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February 13, 2009, - 1:22 pm
Myths & Facts: Obama did NOT fund Palestinian Refugee Move to U.S.; FBI Still Hanging with CAIRI'm getting sick and tired of receiving a couple of phony stories readers keep sending me, which simply aren?t true. I love how certain so-called terrorism experts can?t even read. And others, well, they?re just flat-out wrong.
So, in that vein, I have to answer a couple of alleged stories in today?s edition of MYTHS & FACTS.
* MYTH: The False Story that President Obama Gave $20 Million to Bring Palestinian Refugees and HAMAS terrorists to the U.S.
FACT: This phony story has been repeated, regurgitated, and otherwise hacked to death by a number of people who call themselves terrorism experts, some well-known conservatives, and some mid-level bloggers. (I?m not going to name names, lest I embarrass people who didn?t do their homework or even a cursory, basic fact-check.)
The thing is, it?s JUST NOT TRUE. As much as I don?t like Barack Obama and his far-left Mid-East policy, he?s not giving $20 million of our tax money to bring Palestinians to America. He is, indeed, giving them $20.3 million (and will give them far more very soon). And that?s cause enough for concern. But the money is for aid to HAMASastan, not for bringing them here.
Those who claim this BS keep citing an Executive Order and Federal Register entry, which reflects the United States? latest dumb contribution to UNRWA?the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. I?ve written and spoken about UNRWA many times. It?s the U.N. agency that was set up to deal exclusively with Palestinian so-called refugees, instead of grouping them with all other refugees (who fall under UNHCR?the U.N. High Commission on Refugees). UNRWA is basically a HAMAS cesspool that pays to train and propagandize terrorists from cradle to grave.
I?m opposed to paying the $20 million plus in ?emergency aid? to UNRWA?which was given to help the Palestinians in HAMASastan for their ?suffering? after they got temporary retribution for sending rockets over Gaza. And that?s what this money is for. It is NOT, as keeps being falsely reported by people who should know better, money that is to bring HAMAS terrorists and other Palestinians to America.
Don?t get me wrong?plenty of Palestinians continue to come here?as they did during 8 years of President Bush increasing their numbers here?but that has nothing to do with this $20 million.
Below is the text of the order. As you?ll note, it says not a thing about bringing Palestinians to America. It?s specifically aid allocated to go through the State Department, as all budgeted American donations to UNRWA are.
That?s bad enough. We don?t need phony terrorism experts and conservative commentators lying about what it says to embellish it.
Again, the money is UNRWA aid to the Palestinians in Gaza. It?s not to bring them here (though some will surely end up here, regardless of the $20 mill). In the past, I?ve written about programs and aid to bring Islamic refugees (like the Hezbollah ones from Lebanon) to the U.S. This is NOT one of those cases. Palestinian activists in America are trying to get tax money and a special program to bring them here. So far, they haven?t been successful as a group in doing so (though I?m sure plenty will come here on their own and try to stay; they?ve been doing for the last eight years and decades before that).Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009
Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related To Gaza
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the ?Act?), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.* MYTH: The Phony Claim That the FBI Cut Off All Ties to CAIR Back in August and isn?t meeting with CAIR anymore.
FACT: Yes, the FBI sent out a letter it released to the public, in which it instructs its local offices to cease relations with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. But it?s a public relations ploy, for which FOX News and many others fell.
In fact, the FBI continues to consult with and have regular, pandering meetings with CAIR officials all over the country, including in Michigan, Santa Clara, and most other places where CAIR is active.
Typically, the FBI doesn?t release letters, like the one they sent out regarding CAIR, unless it was meant for public consumption in the first place. But it?s phony, and the FBI knows that it continues to hang with the extremists at CAIR. They just don?t publicize it.
I know that ?terrorism expert? Steven Emerson and his Investigative Project have been touting this alleged ceased relationship between CAIR and the FBI. That?s because they need something to trumpet, since Steve has had no new terrorism information or intelligence since before 9/11, just before the real terrorism expert who worked for him, Rita Katz, quit working for him. And he needs something to show for the money he continues to seek from donors, while falsely pleading poverty (he still has yet to file a publicly available tax return to show the millions his organization has in the bank; CAIR still remains more transparent and open in its record-keeping than the suspect Emerson and his organization).
And that?s why Steven Emerson keeps the focus on this alleged FBI cutting of ties with CAIR, for which he takes credit, and which actually didn?t happen. He has nothing else newto show donors for the last seven years. So, he?s gotta claim this.
Unfortunately, though, CAIR personnel are still meeting with FBI agents. And that?s a fact. There?s nothing to celebrate here.(Read more on Steven Emerson.)
Debbie,
In this short document, the word ‘Migration’ appears six times!
I’m not a lawyer!You are!
Alex.
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Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related To Gaza
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the “Act”), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, January 27, 2009
[FR Doc. E9-2488
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http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488
Alexander Münch on May 12, 2010 at 4:27 am
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May 13, 2010
Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs
May 12, 2010
This kid survived it !
(CNN) -- A Dutch child is believed to be the only survivor of a passenger plane crash in Libya Wednesday that may have killed more than 100 people, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.
The plane was carrying 93 passengers and 11 crew members when it crashed while trying to land at the Tripoli International Airport.
The boy underwent surgery at a hospital in the Libyan capital of Tripoli after the Afriqiyah Airways plane that left Johannesburg crashed as it neared the end of its flight.
He was identified as Ruben van Ashout, 8, a doctor at the hospital where he is being treated told CNN. The boy had many fractures in his lower limbs, the doctor told CNN by phone.
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The president of the European Parliament said about 100 people died, and Libya's state news agency said 96 bodies had been recovered.
Nicky Knapp, a representative of the Airports Company South Africa, provided the breakdown in the destinations of the passengers aboard: seven to London, 32 to Brussels, 42 to Dusseldorf, one to Paris, and 11 to Libya. She was speaking on behalf of Afriqiyah Airways.
