NOT very Jewish..and NOT in Israel!!!

Also…Gay Pride Parade Will Pollute the Streets of Holy Jerusalem…

But NOT Jewish Pride, says the Israeli Courts?!?!?

And…Special Fertility Gene in Jewish Women…but it STILL requires a Man and a Woman…

A classic post and podcast from the archives!!!

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Same Sex Marriage

This MAY be acceptable in Holland, Belgium and, now, Canada…

But NO WAY, according to Jewish Law…

And Israel still has NOT succumbed to “Political Correctness” that

Bears no resemblance to “Moral Correctness”…

Not to mention raising healthy kids…

A Special “Jewish Fertility Gene”

Yes, it’s confirmed by scientific research at Hadassah Hospital…

But, fortunately, you still need to “do it” the old-fashioned way…

With a MAN and a WOMAN (preferably married to each other)…

Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem

Is this the kind of scene we expect to see in this, the holiest of cities in the Universe???

Gay Pride – Yes…………… but Jewish Pride – No???

Which flag should be flying over Israel’s capital city??

The Jerusalem courts say “the one with all the colors”…

(You can fly the blue-and-white, ALSO)

But it’s just not appropriate for there to be a “Jewish Pride” parade on the Jewish Holy Temple Mount…

Go figure…

We Must Bring Gilad Shalit Home…But at What Price?

New Show/Podcast!!!

It’s the fourth anniversary of the capture of 19-year old Israeli Gilad by palestinian terorists…The country is once again engaged in debate, protest marches, commemorations, demonstrations on how high a price the Israeli government should be willing to pay for this hostage being cruelly held by Hamas in Gaza…

A look at the issues involved…moral, ethical and Halachic (considerations of Jewish Law)…

Plus…The lights go out in the ancient Roman Colosseum in a show of unity with Shalit and the Israeli/Jewish people…irony of ironies…

Also…A word or two about the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz and the Period of Mourning over the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem…

And…Crossword puzzles for the blind…Made in Israel…

All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…

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Deal delayed due to refusal to allow terrorists into West Bank


As captive soldier’s family begins protest march to Jerusalem, it is revealed that six months ago Israel agreed to release some 100 terrorists involved in murder of 800 people, but refused to allow their return to West Bank due to security concerns based on Jibril, Tannenbaum prisoner swaps

Reprinted from YNetNews.com…Roni Sofer…Click to read article

Tomorrow, with the “Fast of the 17th of Tammuz”, we Jews will begin the “Three Weeks” mourning period over the destruction of Jerusalem and the 2 Holy Temples. Our annual period of grief reaches its peek on Tisha B’Av, “The Fast of The Ninth of Av”.

Rabbi Yaakov Emden (The Yaavetz) writes in the introduction to the Siddur,Beit Yaakov:

“When it seems to us in our present peaceful existence outside Eretz Yisrael that we have found another Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim, this is to me,the greatest, deepest,most obvious and direct cause of all the awesome , frightening, monstrous, unimaginable destructions that we have experienced in the Diaspora.”

Something to think about as we mourn the “real” Jerusalem…

A classic post and podcast from the archives!!!

What Does Rav Kook Say?…Is The Modern State of Israel the “Real Thing”?…Some would say “No Way, Keep on waiting for the miracles”…Rav Kook MIGHT not agree with that…And…The Changing Political Landscape in Israel…What Next?…Plus…Missile and mortar attacks, stolen lions, arabic-speaking parrots…

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The first Chief Rabbi of Israel…

Torah scholar, mystic,
the Father of Religious Zionism…

He clearly saw the beginning of the in-gathering of the exiles and the Ultimate Redemption…

He heard the “footsteps” of the Messiah…

Believe it!

Where it IS happening…

And where it WILL happen…

Soon, may it be, in our days…

An ad by the Israeli Government Tourism Office was banned in England because it showed a picture of the Western Wall and the Jewish Temple Mount and implied that these sites are a part of Israel…imagine that…

The Advertising Standards Association claims that these holiest of Jewish sites in Israel are a part of the “disputed West Bank” and, hence, it is not true to say that they are in Israel…

It’s hard for me to comment any further on this idiocy, other that to:
1. Let you view the ad, below
2. Let you read the article proclaiming the outrage in the British press, below, and
3. Let you read the comments by the Honest Reporting organization
4. Urge you to join the Facebook group condemning this ridiculousness

‘Nuff said…

Israeli tourism advert uses picture of Occupied Territories

Israel’s tourist office has been criticized by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for using images of the Palestinian-run West Bank as part of a package tour for a holiday in Israel.

