TIKVAH YISRAEL
HOPE OF ISRAEL
Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of people killed in Hiroshima ... Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another question?" Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave another interview and was asked about Israel's occupation of Arab lands. His response was, "It's our land". The reporter was stunned - read below "It's our land..." It's important information since we don't get fair and accurate reporting
from the media and facts tend to get lost in the jumble of daily events. "Crash Course on the Arab-Israeli Conflict." Here are overlooked facts in the current & past Middle East situation. These were compiled by a Christian university professor:
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem: Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two thousand (2000) years before the rise of Islam....
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BC, the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand (1000) years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 lasted no more than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left (many in fear of retaliation by their own brethren, the Arabs), without ever seeing an Israeli soldier. The ones who stayed were afforded the same peace, civility, and citizenship rights as everyone else.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their
own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the state of New Jersey.
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were
all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel. More than55% of all UN Security Council resolutions that were passed were against Israel, more than all the other nations combined.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel. That means more than 62% of all UN resolutions on all topics are directed against Israel. Is that all the UN does, vote against Israel?
18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
These are incredible times. We have to ask what our role should be. What will we tell our grandchildren about what we did when there was a turning point in Jewish destiny, an opportunity to make a difference?
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Shin Bet Says Hamas Feeling the Pain,
Looking for Way Out
(IsraelNN.com) Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency/ISA) chief Yuval Diskin
told the government Sunday that "there are initial signs
that Hamas is becoming less intransigent about the possible ceasefire."
"Their leadership is under heavy pressure and wants the Israeli operation halted,
while looking for an honorable exit that will not humiliate them,"
he told the ministers in the weekly cabinet session.
The session, which is normally held in Jerusalem,
was held in Tel Aviv, in the military-government complex known as Hakirya.
Hamas leaders under pressure
"There is a willingness on the part of Hamas to reach an accomodation," Diskin said.
"The Hamas leadership abroad and in Gaza is under pressure
and is acting to achieve a ceasefire," he explained.
"It is disappointed with the muslim Arab countries which are not standing by its side."
"Everything Hamas has created in Gaza is under real threat
and its leadership feels an existential danger," he added.
Close range urban fighting
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said
that more than 400 muslim Arabs/Palestinians, most of them Hamas muslim terrorists,
have been killed in Operation Cast Lead so far.
"Not much is left of the Hamas government," he said.
The fighting between the IDF and Hamas is mostly being carried out
at close range and in urban settings, where Hamas prefers to engage the IDF.
Military Intelligence Chief Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet
that "Hamas understands that it made a strategic mistake in violating the 'calm.'
It has been dealt a serious blow," he said.
"Dozens of command posts have been hit,
ammunition depots and [weapon] production infrastructure have been destroyed," Yadlin continued.
"The ability to smuggle through tunnels has been impaired.
The group's leaders are busy taking care of themselves.
Hamas finds itself hated and isolated."
Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen said 600 muslim Arabs/Palestinians
had been arrested within Israel over the past week,
and 230 are still behind bars in connection with violent demonstrations
against the Gaza operation.
50 police officers were injured in the rioting by muslim Arab/Palestinian citizens of Israel.
The broadcasters were Kobi Arieli and Avri Gilad,
who represent the religious-nationalist and left-secular viewpoints, respectively,
on the humourous/political "The Last Word" show.
Kobi Arieli introduced the segment by saying
that he had received countless SMS messages
since last night asking him to recite Psalm 20
on behalf of the ground troops entering Gaza.
Avri Gilad then said that he, too, had received one this morning.
They then agreed, tongue in cheek, that "in order to stop this flood of SMS messages,"
they would read aloud the Psalm on air.
Kobi Arieli then dedicated the next moments to the soldiers in Gaza,
and recited:
"May the L-rd hear thee in the day of trouble,
may the Name of the G-d of Jacob strengthen thee out of Zion...
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses -
but we will call out in the Name of G-d.
They fall, but we are arisen and stand upright.
Save L-rd, O King, Who hears on the day that we call."