The plane, an Airbus A330-200, was at the tail end of its nearly nine-hour-long flight when it crashed.
"We express our sincere regret and sadness on behalf of the airline. As well, we would like to express our condolences to the relatives and friends of those who had passengers on Flight 8U771 destined for Tripoli late last night, due to arrive around 6 o'clock this morning," she said.
Calling the incident a tragedy, Jerzy Buzek, the president of the European Parliament said "some 100 people have died no doubt from many countries around the world."
He said the child's survival "given this tragic event, is truly a miracle."
The Dutch Royal Touring Club said 61 of 62 Dutch passengers on the plane died.
A Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman said the government was trying to get more information about those aboard.
The British Foreign Office said it was looking into whether British nationals were on board the flight.
At the crash site, workers with surgical masks combed through the smoldering wreckage that spilled over a large area. A wheel lay atop a pile of bags. Two green airline seats sat upright and intact amid burned parts of the aircraft.
Officials recovered the plane's flight data recorder, which investigators use to piece together a flight's last minutes.
The Tripoli-based Afriqiyah (Arabic for "African") operates flights to four continents. The planes in the fleet carry the logo 9.9.99 -- the date when the African Union was formed.
The Airbus that crashed is one of three Airbus 330-200s that the airline owns.
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May 10, 2010
"give chickpeas a chance."
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The new Lebanese Guinness record and how it made me famous
Many journalists, Israeli and from abroad, has contacted me lately, asking questions about the so called “Hummus War” I’ve been covering here, and also in the highly popular Hebrew edition of the blog. And when the new Lebanese Guinness Record (a 2-ton hummus plate) was declared the flow of attention doubled.
Some of you probably wondered what I have to say about the new hummus guinness record, set by 300 Lebanese chefs. WELL, the first thing that pops in mind is this: never have so many did so much for The Hummus Blog.
In the past two weeks search traffic to this blog went through the roof, with blogs as well as large news sites linking to it from all over the world.
Ynet, the largest news site in Israel asked for a special column. Other local newspapers and radio stations interviewed or asked me to comment about the matter. Some foreign journalists also called me, including French24, and a BBC reporter who, sadly, tried to reach me in the middle of a rock concert.
So what do I think about the new record?
Since writing in English is not as trivial for me is it is to write in my mother tongue, I would like to quote here my writen answer to Mr. Zhangle, a Chinese journalist based in Beijing, to whom I gave a relatively thorough answer.
“Above anything else, I’m very impressed with the new record from Beirut, and would like to use this opportunity to congratulate the Lebanese chefs for a job well done!
I hope other attempts will be made to break this new record, because the bottom line is that such acts help to spread the word about hummus – which as some wise friend once told me, is god’s gift to the poor. This friend (who owns a great hummus place in Jaffa) is Muslim and I am Jewish, but we share the same love for god and the same love for this godly dish.
I tasted Lebanese hummus a few times while touring in Europe and liked it very much. I hope in the future we’ll have peace and I could eat hummus in Beirut and Damascus too. But so far, and from what I tasted, I still believe our Palestinian brothers make the best hummus in the world.
[About the Lebanese claim of ownership over hummus:] I’m not a lawyer, but I doubt it if there’s a case here. First, If Israelis make hummus and sell it, under what name should they do so other than “hummus”? Second, there’s nothing to support the claim that hummus was invented by Lebanese. Hummus is also eaten by Palestinians, Syrians, Jordanian and other Arab peoples. It’s a folk-song that is sung in many countries and which origin is unknown.
Personally, I think that the idea of someone having ownership over an ancient dish like hummus is a bit strange. Who’s the owner of bread? Who owns butter? Who’s the inventor of the steak? Hummus is no-less important in the Middle-East, culturally, collinearly and nutritionally.
And one last personal note: we have many problems in the Middle East. The ongoing conflict is a terrible thing, that already shattered the life of numerous people. I hope Israeli and Lebanese leaders, and the leaders of other countries in the region, will be wise enough to end it soon. I also hope that less people would drag their politics into their hummus.
This alleged ‘hummus war’ is certainly one of the nicest wars we have in the region. Let’s hope all our future wars will be of the same kind.
best regards,
S.G. The Hummus Blog, Israel”
"give chickpeas a chance."The world's largest plate of hummus weighs 11.5 tons and was created Saturday by 300 Lebanese chefs(CNN) -- Lebanon set a record for the largest plate of hummus Saturday in the continuing gastronomic war with Israel over the regional delicacy.
The war has played out publicly for years with two sides outdoing each other for the title of world's best or world's largest hummus dish.
On Saturday, about 300 Lebanese chefs in the village of al-Fanar -- about 8 km (5 miles) east of Beirut -- lay claim to the latter title with a dish that weighed 11.5 tons. That's 23,042 pounds or 10,452 kg.
The achievement more than doubled the previous record -- set in January in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Gosh.
The January dish weighed in at more than 4 tons -- the same as four average family cars.
Local media said a Guinness Book of World Record representative certified the results Saturday.
The Lebanese chefs used 8 tons of boiled hummus, 2 tons of tahini, 2 tons of lemon juice and 154 lbs (70 kg) of olive oil for their dish, local media said.
Hummus, a regional delicacy, made of chickpeas, sesame paste and garlic, among other ingredients, is loved equally by Arabs, Jews and Christians living in the Middle East.
Yet, in spite of their shared appreciation, the origin of the dish is a source of heated debate with the Lebanese claiming ownership and Israelis denying that they have exclusive rights to the name.
Lebanon has been seeking approval from the European Union to register hummus as a national dish.
"What we have been trying to do is just what the Greeks have done with feta cheese," said Fadi Abboud, president of The Association of Lebanese Industrialists, in January.
In 2002, the European Commission gave Greece a "protected designation of origin" right to the name "feta," for the white sheep and goat's milk cheese made there. Similar cheeses from outside the country must use terms like "Greek-style cheese".
