tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78247660258789922892024-03-13T00:24:46.993-07:00Noanoa is a singer/songwriter of yemenite/israeli/american origins. you can read more about her on www.noasmusic.comNoahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-52359208340742214722017-05-24T07:18:00.001-07:002017-05-24T12:40:28.257-07:00About Detroit and beyond...unravelling the "Wordian" Knot<div class="gmail-p1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">To my friends in
Detroit and elsewhere:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Using Walt
Whitman's metaphor, leaders, like captains ,are elected in order to steer the
ship to a safe haven on the shore of the people's promised land. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Captains are chosen
based on merit and experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The word Zeitgeist
well describes the context in which leaders of democratic countries are
elected. It is the dominant set of ideals and beliefs that motivates the
actions of the members of a society in a particular period of time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Leaders can hardly
ever get elected by ignoring the zeitgeist. But it is their duty, if they ever
wish to become worthy of the title 'leaders', to steer the country to a just
and moral shore regardless of where the popular wind is blowing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It is my view that
both PM Netanyahu and President Donald Trump are summoning ill winds of hate,
ultra-nationalism and racism, surfing an ominous, dark wave which is
threatening to drown us all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Was my criticism of
both leaders legitimate? Was it harsh? In both cases the answer is Yes. The sound of an alarm siren is piercing and
painful to the ear. But the pain inflicted by an advancing tsunami is far
greater. Being a singer-songwriter, I am a siren in more ways than one. Artists throughout history always have been,
and continue to be to this day. Notice how many American artists have sounded their alarms in the past year
only! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Today we see many
American citizens, both Democrats and Republicans, regretting their apathy when
alarms such as mine were sounded. Similarly, many Israeli citizens, including
politicians and top army officers, left and right, feel the same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So, what were the
triggers that led to my piercing alarm?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Consider the
following utterances:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Netanyahu:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> "Left
wingers have forgotten what it means to
be Jewish!..", and during the last
elections, “The right-wing government is
in danger. Arab voters are heading to
the polling stations in droves,” he wrote. “Left-wing NGOs are bringing them in
buses!</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span class="gmail-s1"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>״</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="gmail-s1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (the Prime
Minister was referring to the 20 percent Arab citizens of Israel. He was
clearly inciting against citizens of the country he is supposed to be serving!)</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Trump on women:
“Rosie O'Donnell is disgusting, both inside and out. If you take a look at her,
she's a slob. How does she even get on television? If I were running The View,
I'd fire Rosie. I'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers and say,
'Rosie, you're fired.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Trump on Muslims:
“a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our
country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Trump on Mexicans:
“They are not our friend: believe me,”; “They’re bringing drugs. They’re
bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Remarks about
American bereaved Khizr Khan family: "If you look at his wife, she was standing
there. She had nothing to say. She probably — maybe she wasn't allowed to have
anything to say. You tell me."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Ridiculing disabled
reporter: "Now, the poor guy — you ought to see the guy: 'Uh, I don't know
what I said. I don't remember,'" Trump said, as he contorted his arms in
an apparent imitation of Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from
arthrogryposis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">These quotes are
but the tip of the iceberg. Do I strongly criticize any Trump supporter, Jew or
Gentile? I certainly do! <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></i></b>
<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Now, Here are
some of the claims made against me by my vociferous opponents, which I feel the
need to address clearly:</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"Nini, contrary to her protests about not
supporting BDS, <b>has been in the BDS movement for many years</b> through her
involvement with <b>organizations that support BDS</b>, like <b>B’tselem</b>, a
member organization of <b>Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme</b>
(FIDH)..and <b>Breaking the Silence</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <b>is a blatant lie.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For many years BDS
activists have been demonstrating against me, putting horrible posters of my
face alongside bleeding Palestinian Children, throwing buckets of red paint at
the doorstep of theaters where I perform, picketing and handing out flyers , and
bombarding every possible media
platform, calling to boycott me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I have been very outspoken
against the BDS idea and its tactics, partly because by silencing a voice such
as mine they are silencing the Israeli peace camp in its entirety. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"B’tzelem"</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> is the Israeli Information Center for
Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. It was established in February 1989
by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members
who all strove to create a human rights
culture in Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here are a few
notable <b>“B’tzelem”</b> public council members:<br />
Chava Alberstein; Gila Almagor-Agmon; Ruth Dayan; David Grossman; Prof. Ariel
Hirschfeld; Dani Karavan; Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer; Prof. David
Kretzmer; Dr. Alon Liel; Prof. Avishai Margalit; Ronit Matalon; Rivka Michaeli;
Amal Murkus; Amos Oz; Rabbi David Rosen; Prof. Yigal Schwartz; Prof. Alice Shalvi;
Prof. Sammy Smooha; Prof. Sasson Somekh; David Tartakover; Abraham B. Yehoshua;
Prof. Neta Ziv...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">are<i> </i>these
distinguished Israelis all traitors, enemies of the state and BDS supporters?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The FIDH:<br />
The <b>International Federation for Human Rights</b> (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">French</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">: <b><i>Fédération internationale de la ligue des droits
de l'homme</i></b>; <b>FIDH</b>) is a non-governmental federation for human
rights organizations. Founded in 1922, FIDH is the second oldest international </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">human rights</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> organization worldwide after </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Slavery_International"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Anti-Slavery International</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> and brings together 184 member
organizations in over 100 countries, as at 2016. FIDH is </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">nonpartisan</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsectarian"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">nonsectarian</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, and independent of any government. Its core mandate
is to promote respect for all the rights set out in the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights"><span class="gmail-s2"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Universal Declaration of Human
Rights</span></i></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">,
the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, and the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights"><span class="gmail-s2"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights</span></span></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">“<b>Breaking the
silence</b>” works in full cooperation with the IDF , and are supported, among
others ,by two heads of Shin-Bet , Major General Ami Ayalon and Yuval Diskin,
General Amiram Levin,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> commander of the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Command_(Israel)" title="Northern Command (Israel)"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">IDF Northern Command</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"> as well as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal" title="Sayeret Matkal"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Sayeret Matkal</span></a> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad" title="Mossad"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mossad</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> deputy Director,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">and Alik Ron, commander of
IDF "Shaldag" commando , "Yamam" (anti terror) elite
units and top police commanding posts. It is difficult to climb higher than
this foursome in the IDF heroes list. Are they challenging the current regime?
Of course they are. <b><u>Are they all traitors?
And BDS supporters??</u></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Now for the <b>“Parents Circle</b>” and the <b>Alternative
Memorial Service</b>. I’ve already </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://forward.com/scribe/372533/israeli-icon-noa-shares-the-truth-behind-israels-alternative-memor/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">written</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> about this noble peace-making effort by bereaved
families reaching out their hands in peace across a wall of pain and suspicion.
I have read claims that the service included the honoring the Arab “terrorist”
Ziad Jilani. Most authorities have already concluded that Ziad was most likely
not a terrorist but an unfortunate victim who was in the wrong place at the
wrong time and panicked. His American wife Moira appealed to a higher court but
charges against the soldiers that killed her husband were not pressed, since
from their perspective, the event was a terror attack. This exemplifies the
ongoing tragedy that gave rise to the alternative memorial service in the first
place: both side’s refusal to see the other’s narrative, rights and woes,
preferring to demonize each other and thus justify ongoing hatred and violence.
Moira, instead of cultivating this hatred,
chose to participate in the Alternative
Memorial Ceremony alongside Jewish
and Israeli families! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></u></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Are David
Grossman and his wife Michal, who lost their son Uri in the last hour of the
second Lebanese war, traitors? are they against the state of Israel? </span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> They
were also present at the Alternative Ceremony! Look them in the eye and give
them a lecture about patriotism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I happened to have
dual citizenship. I love and care for both my countries: <b>Israel, </b>the
homeland of the Jewish people, my birthplace, where I raise my children who
speak and dream in Hebrew, the language of the Bible, where my husband and I
and all my family and friends have served in the army and where my child too will serve in two years’ time. And the <b>United States</b>
where I grew up, land of the free and home of the brave, the beacon of
democracy, liberty and equal opportunity, land that opened its doors to
immigrants from around the world, land
that followed the amazing trajectory from slavery to freedom to Barack Obama,
land of Martin Luther King, Paul Simon, Leonard Bernstein, Woodstock, Jazz and
the list goes on forever. The United States that gave my family incredible
opportunities for development and my children, and the children of manly
millions of people around the world, something to dream of and aspire to. I
care deeply for both these incredible countries; my roots are on both sides of
the sea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I may completely disagree
with Netanyahu, Trump , and their supporters, but i will not doubt their
intentions: they all want the best for their respective countries. But they have stripped me of MY right to be
both critical of and dedicated to my country.
Inciting against the left as the ‘enemies from within’, is the cruel
terminology of dark regimes we remember well, the embodiment of fascist
attitudes coming from the extreme right everywhere.. even in places like Farmington
Hills, where I have many friends and
have performed memorable concerts on numerous occasions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I believe the light
will prevail over this darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Looking forward to singing for you all again
in 2018 :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Noa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt;">May 22, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-15286106648236179492016-10-27T17:05:00.000-07:002016-10-27T17:05:00.766-07:00The Bitch, the Witch and the imminent Switch.....pre-election ruminations<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s my
take on the United States’ presidential election campaign, that will come to
its cataclysmic, life-changing culmination in the coming days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I don’t want
to talk about Trump. He has already wasted too much of the world’s time, and I
will not grant him any more attention than he has already, grotesquely and
gluttonously, sought out and achieved. I can summarize Trump in one word:
Disgusting. Through and through, simply disgusting. If he gets elected, I will
be calling Elon Musk and reserving my ticket to the moon. It has also become
clear in recent days that if he does not get elected, the damage he will do is
so great that the moon might look like a pretty good option anyway. Therefor I
will deny him even the pleasure of basking in my disdain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I do want to
talk about Hillary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I do not
know her personally (though I did perform in White House when she was first
lady), and I have not done my Columbia University PhD thesis on her life and
career. My sources of information about her are identical to those about her
opponent (trying to avoid the “T” word ..).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I did recently
run across a list of her achievements though. They are printed out at the
bottom of this Blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Reading this
list, you cannot but say to yourself: Woah. Woah. This is one serious woman.
She has excelled everywhere, dedicated her life to civil and public service,
collected a ton of ribbons and accolades and has climbed, step by grueling
step, up the male-dominated political ladder to finally stand one step before the
most coveted job in the universe: President of the United States of America.
And as if that were not enough, FIRST WOMAN to do it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">WOW. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now, I have
been following the counter-Hillary campaign, the bashing, the insults, the
threats, the belittling, the disregard. She has been held responsible for all
her husband’s wrongs (never, of course credited with any of his many
achievements), she has been called a
criminal, virtually tried and sentenced, she has been called too strong, too weak, too
ill, too hard, too brittle, too ANYTHING but what she actually is: A determined
human being, a strong woman who has done her very best and succeeded in every
position she has held, who is talented, brilliant and committed, and , with all
her imperfections, has the potential of being an excellent, ground
breaking President. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I have read the “accusations” against Mrs.
Clinton. About her “lack of warmth” (no, she is definitely not Little Miss
Muppet), her stubbornness, her control-freak nature, her political savvy, her
manipulative tendencies, her string-pulling and her affinity to big money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the eyes
of her critics, Clinton is what you would call, a Bitch. A Bitch out of Hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Has anyone
reading this Blog ever thought what the MALE counterpart to BITCH is? Let me
tell you: It’s POWERFUL LEADER. It’s STRONG MAN. Or GREAT POLITICIAN. It’s A
GUY WHOSE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE PRESIDENT, ‘CAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE
GAME RIGHT. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Needless to
say, if Clinton were none of the above, meaning NOT a Bitch, she would be called </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">too
weak, inexperienced, out of her league, too sweet, too nice, too this or too
that. So, as Paul Simon wrote “..when you’ve got to choose, any way you look at
it you lose..”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have also
read about the infamous e-mail saga, “mail-gate” (this always seems to come up
when politically correct media, after publishing a list of Trump’s horrific
incitements, lies and scandals, feels compelled to “balance” the situation…so,
for the millionth time, they bring out the e-mail issue. Does anyone buy
that??)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I have read the e-mails, those that were
published. I could not find ONE that said anything at all. I could not find
ANYTHING wrong with her correspondences except the actual use, in the past, of
a private server for classified mail…yes, that WAS a problem, but today with
WIKILEAKS?? The most top secret stuff in the WORLD is exposed day in day out,
from years past and from yesterday, and aside from a bit of tongue clicking, I
do not see any MALE heads rolling, do you???<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes, ladies
and gentlemen, all of the above has lead me to believe that the attempts to
destroy Hillary are nothing less than a modern-day
version of the Salem Witch Hunt and/or the Spanish Inquisition (they were hunting
witches too). Here we see all of humanity’s ugliest, most despicable demons
bursting forth from their deepest, most odious hiding places and baring their
fangs before us all. Here we see ALL the most abusive, destructive, chauvinistic,
patriarchal, misogynist sides of the human species, those invented by
power-hungry men, solidified by the cruelest dictators and tyrants and,
unfortunately, embraced and exacerbated by most of the world’s religions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here we see
a threat, a REAL and TERRIBLE threat to male domination, to “proper world order”!
