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A
visitor to Jerusalem's Old City will find eight gates, each with it's
own fascinating history. Four of the main gates were constructed
according to the four directions of compass. One of the gates is
sealed awaiting the return of the Messiah and the end of days.
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Visiting the Rebbe |
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It has been seven years
since I sat on that warm Tuesday evening looking upon the Western
Wall and observing the vast diversity of people as they passed.
There was a sea of Jews praying passionately oblivious to
their surroundings. I could only guess what one of these men was praying for with his gaze
fixed on the sky and his outstretched arms seemed to be
trying to embrace the entire wall. One could rightfully assume that he was conversing with God.
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The Flotilla
of Hate
 The
Israeli Jews should get out of Palestine and go "back home to
Germany and Poland and America and everywhere
else". It was the sentiment expressed few days ago in the wake
of the tragic events that took place in the Mediterranean as Israeli
forces intercepted a Gaza bound flotilla. It is a sentiment, no
doubt, shared by many around the world who view Israel as an
unwanted step-child who just would not go away. Of course this
time this sentiment was expressed by the person who for years
now had a front row seat on every press conference given by last
few U.S. presidents.
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The Right of
Return and a Just Solution
 At
the time when Israel celebrates the Day of Independence the
Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world commemorate the
event by mourning the birth of the Jewish state. There is word
for it in Arabic called Nakba or Catastrophe. Every year at this
time the Palestinians are reminded of that event as a planned
ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Jews. ThIs Arab version of
history is also brought up every time the question comes up
about the right of return of Arab refugees and their
descendants, numbering around four million people, back to
Israel.
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The Dalai Lama and an Upside Down World
 As
I was surfing the Internet recently, trying to find a worthy
piece of news amongst the debris of the usual reports
about the economic doomsday, suicide bombings and sports events,
something caught my eye as being very odd. The report from a
credible news source was saying that South Africa has barred the
Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and Tibet's spiritual
leader, from attending a PEACE conference!
First I thought it was a joke or a mistake but soon it became
obvious that the report was correct. I was still
questioning it
though. The Dalai Lama? Really? What did he do to offend the
sensitivities of the South African government?
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The Black
Hole Called Gaza
 There
is hardly a day that passes by without the sirens going off
in Southern Israeli towns warning the citizens about the
incoming Qassam
rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. These crude weapons have no
ability to be aimed accurately and can land in the desert or on
someone’s home. When it injures or kills somebody on the Israeli
side the festivities usually break out on the Palestinian side
with candies and cookies being handed out to passersby. These
days Gazans can use any occasion for celebration as there is not
much else for them to be happy about.
It
was only couple of years ago when Palestinians wildly
celebrated the unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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Two
Deaths One Lebanon
 Nothing better describes the political situation in Lebanon than
two demonstrations held in Beirut on November 13th, 2008. One
was to commemorate the third year anniversary since the
assassination of former Lebanese Prime-Minister Rafik Hariri and
the other was a funeral for Hezbollah terrorist Imad
Mughniyah whose car exploded while he was driving through the
streets of Damascus. The Lebanese army was in
full force making sure that the two demonstrations did not collide. Harriri's supporters were calling for democracy and independence.
The Hezbollah demonstration
was calling for revenge, open war and the usual rallying cry for
destruction of the Israel.
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Winning Iraq
When President
George W. Bush unveiled his new strategy for Iraq, I could not
help but admire him for not bowing to the enormous pressure
from his critics. Lesser men would have crumbled a long time
ago. I hope that his new strategy works and some semblance of
civility will return to Iraq. Unfortunately when you look at
the reality of the daily Iraqi life it's very difficult
to be optimistic.
Unbelievable levels of violence grip the ancient city of
Baghdad, the city which over the centuries has seen more
then it's share of warfare. And from the looks of it, it
will see a lot more in years to come.
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Peace,
Jimmy Carter and Middle East
A few days ago I
caught former president Jimmy Carter
discussing the Middle East issues with Tim Russert
on NBC's Face the Nation. Apparently the former
president found time in his very
busy schedule to write a book
called "Palestinians Peace not Apartheid".
The "A" word used by him in the
title of his book is the terminology often thrown
around by pro-Palestinian
commentators when discussing Israeli Palestinian
conflict. It's a word that is aimed
at painting the Israelis as
some sort of monsters abusing poor and defenseless
Palestinians. I checked the definition of the word in
Webster's dictionary.
Here is what it means.
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To
Russia for Love
That's where a lot of
Islamists go these days to find some much needed love. Thank
God there are still places in the world where love can
be bought or bartered. The Russian strongman, Vladimir
Putin is doing his outmost, short of
wearing a suicide belt, to make it good with
the Islamic countries and terrorist
organizations. He has warmly greeted Hamas
leader Khaled Meshal who is currently staying in
Syria as a guest Mr. Putin's
good friend Bashar Al-Asad. And why not. USSR had a great relationship with Yasser Arafat and Bashar's father Hafiz Al-Asad.
