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More than a quarter million people attended a massive prayer rally at the Western Wall Wednesday to beg their Heavenly Father to have mercy and annul the expulsion decree.


1 posted on 08/14/2005 1:25:44 PM PDT by adam_az
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180 posted on 08/14/2005 3:21:54 PM PDT by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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AZTLAN Times

Breaking news!!!!

The Army has just closed the last road into Caifornia and a large force of Army, Marine, and ACLU lawyers are moving in to remove the last holdouts of former California residents, by force.

Although President Walken(lol) is bound by Mexican law to hand over the western states, since the governments of CA,AZ, and CO collapsed and welfare checks stopped, 25 million "Americans" have left voluntarily.


202 posted on 08/14/2005 3:39:44 PM PDT by philetus (What goes around comes around)
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Listen in for lots of diffrent views.

http://www.israelnationalradio.com/


229 posted on 08/14/2005 4:04:17 PM PDT by Tigen (Live in peace or rest in peace!)
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Last update - 02:33 15/08/2005

A reward for the Cohen family

By Israel Harel

...Edited...

In the lovely house of Rabbi Ophir Cohen and his wife Noga, everything is in its place. The glass covering the huge bookshelf shines, like it was polished for the Sabbath. Their eight children are calm and behave as they do every Sabbath. There is no denial, but there is faith. And around the Sabbath table they don't protest when the possibility is raised that their efforts won't succeed. They will welcome the evacuators, says Noga, as one welcomes brothers.

On the 11th day of the Jewish month of Heshvan 5761, November 20, 2000, a powerful explosive detonated near a bus carrying children to the local schools. Two adults - Miri Amitai and Gabi Biton - were killed on the spot. Three children from the Cohen family were seriously wounded. Intelligence sources in the army tied Mohammed Dahlan to the incident. Ariel Sharon, then in opposition (in Ehud Barak's government), demanded that Dahlan be killed. Now Sharon is (via the defense minister) conducting "coordinating talks" with Dahlan, a Palestinian minister.

The terror attack stunned the country. Tens of thousands of people recited Psalms to save the Cohen children, at the request of their parents: Orit lost her right foot, Yisrael lost his right leg below the knee, and Tehila ended up losing both her legs. After nearly two years of rehabilitation, in the course of which the children and the parents discovered overwhelming strength, the Cohen family returned to its home in Kfar Darom.

And now, surely as a show of gratitude for the family's bravery and persistence in returning to the place where the children were hurt and which remains dangerous, the government of Israel decided to present the family with the highest reward for bravery that a normal country - which appreciates largeness of spirit and courage - can give to its best, most loyal and most modest citizens: evacuation from home, community and land.

266 posted on 08/14/2005 4:52:59 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Islam is to Peace as Rape is to Love)
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Ping to read later.


290 posted on 08/14/2005 5:34:39 PM PDT by conservativeteach
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More than a quarter million people attended a massive prayer rally at the Western Wall Wednesday to beg their Heavenly Father to have mercy and annul the expulsion decree.

I wish they had headed to the Temple Mount and tore down those two Nazi Mosques stone by stone, as Israel should have done in June 1967, and as the Hindus did in India.

298 posted on 08/14/2005 5:57:27 PM PDT by montag813
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From the AP's "Violence erupts as Israel formally begins Gaza pullout":

"While some of the more secular of the 21 Gaza settlements are nearly empty, others have seen their population swell in recent weeks with settlers from the West Bank and other ideological supporters who have infiltrated the territory."

Ugh. The AP has never used infiltrated to describe the illegal immigrant influx into our nation. I don't believe I've seen them use infiltrated to describe the jihadi's streaming the border into Iraq to become "insurgents." Yet for Israelis showing support for their brethren, the AP uses this phrase. Why can't more people see the not so thinly veiled antisemitism.

316 posted on 08/14/2005 7:14:59 PM PDT by NYCynic
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Fundamentally Freund: Read His Lips
04:23 Aug 15, '05 / 10 Av 5765


Read His Lips

In remarks to the press the other day, US President George W. Bush unwittingly laid out a convincing reason why an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is not a wise move.

