Whoever saves a life, it is as if he saves the entire world
Everyone, especially Americans, Must See This Video.
When will we wake up?
There are things each one of us can do to help.
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Please help save Mr. Choudhury:
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Advisory Board Member, R&B Islam-Israel Fellowship;
Journalist, Columnist, Author & Peace Activist;
PEN U.S.A. F.T.W. Award 2005;
A.J.C. Moral Courage Award 2006;
Editor & Publisher, Weekly Blitz
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Chief Editor, Weekly Jamjamat
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Mr. Salah is on trial for his life in Bangladesh. His crime - writing articles favorable toward Christians and Jews.
On November 14, 2006, Representatives Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Nita Lowey (D-NY) introduced a Congressional Resolution (House Resolution 1080) urging the Bangladesh government to drop all charges against Muslim journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury and cease all other forms of harassment against him.
House Resolution 1080 will be voted on before Congress adjourns at the end of this year (before the holidays).
Please contact your Congressional Representatives and urge them to support House Resolution 1080. Please encourage everyone you know to do the same. This is an issue that both Democrats and Republicans are supporting, and we must get it passed by a huge margin.
This is our chance and the Congress's chance to make a strong statement for justice and against radicalism, and help save the life of this very brave man.
Please act now and get everyone you know to act.
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Click for House Resolution 1080 and all information about Mr. Choudhury and what we can do.
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Shame on you all.Until the EU and UN stand up to terrorists there will be no peace. It's about time that these organizations take responsibility and the blame for appeasing terrorists instead of standing up to them. If they can't do anything but talk, they should be quiet.
For months, every day, Palestinian terrorists have fired Kassam rockets from Gaza into Israel, even if the media hardly bothers to report it. For months, every day, rockets have hit western Israel and the town of Sderot, injuring civilians. Close to 10 Kassam rockets have been fired at Sderot and other Israeli areas on each day of the past two weeks.
The IDF aims artillery fire at the launching grounds of the rockets, to prevent further fire on Israeli civilians.
Unfortunately, either a mechanical misfire or human error caused a house to be hit in Beit Hanoun, resulting in casualties. News reports state that the Palistinians are in shock. Why are they in shock? Because they know like everyone else that there is always a warning from the IDF, allowing civilians to clear the area, and there is great accuracy. Unfortunately the citizens of Israel don't have that warning.
International law states clearly, that the responsibility for harm to civilians is upon those who use them as human shields, and not upon those who fight [the terrorists].
As usual officials from the U.N., Britain and the EU quickly criticized Israel's action.
The U.N. Security Council scheduled an open meeting Thursday in response to Palestinian calls for it to condemn Israel's killing of 18 members of an extended family and demand the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip.
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Walner stated, "The killing this morning of so many civilians in Gaza, including many children, is a profoundly shocking event."
At least there was one statement of intelligence. "U.N. Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Alvaro de Soto urged the "Palestinian side" to stop attacking Israelis." But even this was buried in anti-Israel rhetoric.
There will be peace for Gaza when they stop firing rockets at Israel. This doesn't take too much common sense or intelligence to figure out.
The World Community should be demanding and enforcing the halt of Kassam attacks on Israel.
Until the EU and UN stand up to terrorists there will be no peace. It's about time that these organizations take responsibility and the blame for appeasing terrorists instead of standing up to them. If they can't do anything but talk, they should be quiet.
The world news media has responsibility and blame too, maybe even more so. Where are the daily reports of the rockets hitting Israel and the casualties? These reports should be in the media every day just as they are for every other country.
Shame on you all.
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by Jpost.com staff
In an operation at Carmel Hospital in Haifa a new type of heart, approximately the size of a cellular phone, was successfully implanted. The patient will carry small batteries with him, but otherwise will be able to lead a routine life.
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by Ed Weiss
“OK. So I understand that you are ticked off at Israel, and in love with the Palestinians. That’s fine with me, as long as you have truly weighed up all the facts. So, you want to boycott Israel? I’ll be sorry to miss you, but if you are doing it - do it properly.
Let me help you.
Check all your medications. Make sure that you do not have tablets, drops, lotions, etc., made by Abic or Teva. It may mean that you will suffer from colds and flu this winter but, hey, that’s a small price for you to pay in your campaign against Israel, isn’t it?
