Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Palestinian wall of lies


JUDEA AND SAMARIA -- A WAKE UP CALL by Yoram Ettinger

JUDEA AND SAMARIA -- A WAKE UP CALL

by Yoram Ettinger
  

PART I: JEWISH OCCUPATION OR JEWISH ROOTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA? 

1. President Obama's claim — enunciated during his June 4, 2009 speech at Cairo University — that "the aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history [The Holocaust] that cannot be denied," ignores thoroughly-documented Jewish roots in the Land of Israel in general and in Judea & Samaria in particular.

2. World renowned travelers, historians and archeologists of earlier centuries, such as H. B. Tristram (The Land of Israel, 1865), Mark Twain (Innocents Abroad, 1867), R.A. MacAlister and Masterman ("Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly"), A.P. Stanley (Sinai and Palestine, 1887), E. Robinson and E. Smith (Biblical Researches in Palestine, 1841)), C.W. Van de Velde (Peise durch Syrien und Paletsinea, 1861), Felix Bovet (Voyage en Taire Sainte, 1864) — as well as Encyclopedia Britannica and official British and Ottoman records (until 1950) refer to "Judea and Samaria" and not to the "West Bank." The latter term was coined by the Jordanian occupation of Judea and Samaria following the 1948/9 War.

3. The term "Palestine" was established by Greek Historian Herodotus, and adopted by the Roman Empire, in an attempt to erase "Judea" from human memory. "Palestine" was a derivative of the biblical Philistines, arch rivals of the Jewish nation, non-Semites who migrated to the area from the Greek islands and from Phoenicia in the 12th century BCE (Plishtim — the invaders - is the Hebrew word for Philistines).

4. Most Arabs (Semites from the Arabian Peninsula), who reside between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, have their origin in a massive 19th-20th century migration from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and other Moslem countries.

5. Almost all Arab towns and villages in Judea and Samaria have retained biblical Jewish names, thus reaffirming Jewish roots there. For example:
  • A-Dura is biblical (and contemporary) Adora'yim, site of King Rehoboam's and a Maccabees' fortress. 
  • A-Ram is biblical Haramah, Prophet Samuel's birth and burial site.
  • Anata is biblical (and contemporary) Anatot, the dwelling of the Prophet Jeremiah.
  • Batir is biblical (and contemporary) Beitar, the headquarters of Bar Kochba, the leader of the Great Rebellion against the Roman Empire, which was crashed in 135CE.
  • Beit-hur is the biblical (and contemporary) Beit Horon, site of Judah the Maccabee's victory over the Assyrians.
  • Beitin is biblical (and contemporary) Bethel, a site of the Holy Ark and Prophet Samuel's court.
  • Bethlehem is mentioned 44 times in the Bible and is the birth place of King David.
  • Beit Jalla is biblical (and contemporary) Gilo, where Sennacherib set his camp, while besieging Jerusalem.
  • El-Jib is biblical (and contemporary) Gibeon, Joshua's battleground known for "Sun, stop thou in Gibeon and the moon in the valley of Ayalon," Joshua 10:12.
  • Hebron - named after Hevron, Moses' uncle and Levy's grandson — was King David's first capital for 7 years, the burial site of the 3 Jewish Patriarchs and 3 Jewish Matriarchs.
  • Jaba' is the biblical (and contemporary Geva, site of Jonathan's (son of King Saul) victory over the Philistines.
  • Jenin is the biblical (and contemporary) Ein Ganim, a Levite town within the tribe of Issachar.
  • Mukhmas is biblical (and contemporary) Mikhmash, residence of Jonathan the Maccabee and site of King Saul's fortress.
  • Seilun is biblical (and contemporary) Shilo, a site of Joshua's tabernacle and the Holy Ark and Samuel's youth.
  • Tequa' is biblical (and contemporary) Teqoah, hometown of the Prophet Amos and currently known for its home grown Ginger.
  • Etc. 
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Are these sites "occupied" by the Jewish State or are they the epitome of Jewish moral high-ground and Statehood?