Referring to mounting pressure on the Administration to pull out US forces from Iraq, Bush said:

"I also have heard the voices of those saying, pull out now, and I've thought about their cry, and their sincere desire to reduce the loss of life by pulling our troops out. I just strongly disagree. Pulling the troops out would send a terrible signal to the enemy. Immediate withdrawal would say to the Zarqawis of the world, and the terrorists of the world, and the bombers who take innocent life around the world, you know, the United States is weak; and all we've got to do is intimidate and they'll leave."

All you need to do is replace the word “Zarqawis” with “Abu Mazens”, and “the United States” with “Israel”, in the President’s remarks, and you have a darned good reason why the proposed Israeli retreat is a mistake of strategic and historic proportions.

Instead of punishing Palestinian terrorism, the Gaza withdrawal rewards it in an unprecedented manner.

Too bad that Bush and his pal Sharon refuse to acknowledge this basic truth – but the saddest part of all is that it is the people of Israel who will inevitably pay the price for their folly.


325 posted on 08/14/2005 7:40:45 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Islam is to Peace as Rape is to Love)
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Have you guys thought this withdrawal from Gaza might be in prepaparation of something else? A massive hit on Iran perhaps? it seems to me Sharon is handling this the only feasible way... protect the Israeli people against impending dangers. This has the strokes of something else to come...


365 posted on 08/14/2005 8:55:42 PM PDT by Cinnamon
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An Israeli woman leans over a grave as she grieves in the Gush Katif cemetery (which will be dug up). Hundreds of resident of the settlement bloc of Gush Katif came to the cemetery to pray one last time before the Israeli government begins forcebily removing them from the Gaza Strip

375 posted on 08/14/2005 9:11:22 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Islam is to Peace as Rape is to Love)
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460 posted on 08/15/2005 2:10:28 AM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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It looks like the Palestinians can hold off killing Jews for awhile because the Jews are killing Jews for them! ...just like the USA helped Albanian muslims kill SERB Catholics in Kosovo. What a world we live in!


468 posted on 08/15/2005 3:20:47 AM PDT by olezip
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email from Protest Warrior

ISLAM ASCENDANT

Today marks Tisha B'Av, a date noteworthy in Jewish history as it was this very day that both Temples were destroyed in Jerusalem, the first by the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the second by the Romans in 70 A.D. Two millennia later and it appears we'll be able to attach another tragedy to this date, the forced removal of all Jews from Gaza, set to commence this week.

This small piece of land has always been barren and squalid until 1967 when after the Arabs failed in yet another imperialist attempt to destroy the Jewish state, Israel took it over. Since then 8,000 brave pioneers have resided in a portion of Gaza. They settled in on infertile beach sand and were told by everyone that nothing had ever grown there and nothing ever would. Instead, what they accomplished was an agricultural miracle. Utilizing advanced technology which they invented, they made the sand blossom and built greenhouses that produce chemical-free bug-free organic produce that is shipped around the world and renown for its incredible quality and taste.

Now if a Muslim country had taken over this land they would have expelled all the 'infidels'. But the Jewish settlers came with garlands of peace, hope and opportunity. The greenhouses they built employ Palestinians at wages far higher than they would make under any Arab dictatorship, and have forged true bonds of harmony and friendship:

Saed, a 42-year-old greenhouse worker who commutes every day from Khan Yunis, said, "For me, it's a really good life. I make enough money to feed my family. I am close with my bosses, who treat me with respect. I don't want to be out of a job." Fhaud, 63, a greenhouse supervisor, said he has grown attached to his Jewish employers. "I've known my boss since he was a kid and I worked for his father," he said. "Some workers here have known three generations of Jewish families. I was invited to all the bar mitzvahs and weddings." Mahmoud, who works in the same greenhouse, said, "I don't want the disengagement to go through. Not just because I'll lose a job, but because I'll lose friends."

So Jews and Arabs working together, turning the desert green. In a sane world we would be commending these Jewish settlers for sowing real seeds of peace. Of course, this is not a sane world, for next week all this has to be dismantled and turned over to Islamic terrorists in the name of 'peace'. For the first time in world history a country is going to forcibly remove its own people and give land over to its sworn enemies.

