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Un blog por la integridad del pueblo judío, la tierra de Israel, y la Torá.&lt;br&gt;
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Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>111</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-390304927342170490</id><published>2011-12-20T10:02:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T11:42:28.224-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La unificacion palestina y la paz en nuestros dias</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: right;" class="style2"&gt;בס"ד&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;   &lt;h3 class="style1"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-unificacion-palestina-y-la-paz-en.html"&gt;   Palestinian Unification and Peace in Our Days&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;" class="style1"&gt;   nnn&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;   &lt;h3 class="style1"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-unificacion-palestina-y-la-paz-en.html"&gt;   La unificacion palestina y la paz en nuestros dias&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: center;" class="style3" colspan="3"&gt;   &lt;img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WZmS6vfaAPo/TvCqeT2nz1I/AAAAAAAATas/2hA3zDIdiyc/s400/napoleon.gif" width="400" height="268" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;      &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style2"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;After having lost the war in Russia, Napoleon    Bonaparte, declared “universal peace,” hoping to calm the Europeans with    such a noble goal.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The    Austrians, the Brits, the Prussians and even the Russians seemed to back    him up.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But for them peace    meant, first, the elimination of Napoleon.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;–Soon those European powers would unite to defeat the French, and    the Cossacks would march on through the streets of Paris. &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Napoleón Bonaparte, después de haber perdido la guerra en Rusia, declaró    la “paz universal”, esperando calmar a los europeos con tan noble    objetivo.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Los austríacos,    los ingleses, y hasta los rusos parecían apoyarlo.   &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Pero para ellos la paz    significaba, primero, la eliminación de Napoleón.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;–Pronto estos poderes europeos se unirían para derrotar a los    franceses, y los cosacos llegaron a desfilar por las calles de París.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style2"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In 1939 en British chancellor, Neville Chamberlain,    returning from a meeting with Adolf Hitler to declare the success of his    diplomatic initiative.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“I    have appeased Mr. Hitler” declared.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Less than forty eight hours later the German army would cross the    Polish border, thus starting the Second World War.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;   En 1939 el canciller británico &lt;span class="st"&gt;Neville Chamberlain    regresó de una reunión con Adolfo Hitler para declarar el éxito de su    iniciativa diplomática.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;“I have appeased Mr. Hitler”   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;declaró&lt;/span&gt;, “he &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;   pacificado&lt;/span&gt; a Hitler”.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;En menos de cuarenta    y ocho horas el ejército alemán cruzaría la frontera polaca y daría    lugar al inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style2"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A couple of years later the Japanese ambassador in    Washington assured that his country “had every intent to keep the peace    with the USA,” just as Japanese airplanes left their island bases en    route to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.&lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Un par de años más tarde el embajador japonés en Washington aseguró que    su país “tenía toda intención de mantener la paz con los Estados    Unidos”, mientras tanto los aviones japoneses salían de las islas    japonesas rumbo al bombardeo de Pearl Harbor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style2"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;Diplomacy, said the American    humorist Will Rogers, is as essential to start a war as soldiers are to    end it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;La diplomacia, decía el humorista americano Will Rogers, es tan esencial    para empezar la guerra como los soldados son para terminarla.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style2"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;In the Middle East in general, and    in the Arab-Israeli conflict in particular, we find plenty of examples    like those of above. – Dozens of agreements have been proposed, and many    have been signed, without the most remote intention to fulfill them.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;But idealists and deluded ones, progressivists, the so-called    “pacifists” and the rest of that crowd applauded each time, as if memory    would vanish in the euphoria of illusions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;El medio oriente en general, y el conflicto árabe israelí en particular,    está lleno de ejemplos como los de arriba. –Docenas de acuerdos han sido    propuestos, y muchos firmados, sin que sea ni remotamente posible el    cumplirlos.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Pero los    idealistas e ilusos, los progresistas, los así llamados “pacifistas” y    cuanto hay por esas tendencias, aplaudieron cada vez, como si la memoria    se esfumara en la euforia de las ilusiones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style1"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;One must ask, then, when and how    will we recognize true peace? &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;To    answer this it is first necessary to understand when does peace    flourish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Cabe preguntarse, entonces, ¿Cuándo y como reconocemos la paz verdadera?   &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Para responder esto es necesario    primero entender cuando se da la paz.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td class="style5"&gt;As all illnesses need to be healed, not    merely have their symptoms hushed, it is necessary to understand the    root cause, and only if it is extirpated completely can the problem be    solved.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Como todas las enfermedades, que es necesario curarlas, no simplemente    disimular los síntomas, hay que entender la causa raíz, y solo si se la    extirpa completamente, se puede solucionar el problema.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style1"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;The cause of the endless war lies    on a wrong premise that has lead to the worsening of things.   &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Diplomacy has not solve the    problem at all, on the contrary, it has been aggravating it for already    too many years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;La causa de la interminable guerra consiste en una premisa equivocada que    ha conllevado al empeoramiento de las cosas.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;La diplomacia en nada a colaborado a solucionar el problema, por    el contrario, lo ha venido agravando ya por demasiados años.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style1"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;Palestinian Arab nationalism was    designed, from the start, to counter Zionism.   &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In its &lt;/span&gt;eagerness to    “liberate Palestine,” i.e., to destroy the country that dwells on the    territory: Israel.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Not only    Hamas, but the very own PLO have as a goal the destruction of Israel.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;The only difference is in the method.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;For Hamas it is a direct military objective, while for the PLO it    is a military objective with alternate stages of diplomatic and    bellicose activity.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;To a    diplomatic offensive, a bellicose one follows, and to a bellicose    offensive, a diplomatic one follows.&lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;El nacionalismo árabe palestino fue diseñado, desde un principio, para    contrarrestar al sionismo y, en su afán de “liberar Palestina”, destruir    al país que ocupa el territorio: Israel.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;No solo Hamás, sino la misma OLP, tienen por&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;objetivo la destrucción de Israel.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;La única diferencia radica en el método.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Para Hamás es un objetivo directamente militar, para la OLP es un    objetivo militar que alterna faces diplomáticas y bélicas.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;A una ofensiva diplomática sigue una ofensiva bélica, y a una    ofensiva bélica sigue una ofensiva diplomática.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style2"&gt;   &lt;span class="st"&gt;We have learned this and seen it too many times.   &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Who does not remember the    so-applauded foundation of the Palestinian Authority, with an Arafat    flown in from Tunis escorted by the Heil Avir, Israel’s Air force?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Soon the second Intifada would stain the Land of Israel’s soil    with innocent blood, victims of the bellicose offensive.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;And then there was another round of diplomatic agreements, and    another Intifada.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;And we    have just witnessed yet another diplomatic offensive, and now the    unification, as long as it lasts, of Hamas and the PLO.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;They said to have renounced violence forever.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Is that perhaps for the good of all and for true peace?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Perhaps for the peace and welfare of the Jews and Israel?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;What was and continues to be the raison d’être of both    organizations? What could be the reason why they meet and with what goal    do they concoct this “peace”?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Lo aprendimos&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;ya y lo vimos    muchas veces. ¿Quién no recuerda la tan aplaudida fundación de la    Autoridad Palestina, con un Arafat traído de Túnez con una escolta del    Jeil Avir, la fuerza aérea israelí?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Pronto la segunda Intifada abría de manchar el suelo de la Tierra    de Israel con sangre de las inocentes víctimas de esa ofensiva bélica.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Y luego hubo otra ronda de acuerdos diplomáticos, y otra    Intifada.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Y acabamos    de presenciar otra ofensiva diplomática, y ahora la unificación,    mientras dure, de Hamás y de la OLP.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Dicen que han renunciado a la violencia para siempre.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;¿Acaso para el bien de todos de por la paz verdadera? ¿Acaso para    la paz y el bienestar de los judíos y de Israel?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;¿Cuál fue y sigue siendo el propósito de ser de ambas    organizaciones? ¿Para qué se pueden estar reuniendo y con qué objetivo    pueden estar tramando esta “paz”?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;" class="style1"&gt;   &lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;span class="style6"&gt;The Spaniard George Santayana    said: “Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat it”.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style6" style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style6"&gt;And    Albert Einstein said “the definition of insanity is to repeat the same    experiment over and over, expecting each time different results.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="style1"&gt;nnn&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;   &lt;span class="style2" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;El español &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;span class="style2" style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Jorge Santayana dijo: “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language:ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span class="style2"&gt;Aquellos    que no recuerdan el pasado, están condenados a repetirlo”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style2" style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style2"&gt;Y Albert Einstein dijo “La definición de la    locura es repetir el mismo experimento una y otra vez, esperando cada    vez resultados diferentes”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style1" style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-390304927342170490?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/390304927342170490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=390304927342170490&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/390304927342170490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/390304927342170490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/12/la-unificacion-palestina-y-la-paz-en.html' title='La unificacion palestina y la paz en nuestros dias'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WZmS6vfaAPo/TvCqeT2nz1I/AAAAAAAATas/2hA3zDIdiyc/s72-c/napoleon.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-6307112147863029469</id><published>2011-05-19T22:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T23:01:55.820-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My Reaction to Obama's Speech?¿Mi reacción al discurso de Obama?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXPAZrFpKrU/TdXZljGuVrI/AAAAAAAASM0/YJhp1bXrpcw/s1600/Olmert_Kinnor.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WXPAZrFpKrU/TdXZljGuVrI/AAAAAAAASM0/YJhp1bXrpcw/s400/Olmert_Kinnor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608628150061651634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-6307112147863029469?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/6307112147863029469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=6307112147863029469&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6307112147863029469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6307112147863029469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-reaction-to-obamas-speech-mi.html' title='My Reaction to Obama&apos;s Speech?&lt;br&gt;¿Mi reacción al discurso de Obama?'/><author><name>Rafael V. 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Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-6673639360202862108</id><published>2011-02-02T03:51:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T00:41:28.189-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Respuesta al reconocimiento del Peru a un estado árabe-palestinoResponse to Peru's Recognition of Palestine</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: right;" class="style2"&gt;בס"ד&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Response to the recognition by the State of Peru of a    non-existent Arab Palestinian State&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;" class="style1"&gt;nnn&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mi  respuesta al reconocimiento official del Estado Peruano a    un estado árabe-palestino inexistente&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations issued the following    press release:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/boletinInf.nsf/mrealdia/5ACB6C577AC253100525782200615A34?OpenDocument" target="_blank"&gt;   Peru Recognizes a Palestinian State&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;El ministerio de relaciones exteriores del Peru emiti&lt;span class="style3"&gt;ó&lt;/span&gt;    el siguiente comunicado de prensa:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rree.gob.pe/portal/boletinInf.nsf/mrealdia/5ACB6C577AC253100525782200615A34?OpenDocument" target="_blank"&gt;   El Perú reconoce al Estado Palestino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is my response:&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He ac&lt;span class="style3"&gt;á&lt;/span&gt; mi respuesta:&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1. The United Nations General Assembly voting in 1947 in which Peru    voted in favor of the “partition of Palestine” does not constitute a    precedent of support for an Arab Palestine. The Palestine of back then    was a British protectorate held in a temporary manner between the    dissolution of the Ottoman Turkish empire in 1917 and the national    resolution that would bring about the establishment of the State of    Israel in 1948. This was ratified, to begin with, with the Balfour    declaration in 1917, which favored the establishment of a Jewish    national home in Palestine. In 1947 the Arab countries and the Arabs of    the above-mentioned protectorate vehemently opposed such partition and    refused any recognition of the State of Israel. With that it was the    Arabs themselves who rejected the partition and declare as their goal    the destruction of any Jewish national entity on the Holy Land, which    they held as a priority greater than the exercise of free    self-determination of the Arabs themselves. &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1. La votación de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en 1947    en las que el Perú votó a favor de la “participación de Palestina” no    constituyen un antecedente de apoyo a una Palestina árabe. La Palestina    de aquel entonces era un protectorado británico sostenido de manera    interina entre la disolución del imperio Turco-Otomano en 1917 y la    resolución nacional que llevaría al establecimiento del Estado de Israel    en 1948. Esto fue ratificado para empezar con la declaración Balfour en    1917 que favorecía el establecimiento de un hogar nacional judío en    Palestina. En 1947 los países árabes y los habitantes árabes del    protectorado susodicho se opusieron vehementemente a tal partición y se    negaron a todo reconocimiento del Estado de Israel. Con esto fueron los    propios árabes los que rechazaron la partición y declararon por objetivo    la destrucción de toda entidad nacional judía sobre tierra santa, cosa    que sostenían como prioridad por encima del ejercicio a la libre    autodeterminación propia como árabes.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Moreover, the PLO declared as their own objective since its    foundation in 1964 that the territories on the west bank of the Jordan    river was not of their concern for being these “part of Jordan”. The PLO    had as a goal, hence, the destruction of Israel proper. It is worth of    mention that Jordan resign in 1994 from any territorial claim over Judea    and Samaria, on the west bank of the Jordan river.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Más aun, la OLP declaró como objetivo propio desde su fundación en    1964 que los territorios a la margen occidental del río Jordán no les    incumbía por ser estos “parte de Jordania”. La OLP tenía por objetivo,    pues, la destrucción del Estado de Israel propio. Cabe mencionar que    Jordania renunció en 1994 a todo reclamo territorial sobre los    territorios de Judea y Samaria, en la margen occidental del Jordán.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2. The current offensive on the diplomatic front is not a step    towards peace, but a manipulative maneuver by the PLO with the goal of    exerting pressure on Israel in order to obtain concessions from it    without having to give anything in exchange. The apparent abandonment of    violence on the side of the PLO is of temporary nature, if even real,    and a strategic move to obtain territorial advances and to grab    positions that compromise the security and integrity of Israel and of    it's inhabitants.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2. La presente ofensiva en el frente diplomático no es un paso hacia    la paz, sino una maniobra manipulativa por parte de la OLP con el    objetivo de ejercer presión sobre Israel para obtener concesiones de    este sin tener que dar nada a cambio. El aparente abandono de la    violencia por parte de la OLP es de naturaleza temporal, si acaso real,    y estratégico para conseguir el avance territorial y la toma de    posiciones que comprometen la seguridad e integridad de Israel y de sus    habitantes.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. The coexistence of which the Ministry of Foreign Relations makes    reference in its January 24th release is by no means the goal of the    PLO, and granting them diplomatic recognition does not lead to peace.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. La coexistencia a la que hace referencia el Ministerio de    Relaciones Exteriores en su comunicado del 24 de enero pasado no es en    absoluto la meta de la OLP, y el garantizarles el reconocimiento    diplomático no conlleva a la paz.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4. The PLO is not a state, and the Palestinian Authority is not a    plenipotentiary government. There is not, thus, any real basis for    granting such recognition. Peru has extended recognition to a country    that does not exist, and is in fact supporting an organization of    terrorist precedents, as well as violent and direct violation of Human    Rights and of International Law.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4. La OLP no es un estado, y la Autoridad Palestina no es un    gobierno plenipotenciario. No hay, por lo tanto, fundamento real para    garantizarles tal reconocimiento. El Perú le ha otorgado el    reconocimiento a un país que no existe, y en la práctica está apoyando a    una organización de antecedentes terroristas, violentos y de franca    violación a los derechos humanos y al derecho internacional.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5. The defensible borders of Israel cannot be placed at nine miles    off the Mediterranean shores. Such temporary border only existed because    of a cease-fire line of the exhausted armies and the resulting armistice    in 1949. It was precisely because in the eagerness to obtain defensible    territory that Israel liberated the territories of Judea and Samaria,    and until the depression of the Jordan valley, which constitute a    natural and defendable border. The border that guarantees security is,    thus, that of the Jordan valley on Israel's eastern border.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5. Las fronteras defendibles de Israel no pueden quedar a catorce    kilómetros de la costa del Mediterráneo. Tal frontera interina solo    existió por causa del cese al fuego de los agotados ejércitos en el el    resultante armisticio en 1949. Fue precisamente por el afán de obtener    territorio defendible que Israel liberó los territorios de Judea y    Samaria, y hasta la depresión del valle del Jordán, que constituye una    frontera natural y defendible. Las fronteras que garantizan la seguridad    son, pues, las del valle del Jordán en el oriente de Israel.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6. The peace process has failed in countless occasions because of    the unwillingness of recognizing the PLO claims, which does not consist    of the concept of coexistence, but is rather designed for the    destruction of the State of Israel.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6. El proceso de paz ha fracasado en oportunidades sin cuenta por    faltar a reconocer la realidad del reclamo de la OLP, que no es    consistente con el concepto de coexistencia, sino que está diseñado para    la destrucción del Estado de Israel.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But more worrisome even is the blindness about the results of    Israeli concessions: the welcoming to Arafat in 1993 would result in the    violent Intifada of the 1990s. The formal retreat by Israeli troops from    southern Lebanon in 2000 and from the Gaza Strip in 2005 lead to the    power takeover by fundamentalist groups which are extremely dangerous.    Territorial concessions did not, thus, lead to peace. Such is the threat    exposed through the widely demonstrated tragic precedents. If Peru is    interested in really accomplishing peace, it would refuse to recognize a    Palestinian Arab State unless Israel itself grants such recognition. &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pero más preocupante es la ceguera a los resultados de las    concesiones israelíes: la bienvenida a Arafat in 1993 resultaría en la    violenta Intifada de los 1990s. La retirada formal de tropas israelíes    del sur del Líbano en el 2000 y de la Franja de Gaza en el 2005    conllevaron a la toma de poder por parte de grupos fundamentalistas    islámicos sumamente peligrosos. La concesión territorial no condujo,    pues, a la paz. Tal es la amenaza expuesta con los ya ampliamente    demonstrados antecedentes trágicos. Si el Perú se interesa realmente en    conseguir la paz, debería rehusarse a reconocer a un estado árabe    palestino a menos que Israel mismo otorgara tal reconocimiento.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;By the exposed above and with the fundamental premise about the    PLO's war intentions, that we exhort the government of Peru to revert    its decision on the recognition of a Palestinian State.&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="style1"&gt;nnn&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Por lo expuesto arriba, y con la prémisa fundamental de las    intenciones bélicas de la OLP, exhortamos al gobierno en el peruano a    revertir la decisión de reconocimiento de un estado Palestino.&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-6673639360202862108?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/6673639360202862108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=6673639360202862108&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6673639360202862108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6673639360202862108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/02/respuesta-al-reconocimiento-official.html' title='Respuesta al reconocimiento del Peru a un estado árabe-palestino&lt;br&gt;Response to Peru&apos;s Recognition of Palestine'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-199635583319571639</id><published>2011-01-28T10:49:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T07:56:56.750-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Noah/Noha of Egypt - Noah/Noha de Egipto</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right; line-height: normal;" align="right"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;   בס"ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;As I write these lines I    can only wonder about the welfare and whereabouts of the woman we've    come to know in Facebook as   &lt;span style=" line-height: 115%; Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000194344805" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com//profile.php?id=100000194344805"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;Noah    Hassid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=" line-height: 115%; Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;    (the   &lt;span style=" line-height: 115%; Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;h&lt;span style=" line-height: 115%; Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;    at the end of her name is a probably unnecessary addition, most Israeli    women with that name will render it   &lt;span style=" line-height: 115%; Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;Noa&lt;span style=" line-height: 115%; Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;).    In her Egyptian papers she is Noha Hashad, a nuclear physics professor    at Beni Suef University.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="style1"&gt;nnn&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;Al    escribir estas líneas solo puedo preguntarme por el bienestar y paradero    de la mujer a la que hemos llegado a conocer en Facebook como “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000194344805" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com//profile.php?id=100000194344805"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-PE" style="color:blue;"&gt;Noah    Hassid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;”    (la “h” al final de su nombre probablemente no es necesaria, la mayoría    de las mujeres israelíes con eso nombre lo escriben “Noa”). En sus    papeles egipcios ella es Noha Jashad, una profesora de física nuclear de    la universidad Beni Suef.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td class="style2" colspan="3"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TUTkAmkvpEI/AAAAAAAARfQ/xW5ix-TaKUM/s1600/164541_193929763956834_100000194344805_769144_1395393_n.jpg"&gt;   &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567825738342573122" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TUTkAmkvpEI/AAAAAAAARfQ/xW5ix-TaKUM/s400/164541_193929763956834_100000194344805_769144_1395393_n.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td class="style3"&gt;Noha/Noah's latest passport picture, dated January    20, 2011&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style3"&gt;La foto de pasaporte mas reciente de Noha/Noah, 20 de    enero del 2011&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;For the past several years    Noha, who left the Islamic faith with which she was raised (albeit in a    mostly secularized way), &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;has been    looking into the ancestral faith of her father, whose family went from    Tunisia to Egypt and apparently had Jewish roots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;Por    varios años Noha, que dejó la fe islámica con la que fue criada (aunque    de manera más bien laica), has se ha estado contemplando la fe ancestral    de su padre, cuya familia fue de Túnez a Egipto y aparentemente tenía    raíces judías.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Such a task was not easy,    as Egypt does not allow such freedoms as letting people to choose or    even explore other faiths. The once affluent Jewish community of Egypt    left overnight in 1956 under general and imminent threat of pogrom    threat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;Tal    tarea no resultó fácil, puesto que Egipto no permite tales libertades    como el permitirle al pueblo elegir o siquiera explorar otras    religiones. La otrora prominente comunidad judía de Egipto se tuvo de ir    de la noche a la mañana en 1956 bajo la amenaza general e inminente de    pogrom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Although living next door    to Israel, with which Egypt has a peace treaty since 1978, Noha/Noah    was, on every occasion that she requested, denied the right to leave    Egypt, even for a short visit. Then she found out that a complete    restriction was placed upon her and she was not allowed to leave Egypt    even on the border with Sudan, by any means, land sea or air.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Aunque residiendo en un país vecino a Israel, y contando con un tratado    de paz entre ambos países desde 1978, a Noha/Noah se le negó el derecho    a salir de Egipto cada ocasión que lo pidió, incluso para una visita    corta.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Luego se enteró de    que se la había puesto en restricción completa y no se le permitía salir    de Egipto incluso en la frontera con Sudán, por ningún medio, sea por    tierra, aire o mar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Noah became defiant, and in    a public declaration to one of Egypt's most read newspapers, she    declared that “the Land of Israel belongs to G-d's chosen people, the    Jews”. She was misquoted as saying "the land of Palestine...”. She was    then arrested and jailed; held without charges, even beaten, then let go    without explanation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Noah se puso desafiante, y en una declaración pública a uno de los    diarios más leídos de Egipto declar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4" style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;ó&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;    que “la tierra de Israel le pertenece al pueblo elegido de Di-s, el    pueblo judío”. Se la citó mal, como si hubiese dicho “la tierra de    Palestina…” Fue arrestada y encarcelada, sostenida allí sin cargos,    incluso abusada a golpes, y luego la dejaron salir sin explicación.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;The newspapers justified    her arrest saying that she "intended to leave Egypt for Israel probably    with the intent to convert to Judaism". That alone is the breach of an    unwritten Egyptian law.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;Los    periódicos justificaron su arresto declarando que ella “tenía    intenciones de irse de Egipto a Israel probablemente para convertirse al    judaísmo”. &lt;span style=""&gt; Solo e&lt;/span&gt;so constituye    una transgresión a una ley egipcia no escrita.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Using Facebook as a    powerful tool to reach out to the world, Noah Hassid, as she calls    herself in this media, has befriended many Jewish activists around the    world and told us her story, her struggle, her pain, and her commitment    to go on, against all odds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Usando el Facebook como una poderosa herramienta para alcanzar al mundo    exterior, Noah Hassid, como se llama a si misma en este medio, ha    entablado amistad con muchos activistas judíos alrededor del mundo y nos    ha contado su historia, su lucha, su dolor, y su compromiso a seguir    adelante contra todos los obstáculos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;She wants to be allowed to    leave Egypt, with her son (who, like her, intends to go back to their    ancestral faith). Neither Noah nor Yousef, her son, are Jews by Halacha    (Jewish law), as their ancestry is patrilinear. Noah's mother's family    have disowned her and remain recalcitrant to her wishes to convert to    Judaism. They see it as a betrayal to the family and a blasphemy to    their Islamic faith.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Ella desea que se le permita salir de Egipto junto con su hijo (que,    como ella, tiene intenciones de regresar a su fe ancestral).   &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Ni Noah ni su hijo Yousef son    judíos según la halajá (ley judía), ya que su ancestría es patrilinear.    La familia materna de Noah la desheredado y permanece recalcitrante    contra sus deseos de convertirse al judaísmo.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Ellos ven eso como una traición a la familia y una blasfemia    contra la fe del Islam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Noah made me aware of the    horrors of a repressive regime, and how Egypt portrays itself as a    western-friendly democracy, in reality being neither -- only a    money-grabbing, manipulative tyranny. Mubarak, Noah taught me, aids and    abets terrorists under the table in order to "fight them" in public to    appear, in the eyes of the west, that he's necessary as an element in    the War Against Terror. It makes a lot of sense, in a tightly-held    police state, the Muslim Brotherhood thrives as weapons and ammunition    makes its way to Hamas in Gaza through Egyptian territory. If Mubarak    really wanted, the Muslim Brotherhood would have been so repressed it    would have ceased to function, and Hamas would have been rendered    powerless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Noah me hizo tomar conciencia de los horrores de un régimen represivo, y    de como Egipto, que se retrata como una democracia amiga del Occidente    no es en realidad nada de eso, sino solamente una tiranía manipuladora y    arrebatadora de fondos.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;   Mubarak, Noah me enseñó, asiste y fomenta a terroristas por debajo de la    mesa para poder “luchar contra ellos” ante el público para así    aparentar, en los ojos de Occidente, ser un elemento indispensable en la    Guerra Contra el Terror. Esto hace mucho sentido. En un país policial de    ajustado escrutinio, la Hermandad Islámica prospera y armamentos y    municiones pasan a Hamás en Gaza por medio de territorio egipcio.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;Si Mubarak de verdad quisiera, la Hermandad Islámica hubiese sido    reprimida al punto de dejar de funcionar, y Hamás hubiese sido desarmado    y carecería de poder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td style="height: 68px;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Nothing in Egypt is what    the regime's propaganda machine portrays it to be. Even the peace with    Israel is subject to the whim of the ailing tyrant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1" style="height: 68px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="height: 68px;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Nada en Egipto es como lo que la maquinaria de propaganda del régimen lo    retrata. Incluso la paz con Israel está sujeta al antojo del ya débil    tirano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;I confirmed Noah's story    after talking to Esty Tirosh, an Israeli professor at Ben Gurion    University, who has been in touch with Noah for over 10 years and is    very familiar with her case -- Esty is not on Facebook and her personal    references lead me to believe every word she says.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Verifiqué la historia de Noah tras hablar con Esty Tirosh, profesora    israelí de la Universidad de Ben Gurión, que ha estado en contacto con    Noah por más de 10 años y está muy familiarizada con su caso – Esty no    está en Facebook y sus referencias personales me convencieron de creer    cada palabra que me dice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;As of yesterday, Noah found    out she couldn't access her Facebook -- no one in Egypt could. Then she    was out reach of the Internet (even her email is blocked). I lost my    cell phone on Thursday morning, and by the time I recovered it and tried    to call her number (in my cellphone's memory), she wasn't answering    either her home phone or at her cell phone. As of this morning, it    appears that all cellphone service is out in Egypt. A recording in    Arabic and perfect English says that “this number is not available”   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   –&lt;/span&gt; I can't even leave a message.