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Monday, September 19, 2005

PLEASE HELP REVAVA OLAMI RUN IN THE WZC ELECTIONS

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REVAVA OLAMI needs your participation. They are the ONLY Jewish organization runing on a Shleimus Haaretz platform.
The World Zionist Organization, representing zionist jewry from around the world, was instrumental in showing support for Sharon's criminal Dissengagement Plan. It is time to change things around!
This is what you need to do:

1. In order for "Revava" to run in the upcoming AZM elections, within the WZO (World Zionist Organization) we need to have 500 people who are registered in the AZM elections, who in addition have signed the form (PDF Acrobat Format).

2. Go to the American Zionist Movement website( https://www.escvote.com/azm2005/default.asp?locid=RZA ) and register to vote. They will need to pay $7.00 by credit card on line and they will receive a conformation number, which can be added to the form before faxing it.

3. Sign the included form. The forms must be faxed to 303-442-1294. All forms must be received by the 25th of September.

Anyone over the age of 18 living in the USA can register to vote.

Please pass it on. A minimum of 500 legitimate signatures are needed for them to run.

When you receive the vote (your choice, either by snail mail or by e-mail), vote REVAVA OLAMI.

Questions: Yisroel Cohen USA line rings in Israel 1-212-561-5351 email: ymc@revava.org
Or Matt Finberg 1-303-442-1276 email: matt@revava.org

Click here to download Revava - WZO endorsement in Word.Doc format

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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Protesta contra Sharón / A Protest Against Sharon

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(De un e-mail recibido de Ruth y Nadia Matar / From an e-mail received from Ruth and Nadia Matar)
¡UNA PROTESTA CONTRA LO QUE SHARÓN HA HECHO!
Ariel Sharón estará en las Naciones Unidas en la Ciudad de Nueva York el jueves, quince de septiembre. Está planeado que hable allí entre las 11:00 a.m. y las 2:00 p.m. Helen Freedman, directora de AFSI (iniciales en inglés de Americans For a Safe Israel, o Americanos por un Israel Seguro) ha conseguido permiso de la policía para una manifestación frente al edificio de la ONU.

Es extremadamente importante que todos los que pueden asistan a esta manifestación. Pues por su discurso en la ONU, Sharón espera ganarse el apoyo Estadounidense e Internacional. No se le debe recompensar por su conducta.

Debemos dejar claro que el pueblo judío nunca se olvidará ni perdonará la traición de Sharón de su pueblo en Gush Katif y el norte de Samaria. Además, nunca perdonaremos ni nos olvidaremos el que Sharón haya capitulado frente a los árabes cediéndoles partes esenciales de la Prometida Tierra Bíblica.
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A PROTEST AGAINST WHAT SHARON HAS DONE!
Ariel Sharon is going to be in New York City at the United Nations on Thursday, September 15. He is designated to speak there between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Helen Freedman, Executive Director of AFSI (American Friends for a Safe Israel) has obtained a police permit for a demo outside the building of the UN.

It is vitally important that you attend this demo. By his talk at the UN, Sharon expects to bask in both American and International approval! He should not be rewarded for such behavior.

We MUST make clear that The Jewish People will never forget or forgive Sharon's betrayal of his people in Gush Katif and Northern Samaria. Moreover, they will never forgive nor forget Sharon giving up to the Arabs vital parts of the Biblical Promised Land.

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

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Friday, September 02, 2005

De la parasha Ree sobre la economia / This week's Sedra on the Economy

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אֶת-הַנָּכְרִי, תִּגֹּשׂ; וַאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֶת-אָחִיךָ, תַּשְׁמֵט יָדֶךָ. אֶפֶס, כִּי לֹא יִהְיֶה-בְּךָ אֶבְיוֹן: כִּי-בָרֵךְ יְבָרֶכְךָ, ה׳, בָּאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר ה׳
אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן-לְךָ נַחֲלָה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ. רַק אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע, בְּקוֹל ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם. כִּי-ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֵּרַכְךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר-לָךְ; וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים, וְאַתָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹט, וּמָשַׁלְתָּ בְּגוֹיִם רַבִּים, וּבְךָ לֹא יִמְשֹׁלוּ.


