Obama's Betrayal of Israel

Obama's Betrayal of Israel

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WRITTEN BY CHIP WOOD

FRIDAY, 10 JUNE 2011 08:07

0 When a woman showed up at the Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva, Israel, she had burns covering more than 45 percent of her body. A tragic accident at her home in a Gaza refugee camp came close to taking her life. There was never a thought of turning her away simply because she was Palestinian. That’s not how things are done in Israel. Jewish doctors worked day and night to save her, without expecting that they would receive even a penny in payment. After extensive treatments that did, in fact, save her life, Wafa al-Biri was released from the hospital and returned to her family in Gaza. She was told to come back for a routine follow-up and assured there would be no charge for that visit, either. Al-Biri returned to the border between Gaza and Israel and asked permission to enter. A routine security check revealed she was carrying enough explosives in her underwear to destroy the clinic where she was treated and kill not just herself, but the doctors who worked so hard to save her. And that, my friends, is what it’s like to live in Israel these days. As terrible as this story is, here’s a sequel that’s even more horrible: Had al-Biri succeeded in her deadly mission, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would probably have named a public park after her. This is the kind of enemy Israel faces. These are the sorts of people who have taken a solemn vow to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. They have been taught — and they honestly believe — that they have a sacred duty to kill any infidel they can. (That includes us, by the way; Jews are at the top of the list.) Here’s the point of today’s column: These are the same people the President of the United States wants to guarantee sanctuary a stone’s throw (or a rocket’s launch) from Jerusalem. Make no mistake about it: If Barack Obama’s insane policy of forcing Israel to retreat to its pre-1967 borders is implemented, the very survival of the most loyal friend we have in the Middle East will be at risk. If you opened this article hoping to find a word of sympathy for the Palestinian cause, you will be sorely disappointed. I want to correct some of the appalling lies that have been told about the Palestinians’ so-called “noble struggle” for their homeland. First of all, the Israelis did not drive a single Arab from their “sacred homeland.” Arabs living in what became Israel in 1948 were welcome to stay. They might not enjoy all of the rights, privileges and advantages of the people who won the war. But they were not slain, enslaved, or driven from their homes. I visited Israel. I was a guest in the homes of several Arabs whose parents (and in some cases, whose grandparents) decided to stay. Every single person with whom I spoke was glad to be living in Israel. They were grateful for the opportunities they had, the affluence they enjoyed, and the security they felt. Their lives were so much better — and in so many ways — than what their relatives in surrounding lands endured. The women in particular were glad they were not subject to the ancient traditions of their Muslim ancestors. They were proud to be educated and independent. Not for them concealment behind a burqa that left only their eyes exposed. They did not hesitate to tell me their greatest fear: that the jihadists in neighboring countries would start a war that would destroy them, their families, their homes, and their homeland. While I was in the Middle East, I also visited some of the refugee camps in Jordan, Syria, and Egypt. Or rather, I visited camps in what used to be those countries, before they waged a surprise war on Israel in 1967 — and lost. In the aftermath of what became known as “The Six-Day War,” thousands of Arabs fled from what had been their ancestral homes into neighboring countries, where they were herded into concentration camps and forced to stay for the next 30 years. Please understand what I’m saying: The Arab countries surrounding Israel refused to let their brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews assimilate into their own lands. Instead, they were kept in unbelievable squalor for a generation. Whole families were confined to one room in a mud hut, with no electricity and no running water. And they were forced to live like this not for a year or two, but for decades. You will not be surprised to learn that the camps became breeding grounds for terrorists and suicide bombers. I, for one, believe it was planned that way. In speech last month, Obama insisted Israel agree to return to borders that did not even exist prior to the Arab war against Israel. Since I agree that to do so would be suicide, I was glad to see that Israel’s prime minister wasted no time in rejecting our President’s outrageous demands. I thought Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of our Congress was incredibly powerful. A lot of U.S. Congressmen obviously agreed, because they interrupted him with applause more than 50 times. It made the Democrats’ reaction during Obama’s State of the Union speech look pallid by comparison. I have a few comments before I sign off and turn the rebuttal over to you. I always enjoy my readers’ responses. But I’m especially looking forward to seeing what some of you have to say when you comment at the end of this piece. First, let me make two more observations. One is that I wish our President were one-tenth as passionate in defending our country and our interests as Israel’s prime minister is in representing his. We used to have Presidents who were proud of their country and eager to defend it; I hope next year we will elect one again. The other is a question: What is it with Jewish people who live in the United States? No sooner had Netanyahu returned to Israel than a Zogby poll came out, stating that the majority of Jews in this country still support Obama. To any sons or daughters of Judah reading this, may I ask you something? Don’t you realize that your people, their country and their noblest aspirations are being sacrificed by a scheming, amoral politician who happens to inhabit the White House? Wake up and smell the coffee, as my teenage grandchildren would say. Chip Wood was the first news editor of The Review of the News and also wrote for American Opinion, our two predecessor publications. He is now the geopolitical editor of Personal Liberty Digest, where his Straight Talk column appears weekly. This article first appeared in PersonalLiberty.com and has been reprinted with permission.