So now that the poor Palestinians of Gaza are to be freed from their 'occupation', are they rejoicing in their independence and making plans to plow their energies into building communities and farms and schools and infrastructure? Are they preparing to serve as a model to the world that a country under Islamic law with a fresh start and no colonial 'imperialists' can succeed? Are they ready to turn their state into a free and prosperous Palestinian country?

At a mass rally in Gaza City last Thursday, some 10,000 Palestinians danced, sang, and chanted, "Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem." Jamal Abu Samhadaneh, commander of Gaza's Popular Resistance Committees, announced on Sunday, "We will move our cells to the West Bank" and warned that "The withdrawal will not be complete without the West Bank and Jerusalem." The Palestinian Authority's Ahmed Qurei also asserts, "Our march will stop only in Jerusalem." Meanwhile Hamas has officially announced that they will continue its war to destroy Israel by launching Qassam rockets at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and communities in Judea and Samaria. We're sure they'll be making full use of their new seaport to import weapons and munitions to keep the carnage coming.

What's becoming clear is how the religion of Islam is addicted to war and mayhem. Not a radical minority, not a rogue sect, but its very essence is about submission and sacrifice and proving your worth by worshipping death in this life to gain a paradise of orgies and drunkenness. Their entire history is of warfare, and any accomplishments of their so-called Golden Age has been proven to be merely parasitic off the cultures they've conquered and reduced to dhimmi servitude. That every country under sharia is corrupt, belligerent, desolate and barbaric obviously gives them no pause, except to constantly drive them into further psychotic rage as they refuse to ever accept any responsibility for their conditions. They are akin to the powers in Orwell's 1984; there must always be an enemy. It's no surprise that women are treated like property in these countries as that's the only way Muslim men can feed their egos, to dominate others rather than ever actually produce something.

What a victory for these people that their terrorism has paid off, with Western intellectuals cheering them on. You can only wonder how many youth who have been brainwashed from birth in the madrassas and draped in their culture of bomb-worship and martyrdom will join the global jihad as it now appears they actually have a chance to win. While our soldiers at Guantanamo have to wear rubber gloves when handing out Korans, it's pretty reasonable for them to conclude that the West is ready to fall and the global caliphate is a real possibility. Israel's retreat from Gaza will certainly do wonders for their recruiting.

We can only presume how the leftist media establishment will cover this sorry affair, so we're making available the Gush Katif section of our film Entering Zion available for free download. You can get a last look at the communities and greenhouses before they are destroyed. At least we were able to record them for posterity.

To see the video, go to http://www.protestwarrior.com/newsletters/08_14_05.php and scroll down.

We'd like to offer congratulations to all the liberal, progressive humanitarian women's rights environmentalist anti-war protesters who have made ending the 'occupation' of Gaza a top priority. What was an oasis of life is now to become a zone of death. You should be proud.

***

Speaking of those humanitarians, we have two new PW videos showing what an unprogressive attitude they have towards dissent.

Operation Enemy Enlightenment was a little street rumble between the Foothill Technology High School chapter of PW and some 'progressive' protesters, culminating in one of them admitting his desire for Communism in America to rise again. And over in Amsterdam, Dutch-PW protested an anti-Bush rally with the predictable results of having their signs ripped down. We're sure the EU will be prosecuting the protesters for hate crimes.

To see the debriefing and video for Operation Enemy Enlightenment go to http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/fths/fths.php

To see the debriefing and video for Operation Stop Bush go to http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/International/Dutch2/netherlands_pw.php

We'd also like to call your attention to a counter-protest to ANSWER's mass rally this September 24th in Washington D.C. Aptly titled Operation Defend the White House, PW will be there with other groups to counter the radical mob that is showing up demanding the President's removal from office. For details go to http://www.defendthewhitehouse.org

The way things are going in the Middle East, we may soon have to accept the reality that the global alliance of Islamic Jihad and the Socialist Left will not allow freedom to be vindicated. With Iran and North Korea building nuclear bomb factories, China on its way to becoming a military superpower, and Russia falling back towards authoritarianism, a weak and depleted United States will only be a recipe for these states to wage global war. The time is upon us to break out the Sun Tzu and bring the troops home. We've removed the WMD threat of their megalomaniac tyrant and given the people of Iraq control of their own destiny. It's now up to them if they want to be free or be another Islamic slave state.

