Ashkelon Under Attack

Hamas has carried out its threat to continue to attack Israelis with rockets and mortar shells, and shortly after midnight fired a Kassam missile that exploded in a southern Ashkelon industrial area near a large electric power plant that serves Gaza as well as southern Israel.

Terrorists also fired at least two mortar shells on farm areas in the Eshkol region. No injuries or damage was reported.

Remind me again which part of the "occupied territories" Ashkelon is in again?

Also, remind me which other country would tolerate this bullshit of indiscriminate rocket fire into their civilian population centers?

Is the excuse that their rockets suck and (almost) never hurt anyone or damage anything starting to ring a little hollow, or are we still waiting for them to get lucky and hit a gan or bus of old ladies before we really get mad?

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Now the Zionists are building Elevators!!!

This just in from the Palestinian Ministry of Outrage:

The Al Aqsa Foundation also claimed in a statement that the area in front of the wall could be used as a base from which to attack the mosque compound. Moreover, it said the project was intended to prevent Muslim worshipers from reaching the mosque, while increasing the presence of Jews in the area.

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When rabbis write books of Torah, they get called in and threatened with being charged with incitement. When the Al Aqsa Foundation a terrorism-sponsoring organization openly calls for protests (aka riots) against a handicapped-access elevator from the Jewish Quarter to the Kotel Plaza, not a single word is spoken.

Moral equivalence indeed.

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Lebanon and On

What a mess in Lebanon. A little tree-trimming by the IDF turns into a cross-border firefight. We lose a commander (HY"D) and another officer is badly hurt. We kill a couple of soldiers and a journalist (no great loss there) in retaliation.

With the UN being unusually cooperative by officially confirming that UNIFIL had a) been notified of the tree clearing and b) had reported it to Lebanon, it really deals Israel the hand it needs to blow this into a full out diplomatic coup for Israel. All the pieces are in place to really cement Israel in place as the injured party, and get some valuable political capital it needs to deal with the ongoing worldwide Israel-bashing.

So here's an appropriate response. It's a little expensive, but definitely worth it in the long run:

1. Start massing troops on the border. The whole deal. Tanks, ammo, firebases, airbases. Make it a very public, very loud mobilization. 200,000 soldiers to start, minimum. Keep it going for two weeks. Make it look like we're heading all the way up to Tripoli.
   
2. Set Lieberman loose. Let him start a 'round the world tour of how Israel is going to kick the shit out of Hizbullah once and for all, and teach the Lebanese army a lesson they won't soon forget.
3. Get Ambassador Shalev to start making noise in the UN about Security Council sanctions. 45-minute tirade from the GA floor. Spit in the Saudi ambassador's face.
   
4. Fire Barak; this is his mess in the first place(Well okay, that won't happen but a boy can dream, can't he?).
5. When the UN, US, UK, all start clamoring for "restraint," Netanyahu wades into the thick of it and says, "Okay, I'll call off the war on the conditions that you:"
   
   1. Add Lebanon to the lists of US State Sponsors of Terror.
   2. UN Sanction of Lebanon in the UNSC for firing the first shot.
   3. Don't even flinch in September when the freeze is off. Not a peep, not a rolled eye.
   4. Trot out the old line "Israel has a right to defend itself" and play it like a broken record until everyone's saying it. (I'd love to hear that from Hillary's lips.)

There is really no way for Israel to lose this politically. Worst case scenario is we invade Lebanon. Again. Without two soldiers' lives in the balance, the IDF can visit some serious payback for 2006. Best case is that Israel regains its deterrent capacity. And we get to kill Hizbullies.

To the bereaved family of Lt. Col. Harari, I apologize deeply if this seems like crass opportunism. May his sacrifice not be in vain.

Turkish Overture in B-flat

Turkey working to prevent Lebanese sail to Gaza

According to Israeli officials, Ankara deems additional flotillas pointless after partial lifting of blockade on Gaza. 'Turkey wants to lower its profile, let diplomacy take its course,' official says

Officials in Jerusalem were surprised to learn that Turkey is working to prevent Lebanese ships from attempting to sail to Gaza in violation of an Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run territory, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Tuesday.