Abboud maintains that Israeli companies are depriving Lebanese companies of huge potential earnings by exporting hummus made using traditional Lebanese recipes.
The Israelis see things differently.
"Trying to make a copyright claim over hummus is like claiming for the rights to bread or wine," said Shooky Galili, an Israeli whose blog, dedicated to all things hummus, bears the credo "give chickpeas a chance."
"Hummus is a centuries old Arab dish -- nobody owns it, it belongs to the region," said Galili, who believes the rivalry is about control over the hummus market. Globally, the market is worth $1 billion, according to Abboud.
However, Galili is hopeful that the so-called "hummus war" will be beneficial for relations in the long run.
"If you enter any good hummus restaurant in this region, you will see Jews and Muslims, Palestinians and Israelis sitting at the same table, eating the same food. I think in the end this rivalry will show that we in the Middle East have far more in common than the things that divide us."
Psychological Warfare
13/05/2010
Israel always succeeds in dragging us away from core issues to be preoccupied by marginal ones, such as the "hummus" or "falafel" war that is currently raging between Lebanese chefs and the Israeli intelligence's psychological warfare department. This is because I doubt that Israeli chefs are responsible for their rivalry with us over cooking the largest falafel dish or fighting over the origin of "hummus" but rather this is a game to drag us to marginal issues and deflect our attention away from what is happening in the major arena.
As Arabs, why are we concerned with competing with Israel on issues such as "hummus" and "falafel" whilst ignoring competition in the fields of industry, scientific research, educational and military excellence, and other fields that should be a priority in the competition between us and the Israelis?
If the issue was limited to the origin of dishes like "hummus" or "falafel" or "tabbouleh" or "fattoush" than things would be much simpler, however what is more dangerous than this is that we are more concerned with recovering these dishes than we are towards recovering Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the Shebaa Farms, and other occupied lands. The reality is that these dishes will always be ours, and it does not matter what the Guinness Book of World Records says for we live on "hummus" and "falafel" and "Ful Medames" [Fava beans] and other such dishes.
Our story of being concerned with marginal issues at the expense of core issues, resembles the old joke "they stole the safe, Abu Lama, but don't worry, the key is with me!"
This is close to the story of a sick man who was given instructions on how to make a potion that could cure any infirmary. The man put these instructions in his pocket and went out to buy the ingredients required to make this, and these included cumin, ginseng, honey lotus, and other ingredients which he wrapped up safely in a package. However just as the man was returning home to make this potion a crow snatched this package from him and flew away. The man began to laugh hysterically imagining the crow's disappointment at not finding instructions on what to do with these ingredients.
There can be no doubt that Israel is carrying out a psychological war in order to confuse and embarrass us and preoccupy us with marginal issues. This psychological war even saw a singer named Raheela appearing [on Arab television] to sing Arabic songs like "Ya Tayeb al-Qalb" and "Tizkar" and others. However after we took the bait and met her, she appeared on Israeli television speaking Hebrew, with the Israeli broadcaster gleefully announcing that Raheela was appearing from Tel Aviv.
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Middle East On The Edge
BREAKING NEWSFormer US General Warns of Chemical Attacks Against IsraelPotential Hezbollah offensive includes chemically armed SCUD missiles with a 450 km range, preemptive strikes on air fields, and a wave of tunnel attacks that cross from Lebanon into Israel.
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May 8, 2010
Time to plan for war
I rarely do this, but I ask all my readers to pray for Israel and the Jewish people Obama is lethal for Israel. And American Jewish lay leadership mimics the "Jewish Council" in Nazi Germany, expediting the plans, the solution, to the Jewish problem (i.e., the "Israel" problem). Israel has abdicated her security to America for too long, to her detriment. She has no choice now. Israel is responsible for herself. Look to no one. Do whatever you have to do to survive. The leftist/Islamic alliance that has imposed its agenda on the "international community" is imploding on itself.
Time to plan for war Caroline Glick
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Time to plan for war
May 7, 2010, 6:19 AMSo much for US President Barack Obama's famed powers of persuasion. At the UN's Nuclear Non-Poliferation Treaty review conference which opened this week, the Obama administration managed to lose control over the agenda before the conference even started.Obama administration officials said they intended to use the conference as a platform to mount international pressure on Iran to stop its illicit nuclear proliferation activities. But even before the conference began, with a little prodding from Egypt, the administration agreed that instead of focusing on Iran, the conference would adopt Iran's chosen agenda: attacking Israel for its alleged nuclear arsenal.Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that US officials were conducting negotiations with Egypt about Egypt's demand that the NPT review conference call for sanctions against Israel for refusing to join the NPT as a non-nuclear state. The Journal quoted a senior administration official involved in the discussions saying, "We've made a proposal to them [Egypt] that goes beyond what the U.S. has been willing to do before."Among other possibilities, that proposal may have included a US agreement to appoint a UN envoy responsible for organizing a UN conference calling for the Greater Middle East to become a nuclear-free zone. In diplomatese, "Middle East nuclear-free zone" is a well-accepted euphemism for stripping Israel of its purported nuclear capability while turning a blind eye to Iranian, Syrian and other Islamic nuclear weapons programs. Egypt's demand, which it convinced more than a hundred members of the Non-Aligned bloc to sign onto, is for Israel to open its nuclear installations to international inspectors as a first step towards unilateral nuclear disarmament.On Wednesday the US joined the other four permanent members of the Security Council in signing a statement calling for a nuclear-free Middle East and urging Israel, Pakistan and India to accede to the NPT as non-nuclear states. Following the US's lead, on Thursday Yukiya Amano, the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency wrote a letter to IAEA member states asking for their suggestions for how to convince Israel to sign the NPT.So as Iran -- an NPT signatory -- makes a mockery of the treaty by building nuclear weapons in contempt of its treaty obligations, the US has actively supported Iran's bid to use the NPT review conference as yet another UN forum for bashing Israel.It bears recalling that the primary goal of the NPT is to prevent nuclear proliferation. From the amount of attention Israel is receiving at the NPT review conference, you could easily get the impression that Israel's purported nuclear arsenal is the gravest proliferation threat in the world today. But history shows that this is nonsense.Israel's alleged nuclear arsenal, which it has reportedly fielded for four decades, has not led to a regional nuclear arms race. Notwithstanding their protestations to the contrary, Israel's neighbors fully recognize that the purpose of Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal is to guarantee Israel's survival and consequently only threatens those who would attack the Jewish state with the intention of annihilating it. This is why although it is four decades old; Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal has