tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016810866832923802024-03-18T23:11:53.789+02:00Haifa DiaryHaifa is on the "front line" in any action in the north but this blog looks at life in the shadow of danger to all of IsraelHaifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1695125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-10259772854171054352024-03-18T23:11:00.000+02:002024-03-18T23:11:10.010+02:00Gaza Market with Abundance of Food<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxrqJLH1Aya9LLh7nNxsuo8fmCTfsOECaTaqRMJPKFJUcxSmXv91qGs0w3CXX8V28Buvh-P7EfbrR7YoK1I7Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> From this video taken in Gaza one can see how Gazans </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>are profiting from the aid bring sent into Gaza.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>There seems to be an abundance of food available.</b></span></div><p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-71153564568257854782024-03-18T17:37:00.000+02:002024-03-18T17:37:04.189+02:00Bedouin Family Member Who Rejects Hamas, Urges Palestinian Peace with Israel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DR8oiZl4cMI" width="320" youtube-src-id="DR8oiZl4cMI"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a story about a remarkable Bedouin Arab family who </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">suffered, along with Israelis, from the murder, kidnapping, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and mayhem perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<div style="text-align: center;">One family member engaged in a heroic rescue of Jewish </div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">people trying to escape the slaughter at the Nova Music Festival </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">near Gaza. Other family members were killed or kidnapped. And</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> the most articulate and vocal family member, Bashir Alzayadni,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> told CBN News of his hopes for peace between Palestinians </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and Israelis, Jews and Arabs.</span></span><p></p></div>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-17786147819738602462024-03-12T11:08:00.001+02:002024-03-12T11:08:25.356+02:00 Tunnels and The Philadelphi Corridor <p><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(With thanks to <a href="https://idsf.org.il/en/">IDSF, Habitchonistim</a> )</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">A smuggling industry with a turnover
in the billions:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>In recent years, smuggling from Egypt into Gaza has become central to the
Gazan economy and key to the strengthening of Hamas. Even today the city of
Rafah is full of smugglers, who bribe the Egyptian police and run a business
sector with a turnover in the billions.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>The smuggling still continues during wartime, as war materiel and other
goods flow from Sinai into Gaza every day. And there is fear that such
smuggling is, or will be, accompanied by smuggling in the other direction.
Senior Hamas figures are likely to try to escape into Egyptian territory, with
hostages, and from there to Iran. </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Control of food
distribution is to control Gaza.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Besides the problem of smuggling, absence of Israeli control at the
Philadelphi Corridor also causes a severe problem of supervision over the
humanitarian aid to Gaza. Since the start of the war, thousands of trucks have
entered Gaza with humanitarian supplies and food. The distribution of aid is
managed officially by UNRWA and by “charitable organizations,” but in practice,
behind all that management, Hamas is pulling the strings. It is important to
understand that as long as Hamas wields control over the supplies, they are
channeled first and foremost to its own purposes, and in that way Hamas
succeeds in operating more forcefully while also gaining the population’s
acknowledgement of its authority.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Israel Must Defeat Hamas in
Rafah</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Both the history of Rafah and its current situation show
that if Hamas is to be defeated as a governing body, the IDF must control the
Philadelphi Corridor, Israel must have full authority over the entry of all
goods into Gazan territory, and there must be a ground operation in Rafah.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Such a ground operation is indispensable, because Rafah is the last
stronghold of the Hamas leadership and the only place where its battalions
still are active as organized military units. Currently the Israeli public is
concerned that the IDF, despite attaining many, many successes, has not laid
its hands on the senior Hamas figures and has not located the hostages. The
entry into Rafah will be the decisive battle, leading us to the top Hamas
commanders and to their last military stronghold, and to the hostages.
Therefore we must enter the city, and as promptly as possible. Contrary to the
widespread conception, Rafah is not a difficult military objective. Tougher
