We have all had the dubious privilege of reading in the news about the latest Islamic pirates, who eagerly sail to Israel with humanitary aid for the “Palestinians” in Gaza. Let it be clear to all —- Those who travel without identification, with thousands of dollars, knives, and crowbars in each hand and pocket are not coming on a peace mission.
Blessings and Shalom,
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
As predicted here in an earlier blog, the US imposed freeze on building in at least one important Jerusalem neighborhood is now official. According to American governmental sources, Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has caved in and agreed to freeze building in the strategic Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. In exchange, the Palestinian Authority has pledged for the umpteenth time to stop incitement against Israel and Jews, and it will be “honored” in the same way as all the other promises were.
There are those who talk and those who do. Netanyahu has sadly proven himself to be the former as he adds another flimsy feather in his cap in his pandering to the great King Barack Hussein Obama. I am waiting to see Bibi’s first actual bow to the king. Obama already bows to the Saudi king, who bows to the fictional moon god called Allah, and Bibi bows to Obama, at least figuratively. Does anyone bow to the Real King, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who brought the Israelites out of Egypt? Does anyone bow to the Real King, who helped Israel to recapture all of Jerusalem in the miraculous Six-Day War in 1967 (and on the seventh day we rested!)? Building by Jews in Samaria and Judea was temporarily frozen seven months ago. Now Jerusalem, Israel’s capital is being gradually added to the list.
It’s not too late to reverse this terrible trend. Sincere belief in the Almighty G-d of Israel would give Israel the backbone to take the simple Zionist action of ending this bizarre self-discrimination against Jews. Bibi needs to start saying “No” to all unreasonable, immoral pressure, without fear of the UN, the EU, or Obama. And then to follow through on it with more than meaningless words. Enough with the declarations. It’s time for action.
Barack Obama is a big problem for Israel. The secret is out and no matter how hard the Democrats try, they won’t be able to hide his pro-Islamic pandering and anti-Israel sentiments, but that isn’t our biggest problem. Israel currently has a Prime Minister, Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, who either lacks a backbone or lacks convictions concerning our right to the Land of Israel. It was reported yesterday that in recent days, he had quietly offered the Holocaust-denying leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, 60% of Samaria and Judea (the so-called West Bank which is really the historic Biblical heartland of Israel) as a temporary state. Of course, Abbas rejected the offer, as he will reject the next offer of 70% and the next of 80%. Let me state clearly what Bibi and the past and current spokesmen for Israel aren’t getting or are afraid to say. There will be no peace for Israel until we state to Obama, Biden, Clinton, and their cohorts the uncomfortable truth, which is as follows:
1. The Land of Israel was given to the Nation of Israel as a divine inheritance, confirmed repeatedly throughout the Bible.
2. We do not have the moral right to give it away, not 60%, not 20%, and not 10%, and certainly not to unrepentant Muslim terrorists who want to destroy, not just Israel, but all of Judeo-Christian (Western) Civilization.
3. Any negotiations beyond discussing peace in exchange for peace will go nowhere and only invite more pressure and terrorism.
Once Bibi wakes up to this reality, all the pressure from Obama will be for naught. With the exception of those who have already been indoctrinated by Obama’s thought police, the American people as a whole stand with Israel in its valiant struggle for its Land and for the liberties that we all cherish and that the Islamic terrorists want to take away from us all. Let us all stand strong, be courageous, and not be afraid to speak truth to power.
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
Since his embarrassing dressing down in the Principal’s office in Washington last month, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seems to be holding firm in not giving in to President Obama’s unreasonable demands. The litmus test will be whether he agrees to extend the current building freeze in post 1967 Israel — Samaria and Judea.
In an earlier blog, I compared Netanyahu to the misguided Neville Chamberlain, for agreeing to the current building freeze. I hope that my perhaps harsh comparision was exaggerated and that Netanyahu will stand firm against all attempts to pressure Israel into submission. Pressure will only lead to more pressure, until he takes a page from Nancy Reagan’s unwritten book - “Just Say No!”
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
The Israeli Cabinet decided tonight to support Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s call for a ten-month building freeze in Judea and Samaria. This pusillanimous move by a weak leader under pressure is a blatant capitulation to the evil, implicit demand of American President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton that Israel surrender its Biblical heartland to the hostile Muslim terrorists. This is a surrender in the spirit of the notorious Neville Chamberlain whose capitulation to the dictates of Adolf Hitler were the beginning of the end for European Jewry.
Netanyahu, whose Likud party was elected with (unfortunately) strong support from the Israeli communities in the liberated territories (reestablished after the miraculous Six Day War of 1967), has now officially betrayed those pioneers in the Biblical heartland by freezing all building, including building needed for natural growth. His fellow Likud cohorts have proven to be men and women lacking in principles as well, as they backed this immoral and discriminatory policy, which officially halts all Jewish building while allowing and even encouraging Arab Muslims to expand and grow their cities and towns with the blessings of Obama, Clinton, and George Mitchell.