PART II: THE RIDGES AND HILLTOPS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA 

 

The public debate on the future of Judea and Samaria is top heavy with sound bites, but very low on serious examination of national security implications. Conventional wisdom suggests that ballistic missiles and advanced military technologies have undermined the importance of ground barriers, such as the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria. Is that true?

The US — which has the most sophisticated military power — operates more than 100 overseas military bases and installations, which control significant ground and waterways. Notwithstanding the nuclear and ballistic threats, the US recognizes the fact that all wars have been conventional. Hence, the critical role played by ground forces and ground barriers.

The October 2003 issue of the US Army's The Land Warfare Papers highlights the vital importance of ground forces and ground barriers: "During the Afghan campaign of 2002 [and Iraq's war of 2003], precision air strikes were critical, but they neither annihilated opposition nor finished the enemy...In the 1999 Kosovo conflict, the air war created the conditions for negotiation, but it was the ground forces that created stability....In 1995, in Serbia, the threat of airpower did not significantly deter Serbia. It took the ground forces to create the conditions for the Dayton Accords. In 1991, months of strike operations did not achieve a decision [in the Gulf War]. The four day ground war led to Iraqi surrender.... [In 1989, in Panama], the surrender of Noriega was the result of soldiers on the ground.... Ground forces can both destroy and occupy... sustain land dominance and achieve a lasting decision... Remote precision strikes will not achieve such capabilities...." Marine Corp General, J.N. Mattis, Commander of the US joint Forces Command, reiterated the aforementioned conclusions in his August 14, 2008 Memorandum.

Missiles destroy, but ground forces occupy and bring enemies to submission. Thousands of missiles would devastate Tel Aviv, but a few hundred Arab tanks in Israel's coastal plain would doom the Jewish State. Such an observation underlined assessments, made by US Generals, on the indispensability of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria. For instance, Lt. General Tom Kelly, Chief of Operations in the 1991 Gulf War: "I could not defend this land [Israel] without that terrain [Judea and Samaria]... The West Bank Mountains, and especially their five approaches, are the critical terrain. If an enemy secures those passes, Jerusalem and Israel become uncovered. Without the West Bank, Israel is only 8 miles wide at its narrowest point. That makes it indefensible...."

On June 29, 1967, General Earl Wheeler, Chairman of the joint Chiefs-of-Staff, submitted to President Johnson a document on "The Minimum Requirements for Israel's Defense." According to Wheeler, the historical, geographic, topographic, political and military reality of the Middle East behooves Israel to control the mountain ridges of Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights. In fact, the dramatic technological upgrading of Arab military forces, since 1967, has made surprise offensive (e.g. 1973) swifter, ballistic missiles significantly more destructive and precise, population centers and IDF bases more vulnerable and the deployment of reservists (75% of Israel's military force!) much slower and problematic. Hence, the dramatically increasing importance of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria in blocking and delaying a surprise invasion, providing Israel's reservists with more time for deployment (Without reservists, Israel would be lethally inferior to invading Arab forces).

100 US retired Generals and Admirals signed a public advertisement in October 1988, contending that Israel should not withdraw from Judea and Samaria — which could not be demilitarized effectively - lest it fails to provide security to its people. The late Admiral "Bud" Nance defined Judea and Samaria's eastern mountain ridge (3,000 foot steep slope), dominating the Jordan Valley, as "the most effective tank barrier" and the western mountain ridge (2,000 foot moderate slope), over-towering Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as "a dream platform for invasion to the narrow coastal plain."
How vulnerable is pre-1967 Israel, which is dominated by Judea and Samaria topography, which is surrounded by a most violent, unstable, unpredictable and unreliable neighborhood, which has not experienced intra-Arab comprehensive peace or intra-Arab compliance with most agreements for the last 1,400 years, which has never tolerated wishful-thinking?