While we are on the subject of your Israeli boycott, and the medical contributions to the world made by Israeli doctors and scientists, how about telling your pals to boycott the following….. click for more
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Early Detection of Lung Cancer by CT Scanning Can Give Hope to Millions
Jerusalem – (October 26, 2006) - The results of an international research study published Oct 26, 2006 in the New England Journal of Medicine report that an annual low-dose CT scan can detect lung cancer in its earliest stage in 85 percent of patients and when followed by prompt surgical removal, 92 percent have a 10-year survival rate.
Implementation of this simple procedure would dramatically decrease the number of deaths from this disease, considered the most lethal cancer in the western world. Some 170,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with this cancer every year; about 95 percent of them do not survive. Currently, most of cases are diagnosed when the lung cancer is in its later phases.
The study, initiated by researchers at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 1993, expanded into an international research effort known as I-ELCAP (International Early Lung Cancer Action Program), involving researchers from 38 medical centers in seven countries. Dr. Claudia Hencshke of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, is the lead author and principal investigator.
The Hadassah University Medical Center is the only Israeli hospital that participated in this research effort – the largest and longest study to test the effectiveness of annual CT scans in the early detection of lung cancer.
Cure for lung cancer is likely only when it is discovered in Stage I. Of the 31,567 people the I-ELCAP teams tested, CT scans diagnosed 484 with lung cancer, with 412 in Stage I. All but eight of them received treatment; all of the eight died within five years. All the research participants were above 40 years old and considered at high risk of developing lung cancer from smoking, passive smoke or exposure to cancerous materials in their work places.
Of the 1,000 people tested in Israel, 15 were diagnosed with lung cancer with 85 percent of them in Stage I. All were treated after diagnosis and their disease has not returned.
Dr. Dorit Shaham of Hadassah’s Imaging Institute, one of I-ELCAP’s founders, played a major role in the international research group along with leading the Hadassah research aspect of the study. Among her contributions was the creation of a Internet site that the group is using to teach physicians.
“These research findings provide convincing proof that the early detection of lung cancer by CT scanning can give hope to millions of people,” Dr. Shaham said. “They also prove that immediate treatment after detection in its early phase may dramatically decrease lung cancer mortality rates.”
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In 1948 and 1967 there were not only Palestinian refugees but also Jewish refugees from Arab countries – 600,000 of whom came to Israel. The State of Israel is putting the claims of Jews from Arab countries on the table, parallel to the claim by the Palestinians who left Israel.The difference, is that no Jews want to go back to those countries. One can say that there was an exchange of populations for the sake of peace.
The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) states that an estimated 900,000 Jews were forced to leave their homes in Arab and Muslim countries in the course of the 20th century. Jews were robbed of more than $100 billion in personal and communal assets, by Arab and Muslim governments.
Click here for the Jewish International Rights and Redress Campaign. If your family was one of these refugees, there is a kit available with information on Jewish refugees and all the material necessary to document a personal testimony. You can also register your families experience.
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From Yahoo News
By Corinne Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ethiopian doctors battling an AIDS epidemic are learning new methods of treatment in Israel from local physicians who gained experience caring for HIV-infected Ethiopian migrants to the Jewish state.
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The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference will be held tomorrow, Oct 24 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
A main event will be the live satellite broadcast of a cardiac catheterization from the Jesselson Heart Center at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel to the Conference.
"Four new procedures will be introduced by Dr. Yaron Almagor, Director of Catheterization Laboratories at Shaare Zedek. Each of the procedures to be illustrated are performed in the hospital and have been proven to offer dramatic benefits for patients with blockages in the arteries leading to the heart...."
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Sunday, October 22, 2006IsraelNN.com
The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference will be held tomorrow, Oct 24 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
A main event will be the live satellite broadcast of a cardiac catheterization from the Jesselson Heart Center at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel to the Conference.
"Four new procedures will be introduced by Dr. Yaron Almagor, Director of Catheterization Laboratories at Shaare Zedek. Each of the procedures to be illustrated are performed in the hospital and have been proven to offer dramatic benefits for patients with blockages in the arteries leading to the heart...."
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And the onslaught continues. Rockets from northern Gaza hit the western Negev near Ashkelon's power facilities.