never caused a regional nuclear arms race. It has never harmed or called into question the relevance or usefulness of the NPT's international non-proliferation agenda. Moreover, as a non-signatory to the NPT, Israel has the right to develop a nuclear program.Iran on the other hand gave up that right when it joined the NPT regime. So too, in sharp contrast to Israel's alleged program, it is clear that Iran's nuclear project is aggressive rather than defensive. Consequently, it is universally recognized that if Iran becomes a nuclear power, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other states will begin developing their own nuclear arsenals in short order. That is, it is absolutely clear that if the NPT is to have any relevance in the coming years, if there is to be any hope that counter-proliferation regimes can be useful; preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons must be its signatories' chief aim.But due to the Obama administration's diplomatic fecklessness and ideological blinders, administration officials were incapable of making these points. And so, instead through its actions, the administration has advanced the cause of nuclear proliferation. The US has now joined the ranks of fools who claim that nuclear weapons in the hands of states like the US and Israel are as problematic as nuclear weapons in the hands of states like Iran and North Korea.BUT THEN, in the end it makes no difference that the US has followed Iran's lead at the NPT conference. Even if the administration had managed to make Iran's nuclear weapons program the focus of debate, it wouldn't have mattered because diplomacy is no longer a relevant tool for preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Appeasement has failed. Sanctions are dead in the water in the Security Council.And even if the Security Council passes a sanctions resolution, they will have no impact on Iran's behavior. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made that much clear in his speech on Monday and in subsequent remarks to the media. As he put it, "While we do not welcome sanctions, we do not fear them either. Sanctions cannot stop the Iranian nation."What all of this demonstrates is that the diplomatic track - from appeasement to sanctions - is irrelevant for contending with Iran's nuclear program. The only way to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear bombs is to use military force to destroy or severely damage its nuclear installations.And this of course is something Obama will not do. His begging-to-shake-hands policy towards Iran and the one hand and his iron fist policy towards Israel on the other makes it absolutely clear that Obama will do nothing to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Rather than correct his abysmal failures, Obama seeks to hide them by minimizing the seriousness of the threat.In remarks to the media this week, a White House official downplayed the Iranian threat. He told the Financial Times that Iran's "nuclear clock has slowed down. They are not making dramatic technical progress given the difficulties they are facing in their [uranium] enrichment program and the fact that their efforts to build secret facilities have been disclosed."The fact that the US's published intelligence estimates of Iran's nuclear program contradict this claim didn't seem to faze the official.The US's abdication of its responsibility as the leader of the free world to prevent the most dangerous regimes from acquiring the most dangerous weapons means that the responsibility for preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons has fallen on Israel's shoulders. Only Israel has the means and the will to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. And the message the NPT follies convey is that Israel must develop contingency plans for attacking Iran as quickly as possible.Daily reports of weapons build-ups and military exercises in Iran and among Iran's clients Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas expose the contours of their war plans.Syria and Iran have armed Hizbullah with some 40,000 missiles and rockets, including hundreds of Scud missiles and guided surface-to-surface solid fuel M600 missiles with a 250 km range and. This week Hizbullah threatened to attack Israel with non-conventional weapons. Syria itself has a formidable chemical and biological arsenal as well as a massive artillery and missile force at its disposal.As for Hamas, since Operation Cast Lead Iran's Palestinian proxy Hamas has expanded its own missile arsenal. Today it reportedly has projectiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv and beyond.As for Iran, as its seemingly endless military exercises make clear, the mullocracy has the capacity to use conventional weapons to imperil global oil shipments from the Persian Gulf. So too, this week's report that Osama Bin Laden may have decamped to Iran in 2003 merely served to underline Iran's ability to utilize jihadist terror forces throughout the world.From the open preparations for war that Iran and its clients have undertaken, it is clear that if they initiate the next round of fighting they will fight a four front war against Israel. That war will be dominated by missile attacks against the entire country aimed at breaking the will of the Israeli people while forcing the IDF to divert vital resources away from Israel's primary target - Iran's nuclear installations - to contend with Iran's proxies' missile stores.AS THEY CONSIDER Israel's options going forward, Israel's political and military leaders have to take two considerations into account. First, the side that initiates the conflict will be the side that controls the battle space. And second, there is a real possibility that the Obama administration will refuse to resupply Israel with vital weapons systems in the course of the war. The fact that Israel will be roundly condemned by the UN and its component parts is a certainty regardless of who initiates the conflict and therefore is irrelevant for operational planning.Armed with these understandings, it is apparent that Israeli contingency plans for war must have limited goals and should be guided by the overarching aim of beginning and ending the war quickly. Luckily, Israel excels at limited, swift campaigns.Responding to one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent threats, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman promised last month that if Assad attacks Israel, Israel will bring down his regime. While bringing about the utter defeat of Iran's regional proxies is a reasonable goal, it cannot be Israel's goal in the coming war.In the coming war, Israel will have only one goal: to destroy or seriously damage Iran's nuclear installations. Every resource turned against Iran's proxies must be aimed at facilitating that goal. That is, the only thing Israel should seek to accomplish in contending with Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas is to prevent them from diverting Israeli resources away from attacking Iran's nuclear installations.This means that Israel must launch a preemptive strike against Hizbullah's missiles and missile launchers, Syria's missiles, artillery and launchers, and Hamas's missiles and launchers. As for their short-range rockets, Israel should do its best to intercept them and otherwise hunker down to weather the storm of Katyushas and Qassams. Life of the homefront won't be easy. But it won't be impossible either, as we saw in 2006.Almost every assessment of a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear installations has assumed that Israel will use its air force to strike. All that can be said of that analysis is that, just as there is more than one way to skin a cat, so there is more than one way to destroy Iran's nuclear installations. An Israeli strike should utilize all of them to keep the Iranians off balance and on the defensive.These are dangerous times. Iran, which seeks to position itself as a regional superpower, has been emboldened by the Obama administration's abdication of US global leadership. Only Israel can prevent Iran from endangering the world. But time is of the essence.