The width of the 8-16 mile sliver along the Mediterranean equals 1/90 of the width of Texas, the length of DFW Airport, the distance between JFK and La Guardia airports, between Wall Street and Columbia University and between the Pentagon and Mount Vernon, a round trip between RFK Stadium and Kennedy Center and less than the width of Miami, San Francisco and Washington, DC. During the 1995 Bosnia conflict, the US Army declared a 16 mile "Killing Zone," in order to secure the personal security of its soldiers. Would Israel's 8-16 mile pre-1967 waistline suffice to secure the national security of the people of the Jewish State?


Ambassador Yoram Ettinger is a consultant on US-Israel relations as well as the Chairman of Special Projects at the Ariel Center for Policy Research. Formerly the Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, DC, Ettinger also served as Consul General of Israel to the Southwestern US. He is a former editor of Contemporary Mideast Backgrounder, and is the author of the Jerusalem Cloakroom series of reports. Contact him at yoramtex@netvision.net.il

This essay is archived at
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3746153,00.html 


This essay is composed of two separate essays. Part i was published as "Jewish Occupation Or Roots In Judea And Samaria?" July 31, 2009 as Jerusalem Cloakroom #226. Part ii was published as "Judea And Samaria -- A Wake Up Call" August 8, 2009 in News1
http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/003-D-40095-00.html?tag=14-58-25

 

Monday, December 12, 2011

Thank you, Newt Gingrich!

Thank you, Newt Gingrich (ISRAEL HAYOM OP-ED) Dr. Haim Shine 12/12/11) Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=998    


Leading Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich recently said that the Palestinians were an "invented" people. Some say that the "invention" of the Palestinians is more dangerous than the explosives invented by Alfred Nobel.
It blows up buses, murders entire families while they celebrate Passover and slays youngsters waiting to enter a nightclub. Ironically, it is for this invention that Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize.
   
Gingrich is not the first person to express this simple truth. Golda Meir said it before him, sparking a deluge of contempt from the Left, accusing her of arrogance and superficial thinking. I am convinced that Gingrich too will not be spared the contempt of Democratic liberal Jews who always seem to know better than Israelis what is best for Israel.
   
The Morning Song by Amir Gilboa that states, "Suddenly a man wakes up in the morning, he feels he is a nation, and he begins to walk," is wrong. Certainly in reference to a group of people that calls out "Allahu Akbar" every time they see a Jew. A feeling is not enough to constitute a nation. Several other objective conditions need to be met.
   
The Palestinians are not a nation, they never were, nor will they be in the future. They have one collective objective: to destroy the Jewish state and reclaim its land for the Arabs, who have more than 20 countries between them. All through modern history the Palestinians have repeatedly rejected any deal that would recognize Israel as a Jewish state or provide two states for two peoples. So it was with the Camp David autonomy plan, with the Oslo Accords and in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu´s Bar-Ilan speech [in which he endorsed a two-state solution].
   
It is important that the world be made aware, as Israel´s citizens are aware, that the Arabs known as Palestinians have no unique characteristics that could unite them ethnically, historically, religiously or linguistically. The people known as Palestinians are in no way different from the Arab people inhabiting the entire Middle East. Their religion is Islam, their language is Arabic and their ancestry is the same. The people who call themselves Palestinian are descendants of Bedouin tribes that migrated to Israel mainly in the 18th and 19th centuries and settled in different areas of the land.
   
Between the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and up until the 1967 Six-Day War the Palestinians showed no real interest in founding a sovereign Palestinian nation. In Judea and Samaria they viewed themselves as loyal citizens of Jordan and in Gaza they saw themselves as Egyptians. In 1964, when the Palestinian Liberation Organization was established, none of the founders spoke about a Palestinian state. The organization´s only goal was to annihilate the state of Israel.
   
On November 15, 1988, when PLO leaders announced the establishment of a Palestinian state, their declaration of independence said "The state of Palestine is an Arab state, an integral and indivisible part of the Arab nation, at one with that nation in heritage and civilization, with it also in its aspiration for liberation, progress, democracy and unity."  