Hartford PR SEO Social Media Marketing Group To Attend CT Business Expo

Hartford PR SEO Social Media Marketing Group To Attend CT Business Expo 1digg By Herb Brandon Israel News Agency www.israelnewsagency.com/ctbusinessexpoconnecticutnetworkingeventssocialmediaseopradvertisingdigitalfacebookhartfordwebsitesmarketingreputationmanagementcrisiscommunicationsecommerce88060711.html Hartford, CT ---- June 7, 2011 .... The Hartford PR SEO Social Media Marketing Group has announced that it will be attending the CT Business Expo in Hartford, Connecticut on June 9. HartfordPr.co and HartfordSocialMedia.com have been providing Internet marketing, digital PR, SEO and social media services since 1995. The Leyden Digital PR, SEO, Social Media Group, which owns and operates HartfordPr.co and HartfordSocialMedia.com is credited for creating some of the first commercial, governmental and news Websites on the Web.  The Leyden Digital PR, SEO, Social Media Group, which has consulted the US State Department and the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has recently opened an office in the Greater Hartford Area serving Hartford, West Hartford, Avon, Farmington, Newington, South Windsor, Manchester, Simsbury, Vernon, Stamford, New Haven, Middletown and Springfield, Mass. "The Hartford PR, SEO, Social Media Group has online professional marketing experience since 1995," says CEO Joel Leyden. "We are pioneers in social media, reputation management and optimizing content for Google, Google News, AOL, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We have created hundreds of Websites which attract millions of B2B and B2C on a daily basis. We know what works and what does not work. We practically invented the term integrated marketing where we coordinate offline PR, branding and advertising activities and make them sing on the Net or what is referred to as Web 2.0 and Web 3.0." Joel Leyden, who has been interviewed by TIME, CNN, FOX, New York Times, Washington Post and several other respected national and international media for his social and new media work, has thousands of followers on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. The Leyden Communications Group's many Websites include SocialMediaPioneer.com, IntegratedMarketingProfessional.com and ReputationManagementPR.com. "We see the CT Business Expo as an exciting opportunity to create awareness from those from Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts as to how to use social media, e-commerce and SEO to generate sales leads and secure greater ROI from corporate, governmental and non-profit marketing budgets," says Leyden. "We realize that many consumers do not know the right questions to ask when it comes to hiring an e-commerce, social media or Internet marketing company and as such get burned by dishonest social media and SEO companies that promise the world. We suggest that these consumers ask a few informed questions when hiring a social media company. How many years have you been in business? What is your knowledge of journalism, classic PR and advertising? Can you provide examples of your work? And lastly, how many friends do you have on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn?" The Connecticut Business Expo provides an unmatched opportunity for the local business community to meet and develop strategic partnerships with thousands of CT Expo attendees all under one roof for one day a year. In doing so they maximize their business exposure in the market, build new business relationships, generate significant new leads with hard to reach business decision makers, introduce new products to the marketplace, gain valuable insights on maximizing business sales, efficiency, team building and motivation, network with B2B and consumer product vendors and are invited to take part in free educational training seminars. Whether these companies specialize in insurance, real estate, food, retail or manufacturing, they will all learn a bit more from the CT Business Expo. "Thanks to Comcast Business Class, this years CT Business Expo, June 9, 2011, at Hartford's Connecticut Convention Center will be one of the best ever," says Hartford PR SEO Social Media Senior VP Joyce Boncal. "With over 200 exhibitors and more than 5,000 expected attendees, the excitement will be spread quickly. The seminars, always well attended, are given by experts and cover numerous subjects of interest to business people from 'Cold Calling' to 'Mobile Technology.' Business owners, from solopreneurs to large corporations attend the Expo. The show has something for everyone offering everything from authors, networking and exhibitors to a Show Floor Theater." Sponsors of the CT Business Expo are Cox Business, First Niagra, Pro Systems, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Jobs Connecticut Now, Peter Pan Bus Lines, Joseph Merritt and Co, U. of Hartford, Network Imaging, NBC Connecticut, and WDRC. To register for the CT Business Expo or for more information visit www.ctbexpo.com. The Expo hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The above news content was edited and SEO optimized in Israel by the Leyden Digital PR SEO New Media Group - Israel, New York, Hartford. Internet Marketing SEO Professionals ask: Can People Find Your Website? 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Academician: Israel Justice System Favors Abusive Mothers