Israeli officials estimate that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who visited Damascus and Beirut last week, asked the Lebanese government to prevent the flotilla's departure as part of Ankara's efforts to ease tensions with Israel.

WTF? There is so much going on here... it's now Ankara, officials and the FM, not Erdogan, there's no demand of an apology from Israel, and Turkey just put the kibosh on the entire Free Gaza movement.

I'm guessing that in spite of Turkey's announcements that everything is fine and dandy, the warming relations with Greece and the multimillion dollar losses (real and potential) in revenue actually do matter to Turkey. In related news, while Israel lifted the travel advisory to Turkey, Israelis are staying away in droves. And NATO's pretty pissed that Turkey is sharing miltech with non-NATO countries.

Turkey has been described as a bridge between East and West. Right now, it's looking a little like this:

Not Even a Phone Call...

Jewish eastern Jerusalem houses gain approval

July 12, 2010

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A Jerusalem municipal committee approved the construction of 32 homes in a Jewish neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem.

The district planning and construction committee on Monday approved the construction for Pisgat Zeev a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington with President Obama, who is opposed to building in eastern Jerusalem.

So, without fanfare, screaming mobs, 45-minute tirades or rip-shit anger, Israel continues to assert its sovereign right to do whatever the hell it wants in its own capital, fuckyouverymuch.

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A Turkish Bath

Get this: Turkey is again demanding an apology from Israel for killing nine morons who brought knives to a gun fight.

This isn't the first time they're demanding an apology. What part of "no" didn't they understand the first time around?

Listen, Erdogan, habibi, whatever it is you think you're going to gain out of this, you're already losing. That $2B in exports to Israel? Gone. Those tanks you want to stop Iran's expansion of the Emirate when he finally drinks the Kool Aid? Not happening. Modernizing those jets? Nuh-uh. Oh, and that $400M in chump change from the tourism industry? Israeli's are going to Greece instead. Now here's the biggie: energy, agriculture and irrigation projects estimated at $20 billion are at risk.

So, if we don't apologize for enforcing a legal blockade of our own territory, they're going to cut ties with Israel. They will no longer buy our military technology, host our tourists, sell Israel water and random consumer goods or work with us on a host of infrastructure projects. Oh and they'll piss off the US and a couple of other NATO allies in the process.

Yeah, that'll show us.

Pass the Kool-Aid.


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Lebanese Flotilla, Rhymes with 'Shatila' (UPDATED)

Sabra and Shatila, forever ingrained in every Israel-basher's memory as Israel's failure to protect avowed enemies from a little payback action from Lebanese Christians.

So now it seems some Lebanese women are going to send their own aid flotilla to the poor, poor Palestinians in Gaza who are suffering under the lash of Israel's Occupation. (But didn't they evacuate in 2005? Hey, shut up with that..)

Uh, hello? What about the Palestinians in Lebanon? You know, the ones who are still living in all those refugee camps, the ones who, two generations later, are still living off the UN? The ones that Lebanon refuses to integrate into their society, their fellow ethnic Arabs, what about them? Are you telling me that they have to sail hundreds of kilometers to find some Palestinians to fawn over? Is anyone going to call them on this?

This just in (6/18/10 7:14AM): Lebanon Postpones Granting Rights to 1948 Refugees - Again

B'tzelem's New Math

B'tzelem reported on the conditions in the Gaza Strip, using some pretty creative numbers. Let's have a look, shall we?

At the end of 2009, 93 percent of the wells were found to be polluted with high quantities of chloride and nitrates, far in excess of the World Health Organization’s recommended levels. The water supply is defective, and thousands of residents are not even connected to the water grid.

93% of the water is polluted water, and there's no typhus epidemic? No malaria outbreak? I man, contaminating the water supply is the first rule in siege warfare, true, but where's the obvious end result to that? Right, let's move on.

The prohibition on bringing in raw materials and on exports has led to the closing of 95 percent of the factories and workshops in the area.

95% of factories are closed. So that means if there are 100 factories, only five are open. Now, according to the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce, the last statistic we have to work with is from 1998, where there were 412 carpentry workshops employing 1002 workers (2.4 workers per 'factory'). Please note that they tout Israeli training as a benefit for investment consideration. OK, now let's take a look at that percentage, shall we? There are now, supposedly, only 20ish carpentry factories still open, employing 48 people. Hmm.. does that have to do with Israel's 'siege', or does that have to do with a glut in the market, overreported numbers, and every three people counting as a 'factory'?