Two rockets struck the town of Sderot wounding 3 people and sending several others into shock.
Meanwhile the IDF continues to find and destroy tunnels between Egypt and Gaza which are being used to smuggle explosives and weapons into Gaza.
Tunnels have also been discovered leading from Gaza toward the western Negev region in the area which Israel withdrew from last summer.
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In case you think the war against Israel is over, think again.
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Solar Energy and "green" solutions abound at the Weizmann Institute in Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
By David E. Kaplan
"Seventy-one year-old Moshe Tzori is a farmer with a guilty conscience. "The soil has been good to me all my life, but have I been good to it?" he asks. One would think that Tzori has engaged in some nefarious activities to warrant such misgivings about his agrarian past - but no, far from it. All he has done is exactly what most farmers traditionally do: overirrigate.
Why is that so bad? Explains Tzori, a longtime resident of Moshav Nir Banimin in the northern Negev: "Water wastage is bad enough in a country like Israel where it is so scarce; but there is another aspect and no less disturbing - pollution. Unused agricultural water spreads harmful insecticides, pesticides and herbicides into our underground water supplies. This stuff is poison. It's bad enough that we have to inflict our crops with it, but then to contaminate our subterranean water resources is untenable. Why? Because it is preventable."
With more than 40 years of literally "in the field" experience and supported by his highly qualified sons with technical backgrounds, five years ago Tzori came up with an invention that could revolutionize the nature and scope of husbandry.
Simply put, his CommonSensor, as he calls it, produced by his company Commonsensor Ltd. (www.common-sensor.com), is a computerized precision device that prevents inefficient water usage and dramatically reduces pollution. It enables the maximum exploitation of available water for irrigating field and greenhouse crops, as well as home and public gardens.
"The beauty of it," he assures, "is that it leaves no residual water that contains waste fertilizers to percolate underground." What's more, according to Tzori, research has shown that "there could be anywhere from a 50% to 70% saving in water costs."...
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Rockets continue to hit Israel from Gaza strip:
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"Terrorists fired a barrage of Kassam rockets from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel on the Sabbath, directly hitting a house in the Negev town of Sderot.
The Red Dawn alert system warned of the impending rocket landing. Magen David Adom paramedics who arrived at the scene reported that one person had sustained light injuries and that three people were treated for shock. No one in the house was hurt, as the family members were in the synagogue at the time."...
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This necklace is filled with earth and water from different parts of Israel. Looks like a nice gift, so I thought I would share it.
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The Media definitely needs a change. This from one of my favorite commentators:
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WJC - World Jewish Congress
Yale University has created a center for the study of contemporary anti-Semitism. The Yale Initiative for Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism will provide a place to research anti-Semitism and explore ways to fight it, said Charles Small, director of the center at the prestigious Ivy League college. It remains unclear whether the center will offer a degree. "Anti-Semitism has reemerged internationally in a manner that many leading scholars and policymakers take seriously," Small said. "Because of this, there is a need to establish a high-caliber, interdisciplinary, non-partisan, scholarly institute, so that students and faculty can engage these issues fully."
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The Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, in cooperation with Hadassah France, led by Prof. Sydney Ohana, developed a new virus capable of defeating cancerous tumors, that brings many patients to Israel from around the world.
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Shanah Tovah uMetukah 5767
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Tens of Thousands rallied at the UN Wednesday in protest to the appearance of the Iranian President and in support of Israel.
WW II cost the lives of millions of people from all over the world. British, French, American, African, Australian, European, etc...............
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From ArutzSheva
by Hillel Fendel
"Four Kassam rockets were fired at Sderot and environs today. One of them, this morning, caused damage to a house and water piping, while an afternoon rocket heavily damaged a classroom at the Shaar HaNegev college. The Sderot municipality issued a call to the National Property Tax office, saying that permanent damage had apparently been caused to a building. Engineers suspect it is in danger of collapsing."....Click for article
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006by Hillel Fendel
"Four Kassam rockets were fired at Sderot and environs today. One of them, this morning, caused damage to a house and water piping, while an afternoon rocket heavily damaged a classroom at the Shaar HaNegev college. The Sderot municipality issued a call to the National Property Tax office, saying that permanent damage had apparently been caused to a building. Engineers suspect it is in danger of collapsing."....