Del gentil demandarás el reintegro; pero lo que tu hermano tenga de ti, se lo perdonarás. Así no habrá mendigos entre los tuyos, pues HaShem te bendecirá con abundancia en la tierra que HaShem, tu Di-s, te da por heredad, para que la tomes en posesión, si escuchas fielmente la voz de HaShem, tu Di-s, para guardar y cumplir todas estas mitzvot que yo te ordeno hoy. Ya que HaShem, tu Di-s, te habrá bendecido, como te ha dicho, prestarás entonces a muchas naciones, pero tú no tomarás prestado; tendrás dominio sobre muchas naciones, pero sobre ti no tendrán dominio.

Deuteronomio 15:3-6

You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your brother owes you. However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land HaShem your G-d is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, if only you fully obey HaShem your G-d and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. For HaShem your G-d will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

Deuteronomy 15:3-6

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

A thought on Katrina and all other disasters...

IMHO, this may not necessarily be "the WRATH OF HEAVENS", but the idea is not too far off. The actions of the Jewish people have a direct effect on the proximity of the Shechinah to to world. It was out reshaut that brought galut in the first place. Because of our deeds the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed twice. Now, just look at the facts: within a couple of weeks since Jews were forced out of their homes, leaving a couple of Small corners of Eretz Yisrael virtually judenrein (save for the army posts, which are being dismantled), five airplanes have fallen in various places around the world. Our economy is threatened by ever-increasing prices in Oil. Unprecedented attacks in Iraq... terror returns to Israel (did it ever really stop?!), and now Katrina, just to complete the baker's dozen. The Shechinah is lifting up it's protection from the world.The world needs the Jews in Eretz Yisrael. In ALL of Eretz Yisrael.The Torah explicitly orders us to expell the gentiles, NOT THE JEWS, from Eretz Yisrael.The Torah tells us not to fear their numbers.Yet, because "there are too many Arabs in Gaza", Mr. Rosh HaMemshalah has punished the Jewish residents of Gush Katif and Northern Shomron (I know, it is a non-sequitur, what do you expect from someone who doesn't make sense in the first place?!) -- they're now homeless, and they land is slotted for being handed-over to those who insist in killing us and taking "the rest of Balestine" (sic!) from us.Now, you wonder...The eternal Wondering Jew...Wondering why those planes keep falling. Why is the US economy so bad. Why so many Americans suffering violent deaths at home and abroad...Will you just keep wondering?

Friday, August 26, 2005

Ayer en Manhattan / Yesterday in Manhattan

HaRav Hecht

12 Pesukim
HaRav Kalmanson

Seguimos protestando / we're still protesting

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

La foto del día / Today's pic


MORAG
רֹעִים רַבִּים שִׁחֲתוּ כַרְמִי, בֹּסְסוּ אֶת-חֶלְקָתִי; נָתְנוּ אֶת-חֶלְקַת חֶמְדָּתִי, לְמִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה
שָׂמָהּ, לִשְׁמָמָה--אָבְלָה עָלַי, שְׁמֵמָה; נָשַׁמָּה, כָּל-הָאָרֶץ, כִּי אֵין אִישׁ, שָׂם עַל-לֵב
עַל-כָּל-שְׁפָיִם בַּמִּדְבָּר, בָּאוּ שֹׁדְדִים, כִּי חֶרֶב לַה׳ אֹכְלָה, מִקְצֵה-אֶרֶץ וְעַד-קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ: אֵין שָׁלוֹם, לְכָל-בָּשָׂר

ירמיהו י״ב׃י׳ עד י״ב

Muchos pastores han destruido mi viña, han pisoteado mi heredad, han convertido en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa. Fue convertida en asolamiento; desolada, lloró sobre mí. Toda la tierra quedó asolada, y no hubo nadie que reflexionara. Sobre todas las alturas del desierto vinieron destructores, porque la espada de HaShem devorará desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro; no habrá paz para nadie.

