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	<description>Sounding the Alarm in Zion!</description>
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		<title>Jewish Leaderdhip</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2012/05/07/jewish-leaderdhip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[   I find it increasingly amazing how so many people and nations fail to see the Jewish State as the beginning of fulfillment of Biblical prophesy.  Every day events occur which see our entire world beginning to crumble apart.  Of course the tiny Jewish State bears most of the responsibility for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>   I find it increasingly amazing how so many people and nations fail to see the Jewish State as the beginning of fulfillment of Biblical prophesy.  Every day events occur which see our entire world beginning to crumble apart.  Of course the tiny Jewish State bears most of the responsibility for this.  If only the Jews would surrender to their Arab enemies blissful peace would descend upon the world immediately.</p>
<p>	It is bad enough that our Arab enemies project that illusion, it is worse that so many of our alleged allies accept it.  But what is absolutely outrageous is the fact that our own Israeli leadership actually encourages this nonsense by suggesting that it is reasonable and logical when it patently is not!			</p>
<p>	The concept of an Arab “Palestinian” is the most effective propaganda weapon to have been wielded in human history.   It was the Nazi geniuses who first proved that any lie, no matter how outrageous, if repeated often enough will be believed.   Today the Arabs have perfected that axiom.   The ancient “Palestinian” Arab, created in 1964 for the sole purpose of creating an artificial underdog which would make Israel appear as a usurper and oppressor of innocent people, has achieved far more in “peace” than any combination of Arab nations have achieved in war toward the effort to destroy the Jewish State.</p>
<p>	I do not blame our enemies for seeking to destroy us.  That what enemies are for.  But how on earth can anyone explain the collusion of Israeli leaders in this veritable act of war?  Is there even one party or even one individual Member of Knesset who would dare stand up and declare that any Arab who calls himself a “Palestinian” is an enemy of the Jewish State?  If one wants to accept the absurdity of an Arab citizen of Israel how can he also accept the fact that such Arabs themselves refuse to identify with the Jewish State?   Again, I do not blame the Arabs for their self-respect and desire to destroy their enemy.   I loathe my Jewish leadership which is assisting them in this effort!</p>
<p>	Mr.  Netanyahu, who possesses a golden tongue and hails from a Zionist background, has crossed every one of his own red lines.  He has called for a two state solution, which is an act of treason.  He embraced Yasir Arafat, which is an act of Jewish self hatred.  And he turned hundreds of outright murderers of Jews free in a deal to release a kidnaped soldier. . . an act which was not only immoral and despicable in and of itself, but which encourages more such kidnaping and shows the enemies of our people that they can literally get away with murder in the Jewish State.</p>
<p>	Today Mr. Netanyahu is calling to dissolve the Knesset.  That is one body that really needs to be dissolved.   Unfortunately the purpose of this tactic is to entrench Bibi with even greater powers than he already possesses.  Polls indicate that Likud will gain even more seats after the new election.</p>
<p>	Israeli elections are another example of the big lie.  Oh yes, the Israeli citizenry can go to the polls and vote for the party of their choice.   But once the election is over that is where democracy comes to an end.  The people went through the motions of democracy and now the parties themselves decide what to do with the results.  They all sell their very souls for a piece of the pie and the results bear little resemblance to the will of the people.  Likud may come out stronger, but it will still need to bargain with other parties to create a government.  This bargaining is our true “election”.   We, the people, have nothing to say in the matter.  The government will do what it wants no matter what the majority thinks.</p>
<p>	I have long rejected this disgusting system.  While I have to accept that which is beyond my ability to change, I do not have to participate in this farce. The indisputable historic fact is that the Jewish State has grown and thrived in spite of its leaders, not because of them.  What too many of us fail to realize is the fact that Israel is not like all the other nations.   It is a nation that stands alone, not to be reckoned among the nations of the world.  Even if we do not like this concept, it is our reality.   As much as we try to find a place among the nations, we just cannot accomplish this feat.   As much as we try to deny our G-dly destiny we only discover, the hard way, that we cannot change it.   We continue to grow and thrive because Divine intervention protects us, even from ourselves.  </p>
<p>	The reason we have terror in the Jewish State is because our leadership insists upon accepting terrorists as equal citizens here.  While the Arabs are in a state of war we delude ourselves into thinking we are making peace!  The only way to make peace in this world is to vanquish your enemies.  One simply does not bargain his right to exist!  He fights for it.</p>
<p>	The Living G-d of Israel is the source of our strength.   It is only He who guarantees our existence.  Our denying this most basic truth is the only real obstacle to peace.</p>
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		<title>A Day to Remember</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2012/04/19/a-day-to-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[	The Holocaust was an incomprehensible horror which still defies explanation.  Yet, living in the Jewish State, it is impossible to deny the unity of the Jewish people as victims of pure hatred.   In Israel we pause to reflect upon the unimaginable crime of genocide; we read out names of victims and listen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>	The Holocaust was an incomprehensible horror which still defies explanation.  Yet, living in the Jewish State, it is impossible to deny the unity of the Jewish people as victims of pure hatred.   In Israel we pause to reflect upon the unimaginable crime of genocide; we read out names of victims and listen to stories of survivors.  Remembering is all we can do.  But it is a positive act to try and defy the undefiable.  Most important is for us to see to it that such a horror is never again tolerated.</p>
