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October 13, 2006
Dear Condi
"The Palestinian people deserve a better life ... free of the humiliation of occupation."
"I promise you my personal commitment to that goal."
Well Condi, you sure sound determined in your support of the palestinian people. Such resolve! I can't help but wonder what convinced you that they are so deserving Condi, what did they do to garner your support?
Was it the kidnapping and murder of 18 year old Eliyahu Pinchas Asheri last June? Never mind that they tried to negotiate for his life after they put a bullet through his head, surely that makes them worthy of your support.
Or was it the murder of Lt. Hanan Barak, 20, of Arad and Staff-Sgt. Pavel Slutzker, 20, both of whom were killed when terrorists from the Hamas and Popular Resistance Committees terror organizations infiltrated Israeli territory between the Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings, by means of a tunnel dug from the Rafah area.
Or maybe it was the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, who is still in the hands of your palestinians Condi, and suffering their tender mercies.
Maybe it was the kidnapping of two journalists who were then forced to convert to islam?
What did the palestinians do to convince you Condi, that they are so deserving? Was it the thousands of katyushas rockets that they have sent into Israeli communities over the years? The thousands of katyushas that have landed in civilian areas, schools and such?
Or perhaps it was the sweet sound of "Death to America" chanted in the streets? The celebration of 9/11? Or the government sponsored television aimed at children to blow up Israelis and Americans? What was it Condi, that moved you to support the palestinians?
Were you moved by the sight of palestinians dancing on the streets of Gaza, firing weapons? Or was it the sight of palestinians burning Gaza after Israel gave it up for peace, was it their destruction of the greenhouses? Or was it the palestinians' burning of Christian churches burned to protest the Pope's remarks earlier this year that moved you?
Maybe it was the June 2006 discovery of the burnt body of Dr. Daniel Yaakobi, 59, a doctor from Yakir in the West Bank, that convinced you. He was found in the trunk of his car near Qalqilya and your friend Abbas' Fatah Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
What makes a people deserving of such favor from you Condi? Was it the suicide bombing during the Passover holiday this year? You remember, it was at the Rosh Ha'ir shawarma restaurant, the one that killed eleven people and wounded over 60? The Islamic Jihad proudly claimed responsibility for that attack. Do you remember the victims Condi? Philip Balhasan, 45, of Ashdod; Rozalia Beseneyi, 48, and Piroşca Boda 50, of Romania; Marcel Cohen, 73, of Nice, France; Ariel Darhi, 31, of Bat Yam; Victor Erez, 60, of Givatayim; Binyamin Haputa, 47, of Lod; David Shaulov, 29, of Holon; Lily Yunes, 42, of Oranit. Lior Anidzar, 26, of Tel Aviv died of his wounds on May 13. Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Florida (USA) later died from wounds he suffered in that attack. They got an American that time, is that what hardened your resolve to reward them?
Perhaps it was the humanity of your friend Abbas' Fatah party when they opened fired at the Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem in October of 2005. They killed Matat (Rosenfeld) Adler, 21, and her cousin, Kineret Mandel, 23, both of Carmel, and Oz Ben-Meir, 15, of Maon, and they wounded three. On the same day, another teenager was shot and seriously wounded near Eli, in Samaria.
Was it the March 2003 bombing of Egged Bus #37 by Hamas? Seventeen people were killed that day, many of them teenagers. 53 were wounded. Or was it the home invasion that occurred that same month when Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, and his wife Dina, 50, of Kiryat Arba, were killed and five wounded by Hamas terrorists? The terrorists disguised themselves as Jewish worshippers, infiltrated Kiryat Arba, entered the Horowitz home and murdered them while they were celebrating the Sabbath. Did that convince you that the palestinians were so deserving Condi?
The world recognizes your efforts to get hamas to work with fatah Condi, but some of us remember what happens when they do work together. Ran Baron, 23, of Tel Aviv, Dominique Caroline Hass, 29, of Tel Aviv, and Yanai Weiss, 46, of Holon, were murdered and about 60 people were wounded when a terrorist bomber blew himself up at a beachfront pub, "Mike's Place," in Tel Aviv. Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, they carried it out as a joint operation. Is this the inspiration to encourage these two terrorist groups to work together? Maybe the inspiration was the bombing of Egged bus no. 19 at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets in Jerusalem. Both the Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, naming the bomber as Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old Palestinian terrorist policeman from Bethlehem. Is that a good reason to support the palestinian police? Eleven people were killed and over 50 wounded on that day.
