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SOME PEOPLE don't know that the PICTURES for each GUITAR
are inside that little guitar 
to the
left of each listing, so just click it!
**** Just In, Friday July 11th ****
*SUPRO Ozark, ca 1964, Red, 1 humbucker size pickup
at the bridge, white pickguard, 24.5" scale, vgc+, gigbag..$795
**** Just In, Wednesday July 9th ****
*ALEMBIC Tribute, 2006,"The pickups are Alembic STR-HG-HG type, handmade at our factory. Our low impedance pickups deliver low noise and wide frequency response. The pickups are not intended to voice the sound from the string, but rather to accurately reproduce the motion of it into the corresponding electrical signals. Let’s follow these signals through the circuit:
Preamps and individual gain controls
Each pickup has a separate gain control on the inside of the electronics cavity. You can set the height of each pickup to the level where you prefer the tone the most, then when you are satisfied with the quality of the sound from each pickup then set the gain to the desired level. The factory setting aims to set the gains so that each individual pickup is at equal volume when heard separately.
Filters
Each pickup also has its very own tone control. The filter frequency control determines the cutoff frequency for each low-pass filter. Only frequencies lower than the one you’ve selected are passed. We’ve included a modest amount of the natural resonance (Q) found in the classic Alembic circuits to create a clean and natural sound. By isolating the signal from each pickup, tone changes can be made to one pickup without affecting the others.
MORE INFO- http://www.alembic.com/info/manual_tribute.html
LEDs on edge of fingerboard, exc..... $8900
*FENDER Telecaster 1975 Lefthanded, Blonde, Maple neck, 7.2 lbs,
this guitar looks almost new, no wear in the fingerboard, has
the original Lefty case too, exc+....$4750
*FENDER 69 Heavy Relic Strat, 2011, Lefthanded Custom Shop,
Blonde, big peghead, Rosewood board, cert, exc, ohsc.....$2950
*FENDER Acousti-sonic Junior Amp, vgc...$195
*FENDER Blues Junior, Ltd Edition, Tweed, exc+...$550
*JAZZKAT TomKat Amp, exc...$750
*SWART Space Tone Amp, Tweed, 2007, 6V6, 12AX7 and Rectifier tube,
8" Weber speaker, near mint...$1250
*PREMIER Reverberation Unit, '60s, 2-tone, vgc+...$425
**** Just In, Monday July 7th ****
*GIBSON ES-335, 2024, gloss 2 tone sunburst, Dot neck, near mint, ohsc.....$2500
*FENDER American Deluxe 5-String Bass, 2014, Ash body w/ natural finish,
bound maple neck with black block inlays, N3 jazz bass pickups with
18v active preamp w/ 3-band EQ, exc, ohsc...$1550
*BURNS Barracuda 6 String Bass, recent, green-burst, all original
with tremolo, 30" scale, near mint, ohsc..$650
*FURCH Vintage 3-OM-SR, 2024, their version of a Martin OM-28,
beautiful tone, plays perectly, near mint, ohsc..$2100
*MARTIN 0-21, 1931, other than a small repaired top crack this
guitar is original and intact, Brazilian Rosewood
back and sides, Adirondack Spruce top, Ebony board, exc, hsc..$10,500
*GIBSON "1934 Gibson Jumbo", 1994, Centennial series- this is 1 of 100
that were made in '94, sunburst Spruce top, Rosewood back & sides,
Rosewood board with 'floral' inlays, bound peghead with floral type
inlays, raised pickguard, straight across bridge, brass placque on
back of peghead, Waverly butter bean tuners, some finish lifting
on peghead and back, vgc, hsc........$3950
*GIBSON B-15, 1968, all Mahogany, tapered peghead, ladder braced,
rectangular bridge with adjustable rosewood saddle, vgc..$950
**** Just In, Wednesday July 2nd ****
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*FENDER Stratocaster, 1965, sunburst, transition decal,
white pick guard, pearl dots, new nut and a couple of ground wires
changed but everything else is original, vgc+, ohsc.....$23,950
*FENDER Vibroverb, 1964, Black Panel, "Fender Elect. Inst. Co." logo,
15" JBL D-130F speaker, newer Output Transformer, serviced by Cesar Diaz
who signed off on it in '87, vgc++..$5900
*PEAVEY Classic 20 Combo amp, '90s, tweed, 2-EL84 power
tubes, 2-12AX7, Master volume plus boost button, vgc..$395
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**** Just In, Sunday June 29th ****
*FENDER Telecaster Custom, 1992 Custom Shop, cert
signed by John Page, 2 tone sunburst, Ash body, Rosewood board, bound top
and back, exc, tweed case......$3250
*RICKENBACKER 360/12C63, 1990, Fireglo, Semi-hollow electric 12 string,
Double bound, top and back, George Harrison model with 2 Toaster top
pickups, sharks tooth inlays in Rosewood board, trapeze tailpiece,
exc, silver case.....$
**** Just In, Wednesday June 25th, 2025 ****
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*FENDER Telecaster '54 custom Shop Relic, 2025, butterscotch black guard,
2 piece Ash body,fat neck, 9.5" radius, 6.67 lbs, 6105 frets,
near mint, certificate and Shop spec sheet, tweed case...$3150
*FENDER JMJ Mustang Bass,recent, Fender says: Known as a true renaissance man
of the modern music scene, Justin Meldal-Johnsen’s bass credits include
Beck, Nine Inch Nails and more. His production credits include Jimmy
Eat World, Paramore and M83, among others. JMJ is a shining example of
today's breed of multi-genre musician/producers, ever pushing boundaries
and inspiring others. From studio to stage, Justin’s treasured ’66 Mustang
Bass is his tool of choice. We teamed up with him to create a signature
4-string modeled after his vintage Daphne Blue instrument—the Justin
Meldal-Johnsen Road Worn Mustang Bass. Powered by a custom-spec split-coil
pickup, the JMJ Road Worn Mustang bass is perfect for laying down punchy
basslines with plenty of Fender mojo. The 30" scale gives it a tight,
focused tone while the modern 9.5”-radius fingerboard with rolled edges
offers a familiar feel that will make any bassist feel right at home.
Designed for comfort and speed, this bass also has stage-ready style.
