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To receive my occasional "Letter from Israel", write to me at David.Frankfurter@iname.com. Getting off the list is just as easy. Look forward to hearing from you!

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	dixii 2004-11-10 06:24 pm UTC (link)
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	(Anonymous) 2004-11-29 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	Dear David The first time the "Palestinian" Arabs rejected a separate state of their own was in 1936-7, when they rejected the Peel partition plan. Your letter of 29/11 states that their first rejection was in 1947-8. (Reply to this)

	The Pogrom (Anonymous) 2005-09-20 02:54 am UTC (link)
	hi I loved the picture of Sharon at the UN I almost signed up for your list. But when I saw the restraint on speaking out against the Pogrom Gush Katif, I just can't. Please consider making a statement that you were wrong and want to try to undo the harm caused by not standing up for our brethren. Thanks. Elisheva (Reply to this)

	Faith (Anonymous) 2005-12-19 02:04 am UTC (link)
	The only likely convergence between creation mythology and Darwinism will come when neuroscientists and perhaps evolutionary psychologists find the physiological seat of our species' pervasive belief in the supernatural. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2006-03-22 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Mazel Tov!That's a lovely story. (Reply to this)

Europe and Christians in Arab places
(Anonymous)
2006-05-31 02:08 pm UTC (link)

I have come to the conclusion that the European nations have "written off" the minority Christian populations in the Middle East.

I believe England, France et al. feel that if these Christians are forced to flee to Europe- fine and if they stay and suffer also fine as that is their choice.

There will be no commitment to these minority populations other than a phone call asking whatever despot is in power to consider doing something to curtail the attacks.

But they do not want that to be made a public issue both for incurring displeasure from the Arab nations and in giving Israel any excuse to say "I told you so." .

Just as American media is so anti-Bush that it finds itself appeasing terrorism so too Christian Europe is so anti-Israel it prevents them from even considering any support of endangered Christian communities - other than perhaps a phone call.

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Re: Europe and Christians in Arab places
(Anonymous)
2006-06-09 05:20 am UTC (link)

The Copts in Egypt have to acquire a permit to built a church. Although the Coptic church follow the Greek/Russian Orthodox, church neither country has given them any backing nor did they exert pressure on Egyptian governments to ease their hold on freedom of religion.

I received an email from an Israeli, who is trying to keep a synagogue in Alexandria open. by appealing to Jewish tourists to Alexandria to attend Yom Tov services in that synagogue. It is feared that the property will be taken by Egyptian government if the Synagogue is not functional. The synagogue is Shomer Shabbat.
> By Elio Tamman

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	Re: Europe and Christians in Arab places (Anonymous) 2007-11-29 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps instead of running away from anti-semitism, we should start a Jewish settlement in Alexandria. Arabs settle foreign lands without a bit of hesitation. Why should we Jews be pressured into leaving Arab countries. We must start a new campaign demanding our rights as former refugees of Arab lands. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Chirac's France, Staw's Policy, EU Funding.
(Anonymous)
2006-05-31 07:55 pm UTC (link)

[Jack Straw was the first to strap on his armour. He begged Hamas to be nicer and kinder, because Britain wants to have "normal relations" with them. Despite an EU embargo on contacts with Hamas, Straw declared that he was seeking means of unfreezing millions of pounds worth of aid to Palestinians.

President Chirac is never one to be shown up by this type of northern British boeuf. In order to resolve Hamas' inability to meet the inflated wage bill of the Palestinian Authority, he has proposed that a World Bank account should be used to send donors' payments directly to the 160,000 PA employees. Unconditionally. Sounds great, n’est ce pas?]

EU, including UK France and Germany, has been one of the biggest donor to Arabs than to Israel for decades. Even PM Wilson viewed as a friend of Golda Meir, preferred the cooperation with the Arab League more important than the defense of Israel. Tony Blair, has little option but to side with once British colonial influence in Arabia. His wife is front line defender of the Arab 'cause' under the banner of "Human Rights".

As for Chirac, he is a Gaulist and has not shown compassion towards Israel, nor has he to French Jews. The contrary is true. This goes back to the Algerian, then Algeria part of France proper, war for independence.During the Algerian uprising, France was a staunch ally of Israel, and was a main hub for Jews from Arab countries.

There enters Iran and Russia in the theatrical cast. Russia today, as has been part of USSR, wants a foothold in the rich Middle East. Iran is very interested to dominate the Sunni Arabs in the region.

I blame the Jewish communities in Europe for not strongly stating their discontent with slanted journalism such as that of The Guardian's, attacks on Jewish places of worship and schools, Oxfam Charters in UK and Europe, the British Lecturers'Union, and the "See no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil" attitude.

One thing which is also evident, is the division on religious grounds and strategic planners, the definition of a defensible borders. The question here is, what is expected of Israel and the Jewish peoples in Europe, Iran, and Russia to do?

