The United States personified by James Jones and George Mitchell revolving under the magic wand of Clinton and Obama is continuing to exert humongous pressure on Israel in an effort to obtain continued good-will gestures aka concessions to Abu Mazen and the Arabs.
The pressure cookers been on the fire ever since the White House changed hands just a year ago. The results have been far from tasty. American demands as well as international pressure following Operation Lead Shield and the Goldstone report cooked up covert incitement against the State of Israel leading to continued rocket attacks against Israeli cities in the south. Of course Israeli responses are greatly limited due to international Israel-bashing. Any Israeli response is viewed as an unnecessary escalation of violence.
Israel has been pushed into opening roads and checkpoints to ease the life of Arabs in Yesha and throughout Israel. Such an easing cost the life of Rabbi Meir Chai a month ago. When Israel reacted by eliminating Rabbi Chais murderers the United States demanded an accounting of the IDF action.
Rock-throwing throughout Judea and Samaria is reaching epidemic proportions yet an IDF response is virtually nonexistent. Yesterday a baby was hit in the head by a rock in the southern Hebron Hills. It should be remembered: rocks thrown at cars can kill. For those with short memories Yehuda Shoham zl was a five month old murdered by rock-throwing terrorists in June 2001.
The opening of Highway 443 and just this morning the road leading to the Neguhot community in the southern Hebron Hills to Arab traffic are overt threats to Israeli lives. It should be noted that the Neguhot road was ordered opened against the recommendations of the IDF. It cannot be a coincidence that this is occurring only a few days before Mitchell is due back in Israel.
And of course the world renowned chefs stewed up a forced Israeli building freeze throughout Judea and Samaria.
Many people dont yet understand the significance of an only ten month building freeze. The problem is that 10 months is only the beginning. Getting around to month 8.5 9 we can only guess what goodies the US will bake to try and keep the freeze from thawing.
But at present:
First: Eretz Yisrael - the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people. Period. Would any country in the world allow international pressure to force them to agree to a building freeze?! If its my land I can do whatever I want with it. If its not my land what am I doing there? Israels acceptance of a coerced building freeze is tacit acceptance of the claim that Yehuda and Shomron really are not a part of Israel!
2. An internationally imposed stopping of construction is adding to the already vast split in Israeli society between the right and the left. This widening gap is causing irreparable harm to Israeli societal norms and must be dealt with as an internal Israeli issue. However such compulsory measures clamped down on Israel from the outside allow external forces to govern the shape and opinion of Israeli society.
3. America as reflected in one of the most revered US historical documents the Constitutional Bill of Rights is supposed to be a protective pillar of human rights. International insistence of a building freeze being implemented against private citizens is a direct contradiction to the basic human right of a person to be allowed to live freely in his home on his land. Prevented a family from adding a room on to their house as a result of foreign insistence is a blatant infringement of basic human rights.
4. And finally of course the American demands are hitting both individuals and the state where it really hurts in the pocket. The costs incurred by the freeze are in the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars.
All of this of course according to the United States is not enough. Keeping all of the above in mind we reach George Mitchells threat to Israel: Loan guarantees to Israel can be stopped should Israel not toe the line. The pressure cooker has exploded!
Israel immediately rejected such threats. The treasury minister proclaimed that Israel can live without the guarantees. Leading American Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain denounced Mitchells warning. Speaking in Jerusalem Lieberman said that such pressure would not be accepted in Congress. McCain said that the Senate would not allow the White House to use such measures against Israel.
Headlines such as Major rift between George Mitchell and Israel over loan guarantees http://goo.gl/G71F began to appear. ABC news: U.S. Envoys Comments Spark Israel Uproar http://goo.gl/4edi.
Almost immediately the US tried to play down Mitchells disdain for Israel. The Jerusalem Post: No intention to recall loan guarantees to Israel http://goo.gl/7xdB. The Christian Science Monitor: US says no plan to cut Israel loan guarantees but its been tried before http://goo.gl/D2wy.
As this drama was (is) being played out one little tidbit of information was forgotten or perhaps just ignored due to lack of seeming significance.
As reported by Palestinian Media Watch:
This week Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas once again honored the memory of the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi - this time by sponsoring a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of her birth. Mughrabi led the worst terror attack in Israels history in 1978 when she and other terrorists hijacked a bus and killed 37 civilians. Present at the ceremony were Palestinian dignitaries and a childrens marching band. Earlier this year Abbas sponsored a computer center named after Mughrabi.