places have already been taken, so this task is certainly doable.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-15907220285046747422024-03-10T11:44:00.000+02:002024-03-10T11:44:24.281+02:0010 IDF Couples Wed Simultaneously<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;">In a unique ceremony, ten IDF soldiers married their partners at a mass wedding in the Tel Aviv Port. It was part of Chabad of Savyon’s “Marrying the Warriors” initiative and included 10 wedding canopies. Each couple invited 100 guests. 10 glasses were simultaneously smashed.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;">A delegation of visitors from Canada raised over $1 million in support .</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoBNbg3tt0gOpDLL8fOg6Fv6ts2WNvU1i8Wo-TqtS2pyvg4KMaZI5-5ZpIqah3VJWcp6HE63vvUw7GrAMt-OR_xL93Ug8D6TprKzDfP9wPKkC2tjOcO8Eb93FamaxvB_cAIjgOc3_EH0LoZAmRxO0FEg-e3OoXNAv-U6PTagB2gAPDjWJCiQDHbx-LI6p/s1320/10%20Chupot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoBNbg3tt0gOpDLL8fOg6Fv6ts2WNvU1i8Wo-TqtS2pyvg4KMaZI5-5ZpIqah3VJWcp6HE63vvUw7GrAMt-OR_xL93Ug8D6TprKzDfP9wPKkC2tjOcO8Eb93FamaxvB_cAIjgOc3_EH0LoZAmRxO0FEg-e3OoXNAv-U6PTagB2gAPDjWJCiQDHbx-LI6p/w400-h266/10%20Chupot.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: 700;">This wedding was mind blowing, highly emotional</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>See also </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/3vsy7sru">https://tinyurl.com/3vsy7sru</a> </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-50236315305754814562024-03-10T11:12:00.021+02:002024-03-14T23:13:53.606+02:00UNRWA to Change its Name?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Meme created by </span><a href="http://www.benherskowitz.com" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">www.benherskowitz.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9smGN3tA1BszqdJKfYiLlGJUnb_q_MQRL9-iKX0BJgujBy_fSj_qZLirDaRw0owBQmyFapOFsi-MgKf8TMBGFVwbY9mOPEaj-NbgkSry_N_zG_3Ego6_Ti8lJIm7ghz__kx1wsET67qLYgEAAxvUM-8YOYUI4vqKUH6G7KmMaxwiTYnVTZP0F2idKSuqe/s888/Meme%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9smGN3tA1BszqdJKfYiLlGJUnb_q_MQRL9-iKX0BJgujBy_fSj_qZLirDaRw0owBQmyFapOFsi-MgKf8TMBGFVwbY9mOPEaj-NbgkSry_N_zG_3Ego6_Ti8lJIm7ghz__kx1wsET67qLYgEAAxvUM-8YOYUI4vqKUH6G7KmMaxwiTYnVTZP0F2idKSuqe/w454-h640/Meme%204.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-40089780720997186602024-03-07T12:08:00.003+02:002024-03-07T12:08:50.902+02:00UN Official Refuses to Disclose Sources Accusing IDF of Sexual Abuse<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In its inimitable way, the UN continues to invert the truth on anything to do with Israel. Based on the concept of attack being the best form of defense, a <span style="background-color: white;">Jordanian national and U.N. special rapporteur manages to avoid condemning Hamas for the atrocities committed on Oct 7th.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">This report without any credible sources attributed to the claims gives food to the anti-Semitic </span><span style="background-color: white;">activists</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">The following analysis is by </span> Mike Wagenheim, JNS</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Another United Nations special rapporteur is using her platform to deny
terrorist attacks against Israel.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Reem Alsalem, a Jordanian national and U.N. special rapporteur on
violence against women and girls, is an author of a Feb. 19 report listing
alleged abuses by Israel against Palestinian women and girls, including reports
of “multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched
by male Israeli army officers.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>It adds that “at least two female Palestinian detainees were reportedly
raped while others were reportedly threatened with rape and sexual violence.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>The report also alleges that the Israel Defense Forces kidnapped
Palestinian babies.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>In an interview on an Israeli news program, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Alsalem refused to detail even the most basic of
information about the accusations</span>, including the identity of the accuser
or accusers, that she called “reasonably credible.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Israeli diplomatic officials vigorously dispute the accusations and
believe the information in Alsalem’s report originated with Euro-Med Monitor, a
virulently anti-Israel NGO operating under the human rights banner and headed
by Richard Falk.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Falk is a noted conspiracy theorist and former U.N. special rapporteur,
who was deported from Israel in 2008 after arriving to purportedly investigate
Israeli crimes.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Euro-Med Monitor published its
own similar report in late February.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Falk’s appointment to the U.N.
position was controversial, given his extensive history of anti-Israel
rhetoric.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">Alsalem refused to admit that
Hamas carried out sexual violence on Oct.</span><span style="color: black;"> 7, saying that she had not received
the information necessary to carry out her work. She made that claim despite an
extensive fact-finding mission and report released this week by Pramila Patten,
the U.N. secretary-general’s special representative on sexual violence in
conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>The report found “clear and convincing information” of sexual violence
carried out against hostages in Gaza and “reasonable grounds” to believe
Israeli women were raped at three separate locations on Oct. 7.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>“We cannot rely only on digital material or material produced online or
by the media,” said Alsalem when asked if she watched Hamas’s extensive video
documentation of its Oct. 7 terrorist acts, which are widely available for
viewing.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>“I’m not a technical expert on videos, so I on my own will not be able to
assess those videos. I will also need to seek technical expertise,” Alsalem
said.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>She intimated that she either calls into question the authenticity of
footage of Hamas’s Oct. 7 crimes—much of it taken from the GoPro cameras by
Hamas terrorists themselves—or that she is incapable of locating and playing
videos online without expert assistance.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Pressed as to whether she believes Israeli women had been raped on Oct.