The broadcasters acknowledged that the listening audience
"probably contains many people right now
who are rubbing their ears in disbelief,
some who can't believe that we actually did this,
and others who can't understand why we would actually do this..."
(IsraelNN.com) Israeli ground forces have entered Gaza to deliver a blow to the terrorists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Now is not the time for political infighting or ideological bickering - rather, we must rally together in support of our troops, the brave young men and women who are fighting against an implacable foe bent on our destruction.
At times such as these, when our soldiers are in harm's way, each and everyone of us should reach for the most potent weapon in our arsenal - the power of prayer - and plead with Heaven for Divine guidance and mercy. This is a call to Psalms - one that each of us can and should answer.
The Biblical commentators tell us that Psalm 20 was recited in Jerusalem when the Jewish people went out to war against their enemies (see the commentator Rashi's comments on verse 2).
Please take a few minutes to say this important Psalm, while having in mind that G-d should strengthen the hands of our soldiers, grant them success in their mission and confer upon them His shield of protection.
Ayalah Benishio sent this & I thought you could put it on our website to give the TRUTH about Israel in Gaza. Thanks. Terry
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Hamas fired mortar shells from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in Jabalya before the IDF retaliated with aerial bombing that killed Hamas terrorists as well as children, according to an initial IDF investigation.
"Amongst the dead at the Jabalya school were Hamas terror operatives and a mortar battery cell who were firing on IDF forces in the area," the IDF said. "We face a very delicate situation where the Hamas is using the citizens of Gaza as a protective vest," according to IDF spokesman Brig. General Avi Benayahu.
Click here to see the video of Hamas firing mortars from the UN School
The military said that it appeared "a number of mortar shells were fired at IDF forces from within the Jabalya school. In response to the incoming enemy fire, the forces returned mortar fire to the source." The IDF added that most probably a secondary explosion from explosives within the building added to the destruction.
"This is not the first time that Hamas has fired mortars and rockets from schools, in such a way deliberately using civilians as human shields in their acts of terror against Israel," according to the military. "This was already proven several months ago by footage from an unmanned plane depicting rockets and mortars being fired from the yard of an UNRWA school."
Israel faces a new flood of protests over the bombing. The IDF's initial conclusions were released four hours after international media blamed Israel and showed the bodies of children buried under rubble.
The U.N. used the school to shelter children, and before the IDF was able to report its initial report, Hamas used the incident to appeal to the U.N. for a ceasefire.
CNN quoted UNRWA director John Ging, as saying that "everybody here is terrorized by the situation [a "there is no place that you can be safe if you're a civilian here."
Despite the IDF clarification, foreign media played down the Hamas' use of the school and emphasized the IDF shelling. Reuters reported, "The Israeli military said its forces fired mortar rounds on a school in the Gaza Strip where about 40 Palestinians were reported killed on Tuesday, but said troops were responding to mortar fire from the U.N. premises."
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) spokesman Chris Gunness said terrorists are not allowed in its schools, and he demanded an "impartial" probe into IDF reports that Hamas shot mortars next to a school. He said he did not know off hand what constitutes an impartial body.
"If there have been violations on either side, we want those responsible brought to justice," he told Israel National News. He added that he cannot comment on the IDF report that it shelled a UNRWA school after terrorists attacked soldiers with mortars from within the building.
At least 30 people, including children, died in the shelling, and the IDF reported that several Hamas terrorists also were killed.
"Allegations that UNRWA facilities are used by militants are always investigated and we will cooperate so our name can be cleared," Gunness stated. He also said he wants proof of the IDF claim that terrorists were killed in the shelling.
When questioned about an IDF video showing terrorists firing rockets from within the UNRWA schoolyard in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza October 2007, Gunness admitted that the school had been used for such purposes but without knowledge of UNRWA and only after it was deserted.
Gunness explained that the terrorists entered after the UN had evacuated children and teachers because of an Israel military operation. "We did not open the doors" for them, he added.