Here we see woman-kind, that for years
was forced into submission, sold and raped and abused and looked down upon,
denied basic rights, freedom, education and
opportunities, all for the comfort and pleasure of the male species, completing
the long, long journey taken by brave females for many centuries, from Noa,
whose name I bear, the first feminist in the Bible, through Miriam, and Dvora,
through women warriors, prophets, leaders,
artists and innovators throughout history, to the Suffragettes and feminist activists in every corner of the
globe, and up to this moment, the last nail in the coffin: A female an inch
away from running the world’s greatest super power. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is too
much to lose, red alert is on, nothing will stop the ugly demons from grinding
Hillary Clinton’s bones. They would even go so far as entrusting the world’s
greatest super-power to the hands of the grossest, most vulgar pussy-grabber on
the planet. Anything, but a woman. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, I say,
to all of you out there, children of the future: President Obama has said, we
live in a world of imperfect choices. Hillary is far from perfect, and in that
sense, she is every bit human. But I believe, and I am not alone, that she has
all the qualifications, experience and talent to lead the US, and with it the
world, to a place of hope and change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As a citizen
of the United States residing outside her borders, I have already cast my
ballot in Clinton’s favor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I wish her,
and all of us, the best of luck. </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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facts about Hillary Clinton:</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">1. First ever student commencement speaker at
Wellesley College.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">2. Distinguished graduate of Yale Law School.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">3. Editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and
Social Action.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">4. Co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and
Families.<br />
<span class="textexposedshow">5. Former civil litigation
attorney.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">6. Staff attorney for Children’s Defense Fund.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">7. Faculty member in the School of Law at the
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">8. Former Director of the Arkansas Legal Aid
Clinic.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">9. First female chair of the Legal Services
Corporation.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">10. First female partner at Rose Law Firm, the
oldest and one of the largest law firms in Arkansas.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">11. Twice named by The National Law Journal as one
of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">12. Former First Lady of Arkansas.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">13. Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">14. Chair of the American Bar Association’s
Commission on Women in the Profession.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">15. Created Arkansas’s Home Instruction Program for
Preschool Youth.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">16. Instrumental in passage of the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">17. First Lady of the United States.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">18. Promoted nationwide immunization against
childhood illnesses.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">19. Successfully sought to increase research
funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of
Health.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">20. Worked to investigate reports of an illness
that affected veterans of the Gulf War (now recognized as Gulf War Syndrome).</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">21. Helped create the Office on Violence Against
Women at the Department of Justice.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">22. Initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe
Families Act.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">23. First FLOTUS ( First Lady of the United States
) in US History to hold a postgraduate degree.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">24. Helped create Vital Voices, an international
initiative to promote the participation of women in the political processes of
their countries.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">25. Two-term New York Senator and the first
ex-FLOTUS in US History to be elected to the United States Senate.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">26. Served on five Senate committees: Budget
(2001–2002), Armed Services (2003–2009), Environment and Public Works
(2001–2009), Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (2001–2009) and the Special
Committee on Aging.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">27. Member of the Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">28. Leading role in investigating the health issues
faced by 9/11 first responders.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">29. Worked with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York on
securing $21.4 billion in funding for the World Trade Center redevelopment.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">30. Former United States Secretary of State.</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">Brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
in 2012.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-52499837579441044082016-10-03T09:15:00.002-07:002016-10-04T06:49:34.683-07:00Shalom Shimon ...Parting from Shimon Peres <div class="MsoNormal">
It took me a few days to digest the passing of Shimon Peres
and what it means, to me personally and to Israel. Much has been written on subject, about his enormous contribution to Israel’s security, future,
stability and sustainability, as well his determination and devotion to peace with our neighbors, the Palestinians and the entire middle
east. He truly was a visionary and a prophet, a man of
enormous ambition, charisma and passion, an intellectual, a lover of life and
the living and a believer in the power of the human spirit to heal and build, an indefatigable
optimist, and the epitome of a “wise man”. Of course as all humans are, he too
was not without fault. Much too has been written about his moments of weakness,
conflict and crisis, but all said and done, here was a man who dedicated his
life to progress and peace…. A public servant for more than four decades in
every influential position in Israeli leadership, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, unique in every way.
Peres was not Israel as it is, but Israel as it wishes to be… as it can be, if only….<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had the honor of spending many hours with Shimon Peres on
various occasions. Personal and public meetings, conferences, performances,
private lunches, football-for-peace games, meetings in Israel and abroad, Peres gave me endless
opportunities to lend my voice to the greater cause of Peace and co-existence.
He invited me to participate in momentous events the world over where I could
meet incredible people and create larger and larger circles of influence. I
think maybe he heard and saw in my voice and actions, an artistic reflection of
his own. He would call me, sometimes, if
he had seen me on television, just to say how wonderful he thought the
performance was. He would attend my gala concerts and come on stage before the
show to say flattering words of introduction. He invited me to the Presidential
residence once for a private lunch, and encouraged me to consider a political
career. And on my 25<sup>th</sup> career anniversary, he sent a beautiful <a href="https://youtu.be/aNG8VESUEVU">video message</a> where he said amazing words of praise, poetic and deep, about Gil Dor
and myself and our musical journey: an
enormous compliment coming from so great a man. He would often say: Achinoam,
you do not sing the song, you are the song. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just one month before he passed away, we had our last meeting.
I presented a project to him for which I
was hoping to gain his support. He was attentive, encouraging and curious, asked questions, suggested ideas, and finally said : i'll think about it. Then he
passed away, and left me ..and every one of us…with all the thinking to do on
our own. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I attended his funeral. Rising at 5 in the morning to make it in time for the arranged
transportation to Jerusalem, I thought to myself: I owe him this, and so much
more, for the endless gifts and inspiration he gave me in the 20 years since I
met him for the first time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The funeral was attended by world leaders, dignitaries,
representatives of 60 countries , colleagues, friends and family. It was
impressive, one could even say, unprecedented.
President Obama, Prince Charles, the King of Spain, presidents of France past and present, and the list goes on
and on. Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, was also there. He
proved once again what a brave and open-minded leader he is, and despite all
attempts to discredit him, a worthy partner for peace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I listened to the speeches. Rubi Rivlin, Amos Oz and Barak Obama where the ones I appreciated most…Obama
most of all, beginning with his presence in the first place, and on to his
beautiful and powerful message. Beyond all his words of wisdom, he was the only
one to mention the presence of Mahmoud Abbas…as always, we need someone
from the outside to point out what is so clearly and significantly before our
eyes. I shall miss that man…what a
“mensch” he is. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And I shall miss Shimon Peres. I loved him, loved the idea of
him, loved his dreams and aspirations, as they were, and remain, my own. I
loved knowing he was there…and it seemed as if he always would be. Even in
recent year, when i was often disappointed by what I perceived as his lack of
involvement in stopping the deterioration of the moral fiber of Israeli
Society, his lack of willingness to criticize what so clearly needed to be, and
reluctance to be more assertive in declarations and actions regarding peace
with the Palestinians, I always believed his intentions were good, looked upon
him with very little judgement and much warmth and respect. In his later years he was showered with much affection , within Israel and beyond it's borders..the kind of unconditional love he had sought his entire life. I guess you can't blame a man for basking in acceptance and admiration, after a life time of struggles, opponents and harsh critics. Love is addictive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What huge void he created in his passing. And who is to fill that void? looking at current Israeli leadership, can we locate anyone with even a fraction of his stature? </div>
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I am sad that he is gone, but beyond the personal sense of
loss, and maybe because of the national sense of loss, I feel empowered. I feel the weight of responsibility on my shoulders,
more clearly than ever, for there is so much work to be done and we cannot
afford to be disheartened or sluggish. Peres was never. His legacy is that of
dreaming, believing and doing, undeterred. He left us with much unfinished
business to attend to, and I for one, plan to attend to it. When we lost Rabin,
I felt a sense of urgency, a burning desire to bear the torch that had fallen
from his hands. I have borne it, and was borne, and born, by it. Now, it feels more like moving from the
galley to the wheel: steady as she goes, with the good winds of hope in her
sails. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you Shimon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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May you rest in peace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Noa, Oct 3, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-52055743759651425362016-10-03T09:15:00.000-07:002016-10-03T09:17:20.058-07:00Shalom Shimon ...Parting from Shimon Peres <div class="MsoNormal">
It took me a few days to digest the passing of Shimon Peres
and what it means, to me personally and to Israel. Much has been written about this
subject, about his enormous contribution to Israel’s security, future,
stability and sustainability, as well his determination and devotion to the peace process with our neighbors, the Palestinians and the entire middle
east. He truly was a visionary, a man of
enormous ambition, charisma and passion, an intellectual, a lover of life and
the living and a believer in the power of the human spirit, an indefatigable
optimist, and the epitome of a “wise man”. Of course as all humans are, he too
was not without fault. Much too has been written about his moments of weakness,
conflict and crisis, but all said and done, here was a man who dedicated his
life to progress and peace…. A public servant for more than four decades in
every influential position in Israeli leadership, a Nobel peace prize laureate.
Peres was not Israel as it is, but Israel as it wished to be… as it could, and
maybe, can be, if only….<o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
I had the honor of spending many hours with Shimon Peres on
various occasions. Personal and Public meetings, Conferences, Performances,
private lunches, meetings in Israel and abroad, Peres gave me endless
opportunities to lend my voice to the greater cause of Peace and co-existence.
He invited me to participate in momentous events the world over where I could
meet incredible people and create larger and larger circles of influence. I
think maybe he heard and saw in my voice and actions, an artistic reflection of
his own. He would call me, sometimes, if
he had seen me on television, just to say how wonderful he thought the
performance was. He would attend my gala concerts and come on stage before the
show to say flattering words of introduction. He invited me to the Presidential
residence once for a private lunch, and encouraged me to consider a political
career. And on my 25<sup>th</sup> career anniversary, he sent a beautiful <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AchinoamNini/videos/1296549617022093/">video message</a> where he said amazing words of praise, poetic and deep, about Gil Dor
and myself and our musical journey: an
enormous compliment coming from so great a man. He would often say: Achinoam,
you do not sing the song, you are the song. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Just one month before he passed away, we had our last meeting.
I presented a project to him for which I
was hoping to gain his support. He was attentive, encouraging and curious, asked questions, and finally said : he’d think about it. Then he
passed away, and left me ..and every one of us…with all the thinking to do on
our own. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I attended his funeral. I was sorry not to have been invited
to sing, but quickly overcame my hurt feelings and surrendered myself to the moment of
parting. Rising at 5 in the morning to make it in time for the arranged
transportation to Jerusalem, I thought to myself: I owe him this, and so much
more, for the endless gifts and inspiration he gave me in the 20 years since I
met him for the first time.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The funeral was attended by world leaders, dignitaries,
representatives of 60 countries , colleagues, friends and family. It was
impressive, one could even say, unprecedented.
President Obama, Prince Charles, the King of Spain, and the list goes on
and on. Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, was also there. He
proved once again what a brave and open-minded leader he is, and despite all
attempts to discredit him, a worthy partner for peace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I listened to the speeches. Some were annoying, others
moving, few inspiring. Rivlin, Oz and Obama where the ones I appreciated most…Obama
most of all, beginning with his presence in the first place, and on to his
beautiful and powerful message. Beyond all his words of wisdom, he was the only
one to mention the presence of Mahmoud Abbas…as always, we need someone
from the outside to point out what is so clearly and significantly before our
eyes. I shall miss that man…what a
“mench” he is. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And I shall miss Shimon Peres. I loved him, loved the idea of
him, loved his dreams and aspirations, as they were, and remain, my own. I
loved knowing he was there…and it seemed as if he always would be. Even in
recent year, when i was often disappointed by what I perceived as his lack of
involvement in stopping the deterioration of the moral fiber of Israeli
Society, his lack of willingness to criticize what so clearly needed to be, and
reluctance to be more assertive in declarations and actions regarding peace
with the Palestinians, I always believed his intentions were good, looked upon
him with very little judgement and much warmth and respect. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
What huge void he created in his passing. And who is to fill that void? looking at current Israeli leadership, can we locate anyone with even a fraction of his stature? </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I am sad that he is gone, but beyond the personal sense of
loss, and because of the national sense of loss, I feel empowered. I feel the weight of responsibility on my shoulders,
more clearly than ever, for there is so much work to be done and we cannot
afford to be disheartened or sluggish. Peres was never. His legacy is that of
dreaming, believing and doing, undeterred. He left us with much unfinished
business to attend to, and I for one, plan to attend to it. When we lost Rabin,
I felt a sense of urgency, a burning desire to bear the torch that had fallen
from his hands. I have borne it, and was borne, and born, by it. Now, it feels more like moving from the
galley to the wheel: steady as she goes, with the good winds of hope in her
sails. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you Shimon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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May you rest in peace. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Noa, Oct 3, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-91053366227855546542016-01-24T14:06:00.003-08:002016-01-24T14:11:31.676-08:00TED talk transcript ..."follow your heart"...a case for visceral navigation in the 21st century....<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">FOLLOW
YOUR HEART<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(talk
starts with verse and chorus form the song “follow your heart”…..)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was 16
years old when I decided to leave home alone and move from NY to Israel, for
love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I come from
a Jewish Yemenite family, born in Israel but raised in the US from age 2. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I was
15, I was on a summer hiking trip in Israel, when I met this amazing young man,
and fell totally in love with him. From that moment, all I could think about
was how to plan my return, how to convince my parents, how to be with him. This
was crazy and totally devoid of logic. I was already really into music, and
living in the most amazing city in the world for a potentially budding artist,
I knew going back to Israel would mean mandatory military service, an identity
crisis (I already had a pretty complex identity), a total meltdown of my comfort
zone and yet, my heart wouldn’t let go of me. “Achinoam, Achinoam” it said, day
and night. “You know this is what you’ve gotta do, so do it!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And I did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Achinoam, as
my heart just told you, is the beautiful name my parents gave me. It means, freely translated, sister of peace.
But later in life, as I embarked on an international musical career, and
understanding Achinoam was just too difficult for most people to pronounce, i
took on the name “NOA”…three letters at the heart of Achinoam, with roots in the Bible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Noa was the
first feminist in Jewish history, But for me, the name is more significant as an
acronym: N-O-A : Not Only Achinom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I
understood, I guess, from a very young age that together works better. That
giving up some of your ME to become a WE is glorious. My heart dances whenever
I connect and resonate, and Asher…that man I fell in love with (which is
sitting right here)….was just the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After my military
service…I went to study at the Rimon School of music in Ramat Ha Sharon…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My idea was
to form a band…I never wanted to be a Star Star in classic fashion, I wanted a
team, a family! I wanted to be Sting in the Police. (btw years later I did a
whole tour in France with sting! But that’s another story :) So I set out to
find my mates. Then I walked into class on the first day, and there was this
teacher, and he was talking, and I was mesmerized, by his wisdom, creativity,
energy, passion, he was a total WOW. I mustered courage to ask him to listen to
the songs I was writing at the time, fortunately he found my song writing worth
encouraging and offered me a student teacher collaboration in a festival the school
was taking part in. I was so thrilled!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the time
I was already being wooed by all kinds of producers, managers, etc, that were offering
to invest a lot of money in my career, pushing me to take the so called “fast tkt” to stardom, (I would later learn that no such thing
exists) , to forget this collaboration with a musician 17 years my elder, to go
for younger, hipper producers, forget my original songwriting, to do some
remixed covers, take songs from professional pop song writers, change my hair and the way I dress, pose for
the camera, etc etc…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It seemed
tempting, who doesn’t want to be a star?? But there was my heart, nagging…naaa.
It said, this is not right Achinoam. I don’t care how successful a mundane pop
song could be , I want to create something new!