May 7, 2010
Colonel Shtreimel
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07/05/10אפשר גם אחרת: בשנים האחרונות גייס צה"ל מאות חרדים, ואת המהפכה מוביל חיל האוויר. צה"ל זקוק לכמות, איכות ומוטיבציה של מתגייסים, הצעירים החרדים זקוקים לפרנסה ותעסוקה. ממפגש הצרכים הזה נולד מודל שמאפשר לחרדים לשרת תוך שמירה על אורח חייהם
טכנאים בבסיס חצור, שלוקחים חלק בפרויקט ''שחר כחול'' של חיל האוויר, השבוע
צה"ל גייס השנה 400 בוגרי ישיבות למסלולים השונים של פרויקט שח"ר (שירות חרדי), שישתלבו במערך הטכני, בנוסף ל-500 חיילי "נצח יהודה", גדוד הנח"ל החרדי שמציין עשור לקיומו. ראש אכ"א, האלוף אבי זמיר, רואה בשילוב צעירים החרדים מענה אפשרי למצוקת כוח האדם המחריפה בצבא, ולסכנה הגוברת של קריסת מודל "צבא העם", ככל שיגדל חלקם של הלא-מתגייסים (ערבים וחרדים) באוכלוסייה הכללית."לפני עשר שנים, אם היית מדבר עם הרבנים והמנהיגים הפוליטיים של החרדים על שירות צבאי, היו זורקים אותך מהמדרגות", אומר קצין בכיר במטכ"ל. "היום, חלק בתמיכה וחלק בשתיקה נותנים לזה יד". מה קרה? "המצב הסוציו-אקונומי של החרדים קשה ביותר. אנשים מתחילים לפקוח עין, רואים את ההתפתחות אצל החילונים ואת הפער הגדל, ומודאגים גם מהבורות אצל החרדים. חלק גם מודעים ללחץ החברתי הגדל (על הקהילה החרדית, א"ב) ולא רוצים למתוח את החבל יותר מדי".חיל האוויר הוביל בגיוס חרדים למערך הטכני. מפקדו הקודם, אלוף (מיל') אליעזר שקדי, נדלק על הרעיון וראה בו משימה מרכזית. "הסבאים של כולנו היו חרדים. זה העם שלנו, התרחקנו שני דורות, וצריך להסתכל בצורה מחבקת", אמר לקציניו המופתעים. הוא קרא אליו את הרב החילי, ואמר לו: מהיום משימתך איננה רק לבדוק מזוזות וכשרות בבסיסים, אלא שילוב. לך לישיבות המובילות, לישיבת חברון, לישיבת מיר, ותביא לי משם את הטובים והמבריקים למערך הטכני. הרב תמה, איך צעירים שלא למדו מתמטיקה ואנגלית ישתלטו על הטכנולוגיה המתוחכמת של מטוסי אף-16. לשקדי היה פתרון: הם לא יודעים אנגלית, אבל הם יודעים ללמוד. מי שעבר שנים במשמעת של ישיבה חרדית, ולמד 14 שעות ביום, יצליח להשתלט על החומר בקורס צבאי מזורז.החרדים הראשונים הצטרפו לחיל האוויר לפני כשלוש שנים. היום משרתים כ-400 מהם במסלול "שחר כחול", ב-22 תפקידים טכניים, מחשמלאים ואנשי בינוי ועד למתכנתים וטכנאי אלקטרוניקה. חמישה מהם כבר קצינים ושניים יסיימו בקרוב את בה"ד 1, ועוד 15 חתמו קבע. "אנחנו חוצבים בבטון, ועשינו חור קטן בסכר שבין החברה החילונית והחברה החרדית", אומר קצין בכיר בחיל האוויר. "החבר'ה שלנו מבינים שהם קיבלו פרק קטן בהיסטוריה להשפיע עליו. פרופסור ארנון סופר (הגיאוגרף החברתי מאוניברסיטת חיפה) התקשר להגיד לי, שזו נקודת מפנה בחברה הישראלית".ראש הממשלה, בנימין נתניהו, ביקר לפני כמה חודשים בבסיס חיל האוויר בחצרים, והצטלם בתא הטייס של אף-15. בשובו ללשכה סיפר שעמדו לו דמעות בעיניים כשראה חיילים עם פיאות וציציות במדים כחולים. ראש המועצה הלאומית לכלכלה, פרופ' יוג'ין קנדל, רואה את שילוב החרדים והערבים בשוק העבודה כיעד חיוני. קנדל עומד בקשר הדוק עם האחראים לכוח האדם בצה"ל, וגם הוא, כמו נתניהו, התרגש כשפגש את הטכנאים החרדים ביחידת האחזקה האווירית בתל נוף. אחד מהם סיפר לו: "אני חסיד גור, ובשישי-שבת אני לובש שטריימל"."הגענו לחרדים מתוך משבר כוח אדם חריף שיש לנו", אומר הבכיר מחיל האוויר. "היום לא מתגייסים לצבא. העלייה הרוסית נפסקה, הילודה ירדה, ויש השתמטות בהיקפים אדירים ותורתו אומנותו. באנו לחפש עוד מקורות כוח אדם. יש שני נתחים בחברה, שאני לא יכול לגעת בהם, ערבים וחרדים. ובעוד 20 שנה, חמישית או רבע מהיהודים יהיו חרדים.שנים הסתכלתי עליהם כאנשים שלא נושאים בנטל ורק לוקחים מהתל"ג. אבל אפשר ללכת אתם בגישה של ווין-ווין. לא בחקיקה ולא בחוק טל, אלא להקשיב למה שהם צריכים ולגבש מודל".