http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/60thanniversary/ en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:23:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240027/posts The secret of Jewish survival through the ages and Israel’s independence 61 years ago, are closely intertwined. For 2,000 years Jews prayed for, cried for, hoped for, lived for and died with the wish of returning to Jerusalem. Between never giving up their national aspirations, between being reminded constantly that they were merely accursed Jooz, the possibility of assimilating into the society around them could not be accomplished easily. Even converts were all too often reminded of their roots. Frankly, neither the Europeans nor the rest of the world wanted them even when they tried to blend in and become... Freedom's Cost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240027/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:23:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137192/posts NEW YORK - This Monday, November 24th, the UN will commemorate its annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with a film depicting Jews as Nazi-equivalents and a public exhibit mourning the sixty years of Israel’s existence. “The event is an annual reminder that the UN’s real agenda is to delegitimize the birth - and the perseverance - of the state of Israel,” said Anne Bayefsky, Editor of EYEontheUN.org. Monday’s observance marks November 29, 1947 - the day that the UN voted to establish a Jewish and an Arab state in Palestine - a decision accepted by the... http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=5818 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137192/posts#comment Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:29:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081449/posts Pyongyang, September 12 (KCNA) -- Sixty-three years have elapsed since the U.S. imperialists occupied south Korea in September 1945. The days of the presence of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces in south Korea are a history of blood and shocking crimes. Ever since they set foot in south Korea, the U.S. imperialists have inflicted all manner of immeasurable misfortunes and disasters upon the people there and killed innocent people at random. They brutally put down the struggle of the people in different parts of south Korea against the U.S. "military government" in October 1946 by setting in motion planes, tanks... Korea News (DPRK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081449/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030964/posts VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania: As the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift approaches, recycled myths about its accomplishments drop from the sky like candy into the waiting arms of Americans hungry for a foreign policy alternative to endless war and secret torture. But politicians and pundits looking for a humanitarian policy to win the world's hearts and minds should look back to the airlift with caution. Sixty years after British and American planes began to fly supplies to West Berliners facing a Soviet blockade, even the faux news program "Colbert Report" has reprised the Cold War refrain that the airlift saved the... The International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030964/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027737/posts MONEY can't buy you love. This week George W Bush flies into Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan - the massive reconstruction effort that enabled western Europe to rise to prosperity from the ashes of the second world war. The president's European tour, which will include a visit to Belfast, comes on the back of a YouGov poll published last week that reveals the extent of European hostility towards the US. Asked "Do you think the United States is overall a force for good or evil in today's world?", an astonishing 43% of respondents said "force... The Dublin Sunday Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027737/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 01:19:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023028/posts JERUSALEM (Reuters) - It may not be kosher, but the Hoopoe was chosen Thursday as Israel's national bird. The Hoopoe, or "Duchifat" in Hebrew, is listed in the Old Testament as unclean and forbidden food for Jews. President Shimon Peres declared the pink, black and white-crested bird the winner of a competition timed to coincide with Israel's 60th anniversary. It beat out rivals such as the Yellow-vented Bulbul and the Palestine Sunbird. The Book of Leviticus groups the Hoopoe with birds such as the eagle, vulture and pelican that are "abhorrent, not to be eaten." Israel is a main crossroads... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023028/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 16:30:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021393/posts You can always tell when the Democrats have blown their cover and are exposed for who they really are. They get their panties in a bunch and begin to sniffle and whine. Such was the case when President Bush told the Israeli Knesset, during celebrations of Israel’s 60th birthday, "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along . . . We have an obligation to call this what it is – the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021393/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 12:38:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019882/posts After delivering a scientifically inept global warming lecture in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, greenhouse gasbag Al Gore presented Israel with a 60th birthday gift of custom tailored, regionally-targeted Globaloney. As adaptable to his surroundings as any desert snake, the shameless Nobel laureate told conference attendees that plunging water levels in their lakes and rivers were the result of -- guess what? Quothe the Goracle: "In this region of the world, the water crisis is one of the most important manifestations of the global climate change crisis." In reporting the story, the Associated Press offered this explanation for his reasoning: "Water... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019882/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 21:15:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019613/posts The cemetery at Neve Allon is small, only two rows of graves, so it was easy to find Danny’s. His was one of two graves on which the Israel Defense Force (IDF) emblem had been carved. Since it was the day before Israel’s Memorial Day, the IDF had placed a small bouquet of purple flowers and a memoriam candle on the grave, and had tied a black ribbon to the flagstaff of the small Israeli flag that stood at the foot of the grave. The stone read that Daniel, the son of Harvey and Sandra, was an immigrant from the... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019613/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 12:02:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019516/posts Israel’s 60th anniversary has prompted a rash of articles summing up the Jewish state’s achievements and problems. It’s also worth considering the world’s record vis-à-vis Israel over these six decades of its existence. The subject is very large and this article only looks at some aspects of it. 1. The difficulty of finding allies. Although, particularly with Nazi Germany’s defeat and the liberation of the camps in 1945, the Western world expressed horror over the emerging scope and nature of the Holocaust, it did not translate into caring about the struggle for survival of a few hundred thousand Jews in... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019516/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 02:59:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019167/posts By any measure, President Bush’s speech to the Knesset last week on the occasion of Israel’s 60th birthday was nothing short of stunning. This paean to the bond between the United States and Israel, while personal in many ways, went beyond anything any U.S. president had previously said and expressed sentiments that all people of good faith and seekers of peace can relate to and embrace. The president’s message was that when it comes to Israel, the U.S. would never accommodate terrorist pressure or political importuning from any source, and those who think otherwise had better reevaluate their position. He... Jewish Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019167/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 15:21:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019032/posts Israel Children Learn About Democracy, Peace And Israel's 60th Birthday By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----- May 20, 2008 ....... From Metulla in the north to Eilat in the south, every school in Israel is teaching their students the meaning of Israel 60th birthday. Students of all ages and grades have been assigned a variety of tasks from collecting photographs of family, making posters, creating green environmental exhibits to learning how to use free speech on radio, TV and in the newspapers. The Israel News Agency entered a secondary school today in the central Israel town of Ra'anana... Israel News Agency / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019032/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 04:32:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018805/posts "A little learning is a dangerous thing," wrote Alexander Pope. Daily, our 43rd president testifies to Pope's point. Addressing the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's birth, Bush said those who say we should negotiate with Iran or Hamas are like the fools who said we should negotiate with Adolf Hitler. Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018805/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 19:59:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018749/posts By Daoud Kuttab As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the naqba, or “catastrophe” - their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as external powers, the events of 1948 and what has followed - the occupation since June 1967 of the remaining lands of historic Palestine - represents a tragic failure. Israel is most at fault for this failure, owing to its continued military occupation and illegal settlements. Despite paying lip service to peace, the Israeli refusal to leave the Occupied Territories continues to be in direct contravention to what... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018749/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 18:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018395/posts The president makes a clumsy reference to Nazi Germany before Israeli lawmakers Monday, May 19, 2008 E xquisitely timed, this was not. Politicians and commentators do a disservice to history when they evoke the Third Reich to make political points, as if American policy questions can be equated to state-sponsored genocide. Such comparisons dull the uniqueness of the horrors visited upon Jews, gypsies and others during the dark years between Kristallnacht and the Allies' capture of Berlin. But there stood the POTUS, on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, addressing that country's national parliament, groping... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018395/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 00:25:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017683/posts Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama says Israel is a "constant wound" and a "constant sore" that infects "all of our foreign policy." Obama, under fire for attracting praise and support for his presidential run from the terrorist group Hamas, spoke to Atlantic Monthly at length about his views of the Middle East. Asked if he thought Israel represented a drag on America's reputation overseas, Obama said: "No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy. The lack of a resolution to this problem provides an excuse... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017683/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 16:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017299/posts President Bush made a moving speech in Israel to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of that state. The New York Sun began its editorial "Bush's Covenant" this way: As far as political reactions go, it was a weird one. President Bush gave a beautiful and moving speech in the capital of Israel to give voice to America’s solidarity with the Jewish state. He reached back to Herzl and beyond, declaring that the establishment of the State of Israel was, as the president put it, “the redemption of an ancient promise given to Abraham and Moses and David —... The Virginian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017299/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 12:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017270/posts I am four things – I am an American, I am a black man, I am an academic without a home, and I am a lover of the Jewish people and of the nation of Israel.