From the nicks and picks scratches on the body to the worn-in feel of
the neck to the aged hardware, this bass shows the marks of an instrument
that has earned its stripes out on the road, exc, gigbag...$995
*MARTIN LXK2, 2025, NEW, While the Little Martin® is Martin's smallest
guitar, but it is very big on tone, quality and versatility. The
LXK2 model features figured koa high-pressure laminate (HPL) back,
sides and top. It is ideal for travel, student practice or for just
playing around the house or campfire. This model includes sustainable
wood certified parts, 23" scale, 1 11/16" at the nut, gigbag..$449
*MARTIN 000-10 Jr Streetmaster, NEW, aged burst, compact yet powerful
acoustic-electric with solid sapele body delivers warm mids, punchy
lows, and clear trebles, scalloped spruce X-bracing, distressed satin
finish gives it character, 24.9" scale length offers a familiar feel,
while the Performing Artist neck profile with a high-performance taper,
gently beveled fingerboard edge makes long sessions effortless,
and when it’s time to plug in, Martin E1 electronics—with a built-in
tuner—keep your tone dialed in, gigbag....$749
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*RICKENBACKER 360, 2012, Jetglo, 2 HiGain pickups,
rounded top, bound back, exc, ohsc.....$1695
*GIBSON ES-335, 2012, sunburst, dot-neck, 8.2 lbs,
all original, Grover tuners, near mint, hsc...$2295
*YAMAHA Revstar Standard, RSS20, recent, Green,
2 humbuckers, exc, original gigbag......$575
*FENDER Stratocaster, 1959, refinished about 20 years ago,
in Sherwood Green Metallic, slab board neck dated 11/xx,
body dated 11/59 in spring cavity, original green guard
original electronics, original plastic and tuners -
newer tuners currently on the guitar but original tuners in the case,
click here for inside look, nice refret,
6.2K Bridge pu, 6.03K Middle, 6.12K Neck, the pots are dated
48th week of '59, '60s black hsc..$18,500
*EASTMAN MD315, F-STYLE Mandolin, NEW, Classic violin finish,
carved Spruce top, solid Maple back & sides,
gigbag...$949
*EASTMAN MD605 Mandolin, NEW, light burst, A-style with F-holes,
pearl block fingerboard inlays,
*EPIPHONE SG/Les Paul Custom, 2007, White,
3 Humbuckers, gold plated hardware, deluxe Vibrola,
Rosewood board with pearloid block inlays,
Limited Edition from the Epiphone Custom Shop, exc, gigbag..$595
*GIBSON J-50, 1965, all original except it has a properly
made new back, ceramic adjustable saddle, vgc, hsc..$2950
*SCOTT WALKER Phoenix Electric, 2 blade ‘Jazzmaster’ style pickups
were designed especially for this guitar by Jason Lollar, 4 knobs,
a 3-way pickup selector and 4 toggle switches, curly Mahogany
body and neck, near mint, ohsc...$5500
*D'ANGELICO EX-59, recent, 17" cutaway Archtop, Sunburst,
2 style pickups, Volume and Tone knob, near mint..$995
*HASHIMOTO #236 Classical, solid Spruce top, solid Rosewood back
and sides, vgc+, ssc...$595
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*GIBSON Everly Brothers J-180, 2024, Ebony gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
mother of pearl star inlays on the headstock and neck, 15 7/8" across
small Jumbo with 24.75 " scale, 1 11/16" at the nut, double tortoise
moustache pickguards designed in cooperation with the Everly Brothers,
bone nut and saddle, TUSQ bridge pins, Grover Rotomatic tuners with
Keystone buttons, L.R. Baggs VTC under-saddle pickup and pre-amp
with volume and tone controls at the edge of the sound hole, making it
gig-ready, like new, ohsc....$3950
*MARTIN 000 Road Series Special, 2018, all Mahogany, 14 frets to
the body, 25.4" scale, vgc, ohsc...$650
*DITSON copy by Jack Spira of Australia, 2004, bear claw Spruce
top, Brazilian Rosewood (from CF Martin) back and sides,
basically a size 5 in the Ditson body shape, Jack made
6 of these one of which went to Sting in fact he is pictured
playing this very one, 11 1/8" wide at the lower bout, 8 1/2"
wide at the upper bout, 3 1/4" deep there and 4" deep at butt end
1 3/4" at the bone nut, Ebony board with snowflake inlays, Ebony
pyramid bridge, under saddle pickup, Herringbone trimmed top,
Abalone soundhole rosette, slotted peghead, vgc+, hsc....
*MARTIN 1-21, ca 1880, a parlor guitar in very good condition,
Spruce top, Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, 3 repaired
top cracks, a new petite bridge plate, all else original including
the paper labeled (size 1, style 21) coffin case, set up with
nylon strings and low action, vgc+, ohsc....$7900
MORE (mostly) Vintage TUBES-
7 Philips JAN 12AX7 $75 each
8 Svetlana eL-34 $35 each
8 Telefunken 12AX7. $75 each
4 CV4004 KQDD/K $150 each
2 Mullard 5AR4 $250 each
1 RCA 5U4 gb $75
1 Visseaux 6V6 $120
4 RCA 5881 $125 each
4 Phillips Jan 6V6 $50 each
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*KAMAKA Pineapple Soprano Ukulele, 1998, all Koa, 20.5" long
13.5" scale, exc, ohsc..$695
*KALA 20th Anniversary Solid Koa Top Acacia Concert Ukulele, NEW
pearl inlaid, gigbag......$475
*ROSSIE Telecaster, recent, made in Spain, aged lime green finish
with matching peghead, 3 brass saddles, Rosewood board, 6.97 lbs,
$3500 when new, exc, ohsc.....$2100
*SEVENTY-SEVEN Albatross II, semi-hollow, Sunburst finish,
solid Spruce top with ƒ holes, Mahogany body, Ebony board,
6.2 lbs, stop tailpiece with tunomatic, 2 humbuckers,
exc, ohsc....$1695
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*GIBSON ES-335 Studio, 1995, no ƒ-holes, small crack at peghead,
2 humbuckers, vgc+, hsc....$1295
*GIBSON EB-2, 1968, Sunburst, 1 pickup at the neck, tone button,
vgc+, ohsc.......$3000
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*VEGA Archtop, ca 1939, 17" across, suburst, exploding Vega
star peghead logo, mahogany stripe down the center of
the bound Ebony fingerboard,original pickguard and tailpiece,
newer openback Gotoh tuners, quite good sounding- clear and projects well,
about a 6/10 cosmetically,vgc, ssc.....$950
*CORT Steinberger, made in Korea, Black, licensed by Steinberger
with Steinberger Tremolo bridge, Black, 2 humbuckers, vgc, gb..$395
