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CAFI Newsletter
Newsletter #191 Friday, July 2, 2004
1.. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UN=20
2.. SUPREME INJUSTICE=20
3.. A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME=20
4.. MY HOME IN GAZA=20
5.. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES=20
6.. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES=20
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1. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UN
By Jeff Jacoby - Jewish World Review - June 25, 2004=20
The lengths to which the UN will to go to avoid any condemnation =
of Jew-hatred would be comical if they weren't so contemptible. Is that =
finally changing?=20
A seminar on anti-Semitism was held at the United Nations this =
week. Secretary General Kofi Annan opened the program by rebuking "those =
who . . . continue to spread lies and vile stereotypes about Jews and =
Judaism." Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel peace laureate, =
delivered a moving keynote address. Three panels of witnesses spoke =
about the menace of anti-Semitism and how to combat it. The event was =
presided over by Shashi Tharoor, the undersecretary general for =
communications, who also delivered the closing remarks.=20
All in all, you might think, a typical UN program - one of scores =
of gatherings the world body hosts each year on a wide array of human =
rights issues. The anti-Semitic hatred and violence seething in so much =
of the world are a grave international problem, so it stands to reason =
that the UN would make it the focus of regular and serious attention.=20
Except that it doesn't. Monday's conference on anti-Semitism was =
the first in UN history.=20
The United Nations was born nearly 60 years ago in the wake of the =
Nazi genocide against the Jews. Awareness of the Holocaust informs the =
UN's seminal documents, above all the Universal Declaration of Human =
Rights. Yet not once in its six decades - not until this week - had the =
UN ever convened a meeting to discuss the hatred or persecution of Jews. =
Not once has it adopted a resolution dealing specifically with =
anti-Semitism. Not once has it published a report on anti-Jewish racism =
or incitement.=20
"Even when judged against the hypocrisy with which the UN has =
frequently treated its own founding principles," wrote legal scholar =
Anne Bayefsky, a professor at Columbia University Law School, in an =
important article in Commentary earlier this year, "the international =
body's abiding hostility to the just claims of Israel and the Jewish =
people remains a special, and especially egregious, case."=20
Bayefsky's essay, along with an earlier piece in The Wall Street =
Journal, were devastating. From the UN's earliest years, she showed, =
anti-Semitism was the great evil it refused to notice. The first time a =
resolution dealing even partly with bigotry against Jews came up for a =
vote was 1959, a year "when some 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents . . . were =
reported in almost 40 countries." The original title of the resolution =
was "Manifestations of Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Racial Prejudice =
and Religious Intolerance of a Similar Nature." But by the time it =
reached the General Assembly floor, the words "anti-Semitism" had been =
cut.=20
The lengths to which the UN will to go to avoid any condemnation =
of Jew-hatred would be comical if they weren't so contemptible. When it =
adopted an international convention against racial discrimination, it =
refused to include a reference to anti-Semitism. "The Soviet Union, its =
satellites, and its Arab allies," noted Bayefsky, "insisted that =
anti-Semitism was a question not of race but of religion." Yet when the =
UN later adopted a resolution on religious intolerance, the lead sponsor =
insisted that anti-Semitism should be omitted because that was a matter =
not of religion but of race.=20
The UN's 1975 resolution equating Zionism - the national =
liberation movement of the Jewish people - to racism was only the most =
notorious illustration of its anti-Jewish bias. The measure was repealed =
in 1991, but the UN continues to anathematize the world's only Jewish =
state.=20
The UN's 2001 Durban conference on racism and xenophobia, for =
example, turned into an anti-Semitic bacchanal. At times, the venom has =
sunk to medieval lows. "In presentations to the UN Commission on Human =
Rights," Bayefsky wrote, Arab delegates have trafficked in blood libels, =
"accusing the Israelis of . . . needing to kill Arabs for the proper =
observance of Yom Kippur and of injecting Palestinian children with =
HIV-positive blood."=20
The professor's indictment got Kofi Annan's attention. Not only =
did he accept her challenge to convene a UN conference on anti-Semitism, =
he invited her to speak. She accepted the invitation, and delivered a =
speech last Monday the likes of which had not been heard at the UN since =
Daniel Patrick Moynihan blasted the Zionism resolution in 1975. She =
described the UN as "the leading global purveyor of anti-Semitism" - a =
place where "the language of human rights is hijacked not only to =
discriminate but to demonize."=20
So has the UN arrived at a turning point? Or was Monday's =
conference merely a fig leaf - a PR response to some bad press?=20
That depends entirely on the secretary general. It is up to Annan =
to take on the anti-Semitism within the UN's ranks - to insist that =
Israel's pariah status end - to denounce Jew-hatred as a dangerous =
scourge. In short, to show moral leadership and courage.=20
Frankly, I doubt that Annan has it in him. But then I doubted that =
Annan would pay any attention to Bayefsky's powerful writings. I was =
wrong about that. Here's hoping I'm wrong again.=20
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2. SUPREME INJUSTICE