Twenty-three people were killed and over 130 wounded when a Palestinian terrorist detonated himself on a No. 2 Egged bus in Jerusalem's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, is this what triggered you to support them?
Was it the "Truce" or "Hudna" or whatever you want to call it agreed to by Sharon and Abu Mazen that began February 8, 2005 that hardened your resolve and curried your favor? That would make perfect sense, considering what happened during the so called Truce:
Feb 25, 2005 - Five people were killed and 50 wounded Friday night, when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Stage club on the Tel Aviv promenade at around 11:20 P.M., on the corner of Herbert Samuel and Yonah Hanavi streets. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
The victims: Yitzhak Buzaglo, 40, of Mishmar Hayarden; Aryeh Nagar, 37, of Kfar Sava; Yael Orbach, 28, of Rehovot; Ronen Reuvenov, 30, of Tel Aviv. Odelia Hubara, 26, of Jerusalem, died of her wounds on February 28.May 2, 2005 - St.-Sgt. Dan Talasnikov, 21, of Nir Galim was killed and another soldier lightly wounded in an exchange of fire during an operation to arrest wanted terrorists from the Islamic Jihad in the village of Saida, north of Tulkarem. One of the terrorists, responsible for the February 25 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, was killed. The second terrorist was apprehended.
Mar 7, 2005 - Two Israelis are wounded by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron.
Jun 7, 2005 - Three workers were killed and five wounded when a Qassam rocket hit a packing shed in Ganei Tal, in the Gaza Strip, penetrating the building's roof and exploding indoors. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jun 19, 2005 - IDF NCO Sgt.-Maj. Avi Karouchi, 25, of Beersheba was killed and two soldiers were wounded in a coordinated Palestinian attack in which RPG missiles and gunfire were fired at an IDF engineering force conducting construction work on the Philadelphi route along the Israeli-Egyptian border. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jun 20, 2005 - Yevgeny Reider, 28 of Hermesh was killed and a 16-year old teenager was wounded in a terrorist shooting attack in the village of Baka A-Sharkiya in the northern West Bank. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jun 24, 2005 - Avihai Levy, 17, of Beit Hagai was killed in a drive-by terrorist shooting at a hitchhiking stop about 200 meters from the entrance to Beit Hagai, south of Hebron. Aviad Mansour, 16, of Otniel, fatally wounded in the attack, died on June 26. Three others were wounded. The Islamic Jihad and Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jun 29, 2005 - Hezbollah attacks an Israeli position at Mt. Dov from across the Lebanese border, killing one and injuring three.
Jul 12, 2005 - Rachel Ben Abu, 16, of Tel Aviv; Nofar Horowitz, 16, of Tel Aviv; and Julia Voloshin, 31, of Netanya were killed and about 90 people were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated himself outside Hasharon Mall in Netanya. Anya Lifshitz, 50, of Netanya, who was mortally wounded, succumbed to her wounds on July 13. Cpl. Moshe Maor Jan, 21, of Netanya died of his wounds on July 14. The bomber was identified as Ahmed Abu Khalil, 18, from the West Bank village of Atil. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jul 14, 2005 - Dana Gelkovitch, 22, of Kibbutz Bror Hayil, was killed by a Qassam rocket fired at Netiv Ha'asara in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah all claimed responsibility for the attack.
The world was determined to kick the Jews out of Gaza for peace and that worked, didn't it? Your palestinians destroyed the oasis in the desert built by Israelis, burning it to the ground, and what they didn't burn, they tore apart with their bare hands. The number of rockets and mortar shells on Israeli targets sharply increased after Israel gave up Gaza for peace, with 130 attacks from January through July of 2005, the eve of the expulsion. After Israel gave up Gaza for peace, 179 rockets rained down on Israel over the following five months. And many of them came from Gaza. But that's not all the palestinians accomplished after getting Gaza:
Jul 23, 2005 - Dov, 58, and Rachel Kol, 53, of Jerusalem were killed shortly after midnight on Saturday night near the Kissufim crossing in the southern Gaza Strip while returning home from visiting family in Gush Katif. Three others were wounded. The Islamic Jihad and Fatah al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 3, 2005 - Palestinian terrorists fire a rocket at a group of Israeli demonstrators in Sderot. The missile hits their own group instead, killing a 3-year-old boy and injuring nine others, including five children.
Aug 24, 2005 - Shmuel Mett, 21, of Britain, a Mir Yeshiva student, was returning from the Western Wall to the yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Beit Yisrael neighborhood when he was fatally stabbed near Jaffa Gate in the Old City. Two other students were wounded.