<p>	Standing in silence as the siren sounds the entire Jewish State is united in grief and brotherhood.   Watching our flag flying in the breeze is a chilling testimony that only a Jewish State can prevent another holocaust.   Those who think that the United States, the most powerful nation in the world and great friend of Israel, will never tolerate such a thing, forget that the United States did not prevent Hitler from murdering millions.  Roosevelt was aware of the death camps yet refused to bomb the railways leading to them. . . an act that could have saved thousands of lives.</p>
<p>	Today we have modern descendants of Amalek who, like Hitler, dream of destroying the Jewish people.  This unnatural hatred for a people defies logic and thus, despite the lessons of the past, most refuse to accept such a concept.   Holocaust Day was meant to force us to remember that which is still almost impossible to believe.  Yet, were the world to be moral, would it treat the Jewish State as any other state, Israel would probably self-destruct and lose its Jewish identity.  Unfortunately it seems that it is this irrational hatred of Jews which has held us together as a people over the centuries.  On Holocaust Day there is no separation between observant and non-observant.   Hitler didn’t care if we observed the Sabbath or ate kosher food.  He treated all Jews equally.  So when that siren sounds in Israel all Jews stand together as one.</p>
<p>	It is more than painful to see that our leadership, while mouthing recognition of how we need to remember, fails to remember.  To negotiate our homeland with modern day Nazis is a failure to remember.   To throw Jews out of any part of the Jewish homeland is a failure to remember.   And to punish a Jewish soldier for standing up to anti-Semites is an unforgivable failure to remember. </p>
<p>	The only answer to the Holocaust is a proud Jewish State which stands upon G-dly principles, not “democratic” ones.   Israel is destined to be such a state and every Jew in the world is destined to live here.   Supporting Israel from abroad is not enough.  We have only one homeland and one destiny.  We serve One G-d and it is His Will that we come home where we can serve Him completely and as one people.</p>
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		<title>Fearing G-d more than World Opinion</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2012/04/17/fearing-g-d-more-than-world-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The leadership of the State of Israel has tried to present an image of Israel as the supreme example of justice and democracy.   It looks to the United States as the example of what is right and good.   By so doing it has omitted the most basic purpose for which the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The leadership of the State of Israel has tried to present an image of Israel as the supreme example of justice and democracy.   It looks to the United States as the example of what is right and good.   By so doing it has omitted the most basic purpose for which the Jewish State was re established.  By putting Biblical destiny on a back burner it has rejected our most powerful asset and subjected this country to attack and humiliation as well as demoralization.</p>
<p>	It is bad enough that enemies of the state are permitted entry into the country and the right to demonstrate against our very right to exist.  It is worse when edited videos show a Jewish commander striking back at a violent demonstrator while omitting coverage of his provocation.  But worst of all is to hear our own prime minister condemn the actions of his officer before even examining the facts.  Why shouldn’t our enemies condemn us when they have our prime minister as an example to follow?</p>
<p>	The Arabs have been successfully using our misplaced concept of democracy to wage a powerful propaganda war against us.  We have given them all the tools and then we complain when they use them so well.  They have done such a good job as to have convinced a great many Jews, both in Israel and outside, of the just cause of our enemies to destroy us!</p>
<p>	We accept the lie that we are “occupiers” of “Palestinian” land.   It is claimed that for peace we must give away all of Judea and Samaria and return to the borders of 1967.   How is it possible for us to forget that prior to 1967 the Arabs had all of these lands?   Why did they attack us then when we should have had complete peace?  Why did they not create a PLO state then when they were in control of all these lands?  And how dare they consider that we should do for them what their own brothers refused to do?   Any normal impartial observer cannot come to any other conclusion than, should we be foolish enough to go back to these borders, not only will we not achieve peace, rather we will invite our enemies to “liberate” the rest of our homeland from “occupation”.</p>
<p>	The concept of a “Palestinian” People is a fiction created for the sole purpose of making the Jewish State illegitimate.  Before 1948 the term Palestinian was a reference to the Jews living here.  They stole our identity and are now masquerading as a nation under occupation.   The worst part of all this is the fact that so many people, including many in our own Knesset, have fallen for this charade.  </p>