I want to work with a person who can encourage creativity, nurture it,
who can join me on this quest for depth and beauty, who is relentless and
passionate and as much a perfectionist as I am, who believes in the ME WE idea,
the team, the family…so I said no to all those guys with their big promises (my
heart is going! Yeah! go girl)….and went with the teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I got much
more than I bargained for. A partner, a mentor, an amazing musician, a gold mine of music ,mind and spirit. I left
school that year, but stayed in the school of life to this day, with this great
man to my right: my musical collaborator and guitar master GIL DOR :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then things
started moving really quickly. Gil introduced me to Pat Metheny, one of the world’s
most amazing musicians, an incredible Jazz guitarist and composer, and one of
my heroes! I met Pat in New York soon after, and left him a recording gil and I
had made earlier that year .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He called me
later that evening, and said one of the songs he heard on that disc was so
beautiful he wished he had written it himself! I almost died. He asked: how can
I help you? So I took a breath and said: produce an album for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And he did! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So Gil and I
went to NY, Pat brought his incredible musicians, we started making the album,
it was amazing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After the
recording, pat had to go on tour, so we had a few months before we mixed the album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gil and I
came back to Israel, and started working on a project for the Israel Festival
in Jerusalem, based on the beautiful poetry or Rachel and Leah Goldberg. It was
a totally artistic project, so you can imagine our surprise when one of the
songs became a huge hit! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A recurring
theme with us, all of our “hits” were accidental…they just happened as we were
busy following our hearts…<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So we were
performing in Israel, in bigger and bigger halls, and travelling across the Atlantic
to finish the album with Pat, we got signed by Geffen Records, I was getting
really popular and working really hard. And in the middle of all this…I got
married! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Yes yes, your head is saying: what? Why! All
these guys falling at your feet, travelling, exciting places, be free! Why
weigh yourself down??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But my heart
was saying: naaa….that guy, the one from the hiking trip… he’s your man. He’s
you partner for the marathon…unite! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And I did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And
my heart was dancing….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And that’s when
I started learning to juggle. A three ball juggle…music, matrimony, and ten
years later, motherhood, once, twice three times..three children, three
thousand concerts….three, is a magic number..:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By the way,
that’s another reason I never wanted to sing any song I didn’t love, or do anything
I didn’t feel strongly about…how could I justify leaving my loved ones for
fluff? For bogus? What for??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But for
lighting my little flashlight into another hidden corner of the human soul, for
creating something, for making the world a better place, for beholding a dance
of hearts as music connects people on a higher level…ah! For that, I was willing
to sacrifice…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And I did…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Carrying my
kids around the world, nursing them on planes and trains, on many sleepless
nights with the help of my incredible family and friends…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The juggling
was intense. but it was about to get totally crazy….as several monumental events
unfolded..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the album
NOA, that Pat produced, we had recorded an original version of the Bach- Gunod
Ave Maria. I wrote original lyrics, an ecumenical, almost iconoclastic prayer for
peace….and gil arranged it to sound almost like a folk song. this song fell
into the hands of a man in Italy who was producing an event in the Vatican…so one
day we got a call, inviting us to perform for an audience of 150,000 people in
St Peter’s square, for Pope John Paul the 2. The first Israelis ever to do so. We
were shocked, and thrilled! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There were voices in Israel calling me to decline
this invitation, Jews that were still angry at the church for what it had done
to our people over the centuries…but my heart was saying, if this pope believes
in breaking the walls between religions, in collaboration, in reaching out, who
am I to say no? on the contrary, this is exactly where I want to be! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were
subsequently invited 8 times to perform at the Vatican for John Paul the second,
and later, for Pope Benedict, and just recently, for the wonderful Pope
Francis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And my
heart? Not only dancing, exploding! What an honor, to be able to contribute to
a shift in consciousness through music, to an expansion of vision, to a
broadening of perspective! How thrilling, how right it feels. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And so
another ball was thrown into my juggling act, the fourth…..not only music ,
matrimony and motherhood, but meaning…a mission….a
message….much greater than myself.</span></div>
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and that was just the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
following year, we were invited to perform in another huge event….a peace rally
being organize in Tel Aviv, to support Yitzchak Rabin and Shimon Peres, Nobel
peace laureates, as they signed the Oslo
Accords…a new horizon for Israel and Palestine! What joy! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When the mayor
of Tel Aviv called me to ask if I would sing, it took me three milliseconds to say
YES! He was thrilled as it appeared he’d gotten quite a few “No”s already,
which surprised me, but shouldn’t have. I was later to learn; any political
affiliation is almost Taboo for popular artists. But I wasn’t thinking in those terms, I was so
honored to be able to celebrate peace!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The event
was the most wonderful and most horrible evenings of my life. What began as a
joyous celebration of the future, ended in enormous tragedy when Yitchak Rabin was
murdered by Yigal Amir, as he descended the very same staircase I myself had
walked down just a few minutes earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was
devastated. that very night, I decided that
if this great man could pay with his life for peace, for humanity, for values, for
the future of our children, I too would pay a price….i would act, I would speak
out, I would carry this torch forward stubbornly, fearlessly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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understanding the ramifications of this decision… bowed its head, and nodded in
agreement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After that, one thing lead to another very quickly, all
mixed, blurred… speaking out, refusing to perform in the occupied territories,
supporting a two state solution, threats
to my life, concerts cancelled, performing
at the white house, speaking and singing at the World Economic Forum in
Davos, becoming a Global Leader of Tomorrow, meeting and befriending Quincy
Jones and performing in many of his events, in NY, Rome, Switzerland, being
Knighted by the president of Italy, becoming good will ambassador for the UN….working
with Nicola Piovanni and Robberto Benigni, collaborating with Arab artists ,
like Khaled, Nabil Salameh, Rim Banna and more, participating in demonstrations,
writing blogs, refusing to receive prizes alongside racist artists, more hate
mail and threats, boycotts, and all the time writing songs, putting my hands in
the mud of the soul and flying high above it all like a bird, and back again…..
touring, wonderful concert halls, long roads, children, juggling, juggling
while running, on my knees, in my sleep, in my dreams…. praying to the God of
music, and believing, with all my heart, that it all comes down to “love your
brother as you love yourself…..”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2009 I
was approached by the Israeli Eurovision committee to represent Israel in the
Eurovision. I said Yes, but I had conditions: I wanted to share the spotlight
with Mira Awad, a great Arab Israeli artist, and we would write the song
ourselves, in English, Hebrew and Arabic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And so it
was. We were attacked from all sides, those who hate, those who are suspicious
and afraid, those who do not believe, those who have given up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But we also
reached CNN, the NY Times, El Jazeera, BBC Iran and millions of young people
around the world with an incredible message that they could relate to , that
they believed in, and they gave us their support! Every one of the hundreds of
letters I received at the time, from iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, all over the
world …every one brought tears to my eyes….they
are treasures I will pass on to my children….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s part
of the song as I wrote it originally in English: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(we
perform part of “there must be another way”)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve
followed my heart. It’s nagging, dancing
and prodding me on has brought me to the most challenging and most spectacular
places of my life. And I say to you, </span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">in a crazy world, changing so fast, mind boggling technology,
communication, FOMO, pressure, uncertainty, and almost preternatural competitiveness…..though
it seems crazy, it may not be such a bad idea….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To <b>follow
your heart.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">because, <b>in
the worst case….you’re left with your heart!</b> (If you’ve done something meaningful for
yourself and others, you are a success! Yippee..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And <b>in
the best case.. you’re left with your heart</b>. What’s all the success, glory,
fame and fortune in the world worth without it??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And what is
your heart anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s more than
a blood pumping organ on a valentine’s day card…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Here’s how I
see it:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">HEART<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">H- head, humanity,
home, humility, hearing….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">E- essence,
ear, empathy, extension…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A -Art!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">R-
resonance, responsibility, the road….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">T- two,
togetherness, time….and tomorrow….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dear
friends, thank you for listening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We’d like to
leave you with a song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(we perform
UNI…)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The end :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-12965917174101660622015-11-03T16:09:00.002-08:002015-11-04T03:36:00.896-08:0020 years to the murder of Yitzchak Rabin..a personal account<div class="MsoNormal">
I was married on June 22<sup>nd</sup>, 1992. The following
day, june 23<sup>rd</sup>, was my 23<sup>rd</sup> birthday. I loved the
convergence of numbers, anniversaries of birth and re-birth ...that was the
main reason for choosing that date, but there was also another one: June 23<sup>rd</sup>,
1992, was election day in Israel, which is traditionally a day off . We wanted people
to stay up late and dance with us into the night without worrying about how
they would get up in the morning…so, it seemed perfect! <o:p></o:p></div>
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The wedding was indeed a joyous affair, friends and family
galore, and to top it off , the next day, we were treated to another wonderful
gift: Yitzhak Rabin’ Labour Party gained the majority of the votes, enabling
him to construct a coalition and become prime minister.<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 years passed. Asher and I moved to a tiny new apartment in Tel
Aviv, nurtured it lovingly, and struggled to pay rent. Asher competed medical
school, my career as a singer was gaining enormous momentum…and most importantly...Yitzchak
Rabin was taking Israel courageously into a what promised to be an exciting,
hope-filled new future. Rabin was making peace!<o:p></o:p></div>
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It started in 1987 with the Intifada, the revolt of Arabs
living in Gaza and the west bank against the ongoing Israeli Occupation and its
dire ramifications. The uprise included multiple forms of civil disobedience,
stone and molotov bottle throwing and other aggression, and lead to hundreds
of lost lives and many thousands of injuries, as the Israeli military
retaliated. Rabin had initially made very firm statements against the intifada,
instructing the military to “break their arms and legs..”….but then, he had a
change of heart and mind. This enlightenment, this deep realization that
without peace the cycle of blood would go on forever, this change of perspective
that only a leader as courageous and honest as Rabin could initiate, gave birth
to the Oslo Accords, which were signed in 1993 and awarded Rabin, Peres, Clinton and
Arafat with the Nobel Prize for Peace. Two States for two people, Israel alongside
Palestine….who would have believed, finally it was going to happen! Nearly a
100 years of violent conflict were poised to reach their end, long overdue!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The days were highly
charged…there was enormous tension in the air. The majority of Israelis believed
in the peace process wholeheartedly and could hardly contain their excitement
and anticipation as it slowly came to fruition. Investments started flowing
into Israel, bus loads of tourists came
to behold the miracle in the desert, world leaders visited, praising and blessing the fledgling accords..it
was a time full of wonder and replete with hope…everything was possible! <o:p></o:p></div>
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But not all of Israel’s citizens shared this enthusiasm: quite
the opposite. Rabin’s political rivals on the right were seething. The
messianic rabbis and their followers, the settlers and their extreme religious-nationalist
leadership, and an array of others who found the idea of a Palestinian state
between abhorrent and sacrilegious, went on a horrible crusade against Rabin.
The incitement was appalling. Rabin was called a traitor; he was cursed, harassed
and threatened. At the pinnacle of this criminal incitement against him, during
a demonstration in Jerusalem , Rabin was
pictured in a Nazi SS soldier’s uniform, and the angry, violent mob yelled: Death
to Rabin ! At that same demonstration, political leaders from the right stood
on the terrace, in the fashion of dukes and princes of the middle ages, and smiled approvingly as the mob
erupted with hatred, like burning lava.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One of the politicians on the terrace with a big smile spread across his face, was
Binyamin Netanyahu.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Flash back to the land of hope. The city of Tel Aviv decided
to organize a huge rally in support of the Oslo Accords. Shlomo Lahat, Tel Aviv’s
legendary mayor, contacted me through my management, asking if I would agree to
perform at the rally. I was a rising star at the time, already very popular and
filling large halls. I was honored to have been approached and immediately
agreed. He asked if I was willing to have my name on the billboards advertising
the rally, I was quick to say: of course! Anything that will help bring the
crowds and support peace!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I remember driving through Tel Aviv on the days prior to the
rally, seeing those billboards, and wondering: where are all the big names that
should have been there? Where are all the stars? <o:p></o:p></div>
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None were written on the announcement. (small red light
should have gone off in my head, but..i was, as so many were then…in a state of
euphoria…)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The night of the rally was magnificent, hundreds of thousand
showed up, waving flags and banners, supporting Rabin and Peres vociferously,
sending waves of good energy their way. It was a spectacular sight to see. Gil
Dor, Zohar Fresco and myself performed three songs and felt a surge of
energy and excitement over come us…we were thrilled!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We stayed after our show, listening to some other performers
and to some of the speeches, and just as Rabin joined Miri Aloni to sing “song
for peace”, in his raspy voice, endearingly and completely out of tune , we decided to leave the square and get a head
start home, preceding the crowds who would spill into the surrounding streets
and clog them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We walked down the stairs, to where our car was parked.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The very same stairs, that a few moments later Rabin was to
descend, on his way to a horrible death, shot three times in the back by the murderer
Yigal Amir: Israel’s first political assassination and one that was to change
her history forever.</div>
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I remember where I was when I found out….<o:p></o:p></div>
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I had decided to go to my grandmother’s apartment in the
south of Tel Aviv, to give her a hug before I drove home. As I walked into her apartment,
in the old Yemenite neighborhood near the Carmel market, I saw her staring at
the TV screen, tears running down her face. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“They killed him! They murdered him ! those bastards! ” she
kept repeating again and again at the top of her voice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was shocked, I couldn’t breathe. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Millions mourned him, vigils were set up at the
square, lighting candles, singing softly. I sang at all the memorials, barely
able to extract a clear voice from a throat choked with tears. Droves of people
ascended the mountains to Jerusalem, to pass by his grave and pay him last
respect…numerous monuments and edifices were named after him, including the
square where he was murdered, and a glorious building erected in his memory,
dedicated to educating for tolerance and democracy.…<o:p></o:p></div>
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But not all mourned, not all throats choked with tears. In
the shadows, there was much rejoicing, thanking of the Lord for the removal of
the Satan Rabin, and self-satisfied chuckling and rubbing of hands…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Palestinian extremists, realizing their hopes of independence
had been shot three times in the back by Yigal Amir and buried along with Rabin,
resorted to terror and suicide bus bombings .Israel was blasted back in time to
the middle ages, and the political, nationalist, messianic right, swords swinging,
war songs emerging from their cracked throats, rose into power and embarked on
the first and longest Jewish crusade in history…that has brought us to this day….<o:p></o:p></div>
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…20 years later.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The man on the terrace had fulfilled the Biblical prophecy: “did
you murder, then inherit?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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After 20 years of intermittent rule Netanyahu, with a little
help from his friends, has almost single handed, destroyed Israel, trampling
our hopes for peace under the stiff boot of messianic nationalism run amok. He
has transformed Yitzchak Rabin’s dream of a peaceful, prosperous, democratic
Israeli society living aside an independent, free Palestine, into a paranoid, racist, messianic, extremist,
xenophobic, violent, arrogant, ignorant, ethnocentric nightmare. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He has continued using his well-honed tactic of incitement
to instill fear and self-righteousness into the hearts of the masses, securing
his recurrent re-elections and ensuing privileges as he preys on these most
base emotions. He has fed the monster of
religious extremism to his own political gain, given Israeli citizens a
personal example of conniving, tale-spinning, slippery conduct, coupled with a
clear penchant for the good life at the expense of the common working man and
woman’s hard earned tax money….such stark and tragic contrast to Yitzchak Rabin’s
modesty and reticence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Netanyahu, who stood on the terrace and smiled as the blood
thirsty crowd roared, has become the “Big Dictator” in the Chaplin film: full of
himself and paranoid at the same time, driven by a warped, dangerous vision of Israel’s
future, seeped in dishonesty, contradiction and feeble leadership, committing
generations, with his actions and reactions, to an eternity of bloodshed .<o:p></o:p><br />
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Some believe Netanyahu will eventually bring peace, that he is still able to change heart and mind, as Rabin did. I once wanted to believe so...but i am no longer able to fool myself. Netanyahu has betrayed this nation. He has put his considerable talents of oration, political savvy and purported intelligence, in service of self-glorification and religious , nationalist extremism, at the expense of every single principle upon which Israel was founded to begin with. I fail to see how this man can ever emerge from the dark pit he has thrown himself, and all of us, into. maybe i am wrong, but i believe the solution will come from somewhere, and someone, else. </div>
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As for me, since 1995
I have been speaking out. I have been fighting that battle that Rabin lost,
that Rabin gave his life for. I too have been giving…not my life (yet..), but
much of my well-being and comfort, my popularity and personal gain. I have
given all of these things lovingly, for the sake of future generations, for the
sake of what is left of the soul of this once-beautiful place. I do this by
singing for peace, volunteering, speaking out, writing, and supporting the
endless organizations that do the thankless, diligent job of building bridges
every possible way, making sure their voices are heard!<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is a ray of
light that keeps stubbornly seeping into the darkness of my heart, lighting up
that patch on the ground where grass insists on growing even in the shadows,
where a song is born despite the numbing silence : The place of hope. That voice
keeps telling me: Things will change, the pendulum will swing, focus on the
good people, focus on the positive action, be patient and selfless as you build,
educate, communicate, believe in the power of change. Focus on all that’s
right, keep your chin up, and keep going. <o:p></o:p></div>
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20 years have passed since Yitzchak Rabin’s murder, and 23 since
the day of our marriage. Asher and I have three beautiful children now….it is for them
that I write these words, for them to know and remember, for them to carry in
their hearts like a beacon, long after I am gone. <o:p></o:p></div>
Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-15539815880485463592015-03-19T11:44:00.002-07:002015-03-19T15:02:18.160-07:00post election thoughts<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Yesterday
was a black day for me, I was depressed and devastated after months of hard
work and hope that this time we would finally rid ourselves of
Netanyahu. And to think that his horrible racist statements in the last days
were those that gave him the victory! It killed me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today I woke
up and tried to think straight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Netanyahu has
declared there will be no Palestinian state. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Without it, I don't see how we can
acheive peace. If Netanyahu continues with his hard line policies , we run the
risk of losing all our allies, including of course the US which the “bibi king”
has already publically humiliated. There is also no doubt that the BDS (boycott
Israel movment) will gain more and more momentum and supporters, and
justifiably so. Abu Mazen will most likely go to Hague and to the UN, I assume
he will succeed in gaining wide support for his initiatives, and this will
isolate Israel more and more. As i like to say to my children, (usually regarding McDonalds), it's "shit de la shit". </span></div>
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do I see the positive side?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now it is clear where Israel's government formally
stands, there is no way to masquerade anymore.</span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though Abu Mazen's
international appeals to recognize Palestine may bother the Israeli government
, they are in my opinion positive moves on his part that now stand much more of
a chance of gaining wide international support, as well as support from the
Israeli opposition, political and civil. </span></div>
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young people and old all working to change the government, there was a 72 %
turnout at the polls, and much good energy that I believe will not be lost; it
will be channeled to important grass roots work that will come to fruition when
the time is right. Plus, I believe people will be less apprehensive about
raising their voice in public and taking a stand, what was hardly present at
all until now. i especially hope the artistic community will be more vocal and “get
off the fence”. </span></div>
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between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel, that I believe will get stronger
and stronger as we all unite against Netanyahu and his right wing policies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Now that things are so bad, hopefully the international
community will wake up and put more pressure on Israel to change its policies,
this includes the Obama administration, which has been handling Israel with
white gloves. I believe that attitude is harmful to Israel and to the region.