*TEISCO Piccolo Bass, Japan, ca 1967, 2 tone burst, 24" scale,
1 pickup, all original, exc....$650
**** Updated Friday June 6th, 2025 ****
*ORANGE Tiny Terror Amp head, exc, w/ gigbag....$275
*G&L SC-3, Red, Strat style, vgc+, gb....$850
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*FENDER Precision Bass, 1971, black, Maple neck, a very fine bass
we got from the original owner who only used nylon
tape wound strings thus there's no fret wear and the
finish on the very straight maple fretboard is intact too,
the neck is straight, comes with it's original Fender faux
leather gigbag, all original, exc..$5200
*RICKENBACKER 4003 Bass, 2019, Fireglo, lacquered fretboard,
near mint, ohsc..$1795
*PRS Custom 24, 2016, light tobacco burst, Rosewood board with
abalone birds, glued in neck, 2 original humbuckers,
10-top, tremolo, exc+, ohsc......$2400
*GIBSON Les Paul '57 Goldtop Re-issue, 2016, 9.3 lbs,
papers and certificates (calls it an R7 S), 2 humbuckers,
original brown case, exc+....$3350
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*GIBSON Les Paul '57 Goldtop Murphy Lab, exc....$5500
*TYLER Amp Works, recent, Princeton Reverb-ish, 1x12"
speaker, Black, exc..$1500
*VOX AC-4,Import, Blue, near mint...$289
*EMINENT TECHNOLOGIES ET-22 Combo Amp, NEW, Must see and hear this
forward shifted Amp, 25" Wide, 18" Tall and 3" (three)
Deep, the previous Model Twenty received a NAMM 2023 Best in
Show Award, https://www.modeltwenty.com/...$1695
*EPIPHONE Rivoli Bass, 1967, made by Gibson, Cherry, missing
pick guard, 1 pickup at the neck, ES-335 style body, vgc...$2950
gbl **** Updated Friday May 23rd, 2025 ****
*MOSERITE Celebrity, '70s, Burgundy, slim line Hollow
body with ƒ holes, 2 single coil black plastic covered pickups,
Mosely trem, exc, hsc.....$1295
*SUZUKI Bowl Back Mandolin, Japan, Spruce top,
24 stave Maple bowl, thin ribbon inlaid in black around
top, flower inlaid pickguard, fingerboard extension, a
surprisingly good mandolin, w/ohsc..$350
*MARTIN DX-2E Billy Strings, NEW, The Martin D-X2E
Billy Strings takes inspiration from Billy’s love for his pre-war D-28
while offering a more accessible option for fans and players alike.
It features the same unique 25” scale length and custom nut width
as its high-end counterpart, making it easier to play fast, intricate
lines while maintaining a comfortable feel. Built with durable
Brazilian rosewood-patterned HPL back and sides and a solid spruce top,
this Dreadnought delivers a powerful, booming tone that's perfect for
both traditional and modern acoustic styles. Nickel open gear tuners,
an ebony fingerboard with faux abalone inlay, and a style 28 rosette
add a classic touch, while Martin E1 electronics and a built-in tuner
ensure it's ready for the stage. Complete with a hemp softshell case,
the D-X2E Billy Strings is a rugged, reliable instrument that reflects
his passion for pushing boundaries and blending genres. Each guitar
features a custom paper label with Billy’s pre-printed signature
and graphic............$899
*FENDER Custom Shop David Gilmour Stratocaster NOS 2008,
Black, Maple neck, no fret wear, has the short trem
that Gilmour favred, his little toggle swich between the 5-way
and the knobs really take the Strat sound to another level
not available on other models, you can turn on all three pickups
at once in position 4 or get a kind of tele sound if combined
bridge and neck pickups, certificate, near mint, ohsc...$6500
*G&L Legacy, #CLF24633, Fiesta Red, Maple neck,
made in USA, near mint, hsc..$1350
*TAYLOR 914C Dave Matthews Model, cutaway with Spruce top,
Rosewood back & sides, abalone trim on top and soundhole
rosette, "GRUX" inlaid at end of board, other beautiful
inlays in board and peghead, exc+, ohsc.....$5950
*FENDER Vibrolux Amp, 1957, all original parts except for new
speaker, the tweed has been oversprayed with white paint
many years ago, new baffle, it sounds amazing, vgc....$3750
*FENDER Tremolux, 1960, Tweed, it has a 3 Prong cord,
new power supply filter caps, a Diode added in series with the
selenium rectifier and the two bias caps replaced, new bypass
caps and plate resistors, all the old yellow Astrons are in place,
Speaker, trannies, tweed etc all original, exc....$4995
*MARTIN DC-1E, 1997, Dreadnought cutaway w/Fishman Prefix
pickup system with side controls, solid Spruce top,
solid Mahogany back & sides, tortoise style binding,
vgc+, ohsc and papers.....$895
*LOTS of American 12AT7 and 6V6 Tubes,
some are used and tested..$30 each
some are new and in boxes..$50 each
**** Updated Wednesday May 14th, 2025 ****
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*COLLINGS O2G SB, 2016, German top, Rosewood back and sides, Herringbone
trim, Fishman pu w/ Volume and Tone, 13 1/2" across, 14 frets,
1 3/4" at the nut, 24.9" scale, Waverly open back tuners,
exc+,ohsc.........$4250
*WEBER Bitterroot Archtop, used, 15" across lower bout, non-cutaway,
carved Spruce top, Mahogany back & sides, 4" deep, 1 3/4" at the
nut, "snakehead" peghead, Ebony bridge and fingerboard, carved
Ebony pickguard, exc, ohsc...$4000
gbl **** Updated Thursday May 8th, 2025 ****
*D'ANGELICO Excel DC, 2021, 335 style with highly
figured Maple top, Gold hardware, 2 Humbuckers,
Grover Imperial tuners, bound Rosewood board with
split block Pearl & Abalone inlays, exc, ohsc..$1250
*Martin D-28 BILLY STRINGS, New, a shorter 25"
scale distinguishes this from the usual Herringbone D-28....$3799
* a BOB DYLAN Hohner Marine Band Harmonica, Key of D
Hohner Harmonica in the key of D, with approximately a 1” square of
textured opaque white tape in the middle of the top of the
harmonica with the Key inked on in magic marker formerly owned by
Bob Dylan. This is how Bob had his harps marked so that he could
readily see the key he needed while on stage, or in the studio as
Hohner identifies the key of each harp with only a tiny
1/8” impression of the key into the end of the harp, extremely difficult to
see in normal circumstances let alone during a session or a concert.