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Ayer Noah se dio cuenta que no   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   pod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4" style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;í&lt;/span&gt;a    accesar a su Facebook – nadie en todo Egipto   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   pod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4" style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;í&lt;/span&gt;a    hacer eso.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Luego se encontró    fuera del alcance del Internet (hasta su correo electrónico está    bloqueado).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Perdí mi    teléfono celular en la mañana del jueves, y para cuando lo encontré y la    traté de llamar (su número estaba en la memoria de mi celular) ella no    contestaba ni en su casa&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;ni    en su celular.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Esta mañana    resulta que el servicio de teléfonos celulares ha sido interrumpido en    todo Egipto. Una grabación en árabe y en perfecto inglés dice que “este    número no está disponible” – ni siquiera le puedo dejar un mensaje.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Egypt is behind a smoke    screen. Media is in a blackout. The army is in the streets, and the    regime is free to oppress and repress as it wishes. This is to me    reminiscent of acts done by Latin American dictators in the 1970s, where    I grew up. Is Mubarak doing what Somosa did in Nicaragua in the days    prior to the Sandinista take over? Is he going to bomb Cairo and fill    it's streets with blood? Is he going to pull a Pinochet-style mass purge    of opposition and murder tens of thousands to show them who's boss? He's    certainly pulling what Velazco Alvarado did in Lima in February of 1975    and send the army in the streets to enforce a tight curfew, forcing the    masses to disband or face the troops and tanks with orders to shoot (of    this I have personal memories). In a media blackout, this won't have the    world-wide heroic tone of the Tiananmen Square repression.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Egipto está detrás de una cortina de humo. Hay apagón total de medios de    comunicación. El ejército está en las calles, y el régimen es libre de    oprimir y reprimir como le plazca. Esto me es reminiscente de los actos    de dictadores latinoamericanos en los 1970s, cuando yo crecí. ¿Estará    Mubarak haciendo lo que hizo Somosa en Nicaragua en los días previos a    la toma de poder de los Sandinistas? ¿Va acaso a bombardear el Cairo y    llenar sus calles de sangre? ¿Estará por lanzar una purga estilo    Pinochet contra la oposición y asesinar a decenas de millares para    demostrarles quien es el que manda? Con certeza está haciendo lo que    hizo Velazco Alvarado en Lima en febrero del 1975, mandando a las tropas    a las calles a sostener un estricto toque de queda, forzando a las masas    a disolverse o encarar al ejército y los tanques con órdenes de disparar    (de esto tengo memorias personales). En un apagón de medios de    comunicación esto no va&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;a    tener el tono heroico frente al mundo que tuvo la represión de la plaza    de Tiananmen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Enough with comparisons,    bottom-line is that knowing Noah and her situation, I have someone to    worry about in Cairo. I ask everyone to pray for her welfare. If she    makes it through this, b'ezrat HaShem (please G-d!), she could make it    to freedom. To the freedom we all exercise and take for granted. The    freedom of living according to our own conscience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;   Pero basta de comparaciones, el asunto es que conociento a Noah y su    situación, tengo alguien sobre quien preocuparme en el Cairo. Les pido a    todos que recen por su bienestar. Si ella sobrevive esto, b’ezrat HaShem    (¡con la ayuda de Di-s!), va a poder salir a la libertad.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;A esa libertad de la que todos hacemos ejercicio y tomamos por    sentado. La libertad de vivir según nuestra propia conciencia.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;May Noah and Yosef make it    through this, may we all hear from them soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;   &lt;span style=" Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12pt;"  &gt;Que Noah y Yosef pasen bien    todo esto, y que oigamos de ellos pronto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-199635583319571639?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/199635583319571639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=199635583319571639&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/199635583319571639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/199635583319571639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/01/noahnoha-of-egypt.html' title='Noah/Noha of Egypt - Noah/Noha de Egipto'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TUTkAmkvpEI/AAAAAAAARfQ/xW5ix-TaKUM/s72-c/164541_193929763956834_100000194344805_769144_1395393_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-6933142799838389788</id><published>2011-01-21T01:52:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T02:24:21.875-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Open letter to President ObamaCarta abierta al presidente Obama</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;בס"ד&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Mr. President,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Señor presidente:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;As a US citizen, a voter and a tax-payer, I protest in   the strongest form and the loudest voice the permission that the President   has granted the PLO to flaunt its flag in its Washington DC's offices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Como   ciudadano de los EE.UU., votante y contribuyente tributario, protesto de la   manera más severa y con la más alta voz el permiso que usted le ha otorgado   a la OLP a exhibir su bandera en sus oficinas en Washington D.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The PLO is in the midst of a very grave offensive in   the diplomatic arena, aimed to excerpt undue pressure on Israel through the   manipulation of various governments around the world whom that terrorist   organization is misleading into obtaining recognition as a the government of   an independent country which does not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;La   OLP está en medio de una gravísima ofensiva en el frente diplomático que   tiene por objetivo el ejercer una presión indebida sobre Israel por medio de   la manipulación de muchos gobiernos alrededor del mundo a los cuales esta   organización terrorista está estafando para obtener  &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;reconocimiento como el gobierno de un   país independiente que no existe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Since its founding, the PLO has aimed at inventing a   tailor-made nationalistic movement whose real aim is to replace the Jewish   state of Israel with an Arab entity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;  Desde su fundación la OLP ha tenido por meta el inventor un movimiento   nacionalista hecho artificial &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;cuyo   verdadero objetivo es el reemplazar al estado judío de Israel por una   entidad árabe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Granting them recognition as a national entity is a   grave mistake, and an affront to the state of Israel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;    &lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;El otorgarles     reconocimiento como una entidad nacional es un error gravísimo, y     una afrenta al estado de Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;So I demand that your administration change      course immediately, order the PLO to be taken down from      Washington DC, and allow Israel to deal as it sees best fit with      the Arab population in the territories liberated by Israel from      illegal Jordanian occupation in 1967.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;    &lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Por lo tanto     demando que su administración cambie de curso inmediatamente, ordene     que se baje la bandera de la OLP en Washington, y le permita a     Israel a tratar como mejor le convenga con la población árabe de los     territorios liberados por Israel de la ocupación ilegal jordana en     1967.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mr. President, stop the shame, take down that     flag!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;    &lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;¡Señor     presidente, pare esta vergüenza, quite esa bandera!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sincerely,&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Rafael V. Rabinovich&lt;br /&gt;(My address and phone number)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;    &lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Atentamente,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;    &lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Rafael V.     Rabinovich&lt;br /&gt;(mi dirección y     número de telefono)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-6933142799838389788?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/6933142799838389788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=6933142799838389788&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6933142799838389788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6933142799838389788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/01/open-letter-to-president-obama-carta.html' title='Open letter to President Obama&lt;br&gt;Carta abierta al presidente Obama'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-1144243144135151824</id><published>2011-01-19T08:10:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T08:15:26.605-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PLO Flag on Washington DCBandera de la OLP en Washington</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He acá una foto de la entrada a las oficinas de la OLP en Washington.  Aunque no reclamen el estatus de embajada, ostentan la bandera.&lt;br /&gt;A PROTESTAR AHORA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is a picture of the entrance of the PLO offices in Washington DC.  Even though they do not claim embassy status, they flaunt the flag.&lt;br /&gt;LET'S PROTEST NOW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TTbjBQT7VVI/AAAAAAAARcM/lw1_SLwH6hY/s1600/1295395139_0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TTbjBQT7VVI/AAAAAAAARcM/lw1_SLwH6hY/s400/1295395139_0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563884000360748370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-1144243144135151824?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/1144243144135151824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=1144243144135151824&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/1144243144135151824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/1144243144135151824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/01/plo-flag-on-washington-dc-bandera-de-la.html' title='PLO Flag on Washington DC&lt;br&gt;Bandera de la OLP en Washington'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TTbjBQT7VVI/AAAAAAAARcM/lw1_SLwH6hY/s72-c/1295395139_0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-4204839686770477854</id><published>2011-01-06T23:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-06T23:28:39.050-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ugly Face of Demolition: The Case of the Carlebach Family in TekoaLa fea cara de la demolicion: el caso de la familia Carlebaj en Tekoa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuo7ay_rmgs"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuo7ay_rmgs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iuo7ay_rmgs?fs=1" width="480" frameborder="0" height="295"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-4204839686770477854?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/4204839686770477854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=4204839686770477854&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4204839686770477854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4204839686770477854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/01/ugly-face-of-demolition-case-of.html' title='The Ugly Face of Demolition: The Case of the Carlebach Family in Tekoa&lt;br&gt;La fea cara de la demolicion: el caso de la familia Carlebaj en Tekoa'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/iuo7ay_rmgs/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-5509333931849005487</id><published>2011-01-05T01:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-05T01:39:06.079-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Highway - La carretera sagrada</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HXO09IX07c"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HXO09IX07c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8HXO09IX07c?fs=1" width="480" frameborder="0" height="295"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-5509333931849005487?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/5509333931849005487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=5509333931849005487&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5509333931849005487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5509333931849005487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2011/01/holy-highway-la-carretera-sagrada.html' title='Holy Highway - La carretera sagrada'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/8HXO09IX07c/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-4327494746699680422</id><published>2010-12-25T22:55:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-26T01:26:25.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Letrero de la "Embajada de Palestina" en Lima, Perú Sign at the "Embassy of Palestine" in Lima, Peru</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He acá una foto del letrero a la entrada de la “residencia de la embajada de Palestina” en Lima, Perú.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;td&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is a picture of the entrance sign of the “residence of the embassy of Palestine” in Lima, Peru. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TRba3q-k12I/AAAAAAAARLY/jP4GINuHCKk/s1600/Embajada%2BOLP%2Ben%2BLima%252C%2BPeru.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TRba3q-k12I/AAAAAAAARLY/jP4GINuHCKk/s400/Embajada%2BOLP%2Ben%2BLima%252C%2BPeru.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554867840372496226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prestémos atención al detalle del logo. Se trata del logo de la OLP, no del escudo de armas de la “Autoridad Palestina”. El mapa de este logo muestra el territorio de Israel entero, con Judea, Samaria y Gaza, pero sin el Golán.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;bb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Let’s pay attention to the detail of the logo.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It is the PLO logo, not the Cote of Arms of the “Palestinian Authority”.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The map portrayed in this logo shows the entire territory of Israel, including Judea, Samaria and Gaza, but without the Golan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TRbfKHlxdbI/AAAAAAAARLg/gZo6xj6WXG8/s1600/Fullscreen%2Bcapture%2B12252010%2B94845%2BPM.bmp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TRbfKHlxdbI/AAAAAAAARLg/gZo6xj6WXG8/s400/Fullscreen%2Bcapture%2B12252010%2B94845%2BPM.bmp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554872555337250226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-4327494746699680422?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/4327494746699680422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=4327494746699680422&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4327494746699680422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4327494746699680422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2010/12/letrero-de-la-embajada-de-palestina-en.html' title='Letrero de la &quot;Embajada de Palestina&quot; en Lima, Perú &lt;br&gt;Sign at the &quot;Embassy of Palestine&quot; in Lima, Peru'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/TRba3q-k12I/AAAAAAAARLY/jP4GINuHCKk/s72-c/Embajada%2BOLP%2Ben%2BLima%252C%2BPeru.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-569188122109554362</id><published>2010-11-25T17:40:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T17:57:33.761-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nadia Matar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Women in Green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yehudit Katsover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nashim beYarok'/><title type='text'>Women in Green: Reclaiming the Land</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="640" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RtwmTfuVPC4&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;version=3"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RtwmTfuVPC4&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="518" height="316"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yibaneh.womeningreen.org/"&gt;http://yibaneh.womeningreen.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-569188122109554362?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/569188122109554362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=569188122109554362&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/569188122109554362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/569188122109554362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2010/11/women-in-green-reclaiming-land.html' title='Women in Green: Reclaiming the Land'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-8064359922620731015</id><published>2010-11-23T23:38:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T23:45:56.792-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Look - Nuevo diseño</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Acabo de rediseñar mi página. Hacía ya mucho que no tocaba este blog. Empezamos de vuelta, con nuevas y renovadas energías.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;I have just redesigned my page. I had not touch this blog in a long time.  Let's start now with new and renewed energies. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-8064359922620731015?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/8064359922620731015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=8064359922620731015&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/8064359922620731015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/8064359922620731015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-look-nuevo-diseno.html' title='New Look - Nuevo diseño'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-8973915670106199112</id><published>2009-08-06T18:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T18:46:51.831-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An Interview with David Ha'Ivri</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fwvia53oUNs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fwvia53oUNs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IMHO David says it all.  It's a bit long, but worth the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Espero hacer una versión similar en castellano, idioma que David no domina.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-8973915670106199112?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/8973915670106199112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=8973915670106199112&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/8973915670106199112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/8973915670106199112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-david-haivri.html' title='An Interview with David Ha&apos;Ivri'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-4885209133318217133</id><published>2009-06-16T18:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T18:19:21.196-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Back Online!! -- De vuelta!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjgaZC5oZWI/AAAAAAAAJuI/C2zVSr2F48o/s1600-h/Confession.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 126px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjgaZC5oZWI/AAAAAAAAJuI/C2zVSr2F48o/s400/Confession.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348053575080109410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-4885209133318217133?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/4885209133318217133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=4885209133318217133&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4885209133318217133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4885209133318217133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2009/06/back-online-de-vuelta.html' title='Back Online!! -- De vuelta!!'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjgaZC5oZWI/AAAAAAAAJuI/C2zVSr2F48o/s72-c/Confession.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-9083744475567614954</id><published>2009-06-11T17:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T17:03:12.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Response -- Una respuesta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjFxAxnBG3I/AAAAAAAAJpE/289pmspPdUc/s1600-h/Fullscreen+capture+6112009+50127+PM.bmp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 175px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjFxAxnBG3I/AAAAAAAAJpE/289pmspPdUc/s400/Fullscreen+capture+6112009+50127+PM.bmp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346178490796415858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-9083744475567614954?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/9083744475567614954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=9083744475567614954&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/9083744475567614954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/9083744475567614954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2009/06/response-una-respuesta.html' title='A Response -- Una respuesta'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjFxAxnBG3I/AAAAAAAAJpE/289pmspPdUc/s72-c/Fullscreen+capture+6112009+50127+PM.bmp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-3973666840197849762</id><published>2009-06-11T01:08:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T15:50:53.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My Facebook account was disabled / Me suspendieron la cuenta de Facebook</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjFgAyA1A8I/AAAAAAAAJo8/Y8dOntMuT74/s1600-h/Fullscreen+capture+6112009+20718+PM.bmp.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjFgAyA1A8I/AAAAAAAAJo8/Y8dOntMuT74/s400/Fullscreen+capture+6112009+20718+PM.bmp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346159799207003074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: auto;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "&gt;&lt;table style="WIDTH: 680px; HEIGHT: 67px"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="center" width="325" height="66"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Tonight I suddenly noticed that my Facebook account was disabled.  Over the past several months I've been quite active there.  Oh well!  You'll probably see me writing here again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="66"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" valign="center" width="356" height="66"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Esta noche, de repente me de cuenta de que mi cuenta de Facebook habia sido suspendida. Durante varios meses he estado muy activo alli. Bueno, que voy a hacer. Probablemente me vean escribiendo aca de nuevo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-3973666840197849762?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/3973666840197849762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=3973666840197849762&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3973666840197849762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3973666840197849762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-facebook-account-was-disabled-me.html' title='My Facebook account was disabled / Me suspendieron la cuenta de Facebook'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SjFgAyA1A8I/AAAAAAAAJo8/Y8dOntMuT74/s72-c/Fullscreen+capture+6112009+20718+PM.bmp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-5166941761606657753</id><published>2009-03-22T00:05:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-22T00:18:15.603-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Judea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Samaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Territories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strategic Land'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9 Narrow Miles'/><title type='text'>Nine Narrow Miles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1714058745771115822&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nine Narrow Miles, a 1980 short documentary about the strategic importance of the territories of Judea and Samaria, on the west bank of the Jordan River. Without them Israel would be vulnerable to an attack from the east. When the Armistice of Rhodes was signed in 1949, Israel's borders placed the bulk of the population right under the guns of the Jordanian army. In it's narrower point, the width of the country was merely nine miles from the Samarian hills to the Mediterranean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Judea and Samaria were won in the 1967 Six-Day War.  If the territories were to be given up to the Arabs, the dangerous and disadvantageous situation would once again pose a threat to Israel's densely populated coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Director: Yechiel Ne'eman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Produced by Ely Dory, the I.D.F. Spokesman Film Unit in 1980&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-5166941761606657753?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/5166941761606657753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=5166941761606657753&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5166941761606657753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5166941761606657753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2009/03/nine-narrow-miles.html' title='Nine Narrow Miles'/><author><name>Rafael V. 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Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-2100595444812794992</id><published>2008-07-18T11:49:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T14:29:56.177-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Be Part of This!  |  Se parte de esto</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="WIDTH: 680px; HEIGHT: 583px"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="center" width="325" height="66"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;David HaIvri from Kfar Tapuach has written me an email about the newplayground park his &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;yishuv&lt;/span&gt; is building for the town's children. It is an opportunity to help out in asmall way that will be part of a big thing&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="66"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" valign="center" width="356" height="66"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;DavidHaIvri de Kfar Tapúaj me escribió por correo electrónico sobre el nuevo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; parque recreativo su yishuv está construllendo para los niños delasentamiento. Esta es una oportunidad para ayuda de una pequeña manera que ha de ser parte de algo más grande.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="91"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The children are the future. Does anyone doubt that? Helping them out is the greatest investment in our future, the future of the land they live in. Lending a hand to make their life a better one is indeed a contribution toward the redemption of our land. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="91"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="91"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Los niños son el futuro. ¿Alguien lo duda? Ayudarlos es la mejor inversión en nuestro futuro, el futuro de la tierra en la que viven. Darles una mano para mejorarles la vida es realmente una contribución a redimir nuestra tierra. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="72"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;The new Kfar Tapuach playground will cost US$ 180,000. It is a major undertaking for the struggling &lt;i&gt;yishuv&lt;/i&gt;. How could they afford it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="72"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="72"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;El nuevo parque de niños va a costar US$ 180,000. Es un gran emprendimiento para el &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;humilde &lt;i&gt;yishuv&lt;/i&gt;. ¿Cómo van a poder cubrir el costo?&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="58"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;I am giving US$ 180 (NIS 613) for the first donation. If only on thousand of us do the same the playground will be up in no time at all. So what are you waiting for? Contribute now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="58"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="58"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Por mi parte estoy dando US$ 180 (NIS 613) para la primera donación. Si tan solo mil de nosotros hacemos lo mismo el parque va a estar terminado en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. ¿Qué esperan? 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Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-3882182950442964083</id><published>2008-06-01T22:34:00.013-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T16:30:56.295-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='land-grabbing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='usurpación de tierras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='propaganda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yesha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='judenrein'/><title type='text'>A Greater Danger than Terrorism: Arab Land-Grabbing</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;table style="width: 582px; height: 3317px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" colspan="3" height="1" width="724"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;Un peligro peor que el terrorismo: la usurpación árabe de tierras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;p align="right"&gt;בס״ד&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SFkfyPLrIPI/AAAAAAAADO0/yzWPq2IR2Bg/s1600-h/landgrab.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SFkfyPLrIPI/AAAAAAAADO0/yzWPq2IR2Bg/s400/landgrab.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213232991587475698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="153" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;This is all too obvious to me, yet I am flabbergasted at just how many people still don’t get it. Thus I am writing these lines, hoping to cast some light despite the darkness of propaganda and political manipulation that confuses so many people.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="153" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="153" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;A mi me resulta totalmente obvio, pero me quedo con la boca abierta al ver cuanta gente aun no la capta.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Así que estoy escribiendo estas líneas esperando echar un poco de luz a pesar de la oscuridad ceñida por la propaganda y la manipulación política que confunde a tanta gente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="121" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;What is the greatest danger to the safety of the Jewish people in the &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;land&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="121" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="121" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;¿Cual es el peligro más grave para la seguridad del pueblo judío y la tierra de Israel?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;For years Arab terrorism caused horrible damage and the loss of a great many lives. The evil of terrorism is so blatant, so obvious, that it would be easy to point to it as the greatest danger to safety. Add to that the militaristic power of Hizbullah, or even more serious, that of &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Iran&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Isn’t that the greatest security concern?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Por años el terrorismo árabe ha causado terribles daños y muchísimas vidas.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El mal del terrorismo es tan descarado, tan obvio, que sería fácil señalarlo como el peor peligro para la seguridad.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Agreguemos a eso el poder militar de Hizbalá, o más serio aun, el de Irán.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;¿No es esa, acaso, la mas grave preocupación?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Understanding the problem solely in terms of Arab terror and the ways to placate it, perhaps appease it, leaves aside an even greater, most horrifying danger.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Entendiendo el problema solamente en términos del terror árabe, y la forma de aplacarlo, tal vez apaciguarlo, nos deja de lado con un peligro aun pero y mas horrorífico.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The very basics of Jewish sovereignty in the &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;Land&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; depend on the Jewish hold on the land:  No land in Jewish hands would mean no Jewish sovereignty in Eretz Yisrael, period.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Lo más básico de la soberanía judía en la Tierra de Israel depende de mantenerla en manos judías:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;sin tierra en manos judías no habría soberanía judía, punto.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="126" width="325"&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The purpose of Arab terror is to intimidate Jews into leaving the land behind. Our loss is then their gain. But the painful reality of Arab terror is only a means to an end. Arabs seek a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Judenrein&lt;/span&gt; land. Terror is only a means to that end. If a different tool becomes available, they will use it. Their goal remains the same, and so does their option to revert to violence whenever the alternative becomes unavailable or even too sluggish for their taste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="126" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="126" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;El propósito del terror árabe es intimidar a los judíos a dejar tierra atrás. Nuestra pérdida es la ganancia de ellos.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Pero la dolorosa realidad del terror árabe es solo un método para conseguir un objetivo. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Los árabes procuran una tierra &lt;i&gt;judenrein&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El terror es solo una herramienta para este fin.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Si un método diferente se encuentra disponible, lo van a usar.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El objetivo sigue siendo el mismo, así como la opción de regresar a la violencia cuando la alternativa no esté más a la mano, o tan solo se vuelve demasiado lenta para el gusto de ellos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="89" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;The greatest danger is the surrender of Jewish land.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="89" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="89" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;"  lang="ES"&gt;El peor peligro es la rendición de tierra judía.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Far from appeasing, land surrender provides Arabs with the feeling that their goal of an Eretz Yisrael free of Jews is closer, and within reach. The likelihood of violence increases when concessions are put on the table. The danger of war and of great loss of life, is perpetuated by the so-called “peace process”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Lejos de traer la paz, la rendición de tierra les provee a los árabes con el sentimiento de que su objetivo de una Eretz Yisrael sin judíos está más cerca, y al alcance.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;La probabilidad de violencia se incrementa cuando se ponen concesiones sobre la mesa.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El peligro de guerra y de grandes pérdidas de vida es perpetuado por el así llamado “proceso de paz”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="82" width="325"&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;It is sad to say this, but I was not surprised when I learned of the murder of the Yeshiva &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;bachurim&lt;/span&gt; at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav, or of fatalities in Sderot and Ashkelon. I knew something like that was coming. The completely irresponsible, even suicidal attitude of the Olmert / Kadima regime has produced a state of danger so grave, it is a wonder such a tragedy didn’t happen earlier, or – &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;rachamana litzan&lt;/span&gt; – more often.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="82" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="82" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Es triste decir esto, pero yo no me sorprendí cuando me enteré del asesinato de los &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;bajurei yeshivá&lt;/span&gt; de Merkaz HaRav, o de los muetos en Sderot y Ashkelón. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Sabía que algo así se venía. La actitud totalmente irresponsable, incluso suicida, del régimen de Olmert / Kadima ha producido un estado de peligro tan grave, es de sorprenderse que tal tragedia no hubiese ocurrido antes o – &lt;i&gt;rajamana litslán&lt;/i&gt; – más a menudo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="56" width="325"&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Currently Olmert is offering the Arabs 90% of the remaining liberated territories of &lt;st1:place&gt;Judea&lt;/st1:place&gt; and &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Samaria&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, and even the vitally strategic &lt;st1:place&gt;Golan Heights&lt;/st1:place&gt;.  His excuse? There is a danger of an up-coming war.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Actualmente Olmert les está ofreciendo a los árabes el 90% de lo que queda de los territories liberados de Judea y Samaria, e incluso la vitalmente estratégicas alturas del Golán.