As a result of Israel’s policy, 98 percent of Gaza residents suffer from planned blackouts lasting up to eight or ten hours a day.

The last time there was an Israeli 'blackout' in Gaza, tens of thousands of people took to the streets with candles, and the world decried Israel's 'collective punishment'. But now, blackouts last ten hours a DAY and there's nothing in the news? Really?


Forty percent unemployment, huh? I suppose I should feel bad about it, but then I remember that the people elected these leaders.

More that 70% rely on humanitarian aid? Guess they get it in the market (note the source of the website).

It's all a numbers game.

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Hearst Corporation Magazines

If you subscribe to any of these magazines, you pay for Helen Thomas' salary:

Cosmopolitan
Country Living
Esquire
Food Network Magazine
Good Housekeeping
House Beautiful
Harper's Bazaar
Marie Claire
O, The Oprah Magazine
Popular Mechanics
Redbook
Seventeen
Town&Country
Veranda

Be honest now, do you really need the next issue of O, The Oprah Magazine cluttering the box next to the toilet?

Call the subscription desk. Ask to speak to a manager. Put them on notice that if Helen Thomas retains her position, you will be canceling your subscription within thirty days. It's as simple as that.

Goldstone's Skeletons Have Come Home to Roost

Oh, that's not the only metaphor I'm going to mangle today, readers. First, the obvious question: who the fuck does Richard Goldstone think he is? I mean, seriously, did he forget that he hung 26 black men in apartheid South Africa? Because the families of the hanged men sure as hell didn't. Did he think that those records would be lost to the ages? People who live in ivory towers...

Did it never occur to him to recuse himself from judging in a case where one of the parties is repeatedly (if not accurately) accused of apartheid policies?

Was this an axe to grind or a bone to pick? Was this just plain old stupidity, or he just plain old?

He went against Israel. Forget selling out his own people; that's God's issue to take up with him. Goldstone went up against a nation of seven million yentas, who show an amazing aptitude of circling the wagons in the face of adversity. Oh, and this is also the country that spawned, you know, The Mossad. What chance did this information have staying a secret? About a snowball's chance...

So now news gets out Richie Goldstone is a hangin' judge. When confronted with this, his response was that "he had to respect the laws of the state." Yes, we've all heard that one before. Nuremberg, wasn't it? He vas only followink orrrders. By the way, he also sentenced black men to lashes, because he was against the death penalty. Except for those twelve times. But wait, he didn't have to be a judge, did he?

So, to sum it all up, the UN commissioner tasked with identifying Israeli war crimes and Israeli crimes against humanity was, only a short while ago, responsible for the enforcement of apartheid laws, corporal punishment and capital punishment. Not only did he fail in his task at the UN, he failed to excise the ghosts of those twelve black men who were sent to their deaths by his own apartheid-stained, blood-soaked hands.

Folks, if THAT's not a hypocrite, I'll eat my hat.

Simon Wiesenthal's Top-10 Anti-Israel Lies

Lie No. 1: Israel was created by European guilt over the Nazi Holocaust. Why should Palestinians pay the price?

Lie No. 2: Had Israel withdrawn to its June 1967 borders, peace would have come long ago.

Lie No. 3: Israel is the main stumbling block to achieving a two-state solution.

Lie No. 4: Nuclear Israel, not Iran, is the greatest threat to peace and stability.

Lie No. 5: Israel is an apartheid state deserving of international boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns.

Lie No. 6: Plans to build 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem prove Israel is "Judaizing" the Holy City.

Lie No. 7: Israeli policies endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Lie No. 8: Israeli policies are the cause of worldwide anti-Semitism.

Lie No. 9: Israel, not Hamas, is responsible for the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. Goldstone was right when he charged that Israel was guilty of war crimes against civilians.

Lie No. 10: The only hope for peace is a single, binational state eliminating the Jewish State of Israel.

If you've ever heard any of these lies, download the brochure and learn the truth.