By Elio M. Tamman

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Gaza bombing
(Anonymous)
2006-06-12 02:18 pm UTC (link)

I understand that there are Palestinians that continue to fire rockets, etc. But I really think that you are downplaying the gravity of the incident. It was horrible. Anyone with a conscious must agree that it was horrible. Period. So let me ask, you what is YOUR solution in general? Again, understanding that there are a lot of bad Palestinians out there, I ask you: what would you do if you were them? Their land was taken, they are being forced out and isolated, businesses and infrastructure being systematically disabled, etc. Basically, if you are a Pal and want peace, you have to give up your land and live in isolation. Please don’t quote the Barak deal as if they had a chance once – it wasn’t what uniformed people say it was and you know it.

Now what does the Israeli gov really want? Let’s think. Israel is undermining Pal opportunities and destroying there infrastructure daily. Regarding the rockets, yes there are rocket attached and 13 people were tragically killed by them over the last 2 years. But now let’s look at the Israeli response….quite disproportionate.

So what is the answer? You obviously can’t have rocket attacks and you can’t have suicide bombers, and on the other hand, you can’t keeping taking more of people’s land, isolating them, destroying infrastructure, killing so many civilians with high tech armaments, having too many incidents of soldier brutality, etc.

How is it that Israel is wants peace? Taking up more land in the name of security? If Israel was to retreat to “near” 67 borders there would be intense world political pressure on the Pal to accept it. The deals that Israel could strike internationally including security guarantees would be huge. For G-d sakes we are not victims and we are owed nothing. But in fact, we as Jews owe – we are not acting properly and we should not be occupying another people.

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Re: Gaza bombing
(Anonymous)
2006-11-14 07:10 am UTC (link)

If those Arabs who call themselves Palestinians wanted their own state and peace more than they wanted to deprive the Jews of our inalienable, internationally recognised right to self-determination in Eretz Yisrael, they would establish the sort of government that shared the former goals. The fact that these Arabs elected a Hamas government is but one piece of evidence that they aspire to achieve the latter goal. Nazi Germany was transformed into a democratic, peaceful state only after its military might was crushed. The Nazi elements among the Arabs will settle for peace only if they share Germany's experience.

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Re: Gaza bombing

dfrankfurter
2006-11-14 10:16 am UTC (link)

I think that some of your base assumptions are wrong.

Firstly, let me say that the accident in Gaza was deeply upsetting and shocking to me, as it was to most Israelis. Sadly, it is tinged with a feeling that Israel apologises for killing civilians accidently targetted, while the Palestinians apologise for missing civilians deliberately targeted.

Secondly, the world - including the Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world - well know that Israel is willing to withdraw to near the 1967 borders in return for peace. Theer can be no greater demonstration of this than the Gaza withdrawal. Here Israel did what you suggested, and withdrew with no pre-conditions.

World acceptance was short lived, and the Palestinians completely failed to show any willingness toward peace. Terror attacks and rockets from gaza commenced immediately. There is no proper governance there. The situation is intolerable - but you can't blame Israel. It is willing to do everything necessary - except compromise its own existence or the security of its citizens.

Thirdly, the fact that few people were killed by rockets does not mean that Israel should roll over and wait for the Palestinians to improve their aim. The intent and the risk is high. The impact on normal life is atrocious. Visit Sderot & talk to the kids who have to hide in bomb shelters.

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	Re: Gaza bombing (Anonymous) 2007-11-29 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	You obviously were present at Camp David since you seem to know what Barak REALLY offered Arafat. Please fill us in. Better yet, write a book with plenty of documentation. We're all waiting to hear the truth from such knowledgeable authorities as yourself. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Gaza bombing (Anonymous) 2007-11-29 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	"we as Jews owe" Speak for yourself. (Reply to this)(Parent)

ASK A QUESTION!!
(Anonymous)
2006-07-16 03:37 pm UTC (link)

SINCE THE PLO/PA NEVER AMENDED THEIR COVENANT, WHY SHOULD IT BE A SURPRISE THAT THEY WILL NOT NEGOTIATE OR CONCLUDE A PEACE TREATY.

PERSONALLY, I'M SATISFIED WITH THAT, SINCE THE SO-CALLED "PALESTINIANS" ARE NOTHING MORE THAN AN IRREDENTISTIC MOVEMENT CONCEIVED BY ARABS AS A WEAPON AGAINST ISRAEL.

WHEN AHMED SHUKAIRY WAS STILL THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE UN, HE ADVISED THAT BODY HOW IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT A "PALESTINE" WAS MERELY SOME AREA IN SOUTHERN SYRIA.

IN 1963, EGYPT'S G. NASSAR CONCEIVED OF AN ORGANIZATION TO DO TO THE JEWS, WHAT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WAS RECRUITED BY NAZI GERMANY, TO DO TO THE BRITISH DURING WW II. HE CALLED IT THE PLO AND SHUKAIRY BECAME ITS FIRST HEAD.

