Many times in their internal propaganda, the Arabs have said that their involvement in the peace process is part of their “holy war to liberate Palestine.” Sadat said it bluntly when he explained to the Arabs why he visited Jerusalem: He told them that he paid lip-service to the concept of peace because he knew …
It is hard to believe, but it is happening. The primary US interest in the Arab countries has always been oil. And yet today, when conservation programs, solar energy, and other by-products of advanced technology have reduced the world’s dependence on oil, the Arab bias in American foreign policy has grown instead of being reduced. …
In the months leading to Yom Kippur, 1973, Israeli intelligence had gathered reports of an Arab troop build-up and the possibility of war. To combat such forces, they warned, Israel was not able rely on her standing army, and had to call up her reserves. Nevertheless, each time the Prime Minister and the cabinet were …
Why won’t the Israelis face the facts and speak about them openly? Why won’t they acknowledge that from the beginning until the present all the peace process has accomplished is to strengthen the Arab position?There are two reasons. First of all, it would jeopardize their own credibility. They risked entering into negotiations and/or agreements with …
Why won’t we say what the emperor is not wearing? Read More »
In 1982, after the residents of the Upper Galilee had been forced to spend night after night in bomb shelters out of fear of Katyusha rockets, the Israeli army invaded Lebanon with the intent of rooting out the PLO terrorist bases there.At the outset, the campaign met with almost miraculous success. One enemy position after …
In 1977, one man captured the attention of the entire world, bringing about a change in the paradigm of Israeli-Arab relations. Anwar Sadat decided to visit Israel.Until that time, Israeli and Arabs had seen each other face to face only on the battlefield, and now they would talk to each other directly without intermediaries.Sadat had …
In 1989, there began a series of riots and strikes in Arab villages and cities in the West Bank. The Israeli government responded with equivocation. Instead of using controlled and directed force to stop the protests, it allowed the Arabs to continue violent and provocative activity. Cars of Jewish motorists passing through the West Bank …
by Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski The tragic assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin has effectively humbled into submission any meaningful voice of dissent to the current peace process. There is no opposition today worthy of its name. This eerie silence, at a time when Israel is deciding its very fate, is unsettling and very …
by Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski / Director Chabad Upper East Side The measure of a person is how he treats his own family. It would be tragic if someone was loving, kind and concerned about his neighbors but beat up his wife and abused his children. Such kindness to strangers is an indication of sickness, …
“What is foremost now is to object forcefully to any compromise.” (Free translation) Table of Contents What is most important now, is the strongest of objections� * Some may come forward and argue that this has nothing to do with us * There are none who oppose it, or who raise any objection whatsoever * The essence of …
The objection of the Rebbe against the so called “peace process.” Read More »