7, Alsalem would only allow: “It may have happened, indeed.”<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="background: yellow; color: black;">She also initially denied that
Hamas and Hezbollah have launched regular missile attacks during the current
war</span><span style="color: black;">. The United Nations has documented those attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>“At this point, I have not seen that, no,” Alsalem said.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>She then conceded, when pressed, “I have seen missile attacks.”</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-73050958377793455182024-03-05T00:04:00.013+02:002024-03-06T16:58:05.679+02:00Aid Driver Killed by Gazans<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='322' height='268' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzN5TLNtrL3isfRA-WYEFZvZvd4GpJX2aeceuON8kbcATTupwuRgnGsQZZl7hRT74Ufpg01-SAwf4hFatB8Pw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> “Innocent Palestinian civilians” kill the driver of an Egyptian</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> humanitarian aid truck, and looted the truck </b></span></span></div><p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-55293412662802252232024-03-04T23:56:00.001+02:002024-03-04T23:56:16.805+02:00Douglas Murray Calls a Spade a Bl....dy Shovel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n41wKt1kmlc" width="320" youtube-src-id="n41wKt1kmlc"></iframe></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Douglas Murray discusses the Israel-Gaza war and the cowardice<br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> of the West in confronting Islamist terror. Is it too late for the West?</b></span></span></h3><p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-33643600203607922572024-03-03T11:14:00.000+02:002024-03-03T11:14:09.685+02:00Ramadan is Approaching Again<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ramadan is approaching again as Israel is at war
in Gaza and in Lebanon.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Israel is wisely seeking a ceasefire that will coincide
with Ramadan, knowing the unfortunate history of attacks on Israel during the
Muslim holy month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The dangerous lies that resurface every year, claiming
that Jews are planning to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a Third
Temple, are bound to resurface in incitement from Palestinian leaders and
religious figures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This antisemitic libel was originally manufactured and
disseminated in 1921 by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, and
has continued to be spread over the past century. It has been used as an excuse
for violence too often<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">In August 1929</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">, Palestinian Muslims, incited by rumors of an imminent
Jewish plot to destroy al-Aqsa, rampaged throughout the land. In total, 133
Jews were killed over six days, including 67 members of the ancient Jewish
community of Hebron.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">In 1990</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">, the “Al-Aqsa is in danger” libel inspired 3,000
Muslims to gather on the Temple Mount after a rumor was spread that a Jews were
planning to march on the site. This devolved into the October riots, which led
to the deaths of 17 Muslims and many wounded on both sides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">In 1996</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">, following the opening of an exit for the Western Wall
Tunnels in the Christian Quarter of the Old City. Arafat and the PA accused
Israel of purposely endangering the Aqsa Mosque. This led to three days of
rioting and 17 IDF soldiers and about 100 Palestinians were killed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">In September 2000</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"> a visit to the Mount by Ariel Sharon,
just a few months before he was elected to be prime minister, was used as an
excuse to launch the Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aware of this history, Israeli and Palestinian
Authority security officials have been meeting to prepare and cooperate on how
to prevent violence. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But there are figures on both sides who have other
interests. And Iran, the patron of Hamas and Hezbollah, could try even harder
to inflame a multi-front regional war. The police will once again do their best
to avoid conflict and maintain calm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But when false accusations are inevitably made against
Israel during Ramadan this year, how will the international media handle it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Will they repeat the mistakes that they made last year?
Will they again promote the libel, fan flames, and increase tension that in the
current climate could possibly spark WW III?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We await with bated breath. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-78695109527004955772024-03-01T11:01:00.000+02:002024-03-01T11:01:12.998+02:00Drone Footage of Chaos in Gaza<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JVQnAtDh0n0" width="320" youtube-src-id="JVQnAtDh0n0"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured <br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">in the Gaza Strip Thursday, Hamas-affiliated health officials said<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> – which Israel blamed on a massive stampede among <br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">people desperately clamoring for aid.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">About 104 people were killed while waiting for aid at the <br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">al-Nabusi roundabout to the west of Gaza City, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Israeli troops have been accused of opening fire.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However initial investigations show that Gazans tried</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> to storm the soldiers who were stationed well away </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">form the aid convoy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-52643202499347727362024-02-27T19:59:00.001+02:002024-02-27T19:59:29.042+02:00More Than Half Of The Palestinian Journalists Killed In Gaza Affiliated With Terrorist Organizations <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.25in 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #41444e; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">An analysis of the identity of the 131
journalists claimed by Hamas to be killed by Israel revealed <a href="https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/more-than-half-of-the-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-the-gaza-strip-during-operation-iron-swords-were-affiliated-with-terrorist-organizations/">by
t<b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">he Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center</span></b></a></span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #16542c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #41444e; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">that least <b>78 (more than 59%)
were active in or affiliated with a terrorist organization. Among them were 13
prominent members of a terrorist organization, Fatah or the Palestinian
Authority. Of them 13 were overtly terrorist operatives </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">belonging to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the
al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees, the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front for the
Liberation of Palestine, Fatah and the Palestinian Authority. It is therefore
reasonable to assume </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #41444e; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">their coverage of the events was not
objective</span></b><span style="color: #41444e; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">.</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">Of the
78 journalists identified as having organizational affiliation, <b>44
were identified with Hamas</b>, five were identified as the operatives of
the military wing and the rest were employed by or represented Hamas
media. <b>Nineteen were affiliated with PIJ, six of them actual PIJ
terrorist operatives</b>. Others were associated with other Palestinian
factions/</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #41444e; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">It is not the first time there have been
journalists who also had a military role in a terrorist organization,
covered operations and wars and worked to influence the battle for hearts
and minds, considered of utmost importance by the terrorist organizations</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;">Sometimes, the journalists have
been embedded in the military operating on the ground, or members of the
propaganda outlets of various military wings. Theoretically, they are
immune as journalists during the performance of their duties. For example,
many journalists who previously covered operations in the Gaza Strip and
the return marches were identified as actively participating in the
events, but identified as journalists by PRESS vests. There were also
cases in which terrorists wore PRESS vests to carry out terrorist attacks,
knowing that the IDF does not attack media personnel.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-61084906692197593552024-02-26T12:08:00.000+02:002024-02-26T12:08:02.370+02:00Which Media Will Publish This Story?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">During the last week, the precise and limited operation
against the Hamas terrorist organization at the Nasser hospital was concluded</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Approximately <span style="color: red;">200 terror suspects were detained</span> in the
hospital and additional findings indicating terrorist activity in the area were
discovered; Operations to <span style="color: red;">supply the hospital with humanitarian aid continued</span>,
led by the Commando Brigade and the Coordination and Liaison Administration for
Gaza.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>During the last week, the precise operation against the
Hamas terrorist organization in the area of the Nasser Hospital was concluded.