IN 1959, AN EGYPTIAN NAMED YASSAR ARAFAT, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, STARTED AL FATAH. IN 1969, AFTER SHUKAIRY RESIGNED, HE TOOK OVER THE PLO.

HAMAS, HAS CONNECTIONS WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, SO AS THE SAYING GOES: "WHAT EVER GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND." SO UNTIL THE PLO/PA PUBLICLY REVOKES ITS COVENANT AS IT AGRRED TO IN THE 1995 INTERIM AGREEMENT, THERE ISN'T A CHANCE, THAT "PEACE" IS POSSIBLE.

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I AM SICK OF HEZZABOLLAH
(Anonymous)
2006-08-07 03:32 am UTC (link)

I AM SO SICK OF THIS WE NEED TO DO LIKE WE DID IN WW2... PICK THEM ALL UP ,EVERY MAN,WOMAN AND CHILD...KICK THEM ALL OUT OF THE USA ...AMERICAN BORN OR NOT BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS,BESIDES COGNITION FITS IN HERE SOMEWHERE...THEY ARE INDOCTRINATED FROM BIRTH WE ARE ALL THE ENEMY IF NOT A MUSLIM SO GET THEM OUT RID THEM IN THE USA AND ISRAEL ^5 TO ISRAEL.IF THE POLOTICIANS WANT TO GIVE THEM A BREAK THEN PUT THEM ON A PLANE WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE SHIPPED BACK...MAYBE I SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT !!!!!!!!!!!! WHO IN THE WORLD BELIEVES THIS FAIRY TALE ANYWAY ,OF 72 VIRGINS AND A BOY SERVANT..I GUESS THEY DO ....LIFE MUST BE MISERABLE FOR THEM HERE ON EARTH BUT WHAT AN AWEFUL FAIRY TALE, THEY DO NOT EVEN LIKE THEIR OWN WOMEN.I PRAY WE JUST GET THEM THE HE.. OUT OF THIS COUNTRY AND HELP ISRAEL ,PRAISE BE TO IDF AND ISRAEL,WE SHOULD TAKE LESSONS FROM THEM I GUESS WE FORGOT...LOST OUR MINDS OR SOMETHING...BETTER DO SOMETHING NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE,WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!

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- from The HUMAN PARADIGM

choicemaker
2006-11-13 05:52 pm UTC (link)

Each individual human being possesses a unique, highly
developed, and sensitive perception of diversity. Thus
aware, man is endowed with a natural capability for enact-
ing internal mental and external physical selectivity.
Quantitative and qualitative choice-making thus lends
itself as the superior basis of an active intelligence.

Human is earth's Choicemaker. His title describes
his definitive and typifying characteristic. Recall
that his other features are but vehicles of experi-
ence intent on the development of perceptive
awareness and the following acts of decision and
choice. Note that the products of man cannot define
him for they are the fruit of the discerning choice-
making process and include the cognition of self,
the utility of experience, the development of value-
measuring systems and language, and the accultur-
ation of civilization.

The arts and the sciences of man, as with his habits,
customs, and traditions, are the creative harvest of
his perceptive and selective powers. Creativity, the
creative process, is a choice-making process. His
articles, constructs, and commodities, however
marvelous to behold, deserve neither awe nor idol-
atry, for man, not his contrivance, is earth's own
highest expression of the creative process.

Human is earth's Choicemaker. The sublime and
significant act of choosing is, itself, the Archimedean
fulcrum upon which man levers and redirects the
forces of cause and effect to an elected level of qual-
ity and diversity. Further, it orients him toward a
natural environmental opportunity, freedom, and
bestows earth's title, The Choicemaker, on his
singular and plural brow.

Human is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by
nature and nature's God a creature of Choice - and of
Criteria. Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive
characteristic is, and of Right ought to be, the natural
foundation of his environments, institutions, and re-
spectful relations to his fellow-man. Thus, he is orien-
ted to a Freedom whose roots are in the Order of the
universe. Selah

Welcome the Season of Generation-Choicemaker Joel 3:14

- from The HUMAN PARADIGM

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	Hi David, (Anonymous) 2006-12-25 10:18 am UTC (link)
	I discovered your site by chance. Keep up the good work, I have the livejournal bookmarked Alex (Reply to this)

	Drs.w/o borders (Anonymous) 2007-05-18 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	I guess I won't be sending them anymore donations. I always thought they should/would be apolitical. Disappointing! (Reply to this)

Journalist's View From Gaza
(Anonymous)
2007-11-29 04:31 pm UTC (link)

The interview contains an interesting statement:
"I interviewed one farmer in Khan Younis [in the south of Gaza] last week, and asked why he is still growing crops, knowing that the closure shows no signs of letting up. He said, "What is my life with no dream, no purpose, no goal? I have to keep planting." He and others essentially dump their goods in the local market when they cannot get them out."

This clearly contradicts the standard Palestinian propaganda that the "Israeli seige of Gaza" is causing widespread famine.

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