This one was purchased by me from a friend, who was given it as a
gift by one of Dylan's techs both of whom I know personally.
A similar one written in the same hand, on the exact same
textured tape and was sold at auction for $4886 including the buyer’s premium:
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/343653105965280
The harmonica is in excellent condition, with case......$4500
Books-
BACK IN STOCK! *Palm Trees, Senoritas... and Rocket Ships" - the illustrated History of National, Dobro,
Supro, Valco and OMI Guitars
A 423 page tour-de-force that explores the
fascinating design world of the musical instruments produced by the Dopyera
Brothers from 1923 to 1993. Famous for their 'National' guitars, they went
on to pioneer electric pickups, fiberglass construction, amplifiers etc, and
influenced the sound of Country Music, Bluegrass, Blues and Hawaiian music
through most of the 20th Century.
Entirely and lavishly illustrated with over 1100 musical instruments and
amplifiers and more than 100 artists who used them - this is THE
DEFINITIVE COLLECTION of all the various developments, designs, colours
and engraving patterns of everything produced by the Dopyera Brothers
in their various companies throughout the 20th century - National, Dobro,
Supro, Valco, Mosrite, Regal and OMI. It has them ALL! It also features lap steels, amplifiers
and various National and Valco manufactured items for other Trade houses.
The book is concluded with an updated list of the serial numbers of known
and re-discovered instruments - now in excess of 4200. A MUST HAVE for
anyone interested in these guitars. Leaves other books on the subject
in the dust....$140
Link for email weekly updates: SEE BELOW
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In the 1/24/13 Bergen Record, nice article- http://snipurl.com/26aujli
*STORE PANORAMIC VIEW- OF SORTS
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To see Lark Street Music's Wall click here
Duke Levine w/ the Roy Sludge Trio in the store the day between
the Bowery and the Bell House gigs in NY last week - click here for a clip.
Also check out
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********* PICTURES from the EXHIBIT *************
These are fairly large prints and are here in the store for purchase, all signed by Jonathan Singer-
check his site www.botanicamagnifica for his story.
Prices were from $500-$1000. On sale, 30-40% off
SG and Marshall
Defying logic- 3 Explorers, courtesy J. Menza
Two '59 Les Pauls, courtesy J. Menza
Two Airlines
Three Strats, courtesy Lark Street Music
Old Golds-ES-295 & '54 Les Paul, courtesy Lark Street Music
The '60 Cherry Les Paul, courtesy J. Menza
Moserite Double & Selmer Zodiac, courtesy Lark Street Music
Bacon & Days anyday, courtesy Lark Street Music
Firebirds, courtesy Lark Street Music
EPI EMPEROR & AMP
2 Centuries of Progress!
more to come....
OUR FIRST, AND SO FAR ONLY, TV COMMERCIAL----
featuring Buck Malen, Johnny Rabb, Kevin Maul, unknown banjo phenom & Frances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1DrFtoJAe0
or
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teaneck-NJ/Lark-Street-Music/46986714380
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Before After .....
We often get asked "where do these guitars come from" ??? or "who buys these things" ??
So here's an interesting picture of the quite rare White ES-345 (that we had for sale for about a year)
with both it's original ( c. 1964), and current (April'06) owners.
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IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE VIEWING THESE PHOTOS, SEE BELOW
Some have complained about bad pictures. If this is happening to you or your PC, let me know. We have Macs
and the pictures are large and clear, so we'd like to know figure out why this problem is happening
An answer from my brother Rick-
By default, Internet Explorer will shrink pictures to fit onto one screen.
That's probably what people are complaining about. Usually, if they hold the
cursor over the picture for a few seconds, a button will appear and they can
click it to restore the pic to full size. I hate the feature, so I just turn
it off and always see the photos full-size:
From the IE menu bar, click Tools | Internet Options
Click the Advanced tab
Scroll down to the Multimedia section
Remove the check from "Enable Automatic Image Resizing"
Click OK to save settings
REPAIRS
For you who don't know, we do all manner of guitar repair and restoration. We do most of it here but
also give some work to Dom Ramos -repairing and building since working in Dan Armstrong's shop in
the '60s. We've also been a Martin Warrantee Center since 1985 before Martin closed down all 5 NJ Centers
because of a tax dispute between NJ and Martin
COMMENTARY-
DON'T SCROLL DOWN - Feelings below
Political sentiments
Turn back before it's too late!\\
3/16/25.
Creative Community For Peace's Executive Director Ari Ingel wrote an article for the Jewish Journal examining the one-sidedness of "No Other Land," the Oscar-winning documentary. The film tells an incomplete story of Palestinians in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta.
In the op-ed, Ingel highlights that while the film claims Palestinians have lived in Masafer Yatta “for centuries” – or even longer – the historical facts on the ground are much different.
Neither Ottoman nor British documents show any permanent Palestinian-Arab communities in Masafer Yatta.
Likewise, aerial photos from the 1980s don’t show any permanent Palestinian structures.
In fact, Masafer Yatta has been designated a military zone since 1981.
The op-ed also notes that the film did not address the ongoing threat of Palestinian terrorism that shapes Israeli policies in the region.
For instance, the piece highlights multiple attacks by Palestinians from the nearby city of Yatta that have targeted Israelis, including the Sarona Market massacre, the murder of Dafna Meir, and several other stabbing attacks.
As the op-ed ends, "If Hollywood wants to understand the true security issues Israel faces, perhaps they should watch the Palestinian documentary filmed on October 7, where Hamas and other Palestinian militants broadcast to the world hundreds of hours in which they documented themselves murdering entire families, kidnapping Holocaust survivors and infants, and committing unimaginable horrors, including rape."
You can find out more on what is happening in Masafer Yatta, and about the misinformation found in the film on our Instagram page
https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/379739/oscar-winning-no-other-land-undermined-by-no-other-information/?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_23_2020_15_37_COPY_01)&mc_cid=7ada89916d&mc_eid=141ac4fa71 or in this article from JTA [Link].
Microaggressions are hateful unless used against the Jews
Progressives claim to oppose all forms of bigotry, but there is nobody more bigoted or oppressive than leftist progressive antisemites. Opinion.
by Matthew M. Hausman, J.D. Sep 24, 2024
READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396648
JULY 24th
This is by Irwin Mansdorf,
see it here too https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-duping-of-america/
When US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines recently spoke of “foreign efforts to influence our democratic processes,” specifically pointing to Iran, she expressed publicly what many have known now for years. The war against the West led by Iran and its proxies around the world is not only a war in the conventional sense, but also a war where psychological ploys are used to target what Haines described as Americans who “may not be aware” they are being exploited and used to further Iranian interests.