It could have gone differently, but that wouldn't have been good for the peace protesters, for with all the coming war they're helping to bring about by providing intellectual cover to Islam and weakening us from the inside, they'll have plenty of opportunities to engage in their love of politics and protesting. True peace and liberty would be a disaster for these people, they would have nothing to rally against and would lose their justification for being. That may be the silver lining of the past two years, in that at least those with open eyes can see the true nature of evil, the pathological and inexhaustible efforts those who hate the good will go to destroy any standards of objective morality. At this point we can only sit back and watch with detached horror at what they have wrought, and what is to come.

-Alan and Kfir


474 posted on 08/15/2005 5:13:35 AM PDT by RobFromGa (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran-- what are we waiting for?)
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The Israeli govt is nuts. These settlers should be left alone.


539 posted on 08/15/2005 10:06:20 AM PDT by Kokojmudd (Outsource Federal Judiciary and US Senate to India, NOW!)
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To: adam_az

this is wrong!

They shouldnt give them an inch of that land.

That is not just! Arabs will never be satisfied of what they got today. They want more and more and more.

Long Live Israel!


605 posted on 08/15/2005 2:45:44 PM PDT by Khashayar (No Banana Allowed!)
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At this moment I am praying for the peace of all Israel, and for the brothers Judah and Ephraim to recognize each other and become one stick in the Fathers' hand. Shalom, Wes


613 posted on 08/15/2005 4:22:38 PM PDT by patriot_wes (papal infallibility - a proud tradition since 1869)
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‘snip’

Earlier, in an emotional standoff, Colonel Erez Tzukerman, head of the Golani Brigade, hugged and cried together with the Morag settlers in an effort to persuade them to evacuate voluntarily before Wednesday, when the forced evacuation was slated to begin.

"We didn't come here to clash with you, but to offer assistance and to help you, the people we once protected and worked hand in hand with," a teary-eyed Tzukerman called out to a crowd of several hundred anti-disengagement activists gathered at the entrance to the southern settlement.

A young man suddenly emerged from the crowd with tears streaming down his face and called out to the senior officer, "I was an officer under your command, you taught me what it was to be an officer and protect the Israeli people. We are not your enemy but you have turned us into your enemy. Just six months ago, I was wearing an army uniform and serving side by side with you."

Tzukerman then wrapped his arms, in a tight bear hug, around the former subordinate, evoking cries of anguish and sadness from the crowd.

Tzukerman told the crowd that he loved them and that he felt that the settlers of Morag were a part of this nation and always would be. "All of the officers are here and we are together on this day in a display of our love and affection to offer you help and assist you during this difficult time."

The crowd then broke out singing Hatikva and together with the soldiers sang the national anthem.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1124072331764

This is unbelievably sad. Golani Brigade was removed from expulsion because of their profound sympathy for the Gazan Israelis.

Golani Brigade Says No to Expelling Jews

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=84004


646 posted on 08/15/2005 7:17:55 PM PDT by dervish (tagline for rent, inquire within)
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A useful link for size comparison of Israel to the rest of the world http://www.iris.org.il/sizemaps.htm
675 posted on 08/16/2005 2:36:36 AM PDT by mastercylinder (Evolution: Taking care of those too stupid to take care of themselves.)
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Compassionate Conservatism...taking away from good people
and giving what is yours to bad people..

Palestinian terrorists there....illegal alien narco terrorists here...etc etc etc..

absolutely disgusting...and shameful
834 posted on 08/17/2005 7:24:53 AM PDT by joesnuffy (Save the whales. Redeem them for valuable prizes.)
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I continue to be puzzled.

Israel "owns" all of Israel, including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, having won them as the spoils of war not once, but three times.

And yes, can anyone answer this?

Why can Israel so easily relocate her own citizens, but can't bring herself to "relocate" known and identifiable mass-murdering "palestinnians" from her own territory?

I am totally puzzled about that.

845 posted on 08/17/2005 10:01:13 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
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