Israel
headlines report the news. But if you look closely, you may also discover that
these headlines reveal what lies beneath the news.
In this
report, you’ll see a selection of headlines from Israel’s press—and some
comments about those headlines.
Today, we
look at—and comment on—headlines for the Chanukah period, December 1-2, 2013.
The war
against Israel
- Bedouin in Dimona Calls for Violent
Uprising
-4 Arrested
in Shabbat Bedouin Violence
- Muslims Hack Charity Jewish Charity
Website
- Weapons and Ammo Uncovered by IDF in
Hevron
- PA Official: Jews 'Defile' Al-Aqsa
(Temple Mount)
-Temple
Mount Closed after Brawl
- Feiglin: Weakness in Negev Starts on
Temple
-PA Arabs
Sign anti-Peace Convention
-Palestinians
clash with Israeli security forces at Rachel's Tomb in West Bank
- Police arrest 4 suspects, including
minors, over stone throwing in Negev protests
-Caught on
Video: Arab Rock Ambush
-Religious
Man Assaulted by Arab near Damascus Gate
-[Mayor of
Jerusalem] Barkat: Deter Rock-Throwing with Punitive Measures
In today’s
news cycle, we see a repeat of the original Chanukah story.
Remember the
original? A foreign super-power (Greece) joins with both a regional entity
(Syria) and Jews (in Israel) to destroy all that is Jewish in Israel. The goal
was simple: turn Israel into a non-Jewish country.
Today’s Chanukah
headlines (Chanukah for 2013 runs from November 28 – December 5) suggest a
similar plot: a foreign super-power (America) joins with a regional entity
(Arab ‘Palestinians’) and Leftist Jews (in Israel and abroad) to push Israel
into a ‘peace’ with those whose goal is to wipe Israel off the map.
While each
of these three ‘actors’ claim to have distinct reasons for pressuring Israel,
the practical consequence of all those efforts looks to be the same: no more
Jewish state.
The Arab war
against Israel has taken no Chanukah holiday. It pushes forward. Arabs call for
violent uprisings. Jews are attacked in-and-around Jerusalem. Some 250,000 Palestinian
Authority (PA) Arabs sign a “convention” calling for no peace compromise
with Israel. PA officials call out that Jews who ascend the Temple Mount ‘defile’
the Mount (which they call, ‘al aqsa’). Arabs beat Jews who ascend to the
Temple Mount. Muslims hack into an Israeli Jewish Charity and put onto the site
words which say, "We demand the return of Palestine [i.e., all of Israel],”
alongside "Allah is the one god", as well as "We will kill
everything Jews love.”
These are not
the words and actions of peace. Nevertheless, it is Israel which the US
pressures for ‘peace’. Does this Arab behaviour suggest peace to you?
America
and Israel
-U.S.
rejects Israeli criticism, says not avoiding confrontation with Iran at any
cost
- Netanyahu: I will not 'shut up' on
warnings against Iran
-US Calls Netanyahu
'Desperate and Weak'
-Washington
Post Critical of Iran-West Deal
-Israelis
distrust Iran deal but overwhelmingly value alliance with US
The US has wrapped
up a deal with Iran. Isn’t that wonderful? The US is pleased. It boasts that Iran’s
nuclear ambitions have been thwarted by negotiations. Israel, we infer, was completely
wrong to ‘talk tough’. Instead of using a military attack to convince Iran to stop
its weaponizing plans, we have achieved peace through diplomacy.
We did what
the belligerent Israel said couldn’t be done!
Surely, that’s
a wonderful proposition. There’s just one problem--Israel Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu won’t keep his damn mouth shut. He keeps claiming that the
deal was bad.
How can we
have peace through negotiations with that kind of noise?
We can see from
the headlines above how the US and Israel carp at each other over this deal: last
week, the US response to Netanyahu’s criticism was to tell Netanyahu to ‘give
it a break’; now, Netanyahu says he ‘won’t shut up.’ The US rejects Israel’s
criticism. US officials announce that Netanyahu’s ‘noise’ reveals him to be ‘weak’
and ‘desperate.’
The US
looked strong and aggressive against the bothersome Israel. The US was
strong—until it got hammered by The Washington Post.
According to
a Post editorial, the Iran deal was not what the US had said it was
(oopps). The Post wrote that the deal made too many major concessions to
Tehran (oopps). For example, while White House officials and Secretary of State
John F. Kerry have repeatedly stated that Iran’s assertion of a ‘right to
enrich’ uranium would not be recognized in an interim deal, the text actually says
the ‘comprehensive solution’ will involve an Iranian enrichment program
(oooppps). Then, a long-standing U.S.
demand that an underground enrichment facility be closed was not even mentioned
(ooopps again). Worst of all, the editorial pointed out, “Obama and other U.S.
officials have spoken about a six-month time frame for completing negotiations”;
but the agreement actually says the six-month arrangement can be renewed ‘by
mutual consent’ (oopps)--the parties actually aim to conclude negotiating and
commence implementing oversight in as much as a year after signing.
That would
give the Iranians another year to build a bomb (oopps).
Are the
Americans incompetent—or does this deal suggest something other than incompetence?
Iran
-Video:
Ex-CIA Chief: We've Accepted Iranian Enrichment
-Report:
Israel Looking for Proof that Iran is Violating Deal
-Netanyahu:
I Will Not Be Silenced When Israel is in Danger
- Rouhani: Iran to start constructing
2nd nuclear plant in Bushehr
Now that the
Iran deal has been completed, Iran loses no time letting the ink dry: it
announces the construction of another nuclear facility. Last week, it had
announced that the deal had ‘enshrined’ their right to enrich. Now, they make another
‘nuclear’ declaration just as former CIA-chief Michael Hayden is quoted on
video as saying, “At the end of the day, Iran is going to be a nuclear
threshold state…There's no question about that."
The Iranian
take on all of this was, the air in the international arena was now ‘less tense’.
The US has called
Netanyahu weak because he has been speaking out about this deal. You can now
see why he has spoken so harshly.
Who looks
weak here, Israel—or the US?
The
Left’s war against Israel
- Olmert:
Netanyahu Should Not Alienate the US
- 'Olmert Thinks Israel is America's
Slave'
- Herzog to Push Netanyahu to Make
Concessions to PA
- Left-wing leader calls to eliminate
authority of Chief Rabbinate
The final
player in the anti-Israel Chanukah story is the Jew-hating Jew who joins with
the other two players to destroy Israel. We saw this behaviour during the
original Chanukah story; we see it all over again today.
To the
Jew-hating Jew, religion has no place in Israel. Any action that will reduce,
constrict or eliminate religion in Israel is a positive; anything that assists religion
in Israel is a blot on Israel.
To the
Jew-hating Jew, Jewish ancestral homeland isn't Jewish. it's 'occupied territory'.
To the Jew-hating
Jew, Jews do not come to Israel to fulfil the call of the Bible. They come to
colonize and exploit the Arab as part of a European, white imperialism designed
to control the natural resources and culture of the local non-white population.
The
rationale for each of these three ‘players’ is not the same as we find in the
original story. But the practical consequences are the same: the dejudaization
of the world’s only Jewish state.
What modern
Chanukah story do these Jews write for the Jewish people?
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