By Caroline Glick - Jerusalem Post - July 2, 2004=20
As a little boy is murdered by rockets on his way to nursery =
school; and as soldiers are killed and wounded when bombs, burrowed deep =
beneath their outposts are detonated by terrorists using video cameras =
and increasingly sophisticated digging machines; and as 17 would-be =
suicide bombers are intercepted en route to Israeli population centers =
in one month, all eyes are now turning to The Hague.=20
Next Friday, the International Court of Justice will render its =
opinion on the security fence. That would be the fence Israel is =
building to protect its citizens from guided bombs in blue jeans.=20
The ICJ's decision last December to take up the request by the UN =
General Assembly and Secretary General Kofi Annan to provide an opinion =
on Israel's right to construct the security barrier must be seen as a =
hostile act by the ICJ against the Jewish state and not as a simple =
response to a simple request. This is so not only because two ICJ =
justices have gone on record in the past stating overtly hostile =
positions against Israel. The ICJ's decision to allow the Arab League =
and the Organization of the Islamic Conference-two explicitly =
anti-Semitic organizations-to make oral arguments before the bench is =
also a clear indication of the court's lack of objectivity towards the =
Jewish state. That the ICJ agreed to produce an opinion, in spite of the =
fact that the General Assembly's request for one was stated in terms =
that presupposed what such an opinion would say, is also an unambiguous =
sign that the ICJ understood its role in this game was fixed from the =
start.=20
Israel did have some slight hope of curbing the court's reach. The =
hope was based on the briefs submitted by the US and some European =
states in which the court was told that it had no legal authority to =
voice an opinion on Israel's security policies when the issue of the =
final adjudication of territory was subject to political negotiation. If =
Western powers were convincing in their view that a court decision was =
insignificant, then, so the thinking in Jerusalem went, chances would be =
better than zero that the court would say that it cannot address the =
issue.=20
There is precedent for such a view. In 1996, the ICJ was asked by =
the General Assembly to issue an opinion on the legality of the use of =
nuclear weapons. Understanding that an opinion that their use is illegal =
would be laughed at, or worse, ignored, the court stated that in the =
absence of a clear context it could not give a studied opinion on the =
legality of nuclear warfare. In the case of the security fence, since =
the route of the fence was still largely unknown and the fence itself =
was only in the beginning stages of construction last December, the =
court could easily have stated that it doesn't have sufficient =
contextual information on which to render an authoritative opinion.=20
This hope, fragile from the start, was rendered even weaker on =
Wednesday morning by Israel's Supreme Court. Court President Aharon =
Barak and his fellow justices Eliahu Mazza and Mishael Cheshin made it =
clear that for its part, the Israeli Court would take the ICJ opinion =
seriously. The justices, who found Israel guilty of breaching the Geneva =
Conventions by causing "disproportionate" harm to Palestinian farmers in =
constructing the security fence, laid the legal and rhetorical =
groundwork for all future legalistic warfare against the Jewish state.=20
The Supreme Court made it clear that it places higher value on the =
convenience of Palestinians and on the wellbeing of their olive trees =
than it does on Jewish lives. As it stated in its judgment, "the state =
must find an alternative [route for the fence] that may give less =
security but would harm the local population less." Such views arise =
from two sources: the first, Soviet-inspired, is that Arab hostility to =
Israel is a reaction to Israeli "crimes." Second is the historical =
ambivalence of Jews to the notion that we have a right to protect =
ourselves and assert our rights as a nation.=20
It is this view, the "blame Israel first view," that turns a blind =
eye to the bias against Israel that is becoming more and more prevalent =
and acceptable throughout the world. The same day that the Supreme Court =
issued its judgment, Ralph Nader, a candidate for the presidency of the =
United States, made one of the most overtly anti-Semitic statements ever =
uttered by an American politician. Nader said, "The Israeli puppeteer =
travels to Washington. The Israeli puppeteer meets with puppets at the =
White House, and then moves down Pennsylvania Avenue, and meets with =
puppets at the Congress. And then takes billions in taxpayer dollars." =
Also on Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, visiting =
Ramallah, claimed that Arafat "is the legitimate and elected president =
of the Palestinian people. The situation [of keeping Arafat limited to =
his headquarters in Ramallah] should not continue like this and this is =
the reason for my visit." These statements, from an American and a =
Frenchman, make clear the biased atmosphere in which Israel operates in =
the world.=20
Do our court justices need to be reminded what the Arabs say about =
us? Do they need to be reminded of what Palestinian society feels for =
us? Only last month two polls released by Palestinian institutions =
showed that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians sees no chance of =
peace with Israel and supports continuing the war against Israel. A poll =
by the PLO's Jerusalem Media Communications Center showed that 70 =
percent of Palestinians support continuing the war, with 62% voicing =
support for suicide bombings, and 46% saying that the goal of the war is =
to replace Israel with Palestine. A poll by Bir Zeit University showed =
