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**** Updated Friday May 16th, 2025 ****
*GIBSON J-50, 1964, one of the best ones, exc++, ohsc..$4500
*FENDER Vibrolux Amp, 1957, all original parts except for new
speaker, the tweed has been oversprayed with white paint
many years ago, it soun ds amazing, vgc....$3750
*LOTS of American 12AT7 and 6V6 Tubes,
some are used and tested..$30 each
some are new and in boxes..$60 each
**** Updated Wednesday May 14th, 2025 ****
*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
*GIBSON ES-150 Charlie Christian, c 1937, sunburst, CC pickup
at the neck, couple of small top cracks reglued, shows abrasions
and some wear but in very good condition, straight neck,
fine action, original tweed case with black/red/black/red/black
stripes......
*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
*COMINS Concert Archtop, 2014, sunburst, Humbucker at the neck position,
and Piezo saddle pickups, 15 3/4" cutaway, 2 3/8" deep, carved Spruce
top, curly maple back and sides, curly Maple bindings, striped Ebony
bridge and tailpiece, exc, ohsc $5995
**** Updated Thursday May 8th, 2025 ****
*CAMPELLONE Custom Standard, 2004, Blonde, 17" cutaway Archtop
with a round soundhole, exquisite curly Maple back and
sides, bound Rosewood board with no ilays, floating Johnny
Smith style pickup at neck, exc, ohsc...$4250
*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
*PARIS SWING Gypsy Jazz guitar, large D sound hole, solid Engelmann
Spruce top with D-shaped soundhole and Maccaferri-style rosette
Rosewood back and sides, 26.4" scale length, Maple neck w/ traditional
D shape, Rosewood fingerboard, 1 3/4" at the nut, Rosewood Mustache-
style bridge with nickel-plated brass Maccaferri-style tailpiece
Grover tuners exc, ohsc. hold
**** Updated Wednesday May 7th, 2025 ****
*TRIBE Guitar Straps, NEW, made in Colombia, beautiful straps
that are meticulously handcrafted from thick woven cotton,
reinforced with webbing, completed with metal hardware and
soft double leather end tabs...$29 each
* IBANEZ 2681 Prof, sb, 1978, Japan,
made in Japan, Sunburst with 'pearl' trimmed top,
elaborately inlaid fingerboard, exc, ohsc....$2500
*NATIONAL Triolian Mandolin, 1929-1930, brown sunburst metal
body Resonator mandolin, exc, ossc....
*1971 set of 3 Strat Pickups, staggered pole pieces,
still mounted in the original (cracked off upper horns)
pickguard, all working with covers....$1750
*HAMER TV Special, 1992, Mustard Yellow, double
cutaway, 2 P-90 style pickups, vgc++, ohsc...$1695
*GIBSON Melody Maker 3/4, 1964, Cherry, 1 pickup- the original
has been replaced- without routing the body- by a
Duncan mini-humbucker, vgc, gb....$1250
*TOM ANDERSON Strat Style, 2001, Gold Sparkle with Maple neck,
locking tuners, 1 11/16" at the nut, heavy frets, Tremolo,
5-way switch, pull adds bridge pickup, 7.52 lbs, papers,
exc, ohsc....$2450, reduced...$1950
*KALKUTTA Sitar, nice one, single gourd, deluxe hard case....$650
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*GIBSON L-4CN, 1956, Blonde cutaway Archtop,1 11/16" at the nut,
24.5" scale, carved Spruce top that's 16" wide, Maple
back & sides, Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard with parallelogram
inlays, single line Kluson tuners, original frets, no cracks
or repairs, all original parts, vgc++, hsc.....$4500
*FENDER '55 Blonde Custom Shop Relic Limited Edition
Strat, 2015, Ash body with translucent Blonde finish, fairly fat
Maple neck, 7.37 lbs, certificate, exc, tweed case.......$2950
*FENDER American Professional Jazz Bass, 2017,
Candy Apple Red, Rosewood board, exc+, ohsc......$1295