Ieremiahu (Jeremías) 12:10-12

Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation. He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart. On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of HaShem is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh.

Yeremiahu (Jeremiah) 12:10-12

De la parashá de esta semana (Ekev) / From This Week’s Sedra (Eikev)

בס״ד

לֹא מֵרֻבְּכֶם מִכָּל-הָעַמִּים, חָשַׁק ה׳ בָּכֶם--וַיִּבְחַר בָּכֶם: כִּי-אַתֶּם הַמְעַט, מִכָּל-הָעַמִּים. כִּי מֵאַהֲבַת ה׳ אֶתְכֶם, וּמִשָּׁמְרוֹ אֶת-הַשְּׁבֻעָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם, הוֹצִיא ה׳ אֶתְכֶם, בְּיָד חֲזָקָה; וַיִּפְדְּךָ מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים, מִיַּד פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ-מִצְרָיִם
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כִּי תֹאמַר בִּלְבָבְךָ, רַבִּים הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה מִמֶּנִּי; אֵיכָה אוּכַל, לְהוֹרִישָׁם. לֹא תִירָא, מֵהֶם: זָכֹר תִּזְכֹּר, אֵת אֲשֶׁר-עָשָׂה ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לְפַרְעֹה, וּלְכָל-מִצְרָיִם. הַמַּסֹּת הַגְּדֹלֹת אֲשֶׁר-רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ, וְהָאֹתֹת וְהַמֹּפְתִים וְהַיָּד הַחֲזָקָה וְהַזְּרֹעַ הַנְּטוּיָה, אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִאֲךָ, ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ; כֵּן-יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לְכָל-הָעַמִּים, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה יָרֵא, מִפְּנֵיהֶם.

דברים פרק ז פסוקים ז וח וי״ז עד י״ט
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No por ser vosotros el más numeroso de todos los pueblos os ha querido HaShem y os ha escogido, pues vosotros erais el más insignificante de todos los pueblos, sino porque HaShem os amó y quiso guardar el juramento que hizo a vuestros padres; por eso os ha sacado HaShem con mano poderosa, y os ha rescatado de la servidumbre, de manos del faraón, rey de Egipto.
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Si dices en tu corazón: "Estas naciones son mucho más numerosas que yo, ¿cómo las podré exterminar?", no les tengas temor. Acuérdate bien de lo que hizo HaShem, tu Di-s, con el faraón y con todo Egipto, de las grandes pruebas que vieron tus ojos, de las señales y milagros, de la mano poderosa y el brazo extendido con que HaShem, tu Di-s, te sacó. Así hará HaShem, tu Di-s, con todos los pueblos en cuya presencia tú temes.

Devarim (Deuteronomio) 7: 7-8, 17-19
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HaShem did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because HaShem loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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You may say to yourselves, "These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?" But do not be afraid of them; remember well what HaShem your G-d did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the miraculous signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which HaShem your G-d brought you out. HaShem your G-d will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 7: 7-8, 17-19
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Pregunta para meditar: ¿Qué pretexto presentó Sharón para justificar la retirada de Gush Katif y Samaria Norte, y la expulsión forzosa de los residentes judíos? ¡Que había demasiados árabes en Gaza! A la luz de lo de arriba… ¿Cómo podría quedar justificada la infame Desconexión?

Question to ponder: What pretext did Sharon present in order to justify the pullout from Gush Katif and Northern Shomron, and the forced expulsion of the Jewish residents there? That there were too many Arabs in Gaza! At the light of the above… how could the infamous Disengagement be justified?

Monday, August 22, 2005

Sharón: El héroe de Palestina / Sharon: Hero of Palestine





¡Gracias, said Sharón, el rais Arafat tiene hoy una victoria póstuma gracias a usted!

Thank you, sayyid Sharón, Rais Arafat has today a posthumous victory thanks to you!