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;¿Su excusa? Hay peligro de una guerra que se viene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="56" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The con game is clear. The proposed &lt;i&gt;solution&lt;/i&gt; would actually precipitate an up-coming catastrophe, and in no way would it grant peace, security or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;in any way &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;improvement the situation .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="center" width="356"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;La estafa es clara. La &lt;i&gt;solución&lt;/i&gt; propuesta en realidad precipitaría una catástrofe, y de ninguna manera nos garantizaría la paz, la seguridad, o de ningún modo mejoraría la situación.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;u2:p&gt;&lt;/u2:p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Enough with the charade! Giving land, even showing willingness to do so, is bringing no peace at all. It is putting everyone in danger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;¡Ya basta con la charada!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El entregar tierras, incluso el demostrar disposición a tal cosa, no nos está trayendo ninguna paz.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Nos está poniendo a todos en peligro.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Adding insult to injury, the propaganda machine of the US State Department talks now about “Jewish land grabbing”, hiding the ongoing advancement of Arab land-grabbing -- the grabbing of lands adjacent to Jewish communities in &lt;st1:place&gt;Judea&lt;/st1:place&gt; and &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Samaria&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, even when that land was slated to be part of those Jewish communities, and fell illegally into Arab hands.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Para colmo de agravios, la maquinaria de propaganda del Departamento de Estado de los EEUU habla ahora de “usurpación judía de tierras”, ocultando así el la usurpación por parte de los árabes de tierras adyacentes a las comunidades judías en Judea y Samaria, aun cuando esas tierras habían sido ya otorgadas a esas comunidades judías, y cayeron ilegalmente en manos árabes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I have personally witnessed the advance of Arab land-grabbing.  It is happening openly, in a deafening silence. The Arab grabbing of Jewish land goes on unchallenged and unreported. At the same time Jewish residents of &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Judea&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Samaria&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; are under harassment by the government and the left wing, aimed at coercing them to leave their homes. The Arab goal of an Eretz Yisrael despoiled of its Jews seems closer every day.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;He presenciado personalmente el avance árabe en su invasión de tierras.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Esto está ocurriendo abiertamente, en un silencio ensordecedor.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;La usurpación árabe de tierra judía continúa sin cuestión y sin ser reportado.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Al mismo tiempo, los pobladores judíos de Judea y Samaria son víctimas de acoso por parte del gobierno y la izquierda, con el objetivo de forzarlos a abandonar sus hogares.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;El objetivo árabe de una Eretz Yisrael despojada de sus judíos parece más cercano cada día.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="171" width="325"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;When is everyone going to wake up?! Destroying the Jewish communities of any place in Eretz Yisrael, liberated territories included, is harmful for us all, and no good could ever come from it. Stop dreaming about peace while forcing poison down our throats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you truly want peace keep the land in Jewish hands.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;¡¿Cuando van a despertar todos?! La destrucción de comunidades judías en cualquier lugar en Eretz Yisrael, incluyendo los territorios liberados, nos hace daño a todos, y nada bueno resultará de eso.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Dejémos de soñar con la paz mientras forzamos veneno en nuestras gargantas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Si de verdad deseáis la paz mantened la tierra en manos judías.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SGAVkv7-vMI/AAAAAAAADQQ/IEsxIyyaVT4/s1600-h/vulturehead.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SGAVkv7-vMI/AAAAAAAADQQ/IEsxIyyaVT4/s400/vulturehead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215192089582550210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-3882182950442964083?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/3882182950442964083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=3882182950442964083&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3882182950442964083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3882182950442964083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2008/06/greater-danger-than-terrorism-arab-land.html' title='A Greater Danger than Terrorism: Arab Land-Grabbing'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SFkfyPLrIPI/AAAAAAAADO0/yzWPq2IR2Bg/s72-c/landgrab.PNG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-6797783985583755839</id><published>2008-03-23T02:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-23T02:02:47.347-04:00</updated><title type='text'>HaRav Wolpo Speaks  |  HaRav Wolpo habla</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ttpLVoR4bLE&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ttpLVoR4bLE&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-6797783985583755839?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/6797783985583755839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=6797783985583755839&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6797783985583755839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6797783985583755839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2008/03/harav-wolpo-speaks-harav-wolpo-habla.html' title='HaRav Wolpo Speaks  |  HaRav Wolpo habla'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-1410193685158849091</id><published>2008-01-07T11:54:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-20T21:42:45.247-05:00</updated><title type='text'>President Bush: Think Again!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/R4JZZOaJALI/AAAAAAAABww/6lVAfpZgqnM/s1600-h/WHOSFAULT.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/R4JZZOaJALI/AAAAAAAABww/6lVAfpZgqnM/s400/WHOSFAULT.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152779213564608690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/R5QGeOaJAaI/AAAAAAAAB2I/Hsyy30vSTgs/s1600-h/WHOSFAULT.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/R5QGeOaJAaI/AAAAAAAAB2I/Hsyy30vSTgs/s400/WHOSFAULT.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157754589579641250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-1410193685158849091?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/1410193685158849091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=1410193685158849091&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/1410193685158849091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/1410193685158849091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2008/01/president-bush-think-again.html' title='President Bush: Think Again!'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/R4JZZOaJALI/AAAAAAAABww/6lVAfpZgqnM/s72-c/WHOSFAULT.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-4362238113898815619</id><published>2007-12-12T23:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-12T23:56:08.222-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Declaration is Now Available for Public Signing / La Declaración está disponible para las firmas del público</title><content type='html'>The Declaration posted below is now available for public signing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/Declaration-of-the-Jewish-People"&gt;http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/Declaration-of-the-Jewish-People&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feel free to click and sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;La Declaracion esta ahora disponible para ser firmada&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sentíos libres de hacer click y firmar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-4362238113898815619?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='' href='http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/Declaration-of-the-Jewish-People' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/4362238113898815619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=4362238113898815619&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4362238113898815619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/4362238113898815619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/12/declaration-is-now-available-for-public.html' title='The Declaration is Now Available for Public Signing / La Declaración está disponible para las firmas del público'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-2779357319126045750</id><published>2007-11-26T18:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-30T00:06:57.394-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Declaracion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pueblo judío'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tierra de Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jewish People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Land of Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ארץ ישראל'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='declaration'/><title type='text'>First Draft Declaration of the Jewish People / Primer Borrador de la Declaracion del Pueblo Judío</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;table height="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="582" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" width="724" colspan="3" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;בס״ד &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="56"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To the Nations of The World&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="56"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="56"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A las naciones del mundo&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="87"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;We, the Jewish people, both in Eretz Yisrael and in the various places of our exile, hereby declare: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="87"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="87"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Nosotros, el Pueblo Judío, tanto en Eretz Israel como en los varios rincones de nuestro exilio, por lo presente declaramos: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="6"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="6"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="95"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;1. That the Jewish People are the sole heirs to the Land of Israel, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="95"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="6"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;1. Que el Pueblo Judío es el único heredero de la Tierra de Israel, desde el Río Jordán hasta el Mar Mediterráneo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="6"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;2. That all the Jewish people, each and every Jew, and only the Jews, have the right to return to the Land of Israel; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="76"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="76"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;2. Que todo el Pueblo Judío, todos y cada uno de los judíos, y solo los judíos, tienen el derecho a regresar a la Tierra de Israel; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="100"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;3. That the Jewish People have the right and duty to settle the Land of Israel in its entirety, to work the land, to build industry on it, and to do so respecting its holiness as the Torah commands;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="100"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="100"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;3. Que el Pueblo Judío tiene el deber y el derecho a asentarse en toda la Tierra de Israel, a trabajar la tierra, a construir industria en ella, y a hacer esto respetando su santidad según comanda la Torá; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="126"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;4. That any individual Jew, even with the claim of representing the Jewish people, the people and/or government of Israel, or any representative or ruling authority; has no right to give away the collective right of the Jewish people over the Land of Israel; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="126"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="126"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;4. Que cualquier individuo judío, incluso bajo la pretensión de representar al pueblo judío, al pueblo y/o gobierno de Israel, o a cualquier autoridad gobernante o representativa, no posee derecho a rendir el derecho colectivo de todo el Pueblo Judío sobre la Tierra de Israel; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="89"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;5. That we will not accept any declaration, agreement, legislation, court ruling or decree that contradicts our right to the Land of Israel. This includes any instance where our right is only partially recognized, or where another people or entity alien to our people is said to share rights over the Land of Israel; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="89"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="89"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;5. Que no vamos a aceptar ninguna declaración, acuerdo, legislación, fallo de corte, o decreto que contradiga nuestro derecho a la Tierra de Israel. Esto Incluye cualquier instancia el la que nuestro derecho es solamente reconocido parcialmente, o en la que otro pueblo o entidad ajena a nuestro pueblo comparta susodicho derecho; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="171"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;6. That the name of our land is the Land of Israel, ארץ ישראל, and that we do not recognize the sovereign validity of any name imposed by foreign conquerors, or any people called after such imposed name; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="171"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="171"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;6. Que el nombre de nuestra tierra es la Tierra de Israel, ארץ ישראל,y que no reconocemos la validez soberana de ningún nombre impuesto por conquistadores extranjeros, o de cualquier pueblo llamado con el nombre de tal impostura; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="82"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;7. That the capital of the Land of Israel is the entire city of Jerusalem, and that this is an unconditional truth not subject to debate or negotiation. No other people or entity of any sort has sovereign rights over that city, and even the collection of all the nations of the world has no such right; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="82"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="82"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;7. Que la capital de la Tierra de Israel es Jerusalén, y que esto constituye una verdad incondicional que no está sujeta al debate o a la negociación. Ningún otro pueblo o entidad de cualquier tipo tiene derecho soberano sobre esa ciudad, e incluso la colección de todas las naciones carece de tal derecho; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="3"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="3"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="3"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="56"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;8. That the Temple Mount is our most Holy place, and that no one has the right to violate its holiness and physical integrity. The remains of the First and Second Temple shall not be touched unless it is for the specific purpose of building the Third Temple; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="56"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="56"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;8. Que el Monte del Templo es nuestro lugar más santo, y que nadie tiene el derecho a violar su santidad y su integridad física. Los restos del Primer y del Segundo Templo no han de ser tocados a menos que sea por el propósito específico de la construcción del Tercer Templo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="56"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;9. That the State of Israel has the duty to keep the Land of Israel on Jewish hands, and any violation of this duty is to us of no validity. We do not recognize any territorial concession, and no peace may come from such thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="56"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="56"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;9. Que el Estado de Israel tiene el deber de mantener la Tierra de Israel en manos judías, y cualquier falta a este deber para nosotros carece de validez. No reconocemos ninguna concesión territorial, y ninguna paz resultaría de tal cosa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="8"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="8"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="8"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="79"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please comment on the above declaration. Your input is most appreciated to make this a serious and broadly accepted document.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="79"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="79"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Por favor comenten sobre la declaración de arriba. El aporte de ustedes será muy apreciado, y ayudará a hacer de esto un documento serio y de amplia aceptación.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-2779357319126045750?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/2779357319126045750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=2779357319126045750&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/2779357319126045750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/2779357319126045750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/11/first-draft-declaration-of-jewish.html' title='First Draft Declaration of the Jewish People / Primer Borrador de la Declaracion del Pueblo Judío'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-6832940078248699471</id><published>2007-11-01T22:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-01T22:47:29.060-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Come and Protest!  /  ¡Vengan a protestar!</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;table height="40" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="582" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" width="724" colspan="3" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;בס״ד &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="56"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;This coming Sunday, November 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; the Wicked Witch of the West&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="56"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="56"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Este domingo que viene, el 4 de noviembre, la bruja mala del oeste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="153"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RyqG96J7m6I/AAAAAAAABSQ/JKTe3lOu9rc/s1600-h/uglycondi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128059523855784866" style="CURSOR: hand" height="168" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RyqG96J7m6I/AAAAAAAABSQ/JKTe3lOu9rc/s320/uglycondi.jpg" width="243" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Condoleeza Rice&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="56"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;is coming to meet the Wicked Witch of the East&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="56"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="56"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;está viniendo a reunirse con la bruja mala del este&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="153"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RyqJ_KJ7m7I/AAAAAAAABSY/CMDRaGAeTZ8/s1600-h/hamachasheifa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128062843865504690" style="CURSOR: hand" height="150" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RyqJ_KJ7m7I/AAAAAAAABSY/CMDRaGAeTZ8/s200/hamachasheifa.jpg" width="200" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tzippi Livni&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="124"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;There will be a rally at 18:30 (6:30 PM) outside the American Embassy in Tel Aviv to protest these ladies' conspiracy to sacrifice holy Jewish land, thus putting millions of lives in danger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="124"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="124"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Habrá una manifestación a las 18:30 (6:30 PM) frente a la embajada americana en Tel Aviv para protestar la conspiración de estas señoras de sacrificar la sagrada tierra judía que pondría en peligro a millones de vidas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="28"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Come and raise your voices in protest!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="28"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="28"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;¡Vengan y levanten sus voces en protesta!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-6832940078248699471?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/6832940078248699471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=6832940078248699471&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6832940078248699471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/6832940078248699471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/11/come-and-protest-vengan-protestar.html' title='Come and Protest!  /  ¡Vengan a protestar!'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RyqG96J7m6I/AAAAAAAABSQ/JKTe3lOu9rc/s72-c/uglycondi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-140107666296846299</id><published>2007-10-14T23:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-15T16:56:11.606-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jerusalén'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olmert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jerusalem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ירושלים'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jerusalen'/><title type='text'>"שיר לשלום"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/rafvrab/Olmert_Kinnor.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/rafvrab/Olmert_Kinnor.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-140107666296846299?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/140107666296846299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=140107666296846299&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/140107666296846299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/140107666296846299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html' title='&quot;שיר לשלום&quot;'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-5940132124285242146</id><published>2007-09-24T07:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-26T17:33:25.341-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='threat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pueblo judío'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='פיקוח נפש'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supervivencia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jewish People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amenaza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='survival'/><title type='text'>At the Crossroads of Our Survival / En la encrucijada de nuestra supervivencia</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="1" width="582"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" colspan="3" height="1" width="724"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;בס״ד &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" height="19" width="724"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RwBAQlTmlFI/AAAAAAAABFU/1LMFHeI1a0M/s1600-h/encrucijada.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116159830329300050" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RwBAQlTmlFI/AAAAAAAABFU/1LMFHeI1a0M/s400/encrucijada.jpg" border="0" height="400" width="267" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="153" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;The long history of a people that sprouts from a single family, thirty seven centuries ago, is not free from the onslaught of recurrent threats to its very existence. The great paradox of its survival, the Jewish People is instructed not to rely on miracles, yet survives through a permanent miracle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="153" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="153" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;La larga historia de un pueblo que emana de una sola familia, hace treinta y siete siglos, no está libre de permanentes amenazas a su propia existencia.  La gran paradoja de su supervivencia, al Pueblo Judío se le instruye no depender de milagros, sin embargo sobrevive mediante un milagro permanente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="121" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Within the scope of memory, a memory of witnesses and protagonists still alive as these lines are being written, two major instances have defied the survival of the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: the Holocaust, and Assimilation. These two palpable realities sum up the two necessary elements necessary for Jewish survival: the physical and the spiritual realms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="121" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="121" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Dentro del alcance de la memoria, una memoria con testigos y protagonistas aun vivos cuando estas líneas están siendo escritas, en dos instancias mayores la supervivencia de los hijos de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob ha sido desafiada: en el Holocausto, y en la Asimilación.  Estas dos realidades palpables resumen los dos elementos necesarios para la supervivencia judía: el ámbito físico y el espiritual.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="6" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="6" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="6" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Yet, before our very eyes, new threats are rising, yet again. We are not to rely on miracles. We are not to assume victory before we’ve fought the battle and experienced victory. We are not to sleep on the laurels we’ve earned in past struggles, or to rely on prayer alone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;No obstante, frente a nuestros propios ojos, nuevas amenazas se levantan una vez más.  No debemos depender de milagros.  No podemos asumir la victoria antes de haber peleado la batalla y obtenido la victoria.  No vamos a dormirnos en los laureles que nos hemos sabido ganar en luchas pasadas, ni podemos depender solamente de la plegaria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="10" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="10" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="10" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;For almost 60 years the Jewish People have counted with the physical establishment of a Jewish government on the land of Israel. For over – just over – 40 years that establishment has included the core of our G-d given (and G-d promised) land. But a devastating malady is eating us inside out, and corroding the very foundations of such a concept.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Por casi 60 años el pueblo judío ha contado con el establecimiento físico de un gobierno judío en la tierra de Israel.  Por más de 40 años – mas, con las justas – ese gobierno establecido ha incluido en su soberanía el corazón de nuestra tierra dada (y prometida) por Di-s.  Pero una plaga devastadora está consumiéndonos desde las entrañas, corroyendo la base de tal concepto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Let us understand: It so happens that every Jew's life is connected to the land of Israel, wherever in the world that Jew may be. The year that has just started in the Jewish calendar, 5768, is a Sabbatical year, a &lt;em&gt;Shmitah&lt;/em&gt; year. During this year, the seventh of a recurrent cycle kept since the revelation of the Torah thirty three centuries ago, the Land of Israel must rest. That means that agricultural work on Jewish-owned land in Eretz Yisrael must cease for the whole year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Entendamos: Sucede que la vida de todo judío está conectada a la tierra de Israel, en cualquier lugar del mundo en el que el judío esté. El año que acaba de empezar en el calendario judío, el 5768, es un año sabático, un año de &lt;i&gt;shmitá&lt;/i&gt;.  Durante este año, el séptimo de un ciclo recurrente observado desde la revelación de la Torá hace treinta y tres siglos, la tierra de Israel debe descansar.  Esto significa que el trabajo agrícola en tierras de propiedad judío en Eretz Israel debe cesar con todo el año.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="10" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="10" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="10" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="126" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Debts accumulated during this year are transferred to a Beit Din, a rabbinical court that will be in charge of seeing them paid. That makes sense for Jews living in the Land of Israel, and working in the land. Yet Jews in the Diaspora have, just as well, signed the &lt;i&gt;pruzbul &lt;/i&gt;document of debt-transferring just before Rosh HaShanah.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="126" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="126" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Deudas acumuladas durante este año son transferidas a un Bet Din, una corte rabínica encargada de ver que sean pagadas.  Esto tiene sentido para judíos que viven en la tierra de Israel y la trabajan.  Pero judíos en la diáspora también han firmado el documento de &lt;i&gt;pruzbul&lt;/i&gt; de transferencia de deudas justo antes de Rosh HaShaná.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="89" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Why would Jews outside of the land of Israel sign a &lt;i&gt;pruzbul&lt;/i&gt;? Because it is implicit that the Jews belong to a specific piece of territory in Eretz Yisrael, which is never smaller than four square cubits per person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="89" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="89" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;¿Por qué judíos que viven afuera de la tierra de Israel habrían de firmar un &lt;i&gt;pruzbul&lt;/i&gt;? Porque está implícito que los judíos pertenecen a un territorio específico en Eretz Israel, el cual nunca es menor de cuatro codos cuadrados.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;When the land already redeemed by being in Jewish property is handed over to gentiles; whether as a sale, or as a part of an agreement, or even as a loss of war; the Jewish lives connected to that parcel of land are immediately put in danger. We may or may not see that connection in a physical way. The physical aspect of our survival constitutes, as mentioned above, only one dimension. But the connection between the land and our physical survival is empirically evident.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Cuando la tierra ya redimida por medio de estar en propiedad judía pasa a manos de gentiles, sea por medio de venta, o como parte de un acuerdo, e incluso como pérdida de guerra, las vidas de los judíos conectadas a esa parcela de tierra son puestas inmediatamente en peligro.  Puede ser que no veamos esa conexión de una manera física.  El aspecto físico de nuestra supervivencia constituye, como dijimos anteriormente, solo una dimensión.  Pero la conexión entre la tierra y nuestra supervivencia es empíricamente evidente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="82" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;When we were precipitated into the present Exile, some nineteen centuries ago, an enormous amount of lost Jewish lives paved the roads out of the Land of Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="82" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="82" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Cuando fuimos arrojados al presente Exilio, hace unos diecinueve siglos, una gran cantidad de vidas judías perdidas tendió los caminos hacia fuera de la Tierra de Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="3" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="3" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="3" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="56" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Today, every time our land is given&lt;br /&gt;away, surrendered, our even spoken of with that intention on our lips, our lives are in danger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Hoy día, cada vez que nuestra tierra es entregada, rendida, o siquiera hablamos con tal intención en nuestros labios, nuestras vidas están en peligro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="56" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;And so, the very concept of “land-for-peace” is fraudulent. Moreover, it is contrary to truth. In order to achieve True Peace the land of Israel must remain in Jewish hands.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="56" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;De tal modo, el mero concepto de “tierra por paz” es un fraude.  Más aun, es opuesto tangentemente a la verdad.  Para alcanzar la Verdadera Paz, la tierra de Israel debe permanecer en manos judías.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="8" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="8" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="8" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Hence the threat we face today. The government of Israel – yes, the democratically elected, and popularly detested government of the State of Israel – has offered in writing to give away almost the entirety of the territories liberated in the miraculous Six-Day War, including half of Jerusalem!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Y he acá la amenaza a la que nos enfrentamos hoy.  El gobierno de Israel – si, el democráticamente elegido, y popularmente detestado gobierno del Estado de Israel – ha ofrecido por escrito la entrega de todos los territorios liberados en la milagrosa Guerra de los Seis Días. ¡Incluyendo la mitad de Jerusalén!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;And we hear from a government in the land where Haman and Achashverosh once plotted the annihilation of the Jewish people. Their physical threat: to erase from the map our possession of our land. All the nightmares we once thought gone are back: weapons of mass destruction, massive extermination of Jews, a powerful army capable of standing up to us, and a complex switch of world power that may leave us facing the enemy without any friendly nation coming to our aid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Y oímos de un gobierno en la tierra donde una vez Hamán y Ajashverosh tramaron la aniquilación del pueblo Judío.  Su amenaza física: borrar del mapa nuestra potestad sobre la tierra de Israel.  Todas las pesadillas que otrora pensamos se habían esfumado han vuelto: armas de destrucción masiva, la exterminación masiva de los judíos, un ejército poderoso capaz de enfrentarnos, y un complejo cambio en los poderes del mundo que nos podrían dejar frente al enemigo sin que ninguna nación amiga acuda a nuestro socorro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="6" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="6" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="6" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;We must remember that essential axiom: not to rely on miracles. That is to say, we are not to expect anything good to come from keeping silent, from allowing confusion, fear, or from absurd and paralyzing moral relativism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Debemos recordar ese axioma: no depender de milagros.  Es decir, no debemos esperar que nada venga de guardar silencio, ni de permitir la confusión, el miedo, o del absurdo y paralizador relativismo moral.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Do not ask me how it is that all our lives are in danger. I will not tell you who may bring death to our doorposts, or how. I would rather not make &lt;em&gt;cheshbonot&lt;/em&gt;, frivolous or arrogant calculations, attempting to answer that. The fact is that if we simply sit still and allow the farce of “peace process” to go on, we will have no one but ourselves to blame for the disaster coming our way when the events unfold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;No se me pregunte como es que nuestras vidas están en peligro.  No voy a decir quien puede traer la muerte a nuestro umbral, o como.  Prefiero no hacer &lt;i&gt;jeshbonot&lt;/i&gt;, cálculos frívolos y arrogantes, tratando de responder a eso.  El hecho es que si simplemente nos sentamos callados y permitimos que la farsa del “proceso de paz” continúe, no tendremos a nadie más que a nosotros mismos para culpar por el desastre que se nos vendrá cuando las cosas se pongan en marcha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="8" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="8" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="8" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;There is simply no threat big enough to intimidate us into silence when our lives, the lives of our brethren, the lives of our children and loved ones, are so blatantly being put in danger by a blind and foolish government: the government of Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Simplemente no hay amenaza lo suficientemente grande como para intimidarnos al silencio cuando nuestras vidas, las vidas de nuestros hermanos, la vidas de nuestros hijos y seres queridos, están siendo puestas tan descaradamente en peligro por un gobierno ciego y estúpido: el gobierno de Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="3" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="3" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="3" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;I call upon each and every one reading these lines to raise their voices in protest, and to do everything within their power to stop the horrors of land surrender. Don’t be fooled by the cunning enchantment of those who in vain offer peace. They have never been able to deliver what they so deceitfully put forward, and this time around will be no exception.