During the operational activity, <span style="color: red;">boxes of sealed medicines were found in the
hospital with the names of Israeli hostages on them</span>, large quantities of
weapons were found, and about 200 terrorists and suspects in terrorist
activities were detained.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The operational activity was conducted to ensure <span style="color: red;">minimal
disruption to the hospital’s ongoing activities</span> and without harming patients
and medical staff. Furthermore, <span style="color: red;">the IDF provided an alternative generator</span> that
allowed the hospital to continue functioning and treating patients, while all
the vital systems of the hospital continued to operate on an Uninterruptible
Power Supply (UPS) throughout the operational activity. In addition, officers
from the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza coordinated the entry
of professional officials to examine the electricity problem in the hospital.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Last week, <span style="color: red;">the hospital received a supply of hundreds of
food portions, including water, food, medical equipment and baby formula</span>.
Coordination was carried out with the international community to bring in a
fuel tank to keep the hospital’s generators functioning.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>As part of the effort to protect the patients, officers from
the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza coordinated, at the
request of the hospital staff and in cooperation with the international
community, <span style="color: red;">the transfer of several critically ill patients to other hospitals
in the area.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Before the soldiers exited the hospital, the area was
cleaned and an <span style="color: red;">additional food shipment was delivered to the hospital</span>. The IDF continues
to operate in accordance with international law against Hamas, which
systematically operates from hospitals and civilian infrastructure.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-59252446510233220142024-02-23T13:10:00.006+02:002024-02-28T16:15:24.595+02:00Just One Family's Lives in the Midst of War<p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Reprinted from <a href="https://agariel33.blogspot.com/2024/02/grandmas-army-at-war-i.html">Grandma's Army</a></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">My oldest daughter, Simcha, has four sons in the Reserves, plus her son-in-law:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Her oldest son, Nir, is a Major in the Givati commandos. He was on his way to volunteer at 11:00 a.m. on October 7<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span>, before his call-up papers arrived. His present service is connected to Intelligence activities and is not for the public ear.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Omer, from the Givati Battalion, also went straight to his army base on the 7<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> of October, before his call-up papers arrived two days later. Givati forces are in charge of combatting terrorism in the Gaza Strip area His first assignment was as Deputy Commander of the Forward Command Squad. Because of chronic back problems, he was transferred to the Battalion’s War Room where he is part of a small team. He monitors orders between the Battalions and Brigades, deals with problems of the ground forces in his command, and records the day’s military activities.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Assaf wrote: “At 6 a.m. on Saturday, October 7<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span>, my wife Deni left for her work as a nurse in the Assuta hospital in Ashdod. The massive missile attack caught her on the way while, at the same time, I quickly pulled up my three children from their beds and we ran to the safety room, where we were stuck for the whole morning. In the middle of the day I spoke to my commander friends (we have a what’s-app. group of commanders) and we arranged to travel to the south to our recruitment base at night - after everyone organized their equipment, etc. We had not yet received our call-up, but we knew it would come, and decided not to wait. Instead, we would get to our base and deal with all the necessary arrangements, in order to make it easier and quicker to receive the ground forces.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Deni arrived home at 6 p.m., instead of 4 p.m., looked at me and understood immediately. I finished getting my equipment together, helped to get the kids to bed and to part from them. Our group travelled to the south where only security people were on the roads. Going in the opposite direction the roads were jammed with people living down south, who were escaping to the north. After the rest of our Givati forces arrived, we left for assignments in the settlements in the “Gaza Envelope”. After a few days of army exercises, we received the order to enter Gaza. Since I am from a bereaved family, I was exempt. Instead, I volunteered to serve in a War Room from where the war is essentially conducted. After a short leave, I am returning to the Ramallah area as a battle commander.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Simcha’s youngest son, is a captain in the Maglan elite commando Brigade. He was amongst the first Reservist to be called up on October 7<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span>. He is unable to disclose where he is located at the present time. During the course of the war he set up a War room for his squadron which he supervised. At the same time he conducted various maneuvers together with his ground forces. Most of the time he was in the area of Gaza. So far, the Maglan Brigade forces have eliminated dozens of terrorists at close quarters, (by sniper and aerial strikes), and enemy observation posts.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Simcha’s son-in-law, Adiel, is an officer in the engineering branch of the Reserves. He is at present in the Northern command, serving in the combat operation’s branch of the engineering Corps. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">We are fighting an implacable enemy, living in the same world, but with a completely different mindset. The world needs to listen to the threats being made in Arabic and understand, not only the words, but the way of thinking that goes with them.</span></b></span></i></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-35229649416419669042024-02-23T12:06:00.001+02:002024-02-23T12:06:35.945+02:00Israel and Azerbaijan Partnership Forges Ahead<p><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Israel has emerged as Azerbaijan’s top
oil purchaser, solidifying an alliance that transcends mere economic
transactions. In January 2024, amidst the backdrop of the Munich Security
Conference, it was revealed that Israel leads the list of countries importing
oil from Azerbaijan, purchasing a substantial 523.5 thousand tons valued at
approximately $297 million. This significant figure not only underscores the
depth of the Israel-Azerbaijan relationship but also highlights Israel’s
commitment to diversifying its energy sources, ensuring its resilience and
sustainability.</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>During the Munich Conference, a
pivotal meeting between Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his Azerbaijani
counterpart, President Ilham Aliyev, further cemented the multifaceted ties
between the two nations. Discussions spanned various domains, including
commercial, economic, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation, illustrating the
broad spectrum of mutual interests and shared values that define this
partnership.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Notably, the relationship between
Israel and Azerbaijan shines as a beacon of interfaith harmony and mutual
respect. Azerbaijan, a predominantly Shiite country, has consistently
demonstrated unwavering support for its local Jewish community, setting an exemplary
standard for tolerance and coexistence in the region.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>However, this alliance has not been
without its challenges. Amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza, international
pressure has mounted against Azerbaijan due to its close ties with Israel.
