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Journalist Stephen Sotloff, who was beheaded by Islamic State jihadists, was Jewish, held dual Israeli and American citizenship and had studied in Israel, according to information released today (September 3, 2014), a day after the shocking video was released. of his beheading. The White House believes the video showing Sotloff's beheading is genuine.
A friend of Sotloff's during his captivity told the Israeli newspaper "Yedyot Achronot" that Sotloff was Jewish, a fact he hid from his guards, while he had even managed to observe the Kippur fast. "He told them he was sick and didn't want to eat, even when they served us eggs that day," his friend said. “He used to pray secretly facing Jerusalem. He would look in which direction his captors were praying and then adjust the angle."
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- On the Israeli website Ynet: “Steven Sotloff, journalist executed by ISIS, was Israeli-American”
- On the In.gr website: "The video of jihadists beheading a hostage is genuine, a global shock"
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It is a fact that the war in Gaza caused pain and suffering for the death of many innocent people, who were most often used as human shields by the terrorist groups of Hamas to provoke the condemnation of Israel by international public opinion. As the number of victims increased, so did the operation to demonize the very existence of the State of Israel by many warheads in our country, who do not hesitate to compare Gaza to Auschwitz and Israelis to the Nazis. They choose to blame Israel for a war that Hamas imposed and for a crime against the Palestinian people that it itself is committing. They forget, however, that if Israel did not have the means to protect its own citizens (shelters, Israeli-made anti-missile systems, etc.), then there would be thousands of victims from the nearly 4.000 Hamas rockets against the civilian population. Hamas, therefore, remains in the fireproof zone for them. Just as invulnerable are the jihadist fanatics who spread terror and death to ordinary people (Muslims and Christians) in Iraq, Syria, Sudan and elsewhere. The hypocrisy in all its glory that reveals, however, their anti-Semitic mentality.
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The Middle East is on fire. Over 1000 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip targeting Israeli civilians in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ashdod port to Haifa in Northern Israel. Six million Israelis live under the threat of rocket fire from Hamas, which has a declared goal of destroying Israel, with a long history of terror attacks against civilians. The fact that Israelis are not grieving thousands of casualties from this recent merciless attack is due to the safeguards Israel has taken for the safety of its citizens, with the use of the Iron Dome anti-missile system and early warning of citizens to evacuate in shelters.
The Central Jewish Council of Greece, representing all the Israeli Communities of our country, expresses its solidarity with the citizens and the State of Israel which is once again forced to assert its self-evident right to exist safely.
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An Open Letter was addressed - on 23.7.14 - by Israeli MP David Tsur, chairman of the Israel-Greece Friendship Committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) to the Greeks, on the occasion of the recent events in Israel and the Gaza Strip:
Dear Greek friends,
As a long-time friend and admirer of Greece and as someone who has worked tirelessly to promote Israel-Greece relations in my capacity as head of the Israel-Greece Parliamentary Friendship Group, I have been saddened by some recent statements in Greece which distort the reality about the current conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Israel did not seek this conflict and took many efforts to avoid it. But we were finally forced to act because of Hamas' incessant daily attacks on our citizens. In recent weeks Hamas has fired more than 1.850 rockets into Israel putting nearly 6 million people at risk, forcing them to run for shelters every time a rocket is fired. Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza are targeting Israel with over 15.000 rockets. No country in the world would tolerate such a threat against its civilian population. Israel is no exception.
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- "The summer that hurts us in Greece", by Sammy Varsanos, 28.8.2014. Republished from the website www.efsyn.gr
I was very surprised to read in the "Newspaper of the Editors" an article typical of neo-anti-Semitism. Mr. Avdikos' attempt is not to criticize the government of Israel, which is absolutely legitimate, but to slander the people of Israel and all Jews... Read the full article here.
- At "Journal of the Authors" the following article by Victor Isaac Eliezer, correspondent of the Israeli newspaper "Yediot Achronot" in Greece, was published on 25.8.2014.
WHEN HATE IS STRONGER THAN WILL
With the relentless war waged by Hamas to destroy Israel, it has achieved two goals.
The first consists in the fact that it prevents any possibility of reaching a solution that would provide for two states for two peoples. No Israeli government, right or left, will agree to the creation of a Palestinian state with Hamas as the protagonist of the developments. Because if rockets from Gaza are dangerous to the safety of Israeli citizens in southern and central Israel, rockets from the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and Jericho could bring about the violent dismemberment of the country and would place its inhabitants in a permanent hostage situation. .. Read the full article here.