Thursday, August 18, 2005

SHARON TIENE TODA LA CULPA / SHARON IS SOLELY TO BLAME


Hermana y hermano / Sister and brother

A Final Appeal to US Jewry from the besieged Jews in Gush Katif

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A Final Appeal to US Jewry from the besieged Jews in Gush Katif

About 40,000 Israeli soldiers and police have been expelling Jews from their homes and preparing to destroy their communities in the Gaza Strip. The plans of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon includes the destruction of all synagogues and yeshivot in the Gaza Strip, destroying a 3,000 year Jewish legacy in the area -- all this against the will of the majority of the Jewish people in Israel. The army has brought in U.S. platforms and equipment for the expulsion of the Jews and the destruction of the homes and synagogues. They include armored bulldozers, such as the D-9 from Caterpillar, and other equipment to ensure the destruction of Jewish life in the land of Israel. The idea that American taxpayer money is being used to destroy Jewish life is both immoral as well as unconscionable.
Looking out from our front window in the beach front community of Kfar Yam in Gush Katif, we can already see the preparations for the destruction of Neveh Dekalim, the largest Jewish community and a center of Torah in the area. The army has abandoned us to ensure our expulsion and only the grace of G-d has prevented any Arab attack. Indeed, this evening two attempts by suicide bombers to attack Shirat Hayam were foiled at the last minute!
The young and old in the surviving communities of Kfar Yam and neighboring Shirat Hayam, Kfar Darom and Netzarim are praying to G-d constantly to avert this disaster, but we need your help! We appeal to Jews everywhere to stop this massive destruction of synagogues, homes and yeshivot -- an effort financed by the United States. Never has the United States paid for the destruction of Jewish communities and the expulsion of their residents. Although Sharon has initiated this process, President Bush has pressed the prime minister to complete the expulsion of Jews regardless of the cost, including the establishment of a terrorist state along the eastern Mediterranean. Sixty years after the Holocaust, the United States cannot lend its hand to the destruction of Jewish life -- particularly in Eretz Yisrael -- regardless of where this decision lies. This is an issue that must be brought to the immediate attention of members of the House and Senate. The hour is late, but your voice can still help save Gush Katif.
We, here in Israel, are fighting this evil decree daily as hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating and seeking to physically stop the destruction in the Gaza Strip, but it is not enough. The issue is not only an Israeli one. The fate of Jews in the land of Israel affects Jews all over the world and the idea that so-called peace means the expulsion of Jews is an idea that we have fought against for thousands of years -- whether in Spain, Germany, England or North Africa. The idea that "peace" can only come through the expulsion of Jews and destruction of their communities is one that must be fought now, before the same question is presented in Brussels, Paris, London or New York.
Jews in the Diaspora: stand up and be counted! The Jewish people are in danger and the obligation to act is on each and every one of us. Your voice is much more powerful than you imagine. Call your congressmen and senators immediately and demand that they represent you in stopping this evil decree.
Night has fallen on Kfar Yam and the latest word is that tomorrow morning the army and police will come in their U.S.-supplied armored bulldozers, jeeps, armored personnel carriers and cages and expel us from Gush Katif forever. We can still stop this. Help us.
Nadia Matar, co-chair Women in Green
Datya Yitzhaki, Minhelet Kela

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Women For Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green)
POB 7352,
Jerusalem 91072,
Israel
Tel: 972-2-624-9887
Fax: 972-2-624-5380

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Una carta que no publicaron / A Letter They didn’t Publish