This serves as the most reliable proof that there is no such thing as a Palestinian people.
   
Even after the Oslo Accords in 1993, PLO leaders insisted on a two- phase objective: removal of the Zionist enemy and Arab reunification – at the expense of the state of Israel.
   
Thank you Newt Gingrich for the concise and informative lesson in modern history. Fortunately, nowadays, more and more people are recognizing the link between leadership and truth.


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Friday, December 9, 2011

ramallah nights.


Piscine Grand Park Hotel @ Ramallah, Palestine


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Royal Court Suite Hotel in Ramallah. Near many fine restaurants

Historic PLO vote did not change PLO Charter calling for Israel’s destruction



PLO did not remove denial of Israel from charter Historic vote of Palestinian National Council meant to fulfill PLO obligation under Oslo Accords to amend articles in PLO Charter calling for Israel's destruction

Before vote:

Salim Za'noun, Chairman of meeting: "[Goal of vote is] an extension of 6 months… and then the Central Committee will discuss it [amending the articles]."

"I want to tell you before the voting begins that the judicial committee, when I attended it, was totally convinced, with a majority of 43 out of 44 members, that we must fulfill the commitment demanded of us [by Oslo Accords] at the lowest possible cost. Therefore, it was said, if we amend those articles [calling for Israel's destruction] whose amendment is demanded [by Oslo Accords] it will mean that we have paid a very high price.

Putting forth a new proposal for the national charter is less damaging than the first thing [amending articles]. But, to go into details [as to why it is less damaging] will be a free service [to Israel]. So the version which was drafted is the least damaging that we could submit. It gives us an extension of six months until the [PLO] Central Committee convenes. And then the Central Committee will discuss [amending articles]. And it's within its rights to say: 'We leave it for the National Council [to amend].'

Brothers, with all my heart I tell you, the draft which is in your hands is the best one to be presented to the Palestinian people regarding the commitment. And a special majority of two-thirds is needed.

Yasser Arafat: Everyone here, believe me, is more than you and me, and more than Abu Alaa. Everyone is more responsible than us.

Salim Za'noun: Brothers: whoever agrees to this proposal - raise his hand and leave it up until the counting ends."

After the vote:

Marwan Kanafani, Arafat spokesman: "It's not an amendment. It is a license to start a new, to found a new resolution, a new charter."

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Palestinian Mistakes. Resolution 181




The United Nations Resolution 181 on november 29  1947 called for a creation of an Arab state and a JEWISH STATE.   Now today the Palestinians categorically reject to accept Israel as a JEWISH state, even though that is EXACTLY what the United Nations agreed upon in 1947 !!

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Banned speech: UN Human Rights Committee Sham







       Testimony at the UN (not from the video)

Hypocrisy Suffocates Human Rights

Statement delivered by Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch,
to the UN Human Rights Council in its debate under Agenda Item 4,
“Human Rights Situations That Require the Council’s Attention,” 16 June 2011.


Madam President,

If human rights standards are applied selectively, in what sense can they be considered standards? The credibility of the United Nations turns on this question.

Let us compare two events.

One year ago, this council was holding a three-week session, just like this one.

Suddenly, the Arab and Islamic states demanded an interruption, to debate the deaths of nine members of a so-called humanitarian flotilla. As it happens, many of the passengers had been recruited by the Jihadi IHH organization, and had boasted of their seeking to die as martyrs.

No procedure existed for interrupting a session. So something new was created, called the “Urgent Debate.”

Israel was immediately condemned as guilty. Yet many justified the exercise, promising it would be a precedent for the Council to respond swiftly to serious incidents in the future.

Fast forward one year later. The world’s diplomats have been assembled here for three weeks, conducting debates on human rights, and panels on tolerance. Meanwhile, during this time, as we heard from the report yesterday, the Syrian government has been massacring hundreds of its citizens in cold blood, gunning down men, women and children. The death toll is now at least 1,300, and escalating daily.