But we can’t just blame the Obama Administration or even Netanyahu and his Likud party. Every resident of Judea or Samaria (and those who identify with us) who voted Likud or Yisrael Beitenu had better do some serious self-reckoning. This evil decree was indirectly created by those foolish voters who voted Likud or Yisrael Beitenu rather than for the (Land of Israel faithful) National Union, thinking that by voting Likud, they would somehow have influence over the Likud government’s policy.
We are today reaping the rotten fruit of that misguided thinking.
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
Today’s top headline: US President Barack Obama has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Please forgive my cynicism, but aside from pandering to the Muslim world, bowing to the Saudi king, scheming to prevent Israeli families from having babies in Samaria, Judea, and Jerusalem, and appeasing the world’s most notorious dictators, it’s hard to know what Obama’s foreign policy accomplishments are.
I am so impressed with the choice of the Nobel committee that I would like to already send in my suggestions for next year!
I would like to hereby nominate several highly worthy candidates for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Caesar Chavez of Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and last but not least, Hassan Nasrallah of Hizbullah - As is well known, these are all men of peace, proponents of non-violence and moderation, and according to Obama, leaders who can be reasoned with, if we would only show more understanding for their needs and concerns.
May the best man win!
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
Eleven months ago, I blogged on this site about the new American President Barack Obama, whose charisma, smooth talk, and minority status captivated Jews across America. Polls reported that the first-term senator was elected with 78% of the Jewish vote. During Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s trip to the White House back in March, he referred to Obama in the concluding press conference as “a great friend of Israel”. On the other hand, a recent Smith Poll taken in Israel revealed that only a miniscule 6% of Israelis consider President Obama to be “Pro-Israel”.
How are we to understand all this? Which perception is correct and which is wishful thinking? In my blog, written well before the Inauguration, I chose to give the new President the benefit of the doubt. I decided to hope that he might transcend his Muslim roots, reach out to Israel and stand with freedom and liberty, as an expression of America’s Biblical roots. This despite the ominous warning signs that were manifest in Obama’s close associations with violent leftists and haters of America. These included former but unrepentant terrorist William Ayres, or Obama’s Israel and America-hating pastor Jeremiah Wright, who the new president had often referred to as his “mentor”, and his extreme “Palestinian” pal Prof. Rashid Khalidi. These relationships were all close until it proved politically necessary to deny them. I saw all of this and was very wary, but since his election, it has become even clearer that the warning signs were real and that President Barack Hussein Obama is no friend of Israel, but is in fact a veiled leftist Muslim enemy who is trying to achieve friendship with the Muslim dictatorships at Israel’s expense.
Since Obama’s term in office began, his words and actions have become more extreme. Even his slick computer-savy media advisors can’t hide his infamous and degrading bow in deference to the Saudi King, nor can they put a convincing, positive spin on his obviously pro-Muslim speech in Cairo. Furthermore, his advisors’ photo release of his “chat” with Netanyahu with the soles of his shoes pointed at the Israeli leader’s face was a clear display of insult known well in the Muslim world (note the “old shoe attack” on former President Bush). We see that President Obama is, unfortunately, both an “Obamination” for Israel and a threat to world peace, as his perceived weakness in confronting the terrorists and his coolness towards Israel, will no doubt be exploited by the world alliance of terrorist organizations.
So how do we explain Netanyahu’s praise for the “great friend of Israel”? Whether or not he believes what he said, he is simply pandering to the leader of what is still the most powerful nation in the world, but such pusillanimous behavior is never respected nor rewarded. Let us state this as clearly as we possibly can - Netanyahu and Israel need not fear. Obama’s views and opinions are not the views and opinions of the average American, many of whom believe that God’s promises to Israel are forever. The God of Israel is much greater than the great Obama.
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will continue to speak the name of the Lord our God.” (Psalms 20:7)
That is the best answer to Obama and his deceitful plans for “peace”, for any “peace plan” that isn’t based on Biblical history and historical fact has no chance of succeeding.
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
It is a rare politician that manages to transcend the maxim that “politics is the art of the possible” and advances from politician to visionary. Prime Minister Netanyahu may or may not have failed that test in his Bar Ilan University response speech to President Obama’s pro-Muslim speech at Cairo University.
Obama had implied in his infamous praise of Islam and criticism of Israel speech, that Israel was formed as a response to the Holocaust in Europe, thus supporting the Muslim canard that Israel was created at their expense to atone for European guilt. Netanyahu adequately responded to this, by giving a history lesson about our ties to the Land of Israel. He also spoke positively about the pioneers who are struggling against all odds to build up the Biblical heartland of Israel, although I wasn’t pleased that he spoke against the expansion of west bank settlements (communities in Samaria and Judea). Such a policy is inherently unfair, as it ignores the rampant illegal expansion of Arab towns. and should never be based on foreign pressure against Israel.
The main problem as I see it, is that no one will remember the proud history lesson nor the nice words about the “settlers”, but they will remember and repeatedly quote that Netanyahu finally agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Sure, he placed several conditions on its creation, such as the recognition of Israel as a Jewish State and Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital city. These conditions might make the plan’s acceptance by the Arab world a non-starter. With G-d’s help, they will refuse this peace plan as they’ve refused all the others that fall short of guaranteeing Israel’s destruction.
