Thoughts On The Anniversary of Kristallnacht

The more things don’t change, the more they stay the same. Just ask Germany. This week marks the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass,” when the Nazi regime began its mass effort at purging Germany of its Jews. From the destruction of Jewish property and houses of worship, to the deportation of tens of thousands of Jews to concentration camps, Kristallnacht is a nightmare that continues to haunt Jewish consciousness. So how did Germans mark the anniversary? By bedecking the walls of a new Dresden synagogue with swastikas.

A study for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs states:

“There are no effective, large-scale activities against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, and the majority of Germans would not support them. Although certain individuals and organizations try to put the problem on the agenda, this is much more cosmetics than a successful strategy.

“...resolutions by the German parliament to reject anti-Semitism…are ineffective actions…presented to the world as a strong defense against the charge of anti-Semitism."

The more things don't change, the more they stay the same.

In the wake of the issuing of the Goldstone report, and the collective fallout of Operation Cast Lead, we have heard much about human rights…for Arabs. We have heard virtually nothing from the world community regarding the human rights of Jews. I have argued here that the reason for this is obvious…our people in exile have always been “other.” With the redemption of our nation’s homeland Israel is not seen as the historic sovereign homeland of the Jewish people, it is the country bestowed upon the people of “other.” We are scorned and hated in exile. We are hated for asserting our sovereignty in our land. We are hated for defending ourselves. We are hated for doggedly refusing to die.

When idiotic Americans, Jews among them, march in the streets with signs saying “Smash the Jewish state,” and “Globalize the Intifada,” without so much as a word of condemnation from the illuminati of the human rights community, it is quite clear where Jews stand…not quite close enough to the edge of the death pit for the world’s liking.

Now we are forced to endure a man in the White House who openly advocates a racist policy against us in our own land, condemning Jewish construction, while condoning illegal Arab construction. In his defense, the only difference between Marack and previous presidents is that they kept their Jew hate behind closed doors, while promulgating racist policies that prevent an American Jew born in Jerusalem from declaring they are born in Israel, this in addition to not even having our capital recognized by our supposed dear friend, America. The White House has, and continues to value the oil and money of our enemies over the blood of Jews. The State of Israel should act accordingly.

Like Shylock in The Merchant of Venice I have to ask my own questions: If we find love shall we not marry? If we marry, shall we not have children? If we have children, shall we not build homes for them? Shall we not build schools for them? If our enemies move against us, shall we not kill them first? If our enemies, with whom we are expected to negotiate, have openly declared they seek our death, shall we not eradicate them?

Over the bloody course of our history, how many Jewish mothers and fathers have been forced to watch their children die at the hands of their enemies? How many Jewish children have been made orphans?

When the world stands by silently while Jews are incinerated in buses, markets, restaurants, discothèques, shot at, and rocketed; when there is no outcry when swastikas appear on the walls of synagogues the week of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, when the world community lines up to condemn Israel for the most basic right of any sovereign nation, that of self-defense, it is quite clear that the world does not care about the answers to those questions. In spite of this, we continue to serve the world. Whether it is Latet, Shevet Achim, Magen David Adom, or any other of the great number of altruistic, life saving organizations created, run, and administered by Jews, by Israelis, we continue to bring healing and help to those in need, even as the world resents our existence, and attempts to deny us the most basic human freedoms.

If the world cared more about supporting the human rights of Jews than it does attempting to strip them from us, there would be no rockets falling on Sderot, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Be’er Sheva. There would not be yet another generation of Israeli youth being raised on running to bomb shelters, another generation of Israelis growing up in a society of collective post traumatic stress.

And so, when the world once again sits on its hands as our enemies come to kill us, or tries to twist our arms behind our backs to force us to give up our land to our enemies, I respectfully extend my middle finger at the world and say, “Go to hell.”