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A groundbreaking academic conference entitled “Pink Crime: Women, Crime & Punishment” has presented hitherto unknown research alleging anti-male bias in the justice system.

The international multidisciplinary conference was held Monday and Tuesday by the criminology departments at the Ariel University Center and the Netanya Academic College.

Dr. Yoav Mazeh, an expert on family law, described his research comparing punishment meted out in Israeli courts against men and women for similar cases of child abuse. He enumerated a list of cases involving both abusive fathers and mothers, showing that in comparable cases, fathers were sentenced to significant prison time while mothers received no more than a suspended sentence.

 

Especially worrying, said Mazeh, was a pattern of behavior by the Prosecution, showing a bias toward lenience for female child abusers. While the Prosecution usually appeals soft sentences, in the case of abusive -- even sadistic -- mothers it tends to do the opposite, he said. Mazeh pointed to several cases in which the Prosecution revised its own charge sheets against abusive mothers, deleting their more serious offenses from the charge sheets.

 

Mazeh said that his research leads him to believe that this is a recurring pattern of behavior on the part of the Prosecution. He noted that in the case of Marie Pizem, who has been convicted of soliciting the murder of her 4-year-old daughter Rose, the Prosecution had intended to amend the charge sheet so that she would receive a maximum of five years in jail. It was only the angry public reaction to news of this intent that caused the Prosecution to change its mind, he said.

 

Mazeh quoted an email he received from a senior member of the Prosecution who openly admitted that the organization has a pro-female bias and said that this was justified by “social and historic” reasons, among others.

 

Pendulum in swing

Dr. Gabriel Cavaglion of the Ashkelon Academic College described Israeli press attitudes toward female abusers. He noted a pattern of reporting that portrayed mothers who abuse or even murder their children as victims worthy of sympathy, rather than as perpetrators of heinous crimes. 

 

Avi Chimi, a well-known criminal attorney, said that while police attitude toward female complainants used to be scornful, “the pendulum has now swung to the opposite extreme.” In the current atmosphere, he said, it is virtually impossible to successfully represent men accused of crimes against women in the Israeli courts. Chimi said, only half-jokingly, that his wife, who is a criminologist, had also pressured him not to “overdo it” in his lecture.  