America should be more assertive in making sure Israel enters into dialogue
with the Palestinians and the moderates in the region immediately, with the
goal of reaching an agreement in a limited time frame. Already this morning
Obama said the US would recognize Palestinian claims on 1967 lines. The president
also condemned Netanyahu’s shameful, cheap and racist election-day statements.
Obama is a good man but has been too weak in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Mr. President, you have two years, stop playing nice! We need you!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said many terrible and unforgivable things. But since he is so inconsistent, and
such an opportunist, he may change his mind again now that he is in power and
go in a positive direction . it’s not probable, but it’s not impossible.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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citizens of Israel, Jewish and Arab, who have a different vision for our
country than that of Netanyahu and his right wing allies, will have to unite
and work harder and harder to save the soul of our country and the lives of our
children.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-22942646203889011922015-03-03T15:56:00.001-08:002015-03-03T15:56:15.278-08:00my prayer...Shma Yisrael, Adonai eloheynu. <br />
Adonai.<br />
God. <br />
Dear God, <br />
Here i am , Achinoam, the little girl who went to Yeshiva in Riverdale and prayed fervently three times a day, who raised her voice in the song of songs, who raises her voice to this day to glorify the beauty of the human spirit and spread "love your brother as you love yourslef",the best line you ever wrote, far and wide. <br />
Please, God, i can't rememebr when i have felt such an urgent need to pray to you. God, elections in my beloved country are coming soon...i beg you to send wisdom and comassion to the hearts of our citizens, that they vote to RID our country of the destructive, arroganat, racist government of Benjamin Netanyahu and his cohorts. <br />
Please, God, send them home! Send Bennet back to high tech where he can invent a new brand of cyber facism, send Lieberman to Putin, I'm sure there's a job opening for him there, send the settlers to the Negev where we could use their fervent enegy in building the desert economy and where they could volunteer to help bedouins,foreign workers and refugees, and most importantly, send Netanyahu and Sara to LA or wherever where they can live happily ever after off the millions Bibi will make as key note speaker in Sheldon Adelson's events, and stop insuting the intelligence of the entire world (oh, the speech in Congress! Got in Himmel!!) as they destroy everything that was ever good in my country. <br />
Anything, God, but please don't let them gain power again! Our country is in such grave danger, my children's lives are in danger, our souls are in danger, the fundamental principles of Judaism we treasure are being prostituted, fear and hatred is being dripped like venom into the veins of our society, we are becoming monsters! <br />
Please rid us of these evil men and women, who for the sake of power and fanatic mania are willing to bleed us all to death. It is they, not Iran, who pose the greatest threat to our future! <br />
Help our citizens to elect an enlightened, responsible, compassionate and courageous leadership, dedicated to the well being of ALL our citizens, Arabs and Jews alike, dedicated to equal opportunites for ALL our children, and above all, Commited to PEACE. Leaders who have read the Israeli declaration of independence, who are wiling to stand behind the words of wisdom written there, who are willing to sacrifice personal pleasures for the greater good, leaders who are clean of hand and heart. <br />
I beg you Lord.<br />
Amen.Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-8994229716206343382015-03-02T02:49:00.000-08:002015-03-02T02:56:47.603-08:00Netanyahu's speech writer<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ladies and Gentlemen,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am honored to be here today, representing the citizens of
the state of Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Be warned, this speech will surprise you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First and foremost, I would like to thank President Obama,
and the United States of America, for their undying support of the State of Israel
from the moment of its conception to this day. I don’t know where we would be
without your friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now I would like to speak directly to the entire Arab world,
but most specifically to the Palestinians people, to our neighboring countries,
to those who are already allies and those who will hopefully soon be, and to
the people of Iran.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would like, from this stage, to reach out my hand in
Peace. Enough bloodshed, enough animosity. We have sacrificed ourselves and more horribly our children, their
bodies, their souls, their minds, their dreams, their futures, for too many
years on the altar of this senseless conflict. We are all children of Abraham
and we should behave as brothers. I am here to take this first step, without looking
back, without pointing fingers, without self-righteousness, without illusions.
I know there is much animosity, much disagreement, there are real dangers threatening the entire region, dark
forces at work striving to destroy our dreams of freedom and proseprity, of LIFE, but we must all
work together to diminish these, and find common ground wherever it exists. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">With you, the Palestinians, it has been too long we have
been procrastinating. We would like to return, immediately, to the negotiation
table, striving to implement the two state solution as I myself said in my
now-famous Bar Ilan speech some years ago ; Israel and Palestine, side by side,
in a symbiotic relationship, caring for each other, </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">sharing ideas, nurturing life, recognizing the
fact that only if one side is allowed flourish can the other hope to do the same.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">With you, members of the Arab league, neighbors near and
far, we strive to reach an agreement that will include a just and fair solution
for the Palestinians and security arrangements for Israel and the entire region,
business relations and opened borders.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">We must work together to fight extremism, to strengthen the region’s
economic prospects, preserve and share our natural resources, enable every
child to have access to clean water, food, shelter and above all an education
with which she/he can build a life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We can and should strengthen each other, protect each other,
care for each other. It is our common interest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally, to you, people of Iran , I say this: the nuclear threat
has been hovering above all of our heads for too long, it is time to let go: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let go of the megalomania, the paranoia, the lust for power
and strength, the vocabulary of fear. Enough!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">I propose we BOTH rid ourselves of nuclear weapons, and I include
Israel in this equation. For if we work together to find common ground, with
respect and an opened mind, if we agree to strive for peaceful relations, what need will ANY
of us have of this horrible weapon of mass destruction? Why waste </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">time and money on such monstrous objects when
we have so much to do with our resources, wisdom and cunning? We should be
using them to supply our citizens with opportunities for livelihood and education,
create sustainable energy, preserve nature, build infrastructure, promote equal
rights and opportunities for all, and the list goes on and on. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To summarize my offer:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No nuclear weapons, for
anybody in the middle-east.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A regional agreement that
will start with the Palestinians, and embrace the entire Arab world, wherever
there are partners for dialogue, and I know they exist, backed and secured by
the US and the international community as a whole.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am willing to take the first, courageous step, in the name
of my people, the citizens of Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I believe we have no chance to survive in the region if we
do not initiate a positive dynamic, one of good will and action, and I would
like to lead this movement<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have no idea if
this plan, at this moment in time after all that has come to pass, will lead us to the fulfillment of our
goals, but I do know, that continuing on the present</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">destructive track we are all on, will lead to
our certain demise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I do not know if I will be in office long, as elections are
coming up. My words are not meant to serve me, but a higher ideal. I wish these
words to be my legacy, continued by my successors and on into the future. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A future of life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you for your attention. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-16979304775787848372015-02-11T13:52:00.001-08:002015-02-11T14:01:51.638-08:00על הדרום, התגובות, הפחד והבחירות...<br />
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לאחרונה, נהרגו 8 ונפצעו 29, כולן נשים ערביות שהיו בדרכן הביתה מתפילה
בירושלים. כל מי שהיה נוכח במקום דיווח על מראות קשים, כמעט
קשים מנשוא. הרוגים, פצועים, דם, צרחות, יבבות, הצער האנושי בהתגלמותו. </span></span><span class="s3"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
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טרגדיה נוראית. מראה מזעזע באותה מידה נחזה ברשתות בפייסבוק: גולש
צילם והפיץ עשרות תגובות של אזרחים ישראלים לאירוע הנוראי. והנה כמה
ציטוטים:</span></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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כאלה כל יום!" "הלוואי וכל יום תהיה תאונה כזאת באוטובוס
מלא ערבים".."שערבי אחד לא יישאר חי אינשאללה!"
"אימהות של מחבלים!". </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ורשעות שכזאת. זוהי רק דוגמא אחת מיני רבות של גילויי גזענות נוראיים,
ניאו נאציים ממש, הפוקדים את מדינתנו, התבטאויות המקבלות יותר ויותר
תהודה ובעקבותיה לגיטימציה על ידי חברה חולה ואומללה, ולא פעם בגיבוי
גלוי של בכירים בממשלה. אני יודעת מניסיון מר, מאחר
ודברים איומים כאלה מוטחים השכם והערב גם בי אישית.</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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המרכזי בבחירות הבאות עלינו.</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span class="s3"><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span class="s3"><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>.לטובה (אני מהססת לומר
״לטובה״ הגם שהטובה המיוחלת ברורה לי, החלפת המשטר הטרום פשיסטי
ההרסני שמוצץ את לשד המדינה ומאיים להוסיף ולהקיז את דם בניה לשווא.) המתח
בין תקווה לאימה מדיר שינה מעיני מאז הוכרזו הבחירות. לפיכך
לא נדרשו לי יותר מעשר שניות בשביל לבחור את הנושא: התהליך המדיני המדשדש,
הצורך הדחוף בהשגת הסדר עם שכנינו ועם כל הליגה הערבית, שיסלול את הדרך
לתהליך שלום רציני רווי תקווה וכוונות טובות. תהליך שרק הוא יוכל
להתחיל לעקור את נגע הגזענות הנוראי מקרבנו, ולהבריא את נשמתנו.</span></span></div>
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אני נזכרת בילדותי כתלמידת ישיבה בניו יורק . האינדוקטרינציה
שעברתי שם בענייני כשרות (בין היתר) היתה כה טוטאלית שבזמנו,
האמנתי באמת ובתמים שאם אי פעם יקרב ללשוני בשר חזיר, השמיים יפתחו ברעם
מחריש אוזניים וברק נוראי ירד עליי לכלותני. בישראל של 2015 , למילה
"שלום" יש אפקט דומה ל״טריפה״ עבור חלק ניכר מהציבור.
הקמפיין להקניית משמעויות אפלות, שליליות ומזלזלות למילה החשובה הזאת,
שעיקרו מסע ההסתה נגד השלום, מציג את העוסקים והמאמינים בו כטיפשים הזויים במקרה
הטוב, וכעוכרי ישראל ובוגדים בני מוות במקרה הרע. קמפיין זה נחל הצלחה פנומנלית
שאין דומה לה. לדאבוני זוהי ההצלחה היחידה שאני יכולה לייחס לממשלתי
הנוכחית שהשכילה להפוך עם נאור, מיוחד במינו, עתיר תרומות חסרות תקדים למורשת
האנושית בכל תחום, לערימה מבוהלת ובורה
של פרנואידים גזענים (ושחצנים), ש"שלום" באוזניהם היא
מילת גנאי.</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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הרך איננו הבא בתור למלכודת המוות הערכית הזאת, הם טועים טעות
מרה. אם יש מישהו שחושב שאפשר יהיה להמשיך לדבר על קוטג', מילקי ושאר ירקות
ולזנוח את הבעיה הבוערת ביותר של מדינתנו - הסיכסוך עם שכנינו, הרי
שהוא משלה את עצמו וסולל בכך את הדרך למלחמה הבאה. זהו כאמור סימפטום של
עיוורון וסימום, בחסות הממשלה ובסיוע המדיה הנשלטת על ידה ועל ידי מקורביה. </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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"ניסינו לעשות שלום, נתנו להם הכל (זה החלק שאני הכי אוהבת, שילוב של
צדקנות, בורות והכללה) אין עם מי לדבר״, וכו... אני המומה בכל פעם
שאני שומעת את הטיעונים הללו. ובכן, ניסינו? כן, אפשר לקרוא לזה כך, (אף שמאז רצח
רבין אנחנו מנסים ובונים, מנסים ומשמיצים, מנסים ומשפילים. אכן ניסיונות
מרהיבים!). נכשלנו? ועוד איך. גם שכנינו נכשלו. אז מה המסקנה?? נטפח את הפחד
ואת השנאה בלבבות ילדינו ואז נשלח אותם אל מותם חדורי לאומנית משיחית ובלתי
מתנצלת מבית מדרשו של נפתלי בנט , ואז נבכה על קברם??
