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Fact 318: "In June 2002, US President George Busg said: 'Today, the Palestinian authorities are encouraging, not opposing, terrorism.' The Palestinian Authority, he added, had 'rejected [Israel's] offered hand and trafficked with terrorists.' Bush's sentence was brutal and unequivocal: 'Peace requires a new and different Palestinian leadership,' he pronounced."
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![]() Ilan Ramon, Israel's first Astronaut Israel's Science Ministry has said it is investigating ways to allow Colonel Ilan Ramon, the country's first astronaut, to cast his ballot [for the 2003 Israeli elections] aboard the space shuttle Columbia, scheduled to lift off on 16 January 2003. To find out how Ilan Ramon will be able to celebrate Sabbath in space, see below. I also copy an information page on Ilan Ramon from Nasa's website. Update 2/3/2003: Here are some related articles to the incredible stories of Ilan Ramon and Petr Ginz - NASA sends first Israeli astronaut into space (1/16/03)
A Palestinian terrorist used a bulldozer to run over cars and overturn a bus in Jerusalem, murdering three Israelis and wounding dozens, including a 6-month old baby girl -
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This New York Times' article destroys the myth that Palestinians that strapp bombs to their bodies, and murder unarmed civilians, do so out of "desperation". It also point to the heart of the current conflict: a negative approach by the Arafat and his sympathizers to the whole process. They do not think in constructive terms such as what kind of an economy or educational system they wish to build, but concentrate on what can be destroyed in Israel and how to accelerate this destruction. Finally the article points to the danger of supporting the Palestinians in their terrorist tactics: "Let's be very clear: Palestinians have adopted suicide bombing as a strategic choice, not out of desperation. This threatens all civilization because if suicide bombing is allowed to work in Israel, then, like hijacking and airplane bombing, it will be copied and will eventually lead to a bomber strapped with a nuclear device threatening entire nations. That is why the whole world must see this Palestinian suicide strategy defeated." I copy the full article below.
At around 7:30 a.m. local time we arrived from the airport in Mombasa at the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel, where we were greeted by beautiful dancing girls. The Arab Muslims who deliberately murder children are enemies of humanity. I copy the full article below.
I was in two other hospitals recently, just a week ago, in Israel. It was part of my trip, to meet some victims of the terror bombings and their families. As an aside to this, you might like to hear something good and something not so good. [...] I copy the full article below.
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Seven astronauts were killed today when space shuttle Columbia broke up about 38 miles above Texas on its way to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I had posted two articles on Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, who was part of Columbia's crew and was killed in today's tragedy - see: ![]() NASA sends first Israeli astronaut into space ![]() Israeli Astronaut takes with him into space a small pencil drawing made by a 14-year-old boy who was killed in Auschwitz The Columbia crew included Kalpana Chawla, who immigrated from India in the 80's and became an astronaut in the 90's, Michael P. Anderson, one of the few African-American astronauts, and Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut. Ilan Ramon's wife and four children were waiting for him in Florida, when they heard of the terrible news. For me, and for most Israelis, he will remain a hero, someone who brought us a bit of hope and light during these violent and dark times. I must admit I rarely pray - but tonight my thoughts and prayers will be with Columbia's crew and their families. I copy the rest of CNN's story below.
Since the Arabs could not tolerate the presence of Jews in their neighborhood they tried to destroy us whenever they could put an army together. Every time they lost a war they couldn't understand it, and they couldn't believe that they wouldn't win the next war. [...] NPR/KQED, the leftist American shameless pro-Palestinian radio network, reported on the homocide bombing in Tel-Aviv two days ago as follows: "there has been no Palestinian attack against Israel since November". That is simply a blatant lie: there have been dozen of attacks, including shootings, suicide bombing attempts, and much more violence, agression, and hatred from the Arab Palestinian Muslims. Israel's army has been successful in stopping the terrorists from the Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Arafat's Tanzim - that's all. NPR's verbal diarrhea in anything related to Israel and Palestinian terrorism is shocking - please don't donate to NPR ever again, click here for details. Like many Israelis, I am getting sick and tired of this constant intolerance, racism and terror coming from the Arab Palestinian Muslims - if they think we won't react, they are dead wrong. The forced removal of these murderous bastards might just be what we need. I copy the full article below.