Reprinted from Telegraph.co.uk

The advert for the Israeli Government Tourist Office (IGTO) boasted that one could “travel the entire length of Israel in six hours” and urged tourists to sign up for the trip.

But the images shown in the poster included the Wailing Wall and the Dome of the Rock – the oldest Islamic building in the world, built in the 7th century – both of which are in East Jerusalem, part of the disputed Occupied Territories of the West Bank.

Viewers complained that the advert misleadingly implied that the areas pictured was part of the “state of Israel”.

The future of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues dividing the Palestinian leadership and Israel, which occupied and later annexed the east of the city following the Six Day War in 1967.

Israel’s approval of the construction of 1,600 new settler homes in East Jerusalem last month during a visit by Joe Biden, the US vice-president, prompted the worst diplomatic spat between the US and Israel in a generation.

The controversial move also angered Palestinians, who consider settlements a major hurdle in attempts to reach a peace accord, and who want occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of their promised state.

The ASA said the advert breached truthfulness guidelines and ordered it not to be used again, adding: “We told the IGTO not to imply that places in the Occupied Territories were part of the State of Israel.”

It added: “We noted the ad stated ‘You can travel the entire length of Israel in six hours – imagine what you can experience in 4 days’ and ‘visit now for more itineraries in Israel’ and considered that readers were likely to understand that the places featured in the itinerary were all within the state of Israel.

“We understood, however, that the status of the Occupied Territory of the West Bank was the subject of much international dispute, and because we considered that the ad implied that the part of East Jerusalem featured in the image was part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead.”

The State of Israel Ministry of Tourism (SIMT) said that the advert provided “basic, accurate information to a prospective UK traveller who wanted to know what to expect in Israel”.

It claimed that it was “entirely accurate to assert that a visitor to Israel could visit Jerusalem as part of a short visit”, adding: “Had the ad omitted a reference to a visit to the city of Jerusalem, it would have been incorrect and potentially misleading.”

It said that Israel “took responsibility to support the religious sites of all denominations, a commitment which also formed part of the obligations of an agreement with the Palestinian Authority signed in 1995″.

UK Bans Western Wall from Israel Tourism Ads


The Advertising Standards Authority rules that an Israeli ad breaches rules on truthfulness.

Reprinted from Honestreporting.com

From Palestinian denials of Judaism’s historical ties to the Old City and the Temple Mount to the most recent spat surrounding the status of Jerusalem and Israeli building in Jewish neighborhoods, campaigns to disconnect Israel and the Jewish people from Jerusalem and Judaism’s holiest sites are nothing new.

However, a ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has taken things to new heights of absurdity. The ASA dealt with a complaint concerning an Israel Government Tourist Office advert that “the photograph featured for Jerusalem was of East Jerusalem” and therefore “the ad misleadingly implied that East Jerusalem was part of the state of Israel.”

The Israeli Tourism Ministry responded, saying that:

the ad provided basic, accurate information to a prospective UK traveller who wanted to know what to expect in Israel. They maintained that it was entirely accurate to assert that a visitor to Israel could visit Jerusalem as part of a short visit. Furthermore, they believed that, had the ad omitted a reference to a visit to the city of Jerusalem, it would have been incorrect and potentially misleading.

The Ministry also reminded the ASA of Israeli commitments to supporting religious sites of all denominations and that Israeli jurisdiction over those sites and tourism there was agreed upon with the Palestinian Authority in 1995. According to the ASA, the Ministry also:

maintained that the present legal status of Jerusalem had nothing to do with the point at issue. They said it was only of relevance if there was an attempt to interpret the straightforward message of the ad in a manner that went beyond what consumers were likely to understand from the ad.

Nonetheless, the ASA upheld the complaint, judging that the ad had breached rules on truthfulness. Referring to the image of Jerusalem’s Western Wall and Temple Mount, the ASA:

considered that readers were likely to understand that the places featured in the itinerary were all within the state of Israel. We understood, however, that the status of the occupied territory of the West Bank was the subject of much international dispute, and because we considered that the ad implied that the part of East Jerusalem featured in the image was part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was likely to mislead.

Despite the fact that the final status of Jerusalem has yet to be determined through any negotiations between the involved parties, the ASA has, without the aid of international lawyers or politicians, come to its own decision – Israel is “not to imply that places in the Occupied Territories were part of the State of Israel.”

The bottom line – Israel can no longer feature Jerusalem’s Old City, including the Western Wall, as part of its tourist advertising campaigns in the UK.

Since when was it legitimate for the ASA to rule on the historic connection of Israel to its capital city and holy sites?