עסקה פשוטההעסקה בין הצבא לחרדים פשוטה: צה"ל זקוק לכמות, איכות ומוטיבציה של מתגייסים. הצעירים החרדים זקוקים לפרנסה ותעסוקה. איך משלבים בין הצרכים? "אמרנו, נאפשר להם לשמר את אורח החיים החרדי בצבא", אומר הבכיר בחיל האוויר. "מדד ההצלחה שלנו, שהם ישתחררו כחרדים. אם ישתחררו כלא-חרדים, זה האיום הכי גדול על הפרויקט". הוא מרוצה מהתוצאה. "כולם מרוויחים, אנחנו מקבלים חיילים טובים מאוד עם מוטיבציה להתקדם, והם מרוויחים בהכנה לעולם העבודה. זה ווין-ווין".ראש להק כוח אדם בחיל האוויר, תא"ל רמי בן-אפרים, וראש מחלקת חוגרים, תכנון ומקורות בלהק, אל"מ יואב בר-סלע, הובילו את קליטת החרדים ב"שחר כחול". בן-אפרים גדל בבית חילוני במושב בשרון, ואת רוב שירותו עשה בתא הטייס של אף-16 ובפיקוד על בסיס רמת דוד. פתאום נדרש ממנו לפגוש רבנים ולהבחין בין ישיבות וזרמים בקהילה החרדית ובין סוגים שונים של גלאט-כשר.המודל שפותח בחיל האוויר - והופעל בעקבותיו גם במודיעין, במערך התקשוב, בחיל הים ובאכ"א - נועד לשמר את אורח החיים החרדי במסגרת הצבאית. התנאי הראשון והמכריע היה שירות ללא בנות. בסביבת העבודה המיידית של החייל החרדי נמצאים רק בנים. זה מתנגש, כמובן, עם המאמץ הצבאי המקביל לשלב חיילות בתפקידים מקצועיים וטכניים. "זה מאוד עדין, ומחייב הרבה מאוד הסברה והיערכות במקומות העבודה", מסבירים בחיל האוויר. "יש מחלקות שהמפקדים מגדירים כמחוץ לתחום לנשים, אבל יכולה להיות פלטפורמה של מטוס שיעבדו עליה יחד". החייל החרדי יכול לטפל, נניח, בתא הטייס והטכנאית החיילת במנוע, או להיפך. הרב החילי מוודא שהמרחק יישמר.
החיילים החרדים, כולם נשואים עם ילדים, משרתים שנתיים בממוצע. הם יוצאים כל יום הביתה - מה שמחייב את שיבוצם בבסיסים הקרובים למרכז, ולא בנגב. מספקים להם מזון גלאט-כשר. ובכל יום הם חייבים ללמוד דף גמרא, כחלק ממסלול השירות הייחודי. המודל הזה יצר בעיות לא קטנות, מהתאמת הכשרות והבישול ועד למתחים פנימיים ביחידה. האם החייל החרדי ישתתף בטיול בטייסת? איך להסביר לחיילים הרגילים את תנאי השירות השונים של המגויסים החדשים?
בצלאל זינגר, בן 25 ואב לילד בן עשרה חודשים, משרת כבודק תוכנה ביחידת תקשוב. הוא מתאר את המפגש עם החיילים החילונים: "יש אתנו במדור אנשים שלא ידעו מה זה דת, ומבחינתם חרדי זה זורק אבנים, הולך מכות ועושה צרות. פתאום באים ארבעה חבר'ה שיכולים לדבר על משחק כדורסל שהיה אתמול, עושים את העבודה כמו שצריך ואפילו יותר". הסקרנות התעוררה. "היתה לנו ביקורת כשרות בבסיס, ובכל שאלה הכי קטנה החיילים היו באים אלינו. לפני כל חג אנחנו מכינים את המצגת, ועכשיו רוצים שבכל שבוע נגיד פירוש לפרשת השבוע. רואים שאני בודק תוכנה כמוהם, ועובד לא פחות טוב מהחילוני שעשה אתי את הקורס, רק הראש שלי קצת אחר, מתפלל שלוש פעמים ביום ויש לי שיעור דף יומי".ומה למדת על החילונים?
"גיליתי אנשים מאוד טובים ואכפתיים, עם ערכים טובים, עם אדם לחברו מאוד עמוק".Colonel Shtreimelבשנה שעברה עשו בחיל האוויר סקר מוטיבציה והופתעו לגלות שהמוטיבציה הכי גבוהה לשירות קבע ולקצונה היתה בקרב החרדים - אף שקצינים ואנשי קבע עוברים למסלול שירות רגיל ומאבדים את התנאים הייחודיים של החייל החרדי. "יש שילוב אינטרסים יפה", אומר הבכיר. "אבל האמת היא, ומזה ראש הממשלה התרגש, שמרגע שהחבר'ה עולים על מדים הם שרים התקווה ועומדים בצפירה".
עומר ישראלי אומר שהצבא "לא מספיק נכנס לציבור החרדי. חוששים שמי שיתגייס יתקלקל". השירות הצבאי, גם בגיל מאוחר יחסית, מקרב את הצעירים החרדים בחזרה למדינה שהוריהם התנתקו ממנה. "אצלי במשפחה אף אחד לא שירת בצבא, רק סבא", מספר זינגר. "ביום הזיכרון האחרון, סבתי ביקשה שאסע אתה לחיפה כדי לעמוד עם המדים בטקס". ובכל זאת, לדברי קצין במערך כוח האדם, "אנחנו לא מציעים את כור ההיתוך של בן-גוריון, אלא מאפשרים להם לשמור על הרב-תרבותיות".