Despite this, President Aliyev’s steadfast commitment to nurturing the
Israel-Azerbaijan relationship speaks volumes about the strength and durability
of this bond. It is a clear message that shared goals and mutual respect can
overcome geopolitical pressures.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Israel-Azerbaijan partnership is
more than just strategic cooperation; it is a symbol of hope and unity against
the backdrop of global challenges. It represents a forward-looking approach to
international relations, where common interests pave the way for lasting
friendships and mutual support.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>As Israel and Azerbaijan continue to
strengthen their bonds, they offer a powerful example of how nations can work
together towards common goals, fostering peace, prosperity, and stability in an
often turbulent world.</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-81904905531014771392024-02-22T11:24:00.003+02:002024-02-22T11:25:47.998+02:00We Were All Lied To - Gaza Was a Modern, Developed Place before Oct. 7<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: large;"> </span>The following was written by Roi Yanovsky, a released reserve soldier.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Gaza has
been depicted as a backwards, "densely populated" area that's been
under Israeli "siege" for years. But pre-war Gaza City was modern,
beautiful, and developed - with large, furnished houses, wide avenues, public
areas, a promenade, and parks. It looked much better than any other Arab city
"from the river to the sea." Gaza City reminds me more of Tel Aviv
than the awful slums that some people try to make it out to be. And Gaza is far
from being the "most densely populated area in the world."</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br />If this is how a city looks after two decades of
"siege," then I want to be sieged. The houses in Gaza were full of
goods and food from across the Middle East. They had modern furniture,
appliances, and pretty much any up-to-date consumer product and electronics you
can imagine. There are also high-end mansions that could easily have been in
Los Angeles or Beverly Hills. There was no lack of wealth in Gaza.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br />I realize now that the optimistic notion that "if only
Gazans had the chance for a better life, they would not be fighting
Israel," is irrelevant for Gaza. Many of them had everything a normal
person in the West strives for, yet Hamas still executed their Oct. 7 massacre.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The most common thing I saw inside the houses was a map of the
State of Israel, with the heading "Map of Palestine." There is no
mention of any Israeli city. The goal of eradicating Israel was not hidden or
played down, it was everywhere</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: navy;"> </span> </span></span></i></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-16600514138738590162024-02-21T10:07:00.004+02:002024-02-21T16:01:12.823+02:00Gazan Casualties Reported in the International Media.<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b> Full article <a href="https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/numbers/">https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/numbers/</a></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After only a few days of sympathy on the part of the
international media towards the State of Israel on October 7, the trend
reversed. The international media then began to focus on the Palestinian
victims in the Gaza Strip, while international leaders and public figures began
a campaign of condemnation against Israel to the point of accusing it of
genocide and calling for a ceasefire.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The international media and many in the international
community rely totally on the reports of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in
the Gaza Strip, which is run by Hamas, and is entirely subject to its authority
and supervision. Referring to Hamas as a reliable source, even though it is a
murderous and barbaric terrorist organization, indicates the depth of bias and
hatred toward Israel and strong antisemitic roots.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There is no war in which there is no collateral damage
and injury to unarmed civilians. However, there is no war in modern history in
which the collateral damage is as limited as in this war. What helps reduce it
is Israel's adherence to international law and the laws of armed conflict, as
well as the supreme effort it makes to reduce this damage by issuing early
warnings to the population and urging people to move south, while opening
humanitarian corridors and safe traffic routes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hamas’s reliability is questionable and problematic,
not only on the basis of past experience but in general as well. It is thus
necessary to start from the assumption that the numbers of casualties reported
are much higher than the real number. In addition, it is important to emphasize
that a large number of victims are not innocent citizens but Hamas operatives
who work in civilian clothes and assimilate into the population. Their identity
is hidden or disguised even after they have been injured or killed, and they
are included in the number of civilian casualties. Moreover, a not insignificant
percentage of the victims are the result of failed rocket fire by Hamas and
Islamic Jihad, such as the incident at al-Ahli Hospital. There are also
executions of civilians who seek to flee south and are shot by Hamas.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">CHILDREN. The numbers reported regarding children who
were harmed are also far-fetched and exaggerated. Here we are dealing with a
distortion related to both the international definitions regarding children (up
to the age of 17 or 18, every young person is considered a child) and the fact