-R. LAUDER'S ARTICLE "WHO WILL SUPPORT THE CHRISTIANS?"
The newspaper "TA NEA" republished on 21.8.2014 the following article by Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) published in "New York Times" On 19.8.2014.
WHO WILL SUPPORT THE CHRISTIANS?
Why does the world remain silent while Christians are being slaughtered in the Middle East and Africa? Why are there protests only for the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza and not for the barbaric slaughter of thousands of Christians in the Middle East?… Read the full article here.
- "On the altar of the communication war", intervention of Samby Mionis for the dead children of Gaza, 20.8.2014. Republished from the website kourdistoportocali.com
According to Hamas officials, at least 160 children killed in "work accidents" during the creation of the tunnels that the organization uses to import weapons and goods from Egypt to Gaza and to export to Israel terrorists ready to kidnap and sow death... Read the full article here.
- "Gaza: the hypochthonic net of death", by Iakovos Frizis, 19.8.2014. Republished from the website www.enet.gr
Almost a year ago, in October 2013, the Israeli army discovered the first tunnel in Gaza, made with cement, imported from Israel. The purpose of these tunnels was to enter Israeli territory underground, in order to kill Israeli soldiers or civilians... Read the full article here.
- "The responsibility of collective inactivity", by Minos Mousis, President of the Israelite Community of Athens, 13.08.2014. From the website www.tovima.gr
In BIMA of August 7, an opinion of Mr. Dimitris Eleas is published, signing as a writer and activist. His article was titled "The Wise and Sympathetic Jews". The crisis in Gaza, beyond its operational content - on both sides - and the human victims for whom international pain and sympathy has been expressed - of course this only selectively concerns the Palestinian victims (!) - also awakened traditional anti-Semitic stereotypes and emotions. Such are contained in the article in question - opinion... Read the full article here.
- "Anti-Semitism is reviving", by Athanasios H. Papandropoulos, 11.8.2014. Republished by ESTIA newspaper
Author of the book "The 4th World War" (published by Grasset, 2005), the distinguished French writer and former great reporter of Le Point magazine, Thierry Volton, is categorical: "Hamas is definitely the big winner of the communication war with Israel and there is a danger that its victory will have dramatic consequences - especially at the level of Muslims living in the old continent, whose children are today largely affected by the crisis. From this point of view, the latest demonstrations in support of Hamas in Paris are also the starting point for the revival of a new anti-Semitism...", he tells us. Read the full article here.
- "Foreign correspondents expose Hamas' fake war front", by Daniel Bettini, Ynet News 7.8.2014. Republished from Jean Cohen's website www.cohen.grThe world did not believe Israel, but perhaps it could believe foreign correspondents who were afraid to give a live response, but now they are telling us everything: about the Hamas Headquarters at Al-Shifa Hospital, about the rocket launchers near the UN facilities , about the threats and staged bombing scenes… Read the whole article here.
- "Crisis in Gaza: Truths and Hypocrisies", by Minos Moysis, President of the Jewish Community of Athens, 7.8.2014. From website of I.K. Athens.
[…]Israel has a right – like every country in the world – to defend its citizens, it has the right to exist in safety. Many people forget this or take it for granted. It's not like that at all. A simple trip of a few days to Israel reveals how much the organization that can provide security to its citizens is integrated into the daily life of this country. For example, all houses and apartments in Israel built after 2005 are required to have a security room with specifications capable of withstanding powerful rocket blasts. Every apartment building has a shelter. Safety drills take place at least 2-3 times a month. All schools have terrorist attack protection infrastructure and staff trained to evacuate within minutes. At every entrance to a restaurant, cinema, shopping center, the passage and objects are checked with machines and personnel, just like in airports. How many have ever wondered what all this means for the daily life of a State and a people? In what other State in the developed world can one imagine even 10% of all this as part of their daily life? … Read the whole article here.
- "How is public opinion formed? Middle East, Eastern Ukraine", by Nikos Bistis, 4.8.2014. Republished from the website www.metarithmisi.gr
You will remember the cormorant drowning in oil, or the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador posing as a poor refugee victim of the Iraqis, or the prime minister of Ukraine giving a Nazi "salute". Image has great power but it doesn't always tell the truth or the whole truth. This is where the objectivity of the medium and the professionalism of the journalist are needed... Read the full article here.
