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There has been a great deal of discussions on the possible scenario of a pre-emptive missile attack by Iran on the State of Israel. Recent televised events regarding Iran’s reactions to threats imposed by the U.N. Security Council due to the refusal of the Islamic Republic to end it’s nuclear fuel enrichment plans, are beginning to create more than just controversy and mild concern. They are now resulting in ‘alarm bells’ being run by even such people as Pensioner Party leader and government minister Rafi Eitan, who, as a former Mossad security professional, is calling for a massive shelter preparation in Israel in the event that the Iranians and the Americans become involved in a future military conflict. “If Iran and the U.S become involved in a military confrontation, then Israel will be the first to be struck” Eitan was quoted as saying.
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I got this via email. Once in a while these emails have a unique perspective and in light of the recent accusations by the press I thought this was worth posting. The accusation was that Dan Halutz our Chief Of Staff, sold stocks from his personal portfolio right after the soldiers were kidnapped on the Northern border. I am not sure where this personal letter. A translation.

I am asking for a minute of your time before we pour out the baby with the bath water.

I know Dan Halutz for many years and I have had the privilege of serving under his command on several occasions. It’s important that you know a number of things that I feel are relevant (and I don’t mean his dog fighting abilities in the air) when you pass judgment and discuss his case among friends and relatives.

A month after he took the office of Air Force Commander, I am sitting at the control room at 7:15 AM, the phone rings and I hear: ”Roni good morning, it’s Dan..” It was Halutz asking about some updates and just picked up the phone naturally. That’s the man.

That’s the man that as he took the position of Air Force commander released his driver and drove himself (by the way, he does the same today most of the time as Chief Of Staff).

This is the man that when he became Chief Of Staff, sent out his personal email address to the entire Air Force. Everyone ! Every single soldier in the air force could write him directly, and usually (if not always) he would personally respond.

That’s the man whose door is always open for anyone, ready to hear and listen.

This is the man that encouraged open discussions. Where even a Captain felt he could raise his hand and speak his mind (until the final summary) – because the atmosphere was focused, constructive and to the point.

This is the man that knew all the people serving below him by name.

This is the man that exemplified amazing cognitive capabilities, high intelligence, leadership and charisma. But above all a human being.

A man that never let his position and rank hurt his directness and honesty. A man without a façade, straight, honest and fair at a level I have never come across.

At that terrible day, Halutz intended to take care of something he postponed for a very long time, and as part of a list of phones that his secretary had on her desk – she managed to get the man from the bank. Halutz picked up the phone, gave his approval for a second and closed the phone. A mistake or not – that’s not the point.

We have very few high quality people in Israel – very few! These are out human assets, and we have no others. Yitzhak Rabin was one of them, and he was thrown out in 1974 by Dan Margalit (News Reporter) for a $1,000 in his wife’s bank account.
It took us 20 critical years until he came back as Prime Minister (until a “weed” killed him).

The destruction, the craft and specialty of some news reporters, is immediate. The building up takes years.

These are hard times for us all. Losing proportions and the big picture might be unbearable this time.

Thank you for your time.

Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter’s comments regarding the possible return by Israel of the Golan to Syria for a formal peace treaty, was given a ‘thumbs down’ response by his boss, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Dichter, a former head of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security organization, said that if Syria is ready to enter into a peace agreement with Israel on the same level as the current agreements Israel already has with both Egypt and Jordan, then Israel is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria. Dicther’s statement was made despite the ‘Heights’ being considered by many Israelis as being not only a strategic asset to Israel, but an important economic one as well.

Gained from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War; and the scene of some of the bloodiest tank and armor battles during the 1973 Yon Kippur War, the Golan Heights have since become one of the more serene areas of all of the territory conquered by Israel. Though fewer Jewish settlers have chosen to live there, in contrast to either the West Bank or the recently abandoned Gaza Strip, the Heights are one of the most beautiful natural spots of the entire region. Due to it’s possessing one of the entire Middle East’s most critical assets, this piece of real estate, in the long run, may turn out to be one of the most valuable. And of you haven’t guessed by now what this most important and valuable asset is, just turn on the tap on you kitchen sink. That’s right; this asset is water.

The numerous streams and natural springs present on the Golan Heights, being fed by annual melting of winter snows on Mt. Hermon, are one of the primary sources of water to both the Jordan River and to the region’s largest fresh water lake, the Kinneret. Should a future peace deal be completed with Syria, and that country’s control of the Golan be extended to within 300 meters of the Kinneret’s eastern shore; it’s obvious what that country will do with most of the water that would normally flow into the Kinneret, and into Israel’s national water system. Even though a deal had to agreed upon with Jordan, regarding part of the water flowing through the Yarmuk River into the Jordan, as well as part of the Jordan’s flow itself, the Hashimate Kingdom has abided by its agreement and hasn’t taken more than the amount allocated to it. Syria, on the other hand, might not honor any such agreements, if past history (pre 1967) is any kind of indication. Despite Israel’s ambitious plans to build at least three additional de-salenization plants of the size presently in place in Ashkelon, they still would not be ample enough to provide needed annual water supplies for Israel growing needs.

P.M. Olmert replied to Dichter’s remarks that due to Syria’s current support to terrorists, including the Hezbollah, the Golan Heights are not a subject of negotiation. This the situation as it stands now; but one might wonder if this might change several years hence. After all, former Israeli Prime Minister Areil Sharon changed his position entirely when he decided to remove all Jewish settlers from Gaza. Though fewer Jews presently live on the Golan, removing them in some future disengagement will not solve the issue of whether or not Israel should retain it. The issue is very clear, besides the security one of course. And this should be obvious to everyone, each time they turn on the tap.