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CAMERA ACTION ALERT:
By Gilead Ini, CAMERA
"Hamas officials unequivocally stress the signing of document does not mean the group accepts Israel's legitimacy, and that "resistance" [terror] against Israel will continue"....
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by Hillel Fendel
"Two more Kassam rockets hit Israel this morning, wounding a boy with shrapnel to his chest.
The terrorists in Gaza have increased their Kassam rocket launchings over the past several days. Three people were injured in a Kassam attack in Sderot earlier this week"....
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We're posting this again for more support. Please sign the petition to stop Iran from getting the Nuclear bomb.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
12:00 PM
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
2nd Avenue at 47th Street
New York City
Subways: 4, 5, 6, or 7 to Grand Central Station
Thousands of people are expected to join the mass rally in solidarity with Israel, in support of the war against global terror and its state sponsors, and to demand the release of the three Israeli soldiers being held hostage. Cosponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and scores of national and local organizations, the demonstration will coincide with the presence of world leaders at the opening sessions of the U.N. General Assembly. It is expected that Iranian President Amadinejad will be in attendance.
For more information call 212-318-6111 or email info@conferenceofpresidents.org
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12:00 PM
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
2nd Avenue at 47th Street
New York City
Subways: 4, 5, 6, or 7 to Grand Central Station
Thousands of people are expected to join the mass rally in solidarity with Israel, in support of the war against global terror and its state sponsors, and to demand the release of the three Israeli soldiers being held hostage. Cosponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and scores of national and local organizations, the demonstration will coincide with the presence of world leaders at the opening sessions of the U.N. General Assembly. It is expected that Iranian President Amadinejad will be in attendance.
For more information call 212-318-6111 or email info@conferenceofpresidents.org
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From Arutzsheva
by Hillel Fendel
"The remains of some 1,800 Jews murdered by Nazis in Ukraine were discovered two weeks ago in a pit that became their mass grave. The search for additional mass murder sites there continues.
A secret mission to find 60-year-old mass Jewish graves in eastern Europe has now become public, following its first "success."...
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From Ynetnews.com:
"World Jewish Congress urges Annan to restage UN Holocaust exhibition during next week's visit by Iranian president; ‘hate speech which incites violence should be met with condemnation and at the very least must be countered with education and affirmation of human dignity,’ group’s president writes to secretary-general"...
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by camera.org
"While much of the media misrepresented Hamas's decision to sign the so-called "Prisoners document" as signifying the terror organization's implicit recognition of Israel's right to exist, the Dallas Morning News got it just right.
Its editorial on June 29 "Crisis in Gaza - Again Palestinians' accord isn't about peace" refutes "optimistic media claims that the accord between Hamas and Fatah endorses a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis and that it compels Hamas to implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist."...Click for article
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"While much of the media misrepresented Hamas's decision to sign the so-called "Prisoners document" as signifying the terror organization's implicit recognition of Israel's right to exist, the Dallas Morning News got it just right.
Its editorial on June 29 "Crisis in Gaza - Again Palestinians' accord isn't about peace" refutes "optimistic media claims that the accord between Hamas and Fatah endorses a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis and that it compels Hamas to implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist."...
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"We, the undersigned faculty members from around the world, stand solidly with Professor Thomas Klocek, a Roman Catholic, who was dismissed by DePaul University for allegedly offending Muslim students when discussing Christian interests in Israel, disputing that Israeli treatment of Palestinians was akin to the Nazi treatment of the Jews and then terminating the discussion when it appeared that the students were more interested in Israel-bashing than discussing the issues."...Cllick for Petition
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by State of Israel Ministry of the Environment
The Chief Scientist DR. YESHAYAHU BRAUER
"1. Fires in Forests and Open Areas
Planted forests (JNF) - During the war, as a result of about 400 fires caused by missiles, more than 12,000 dunams of planted forests went up in flames. Of this total, about 7,000 dunams were on the Naftali mountain ridge (about 70% of the forest) and 2,000 dunams were in the Biria forest near Tzfat. The direct fire fighting costs exceeded NIS 20 million (use of fire fighting aircraft and fire retarding materials).