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On Collision Course with Iran
"A s
Imam said, Israel must be wiped
off the map. The Islamic world will
not let its historic enemy live
in its heartland". These chilling
words were spoken by the Iranian
president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, while he was addressing a
conference on The World without Zionism, in Tehran on
October 26, 2005. The Imam he was referring to was
Ayatollah Ruhollah Homeini. It was Khomeini who in 1979 the last Friday of Ramadan as al-Quds day, an annual
event in which Iranians protest against Israel and call for the
liberation of Jerusalem (called al-Quds by the Arabs). As an added bonus the demonstrators also
shout "Death to America" and "Death to Britain".
In the aftermath of the publication of Mohammed cartoons,
hearing "Death to Denmark" would not be uncommon.
But
Ahmedinijad's anti-Jewish rhetoric did not stop there.
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From
Wahhab to bin Ladin
" Jews and
Christians are the sorcerers who believe in devil worship.
The only way to deal with sorcerers is to put them to the sword".
This sentiment was expressed by Mohammed ibn Al Wahhab in his "Book of Tawdid"
written in the 18th century. Mohammed Al-Wahhab, founder of Wahhabism was born in 1703 in the village of Uyaynah, in the central Arabian region of Najd, a desolate place practically uninhabited until the
16th century. Mohammed began studying Islam from the
very early age. He grew up believing that the period during Prophet Mohammed’s time was an ideal Muslim society
that had to be emulated. He was
greatly influenced by the ideas of the 14th century
Islamic scholar ibn Taymiyyah, who even then was saying
that the morality of the Muslims was in
severe decline. He also advocated a very stringent brand
of Islam.
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Remembering Khartoum
In the aftermath of
the crashing defeat in the Six-Day War, eight Arab countries
called an emergency conference that took place in Khartoum,
Sudan on September 1st, 1967. They had a lot of issues to
resolve as Israel has just taken Sinai, Golan Heights, West Bank
and East Jerusalem. The problem was no longer the issue of
Palestine and Israel’s right to exist alone. Now Egypt, Syria
and Jordan had a lot of their own lands to recoup. Israeli
leaders were hoping that the decisive defeat they administered
to Arabs would end in negotiations for a lasting peace. Israel
was prepared to offer land conquered during the Six-Day War for
a full recognition and the peace treaty with their Arab
neighbors. But it was not to be. Instead of the negotiations the
Khartoum conference produced a defiant answer: "no peace with
Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel".
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Interpretation of UN Resolution 242
When dealing with
Arab-Israeli conflict, the most frequently quoted historic
document is UN Resolution 242. The Security Council
unanimously voted for this document on November 22, 1967. It
took five months of very difficult negotiation to arrive at
the final draft. The UN had a very difficult task. As a
result of the Six Day War, Israel ended up with the Sinai,
Golan Heights, West Bank and East Jerusalem under their
control. They were willing to negotiate with the Arabs the
settlement that would produce a peace in the region, but the
Arabs shot that opportunity down during the Khartoum
Conference where they refused to negotiate with Israel even
at the cost of their lost territories.
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Balfour Declaration
If
there was ever a case when a short letter consisting of few
sentences dramatically influenced the course of history and is
still relevant today, then the letter written by British Foreign
Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the
British Jewish community, is it. The Road to the Balfour
Declaration was not an easy one. As early as the 1890’s the first
Zionist leaders understood the danger facing the Jewish population
of Europe and the importance of finding a place where Jews could
be free of cultural and religious prosecution. The Dreyfuss affair
in France and continued pogroms in Russia pushed that agenda to
the forefront.
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950BCE
King Solomon builds a Temple, which becomes the principal
center for religious and spiritual life of Israel. It is
situated at the place were Abraham is believed was prepared to
sacrifice his son Isaac.
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Tehran, Iran
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9/3/10
Thousands
of Iranians marched in Tehran to mark the al-Quds or
Jerusalem day. It's an annual event originated by
Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 and held on the last Friday
of Ramadan. The purpose of the event is to show
solidarity with Palestinians and contempt towards the
"Zionist state" of Israel. This year president
Ahmadinejad addressed worshippers at Tehran university
in a live broadcast using the speech to criticize the
direct peace talks held in Washington between Israeli
and Palestinian leaders.
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U.S.
law requires that the Secretary of State has to provide Congress, by
April 30th of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with
regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the
legislation. This annual report is titled Country Reports on Terrorism.
The 2006 report provides a list of the following groups in
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