WARNING DIASPORA JEWS!

I am posting a few different things pertaining to the war in Gaza. This blog post will be more of a mish-mash, but interesting things you should know none the less.

1) An email was caught by The Jewish Internet Defense Force (JIDF)   

It seems that those nasty and angry anti-Jewish – oops, I mean, anti-Israel demonstrators are not content with stepping and burning the Israeli flag at their demonstrations and yelling to the Jews, "Go back to the ovens!".  Now they are planning a new strategy:

Coming to a Synagogue Near You!

"No more demos. No more signs, chants, pithy t shirts. No more marches to nowhere.

And DEFINITELY no more emails to Congress, or heart-felt messages to Change.Gov and Obama, begging the conspirators to stop the conspiracy.

We each one of us is responsible - and we each one of us must take action. We cannot rely on Others to do it for us….

I have strongly suggested to many different so-called action groups, that we immediately institute a program of visits to every synagogue in the USA, on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, and rise in each congregation and - in dignified firm and unemotional voices - repeat "STOP THE KILLING"– We need to go in groups of 3-4, to insure that we have 1 person as a defensive shield, and one as a video camera witness, recording everything….

The Jews of America must be confronted with their clear responsibility- far more than complicity-in the mass murders, occupation, and forced starvation of the people of Palestine." 

(Thanks to Andrea for sending me this news piece from JIDF.)

My Jewish Brothers and sisters, did you think you could avoid getting the flak by hiding in your Monsey homes?  Go now to:  www.Nbn.org.il  and fill out a form to come home.  Get passports for everyone in your family NOW.  Be ready to leave at a moment's notice.  Things in America will not get better, they will get worse.  It happened in Persia, it happened in Spain, it happened in Germany and it will happen in America. G-d has a plan, and the future of the Jewish people is NOT in Monsey, Boca Raton, London, Paris, or Melbourne.  The future of the Jewish People is in Israel.

2) Attackers crashed a burning car into the gates of a French synagogue Monday night while a lecture was underway inside. A second vehicle, apparently used to push the flaming car into the synagogue, was found to hold several petrol bombs.  This can happen at any synagogue around the world.

(Photo AP/ Manuel Blondeau)

3) Though we here in Israel may be in a war and facing challenging times ahead, it will be nothing compared to what Jews will face outside of Israel where they have very few Jewish doctors and lawyers who own or even know how to use a gun and protect their family.  Remember the riots in Crown Heights several years ago?  The police didn't want to go in and stop the rioters.  And Yanky Rosenbaum got murdered.  It took more than two days for the cops to finally deem it 'calm enough' (after the pillaging and plunder and murder) to go in and make a police presence. In Israel, most homes have guns, and we know how to use them.  

4) I am concerned that the prophesy telling about a 9 month occupation of Israel by a foreign entity may be coming true soon. (Gemara Yuma says: The wicked kingdom of Romi (USA) will extend on Israel for 9 months)  The Gaza war is a perfect 'opening' to have our leaders tell us that we must invite in foreign troops (UN, NATO, etc? ) into the Israel Gaza areas to 'keep the peace'.  Yah, like that really worked in southern Lebanon.  We have had UN Peace keeping forces there since the end of the 2nd Lebanon war to keep the peace and make sure no more weapons would reach the Hezbollah.  However, what happened was that the Hezbollah was able to totally restock their missiles and weapons and build up even more than what they had before the 2nd Lebanon war. – All under the nose of the UN Peace Keeping troops there. 

Hello? We have our own army, the IDF, or has our government and the world forgotten? But nevermind, Bush wants his Road Map implemented and a Palestinian State to be established in the belly of Israel ASAP.  Bringing in foreign troops will speed up the process.  But will there be payback to the United States and the International Community for trying to wrest G-d's Land from the Jewish people? Read Ezekila Chapter 38 and decide for yourself.

5) Enjoy this brilliantly funny video that was on a blog called Elders of Zion.  Thanks to whoever sent me this by email.