Nowhere are these efforts more felt than in the “ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza” (again the words of Haines). The “playbook” is one that has created a somewhat absurd link between the interests of radical Islam and the ideology of progressive human rights. By transforming Gaza from a terror entity bent on the ethnic cleansing of Jews into a victim of colonialism and genocide by the Jewish state, the interests of Iran converge with so-called “enlightened” members of the progressive Western elite.
While the progressives believe they are supporting social justice, they are, in reality, being manipulated and exploited by the most extreme illiberal elements in society who would not tolerate their presence in their own societies. So, we see “Queers for Palestine” supporting Gaza, a place where queers cannot exist, and women’s organizations criticizing Israeli “apartheid,” while gender apartheid continues unabated in Arab society.
This is all part of a planned program of psychological warfare that has linked the wants of progressive leftists with the needs of radical Islamists. For more than two decades, the principle of “intersectionality” has been used to classically condition the goals of any “liberation” movement with those of all liberation movements. A “prix fixe” menu of preselected slogans accompanies any ideology seen to fit, and that fit is a “one size fits all” that has blunted critical independent thinking.
As with many psychological traps, independent thinking can become captive to rigid ideology. One example is an ideology that holds that “all people” are the same and that “all people” value and want freedom. While this may be true in the West, it is woefully out of touch with the Middle East, where tribal loyalties and religious thinking carry far more weight.
The consequences of this form of psychological manipulation are seen not only in the demonstrations noted by Haines, but also in mantras that reflect public policy. These mantras may appear to be fair, balanced, and reasonable, but when they are used to further Iranian interests, people need to pay attention. One glaring example is the mantra of solving the Israel-Palestine conflict by establishing an “independent Palestinian state.” Sounds fair, balanced and reasonable. But if we consider that this policy is supported not only by many in the West, but also by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, perhaps we can also begin to realize that people are being duped.
As the saying goes, “If you see something, say something.” Today, that not only applies to suspicious packages left unattended, but also to less suspicious illiberal ideas that cloak themselves in progressive clothing.
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A breathtaking speech by Miriam Novak at the UN General Assembly. Don't miss a word!
For two thousand years we have lived among you, offering you our knowledge, discoveries and inventions.
At the UN Special General Assembly in New York, held at the request of the leaders of the European Union and the New Arab Bloc, the representative of Israel, Miriam Novak, spoke.
Standing at the podium, in front of the green marble wall of the main UN hall, Miriam Novak said into the microphone:
"Ladies and gentlemen! As you know, eighty years ago, Europe, led by Germany, carried out an ethnic purge: it exterminated almost all the Jews who lived there. French, Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians, Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians – all helped the fascists.
You killed at least six million Jews, including newborn babies. Each of them could have given the world children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, so you can multiply the number of killed by four or five...
And now, when we are again plundered, beaten and killed in all your countries, and your courts release the murderers, you tell us that we have no right to defend ourselves?
We have no right to warn our enemies that we will respond to a new ethnic cleansing with an even more powerful strike?
Perhaps you can name another nation whose extermination is so fanatically sought by your new Iranian-led international community? And why?
For two thousand years, we have lived among you, offering you our knowledge, discoveries and inventions.
We have given you the alphabet, the Bible, the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, the twelve apostles, Spinoza, Disraeli, Columbus, Newton, Nostradamus, Heine, Mendelssohn, Einstein, Singer, Eisenstein, Freud, Landau, Gershwin, Offenbach, Rubinstein, Saint-Saëns, Kafka, Lombroso, Montaigne, Mahler, Marcel Marceau, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yehudi Menuhin, Stefan Zweig, Arthur Miller, Maya Plisetskaya, Stanley Kubrick, Irving Berlin, Edward Teller, Lion Feuchtwanger, Paul Newman, Robert Oppenheimer, Benny Goodman, Eugène Ionesco, Imre Kálmán, Marcel Proust, Marc Chagall, Barbra Streisand, Claude Lelouch, Steven Spielberg, Anouk Aimée, Leonard Bernstein, Norbert Wiener, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Andrew Lloyd Webber and thousands of other scientists and educators.
Imagine how many such geniuses could have been born from the millions of Jews killed by you, and then from their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren!
But these unborn geniuses disappeared forever in crematoriums, burned synagogues, and mass graves.
So do you really think that your resolutions, boycotts and sanctions can bring us back to the gas chambers?
No, ladies and gentlemen! Having lived among you for two thousand years, we have had to adapt to you and learn not only your languages, but also some aspects of your psychology.
Otherwise, how would we have survived in Persia without Persian perfidy? In Spain without the Spanish cruelty? In Germany without German submission to discipline? In France without French avarice? In Poland without Polish vanity, and in Russia without the oaths and the Russian habit of court latrines, where one must squat and talk about one's spiritual greatness? — (Laughter in the room.)
"And that is why I will tell you frankly: yes, we are not angels. Among us there have been international crooks and gangsters, Lansky, Medoff and Epstein, thieves, looters, adventurers and even pedophiles.
But in all our common history, there has never been a Jewish Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. There have never been Jewish Josef Mengele and Erik Koch, Jewish Adolf Eichmann and Idi Amin, Jewish Andrei Chikatilo and Li Zicheng, Jewish Jeffrey Dahmer and Jean Bokassa, Jewish Fritz Haarmann and Ted Bundy, Jewish Nikolai Dzhumagaliev and Albert Fish.
We have never made necklaces with human ears, never scalped, never eaten human flesh, never made soap with human fat, never made lampshades with human skin, never made mattresses with women's hair, never burned people in religious temples, and never killed children in gas chambers. Instead, we created things that changed the world for the better.
Drip irrigation, seawater desalination, Intel processors and Centrino and Core Duo platforms, the world's smallest DNA computer and the world's first USB flash drive, nanowire and camera pill, multiple sclerosis drug and exoskeleton, Google Glass for the blind and baby breathing monitor, The radar that can see through walls, the holographic reality artificial intelligence synthesizer, and hundreds of other wonderful things.
Representing only 0.2% of the world's population, we have given the world 32% of the Nobel Prize winners. Yes, I forgot to tell you: we have never consumed and do not consume the blood of Christian infants to make matzah. Already in 1913, three Orthodox experts on Judaism proved this at the famous Beilis trial in Kiev.
In 1962, the Second Vatican Council lifted our guilt for the crucifixion of Christ, and in 2011, Pope Benedict XVI declared that "the Christian cannot be anti-Semitic, we have the same roots."