that 84% of Palestinians see no chance for peace without the so-called =
right of return and 54% claim that there will be no peace even if Israel =
allows itself to be overrun by foreign-born Arabs.=20
Throughout the Arab world, children are taught in schools that =
Jews are subhuman and that their goal in life should be to annihilate =
us. Mosque preachers and television stars alike analyze the intricacies =
of Jewish cunning and evil and our monkey-like and piggish characters =
and evolutionary history. Even as Iranian UN mission personnel are =
expelled from the US for having photographed potential bombing sites in =
Manhattan, the Arab and Islamic world, not to mention swathes of =
European opinion, are captivated by fables of Mossad responsibility for =
carrying out the September 11 attacks, of Jews found photographing the =
Twin Towers in the weeks before they were bombed, and of 4,000 Jewish =
workers who mysteriously stayed home from the World Trade Center on =
September 11, 2001.=20
Yet Justice Barak will see none of this. Military necessity be =
damned. The absolute priority of safety for Israelis be damned. We =
cannot make Palestinian shepherds go through an inspection before they =
tend their flocks (even though Israelis need to undergo inspections =
every time we go grocery shopping, out for a cup a coffee, park our cars =
in public lots, board a public bus, and enter our schools, universities =
and office buildings). In both cases, the need for inspection is not to =
punish Israelis or Palestinians but rather to ensure that Palestinian =
bombers are thwarted in their attempt to murder innocent civilians.=20
Our elected leadership has consoled itself over Barak's usurpation =
of his legal authority to determine national policy by saying that his =
judgment is evidence that Israel doesn't need the ICJ to judge it. Our =
independent judiciary, so the thinking goes, is capable of ensuring that =
we follow the law. Yet this buys into the Barakian delusion of lack of =
international bias. Barak did not protect Israel from international =
condemnation by condemning Israel himself. He paved the way for more =
groundless opprobrium. Barak did not take the wind out of the sails of =
the anti-Israel justices at the ICJ. He gave them a tailwind in showing =
that the Israeli High Court of Justice shares their negative view of the =
Israeli government and armed forces.=20
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3. A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME
By Ryan Jones - www.jnewswire.com - June 30th, 2004=20
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Tuesday set out to convince Israelis =
that the deadly Kassam rocket barrage a day earlier would never be =
repeated, even after he had implemented his Gaza retreat plan.=20
".We are determined to ensure that what happened won't repeat =
itself, not now and not after the evacuation of Gaza," the prime =
minister said during a brief tour of Sderot.=20
But not everyone is buying it, and with good reason.=20
Israelis have been sold this line before. The late Yitzhak Rabin =
and his Oslo sidekick, Shimon Peres, once told the nation that the =
weapons they were handing over to Yasser Arafat and his PLO terrorists =
would never be turned against Israeli Jews.=20
The Palestinian Arabs "know very well," Rabin said in 1993, "that =
if they use these guns against us once, at that moment the Oslo Accord =
will be annulled and the IDF will return to all the places that have =
been given to them."=20
Eleven years on, that is clearly a promise no one ever intended on =
keeping.=20
Why, then, should any Israeli, especially those within rocket =
range of Gaza, believe that they would be safe from the threat of =
attack?=20
It is a certainty that after Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza =
Strip, the terrorists entrenched there will rebuild their capabilities =
and launch wave after wave of Kassam rockets at nearby Israeli towns. To =
believe otherwise is delusional.=20
The question is, how would Israel respond to such an escalation?=20
It is easy for Sharon and Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz to talk =
tough now and say such provocation would lead to major IDF incursions =
and possibly a reversal of the pullout. But everyone knows Israel does =
nothing on the security or diplomatic front without looking over its =
shoulder at Washington.=20
What will happen when America informs Israel its plans to invade =
the sovereign "Palestinian" territory of Gaza in order to curb rocket =
attacks is unacceptable?=20
Israel will inevitably back down from fully eradicating the =
threat, and will instead send a "message" to the terrorists by launching =
a minimal helicopter strike. The same kind of "message" that has had =
little or no affect on the "Palestinians" thus far.=20
And so everyone will forget Sharon's stern words, and the Israeli =
towns on Gaza's periphery will become sitting ducks for Arab rocket =
crews operating out of an area the international community will never =
allow Israel to enter again.=20
Civilian casualties in Kassam barrages will become more and more =
common, until the shock has worn off and everyone is as callous to them =
as they have become to the victims of the guns Rabin put into the PLO's =
hands.=20
By fleeing Gaza, Sharon is not providing Israel with greater =
security, but rather he is allowing terrorism to evolve and leaving the =
Jewish state with far less control over how it defends its citizens.=20
National Religious Party chairman Effi Eitam correctly assessed =
this week that "whoever runs away from terror, terror will chase after =
him; and whoever fights terror wins."=20
National Union MK Benny Elon took the issue one step further, =
accusing Israel of betraying "biblical values" by fleeing Gaza with its =
"tail between [its] legs."=20
Behaving in such a manner, Israel should "not be surprised when =