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Hago un llamado a todos y cada uno de los lectores de estas líneas a levantar la voz en protesta, y a hacer todo lo que esté en su poder para detener los horrores de la rendición de tierra.  No os dejéis engañar por el astuto encanto de quienes en vano ofrecen la paz. Nunca han podido cumplir con aquello que con tamaña mentira presentaron, y esta vez no será excepción.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="12" width="325"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="12" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="12" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="171" width="325"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;For our survival, for the sake of the Jewish people, and for the sake of True Peace in the world, denounce, protest, and do all you can to stop the surrender of Judea, Samaria, and the east side of Jerusalem. Countless generations in the future will thank us for having done so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="top" width="43"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="171" valign="center" width="356"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Por nuestra supervivencia, por el pueblo judío, por la Verdadera Paz en el mundo, denunciad, protestad, y haced todo lo que esta en vuestras manos para detener la capitulación de Judea, Samaria y el lado este de Jerusalén.  Un sin numero de generaciones en el futuros nos lo van a agradecer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-5940132124285242146?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/5940132124285242146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=5940132124285242146&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5940132124285242146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5940132124285242146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/09/at-crossroads-of-our-survival.html' title='At the Crossroads of Our Survival / En la encrucijada de nuestra supervivencia'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RwBAQlTmlFI/AAAAAAAABFU/1LMFHeI1a0M/s72-c/encrucijada.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-3286685658871755680</id><published>2007-09-19T17:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T07:49:12.941-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hitnatkut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ישובים'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gaza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asentamientos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='היתנתקות'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gush Katif'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='desconexión'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='territorios'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disengagement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='גוש קטיף'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kadima'/><title type='text'>לעולם לא עוד / Never Again / Nunca más</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;table height="111" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="582" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" width="724" colspan="3" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"  style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="19"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3076127704169780877&amp;hl=en" flashvars=""&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3076127704169780877&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3076127704169780877&amp;amp;hl=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="153"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Produced by the World Committee for Saving the Jewish People and the Land of Israel (המטה העולמי להצלת העם והארץ), this critical &lt;span class="visible" id="wholedescr0"&gt;documentary exposes the false promises of the Israeli government to the Jewish residents of Gush Katif to get them to leave their homes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="153"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="153"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Producido por el Comité Internacional para Salvar al Pueblo Judío y a la Tierra de Israel (המטה העולמי להצלת העם והארץ), este documental crítico expone las falsas promesas de las que se valió el gobierno israelí para convencer a los residentes judíos de Gush Katif a abandonar sus hogares.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="121"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;The tragedy of the expulsion of the Gush Katif Jewish residents and the destruction of their communities reaches many layers of depth, as shown in the film.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="121"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="121"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;La tragedia de la expulsión de los residentes judíos de Gush Katif y la destrucción de sus comunidades alcanza muchos niveles de profundidad, como se muestra en el filme.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="171"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;The destroyed communities of Gush Katif, in the Gaza Strip, are today under the control of Hamas. No longer under Israeli control, the region has become a nest of extremist Islamic fundamentalism. Rockets are still being shot against Jewish communities within the Green Line, Israel’s border before the 1967 Six Days War.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="171"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="171"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Las destruidas comunidades de Gush Katif, en la Franja de Gaza, están hoy bajo el control de Hamás. No estando más bajo el control de Israel, la región se ha tornado en un nido del fundamentalismo islámico extremista. Aun ahora se sigue disparando cohetes contra comunidades judías de dentro de la Línea Verde, la frontera israelí de antes de la Guerra de los Seis Días de 1967.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="171"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Yet, not having learned the lessons of history and its upheavals, the Israeli government is yet again about to proceed with the destruction of the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria, the liberated Jewish territories of the West Bank.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="171"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="171"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Sin embargo, no habiendo aprendido las exasperantes lecciones de la historia, el gobierno de Israel está, una vez más, a punto de proceder con la destrucción de comunidades judías en Judea y Samaria, los territorios judíos liberados en Cisjordania. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="325" height="171"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;May the lessons from the events depicted in this film reach us all in time to turn around the current debacle, and somehow correct the horrors of a government turn against its very own citizens for the sake of enemy, foreign interests. May these horrors be repeated NEVER AGAIN!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="43" height="171"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="left" width="356" height="171"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Que las lecciones de los eventos presentados en este filme nos alcancen a tiempo para poder voltear el curso de la debacle presente, y de alguna manera podamos corregir los horrores de un gobierno tornado contra sus propios ciudadanos por la causa de intereses enemigos y extranjeros. ¡Que estos horrores no se vuelvan a repetir NUNCA JAMÁS!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-3286685658871755680?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/09/never-again-nunca-ms.html' title='לעולם לא עוד / Never Again / Nunca más'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/3286685658871755680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=3286685658871755680&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3286685658871755680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3286685658871755680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/09/never-again-nunca-ms.html' title='לעולם לא עוד / Never Again / Nunca más'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-5363945657635630965</id><published>2007-09-18T15:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T17:04:04.805-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abbas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protesta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olmert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='הפגנה'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speak out'/><title type='text'>PROTEST NOW / PROTESTA AHORA</title><content type='html'>&lt;table style="width: 513px; height: 599px;"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;    &lt;td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3" height="1" valign="middle" width="480"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RvAntbI92SI/AAAAAAAABE0/lsAOfJjnFYU/s1600-h/Rice_Abas_Conchasumadre.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RvAntbI92SI/AAAAAAAABE0/lsAOfJjnFYU/s320/Rice_Abas_Conchasumadre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111629238398474530" border="0" height="163" width="245" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr  style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;td align="center" height="1" valign="middle" width="222"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Tomorrow evening,  Wednesday,  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;September &lt;b&gt;19, 2007 / 7 Tishrei 5768&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Protest the treacherous "Palestinian state" agreement being secretly concocted by Olmert and Abbas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;      &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Protest rally to be held at 7:00pm (PM Olmert will be hosting Condoleezza Rice for dinner at that time).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Where:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;      &lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Paris Square (Kikar Paris), next  to the PM's residence in Jerusalem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Shofar blowers are asked to bring shofars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;td align="center" height="1" valign="middle" width="21"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;td  align="center" height="1" valign="middle" width="237" style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Mañana Miércoles por la noche, &lt;b&gt;19 de Septiembre del 2007 / 7 Tishréi &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;del 5768&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Vengan a protestar el traicionero acuerdo del “estado palestino” arreglado en secreto por Olmert y Abas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;      &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Mitin de protesta a las 7:00 PM (Olmert va a agasajar a doña Condoleezza Rice a cenar a esa hora)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;      &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Lugar:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;      Plaza París (Kikar París), al lado de la residencia del premier en Jerusalén.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:tahoma,arial,helvetica;"&gt;Aquellos que tengan shofrot, se pide que vengan a tocar el shofar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width="482"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width="482"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-5363945657635630965?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/09/protest-now-protesta-ahora.html' title='PROTEST NOW / PROTESTA AHORA'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/5363945657635630965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=5363945657635630965&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5363945657635630965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5363945657635630965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/09/protest-now-protesta-ahora.html' title='PROTEST NOW / PROTESTA AHORA'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RvAntbI92SI/AAAAAAAABE0/lsAOfJjnFYU/s72-c/Rice_Abas_Conchasumadre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-2540992196880171247</id><published>2007-08-31T12:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T16:12:51.991-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='castigo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='embaucada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rendición'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mentira'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Piece process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='engaño'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piss process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='falshood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surrender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vendepatria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punishment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='estafa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='traición'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='betrayal'/><title type='text'>Their Evil Will Not Succed / Su maldad no va a triunfar</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/rafvrab/meeting-in-hell-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/rafvrab/meeting-in-hell-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;וְאַתָּה אֱלֹ-הִים,    תּוֹרִדֵם לִבְאֵר שַׁחַת&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;אַנְשֵׁי דָמִים וּמִרְמָה,    לֹא-יֶחֱצוּ יְמֵיהֶם&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;וַאֲנִי   אֶבְטַח-בָּךְ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;תהילים נ״ה : כ״ד&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;table style="width: 649px; height: 103px;"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td align="center" height="30" valign="middle" width="294"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;... Mas tú, oh &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;HaShem&lt;/span&gt;, harás que ellos desciendan al pozo de perdición.  Los hombres sanguinarios y engañadores no llegarán a la mitad de sus días.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;        Pero yo en ti confiaré.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Tehillim/Salmos 55:24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;td align="center" height="30" valign="middle" width="39"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;td align="center" height="30" valign="middle" width="296"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;... And You, O &lt;i&gt;HaShem&lt;/i&gt;, do bring them down to a pit of destruction. Men of blood and deceit        reach not to half their days, and I -- I do trust in You! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Tehillim/Psalms 55:24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-2540992196880171247?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/2540992196880171247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=2540992196880171247&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/2540992196880171247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/2540992196880171247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/08/their-evil-will-not-succed-su-maldad-no.html' title='Their Evil Will Not Succed / Su maldad no va a triunfar'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-5914066341227300444</id><published>2007-07-03T15:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-11T19:35:40.678-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='נחשון'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hevrón'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sara'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Settlers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Retorno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ישוב'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hebrón'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Najshon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hevron'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nachshon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hebron'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='שרה'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='הברון'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jewish Re-Settlement'/><title type='text'>Sarah Nachshon of Hebron | Sara Najshon de Hebron</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="262" width="582"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" colspan="3" height="1" width="724"&gt;          &lt;p align="right"&gt; &lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;        &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" height="19" width="724"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7378945507412432966&amp;hl=en" flashvars="" height="128" width="128"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="347"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;The story of Sara Nachshon, senior Hebron resident and veteran of the Jewish effort for re-settlement  in Hebron.  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="middle" width="350"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;La historia de Sara Najshón, residente de Hebrón y veterana del esfuerzo judio por el retorno a Hebrón.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-5914066341227300444?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/5914066341227300444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=5914066341227300444&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5914066341227300444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/5914066341227300444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/07/sarah-nachshon-of-hebron-sara-nasjshon.html' title='Sarah Nachshon of Hebron | Sara Najshon de Hebron'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-3278683043899915960</id><published>2007-06-20T17:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-03T15:41:10.205-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ארץ ישראל השלימה'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lubavitch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Yisrael HaShleima'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Habad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chabad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebbe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jabad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebe'/><title type='text'>ארץ ישראל השלימה / Eretz Yisrael HaShleima</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="262" width="582"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" colspan="3" height="1" width="724"&gt;          &lt;p align="right"&gt; &lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;        &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" height="19" width="724"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8628291801049976237&amp;hl=en" flashvars="" height="128" width="128"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="347"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;Produced by the World Committee for the rescue of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel (HaMateh HaOlami Lehatzalat HaAm VeHaaretz), this impressive &lt;span class="visible" id="wholedescr"&gt;documentary clearly shows the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s views, warnings and admonitory prophecy regarding the surrender of any part of the Jewish land.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="middle" width="350"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;Producido por el Comité Internacional para el Rescate Pueblo Judío y la Tierra de Israel (HaMaté HaOlamí Lehatzalat HaAm VeHaaretz), este impresionante documental muestra claramente la visión&lt;span class="visible" id="wholedescr0"&gt;, las advertencias y la profecía admonitoria del Rebe de Lubavitch sobre la rendición de cualquier parte de la tierra judia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-3278683043899915960?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/3278683043899915960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=3278683043899915960&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3278683043899915960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3278683043899915960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/06/eretz-yisrael-hashleima.html' title='ארץ ישראל השלימה / Eretz Yisrael HaShleima'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-3364355716391355144</id><published>2007-05-03T18:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T13:26:40.700-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hitnatkut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='היתנתקות'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gush Katif'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='יש דין ויש דיין'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='desconexión'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='שלימות הארץ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disengagement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='גוש קטיף'/><title type='text'>"Hay Juez y hay Juicio"  / "There is a Judge and there is Judgment"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;He acá un maravilloso video producido por el Rav Wolpo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here is a marvelous video produces by HaRav Volpo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;embed style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=79400351574921702&amp;amp;hl=en" flashvars=""&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-3364355716391355144?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/3364355716391355144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=3364355716391355144&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3364355716391355144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/3364355716391355144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/05/hay-juez-y-hay-juicio-there-is-judge.html' title='&quot;Hay Juez y hay Juicio&quot;  / &quot;There is a Judge and there is Judgment&quot;'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-268285573541448268</id><published>2007-04-19T16:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-04T13:29:46.540-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Volvemos a Jomesh  /  Back to Chomesh</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="1214" width="582"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="1" width="347"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;Este martes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;,6 de Iyar / 24 de April (Yom Haatzmaut), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="line-height: 150%;" lang="HE"&gt;אי״ה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;, vamos a realizar otra marcha a Jomesh.  ¡VENGAN Y PARTICIPEN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="1" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Next Tuesday, 6 of Iyyar / April 24 (Yom Haatzmaut), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="line-height: 150%;" lang="HE"&gt;אי״ה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;, there will be a new march to Chomesh.   COME AND JOIN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="58" width="347"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Por ahora, el llamado no es para hacer  una toma de terreno, sino meramente una marcha de día. Vamos a irnos esa noche.  Traigan zapatos cómodos para&lt;br /&gt;      caminar y vístanse abrigados. ¡Traigan su propia agua y comida!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="58" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="58" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;As of now, this is not called to be a take-over trip, but merely a day-time march. We will leave that evening. Do bring shoes for walking and climbing, and dress warmly. Bring your own food and water! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="76" width="347"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;El pasaje de autobús cuesta 20 Shequel.  De nuevo: esto es para un viaje de ida y vuelta.  Favor de registrarse antes de la medianoche del Lunes 5 de Iyar / 23 de Abril.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="76" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="76" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Transportation buses cost 20 NIS.  Again, this is planed to be a round-trip. Do register before midnight Monday, 5 of Iyyar  / April 23!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="60" width="347"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Buses del norte: Inscribirse llamando a este numero: 0524-627118&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="60" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="60" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Northern Busses: Register at this number: 0524-627118&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;1. Golán (Katzrin) 9 AM vía Tiberiades (Tajaná Merkazit) - Cruce Golani - Afula&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;1. Golan (Katzrin) 9AM via Tiberias (Central Bus Station) - Golani Junction - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Afula &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;2. Tsfad 9 AM - Carmiel -- Moreshet - Yokneam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;2. Safd 9 AM - Carmiel -- Moreshet - Yokneam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;3. Nahariya 9 AM - Acco -- Krayot -- Puesto de chequeo (hacia Nesher)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;3. Nahariya 9 AM - Acco -- Krayot -- Checkpost (in direction of Nesher)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;4. Haifa (Merkaz Ziv cerca de la floreria Riri) 9 AM - Merkaz Horev (cerca de&lt;br /&gt;      Bnei Brit) - Kvish haJof - Zijrón Yaakov (posiblemente)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;4. Haifa (Merkaz Ziv near Riri flower store) 9 AM - Merkaz Horev (near Bnei&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;       Brit) - Kvish haChof - Zichron Yaakov  (maybe)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="1" width="347"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="1" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Autobuses del sur y centro, salen a las 10 AM (inscribirse llamando al:&lt;br /&gt;    052-6302222)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: justify;" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Southern &amp; Central busses, all leaving 10 AM (register at this number: (052-6302222)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;6. Rehovot -- esquina de Herzl y Yaakov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;6. Rehovot -- Herzl corner of Yaakov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;7. Raanana - Yad LeVanim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;7. Raanana - Yad LeVanim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;8. Petah Tikva - Plaza de la Iriyá&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;" lang="IT"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;8. Petah Tikva - Iriya Square&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Si tu ciudad no tiene bus arriba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;        Si vienes desde una ciudad o localidad que no hemos cubierto, llámanos inmediatamente: (0524-627118 en el norte, 052-6392222 en el resto deIsrael) antes de Motzaei Shabat, y Jomesh Tejila va a tratar deorganizar una parada de bus.  Danos tu nombre completo, cuantagente viene contigo, y desde donde. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;If your city doesn't have a bus above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;       If you are coming from a city or location not listed above call us immediately  (0524-627118 for North, 052-6392222 elsewhere) before Motzei Shabat, and Chomesh Tchila will try to organize a bus to stop for you. Indicate full name, how many places you need and where from.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="19" width="347"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Transporte público&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;: Hay un buen servicio desde Netanya que va derecho a Shavei Shomrón con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;        la Línea 73 de Egged &lt;a href="http://www.egged.co.il/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;www.egged.co.il&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt; 03-6948888. Hay transporte directo a Netanya desde muchos lugares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;NOS VEMOS EN JOMESH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="27"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="left" height="19" valign="top" width="350"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Public transport &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;: Excellent service from Netanya straight to Shavei Shomron by Egged Line 73 &lt;a href="http://www.egged.co.il/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;www.egged.co.il&lt;/a&gt; 03-6948888. Remember that many  places have good train service direct to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;       Netanya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;SEE YOU ALL IN CHOMESH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-268285573541448268?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/268285573541448268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=268285573541448268&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/268285573541448268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/268285573541448268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/04/volvemos-jomesh-back-to-chomesh.html' title='Volvemos a Jomesh  /  Back to Chomesh'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-388535654317770858</id><published>2007-03-27T13:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-29T14:08:05.712-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chomesh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='חמש'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='return'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jomesh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='convergence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homesh'/><title type='text'>Mensaje de la hora a mis hermanos en Jomesh</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 0);font-family:Tahoma;" &gt;Mesage of the Hour to My Brethren in Homesh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En castellano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0F2BMtiR4P0"&gt;  &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0F2BMtiR4P0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"&gt;  &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In English&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8kHRMXs04bo"&gt;  &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8kHRMXs04bo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"&gt;  &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-388535654317770858?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/388535654317770858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/388535654317770858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/03/mensaje-de-la-hora-mis-hermanos-en.html' title='Mensaje de la hora a mis hermanos en Jomesh'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-2704281061671787032</id><published>2007-02-20T17:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-27T19:55:09.761-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shleimut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gerush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Guerush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shleimus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mishpatim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Haaretz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sheleimus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parasha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Transfer'/><title type='text'>Parashat Mishpatim y el Gueirush HaGoyim</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#cc6600;"&gt;Parashas Mishpatim and the Gerush HaGoyim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;table width="546"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="313" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Video en castellano: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="60" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="301" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Video in English:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="313" height="1"&gt;&lt;object style="WIDTH: 206px; HEIGHT: 169px" height="169" width="206"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XXwlu6Vk9SA"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XXwlu6Vk9SA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="300" height="175"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="60" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="301" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object style="WIDTH: 224px; HEIGHT: 184px" height="184" width="224"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/18FQVj9567A"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/18FQVj9567A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="175"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="313" height="1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="60" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="center" align="middle" width="301" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-2704281061671787032?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/2704281061671787032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=2704281061671787032&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/2704281061671787032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/2704281061671787032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/02/parashat-mishpatim-y-el-gueirush.html' title='Parashat Mishpatim y el Gueirush HaGoyim'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-99662712256474840</id><published>2007-01-04T14:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T23:55:11.348-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='היתנתקות'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gush Katif'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Yisroel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Yisrael'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ארץ ישראל'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='גוש קטיף'/><title type='text'>Llover sobre mojado /  Beating a Dead Horse</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"  style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;table height="1464" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="582" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Lo he dicho tantas veces, que bien cabría preguntarse para qué insistir. La evidencia es abrumadora, y sería difícil argumentar que quienes todavía se enfrascan en negarla o tergiversarla tengan la esperanza de rectificarse:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;La rendición (o “retirada unilateral”, en el &lt;em&gt;newspeak&lt;/em&gt; demofrénico tan de moda en entre políticos israelíes) del territorio de las comunidades de Gush Katif (Franja de Gaza) y de Tzfón HaShomrón (Samaria del Norte) fue uno de los peores errores intencionales de la historia moderna de Israel.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="1"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;I have said it so many times that it is fit to ask why to insist any further. The evidence is overwhelming and it would be difficult to argue that those who today still persist denying or twisting it have any hopes of straightening themselves out: The surrender (or &lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;unilateral withdrawal,&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;” in the demophrenic newspeak so fashionable among Israeli politicians) of the territory of Gush Katif (Gaza Strip) and Tzfon HaShomron (Northern Samaria) was one of the worst intentional mistakes of Israel's modern history. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="114"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;¿Por qué no cansarse de decirlo, y dejar que los errores del ayer queden en el mero ayer?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Porque a diario se nos recuerda el asunto.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Porque vivimos de día en día, de hora en hora, las nefastas consecuencias.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Porque la agravante situación llora a gritos pidiendo el &lt;i&gt;tikún&lt;/i&gt;, el complicado procedo de rectificación del error.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Porque el régimen de Kadima, culpable por la debacle, sigue por el camino del error, trayendo una tragedia tras otra sobre el pueblo, la tierra y el estado de Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="114"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="114"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Why shouldn't I just get tired of repeating it, and let yesterday's mistakes stay right there, in the past? Because everyday we're reminded of the issue. Because we live, day to day, hour to hour, its harmful consequences. Because the ever-worsening situation cries out loud asking for the &lt;i&gt;tikun&lt;/i&gt;, the complicated process of error rectification. Because the Kadima regime, the guilty party for the current fiasco, is still going on the same wrong way, bringing tragedy after tragedy to the people, the land, and the state of Israel. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="76"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;¿Pero qué diferencia pueden hacer ahora mis palabras?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; N&lt;/span&gt;o lo se.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Lo que si, el lenguaje visual puede ser útil.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="76"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="76"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;But what difference could my words make? I don't know. Certainly, visual language could be useful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="60"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;e acá un par de imágenes que muestran claramente el resultado de la rendición de Gush Katif.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="60"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="60"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Here are a couple of images that clearly show the result of the surrender of Gush Katif.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="95"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Antes de la rendición, los famosos invernaderos del Gush eran la base de una industria prolífica.