בס״ד
Nota: Metro (http://www.metro.us) es un diario de distribución gratuita en varias de las grandes ciudades de los Estados Unidos. Les envié esta carta en respuesta a su pedido de opiniones de lectores sobre si la "Retirada de Gaza" era un "paso hacia la paz". Aunque no fue publicada, las cuatro opiniones que si pusieron estaban de acuerdo en señalar que esto NO constituye un paso hacia la paz.
Al redactor de Metro
15 de agosto del 2005
Estimado señor:
El abandono israelí de la franja de Gaza, y el desalojo de los legítimos residentes judíos de las comunidades de Gush Katif, no constituyen un "paso hacia la paz". Se trata, por lo contrario, de un atropello a la justicia, a los derechos ciudadanos, y a la moral. Debemos contemplar los hechos que los medios de comunicación, como de costumbre, ignoran en gran medida. Es necesario desacreditar la sarta de mitos de propaganda con los que el público ha sido manipulado.
La franja de Gaza tiene, verdaderamente, una concentración tremenda de árabes. Pero no por haber habido allí, jamás, tamaña población nativa, ni porque los pocos árabes que vivieron allí antes de 1967 hayan sufrido explosión demográfica alguna que haya conducido al presente millón y una medio de árabes en la Franja. La mayor parte de ellos vino de otro lugar, de otras partes de la tierra de Israel, y de otros países en el â de Medio Oriente – recordemos que el mito de una identidad árabe palestina es de más bien reciente invención.
Además, pioneros judíos sionistas ya habían reclamado el territorio en la década de los 40, antes del establecimiento del Estado de Israel: las comunidades más antiguas del Gush Katif que están siendo desmanteladas hoy ya existían unos dos o tres años antes de que Ben Gurión declarara el nacimiento del Israel moderno. La Ciudad de Gaza, se debe notar, tenía a una substantiva población judía a lo largo del período otomano, y hace unos doscientos años mismísima ciudad de Gaza contaba con una población judía más grande aun que la musulmana. La gran mezquita de Gaza fue una vez una sinagoga.
En historia más reciente, virtualmente todos los residentes judíos de Gush Katif se asentaron allí bajo auspicios de gobierno. Su potestad sobre sus hogares y terreno agrícola es absolutamente legal bajo la ley israelí.
Los judíos viven en la región por elección propia, y son desalojados ahora por un gobierno que los traiciona y va contra su explícita voluntad. El público israelí nunca ha sido consultado en un referéndum público acerca de su consentimiento para separarse del territorio sin ningún acuerdo de paz, ni siquiera algún tipo de garantías de alguna entidad soberana en el lado recipiente. El único plebiscito público que se hizo fue restringido a los miembros del partido gobernante, el Likud, ¡y de los defensores de la Desconexión perdieron en aquel entonces por un amplio margen!
Por otro lado, Hamas ganó las dos elecciones árabes pasadas en Gaza, y cuenta hoy con casi el 75% del apoyo popular árabe allí. Hamas confiesa ver la retirada israelí como una victoria de la segunda Intifada, e incluso aunque ellos ahora prometen abstenerse de ataques durante el desalojo de la población judía, prometen también, de manera muy clara y abierta, empezar una tercera viciosa y violenta Intifada brevemente después, apuntando hacia "la liberación total de Palestina" – “ léase: la destrucción del Estado de Israel.
Señor, Israel está al borde de un conflicto interno que muchos creen llevará a la guerra civil. El gobierno actual de Israel dirige el país en el caos con este Plan del Desconexión. Con un Israel debilitado por el desalojo forzado de sus propios ciudadanos, y con un Hamas ratificado y alentado a continuar con su infame campaña de violencia contra la población civil de Israel, ¿quién en su sano juicio podría decir seriamente esto se trata de un "prospecto de paz"?
Atentamente,
Rafael V. Rabinovich
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Note: Metro (http://www.metro.us) is a newspaper of free distribution in many big cities of the United States. I send them this letter in response to their request for readers' opinions on whether the "Gaza Pullout" was a "step towards peace." Even though it was not published, all of the four published opinions agreeed at pointing that this is NOT a step towards peace.


To the editor of Metro
August 15, 2005

Dear Sir,

The Israeli abandonment of the Gaza strip and the forceful uprooting of the lawful Jewish residents of the Gush Katif communities does not constitute a "step towards peace." It is, rather, an assault on justice, on public rights, and on morality. We need to look at the facts – which the media is, as usual, largely ignoring – and debunk the bunch of propaganda myths with which the public has been manipulated.