*LUGGAGE Amp, a tube amp built into an Alligator tolexed
piece of luggage probably from the '60s, 21"x15"x7"...$225
*OLD AMERICAN Parlor guitar, no name, Spruce top,
Mahogany back & sides which may be laminated
as the back identifies itself as Rosewood,
ladder braced, 2 top cracks, as-is....$150
*ANDELUSIAN Classical, handmade in Spain, model 1929, double cutaway,
Flamenco with friction pegs, 2" at the nut, 635 mm scale ( 25")
2 sound holes, exc, ohsc....$2250
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*MOOG Moogerfooger MuRF, ca 2004, original, works fine,
comes with original 9v adaptor, exc...$595
*MOOG Moogerfooger CP-251 Control Processor,
comes with original 9v adaptor, vgc+...$495
*KRAMER Ferrington KFT-2 Acoustic, '90s, Black, vgc, ohsc...$495
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**** Updated Tuesday April 29th, 2025 ****
*MERVYN DAVIS Smooth Talker SSC2, 2011, Concert Series Steel
String Guitar hand made in South Africa, 25.5" Scale, 1 11/16"
at the nut, 20 frets, Spruce top, Fan bracing, Walnut or
an African hardwood elsewhere, Rosewood fingerboard,
LR Baggs pickup, exc, hsc....$2950
*SCHEERHORN Maple, 2018, Round neck Resonator guitar, reddish
sunburst, huge sound, exc+, has a National hard case......$3500
*DOBRATO, recent, a parlor sized cutaway all metal Resonator with
a unique combo Bigsby & B-Bender, National style cone, and
it's got an internal pickup too, body is made of bell brass,
12 1/2" across, 24 1/2" scale, players who use Dobratos include
Jason Isbell, Bobby Weir, Mike Campbell, Bryan Sutton et al,
near mint, gigbag....$2250
*SHELLEY PARK Elan 12, Early 30's Maccaferri Style Design
with D Shaped Soundhole, 640mm Scale Length
12 frets clear of the body, Shelley says "The design of the Modčle Elan
is based on the earliest models created by the Selmer Company under
the direction of Mario Maccaferri. This instrument utilizes a short
scale length in combination with a 12 fret neck join and the
'grande bouche' D-shaped soundhole. Tonally, this instrument offers
a rich, warm sound with complimentary overtones that are often
described as being similar to a classical guitar. Typically
this instrument has been regarded as the rhythm guitar in Gypsy
Jazz as its percussive punch offers a solid underpinning for
soloists. While some players may find its 12 frets limiting,
there should be no mistaking its capabilities as a lead instrument
*G&L L2500 5-String Bass, redburst, made in USA, 2 G&L Humbucking ,
Bass pickups, "Guitars by Leo" on the peghead, Rosewood board,
34" scale, exc+, ohsc....$1395
*MARTIN D-18, 2022, the new improved D-18s are astonishingly
different (for the better) than their previous iteration,
this one is near mint, ohsc..$1995
*MARTIN D-28 Rich Robinson, inspired by 1954 D-28 that was handed down
from Robinson’s father, who played it on stage at the Grand Ole Opry;
as a traveling musician with the Hillbilly Highway; and in his folk band,
The Appalachians, during the 1950s and ‘60s. After inheriting his
father’s guitar, Robinson used it to write most of the original Black
Crowes’ songs from the band’s studio albums. This soulful representation
of that beloved guitar is crafted with Aged East Indian rosewood for
the back and sides and an Aged spruce top. The entire body is finished
with a very thin vintage gloss. It also features rearward-shifted
non-scalloped bracing, which offers a very balanced tone and added
volume. It includes some 1950s style vintage build characteristics,
like Martin’s signature dovetail neck joint, authentic hide glue
construction, an ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Aged nickel tuners.
