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      by David Wilder
      Personal Reflections on Hebron, Eretz Yisrael, Friends, Family and anything else that comes to mind.
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      David Wilder was born in New Jersey in the USA in 1954, and graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BA in History and teacher certification in 1976. He spent 1974-75 in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and returned to Israel upon graduation.

      For over sixteen years David Wilder has worked with the Jewish Community of Hebron. He is the English spokesman for the community, granting newspaper, television and radio interviews internationally. He initiated the Hebron internet project, including email lists of over 15,000 subscribers who receive regular news and commentaries from Hebron in English and Hebrew. David is responsible and continues to update the Hebron web sites, portraying various facets of Hebron, utilizing text, audio, video and pictures. He conducts tours of Hebron's Jewish Community and occasionally travels abroad, speaking at Hebron functions.

      David Wilder is married to Ora, a 'Sabra,' for 32 years. They lived in Kiryat Arba for 17 years and have resided at Beit Hadassah in Hebron for the past thirteen years. They have seven children and many grandchildren.

      Links to sites David recommends:
      www.davidwilder.net
      www.hebron.com (English)
      www.hebron.org.il (Hebrew)
      www.machpela.com
      www.ohrshlomo.org (Hebrew)
      www.ohrshalom.net (Hebrew)
      www.womeningreen.org
      www.zoa.org
      (others to be added)


      Iyar 25, 5769, 5/19/2009

      Jewish Activists Organize against "Two State Solution"



      The tragedy of Gush Katif must not be repeated.

      Jewish Activists Organize against a "Two State Solution"

      PRESS CONFERENCE

      Wednesday, May 20th at 5 pm
      At JFK Airport, terminal 4, Fourth Floor

      Major activists on behalf of the Land of Israel are organizing to declare that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people for over 3,000 years and should not be negotiated away. The Bible provides the clearest proof that this Land was given to the Jewish people and throughout history no other nation or people ever built a state within its borders.  From the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and until 1948, no people ever claimed that this was their land except the Jewish people.  The notion that this land is "Palestinian" is an egregious mistake based on ignorance of history. 

      The purpose of this grassroots effort is to  educate the world to this fact: the Land of Israel has been connected with the Jewish people for over three millennia and no other people has a right to this land. The Arabs are among those who invaded the land and have no legal rights to establish a sovereign nation within the borders of the land. This was recognized by the Balfour declaration and confirmed by the League of Nations. The new-found idea that the land belongs to any other nation is a new idea which has as its aim the separation of the true owner from its land. We also should remember the soldiers who fell fighting for this land and the sacrifices of the pioneers who built what is now a flourishing land and country. 

      This grassroots effort is also directed at all major Jewish organizations calling upon them to reaffirm unequivocally their commitment to the Biblical Heritage and its unbreakable bond with the land. Major concepts, principles and precepts that are at the foundation of all civilizations have their origins in the Bible. The activists have now reached over 30,000 people residing all over the world and who are in contact via email.   We have circulated a petition to formally request that all Major Religious Jewish Organizations,  and especially those committed to the Torah,   express  a clear message,  that the Land of Israel is our Heritage from Biblical times and that the Jewish people oppose ceding any part of Biblical Israel to any foreign nation.  The tragedy of Gush Katif (the withdrawal from Gaza) must not be repeated. The letter may be accessed via this link, Letter to Religious Jewish Organizations.  

      Featured speakers include Rabbi Chaim Richman, from the Temple Institute,  Jerusalem, Rabbi Algaze from The World Committee for the Land of Israel, Rabbi Moshe Goldsmith - Mayor of Itamar, Shomron and Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America. We will also hear  greetings and blessings  from Rabbanim and  political leaders in Israel .

      We proclaim that we are partners with the settlement enterprise to proudly settle and protect the Holy Land, the Land of our Ancestors, in Judea and Samaria and throughout the entire Promised Land and do not reject our Biblical birthright our precious gift from G-d.

      Entrance from rear of building.  Park by Blue Parking and bring your parking ticket so that the Jewish Chaplain, Rabbi Rackman ,  will have it validated for 4 hours of free parking.    We would appreciate knowing if you will attend since space is limited.  Send an email to eyisrael1@gmail.com cc: faigerayzel@gmail.com
       If you are unable to attend we have arranged for a conference call as well.  You will be able to call in one of these two numbers and listen live

      Conference Dial-in: 1-712-432-3100
      Conference Code: 586317
      Dial-in Access Number: 1-218-862-7200
      Conference Code: 720504

       

