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Tel-Aviv Book. Part Two is Already here! By Dr. Avraham Wissotzky. SERIALIZED NOVEL BY DR. ILIL ARBEL

Commentary of the Week:

Commentary of the week by Dr. Aaron Lerner: Hamas' rise to power offers Israel the opportunity to correct past policy mistakes. Hamas' rise to power offers Israel the opportunity to correct past policy mistakes. But only if it acts quickly against the Hamas terror entity..Read full article..

 Launching the policy debate in Israel. With less than two month left before Israelis cast their ballots in the national elections it remains painfully unclear if what may be the most critical vote since the founding of the Jewish State will take place without any serious policy debate. As both acting PM Olmert and DM Mofaz made clear in recent presentations, if Kadima forms the next government they intend to carry out major unilateral retreats in the West Bank after establishing that the Palestinians continue to fail to fulfill their Roadmap obligations to break up the terror infrastructure. These retreats are to ostensibly unilaterally "set" Israel's permanent  borders. But as U.S. Secretary of State Rice made clear this week in her press conference with FM Livni, while Israel can retreat as much as it wants, it is America's position that Israel's permanent borders can only be set via negotiations with the Palestinians. As was the case before the retreat from Gaza, Olmert again makes no bones  that he is clueless as to who or what will fill the void - and doesn't care...Read full article.

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Jewish women of greatness in all fields.  Clicking on the link will direct you to our Mega website at http://www.worldjewishnewsagency.org/america.htm 

American Embassy “Attacked” in Indonesia for Cartoons. Why?
A brief explanation of “The Traditions of the Prophet” and the “Shari’a.” The plaguing question that we must discuss is ‘why?’  Why do Muslims react with violence when Mohammed is satirized? Many people are studiously ignoring this question. To understand the waves of protests and violence occurring across the world one must understand Islamic theology and history, and then view the current "cartoon crisis” through that grid. ..Read full article

BREAKING NEWS:

Muslim Response to Danish Cartoons was Predictable

Mohammed Himself Authorized the Assassinations of Those Who Satirized Him                                                                                                   

By Randall Terry, President, Society for Truth and Justice


Muslims who attack or threaten death to those who mock Mohammed are following in the footsteps of Mohammed himself. According to Islamic law, satirizing Mohammed has been a capital offense.  Here are historic examples: It is a capital offense under Islamic law (punishable by up to death) to satirize or mock Mohammed. Islamic law (the Shari ’a) is the political aggregate of the Quran, the sayings of Mohammed (the hadith), and the deeds of Mohamed (the Sunna - not to be confused with Sunni Muslims). In Mohammed's lifetime, he ordered the assassination or the execution of individuals who satirized him. His actions are the foundation for why it is a criminal offense to satirize, speak ill of, or in any way publicly deny the authenticity of Mohammed's mantle, mission, and message. We can expect the following: Muslims worldwide will demand that no cartoons or satirizing of Mohammed be allowed in any nation that enjoys freedom of speech and press. Some newspapers will bow to these demands, others who cherish the freedom of speech and the press will resist such political and cultural incarceration. We can expect and Islamic religious leader to issue a fatwa (judgment and condemnation) against the author (s) of such cartoons, calling for their death for the crime of blasphemy.
 
Threats of death or assassination attempts will be levied against those who authored the cartoons.  Threats, assassination attempts, or destruction of property for the newspapers who ran the cartoons will begin to happen. Here are two historic examples of Mohammed orchestrating the assassination of someone who satirized him: (Please Note: the following accounts are recorded by one of the most respected Islamic historians in the world, Ibn Ishaq; his work dates from the 700s A.D. THESE ARE NOT THE WORDS OF A DETRACTOR, BUT RATHER OF A DEVOUT MUSLIM.) Example 1) Ibn Ishaq recounts the killing of "the enemy of God" named Ka'b son of al-Ashraf. After Badr, Ka'b "began to inveigh against the apostle…" He wrote satirical verses of poetry that were insulting to Mohammed and Islamic women. Mohammed said, "Who will rid me of the son of Ashraf?" Muhammad son of Maslama said, 'I will deal with them for you, O apostle of God, I will kill him.' He said, 'Do so if you can.'" Mohammed then gave the assassin permission to lie and deceive the target of his wrath. Amazingly, the killer recruited the victim's foster brother, who had become a Muslim. Together, with the foster brother having the victim's confidence, they led him on a midnight stroll pretending to visit and conduct business with him. On signal, they lunged on him. The assassin reported: "I thrust [my dagger] into the lower part of his body, then I bore down upon it until I reached his genitals, and the enemy of God fell to the ground... Our attack upon God's enemy cast terror among the Jews, and there was no Jew in Medina who did not fear for his life" (See page 365 -- 368, Ibn Ishaq). Example 2) Tragically, we see that women are not exempt from this type treatment. When Abu 'Afak was assassinated for publicly speaking against Mohammed's killing of another man, Asma daughter of Marwan wrote verses of poetry against Mohammed for Abu 'Afak's murder. Ishaq records: "When the apostle heard what she had said he said, 'who will rid me of Marwan's daughter?' Umayr... who was with him heard him, and that very night he went to her house and killed her. In the morning he came to the apostle and told him what he had done and he (Mohammed) said, 'You have helped God and his apostle, O Umayr!' When he asked if he would have to bear any evil consequences the apostle said, ' Two goats won't but their heads about her...'" (Ibn Ishaq, 675-676). Source: The Life of Mohammed; Ibn Ishaq. Translated by A. Guillaume. Oxford University press, Pakistan, 1967.


If we are going to understand the Islamic mind, we must study the life of Mohammed. ‘What would Mohammed do?’ needs to be the grid through which we view Islamic culture, law, and acts of terrorism. If you want to understand the Middle East: study Mohammed. Muslims who attack or threaten death to those who mock Mohammed are following in the footsteps of Mohammed himself. The best thing that newspapers in America and around the world can do is to run the cartoon of Mohammed over and over and over; in this we will simultaneously show the true nature of freedom, and the true nature of Islam.”
 

THE HAMAS VICTORY. FULL COVERAGE

Statement From the Prime Minister's Bureau [PA elections]. (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser). Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this evening , held a security discussion in the wake of the results of the Palestinian Authority (PA) elections.  Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra, Minister Tzahi Hanegbi, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz, ISA Director Yuval Diskin and other senior officials attended the discussion. The following statement was released...Read full article

President Bush Conference on Hamas Election Victory...Read full article

UN Sec'y Gen. Annan after Hamas victory: "Important step towards achievement of Palestinian state"...Read full article

STATEMENT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET...Read full article

HAMAS: BULLETS BULLETS- BALLOTS - BULLETS BULLETS Official Election Observers to Validate Hamas Political Power... Read full article

Hamas Topples Fateh: Human Rights to Face a New Challenge. As the world reels from the shock of Hamas' victory over Fateh, human rights policy in Palestine has arrived at a pivotal juncture. For the first time in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Pale