that Hamas trains children for murderous terrorism from preschool age. Hamas
recruits young children in their teens and uses them as terrorists. Many of the
casualties reported as children are active Hamas terrorists.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In addition, many of those unarmed or uninvolved
civilians who were killed as a direct result of IDF activity were killed
because Hamas used them as human shields inside civilian buildings and
infrastructure such as mosques, schools, clinics, and UNWRA facilities, which
were all turned into military installations and rocket launch sites. This
serves to present the victimhood narrative to the international media and the
international community. Hamas not only does not seek to prevent harm to
Palestinian civilians; it also acts with the intention of deliberately
sacrificing its people for propaganda and media efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">PROPORTIONALITY. One more word about the distorted
discourse on proportionality, which is rooted in a disturbing ignorance about
the nature of this war and seeks to place responsibility and blame on Israel
for the lack of proportionality. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
discourse ignores the effort Israel makes by using human and material capital
to develop systems that protect its population and save lives, while Hamas robs
its people of international and Israeli aid, and invests all its human and
material capital to develop means of killing and operates them from within the
civilian population while using its population as human shields. When death, a
defining value in the eyes of Hamas and its ilk, succeeds in overshadowing the
value of life as a defining value of sane civilizations, there is
unquestionably cause for concern.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #212121; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These are precisely the messages that must be presented
firmly to the international media and the international community.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-23093685712060851532024-02-19T18:27:00.002+02:002024-02-19T18:28:51.241+02:00ICJ Considers Israel's "Occupation".<p> <b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #252525;">Public hearings opened at the International Court of Justice in
the Hague (ICJ) on Monday regarding the legal repercussions of Israel’s
“ongoing occupation” of Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETqdAUvLASYFo8GDABZlZ-ymgk_o-IElGjMjORduv4lig47obpXsBQi0GN1iD5SdIdnJYQtN_D6_i64x1DAmdYFEcY0Wq9wLkMvTxZrSlfpvLUpJWtwPp7hDs1X6WzpFq7ZDgApVjRm7-s-4BakTKspQtbSeRh5dvR6gbR_K1PMjiaIfMQqGSQt5bUDtQ/s548/Eliphant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETqdAUvLASYFo8GDABZlZ-ymgk_o-IElGjMjORduv4lig47obpXsBQi0GN1iD5SdIdnJYQtN_D6_i64x1DAmdYFEcY0Wq9wLkMvTxZrSlfpvLUpJWtwPp7hDs1X6WzpFq7ZDgApVjRm7-s-4BakTKspQtbSeRh5dvR6gbR_K1PMjiaIfMQqGSQt5bUDtQ/s320/Eliphant.jpg" width="313" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br />
</b></span><p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The court is hearing
arguments due to a request submitted by the U.N. General Assembly pursuant to a
Dec. 30, 2022, resolution calling for an examination of the “Legal Consequences
arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Hearings will be conducted for a full week at the
Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the court.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Hearings opened with an oral statement by the “State
of Palestine.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Fifty-two states and three international
organizations will participate in the oral proceedings before the court. Among
the countries presenting are Belize, Bolivia, the Comoros, Cuba, the Maldives,
Namibia and Syria.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In line with a decision made late last week, Israel
has <a href="https://www.jns.org/jlem-rejects-world-courts-authority-in-second-anti-israel-case/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-primary); cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;">chosen</a> not to send a representative, saying the court
lacks jurisdiction to consider the matter.</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-33965157283086136602024-02-19T13:58:00.000+02:002024-02-19T13:58:32.010+02:00If Hamas is Allowed to Win<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">by Alan M. Dershowitz</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">What will happen if Hamas is allowed to win
this war? If Hamas is permitted to accomplish what it intended by its mass
murders, kidnappings and rapes? If the victims of these atrocities — the people
of Israel and all countries fighting terrorism — lose? If the prospects for
peace in the region and the Free World are seriously damaged? If the
relationship between the US and Israel, and the loss of faith in the US as the
guarantor of freedom, continues to be fractured?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Instead, the Biden administration may be
rewarding Palestinian terrorists by unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian
State, which will, of course, soon become militarized.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The anti-Israel left-wingers are not going to
vote for Trump, who is more pro-Israel than Biden. Nor are they likely to stay
home on Election Day and help Trump. Centrist voters, on the other hand, are
likely to vote against Biden if they think he is beholden to the Squad or other
anti-American woke extremists.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As important as are the domestic electoral
implications of Biden's weakening support for Israel, the international
implications are far more consequential. The world will be a far less safe
place if Israel is prevented from defeating Hamas and dismantling its military
capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Israel is doing everything reasonable to
decrease civilian casualties, while Hamas tries to increase them on both sides.
