A cursory view of the map clearly indicates that B and C are inseparable in terms of what we can annex. Also we cannot annex everything except A because each Arab city will be fenced in and the access roads similarly fenced in. This map is as of 1995. Since then there has been considerable construction east of the greenline and a fence has been built intending to separate Arabs from Jews but gaps remain. Israel wants to keep Areil which is in the center of Area A and Maaleh Adumin which is five miles from Jerusalem. Neither the US or the PA are amenable t this. Even if we got to keep them there are still about 70,000 Jews east of the fence. So to my mind we must annex all of it or just the settlement blocs adjacent to Israel. Nothing else is feasible.Ted Belman Administrative divisions of the Oslo Accords The Oslo Accords created three temporary distinct administrative divisions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip until a final status accord would be established. The... NGO Monitor’s new video, showcasing the BDS Sewer System, highlights the central role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that lead boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaigns, and the funders that facilitate this anti-Israel agenda. The global campaign to delegitimize Israel is highly coordinated, well-funded, and diverse. Watch the video to learn more about the network and its tactics. US Adm. Mike Mullen honored for his input in IDF’s war readiness for Iran DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 18, 2011, Adm. Michael Glenn Mullen is rightly acclaimed as the American military leader who contributed more than any other in the past decade to the depth and breadth of US-Israeli security ties and the Israel’s Defense Forces’ (IDF) preparedness for a potential war with Iran. Adm. Mullen, who retires as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff on September 30, arrived Monday, July 18, to take leave of the IDF. He will be saluted by Chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz and a guard of honor of generals when he arrives at General Command Headquarters for a farewell reception. Adm. Mullen stands out as a warm friend of Israel and firm believer in the military partnership between US and Israeli armed forces as a key component in the national security of both nations – which is why he consistently did what he could to upscale their operational, technological and... This article is worthy of thought and discussion. Strenger essentially argues that the individual comes first before the state. As the state ignores this rule it becomes fascist. He argues that a state should never curtail the liberty of the individual except to protect other individuals from harm. How about to protect the state from harm. Afteral it is the state’s responsible to protect the liberties of its citizens. The state has enemies both within and without. Your thoughts are welcomed. Ted Belman Commentators both in Israel and around the... [See Jewish Genius by Charles Murray, Commentary ] Hank Pellissier, Ethical Technology Ashkenazi Jews are smart. Shockingly brilliant, in general. Impressively greater in brain power than the bulk of the human population. How did they get that way? Ashkenazi Jews, aka Ashkenazim, are the descendants of Jews originally from medieval Germany, and later, from throughout Eastern Europe. Approximately 80% of the Jews in the world today are Ashkenazim; the remainder are primarily Sephardic. Their median IQ is calculated at 117 in From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice (2000), published by Cambridge University Press. This is 10 points higher than the generally-accepted IQ of their closest rivals—Northeast Asians—and almost 20% higher than the global average. It is not exactly news that the Obama presidency is determined to go to unprecedented lengths to mollify, appease and otherwise pander to what it calls the “Muslim world.” But the question has begun to occur: At what point do these efforts cross the line from a misbegotten policy to one that is downright anti-American – hostile to our values, incompatible with our vital interests and at odds with our Constitution? The evidence is rapidly accumulating that we have reached that point. Our representatives in Congress must have the courage to rediscover a lost vocabulary, one that is conscious of the fact that subversion of our counterterror institutions – and indeed, our very understanding of the threat we face – is a goal of our enemy in the War on Terror. The danger entailed cries out for congressional oversight and corrective action. The motion noted that Israel is an apartheid state and resolved to affiliate EUSA to the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, to boycott Israeli goods in EUSA supply chains and shops, and to mandate the EUSA executive to lobby the University to do the same. In response, Denis MacEoin, a senior editor of the Middle East Quarterly, addresses The Committee Edinburgh University Student Association May I be permitted to say a few words to members of the EUSA? I am an Edinburgh graduate (MA 1975) who studied Persian, Arabic and Islamic History in Buccleuch Place under William Montgomery Watt and Laurence Elwell Sutton, two of Britain ‘s great Middle East experts in their day. I later went on to do a PhD at Cambridge and to teach Arabic and Islamic Studies at Newcastle University . Naturally, I am the author of several books and hundreds of articles in... From Ted Belman As I understand your opposition to the settlements, you are against all the settlements (perhaps only some of them) because you believe that every settlement built, makes the chances of peace more remote. In Pres Reagan’s words, the settlements are “an obstacle to peace”. Correct me if I am wrong. Certainly you are entitled to such a view. Is a corallary to this view, that if no settlements were built then we would have peace now? Probably you don’t go that far, but at least you believe that the settlements are an obstacle to peace. You are also aware that the people driving the international BDS movement share the goals of these charters. Whether you split hairs or not, by calling for a boycott, you are...
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From Wikipedia,Against the BDS campaign
BDS Sewer System: Exposing Anti-Israel BoycottsIsrael gave up military option against Iran in exchange for unprecidented US support
The glue holding Netanyahu’s coalition: hatred for liberal values
The sound and the fury Israel’s anti-boycott law has not yet died down: Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party is reviving its push for a Knesset committee that will investigate ‘leftist organizations’; for the time being, the initiative to give the Knesset a veto right to reject candidates for the Supreme Court on the basis of their political views has been blocked, but it may well resurface.Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so High?
Other researchers who study the Ashkenazim have asserted an IQ number a trifle bit lower than 117, but all have agreed that these children of Abraham are on top of the IQ chart. Plus, contemplate this astounding tidbit:...Congress needs a Cold War-style effort to root out civilizational jihad
What is needed is a new select committee modeled after the much-vilified, but...Whatever happened to empirical evidence and rational thought
Letter to my leftist friend
I am sure that you also believe that there are other obstacles to peace such as the tenents of Islam or more specifically the opposition to the existance of Israel as a Jewish state as expressed in the Charters of both Fatah and Hamas.More Recent Articles
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