<p>	It is high time that we have the courage to stand up to the lies. . . as well accepted as they may be.   I agree that we stop ruling over a foreign people.  It is time to stop accepting our enemies as equal citizens, especially when they use their citizenship to wage war against Israel, both in the streets and in our Knesset.  It is time for our leadership to declare that there is no legitimate sovereign entity as “palestine”.   Any Arab who calls himself a “Palestinian” is declaring himself an enemy of the Jewish State and must be summarily expelled from the country.  Any Arab who lifts a finger against a Jew should be shot on site.   Arab terror should not be punished. . . it should be obliterated swiftly and harshly.  No country in the world other than Israel feels the need to tolerate insurrection.  Had that Danish “demonstrator” tried his antics against any other army in the world he would have been shot dead.  In Israel he becomes a hero.</p>
<p>	So let us immediately cease being a partner with those who seek our destruction.  Let the entire world condemn us for our self respect rather than praise us for our self destruction.</p>
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		<title>We need a Prime Minister, not a Public Relations Director</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2012/03/13/we-need-a-prime-minister-not-a-public-relations-director/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, first and foremost, has an obligation to protect his country from harm. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, indeed, it is important to show the world how unfair Israel is being treated.  It should be pointed out how the UN condemns Israel for building homes, yet does nothing to complain about Israel’s towns and cities being literally bombed.  So what else is new?  By all means the government of Israel should have a public relations campaign. . . but this is not the job of the Prime Minister.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister, first and foremost, has an obligation to protect his country from harm.  He is not doing his job.  This iron dome nonsense reminds me of how we responded to stoning of cars by equipping them with plastic windows.   The message is the same.  We can learn to live with rocks and we can learn to live with missiles.   Wrong message.  One cannot “tolerate” terror.  He must obliterate it.</p>
<p>Our genius leaders assured us that by abandoning Gaza and removing all Jews, dead and alive, we would achieve peace and quiet.   Now that everyone can see what a stupid mistake that was what are we doing to correct the mistake?   Nothing!  Netanyahu is begging the UN to condemn hundreds of missiles being fired on our civilian populations. If only they would stop trying to murder us we can continue making peace with the murderers. Is that what a self respecting leader does?</p>
<p>If he really wants to see UN condemnation it is really very simple.   Do your job and obliterate everything that moves in Gaza.   The missiles will stop immediately and permanently.  Then, once the place is clean, we can move Jews back into Gaza and rebuild Jewish life there.  The UN will immediately issue its condemnations and Bibi can explain why we did what we had to do.</p>
<p>Our enemies are conducting a war against the Jewish State.  Our leaders refuse to recognize the war and instead treat each attack as if it were in independent act of terror.   Until and unless we are willing to recognize the war we will not win it.  Our country is under attack and we are not fighting back!  Better to be condemned by the UN for defending ourselves then to praised by it for committing suicide.</p>
<p>Gary Cooperberg is planning another speaking tour to the states for mid October.   Should you wish to invite him to speak in your area please send him an email, gary@projectshofar.org.</p>
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		<title>Save us from our Leaders, for they are detsroying Us</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2011/05/22/save-us-from-our-leaders-for-they-are-detsroying-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 17:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching the eloquent speech that President Obama gave to AIPAC, it was easy to see how this guy got elected and how he just won the support of the Jewish lobby again. He knows just how to say what people want to hear, while maintaining his own agenda. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching the eloquent speech that President Obama gave to AIPAC, it was easy to see how this guy got elected and how he just won the support of the Jewish lobby again. He knows just how to say what people want to hear, while maintaining his own agenda. <span id="more-510"></span></p>
<p>He carefully addressed Netanyahu’s complaints in a manner in which he completely nullified them. He redefined what he meant by 67 borders, as not really the 67 borders. But the biggest double talk was when he declared that every nation has the right to defend itself, yet claimed that he supported a demilitarized PLO state!</p>
<p>Reality is completely discarded by both the President and the Prime Minister. First of all there is no Palestinian people nor is there any legal reason to create another Arab state upon Jewish soil. Yes, there is a growing demographic problem, but the solution is not to give away parts of our homeland.</p>
<p>Two states for two people sounds nice but it is just not going to work. First of all there is no Palestinian people. And secondly the Arabs do not now and will never recognize a Jewish State. To them Israel is a democratic state which belongs to both Jews and Arabs. It is their hope that eventually the Arabs will outnumber the Jews and then they can turn Israel into Palestine “peacefully and democratically”. The Arab State that Obama envisions will never accept Jewish citizens, but the Jewish State will be expected to accept and keep Arab citizens. This completely nullifies the concept which Obama presented.</p>
<p>Netanyahu made a tremendous mistake by agreeing to any form of PLO state on Jewish soil. No matter how many conditions he seeks to impose upon such a state, his defacto recognition is a tremendous blow to the Jewish position. We simply have no right to negotiate any part of Israel with anyone, even for genuine peace.</p>