The following letter was written by Steven Spielberg to Mel Gibson I’m told…

August 10th 2006

Dear Mr. Gibson,

I am one Jew who doesn’t accept your apology today. I don’t accept it, because you have spit on the graves of the Goldwyns, the Warners, the Mayers, the Cohns, the Foxes, the Thalbergs, the Selznicks, the Zukors and the thousands of other Jews both living and dead who have made your questionable career possible.

When you do get out of “rehab” and recount your millions, please consider how much of your fortune you would have if you had made your true feelings known, when you were starting out in the film industry.

You are a despicable human being, one that doesn’t even have the sense to realize that he has repeatedly bitten the hand that fed him. Whatever you (or your publicity agents) say today, does not even begin to redress your long standing theories about the Jewish people. Apparently the apple does not fall far from the tree. If you haven’t yet distanced yourself from your father’s views of the Holocaust, why should the Jewish community meet with you, or believe anything you have to say now.

Your words are a thinly veiled attempt to admit that you really messed up this time, and you want to cover yourself, so that you can continue to be adored and further your revenue stream.

The truth is, you are an unreformed, unrepentant anti semite of the worst kind, and your hollow outreach is worth less than the price of your next drink, which will surely find itself in your hands before long. I’m buying.
Of course, if I am wrong, you could start by donating $1,000,000 today to the State of Israel in her time of need.
Surely that is a small public relations price to pay for a man of your stature who “honors all of God’s children”.

Steven Spilberberg
New Rochelle, NY

Israel’s 34 day Lebanese War, now hopefully on hold, created a lot of friction between northern residents and local/national government officials, especially in regards to providing assistance for more than one million people during this period. A few private philanthropists, however, took on themselves to help alleviate people’s suffering, by providing temporary accommodations in the central and southern parts of Israel; and at their own expense.

Though not a perfect solution, billionaire Arkady Gaidamak’s “Tent City” in the southern city of Nitzanim (the same place where a number of former Gaza settlers still live in temporary accommodations), helped give northerners at least a feeling of safety: and also a feeling that someone really cared for their welfare. Though the government finally did jump on the bandwagon by creating similar accommodations at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, Gadarnak’s immediate efforts showed that private individuals and organizations can often provide solutions much quicker than government departments or ministries bogged down in indecisiveness and ‘red tape’ bureaucracy. Another known philanthropist, Dudu Zibershlag ,who together with his wife head a social assistance ‘umbrella’ organization, Meir Panim, helped provide clothing, food, toys, and other needed items to needy people, many of them who fled their northern communities with little more than the clothes on their backs.

A number of wealthy Israelis living abroad also got into the act, including former fashion model Ilana Shoshan-Diament, now living in Los Angeles; who together with her husband Moshe, distributed more than $40,000 worth of toys and games obtained from an on-line toy company. Ilana also provided comfort to the firefighters who battled blazes set by exploding Katyusha rockets. She personally distributed large quantities of cake and soft drinks to them during the crises.

A number of Israeli personalities, including Asst. Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, have gone abroad on fundraising campaigns to raise money to help rebuild the damage caused to northern communities and assist residents there to put their shattered lives back together again. Barak’s mission, to cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta, hopes to raise a sum of $300 million for the needed rebuilding and economic restoration.

Numerous articles have already been written about how the country’s northern residents felt abandoned by the government and left to languish in either inadequate shelters, or to fend for themselves by seeking safer havens further south. The efforts of members of Israel’s private citizenry and especially by people such as Gaidamak and Zibershlag, helped fill in the gaps when government officials were too busy holding press conferences to express their wartime rhetoric.

Estee Lauder Corporation (which is also the parent company of Prescriptives, Mac, Bobbie Brown, La Mer, Jo Malone,Clinique, Origins, Aramis, Aveda and Bumble and Bumble) is being boycotted by a loud and ambitious campaign of the world’s Arab and Muslim community due to Ron Lauder’s (Estee Lauder’s President) support for Israel.
Mr. Lauder has been extremely courageous and public in his support for the Jewish State and has taken real personal and financial risks to inform the world of the war that the Palestinian Authority has declared on Israel and Jews worldwide.
To combat this boycott I suggest that we all go out and buy as much Estee Lauder and Clinique products as possible. Make the Estee Lauder and Clinique counters your gift of choice. Switch brands at least for a while. It is said that beauty has many discomforts. So does supporting those who speak for us.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! LET’S SHOW THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL STAND TOGETHER.
PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON!

The above message was forwarded to my email today by concerned persons who see this and others like it as a renewal of the anti-Israel boycott which was originally put in place by many Arab and Muslim countries following Israel’s becoming an independent nation-state in 1948.
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The Jews Video collection starring Mel Gibson. It was only a matter of time.

THE JEW HATING SHMUCK

And this was just on the Guy Pinnes show

An ancient copy of the Qur’an that was recently discovered shed some light on a long held misconception. It seems that the “Shaheed” once reaching heaven will not get to be with 72 virgins, but instead get to be with one 72 year old virgin.

Small Mistake.

With the arrival of the first contingents of the agreed deployment of 15,000 Lebanese Army soldiers to patrol sections of southern Lebanon, it might be easy to believe that together with an eventual similar number of UN UNIFUL troops, some level of stability may at long last be in store for both the Lebanese and Israeli peoples. In reality, though, nothing may be further from the truth. The Lebanese soldiers, in their spiffy, immaculate uniforms, and riding in what appear to be newly painted military vehicles dating back to the Soviet military era of the early to mid 1960’s (from where much of this equipment originated from) will cause many military exports to wonder how these soldiers will have much effect against the Hezbollah, if Israeli combat units were having problems fighting them – on the ground, anyway.
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