Tuesday Sep 08, 2009
Posted by Yisrael Medad
I find President Barack Obama's recent pronouncement on the question of Jewish residential communities in Judea and Samaria to be odd, awkward and and morally deficient.
On September 4, the White House Office of the Press Secretary released a statement that reads, in part:
Continued settlement activity is inconsistent with Israel's commitment under the Roadmap. As the President has said before, the United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement expansion and we urge that it stop.... We do appreciate Israel's stated intent to place limits on settlement activity and will continue to discuss this with the Israelis as these limitations are defined."
The use of "legitimacy" bestirs my political sensors. Is "legitimacy" worse, or better, than "illegality"?
Monday Jun 01, 2009
Posted by Yisrael Medad
I have spotted two additional linguistic oddities that confound me.
As you have read at this blog previously, I prefer "revenant" rather than "settler", or, at the least, "resident". I use "community" and not "settlement". I live in Samaria and not in the "West Bank".
Well, it seems that language is fluid and different standards of semantics are being used.
For example, Israel is pilloried for supposedly being a "colonialist" power lording over "occupied territories."
Wednesday Mar 04, 2009
Posted by Yisrael Medad
Among other concerns, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is touting the new Palestinian Authority security forces being trained by American army and police personnel. Millions of dollars have been sunk into constructing training camps and providing the PA with the know-how to keep the general peace, the idea being that if it can control the terror threat, Israel could then exit these territories.
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Yisrael Medad resides in Shiloh and has been in Israel since 1970. Currently in charge of Information Resources at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, he was Director of Israel's Media Watch and a parliamentary aide to Members of Knesset. He lectures on Zionist history and serves as a spokesperson for the Jewish communites in Judea and and Samaria to the foreign media and diplomatic corps.
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YMedad: Shahab, thanks for your theological input. Nevertheless, I would suggest to you that only under Jewish administration and sovereignty can all three religions be best served. When under Crusader rule and under various Muslim rules, the Jews, Muslims and Christians ALL suffered. Under Israelis rule since 1967, all have benefited, well, almost. The Jews still don't permit themselves their rights on the Temple Mount. As for two states, there are two already: Jordan and Israel in the area of the Palestine Mandate. Who needs a third state in the area?
Michael Beverford: I beg to differ...
God made and keeps his word to the nation and people of Israel.
In both the torah and the christian bible, we see fortold of everything that has, is, and will happen to the nation and people of Israel. the restoration of this nation in may of 1948 is a fullfilment of this truth.
God has not taken his eye off of either. The claims of any other nation on this land are mute...God has the final word in everything. He will show His protection on this nation and His people as written by the prophet Ezekiel.
Shahab Mohd Altaf INDIA: GOD's Promise to Moses fulfilled in his Time itself.The Bible revived the story of the Promised Land and the UN created Israel in 1948.The Jews have a historical and religious link to the Holy Land but, after they rebelled against GOD and His messengers, they were punished by GOD and the other faithful Christians and Muslims were given possession of the Land.Today all the three faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have rights over the Holy Land.The Two-States solution is the only way out.Abraham is the Father of all the three peoples.Peace is intangible but Holiness is by association.
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