Pe cum Israelul se pregătea să celebreze prima seară de Hanuca pentru Sâmbătă, Hamas comemora a XXV-a aniversare în Fâşia Gaza cu juruinţe să nu recunoască niciodată Israelul.

 

 
Gaza în ochii celei de-a XXV-a aniversare Hamas

 

 

"Palestina este a noastră de la râu la mare şi de la sud spre nord. Nu vor fi concesii pe un inch de pământ," spunea Meşal , emfatizând că palestinienii ar trebui să aibă tot teritoriul care face Israelul zilelor-modele.  (haAreţ)

 

"Nu vom recunoaște nici odată legitimitatea ocupării israeliene, şi prin urmare, nu este nici o legitimitate pentru Israel, nu contează cât de mult va lua," spunea el.

 

Meşal s-a născut în Banca de Vest în 1956 şi era liderul Hamas din 1996. El este responsabil pentru omorârea a mulţi Israelieni prin lansarea de bombe sinucigaşe pe autobuse şi în alte locuri publice.

 

El era în exil pentru 45 ani şi a anunţat prima lui vizită înapoi pe pământ după ce Adunarea Generală a Naţiunilor Unite să accepte Palestina ca un stat non-membru observator.

 

 
Khaled Meşal

 

Deşi Hamas şi Israel curent observă un armistiţiu intermediat de Egipt care încheie opt zile de lupte în Noiembrie, pace cu Israel nu era o temă în realitatea la Gaza.

 

"Jihad şi rezistenţa armată este singura potecă adevărată spre eliberare," zicea Meşal gloatelor.

 

Prim Ministrul Israelian Veniamin Nataniahu răspundea pe Duminică, spunând cabinetului său:

 

“Ne-am expus iar, pe parcursul zilei trecute, spre adevărata faţă a vrăjmaşilor noştri. Ei nu au nici o intenţie se compromită cu noi. Ei vor să distrugă ţara noastră, dar ei evident vor eşua.”

 

Ulterior în zi, cum prim ministru lumina secunda candelă de Hanuca la Parcul Ariel Şaron, el spunea:

 

"De Hanuca, marcăm victoria patrimoniului Israelului asupra vrăjmaşilor noştri, victoria a câţiva asupra multora. Atunci, am stat împotriva celor mai majore forţe în lumea antică, care doreau să ne negăm patrimoniul – şi le-am învins.

 

“Astăzi la fel, stăm pe adevărul nostru, pe patrimoniu, şi pe drepturile noastre în Pământul Patriarhilor noştri împotriva celor care doresc să ne şteargă de pe pământul nostru. Ei nu au izbutit atunci; ei nu vor izbuti acum.”

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deşi Siria are una din majorele arsenale de arme chimice din lume, cu cel puţin patru situri mari de producţie a armelor chimice vaste stocuri de vezicule cu agenţi, Ministrul de Externe Sirian a negat sugestiile că ţara va recurge să-şi utilizeze armele chimice.

 

Dacă guvernul Sirian cade, însă, aceste arme mortale pot cădea în mâinile grupurilor extremiştilor Islamici care nu s-ar opri pentru nimic spre cauzele lor “sfinte”, incluzând eliminarea Israelului.

 

Astfel concernele promptau un oficial al serviciilor de inteligenţă Israeliene să avertizeze că graniţa Israelului cu Siria ar putea deveni “cea mai fierbinte” din toate frontierele cu arabi vecini ostili, incluzând Gaza şi Egipt. 

  

 

Oficialul a spus Canalului Israelian Doi de televiziune că deşi regimul Preşedintelui Başar al-Assad a ţinut puterea prin forţele aeriene, nu ar putea fi capabil să o ţină aşa forte mult.

 

“Problema este că recent Forţe Siriene Aeriene au pierdut unul ori două avioane pe zi şi ele nu pot ţine pacea cu o atrițiune ca acesta.  Colapsul Forţelor Aeriene Siriene vor conduce spre directul colaps al guvernării,” explica el.

 

Dacă regimul Assad este să cadă, el zicea, rebelii şi-ar putea îndrepta atenţia spre Israel.

 

“Este important să zici că noi vorbim despre oameni foarte periculoşi cu experienţă înfruntând Armata US în Irak ori regimul în Libia,” spunea el.

 

Însumând situaţia, el spunea: “Realmente nu contează cine controlează Siria în ziua după căderea regimului.  Orice indicaţie este că nu conduce înspre o direcţie pozitivă pentru Israel.”

 

 

În nordul Israelului, Siria împarte o graniţă cu Israel.
 

 

 

 

The day after the United Nations General Assembly voted to upgrade the Palestinian Authority (PA) to non-member observer state status, Israel announced that it plans to construct 3,000 more housing units for settlers in the contested “E1” area between the Jewish neighborhood of Ma’ale Adumim and East Jerusalem.

 

International condemnation has been heaped on the Jewish state for its intention to build homes for its citizens in their own Biblical homeland.

 

The PA claims if Israel builds in this area, Palestinian territorial continuity will broken, and they will be cut off from East Jerusalem, which they envision as their capital.

 

Spain, France, Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil and Australia have all summoned Israeli ambassadors to explain Israel’s stance.

 

 

 

 

Canada, together with the US and Czech Republic, was one of nine countries in the United Nations that voted against the PA status upgrade; however, even Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has now told Prime Minister Netanyahu that Canada cannot support the construction of new housing in E1.