האם זה הפתרון?? מה קרה לנו? נתקנאנו בקיצוניים שבשכנינו המוסלמים והחלטנו
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מוסרים מידע חלקי על ה"ניסינו" הזה? ומסתירים מעיני הציבור את כל
היוזמות של הצד השני, ואת הייחס המזלזל והמבטל שהן זוכות
לו מצידנו? האם לא עלה בדעתם של אזרחי ישראל , אשר חרדתם הגדולה ביותר היא
להיתפס כ "פרייארים", שאולי עובדים עליהם? ושבכל מה שקשור לתהליך
המדיני, טובתם וטובת ילדיהם איננה באג'נדה של אף אחד ממקבלי ההחלטות
הנוכחיים??</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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גם משנכשלתי. לדבריהם כל רגע בחיים הוא הזדמנות חדשה ומקור לתקווה. המנצח, אומר
אבי, איננו זה שמנצח רגעית, אלא זה שיודע לקום שוב ושוב אחרי שנפל. וכל
זה לפני שהתחלנו לדבר על "ואהבת לרעך כמוך". ומי אמר שהדרך קלה? מי
אמר שהפתרון פשוט? ברור שהוא איננו! אך מהי האלטרנטיבה? האידיאולוגיה הקומפקטית
מבית מדרשו של הימין הלאומני המשיחי? שילוב של נכונות להקריב את ילדינו
עבור ערימת רגבים, עם טיפוח גזענות, שנאה ואלימות לצד רגש עליונות ויהירות?
גישה טוטאלית "עד כלות"...? מי יוכל בדעה צלולה לבחור באופציה
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שלקח אותי סביב העולם. היה לי הכבוד לייצג את ישראל אין סוף פעמים, לפגוש
גדולי עולם, מדינאים, אנשי רוח ואקדמיה, תרבות ואומנות. חזיתי בתופעות ובתהליכים
מדהימים ומזעזעים כאחד ועשיתי תמיד כמיטבי להניף את דגל השלום כדגל המייצג את
מדינתי האהובה, מדינת ישראל.</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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והחשובים ביותר שמדינתנו יכולה לקוות להם: הבראת חברתנו הנגועה בגזענות
ובשנאה, הקצאת משאבים ראויים לחינוך, משיכת השקעות מכל
העולם , שגשוג תרבותי ,
שיווין הזדמנויות ויצירת הזדמנויות
חדשות , שיוון מגדרי, והרשימה ארוכה. לא, אין הבטחות והדרך ארוכה,
אך בהעידר שלום, מדינתנו תמשיך במדרון החלקלק
שאודותיו כתב ליבוביץ, שממנו הזהיר אלברט איינשטיין, שעליו מדברים אפילו
ידידינו הנאמנים ביותר: ישראל עלולה ליפול לתהום נוראי וחשוך של בידוד,של אלימות
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-19724383824556130242015-01-10T05:57:00.002-08:002015-01-11T14:57:32.517-08:00Gam Ani Charlie!<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Thoughts for this morning.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Nothing separates Muslim fanatics from any others. they are all brainwashed, miserable , and, as we so tragically saw once again, this time in Paris, often dangerous people. Israel and Palestine have their share of these sickos, Muslims, Jews and Christians alike, as does the USA (oh! plenty! of all shapes and sizes!), Europe is crawling with them, in fact, they are everywhere. BUT, they ar</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">e STILL a minority.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">NOW, where are the Religious Leaders?? yes YOU GUYS!!?? Were are you to UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN those Religious leaders who fill these poor warped minds with filth masquerading as religion, those who rape the scriptures and holy books whose wisdom and depth were intended to improve the human condition, and turn them into instruments of hatred and killing, those who send young men and women to die selling them lies upon lies , sacrificing them on the alters of greed and fanaticism? </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">And where are our "fabulous" political leaders? yes, those who so effectively improve our economic conditions and bring peace and prosperity to all, etc etc, where are you?? to OUTLAW these religious leaders wherever they are?? just put them in Jail! including you Mr Rouhani! They are guilty of Incitement to murder!!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />I become infuriated when i see the "soft spot" people have for religion: oh, what a nice Jewish boy you see he's wearing a kippah? he must be nice. oh what a nice Muslim girl! you see, she covers her head? she must be good! oh, look , shes wearing a cross on her neck! she is a believer!! That is such Bogus! as if the clothes, the necklaces or the dietary practices of ANYONE are any indication of what kind of a human being they are?? In Israel we let Rabbis who have plainly proselytized Jewish supremacy, hatred and racism, roam free in the streets! not only that, we give them positions and budgets! then we ELECT them for office! that is nausiating! and needless to say, that happens in the Muslim world too, big time. And the same happened in the Christian world throughout history, in a bloody and horrible way, and is probably still happening.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />I am actually envious of the Christians. It seems their bloodiest times are behind them, after the massacres and butchering of the crusades, inquisitions etc etc, and now they have Pope Francis! oh, Pope Francis! a guy who would say: "you don't have to believe in God to be a good person! Some of the best people in the world do not believe in God, and some of the worst things are done in his name!"..OMG!!! i love this man!! so where is the parallel, someone of such power and influence who would say that, in the Muslim world? or the Jewish?? if someone can point him or her out, let me know.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 14px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Yalla, let our voices ring!!!!</span>Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-65199318860824598052014-11-26T08:02:00.002-08:002014-11-30T03:46:31.591-08:00מפולין קל להיזכר בתוצאותיה הקטלניות של הגזענות<br />
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לפולין לסיבוב הופעות שמתחיל מחר.</span></div>
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שלם, לכאורה נורמלי, אנושי, שוחר תרבות וחפץ חיים,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>נדבק בחיידק קטלני ונורא, חיידק הגזענות, שהולך
ומכרסם בתודעתו, בתבונתו, באנושיותו, עד שהופכו למפלצת נוראית, אלימה, רצחנית. העם
היהודי, שהיה אחד הקורבנות העיקריים והאומללים ביותר של הגזענות המכוערת הזאת,
חווה בימים אלה, במדינה שהוקמו על חורבות אסונו הוא, טרנספורמציה דומה. לאט לאט,
ולאחרונה פחות לאט, בגיבוי גורמים רבים, חלקם קיצוניים, חלקם ממלכתיים, ממשלתיים,
דתיים ומסחריים, העם בישראל משנה את פרצופו, הגזענות מחלחלת לשפתו, לתרבותו,
למערכת החינוך שלו, לחוקיו, לאמצעי התקשורת, לשיח היומי והגרוע מכל, לנורמה שלו...בצורה
כה מבהילה שנראה שלא רחוק היום וחוקי נירנברג מעודכנים ינוסחו בעברית כלפי כל אדם
שאיננו יהודי, ובכך נסיים תהליך ארוך ומסוכן שניבא אותו ישעיהו ליבוביץ' הגדול כבר
לפני שנים: נהפוך בעצמנו זהים לאלה שהביאו עלינו את האסונות האיומים ביותר, במשך
כל ההיסטוריה העצובה של עמינו. נהפך למפלצות. </span></div>
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מה שנותר מאנושיותה וערכיה ההומניים של המדינה? על "ואהבת לרעך כמוך"? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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הרפש והבידוד. למרות ששמו אותי ללעג ולבוז, למרות כל הגועל נפש והפורנוגרפיה שיוצאים
מפיותיהם של אנשים אומללים , מפוחדים וחלשים, שטופי מוח, קורבנות אינדוקטרינציה
מסוכנת. ולמרות השתיקה הרועמת של חלק גדול מ"חבריי". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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לבד! יש רבים וטובים במדינה שנלחמים למען הטוב שבה, למען עתידה, גם בתנאים הקשים
ביותר. אני תומכת בפועלם בכל רמ"ח איבריי: בפוליפוני מנצרת, בגלריה אום אל
פחם, בקול אחד, בעמותת יד ביד, במכון הערבה, באגודת ווחד על אחד, ב</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span dir="LTR">Yala young leaders</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span></span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>, בקרן החדשה לישראל, בלוחמים למען השלום, בנשים עושות שלום, בפורום
המשפחות השכולות, בישראייד, בלקט, במרכז מעשה, והרשימה עוד ארוכה.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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שבו דיברתי על עמיר בניון ועל אגודת הסטודנטים הערבית יהודית, "ווחד על אחד". (נכתב ב25.11.14) </span></div>
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היחידי שמעניין אותי להתייחס אליו הוא התחושה אצל חלק מהכותבים (השפויים יותר) ש"אין
עם מי לדבר", בצד השני, ולהכללות לגבי הערבים, כאילו הם כולם מקשה אחת, רוצחים בדם קר
מבטן ומלידה. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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שעבר, שאותו ושכמותו יש לגנות בחריפות, נרצחו 4 בני אדם בסכינים, 8 נפצעו. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ופצע 125.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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מפשע ורצחו אותם. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחבלים יהודים חטפו , היכו ורצחו את הנער
מוחמד אבו ח'דיר, שרפוהו בעודנו חי.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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גורמים מסוימים מהאסלאם הקיצוני נגד יהודים נוראית ומסוכנת.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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גורמים מסוימים בעם היהודי מסיתים לשנאה לא פחות, כמו הרבנים גינזבורג וליאור, או
ראש עיריית אשקלון, ובממשלת ישראל, בעת חקיקה גזענית ומסוכנת. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>וכאילו לא די בכל זה, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>אנחנו גם מסיתים אחד נגד השני...מי שמעוניין (ויש
לו בטן חזקה) מוזמן לקרוא את אוסף הרפש שכתבו עלי ...הסתה לשמה, הסתה לאלימות וגם
לרצח, מפיהם של יהודים. ואני בסה"כ אזרח אחד קטן. יש גם הסתה ברמה הרבה יותר
גבוהה, כמו זאת שהובילה לרצח רבין.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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נרצחים.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אדום</u>, שלאחר השריפה בעכו, בירך על מותם של הקורבנות הערבים! גם קראתי צהלות
שמחה של יהודים כשאוטובוס התהפך ונהרגו 8 ילדים פלסטינים, בסגנונן "תרגעו, זה
רק ילדים ערבים..תתפללו להרוגים, אחלה דרך להתחיל את השבוע"...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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יהודים כה רבים? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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למות.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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למות בעד ארצנו"?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>מה זה פולחן המוות שלנו? מה זה ללמד ילדים <u>בכיתה
א </u>על "ערך ההקרבה", לפי שיטת משרד החינוך ? עבור ארצנו מותר לנו
למות אבל להם עבור ארצם אסור?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>למען ההבהרה: כל העסק הזה בעיני מטורף! אינני בעד למות עבור שום ארץ. שום
אבן לא שווה את חייו של בני. עבור ערכים כמו חרות, כן. עבור שמירה על חיי אדם, כן.
וגם, אך ורק אחרי שמיצינו כל אפשרות אחרת, כל קצה חוט היכול להוביל להידברות,
להסכמה או לפחות לאי-לחימה בדרך להסכמה, לפיתרון בדרכי שלום. מה שלצערי, רחוק מלהיות המצב. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
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שום סימפטיה לרוצחים, ערבים או יהודים, לא למסיתים ולא לאלימים.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>אין לי שום דבר משותף עם ערבי או יהודי שמקדשים
את המוות, את הדת או את הלאום, על פני חיי האדם באשר הוא.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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האלימות, ההתבהמות והדהומניזציה המתרחשת בגבולותיה. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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יש.</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנחנו
מעדיפים להתחפר בעמדותינו הצדקניות, לבנות קירות של שנאה סביבנו, להתעסק בהאשמות,
בביקורת על כל העולם אבל אף פעם לא על עצמנו. לאבד עצמינו לדעת. ואין אנו מוכנים
לראות את הנולד: את האסון שאנו מביאים על ילדינו ונכדינו ועל המדינה שכה אהבנו.
מיטב בנינו, שינקו מהארץ הזאת את הטוב שבה, ששרתו אותה שנתיים, שלש ארבע, לפעמים יותר... אט אט, חרש חרש, אורזים מזוודותיהם והולכים למקומות אחרים, נאורים
יותר, שפויים יותר. לוקחים איתם את נעוריהם, את יצירתיותם, את האינטליגנציה שייצרה
את <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ה" </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span dir="LTR">start up
nation</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span></span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>"
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>שאנו כה מתגאים בו, ומשקיעים אותם בניכר.
