On the future of American #Judaism, Judea Pearl tells @MomentMagazine symposium: "#Israel is not the problem, it is the solution"
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Abu Toameh: Radicals threatening to kill moderates who seek to make peace with Israel
" The major obstacle to peace is Iran and radical Muslims who want to destroy Israel, and not make peace with it. They are the biggest threat to peace now because they are also threatening to kill any moderate Arab or Muslim who seeks to make peace with Israel." --Khaled Abu Toameh, 10/22/10
source:
http://www.hudson-ny.org/1622/settlements-obstacle-to-peace
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Israel marks 15th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination
President Shimon Peres honored the memory of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on Tuesday at the "Yitzhak's Candle" ceremony at Beit Hanassi, in remembrance of the fifteenth anniversary of Rabin's murder.
At the ceremony Peres addressed those gathered, including Rabin's family and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, stating that the candle being lit represents an "obligation to peace."
"Yitzhak was determined to progress towards peace, even though he was aware of the difficulties that stood before him, at home and from the outside."
Peres stated that his friend of more than fifty years was aware of the hatred against him, but carried on in what he believed despite the danger.
The defense minister stated that Rabin must not be forgotten while speaking at a conference in Shfayim earlier on Tuesday.
"We have not forgotten him for a single moment, but we must all do more to make sure today's youth know about Rabin and the influence he had on Israel," Barak said.
Barak added that it was of utmost importance for Israel to "pave the way" for peace, without compromising Israel's security.
"Yitzhak Rabin was a real fighter and a man of peace," Barak said.
Tuesday evening marks the 15th anniversary of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination.
The defense minister's comments were in direct opposition to those of Labor MK Einat Wilf, who also on Tuesday was criticized by fellow Members of Knesset Tuesday for suggesting that the annual Rabin memorial rally should be canceled.
On Monday morning, General Staff Forum members gathered at a ceremony at the Rabin Center to mark the impending anniversary.
During the ceremony, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said the IDF is making strong efforts to tell the story of Rabin's assassination because today's soldiers were only five-years-old when it happened and it is a duty to remember and remind people about it.
"Yitzhak Rabin is not with us today, but his spirit and legacy continue to guide us, and with that his hope that there will be an equal, united, and inventive society here. We're back here today knowing that this torch of hope...is in secure and good hands, and [we're here] in the belief that it will remain in such hands in the future," said Ashkenazi.
At the ceremony Peres addressed those gathered, including Rabin's family and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, stating that the candle being lit represents an "obligation to peace."
"Yitzhak was determined to progress towards peace, even though he was aware of the difficulties that stood before him, at home and from the outside."
Peres stated that his friend of more than fifty years was aware of the hatred against him, but carried on in what he believed despite the danger.
The defense minister stated that Rabin must not be forgotten while speaking at a conference in Shfayim earlier on Tuesday.
"We have not forgotten him for a single moment, but we must all do more to make sure today's youth know about Rabin and the influence he had on Israel," Barak said.
Barak added that it was of utmost importance for Israel to "pave the way" for peace, without compromising Israel's security.
"Yitzhak Rabin was a real fighter and a man of peace," Barak said.
Tuesday evening marks the 15th anniversary of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination.
The defense minister's comments were in direct opposition to those of Labor MK Einat Wilf, who also on Tuesday was criticized by fellow Members of Knesset Tuesday for suggesting that the annual Rabin memorial rally should be canceled.
On Monday morning, General Staff Forum members gathered at a ceremony at the Rabin Center to mark the impending anniversary.
During the ceremony, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said the IDF is making strong efforts to tell the story of Rabin's assassination because today's soldiers were only five-years-old when it happened and it is a duty to remember and remind people about it.
"Yitzhak Rabin is not with us today, but his spirit and legacy continue to guide us, and with that his hope that there will be an equal, united, and inventive society here. We're back here today knowing that this torch of hope...is in secure and good hands, and [we're here] in the belief that it will remain in such hands in the future," said Ashkenazi.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Netanyahu wants loyalty oath bill to include Jews as well
Israeli PM Netanyahu instructs Justice Minister to draft a bill extending the loyalty oath, in which non-Jews are required to pledge allegiance to 'the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,' to Jewish immigrants as well.
Source:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/netanyahu-wants-loyalty-oath-bill-to-include-jews-as-well-1.319864
AJC Poll: 95% of American Jews say peace with the Palestinians requires recognition of Israel as a Jewish state
The American Jewish Committee's Fall survey, released October 12, 2010 reports that
"American Jews remain nearly unanimous – 95 percent – in supporting the proposal requiring the Palestinians to recognize Israel
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Jeff_Jacoby: recognize Israel as the Jewish state and democracy
@Jeff_Jacoby: Israel's Jewishness could hardly be more self-evident. But to Israel's enemies, Jewish sovereignty is intolerable. http://bit.ly/ag9Ce8
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Oren: Why the Palestinians have to recognize Israel as the Jewish state
"The core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been the refusal to recognize Jews as a people, indigenous to the region and endowed with the right to self-government." -- Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren
excerpts:
Affirmation of Israel’s Jewishness, however, is the very foundation of peace, its DNA. Just as Israel recognizes the existence of a Palestinian people with an inalienable right to self-determination in its homeland, so, too, must the Palestinians accede to the Jewish people’s 3,000-year connection to our homeland and our right to sovereignty there. This mutual acceptance is essential if both peoples are to live side by side in two states in genuine and lasting peace.
Reconciling with the Jewish state means that the two-state solution is not a two-stage solution leading, as many Palestinians hope, to Israel’s dissolution.
Read the entire article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/opinion/14oren.html?_r=1
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