 

Another speaker was MK Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich (Kadima), who called for a return to family values and a “sane feminism” that is not anti-men. 

 

Arutz Sheva journalist Gil Ronen, an activist for traditional family values, participated in the conference and spoke on what he said was “an ongoing rebellion” among leading researchers on domestic violence in the United States, against gender feminist pressure requiring them to juggle statistics and make their research fit an anti-patriarchal mold. He quoted at length from lectures by Prof. Murray Straus of Hew Hampshire University, the world’s leading researcher on domestic violence, and Dr. Donald Dutton, another top researcher in the field, who detailed the ways in which research is stymied by political pressure and scare tactics – including false complaints of violence and sexual harassment filed against professors who refuse to cooperate.

 

The conference itself was subject to some harrassment. Organizers said that they invited feminist speakers to the conference but that these refused to participate when they heard MK Shamalov was invited, and even threatened to disrupt the conference.

 

International participants in the conference received letters from leftist organization Gush Shalom, calling on them to boycott the event because it was held partly in Ariel, in Samaria. Conferences held at Ariel in the past did not receive similar leftist pressure.

The international lecturers who were invited to speak – from the US and England - ignored the pressure and attended the event. The organizers, among them several female academics, also decided to press on with their plans. They include Prof. Sarah Ben-David, Head of Criminology Department at Ariel University Center, Dr. Hagit Bonny-Noach of Ariel University Center & Netanya Academic College, Dr. Yael Wilchek-Aviad of the Ariel University Center and Dr. Sharon Aharony-Goldenberg, of Netanya Academic College. 

Social media use by retailers soars

Dayton Business Journal - by Ginger Christ, DBJ Staff Reporter

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 9:58am EDT

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Shoppers are willing to interact with retailers on a number of different social networks in order to find information on deals, products and contests, according to the 2011 Social Commerce Study, which polled nearly 1,800 adult online shoppers in April.

According to the survey, 42 percent of online shoppers follow a retail via a social network site, with the average shopper following six retailers. Fifty-eight percent follow companies to find deals, 49 percent want information on products and 39 percent seek information on contests and events.

Of those surveyed, 56 percent of the Facebook users and 67 percent of the Twitter users visited a retailer’s Web site as a result of a post or Tweet. Shoppers also said they would be willing to purchase a retailer’s product directly from Facebook (35 percent) or Twitter (32 percent).

Not only are shoppers using social media sites to interact with retailers, they’re accessing those networks via their smartphones and mobile tablets, such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad and Google Inc.’s Android devices. 

Forty-two percent of Twitter users and 34 percent of Facebook users visit the site at least once per day using their smartphone, according to the survey.

“Instead of waiting to get back on their desktop computer to watch videos or interact online, Americans are easily accessing social networks when they have even a few moments of down time, whether they’re scanning Facebook news feeds while picking up their kids from school or tweeting about their shopping experience while browsing the mall,” said Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research at Shop.org. “The popularity of mobile devices will only boost the power of social commerce, which presents an incredible opportunity for retailers.”

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Iran, Syria, Libya, Turkey Stage Palestine PR Event Nakba in Israel

Iran, Syria, Libya, Turkey Stage Palestine PR Event Nakba in Israel 

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By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem ---- May 14, 2011 ...... It's not about Palestine or the Palestinians. What the world is about to witness is event marketing at its very, oil funded best. Iran, Syria, Libya, Turkey and Qatar are now funding a PR diversion away from the hundreds of murders in Syria and Libya by government forces against pro democracy citizens and focusing on Israel.

Whenever Arab states are forced to confront poverty, disease and a total lack of basic human rights in their own countries they always use the Palestinians. 

They pour millions of rich oil dollars into PR campaigns to deflect from the suffering in their own totalitarian states to discredit the only free democracy in the Middle East - Israel.