the enemy aids" the Jewish state in its "own humility ritual."=20
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4. MY HOME IN GAZA
by Gershon Perlman - israelnationalnews.com - July 1, 2004=20
I am a Jew; I live in a Jewish house and am raising a Jewish =
family on Jewish land in the Jewish community of Gush Katif, about a =
mile from the Mediterranean Sea in what many call the Gaza Strip. I have =
been living with the same wife in the same house for the past twenty-one =
years.=20
I really love my house. When we moved in, there was nothing around =
it but barren sand dunes. I pretty much designed my house by myself with =
oversized windows to afford a beautiful view of my not-yet planted =
garden. I put a lot of time and effort into my garden.=20
It is not just because it's the Israeli thing to do - making the =
desert bloom and all that - it's much more personal; it's me. My garden =
is really special to me. I've been collecting rocks and stones, erecting =
them and laying them out like a mosaic each time to get it 'just right'. =
It's been a twenty-year labor of love, stopping at roadsides, hauling =
these rocks into the back of my station wagon, and sometimes getting =
strange looks from passers-by - but such is love.=20
I have some trees in my garden. A couple of them I planted back in =
1985. Nineteen years later, I immodestly admit that I planned well and =
that these trees give shade exactly where they're supposed to. During an =
Israeli summer you really appreciate something like that. My sons grew =
up in those trees, sometimes having fun and sometimes hiding from angry =
parents.=20
I've got another tree that is only eight years old. While the =
older trees may be sentimental, this tree is hard to describe. If I tell =
you about it, maybe you can help me out with the right word. When my =
sister's son was killed in a car accident eight years ago, she wanted me =
to plant a tree in Israel. What better place could there be than in her =
brother's own backyard? I'm our only family member who lives in Israel =
and, therefore, the only one with a backyard here. My sister and I speak =
every so often and she sometimes asks me about 'her' tree. I guess I'm =
the tree's guardian as well as its planter, but that's okay, I kind of =
like special tasks.=20
By the way, the tree is doing fine. Well, as far as I can tell, it =
is.=20
I once read that plants (and I presume also trees) have feelings. =
It hurts them when they're cut or abused and that they even respond to =
music. I wonder if my trees have heard the news. No, no, no. No one is =
planning to do them any harm. The problem, you see, is that the prime =
minister of my country wants to evict me from my house (it's because I'm =
a Jew); it is on the news day and night. The radio is in the kitchen and =
the tree is just outside the kitchen window.=20
My sister has already bought her ticket to come to my son's bar =
mitzvah in the fall. Of course, she'll want to see her son's tree. What =
do I tell her? What do I tell her tree? To tell you the truth, I've =
never spoken with a tree. I love gardening, but I'm not eccentric.=20
I've never come across any information about plants or trees =
communicating with one another. I really hope this is true, because I =
have yet another tree that I don't know how to describe, let alone deal =
with. If it has gotten wind of our prime minister's plan, I'll really be =
at a loss.=20
You see, when my friend and next-door neighbor was murdered by =
Arabs (he had his throat slit back in the days before another prime =
minister handed out guns to the Arabs, but that's another story), I =
planted a tree in his memory.=20
Like I said, I'm not an eccentric, but I love my house, I love my =
garden and, mostly, I love my trees. And I won't leave them.=20
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5. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES
"We find the Foreign Press Association in Israel's condemnation =
of the State of Israel puzzling, hypocritical and pretentious. Puzzling, =
since if there were no persons present in the building attacked, in what =
way does the FPA consider this 'callous disregard for the life and =
security of journalists.'? Hypocritical, because the FPA has repeatedly =
demanded that the State of Israel not prevent the entry of journalists =
into Gaza, despite it being an area of conflict and regardless of the =
obvious dangers to the journalists themselves. Pretentious, since if =
members of the press are going to involve themselves in business =
relations with elements known to have connections with--and in service =
of--terrorist organizations, one would expect them to also assess the =
risks involved with such a venture."
-Israeli Government response to the Foreign Press Association in =
Israel's criticisms of an IDF helicopter attack on an office building in =
Gaza which houses several media organizations. Israeli officials were =
targeting the third-floor office of the Al-Saada weekly, which has close =
links to the Palestinian terrorist movement Hamas.(Israeli Government =
Press Office; IMRA, June 29)=20
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6. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES
a.. One Small Step Is the U.N. finally ready to get serious =
about anti-Semitism?=20
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<LI><A href=3D"#2">SUPREME INJUSTICE</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#3">A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#4">MY HOME IN GAZA</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#5">QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#6">HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES</A>=20
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<H3>1. <A name=3D1>ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UN</A></H3>By =
Jeff=20