- "Tears of Hypocrisyias" of Andreas Andrianopoulos, Director of the Institute of Diplomacy and pr. Minister, 4.8.14, from his personal website www.andrianopoulos.gr. Reposted: "Daily" 7.8.14 & in the www.cohen.gr
And of course nobody wants the massacres of civilians and the deaths of small children during military operations. But those who throw the bombs are not the only ones responsible. But also those who use schoolyards, hospitals and kindergartens to launch rockets that will inevitably attract deadly retaliation... Read the whole article here.
- Jon Voight responds to letter from 'ignorant' Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz on Israel: 'You should be ashamed,' The Hollywood Reporter, 2.8.14:
The actor urges his colleagues to "examine their motives", asking, "can you now take back the fire of anti-Semitism raging around the world"? My name is Jon Voight and I am more than angry, I am deeply disappointed that people like Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem can incite anti-Semitism around the world and ignore the damage they have caused. Read the whole article here.
- "Jews rejected child sacrifice 3.500 years ago. Now it's Hamas's turn," he said Elie Wiesel (Nobel Peace Prize), Algemeiner, 1.8.14:
More than three and a half thousand years ago, Abraham had two sons. One son had been sent into the wilderness and was in danger of dying. God saved him with water from a spring. The other son was doomed, about to have his throat cut by his own father. But God held the knife. Both sons, Ishmael and Isaac, received promises that they would lead great nations.
With these narratives, monotheism and Western civilization began. And the Canaanite practice of sacrificing children to Moloch is abandoned once and for all by Abraham's ancestors…. Read the whole article here.
- "The Death of the Two State Solution", by Geoffrey Alderman, Jewish Chronicle 31.7.2014:
I dedicate the following article to Harakatal-Muqawamaal-Islamiyya, widely known here in the West as Hamas. During the 14 years that I have been writing for this column, I never imagined that I would write even one sentence - let alone an article - praising this organization. But I think the right time to do it has arrived. Why ; … Read the whole article here.
- "Propaganda should not distort the truth", by Victor Isaac Eliezer, Everyday, 31.07.2014:
The truth is that the Arab world never accepted the creation of the Jewish state in the historical land of the Jewish people. It was not Israel that rejected the UN resolution in 1947, which provided for the establishment of two states between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.[…] What do the so-called defenders of human rights demand from Israel? Should he dismantle shelters and destroy anti-missile defense systems to cause thousands of Israeli civilian casualties to prove that Hamas rockets and Grant missiles are not a paper war?… Read the whole article here.
- "AMOS OZ: 'lose-or-lose' situation for Israel", interview of the Israeli author in Deutsche Welle, 30.7.14. Republished from Jean Cohen's website www.cohen.gr
[...] Oz: What would you do if your neighbor across the street dug a tunnel from his children's room to yours in order to blow up your house or kidnap your family?… Read the full interview here.
- “Why Anti-Zionism is Modern Anti-Semitism”, by Benjamin Weinthal, The Corner 29.7.14. Republished from Jean Cohen's website www.cohen.gr
Israel's defense operation "Peak Protection" against Hamas rocket attacks revealed that it took a military conflict to show that anti-Zionism cannot be dissociated from anti-Semitism... Read the whole article here.
- "The Promised Land...", by Elias Pessach, Readers' Letters Everyday, 26.7.14:
[…] After 140 years in the region, the Palestinians are also entitled to a state. It is enough that they recognize the existing Israel (which is willing to cede territory, as in 2006). Unfortunately, Hamas' goal is to "replace" Israel with another state. He says it and tries it throughout time through distorted education, blind religious hatred, terrorism. Realistically, this cannot be accepted by any state ("disappear" from the map because that's what its "interlocutors" want...). Read the whole article here.
- "Hamas Thank You Letter to the International Media", by Noah Beck, The Algemeiner 25.7.2014, republished from website www.cohen.gr :
Dear Members of the main media,
You were awesome! Everyone knows that we have started a war against Israel that we cannot win because the real victory is when we have predicted that you will be with us every time. And you support our strategy so well that we would really like to acknowledge your help. Special thanks to you… Read the whole article here.
- "The gray gauze and another horrible legacy", by Thodoris Georgakopoulos, 25.7.14, Everyday:
I don't want to shock you. But it is absolutely possible and testable. Be allowed. It is not bad. No sane person will accuse you of revolutionary laziness, of inhumanity, of lack of compassion if you do. You can mourn the innocent victims of Israel's bombing of Gaza while at the same time raging at the brutal political choices of Hamas... Read the full article here.