The Nakba Day protests for Palestine are nothing less than a professional marketing charade. Instead of monies going towards new hospitals and the implementation of basic human rights for Palestinians living under terror group Hamas ruled Gaza, Arab oil money is going towards the throwing of rocks and terror attacks on peace seeking Israel civilians.

One only needs to look at the facts.

Nakba Day Palestine protests were created to mark the protest against the creation of Israel in 1948. What almost everyone seems to forget is that the Arabs living in British ruled Palestine were offered their own state by the UN in 1948. They rejected having their own state, living in peace side by side with Israel, for joining Arab armies attacking the small democracy in the promise of having it all.

Desperate to have CNN, FOX, BBC, AP and Reuters to point their cameras away from government forces in Syria, Libya and Iran slaughtering thousands of people who are demanding freedom, democracy and peace, Arab PR terrorists are now using poor Palestinians to bleed for their governments.

No different than Turkey and Qatar trying to appease Islamic terrorists by paying the public relations firm Fenton Communications in Washington, D.C. to create the so called Gaza peace flotilla to break the so called siege of Gaza (no one is starving in Gaza - they receive tons of food daily by the UN and the Red Cross just stated there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza) - Syria and Iran are seeking to attack Israel to keep their own citizens under dictatorships.

No where in the Middle East, except for Jordan, is there a democracy which provides full respect and human rights for Palestinians other than Israel.

While at the same time, Syria, Iran and Libya pay poor Palestinians to throw rocks at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops, Israel police and Jewish and Christian civilians. Palestinians who live inside Israel are happy people. They have full human rights, socialized medicine and equal opportunity for work and to serve in Israel's Knesset (Parliament).

Who are the true victims of the Nakba Day Palestine protests in Israel?

Palestinians. Not because they lost a state that they rejected in 1948 and every day since. But because they allow themselves to be used by Syria and Iran for a day of lethal PR exercises while risking their lives, their family lives and a true and lasting peace in the region.

Iran, Syria and Libya are praying that Israel forces will kill some of the paid Palestine protesters in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Once that happens, they would use that as an excuse to launch missile attacks against Israel cities from Gaza and Lebanon, again praying for a war against Israel that would take the media spotlight away from the murder and repression of their own citizens.

As the Arab revolutions for democracy take place, one cannot forget the many signs that were seen in Egypt just a few weeks ago.

These signs read: "Israel is not hurting me - my own government is bombing me. Please stop!"

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Project Amanda - Linking Children in Israel and the US

Project Amanda, whose objective is to link thousands of Jewish children in the US with children in Israel is launching this week from Temples in the US North East.

Project Amanda is a fun, exciting and educational program which uses the Internet in real time to have children talk, see and share their lives. 


Using SKYPE, the children in Israel and in the US will discuss a variety of values and topics including what a typical day is like in school, family, friends, shopping, playing, food, clothes, money, Judaism, politics, vacations, weather, toys, computer games and pets.


Project Amanda is sponsored by the Leyden Digital PR, SEO and Social Media Group.

Joel Leyden - Internet Web 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 Social Media Pioneer