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Siempre verdes, los invernaderos producían verduras libres de insectos sin necesidad de usar insecticidas:&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="95"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="95"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Before the surrender, the famous green houses of the Gush were the foundation of a prolific industry. Always green, they produced insect-free vegetables without the use of insecticides:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="19"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RZ1hwS83U4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FLBnd4IuV6E/s1600-h/greenhouse_before.bmp"&gt;&lt;img height="240" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RZ1hwS83U4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FLBnd4IuV6E/s320/greenhouse_before.bmp" width="320" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="133"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Después de la rendición, el ejército de Israel tuvo que realizar operaciones de vuelta en el territorio abandonado, desde donde los ataques con cohetes no dejan de llegar.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Se dice que los árabes construyeron túneles para traer armas y piezas para ensamblar cohetes.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Pero... ¿Cómo camuflar el hoyo de salida de tremendos túneles?&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="133"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="133"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;After the surrender, the Israeli Army had to carry out a series of operations back on the abandoned territory, since the rocket attacks have not stopped. It is said that the Arabs have build tunnels in order to bring weapons and pieces to put together their rockets. But... how could they hide the enormous exit holes?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="19"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rafvrab/ElBlogDeRafaelVRabinovich/photo?authkey=IZOv1L-HWnU#5016273531935609746"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/image/rafvrab/RZ1iMy83U5I/AAAAAAAAAAU/RrzpR5vKz14/s400/greenhouse_after.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="18"&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;(Nótese el árido entorno, como ya dije en el post anterior)&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="18"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="18"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;(Notice the arid surroundings, which I mentioned in the previous post)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="43"&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Recomiendo también tres videos preparados con el motivo de la conmemoración del primer año de la redición:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="43"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="43"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;I recommend also three videos made in commemoration of the first year anniversary of the surrender:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="724" colspan="3" height="57"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWMyrKvjADs"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZWMyrKvjADs" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="724" colspan="3" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="724" colspan="3" height="29"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSGsgzXjDY"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4OSGsgzXjDY" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="724" colspan="3" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="724" colspan="3" height="28"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3dZbkR8ne0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O3dZbkR8ne0" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-99662712256474840?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/99662712256474840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=99662712256474840&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/99662712256474840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/99662712256474840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2007/01/llover-sobre-mojado-beating-dead-horse.html' title='Llover sobre mojado /  Beating a Dead Horse'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/RZ1hwS83U4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FLBnd4IuV6E/s72-c/greenhouse_before.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-7536298214348330846</id><published>2006-11-26T22:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-30T08:04:03.352-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Yisrael'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tora'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Toldos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='פרשת תולדות'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parashá'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gush Katif'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eretz Yisroel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nahal Gerar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Toldot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='פרשה'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Torah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='תורה'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Torá'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='גוש קטיף'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Najal Guerar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parasha'/><title type='text'>Yitzjak Avinu vivió en Gush Katif / Yitzchok Avinu Lived in Gush Katif</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"  style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;table height="2971" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="582" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="152"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;The tragedy of the wrongful abandonment of the land of the Jewish residents of Gush Katif into enemy hands carries along with it, several conceptual errors which today have an echo even among scholars. Such is the terrible mistake of declaring that that which was abandoned was &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; part of Eretz Yisroel. &lt;i&gt;Rachamanah litzlan!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="152"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="152"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;La tragedia del totalmente equívoco abandono de las tierras de los habitantes judíos de Gush Katif a manos enemigas acarrea, además, muchísimos errores de concepto que aun hoy hacen eco hasta entre los eruditos.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Uno de esos terribles errores es el de afirmar que lo que se abandonó no era parte de Eretz Israel.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;¡Rajamana litzlán!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="114"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;There is, of course, a choir of mumbling parrots, relativists, manipulators and ignoramuses, who even on the face of the events of the events of the last fifteen months, still repeat their pathetic foolishness which all but deepen us into stifling darkness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="114"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="114"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;No falta el coro de cotorras parlanchinas, relativistas, manipuladoras e ignorantes, que aun a la luz de los hechos del último año y medio, sigan repitiendo con patética insensatez desatinos que solo nos ahondan en una asfixiante oscuridad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="76"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;And so, there are voices still heard, declaring that the Jewish communities of Gush Katif were &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; built within the borders of our G-d-Given-Land. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="76"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="76"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Así pues, se oyen todavía voces que afirman que las comunidades judías de Gush Katif &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; se habían construido dentro de las fronteras de &lt;/span&gt;la patria que Di-s nos ha dado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="228"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Let us put aside, for now, the catastrophic blunder of fancying the Jewish dwellers of the territories liberated by Israel in 1967 as the party at fault. It certainly goes without saying that such folly only served to provide Hamas and Hezbullah with a needed smoke screen, which allowed them to build-up their weapon arsenals, and to win the support of the Arab world, Europe, and the Third World. Let us simply clarify a small point of the deeply misunderstood issue of Eretz Yisroel’s south western borders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="228"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="228"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Pon&lt;/span&gt;gamos&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; de lado&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; por ahora&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; el catastrófico desacierto de caricaturizar a los habitantes judíos de los territorios liberados por Israel en 1967&lt;/span&gt; como el partido en error. Huelga decir que semejante zoes&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; solo sirvió para proveer a Hamás y Hizbalá de la &lt;/span&gt;cortina de humo&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; necesaria para &lt;/span&gt;hacerse de armamento&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; y ganarse el apoyo del mundo árabe, de Europa, y del tercer mundo&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span lang="ES"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;P&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;rosigamos a esclarecer un poco el tan malentendido asunto de la frontera sudoeste de Eretz Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="95"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;The Torah Parasha read in synagogues the world-over this Shabbot, Toldos, makes very clear the Jewish right, even duty, to settle this corner of the proper, sacred Jewish soil.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="95"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="95"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;La parashá de la Torá leída en las sinagogas del mundo entero este shabat pasado, Toldot, deja muy claro el derecho, el deber judío de asentarse en esa esquina del sagrado territorio patrio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="133"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Let us begin, taking as a premise, the point of Yitzchok Avinu’s spiritual level. Unlike Avrohom and Yaakov, Yitzchok never left Eretz Yisroel. His spiritual level was such that it was imperative for him not to leave the Land of Israel even during periods of great want.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="133"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="133"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Primeramente, tomemos como premisa el asunto del nivel espiritual de Itzjak Avinu. A diferencia de Avraham y de Iaakov, Itzjak nunca salió de Eretz Israel. Su nivel espiritual era tal, que le era imperativo no salir de la tierra de Israel incluso en tiempos de gran necesidad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="133"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Thus, the fact that Avrohom Avinu lived for many days in the land of the Philistines (Bereishis / Genesis 21:34), could perhaps be construed as though Avrohom Avinu had left, then Eretz Yisroel. Avrohom had been born in Chutz La’aretz, and in times of want he descended into Egypt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="133"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="133"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Por lo tanto, el hecho que Avraham Avinu haya vivido&lt;i&gt; por muchos &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;días&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;i&gt; en la tierra de los filisteos&lt;/i&gt; (Bereshit / Génesis 21:34), podría ser entendido como que Avraham Avinu salió de Eretz Israel. Avraham había nacido en &lt;i&gt;jutz laaretz&lt;/i&gt;, y en tiempos de necesidad descendió al Egipto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="190"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;The Parasha comes to clarify that Yitzchok Avinu also lived in lands occupied by the Philistines. Not only in the Negev, but in Gerar (26:1,6), and in Nahal Gerar (26:7). That desert river which at times dries out, to then fill up its bed with the gushing floods of the rainy season. It passes through biblical Gerar, and ends up in the Mediterranean, shortly after uniting its waters with those of Nahal Besor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="190"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="190"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Viene la parashá a esclarecer que Itzjak Avinu también vivió en tierras ocupadas por los filisteos. No solo en el Néguev, sino en Guerar (26:1,6), y en Nájal Guerar (26:7). El río del desierto, que a veces deja seco su lecho para volver a llenarlo con los caudales que produce la época de lluvias, que nace cerca de Beer Sheva, pasa por la bíblica Guerar, y desemboca en el Mediterráneo, poco después de unirse al Nájal Besor. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="114"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;The place were Nahal Gerar’s waters meet the Mediterranean is a couple of miles south of Gaza city, very near the former group of Jewish communities built during the past thirty plus years, known collectively as Gush Katif.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="114"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="114"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;El lugar donde desemboca, uno par de kilómetros al sur de la ciudad de Gaza, queda muy cerca del conglomerado de comunidades judías construidas en el curso de los últimos treinta años con el nombre de Gush Katif.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="724" colspan="3" height="181"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;img height="181" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5254/1790/400/653453/Upper%20Negev%20Rivers.jpg" width="400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="209"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Yitzchok Avinu excavated eight wells throughout the Valley of Gerar (v. 15), and succeeded in gathering harvests from lands that the Philistines believed to be barren. He even collected a hundred fold the harvest that would normally grow in such a spread (26:12). The same miracle took place, once again, in Gush Katif, where in Jewish hands a multi-million agricultural industry blossomed, placing the produce of Gush Katif in the markets of Europe and America. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="209"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="209"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Itzjak Avinu excavó ocho pozos a lo largo del Valle de Guerar (v. 15), y consiguió cultivar tierras que los filisteos creían yermas. Produjo, además, una cosecha cien veces mayor a la que sería cultivable en tal extensión de territorio (Bereshit / Génesis 26:12). El mismo milagro ocurrió nuevamente en Gush Katif, donde en manos judías floreció una industria agrícola multimillonaria que puso los productos de Gush Katif en los mercados de Europa y América. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="152"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Today that land, in Arab hands, turns again into the driest of deserts. The only thing worked through the ground are the carved tunnels, whose only use is for the Hamas leadership to smuggle weapons aimed to inflict damage on the Jewish population of neighboring Sderot, on the other side of the infamous green line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="152"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="152"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Hoy en día esas tierras en manos árabes vuelven a convertirse en el más seco de los desiertos. Lo único excavado en ellas son túneles que solo sirven para es el conducto de armas que la directiva de Hamás usa para afligir a los pobladores judíos de la vecina Sderot, al otro lado de la infame línea verde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="228"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Yitchok Avinu could very well have stayed in Hevron, and brought there the miracle of finding water in deep wells. But his self sacrifice, the act of going into the dangerous Peleshes (Philistea), where he had to hide the fact that Rivka was his wife for fear of being killed at the hands of jealous savages, and his devotion having settled for over twenty years in the dry wilderness, working there with enormous labor to make it blossom, all that was done in order to give us a message, a legacy very relevant in our days:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="228"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="228"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Itzjak Avinu bien podría haberse quedado en Hevrón, y realizar allí el milagro de encontrar agua en pozos profundos. Pero su sacrificio, el acto de ir a la peligrosa Peléshet (Filistea) donde tuvo que ocultar el hecho de que Rivka era su mujer por temor a morir a manos de celosos salvajes, la abnegación de sentar tienda en el inhóspito desierto, y de trabajar con tremendo ahínco por más de veinte años hasta hacerlo florecer, todo eso fue solo para darnos un mensaje, un legado relevante a nuestros días:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="724" colspan="3" height="57"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;גּוּר בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת, וְאֶהְיֶה עִמְּךָ וַאֲבָרְכֶךָּ: כִּי-לְךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ, אֶתֵּן אֶת-כָּל-הָאֲרָצֹת הָאֵל, וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת-הַשְּׁבֻעָה, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי ְאַבְרָהָם אָבִיך&lt;/span&gt;ָ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt;בראשית פרק כ״ו&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt;פסוק&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt;ג&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"   style="font-family:David;color:black;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="justify" width="350" height="150"&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:black;"&gt;(Genesis 26:3)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="150"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="justify" width="350" height="150"&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Vive en esta tierra. Yo estaré contigo y te bendeciré, porque a ti y a tu descendencia daré todas estas tierras y confirmaré el juramento que hice a Abraham, tu padre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:black;"&gt;(Génesis 26:3)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="133"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;In the words of the scholarly author of the Sifsei Chachamim Torah Commentary on the verse 26:12: “&lt;span lang="AR-SA" dir="rtl"&gt;דהא גרר הוי נמי ארץ ישראל&lt;/span&gt;”, “Gerar, too, is Eretz Yisroel.” It is to be understood, obviously, that the entire Gerar-Besor Valley is Eretz Yisroel, including the Gaza Strip.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="133"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="133"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;En palabras del autor del comentario de la Torá “Siftei Jajamim” sobre el versículo 26:12, “דהא גרר הוי נמי ארץ ישראל”, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;“también Guerar es Eretz Israel”. Se entiende, claro, que todo el valle del Guerar-Besor es Eretz Israel, incluyendo la Franja de Gaza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="347" height="190"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;As a matter of fact, Eretz Yisroel extends much farther to the west. It is a matter of controversy amongst authorities whether it is up to the El Arish River, or the very Nile. But that shall be subject of discussion later on, and its fulfillment will be for the days of Moshiach. Today, Gush Katif, may it be rebuilt speedily, is, for all practical purposes, as much Eretz Yisroel as are Yerushalayim, Hevron, Hadera and Tel Aviv.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="27" height="190"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" width="350" height="190"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;De hecho Eretz Israel se extiende aun más lejos en el oeste, y es un asunto de desacuerdo entre las autoridades sobre si es hasta el río El-Arish, o hasta el Nilo. Pero eso ya será materia de discusión más adelante, y de cumplimiento en los días de Mashíaj. Hoy por hoy, Gush Katif, que sea pronto reconstruída, es para todo efecto práctico tan Eretz Israel como Ierushalaim, Hevrón, H&lt;/span&gt;a&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;dera y Tel Aviv.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-7536298214348330846?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/11/yitzjak-avinu-vivi-en-gush-katif.html' title='Yitzjak Avinu vivió en Gush Katif / Yitzchok Avinu Lived in Gush Katif'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/7536298214348330846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=7536298214348330846&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/7536298214348330846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/7536298214348330846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/11/yitzjak-avinu-vivi-en-gush-katif.html' title='Yitzjak Avinu vivió en Gush Katif / Yitzchok Avinu Lived in Gush Katif'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-8374290036968348729</id><published>2006-11-15T00:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-30T01:01:56.344-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Demophrenia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pseudodemocracia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valores Occidentales'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democracy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democracia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galut Mentality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Western Values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oriente Medio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medio Oriente'/><title type='text'>Estoy leyendo y recomiendo / I Am Reading and Recommend</title><content type='html'>&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="450" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="591" alt="Demophrenia.  Israel and the Malaise of Democracy.  By: Paul Eidelberg." src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5254/1790/1600/Demophrenia%20003.jpg" width="420" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="450" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Deseo compartir un libro que estoy leyendo&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;I wish to share a book I am reading:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="450" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;“&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDemophrenia-Malaise-Democracy-Paul-Eidelberg%2Fdp%2F093345127X%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1163567307%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=elblogderafae-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325"&gt;Demophrenia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=elblogderafae-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;amp;o=1" width="1" border="0" /&gt;”, del profesor Paul Eidelberg. ¡Simplemente fascinante!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Lamentablemente no tiene, todavía, traducción al castellano.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="5"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;“&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDemophrenia-Malaise-Democracy-Paul-Eidelberg%2Fdp%2F093345127X%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1163567307%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=elblogderafae-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325"&gt;Demophrenia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=elblogderafae-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;amp;o=1" width="1" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt; by Professor Paul Eidelberg. It is simply fascinating! Unfortunately there is not yet a translation into Spanish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="450" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Esclarece todo lo que es menester esclarecer para este la aquellos que, en las más densas tinieblas del exilio, creen que la Redención consiste en la democracia occidental y nada más.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="10"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;This book renders clear everything that need to be understood by those who, in the thickest darkness of the Exile, believe that the Redemption consists of western democracy and nothing else.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="450" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;p class="NormalTahoma" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;El libro es realmente un tesorito en materia de información y en desarrollo del pensamiento. Definitivamente es lectura de rigor para todos los lectores de este blog – tanto amigos como críticos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="middle" width="225"&gt;&lt;p class="NormalTahoma" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;"&gt;The book is really a little treasure in matter of information and in development of thought. It is definitely a must reading for all the readers of this blog – friends as well as critics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-8374290036968348729?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.amazon.com/Demophrenia-Malaise-Democracy-Paul-Eidelberg/dp/093345127X/sr=8-1/qid=1163567307?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;tag2=elblogderafae-20' title='Estoy leyendo y recomiendo / I Am Reading and Recommend'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/8374290036968348729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=8374290036968348729&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/8374290036968348729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/8374290036968348729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/11/estoy-leyendo-y-recomiendo-i-am-read.html' title='Estoy leyendo y recomiendo / I Am Reading and Recommend'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-163010733592150152</id><published>2006-10-21T20:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T23:54:33.916-04:00</updated><title type='text'>El Rashi de Bereshit 1:1 / Rashi on Bereishis 1:1</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5254/1790/1600/Merkaz-HaAretz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/5254/1790/400/Merkaz-HaAretz.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left"&gt;&lt;table id="AutoNumber1" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse;color:#ffffff;" cellspacing="0" bordercolordark="#ffffff" cellpadding="0" width="72%" bordercolorlight="#ffffff" border="1" &gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl"  style="font-family:FrankRuehl;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000000;"&gt;בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹקִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;בראשית - אמר רבי יצחק לא היה צריך להתחיל [את] התורה אלא &lt;em&gt;מהחודש הזה לכם&lt;/em&gt; (שמות י"ב ב), שהיא מצוה ראשונה שנצטוו [בה] ישראל, ומה טעם פתח בבראשית, משום &lt;em&gt;כח מעשיו הגיד לעמו לתת להם נחלת גוים&lt;/em&gt; (תהלים קי"א ו), שאם יאמרו אומות העולם לישראל&lt;em&gt; לסטים אתם&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;שכבשתם ארצות שבעה גוים&lt;/em&gt;, הם אומרים להם &lt;em&gt;כל הארץ של הקב"ה היא, הוא בראה ונתנה לאשר ישר בעיניו, ברצונו נתנה להם וברצונו נטלה מהם ונתנה לנו&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="49%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;En el principio creó Di-s a los cielos y a la tierra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bereshit/Génesis 1:1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="2%"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="49%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;In the beginning G-d created the Heavens and the Earth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bereishis/Genesis 1:1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="49%"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Dijo Rabí Yitzjak: “No debía haber empezado la Torá sino con el versículo &lt;i&gt;Este es para vosotros el primer mes de todos los meses&lt;/i&gt; (Éxodo / &lt;i&gt;Shemot&lt;/i&gt; 12:10) que es el primer precepto que recibió el pueblo de Israel; ¿por qué la inició con &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;en el principio&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;? Porque está escrito: &lt;i&gt;La fuerza de Sus acciones, las relata a Su pueblo, para darles una heredad nacional &lt;/i&gt;(Salmos / &lt;i&gt;Tehilim&lt;/i&gt; 111:6). Luego, si los pueblos del mundo vienen y dicen a Israel: &lt;i&gt;Sois ladrones, porque os apropiasteis de tierras de siete pueblos&lt;/i&gt;, ellos, el pueblo de Israel, podrán responder: &lt;i&gt;Toda la tierra pertenece a Di-s, Él la creó y la entregó a quien halló gracia en Sus ojos; con Su voluntad la dio, y con Su voluntad la quitó de ellos y nos la entregó&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="2%"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="49%"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-cluster; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;R. Yitzchok said: “The Torah should have begun with the verse &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This month shall be your first month&lt;/i&gt;, (Exodus /&lt;i&gt; Shmos&lt;/i&gt; 12:10) it being the first precept that the Israelites were commanded. Then why does it [the Torah] begin with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In the beginning&lt;/i&gt;? This is because it is written: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;He declared the power of His works to His people in order to give to them the inheritance of nations&lt;/i&gt; (Psalms / &lt;i&gt;Tehillim &lt;/i&gt;111:6). Thus, should the nations of the world say to Israel, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You are robbers, for you have taken by force the lands of the Seven Nations&lt;/i&gt;, they, the Jews will say to them: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;All the earth belongs to G-d. He created it and gave it to whomever He saw fit. It was His will to give it to them and it was His will to take it from them and give it to us.&lt;/i&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="102%" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="49%"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;Rashi, Rabí Shlomo &lt;/span&gt;Yi&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;tzjaki, el más estudiado de los &lt;i&gt;mefarshim&lt;/i&gt; (comentaristas rabínicos), empieza su famoso comentario de la Torá con esas palabras. ¡Y qué importantes son! La Torá bien podría haber empezado con una serie de mandamientos prácticos. Pero los gentiles podrían bien decir que a ellos no les importa lo que la Torá les puede encomendar a los judíos. Así pues, el propósito de empezar la Torá con la narrativa de la creación del universo es el dejar en claro que Di-s, el Creador de todo cuanto hay, es quien decidió desde el principio de todas las cosas que la tierra de Israel le pertenece al &lt;/span&gt;P&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;ueblo &lt;/span&gt;E&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;legido, el &lt;/span&gt;P&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;ueblo &lt;/span&gt;J&lt;span lang="ES"&gt;udío.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="49%"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#0000ff;"&gt;Rashi, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, the most studied of of &lt;i&gt;meforshim&lt;/i&gt; (rabbinical commentators), begins his famous commentary on the Torah with those words. How important the are! The Torah could very well have begun with a series of practical commandments. But the gentiles could well say that they do not care about what the Torah could order the Jews to do. Hence, the purpose of beginning the Torah with the story of the creation of the universe is to make it clear that G-d, the Creator of all that there is, is who decided from the beginning of it all that the land of Israel belongs to the Chosen People, the Jewish People.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-163010733592150152?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/163010733592150152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=163010733592150152&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/163010733592150152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/163010733592150152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/10/el-rashi-de-bereshit-11-rashi-on.html' title='El Rashi de Bereshit 1:1 / Rashi on Bereishis 1:1'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115826662509195277</id><published>2006-09-14T16:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T01:14:06.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Un intermedio musical / A Musical Intermission</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="right"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed width="430" height="389" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://vid95.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/rafvrab/YulaYula.flv"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyright © 2006 &lt;strong&gt;Ariel Zilber&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="conTitle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Fuente del audio / Audio source: &lt;a href="http://www.arielzilber.com/shirim/yula.mp3"&gt;http://www.arielzilber.com/shirim/yula.mp3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuente del video / Video source: &lt;a href="http://www.likudnik.co.il/Front/Newsnet/reports.asp?reportId=171656"&gt;http://www.likudnik.co.il/Front/Newsnet/reports.asp?reportId=171656&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115826662509195277?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115826662509195277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115826662509195277&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115826662509195277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115826662509195277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/09/un-intermedio-musical-musical.html' title='Un intermedio musical / A Musical Intermission'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115673689109840768</id><published>2006-08-27T23:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T17:58:21.899-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cosas que necesitan ser dichas / Things That Need to be Said</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;Es fácil perderse en los detalles. Creo necesario ahora revisar algunos asuntos básicos, sin escrúpulos ni pelos en la lengua para decir las cosas como se debe. Vamos por partes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;It is easy to get lost in the details. I see it is now necessary to review some basic matters, without any hesitating or wavering, to say things straightforwardly. Lets proceed point by point:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;El pueblo elegido: el pacto entre Di-s y el pueblo judío&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Am Israel,&lt;/em&gt; el pueblo judío, es el pueblo elegido por Di-s. Es patético que quienes más nos lo hagan recordar sean nuestros aborrecedores. Y estos, nadando en un mar de ignorancia y mala información, solo expresan una visión torcida y tergiversada del asunto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;El pueblo judío fue elegido por Di-s para una misión clave en el esquema de la creación: servir a Di-s mediante el cumplimiento de los 613 preceptos (en hebreo: &lt;em&gt;mitzvot&lt;/em&gt;, מִצְוֹת), y ser la &lt;em&gt;luz de las naciones&lt;/em&gt;. Para esto Di-s nos dio los elementos que necesitamos: nos abasteció de un alma judía particular, creada de la esencia de Si Mismo (véase el inicio del segundo capítulo del &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kehot.com.ar/tania_completo.htm"&gt;Séfer Likutei Amarim Tanya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Desde los días de Abraham circuncidamos a nuestros hijos como señal del pacto que el primero de los patriarcas hizo con Di-s. &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/11/de-la-parash-lej-lej-from-parshas-lech.html"&gt;En ese mismo pacto quedó establecido nuestro vínculo eterno con la tierra de Israel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Ese pacto, y ese vínculo, ha sido heredado de generación en generación, desde los tres patriarcas, hasta nuestros días. El vínculo judío con la tierra de Israel jamás ha sido quebrado. Aun en la más oscura hora del exilio, en el lugar más perdido y lejano, el judío recuerda a Sión, ruega al Cielo por su reconstrucción, y por el reestablecimiento de la soberanía de su pueblo sobre esa, su verdadera patria. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Tres veces al día, al recitar la plegaria, el judío torna su rostro hacia Jerusalén, la ciudad sagrada y eterna capital. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Chosen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt; People: The Covenant Between G-d and the Jewish People&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Am Yisrael,&lt;/em&gt; the Jewish people, are G-d’s chosen nation. It is pathetic that those who bring it to our attention the most are those who hate us. And they, swimming in a sea of ignorance and bad information, only express a view that is both, twisted and distorted.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The Jewish people were chosen by G-d for a key mission in the scheme of creation: to serve G-d through the fulfillment of the 613 commandments (in Hebrew: &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mitzvos&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt;מִצְוֹת&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;), and to be &lt;em&gt;a light unto the nations.