~ Ellis Washington (2007) Madam C.J. Walker Library, Detroit, Mich., circa 1967I was almost 6 years old, my brother 3 and my little sister 1. We were waiting for my mother to check out some books. Her co-workers at my local elementary school called "white lady" because she believed in educating yourself and strove for a better life through personal discipline.I remember walking up and... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017270/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 09:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017266/posts On Israel 60th Birthday Bush Tells Iran, Syria, No Appeasement On Terrorism By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----- May 17, 2008 ....... US President George W. Bush will leave Saudi Arabia this morning for Egypt after having visited Israel for its 60th birthday celebrations. Upon his historic arrival at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, Bush stated: "Israel is our strongest friend and ally in the Middle East. Our two nations both faced great challenges when they were founded. And our two nations have both relied on the same principles to help us succeed. We built strong democracies to protect the... Israel News Agency / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017266/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 08:54:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016999/posts Democrats outraged by Bush "appeasement" remark. Bush said, “America stands with you in breaking up terrorist networks and denying the extremists sanctuary. And America stands with you in firmly opposing Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions. Permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations. For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” And: “Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” he said. “We... ISRAPUNDIT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016999/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 19:11:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017034/posts Before sending Lewis and Clark west, Thomas Jefferson dispatched Meriwether Lewis to Philadelphia to see Dr. Benjamin Rush. The eminent doctor prepared a series of scientific questions for the expedition to answer. Among them, writes Stephen Ambrose: "What Affinity between their [the Indians'] religious Ceremonies & those of the Jews?" Jefferson and Lewis, like many of their day and ours, were fascinated by the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, and thought they might be out there on the Great Plains. They weren't. They aren't anywhere. Their disappearance into the mist of history since their exile from Israel in 722 B.C.... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017034/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 20:47:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017138/posts Washington and Tel Aviv vow to take 'tangible action' to prevent Iran from acquiring 'nuclear weapons', an Israeli spokesman says. Israeli premier Ehud Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev, said on Friday that the diplomatic efforts to exert pressure on Iran to give up its uranium enrichment have so far been insufficient. "It is clear that additional steps will have to be taken," he continued. "We are on the same page. We both see the threat... And we both understand that tangible action is required to prevent the Iranians from moving forward on a nuclear weapon," said the Israeli spokesman. Regev then... Press TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017138/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 00:16:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017180/posts WHEN HE hinted to the Israeli Knesset this week that Barack Obama was an appeaser for being willing to talk to Iran, President Bush broke an unwritten rule against partisan politicking on foreign shores. He also displayed confusion about his own policies — and about the cause of his calamitous foreign policy failures. more stories like this * What they said * U.S. looks set to offer Israel powerful new radar * US-Russia pact faces opposition in Congress * Obama slams Clinton's "cowboy" talk on Iran * Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course * Perhaps Bush forgot that... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017180/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 01:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017054/posts Thursday May 15, 2008, American media hit a new low. To paraphrase Michelle Obama, I have never been less proud of my country. On the occasion of Israel's 60th anniversary, President George W. Bush gave one of the greatest speeches of his career. Yet, America's media could only see this event through the tiny prism of the upcoming presidential election, and thereby totally ignored virtually everything that was said by the most powerful man in the world to one of our nation's greatest allies. From a speech that lasted over 20 minutes -- interrupted eight times by applause from Israeli... newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017054/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 21:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016715/posts As Israel enters its 61st year, Israelis may look back with pride. Yet, the realists among them must also look forward with foreboding. Israel is a modern democracy with the highest standard of living in the Middle East. In the high-tech industries of the future, she is in the first rank. From a nation of fewer than a million in 1948, Israel's population has grown to 7 million. In seven wars -- the 1948 War of Independence, the Sinai invasion of 1956, the Six-Day War of 1967, the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and the Lebanon wars of 1982 and... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016715/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:46 GMT