<p>Obama already gave lip service to the ridiculous concept of a demilitarized state. Now if Abbas either leaves Hamas or gets it to agree to accept Israel’s right to exist, then Netanyahu is committed to give away our homeland! Why? Why can he not simply state that Israel has no territories to negotiate. It only has it’s ancient homeland. We regained what we have today only because of Arab aggression. Had the Arabs agreed to the partition plan; had Jordan stayed out of the 67 war and not tried to destroy the Jewish State; had Egypt and Jordan decided to create Palestine on the pre 67 borders before 1967, then Israel would have been destroyed long ago. Now we are being asked to reject all the miracles which enabled us to rebuild our ancient homeland, and begin to dismantle our homeland as we hand it over to our enemies for “peace”.</p>
<p>Both Obama and Netanyahu must be living on a different planet if they really think peace will result from such nonsense.</p>
<p>The demographic problem is of our own making. It is the Israeli government, which refused to define Israel as the homeland of the Jewish People as it permitted Arab enemies to become equal citizens, which created this albatross. There are more than enough Arab lands to receive the Arabs living in Israel. This should be part of any peace agreement that we enter into. We have much to offer our neighbors. . . our homeland is not up for negotiation. Until we have a Jewish leader willing to take such a position. . . we have no Jewish leader. AIPAC, by applauding Obama’s political rhetoric only revealed their limited understanding of the challenge facing both the Jewish State and the Jewish People. May G-d save us from such leaders.</p>
<p>Project Shofar seeks to bring this message to those who choose not to see. It is incredible that the majority, both in the Exile and even in Israel, fail to see the obvious. They prefer to believe in the nonsense that we can make peace with those who seek our destruction rather than to accept the reality that with us is the greatest power in the world Who wants us to make real peace simply by accepting and demonstrating the fact that He and only He is in charge.</p>
<p>If you would like to invite Gary Cooperberg to speak in your area feel free to send him an email at<a href="mailto:gary@projectshofar.org">gary@projectshofar.org</a></p>
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		<title>The Missing Three Letter Word</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2011/05/19/the-missing-three-letter-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 21:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barak Obama is clearly a talented showman. He spoke eloquently about American values, while dancing between the raindrops to avoid mentioning the most important one, recognition of the Creator of the Universe.. This is not the first time that the President quoted the declaration of independence while skillfully avoiding mention of the Creator, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Barak Obama is clearly a talented showman. He spoke eloquently about American values, while dancing between the raindrops to avoid mentioning the most important one, recognition of the Creator of the Universe.. This is not the first time that the President quoted the declaration of independence while skillfully avoiding mention of the Creator, which was part and parcel of that declaration by our forefathers.</p>
<p>Further, he augmented his stance by focusing upon the rights of all people all over the world to self determination and self rule. Again he spoke well&#8230; but made no mention of the Creator.</p>
<p><span id="more-506"></span></p>
<p>And, when speaking about the Israeli Arab conflict, like Clinton and Bush before him, he ignored the true reality of the problem. Bill Clinton blithely spoke of Arabs and Israelis “reconciling their differences”, refusing to accept the fact that those differences are clearly irreconcilable. Obama would like to see us overcoming our “mistrust” of Arabs who seek our destruction.</p>
<p>It is also noteworthy to point out his clear distortion of the goal of a two state solution. Not only is such a suggestion a non-starter, and one which will never be implemented, but all parties understand that any Arab state that might be formed will never permit residence for Jews, while the so called “Jewish” State will be required to accept Arabs. Even under the present agreements which see PLO enclaves in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, no Jews are permitted to live there. Yet we consider it racism to even think of forbidding Arabs to live in any part of our country.<br />
I do not blame Obama for this ridiculous hypocrisy. I blame the Israel government for giving credence to a two state solution, and for granting citizenship to enemies who actively seek to destroy the Jewish State. The Truth is that, although there may be times when our leaders do give lip service recognition to our Creator, their actions indicate that the really do not believe in G-d. Our leadership worships the dollar and will cut its own throat to please what it thinks are the interests of the United States. This kind of behavior is an insult to our Creator and a denial of the great miracles He has performed in returning us to our homeland. For this we will be punished.</p>
<p>When Bush stated his belief in a two state solution the USA suffered terrible natural calamities. Obama just opened the door for more. .<br />
There is a real way to bring true and lasting peace to the world. It is for all of Mankind to recognize that we all have but One Creator. He created the Jewish People to be an example for all of Mankind. When we failed to live up to our obligations He exiled us from our homeland and dispersed us all over the world. He promised us that the day will come when He will re-gather us from our exile and return us to our ancient homeland to fulfil our destiny. It is not our right to give away any part of that homeland to any other entity for any reason. Trying to do so is to deny our obligation as Jews. And, because it is a Divine process, no effort to change it will ever succeed, even if sanctioned by a Jewish government.</p>
<p>So I am not impressed by Mr. Obama’s efforts to make peace, nor am I impressed with Netanyahu’s acrobatics to please Obama. Both will fail. Israel doesn’t need American dollars nor American military aid. When the smoke clears all will see that the Jewish State has but One partner. The Living G-d of Israel controls the entire world and will use the Jewish State to prove this fact to everyone.</p>