Natural forests and open areas - A total of about 50 fires caused by the war were dealt with in nature reservations and national parks. About 40,000 dunams were burned, of which about 14,000 dunams were in areas of nature reserves and national parks. Of these, about 5,500 dunams were in the Golan Heights, about 9,000 dunams in Northern Galilee (in the Mount Miron fire about 1,200 dunams were burned, representing about 15% of the area of the forest) and 500 dunams in Lower Galilee. The damage was mainly to Mediterranean groves and undergrowth.
During the fires numerous remains were found of animals harmed by the fires, mainly reptiles, birds, and young mammals."...Click for article
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006The Chief Scientist DR. YESHAYAHU BRAUER
"1. Fires in Forests and Open Areas
Planted forests (JNF) - During the war, as a result of about 400 fires caused by missiles, more than 12,000 dunams of planted forests went up in flames. Of this total, about 7,000 dunams were on the Naftali mountain ridge (about 70% of the forest) and 2,000 dunams were in the Biria forest near Tzfat. The direct fire fighting costs exceeded NIS 20 million (use of fire fighting aircraft and fire retarding materials).
Natural forests and open areas - A total of about 50 fires caused by the war were dealt with in nature reservations and national parks. About 40,000 dunams were burned, of which about 14,000 dunams were in areas of nature reserves and national parks. Of these, about 5,500 dunams were in the Golan Heights, about 9,000 dunams in Northern Galilee (in the Mount Miron fire about 1,200 dunams were burned, representing about 15% of the area of the forest) and 500 dunams in Lower Galilee. The damage was mainly to Mediterranean groves and undergrowth.
During the fires numerous remains were found of animals harmed by the fires, mainly reptiles, birds, and young mammals."...
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From Ynet news:
"Report published Thursday night by Amnesty International says rocket attacks by Hizbullah on northern Israel during recent war in Lebanon are considered war crimes and violate international law
According to the report, "Hizbullah’s rocket attacks on northern Israel amounted to deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, as well as indiscriminate attacks, both war crimes under international law."
During the war, Hizbullah fired primarily Katyusha-type rockets with a range of 20-40km, as well as a few hundred improved versions of Katyushas with a longer range and higher caliber. Those fired included rockets with warheads packed with thousands of metal ball bearings intended to maximize harm to people."...
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Sunday, September 10, 2006"Report published Thursday night by Amnesty International says rocket attacks by Hizbullah on northern Israel during recent war in Lebanon are considered war crimes and violate international law
According to the report, "Hizbullah’s rocket attacks on northern Israel amounted to deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, as well as indiscriminate attacks, both war crimes under international law."
During the war, Hizbullah fired primarily Katyusha-type rockets with a range of 20-40km, as well as a few hundred improved versions of Katyushas with a longer range and higher caliber. Those fired included rockets with warheads packed with thousands of metal ball bearings intended to maximize harm to people."...
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Arutz Sheva 16:19 Sep 08, '06 / 15 Elul 5766
"The United Jewish Communities of North America slammed the Olmert government for going back on promises regarding Ethiopian immigration to Israel, which has been financial assisted by the UJC.
Ethiopian immigrants are planning a protest Sunday to protest the Finance Ministry’s cutting of the monthly quota of immigrants to be absorbed from 300 to 150. Ariel Sharon had promised, in return for financial assistance from the UJC, to increase the quota from 300 to 600. Finance Minister Avraham Hirshzon said the move will save 130 million shekels annually."...
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Monday, September 04, 2006"The United Jewish Communities of North America slammed the Olmert government for going back on promises regarding Ethiopian immigration to Israel, which has been financial assisted by the UJC.
Ethiopian immigrants are planning a protest Sunday to protest the Finance Ministry’s cutting of the monthly quota of immigrants to be absorbed from 300 to 150. Ariel Sharon had promised, in return for financial assistance from the UJC, to increase the quota from 300 to 600. Finance Minister Avraham Hirshzon said the move will save 130 million shekels annually."...
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Leading reporters admit the media is fed on manipulated information.
View UN ambulances being used by terrorists.
CNN's Anderson Cooper report reveals how Hezbollah stages scenes in southern Lebanon "…they were just making stuff up". Please help share the truth, spread this video and push for accountability.
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View UN ambulances being used by terrorists.