ומי שנשאר? נידון לחיות על חרבו, אדם לאדם זאב. </span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אט אט יתייאשו גם חברינו הטובים ביותר ברחבי תבל, אלו שתמיד תמכו ואהבו, ונתנו
בנדיבות. את רוב האירופאים כבר איבדנו,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>האמריקאים בדרך, ויהודים רבים, שדעותיהם לא תואמות את מדיניות הממשלה הנוכחית
, יינטשו גם הם. באופן אירוני, בסוף נישאר רק עם הגרמנים..והאבנגליסטים צמאיי הארמגדון.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לשמחתי, כמו
שציינתי בראשית דבריי, יש עדיין ארגונים רבים הפועלים למען השלום ולמען חברה שיוונית....אוהדי
ישראל המדוכאים, המתוסכלים והמיואשים, מבפנים ומבחוץ, יכולים למצוא תקווה בתמיכה בפרויקטים
כאלה. אני אישית עמלה על זה רבות, לכוון את ידידיי הרבים ברחבי העולם בדיוק למקום
הזה, שבו אני עצמי נמצאת: להתרכז בעשייה חיובית, לתמוך באלה הפועלים ללא לאות למען השלום.</span></div>
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ויקרה משהו שיוציא את המדינה הזאת מתרדמתה, שכמו באגדת ילדותינו, יבוא נסיך וישבור
את הכישוף הנוראי בין <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>מאה שנה <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>שהטילה עלינו מכשפה רעה...נתעורר פתאום, ולא נבין מה קרה לנו... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-64374222147388220332014-10-18T15:37:00.000-07:002014-10-19T00:19:38.472-07:00the children, the pain and the piano.. from Jaffa to Gaza.<div class="MsoNormal">
Late last night i wrote a FB post abut a beautiful concert by the amazing pianist Liz Magnes at her home in Jaffa, where the aim was to
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This morning at 8am my friend Michel called
and urged me to remove it as it had, in his words, offended many people, and
that it might start a new wave of hatred against me. He claimed there were
those who felt it was wrong to support the children of Gaza without at the same
time supporting the children of Sderot or other cities in Israel which had been
hurt by the war, and that I was “crazy” for waking up the dragon. He was worried about me, <o:p></o:p></div>
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When Michel called I was reading a book with my daughter in
bed, enjoying the soft morning sunshine and savoring the last hours with
her before leaving for two weeks of
concerts in Italy, a difficult and emotional moment for me. I was much too
preoccupied and exhausted (I had packed till 2 am) to argue with him and I knew
he meant well (Michel is a real friend) so I removed the post, but I felt very
bad about doing so and the feeling has been gnawing at me all day, as my heart
and conscience will not allow me to simply “let it be”. </div>
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This feeling has lead me to write the following
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Over the 25 years of my career i have volunteered endlessly
for children everywhere, and for the children of Israel more than any. I have
sung for cancer associations, hospitals, special homes for battered women and their
children, for blind children, deaf children, mentally disabled youth , I have
helped raise money, I have visited, done workshops, taken photos, shaken hands,
hugged, kissed and what not. And I have sung for soldiers, sung in bomb
shelters, sung for bereaved parents, on and on the list goes. Believe me, I am not exaggerating. I practice
what I preach…”love your brother as you love yourself”. I do not flaunt these
things or boast of them (and it annoys me that I am doing so now), and I do not
document myself obsessively, I simply do the job. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When Liz Magnes wrote and said she was organizing this small
get together at her home , I was thrilled. I have long wanted to hear Liz play
live (she is amaaaazing!), and thought,
how wonderful to be able to help children while I’m at it, even if the help is modest
and symbolic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Had I been approached by Liz or anyone for that matter, to
do the same for the children of Sderot, I would act in exactly the same way.
But none such opportunity presented itself last week. So, what should I have
done? Refused to come to Liz’s little concert because there was no “balancing
event” to give it legitimacy?? Or, attended but kept it to myself, because it
might offend someone?? My whole career has been a long series of offensive
events, from singing for the Pope to singing for peace to singing with Arabs to
singing in general (if you’re an ultra orthodox male) …is that reason to shut
up??</div>
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I find the whole issue mind boggling.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am asking myself why it is so
difficult for some people here in Israel to support a simple act of charity and
compassion towards children who are suffering, our neighbors’ children? If for
example, I would be raising money for the children of Africa, would that be ok?
Or orphans in Russia or neonates in Naples? (I have raised money and
volunteered extensively for all three…as good will ambassador of th UN organization FAO, Amnesty
International Special Ambassador , Cavalliera de la Republica Italian , etc). I
imagine nobody would find it offensive, on the contrary. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But the children of Gaza?? “Shame
on you!” I am told, “they are the enemy!! How dare you show compassion towards
them!? Do you think they’d show compassion towards you?? they'll slit your throat! You fool! Stick with
your own kind! Israel Hater!! And anyway, the money goes to Hamas who build
tunnels to kill your children” (some add, “I hope Hamas kills you and your
children, Arab Lover”. Nice people.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I feel truly sorry for people who
think that way. I understand their hearts and minds are crippled by fear (some
justified), tainted with prejudice and cynicism, and handicapped by short
shortsightedness. Further, I suppose, they think that helping the children of Gaza
means admitting in some way that we are responsible for their ill fate. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So here is a step by step
analysis of the situation as I see it, and an explanation for why I choose not
to delete the children of Gaza from my volunteering and raising money list:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> 1. </span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>People from Gaza are treated in Israeli hospitals every day.
Why? Because we can. Because we have the know-how, the infrastructure, the
manpower. Because despite what governments think and do, people exhibit
humanity! I am proud if that. I heard that Abu Mazen’s wife was treated in an
Israeli hospital not long ago! I am proud of those hospitals, those doctors
(like my husband!), those nurses, who help save lives for the sake of humanity.
I don’t think they say to themselves: “hmmm well, I haven’t helped a Jewish
Israeli today, so I can’t help a Gazan. Sorry”. That would be ridiculous. And
the hospitals are just the beginning! There are endless Israeli initiatives to
help rebuild Gaza! From humanitarian aid to building products to technology,
etc. I am asking all my critics: why are you not PROUD of this fact?? You
should be! the same goes for raising money for the children of Gaza! I am proud
to be part of a society that can and will do something like that!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> 2. </span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>The 500 children who were killed in the Gaza offensive, and the
3000 that were wounded, were most likely not armed terrorists or serial
killers. They were caught in the cross fire, just like any of us could have
been. They are not the enemy. The enemy, as I have stated many times before is
anyone who chooses death over life, anyone poisoned by extremism and fanaticism,
anyone unable to speak any language but violence, both verbal and physical, and
that goes for Arabs, Jews or whomever. A child is a child; I have three of my
own and feel deeply for every single one on the planet. Every child is born
pure of heart; hatred is not natural to the human species. I have always, and
will always, do everything I can to secure a better future for ANYONE’s
children.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> 3. </span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Recognizing the pain of another does not eliminate your own
pain. Recognizing the other’s tragedy does not erase or diminish your OWN
tragedy. Recognizing the Palestinians struggle for independence and their right
to self-definition within their own territory does not cancel your own right to
all of those things. And admitting you are to blame for the loss of human life
does not mean the other side does not share this blame. Self-righteousness and
defensiveness, without the courage to reach out, will lead us nowhere. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> 4. </span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Yes, it is true that for the moment, no Palestinian organization
will jump up and help the children of Sderot on the border with Gaza. On the
other hand, if a Palestinian state existed, if we were two equal entities
entangled in battle, I am sure citizens from the other side would feel
confident and strong enough to reach out beyond the fence, just as I do. For
the moment, sadly that is not (yet) the case.
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> 5. </span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>For whomever the purely humanitarian, compassionate and human-empathy
considerations are not enough, consider that our well being (including the children of Sderot!) depends on the well
being of our neighbors, whether we like it or not. Healthy children with a roof
over their heads, with a chance for an education and a future, are less likely
to grow into blood thirsty terrorists. It’s simple really.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> 6. </span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span>Anyone who has ever been involved in fundraising knows that you
ALWAYS take a risk putting your money into the hands of strangers that you HOPE
will get it to the needy. Unfortunately, there is often corruption, as a result
which money falls into the wrong hands, and no country is free of this illness,
including Israel. So yes, there is a chance some of the money might being
kidnapped by Hamas. But is that a reason not to try and raise it? No. Is the
fact that Africa is full of corrupt tyrants reason not to help the children of
Africa? No.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will end with
something beautiful that Gil Dor once told me.</div>
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The Hebrew word
for responsibility, “Achrayut”, has at its core the word “acher”, which means
“the other, the different one”. Responsibility
is intrinsically linked to our relationship with “the other”, the one that is different from us, it
is he/she we must be looking out for, whether or not that sentiment is
reciprocated. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I believe only
if we create a positive dynamic, only if we give a personal example that will set
the butterfly wings in motion, as tiny as the first little flap may be, can we
hope for an eruption of positive change… somewhere, someday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Noa, Oct 2014<o:p></o:p></div>
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(Liz Magnes at the piano at her home in Jaffa, my daughter Yum staring out into the ocean...)</div>
Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-51330047372063695272014-07-30T12:32:00.000-07:002014-07-30T12:36:38.808-07:00and now, the Spanish Opened Letter to the wind<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Saludos desde nuestro rincón de
Oriente Medio, donde últimamente se ha desatado el infierno. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Aterrorizada, angustiada y
deprimida, frustrada, enfadada,… cada onda emocional se mezcla con la otra para
dominar mi corazón y mi mente… ninguna más que otra y yo naufrago en el océano,
en la ebullición que genera su mezcla. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Hay una alarma por misiles cada hora
desde algún lugar cerca de mi casa. En Tel Aviv es todavía peor. Mi hijo y yo
hemos parado nuestro coche en medio de la calle y nos hemos resguardado en un
callejón cercano hasta que el penetrante sonido de la sirena ha dejado de
sonar… algunos minutos después hemos escuchado tres fuertes explosiones que han
hecho temblar las paredes. En el sur la situación es insostenible. Sus vidas
allí abajo han llegado a un punto de colapso, su supervivencia está reducida;
transcurren la mayor parte de su tiempo en los refugios antibombas. En gran
parte los misiles son interceptados por nuestro sistema de defensa, pero no
todos. Cada civil es un objetivo, nuestros niños están traumatizados, sus
heridas emocionales son irreversibles. Y los túneles, excavados bajo tierra,
llegan hasta las mismas puertas de las casas de los habitantes del kibbutz de
la frontera de Gaza… en los oscuros meandros de mis pesadillas imagino a qué
serán destinados: contrabando, secuestros, torturas, homicidios… Nuestros
soldados están en primera línea. Están allí nuestros hijos, los hijos de
nuestros amigos y vecinos, jóvenes soldados (hombres y mujeres) de este país
llamados al deber por nuestro gobierno…
y ya ha pasado: ataúdes cubiertos con la bandera, funerales inundados de
lágrimas, vidas destruidas el Kaddish, la bien conocida y devastadora rutina<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Y la gente de Gaza… oh, Dios, la
gente de Gaza… ¿Qué puede haber más miserable y horrible que lo que estas
personas están soportando? ¿Será su destino eterno sufrir por culpa de crueles
tiranos? Las imágenes de los niños ensangrentados, las madres llorando con sus
vestidos manchados de sangre, los escombros y la devastación, el horror en sus
ojos, un máximo de cinco minutos para salir de sus casas, correr para
sobrevivir porque están cayendo bombas… ningún refugio… la táctica de los
talibanes de Hamas de un lado y los aviones F16 del ejército israelí del otro,
estas personas están como en un cascanueces, chafadas por las fauces metálicas
de la ceguera y la estupidez humana… el balance de víctimas sigue creciendo…
por amor de Dios… ¿cuánto tiempo más deberá continuar esto?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Los hombres de Hamas son
extremistas, son Yihadistas, son peligrosos, su objetivo es matar a cualquier
judío, a mí y a mis hijos incluidos. No reconocen Israel, tienen la intención
de transformar a todos los habitantes de Gaza en mártires usándolos como
escudos humanos… hemos escuchado todo. Hemos oído a Hannia y sus secuaces y probablemente todos
sea cierto, si es que hay alguna verdad en todo esto… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">¿Pero todo hombre, mujer, niño debe
ser condenado por la amarga y horrible locura de ambas partas? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Escucho a Naftali Bennet que habla
en la CNN y explica fríamente como los de Hamas son terroristas y tenemos todo
el derecho a defendernos… espero, pacientemente, una expresión suya, de dolor,
de amargura por la pérdida de vidas inocentes… pero no llega ninguna de estas
señales. Y me digo: ¿has olvidado que representas a toda una nación? ¿Has
olvidado las enseñanzas básicas de tu religión? ¡Avergüénzate! Por tu culpa han
muerto personas inocentes, hombres y mujeres y tantos niños… aunque no
pretendieras hacerlo. Y sí, los de Hamas siguen con su horrible retórica
cargada de sangre, su cruel fanfarronería a costa de la infeliz población de
Gaza… no esconden su malvado plan! Ellos PRETENDEN llevar a la muerte a gente
inocente! No hay duda que existe un lugar especial para gente de este tipo en
el infierno y la historia está llena de casos. Pero eso no nos exime de la
obligación de comportarnos como seres humanos, a menos que nuestro objetivo sea
llegar a una metamorfosis que nos transforme en la terrorífica imagen de
nuestros más peligrosos enemigos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Nosotros, Palestinos e Israelíes del
mismo modo, no hemos “nunca perdido la oportunidad de dejar escapar una oportunidad
de hacer las paces”. Hemos creado este desastre con nuestras manos y estamos
pagando el terrible precio por nuestra arrogancia y sorda estupidez. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Es fácil señalar con el dedo y
convertirnos en extremadamente autodefensivos cuando caen las bombas… cada
parte se refugia en su propio rincón,
quedando cerca de su gente y culpando a la otra… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Mi corazón va con las familias de
las víctimas, donde quiera que estén! Me siento feliz de tener un ejército
israelí fuerte que me defiende de aquellos que afirman claramente que su
objetivo es el de cortarle el cuello a mis hijos… pero no quiero usar mi
tristeza o mi miedo como un escudo que me separe de la empatía humana y del
raciocinio lúcido. Al contrario, quiero hacer lo opuesto.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Quiero saltar a la arena y proclamar
mi verdad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;"><u>Sólo hay dos bandos y estos no son
Israelíes y Palestinos, Judíos y Árabes.
Las dos partes son Moderados y Extremistas. </u>Yo pertenezco a los
moderados, donde quieran que estén. Son mi grupo. ¡Y esa facción necesita estar
unida! No tengo nada de nada en común con los extremistas hebreos que queman
vivos a niños, envenenan pozos o arrancan árboles, que lanzan piedras a los
escolares… que están motivados por un odio fruto del lavado de cerebro y de una
gran arrogancia. Quiero esconder la cabeza entre mis manos y desparecer, irme a
la luna si es posible, cuando leo los sermones de los Rabinos Ginsburg y Lior,
que mitifican la muerte y el asesinato en nombre de Dios como Baruch Goldstein
(su santo mártir) que asesinó a 29 árabes a sangre fría mientras estaban
rezando! --- cuando leo las increíbles palabras llenas de racismo y de odio
escritas por cualquier conciudadano israelí, las lágrimas de alegría cuando se
asesina a niños palestinos, el desprecio por la vida humana!! El hecho de
compartir el mismo pasaporte y la misma religión con ellos no significa nada
para mí. No quiero tener nada que ver con estas personas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Del mismo modo, los extremistas del
otro lado son también mis más acérrimos enemigos. Pero su cólera se ha lanzado
no solo contra mí sino también contra los moderados de su propia sociedad… y
eso nos convierte a todos en hermanos de causa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Así como exhorto a los moderados
árabes, donde quiera que estén, a hacer lo que esté en sus manos para rechazar
el extremismo, no tengo ninguna intención de cerrar los ojos respecto a la
responsabilidad que debe ser asumida por mi parte por el desastre que se está
produciendo. El Islamismo radical es un fenómeno peligroso que debe ser
enfrentado no sólo por Israel sino por el mundo entero. ¡Pero existen en el
mundo musulmán voces más liberales, existen interlocutores para el diálogo!
