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Interactive Map of the Mexican Drug War

tzofiya — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:24:48 +0000

Pan and zoom, and make sure and look up north at Juarez… See the original by Diego Valle

Children of Oslo

tzofiya — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:58:17 +0000

Righteous

tzofiya — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:28:48 +0000

I have a friend named Isabel, who is a righteous gentile. She isn't a Christian Zionist-although many Christian Zionists fill that bill. She didn't think that much about Israel or Jews through the years. She was raised Catholic in New Mexico and still gives up something each Lent. She says she has her own beliefs that are private. And so they are...we became friends at work. At one pro-Israel event I put on at the UNM Law School after work, a movie about the forced Jewish Exodus from Arab lands after Israel was established, Isabel stopped by the room on her way home to see how it was going. It wasn't going well. I was trying to get the sound working. The audience was all there, a pretty good turnout for such an event, and they were getting a little restive at the delay. I called over to Isabel and told her the problem, and she came over to help me out with it. Dressed in work clothes and heels, she tripped on a step on the way down to the podium and fell hard on one knee. People gasped and asked if she was alright, and she quickly got up and said she was fine. She stayed to cover the podium and reassure people as I hurried off to find someone to help get the sound working. She stayed through the changing of rooms and through the movie. The movie stirred her sense of justice. The Arab and world treatment of the Jews reminded her of the US treatment of Indians. Afterwards I thanked Isabel and she showed me her skinned knee, which was bleeding some. I told her that she had "shed blood" for Israel, and that made her a righteous gentile. We both laughed a little. But it comes up sometimes still, because beneath the joke was the truth. Isabel is a righteous gentile, not only because she's "good people", but specifically because unbeknownst to either her or me when we first became friends, she is willing to "take a hit for Israel". She would do it knowingly and by choice. You don't see Isabel's name on event flyers and she doesn't join groups, but she is there, on the good side, ready to move when called. Thank G-d for all the people like Isabel. Some will object to talking about "sides", but really, there are only two sides now. Everyone is on one side or the other, even if you don't think about it or believe it. If you haven't thought about it, chosen for good and acted for good, then you are probably a pawn of the other side. This is an unhappy position to be in, because the other side is not your friend. As they say, the devil breaks his tools. What is the dividing line, the watershed, in the world today? It's Israel. Looking at it objectively, that's strange, but the prophets said it would be like that. Some little country far away from most places, populated by a group of people who are a small number among all the peoples, yet all the weight of the world powers sits on this country to try to force it to do their will; to force it to surrender and cease to be. Why should it matter, objectively speaking, what Israel does or doesn't do? Why should it matter what anyone in Albuquerque, New Mexico thinks about Israel? Yet it does. There is no middle ground any longer, and every person is choosing their side.

Gigantic Hizbullah Anti-Israel Theme Park in Beirut

tzofiya — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:03:18 +0000

The Results of Refusing Peace

tzofiya — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:01:11 +0000

Churchhill, a fanatic who plunged Europe into war, and then a charming Sukkot song. Latma Reveals Real Churchill and Global Sukkah Outrage

3 Things to Know About Islam

tzofiya — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:07:28 +0000

I am Israel

tzofiya — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:31:41 +0000

Confronting “Disengagement”: Israel, Civil Disobedience and the Higher Law

tzofiya — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:10:31 +0000

This extensive study of historical international law, the duties of a government and civil disobedience applies as much today, as Israel plan to "disengage" all Jews from Arab occupied lands in Israel, as in 2005.

ISRAEL, “PALESTINE,” AND THE SAMSON OPTION

tzofiya — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:06:29 +0000

The "Samson Option" refers to a presumed policy that is based upon an implicit threat of massive nuclear retaliation for specific enemy aggressions.

General McChrystal’s Speech on Afghanistan

tzofiya — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:48:27 +0000

The perception of the villager matters in terms of which side he should support, so winning the battle of perception is key.

Lavrov: Mideast process depends of unification of all Palestinian groups

tzofiya — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:22:09 +0000

The Moscow conference on the Middle East should be the second step towards resuming the political process in the region. The world community reached a consensus on this aspect.

Yom Yerushalayim

tzofiya — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:40:06 +0000

...we have returned to our home, to our holy city. From this day forth, we shall never budge from here!

Kadima’s strategy for success

tzofiya — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:16:38 +0000

We are here because Kadima has placed its political success above Israel's security.

Analysis: Security kingpin held Gaza in iron grip

tzofiya — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:24:07 +0000

Siam was seen as the No. 2 Hamas man in the Gaza Strip, and some of his supporters considered him the future successor to Haniyeh.

Fighters’ Jewish Spirit Returns

tzofiya — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:36:33 +0000

Our Father doesn�t ask, �Where have you been until now? Why do you remember Me just when you go out to war?� He welcomes all His children and embraces them with love.

Shipment for Palestinian Energy Authority Used in Attempt to Smuggle Night Vision Equipment to Gaza

tzofiya — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:03:19 +0000

despite this cynical attempt to abuse the humanitarian platform one truck of electronic supplies intended to rehabilitate the electrical network was transferred. Since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead 22,046 tons of humanitarian aid on 926 trucks have been shipped to the Gaza Strip

Hamas’s march to victory

tzofiya — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:43:41 +0000

There is no reason for our soldiers to place their lives in jeopardy in a campaign that the government that has already decided to lose.

Groundhog Day for the Fifth Column of Malice

tzofiya — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:10:20 +0000

In Gaza. Actually, there are two wars going on: one involving rockets and warplanes, and the other involving the media

Gaza Proportionality – A mathematical argument

tzofiya — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:33:11 +0000

But let's see what the Israeli reaction would have to be, in order for it to be proportional to the terrorist attack, as the world demands.

Albuquerque Anti/Pro Israel Rallies

tzofiya — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:52:34 +0000

Three Israel rallies in one day: what does it mean?