In 2019, his successor, Pope Francis I, said that "every Christian has a Jew in him" and that "one cannot be a true Christian without acknowledging one's Jewish roots."
In addition, the head of the global Catholic Church said that "the covenant between God and Jews continues to apply" and "that anti-Semitism includes not only attacks on Jews, but also criticism of Israel."
Finally, in June 2020, the Rev. John Hagee, the leader of American Evangelical Christians, published his "Appeal to the World," in which he said simply and clearly, "Why do we, eight million patriotic American Christians, support Israel? Because God is on Israel's side! If a Christian says he doesn't like Jews, then his false Christianity is very dubious. God says, "I will bless those who bless Israel! I will curse those who curse Israel!"
And now I want to ask the European delegates in this room: who do you think you are? Are you Christians or not? When you pray to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the holy apostles, are you not praying to the Jews? And when you say that you carry the image of Christ in your heart, do you not admit that you carry a Jew in your soul?
Even if you are a hard-core atheist, your ancestors were Christians for two thousand years, and therefore, Judaism is in your blood – whether you like it or not!
So, ladies and gentlemen. If you insist on the international boycott of Israel because you continue to hate Jews and want the total extermination of Jews on earth, then be consistent – start with yourselves, do seppuku! It will be an honest ethnic purge.
And now, as we say here in America, I have news for you. Now, after the Christians, it is the turn of the Muslims to get rid of anti-Semitism.
Yes, it won't be easy, but just as the Almighty helped humanity get rid of the bubonic plague, anthrax, cholera, and coronavirus, He will help you get rid of anti-Semitism.
You ask: why? Why has the Almighty brought us back to Israel and forced you to give up your desire to destroy us? For He has to have a purpose, doesn't He?
I will give you my personal opinion. For according to His purpose, every nation is to bring to mankind what it does best.
The French - cooks and perfumers.
The English and the Russians - writers and poets.
Italians - artists and musicians.
The Germans - soldiers and philosophers.
And we Jews - geniuses.
Geniuses who, in all fields, are advancing humanity from barbarism and idolatry to culture, humanism and technical progress. This is our mission, which we have been accomplishing for two thousand years, despite everything!
So whether we have genetic, torsional, nuclear, tectonic, cosmic, or other defense weapons, that's none of your business! Whether you allow us to have defensive weapons or not, we don't care.
As one of the founders of our state, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, once said: "Whether you like us or not, we don't care, we arrived before you and we will leave after you."
FROM HONEST REPORTING- 11/27/23
During the tense four days that have passed since the start of the Israel-Hamas truce on November 24, media have created a false moral equivalence between the release of Israeli hostages held by the terrorist group and Palestinian prisoners who have been jailed in Israel. Such coverage, which implicitly equates Israel to Hamas and validates the latter’s strategy, may have far-reaching ramifications on the continuation of the war.
In order to achieve that distorted equation between innocent women and children who were abducted from their homes and prisoners who have been charged with acts of violence or terror, media have used three parallel strategies: Sanitizing the Palestinian prisoners, referring to the Israeli hostages as “prisoners” and creating textual and visual symmetry regarding the joyful family reunions of each side.
AP and Reuters Set the Narrative
The Associated Press has managed to incorporate the first two strategies in one headline: “Palestinian families rejoice over release of minors and women in wartime prisoner swap.”
The rest of AP’s story, while including some background on the released Palestinian “minors and women” (but none on the Israeli “prisoners”) carries an empathetic tone that borders on justification for Hamas’ kidnappings. For example, it quotes an official referring to “prisoner exchanges” as “the only hope” for prisoners’ families, without mentioning that she works for a group with terror links:
“These kinds of prisoner exchanges are often the only hope families have to see their sons or fathers released before many years go by,” said Amira Khader, international advocacy officer at Addameer, a group supporting Palestinian prisoners. “It’s what they live for, it’s like a miracle from God.”
The story ends with an emotional quote from a released Palestinian prisoner, who was jailed in Israel for throwing stones:
It was his first glimpse of the world after a year in prison for throwing stones in the northern town of Qalqilya. He was freed even though he had eight months of his sentence left to serve.He turned toward his father, wrapping him into a hug. “Look, I’m almost bigger than you now,” he said.
The hurling of rocks can kill, and it has killed Israelis in the past. It is most certainly not a harmless pastime activity as some media have intimated. The story also does not detail the various charges against most of the released Palestinians, which range from attempted murder and violent assault to terror affiliations.
The same distorted patterns appear in Reuters coverage. A mind-boggling headline refers to Israel and Hamas “prisoners,” including a four-year-old whose parents were brutally murdered in front of her eyes before she was kidnapped to Gaza.
An earlier version of the story included a video featuring a split-screen showing 9-year-old Emily Hand, an Israeli girl released from Hamas captivity, reunited with her father, next to the family reunion of released Palestinian bomber Israa Jaabis:
A textual symmetry followed the visual one: After detailing Hand’s family’s plight, the story ends with a quote from Shorouk Dwayyat. Nowhere does it mention that Dwayyat is a PFLP member who tried to stab Israelis to death:
In comments to Al Jazeera TV from her home, freed prisoner Shorouk Dwayyat, who had served half of her 16-year prison term, said she felt joy mixed with pain. “I feel like I am in a dream, but I hope that the war on Gaza will stop as soon as possible.”
When one of the world’s largest news agencies fails to mention such details, instead presenting terrorists on the same moral level as a 9-year-old who’s been abducted from her home, it violates journalistic and human values alike.
US, UK Media Sanitize and Equate
The New York Times also featured Israa Jaabis, sanitizing her attempted murder by passively blaming her vehicle:
She was arrested that year after her car exploded at a checkpoint near Jerusalem in the West Bank, leaving her disfigured and an Israeli police officer seriously injured.
National Public Radio didn’t even bother checking the facts. It simply published a photo gallery presenting the release of Israeli hostages amid pictures of Palestinians celebrating their prisoners’ release.
The Washington Post, meanwhile, included the following paragraph about the Palestinian prisoners release after a description and photos of the family reunions of freed Israeli children:
Videos posted on social media showed similarly joyful scenes in the West Bank, where Palestinian women and children freed by Israel were reunited with their families. A bus carrying Red Cross staff and the prisoners as part of the second day’s releases arrived to a crowd of supporters holding flags in the occupied West Bank early Sunday.