Post #800: Rantings, Ravings, and a Tale of Two Idiots

Well, here I am writing my 800th post here at OMV. I'm very thankful to all you devoted, if not deeply disturbed readers out there. Who would have thought that cyberspace was longing for a blogger making frequent use of the word "douchebag?" Thousands of hits later, and read in more than 75 countries, I'm just chugging along slapping the idiots, morons, dingdongs and yes, douchebags, who are screwing our collective pooch with their false morality and blim-blam.

Thank you all who keep coming back for more, who leave comments and send emails. I'm just doing my best to tell it like it is, as best I can. I'm glad to have each and every one of you riding with me on this little Twirl-a-Rhea Funfest, which will continue on as long as our planet continues to be invaded by the forces of Planet Asshat. Allow me to wax poetic about two such colossal idiots: Saeb "Gastric Bypass" Erekat, and Shaul "What the hell am I doing?" Mofaz.

Both have recently proposed equally stupid plans for peace. Saeb, whose favorite past time is living the high life in his fancy house, and BMW, while decrying the fate of his "people," has said that if the two-state final solution fails to come about he would back the alternative death plan: a bi-national state for Arabs and Jews. This plan is so laughably stupid that even Shimon Peres would have to sleep on it before saying yes to it.

No doubt this "bi-national" state would be about right of return for Arab "refugees" so they can push the demographics as far in favor of the Arabs as possible. Saeb fails to read the tea leaves. The growing majority in Israel has no interest in coexisting with the Arabs any longer. They are tired of them calling their country the nakba. We gave you genocidal douchebags all of Azza. You turned it into a giant launch pad for more rockets. Israel knows land for peace is a lie, and more and more Israelis, in the face of increasing Arab calls for the destruction of Israel, are realizing the reality that perhaps Meir Kahane (may G-d avenge his blood) was right.

Only an idiot invites the man who stabbed his daughter in the heart to come sleep on his floor.

And if it takes an idiot to do that, we have just the man to fill that roll. His name is Shaul Mofaz, and when it comes to Israeli idiots, he is doing his best to make it known that he is the most idiotic of them all. Don't believe me? Read this:

"Israel will lead and will not be led. We will stop occupying another nation. We must strengthen Israel's position internationally. As a first step, the Palestinian state will be in 60 percent of the West Bank and Gaza. 90 percent of the Palestinians will be there and no settlements will be evacuated."

He then goes on to say that he will graciously keep the main settlement blocks near the green line, but would evacuate 68,000 Jews from our ancestral homeland. This is the kind of guy who makes loving every Jew really really difficult. Here's an idea Shaul. Why don't you enlist in the PA "security forces" with the rest of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade so you can kill Jews yourself instead of letting the middleman do it for you?

This statement is so mind numbingly dysfunctional it borders on sublime. Like so many stupid idiots in the Knesset, Mofaz actually thinks that by giving up Jewish land to Arabs that the world will finally start liking us. Shaul, the world will like us when we're all dead, not a moment before. The Herzlian notion that by trying to be just like the rest of the world, the world will like us. I have no interest in the world liking Israel. I have interest in Israel surviving and thriving. It cannot happen by kowtowing to a world community that would like to see us destroyed. Better to live than to be liked.

And pray, tell Shaul, what nation are you occupying exactly? There has never been a country called Palestine. Israel is certainly not occupying a country that doesn't exist...or are you high on LSD? Maybe Israel is occupying a magical land of pixies and unicorns with a river of moonbeams...yes, let's stop occupying the unicorns. They only desire to spread peace, joy, and magic to the Jews. Do me a favor you braying jackass; when the drugs wear off, move to Sweden.

This is what I'm talking about. Israel's government is laden with stupid idiots who actually believe the Arab propaganda that has been thrown in their faces for so long, with the help of the likes of Shimon Peres.

Where are the leaders who understand that when you have an enemy like Fatah and Hamas in your midst you destroy it, not negotiate with it? Here's an idea, let's send Shaul and Saeb out on a date together. They can give each other candy and flowers, go to dinner and a movie, then go to a motel and see which one can come up with the greater festering pile of stupid. I can't wait to see what that looks like.