&lt;/em&gt; For this, G-d gave us all the elements that we need: He &lt;/span&gt;provided&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; us with a unique Jewish soul, which He created from His own essence (see the beginning of the second chapter of the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://store.kehotonline.com/index.php?stocknumber=EAR-TANY.L&amp;amp;deptid=&amp;amp;amp;parentid=&amp;amp;page=2&amp;amp;itemsperpage=10"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Sefer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Likutei&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Amarim&lt;/span&gt; Tanya&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;From the time of Abraham we circumcise our children as a sign of the covenant that the first of the forefathers made with the Almighty. &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/11/de-la-parash-lej-lej-from-parshas-lech.html"&gt;That very same covenant established our eternal link with the land of Israel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The covenant and the link were inherited from generation to generation, from the three forefathers to our day. The Jewish ties with the land of Israel have never been broken. Even in the darkest hour of the exile, in the farthest and most remote of places, the Jew recalls Zion, and asks the Heavens for its reconstruction and for the reestablishment of the sovereignty of his people to their true motherland. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 21pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Three times a day, while reciting his prayers, the Jew turns his face toward Jerusalem, the sacred city and eternal capital.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="2" type="1"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;La Tierra de Israel y los judíos: ¿ideología laica o deber religioso?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Hay quienes, en su patética ignorancia, creen que todo empezó con Herzl. No saben, pobrecitos, que muchos años antes de que don Teodoro pensara siquiera en escribir &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEl-Estado-Judio-Theodor-Herzl%2Fdp%2F9875740152%2Fsr%3D1-3%2Fqid%3D1158468893%2Fref%3Dsr%5F1%5F3%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&amp;amp;tag=elblogderafae-20&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325"&gt;El Estado Judío&lt;/a&gt;, el &lt;em&gt;rav&lt;/em&gt; Kalischer ya había publicado &lt;a href="http://www.nehora.com/products/Drishat-Tzion-%252d-HaRav-Tzvi-Hirsch-Kalisher-----%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%AA-%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%252d-%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A9-%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Drishat Tzión&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, defendiendo firmemente el concepto del retorno físico del pueblo judío a la santa Tierra de Israel, y que esto debería suceder antes de la venida del &lt;em&gt;Mashíaj&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Herzl bien podría haber optado por crear en Uganda o en la Argentina su “hogar nacional judío”, como propuso de manera alternativa. Pero el judío sabía distinguir entre un mero transplante más en el exilio, y el Retorno a la patria, a &lt;em&gt;Eretz Israel&lt;/em&gt;. Eso fue lo que marcó la diferencia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Durante los siglos del exilio, el judío nunca olvidó a Sión. ¿Como podría olvidar un elemento tan importante de su pacto ancestral con Di-s? Ese es el verdadero sionismo, y sin esa verdad Herzl no habría sido sino una breve nota al pie de página en algún oscuro y rebuscado volumen de curiosidades históricas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;A pesar del exilio impuesto sobre el pueblo judío, y a pesar del tiempo y la distancia, el judío nunca dejó atrás su vínculo con la Tierra Prometida. Todo judío que haya recitado siquiera una sola vez en su vida sus plegarias con sinceridad de corazón, ha rogado por el retorno de su pueblo a la tierra de Israel, por la reconstrucción de Jerusalén, del Templo, por la Redención y por la verdadera paz, la Paz Divina.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="2" type="1"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt; and the Jews: Secular Ideology or Religious Duty?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;There are those who, in their pathetic ignorance, believe that it all began with Herzl. They do not know, poor souls, that many years before Mr. Theodor even thought of writing &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-State-Theodor-Herzl/dp/0486258491/sr=1-1/qid=1158468680/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;tag2=elblogderafae-20"&gt;The Jewish State&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;horav&lt;/em&gt; Kalischer had already published &lt;a href="http://www.nehora.com/products/Drishat-Tzion-%252d-HaRav-Tzvi-Hirsch-Kalisher-----%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%AA-%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%252d-%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A9-%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Drishat Tzion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, defending firmly the concept of the physical return of the Jewish people to the Holy Land of Israel, and that this should happen before the arrival of the &lt;em&gt;Moshiach&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Herzl could well have opted to create his Jewish National Home in Uganda or in Argentina, as he alternatively proposed. But the Jew knew how to differentiate between merely another uprooting in exile, and the Return to the motherland, Eretz Israel. That was what marked the difference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Throughout centuries of exile, the Jew never forgot Zion. How could he forget such an important element of his ancient covenant with G-d? That is the true Zionism, and without that truth Herzl would have been but a brief footnote in dark and farfetched volume of historical curiosities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Despite the exile imposed on the Jewish people, and despite the time and the distance, the Jew never left behind his link with the Promised Land. Every Jew that has recited even once in its lifetime his prayers with sincerity of the heart, has asked for the return of his people to the land of Israel, and for the reconstruction of Jerusalem, of the Temple, for the Redemption and for the true peace, the Divine Peace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Responsabilidades, obligaciones, y la continuidad de los judíos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;l judío es responsable por el cumplimiento de las obligaciones y preceptos de Di-s. Es &lt;b&gt;imposible&lt;/b&gt; cumplir con la lista entera de las 613 &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;mitzvot&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sin el retorno del judío a &lt;span class="Strong1"&gt;su&lt;/span&gt; tierra Israel, sin la redención y la Reconstrucción del Templo de Jerusalén.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;El judío debe permanecer como tal, no debe perder su identidad ni asimilarse en las culturas del mundo. El judío debe velar por su pueblo, debe asegurarse de la continuidad judía por medio de sus descendientes, y no debe jamás apartarse de sus obligaciones. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;El judío es siempre judío, y no debe &lt;b&gt;nunca&lt;/b&gt; avergonzarse de serlo. No debe, jamás, negar el pacto con Di-s que tiene por herencia ancestral desde los remotos días de &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/11/de-la-parash-lej-lej-from-parshas-lech.html"&gt;Abraham&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/12/yaakov-en-la-tierra-de-su-padre-yaakov.html"&gt;Isaac y Jacob.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;¡Que se vayan a la porra quienes nos acusan de complejos de inferioridad y/o superioridad! Somos, simplemente, responsables por la pesada carga que tenemos sobre nuestros hombros. No vamos a dejar que nos destruyan, o que nos arrebaten lo que es legítimamente nuestro.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Responsibilities, Obligations, and the Continuity of the Jews&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The Jew is responsible for the fulfillment of the obligations and precepts of G-d. It is &lt;b&gt;impossible&lt;/b&gt; to comply with the entire list of the 613 &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;mitzvos&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; without the return of the Jew to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;,&lt;b&gt; h&lt;span class="Strong1"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; land, without the Redemption and the reconstruction of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;The Jew must remain as such. He must neither lose his identity, nor assimilate into the cultures of the world. The Jew should keep watch over his people and insure Jewish continuity through his descendants, and must never depart from his duties.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;A Jew is always a Jew, and must &lt;b&gt;never&lt;/b&gt; be ashamed to be so. He ought never to deny the covenant with G-d that he has as a heritage since the forgone days of &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/11/de-la-parash-lej-lej-from-parshas-lech.html"&gt;Abraham&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/12/yaakov-en-la-tierra-de-su-padre-yaakov.html"&gt;Isaac and Jacob.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;To heck with those who accuse us of inferiority and/or superiority complexes! We are simply responsible for the heavy burden that we carry on our shoulders. We are not going to let anyone destroy us, or snatch away from us that which is legitimately ours.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="4" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;El judío frente a las naciones del mundo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Para con el gentil, el judío debe ser “una luz a las naciones”, como decía Isaías (42:6). El judío debe enseñar al mundo el pacto que toda la humanidad, descendiente de los hijos de Noé, tiene para con Di-s, y de los &lt;a href="http://www.judaicasite.com/contenidos/viviendoeljudaismo/lossietepreceptos.php3"&gt;Siete Preceptos Universales (&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;noájides&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/a&gt; que este pacto acarrea.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Si el judío defiende su potestad sobre la Tierra de Israel, lo hace con pleno derecho, y lo que defiende es una necesidad vital. El rendir terreno alguno de la tierra concedida por Di-s es una flagrante invitación al derramamiento de sangre judía, porque cada codo cuadrado de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eretz &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Israel&lt;/i&gt; está ligado a una vida judía. El siquiera hablar de entregar terreno alguno pone en peligro la vidas de judíos por doquier, sea dentro o fuera de la Tierra de Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Esta tesis, brillante y elocuentemente pronunciada por el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebe&lt;/span&gt; de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Lubávitch&lt;/span&gt; hace ya casi cuatro décadas, es una realidad tangible, y resulta más evidente hoy que nunca antes. Los “diálogos de paz” de la última década y media, y las trágicas y garrafalmente equivocadas concesiones territoriales – por muy “unilaterales” que puedan ser – han desembocado en la guerra. Aun quienes de algún modo obtuso consigan ver el debacle de la incompetencia de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Olmert&lt;/span&gt; en el conflicto del Líbano como una &lt;i&gt;victoria&lt;/i&gt; para Israel, no pueden negar que un millón de Israelíes abandonaron sus hogares por el temor – o la prudencia – de salirse del camino de los misiles &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Katiusha&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="4" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;The Jew Before the Nations of the World&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Before the gentiles, the Jew is to be “a light unto the nations”, as Isaiah said (42:6). The Jew must teach the world the covenant that all mankind, descendants of the children of Noah, have with G-d, and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noahide_Laws"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Seven Universal (&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Noahide&lt;/span&gt;) Laws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; that this covenant contains.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;When the Jew defends his legitimate possession of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;, he does so with full right, and what he defends is a vital need. Yielding any part of the land granted by G-d is a flagrant invitation to the spilling of Jewish blood, because every square cubit of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eretz&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;Israel&lt;/i&gt; is connected with a Jewish life. Even speaking of conceding any land endangers the lives of Jews everywhere, both in and outside the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;This thesis, brilliantly and eloquently pronounced by the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Lubavitcher&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebbe&lt;/span&gt; almost four decades ago, is today a tangible reality, and becomes even more evident now than ever before. The “peace talks” of the last fifteen years, and the tragic and terribly mistaken territorial concessions – however “unilateral” they may have been – have lead us into war. Even those who, in some twisted way, manage to see the fiasco of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Olmert’s &lt;/span&gt;incompetence during the Lebanon War as a &lt;i&gt;victory&lt;/i&gt; for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; cannot deny that a million Israelis abandoned their homes due to fear – or sound judgment – getting out of the way of the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Katyusha&lt;/span&gt; missiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="5" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Responsabilidades y obligaciones del gentil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;¿Y que hay con los gentiles? Los no judíos, sea que estén en el &lt;a href="http://www.7for70.com/newsPic/signarabic.jpg"&gt;Medio Oriente&lt;/a&gt;, y en cualquier otro lugar del mundo, tienen también un compromiso con Di-s, un conjunto de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;mitzvot&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; a cumplir. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/vidanoajica"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Las Siete Leyes Universales, o &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;mitzvot&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;noájides&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;, son el camino a seguir para todos los seres humanos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="5" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Responsibilities and obligations of the gentile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;And what about the gentiles? The non-Jews, whether in the &lt;a href="http://www.7for70.com/newsPic/signarabic.jpg"&gt;Middle East&lt;/a&gt; or in any another place of the world, also have a commitment with G-d, a set of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.7for70.com/EN/index.asp"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;mitzvos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; with which to comply. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noahide.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;The Seven Universal Laws, or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"&gt;Noahide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Mitzvos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;, are the way to go for all human beings.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="6" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Un gobierno judío para el Estado Judío&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Otro asunto mal entendido, por no decir completa y maliciosamente tergiversado, es el de la urgencia de modificar el sistema de gobierno de Israel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Israel es el único país del mundo cuyo propósito desde la primera propuesta de su creación ha sido, y continua siendo hoy, el Estado &lt;b&gt;Judío&lt;/b&gt;. Para esto, Israel debe ser un país propiamente judío, cuyo gobierno debe ser claramente judío. Israel no está allí para ser “un país de todos sus ciudadanos”, mientras su ciudadanía sea una mezcla de judíos y gentiles. Tal concepto, al que tan fuertemente se ha arraigado los “humanistas” y los liberales, encierra una condena de muerte al concepto del estado judío: si la población llegase a ser mayoritariamente gentil, y el sistema de gobierno auténticamente democrático, el país dejaría de ser Israel. Así de simple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;¿Propongo entonces una tiranía religiosa? No. Eso es lanzarse atolondradamente a conclusiones, sin antes distinguir entre el análisis de un problema y la propuesta a su solución.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Un gobierno de coerción religiosa duraría poco, y no ganaría una verdadera influencia en la población general de Israel – ni siquiera en la población judía. Es más: ningún partido político religioso en Israel posee un plan de gobierno. Los partidos políticos minoritarios en Israel cumplen con la función que en los Estados Unidos cumplen los &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;lobbies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: sirven a los intereses de un grupo determinado, no les concierne el efecto que puedan tener sobre el resto de la población, y su agenda política no incluye realmente el llegar a gobernar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Sería mejor que no hubiese partidos políticos. Pero, dado que los hay, sería mejor contar con un partido orientado a gobernar, con una política clara de mantener al país como el único Estado Judío del mundo, y que no vuelva a cometer los errores garrafales de gobiernos anteriores: ¡No más concesiones territoriales a quienes tienen por razón de ser y objetivo supremo el asegurar nuestra destrucción!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="6" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;A Jewish Government for the Jewish State &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Another poorly understood, not to say completely and maliciously distorted, subject is that of the urgency to modify the system of government in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; is the only country in the world whose purpose, from the first proposal for its creation has been, and continuous to be today, the &lt;b&gt;Jewish&lt;/b&gt; State. For this, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; should be a properly Jewish country, whose government should be clearly Jewish. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; is not there to be “a country of all its citizens,” while its citizenry is a mixture of Jews and gentiles. Such a concept, to which Liberals and “humanists” so steadfastly hold, imposes a death sentence for the notion of a Jewish State: if the majority of the population got to be gentile, and the system of government authentically democratic, the country would cease to be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;. That simple.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Do I, then, propose a religious tyranny? Not so. That would be jumping hastily to conclusions, without before distinguishing between the analysis of a problem and the proposal for its solution.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;A government of religious coercion would last a short time, and would not gain true influence on the general population of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; – not even on the Jewish population. Moreover: no religious political party in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; possesses a plan of government. Minority political parties in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; fulfill a role played by lobbies in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;: serving the interests of a specific group, without concern for the effect that they may have on the rest of the population, and their political agenda does not include a prospect to govern.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;It would be better if there were no political parties. But, given that there are, it is desirable to count on a party oriented to govern, with a clear policy of keeping the country as the only Jewish State in the world, and of not ever again committing the terrible errors of previous governments: No more territorial concessions to those whose supreme purpose and reason of existence is to insure our destruction!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="7" type="1"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Sheleimut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;HaAretz&lt;/span&gt;: la entereza de la Tierra de Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;Un elemento esencial en el juego de responsabilidades del judío es el de la integridad. No se trata solamente de una integridad moral, aunque esta es en verdad una parte fundamental de este concepto. La triple integridad que el judío lleva sobre sus hombros es la integridad de su pueblo, de la Torá, y de la sacra tierra de Israel. En hebreo esto es llamado &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt;שלימות העם, שלימות התורה, ושלימות הארץ. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Sobre este tema no hay mejor expositor entre todos los sabios del pueblo judío que el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebe&lt;/span&gt; de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Lubávitch&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Muchos eruditos han enfocado el tema desde un punto de vista meramente ideológico. A esto, se suscitó una brecha que divide al campo observante en dos sectores: el del sionismo religioso, y el del &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;antisionismo&lt;/span&gt;. Para los primeros, El Estado de Israel es, de por si, el Inicio de la Redención. Tal concepto está claramente expresado en la plegaria que el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rabinato&lt;/span&gt; Mayor de Israel compuso durante la Guerra de Independencia, en las palabras &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt;ראשית&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt; צמיחת&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt; גאלתינו&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;, “inicio de nuestra redención”, que acompañan a la mención del Estado de Israel en esa plegaria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Por el otro lado, una sección importante del mundo judío observante se rehúsa a pronunciar esa plegaria. Si bien la tenencia judía de la Tierra de Israel ha de llevar a la redención, el Estado en si no es sagrado. Es más, la continua insistencia en definirlo como un estado moderno, humanista, universal, y como el estado de todos sus ciudadanos, amenaza gravemente en hacer de lado con la mismísima fundación del Estado Judío. Repito: si la mayoría de los ciudadanos políticamente activos de Israel fuesen gentiles – cosa que bien puede estar en camino a suceder – el Estado de Israel dejaría de ser, tal y cual, el Estado de &lt;b&gt;Israel.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Aun más, el Estado que traiciona a sus ciudadanos judíos que, en su mejor entender de la observancia judía, cumplen con el deber judío de asentarse en toda la Tierra de Israel... ese estado es más que profano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Una minoría en el mundo judío observante exige la destrucción del Estado de Israel para reemplazarlo por un país árabe. Para esta minoría, caracterizada por una secta llamada &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neturei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Karta&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, el pecado del sionismo político – sea religioso o laico – no es rescatable de modo alguno. Sin embargo la legitimidad de esta visión es, por lo menos, cuestionable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Para el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebe&lt;/span&gt;, el asunto no es ideológico. Se trata meramente de una cuestión de supervivencia. Es un asunto de vida o muerte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;El Estado de Israel cumple una función temporaria, o por lo menos debe cumplirla. Si este dejase de existir, especialmente de la manera repentina como los &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neturei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Karta&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; piden, la debacle sería catastrófica. Toda concesión de territorio sagrado – la Tierra de Israel es indiscutiblemente sagrada – tiene repercusiones directas en la integridad física del pueblo judío.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Por lo tanto el deber del Estado de Israel es el proteger a la Tierra de Israel y mantenerla en manos judías hasta la venida del &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Mashíaj&lt;/span&gt; y de la Redención.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="7" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Sheleimus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;HaAretz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;: the Wholeness of the &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;An essential element in the set of responsibilities of the Jew is that of integrity. It is not only about a moral integrity, although this is indeed a fundamental part of this concept. The triple integrity that the Jew carries on his shoulders is the integrity of his People, of the Torah, and of the Holy Land of Israel. In Hebrew this is expressed as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt;שלימות העם, שלימות התורה, ושלימות הארץ. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;On this subject there is no better spokesman among all the sages of the Jewish people than the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Lubavitcher&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebbe&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Many scholars have approached this subject from a merely ideological point of view. Due to this, a gap was forged, dividing the religious camp into two sectors: that of religious Zionism, and that of anti-Zionism. For the earlier, The State of Israel is, in-and-of-itself, the Beginning of the Redemption. Such a concept is clearly expressed in the prayer that the Chief Rabbinate of Israel composed during the War of Independence, in the words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt;ראשית&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt; צמיחת&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt; גאלתינו&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, “the beginning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of our redemption”, that go along with the mention of the State of Israel in that prayer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;On the other hand, an important section of the Jewish religious world refuses to recite that prayer. Though the Jewish possession of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; should lead to the Redemption, the State &lt;i&gt;per se&lt;/i&gt; is not holy. Moreover, the continuous insistence in defining it as a modern state, humanist, universal, and as the state of all its citizens, seriously threatens to do away with the very foundations of the Jewish State. I repeat: if the majority of the politically active citizens of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; were gentiles – which may very well be on the way to happening – the State of Israel would cease to be, as such, the State of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Moreover, the State that betrays its Jewish citizens that, in their best understanding of Jewish observance, fulfill the Jewish duty to settle in all the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;... that state is more than unholy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;A minority in the observant Jewish world demands the destruction of the State of Israel, to replace it with an Arab country. For this minority, characterized by a sect known as the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neturei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Karta&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the sin of political Zionism, whether religious or secular, is unsalvageable in every way. Yet, the legitimacy of this view is, to say the least, questionable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;For the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebbe&lt;/span&gt;, this is not an ideological issue. It is, rather, a question of survival. It is a matter of life and death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The State of Israel fulfils a temporary function, or at least should fulfill it. If &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; were to cease to exist, especially in the sudden way that the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neturei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Karta&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;demand&lt;/span&gt;, the ensuing disaster would be catastrophic. Every concession of sacred territory – the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; is indisputably holy – has direct repercussions on the physical integrity of the Jewish people.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It is, thus, the duty of the State of Israel to protect the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; and to keep her in Jewish hands until the coming of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Moshiach&lt;/span&gt; and the Redemption&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="8" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Causa y efecto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Así pues, la idea detrás de la política de “territorios por paz” nunca ha partido de una premisa real. Su racional es el mismo de aquella absurda exposición lógica que concluye en que los chanchos vuelan:&lt;em&gt; si todos los animales alados vuelan, y los chanchos tienen alas, entonces los chanchos vuelan&lt;/em&gt; – una conclusión lógica basada en premisas erróneas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Ciertamente, ni todos los animales alados vuelan, ni los puercos poseen alas. Y ciertamente, las concesiones&lt;br /&gt;territoriales de sucesivos regimenes en Israel no han producido paz alguna, y en vez de eso han fortalecido y envalentonado al delirio árabe de destruir a Israel y “arrojar a los judíos al mar”.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;El &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebe&lt;/span&gt; advirtió sobre tal racionamiento erróneo desde que este empezó a surgir en las mentes de los políticos israelíes. La primera advertencia fue a los pocos días de la victoria de la Guerra de los Seis Días. Aun antes de que se pronunciara la idea de que los territorios liberados pudiesen ser usados en negociaciones futuras como un elemento de trueque a cambio de la paz, el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebe&lt;/span&gt; anunció que el mero hablar del asunto pondría a vidas judías en peligro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Hoy esto no es más un concepto abstracto o profético. Es una realidad a ser contemplada en el curso de hechos de los últimos años. Israel ha sufrido levantamientos árabes – guerras libradas desde el interior de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Eretz&lt;/span&gt; Israel por un enemigo que se supo abrir camino.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Un enemigo en el Caballo de Troya bajo la cubierta de una ilusión, ese mal llamado “proceso de paz”, y ha de tal modo le fue permitido montar a lo largo de Israel hacia la mismísima Jerusalén. Israel acaba de sufrir una guerra que, por primera vez en su historia, sembró el pánico sobre un millón de sus habitantes en toda la región norte del país. &lt;span class="Strong1"&gt;Todo por el haber concedido territorios.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;En concreto, la retirada del Líbano en el año 2000, y la rendición de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Gush&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Katif&lt;/span&gt; el año pasado, dieron lugar a que se levantaran enemigos aun peores que los que previamente&lt;br /&gt;habían amenazado a Israel. &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamás&lt;/span&gt; tomó el poder completamente sobre los árabes de los territorios – ¡Que error tan grave fue el darles autonomía en un primer lugar! – y &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hizbalá&lt;/span&gt; se instaló en el sur del Líbano con armamentos demoníacos que ha costado sangre judía confrontar. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Al mando de nuestros enemigos se levanta hoy el régimen de Irán, cuyo presidente no hace esfuerzo alguno en ocultar sus verdaderas intenciones: borrar a Israel del mapa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="8" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Cause &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Effect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Hence, the idea behind the policy of “land for peace” simply does not begin from a true premise. Its rationale is the same as that of the absurd logical expounding that concludes that pigs fly:&lt;em&gt; if all winged animals fly, and pigs have wings, then pigs fly&lt;/em&gt; – a conclusion based on wrong premises. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Certainly, all winged animals do not fly, nor do pigs possess wings. And certainly, the territorial concessions of successive governments of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; have not produced any peace. Instead, they have strenghtened and encouraged the Arab delirium of destroying &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; and “throwing the Jews into the sea.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebbe&lt;/span&gt; warned of such erroneous rationale from the moment it started to arise in the minds of Israeli politicians. The first warning came a few days after of the victory of the Six Day War. Even before the announcement of the idea that the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Liberated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Territories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; could be used in future negotiations as a bargain element in exchange for peace. The &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rebbe&lt;/span&gt; warned that even speaking of such matters would place Jewish lives in danger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Today this is no longer an abstract or prophetic concept. It is a reality to be contemplated along with the course of events of recent years. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; has suffered Arab uprisings – wars fought from within the interior of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Eretz&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; by an enemy that has learned to force its way. They have mounted a Trojan Horse concealed by an illusion, that misnomer of a “peace process,” and have thus been allowed to ride throughout &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; and straight toward &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; itself.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; has just suffered a war that, for the first time in its history, drove a million of its inhabitants in the entire northern region of the country into panic. &lt;span class="Strong1"&gt;All this, due to territorial concessions.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;In concrete, the retreat from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; in 2000, and the surrender of Gush &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Katif&lt;/span&gt; a year ago, gave place to the rise of even worse enemies than those which had threatened &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; before. &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamas&lt;/span&gt; rose to complete power over the Arabs of the territories – what a serious mistake it was to give them autonomy in the first place! – and &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hizballah&lt;/span&gt; positioned its hosts in the south of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; with demonic weaponry.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Confronting them has been paid with Jewish blood. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;In command of our enemies stands today the hate-mongering regime of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Iran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;, whose president makes no effort to hide his true intentions: to erase to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; from the map.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="9" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Conclusión: ni crueldad ni fascismo, sino la mayor de las piedades&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;El pueblo judío y el Estado de Israel deben protegerse mutuamente. Es el deber de todo judío el exigir que Israel no vuelva a cometer la barbaridad de conceder territorios al enemigo. Es el deber de todo judío el oponerse con todo lo que le sea posible a todo gobierno que se atreva a insistir en semejante aberración.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;Dice en el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Zohar&lt;/span&gt; que “aquel que es piadoso con los crueles, acaba siendo cruel con los justos”. Para que Israel sea el país de los judíos, no debe jamás acometer contra su heroica y sacrificada población judía de los territorios liberados. Todo lo contrario, Israel debe defender y proteger a esa población con todas sus capacidades. La amenaza enemiga solo puede ser encarada atacándola. El enemigo que procura nuestra destrucción como objetivo supremo no podrá ser apaciguado con un aperitivo territorial. &lt;b&gt;Es ese enemigo al que hay que expulsar – y no al sacrificado y fiel poblador&lt;br /&gt;judío&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;El Estado de Israel debe educar a su población judía sobre lo que es el ser judío. No propongo coerción religiosa, que es por lo demás totalmente contraproducente, sino el encontrar la forma de inculcar valores auténticamente judíos en la población judía general. Todo judío que aprenda a amar al judaísmo será el mejor defensor de su pueblo, de su patria, y de su Torá.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="9" type="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;Conclusion: Neither Cruelty, Nor Fascism, but the Greatest of Loving-Kindness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The Jewish people and the State of Israel must protect each other. It is the duty of every Jew to demand that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; shall not commit again the barbarity to grant territories to the enemy. It is the duty of every Jew to oppose in every possible way every government that dares to insist on similar aberrations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;It says in the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Zohar&lt;/span&gt; that “&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;he&lt;/span&gt; who is merciful with the cruel, will end up being cruel with the merciful.” In order for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; to be the country of the Jews, it must never commit an attack against the heroic and sacrificed Jewish population of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Liberated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Territories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;. On the contrary, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; must defend and protect that population with all its might. The threat posed by the enemy can only be confronted by attacking it. The enemy that seeks our destruction as its supreme goal shall never be appeased with a territorial gesture. &lt;b&gt;That is the enemy that must be expelled – and not the sacrificed and faithful Jewish settler.