And so we ask: Where is the Urgent Debate?

Why is there no resolution?

What happened to the promised precedent?

By what moral logic were nine flotilla deaths considered “urgent,” while today’s murder of 1300 peaceful citizens—many slaughtered in their own homes—goes entirely ignored?

Madam President, the hypocrisy is even worse. Because this session is actually planning yet another resolution, the fourth of its kind, to denounce Israel for last year’s flotilla.

That’s right: Syrian children are being killed today, and desperately need protection, yet the council wants to keep talking about an event from last year.

And who are the sponsors of this text condemning Israel for violating human rights? They include Syria, Iran, Yemen and Bahrain—the very countries now firing on their own citizens.

Madam President, so long as double standards and hypocrisy are allowed to suffocate human rights, those who truly need the world’s attention will continue to suffer.

Thank you, Madam President.






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Thursday, November 3, 2011

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Gyðingalandið og óvinir þess

Grein í Morgunblaðinu 25.mars 2011

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Edmund Bellersen veitist að Ísrael hér í blaðinu 25.mars s.l með svo opinskátt ærumeiðandi hætti að friðartalið í fyrirsögn greinar hans hlýtur að vera til að sýnast.

Bellersen fullyrðir að Ísraelar hafi með landnámi sínu á hinum ævafornu gyðingalendum í Júdeu og Samaríu rænt landi af palestínuaröbum! 

Hann viðurkennir að formlegt ríki palestínuaraba hafi aldrei verið til (og opinbert land á Palestínusvæðinu því aldrei í sögunni verið í eigu þeirra, aldrei!), en finnst sú staðreynd engu máli skipta, svo mikill sé réttur þeirra. 

Skyldi það vera nafngiftin ‘palestínskur’, sem veitti þeim þann guðdómlega rétt? 

Hann veit kannski ekki að rétt eins og til eru palestínskir arabar, sem að stórum hluta eiga aðeins nokkurra áratuga sögu á svæðinu (eftir 1917), þá eru þar einnig ‘palestínskir’ gyðingar, sem átt hafa þar samfellda sögu og búsetu miklu lengur, eða um þúsundir ára? 

Búsetu sem að vísu var stundum rofin af árásum múslimsk-arabískra ræningja og stigamanna (bedúína) frá nágrannalöndunum.
Er það ekki hlálegt, að afkomendur (að hluta til)þessa grimma illþýðis, morðingja, nauðgara og þjófa, sem reyndar stunda enn sína viðurstyggilegu stigamennsku gegn saklausu fólki í Ísrael, skuli nú gera tilkall til þessa lands, sem forfeður þeirra gerðu nánast óbyggilegt um aldir! Er það ekki meinfyndið, herra Bellersen?

Ótvíræður réttur Gyðinga til Ísraelslands

Eins og kom fram í síðustu grein minni ”Ísrael: Land gyðinga eða araba?”, þá er óhætt að fullyrða að styrkur samfélags gyðinga í Landinu helga, allar götur frá eyðingu musterisins í Jerúsalem um 70 e.Kr og fram til stofnunar Ísraelsríkis 1948 var miklu meiri en almennt hefur verið talið á Vesturlöndum. Á öllum öldum voru gyðingar stór hluti íbúa Palestínu, jafnvel á þeim tímum þegar við landauðn lá vegna ytri kúgunar-óstjórnar og árása múslimsk-arabísku ræningjanna.

Sagnfræðingurinn James Parker vitnar: ”Fyrstu öldina eftir arabísku (íslömsku) yfirtökuna (640-740 e.Kr)réðu kalífar og ríkisstjórar Sýrlands og Landsins helga yfir þegnum, sem samanstóðu nánast eingöngu af kristnum mönnum og gyðingum. Fyrir utan bedúína þessara fyrstu daga voru þar engir arabar vestan Jórdanár utan setuliðs herbúðanna.”