Jacoby - Jewish World Review - June 25, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>T</FONT>he lengths to which the =
UN will to=20
go to avoid any condemnation of Jew-hatred would be comical if =
they=20
weren't so contemptible. Is that finally changing?=20
<P>A seminar on anti-Semitism was held at the United Nations this =
week.=20
Secretary General Kofi Annan opened the program by rebuking "those =
who . .=20
. continue to spread lies and vile stereotypes about Jews and =
Judaism."=20
Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel peace laureate, =
delivered a=20
moving keynote address. Three panels of witnesses spoke about the =
menace=20
of anti-Semitism and how to combat it. The event was presided over =
by=20
Shashi Tharoor, the undersecretary general for communications, who =
also=20
delivered the closing remarks.=20
<P>All in all, you might think, a typical UN program =97 one of =
scores of=20
gatherings the world body hosts each year on a wide array of human =
rights=20
issues. The anti-Semitic hatred and violence seething in so much =
of the=20
world are a grave international problem, so it stands to reason =
that the=20
UN would make it the focus of regular and serious attention.=20
<P>Except that it doesn't. Monday's conference on anti-Semitism =
was the=20
first in UN history.=20
<P>The United Nations was born nearly 60 years ago in the wake of =
the Nazi=20
genocide against the Jews. Awareness of the Holocaust informs the =
UN's=20
seminal documents, above all the Universal Declaration of Human =
Rights.=20
Yet not once in its six decades =97 not until this week =97 had =
the UN ever=20
convened a meeting to discuss the hatred or persecution of Jews. =
Not once=20
has it adopted a resolution dealing specifically with =
anti-Semitism. Not=20
once has it published a report on anti-Jewish racism or =
incitement.=20
<P>"Even when judged against the hypocrisy with which the UN has=20
frequently treated its own founding principles," wrote legal =
scholar Anne=20
Bayefsky, a professor at Columbia University Law School, in an <A=20
=
href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/un/andthejews.html">important=
=20
article in Commentary</A> earlier this year, "the international =
body's=20
abiding hostility to the just claims of Israel and the Jewish =
people=20
remains a special, and especially egregious, case."=20
<P>Bayefsky's essay, along with an earlier piece in The Wall =
Street=20
Journal, were devastating. From the UN's earliest years, she =
showed,=20
anti-Semitism was the great evil it refused to notice. The first =
time a=20
resolution dealing even partly with bigotry against Jews came up =
for a=20
vote was 1959, a year "when some 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents . . . =
were=20
reported in almost 40 countries." The original title of the =
resolution was=20
"Manifestations of Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Racial =
Prejudice and=20
Religious Intolerance of a Similar Nature." But by the time it =
reached the=20
General Assembly floor, the words "anti-Semitism" had been cut.=20
<P>The lengths to which the UN will to go to avoid any =
condemnation of=20
Jew-hatred would be comical if they weren't so contemptible. When =
it=20
adopted an international convention against racial discrimination, =
it=20
refused to include a reference to anti-Semitism. "The Soviet =
Union, its=20
satellites, and its Arab allies," noted Bayefsky, "insisted that=20
anti-Semitism was a question not of race but of religion." Yet =
when the UN=20
later adopted a resolution on religious intolerance, the lead =
sponsor=20
insisted that anti-Semitism should be omitted because that was a =
matter=20
not of religion but of race.=20
<P>The <A =
href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/un/3379.html">UN's=20
1975 resolution</A> equating Zionism =97 the national liberation =
movement of=20
the Jewish people =97 to racism was only the most notorious =
illustration of=20
its anti-Jewish bias. The measure was <A=20
href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/un/4686.html">repealed =
in=20
1991</A>, but the UN continues to anathematize the world's only =
Jewish=20
state.=20
<P>The UN's 2001 <A=20
href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/un/durban.html">Durban =
conference on racism</A> and xenophobia, for example, turned into =
an=20
anti-Semitic bacchanal. At times, the venom has sunk to medieval =
lows. "In=20
presentations to the UN Commission on Human Rights," Bayefsky =
wrote, Arab=20
delegates have trafficked in blood libels, "accusing the Israelis =
of . . .=20
needing to kill Arabs for the proper observance of Yom Kippur and =
of=20
injecting Palestinian children with HIV-positive blood."=20
<P>The professor's indictment got Kofi Annan's attention. Not only =
did he=20
accept her challenge to convene a UN conference on anti-Semitism, =
he=20
invited her to speak. She accepted the invitation, and delivered a =
speech=20
last Monday the likes of which had not been heard at the UN since =
Daniel=20
Patrick Moynihan blasted the Zionism resolution in 1975. She =
described the=20
UN as "the leading global purveyor of anti-Semitism" =97 a place =
where "the=20
language of human rights is hijacked not only to discriminate but =
to=20
demonize."=20
<P>So has the UN arrived at a turning point? Or was Monday's =
conference=20
merely a fig leaf =97 a PR response to some bad press?=20
<P>That depends entirely on the secretary general. It is up to =
Annan to=20
take on the anti-Semitism within the UN's ranks =97 to insist that =
Israel's=20
pariah status end =97 to denounce Jew-hatred as a dangerous =
scourge. In=20
short, to show moral leadership and courage.=20
<P>Frankly, I doubt that Annan has it in him. But then I doubted =
that=20
Annan would pay any attention to Bayefsky's powerful writings. I =
was wrong=20