Even so, calling for such a state is dangerous, not only because of the precedent that it sets, but because it is morally and historically wrong to say that such a state deserves to come into existence. Even if the Muslim Arabs of the Land of Israel are considered to be a people, they certainly have no historical roots as a nation in this Land that G-d gave to His chosen nation Israel. Furthermore, to promise them a state is to reward the fathers of terrorism, while not stopping the inevitable pressure on Israel from Obama and his cohorts to compromise on these statedly firm conditions.
To be a visionary is to not be afraid to be morally right even if it hurts your international popularity. Netanyahu may yet surprise us by standing firmly behind his conditions, and if he does, there will be no surrender of our Biblical heartland because the Arabs are extremely unlikely to accept his conditions. In that case, his speech will be praised as a brilliant move in the chessboard of international diplomacy. If not, he will go down in history as just another spineless Israeli politician who failed the true test of a visionary — which is not collapsing one’s principles due to pressure and at the same time seizing the opportunity to speak truth to power.
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
The pressure is on. But the essence of that pressure has changed. Rather than just calling for a two-state solution (translation: another Muslim terror state, this time in the historic heartland of Israel), We are now being told by Obama’s surrogates, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden, that we need to stop all “natural growth”. As I asked on a recent CBN news report (see link below), what exactly is being implied here? Are they suggesting that we not provide our children with homes to live in? Are they demanding that we stop having children? While not (yet) explicitly stating that, the demand reminds me of Hitler’s infamous Nuremburg Laws, in which he regulated the sexual behavior of German citizens, both Jewish and Gentile. In this case, the American administration is only speaking about the Jewish residents of Samaria and Judea (the so-called West Bank), so I guess it can’t be racist, since it passes the Left’s litmus test of political “correctness”. According to the arrogance of politically correctness, a policy can’t be racist if it fits a particular extreme left-wing ideology, which in this case jibes with radical Islamic ideology.
Let it be said clearly for the political leaders of the world to hear: We will continue our natural growth in the Biblical Heartland of Israel. We will continue to have many children, we will continue to build homes and schools for them, and we will continue to build therapy programs for the terror victims who need our help because of the Muslim Arab terrorism. But if you side with those terrorists in attempting to stop our natural growth, you will be going against a historic, Divinely-ordained process that is much greater than you.
“The smallest will increase a thousandfold, and the youngest into a mighty nation. I am G-d, in its time, I will hasten it.” (Isaiah 60:22)
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2009/May/Obama-Calls-for-Halt-of-Jewish-Settlements/
The ground troops of the Israel Defense Forces (the I.D.F.) have just entered Gaza. We hope and pray for their success and minimal casualties on our side.
This attack on the Muslim terror organization known as Hamas should have been done several years ago, while we still had thriving, although besieged Israeli communities in Gaza, but that was not to be. In the Summer of 2005, our political leadership, led by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and gleefully supported by his then deputies Ehud Olmert and Tzippi Livni, foolishly and callously destroyed those wonderful communities that had literally made the desert bloom, in the naive hope that the terrorists would halt their rocket attacks, thus bringing peace on Earth and goodwill towards men, women and children. How blind and careless they were. After the expulsion and subsequent withdrawal of the IDF, the rocket attacks picked up speed and range, as there were no Israeli soldiers in Gaza to prevent the bomb and rocket factories from increasing their capabilities and expanding production, with massive funding and technical support from Iran and the political acquiescence and quiet financial support of the so-called Arab moderates who are relatively moderate only in their degree of adherence to Muslim Sha’aria (religious dictates) and the extent to which they oppress their women.
Finally, after months of speaking of the magnificent virtues of restraint as our children were repeatedly traumatized by the threat of war and terror always hanging over our heads, our corrupt governmental triumvurate of Prime Minister Olmert, Foreign Minister Livni, and Defense Minister Barak, while awaiting the Feb.10th elections and seeing their political parties’ plummeting poll numbers, have finally woken up and suddenly realized that rocket attacks on Israeli cities are an existential problem for Israel after all!
So the troops have finally gone in. We wish them great success in their mission and pray that the self-serving governmental triumvurate will overcome its myopia and understand that a ceasefire should not be discussed at this time. A temporary cessation of violence until our Feb.10th elections or a few months or even a year beyond that date is not sufficient. If we don’t destroy Hamas now, destroy their weapons smuggling tunnels now, collect their weapons now, and fully reconquer Gaza, we will be back in a similar situation or worse within the year.
And let the world remember before it’s too late, we Israelis are here on the front lines fighting the war on terror, but the ultimate sights of the terrorists’ weapons are aimed at the United States, Europe, India, China, and any other country in which Muslims are not in control. If we don’t win the battle here in Israel and if we don’t receive your support in this battle, the terrorists will (once again) reach your borders and your cities.
David Rubin
Shiloh, Israel