<p>Project Shofar seeks to bring this message to those who choose not to see. It is incredible that the majority, both in the Exile and even in Israel, fail to see the obvious. They prefer to believe in the nonsense that we can make peace with those who seek our destruction rather than to accept the reality that with us is the greatest power in the world Who wants us to make real peace simply by accepting and demonstrating the fact that He and only He is in charge.</p>
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		<title>The Speech Netanyahu will Never Give</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2011/04/26/the-speech-netanyahu-will-never-give/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies and gentlemen of the United States Congress, I stand before you today in sincere humility to apologize for the failure of the leadership of my country, since our miraculous rebirth, to honestly address our obligations to all of Mankind. It is my sincere hope to undo decades of misdirection and steer my country back [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ladies and gentlemen of the United States Congress, I stand before you today in sincere humility to apologize for the failure of the leadership of my country, since our miraculous rebirth, to honestly address our obligations to all of Mankind. It is my sincere hope to undo decades of misdirection and steer my country back to the path it was meant to travel.<span id="more-504"></span>The United States of America should understand the role of Israel in our world better than most countries. For the United States was founded upon Biblical principles in an attempt to emulate the role that Israel is destined to play. The founding principles of the United States are far more than freedom and democracy. They were based upon the recognition of the Creator of the Universe as the supreme source of true morality. The Declaration of Independence clearly states that the rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, were endowed by our Creator, not by Congress. It is this concept, more than any other, which connects our two countries with such a strong bond.</p>
<p>Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States Congress, I address you, your constituents, and the entire world today to declare what the founders of the reborn Jewish State should have declared at the very outset of our return home. The reborn State of Israel is the beginning of fulfillment of Biblical prophesy which is designed to bring true peace to all of Mankind. Peace will never result from violating Biblical Commandments, rather by observing them. We have never sought war, yet we have been constantly under attack by those who would destroy us if they could. Rather than destroy those who seek our destruction, which is a Biblical obligation, we have tried to negotiate peace with them. Recent history has proven that this was a disastrous mistake. We have no right to negotiate even with peaceful attempts to part us from our homeland&#8230; how much less to even consider negotiating with those to still seek our destruction?</p>
<p>Yes, there are many Arabs living in Israel today. Most enjoy citizenship in our state and some even serve in our Knesset. While many are decent, hard working individuals, they are caught up in a web of confusion and delusion which decades of Jewish governments have played a large part in creating. Islam cannot accept any foreign sovereignty in what it considers to be Islamic land. I daresay that Islam today seeks world domination and considers all of the world as its land. This is not a threat limited to the Jewish State alone. What we in Israel have apparently forgotten is the fact that the Land of Israel has been given to the people of Israel by the G-d of Israel as an eternal possession. It is not our right to sell, give, or negotiate that Divine obligation.</p>
<p>The fiction of “palestine” was invented to portray the Islamic Goliath as if it were an Arab David. It is an outrageous but very successful piece of propaganda which has led to the acceptance of the preposterous allegation that a band of murderous Arab thieves from an assortment of legitimate Arab countries has a right to create a new Arab sovereignty upon Jewish soil. I have come here today to put an end to this fabrication. As Prime Minister of the Jewish State I hereby declare that we will never agree to any Arab sovereignty upon Jewish Soil. I also declare that the term Israeli Arab is an oxymoron which will be corrected immediately. From this day on citizenship in the Jewish State will be limited to Jews. Foreigners who wish to live here in peace with us are welcome as resident aliens. Palestine is a non entity which seeks to destroy the Jewish State and thus cannot be tolerated. Any individual who considers his identity to be “palestinian” is a declared enemy of the Jewish State and will be expelled. All lands presently under Israeli control are to be immediately incorporated into the Jewish State. The concept of an illegal Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel is also an oxymoron and is no longer accepted. There will be a mandatory death sentence to any terrorist who even seeks to harm a Jew.</p>
<p>The Jewish State has always held out its hand for peace. We will continue to do so. But we will immediately cease to accept as an axiom that we must treat the enemies in our midst as peace partners. No more will infants be murdered in their beds. No more will buses and restaurants be objects of suicide murderers. No more will our citizens be stoned and shot as they drive to and from work. This country has endured for decades what no other country in the world would have tolerated for a day. I hereby declare that Israel is the undividable homeland of the Jewish People. We hold out our hand in peace to all peace loving nations. We have always sought to help our neighbors and will continue to do so, but we will not tolerate threats to our security.</p>
