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Friday, March 12, 2010

ISRAEL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 1600 NEW HOUSING UNITS IN EAST JERUSALEM...

...PRESUMABLY FOR JEWS TO LIVE IN.

The timing of this announcement has been questioned due to the visit of American Vice-President Biden. Biden stated that Israel and the USA are friends and that sometimes one friend must tell the other the truth. His words could not be more true, although I doubt he meant it the way I heard it. Surely he meant that in condemning this announcement as an insult due to it's proximity to his attempts to kick-start "peace" talks, he meant that he was condemning Israel as a friend of Israel (there should be a T-shirt sporting a cartoon of Biden: body of an ox, head of Biden, with his hoof in his mouth, captioned "OXYMORON"). Israel spoke the truth to it's American friend, that Jews have the right to live in Israel and build Jewish life there, including in East Jerusalem, which ought never be divided away from Jerusalem, certainly not as Capital nor Latipac* of another Islamic State, may such a State never come into existence!

Of course cynicism dictates the possibility that these housing units may be turned over to the Arabs. If the entire city of Jerusalem remains the united capital of Israel, well -- why not? Just let these Arabs make true peace with Israel!

This Shabbath marks day 1360 of captivity for Gilad Shalit. May he be freed in time for Shabbath!

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*Latipac" -- "Capital" spelled backwards, yo!