Ushpizim? Hardly.

The journalist who concocted the blood libel story of the IDF harvesting Arab organs for the Swedish paper, Aftonbladet (which I'm pretty sure is Swedish for bigoted Jew hating scuzbag), Donald Bostrom, arrived at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv today so that he could attend a media conference in Dimona.

Mr. Bostrom received the sort of welcome that one would expect from Israelis. Youth from the Beitar movement greeted him with protests, and the Ministry for the Negev and the Galilee withdrew its financial support from the conference after it heard that Bostrom was attending.

Can someone please explain to me why it is that Israel is regularly allowing its enemies to enter the country? This past summer hundreds upon hundreds of Fatah terrorists gathered in Beit Lechem to hold their genocidal Jew hating convocation. Some of the attendees came from foreign countries, with blood on their hands, including Khaled Abu Absa, who was one of the perpetrators of the 1978 bus massacre in which 38 Israelis were killed, including 13 children, and 71 were wounded.

Abu Absa was in an Ashkelon prison, but was released in a prisoner exchange. Now, apparently, like a Southwest Airlines customer, he "may now move freely around the country."

What is it about Israelis that they consistently seem to toss common sense out the window, in favor of offering hospitality to her enemies? I mean, if you were the head of a country whose bloody enemies were gathering to discuss the best way to move forward with killing you, wouldn't the sensible thing be to drop a bomb on the building?

What can be done to reach out, strengthen, and heal a nation whose leadership, in large part, suffers from Stockhausen Syndrome?

More than 1500 Israelis have been killed since Oslo. How many more will have to die before the nation is inspired to put real Jewish leadership in the Knesset, who will defend the people and the land of Israel from those who seek to destroy her, instead of serving them tea and cookies?

With ushpizim like Bostrom, who needs enemies? I don't know, but I think the Knesset may need therapy.

It's Called Ben Adam L'Chavaroh

Earlier this week, Yehidot Ahronot reported an extraordinary story about a religious Jewish settler who befriended a gay Palestinian who was in danger of being lynched by the people of his family's town. Typically, Arab homosexuals are publicly hanged or thrown off buildings by their fellow Arabs. Many religious Jews frown upon homosexuality as being against G-d's will. So here, in the middle of this mess between Arabs and Jews, something happens that has to make G-d fearing people reevaluate just what exactly His will is; at least G-d fearing people with a conscience.

Here are the highlights. To read the whole thing, go here.

A young gay Palestinian man, who is in grave, life-threatening danger and cannot return to his home with his Israeli partner, was saved by a stranger who came to his aid – a religious West Bank settler.

The Palestinian, T., and the Israeli, Doron, became a couple 10 years ago. Eight years ago, they drafted a marriage agreement between them, but this did not help on the bureaucratic side. T. is tormented: The State has yet to authorize family unification with Doron. As a result, he has yet to receive permanent authorization to live in Israel. He does not have health insurance, a bank account, or a drivers' license. Nor can he take out a mortgage.

"We live in a difficult reality," said Doron on Tuesday. "It's been many years that they are checking him out, but he hasn't done anything wrong. T. is a goody-two-shoes."

Recently, T.'s father, who lives in a West Bank village, fell ill, and his son wanted to go visit him. Because going to the village is life-threatening for him because residents there are not willing to accept his sexual orientation, a father-son meeting was held outside of the village.

About ten days ago, T. entered the West Bank via one of the checkpoints. His sick father, accompanied by his mother, waited for him a short distance from the checkpoint. It was an emotional meeting. The family members finally got to see one another and T. gave them a sum of money that he had been saving for them.

However, following the brief meeting, all started to go wrong. T. started making his way back to Israel, but was surprised to discover at the checkpoint that he was not allowed re-entry. Even though he is currently under consideration for family unification and despite the fact that a yearly temporary residence permit was authorized for him, it was decided not to allow him back into Israel for security considerations.