¿Realmente hemos hecho todo lo que podemos para abrir un diálogo con ellos? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">La respuesta es NO, hemos hecho lo
contrario. El gobierno actual ha hecho todo lo que ha
podido para reprimir cualquier tentativa de reconciliación. Ha debilitado y
ofendido a Abu Mazen, lider de la más moderada OLP que ha afirmado tantas veces
estar interesado en la paz. Cuando Abu Mazen ha realizado declaraciones sobre
el Holocausto, definiéndolo como la mayor tragedia de la Historia Humana, se
han mofado y desacreditado. No han respetado acuerdos que ellos mismos habían
suscrito, rechazando liberar prisioneros que habían ya pactado liberar,
prefiriendo continuar la ultrajante y exasperante construcción de los
asentamientos como si no se hubiesen negociado. Es como abofetear a alguien,
repetidamente, mientras al mismo tiempo inocentemente se le dice: “hagamos las
paces, ¿no ves cuánto quiero la Paz?¿ Porqué no estás colaborando?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">¿Y qué pasa con las iniciativas de
paz de la Liga Árabe?¿Por qué ha sido sistemática y recurrentemente ignorado
por el gobierno israelí? ¡¡Recientemente, en un acto de buena fe sin
precedentes, un ilustre funcionario de Arabia Saudí escribió un artículo en un
diario israelí en el que expresaba su deseo de paz!! ¡Pasó desapercibido! Este
comportamiento solo se puede describir como reprobable y arrogante.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">¿Qué enloquecida fuerza mesiánica ha
cegado a estos políticos y a su electorado? ¿Qué síndrome bíblico de Josué?
¿Están pensando a caso que poco a poco dominarán los territorios ocupados,
hasta que no haya manera de crear el Estado Palestino? Y, ¿qué hay de todos los
palestinos que viven allí, de sus aspiraciones, de su historia? ¿Qué sucederá
con su bienestar, con sus sueños, son sus esperanzas, con su futuro?¿Vivirán
simplemente felices para siempre como ciudadanos de segunda, o se convertirán
en masa al judaísmo?¿Cuál es el plan?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">No hay ningún plan, no hay una
visión que sea moralmente compatible con valores universales, intentando
procurar la coexistencia: o por lo menos ninguno que haya sido articulado
coherentemente a nuestra gente. En su lugar, estamos alimentando constantemente
el miedo y la paranoia, avivando las llamas del nacionalismo, cultivando la
xenofobia y el racismo. De hecho, estas políticas están deteriorando Israel
hacia un punto ideológico y estratégico de no retorno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Solamente el diálogo desde un punto
de vista de respeto y empatía puede salvarnos. Solo un esfuerzo consensuado
para fortalecer a los moderados y así marginar al máximo posible a los
radicales puede traernos alguna esperanza. Por mucho que en Israel
justificadamente despreciemos a Hamas, no parece que éstos se vayan a ir a
ningún sitio. ¿Hemos considerado seriamente las condiciones que ellos proponen
para un alto el fuego? ¡Muchas de ellas tienen sentido! ¿Por qué no intentamos
aliviar el sufrimiento de la gente de Gaza, les ayudamos a florecer
económicamente, les retornamos la dignidad a sus vidas y ganamos 10 años de
alto el fuego?... ¡10 años es mucho tiempo! ¡Las mentes jóvenes pueden abrirse!
¡Incluso una modesta prosperidad puede catalizar este cambio! ¿Por qué asumimos
automáticamente que estos años serán utilizados SOLO para reforzar el poder
militar de Hamás? Estas condiciones incluyen la supervisión internacional. ¿Puede
que durante estos años se cree una realidad en la que Hamas, con una generación
de jóvenes líderes que vean un horizonte diferente, pueda entrar en el círculo
político de una forma que, finalmente, permita el diálogo?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Me pregunto a mi misma, y a
Netanyahu: ¿Por qué no nos sorprendemos a nosotros mismos? Netanyahu, tú eres
conocido como un hombre inteligente: ¿por qué no das un giro de 180 grados,
cambias las reglas del juego, rompes los esquemas? ¡¡Da la bienvenida a Abu
Mazen, para la construcción de asentamientos, apoya a un gobierno de unidad,
abre Gaza y permite el comercio con supervisión internacional, abraza las
aspiraciones Palestinas junto con las nuestras, da la bienvenida a la
intervención internacional, y gana un aliado real CONTRA el extremismo!!
¡¡Jaque mate!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">¿Hemos hecho un verdadero esfuerzo
para conseguir todo esto antes de mandar a nuestros jóvenes a morir?
Tristemente, la respuesta es no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Nadie está desmantelando el ejército
israelí, que permanecerá fuerte. Pero, ¿por qué estamos rechazando
testarudamente asumir este riesgo calculado, y en lugar de eso estamos prefiriendo
el sacrificio de nuestros hijos? Va más allá de mi comprensión.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">En Akedat Yitzchak, Dios intervino y
salvó al niño. ¿Dónde está Dios ahora? ¿Se ha
vuelto indiferente ante la abominación de sus sagradas enseñanzas, por
los extremistas de los dos lados?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Si rechazamos el reconocimiento de
los derechos de las dos partes y de hacernos cargo de nuestras obligaciones, si
continuamos aferrados a nuestros argumentos, con desprecio e indiferencia hacia
los de los otros, si elegimos una y otra vez la espada sobre las palabras, si
santificamos la tierra y no las vidas de
nuestros niños, nos veremos de verdad forzados a buscar una colonia en la luna,
porque nuestra tierra estará tan empapada de sangre y tan cubierta de lápidas
que no nos quedará nada para vivir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="color: #333333;">Escribí estas palabras y las canté
junto a mi amiga Mira Awad. Hoy tienen más sentido que nunca:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";">"Cuando
lloro, lloro por los dos,</span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mi
dolor no tiene nombre.</span></span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cuando
lloro, lloro a al despiadado cielo y digo: </span></span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tiene
que haber otra manera.."</span></span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“when
I cry I cry for both of us,</span></span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My
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si è scatenato l’inferno. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Terrorizzata, angosciata e depressa, frustrata, arrabbiata ….
Ciascun’ondata emotiva concorre con l’altra per dominare sul mio cuore e sulla
mia mente … nessuna ha la meglio, e io annego nell’oceano in ebollizione creato
dal loro connubio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">C’è un allarme missili ogni ora da qualche parte vicino casa
mia. A Tel Aviv, è anche peggio. Mio figlio e io oggi abbiamo fermato la nostra
auto in mezzo alla strada e ci siamo precipitati in un vicolo vicino fino a che
la sirena penetrante non ha smesso di suonare … alcuni minuti dopo abbiamo
sentito tre fragorose esplosioni che hanno fatto tremare i muri. Nel Sud la
situazione è insostenibile. Le loro vite laggiù sono giunte alla paralisi, la loro sopravvivenza annientata; trascorrono
la maggior parte del loro tempo nei rifugi anti bombe. In gran parte i missili
sono intercettati dal nostro sistema di difesa, ma non tutti. Ogni civile è un
obiettivo, i nostri bambini sono traumatizzati, le loro ferite emotive sono
irreversibili.E i tunnel, scavati sottoterra, che raggiungono la soglia delle
case di alcuni abitanti dei Kibbutz al confine di Gaza … negli oscuri meandri
dei miei incubi immagino a cosa sono destinati: contrabbando, rapimenti,
torture, omicidi …! I nostri soldati sono in prima linea. Vi sono nostri figli,
figli di nostri amici e vicini, giovani uomini e donne dei questo paese
chiamati al dovere dal nostro governo … e già, bare avvolte nella bandiera,
funerali inondati dalle lacrime, vite distrutte, il Kadish, la sconvolgente ben
nota routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E la gente di Gaza … oh Dio, la gente di Gaza … Cosa può
esservi di più miserabile e orribile rispetto a quello che queste persone
devono sopportare? Il loro destino sarà per sempre quello di soffrire per mano
di crudeli tiranni? Le immagini dei bambini sanguinanti, le madri che piangono negli
abiti macchiati di sangue, le macerie e la devastazione, il terrore nei loro
occhi, cinque minuti al massimo per uscire dalle loro case, correre per
sopravvivere perchè stanno cadendo le bombe .. nessun rifugio … la tattica dei
talebani di Hamas da un lato e i bombardieri F16 dell'esercito israeliano dall’altro, queste
persone sono tenute nella morsa come noci, schiacciate dalle spesse ganasce di
metallo della cecità e stupidità umana! … il bilancio delle vittime continua a
crescere … per amor di Dio .. per quanto tempo dovrà continuare tutto questo? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Gli uomini di Hamas sono estremisti, sono Jihadisti, sono
pericolosi, il loro scopo è di uccidere ogni Ebreo, me e i miei figli compresi.
Non riconoscono Israele, hanno intenzione di trasformare tutti gli abitanti di
Gaza in martiri usandoli come scudi umani ... abbiamo sentito tutto. Abbiamo
sentito Hannia e i suoi seguaci, ed è probabilmente tutto vero, per quanto
possa esserci alcuna verità …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ma ogni uomo, donna e bambino è da condannare per l’amara,
orribile follia di entrambe le parti??<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Io ascolto Naftali Bennet che parla alla CNN e spiega
freddamente come quelli di Hamas sono terroristi e noi abbiamo tutto il diritto
di difenderci, il che è vero … Aspetto, pazientemente, una sua espressione di
dolore, un suo rammarico per la perdita di vite innocenti … ma non arriva alcuno
di questi segni. E mi dico: hai dimenticato che rappresenti un’intera nazione?
Hai dimenticato gli insegnamenti fondamentali della tua religione? Vergognati!
Per te sono morte persone innocenti, uomini donne e così tanti bambini...anche
se non intendevi farlo! E sì, quelli di Hamas continuano con la loro orribile
retorica intrisa di sangue, la loro crudele spavalderia a spese dell’infelice
gente di Gaza … loro non nascondono il loro piano scellerato! Loro INTENDONO
portare alla morte gente innocente! Non vi è dubbio che c’è un posto speciale
all’inferno per gente del genere, e la storia ne è piena. Ma questo non ci
esime dall’obbligo di comportarci come esseri umani, a meno che il nostro scopo
non sia quello di una metamorfosi che ci trasformi nella terrificante identica
imagine dei nostri più pericolosi nemici.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Noi , Palestinesi e Israeliani allo stesso modo, non abbiamo
“mai perso l’opportunità di perdere
un’opportunità di fare pace”. Abbiamo creato questo disastro con le nostre mani
e stiamo pagando il terribile prezzo per la nostra arroganza e sorda stupidità.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">È facile puntare il dito e diventare estremamente
auto-difensivi quando le bombe cadono... ogni parte si rifugia nel proprio
cantuccio, restando vicina alla propria gente, incolpando l'altra...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Il mio cuore va alle famiglie delle vittime dovunque esse
siano. Sono felice di avere un esercito israeliano forte che mi difende da
quelli che affermano chiaramente che il loro scopo è quello di tagliare la gola
ai miei figli … MA non voglio usare la mia tristezza e paura come uno scudo che
mi separi dall’empatia umana e dal ragionamento lucido. Al contrario, voglio
fare l’opposto.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Voglio stare nell’arena e pronunciare la mia verità.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Vi sono solo due parti, e queste non sono Israeliani e
Palestinesi, Ebrei e Arabi. Sono moderati ed estremisti. Io appartengo ai
moderati, dovunque essi siano. Sono loro la mia fazione. E questa fazione ha
bisogno di essere unita!! Io non ho niente di niente in comune con gli
estremisti Ebrei che bruciano vivi I bambini, avvelenano pozzi e sradicano
alberi, che scagliano pietre ai bambini della scuola, che sono motivati da un
odio frutto del lavaggio del cervello, e da acuta arroganza. Voglio nascondere
la testa nelle mie mani e scomparire, sulla luna se è possible, quando leggo I
sermoni dei Rabbini Ginsburg e Lior, che mitizzano la morte e l’uccisione in
nome di Dio così come fece Baruch Goldstein, il loro sacro martire, che ha
ucciso 29 Arabi a sangue freddo mentre stavano pregando!... Quando leggo le
incredibili parole di razzismo e di odio scritte da qualche mio concittadino
israeliano, i pianti di gioia quando vengono uccisi bambini palestinesi, il
disprezzo per la vita umana!!... Il fatto di condividere lo stesso passaporto e
la stessa religione non significa nulla per me. Non voglio avere niente a che
fare con queste persone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Allo stesso modo, gli estremisti sull’altro fronte sono pure
i miei acerrimi nemici. Ma la loro collera è rivolta non solo contro di me ma
contro i moderati della loro stessa società
… ciò ci rende tutti fratelli armati!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Così come esorto I moderati arabi, dovunque siano, a fare
tutto ciò che è in loro potere per respingere l’estremismo, non ho alcuna
intenzione di chiudere gli occhi di fronte alle responsabilità che devono
essere assunte dalla mia parte per il disastro che si sta verificando. L’Islam
radicale è un fenomeno pericoloso che deve essere affrontato non solo da Israele,
ma dal mondo intero. Ma vi sono nel mondo musulmano voci più liberali, vi sono
partner per il dialogo! Abbiamo davvero fatto tutto ciò che è in nostro potere
per aprire un dialogo con loro?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">La risposta è NO, abbiamo fatto il contrario. Il governo
attuale guidato da Netanyahu ha fatto tutto ciò che era in suo potere per reprimere
qualunque tentativo di riconciliazione. Ha indebolito e offeso Abu Mazen,
leader della più moderata OLP, che ha affermato più volte di essere interessato
alla pace. Quando Abu Mazen ha fatto delle dichiarazioni sull’Olocausto,
definendolo la più grande tragedia della storia umana, l’hanno schernito e
screditato. Non hanno rispettato accordi che loro stessi avevano sottoscritto,
rifiutando di rilasciare prigioneri che avevano già pattuito di rilasciare,
preferendo continuare l’oltraggiosa ed esasperante costruzione degli
insediamenti come se non vi fossero stati negoziati. È come schiaffeggiare
qualcuno, ripetutamente, mentre nello stesso tempo innocentemente gli si dice:
“Facciamo pace! Non vedi quanto voglio la pace? Perchè non stai collaborando?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">E cosa dire dell’iniziativa di pace della Lega Araba? Perchè
è stata sempre costantemente ignorata dal governo israeliano? Proprio di
recente, in un gesto di buona fede senza precedenti, un ufficiale illustre
dell’Arabia Saudita ha scritto un articolo su di un quotidiano israeliano, che
esprimeva il suo desiderio di pace!! È rimasto inosservato! Questo
comportamento può essere solo decritto come riprovevole e arrogante.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Quali folli forze messianiche accecano questi politici e il
loro elettorato? Quale sindrome biblica di Joshua? Cosa stanno pensando, che
pian piano domineranno i territori occupati sino a quando non vi sarà alcun
modo di creare lo Stato palestinese? Che cosa sarà di tutti i palestinesi che
vivono lì, delle loro aspirazioni, della loro storia? Che cosa sarà del loro
benessere, dei loro sogni, delle loro speranze, del loro futuro? Vivranno
semplicemente, come un lieto fine, come cittadini di seconda classe, o forse si
convertiranno in massa al giudaismo? Qual è il piano?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Non c’è alcun piano, alcuna visione moralmente compatibile
con valori universali, un desiderio di creare coesistenza: o almeno niente del
genere è stato presentato in modo coerente alla nostra gente. Al suo posto, siamo
nutriti di paura costante e paranoia, e si stanno alimentando le fiamme del
nazionalismo, coltivando xenofobia e razzismo. Di fatto questi politici stanno
deteriorando Israele a un ideologico e strategico punto di non ritorno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Solo il dialogo da una posizione di rispetto e di empatia può
salvarci.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Solo uno sforzo concertato per
rafforzare i moderati e, di conseguenza, marginalizzare quanto più è
possibile gli estremisti può procurarci un po' di speranza. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Per quanto noi in Israele disprezziamo giustamente Hamas, non sembra che si
vada da nessuna parte. Abbiamo seriamente preso in considerazione le loro
condizioni per un cessate il fuoco? Molte di esse hanno un senso!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="IT"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><br /></span>
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perché non cercare di
alleviare le sofferenze degli abitanti di Gaza, consentire loro di svilupparsi
economicamente, restituire dignità alle loro vite ed ottenere un cessate il
fuoco di dieci anni? Dieci anni è un sacco di tempo!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Le menti giovani possono aprirsi. Persino una modesta prosperità economica può
fare da catalizzatore per il cambiamento! Perché diamo per scontato che questi
anni verranno usati solo per rafforzare il potere militare di Hamas? Le
condizioni includono una supervisione internazionale. Forse gli anni creeranno
una situazione in cui Hamas, con una generazione di leader più giovani che
vedono un orizzonte diverso, verrà trascinata all'interno del circolo della
politica in un modo che consentirà, finalmente, di aprire un dialogo?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Io chiedo a me stessa ed a Netanyahu: perché non sorprendiamo
noi stessi?! Netanyahu, si dice che tu sia un uomo intelligente: perché non fai
un'inversione a 180 gradi, cambi le regole del gioco, pensi fuori dagli schemi?