Smoke and Mirrors: Why Gates rolled out the red carpet for Ehud Barak

The Obama Administration (have you noticed no one calls it the "White House" anymore?) has welcomed The Other Barak for some photo ops and "understandings." This isn't damage control, because that would imply that something happened in the, you know, past. This is the New Improved Obama, now with Less Vitriol:

But another reason may be that the Obama administration seems to be making a concerted effort to put to rest in particular any impression that the top U.S. military brass was in any way questioning the value of the U.S.-Israeli military and strategic relationship.

Or maybe it's that Barak shares the ideals of Obama, namely socialism and an abhorrence of settlers.

Or maybe it's to further humiliate Netanyahu, by showering love and affection on his political rival.

Or maybe...

The White House is engaged in an aggressive public relations and outreach effort to the Hill and Jewish groups to assure them of its commitment to Israel's security and to explain its policy in support of the peace process. Meantime, both Clinton and Barak are scheduled to address the American Jewish Committee annual meeting in Washington on Thursday.

...it's because Obama's advisers have finally looked at the polls and said, "Oh, shit!"

Source: Politico

Telegraph: Barack Obama’s top ten insults against Israel

1. Obama’s humiliation of Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House

2. Engaging Iran when Tehran threatens a nuclear Holocaust against Israel

3. Drawing a parallel between Jewish suffering in the Holocaust with the current plight of the Palestinians


And that's just for starters. Nile Gardiner provides chapter and verse on how the American President has been consistently trashing Israel in his already too-long tenure.

Read it all, for it is good.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

What Passes for Journalism at Al-Jazeera

Palestinian demonstrators have hurled stones at Jewish settlers rallying for the demolition of Arab houses in occupied East Jerusalem.

So the Arabs threw stones at a rally. Not at other stone throwers, not at armed soldiers. At peaceful demonstrators.

The clashes took place on Sunday as George Mitchell, the US special envoy to the Middle East, was visiting Israeli officials in Tel Aviv for talks on restarting the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis.

Trying desperately to link the march to the visit in the hopes of another round of Piss Off the White House. I'm pretty sure the White House got a heads-up, but hey, it was worth the try, right?

Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, reportedly tried but failed to ban the settlers' march.

See, this is my favorite line from this pseudo-article. It encapsulates the problems with the Arab mentality. In their mind, a leader should be strong enough to do what he wants to do. Not being able to ban a march is a sign of a weak leader. What they completely fail to realize is that free speech is a very prized and highly protected right in free countries. Netanyahu didn't try to ban the protest, he asked if it could wait. The law said no, and that it was illegal for the Prime Minister to try.

The video is just nonsense.

Source: Al Jazeera

Palestinians ask Obama to impose peace

Sure? What can it hurt? If there's peace, they get their state. If there's no peace, "Hey, it's not our fault! The US made us do it!"

Palestinian officials have said privately that they believe only strong U.S. intervention can break the impasse with Israel. Still, Abbas' blunt public appeal Saturday was unusual.

How about not refusing every offer put on the table?

The U.S. has tried in vain to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that broke down in December 2008. The two sides remain far apart on the framework for such talks, and White House envoy George Mitchell returned to the region Friday to try to narrow the divide.

And likely has every expectation to leave empty-handed.

He [Abbas] said the Palestinians were being asked to "take a state with provisional borders on 40 or 50 percent, and after that we will see."

Now, I'm no math whiz, but 40% or 50% is more than 0%, right? Temporary recognized international borders is better than being locked in Gaza, right? Right?

What Netanyahu needs to do is to very publicly name the date, time and place, and on that date, time and in place, show up in front of the whole world, alone. Stage it as a huge spectacle so that the plebeians can see once and for all who is and who isn't interested in peace. And if they show up? Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

And the US has to sit this out. Keep working on that 10% unemployment rate..

Source: Daily Record

Mark His Words

In eight Kool-Aid-suffused, vapor-laden paragraphs, Haaretz writer Yoel Marcus excoriates Netanyahu, dredging up old ghosts and old grudges, ascribing Netanyahu's success to merely being in the right place at the right time, and rambles on about cigars and unpaid bills.

