'Don't compare disengagement to end of apartheid'
By SAM SER

Don't try to compare the disengagement plan with the end of apartheid in South Africa, according to South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein.

"Anyone who lived under apartheid in South Africa would know there is no analogy," he told The Jerusalem Post in a recent interview.

Goldstein said although a comparison to apartheid has long been a staple of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian propaganda, it has not stood up to scrutiny.

Terrorism Works
by EVELYN GORDON, Jerusalem Post
There has been much talk about terrorism's "root causes" following last week's London bombings, but I have yet to hear anyone mention the most important cause of all: the fact that terrorism has thus far proven extremely effective - thereby encouraging the terrorists to continue. cont'd..

Why terrorism works
Alan M. Dershowitz (FrontPageMagazine)
Within a day of the horrific multiple bombings in London, the G8 announced a $3B grant to the Palestinian Authority. The symbolism of this connection may be lost on some Westerners, but it clearly sent a powerful message to terrorists and potential terrorists: namely, that terrorism works. cont'd...

[Eyewitness photos: BBC News website readers sent pictures of London attacks]

We stand together with Britain 7-Jul-2005
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom expressed Israel's sympathy and solidarity with the people of Britain following today's devastating terrorist attacks in London.

We at Scottish Friends of Israel offer our sympathy and sincere condolences to the relatives of the victims of the recent terrorist atrocity in the heart of London. Together with our best wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured surviviors.

Israel Making Poverty History
in Africa

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Mashav: Israel sharing among the nations, eradicating hunger and poverty, in Africa and the 3rd world.

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Tikkun Olam: Israel sharing knowledge and
experience to aid disaster areas in Africa and worldwide.

IsraAID
The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid

Israel spearheads efforts to save Jordan River
The mighty, fabled Jordan River is not exactly what you think it is. The once-proud Jordan at many points is now little more than a sewage channel. Reduced to a meager flow in winter, it may soon dry up altogether during the hot summer months.

Beyond Conflict: ISRAEL21c creates, aggregates and broadly disseminates high-quality information to the public about the Israel that exists beyond the pervasive imagery of conflict that characterizes so much of western media reporting.

More than just humus

Humus war lessons can be applied to Israeli-Palestinian conflict By Yehuda Litani

When visiting one of the two humus restaurants that share the same name, "The Original Abu Shukri Number 1" in Abu Gosh, near Jerusalem, everything that seemed important a moment ago is dwarfed in the face of the humus war. more...

An Israeli Arab teen practices on the Sight & Sound Touch Typing Technology system.

Israelis introduce touch-typing to Arab world

Most people take touch-typing on their keyboards for granted. But for Arabic-speaking students, a differently configured keyboard with Arabic characters has meant that traditional methods to teach touch-typing weren't applicable.

This has all changed since Israeli company Sight & Sound developed the world's first touch-typing course in Arabic. They've successfully tested the course in a pilot program in Israeli Arab schools and hope to market it soon to the rest of the Arab world.

The Road to Peace and a two state solution.

Sharon: "Jerusalem, the eternal, united and undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people forever and ever"
Speech by PM Sharon to AIPAC Conference - Washington, DC 24th May 2005 "I came here from Jerusalem, the eternal, united and undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people forever and ever. And I would like to use the term 'netzach netzachim' - more than forever and ever."

Abbas: We will never forget the 'nakba'
by KHALED ABU TOAMEH, Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday 23rd May 2005, described the decision to create a Jewish state in 1948 as a crime and called for a just solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees.

Lecturers overturn Israel boycott - UK academics have voted to overturn a boycott of two Israeli universities accused of complying with anti-Palestinian polices.

Palestinians marked the Nakba day, 57 years on from the establishment of Israel and the mass exodus of Palestinians

AMIN Arab Media Internet Network
Palestinians must battle their extremists to achieve peace By: Ray Hanania*
Palestinian and Israeli peace is threatened by a growing movement of uncompromising rejectionists nourished by the ongoing conflict. Extremists can’t afford to let the conflict end. Many Israelis are thwarted by an inability to distinguish between the criticism of Palestinians moderates and the criticism of extremists.

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
A Case Study: Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.:
A Battleground for Israel's Legitimacy
In spring 2004, a group of pro-Palestinian radicals initiated a proposal that would have twinned Rafah in Gaza with Madison, Wisconsin. ... Because the local Jewish community and unaffiliated Jews, some belonging to the "soft Left," acted effectively, the City Council did not adopt the proposal. Although Madison may seem far away from Israel, the decision reached there has considerable importance. cont'd...

Why?
The Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks

Why, after 57 years and more of seeking peace, is Israel still seen as the aggressor?
Why, after ten years of negotiation, in which the Palestinians were offered their own state in all of Gaza, 97% of the West Bank, with a capital in East Jerusalem, is Israel still seen as the sole obstacle to peace?
Why, in a world in which there are 57 Islamic states and something like 100 Christian ones, is the desire of the Jewish people to have just one state of its own seen as - God forbid - racist or exclusionary? full speech...

Dr.K. Collins

Guilty as Charged. "Concerned Citizens"
misled Community Newspaper.
About three months ago, a small group of Glasgow malcontents, portraying themselves as concerned citizens, convinced the Jewish Telegraph to publish an amateurish journalistic attempt at an article entitled “SFI driving community down dangerous road”, critical of the Israeli support group, Scottish Friends of Israel. cont'd...

Focus: Trying not to rock the boat
By YAAKOV LAPPIN AND SAM SER Jerusalem correspondents
There will be no documentary made about the British Association of University Teacher's (AUT) pro-posed boycott of Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa for "apartheid" policies, as there was about alleged anti-Israel bias at New York's Columbia University. That just isn't the style of Britain's Jewish leaders.

“Palestinians no longer object to the creation of Israel.”

FACT: One of the primary Palestinian obligations under the road map for peace is to affirm Israel’s right to exist in peace and security. How then does one interpret Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s description (Jerusalem Post, May 15, 2005) of the decision to create a Jewish state in 1948 as a crime?

Have You Heard...

A Huffin’ & A Puffin’ all about Nothin’
The Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee met on June 22, 2005 to consider, among other items, a public petition to congratulate the Israeli traitor Mordechai Vanunu on his election as Rector of Glasgow University proposed by Mick Napier of the anti-Israel extremist group Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign. cont'd...

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