American policy should be to help Israel defeat Hamas and prevent the
recurrence and spread of its terrorism against civilians, rather than to help
Hamas secure a victory by tying Israel's hands.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">So, unless the Biden administration changes
course and encourages Israel to achieve its legitimate military goal of
defeating Hamas, terrorism will win and civilization will lose.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-90662043874846683752024-02-16T13:38:00.000+02:002024-02-16T13:38:37.445+02:00Good News, Bad News<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibynWxSZwF-2sCyCTMcTq2h5iCsNj9N7WUsvX5LD5oKdbJxj-jXfzf1mS-qtdQOxcTRskF9-8CqbfgoGMxn59gDPCa2istw-IzEx160HuRlim-Ez5eSoaLAhlf7Dv_e4B0-NZtGDNuBQqxYc6Zk1wNNw6X6qiqe0iq8_rgmdIQ3RQ_wuqj0K3p72A8pCnN/s1069/Meme1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="693" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibynWxSZwF-2sCyCTMcTq2h5iCsNj9N7WUsvX5LD5oKdbJxj-jXfzf1mS-qtdQOxcTRskF9-8CqbfgoGMxn59gDPCa2istw-IzEx160HuRlim-Ez5eSoaLAhlf7Dv_e4B0-NZtGDNuBQqxYc6Zk1wNNw6X6qiqe0iq8_rgmdIQ3RQ_wuqj0K3p72A8pCnN/w414-h640/Meme1.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Assistant; text-align: left;">© <a href="http://www.benherskowitz.com">www.benherskowitz.com</a> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Assistant;">©</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-72045006806681107822024-02-07T09:46:00.002+02:002024-02-07T09:46:37.829+02:00Judea & Samaria, the day after.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9pw0wnyGlvg" width="320" youtube-src-id="9pw0wnyGlvg"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> What is really going on in Judea and Samaria? </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Can the PA really be reformed and </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>take control of the Palestinians, "the day after?"</b></span></div><p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-13713651380570276582024-02-06T23:50:00.002+02:002024-02-06T23:50:15.918+02:00Golda Meir - Nothing Changes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ijODokUsKwQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="ijODokUsKwQ"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Golda Meir explains why nothing ever changes.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The Jews are always held to a different standard around the world.</b></span></div><p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-41512678564395924382024-02-06T23:09:00.005+02:002024-02-06T23:09:53.643+02:00Biden Executive Order Against "Settler Violence"<p><b> <span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Professor of Law Eugene Kontorovich writes about the Biden
executive order: “The new sanctions tools against Israelis announced by the
Biden Administration is not about settler violence. First, it does not require
acts of violence – anyone vaguely involved in doing or not doing anything the White
House thinks undermines “peace” and “security” in Judea and Samaria (J&S)
qualifies.”</span></b></p>
<p class="default" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0a567f;">“As to violence, the language of the Order applies to
anyone complicit in acts of violence in J&S – </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">which should
mean the entire PA government should have their accounts frozen because of
Pay-for-Slay</span>, which federal law has already determined to be
complicity in violence</span><span style="color: #0a567f;">. </span><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But we know that won’t happen, because this is really a set of
sanctions on Jews the Administration doesn’t like – a revolting response to
Oct. 7</span><span style="color: #0a567f;">…” <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="default" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>The next problem is with the invective term “settler
violence” itself, as it implies that violence by “settlers,” Jews living in
Judea & Samaria, is commonplace and a serious problem.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 15.6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>Not new, <span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">this term is a highly politicized attempt to delegitimize Jews
living in Judea & Samaria, which the Biden Administration would prefer to
see form the heart of a Palestinian state</span>. We heard about
“settler violence” with regard to an announcement by the US that visas would be
denied to “violent” settlers. Now Biden has elevated the response.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 15.6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The problem is that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">there is no
major problem of “settler violence”</span></span><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">!</span><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Some 99.9% of the Jews living in
Judea & Samaria are peaceful. See <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ywjam3fb">http://tinyurl.com/ywjam3fb</a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 15.6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>An excellent example of an incident against Jews that
is represented as action by Jews against Arabs occurred last weekend: “A group
calling itself ‘Staring into the Eyes of the Occupation’ on Saturday provided a
stunning example of the blood libel that’s being created in collaboration
between Arab terrorists, Israeli anti-Zionist NGOs, and the Biden
administration, depicting ‘Settler violence.’<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 15.6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>“On Saturday, Jewish farmers, alongside the Israel
Police and the IDF found and retrieved a herd of sheep that had been stolen by
Bedouins. Throughout the event, the thieving Bedouins threw stones at the
rightful owners of the herd, and anarchists took pictures.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 15.6pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a567f; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>“A tweet by the anarchists intended for
Biden and the White House: ‘Armed settlers invade barns to loot sheep under the
auspices of the security forces.’” See <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3yb9n43p">http://tinyurl.com/3yb9n43p</a>. Lies, Lies. and more lies.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-77959686810823011892024-02-05T23:02:00.005+02:002024-02-05T23:02:53.586+02:00Sacred Letters from Heaven<p><b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">When people leave this world, we mourn their passing
and grieve their loss. When people die suddenly and tragically, we’re left
wondering how they died and in what state of mind.</span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">During the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>war
in Gaza, families have received some degree of comfort by hearing voices of
fallen soldiers speaking from heaven. Letters they wrote and left behind in the
case that they should fall in battle tell us their final thoughts. These
heartbreaking voices of the heroes who left us too young tell us much about our
world, our culture, our value system, while reminding us about everything that
is good and honorable about our people.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">For the families of those fallen soldiers, these
final thoughts provide solace and comfort; for the rest of us, they provide
inspiration. What do these letters say about our soldiers and our society?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Celebrating Life</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">First and foremost, the letters celebrate life rather
than glorifying death. They were written with uncommon poise and remarkable
courage given the risk of death. The soldiers encouraged their families to
celebrate their lives rather than sink into despair over their deaths. While we
aspire to life, and hope to live long lives based on our values, we are
prepared to die for them if the situation demands. Jewish martyrdom doesn’t
worship death, but ennobles life.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The Historical Moment</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Second, many of the letters acknowledge the magnitude
of this historical moment. Fallen soldier Rabbi Elkanah Weisel, z’l, expressed
a similar historical vision when he wrote, “We are a redeemed generation, and
we are composing the most dramatic moments of Jewish history.” The exquisite
letters exude a lofty transcendence, recognizing that the war and their tragic
deaths are a small part of a larger, more eternal historical narrative.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Living In Two Worlds</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">None of the letters, even those written by religious
soldiers, mentions the afterlife. Judaism envisions a delicate union between
this world and the next. We build our spiritual identity in this world and
maintain spiritual experience in the next world without the obstacles this
world poses. We build Heaven on Earth and take it with us when we die. Viewing
afterlife as a “result” rather than a “reward” fastens us to this world. These
heartfelt letters, composed by people on their way to the next world, are still
firmly grounded in this world.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Selfless Letters</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Finally, the letters are completely selfless,
providing comfort for the families who may be facing a crushing loss. Chillingly,
the soldiers explicitly forbid any prisoner exchange should they be taken
hostage. Well aware of the horrific treatment of hostages, the soldiers put the
welfare of their country above their own.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><b>These are sacred letters of life, historical
consciousness, and selflessness. May the memory of the heroic martyrs be a
merit for our people and may we endeavor to make them proud.</b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-68849196625038735892024-02-05T20:26:00.002+02:002024-02-05T20:26:46.217+02:00Israel’s Progess in Gaza<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For full article go to </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2uy84s33" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">http://tinyurl.com/2uy84s33</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The war
is far from over, but Hamas’s southern stronghold of Khan Younis is falling.