Another custom feature requested by Robinson is a bridge with the wings
slightly softened for comfort. The model includes a specially designed
label signed by Robinson and numbered in sequenc, 1 11/16" at the nut,
deep tone and volume, exc, ohsc...$5250
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*GIBSON ES-339, 2010, vintage sunburst, a smaller body
measures 14" across as opposed to the 335's 16" across,
it has a 1 11/16" nut, 24.5" scale, Grover locking tuners have
been installed, '57 Classic PAF humbuckers, exc, ohsc...$1995
*FENDER Jazzmaster, 2022, Custom Shop Gold Sparkle, gold
hardware, flamed Maple "C" neck shape, RSD Fender Jazzmaster bridge,
near mint, certificate & Shop traveler paper, brown case..$3500
*FENDER Jazzmaster, 1966, sunburst, bound Rosewood fingerboard with
dot inlays, all original except the volume and tone pot were re-
placed, nice straight neck, plays great, minor wear and tear,
exc, ohsc......$7500
*GIBSON Les Paul '54 Style re-issue, 1971, Goldtop, it
has been routed for 2 Humbuckers and Gibson installed a
replacement neck in the middle-late '70s, original speed
knobs, 10.6 lbs, has a newer aluminum stop bar tailpiece,
refretted and in good shape, good looker too, hsc....$2950
*BOHEMIAN, A Gas Can turned guitar with 2 P-90s, Maple neck,
case, exc...$175
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*GIBSON L-5S, 1976, Blonde, beautiful curly Maple body and neck
Ebony fingerboard with abalone block inlays, 'flowerpot' peghead
inlay, 2 Humbuckeckers set up with stop tailpiece and a Tunomatic
with the original harmonica bridge in the case, exc, ohsc..$6900
*FENDER Concert Amp, 1960, Brown tolex, replaced output transformer,
2x newer Jensen C10 speakers and 2x newer Alnico speakers,
serviced and bias adjusted, vgc...$2000
*FENDER Princeton, 1966, Black Panel, has Vibrato,
has a 10" replacement speaker but an original '67 Speaker comes
with it, vgc+...$2250
*FENDER Pro Amp, 1952, 5B5 circuit, Wide panel Tweed, 1-15" original
speaker needs to be reconed, in the amp now is an original 1950
P-15N 15" Jensen, vgc....$4250
*FENDER Super Amp, 1960, Brown tolex, 2 newer Weber 12" speakers,
all new transformers except the choke is from '65,
center Volume panel, recently serviced, sounds great, gc....$2750
*MAGNATONE Troubador Model 213 Combo Amp, 1957, has 4 inputs and
True Vibrato, one of the best, 1-12" original Magnatone
speaker made by Oxford dated 47th week of '57, exc....$2750
g-l **** Updated Tuesday April 15th, 2025 ****
*GRETSCH White Falcon, made in Japan, but some signes
point to maybe collusion with Heritage in it's making,
TV Jones pickups have been
installed while the originals are in the case, vertical logo,
Cadillac tailpiece, original '50s Melitta bridge, original '50s
Grover Imperials, Nitro lacquer has slightly turned vintage yellow,
gold sparkle binding, full sized heel, exc, ohsc...$4750
*WURLITZER Model 200 electric Keyboard, ca 1972,
with Vibrato, Sustain pedal, interior amp lets you
practice without an external amp, vgc++....$2900
*VALLEY MADE Tenor Ukulele, made in Wai'inai Hawaii,
gorgeous all Koa construction, Grover tuners,
exc, hsc...$695
**** Updated Wednesday April 9th, 2025 ****
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*GIBSON ES-335, 1968, Cherry, all original, 1 9/16" at
the nut, trapeze tailpiece, TunoMatic bridge with nylon saddles,
Patent No. Stickered Humbuckers, exc, ohsc...$7900
*LINHOF Telecaster, 2007, 2-tone sunburst, a collaboration
between Kurt Linhof and Fender Master Builder J Black,
a Tele with comfort carved top and back, reversed angle
lead pickup, Lollar humbucker at the neck position, we were
the East coast dealer for Linhofs, this one has a Maple neck,
It's number 23 out of about 150 that were ever produced, it
features "Pre-Nixon electronics" and 'made on Earth' which
begs the question where else could it have been made? Well
Kurt's Dad developed the Linhof Aero Technika camera used
in Space by America and European countries, These Linhofs were
designed to capture the feel of (then) 50 year-old guitars; smooth
and resonant, with a selected premium lightweight swamp ash body
and maple neck tone-matched after drying, finished in early-'50s
spec thin nitro lacquer and with light Relic work by J. Black.