T. found himself in an impossible situation: he was not allowed to return to his home in Israel, but returning to his parents' home in the village would put his life in danger. Left with no other choice, he turned to the only person he knew in the area who could help him – a religious settler who has known him for some years. The man decided to give asylum to T. even though he knew it would not be looked upon favorably in the settlement.

So, this is how it came to be that T., a gay Palestinian, has been hiding out in the home of a religious Jewish family in a settlement.

Since this incident took place, T has faced an increasingly frustrating, and life threatening situation with bureaucratic nonsense being perpetrated by Israeli security. The simple truth is that if it weren't for the kindness and compassion of the settlement that has agreed to host him, T would be dead, period. And so, once again we see what real Jewish leadership is: taking action and ignoring religious mores in favor of p'cuach nefesh...saving a life.

"They are intentionally endangering his life," said Doron on Tuesday. "A few years ago, he was arrested by the Palestinian Shin Bet, tortured for two weeks, and now my country is causing me terrible anxiety. He has been in Israel since the age of 13. He grew up within the Israeli reality. Anyone who brings a foreign woman is sorted out with family unification. But we – who live a normative life and don't impose any burden on the State, work, pay taxes – experience this suffering all the time. Ultimately, I ask for a little understanding, a little humanity, a little emotion."

What Doron is talking about is the Jewish concept of ben Adam l'chavaroh; being responsible for our fellow human beings. T shouldn't be put through this. This is not a murderer of Jews. He's a gay man who cannot go home to his partner in Israel.

Doron, and the community sheltering him, are a blessing to Hashem, and the Jewish people. Kol HaKavod! And may T's situation be resolved justly, and soon.

Jew Hate 101

Apparently there is a shortage of Judeophobic material out there in the academic world. Thank goodness we have Christopher Hartney of the University of Sydney to serve up some fresh racism in Australia.

Jewish students complained to authorities about Hartney's textbook after noticing some moldy oldies like Jews being the cause of most conflicts in the world, and that the Passover holiday involves us slaughtering lambs and smearing the blood on our lintels, which was done on the night HaShem passed judgement on the first born of Egypt, but is not done today. I'm a bit surprised that we didn't hear about the annual blood in the matzah story, but that's what Sweden is for, right?

Sydney's Jewish leaders fear that the 5000 books already in circulation will fuel Jew hate in Australia. Cambridge University Press has said it will "review" the complaints regarding the book, while the Jewish Board of Deputies is demanding the book be withdrawn immediately. Don't knock yourselves Cambridge. We wouldn't anyone doing the right thing by the Jews now, would we? A sudden wave of ethics might cause internal bleeding.

Shimshon Battalion Heroes In Jail

Two soldiers of the Shimshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade have been sentenced to jail for 20 days for protesting against potentially being used to evacuate Homesh, and the rest of the Shomron. They held up a sign saying:

"Shimshon Battalion soldiers do not carry out evictions at Homesh."

It would seem that the Chief of Staff may agree.

Arutz 7 reports:

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said he views the protest "with gravity," and said that IDF soldiers should not be used for outside interests. IDF Central District Commander Gen. Avi Mizrachi, only a few days in his position, said the army "should not be dragged into political discourse, causing division in the nation's army." The protestors apparently agree whole-heartedly with those sentiments.

It sounds to me that Gabi is against the IDF being used to rip Jews from their homes in order to satisfy the world community's lust to set the stage for Israel's destruction. I have personally felt that if this is what the world wants, let them try and do it themselves while Am Yisrael defends its lands.

As for the soldiers, they have not only been thrown in jail for defending the rights of Jews, they have been permanently barred from serving in the Shimshon Battalion. What would be nice is if Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, etc were permanently barred from serving in the Knesset...I guy can dream can't he?

A brother of one of the soldiers said they knew of the potential consequences of their actions, but that they were determined to make their stand.

