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Arson in Israel
(The Response? Build, Baby, Build)
The scorched earth policy of the Arabs is
obviously terrorism and should be treated as such.
With the raging fires throughout Israel coming under control, Israeli government officials have put out a number of proclamations about their origin, the battle to control them and the devastation they caused.
To their credit, many officials are not shying away from calling many of the fires what they were - arson - a heinous crime whose intent is simply to destroy.
There are numerous documented cases of Arabs in Israel and throughout the Middle East celebrating Israel "afire", including in Arab media. How pathetic and disgusting, although not entirely unexpected. After all, what did the Arabs in Gaza do after the expulsion of every single Jew from there? They burnt all remaining buildings, including synagogues, and destroyed sophisticated farm and irrigation equipment, solely because it had belonged to Jews.
So much for wanting to better their own lives. Then, and now. No change.
And on another note, with so many Israelis made homeless by the fires, how can the government even contemplate another expulsion - this one of Jews living in the town of Amona, and other towns throughout Judea and Samaria.
Now is the time to build, not destroy and expel. The housing shortage in Israel is acute and has just been made worse. There is plenty of room for development throughout Judea and Samaria. Plans for thousands of apartments have been in the pipeline for approval for years. Now is the time to formally give approval, and build, baby, build.
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It Never Ends - Jews Against Israel
Caroline Glick's article a few days ago in the Jerusalem Post should be read by everyone - especially Jews - who support Israel. Here is a brief summary:
- Much of the Arab world is looking forward to the presidency of Donald Trump as a way to help combat and defeat Islamic terrorism in the Middle East.
- However, Muslims in America played key roles in Hillary Clinton's campaign, overwhelmingly voted in favor of her, and are worried about Trump's attitude toward and relationship with the Muslim community.
As Glick thus writes, The gap between the Arab world's support for Trump and the Muslim American community's opposition to him is particularly notable because it reverberates strongly the growing cleavage between the Israeli government and public and large swaths of the American Jewish community. Led most prominently by the Anti-Defamation League and its executive director Jonathan Greenblatt, in the wake of the election, American Jews are at the forefront of efforts to delegitimize Trump and his senior advisers. Unlike their Muslim American counterparts, who are keeping their criticism of Arab regimes to themselves, Greenblatt, the ADL and their allies on the Left have linked their opposition to Trump to legitimizing opponents of Israel.
- Writing about the ADL, Glick states, It has tried to legitimize the BDS campaign to boycott Jewish Israeli products and divest from businesses that do business with Jewish-owned Israeli businesses.
- The ADL has even supported Rep. Keith Ellison's candidacy to serve as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Ellison, a convert to Islam, has a long association with the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam, and has been a proponent of anti-Israel initiatives in the Congress, including a boycott of Israeli Jewish products.
- Given all this, Glick writes, many American Jews have conflated their Judaism with support of leftist, anti-Semitic causes.
- Which gives us all pause to worry.
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The December 2016 Outpost is now online!
Here is the table of contents from December's AFSI's Outpost publication. You can download and read it in full at December 2016 Outpost.
Click HERE for archived back issues of the Outpost.
| Precinct Israel: Still Counting | William Mehlman |
| From the Editor |
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| Balfour Declaration, November 2016 | Richard Kemp |
| Islamic Terrorists Not Poor and Illiterate | Giulio Meotti |
| Blasphemy Courts | Douglas Murray |
| Oh Those Sands! Those Shifting Sands! | Mordechai Kedar |
| Leave the United Nations | Ruth King |
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AFSI Calendar of Events
Wednesday, November 30, 6:00 PM private pre-screening reception; 7:00 PM screening followed by panel discussion
CAMERA and Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) present a powerful new film on the crisis on our college campuses: Hate Spaces - The Politics of Intolerance on Campus.
Learn how anti-Semitism is being made fashionable at many American universities through the delegitimization of Israel.
Panel discussion after the movie with Dr. Charles Jacobs, Avi Goldwasser, Andrea Levin and Tatiana-Rose Becker
NEW LOW PRICE: now $18 for orchestra seating. Contact Lori Posin 516-484-4848 or lori@camera.org for tickets and to learn about the private pre-screening reception.
Symphony Space - 2537 Broadway (between 94 & 95 streets)
Wednesday, November 30, 6:00 PM
ISGAP presents Prof. Stephen E. Sussman, speaking on: BDS on University Campuses: Anti-Semitism or Free Speech?
At Columbia University William and June Warren Hall WJ 103
1125 Amsterdam Ave, NYC
Sunday, December 4, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM IN BOSTON
National Conference presented by CAMERA in association with Alliance For Israel:
War by Other Means; Israel, BDS and the Campus
Speakers include Alan Dershowitz, Miriam Elman, William Jacobson, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, Alex Safian, Gilad Skolnick, Andrea Levin
At Harvard Law School, Milstein Conf. Center in Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
Sunday, December 4, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Bet El Institutions 34th Annual Gala Dinner
Marriott Marquis, Times Square, 1535 Broadway, at 46th St. NYC
Monday, December 5, 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Commemoration of The Exodus of Jews from Arab Countries - Reception, Lecture and Discussion
Hosted by The Consulate General of Israel in New York, The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University, and The Yeshiva University Sephardic Community Program
At Stern College, Yeshiva University 253 Lexington Ave, NYC
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Benzion Shenker, Z"L
Baruch Dayan Emet
AFSI mourns the passing of Benzion Shenker. As AFSI supporter and maestro of Yiddish and Cantorial music, Charlie Bernhaut, writes,
I am most saddened to note the death of Benzion Shenker. He epitomized true Jewish 'SOUL' music - touched the souls of all who heard him through his numerous recordings or who had the pleasure of hearing him in person. He was modest, gentle, and unassuming. He evoked JOY and brought JOY to his listeners.
When I started my hobby of presenting Jewish Soul Music in 1977, Benzion was part of what I referred to as 'The Big Four' - Shenker, Carlebach, MBD and Fried. Aside from my love of chazzanut, the four touched my soul - each in his unique way. For those who have listened to my programs for almost 40 years, they certainly can testify to the admiration I felt towards Benzion and the pride I had in being his friend.
In 1994, 22 years ago, I had the honor of doing a two-hour interview with Benzion. That program is now available on my website: www.charliebernhaut.com. Simply log on, go to the Archive, and check out the latest Show # 370 of November 28th, 2016. The third hour presents interviews from this past week-end with Chaim Boruch Shenker, Benzion's brother and Velvel Pasternak noted expert of Jewish music. Also included is the complete recording of Benzion's first album from 1956 - Modzitzer Malave Malka. To hear my second two-hour interview with Benzion from five years ago scroll down on the Archive to Show # 125 of November 7, 2011.
We are all blessed to having been touched by this extraordinary talent. Benzion will be sorely missed. No doubt that his music will be appreciated for generations.
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