<p>As such I hereby declare that the so called “palestinian” entity is an enemy of the Jewish State and will not be tolerated. One does not negotiate anything with enemies. One destroys enemies. The IDF is going to take back Gaza and drive out its enemies. Those who seek our destruction will themselves be destroyed. We do not slit the throats of infants in their beds. But we will not hesitate to bomb enemy installations even if protected by human shields. It is immoral to permit our enemies to attack our civilian population because they choose to fire upon us from mosques and schools.</p>
<p>Ladies and Gentlemen, Israel always has and always will pursue genuine peace with all of our neighbors. But we will no longer accept the role of punching bag of the world. Either accept our hand in peace or accept the Jewish fist in your face. As Prime Minister of Israel I turn to you, the American People, in the sincere hope that you will not join with the majority of nations which seek to destroy the Jewish State. You are a unique nation whose empathy with Biblical destiny should always see you standing together with us. It is the Living G-d of Israel which unites us. It is only with His help that nations exist. As His Chosen People we can never be destroyed. The world will discover this when they try to destroy us. I am afraid to say that it appears that this will be the only way that the world will come to recognize and understand that we all have but One Creator whom we are all destined to serve.</p>
<p>Thank you and G-d Bless America.</p>
<p>Project Shofar seeks to bring this message to those who choose not to see. It is incredible that the majority, both in the Exile and even in Israel, fail to see the obvious. They prefer to believe in the nonsense that we can make peace with those who seek our destruction rather than to accept the reality that with us is the greatest power in the world Who wants us to make real peace simply by accepting and demonstrating the fact that He and only He is in charge.</p>
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		<title>Next Year in Israel</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2011/04/07/next-year-in-israel-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As Passover, the Festival of Freedom, approaches, we would do well to focus upon the fact that the reborn Jewish State is but a continuation of Jewish Destiny. How can it be otherwise? What other people in the history of nations was rescued from slavery from the most powerful nation in the world via incredible [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Passover, the Festival of Freedom, approaches, we would do well to focus upon the fact that the reborn Jewish State is but a continuation of Jewish Destiny. How can it be otherwise? What other people in the history of nations was rescued from slavery from the most powerful nation in the world via incredible miracles, returned to their homeland where they built a powerful Kingdom and lived under the Law of G-d, exiled from their homeland for two thousand years yet still maintained their identity, and, exactly as predicted in our Torah, returned to that very homeland where they reestablished Jewish sovereignty? Could this have been an accident or mere happenstance? <span id="more-500"></span>We tend to overlook the miracles which enabled us to return to our ancient homeland. It is amazing that anyone could look at Jewish return as anything less than an incredible miracle. Every war we fought was wrought with miracles. Yet we forget or overlook those miracles and continue to think that we are like all of the other nations of the world. It is this factor, more than any other, which causes us so much needless suffering.</p>
<p>The fact is that even today most of the nations of the world would like to see us disappear. Our very existence is annoying proof that the G-d of Israel is not just an old legend, rather the true Creator of the Universe who is still very much involved with His Creations. When the leaders of the Jewish State try to create peace by appeasing our enemies, they insult our Creator. They demonstrate that they are more afraid of what nations think then they are of angering our G-d.</p>
<p>Our Prime Minister talks of not tolerating attacks upon our citizens. Yet it is he who encourages those attacks by continuing to try to negotiate our birthright. Our homeland should never be up for negotiation. The very concept of limiting where and when Jews can build homes in Israel is a virtual concession that we do not believe that all of the Land of Israel belongs to us. A genuine Jewish leader would declare firmly and clearly that there is no such thing as an illegal Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel. He would also declare that there is no such thing as an Arab nation called “Palestine”. Any Arab who calls himself a “Palestinian” is declaring that he is an enemy of the Jewish State and should not be permitted to live here. And any Jewish government which chooses to recognize a Palestinian entity in the Land of Israel is a traitor to the country it alleges to serve.</p>
<p>On Passover we are reminded that we are a holy people with a holy mission. We are reminded that in every generation there arise those who seek to destroy us and that the Holy One always rescues us from their hand. Yet that is no justification for working with our enemies toward our own self destruction. . . even though He will rescue us even from ourselves.</p>
<p>Peace is a holy goal. It one of the names of our G-d. But it can never be achieved by negating His Commandments or denying our Divine destiny. As we sit at our seder table this year let us try to recognize the lesson of Jewish history and Jewish destiny. Let us realize that we have a part to play in serving our G-d as Biblical Redemption unfolds before our eyes. Let us not continue to sit on the sidelines and just wait. We have an opportunity to take an active role in this Divine process and help to accelerate it. The ancient cry at the end of our seder, “Next year in Jerusalem!” is no longer a futile hope. It is a dream which each and every Jew can fulfill right now.</p>
<p>Let us hear the words of the Hagaddah and be encouraged by them. Hatikva is no longer just a hope. It is a reality in which each and every Jew can and should participate. May this year be the very last year that Jews choose to live in Exile. Let us all choose to come home now, while we still can make that choice. Next year in Israel!!!</p>