This is the 2-Tone Sunburst model, a Strat-like touch on a
Telecaster -- with the body contoured like a Strat! The reversed
bridge pickup and left-handed bridge plate give great low string
bite and more harmonics from the unwound strings. The bridge is
the original 1950 design dual-string brass saddles, for ultimate
downforce, sustain, and string stability, but COMPENSATED for
intonation, 6.85 lbs, exc, deluxe ohsc...$6500
*ART & LUTHERIE Roadhouse HG, used, parlor guitar with pickup,
black, exc, gigbag....$395
*SELMER MK IV Alto Sax, ca 1968, a working horn that plays
fine, some tarnishing of what seems to be it's original
lacquer, vgc, nice hard case........$6,000
*GIBSON Les Paul Aged '58 Re-issue, 2017, Black over sunburst,
8.52 lbs, average sized neck, exc, cert, brown case...$4250
* GIBSON Les Paul R0 burst, 60th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard
Re-issue, 2020, nicely figured top with mildly faded sunburst,
8.64 lbs, average sized neck- not thin like a lot of 1960 Gibsons,
exc, certificate, brown case..$5250
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*GIBSON Johnny Smith, 1964, sunburst, repro ebony pickguard
with 1 floating pickup at the neck, ebony bridge saddle
made by John Monteleone, the top is a darker sunburst than
the back and sides, great tone and playability, nice
wide neck, had a neck repair, vgc++, ohsc..$8950
*FENDER Telecaster, 2012, "made in Japan", Black with Maple neck,
exc, gigbag....$1000
*DOBRO Duolian, c 1995, Wood body with National style biscuit/cone,
Black with Hawaiian scenes front and back in yellow paint,
round neck, exc, hsc......$895
*FENDER Stratocaster, 1974, sunburst, Maple neck, Grover tuners,
the 3 bolt system has been changed to a standard 4-bolt plate,
refretted and the board has been refinished, staggered pole pieces,
original pickups, the middle pickup has been lowered a bit, vgc, hsc.....$2950
g-l **** Just In Tuesday April 2nd, 2025 ****
*ARIA D'Aquisto New Yorker, ca 2000, made in Japan,
sunburst, 17” width Solid Sitka Spruce top, Laminated Flamed
Maple back & sides, Ebony fingerboard with Ivoroid binding
Ebony Bridge & Tailpiece 25-1/2″scale, original Floating Humbucker
replaced by a custom Lindy Fralin Johnny Smith pickup,
Schaller "Imperial style" Stepped tuners, 22K Gold Plated,
exc+, ohsc....$2495
*GIBSON Les Paul Tribute, 2017, Goldtop, 2 Humbuckers,
satin finish, exc, original gigbag....$995
*MARTIN 000-28EC, 2010 Clapton model, 000 size with Spruce
top and Rosewood back and sides, a top crack has been repaired,
some finish blems on the side, vgc, ohsc...$1850
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**** Just In Tuesday April 1st, 2025 ****
*DEERING John Hartford 5-String Banjo, 2010,
has the famous John Hartford Grenadillo Tone Ring,
3-ply Maple rim, Mahogany resonator, Mahogany neck,
fancy fingerboard inlays in Ebony board, 5th String
capos, geared 5th peg, exc, ohsc...$2250
*MARTIN HG-28, New, 2025, Without the Hawaiian music craze of the 1920s and
early ‘30s, it’s safe to say the modern-day steel-string acoustic
guitar wouldn’t exist. The guitars that were built to support that
craze led to the “Golden Era” models we know and love today, like the
iconic Dreadnought. Inspired by vintage models from the era, the new
Martin O’ahu™ HG-28 is a tribute to that period – an approachable body
shape for the Martin line made of solid flamed Hawaiian koa back and
sides and a solid spruce top for a beautifully-balanced sound. Aside
from its looks, anyone who picks up this guitar will instantly notice how
comfortable it is, best described as a smaller 14-fret sloped-shoulder
Dreadnought with the depth of a 000, ideal for players who love the