      Tova Abadi

      Tamar Adelstein

      Rabbi Algaze

      Ted Belman

      Dr. Paul Brody

      Susie Dym

      Paul Eidelberg

      Yishai Fleisher

      Dr. Joe Frager

      Helen Freedman

      Rabbi Moshe Goldsmith

      Evelyn Haze

      Odelia Jacobs

      Izzy Kaplan

      Yehudit Katsover

      Mort Klein

      Shmuel Koenig

      Sara Lehmann

      Janet Lehr

      Buddy Macy

      Nadia Matar

      Rob Muchnick

      Yosef Rabin

      Rafael Rabinovich

      Rabbi Chaim Richman

      Rivka Ryback

      Shmuel Sackett

      Robin Ticker

      Charlotte Wahl

      Yossi Winter

      J Wolfowicz

      Arieh Zaritsky



      Iyar 24, 5769, 5/18/2009

      MK Ya'akov Katz - Ketzela - at Hebron protest




      Iyar 23, 5769, 5/17/2009

      PA: The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations



      The day will come when we will rule America
      As Netanyahu and Obama prepare to meet tomorrow, it might be worthwhile to ensure that both of them are aware of the following statement, issued by an official employee of the Waqf - PA ministry of religion and was broadcast on official PA TV. You can fax/email to the Israeli PM office at: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il or 972-2-670-5475 and to the White House:  president@whitehouse.gov or  comments@whitehouse.gov or 202-456-2461  . While you're at it, why not let Hillary know too: Fax - 202-647-2283

      May 13, 2005 Clip No. 669 Palestinian Friday Sermon by Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris: Muslims Will Rule America and Britain, Jews Are a Virus Resembling AIDS

      The following are excerpts from a Friday sermon on Palestinian Authority TV. The preacher is Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris. PA TV aired this sermon on May 13, 2005

      Ibrahim Mudeiris: Allah has tormented us with "the people most hostile to the believers" – the Jews. "Thou shalt find that the people most hostile to the believers to be the Jews and the polytheists." Allah warned His beloved Prophet Muhammad about the Jews, who had killed their prophets, forged their Torah, and sowed corruption throughout their history.

      With the establishment of the state of Israel, the entire Islamic nation was lost, because Israel is a cancer spreading through the body of the Islamic nation, and because the Jews are a virus resembling AIDS, from which the entire world suffers.

      You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations.

      Ask Britain what it did to the Jews in the early sixth century. What did they do to the Jews? They expelled them, tortured them, and prevented them from entering Britain for more than 300 years. All this was because of what the Jews did in Britain. Ask France what it did to the Jews. They tortured them, expelled them, and burned their Talmud, because of the civil strife the Jews wanted to spark in France, in the days of Louis XIX. Ask Portugal what it did to the Jews. Ask Czarists Russia, which welcomed the Jews, who plotted to kill the Czar - so he massacred them. But don't ask Germany what it did to the Jews. It was the Jews who provoked Nazism to wage war against the entire world, when the Jews, using the Zionist movement, got other countries to wage an economic war on Germany and to boycott German merchandise. They provoked Russia, Britain, France, and Italy. This enraged the Germans toward the Jews, leading to the events of those days, which the Jews commemorating today.

      But they are committing worse deeds than those done to them in the Nazi war. Yes, perhaps some of them were killed and some burned, but they are inflating this in order to win over the of the media and gain the world's sympathy. The worst crimes in history were committed against the Jews, yet these crimes are no worse than what the Jews are doing in Palestine. What was done to the Jews was a crime, but isn't what the Jews are doing today in the land of Palestine not a crime?!

      Look at modern history. Where has Great Britain gone? Where has Czarist Russia gone? Where has France gone - France, which almost ruled the entire world? Where is Nazi Germany, which massacred millions and ruled the world? Where did all these superpowers go? He who made them disappear will make America disappear too, God willing. He who made Russia disappear overnight is capable of making America disappear and fall, Allah willing.

      We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again. The day will come when we will rule America. The day will come when we will rule Britain and the entire world – except for the Jews. The Jews will not enjoy a life of tranquility under our rule, because they are treacherous by nature, as they have been throughout history. The day will come when everything will be relieved of the Jews - even the stones and trees which were harmed by them. Listen to the Prophet Muhammad, who tells you about the evil end that awaits Jews. The stones and trees will want the Muslims to finish off every Jew.

      http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/669.htm 

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      And don't forget the rally in Washington:

      Please plan to join a rally in support of the State of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu across the street from the White House, rain or shine, at:
       
      Lafayette Park
      Washington, DC
       May 18, 2009
       10am-3pm 

      On Monday May 18, 2009 many Pro-Land of Israel activists will come together to stand in peaceful vigil at the White House in Washington DC for the sake of the Land and People of Israel. 


      If you plan on organizing a bus to the vigil please send an email to eyisrael1@gmail.com
      and we will post your organized bus on the below listed blog.