But the “similarly joyful scenes” were not similar at all. As German magazine Bild has pointed out: “The Israelis celebrate the return of the hostages, the Palestinians the release of prisoners. The difference couldn’t be greater: Israeli parents peacefully hug their released children. Palestinian ex-prisoners are cheered at terror marches”.
The Washington Post also does not say a word about why the Palestinian women and “children” (most of whom were minors) were arrested in the first place.
Israel spokesperson Mark Regev confronted a Sky News anchor about this issue, exposing the fact she was not even aware of the charges against the released Palestinians:
Some media have created an abysmal narrative that whitewashes terrorists by comparing them to innocent toddlers.
Some have minimized the kidnappings that took place on October 7 by equating the suffering of Israeli hostages to that of Palestinians in Israeli jails.
And by doing so, they have created a false moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. They have also implicitly validated Hamas’ strategy of kidnapping Israelis and undermined Israel’s justification to continue fighting against the terror organization.
In a week that may be decisive for the course of the war as the agreed-upon truce between Israel and Hamas comes to an end, media have a responsibility to report the facts, not to create them.
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Bruria Efune ·A LONG READ, BUT IT'S FAST AND TRUE-
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I’m not writing this for the antisemites or closeted Jew-haters. They will always think and believe what they want to think and believe.
But for the Jews who are confused; for our friends who want to support us but are being bombarded with false information; and for the youth on college campus and even high school who are pressured to stay quiet and hide—this is for you.
We are one people, and when one of us bleeds, we all bleed. I know that you are also hurting inside, ever since the day you saw 1,400 of our people slaughtered in the most vicious way. And our friends worldwide who want a world of good, you also feel the pain of 200 kidnapped people—babies, children, and grandmas being held by terrorists.
Let’s take a moment to understand what is really going on, and address the claims you may have been hearing.
For perspective, let’s first look at what happened on Tuesday night, when suddenly every news outlet across the globe headlined that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza and killed 500 people.
The news outlets all published these headlines based on word they received from Hamas—a recognized terror organization that had just slaughtered 1,400 Israelis. None of them took a moment to consider that it was impossible for Hamas to know the death toll within mere minutes of the blast. None of them listened when Israel said that it does not target hospitals. It took until the next day when President Biden confirmed evidence that the blast was in fact from a failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that these outlets changed their headlines only slightly.
But the ridiculousness of it all came glaringly obvious in the morning, when photos and video footage showed that the blast had been in the hospital parking lot, where there was nothing but damaged cars. Realizing they were caught in a huge lie, Hamas dropped their death toll estimate to “10-40.”
Take a moment to consider how eager everyone was to share word from a terror organization when it would make Israel look bad—even with significant evidence that it was false. Think how reluctant they were to correct the error, if they did at all. Now have this in mind whenever you hear any anti-Israel headlines. Consider how comfortable people feel with a lie when it’s to prosecute Israel.
With that in mind, let’s look at some popular anti-Israel catchphrases going around these days:
*”Israel’s response is disproportionate.”*
After decades of firing tens of thousands missiles and mortars at Israeli civilians, on October 7th, terrorists from Gaza launched a full war on Israel. An estimated 2,900 Hamas terrorists broke through the Israeli border and tortured, raped, and murdered 1,400 Israelis, and kidnapped 200 more. The vast majority of those killed were civilians, including babies, children, and elderly Holocaust survivors.
To quote one of the terrorists describing their cruelty, “we behaved like animals.”
The terrorists chose October 7th in order to target a music and peace festival being held in the forest near Gaza, which was full of teens and young adults. They stormed the festival and turned it into a bloodbath.
Since October 7th, terrorist faction in Gaza fired 7,000 rockets and missiles at Israeli civilians, adding an entire Bedouin family to the death toll amongst others, displacing 500,000 Israeli civilians, and destroying homes, schools, playgrounds, and even a wing of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
The only proportionate response is the complete eradication of Hamas, and a guarantee of safety to all Israeli citizens.
*“Israelis are European colonizers!”*
This one is disgusting and blatant antisemitism. It’s shameful that we even need to respond to it.
Israel is and always was home to the Jewish people. For 3,377 years there has never been a time when Jews did not live in Israel. Most Jews were forcefully exiled by foreign conquers and occupiers, but never once stopped praying for the return to Zion and Jerusalem, and attempting to return when possible.
My husband and I can both personally trace our lineage to when our families were expelled from Israel, and when we returned, as can most Jews from both Europe and the Middle East. We are the indigenous people here, and it is racist to call us the occupiers or colonizers of our own land.
In addition, not all Israelis are Jewish. Many are Muslim, Druze, Christian, or others, and they serve in the military too, and are also being killed by Hamas terrorists.
*“The Palestinians just want a State!”*
In 1947 the Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine were offered more than half the land in a partition plan. They refused it and chose instead to attempt the annihilation of all the Jews. They failed.
Notably, when the land from the partition plan was mostly taken by Jordan and Egypt, no one called for them to make it into a Palestinian state.
The Palestinians were again offered a state in the 1993 Oslo Accords, but Hamas opposed it, and instead chose to launch terror attacks on Israel.
In 2000, at the Camp David Summit, the Palestinians refused an offer that included even more territory, and instead launched the Second Intifada.
In 2005, Israel evacuated all 8,000 Jewish citizens from their homes Gaza, and gave the Palestinians a state with beautiful beaches and infrastructure. Countries worldwide poured in billions of dollars, hoping that the Palestinians would make it into a paradise. Instead, they elected Hamas as the government, and spent all the money on terror.
The Hamas Covenant is very clear in what they actually want:
“Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious... The Islamic Resistance Movement is but one squadron that should be supported...until the enemy is vanquished and Allah's victory is realized. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine...”
*“Israel maintained a siege on Gaza.”*
That’s literally impossible, since Gaza also has a border with Egypt.
Israel maintained security borders like any other country. Due to Hamas’s tendency to import rockets which are used on Israeli citizens, Israel inspects all imports at the border, and in non-war times, allows all safe materials through.
To enter Israel, you must have a visa or work permit, which plenty of people from Gaza had. Many of the small Israeli communities near Gaza are made up of people who dreamed of peace with Gaza, and therefore hired many Gaza workers. In a horrific turn of events, several of those permit-holding workers assisted in planning the terror attack, and stormed Israel on October 7th to murder and kidnap the very people they worked with.
This pulls into question whether Israel should ever have given work permits to Gaza citizens at all.
*”Israel stopped supplying water and electricity to Gaza!”*
This sounds ridiculous when you think about it. What country supplies electricity and water to a people that declared war on them and slaughtered their civilians?