about that. Here's hoping I'm wrong again.=20
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<H3>2. <A name=3D2>SUPREME INJUSTICE</A></H3>By =
Caroline Glick -=20
Jerusalem Post - July 2, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>A</FONT>s a little boy is =
murdered by=20
rockets on his way to nursery school; and as soldiers are killed =
and=20
wounded when bombs, burrowed deep beneath their outposts are =
detonated by=20
terrorists using video cameras and increasingly sophisticated =
digging=20
machines; and as 17 would-be suicide bombers are intercepted en =
route to=20
Israeli population centers in one month, all eyes are now turning =
to The=20
Hague.=20
<P>Next Friday, the International Court of Justice will render its =
opinion=20
on the security fence. That would be the fence Israel is building =
to=20
protect its citizens from guided bombs in blue jeans.=20
<P>The ICJ's decision last December to take up the request by the =
UN=20
General Assembly and Secretary General Kofi Annan to provide an =
opinion on=20
Israel's right to construct the security barrier must be seen as a =
hostile=20
act by the ICJ against the Jewish state and not as a simple =
response to a=20
simple request. This is so not only because two ICJ justices have =
gone on=20
record in the past stating overtly hostile positions against =
Israel. The=20
ICJ's decision to allow the Arab League and the Organization of =
the=20
Islamic Conference=96two explicitly anti-Semitic =
organizations=96to make oral=20
arguments before the bench is also a clear indication of the =
court's lack=20
of objectivity towards the Jewish state. That the ICJ agreed to =
produce an=20
opinion, in spite of the fact that the General Assembly's request =
for one=20
was stated in terms that presupposed what such an opinion would =
say, is=20
also an unambiguous sign that the ICJ understood its role in this =
game was=20
fixed from the start.=20
<P>Israel did have some slight hope of curbing the court's reach. =
The hope=20
was based on the briefs submitted by the US and some European =
states in=20
which the court was told that it had no legal authority to voice =
an=20
opinion on Israel's security policies when the issue of the final=20
adjudication of territory was subject to political negotiation. If =
Western=20
powers were convincing in their view that a court decision was=20
insignificant, then, so the thinking in Jerusalem went, chances =
would be=20
better than zero that the court would say that it cannot address =
the=20
issue.=20
<P>There is precedent for such a view. In 1996, the ICJ was asked =
by the=20
General Assembly to issue an opinion on the legality of the use of =
nuclear=20
weapons. Understanding that an opinion that their use is illegal =
would be=20
laughed at, or worse, ignored, the court stated that in the =
absence of a=20
clear context it could not give a studied opinion on the legality =
of=20
nuclear warfare. In the case of the security fence, since the =
route of the=20
fence was still largely unknown and the fence itself was only in =
the=20
beginning stages of construction last December, the court could =
easily=20
have stated that it doesn't have sufficient contextual information =
on=20
which to render an authoritative opinion.=20
<P>This hope, fragile from the start, was rendered even weaker on=20
Wednesday morning by Israel's Supreme Court. Court President =
Aharon Barak=20
and his fellow justices Eliahu Mazza and Mishael Cheshin made it =
clear=20
that for its part, the Israeli Court would take the ICJ opinion =
seriously.=20
The justices, who found Israel guilty of breaching the Geneva =
Conventions=20
by causing "disproportionate" harm to Palestinian farmers in =
constructing=20
the security fence, laid the legal and rhetorical groundwork for =
all=20
future legalistic warfare against the Jewish state.=20
<P>The Supreme Court made it clear that it places higher value on =
the=20
convenience of Palestinians and on the wellbeing of their olive =
trees than=20
it does on Jewish lives. As it stated in its judgment, "the state =
must=20
find an alternative [route for the fence] that may give less =
security but=20
would harm the local population less." Such views arise from two =
sources:=20
the first, Soviet-inspired, is that Arab hostility to Israel is a =
reaction=20
to Israeli "crimes." Second is the historical ambivalence of Jews =
to the=20
notion that we have a right to protect ourselves and assert our =
rights as=20
a nation.=20
<P>It is this view, the "blame Israel first view," that turns a =
blind eye=20
to the bias against Israel that is becoming more and more =
prevalent and=20
acceptable throughout the world. The same day that the Supreme =
Court=20
issued its judgment, Ralph Nader, a candidate for the presidency =
of the=20
United States, made one of the most overtly anti-Semitic =
statements ever=20
uttered by an American politician. Nader said, "The Israeli =
puppeteer=20
travels to Washington. The Israeli puppeteer meets with puppets at =
the=20
White House, and then moves down Pennsylvania Avenue, and meets =
with=20
puppets at the Congress. And then takes billions in taxpayer =
dollars."=20
Also on Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier, =
visiting=20
Ramallah, claimed that Arafat "is the legitimate and elected =
president of=20
the Palestinian people. The situation [of keeping Arafat limited =
to his=20
headquarters in Ramallah] should not continue like this and this =
is the=20
reason for my visit." These statements, from an American and a =
Frenchman,=20
make clear the biased atmosphere in which Israel operates in the =
world.=20
<P>Do our court justices need to be reminded what the Arabs say =
about us?=20
Do they need to be reminded of what Palestinian society feels for =
us? Only=20
last month two polls released by Palestinian institutions showed =
that the=20