Again, from A7:

[The brother] explained that many of the Shimshon soldiers "have been demoralized for a long time: IDF officers incite them against their brothers in Shomron (Samaria) and forbid them from being guests in their homes and dining there on Sabbaths." He said that they "enlisted in order to fight the Arab enemy; instead, they are taken on actions against Jews throughout Shomron.”

Meanwhile the parents of the soldiers are receiving a prize:

The prize amounts to 1,100 shekels ($300) for each night that the soldiers spend in military prison. It is being given by the Task Force to Save the Nation and the Land, a pro-Land of Israel and nationalist organization based in Tzfat (Safed). Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe, director of the organization, said the intention is to recognize and reward "parents who merited to raise and educate such wonderful sons as these, and to raise the spirits of these families who are suffering because of this grave decision to jail their sons."

Another group liked the idea and will also be giving a monetary prize to the parents.

I believe in loving every Jew. Some make it a lot easier than others. Kol HaKavod to the soldiers, their families, and Task Force to Save the Nation and the Land for their efforts in protecting the sovereignty of the Jewish people in all their lands. There cannot, and there will not be peace for Israel so long as it continues to aid and abet external and internal forces that seek her destruction. Baruch HaShem, it looks like more and more Israelis are understanding this, though not yet enough to keep these two heroes out of jail.

And The 2009 OMV Peace Prize Goes To...

THE UNOPENED BOX OF #2 PENCILS!!!!!!!!!

Very appropriate, with far more peace making potential than the pencil neck in the White House.

Is Goldstone Waking the Slumbering Congress?

While the Marack administration has been relentlessly assailing Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem, its claims to Yehuda and Shomron, and the sanctity of its Supreme Court, the US Congress has largely been asleep. With the exception of a critical letter here or there it's pretty much been a US Congress asleep at the switch on defending Israel from Marack and his Cast of Kapos.

So how refreshing is it to find that there is a bipartisan effort in Congress to pressure Marack to quash the Goldstone Libel?

JPost reports:

A non-binding resolution introduced on Friday by Rep. Howard Berman (D-California), the chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen (R-Florida), the committee's ranking Republican, "calls on the president and the secretary of state to strongly and unequivocally oppose any further consideration of the 'Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict' and any other measures stemming from this report in multilateral fora."

Also signing on as sponsors were the Middle East subcommittee's chairman and ranking member, Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-New York) and Dan Burton (R-Indiana).

Now, let's see if it passes. Of course we know that Marack will ignore it, but passage is at least an encouraging sign that there are still some in government that remember that it is Israel, not the terrorist regimes of Fatah and Hamas, or the Saudis (before whom we all saw Marack bow low), who fund, aid, and abet the terrorists, that is America's ally.

Come Back To Har HaBayit

The conference in Jerusalem that muslim clerics used as an excuse in incite violence against Jews, saw rabbis and politicians calling for an increased Jewish presence at the Temple Mount. Some were also brave enough to mention the Israeli police's racist policy against Jews at our holiest site.

Yosef Rabin of the Movement for the Establishment of the Temple said:

"When a visibly Jewish person wants to go onto the mount, they are made to wait, sometimes as long as an hour, while police subject them to humiliating security checks and searches. Meanwhile, secular Israelis and non-Jewish tourists are allowed to enter the site freely. One of the messages here tonight, in addition to the call on Jews to increase their presence at the Temple Mount, is to call attention to, and hopefully put an end to, this discrimination by police. It's absurd to me that the only other place I know of where Jews are forbidden from praying, on a state level, is Mecca. But we're talking about the Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism."

Well said Mr. Rabin. I'm right there with you, brother.

There was also discussion about prominent rabbis who have declared it forbidden to ascend Har HaBayit for purity reasons. Some speakers pointed out that if knowledgeable people marked of what areas were forbidden and which were not, then these rabbis would most likely have no problem.