Mourning By Modem For Rabin [FINAL Edition] The Washington Post  - Washington, D.C. Date: Nov 9, 1995 Start Page: D.07 Section: STYLE Text Word Count: 758 Perturbations, pleasures, and predicaments on the information superhighway: Arnon Katz, 28-year-old Israeli computer specialist, lay awake the night Yitzhak Rabin was slain. He was, he said, consumed with the need to do something. So by 2 a.m. he and a colleague had a condolence page up and running on the World Wide Web. By the next day it already had thousands of "visits" from all over the world. And by the day after that it was also polished graphically, with a photograph and short biography of Rabin, a place for signatures and messages, and a final touch, an invitation to each visitor to light a virtual candle. Flickering candles now march down the page until a count on the final page is reached. (As of 2 p.m. Wednesday EST, there were over 15,000.) Katz and Joel Leyden, a New York transplant to Tel Aviv, are in the process of opening Netking, an on-line service in Israel akin to Prodigy and America Online. "We had the staff and the tools all in place," Leyden said, "so we could put the page up onto the Internet very quickly." It has only been four months, Katz said in a phone conversation this week from Tel Aviv, that the group has been working toward a Netking launch. Katz himself, although a marketing and communications specialist, has been involved with the Internet for only about a year "after my father-in-law gave me a modem." But he quickly found himself spending much of his time "playing," as his friends and family put it, with bulletin boards in Israel. "I decided it better be my job," he said. "It's too bad that our launch comes in such a sad way," he said, "but this gives people a way to express how they feel in a personal and easy way." The pair expect to keep the page up for an indefinite period and eventually will make a book for the Rabin family and the Israeli government. The messages include quotations and poetry along with expressions of condolence in many languages and alphabets, from countries as distant as Afghanistan and Uganda, Portugal and Australia, Romania and Norway, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and, of course, Israel, the United States and Canada.  "There are messages from Jews, Christians, Muslims and many others," Katz said. -- Sandy Rovner RoVVy@aol.com GETTING THERE: Use your net browser and the address http://wwwnetking. com. PHOTO CAPTION: Condolence Page and Biography of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, 1922-1995.

Obama: Osama bin Laden, Leader of 9/11, Killed In Firefight With US

Obama: Osama bin Laden, Leader of 9/11, Killed In Firefight With US Troops



Bin Laden dead, nuclear Iran must now be addressed.

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By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
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Washington D.C. ---- May 1, 2011 ...... US President Barack Obama has just announced that 9/11 terror attack mastermind, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, was killed by US special forces in Pakistan.

“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Usama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda,” said President Obama.

Obama said bin Laden was not a Muslim leader, but a "mass murderer of Muslims." The President said bin Laden was captured with the help of Pakistani intelligence.

Bin Laden was killed, along with other members of his family in a mansion outside Islamabad.

Diplomats in Israel congratulate the US President and the people of the free world in this victory of democracy over Islamic Jihad.

After reports of repeated initial denials, in 2004 Usama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The Islamic terror attacks involved the hijacking of four US commercial passenger aircraft, the subsequent destruction of those planes and the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, severe damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the deaths of 2,974 people and the nineteen hijackers.

In response to the 9/11 terror attacks, the US launched a War on Terror to depose the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and capture al-Qaeda operatives, and several countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation to preclude future attacks. The CIA's Special Activities Division was given the lead in tracking down and killing or capturing bin Laden.

Israel security analysts state that bin Laden death will have a direct affect on Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah operations.

"US Special Forces are to be complimented for having conducted a precise operation in killing bin Laden, without losing any of their own forces or any innocent civilians," said the security analyst."Islamic Jihad has just lost a few more men to virgins in heaven. This is a day for every democracy, every peace loving Muslim, Jew and Christian to celebrate and embrace. But we must remember that the war on terrorism is not yet over. The present government of Iran is doing all they can to create nuclear weapons to use against Israel, Europe and the US. We can smile about bin Laden, but must not lose focus that Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sworn to wipe Israel off the map. Israel will continue to take every measure to insure the security of the people of Israel and all citizens of the free, democratic world."

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated: "This is a resounding triumph for justice, freedom and the values shared by all democratic nations fighting shoulder to shoulder in determination against terrorism."

Israel President Shimon Peres applauded the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying that it was a great achievement for the US defense establishment, US President Barack Obama and the free world.

"Bin Laden was one of the biggest murderers in history and he received his sentence," said Peres. "The world can breathe a sigh of relief at seeing the punishment he received, despite the fact that justice was late in coming."

The news reaches Israel as the Jewish nation marks Holocaust Memorial Day.