CNN's Anderson Cooper report reveals how Hezbollah stages scenes in southern Lebanon "…they were just making stuff up". Please help share the truth, spread this video and push for accountability.
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By NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- "Iran said Sunday it would sponsor a conference to examine the scientific evidence supporting the Holocaust, dismissing it as exaggerated.
The decision came as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan raised concerns with Iranian officials over an exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust in Iran's capital, Tehran.
Hard-line President Ahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the Nazis' slaughter of 6 million Jews a myth and said Israel should be wiped off the map or moved to Germany or the United States. His remarks prompted a global outpouring of condemnation.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said both opponents and proponents of the existence of the Holocaust could participate in the conference.
"God willing, a conference on the Holocaust will be held in the autumn. The Holocaust is not a sacred issue that one can't touch," he told reporters. "I have visited the Nazi camps in Eastern Europe. I think it is exaggerated"...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- "Iran said Sunday it would sponsor a conference to examine the scientific evidence supporting the Holocaust, dismissing it as exaggerated.
The decision came as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan raised concerns with Iranian officials over an exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust in Iran's capital, Tehran.
Hard-line President Ahmoud Ahmadinejad has called the Nazis' slaughter of 6 million Jews a myth and said Israel should be wiped off the map or moved to Germany or the United States. His remarks prompted a global outpouring of condemnation.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said both opponents and proponents of the existence of the Holocaust could participate in the conference.
"God willing, a conference on the Holocaust will be held in the autumn. The Holocaust is not a sacred issue that one can't touch," he told reporters. "I have visited the Nazi camps in Eastern Europe. I think it is exaggerated"...
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By Edmund Blair
"TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told Iranians the Holocaust was "an undeniable historical fact" on Sunday after meeting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who caused outrage in the West when he said it was a "myth"."...
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Special Presentation for IDF
Beautiful Video of Northern Israel
What things can we do to help?
Haifa (photo by Marco Abrar - bahaipictures.com)
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There needs to be a safe border between Lebanon and Israel to prevent conflict.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm really amazed at this great UN response:
UN Troop Pledges
France - leadership and 2,000 troops (a little better than the original 200)
Italy - 2,500-3,000 troops
Bangladesh - two battalions (up to 2,000 troops)(Muslim)
Malaysia - one battalion (Muslim)
Spain - one mechanised battalion
Indonesia - one battalion, an engineering company
Nepal - one battalion
Denmark - at least two ships
Poland - 500 troops
Finland - 250 troops
Belgium - 302 troops, later rising to 392
Germany - maritime and border patrols but no combat troops
Norway - 100 soldiers
A little embarassing isn't it?
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By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER
American aid to Lebanon should be held up until the country agrees to allow international forces to patrol its border with Syria, US Representative Tom Lantos of California said Sunday in Jerusalem.
Lantos, a Holocaust survivor on his 68th visit to Israel, also said he planned to file bipartisan legislation for Israel to receive reconstruction aid.
"It would be singularly unfair and inequitable in the wake of this disaster to have aid flow to one party, which basically allowed the provocation, but not to the other victims," he said. "Lebanon will get help from Europe, the Arab world and the United States. And unless the United States provides some aid to Israel, Israel will not receive aid.....
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American aid to Lebanon should be held up until the country agrees to allow international forces to patrol its border with Syria, US Representative Tom Lantos of California said Sunday in Jerusalem.
Lantos, a Holocaust survivor on his 68th visit to Israel, also said he planned to file bipartisan legislation for Israel to receive reconstruction aid.
"It would be singularly unfair and inequitable in the wake of this disaster to have aid flow to one party, which basically allowed the provocation, but not to the other victims," he said. "Lebanon will get help from Europe, the Arab world and the United States. And unless the United States provides some aid to Israel, Israel will not receive aid.....
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MUMBAI (Reuters) news article by Krittivas Mukherjee describes a new restaurant in India's financial hub - "Hitler's Cross".
It is named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas. 'Hitler's Cross', which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental fare and a big helping of controversy, thanks to a name the owners say they chose to stand out among hundreds of Mumbai eateries. "We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different."