Gunness also claimed that the UNRWA teacher who was discovered to be a rocket manufacturer in his off hours was sacked and that his family did not receive pensions that usually are granted to workers.
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by Hana Levi Julian
The Hamas terrorist organization has reportedly executed several Gaza residents accused of passing information to Israel. The victims were accused of helping the IAF conduct air strikes and IDF ground forces carry out assassinations in Gaza.
Among those killed were three brothers, all of whom were executed in public. A fourth brother was murdered by Hamas supporters earlier in the week after they escaped a prison run by the guerrilla group.
A total of six Gaza residents were executed by Hamas since last week, all of whom were accused of being collaborators. A spokesman for Hamas said that all of those who were killed had confessed to the charges against them.
Gaza Terrorists Forcing Residents at Gunpoint to Face IDF
"Hamas has no regard for human life," IDF Major Peter Lerner, head of Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) told Israel National News.
"We have had reports of Palestinians being held at gunpoint in order to put them at the front, in order to increase the number of Palestinian casualties on the Gaza side," Lerner said. "Hamas is doing it all the time."
According to intelligence reports, he added, the terrorists are stopping Gaza residents from evacuating their homes in order to flee the fighting. "Hamas is not letting them go," he said. "They want to increase the numbers of wounded and dead Palestinians for the cameras."
IDF Warned Residents to Flee Combat Areas
Israel made a special effort before beginning ground operations to warn residents to get out of the way and move to safer areas in order to reduce the number of civilian casualties.
The IDF made some 90,000 cell phone calls to Gaza residents, broadcasting a warning message in Arabic to let them know that military forces were approaching their area.
Flyers written in Arabic were also dropped on targeted areas of conflict as well prior to operations, telling residents to leave the area because Israeli forces were planning to attack terrorist targets in the neighborhood.
Hamas Guerrillas Stealing Humanitarian Aid
Hamas terrorists have also been stealing the food, medical supplies, medicines and other items shipped into Gaza for the impoverished residents by international aid organizations.
At least two convoys of aid trucks were hijacked by Hamas terrorists in the past several days, one carrying fuel and the other carrying basic food commodities and medical supplies. The trucks were seized by Hamas and allied terrorist forces as they entered Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing.
Sources have said that Hamas takes a cut of all international aid that arrives in Gaza through the crossings. Supplies that are not kept are sold to the residents that were meant to receive them for free, in order to raise money for Hamas terrorist operations.
According to Lerner, some 49 truckloads of humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Tuesday. Kerem Shalom has the capacity to process a total of 100 truckloads of supplies per day, he explained. "We usually work during daylight hours; from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. we load and offload the supplies on to the Palestinian side. That is the amount of time it takes to load 100 trucks." He noted that security concerns had prevented the transfer of supplies on Sunday, but that hundreds of truckloads of aid had been delivered the week before.
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by Gil Ronen
Israel's notifications to civilians in Gaza to leave populated locations before they are bombed are cynically used by Hamas for organizing human shields, a new study says.
The study by the Terror and Intelligence Information Center shows that when the IDF warns Arab civilians of an impending attack in their neighborhood, Hamas uses the information in order to organize the civilians into human shields in the hope of protecting the targets from the IDF's wrath.
Flyers rain on Gaza
Blue Eye
Hamas's de facto prime minister Ismail Haniyeh and other top terrorists, including Nizar Riyan, who was killed in the course of Operation Cast Lead, have publicly boasted of using the warnings as “intelligence” and then using civilians, including women and children, as human shields to protect the homes of terrorists.
Flyers over Gaza
Blue Eye
The tactic is a “win-win” for Hamas: If the IDF cancels its planned attack on a terror target, the terrorists receive a respite. If the IDF attacks despite the human shields, it can then be portrayed as a killer of women and children. The tactic was inspired by the experience of Hizbullah is using such methods against Israel, the study determines.
Use of civilians as human shields and purposely firing at Israel from densely populated areas is a war crime, the researchers say. Yet terror units that specialize in launching rockets and mortars often carry out the launches next to or even from inside civilian residential buildings, schools and mosques.
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