Taking Chunks Out of Israel

The surrounding 22 Arab countries of Israel are 640 times larger than tiny Israel yet they expect Israel to turn over all the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and half of Jerusalem... territory they lost after they started the 1967 war! We've given up the Gaza Strip and look what it got us; constant shelling of rockets forcing our citizens to live under deadly conditions. The Arabs certainly wanted a piece, all right, not peace. In fact, they want all of Israel, as little as it is. It says so in their charter.

Israel is only 8,367 square miles, or 21,671 sq. Km, including the West Bank right now. Obama will be in power in a few days, and he has made it known that he wants to see a "Palestine" created out of the West Bank immediately. Israel is shrinking.

After saying for 2,000 years that never are we Jews to forget Jerusalem, the plan is to take over much of that beloved city and make it part of Palestine. No one seems to care that it is a Jewish city, and was the capitol of Israel from King David's day on. It is not a holy city to Arabs.

Hamas has made it known that they do not go for a state of "Palestine" alongside Israel. They will never go along with Fatah in this matter. It will be interesting to see how Obama forces them to accept and stop fighting Israel. Hillary Clinton is said to intend pursuing Syria as a friend and will pressure Israel to surrender the Golan Heights to them. The very fact that the Israeli town of Kiriat Shimona, the town where my favorite department store is, is only 3 miles from the base of the Golan Heights. Controlling that would give the Arabs an ideal spot to bomb Israel. That's why we have been holding on to it; for protection! Obama will speak from Damascus, Syria to strengthen US ties to the Muslim world.

The only help Israel is going to get is from itself. Though Livni's cabinet has thought that the USA was such a terrific friend, facts are not showing it. The USA abstaining on voting on Resolution 1860 when it could have voted no shows a shift in backing Israel. Livni selecting a woman, Shalev, who is not a professional diplomat, was not a good move. Both Livni and Olmert have been kidding themselves about USA's support. Rice has been pushing the USA to accept Iran as a nuclear power by wrongly going along with thinking that Iran ended its nuclear weapons program in 2003. They're chomping on the bit to attack Israel, as shown by their dastardly remarks about Israel. If they attack, it no doubt will be with atomic weaponry. The USA put the Hizbullah terrorists of Lebanon above importance of Israel. The US actually forbade Israel from attacking the Lebanese government targets because Rice wonted to believe that the pro-Western March 14 movement was in charge of Lebanon when they were actually governed by Hizbullah. Therefore, Israel did not win any fight with Lebanon. Now Hizbullah is in charge of southern Lebanon and has rebuilt its arsenals. The result is that the USA has given Lebanon money and guns. Perhaps that is what the "Palestinians" think will be coming their way, too.

Reference: Geography of Israel http://www.masada2000.org/geography.html
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0109glick011609.php3

Abbas Must Gain Control of Gaza

Nadene Goldfoot

There is no sense in talking about a state of Palestine until Abbas, the leader of Fatah who have settled in the West Bank, has gained control of Gaza which is now in Hamas terrorist hands.

Israel is sustaining constant daily shelling, sometimes surviving 24 hour bombardments now. It seems that everyone expects Israel to concede to pressures and give in to the Palestinian's aim to drive them out completely.

The Palestinians are having a fit over Israel's announcement that they are going to build apartments in East Jerusalem. The neighborhood this is going to take place in was already annexed by Israel after the 1967 war. The problem lies in the fact that the act has not been internationally recognized. I suppose that means by the United Nations, which is top-heavy with Arab leaders. The 2003 Roadmap to Peace Plan is worded in such a way that Israel feels it is not violating it and others think they are. The situation has changed since sitting down in 2003 and discussing a roadmap.

In 1967 after the Six Day War when Israel was attacked by all the surrounding Arab countries, Israel won. The Palestinians are sore losers. The Palestinians claim all of the West Bank as part of a future state of Palestine. They want East Jerusalem as their capitol. They lost a chance to this area by losing the 67 war. They haven't done a thing to show that they have earned it. It was never in their hands to begin with. Jordan had control of Jerusalem and the West Bank. We know how they had treated it; like a trash dump. They're also losing a chance to it by allowing constant shelling into Israel. That's not a very friendly gesture. It makes Israel mad. Abbas has no influence on the warring Gazans.

We now have 180,000 Israelis living in East Jerusalem and 250,000 Israelis living in West Bank settlements. They won't be allowed to live there if "Palestine" is created there. Hence, another problem of where they should live in their shrinking state.

Rice, cool your heels. You're not accepting the beligerance of Hamas and its affect on Israel. I don't believe you were brave enough to visit Sderot and Ashkelon. If a rock were thrown in your yard you'd have a tizzy. You just see the big picture of making these two parties sign a piece of paper, and you getting the credit. Israel would have to live with this hatred. Have you asked the Palestinians to change their charters, their hearts and their school textbooks yet? When that happens, the Messiah may be here, but there won't be a peace until these things happen.

For now Israel will not consider any peace agreement until Abbas is the leader of the Gazans and not Hamas. You can't make peace with people who want you dead and that is their stated aim in their charter. June 2007 saw the decline of the prospect of Palestine next door to Israel. It's been a year since that happened, and things are only getting worse.

Reference: Reuters News

Oregonian Newspaper 6/15/08 page A10 Rice to press Israelis on settlements