Hollenski lærdómsmaðurinn Adriaan Relandi lýsir árið 1695:”Nöfn byggðanna voru aðallega hebresk, sum grísk og sum rómversk. Engin byggð bar múslimskt-arabískt nafn með sögulegar rætur á staðnum… Flestir íbúarnir voru gyðingar og hinir kristnir..”

Manntöl yfirvalda fyrri tíðar í Palestínu 

Manntöl Ottómana-Tyrkja, sem ríktu frá árinu 1516-1917 voru mjög frumstæð. Áætlaður var fjöldi fjölskyldumeðlima og íbúafjöldi húsa, aðferð sem gaf mjög ranga mynd. 

Vegna mikillar fátæktar gyðinga í Jerúsalem t.d. og tilhneigingar þeirra til að hópa sig saman í örbirgð sinni, var íbúafjöldi húsa í hverfum þeirra oft mun meiri en staðlaðar ágiskanir manntals-registurs gerðu ráð fyrir.

Aðstæður múslima voru mun betri og þar sem þeir voru lausir undan sér-sköttum sem lagðir voru á gyðinga og kristna menn,voru mun færri íbúar í húsum þeirra. Annað sem skekkti manntalið var það, að yfirstjórn manntalsins í hverju trúarsamfélagi var í höndum forsvarsmanna þeirra. Vegna þess að álagning mjög íþyngjandi sér-skatta (t.d. jitzyja, skattur, sem lagður var á alla sem ekki voru múslimar) var ákvörðuð eftir fjölda meðlima í hverju trúarsamfélagi, hneigðust forystumenn gyðinga til að gefa upp miklu lægri tölu en rétt var. Þetta ásamt öðru veldur því að ekkert mark er takandi á manntali Ottómana. Það er háttur ofur-skattpíndra manna á öllum tímum að reyna að losna undan því oki. 

Hér er tafla um skiptingu íbúafjölda eftir trúarbrögðum (Jerúsalem):

Ártal Múslimar Gyðingar Kristnir
1525-6 3699 1196 714
1538-9 7117 1363 884
1553-4 12078 1958 1956
1562-3 11802 1434 1830


Jafnvel þetta skakka registur Tyrkjanna sýnir verulegan fjölda gyðinga á þessum tíma. En er ekki sanngjarnast að skoða einfaldlega lýsingar og mat sagnaritara í miðalda- og samtímaritum?

* Ignatius von Rheinfelder, fransískumunkur frá Þýskalandi ferðaðist til landsins 1656 og gaf eftirfarandi lýsingu :”Í Jerúsalem búa einnig margir gyðingar, sem komið hafa frá öllum heimshornum til að bíða komu Messíasar og bjóða hann velkominn”. Annar fransískusmunkur gaf lýsingu árið 1611:”Alls staðar er mikill fjöldi Gyðinga.” 

* Hollenski fræðimaðurinn Olf Dapper segir svo frá í reisubók sinni 1677:

”Það eru gyðingar út um allt Sýrland og Landið helga, sérstaklega í Acre, Sídon, Damaskus, Jerúsalem, Hebron og Gaza…”


* Prússneski konsúllinn Dr.Schultze áætlaði árið 1845 að fjöldi gyðinga í Jerúsalem væri 7.120, múslimar væru 5000, 3.390 kristnir.

* Árið 1868 er mannfjöldaáætlun í Jerusalem Almanack: 9000 gyðingar, 5000 múslimar, 4000 kristnir. Árið 1905 er áætlunin 40.000 gyðingar, 10.900 kristnir arabar og 8.000 múslimskir arabar. Árið 1914 var áætlað að gyðingar væru 45.000 í borginni.
Þetta eru sýnishorn lýsinga sem allar hníga í sömu átt, að minnsta kosti þær sem ég hef séð, um stórt,fjölmennt og rótfast gyðingasamfélag á öllum tímum í Palestínu. 


Gyðingalandinu Palestínu.


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