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;The State of Israel ought to educate&lt;br /&gt;its Jewish population about what it is to be Jewish. I do not propose religious coercion, which is most certainly counterproductive, but rather, to find the way to instill authentically Jewish values in the general Jewish population.&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Every Jew that learns to love &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jewishness&lt;/span&gt; shall be the best defender of his people, of his country, and of his Torah. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;No hay mayor &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;amor&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;que&lt;/span&gt; el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;amor&lt;/span&gt; de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt;אהבת&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl" style="" lang="HE"&gt; ישראל –&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt; – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;y a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;su&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;debido&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;tiempo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;todos&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;judíos&lt;/span&gt; y gentiles, &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;sabrán&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;apreciarlo&lt;/span&gt; y &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;retribuir&lt;/span&gt; con &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;la &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;paz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Aun más, al abrir los ojos el judío podrá vislumbrar al &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Mashíaj&lt;/span&gt;, que acaba de voltear la esquina, y se dirige apresuradamente hacia nos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 0.25in;" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"   lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.95in;" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;There&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; no &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;greater&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Israel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="rtl"  lang="HE" style="color:black;"&gt;אהבת ישראל –&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt; – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES" style="color:black;"&gt; in &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;due&lt;/span&gt; time &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;all&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jew&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;gentile&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;shall&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;learn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;appreciate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;reciprocate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;peace&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Moreover, upon opening his eyes the Jew shall be able to glimpse &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Moshiach&lt;/span&gt;, who has just turned the corner, and is hastily heading our way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115673689109840768?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115673689109840768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115673689109840768&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115673689109840768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115673689109840768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/08/cosas-que-necesitan-ser-dichas-things.html' title='Cosas que necesitan ser dichas / Things That Need to be Said'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115557517879895060</id><published>2006-08-14T13:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:28.231-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maftir de la Parasha Eikev: La fuerza y la victoria de Israel / From the maftir of Parshas Eikev: Israel's might and victory</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="mso-bidi-language: HE"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="WIDTH: 467pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="623" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 3.2in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="307"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;color:#000099;" &gt;En estos momentos el mundo debate sobre el poder real de Israel. En 1967 una guerra increíble contra las huestes árabes de 5 países fue ganada en 6 legendarios días. Hoy en día, a 39 años de esa guerra, Israel acaba de librar la Guerra de los 34 Días. Durante seis de esos días, todo el poderío de Israel a manos de Ehud Olmert no pudo derrotar a un miserable caserío como Bint Yabel. Y al empezar el trigésimo quinto día, Hizbalá celebra el alto al fuego como una victoria. ¿Qué pasa con Israel? Veamos lo que la Torá nos dijo en la parashá de la semana pasada:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 0.25in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 218.6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="291"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;These moments the world debates about the real power of Israel. In 1967 an unbelievable war was won against the hosts of 5 Arab countries, in only 6 legendary days. Now, 39 years later, Israel has just fought the 34 Days War. During six of those days, the entire military strength of Israel on the hands of Ehud Olmert was no able to defeat that miserable one-horse-town that is Bint Jabel. And at the beginning of the thirty fifth day, Hizballah celebrates the cease fire as a victory. What happens with Israel? Let us see what the Tora told us in last week’s parshah:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 467pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="623" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;כִּי אִם-שָׁמֹר תִּשְׁמְרוּן אֶת-כָּל-הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם--לַעֲשֹׂתָהּ: לְאַהֲבָה אֶת-ה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם, לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל-דְּרָכָיו--וּלְדָבְקָה-בוֹ. &lt;a name="23"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;וְהוֹרִישׁ ה' אֶת-כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה, מִלִּפְנֵיכֶם; וִירִשְׁתֶּם גּוֹיִם, גְּדֹלִים וַעֲצֻמִים מִכֶּם. &lt;a name="24"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;כָּל-הַמָּקוֹם, אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרֹךְ כַּף-רַגְלְכֶם בּוֹ--לָכֶם יִהְיֶה: מִן-הַמִּדְבָּר &lt;strong&gt;וְהַלְּבָנוֹן&lt;/strong&gt; מִן-הַנָּהָר נְהַר-פְּרָת, וְעַד הַיָּם הָאַחֲרוֹן--יִהְיֶה, גְּבֻלְכֶם. &lt;strong&gt;לֹא-יִתְיַצֵּב אִישׁ, בִּפְנֵיכֶם: פַּחְדְּכֶם וּמוֹרַאֲכֶם יִתֵּן ה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם, עַל-פְּנֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּדְרְכוּ-בָהּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר, דִּבֶּר לָכֶם&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;רְאֵה, אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם--הַיּוֹם: בְּרָכָה, וּקְלָלָה. &lt;a name="27"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;כז אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה--אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ, אֶל-מִצְו‍ֹת ה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם, הַיּוֹם. &lt;a name="28"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;וְהַקְּלָלָה, אִם-לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ אֶל-מִצְו‍ֹת ה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם, וְסַרְתֶּם מִן-הַדֶּרֶךְ, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם: לָלֶכֶת, אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים--אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יְדַעְתֶּם. וְהָיָה, כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ--וְנָתַתָּה אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים, וְאֶת-הַקְּלָלָה עַל-הַר עֵיבָל. &lt;a name="30"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;הֲלֹא-הֵמָּה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, אַחֲרֵי דֶּרֶךְ מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, בְּאֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי, הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעֲרָבָה--מוּל, הַגִּלְגָּל, אֵצֶל, אֵלוֹנֵי מֹרֶה. &lt;a name="31"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;כִּי אַתֶּם, עֹבְרִים אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן, לָבֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-ה' אֱלֹקֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם; וִירִשְׁתֶּם אֹתָהּ, וִישַׁבְתֶּם-בָּהּ. &lt;a name="32"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם לַעֲשׂוֹת, אֵת כָּל-הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת-הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם, הַיּוֹם&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HEfont-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-language: HEfont-family:Georgia;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="mso-bidi-language: HE"&gt;דברים פרק י״א פסוקים כ״ב עד ל״ב&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-language: HE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 3.2in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="307"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;Porque si guardáis cuidadosamente todos estos mandamientos que yo os prescribo para que los cumpláis, y si amáis a &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt;, vuestro Di-s, andando en todos sus caminos y siguiéndolo a él, &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; también echará de vuestra presencia a todas estas naciones, y desposeeréis a naciones grandes y más poderosas que vosotros. Todo lugar que pise la planta de vuestro pie será vuestro: desde el desierto hasta el &lt;strong&gt;Líbano&lt;/strong&gt;, desde el río Éufrates hasta el mar occidental será vuestro territorio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nadie se sostendrá delante de vosotros; miedo y temor de vosotros pondrá HaShem, vuestro D-os, sobre toda la tierra que piséis, como él os ha dicho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mirad: Yo pongo hoy delante de vosotros la bendición y la maldición: la bendición, si obedecéis los mandamientos de &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt;, vuestro Di-s, que yo os prescribo hoy, y la maldición, si no obedecéis los mandamientos de &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt;, vuestro Di-s y os apartáis del camino que yo os ordeno hoy, para ir tras Di-ses ajenos que no habéis conocido. Cuando &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt;, tu Di-s, te haya introducido en la tierra a la cual vas para tomarla, pondrás la bendición sobre el monte Guerizim y la maldición sobre el monte Eival, los cuales están al otro lado del Jordán, tras el camino del occidente, en la tierra del cananeo, que habita en el Aravá, frente a Gilgal, junto al encinar de Moré. Porque vosotros pasáis el Jordán para ir a poseer la tierra que os da HaShem, vuestro Di-s. La tomaréis y habitaréis en ella. Cuidaréis, pues, de cumplir todos los estatutos y decretos que yo presento hoy delante de vosotros. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomio 11:22-32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 0.25in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 218.6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="291"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; your G-d, to walk in all his ways and to hold fast to him— then the &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you. Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to &lt;strong&gt;Lebanon&lt;/strong&gt;, and from the Euphrates River to the western sea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No man will be able to stand against you. &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; your G-d, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse – the blessing if you obey the commands of &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; your G-d that I am giving you today; the curse if you disobey the commands of &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; your G-d and turn from the way that I command you today by following other G-ds, which you have not known. When &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; your G-d has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim the blessings, and on Mount Eval the curses. As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, west of the road, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh, in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Aravah in the vicinity of Gilgal. You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land &lt;em&gt;HaShem&lt;/em&gt; your G-d is giving you. When you have taken it over and are living there, be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deuteronomy 11:22-32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 92.65pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 3.2in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; HEIGHT: 92.65pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="307"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;Y digo yo…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queda claro de los versículos de arriba que los territorios de Judea y Samaria son tan judíos como toda Eretz Israel, que el Estado Judío solo sobrevivirá si se define realmente como tal, que de la teshuvá del pueblo judío depende el porvenir de la nación, y que protegernos del Líbano, del “desierto”, y de cualquier parte, depende realmente de nuestra actitud con Di-s y su Torá.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nada de eso es viable con un gobierno de Kadima. ¡Es hora de un cambio mayor de dirección en Israel!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 0.25in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; HEIGHT: 92.65pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;color:blue;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 218.6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; HEIGHT: 92.65pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="291"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;color:blue;" &gt;And I say…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is clear from the verses above that the territorios of Judea and Samaria are just as Jewish as all of Eretz Yisrael, that the Jewish state Hill only survive if it is truly defined as such, that the future of the nation depends on the teshuvah of the Jewish people, and that our protection from Lebanon, from the “desert”, and from anywhere else, truly depends from our attitude with G-d and His Torah.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;color:blue;" &gt;None of that is viable under a Kadima government. It is time for a major change of direction in Israel!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115557517879895060?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115557517879895060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115557517879895060&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115557517879895060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115557517879895060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/08/maftir-de-la-parasha-eikev-la-fuerza-y.html' title='Maftir de la Parasha Eikev: La fuerza y la victoria de Israel / From the maftir of Parshas Eikev: Israel&apos;s might and victory'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115514126456423140</id><published>2006-08-09T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T15:20:53.227-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Para quien desee ayudar / For Whoever Wants to Help</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="mso-bidi-language: HE"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.colelchabad.org/form.asp?id=1"&gt;&lt;img height="126" alt="/" src="http://colelchabad.org/img/banner060727.gif" width="391" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 221.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="295"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-bidi-language: HE"&gt;No voy a sentarme a cantar la vieja canción del “te lo advertí”, aunque quien haya seguido mi prédica en este blog sabe muy bien que esto se veía venir desde lejos. Si Barak y Sharón no hubiesen rendido territorio al enemigo, y si Olmert no estuviese aun anunciando a voz en cuello que todavía tiene la intención de rendir más de los territorios liberados en 1967, no habría hoy esta guerra. Más bien, en estos momentos todos sentimos el deber de asistir a quienes más lo necesitan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La población de las zonas donde caen los cohetes y misiles a diario está pasando momentos muy difíciles. Muchos han optado por irse a terreno más seguro, otros pasan día y noche en los refugios antiaéreos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muchísima gente no puede ir a trabajar, o a comprar comida. No se diga lo que es tener a niños pequeños en medio de todo esto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colel Jabad, la caridad organizada más antigua de Israel, sin dejar de cumplir con sus labores cotidianas asistiendo a los indigentes y necesitados en Israel, ha lanzado una campaña de asistencia humanitaria sin precedentes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toda donación, por pequeña que sea, será apreciada. Los fondos recolectados van directamente a quienes más los necesitan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dado que el número de refugiados internos ha llegado a cerca de un millón, la necesidad es agobiante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donaciones desde los EEUU son deducibles de impuestos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 221.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="295"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;I am not going to sing that old song “I told you so,” even though whomever has been following my preaching in this blog is very well aware that this could be seeing coming from far away. If Barak and Sharon hadn’t surrender territory to the enemy, and if Olmert weren’t still now announcing out loud that he stills has the intentions of surrendering further parts of the territories liberated in 1967, this war would simply no exist. Rather, in these moments, we all feel the duty to help those who need it the most.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;The population of the areas where rockets and missiles fall daily is going through very difficult moments. Many have opted for leaving toward safer terrain; others spend day and night in bomb shelters. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Great many people cannot go to work, or even shopping for food. It goes without saying what it must be like to have small children in the midst of it all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Collel Chabad, Israel’s oldest organized charity, without ceasing to fulfill its regular duties of helping the poor and needy of Israel, has launched an unprecedented campaign of humanitarian assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Every donation, however small, shall be very much appreciated. All gathered monies will go directly to those who need them most.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Given that the number of internal refugees has reached nearly a million, the need is overwhelming.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Donations from the USA are tax-deductible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 221.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="295"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.colelchabad.org/form.asp?id=1"&gt;Hacer clic acá para donar a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Colel&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jabad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 221.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="295"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.colelchabad.org/form.asp?id=1"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;Click&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;donate&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Collel&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Chabad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115514126456423140?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='https://www.colelchabad.org/form.asp?id=1' title='Para quien desee ayudar / For Whoever Wants to Help'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115514126456423140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115514126456423140&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115514126456423140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115514126456423140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/08/para-quien-desee-ayudar-for-whoever.html' title='Para quien desee ayudar / For Whoever Wants to Help'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115454264336960749</id><published>2006-08-02T13:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T15:16:02.095-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Una visión de Zacarías / A Vision from Zachariah</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="mso-bidi-language: HE"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="MARGIN-LEFT: -66.6pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480" height="413" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="572" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="572" colspan="3" height="230"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;מַשָּׂא דְבַר-ה' בְּאֶרֶץ חַדְרָךְ, וְדַמֶּשֶׂק מְנֻחָתוֹ: כִּי לַה' עֵין אָדָם, וְכֹל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְגַם-חֲמָת, תִּגְבָּל-בָּהּ; צֹר וְצִידוֹן, כִּי חָכְמָה מְאֹד. &lt;a name="3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;וַתִּבֶן צֹר מָצוֹר, לָהּ; וַתִּצְבָּר-כֶּסֶף, כֶּעָפָר, וְחָרוּץ, כְּטִיט חוּצוֹת. הִנֵּה אֲדֹנָי יוֹרִשֶׁנָּה, וְהִכָּה בַיָּם חֵילָהּ; וְהִיא, בָּאֵשׁ תֵּאָכֵל. תֵּרֶא אַשְׁקְלוֹן וְתִירָא, וְעַזָּה וְתָחִיל מְאֹד, וְעֶקְרוֹן, כִּי-הֹבִישׁ מֶבָּטָהּ; וְאָבַד מֶלֶךְ מֵעַזָּה, וְאַשְׁקְלוֹן לֹא תֵשֵׁב. וְיָשַׁב מַמְזֵר, בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד; וְהִכְרַתִּי, גְּאוֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּים. וַהֲסִרֹתִי דָמָיו מִפִּיו, וְשִׁקֻּצָיו מִבֵּין שִׁנָּיו, וְנִשְׁאַר גַּם-הוּא, לֵאלֹהֵינוּ; וְהָיָה כְּאַלֻּף בִּיהוּדָה, וְעֶקְרוֹן כִּיבוּסִי. &lt;a name="8"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;וְחָנִיתִי לְבֵיתִי מִצָּבָה מֵעֹבֵר וּמִשָּׁב, וְלֹא-יַעֲבֹר עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹד נֹגֵשׂ: כִּי עַתָּה, רָאִיתִי בְעֵינָי. גִּילִי מְאֹד בַּת-צִיּוֹן, הָרִיעִי בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם, הִנֵּה מַלְכֵּךְ יָבוֹא לָךְ, צַדִּיק וְנוֹשָׁע הוּא; עָנִי וְרֹכֵב עַל-חֲמוֹר, וְעַל-עַיִר בֶּן-אֲתֹנוֹת. &lt;a name="10"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;וְהִכְרַתִּי-רֶכֶב מֵאֶפְרַיִם, וְסוּס מִירוּשָׁלִַם, וְנִכְרְתָה קֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה, וְדִבֶּר שָׁלוֹם לַגּוֹיִם; וּמָשְׁלוֹ מִיָּם עַד-יָם, וּמִנָּהָר עַד-אַפְסֵי-אָרֶץ.&lt;br /&gt;זכריה פרק ט פסוקים א׳ עד יו״ד&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="211"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Palabra de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HaShem&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; en la tierra de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hadraj&lt;/span&gt; y en Damasco: «A &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HaShem&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; deben mirar los ojos de los hombres y todas las tribus de Israel. También &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamat&lt;/span&gt; [en pronunciación &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;ashkenazí&lt;/span&gt; “&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamás&lt;/span&gt;”] que está en su frontera, y Tiro y &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Sidón&lt;/span&gt;, aunque sean muy sabias. Tiro se edificó fortaleza, y amontonó plata como polvo y oro como lodo de las calles, pero el Señor la empobrecerá, hundirá en el mar su poderío y será consumida por el fuego.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="211"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="281" height="211"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;The burden of a word of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;HaShem&lt;/span&gt; against the &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;land&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hadrach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, and &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Damascus&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; -- his place of rest: «When to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;HaShem&lt;/span&gt; [is] the eye of man, And of all the tribes of &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. And upon &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamath&lt;/span&gt; [in &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ashkenazic&lt;/span&gt; pronunciation “&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamas&lt;/span&gt;”] too, which borders on it, and upon &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Tyre&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Sidon&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, though they are very skillful. &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Tyre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. But the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HaShem&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" align="justify" width="269" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="19"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"  style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="281" height="19"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" align="justify" width="269" height="211"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Lo verá &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Ashquelón&lt;/span&gt; y temerá; &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Gaza&lt;/span&gt; también, y se dolerá mucho; asimismo &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Ecrón&lt;/span&gt;, porque su esperanza será confundida. Perecerá el rey de &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Gaza&lt;/span&gt;, y &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Ashquelón&lt;/span&gt; no será habitada. Habitará en &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Ashdod&lt;/span&gt; un &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;bastardo&lt;/span&gt;, y pondré fin a la soberbia de los filisteos. Quitaré la sangre de su boca y sus abominaciones de entre sus dientes. Quedará también un resto para nuestro Di-s; serán como capitanes en Judá, y &lt;span class="spelle"&gt;Ecrón&lt;/span&gt; será como el jebuseo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="211"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="281" height="211"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ashkelon&lt;/span&gt; will see it and fear; &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Gaza&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; will writhe in agony, and &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ekron&lt;/span&gt; too, for her hope will wither. &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Gaza&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; will lose her king and &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ashkelon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; will be deserted. A bastard will occupy &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ashdod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I w&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;ill take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become leaders in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Judah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;, and &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ekron&lt;/span&gt; will be like the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jebusites&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="17"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="17"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="281" height="17"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="116"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Entonces montaré guardia alrededor de mi Casa, para que ninguno vaya ni venga. No pasará más sobre ellos el opresor, porque ahora vigilo con mis ropios ojos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="116"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="281" height="116"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;But I will defend my house against marauding forces. Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="17"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="17"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="281" height="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="211"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;¡Alégrate ¡Alégrate mucho, hija de Sión! ¡Da voces de júbilo, hija de Jerusalén! Mira que tu rey vendrá a&lt;br /&gt;ti, justo y salvador, pero humilde, cabalgando sobre un asno, sobre un pollino hijo de asna. Él destruirá los carros de Efraín y los caballos de Jerusalén; los arcos de guerra serán quebrados, y proclamará la paz a las naciones. Su señorío será de mar a mar, desde el río hasta los confines de la tierra.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Zejaria (Zacarías) 9:1-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="211"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="281" height="211"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.»&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Tahoma;"&gt;Zachariah 9:1-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="572" colspan="3" height="17"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="176"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;font-family:Arial Unicode MS;color:blue;"  &gt;Al empezar el noveno día del mes de Av, ayunamos y guardamos duelo por la destrucción del Templo de Jerusalén y el exilio del pueblo judío. Pero al mismo tiempo rogamos por el fin de todos nuestros males, y la pronta llegada de nuestra redención.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="176"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="281" height="176"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;color:blue;"&gt;Beginning the ninth day of the month of Av, we fast and observe mourning for the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and the exile of the Jewish people. But at the same time we ask for the end of all our afflictions, and for the prompt arrival of our redemption. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="269" height="211"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;font-family:Arial Unicode MS;color:blue;"  &gt;Nuestra redención está en nuestras manos. La visión de Zejaria (Zacarías) nos indica el camino, bien podemos estar en rumbo a la Gueulá. Todos los elementos están reunidos: el fuego sobre las ciudades del Líbano, el ataque contra Ashkelón y ciudades adyacentes, y el terror de Gaza tras la respuesta. El “mamzer” que gobierna desde el lado judío, que el Targum traduce como “casa de Israel” – a mi parecer, una referencia al traicionero gobierno de Israel que en el ardor de la batalla sigue planeando expulsar a los residentes judíos de Judea y Samaria. A fin de cuentas, el pueblo de Israel puede hacer teshuvá, y regir gloriosa y soberanamente sobre toda Eretz Yisrael.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="211"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="281" height="211"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;color:blue;"&gt;Our redemption is in our hands. The vision of Zechariah shows us the path, we may well be on our way to the Geulah. All the elements are gathered: fire over the cities of Lebanon, attacks against Ashkelon and adjacent cities, and the terror of Gaza after the reply. The “momzer” that rules the Jewish side, which the Targum renders as “the House of Israel” – seems to me a clear reference to the traitor government of Israel that, in the heat of the battle, still plans to expel the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. At the end of the day, the Jewish people can do tshuvah and rule gloriously and with full sovereignty over all of Eretz Yisroel. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="269" height="168"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;font-family:Arial Unicode MS;color:blue;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depende de nosotros. El ayuno bien podría convertirse en un día festivo en el que celebremos la caída de todos nuestros enemigos, y de los mamzerim que abusan del poder dentro de nuestras fronteras. ¡Que así sea!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="22" height="168"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="center" width="281" height="168"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS;color:blue;"&gt;It is up to us. The fast may very well become a festive day in which we celebrate the fall of all our enemies, and of the momzeirim that abuse power within our borders. May it indeed be so!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top" width="572" colspan="3" height="21"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115454264336960749?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115454264336960749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115454264336960749&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115454264336960749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115454264336960749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/08/una-visin-de-zacaras-vision-from.html' title='Una visión de Zacarías / A Vision from Zachariah'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115437137543445141</id><published>2006-07-31T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.953-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Aviso a los hispanohablantes en Israel</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="right"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;A continuación un aviso de servicio público, reproducido del Portal de los Argentinos en Israel (&lt;a href="http://www.argentina.co.il/"&gt;http://www.argentina.co.il/&lt;/a&gt;).  Me tomo la libertad de reproducirlo ya que el mensaje puede salvar vidas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;object id="pikud1.swf" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=" height="221" width="281" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" name="pikud1.swf"&gt;&lt;param name="_cx" value="7435"&gt;&lt;param name="_cy" value="5847"&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value=""&gt;&lt;param name="Movie" value="http://www.argentina.co.il/res/data/piikud/pikud1.swf"&gt;&lt;param name="Src" value="http://www.argentina.co.il/res/data/piikud/pikud1.swf"&gt;&lt;param name="WMode" value="Window"&gt;&lt;param name="Play" value="0"&gt;&lt;param name="Loop" value="0"&gt;&lt;param name="Quality" value="High"&gt;&lt;param name="SAlign" value=""&gt;&lt;param name="Menu" value="-1"&gt;&lt;param name="Base" value=""&gt;&lt;param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"&gt;&lt;param name="DeviceFont" value="0"&gt;&lt;param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"&gt;&lt;param name="BGColor" value=""&gt;&lt;param name="SWRemote" value=""&gt;&lt;param name="MovieData" value=""&gt;&lt;param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;embed width="281" height="221" src="http://www.argentina.co.il/res/data/pikud/pikud1.swf" name="pikud1.swf" loop="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115437137543445141?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.argentina.co.il/res/data/pikud/pikud1.swf' title='Aviso a los hispanohablantes en Israel'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115437137543445141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115437137543445141&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115437137543445141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115437137543445141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/07/aviso-los-hispanohablantes-en-israel.html' title='Aviso a los hispanohablantes en Israel'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115405207584933863</id><published>2006-07-27T21:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.886-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuestros amigos en Tsfat piden ayuda / Our friends from Tsfat ask for help</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="right"&gt;בס״ד&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.charitybox.com/tsfat/Default.asp?www.charitybox.com"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="150" alt="" src="https://www.charitybox.com/tsfat/TsfatHeaderLeft.gif" width="350" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En respuesta a un pedido personal recibido desde Tsfat, &lt;a href="http://www.americanfriendsoftsfat.org"&gt;pongo acá el vínculo al Website de los Amigos Americanos de Tsfat&lt;/a&gt;. Por favor, todo aquel que pueda dar, ayúdelos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In response to a personal request received from Tsfat, &lt;a href="http://www.americanfriendsoftsfat.org"&gt;I am placing here a link to the Website of American Friends of Tsfat&lt;/a&gt;. Please, everyone who can help, do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ramf94DFZB8" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115405207584933863?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.americanfriendsoftsfat.org' title='Nuestros amigos en Tsfat piden ayuda / Our friends from Tsfat ask for help'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115405207584933863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115405207584933863&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115405207584933863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115405207584933863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/07/nuestros-amigos-en-tsfat-piden-ayuda.html' title='Nuestros amigos en Tsfat piden ayuda / Our friends from Tsfat ask for help'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115337636235872243</id><published>2006-07-20T01:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.805-04:00</updated><title type='text'>¿Cuándo vamos a aprender? Nota sobre la parashá de Maasei / When Are We Going To Learn?  