Posters line the road leading up to it, featuring a red swastika carved in the name of the eatery. A huge portrait of a stern-looking Fuehrer greets visitors at the door. The cross in the restaurant's name refers to the swastika that symbolised the Nazi regime.
Restaurant manager Fatima Kabani states they are planning to turn the eatery's name into a brand with more branches in Mumbai.
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This is the same Mumbai where on July 11, 2006 more than 160 Indian people were killed and 460 injured by 7 bombs on the train system.
What are the chances of a connection between the terrorists who planted the bombs and the restaurant owners?
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Where are all the multi-national troops from the countries of the world who are going to form the peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon?
The world had lots to say about the conflict, but what is being done to implement what is necessary to prevent further conflict? France, who aided in the formation of the ceasefire, is sending - 200 troops. Some muslim countries wish to send troops, such as Bangladesh. Only these muslim countries are very antagonistic to Israel. These troops would aid in removing the Hizbollah and keeping them out?
And what of the Lebanese army itself? (see Stand alongside Hizbullah, Lebanon's army tells troops)
Will these troops accomplish what they are sent for? Is this fair to Israel or to Lebanon?
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1. Israel became a state in 1312 b.c., two millennia before Islam existed.
2. After conquering the land (Israel) in 1272 b.c., Jews ruled it for a thousand years and maintained a continuous presence there for 3,300 years.
3. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem was the Jewish capital. It was never the capital of any arab or muslim entity. Even under Jordanian rule, (east) Jerusalem was not made the capital, and no arab leader came to visit it.
4. King David founded Jerusalem; Mohammed never set foot in it.
5. Jews pray facing Jerusalem; muslims face Mecca. If they are between the two cities, muslims pray facing Mecca, with their backs to Jerusalem.
6. Arab refugees from Israel began calling themselves "palestinians" only in 1967, two decades after (modern) Israeli statehood.....
7. The only arab rule following conquest in 633 b.c. lasted just 22 years.
8. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in the bible, but not once is it mentioned in the qur'an.
9. In 1948, arab leaders urged their people to leave. 68% of them fled without ever setting eyes on an Israeli soldier.
10. Virtually the entire Jewish population of muslim countries had to flee as the result of violence and pogroms.
11. Some 630,000 arabs left Israel in 1948, while close to a million Jews were forced to leave the Muslim countries.
12. In spite of the vast territories at their disposal, arab refugees were deliberately prevented from assimilating into their host countries. Of 100 million refugees following World War II, they are the only group to have never integrated with their coreligionists. Most of the Jewish refugees from Europe and arab lands were settled in Israel, a country no larger than New Jersey.
13. There are 22 muslim countries. There is only one Jewish state. Arabs started all five wars against Israel, and lost every one of them.
14. Fatah and hamas constitutions still call for the destruction of Israel. Israel ceded most of the west bank and all of gaza to the palestinian authority, and even provided it with arms.
15. During the Jordanian occupation, Jewish holy sites were vandalized and were off limits to Jews. Under Israeli rule, all muslim and Christian holy sites are accessible to all faiths.
16. The U.N. was silent when the Jordanians destroyed 58 synagogues in the old city of Jerusalem. It remained silent while Jordan systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the mount of olives, and it remained silent when Jordan enforced apartheid laws preventing Jews from accessing the temple mount and western wall.
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Home video of one attack on Haifa. As you can hear, the bomb goes off immediately after the siren, as there has been no warning given (the Israeli's do warn Lebanon, sometimes days in advance). The strike is aganist a civilian area where there is no army present (in Lebanon the Hizbullah are firing rockets right from among civilians). Also, note the holes in buildings and cars from the blast. These are from the metal and ball bearings they put in their bombs to cause as much bodily injury as possible.
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The damage to southern Lebanon and the people there is being highly exaggerated by the media. The damage to Israel and the people there is being highly under reported.
The media needs to stop obsessing and over reporting on the terrorists and spend lots more time writing about Israel.
Example:
Israel takes great trouble not to ... hurt civilians. But the terrorists won't allow them to leave and uses them as human shields and even has rocket bases in houses and public buildings. The terrorists are the cause of the deaths there. And the terrorists are bombing civilian areas in Israel purposely to kill civilians. Why doesn't the media concentrate on these things??
The media is a big problem to our getting a proper understanding of the situation.
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