- "The vicious cycle of madness", by Stefanos Kassimatis, 25.7.14, Everyday:
I've been trying to avoid it for so many days because I don't really want to face the embarrassment it causes me. Now, however, I say to risk a different attempt, no matter what. So let me put down the facts of the tragedy that is taking place in Gaza to weigh them, in the hope that maybe I will end up somewhere.... Read the full article here.
- "In this sad war story, Israel is right", of Ari Shavit (Haaretz, 24.7.14), republished from the website www.cohen.gr:
Those who even remotely condone Hamas are collaborating with a deadly, religious, tyrannical dictator. Hamas is the Palestinian neo-Nazis…. Read the whole article here.
- «Someone knocks on the door", by Dimitris Galon, 23.7.14, www.protagon.gr:
The main topic of the days is Gaza. There are many mobilizations, discussions, reactions and positions, many times expressed in the form of personal posts, mainly on the internet, on the one hand in support of the civilian drama, on the other hand in support of the Palestinians in the outcome of the war... Read the full article here.
- "Israel Struggles to Protect Its Citizens - Hamas Uses Palestinians as Human Shields", by Samby Mioni, 23.7.14, www.kourdistoportocali.on:
The main difference between Israel and Hamas, is that the Israelis glorify life, while the Islamist fanatics of Hamas glorify death... Read the full article here.
- 'The Dikio of the Strong", of Thanos Tzimeros, founder and president of the political movement "Creation, again!" & Regional Councilor of Attica, 17.7.14, www.iporta.gr:
A war that lasts 60 years is an absurd war. In a war there is no good and bad. There are opponents who violently defend their interests. And violence is always inhumane... Read the full article here.
- "Nothing makes Hamas happier than dead Palestinians," by Jerold Auerbach, 16.7.14/XNUMX/XNUMX, The Algemeiner:
The best stories in the media these days are those showing the agony of the people of Gaza, who are mourning their dead from attacks by Israel, which is retaliating against the unprovoked barrage of rockets it receives from Hamas… Read the full article here.
- "The statement not issued by the UN Security Council", of David Horovitz City of Kyiv, Ukraine, The Times of Israel:
Council members shudder at the thought of the widespread loss of life and destruction that the hundreds of rockets were intended to cause—and would have caused—in the absence of Israel's missile defense system. Read the full article here.
- "Put yourself in Israel's shoes for a moment", Message to World Leaders, volth Ronald S Lauder, its president WJC City of Kyiv, Ukraine, The Algemeiner:
Recently, at the World Jewish Congress we asked all the governments of the world to step into Israel's shoes for a moment.
"We would all agree that any government would have a duty to defend its citizens if its cities were attacked," we said in a letter to UN ambassadors, US officials, European Union and Latin American foreign affairs ministers. , as well as others... Read the full article here.
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of THANOS TZIMERO, founder and president of the political movement "Creation, again!" & Regional Councilor of Attica
A war that lasts 60 years is an absurd war. In a war there is no good and bad. There are opponents who violently defend their interests. And violence is always inhumane.
There are fanatics on both sides – they usually win. There are pacifists on both sides – they usually lose. But the recent Israel-Hamas conflict is not a conflict between some Jews and some Palestinians. It is a war episode between the state of Israel and the military wing of the stronger of the two political forces of the Palestinian state, Hamas.
What is Hamas' position on Israel? The complete disappearance. Its destruction and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state in what is now Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. How is this going to be done; Of course with holy war. The Hamas declaration speaks of jihad. Does anyone think this is possible? Does anyone think that the Israelis, possessors of nuclear weapons, will sit idly by? So where does Hamas's vision lead? In a holocaust, primarily of Palestinians.
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* Article by ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Jerusalem Post, 14 July 2014
The current war between Hamas and Israel dispels many of the myths that have been accepted as gospel by much of the world's public opinion and media.
Myth 1st: The main cause of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is the occupation of the West Bank and Israel's settlement policy.
Reality: The reality is that the rocket attacks carried out by Hamas against Israeli cities and political targets have little to do with the Israeli occupation and settlements in the West Bank. Even if Israel made peace with the Palestinian Authority, the rocket attacks from Gaza would not stop. These Hamas attacks are inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, Syria and others who oppose the very idea of a national state for the Jewish people. The best proof of this reality is that these attacks began as soon as Israel ended its occupation of Gaza and uprooted all settlements from the area. Israel left behind agricultural greenhouses and other equipment that the people of Gaza could use if they wanted a decent society.
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