      Make sure to list the City, State, Time and place of departure. 

      In addition please let your family and friends know about this important petition calling on Jewish leaders to take a stand for our people and land http://www.petitiononline.com/1eys/
       
      Also see: http://eretzy.blogspot.com/



      Iyar 21, 5769, 5/15/2009

      For the Sake of the Land and People of Israel.



      Rally in support of Israel! Rally for continued American support for the safety and security of Israel! Let the President hear our voices!
      Please plan to join a rally in support of the State of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu across the street from the White House, rain or shine, at:
       
      Lafayette Park
      Washington, DC
       May 18, 2009
       10am-3pm 

      On Monday May 18, 2009 many Pro-Land of Israel activists will come together to stand in peaceful vigil at the White House in Washington DC for the sake of the Land and People of Israel. 


      If you plan on organizing a bus to the vigil please send an email to eyisrael1@gmail.com
      and we will post your organized bus on the below listed blog.

      Make sure to list the City, State, Time and place of departure. 

      In addition please let your family and friends know about this important petition calling on Jewish leaders to take a stand for our people and land http://www.petitiononline.com/1eys/
       
      Also see: http://eretzy.blogspot.com/


      Iyar 20, 5769, 5/14/2009

      All pigs must die because they descend from Jews



      Fatwa: pigs in our time have their origins in Jews who angered Allah
      Palestinian Media Watch

      All pigs must die
      because they descend from Jews
      :
      According to Egyptian Islamic scholar
      by Itamar Marcus & Barbara Crook
      PMW Bulletin pmw@pmw.org.il 
      May 13, 2009


      All pigs alive today are descendants of the Jews who were turned into pigs by Allah, according to a senior Egyptian religious leader. Since all pigs are descendants of Jews, it is obligatory to kill all pigs, says Sheikh Ahmed Ali Othman.  

      Presumably if pigs were merely animals, they would not face destruction. It is their Jewish ancestry that condemns them to death.   

      The Jordanian newspaper Al-Hakika al-Dawliya adds that this is not the only opinion. It cites Sheikh Ali Abu Al-Hassan, head of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar [Sunni Islamic university], who believes that all the Jews who were turned into pigs by Allah died out without reproducing, and therefore there is no relationship between today's pigs and Jews. 

      The following is the transcript from Al-Moheet Arab News Network:    

      "CAIRO -- Sheikh Ahmed Ali Othman, supervisor of the Da'awa [Islamic Indoctrination] of the Egyptian Waqf [Islamic Holy places], has issued a Religious Ruling (Fatwa) that pigs in our time have their origins in Jews who angered Allah, such that He turned them into monkeys, pigs, and Satan-worshippers, and it is obligatory to kill and slaughter them [the pigs]. 

      Othman based his ruling on the respected Quranic verse, 'Say [to the People of the Book - Jews and Christians], Come and I shall make known to you who receives the worst retribution of all from Allah: those whom Allah has cursed and upon whom He has poured His wrath, whom He has made into monkeys and pigs, and who have served abominations. Their place is worst of all, and their deviation is the greatest of all...' (Quran, sura 5, verse 60) 

      Sheikh Othman noted that this verse concerning the nation of the prophet Moses descended [from Allah to the Quran], and the books of commentary confirm this. There are two opinions among the Ulama [Islamic scholars] in this regard: The first is that the Jews, whom Allah transformed and turned into pigs, remained in that state until they died, without producing descendants. The other opinion is that the Jews who turned into pigs multiplied and produced descendants, and their line continues to this day. Sheikh Othman also cited Hadiths (traditions attributed to Muhammad) as support... 

      The Jordanian newspaper Al-Hakika al-Dawliya quoted Othman: "I personally tend towards the view that the pigs that exist now have their origins with the Jews, and therefore their consumption is forbidden in the words of Allah: 'A carcass, and blood, and the flesh of a pig are forbidden to you....' Moreover, our master Jesus, peace be unto him - one of the tasks that he will fulfill when he descends to earth is the killing of the pigs, and this is proof that their source is Jewish. 

      Sheikh Othman said that whoever eats pig, it's as if he ate meat of an impure person, and stressed that this Religious Ruling is backed by the Islamic Sages of Al Azhar, but they are afraid to say this publically... so the Sages won't be accused of Anti-Semitism.     

      Sheikh Ali Abu Al-Hassan, head of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar [Sunni Islamic university], said that the first view is accurate, because when Allah punishes a group of people he punishes only them. When Allah grew angry with the nation of Moses, He turned them into pigs and monkeys as an extraordinary punishment... but they died out without leaving descendants." 


      [Al-Moheet Arab News Network, May 10, 2009]
      [Al-Hakika al-Dawliya, May 9, 2009]