The PA further glorified Mughrabi on the date of her birth when the Governor of Ramallah announced the naming of the Dalal Mughrabi Square.
An article by Fatah spokesman Jamal Nazal in the official PA daily defined the terrorist Mughrabi as the heroine of Palestines heroines.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Dec. 30 2009 http://goo.gl/VJLM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahus opening remarks at last weeks cabinet meeting:
It is not only missiles and rockets that endanger security and push peace further off. Words can also be dangerous. Sadly there has been a retreat in this area in recent months both within the Palestinian Authority and by its leaders. Whoever sponsors and supports naming a square in Ramallah after a terrorist who murdered dozens of Israelis on the coastal road encourages terrorism. Whoever declares those responsible for the murder of the late Rabbi Meir Avshalom Hai father to seven children as holy martyrs pushes peace further away.
At the same time incitement continues in the Palestinian media and education system; in its official media outlets and in the schools under its supervision. These serious actions represent a harsh violation of the Palestinians international obligation to prevent incitement. http://goo.gl/S7bh
In other words while the US is sending more troops to Afghanistan to fight international Taliban terror it is actively forcing Israel to acquiesce to declared terror-supporters namely the PA and their leader Abu Mazen thereby infringing upon Israeli sovereignty endangering Israeli lives and jeopardizing the existence of the State of Israel.
The time has come for the entire American Jewish community and all lovers of Israel of freedom and of human rights of all those who oppose terror and terrorist supporters to make their voices heard.
Stop Mitchells latest mission to Israel. Write now fax and or email Senators and Congressmen (numbers and addresses found here http://goo.gl/oo6F) demanding that George Mitchell together with his threats and unconcealed contempt for Israel must not be allowed to return to Israel.
Fax and email US consulate in Jerusalem at: 972.2.625.9270
Email: UsConGenJerusalem@state.gov and The US State Department: Fax: 202-663-3636 Email: aoprgsmauth@state.gov
Remind them that Israel is NOT the 51st State!
The United States personified by James Jones and George Mitchell revolving under the magic wand of Clinton and Obama is continuing to exert humongous pressure on Israel in an effort to obtain continued good-will gestures aka concessions to Abu Mazen and the Arabs.
The pressure cookers been on the fire ever since the White House changed hands just a year ago. The results have been far from tasty. American demands as well as international pressure following Operation Lead Shield and the Goldstone report cooked up covert incitement against the State of Israel leading to continued rocket attacks against Israeli cities in the south. Of course Israeli responses are greatly limited due to international Israel-bashing. Any Israeli response is viewed as an unnecessary escalation of violence.
Israel has been pushed into opening roads and checkpoints to ease the life of Arabs in Yesha and throughout Israel. Such an easing cost the life of Rabbi Meir Chai a month ago. When Israel reacted by eliminating Rabbi Chais murderers the United States demanded an accounting of the IDF action.
Rock-throwing throughout Judea and Samaria is reaching epidemic proportions yet an IDF response is virtually nonexistent. Yesterday a baby was hit in the head by a rock in the southern Hebron Hills. It should be remembered: rocks thrown at cars can kill. For those with short memories Yehuda Shoham zl was a five month old murdered by rock-throwing terrorists in June 2001.
The opening of Highway 443 and just this morning the road leading to the Neguhot community in the southern Hebron Hills to Arab traffic are overt threats to Israeli lives. It should be noted that the Neguhot road was ordered opened against the recommendations of the IDF. It cannot be a coincidence that this is occurring only a few days before Mitchell is due back in Israel.
And of course the world renowned chefs stewed up a forced Israeli building freeze throughout Judea and Samaria.
Many people dont yet understand the significance of an only ten month building freeze. The problem is that 10 months is only the beginning. Getting around to month 8.5 9 we can only guess what goodies the US will bake to try and keep the freeze from thawing.
But at present:
First: Eretz Yisrael - the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people. Period. Would any country in the world allow international pressure to force them to agree to a building freeze?! If its my land I can do whatever I want with it. If its not my land what am I doing there? Israels acceptance of a coerced building freeze is tacit acceptance of the claim that Yehuda and Shomron really are not a part of Israel!