החיילים החרדים מקבלים שכר של כ-3,000 שקל בחודש, בהיותם נשואים עם ילדים (מה שקוראים בצבא "תשלומי משפחה"). השיבוץ הוא מחוץ לתקן והכסף בא ממשרד האוצר, שמסבסד את גיוס החרדים כדי להקל על קליטתם בשוק העבודה בעתיד. לקראת שחרורם, עוזרים להם בהשמה למקומות עבודה אזרחיים. כמה מבוגרי הפרויקט בחיל האוויר מועסקים היום בחברות היי-טק פרטיות. אבל בצבא אומרים שהסבסוד לא מספיק. "זה פרויקט לאומי ולא צה"לי", אומר הקצין הבכיר במטכ"ל. "העלות האמיתית גבוהה ממה שהאוצר נותן לי. ההכשרה יקרה והשירות קצר יחסית. במקום שישתחררו ויבקשו דמי אבטלה, שישלמו לנו את עלות דמי האבטלה ואנחנו נדאג להשמה. החוויה של המשתחררים הראשונים תהיה מעצבת לבאים אחריהם". צה"ל רוצה מינהלת בין-משרדית שתלווה את הצעירים החרדים מהבקו"ם, דרך הטייסת או מדור התקשוב, ועד לקליטה בעבודה האזרחית.3,000 שקל * 5,000 חיילים חרדים = 15,000,000 שקל לחודש750 שקל * 5,000 חיילים חילוניים = 3,750,000 שקל לחודשבחיל האוויר מתכננים לפתוח עוד מסלולים ותפקידים לחרדים, ובקיץ הקרוב יגיעו ל-500 מתגייסים כאלה. "אנחנו יכולים להגיע לאלף חרדים בחיל האוויר, בלי לפגוע במרקם החיל", אומר הבכיר האווירי. "מעבר לזה תידרש היערכות אחרת, כי אנחנו רוצים שילוב ולא דת"ק (דיר תת-קרקעי) חרדי או סוללת נ"מ חרדית". הוא מעריך שצה"ל יכול לקלוט 3,000 עד 5,000 חיילים חרדים. "אם נגיע לשם, ניצחנו את המלחמה הזאת. זו העלייה הרוסית הבאה שלנו".
הצבא לא עושה מסעות גיוס בישיבות, ומעדיף לשווק את השירות החרדי מפה לאוזן, ודרך כנסים למועמדים בהשתתפות הנשים והילדים. הביקוש עולה בינתיים על הצרכים. "כשראיתי אותם עם בנות הזוג בכנס המועמדים, נפל לי האסימון", אומר קצין במערך כוח האדם. "תחושת הגאווה והשייכות היתה כל כך חזקה באולם, והבנתי שהדרך שלהם להגיע למרכז עוברת דרך הצבא". כשבאתי השבוע לבסיס התקשוב, ראיתי בשער שני צעירים בתלבושת חרדית - מכנסיים שחורים, חולצה לבנה, כיפה וציציות. החיילים החרדים סיפרו לי אחר כך, שאלה חברים שלהם ששמעו מהם על השירות מול המחשב, ובאו להתעניין איך ומתי אפשר להתגייס.
Do you recognize the ' flashing ' names?...
TopGeneral Staff Reconnaissance Unit takes over the kidnappers of the "SABENA" plane9 may 1972
03 June 2007 , 15:01
The combat soldiers of the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit successfully release the 100 passengers and crew members of the Belgian "SABENA" airplane. The plane was hijacked on its way from Belgium to Israel by four Fatah operatives. During negotiations with the hijackers, led by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, led by Lieutenant Colonel , took over the airplane. During the operation two male terrorists were killed and two female terrorists were captured. One passenger was killed and two passengers were injured. Among those who participated in the operation were a young officer named , who later became the prime minister, and , who later became the head of the Mossad.
The only one with "Cojones"!...Sabena airplane hijacked by arab terrorists while en route from Vienna to Tel-Aviv, May 8th 1972. The plane landed in Tel-Aviv. The terrorists demanded Israel to release 100 palestinian terrorist prisoners who were jailed in Israel, otherwise they blow the plane up on its passengers. An elite unit of the Israeli army killed/captured the terrorists in a brilliant operation, pretending to be a technical staff."DADO" - This 'Yugo', broke the Siriyan bones ! ( 17 months later... ).
M-600 missiles to Hezbollah
TopSyria gave advanced M-600 missiles to Hezbollah
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA:
It remains unclear why the decision was made at this time to allow direct attribution of the information about the M600 to Israeli officials. Until now this story was reported only by citing a foreign news source.]
Syria gave advanced M-600 missiles to Hezbollah, defense officials claim Army intelligence worried by Lebanese militants' growing rocket arsenal - but says Syria has a genuine desire to strike a peace deal with Israel.