The Gaza strip has, indeed, a tremendous concentration of Arabs. But not because there was, ever, such a large indigenous population there, nor because the few Arabs who lived there prior to 1967 experienced any sort of demographic explosion leading to the present million-and-a-half Arab population in the Strip. Most of those Arabs came from other places – from other parts of the land of Israel, and from other countries in the Middle East – let us remember that the myth of a Palestinian Arab identity is of fairly recent invention.

Furthermore, Zionists Jewish settlers had already claimed the territory in the 1940s, prior to the establishment of the State of Israel: the earliest Gush Katif communities being dismantled today were already in existence two or three years before Ben Gurion declared the birth of modern Israel. The City of Gaza, it should be noted, had a significant Jewish population throughout the Ottoman period, and some two-hundred years ago the very City of Gaza had a larger Jewish than Muslim population! The Great Mosque of Gaza was once a synagogue.

In more recent history, virtually all the Jewish residents of Gush Katif settled there under government auspices. Their tenure of real-estate and agricultural land property is absolutely legal under Israeli law.

The Jews live in the region as their own choice, and are being uprooted now by a betraying government against their own expressed will. The Israeli public has never been asked in a legal referendum about their willingness to secede land without any peace agreement or even any kind of guaranties of any sort by any sovereign entity on the receiving side. The only public referendum that was made was restricted to members of the ruling Likud party, and the Disengagement proponents lost then by a landslide!

On the other hand, Hamas won the past two Arab elections in Gaza, and holds today nearly 75% of popular Arab support there. Hamas expressly views the Israeli pullout as a victory of the second Intifada, and even though they now promise to refrain from attacks during the uprooting of the Jewish population, they also promise – in no uncertain terms – to start a vicious and violent third Intifada shortly thereafter, aiming for the "total liberation of Palestine" – read: destruction of the State of Israel.

Sir, Israel is at the brink of an internal conflict which many believe will lead to civil war. Israel's current government is leading the country into chaos with this Disengagement Plan. With an Israel weakened by the uprooting of its own citizens, and a murderous terrorist Hamas feeling ratified and encouraged to continue with its infamous campaign of violence against Israel's civilian population, who in their right mind could seriously speak of this being a "prospect for peace"?!

Sincerely yours,

Rafael V. Rabinovich

Monday, August 15, 2005

Nueva destrucción / New Destruccion

בס״ד
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נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים, בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים.
איכה פרק ה פסוק ב

Nuestra heredad ha pasado a extraños, nuestras casas a forasteros.
(Lamentaciones 5:2)

Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, our homes to foreigners.
(Lamentations 5:2 )
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Thursday, August 11, 2005

Esta noche en Tel Aviv / Tonight in Tel Aviv

ב״ה


¿Alguien dijo que la oposición a la desconexión no era popular?

Did someone said that opposition to the Disengagement was not popular?

Gush Katif hoy / Gush Katif today

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

La foto del día / Today's pic

ב״ה

En respuesta al llamado de grandes rabinos, una multitud sin precedente se reunió hoy en el Kotel Hamaaraví para manifestarse, frente al mundo y al Cielo, en contra del condenado Plan de Desconexión.

In response to the call of great rabbis, an unprecedented multitude gathered today at the Kosel Hamaaravi to manifest before the world and the Heavens, their opposition to the Disengagement Plan.

!ישר כח לײבל


ב״ה

¡Leibel Schaeffer y su grupo llegaron hasta Gush Katif!

Leibel Schaeffer and his group made it all the way to Gush Katif!

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Buenas noticias, en medio de todo / Good News in the Midst of it All.

ב״ה


A pesar de la terrible tensión de estos días, las tres menores arrestadas por hacer uso de la libertad ciudadana de expresión y protesta fueron finalmente liberadas de su encarcelamiento, si bien deberían cumplir aun con la condena del arresto domiciliario por unos días, y sufrirían restricciones de movimiento por un periodo más largo.