 

Also, at a joint press conference with Netanyahu in Munich last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "On the question of settlements, we are agreed that we are not agreed.” (Arutz Sheva)

 

When it came to the PA avoiding negotiations with Israel and going directly to the United Nations for de facto recognition as a sovereign state, Israel and Germany did agree, however, that “one-sided measures must be avoided in the Middle East.”

 

Germany was one of 41 countries that abstained in the UN vote.

 

 

 

In an expression of support for Israeli government plans for E1, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat stated, “When the world talks about a freeze in Jerusalem, I ask, a freeze on what?  On the billions we invest in east Jerusalem?  Should we stop construction for Arabs, Christians or Jews?

 

“Or does someone mean that when an entrepreneur approaches me, I should, heaven forbid, ask him what religion he subscribes to so he can receive a permit to build in Jerusalem?  That would be horrendous and it negates even US law.”

 

Speaking at Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Forum, Netanyahu stressed that the conflict between Israel and the Arabs was not about settlements.

 

“We must constantly repeat that the root of the conflict is the very existence of the State of Israel, the refusal to recognize the State of Israel in any borders whatsoever,” he said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The day after the United Nations voted to upgrade the Palestinian Authority, rabbis from a high profile liberal Manhattan synagogue sent out an email in support of the UN’s decision. 

 

The email, issued by leaders of the B’nai Jeshurun synagogue to all its congregants, lauded the UN vote as an “opportunity to celebrate the process that allows a nation to come forward and ask for recognition.”

 

While most Israelis and Jews in the Diaspora understand that the UN vote represents a threat to the existence of the Jewish State, some members of this prominently liberal congregation that also supports gay marriage apparently welcomed the rabbis and lay leader’s stance.

 

“I thought it was very courageous of them,” congregant Gil Kulick said. (NY Times)

 

Other B’nai Jeshurun congregants, like Allan Ripp and his wife, were distressed.

 

“We are just sort of in a state of shock,” he said.

 

However, in a second email last week, the rabbis of B’nai Jeshurun, Rabbis Rolando Matalon, Marcelo Bronstein and Felicia Sol, expressed “regret” about the sending of their first message.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, who has been on tour to promote her new album Havoc and Bright Lights, ignored calls from Palestinian supporters to cancel her concert in Tel Aviv last week.

 

In an open letter to the Grammy award winner, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel group admonished Morissette saying:

 

“We hope that a personal appeal from us, a campaign that enjoys overwhelming consensus amongst Palestinian civil society, will convince you to cancel this show. 

 

“We would find it especially disturbing should you choose to play in Israel given its recent onslaught on Gaza,” the group’s statement chided. 

 

 

 

Messages on Twitter also urged the singer not to cross the “Palestinian picket line” and not to “endorse apartheid.”

 

In the past, other musicians, such as Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder and Cat Power, have cancelled performances in Israel and at fundraisers in support of Israel due to pressure from pro-Palestinians.  

 

Nevertheless, Morissette, who was raised as a Catholic in Ottawa, Canada, took the stage last Monday at the sold-out Tel Aviv’s Nokia Arena and offered her wholehearted, unabashed support of Israel.

 

“We love you, we’re with you, America, Canada, all of us,” she told the crowd.

 

It should be noted that there are 1.5 million Arab Israeli citizens, and thousands of these Arabs sat side by side Jewish Israelis at the concert.

 

All types of boycotts against Israel hurt both Jews and Arabs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although the Bible is full of prophecies, rabbinic consensus maintains that God speaking to man through prophecy ended with the destruction of the Holy Temple.

 

Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Jewish tradition has taught that prophecy is not allowed among Jews until the time of the generation of redemption that will witness the coming of the Messiah.

 

Rabbi Shmuel Portman Hapartzi believes that such a time has come.

 

He has opened a school for prophets in Tel Aviv named The Cain and Abel School of Prophets.

 

“Our generation has been declared by many as the first generation taking part in the experience of redemption.  The Cain and Abel School of Prophets aims to provide the generation of young prophets with authorized sources to direct their spiritual experiences to the way of truth and honesty," the rabbi explains in the introduction to his curriculum.  (Ynet)

 

 

 

Although Hapartzi is affiliated with the Chabad movement, there are those in that group who do not accept his vision.

 

“It's a shame that delusional people, who do not represent the rabbi [Menachem Mendel Schneerson] or his doctrine, continue to desecrate his legacy and drag Chabad's name to bizarre areas,” one member declared.

 

In spite of the controversy, Rabbi Hapartzi has confirmed his intention to proceed with his course in prophecy.

 

“We already have 10 students who will start the basic course this week,” he said, adding, “Everything being studied is based on Biblical principles.”

 

“The truth is that there are many institutions today for the study of Kabbalah, mysticism and black witchcraft, and it does confuse people,” he said.

 

“I teach strictly kosher material and teach my students to distinguish between true prophecy and false prophecy and between a real dream and a false dream.”

 

 

 

Even though one fellow member of Chabad called Rabbi Hapartzi “delusional,” a large number of secular and Orthodox Jews consider most Chabad members delusional because many believe that their leader and teacher, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson who died in 1994 is still alive, that he is the Messiah, and is returning soon.   (Sound familiar?)

 

 

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