Israel’s Tourism Minister responded:

These statements join the list of repeated attempts by anti-Israel organizations to discredit Israel’s standing using absurd claims. The ministry will continue to promote marketing and advertising campaigns that make use of historic and religious sites in order to increase tourism to Israel. Jerusalem and its many religious and historic sites is Israel’s central tourism anchor that draws millions of tourists of all religions every year, regardless of political views.

The Tourism Ministry brands Israel as the Holy Land with Jerusalem at its heart, which beyond being the City of Peace, is the united capital of Israel. It is obvious to any thinking person that the Western Wall is one of Israel’s inalienable assets and as such it will continue to appear in the ministry’s campaigns. Just as nobody would dare interfere in the discretion of British state authorities on the matter of marketing Britain, the attempt to do so to Israel is illegitimate and non-negotiable.

Join the campaign to reverse this disgraceful ruling by the ASA. Please request that the ASA reconsider this decision as a matter of urgency – enquiries@asa.org.uk –

and

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to join this Facebook group to help spread the campaign through social media.

For more than 1000 years, the Jewish capital city of Jerusalem was the focus of THE happening for Jews around the world. During the 1000+ years that the Jewish Temple was standing on Har HaBayit (the Temple Mount) in Jerusalem, this week, the week of the Jewish festival of Pesach/Passover, was one of three weeks throughout the year that all Jews would travel to the Jewish capital and camp out for a week of barbecues, eating, drinking, merriment and spirituality unmatched anywhere or anytime.
Passover was one of the three times every year that Jews were commanded for “aliyah l’regal”, or pilgrimage to the Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. All the Jews would set up their tents and spend the week in prayer and festivities, eating the barbecue of the roasted sacrifices, enjoying kosher wines and celebrating the closeness of the Jewish people to the Creator.
Today, in the modern Jewish State of Israel, the Temple has not yet been rebuilt, but the Jewish people are keeping the tradition. Passover week continues to be a week of family celebration and trips through the length and breadth of Israel. Festivals abound in all parts of the Holyland, spiritual happenings, musical events and concerts, treks into the wonders of nature…Israel comes alive for the entire week as Jews of all levels of religious observance celebrate the week of the Jewish Holiday of Freedom in our Homeland, each in his or her own way, in the cities or in the Negev Desert, in the holy hills of Safed or on the heights of the Golan overlooking the Kinneret, Sea of Galilee.
And many of us yearn for the days, soon to come, we hope and pray, when we will once again be able to all go up to Jerusalem to visit the Third Holy Jewish Temple, may It be built speedily in our days, and enjoy the Festival of Passover fully once again…

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Why all of the international uproar is based on lies…A historic survey of the history of Israel, Jerusalem and the Jews from King David up to the present…Jerusalem has NEVER been the capital of ANY country, except Israel…Also…Why the controversy over Israel’s building apartments in Ramat Shlomo is ALSO based on a faulty assumption…Ramat Shlomo was NEVER part of East Jerusalem…Plus…The re-dedication of the Hurva synagogue…For the THIRD time…Again, no historical basis for objection by palestinians or anybody else…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…

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As if you didn’t know…Across university campuses worldwide, the celebration of “Israel Apartheid Week” is in full swing…But is there any truth to the idea of apartheid in Israel?…In fact, apartheid is alive and well in the Middle East, but it’s location is entirely different from what the anti-semites want you to think…And…What about religious freedom?…The history of the Cave (Tomb) of the Patriarchs (Maarat HaMachpela) bears out why Israel must remain in control of Jewish holy sites in Hebron and elsewhere…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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If using your police on your sovereign territory to disperse rock-throwing criminals who are threatening bodily harm to religious worshipers and visiting tourists is a provocation…Provoke away, Israel!!!
And why is Israel giving in to pressure from Jordan, anyway???

Jordan condemns raid on holy Jerusalem site as provocation, Jordanian diplomacy succeeds in getting Israeli police out of Al Aqsa compound

Amman, Feb.28(Petra- Jordan news agency)– Jordan condemned as a provocation
Israeli forces who stormed Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday
and said such actions would undermine efforts to restart the
Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

Reprinted from IMRA

Israeli police opened the Bab Al Maghareba Gate early today for the entry of
zionist extremists to the holy compound touching off a confrontation with
Muslim worshippers.

About 20 protesters were wounded by soldiers who used tear gas and rubber
bullets.

“Jordan rejects any attempt by Israeli occupation forces to harm holy sites
in the Palestinian territories,” State Minister for Media Affairs and
Communication Nabil Sharif told Petra.