Civilians have streamed out and Hamas’s remaining forces in the city’s west are
encircled. They face an Israeli advance on all sides, and Israel is now
fighting above and below ground in force.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Consider
that the 2016-17 battle of Mosul against ISIS took nine months. “Mosul,”
writes John Spencer, chief of urban warfare studies at West Point’s Modern
War Institute, “was one battle, in one city against 3 to 5k militants with
limited defenses. Israel is fighting multiple battles in 7 cities against 30k
militants with military grade underground cities built under civilian areas.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Israel
needs time to achieve victory, and Hamas is counting on Western powers to deny
it that time. The “CNN strategy” of using human shields to gain media sympathy
has worked every time so far for Hamas.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Israel believes
it has killed, incapacitated or arrested some 20,000 of Hamas’s 30,000 men and
dismantled 18 of Hamas’s 24 Gaza combat battalions. The losses have prevented
Hamas from mounting military maneuvers and quieted its rocket fire, down more
than 95% from the war’s early days.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>The
Biden Administration is using that domestic pressure as diplomatic leverage to
promote a hostage deal and long pause in the war that it hopes will become a
cease-fire. Never mind that leaving Hamas in control of territory is the
definition of Israeli defeat. No matter the length of the pause, Israel would
likely have to resume fighting afterward.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>That
may be why Hamas has resisted the U.S. pause and hostage-deal proposal and
instead demands a cease-fire guarantee that Israel can’t give. Recall that
Hamas consented to the first hostage deal after Israel took Gaza City faster
than anticipated. An Israeli advance now could push the terrorists to Rafah,
Hamas’s last major refuge, at the edge of Gaza.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Once
Hamas’s last brigades are defeated, it will take time to sweep Gaza for
terrorist cells and infrastructure. Israel is clearing urban terrain and
tunnels at a “historic pace,” Mr. Spencer writes, but the tunnels are vast and
soldiers are finding munitions in home after home.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Israel’s
task for 2024 is to finish the job, but will U.S. political support hold? The
Biden Administration, despite its second-guessing, continues to provide
munitions and diplomatic cover that it would have a hard time withdrawing. The
latest Harvard CAPS-Harris poll finds that large majorities of Americans
support Israel and its war aims.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Europe’s
elected leaders are also holding the line, and no Arab state has quit the
Abraham Accords. Only Iran, which has escalated its regional war against the
U.S., applies pressure. Even the United Nations International Court of Justice
balked at ordering a cease-fire.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Winning
the war doesn’t guarantee winning the peace afterward, but it is essential for
a secure Israel and a chance for Palestinians to have a normal life in Gaza.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101681086683292380.post-43719389625853722152024-01-31T09:43:00.005+02:002024-01-31T09:43:46.559+02:00Tunnels? - More than the London Underground<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy44vZVBUJ-uzQ7EOGlGqgbIW7yGDOYT-XVgeYZuJgzx6P5WEOyahWohHrzWv_4aDy6RBrpaDdwCsMfykg1B0PiUsVFLwvc6kN5qBxdhCC2l3PjQSEaWmls5L7QeMWnmvFEtv78Qjjtc0o9MUQfPZBKtQQiFxbli96I71iF1bf4YsMj0M0flIsWlQIgPq5/s1393/Underground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy44vZVBUJ-uzQ7EOGlGqgbIW7yGDOYT-XVgeYZuJgzx6P5WEOyahWohHrzWv_4aDy6RBrpaDdwCsMfykg1B0PiUsVFLwvc6kN5qBxdhCC2l3PjQSEaWmls5L7QeMWnmvFEtv78Qjjtc0o9MUQfPZBKtQQiFxbli96I71iF1bf4YsMj0M0flIsWlQIgPq5/w496-h640/Underground.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Haifa Diaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626155391673063983noreply@blogger.com0