Gaza had its own power plant and water supply, but Hamas plundered the equipment to make rockets which they fired into Israel. Despite this, Israel had been supplying them with electricity, gas, and water. All three were turned off at the start of the war, but the water was turned back on shortly after.
If Gaza can’t produce their own electricity now, they can turn to their other neighbor, Egypt, who they did not declare war on.
*”Israel is killing civilians in Gaza!”*
Sadly, Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists hide in between civilians and use them as human shields. Historically, Israel has made a huge effort to minimize civilian casualties, by giving warnings before bombing any building, and using precision targeting.
This time Israel has a moral obligation to the safety of its citizens to eradicate Hamas. Therefore the IDF gave Gaza civilians a safe evacuation route away from areas which will be under heavy fire, with two weeks notice to evacuate. Hamas has been making an effort to block civilian evacuation, though most have thus far succeeded in moving to safer locations.
In addition, since October 7th, 1 in 5 rockets fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fell short—that adds up to 550 rockets that they fired on their own people, contributing to an unknown but high number of civilian deaths in Gaza.
*”Israel is committing an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians!”*
The Palestinian population has been growing at the same rate as the Jewish population in Israel. That’s not how ethnic cleansing or genocide works. This is a bigger lie than the Gaza hospital bombing, and reeks of antisemitic undertones.
*“Israel is apartheid.”*
All Israelis have equal rights, at every level. There are even Muslim parties in the Knesset (parliament), holding 10 of 120 seats. A quick stroll through any major Israeli city will show you Israelis of all religions getting about their day together, happily. My dentist and my husband’s primary physician are both Arab, and that’s the norm!
Often when people cry apartheid, they are referring to Palestinians. They are not Israeli, they live in either Gaza, which is under Hamas rule, or parts of the West Bank, which are under governance of the Palestinian Authority. They are treated like any other visitor to Israel - they can apply for a work or tourist visa to enter, and then work or tour like any other visa-holding visitor.
*“Zionism is evil. Not all Jews are Zionists.”*
Zionism is a longing for Zion - Jerusalem, and Israel. Jews are from Zion. For over 2,000 years Jews have been praying three times a day, and after every time we eat bread, for the return of all Jews to Zion. You cannot separate Jerusalem from Judaism.
Stand strong. The world has become a frightening place for the Jewish people. We remember those who stayed silent enablers during the Holocaust, and those who managed to resist the pressure and become heroes. We see you, and we respect you for making the right choice.
Pictured: In between collecting mutilated bodies of Israelis killed by Hamas, and seeing the torture inflicted on families with small children before they were murdered, a ZAKA worker breaks down in tears.
A friend wrote this. I take no credit, but it's food for thought.
"I'm not asking anyone to take my side, or the side of Israel, but I am asking you to think critically about the news you get from CNN and the BBC and AlJazeera or whatever station you watch
If we were colonizers, we would be actively planning wars, and TAKING land, not giving it away for PEACE. ( SINAI, Lebanon, Gaza strip...all relinquished, after being won, fairly, in a war, which we did not start. And yet still given away, in the promise of PEACE, which we have not gotten in return)
If we were committing genocide, then the population of Gaza and the West Bank would not have GROWN since 1967, but rather gotten smaller..no? Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank 1967: less than 1 million. Arabs in those areas today: 5 million)
That is not GENOCIDE! You cannot have 500% population growth in a genocide.
The definition of genocide is:
" The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group"
Does it look like we've destroyed anyone or are aiming to?
Point of fact, we do not engage unless engaged with. And even then, our engagements are military, warnings in advance to clear the area and no civilian engagement whenever possible.
Which brings me to the next part:
War Crimes. Do you see in Israel rocket launchers on residential streets, missiles hidden under hospitals and schools (yes, even UNWRA schools got in on the deal)? Do you see 5 year old martyrs with hand grenades, and children trained with automatic weapons, and calls to behead all arabs, wherever we can find them? No, you do not.
That is what our army faces against daily. And our CIVILIAN population is faced with daily, hourly....the WAR CRIMES of HAMAS and the Palestinian Authority.
If we wanted to flatten all of Gaza and turn it into a parking lot, we have the weapon power to do it in 3 minutes. Why in the world do you think we haven't? After 10,000's of rockets and missiles have been fired indiscriminately at our cities and schools and homes, after Israelis have been killed and maimed and attacked....the reason is because we value HUMAN LIFE. Because we are trying to save the lives of the people of Gaza and the West Bank. We introduced water and power infrastructure to their villages. Before Israel, they had none.
Next, the claims that Gaza is an open air prison, or a death camp etc. Ask yourself, how poor Gaza, that the BBC and NYT likes to claim is cut off from the world, and has no access to supplies...can import or import the materials to make thousands of rockets and missiles and rocket launchers --but can't import food, or medicine? Ask yourself where all of the cement and supplies to build schools and hospitals went...when instead there are hundreds of miles of cement and steel reinforced underground terror tunnels built every year.
Finally, ask yourself how the leaders and government of poor Gaza have enough money to have a Billionaires Gaza Yacht Club with multi-million dollar yachts, and facilities, luxurious 5 star hotels, shopping malls filled with Gucci and Chanel and Polo shirts -- while their people literally starve and beg for help.
And that is the main point. Israel does not govern GAZA. Israel is not in GAZA. Israel does not control GAZA. Gaza controls GAZA. So whatever the War Crime is for shelling your own population (430 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel have actually fallen within Gaza hurting and killing their own people), for putting rockets and missiles under their homes, for stealing their food and international aid -- you should know who to blame. The same Gazan leadership the Free Palestine movement funds and supports.
And now, think again critically about this situation. Do you honestly think that "Free-ing Palestine", and turning Israel over to these same folks that currently run GAZA or Ramallah so well is the solution to anything? Will provide more food or medicine or opportunity or freedom to ANYONE? Free Palestine hangs gay men from the tops of buildings and drags their bodies through the streets. Free Palestine supports honor killings of young women who have been raped or abused or shamed. Free Palestine calls for the elimination of all Jews. Free Palestine is in reality, nothing more than a thuggish, brutal, facist military regime, dressed up like a woke, liberal western project with nice slogans and catchy protest tunes.
Like with most things, just follow the money and see what Free Palestine is really all about before lending your voice or your funds or support.
Again, you don't have to wave an Israeli flag from your flagpole, but if you care about justice, real justice, and peace, freedom and security, think critically about the information you receive and then ask yourself what rings true."
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