<p>Project Shofar seeks to bring this message to those who choose not to see. It is incredible that the majority, both in the Exile and even in Israel, fail to see the obvious. They prefer to believe in the nonsense that we can make peace with those who seek our destruction rather than to accept the reality that with us is the greatest power in the world Who wants us to make real peace simply by accepting and demonstrating the fact that He and only He is in charge.</p>
<p>If you would like to invite Gary Cooperberg to speak in your area <a href="http://projectshofar.org/contact-project-shofar/" onclick="">feel free to contact him</a>.</p>
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		<title>Netanyahu, Finish the War!</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2011/03/15/netanyahu-finish-the-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Israeli Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peace Process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It may be that the latest terror attack in Itamar will have a deleterious affect upon the peace process. But more likely it won’t. Our golden tongued prime minister spoke eloquently as he condemned those nations who refused to give the same response to cold blooded murder as they did to Jews building homes in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It may be that the latest terror attack in Itamar will have a deleterious affect upon the peace process. But more likely it won’t. Our golden tongued prime minister spoke eloquently as he condemned those nations who refused to give the same response to cold blooded murder as they did to Jews building homes in Israel. He expressed disappointment that the PLO didn’t condemn the murders as well. I wonder why he would think that Abu Mazen, the master mind of the Munich massacre of Jewish athletes, would have any regrets about the murder of Jewish children, whose murder he most likely approved.</p>
<p>I am continuously amazed at how, after decades of countless horrific murders of Jewish civilians by our Arab peace partners, our dauntless leadership continues to ascribe these attacks to individual “terrorists” rather than recognize that our “peace” partners are actually engaged in a war to destroy the Jewish State! <span id="more-497"></span>Such a statement would be considered “racism”. Rather than being accused of racism we have chosen to limit our response to individual “terrorists” rather than take steps which can stop these murders. Our limited minds permit us to believe that if we apprehend and punish the individual “terrorist” that justice will be served and terror will be wiped out. Clearly time has shown that this belief is unjustified and simply not the case.</p>
<p>Most, if not all, “terrorists” commit their acts of murder with the understanding that they are likely to die for their efforts. . . and they are well prepared for that probability. In their minds they are soldiers giving their lives for their ideological beliefs. Whether we catch them and put them in jail, or kill them on the spot will have absolutely no affect upon the willingness of others to commit similar acts. On the contrary.. Martyrdom actually encourages others to emulate such behavior.</p>
<p>The purpose of terror is to weaken the resolve of civilians to continue to live here. And by “here” I mean all of the Land of Israel, not just Judea and Samaria as many would like to believe. This is a war in the full sense of that word and it is only our Jewish leadership which fails to recognize this fact and thus prevents us from winning.</p>
<p>Ideally, we should at long last recognize that Israel was not meant to be a home for all freedom loving people, rather the homeland of the Jewish people alone. If others want to live here as non-citizens with human rights, not civil rights, that is one thing. But if others are accepted to live as equal citizens here while denying our rights and declaring that our homeland is really theirs, this is a recipe for self destruction and the very path we currently tread.</p>
<p>Given our pathological need to prove that we are not racists, we have chosen to accept our enemies as equal citizens and even permit them to sit in our Knesset!! Recognizing the unlikelihood of changing this self denigrating position, at the very least we must take steps that can discourage, if not eliminate these acts of murder. If the individual “terrorist” is prepared to die for his efforts, then we must find a price that he will be unprepared to pay. If a suicide murderer knows that his act will lead not only to his death, but the destruction of his village and the deportation of his loved ones, that might have a mitigating affect upon his decision and that of others like him. And even if not, such a policy can eventually remove our enemies, albeit at a far slower pace than is desirable. There are those who would deplore this as collective punishment. But isn’t that what war is? Has there ever been a war which did not see the killing of innocent civilians? What kind of morality justifies our enemies murdering our civilians while declaring it to be wrong to deter murder via “collective punishment”?</p>
<p>I listen to our leaders and am appalled by their continued refusal to see that we are still enduring the war for independence and not even trying to win! Netanyahu is still trying to compromise with our homeland while our enemies are still murdering us. Were he a genuine Jewish leader he would stop all negotiations, revoke citizenship of all non Jews, take back all lands under PLO control, remove all hostile enemies from Jewish soil, and permit Jews to build homes all over our homeland. This is not a radical idea. It is common sense and practiced by every other country in the world. Only in Israel do we respect the right of our enemies to try to destroy us.</p>
<p>When will our leaders finally understand that we are a nation that stands alone not to be reckoned among the nations of the world? When will they realize that no sacrifice we make will satisfy our “peace partners” other than total self destruction? And when will we stop the course of step by step self destruction which is still our national policy?</p>