overwhelming majority of Palestinians sees no chance of peace with =
Israel=20
and supports continuing the war against Israel. A poll by the =
PLO's=20
Jerusalem Media Communications Center showed that 70 percent of=20
Palestinians support continuing the war, with 62% voicing support =
for=20
suicide bombings, and 46% saying that the goal of the war is to =
replace=20
Israel with Palestine. A poll by Bir Zeit University showed that =
84% of=20
Palestinians see no chance for peace without the so-called right =
of return=20
and 54% claim that there will be no peace even if Israel allows =
itself to=20
be overrun by foreign-born Arabs.=20
<P>Throughout the Arab world, children are taught in schools that =
Jews are=20
subhuman and that their goal in life should be to annihilate us. =
Mosque=20
preachers and television stars alike analyze the intricacies of =
Jewish=20
cunning and evil and our monkey-like and piggish characters and=20
evolutionary history. Even as Iranian UN mission personnel are =
expelled=20
from the US for having photographed potential bombing sites in =
Manhattan,=20
the Arab and Islamic world, not to mention swathes of European =
opinion,=20
are captivated by fables of Mossad responsibility for carrying out =
the=20
September 11 attacks, of Jews found photographing the Twin Towers =
in the=20
weeks before they were bombed, and of 4,000 Jewish workers who=20
mysteriously stayed home from the World Trade Center on September =
11,=20
2001.=20
<P>Yet Justice Barak will see none of this. Military necessity be =
damned.=20
The absolute priority of safety for Israelis be damned. We cannot =
make=20
Palestinian shepherds go through an inspection before they tend =
their=20
flocks (even though Israelis need to undergo inspections every =
time we go=20
grocery shopping, out for a cup a coffee, park our cars in public =
lots,=20
board a public bus, and enter our schools, universities and office =
buildings). In both cases, the need for inspection is not to =
punish=20
Israelis or Palestinians but rather to ensure that Palestinian =
bombers are=20
thwarted in their attempt to murder innocent civilians.=20
<P>Our elected leadership has consoled itself over Barak's =
usurpation of=20
his legal authority to determine national policy by saying that =
his=20
judgment is evidence that Israel doesn't need the ICJ to judge it. =
Our=20
independent judiciary, so the thinking goes, is capable of =
ensuring that=20
we follow the law. Yet this buys into the Barakian delusion of =
lack of=20
international bias. Barak did not protect Israel from =
international=20
condemnation by condemning Israel himself. He paved the way for =
more=20
groundless opprobrium. Barak did not take the wind out of the =
sails of the=20
anti-Israel justices at the ICJ. He gave them a tailwind in =
showing that=20
the Israeli High Court of Justice shares their negative view of =
the=20
Israeli government and armed forces.=20
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<H3>3. <A name=3D3>A TASTE OF THINGS TO =
COME</A></H3>By Ryan=20
Jones - www.jnewswire.com - June 30th, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>P</FONT>rime Minister Ariel =
Sharon Tuesday=20
set out to convince Israelis that the deadly Kassam rocket barrage =
a day=20
earlier would never be repeated, even after he had implemented his =
Gaza=20
retreat plan.=20
<P>=93=85We are determined to ensure that what happened won't =
repeat itself,=20
not now and not after the evacuation of Gaza,=94 the prime =
minister said=20
during a brief tour of Sderot.=20
<P>But not everyone is buying it, and with good reason.=20
<P>Israelis have been sold this line before. The late Yitzhak =
Rabin and=20
his Oslo sidekick, Shimon Peres, once told the nation that the =
weapons=20
they were handing over to Yasser Arafat and his PLO terrorists =
would never=20
be turned against Israeli Jews.=20
<P>The Palestinian Arabs "know very well," Rabin said in 1993, =
"that if=20
they use these guns against us once, at that moment the Oslo =
Accord will=20
be annulled and the IDF will return to all the places that have =
been given=20
to them."=20
<P>Eleven years on, that is clearly a promise no one ever intended =
on=20
keeping.=20
<P>Why, then, should any Israeli, especially those within rocket =
range of=20
Gaza, believe that they would be safe from the threat of attack?=20
<P>It is a certainty that after Israel=92s withdrawal from the =
Gaza Strip,=20
the terrorists entrenched there will rebuild their capabilities =
and launch=20
wave after wave of Kassam rockets at nearby Israeli towns. To =
believe=20
otherwise is delusional.=20
<P>The question is, how would Israel respond to such an =
escalation?=20
<P>It is easy for Sharon and Defense Minister Sha=92ul Mofaz to =
talk tough=20
now and say such provocation would lead to major IDF incursions =
and=20
possibly a reversal of the pullout. But everyone knows Israel does =
nothing=20
on the security or diplomatic front without looking over its =
shoulder at=20
Washington.=20
<P>What will happen when America informs Israel its plans to =
invade the=20
sovereign =93Palestinian=94 territory of Gaza in order to curb =
rocket attacks=20
is unacceptable?=20
<P>Israel will inevitably back down from fully eradicating the =
threat, and=20
will instead send a =93message=94 to the terrorists by launching a =
minimal=20
helicopter strike. The same kind of =93message=94 that has had =
little or no=20
affect on the =93Palestinians=94 thus far.=20
<P>And so everyone will forget Sharon=92s stern words, and the =
Israeli towns=20
on Gaza=92s periphery will become sitting ducks for Arab rocket =
crews=20
operating out of an area the international community will never =
allow=20
Israel to enter again.=20
<P>Civilian casualties in Kassam barrages will become more and =
more=20
common, until the shock has worn off and everyone is as callous to =
them as=20