He neglects to mention that it was Netanyahu's policies as Finance Minister that allowed Israel to weather the worst economic crisis, or that Netanyahu even did more for the PA in his first term, namely the handing over of several areas to Arab control, including Chevron.

But the real kicker was in the last paragraph:

Bibi is deluding himself that Obama will not be reelected.

A throwdown if I ever heard one. I can't wait for 2012. Hell, I can't wait for 2010, when they'll have to physically pick up Congress and move the whole building to the right.

Yoel should read newspapers. Other than his own, I mean.

Source: Haaretz

Dershowitz: J Street Can No Longer Claim to Be Pro Israel

Jeremy Ben-Ami, has joined the off key chorus of those who falsely claim that Israel, by refusing to make peace with the Palestinians, is placing the lives of American soldiers at risk.

Well, we all knew this argument was bullshit in the first place. Whether it was a slip of Praetus' tongue, or a calculated sound bite used to test the efficacy of the argument is no longer relevant; the damage is done.

Professor Dershowitz's elucidation on the subject, however, is well worth the read:

Finally, the argument is totally false as a matter of fact. At the same time that Israel was seeking to make peace in 2000-2001 by creating a Palestinian state on the West Bank and in Gaza with a capital in East Jerusalem, Al Qaeda was planning the 9/11 attack. So Israel's "good" actions did nothing to make America safe from Islamic terrorism. On the other hand, when Israel took tough action against Gaza last year in Operation Cast Lead, Israel's "bad" actions did not increase American casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, there is absolutely no relationship between Israel's actions and the extent of American casualties. It is a totally phony argument based on equal parts of surmise and bigotry.

Source: The Huffington Post (I know! What's going on here??!)

Something's Missing...

From the prepared remarks of Gen. James L. Jones at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy:

“It is time for all leaders in the region—Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab—to support efforts for peace. It is time for today’s leader to demonstrate the courage and leadership of Anwar Sadat, King Hussein, and Yitzhak Rabin.”

Hmm, I can't quite put my finger on it... I remember Rabin signed a peace agreement with Hussein, and Sadat signed with... oh, it's right on the tip of my tongue... I think Carter was there...

Can anyone help me out here?

Source: White House

Martin Indyk Threatens Up the Wrong Tree

That's the best that Martin Indyk can do? Veiled threats and ominous warnings?

The shift in America's Middle East interests means that Netanyahu must make a choice: Take on the president of the United States, or take on his right wing. If he continues to defer to those ministers in his cabinet who oppose peacemaking, the consequences for US-Israel relations could be dire.

I've lost count of the number of times Netanyahu has said publicly, out loud, into a microphone, "We want peace. Any time, any place, we'll sit and talk peace." The Arabs have yet to make an appointment. Netanyahu imposed a building freeze on a huge portion of his voter base, lets Barak send 50-man teams to bulldoze patios, yet the premise of Netanyahu's supposed recalcitrance and warmongering seems to be the only talking point Indyk can remember.

Source: Haaretz

Telegraph: Nick Clegg’s Israel-bashing is sickening

Whoa. First the Guardian's piece yesterday that was pro-Israel. Now the Telegraph follows suit. Enlightening.

While Nick Clegg has made it a personal mission to publicly whip the Israelis for defending their own country, he has remained remarkably silent in the media about Iranian backing for terrorist groups, Tehran’s calls to wipe Israel off the map, and the massive levels of hatred directed at Israel from within the United Nations, not least the UN’s Human Rights Council. I don’t recall any op-eds by Clegg warning against Iran’s nuclear ambitions, or calling for an end to the persecution of Israel by Islamist states. Nor has he written pieces in support of the democracy protestors in Iran, many of whom have been brutally beaten, raped, and in some cases murdered by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime.

Source: The Telegraph

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A Fool Must Now and Then Be Right, By Chance

Once a year the Guardian will get it right regarding Israel. Yom HaAtzmaut is probably the best day for that, or it's the one act of penance that permits them their abuses the rest of the year. Whichever it is, Ron Prosor delivers all the missing gaps in the Guardian's perennial revisionist history of Israel. At least now I can refer back to their own published article when their creative writing goes conflict with, you know, reality.

