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From: moishb@vipac.org Date: Thu 3 Feb 2005 Subject: (VIPAC) Support Israel: No concessions until Arabs stop their policy of incitement. Dear Sir: In the recent municipal elections held in the Palestinian Arab section of Gaza the terrorist organization Hamas won two-thirds of the seats. This has given the terrorist party a giant card toward gaining concessions from the Palestinian Arab Authority’s ruling Fatah party. Fatah is the purported dominant party in the Palestinian Arab Authority. During the recent Palestinian Arab Presidential election the Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) was victorious. In the Gaza elections Fatah won only 26 out of 117 seats while Hamas won 76. A significant Hamas victory was in the Bet Hanoun area in northern Gaza where terrorists have launched dozens of Kassam rockets against Israel. While the Arab President might be putting forward a face of peace toward Israel and the World his constituency is favoring the murderous policies of the terrorist parties. The Hamas election victory should give Israel and its allies a reason to pause in the blind march toward making concessions to the Arabs for the cause of peace. Unless the Arabs show a true movement toward a peaceful coexistence with the Jewish state there should be no disengagement and no concessions. Hamas is a leader in the targeting of civilians. The victory of Hamas in these elections can only give Abbas encouragement to follow through with his plan to continue the policies of the failed leader Yasir Arafat. Shoshana Bryen director of special projects for the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs in Washington wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Sun (“The Oslo Mistake” February 3 2005): “For money and political support from the West Arafat showed a reasonable accommodating face – in English. For money political support and a measure of personal security from the Arab states he showed his other face – in Arabic.” The two faced policy of the Palestinian Arabs has not changed. No concessions or disengagement will bring acceptable results unless the Arabs stop their policy of incitement. The Israeli Supreme Court recently upheld the right of the Israeli Defense Forces to build a secure road from Jerusalem to Rachel’s Tomb. The justices ruled that Jews are entitled to freedom of worship and that the IDF is responsible for defending that freedom. Former Member of the Knesset Chanan Porat who has long been active in promoting Jewish worship at Rachel's Tomb said that the court’s ruling “gives me small comfort though it will bring some benefit. It’s elementary that Jews should have the freedom to pray without being shot at or harmed.” Porat added: “We await the day when there … Jews will be able to settle there and everywhere within the entire Land of Israel. I hope that very soon Rachel will be able to proclaim as in Jeremiah's prophecy about her that her ‘sons are returning to their borders.’” Until the day that the Arabs of Israel Palestine Saudi Arabia Iraq and other places are willing to extend the hand of peace and security to Israel and Jews in both English and Arabic there will be no peace. Until the Arabs act in Arabic like they talk in English we must oppose the disengagement plan. I urge you to support Israel and the rights of Jews to live throughout Israel Gaza Judea and Samaria. Respectfully yours ======================================== The President's email: president@whitehouse.gov The Vice President's email: vice.president@whitehouse.gov White House phone: 202-456-1111 Fax: 202-456-2461 Senate and House switchboard: 202-224-3121 Click on "Govt. Email Addresses" at www.vipac.org for other officials. TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Email vipac-letters-unsubscribe@vipac.org with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. ======================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe e-mail: vipac-letters-unsubscribe@vipac.org For additional commands e-mail: vipac-letters-help@vipac.org |