Here's my halachic pronouncement. Muslims defile our holy places every day. The Foundation Stone is in their hands. Jews should not only be going to Har HaBayit, they should be davening there. No muslim and no state authority has the right to stop us.

My favorite Likud MK, Tzipi Hotovely, once again laid it out in the plainest, most direct terms. Jews must strengthen their bond with the Temple Mount.

"And the way to do that is to declare it. The way to do that is to go there. True, this is something the rabbinical world is divided on at the moment, but I think it's something that the Jewish people should begin to do more."

On the issue as to whether an increased Jewish presence would escalate the violence, she said:

"The more we back away from the Temple Mount, the more violence will increase. And not only will it increase, she added, it will spread to other parts of Jerusalem, to the Kotel for example."

Is it any wonder why I think Hotovely is the bees knees? She rocks, and she's right. We must increase our presence at the Temple Mount. It was put into our hands in 1967 for a reason. That reason was not to put it in the hands of those sworn to kill us. That is an act of insanity.

When we assert our sovereignty over Har HaBayit, things will start falling into place for Am Yisrael.

Har HaBayit Closed Again

Har HaBayit is once again the scene of riots and calamity. Today was set as the day to commemorate Moses Maimonides' visit to the Temple Mount 843 years ago. This has been marked in the past by Jews ascending Har HaBayit.

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, Islamist leaders are using incitement over the Temple Mount to spark Mahmoud Abbas' third intifada, which he threatened in June to unleash. Islamic clerics in eastern Jerusalem and members of the northern branch of the so-called Islamic Movement have once again been making calls to Muslims to defend the Al-Aqsa pimple.

While Jews are restricted by the Muslim Waqf to only ascend Har HaBayit for a three hour window on a typical day, while it was Israel who foolishly gave authority to the Muslims to administer the daily affairs of our holiest place (Israel's greatest act of chillul HaShem, the price for which the nation is still paying), it is the Jews the Muslims say that are inciting the tensions. An anonymous member of the Southern Islamic Movement said:

"It seems like the extremists don't want to have quiet in Jerusalem or on the Temple Mount. These sorts of things used to happen once every year, or once every two years, but now the provocations have become more frequent."

This coming from people who had piled stones on the Temple Mount to hurl down on Jewish worshippers at the Kotel, and then demanded that Muslims come to defend the Al-Aqsa pimple. Yes, it's those provocative Jews that are the problem. And what did the Jewish provocateurs do this time? A group called Eretz Yisrael Shelanu organized a conference to mark the Rambam's visit to the Temple Mount, "calling Jews to properly arise to the Temple Mount." Several nationalist MKs and rabbis were to be in attendance.

No formal plan or scheduling of a visit to Har HaBayit was made or publicized.

Violence ensued today when dozens of young Muslims began hurling rocks from the Temple Mount. Police had to enter the compound twice at this writing to deal with this, using stun grenades to disperse the rock throwers. Today's second round of violence broke out while Israeli police were talking with Waqf officials in an attempt to get protestors from earlier clashes to come out of the mosque where they holed themselves up, and leave the area peacefully.

The first round of violence was sparked while police were escorting a group of tourists to the Temple Mount. Several Muslims were caught on camera preparing to cause trouble, including pouring oil on the ground to prevent security forces and tourists from entering. Upon discovering this, police entered the compound and were pelted with stones and a fire bomb. Twelve were arrested.

This is going to continue until the Jewish people claim sovereignty over Har HaBayit, which was given to them in the miracle of 1967. If history has taught us anything, you cannot appease forces that are dedicated to killing you. The Torah says that even on Shabbat, one must take up arms to drive enemies from your fields, even if they are merely going after the straw and stubble. When the Jewish people fail to do this they get stones and firebombs thrown at them from their holiest site.

Apparently the Temple Mount has been closed...again, according to Arutz 7.

When is Israel finally going to have real Jewish leadership? When the Jewish people stand up and make it so.