“Storming Al Aqsa is an affront to the will of the international community
and such action will impede efforts to kickstart the peace process to
achieve stability in the region and set up an independent, sovereign and
viable Palestinian state,” Sharif added.

The minister said that repeated Israeli assaults on the compound in the old
city of Jerusalem were designed to provoke millions of Arabs and Muslims.

Condemnation of the latest attack on worshippers also came from a number of
officials and academics, who said it was a further evidence that Israel is
in violations of international laws and conventions.

They called on Arab and Islamic countries to shoulder their responsibility
in defending Islamic holy places in Jerusalem and the occupied territories.

“This arbitrary Israeli measure is a stark evidence that Israeli occupation
authorities, headed by the right-wing government, continue such measures in
total disregard of religious norms, international law, the Fourth Geneva
Convention and U.N Security Council resolutions,” said Abdullah Kanan,
Secretary General of the Royal Jordanian committee for Jerusalem Affairs.

//Petra//SD, S.
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Jordanian diplomacy succeeds in getting Israeli police out of Al Aqsa
compound

[28/02/2010 22:24]

http://petra.gov.jo/Artical.aspx?Lng=1&Section=1&Artical=173129

Amman, Feb.

28(Petra)– Upon directives from His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Jordanian
diplomacy moved effectively and rapidly on Sunday to get Israeli police out
of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said Sunday.

”King Abdullah instructed us to move at all levels to protest Israel’s
unilateral measure and to totally reject Israeli police thrust into the holy
site,” Judeh added in a statement to Petra.

“We interfered through our embassy in Tel Aviv and contacted all the
concerned parties in Israel”, he added noting that these diplomatic efforts
have led to getting Israeli police personnel out of Al Aqsa compound and all
the gates leading to Al Aqsa Mosque were opened for Muslim worshippers.

The Palestinians who staged an overnight sat-in inside Al Aqsa were also
allowed to leave through an arrangement with the Awqaf Department in
Jerusalem, he said.

Meanwhile, Jordan made its protest to the Israeli authorities for using
force against Palestinians in the old city and around Al Aqsa compound, the
Minister noted.

Now the “king” of Jordan is getting into the act. BTW, his dynasty extends all the way back, almost 100 whole years!!!. A dynasty created by the occupying Europeans of the Middle East to try and get some stability in the wacked out countries being run by wandering nomads. Some royal line…For sure Abdullah is afraid of the power of the more than 60% of his country made up of palestinians…That’s why JORDAN was supposed to be and SHOULD be the palestinian state, not Israel. Anyway…Given the fact that the Al Aqusa mosque is sitting on the holiest site in Judaism, and Israel lets it remain there, I don’t quite get just what is provocative in Israel’s behavior…We just declared sites in Hebron and Bethlehem Jewish Heritage sites, nothing at all in “east” Jerusalem…we don’t even conduct the archeological excavations that SHOULD be carried out on the temple mount, due to Muslim “sensitivities”. Time to get real, Your Highness….(snicker, snicker)

King of Jordan: Protect holy sites from Israel

In meeting with Abbas in Amman, King Abdullah warns of ‘dangerous consequences of provocative Israeli moves and aggressive acts against al-Aqsa Mosque.’ He adds that steps taken ‘constitute dangerous provocation that threatens efforts to achieve regional peace’

Reprinted from Ynetnews Roee Nahmias

Israel’s eastern neighbor makes a call for action: King Abdullah of Jordan said Sunday that the international community must take immediate measures to protect the holy sites in east Jerusalem from unilateral moves on Israel’s part.

According to him, Israel’s moves seek to alter Jerusalem’s identity and constitute a dangerous provocation that threatens all efforts invested in achieving regional peace.

Jordan’s official news agency, Petra, reported that during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman the Jordanian king warned against “the dangerous consequences of provocative Israeli moves and acts of aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque – moves with Jordan condemns.”

King Abdullah emphasized that his country will continue to invest efforts in protecting the holy sites in Jerusalem. In addition, Abdullah highlighted Jordan’s rejection and rebuke of Israel’s decision to include Rachel’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs on its list of national heritage sites.

During the meeting – which was attended by senior Jordanian officials, including Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, and senior Palestinians, including their head of negotiation team Saeb Erekat – the two sides discussed efforts being put forth in order to overcome the hurdles to renewing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process on the basis of a two-state solution, a set timetable, and the Arab Peace Initiative.

The Jordanian king reiterated his country’s support for the Palestinian Authority and efforts to reinstate the rights of the Palestinian people, particularly their right to an independent country.