Despite the terrible tension of these days, the three teenagers arrested for making use of their citizen’s freedom of expression and protest were finally released from their jail confinement, although they would be yet to fulfill a court sentence of home arrest for a few days, and would also suffer further restrictions on their mobility for a longer period.
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Comentario: ¡Cuan bajo ha caído este régimen que necesita llegar al abuso de menores para imponer su nefasta autoridad!

A comment: How low has this regime fallen, that it needs to abuse minors in order to impose its ill-fated authority!

Thursday, August 04, 2005

De la parashá de esta semana (Maasei) / From This Week’s Sedra (Ma’asei)

בס״ד
וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, בְּעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב, עַל-יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֹ, לֵאמֹר. דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם: כִּי אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן, .אֶל-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן

וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת-כָּל-יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ, מִפְּנֵיכֶם, וְאִבַּדְתֶּם, אֵת כָּל-מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָם; וְאֵת כָּל-צַלְמֵי מַסֵּכֹתָם תְּאַבֵּדוּ, וְאֵת כָּל-בָּמוֹתָם תַּשְׁמִידוּ. וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וִישַׁבְתֶּם-בָּהּ: כִּי לָכֶם נָתַתִּי אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, לָרֶשֶׁת אֹתָהּ. וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ בְּגוֹרָל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶם, לָרַב תַּרְבּוּ אֶת-נַחֲלָתוֹ וְלַמְעַט תַּמְעִיט אֶת-נַחֲלָתוֹ--אֶל אֲשֶׁר-יֵצֵא לוֹ שָׁמָּה הַגּוֹרָל, לוֹ יִהְיֶה: לְמַטּוֹת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם, תִּתְנֶחָלוּ. וְאִם-לֹא תוֹרִישׁוּ אֶת-יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ, מִפְּנֵיכֶם--וְהָיָה אֲשֶׁר תּוֹתִירוּ מֵהֶם, לְשִׂכִּים בְּעֵינֵיכֶם וְלִצְנִינִם בְּצִדֵּיכֶם; וְצָרְרוּ אֶתְכֶם--עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם יֹשְׁבִים בָּהּ. וְהָיָה, כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּמִּיתִי לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהֶם--אֶעֱשֶׂה לָכֶם

(במדבר פרק לג, פסוקים נ עד נ״ו )

Habló HaShem a Moisés en los campos de Moab, junto al Jordán, frente a Jericó, y le dijo: Habla a los hijos de Israel y diles: Cuando hayáis pasado el Jordán y entréis en la tierra de Canaán,

Echaréis a los habitantes de la tierra y habitaréis en ella, pues yo os la he dado para que sea vuestra propiedad. Heredaréis la tierra por sorteo, según vuestras familias. A las más numerosas daréis mucho como herencia, y a las menos numerosas daréis menos como herencia; donde le caiga la suerte, allí la tendrá cada uno. Por las tribus de vuestros padres heredaréis. Pero si no echáis a los habitantes del país de delante de vosotros, sucederá que los que de ellos dejéis serán como aguijones en vuestros ojos y como espinas en vuestros costados, y os afligirán en la tierra sobre la que vais a habitar. Además, haré con vosotros como pensaba hacer con ellos.

Números (Bamidbar) 33:50-56

And HaShem spoke to Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying: Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan.

Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places; you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess. And ye shall take for yourselves the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families: to the many ye shall increase their inheritance, and to the few thou shalt diminish their inheritance: where the lot falleth to him, there shall be each man's [inheritance]; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye take for yourselves the inheritance. But if ye will not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, those that ye let remain of them shall be thorns in your eyes, and pricks in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land wherein ye dwell. And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.

Numbers (Bamidbar) 33:50-56

Pregunta para meditar: ¿A quien hay que expulsar de sus hogares para asegurar el bienestar, la paz, y la seguridad de la nación?

A question to ponder about: Who ought to be expelled from their homes in order to insure the welfare, peace and safety of the nation?