Volume II, Issue XXXVI
Why Israelis Might Not Care About 'The Peace Process'
The 'other' Weekly News Magazine [click to read] is asserting that 'Israel Doesn't Care About Peace.' Israel already knows it can't secure peace by giving up land... no matter how much land it gives up! Even the 'moderate' Ground Zero Imam says Israel should not exist as a Jewish state. Can you really blame Israelis for ambivolence toward a 'peace process' that seems more like an attempt to render them impotent against very real foes?
Mike Evans writes: "In a savage and violent ambush, two Israeli couples were murdered Tuesday night as they drove down a street near Hebron in the West Bank. The car was first riddled with bullets; then the gunmen approached the car and shot all the passengers at close range, insuring there were no survivors. In fact, one of the female murder victims was pregnant. Relative to Gaza, the West Bank has been quiet, and this attack was a grim reminder that no Jew living in Israel is safe. Today two sets of children are orphans because Palestinian terrorists wanted to make a political impact."
When it comes to securing real peace, Binyamuin Netanyahu continues to look like the smartest man in the room... in any room he walks into. Strength in the face of evil is the only way the Middle East will know peace of any sort.
Heroes in this Dirty War: Magen David Adom
In 1930, nurse Karen Tenenbaum founded Israel's Emergency Response Team, Magen David Adom. It was started as a volunteer organization in Tel Aviv but became a nationwide organization five years later. The team provided emergency services not only to Jews, but to Arabs and Christians as well.
Today the organization handles emergency response, blood banks and has emergency physicians on staff. They still depend on volunteers too.
Magen David Adom [Red Star of David] ambulance crew in 1948.
'Peace' Talks... Doomed to Fail?
Carolyn B. Glick writes about a 'New Netanyahu' [click to read] but I suspect the fact that we've been down this road many times before allows Netanyahu the luxury of being gracious.
Mona Charen writes about The Cold Hard Facts [click to read] that the world community refuses to see. These are the realities Netanyahu lives with every day.
Who is Manee Singmueangphon?
...And Why You Need to Know
Every now and then I check in on Noam Bedein's site: Sderot Media [click to read] and pray for the safety of the residents of this city in Southern Israel. Manee Singmueangphon is a Thai greenhouse worker who was killed in a rocket atack recently. He worked alongside other Thais and Nepali guest workers in Israel's agriculture industry. He was 33 years old, a husband and father who's death left a grieving family back in Thailand.
Sderot Media Has More [click to read] on the tragic death of Mr. Singmueangphon and why the media needs to get an understanding of the type of terror attacks being made on Sderot by Hamas.
"As long as the world tolerates those Islamic jihadists who fire rockets against innocent Israeli civilians and accepts their legitimization for it, terrorism will continue to strike innocent civilians everywhere. The killing of Manee Singmueangphon by a Gaza rocket should serve as a constant reminder that people of all nationalities are indiscriminate victims of Iranian-sponsored Islamic terrorism."
A child's drawing from Sderot shows
the horror of war.
Sderot children have fifteen seconds to reach this pipe
when the missles start coming in.
Photo courtesy of www.sderotmedia.com
Noam Bedein's Mission is Unique, But It's Not New
"But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. "What is this you are doing?" they asked. "Are you rebelling against the king?" -- (Nehemiah 2:19)
Noam Bedein, Founder of Sderot Media
I frankly expected someone much older. The website I discovered while trying to get perspective on the situation in Southern Israel Sderot Media [click to read], is the creation of Noam Bedein, a young man in his twenties. Just like Nehemiah of old, Bedein saw the perilous situation of his beloved city and became both advocate and activist to change things. In the face of opposition from the Western Media, Uninformed pressure from Western Leaders and downright hostility from Hamas, the young photojournalist found his mission to tell Sderot's story and work for the healing of her people. Bedein’s ultimate goal is: "to make people aware of the crisis and present the Israeli perspective that is not often portrayed accurately in the media."
Bedein has lived through about 7000 rockets raining down on the city, who's population consists largely of new immigrants [many from Russia] who are simply too poor to move elsewhere. Many of the citizens are dug in to stay, fearing their exodus would simply create a vacuum for terrorists to move in.
Through Sderot Media, he has also founded Sderot Community Treatment Theater. This theatre project helps young residents of Sderot suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome.
Palestine's Nakba Narrative
The Biggest Obstacle to Peace in the Middle East [click to read].
Update: David Horowitz Weighs In
TIME Magazine's Latest Blood Libel About Israel [click to read]. ht/Isabel
The 'other' weekly news magazine really stepped in it this week. I guess I'm not alone in my opinion that it is propaganda masquerading as journalism. This week I've tried to capture some of the spirit of the Israeli people that TIME obviously does not care to bother with. You should take some time to learn about Israel on your own and skip the MSM's 'reporting.'
El Al Airline [click to read]. Book your flight to Israel or many other destinations.
Official Israel Tourism Website [click to read].
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