Jews With Guns

Oh but that the Jews had guns to protect themselves in Europe during World War II.
Oh but that the Jews had guns to protect themselves from Arab pogroms against us in Israel in the 1920's.
Oh but that the Jews had guns when we fought the British and then the Arabs in our war of Independence in 1948. 
My father is a holocaust survivor.  After having his father murdered by the Nazis and being a slave laborer, when he was finally liberated, he tried to make his way to the Land of Israel after WWII.  After working his way and crossing borders till he got to Italy, he was able to get aboard an illegal ship that was sailing and bringing holocaust survivors to Israel. He sailed with the hope of finally coming home. Just as they were able to see the port of Haifa ahead of them, the British surrounded and boarded the ship, forcing them to Cyprus.  They rounded up all the Jewish refugees and imprisoned them in a DP camp (Displaced Person's camp).  After months, he finally was able to get into the land of Israel.  Soon after, he was a soldier fighting for the liberation of Israel in the 1948 War of Independence. 
I will never forget one of the stories he told me, of when a shipment of guns used in WWII  arrived in Israel for our fighters. The guns were packed in wooden crates and were packed in grease, to keep the guns from rusting.

My father told us that he and his buddies were cleaning the grease off the guns, and while they were cleaning them of the grease, they saw that these rifles had swastikas on them.  They were rifles used by the Germans (purchased after the war, from Czechoslovakia).  I was aghast when I heard that.  I don't remember the exact wording but this was the gist: I said to him earnestly and with all the sensitivity I could, "How did you feel, Dad, being a holocaust survivor and knowing you were holding guns that were used to kill Jews?"  I was waiting for a deep and profound answer.  I was expecting him to say that he shook when he saw the swastikas and was unable to handle the guns, thinking what those rifles had done."  Instead he answered me and said incredulously, "What?  We were thrilled.  We didn't care about swastikas, shmastikas.  We were just happy to HAVE GUNS!"  
My dad.  (I am shaking my head in humor and amazement.)

And so, it is with great relief and gratitude to Hashem, G-d, that today we Jews in the Land of Israel and can defend ourselves.  I do NOT want to talk about politics today.  I want to just thank G-d for all the wonderful blessings he has bestowed upon us.  For two thousand years we have had to wander the globe, begging for mercy from the nations we had settled in or were forced to go to.  We had no one we could go to for justice, and kings and czars could transfer us, steal from us, pogrom us, and kill us, and we had no recourse to justice. 

It is my wish to share one last story with you, one that is from a very lovely book written by Roy S. Neuberger about his returning to Judaism with the guidance of Rebbetzin Esther Jungries who was integral in that process.   The book is called, "From Central Park to Sinai".  He shares a story from Rebbetzin Jungreis's family history.   http://www.tosinai.com/  

Pg. 188  (After the Holocaust) "In the 1950's it was still very unusual to fly to Israel, so he traveled by ship.  The ship docked in Naples, and Rabbi Jacob got off to stroll on the pier.  He saw a war ship and walked up to it, amazed to see that it flew the flag of Israel.  At the end of the gangplank was a sailor.  The sailor had a gun in his hand.  For Rabbi Jacob, coming from the Holocaust, it seemed as if he were looking at the angel Gabriel.  This was the first time he had ever seen a Jew with a gun.  He went over and asked the sailor, "Where are you from?" 
"Hungary"
So he asked in Hungarian, "Can i go up on the boat?"
"You cannot."
Rabbi Jacob noticed a Hungarian coin hanging around the sailor's neck.  "Where did you get that coin?"
"Nine or ten years ago I was in Szeged and there was a rabbi and a little kid, and the rabbi gave it to me."
Rabbi Jacob started to shake.  "I want you to know, that rabbi is my father, and I am that little kid."

The sailor looked at Rabbi Jacob, and then he kissed and hugged him.  Rabbi Jacob could not speak.  Two "defenseless" Jewish children, at the mercy of the seemingly invincible nations, survived through miracles and meet again to embrace.  Such are the wondrous ways of G-d.  Such is the eternal story of the Children of Israel.  The sailor said, "I am going to speak to the captain and get permission for you to go on the ship."  He started walking up the gangplank.  Rabbi Jacob called him back.  "I have a second thought.  I have experienced enough today to satisfy me forever.  I want you to know that it's the first time in my life I ever heard a Jew say no.  In the camps, even before the war, every time a German or a Hungarian spoke to us, we had to say, 'Yes, master.'  It's the first time I ever saw a Jew with a gun, and he said no.  That's enough for me.  I don't need to go on the boat."

In this violent world we live in, where we still have millions of enemies who want to kill us, it is a wonderful thing to see Jews with guns.  Enjoy the video and please pray for our almost one million civilians under rocket and missile fire and our sons, our brothers, our fathers who make up the IDF and are fighting the evil enemies in Gaza.