Sebastian Sellam, 23, was a popular disc jockey at a hot Parisian night club called Queen. At about 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday November 19, the young man known as DJ Lam C (a reverse play on his surname) left the apartment he shared with his parents in a modest building in of Paris’ 10th arrondissement near la Place Colonel Fabien, heading to work as usual. In the underground parking lot, a Muslim neighbor slit Sellam’s throat twice, according to the Rosenpress interview. His face was completely mutilated with a fork. Even his eyes were gouged out. I copy the full article below, which covers more on the rabid anti-Semitism present in today's France (French Muslims being the majority of perpetrators of racist and violent anti-Semitic acts).
First, the good news: Abu Ali's nine children are alive and well - as well as children can be among the ruins of the Jenin refugee camp. Please deliver this news to all of your friends who may have read, a few weeks ago, Abu Ali's mournful declaration: "All my nine children are buried beneath the ruins." Abu Ali's photograph was spread across a double page in a very distinguished and influential European magazine, under the title: "The survivors tell their story." I copy the full article below. It's a long piece of writing, but it shows what goes on behind the scenes at Ha'aretz, a newspaper associated with the left of the Israeli political spectrum (close to Labor and Meretz - see the FactsOfisrael.com democracy page for more details). Mr. Marmari explains why Ha'aretz journalists show the Palestinian side of the story, and why sometimes they regret it. It is well worth the reading.
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![]() Noam Leibowitz, 7 Murdered by a Palestinian terrorist On June 17, 2003, Noam Leibowitz, 7, of Yemin Orde was killed and three members of her family wounded in a shooting attack near the Kibbutz Eyal junction on the Trans-Israel Highway. The Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas ("Islamic Resitance"), Islamic Jihad, and Arafat's Al-Aksa brigades reject peace - they call for the destruction of the State of Israel and the genocide of her citizens. Click here for more information, or click here to see a list of homicide bombings executed by these murderous bastards since October 2000, when Palestinians rejected an independent State of their own. I copy Noam's full story below.
Anti-Semitism has long been a factor in the fate of Jews wherever they lived, but in the Middle East, it is embedded so deeply into its culture, its society, and the hearts of its people that it truly is beyond the comprehension of most Americans. [...] I copy the full article below.
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Two Jewish patrons of Good Bar, a nightspot already under fire for poor security and numerous criminal incidents, were assaulted near the club early Sunday morning by 10 to 15 men in what officials at the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station are calling a hate crime. The hostility and violence against Jews seems not to be omni-present in California. But that is simply because most of us don't have any external signs of being Jewish - if I was a religious Jew and wore a kippa, I am convinced some bleeding-brain leftists and Islamic fanatics would not hesitate in attacking me. I copy the full article below - don't expect to find it in the Los Angeles Times nor the San Francisco Chronicle.
![]() Solar Power Panels generate Clean and Safe Energy An Israeli company is doing its part to help Americans develop renewable, environmentally-friendly energy, and at the same time reduce dependence on foreign oil. Beit Shemesh-based Solel has announced that it has signed a contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to build the world's largest solar plant - to be established in California's Mojave Desert. We have a solar power system that we purchased a few years ago. The solar panels sit on our roof and the system provides all of the energy we need to power our home in California. For pictures and more details, click here. I copy the full article below. FAIR USE NOTICE This site contains some copyrighted materials the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. |
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Fact 99: "On June 27, 1976 flight Air France 139 took off from Ben-Gurion Airport. Four terrorists boarded in Greece and hijacked the plane to Entebbe, Uganda. In exchange for more than 100 Israeli and Jewish passengers, they demanded the release of terrorists being held in Israel, France, Germany, Switzerland and Kenya. Seven days later the IDF (Israel's army) liberated the hostages in a spectacular way. Jonathan Netanyahu, the commander of the rescue mission was killed in action."
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