they have become to the victims of the guns Rabin put into the =
PLO=92s=20
hands.=20
<P>By fleeing Gaza, Sharon is not providing Israel with greater =
security,=20
but rather he is allowing terrorism to evolve and leaving the =
Jewish state=20
with far less control over how it defends its citizens.=20
<P>National Religious Party chairman Effi Eitam correctly assessed =
this=20
week that =93whoever runs away from terror, terror will chase =
after him; and=20
whoever fights terror wins.=94=20
<P>National Union MK Benny Elon took the issue one step further, =
accusing=20
Israel of betraying =93biblical values=94 by fleeing Gaza with its =
=93tail=20
between [its] legs.=94=20
<P>Behaving in such a manner, Israel should =93not be surprised =
when the=20
enemy aids=94 the Jewish state in its =93own humility ritual.=94=20
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<H3>4. <A name=3D4>MY HOME IN GAZA</A></H3>by Gershon =
Perlman -=20
israelnationalnews.com - July 1, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>I</FONT> am a Jew; I live in a =
Jewish house=20
and am raising a Jewish family on Jewish land in the Jewish =
community of=20
Gush Katif, about a mile from the Mediterranean Sea in what many =
call the=20
Gaza Strip. I have been living with the same wife in the same =
house for=20
the past twenty-one years.=20
<P>I really love my house. When we moved in, there was nothing =
around it=20
but barren sand dunes. I pretty much designed my house by myself =
with=20
oversized windows to afford a beautiful view of my not-yet planted =
garden.=20
I put a lot of time and effort into my garden.=20
<P>It is not just because it's the Israeli thing to do - making =
the desert=20
bloom and all that - it's much more personal; it's me. My garden =
is really=20
special to me. I've been collecting rocks and stones, erecting =
them and=20
laying them out like a mosaic each time to get it 'just right'. =
It's been=20
a twenty-year labor of love, stopping at roadsides, hauling these =
rocks=20
into the back of my station wagon, and sometimes getting strange =
looks=20
from passers-by - but such is love.=20
<P>I have some trees in my garden. A couple of them I planted back =
in=20
1985. Nineteen years later, I immodestly admit that I planned well =
and=20
that these trees give shade exactly where they're supposed to. =
During an=20
Israeli summer you really appreciate something like that. My sons =
grew up=20
in those trees, sometimes having fun and sometimes hiding from =
angry=20
parents.=20
<P>I've got another tree that is only eight years old. While the =
older=20
trees may be sentimental, this tree is hard to describe. If I tell =
you=20
about it, maybe you can help me out with the right word. When my =
sister's=20
son was killed in a car accident eight years ago, she wanted me to =
plant a=20
tree in Israel. What better place could there be than in her =
brother's own=20
backyard? I'm our only family member who lives in Israel and, =
therefore,=20
the only one with a backyard here. My sister and I speak every so =
often=20
and she sometimes asks me about 'her' tree. I guess I'm the tree's =
guardian as well as its planter, but that's okay, I kind of like =
special=20
tasks.=20
<P>By the way, the tree is doing fine. Well, as far as I can tell, =
it is.=20
<P>I once read that plants (and I presume also trees) have =
feelings. It=20
hurts them when they're cut or abused and that they even respond =
to music.=20
I wonder if my trees have heard the news. No, no, no. No one is =
planning=20
to do them any harm. The problem, you see, is that the prime =
minister of=20
my country wants to evict me from my house (it's because I'm a =
Jew); it is=20
on the news day and night. The radio is in the kitchen and the =
tree is=20
just outside the kitchen window.=20
<P>My sister has already bought her ticket to come to my son's bar =
mitzvah=20
in the fall. Of course, she'll want to see her son's tree. What do =
I tell=20
her? What do I tell her tree? To tell you the truth, I've never =
spoken=20
with a tree. I love gardening, but I'm not eccentric.=20
<P>I've never come across any information about plants or trees=20
communicating with one another. I really hope this is true, =
because I have=20
yet another tree that I don't know how to describe, let alone deal =
with.=20
If it has gotten wind of our prime minister's plan, I'll really be =
at a=20
loss.=20
<P>You see, when my friend and next-door neighbor was murdered by =
Arabs=20
(he had his throat slit back in the days before another prime =
minister=20
handed out guns to the Arabs, but that's another story), I planted =
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pretentious. Puzzling, since if there were no persons present in =
the=20
building attacked, in what way does the FPA consider this =
=91callous=20
disregard for the life and security of journalists.=92? =
Hypocritical,=20
because the FPA has repeatedly demanded that the State of Israel =
not=20
prevent the entry of journalists into Gaza, despite it being an =
area of=20
conflict and regardless of the obvious dangers to the =
journalists=20
themselves. Pretentious, since if members of the press are going =
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have=20
connections with--and in service of--terrorist organizations, =
one would=20
expect them to also assess the risks involved with such a=20
venture.=94</STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>=97Israeli Government response =
to the Foreign=20
Press Association in Israel=92s criticisms of an IDF helicopter =
attack on an=20
office building in Gaza which houses several media organizations. =
Israeli=20
officials were targeting the third-floor office of the Al-Saada =
weekly,=20
which has close links to the Palestinian terrorist movement =
Hamas.(Israeli=20
Government Press Office; IMRA, June 29)=20
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