001. If elected I feel he would be a honest breath of air in a world where corporate lobbyism has all but taken over politics. Ultimately he may be able to push for more changes because of that. I have some disagreements with him regarding healthcare Torte reform is wrong since everyone should be responsible for their actions including doctors and that will not have a effect on high insurance prices. I also disagree with him on illegal immigration, although I hope he has changed his opinion on that to be more tougher. But at this time in history we need a strong leader to protect
President Bush almost pushed me to the democrats with his views on a Arab Israel peace agreement and his economic policies and corporate greed. But John McCain represents a view that I can accept. He has a link on my Blog read his policies.
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Today in the mist of a snow storm in
1. We found serious failings and shortcomings in the decision-making processes and staff-work in the political and the military echelons and their interface.
My Response:
I would think that this is the responsibility of the Prime Minister since the PM is responsible for smooth communication and also appointing people with the right experience to make those political and military choices.
2. We found serious failings and flaws in the quality of preparedness, decision-making and performance in the IDF high command, especially in the Army.
My Response:
All picked by the Israeli government under Olmert. The Minister of Defense Amir Peretz was responsible to make sure the Army was in the best shape and in top performance. Olmert is the Captain of the ship and although statements in the report commended one action that does not cover up the fact that as PM he is ultimately responsible for all decisions and all actions by
3. We found serious failings and flaws in the lack of strategic thinking and planning, in both the political and the military echelons.
My Response:
This is probably the most damning of the report's statements. Serious flaws in political echelons would mean the Prime Minister and his government so why is he considered admonished by the report?
4. We found severe failings and flaws in the defense of the civilian population and in coping with its being attacked by rockets.
My Response:
The government failed to calm the civilian population and to protect them The same indecisiveness that plagued the
What about Ehud Barak? He should resign because I feel he is guilty also. His hasty retreat from
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The situation is laughable at best at best last week when hundreds of thousands of Gazans crossed the Rafah border crossing. What first started as a half hearted response to continued rocket fire on
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3496931,00.html
Knesset Addresseshttp://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindex_current_eng.asp?view=1
Dear MK Hasson:
My name is Ralph Levy and I am the blog site owner for Ralph's Rant's a Pro Israel Blog. I understand that you want to pass a law forcing large internet news websites and news organizations to be responsible for talk backers comments legally. You also want to force talk backers to expose their identity and risk their safety to the large internet news websites. Part of the law will require a moderator. Since a large portion of the news websites involved are heavily tilted to the left most of the talkbacks affected will be right of center.
Sincerely
Ralph Levy
http://ralphsrant1@blogspot.com
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Tonight I am sending a open letter to Knesset members of the SHAS and the UTJ. This is a important letter a plea for them to force a election to put a stronger government in power and to protect
Write the Knesset Members
http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindex_current_eng.asp?view=1
SHAS
Eliahu Yishai eyishay@knesset.gov.il
Chaim Amsellem eamsalem@knesset.gov.il
Ariel Atias aatias@knesset.gov.il
David Azoulay dazulay@knesset.gov.il
Shlomo Benizri slomob@knesset.gov.il
Amnon Cohen amncohen@knesset.gov.il
Yitzhak Cohen izchakec@knesset.gov.il
Yakov Margi ymargi@knesset.gov.il
Avraham Michaeli amichaeli@knesset.gov.il
Meshulam Nahari mnahari@knesset.gov.il
Yithak Vaknin yvaknin@knesset.gov.il
Nissim Zeev nzeev@knesset.gov.il
UTJ
Yakov Cohen ycohen@knesset.gov.il
Moshe Gafni mgafni@knesset.gov.il
Shmuel Halpert Shmuelh@knesset.gov.il
Yakov Lizman Ylitzman@knesset.gov.il
Meir Porush mporush@knesset.gov.il
Avraham Ravitz aravitz@knesset.gov.il
Dear Honorable UTJ and SHAS members of the Knesset:
My name is Ralph Levy and I am the owner of the Blog Ralph's Rant a Pro Israel Blog. I would like to send this plea to you in regards to the current situation in
Sincerely
Ralph Levy
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Tomorrow will be a pivotal day in Israeli political history. More and more
The government should fall and new elections held also because
So in in conclusion things have gotten so bad in Israel politically it will take new elections to change things and the elections are needed now before it is too late but both the Shas and thee Yisrael Beiteinu party must leave together at the same time if possible with other members of Kadima to force new elections. My only hope is that the election process is not corruptible.
Referenced Articles
20 MKs to Beinisch: Disqualify Yourself
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/124908
Israeli Military up in Arms over Bush-Olmert Plan for Major Operation in Gaza on Behalf of… Palestinian Authority
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