A Note On Parshas Maasei</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="mso-ascii-font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-hansi-: HEfont-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;בס״ד&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 422.2pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="563" border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 203.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="271"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/08/de-la-parash-de-esta-semana-maasei.html"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;El año pasado cité la ordenanza (tzivui) de la Torá que concierne a la expulsión de los habitantes gentiles de la tierra de Israel cuando el pueblo judío entra a esta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;egún el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rambán&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Najmánides&lt;/span&gt;, es en realidad un precepto (mitzvá) y el &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rambam&lt;/span&gt;, M&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;aimónides&lt;/span&gt;, debería haberlo incluido en el &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Séfer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;HaMitzvot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Reglón&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;seguido&lt;/span&gt; la Torá c&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;ontinúa (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Bamidbar/Números 3&lt;/span&gt;4:1-15):&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 0.25in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 200.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="268" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/08/de-la-parash-de-esta-semana-maasei.html"&gt;Last year I &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2005/08/de-la-parash-de-esta-semana-maasei.html"&gt;quoted the Torah ordinance (tzivui) that concerns the expulsion of the gentile inhabitants of the land of Israel when the Jewish people enter it.&lt;/a&gt; According to the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ramban&lt;/span&gt; – &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Nachmanides &lt;/span&gt;– it is actually a precept (mitzvah) which the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rambam&lt;/span&gt; – &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Maimonides&lt;/span&gt; – ought to have included in the &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Sefer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;HaMitzvos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:11;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;In the very next paragraph, the Torah continues (&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Bamidbar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;/Numbers 34:1-15):&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-row-margin-right: 20.8pt"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 401.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="535" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;וַיְדַבֵּר ה', אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;צַו אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, כִּי-אַתֶּם בָּאִים, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ כְּנָעַן: זֹאת הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר תִּפֹּל לָכֶם בְּנַחֲלָה, אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ. וְהָיָה לָכֶם פְּאַת-נֶגֶב מִמִּדְבַּר-צִן, עַל-יְדֵי אֱדוֹם; וְהָיָה לָכֶם גְּבוּל נֶגֶב, מִקְצֵה יָם-הַמֶּלַח קֵדְמָה וְנָסַב לָכֶם הַגְּבוּל מִנֶּגֶב לְמַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים, וְעָבַר צִנָה, והיה (וְהָיוּ) תּוֹצְאֹתָיו, מִנֶּגֶב לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ; וְיָצָא חֲצַר-אַדָּר, וְעָבַר עַצְמֹנָה. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a name="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מֵעַצְמוֹן, נַחְלָה מִצְרָיִם; וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו, הַיָּמָּה&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;וּגְבוּל יָם, וְהָיָה לָכֶם הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל וּגְבוּל; זֶה-יִהְיֶה לָכֶם, גְּבוּל יָם. וְזֶה-יִהְיֶה לָכֶם, גְּבוּל צָפוֹן: מִן-הַיָּם, הַגָּדֹל, תְּתָאוּ לָכֶם, הֹר הָהָר. מֵהֹר הָהָר, תְּתָאוּ לְבֹא חֲמָת; וְהָיוּ תּוֹצְאֹת הַגְּבֻל, צְדָדָה. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a name="9"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;וְיָצָא הַגְּבֻל זִפְרֹנָה, וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו חֲצַר עֵינָן; זֶה-יִהְיֶה לָכֶם, גְּבוּל צָפוֹן&lt;br /&gt;וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם לָכֶם, לִגְבוּל קֵדְמָה, מֵחֲצַר עֵינָן, שְׁפָמָה. וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל מִשְּׁפָם הָרִבְלָה, מִקֶּדֶם לָעָיִן; וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל, וּמָחָה עַל-כֶּתֶף יָם-כִּנֶּרֶת קֵדְמָה &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל הַיַּרְדֵּנָה, וְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיו יָם הַמֶּלַח; זֹאת תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם הָאָרֶץ לִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָ, סָבִיב&lt;br /&gt;וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה, אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר: זֹאת הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר תִּתְנַחֲלוּ אֹתָהּ בְּגוֹרָל, אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה, לָתֵתלְתִשְׁעַת הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a name="14"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;כִּי לָקְחוּ מַטֵּה בְנֵי הָראוּבֵנִי, לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם, וּמַטֵּה בְנֵי-הַגָּדִי, לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם; וַחֲצִי מַטֵּה מְנַשֶּׁה, לָקְחוּ נַחֲלָתָם&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת, וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה: לָקְחוּ נַחֲלָתָם, מֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ--קֵדְמָה מִזְרָחָה&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-cell-special: placeholder" width="28" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-row-margin-right: 11.8pt"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 203.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="271"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:times new roman;color:black;"  &gt;Y habló &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HaShem&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; a Moisés, diciendo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Manda a los hijos de Israel y diles: “Cuando entréis en la tierra de Canaán, esta es la tierra que os tocará como herencia, la tierra de Canaán según sus fronteras. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Vuestro límite sur será desde el desierto de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tzin&lt;/span&gt;, por la frontera de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Edom&lt;/span&gt;, y vuestra frontera sur será desde el extremo del Mar Salado (el Mar Muerto) hacia el oriente. Luego, vuestra frontera cambiará de dirección, del sur a maalé &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Acrabim&lt;/span&gt; y continuará a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tzin&lt;/span&gt;, y su término será al sur de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Kadesh&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Barnea&lt;/span&gt;; y llegará a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jazar&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Adar&lt;/span&gt; y continuará hasta &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Atzmón&lt;/span&gt;. Y la frontera cambiará de dirección de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Atzmón&lt;/span&gt; al río de Egipto (&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Nájal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Mitzraim&lt;/span&gt;), y su término será el mar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;En cuanto a la frontera occidental, tendréis el Mar Grande (el Mediterráneo), esto es, su costa; esta será vuestra frontera occidental. Y esta será vuestra frontera norte: trazaréis la línea fronteriza desde el Mar Grande hasta el monte &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hor&lt;/span&gt;. Trazaréis una línea desde el monte &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hor&lt;/span&gt; hasta Lavó-&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jamat&lt;/span&gt;, y el término de la frontera será &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tzedad&lt;/span&gt;; y la frontera seguirá hacia &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Zifrón&lt;/span&gt;, y su término será &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jatzar&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Einán&lt;/span&gt;. Esta será vuestra frontera norte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Para vuestra frontera oriental, trazaréis también una línea desde &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Jatzar&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Einán&lt;/span&gt; hasta &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Shefam&lt;/span&gt;, y la frontera descenderá de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Shefam&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rivlá&lt;/span&gt;, sobre el lado oriental de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ain&lt;/span&gt;; y la frontera descenderá y alcanzará la ribera sobre el lado oriental del mar &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Kinéret&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Y la frontera descenderá al Jordán, y su término será el Mar Salado (Mar Muerto). Esta será vuestra tierra, según sus fronteras alrededor.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Entonces Moisés dio órdenes a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: “Esta es la tierra que repartiréis por sorteo entre vosotros como posesión, la cual &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HaShem&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ha ordenado dar a las nueve tribus y a la media tribu. Pues la tribu de los hijos de Rubén ha recibido lo suyo según sus casas paternas, y la tribu de los hijos de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Gad&lt;/span&gt; según sus casas paternas y la media tribu de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Manasés&lt;/span&gt; han recibido su posesión”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Las dos tribus y la media tribu han recibido su posesión al otro lado del Jordán, frente a Jericó, al oriente, hacia la salida del sol.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 0.25in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 189pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="252" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:6;color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;HaShem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt; spoke to Moses saying: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Command the Children of Israel and say to them: “'When you enter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canaan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Your southern side will include some of the D&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;esert&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tzin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; along the border of &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Edom&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;. On the east, your southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt (Dead) Sea, cross south of &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Maale Akrabim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;, continue on to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tzin&lt;/span&gt; and go south of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Kadesh&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Barnea&lt;/span&gt;. Then it will go to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Chatzar A&lt;/span&gt;dar and over to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Atzmon&lt;/span&gt;, where it will turn, join the &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;River&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename&gt;Egypt&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;(Nachal&lt;/span&gt; M&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;itzrayim&lt;/span&gt;) and end at the Sea. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Your western boundary will be the coast of the &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;Great&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype&gt;Sea&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; (the &lt;st1:place&gt;Mediterranean&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;). This will be your boundary on the west. For your northern boundary, run a line from the &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;Great&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype&gt;Sea&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; to &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;Mount&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; &lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and from &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;Mount&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; &lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt; to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Lavo-Chamat&lt;/span&gt;. Then the boundary will go to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tzedad&lt;/span&gt;, continue to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ziphron&lt;/span&gt; and end at &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Chatzar&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Enan&lt;/span&gt;. This will be your boundary on the north. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;For your eastern boundary, run a line from C&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;hatzar E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;nan&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Shepham&lt;/span&gt;. The boundary will go down from &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Shepham&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rivlah&lt;/span&gt; on the east side of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ayin&lt;/span&gt; and continue along the slopes east of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;Sea&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Kinneret&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Then the boundary will go down along the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jordan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt; and end at the Salt (Dead) Sea. This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Moses commanded the Children of Israel saying: Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HaShem &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;has ordered hat it be given to the nine and a half tribes, because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of Jericho, toward the sunrise.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-cell-special: placeholder" width="16"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-row-margin-right: 11.8pt"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #ff6600; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 5.7in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="547" colspan="4"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/rafvrab/GreaterEretzYisrael.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-cell-special: placeholder" width="16"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-row-margin-right: 11.8pt; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 203.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="271"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#ffffff;"   &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;El estudio de las fronteras de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Eretz&lt;/span&gt; Israel es de gran importancia. Primeramente, hay que saber adonde se ha de implementar el precepto que antecede, que cité el año pasado. También, claro, para saber donde corresponde observar todas las &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;mitzvot&lt;/span&gt; que solo se pueden cumplir en la Tierra de Israel. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;Estos días es particularmente importante entender porqué es tan profundamente equívoco el entregar territorios de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Eretz&lt;/span&gt; Israel a manos no judías. La Torá nos advierte de cuan grave es el castigo oor hacer tal cosa. Y aprendiendo de lo citado arriba, vemos &lt;b&gt;qué&lt;/b&gt; territorios NO se deben entregar bajo ninguna circunstancia. Hoy está clarísimo que la entrega de territorios a quienes no corresponden al sorteo de tierras (es decir, a quienes no son judíos), aun cuando se hizo en nombre de la paz y la seguridad, lo que nos trajo es lo contrario de ambas cosas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"&gt;¿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;Cuándo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE"    style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;vamos &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt; aprender&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13;color:#6600cc;"   &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 0.25in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="24"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 189pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" valign="top" width="252" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Learning about the borders of &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Eretz Y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;israel&lt;/span&gt; is of great importance.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In the first place, it is necessary to know where to implement the precept of the previous paragraph, which I quoted last&lt;br /&gt;year.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Also, of course, it is necessary because we need to know where to observe the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;mitzvos &lt;/span&gt;which can only be performed in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt; of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Israel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;These days it is particularly important to understand why it is so deeply wrong to give away territories of E&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;retz&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Yisrael&lt;/span&gt; to non-Jewish hands.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The Torah warns us how severe the punishment for doing such a thing is.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;And learning &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;from the verses quoted above, we see &lt;b&gt;which&lt;/b&gt; territories must NEVER be handed over under any circumstances.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Today it is clear that the handing over of territories to those who were not part of the land lottery (i.e., the gentiles), even though it was done in the name of peace and security, actually brought us quite the opposite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:12;color:#6600cc;"&gt;When are we going to learn?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-cell-special: placeholder" width="16"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="0"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" width="271"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" width="24"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" width="240"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" width="12"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" width="16"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115337636235872243?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115337636235872243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115337636235872243&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115337636235872243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115337636235872243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/07/cundo-vamos-aprender-nota-sobre-la.html' title='¿Cuándo vamos a aprender? Nota sobre la parashá de Maasei / When Are We Going To Learn?  A Note On Parshas Maasei'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115303056997738688</id><published>2006-07-16T02:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.727-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mensaje de la hora /  Message of the hour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="right"&gt;בס״ד&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Debido a la situación me veo en el deber de expresar mi apoyo y solidaridad con todos los residentes judíos de la región del norte de la Galilea.  El gobierno de Kadima es responsable por haber dedicado el último par de años a usar las fuerzas del país a reprimir a sus propios ciudadanos.  Hoy pagamos las consecuencias.  No queda alternativa que tener que deshacer lo andado, tomar de vuelta la zona donde quedaba Gush Katif, y volver a entrar al sur del Líbano.  Con Hamás y con Hizbalá no hay más que hacer, sino ponerlos fuera de combate y de patitas en la calle, cueste lo que cueste.  Si se les deja seguir, los misiles van a llegar a Tel Aviv y a Jerusalén.  Ya han llegado a Haifa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A mis hermanos en el Galil, valor y coraje.  ¡Di-s está con ustedes!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*   *   *&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Given the present situation, I see it my duty to express my support and solidarity with all the Jewish residents of the Northern Galilee.  The Kadima government is responsible for having wasted the last couple of years using the country’s forces against her very own citizens.  Today we are paying the consequences.  There is no alternative left, but having to un-walk the walked route, take back the area where Gush Katif stood, and re-enter Southern Lebanon.  With Hamas and Hezbollah there is nothing else to do, but to put them out of order and kick them out on the street, whatever it takes to accomplish that.  If they were left alone, their missiles will soon reach Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.  They’ve already reached Haifa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all my brethren in the Galil: Courage and strength, G-d is with you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115303056997738688?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115303056997738688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115303056997738688&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115303056997738688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115303056997738688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/07/mensaje-de-la-hora-message-of-hour.html' title='Mensaje de la hora /  Message of the hour'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115203938927260555</id><published>2006-07-04T14:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.653-04:00</updated><title type='text'>RALLY IN MANHATTAN THIS THURSDAY!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1593/1335/400/satellite%20Eretz%20Yisrael.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attention to those in the New York area:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;אי״ה There will be a public rally in front of the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan, 800 2nd Avenue, bet. 42 &amp; 43, this coming Thursday, July 6th / 10th of Tammuz.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The grassroots rally will be held in order to protest&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;The latest suicidal convergence/realignment plans.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Israel Consul's anti-democratic and anti-Jewish comments that USJewry must keep silent in the face of Israeli capitulation to terror.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The alarming severe erosion of civil liberties in Israel.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;With music from Jewish Rock Band &lt;strong&gt;Eden&lt;/strong&gt; ( &lt;a href="http://www.edenmusic.net/" target="_blank" el="http://www.edenmusic.net" lid="http://www.edenmusic.net/"&gt;http://www.edenmusic.net/&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dov Hikind&lt;/strong&gt;- NY Assemblyman &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rabbi David Algaze&lt;/strong&gt; - Havurat Yisrael Congregation, Forest Hills, Queens&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Miriam Arman&lt;/strong&gt; - Crown Heights resident&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shmuel Sackett&lt;/strong&gt;- International Director of Manhigut Yehudit (&lt;a href="http://www.jewishisrael.org" target="_blank" el="http://www.jewishisrael.org" lid="www.jewishisrael.org"&gt;www.jewishisrael.org&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shlomo Wallins&lt;/strong&gt; - Journalist covering the expulsions (&lt;a href="http://www.israelreporter.com" target="_blank" el="http://www.israelreporter.com" lid="www.israelreporter.com"&gt;www.israelreporter.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Helen Freedman&lt;/strong&gt; – Member of the Board, Americans For a Safe Israel ( &lt;a href="http://www.afsi.org/"&gt;http://www.afsi.org/&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;For details, donations, and further information, call Daniel Tauber at (917) 497-7358 • &lt;a onclick="return doCompose(this);" href="mailto:daniel@lmaantzion.org" lid="daniel@lmaantzion.org"&gt;daniel@lmaantzion.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#000099;"&gt;Event organized by Lmaan Tzion (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lmaantzion.org" target="_blank" el="http://www.lmaantzion.org" lid="www.lmaantzion.org"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#000099;"&gt;www.lmaantzion.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#000099;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115203938927260555?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115203938927260555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115203938927260555&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115203938927260555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115203938927260555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/07/rally-in-manhattan-this-thursday.html' title='RALLY IN MANHATTAN THIS THURSDAY!!!'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115127521527552402</id><published>2006-06-25T18:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.577-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Exprésate /  Express yourself</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.cafepress.com/rafvrab"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 665px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="195" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1593/1335/400/Rak%20Olmert%20Yajol.jpg" width="457" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I have a new e-store. As of now, my message is centered in the imminent danger possed by Israel's tragically-elected Israeli PM. More messages will be added in the up-coming days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="213" alt="" src="http://images.cafepress.com/product/63467340v1_150x150_F.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Tengo una nueva tienda virtual. Por ahora, mi mensaje se centra en el peligro inminente que presenta el trágicamente electo premier de Israel. Más mensajes se agregarán en los próximos días.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115127521527552402?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cafepress.com/rafvrab' title='Exprésate /  Express yourself'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115127521527552402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115127521527552402&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115127521527552402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115127521527552402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/06/exprsate-express-yourself.html' title='Exprésate /  Express yourself'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115091369227575194</id><published>2006-06-21T14:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.497-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An Urgent Appeal / Pedido urgente</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="right"&gt;בס״ד&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nadia Matar, of &lt;a href="http://www.womeningreen.org/"&gt;Women in Green&lt;/a&gt;, is leading a group which, right now, is visiting Yesha outposts which the Olmert regime has placed on the looming chopping block. She is leading young people to strengthen those places, raised the moral of the heroic residents, and make the destroyer’s work as difficult as can be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her plan, however, lacks enough funding. She is a couple of thousand dollars short. SHE NEEDS OUR HELP NOW! If you’re reading these lines the week of June 18th to 24th, it is now the chance to help prevent another Amona-like disaster. HELP HER WITH WHAT YOU CAN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To send a donation now, &lt;a href="https://host5.apollohosting.com/womeningreen/funds/donation/donation.html"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. Then, let her know you’ve sent money for her &lt;strong&gt;Chizuk Trip to Maon&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="mailto:nmatar@netvision.net.il"&gt;nmatar@netvision.net.il&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;* * *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nadia Matar, de &lt;a href="http://www.womeningreen.org/"&gt;Damas de Verde&lt;/a&gt;, está en estos momentos visitando pueblos en los asentamientos en Yesha que el régimen de Olmert ha puesto en su lista negra de próxima destruxión. Nadia dirige a jóvenes que vienen a fortalecer esos lugares, a levantarle la moral a los heroicos residentes locales, y ha hacerle la faena imposible a los destructores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Su plan, sin embargo, carece de los fondos necesarios. Le falta un par de miles de dólares. ¡NECESITA TU AYUDA AHORA MISMO! Si estás leyendo estas líneas en la semana del 18 al 24 de junio, tienes la oportunidad de prevenir otro desastre como el de Amona. ¡AYÚDALA CON LO QUE PUEDAS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para enviar donaciones, haz &lt;a href="https://host5.apollohosting.com/womeningreen/funds/donation/donation.html"&gt;clic acá&lt;/a&gt;. Luego, házle saber que el dinero que le haz enviado es para &lt;strong&gt;el Viaje de Jizuk a Maón&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="mailto:nmatar@netvision.net.il"&gt;nmatar@netvision.net.il&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.womeningreen.org/gif/gmay00a.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14668934-115091369227575194?l=rafvrab.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/feeds/115091369227575194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14668934&amp;postID=115091369227575194&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115091369227575194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14668934/posts/default/115091369227575194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rafvrab.blogspot.com/2006/06/urgent-appeal-pedido-urgente.html' title='An Urgent Appeal / Pedido urgente'/><author><name>Rafael V. Rabinovich</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16067837040985802236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_wm5wcyNN2rI/SHrOWtKQjjI/AAAAAAAADZ0/xVGjJI6yv5o/S220/Rafael-Kotel.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14668934.post-115017241275749516</id><published>2006-06-12T23:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T13:39:27.420-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Un año después: Una mirada al “éxito” de la Desconexión / A Year Later: Looking at the Disengagement’s “Success”</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="HE" dir="rtl" style="mso-bidi-language: HE;font-family:Narkisim;" &gt;בס״ד&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table class="MsoTableGrid" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid white .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid white; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid white" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: white 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: white 1pt solid; WIDTH: 2.95in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: white 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid white .5pt" valign="top" width="283"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ajá&lt;/span&gt;, el verano ya llegó y el primer aniversario de la desconexión está a la vuelta de la esquina.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Por supuesto, &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;Mar &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Árik&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; está ahora en estado vegetativo, y es incapaz de decirnos que estaba en su mente…&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Y ese &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;gólem&lt;/span&gt; de partido político que nos dejó acá está aun en el poder, en virtud a la inercia de su agigantada leyenda, aunque perdiendo ya la viada.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;Recordad a los héroes judíos que se rehusaron a abandonar sus hogares bajo la amenaza de que el pedazo de terreno judío en el que habitaban fuese entregado a nuestros acérrimos enemigos – quienes, sucede, han tomado el nombre de aquel enemigo que otrora robó esa misma esquina de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Eretz&lt;/span&gt; Israel, desplazando a la tribu de Dan.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;No es de sorprenderse, lo valientes &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;gushkatifniks&lt;/span&gt; siguen sin casa, tan lastimosamente echados a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;maabarot&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, campamentos de carpas, que Israel suponía abolidos hace ya unos cincuenta años.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;Hamás&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt; ganó las elecciones árabes con un truco electoral fantástico: una victoria sobre el poderío israelí por medio del desgaste.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Para el árabe común y corriente en &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Gaza&lt;/span&gt;, los &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;kasam&lt;/span&gt; caseros derrotaron al poderío de Israel, como la legendaria gota de agua que llega a perforar la roca más dura.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Y ahora en el poder, con el apoyo expreso de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hizbalá&lt;/span&gt; y del gobierno de Irán, misiles mejores de más grandes están en construcción con suficientes capacidades balísticas para alcanzar &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tel&lt;/span&gt; Aviv.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;Mientras estas líneas están siendo escritas, miríadas de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;kasams&lt;/span&gt; están siendo disparados.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Ya no apuntan más a Nevé &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Dekalim&lt;/span&gt;, sino a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ashkelón&lt;/span&gt; y &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Sderot&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;La pretendida &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;hudna&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Hamás&lt;/span&gt; se acabó.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Para el pesar de ellos, no les duró lo suficiente como para armarse mejor.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Con todo, la frontera (¿?) abierta con Egipto es una carretera abierta al tráfico de armas.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;No teniendo ya tropas oficialmente allí, Israel no tiene voz ni voto&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;sobre lo que transcurre en la ruta entre &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Rafíaj&lt;/span&gt; y El &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Arish&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;En la Samaria Norte, por el otro lado, los árabes ya se han asentado donde antes vivían judíos.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Tienen el apetito abierto, y esperan ahora continuar con la &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;Liberación del &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Falastín&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;Ciertamente para nada ayuda el que &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Ehud&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Olmert&lt;/span&gt;, el matón de Amona, sigue remunerando la violencia árabe pasada y presente con más concesiones territoriales, con millares de judíos siendo arrojados de sus hogares, con nuevas amonas y nuevas &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;maabarot&lt;/span&gt;, y con un “acuerdo final” unilateral que el que los árabes no necesitan ni siquiera hacer un gesto de aceptar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE"&gt;Y así, a medida que pasan los días del verano, y el ayudo de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Tishá&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;BeAv&lt;/span&gt; se acerca, nos preparamos a conmemorar los muchos desastres, las muchas tragedias y calamidades de nuestra historia.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Acabamos apenas de agregar &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hydepark.hevre.co.il/topic.asp?whichpage=2&amp;topic_id=1999459"&gt;kinot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; – lamentaciones – por la Desconexión del año pasado, y ya vamos corriendo por más papel para sumarle futuras composiciones por los aluviones de &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;kasams&lt;/span&gt;, la Convergencia que aun ha de venir, y sabe Di-s que más. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: white 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 13.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: white 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid white .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid white .5pt" valign="top" width="18"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:white;" &gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:white;" &gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:white;" &gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:white;" &gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-PE" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;color:white;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:white;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="co