By Jonathan Lis and Amos Harel Haaretz Published 10:47 05.05.10 Latest update 10:47 05.05.10Syria has delivered advanced M600 rockets to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon within the past year, Israeli defense officials said on Wednesday.The M600, a Syrian copy of the Iranian Fateh-110, has a range of 300km and carries a half-ton warhead. If fired from southern Lebanon it would be capable of hitting Tel Aviv.Latest claims of arms transfers to Lebanon follow recent accusations by President Shimon Peres that Syria Hezbollah gave long-range Scud missiles, capable of inflicting heavy damage on Israel's cities.Other government figures, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, have since avoided repeating the claims and it is unclear whether Damascus could have delivered the 44-foot liquid-fueled missiles, handling which requires complex logistics, undetected.Yet doubts over the Scuds have not masked growing fear in the Israeli defense establishment over Hezbollah's rapidly expanding arsenal. On Tuesday the army's head of intelligence research, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, told the Knesset that the Scud transfer was the "tip of the iceberg"."Even today Hezbollah has missiles of all ranges types, including solid-fueled rockets that have a longer range are extremely accurate," Baidatz told the Knesset's foreign affairs and security committee.Baidatz warned that arms transfers were not sporadic but reflected long-term policy in Tehran and Damascus"Syria and Iran carry out weapons transfers on a constant and structured basis in way that can't be described as simple smuggling – the transfers are official and well-organized," he said.He added: "Hezbollah's long-range rockets allow them to position launchers deep within Lebanese territory and cover ranges far greater than we aware of in the past.The militant group was far stronger today than in 2006, when it fought a war with Israel, Baidatz said."Hezbollah in 2010 is very different to Hezbollah in 2006 in terms of military capability, which has advanced a great deal," he said. "Hezbollah is now regarded by the Syrians as a component of their defense establishment."But despite strong backing for Hezbollah, Syria remained keen to strike a peace deal with Israel, Baidatz said."A political settlement with Israel is high on Syria's list of priorities and intelligence shows a will to reach an agreement – but on their terms, meaning a return of the Golan Heights and American involvement" he said.Baidatz said that Syria's President Assad was willing to embrace sweeping changes – but did not trust the administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."Military intelligence believes Syria could radically alter its role – but Assad feels that political progress with the current Israel government is impossible and has therefore avoided confidence-building measures."
May 6, 2010
My Peace Plan
 My Peace Plan: An Israeli Victoryby Daniel Pipes
Victory uniquely creates circumstances conducive to peace. Wars end, the historical record confirms, when one side concedes defeat and the other wins. This makes intuitive sense, for so long as both sides aspire to achieve their ambitions, fighting continues or it potentially can resume. The goal of victory is not exactly something novel. Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese strategist, advised that in war, "Let your great object be victory." Raimondo Montecuccoli, a seventeenth-century Austrian, said that "The objective in war is victory." Carl von Clausewitz, a nineteenth-century Prussian, added that "War is an act of violence to compel the enemy to fulfill our will." Winston Churchill told the British people: "You ask: what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory - victory - at all costs, victory, in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be." Dwight D. Eisenhower observed that "In war, there is no substitute for victory." These insights from prior eras still hold, for however much weaponry changes, human nature remains the same. Victory means imposing one's will on the enemy, compelling him to abandon his war goals. Germans, forced to surrender in World War I, retained the goal of dominating Europe and a few years later looked to Hitler to achieve this goal. Signed pieces of paper matter only if one side has cried "Uncle": The Vietnam War ostensibly concluded through diplomacy in 1973 but both sides continued to seek their war aims until the North won ultimate victory in 1975. Willpower is the key: shooting down planes, destroying tanks, exhausting munitions, making soldiers flee, and seizing land are not decisive in themselves but must be accompanied by a psychological collapse. North Korea's loss in 1953, Saddam Hussein's in 1991, and the Iraqi Sunni loss in 2003 did not translate into despair. Conversely, the French gave up in Algeria in 1962, despite out-manning and out-gunning their foes, as did the Americans in Vietnam in 1975 and the Soviets in Afghanistan in 1989. The Cold War ended without a fatality. In all these cases, the losers maintained large arsenals, armies, and functioning economies. But they ran out of will. Likewise, the Arab-Israeli conflict will be resolved only when one side gives up. Until now, through round after round of war, both sides have retained their goals. Israel fights to win acceptance by its enemies, while those enemies fight to eliminate Israel. Those goals are raw, unchanging, and mutually contradictory. Israel's acceptance or elimination are the only states of peace. Each observer must opt for one solution or the other. A civilized person will want Israel to win, for its goal is defensive, to protect an existing and flourishing country. Its enemies' goal of destruction amounts to pure barbarism. For nearly 60 years, Arab rejectionists, now joined by Iranian and leftist counterparts, have tried to eliminate Israel through multiple strategies: they work to undermine its legitimacy intellectually, overwhelm it demographically, isolate it economically, restrain its defenses diplomatically, fight it conventionally, demoralize it with terror, and threaten to destroy it with WMDs. While the enemies of Israel have pursued their goals with energy and will, they have met few successes. Ironically, Israelis over time responded to the incessant assault on their country by losing sight of the need to win. The right developed schemes to finesse victory, the center experimented with appeasement and unilateralism, and the left wallowed in guilt and self-recrimination. Exceedingly few Israelis understand the unfinished business of victory, of crushing the enemy's will and getting him to accept the permanence of the Jewish state. Fortunately for Israel, it need only defeat the Palestinians, and not the entire Arab or Muslim population, which eventually will follow the Palestinian lead in accepting Israel. Fortunately too, although the Palestinians have built an awesome reputation for endurance, they can be beaten. If the Germans and Japanese could be forced to give up in 1945 and the Americans in 1975, how can Palestinians be exempt from defeat?
This means undoing the perceptions of Israel's weakness that grew during the Oslo process (1993-2000) and then the twin withdrawals from Lebanon and Gaza (2000-05). Jerusalem appeared back on track during Ariel Sharon's first three years as prime minister, 2001-03 and his tough stance then marked real progress in Israel's war effort. Only when it became clear in late 2004 that Sharon really did plan to withdraw unilaterally from Gaza did the Palestinian mood revive and Israel stopped winning. Ehud Olmert's debilitating prime ministry has been only partially remedied by Binyamin Netanyahu over the past year. Ironically, an Israeli victory would bring yet greater benefits to the Palestinians than to Israel. Israelis would benefit by being rid of an atavistic war, to be sure, but their country is a functioning, modern society. For Palestinians, in contrast, abandoning the fetid irredentist dream of eliminating their neighbor would finally offer them a chance to tend their own misbegotten garden, to develop their deeply deficient polity, economy, society, and culture. Thus does my peace plan both end the war and bring unique benefits to all directly involved.
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