Long Live Disproportional Response!

Long live 'disproportional response' against evil!

Israel is being castigated all over the media for using disproportional response.  There is much to be said about knocking hard and devastating blows against one's enemy. Israel has been absorbing deadly attacks from these Arab terrorists, whether they be the Hamas or Mahmood Abbas' PLO, for over 7 years.   First of all, if israel HAD used proportional response, we would have been bombing them each time they bombed our towns.  We would have aimed for their civilians as they purposely aimed to kill ours. But no, we have not been using proportional response against the Arab terrorists.  We have instead been following a policy of restraint.  Only now with the Arab's onslaught and increased bombing of our population centers, has our government been forced to go in, fight back and attempt to neutralize these attacks .  The immense pressure from the population was too much for Barak, Olmert and Livni to avoid reacting to, in order not to mess up their quest for establishing a PLO state here, as per the plans of the International Community, including U.S. President George Bush through his 'Road Map'.

No doubt, the Israeli government finally got the green light to defend itself,  from the White House. Perhaps they felt they could let off the pressure in Israel without having to take responsibility or flak from their Arab oil buisness partners.  Bush is on his way out of the White house so would receive little blame for the Gaza operation, and Obama is not yet in the White House, so he cannot really be blamed either.  Thus, Israel gets a green light to defend itself without too much risk for them.

As for the media and nations around the world fuming over the wide difference in the death toll in this war, what does that say?  That they want to see more dead Jews?  I can never fathom how those in the West can want to see a Moslem PLO state be formed in the belly of Israel.  These western nations even fund these terrorists, -  the same terrorists who hate the West, burn the American flag, and threaten the European countries who host them.  These same Arabs they want to give a state to, believe the Americans are the 'Big Satan' and profess to launch a Jihad on these 'Sunday People', the Christians, after they finish off the 'Saturday People', the Jews. Go figure? 
Tit for tat doesn't work when one wants an end to a war.

And so the Jews, being the canary in the coal mine, must lead the way and defeat these Arabs who swear to our elimination.  And the only way to win a war, is to use disproportionate force.  If the Arabs could, you could be sure they would use disproportional force against us.  They've practiced disproportional force without shame when they grouped up against us, 3, 4, 5 Arab countries at a time to defeat the one tiny Israel as in the 1948, 1956, and 1967 wars.  Where was the voice and outrage of the International Community then?  When these terrorists aim for and target our civilians, our schools, our playgrounds, and our synagogues, is that not disproportional?  Israel tries to fight a clean war, aiming only for the terrorists, not the civilians.  If Arab civilians get in the way of these attacks, it is because the terrorists use them as human shields.  The terrorists purposely set up their missiles next to their mosques.  The Arabs purposely attack from or take refuge in their own hospitals and children's schools, and then yell bloody murder when Israel is forced to target these places they are attacking us from.

Israel has not used proportional response against those who are attacking her. The opposite. If Israel used proportional response, we'd be bombing and blowing up their busses, their cafes and their holiday celebrations.  If we used proportional response, we'd be aiming at their civilian populations like they do ours, and shooting missiles and rockets aimed at their homes, not offices and weapon caches like we do. 

Those calling for Israel to use proportional response undoubtedly want to see Israel continue to bleed.  Those who wish to see a more' tit for tat' response want to see this conflict continue.  Tit for tat doesn't work when one wants an end to a war that has been launched against its civilians. I've never seen a battle plan that calls for a 'tit for tat' response. The only way to win a war, the only way to prevent as many causalities (on both sides) is to put an end to one's enemy's capabilities to harm you.  The only way to put an end to the war is to use massive disproportional force.  Crush the enemy like the allies did in WWII.  Bring them to their knees so they will sue for peace as in WWII.  Make them so sorry for their attacks against us, make them pay a price so steep, that they not only beg for surrender, but beg us to take back our kidnapped soldier, Gilad Shalit whom they are still holding hostage.  "Please, take back your soldier, Gilad.  Here, take him, just please, stop your offensive against us.  We can't absorb any more blows, we surrender!"  That's the only thing we should be hearing from the terrorists.

Long live disproportional response!  And don't apologize for it. It's the only way to win a war.

I don't know who this guy is, but it's pretty humorous.