2. An internationally imposed stopping of construction is adding to the already vast split in Israeli society between the right and the left. This widening gap is causing irreparable harm to Israeli societal norms and must be dealt with as an internal Israeli issue. However such compulsory measures clamped down on Israel from the outside allow external forces to govern the shape and opinion of Israeli society.
3. America as reflected in one of the most revered US historical documents the Constitutional Bill of Rights is supposed to be a protective pillar of human rights. International insistence of a building freeze being implemented against private citizens is a direct contradiction to the basic human right of a person to be allowed to live freely in his home on his land. Prevented a family from adding a room on to their house as a result of foreign insistence is a blatant infringement of basic human rights.
4. And finally of course the American demands are hitting both individuals and the state where it really hurts in the pocket. The costs incurred by the freeze are in the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars.
All of this of course according to the United States is not enough. Keeping all of the above in mind we reach George Mitchells threat to Israel: Loan guarantees to Israel can be stopped should Israel not toe the line. The pressure cooker has exploded!
Israel immediately rejected such threats. The treasury minister proclaimed that Israel can live without the guarantees. Leading American Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain denounced Mitchells warning. Speaking in Jerusalem Lieberman said that such pressure would not be accepted in Congress. McCain said that the Senate would not allow the White House to use such measures against Israel.
Headlines such as Major rift between George Mitchell and Israel over loan guarantees http://goo.gl/G71F began to appear. ABC news: U.S. Envoys Comments Spark Israel Uproar http://goo.gl/4edi.
Almost immediately the US tried to play down Mitchells disdain for Israel. The Jerusalem Post: No intention to recall loan guarantees to Israel http://goo.gl/7xdB. The Christian Science Monitor: US says no plan to cut Israel loan guarantees but its been tried before http://goo.gl/D2wy.
As this drama was (is) being played out one little tidbit of information was forgotten or perhaps just ignored due to lack of seeming significance.
As reported by Palestinian Media Watch:
This week Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas once again honored the memory of the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi - this time by sponsoring a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of her birth. Mughrabi led the worst terror attack in Israels history in 1978 when she and other terrorists hijacked a bus and killed 37 civilians. Present at the ceremony were Palestinian dignitaries and a childrens marching band. Earlier this year Abbas sponsored a computer center named after Mughrabi.
The PA further glorified Mughrabi on the date of her birth when the Governor of Ramallah announced the naming of the Dalal Mughrabi Square.
An article by Fatah spokesman Jamal Nazal in the official PA daily defined the terrorist Mughrabi as the heroine of Palestines heroines.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Dec. 30 2009 http://goo.gl/VJLM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahus opening remarks at last weeks cabinet meeting:
It is not only missiles and rockets that endanger security and push peace further off. Words can also be dangerous. Sadly there has been a retreat in this area in recent months both within the Palestinian Authority and by its leaders. Whoever sponsors and supports naming a square in Ramallah after a terrorist who murdered dozens of Israelis on the coastal road encourages terrorism. Whoever declares those responsible for the murder of the late Rabbi Meir Avshalom Hai father to seven children as holy martyrs pushes peace further away.
At the same time incitement continues in the Palestinian media and education system; in its official media outlets and in the schools under its supervision. These serious actions represent a harsh violation of the Palestinians international obligation to prevent incitement. http://goo.gl/S7bh
In other words while the US is sending more troops to Afghanistan to fight international Taliban terror it is actively forcing Israel to acquiesce to declared terror-supporters namely the PA and their leader Abu Mazen thereby infringing upon Israeli sovereignty endangering Israeli lives and jeopardizing the existence of the State of Israel.
The time has come for the entire American Jewish community and all lovers of Israel of freedom and of human rights of all those who oppose terror and terrorist supporters to make their voices heard.
Stop Mitchells latest mission to Israel. Write now fax and or email Senators and Congressmen (numbers and addresses found here http://goo.gl/oo6F) demanding that George Mitchell together with his threats and unconcealed contempt for Israel must not be allowed to return to Israel.
Fax and email US consulate in Jerusalem at: 972.2.625.9270
Email: UsConGenJerusalem@state.gov and The US State Department: Fax: 202-663-3636 Email: aoprgsmauth@state.gov
Remind them that Israel is NOT the 51st State!