Dreadnought tone in a more comfortable size. The 24.9" short-scale satin neck,
with its Golden Era modified low oval profile, offers a smooth and comfortable
playing experience. The Martin O’ahu HG-28 plays easily with low action
and feels right at home in standard tuning or any one of several slack
key open tunings such as open G, which is widely used in Hawaiian-style
guitar music. Bold herringbone trim and antique white binding add a touch
of vintage charm, reminiscent of Martin’s early Hawaiian-style guitars...$3599
GBL
**** Just In Monday March 31st, 2025 ****
*SANTA CRUZ H/S, used, cutaway Spruce top, Rosewood back & sides,
1 11/16" at the nut, 25.4" scale, Ebony bridge and fretboard,
vgc+++, ohsc....$3000
*GIBSON ES-335 Traditional, 2018, 3-tone sunburst,made in
Memphis, exc, certificate, ohsc....$1995
*SELMER Reference 54, used, Inspired by the Mark VI model released in 1954,
the Selmer Paris 72 Reference 54 alto is a professional saxophone that
integrates the Mark VI's legendary acoustic characteristics with
innovative modern key work and better intonation. A major favorite
among jazz saxophonists, the Reference 54 alto saxophone offers a rich
a throaty sound that even "barks" well in the lower register. The keywork
of the Selmer 72 alto saxophone is extremely fluid and reacts well to
even the most wicked licks. Complete with shaped flight case, Selmer
Paris Super Session mouthpiece, cap and ligature, and care products.
Join the legions of jazz saxophonists that have rediscovered the sound
of the legendary Mark VI and have made the Selmer 72 Reference 54 alto
saxophone their horn of choice. The Reference 54 alto takes its
inspiration from a 1958 mid-70,000 serial number Mark VI. It plays,
feels, and looks like a vintage Selmer, including longer bell to
improve intonation and a dark lacquer finish, looks mint, ohsc....$4250
*SELMER BS400, Baritone Saxophone, really nice shape
*IBANEZ Ashula 7-String Bass, used, burst finish, truly unique instrument
that combines fretless and fretted fingerboards- 1 fingerboard holds 3
fretless and 4 fretted strings, Fretted side of fingerboard is rosewood
while the fretless side is bubinga, Scale 34", 2.5" at the nut, 22 frets
Overlapping ranges let you jump between fingerboards, without losing your place
Beautiful burl poplar/ash top on an okoume body is lightweight and tonally rich
7-piece maple/walnut/bubinga neck delivers epic stability
Mono-rail V bridge isolates strings for maximum vibration transfer and minimal
sympathetic vibration, Includes Super J Ashula pickups, an AeroSilk piezo
pickup, and custom active EQ, $1499 when new, this is Mint, ohsc....$950
*GIANNINI Craviola, recent, made in China, Nylon strings, a beautiful copy of
that original Bossa Nova Craviola, solid Cedar top, Rosewood back & sides,
pickup with side controls, exc...$375
*ROLAND JD-Xi Keyboard
*ROLAND DS-61 Synth, recent, 88 weighted keys, exc.....$495
*KOMPLETE KONTROL S88, Synth, in the unopened shipping box,
mint condition......$595
*M-AUDIO Oxygen 61 Synth, 61 keys, exc.....$245
*ROLAND Jazz Chorus JC-40, 2-10" speakers, exc...$450
gbl **** Just In Sunday March 30th, 2025 ****
*LOTS OF STUFF- Strat pickguards w/ pickups, Tele electronics, misc,
call if you see something, all reasonably priced
(TELE pickups sold, radius gauges sold, Les Paul std harness sold,
Lp Jr harness sold, Strat PGs sold )
*HARDEN Electronics "Muddy Water" electric sodlid body,
2 pickups, 4.83 lbs, Rosewood board, vgc.....$695
*NATIONAL Resophonic, ca 1960, pearloid white,
resonator with front and back covers, exc...$995
* 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, Eugčne 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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