Jews have been indigenous to Israel for 3,000 years. Before 1948 the only independent sovereign state there had been the ancient Jewish kingdoms. Centuries of foreign imperial occupation followed, by Romans, the Muslim conquest, Crusaders, the Ottoman empire and the British mandate. It is fitting that as the colonial era drew to a close, Israel's original inhabitants restored their independence.

Needless to say, the trolls in the comments are flourishing like strep in a petri dish. With about as much intelligence.

Happy Birthday, Eretz Yisrael. From your friends at the Guardian.

Source: The Guardian

To Uri Tuval: Know When to Shut Up

“I don’t want to live in the country of Captain Eliraz Peretz or his mother. My consolations to the family…a family of Jihadist Fascists, and don’t dare let anyone say he was killed for my sake.”

News flash, Mr. Tuval, we don't want you here, either. You're real edgy with your "screw the Right" attitude, but the truth is you can grab a visa and go the fuck somewhere else, if they'll take you. Klein, Peretz and the other heroes of the IDF don't fight for you, they fight in spite of you. And why would you want to live in a country where people would fight and die for your sake?

The truth is your father, your uncles, maybe even your grandfather, fought next to men who died for your sake, men who believed so much in the Jewish State they paid the ultimate price so that you could live here in Israel, safe in your TA condo, spout your nonsense, disrespect the dead, and inflate your self-importance well beyond the limit of your insignificant, meaningless life. Get over yourself. The rest of us have.

Yes, I read your apology. Next time, remember that it is "better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Fool.

Kotel Ad 'Misleading'. Oh Please.

The Advertising Standards Authority in Britain, was recently called to headlines for prohibiting an advertisement to visit Israel because it contained a photo of the Kotel.

It is[...] "misleading," the ASA said, for Israel to suggest that the Western Wall is as much a part of the Jewish state as the beaches of Tel Aviv, also featured in the same ad.

I don't remember who invited the opinion of the ASA on what is or isn't in Israel. Nor do I care. No do you.

I would love to see an international legal fund created to fight this type of anti-Semitism. The current buzz term for it is "lawfare." This type of discriminatory behavior is precisely what needs to be addressed on a case by case basis. By going after these cretins and demanding that they pay for their slanderous, insulting behavior time and time again until they learn not.to.fuck.with.the.Jews.

Source: The Huffington Post (I know, right?)

Clinton congratulates Israel on Independence day

Our nation will not waver in protecting Israel's security and promoting Israel's future.

Yeah? Well thankfully there's a Congress to make sure of it, because we sure as hell don't trust you.

At least it wasn't a 45-minutes harangue.

Source: Politico

Israel will defend itself vow leaders on Memorial Day

I was never a big Peres fan, but in truth, he has been an exemplary statesman as President of Israel, as witnessed through his speeches and his actions, especially when he traded verbal blows with Erogan.

"We are a democratic country, with many divisions and chasms, internal disagreements and wrangling, yet we are also a nation that knows how to stand united and put aside the bickering in times of need, to defend itself and inflict a resounding defeat on those who wish to destroy us."

Would that all of our politicians spoke like this all the time.

Source: Haaretz

Israel population nears 7.6 million

Besides all the snarkiness, the overall news in the article is positive:

Of the 7,587,000 population, 5,726,000, or 75.5 percent, are Jews and 1,548,000, or 20.4 percent, are Arabs, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The population has grown by 137,000 people in the past year, a 1.8 percent increase.

So much for all the doomsayers who have warned us for decades that the Arabs will one day outnumber us.

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Netanyahu: Israel Must Rely Only on Itself

On the eve of Israel's 62nd Independence Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the nation must not rely on the help of foreigners. He was quoting from the founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl.

Mr. Netanyahu told the Cabinet that according to Herzl, Israel can rely only on itself.

Well, better late than never.

The truth is, Israel doesn't have to rely on itself. It has to rely on God. But this is the first step to realizing that.

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Yom HaShoah

This is the reason, despite all the politics, all the bitter divisiveness that we fling at each other all year long, we continue to be God's Chosen People:

It is eight million Jews (minus a few assholes who continue their baseless hatred of fellow Jews) stopping to remember the seven million (more accurate) true martyrs whose sacrifice made the State of Israel possible.