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How Israel fell into a trap, carefully set by its enemies
A short while ago, a “peace flotilla” of
six ships set out to bring relief to the so-called “beleaguered”
Gaza Strip and to break a naval blockade that Israel had imposed. Five
of the ships peacefully obeyed the instructions of the Israeli military
to unload their cargo in Ashdod, an Israeli port. There the cargo was
examined. That which was, indeed, peaceful cargo, was promptly transferred
to Gaza. The sixth vessel, the MAVI MARMARA, offered violent resistance
to the Israeli commandos who had boarded the vessel. A melee ensued in
which nine of the “peace lovers,” all Turks, offered violent
armed resistance and were killed.
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Is there any truth at all in this oft-repeated calumny?
Only a short time ago, many universities, goaded by
left-wing professors and students and their substantial Muslim student
bodies, “celebrated” Israel Apartheid Week in which divestiture
from, boycott of and sanctions against Israel were demanded. Is there
any truth, any justification at all in this odious characterization?
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Why does nobody care about the Jewish refugees from Arab lands?
The world is greatly concerned about the Arabs who
fled the nascent state of Israel in 1948. But no mention is ever made
of the Jewish refugees from Arab lands. Their history is as compelling
and arguably more so than that of the Arab refugees from Israel.
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of Middle East topics, click here.
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| An
Urgent Letter
from FLAME President,
Gerardo Joffe |
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May
2010
Dear Friend
of Israel, dear Friend of FLAME: |
The last few weeks have been momentous ones for
Israel and for Israel’s relationship with our country. During
Vice President Biden’s recent visit to Israel, a mid-level
officer of Israel’s Interior Ministry made an announcement
that 1,600 housing units had been authorized to be built in the
eastern part of Jerusalem, an area that the Palestinians insist
would be a part of their future capital. Actual construction on
those housing units is perhaps as much as two years away. Even though
the timing of the announcement may have been somewhat awkward, the
anger that it produced was totally out of proportion to any possible
offense. The Administration labeled the event an “insult.”
Secretary of State Clinton telephoned Prime Minister Netanyahu and
gave him a “stern reproach.” When Mr. Netanyahu came
for a visit at the White House, the President snubbed him in a most
insulting way – as someone described it – as if he were
a lower-level functionary of a banana republic, rather than the
prime minister of one of the our country’s most important
and most reliable allies.
It is almost as if somebody in the Administration
looked for an opportunity to...
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