<p>Yes, Mr. Netanyahu, your eloquent words evoke sympathy. But it is high time that we stop striving for sympathy and begin to act as proud Jews who would rather be called racists than be eulogized. You can stop terror if you really want to. Last time you were prime minister you gave Arafat the hills overlooking the Jewish community of Hebron from which a PLO sniper murdered another Jewish infant. So stop pretending to be surprised when they continue to murder our children. Unless you decide to win the war that is being waged against us they will continue to murder our children.</p>
<p>Project Shofar seeks to bring this message to those who choose not to see. It is incredible that the majority, both in the Exile and even in Israel, fail to see the obvious. They prefer to believe in the nonsense that we can make peace with those who seek our destruction rather than to accept the reality that with us is the greatest power in the world Who wants us to make real peace simply by accepting and demonstrating the fact that He and only He is in charge.<br />
If you would like to invite Gary Cooperberg to speak in your area <a href="http://projectshofar.org/contact-project-shofar/" onclick="">feel free to contact him</a>.</p>
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		<title>Who is in Charge?</title>
		<link>http://projectshofar.org/2011/02/28/who-is-in-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Cooperberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the key question which most are simply unwilling to address. It is the reason we have so much turmoil in our world. As we watch dictators in the Arab world being deposed after decades of complete control it makes you wonder. Have the masses decided to adopt “democracy”? Is this what is happening [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the key question which most are simply unwilling to address. It is the reason we have so much turmoil in our world. As we watch dictators in the Arab world being deposed after decades of complete control it makes you wonder. Have the masses decided to adopt “democracy”? Is this what is happening all over the world? I think not.</p>
<p>Democracy assumes that the majority is always right. But this is not always true. But, worse than this, human nature prefers to assign authority to a charismatic leader. As regimes are toppled we will see new dictators emerge. And, more than this, we will begin to see the true character of the nations who allegedly accept Israel. Our stalwart peace partner, Egypt, has a population which hated Mubarak for forging relations with Israel. His replacement will clearly not repeat that “mistake”. Turkey, another stalwart ally of Israel, has already shown its contempt for the Jewish State above and beyond the “flotilla” incident. Jordan, as well, despite its diplomatic image, has a rabid hatred for the Jewish State. If Abdullah wants to retain his throne he will have to show his people that he hates Israel as well.<span id="more-491"></span>I don’t know why I need to state the obvious, other than the fact that most people prefer not to see unpleasant realities, but the PLO and Hamas are not peace partners, rather enemies dedicated to our complete destruction.</p>
<p>The leadership of the Jewish State has an obligation to stop trying to please the nations by participating in efforts aimed toward our destruction. The Jewish State was reborn via miracles. We have no right to apologize for those miracles. On the contrary. We must augment them with human miracles. We must defy the nations of the world and accept our role to be a light unto the nations. It we, and only we, who are destined to prove to the nations of the world that it is the Creator of the Universe who is in charge. Rather than trying to make peace by spitting in His face, we should stand against all odds and defy all those who challenge our exclusive right to our homeland.</p>
<p>In the history of nations was there ever a nation which agreed to a moratorium of building within its own homeland? Was there ever a nation which expelled her own citizens from their rightful homes? Since when was fighting an enemy who seeks your destruction been termed “racism”? The greatest challenge to the Jewish State today is the self degradation of our own leadership. But this too we will survive. We have a G-dly destiny that no power on Earth can alter, not even our own leadership.</p>
<p>Yes, indeed, Iran is planning to lead the effort to destroy Israel. Yes, all of the Arab nations are uniting in that effort. And our most enduring ally, the United States of America, will not save us from the Arab onslaught. . . she may even end up aiding our enemies in that futile effort.</p>
<p>The end game is to prove to the entire world that the Living G-d of Israel is in charge. It is too bad that human nature will force this lesson to be learned the hard way. Those who join in the battle to destroy Israel seek to prove that there is no Creator. And that is why they will themselves be destroyed.</p>
<p>As I continue to wake up every morning for pre-dawn prayers at the Cave of Machpela in Hebron, I still marvel at the fact that here I am, a Jew born in the United States, living in the City of Abraham and praying by his burial place. I have raised my children here and am watching my grandchildren grow up here as well. This is my own personal miracle and it only gives me strength in the conviction that our national miracles are guaranteed. It pains me that so many of my brothers fail to understand their role in the climax of Jewish destiny, and that by willingly accepting that role they can have true peace and happiness in their lives.<br />
Project Shofar seeks to bring this message to those who choose not to see. It is incredible that the majority, both in the Exile and even in Israel, fail to see the obvious. They prefer to believe in the nonsense that we can make peace with those who seek our destruction rather than to accept the reality that with us is the greatest power in the world Who wants us to make real peace simply by accepting and demonstrating the fact that He and only He is in charge.</p>
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