Aug 28, 2005 - A Fatah terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in Beersheba, eight Israelis are hospitalized, including two guards that were seriously wounded.
Sept 21, 2005 - Sasson Nuriel, 55, of Jerusalem was kidnapped and slain by Palestinian terrorists. His body was found on Sept 26 in a garbage dump in the industrial zone of Bitunya, west of Ramallah. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 16, 2005 - Matat (Rosenfeld) Adler, 21, and her cousin, Kineret Mandel, 23, both of Carmel, and Oz Ben-Meir, 15, of Maon were killed and three were wounded when Palestinians opened fire at the Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem. Another teenager was shot and seriously wounded near Eli, in Samaria. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for both attacks.
Oct 26, 2005 - Six people were killed and 55 wounded, six seriously, in a suicide bombing at the Hadera open-air market. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The victims: Michael Kaufman, 68, of Hadera; Pirhiya Machlouf, 53, of Hadera; Sabiha Nissim, 66, of Moshav Ahituv; Jamil Qa'adan, 48, of Baka al-Gharbiya; and Ya'acov Rahmani, 68, of Hadera. A sixth victim, Genia Poleis, 66, of Hadera, died of her wounds 11 days later, on November 5.
Nov 2, 2005 - St.-Sgt. Yonatan Evron, 20, of Rishon Lezion, was mortally wounded in a gun battle with terrorists near Jenin. He died en route to hospital.
Nov 21, 2005 - Eleven Israeli soldiers and one civilian are injured by a Hezbollah attack in Metulla, Northern Israel..
Dec 5, 2005 - Five people were killed and over 50 wounded in a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Sharon shopping mall in Netanya. The terrorist detonated the bomb when he was stopped by security guards, one of whom was killed. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The victims: Haim Amram, 26, of Netanya, a security guard at the mall; Alexandra Garmitzky, 65, of Netanya; Daniel Golani, 45, of Nahariya; Elia Rosen, 38, of Bat Hefer; and Keinan Tsuami, 20, of Petah Tikva.
Dec 8, 2005 - Sgt. Nir Kahane, 20, of Kiryat Tivon, was stabbed to death at the Kalandiya checkpoint, south of Ramallah. The assailant was apprehended. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 16, 2005 - Yosef (Yossi) Shok, 35, of Beit Hagai was killed in a shooting attack while driving home in the southern Hebron hills. Two passengers were wounded. The Islamic Jihad and Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the attack.
Dec 29, 2005 - Lt. Ori Binamo, 21, of Nesher was killed when a terrorist en route to carry out an attack in Israel detonated himself at roadblock set up near Tulkarm following an intelligence tip. Two Palestinians were also killed, one the taxi driver who was carrying the bomber. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were wounded.
How wonderful that you have hardened your resolve to support the palestinian people in their goals. Except, by helping them to acheive their goals and by rewarding the palestinians for their actions, by even speaking of rewarding them for their actions, you encourage them to more of the same. Remember Condi, because of this, because of your support of the palestinians in their quest to kill the Jews, because you promise them rewards for doing so, you are responsible for the end result of your efforts. And we all know what the end result will be.
More of this.
Posted by LindaSoG at October 13, 2006 07:00 AM
Comments
I was hoping that Ms. Rice would turn out to be one of the "greats." But, as she has recently shown, she isn't what I would want to see in a higher position. I am glad that she is expecting to return to California at the end of this term.
It seems as if both sides of the aisle struggle to disappoint me more than the other side does.
I support Israel.
Oran R. Woody
Posted by: Oran Woody at October 13, 2006 09:13 AM
Great post and it shows exactly why what Condi said is so very wrong and dangerous. She has been saying things like this way too many times and it is extremely concerning to me. Not only that I am outraged about it.
Thank you for writing this.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 13, 2006 10:25 AM
Wahoo!!! You have said everything I find objectionable in that woman. She is a protege of (Marie Jana Korbelová if you please)Madelleine Albright's father.
Josef Korbelová, she is IMO a smarter Madelleine Albright, sadly she has chosen to serve the United Nations rather than the United States. Josef Korbelová, a Czech defector who fled the Nazis in WWII was hired to teach international politics at the University of Denver, and became the Dean of International Studies. He was Condi's mentor and she was treated like his daughter. Looks like both women were ideal U.N. employees.
I believe that John Bolton would serve our needs better but he's unconfirnmed in his current job.
Posted by: Jack at October 14, 2006 03:27 AM