Da' il benvenuto ad Abu Mazen, smetti di costruire gli insediamenti, sostieni
il governo di unità, apri Gaza e consenti il commercio con la supervisione
internazionale. Abbraccia le aspirazioni palestinesi unitamente alle nostre,
accogli l'intervento internazionale e guadagna un vero alleato contro
l'estremismo? Scacco matto!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Abbiamo davvero compiuto tutti questi sforzi, prima di
mandare a morire i nostri soldati? E' triste, ma la risposta è no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Nessuno sta smantellando l'esercito israeliano, che resterà forte. Ma allora
perché ci rifiutiamo testardamente di correre questo rischio calcolato,
preferendo piuttosto il sacrificio dei nostri figli? E' una cosa che va oltre
ogni mia comprensione.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ad Akedat Yitzchak, Dio è intervenuto salvando il bambino.
Dov'è Dio, adesso? E' forse divenuto indifferente a causa dell'abominio che è
stato fatto dei suoi sacri insegnamenti dagli estremisti di ambo le parti?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="IT" style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang="IT" style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: IT;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Se ci rifiutiamo di
riconoscere i diritti di entrambe le parti e di farci carico dei nostri
obblighi, se ciascuno di noi rimane aggrappato alla propria versione, con
disprezzo e inosservanza di quella dell'altro, se continuiamo a preferire le
spade alle parole, se santifichiamo la terra e non le vite dei nostri figli,
saremo presto tutti costretti a cercare una colonia sulla Luna, perché la
nostra terra sarà così zuppa di sangue e così intasata di lapidi che non vi
resterà più niente per vivere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Io ho scritto queste parole e le ho cantate insieme alla mia
amica Mira Awad. Oggi sono più vere che mai: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“When I cry I cry for both of us, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">("Quando piango, piango per tutti e due)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My pain has no name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Il mio dolore non ha nome.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I cry, I cry to the merciless sky and say: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Quando piango, piango rivolta al cielo spietato e dico:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There must be another way” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (Dev'esserci un'altra via)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Noa, 22 Luglio 2014</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-37174424918639468462014-07-22T10:58:00.001-07:002014-07-31T06:36:56.531-07:00Open letter to the wind<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Greetings
from our corner of the Middle East, where all hell has recently broken loose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Terrorized,
anguished and depressed, frustrated, angry….each emotional tidal wave competing
with the other for domination over my heart and head…none prevail, I am
drowning in the boiling ocean which is all of them combined. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a
missile alert every hour somewhere near my home. In Tel Aviv, its worse. My son
and I stopped our car in the middle of the street today and rushed to a nearby
corridor as the piercing siren went off…a few minutes later we heard three loud
booms that shook the walls. In the south of Israel it’s unbearable. Their lives
have come to a standstill, their livelihood crushed; they spend most of their
time in bomb shelters. A large part of the missiles are intercepted by our
defense system, but not all. Every civilian is a target, our children are
traumatized ,the emotional scars irreversible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> And the tunnels, dug
underground, reaching the very doorstep of some of the Kibbutzim on the Gaza
border…in the dark dungeons of my nightmares I imagine what they are intended
for: smuggling, kidnapping, torturing, murdering…. ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our soldiers are on the front
line. These are our sons, the sons of our friends and neighbors, the young men
and women of this country called to duty by their government…and already,
coffins draped in the flag, tear drenched funerals, shattered lives, Kaddish…the
well known, devastating ritual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And the
Gazans..Oh lord, the Gazans…what could possibly be more miserable and horrible
than what these people have to endure? Will their destiny be forever to suffer
under the hands of cruel tyrants? The pictures of the bleeding children, the
crying mothers in blood stained clothes, the rubble and devastation, the terror
in their eyes, 5 minutes at best to get out of your house, to run for your
lives because the bombs are falling…no shelter…the Taliban tactics of Hamas on
one side and the F16 bombers of the Israeli army on the other, these people are
clamped like walnuts, crushed by the thick metal jaws of blindness and
stupidity!….the death toll rising and rising…for God’s sake….how much longer
will this go on?? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hamas are
extremists, they are Jihadists, they are dangerous, they aim to kill every Jew
including me and my children, they do not recognize Israel, they plan to turn
all Gazans into Shahids by using them as human shields. We’ve heard Hannia and
his henchmen, and it’s probably all true, as far as there is any truth at all…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But is every
man woman and child to blame for the bitter, horrible foolery of both sides??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I listen to
Naftali Bennet speaking on CNN, coolly explaining how Hamas are terrorists and
we have every right to defend ourselves, which we do, granted…I wait,
patiently, for his sincere expression of sorrow and regret at the loss of
innocent life…but none such gesture comes. And i say to myself: have you
forgotten that you represent an entire nation? Bow your head in shame! For you have brought
the deaths of innocent people, men women and so many children…even if you did
NOT intend to! And yes, Hamas leaders continue with their horrible blood soaked
rhetoric, their cruel bravura at the expense of the miserable Gazans….they do not
hide their sinister plan! They INTEND to bring the deaths of innocent people!
No doubt there is a special place in hell for all of those, and history is full
of them. But that does not release us from the obligation to behave as human
beings, unless our aim is to metamorphose into the terrifying spitting image of
our gravest enemies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We,
Palestinians and Israelis alike, have “never missed an opportunity to miss an
opportunity to make peace”. We have created this mess with our own two hands,
and we are paying the awful price for our arrogance and deaf foolery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is easy
to point fingers and become extremely self-defensive when bombs are
falling…each side huddles in his own corner, sticking with his own, blaming the
other…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My heart
goes out to the families of the victims wherever they are. I am happy to have a
strong Israeli Army to defend me against the those who clearly state their aim
is to slit my children’s throats…BUT..i do not want to use my sorrow and fear
as a shield against human empathy and clear thinking. On the contrary, I want
to do the opposite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I want to
stand in the middle of the rink, and speak my truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are
only two sides, and they are not Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs.
They are moderates and the extremists. I belong to the moderates, wherever they
are. They are my camp. And this camp needs to unite!! I have nothing whatsoever
in common with the Jewish extremists who burn children alive, who poison wells
and uproot trees, who throw stones at school children, who are motivated by
brainwashed hate and acute self-righteousness. I want to bury my head in my
hands and disappear, to the moon if possible, when I read the sermons of Rabbi
Ginsburg and Lior, romanticizing death and killing in the name of God as did
Baruch Goldstein, their sacred martyr, who murdered 29 Arabs in cold blood as
they were praying !..When I read the incredible words of racism and hate
written by some of my fellow Israelis, the cries of Joy when Palestinian
children are killed, the contempt for human life!! …The fact that we share the
same passport and religion means nothing to me. I want nothing to do with these
people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Violent
Radical Islamists terrify me. The pictures of how they torture and behead, kill
and destroy, their indescribable cruelty and their abominable treatment of
women are horrifying to say the very least. But their wrath is directed not
only against me but against the moderates in their <u>own</u> society….thus
making us all brothers in arms!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just as I
urge the Arab moderates wherever they are to do everything in their power to
shun extremism, I have no intention of blinding my eyes to the responsibility
that must be taken by my side for the fiasco that is now occurring. Radical
Islam is a dangerous phenomenon that must be dealt with not only by Israel, but
by the entire world. But there are in the Muslim world more moderate voices,
there <u>are</u> partners for dialogue! Have we done everything in our power to
reach out to them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The answer
is NO. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Contrary to their once-upon-a-time “two state”
declarations, the present government lead by Netanyahu has done everything in
its power to suppress any attempts at reconciliation. It has weakened and
insulted Abu Mazen, leader of the more moderate PLO, who has stated again and
again that he is interested in peace. I heard him say it myself, first hand,
after having been invited by the PA to Ramallah together with many other
Israeli peace activist, for a lecture and Q and A session with the prime
minister (an incredible act within itself, when you think that just a decade
ago Israelis could go to jail for having any contact whatsoever with Fatah!).
When talks seemed to be somehow progressing, Abu Mazen was demanded to
recognize Israel as the Jewish State, though agreements with Egypt and Jordan
were made without that demand. When he replied that The PA recognized the
sovereignty of the state of Israel, but that any other sub-titles were an
internal Israeli issue, he was accused of non-compliance. When Abu Mazen made
statements about the Holocaust, calling it the greatest tragedy in human
history, Netanyahu sneered and belittled him. The government has disrespected
agreements they themselves signed with the PA, refusing at a whim to release
prisoners they already agreed to release, preferring to continue the outrageous
and infuriating building in the settlements as if no talks were being held.
It’s like slapping someone in the face, again and again, while at the same time
innocently saying: “let’s make peace! Don’t you see how much I want peace? Why
aren’t you cooperating??”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And what of
the Arab League’s peace initiative? Why has it been consistently and
recurrently ignored but the Israeli government? Just recently, in an
unprecedented act of good faith, a very prominent official from Saudi Arabia
wrote an article in an Israeli Newspaper, expressing his wish for peace!! It
went virtually unnoticed! (For this, the media too are to blame in their biased
choices of what is deemed fit to print, and fit to emphasize. They have an
important and destructive role in the “no partner for peace” folly).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I wonder, what
crazed messianic forces blind the eyes of these politicians and their constituency?
What biblical Joshua-syndrome? What are they thinking to themselves, that they
will slowly but surely dominate the occupied territories until there will be no
way to create the Palestinian state? What of all the Palestinians who live
there, their aspirations, their history? What of their well-being, their
dreams, hopes, future?? Will they
simply live happily ever after as second class citizen, or maybe convert
en-</span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">mass</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to Judaism? What is the plan??<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is no
plan, there is no vision that is morally compatible with universal values,
intent on procuring co-existence: or at least none that is being articulated coherently
to our people. In its place, we are being fed constant fear and paranoia, fanning
the flames of nationalism, cultivating xenophobia and racism. De facto, these
policies are deteriorating Israel to an ideological and strategic point of no
return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Only
dialogue from a place of respect and empathy can save us. Only a concerted effort
to strengthen the moderates and thus marginalize, as much as possible, the
radicals, can afford us some hope. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As much as we in Israel justifiably despise
Hamas, it does not look like they are going anywhere. Have we seriously
considered the conditions they pose for a cease fire? Many of them make sense!
Why not attempt to alleviate the suffering of the Gazans, enable them to flourish
economically, return dignity to their lives and gain a 10 year cease fire…10
years is a long time! Young minds can be opened; even modest prosperity can be
the catalyst of change! Why assume automatically that these years will be used
ONLY to strengthen Hamas military power? The conditions include international
supervision. Maybe the years will create a reality in which Hamas, with a
younger generation of leaders who see a different horizon, be drawn into the
Political circle in a way that will, finally, enable dialogue?? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I ask
myself: why don’t we surprise ourselves! Netanyahu, you are
known to be a clever man: why not go 180 degrees, change the rules of the game,
think out of the box? Welcome Abu Mazen, strengthen him in the eyes of his
people, think together with him of creative solutions, stop the building in the
settlements, support the unity government, open Gaza and enable commerce with
international supervision, embrace the Palestinian’s aspirations alongside our
own, welcome international intervention, especially the Arab League, and gain a
real ally AGAINST the waves of extremism?? Check mate!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Have we
really made every effort to do all this before sending our young men to die? Sadly,
we have not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> No one is dismantling the Israeli Army anytime
soon, and it should remain strong. But why are we so stubbornly refusing to
take this calculated risk, and rather, choosing to sacrifice our children??? It
is beyond my comprehension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Akedat
Yitzchak, Abraham, father of Judaism and Islam, was commanded by God to
sacrifice his son. Finally, God intervened and saved the boy. Where is God
now?? Has he been stunned to numbness by the abomination of his sacred
teachings, by all extremists on both sides???<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If we refuse
to recognize each other’s rights and embrace our obligations, if we continue to
each cling to his own narrative with contempt and disregard for that of the
other, if we again and again choose swords over words, if we sanctify land and
not the lives of our children, we shall soon be forced to truly seek a colony
on the moon, for our land will be so drenched in blood and so cluttered with
tomb stones there will be nothing left for the living.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wrote
these words, and sang them together with my friend Mira Awad. They stand truer
than ever today:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“when I cry,
I cry for both of us, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My pain has
no name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I cry,
I cry to the merciless sky and say: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
must be another way</span></u></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Noa, july
22, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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תג מחיר הן יותר מפשעי שנאה וגזענות. אלו מעשים שמטרתם לקדם אידיאולוגיה דתית לאומנית
שתכליתה הנצחת הכיבוש. המבצעים אינם סומכים על המדינה וזרועות הביטחון שלה שיקדמו מדיניות
זו. מסיבה זו נרצח גם ראש הממשלה יצחק רבין<span style="color: red;">... </span>דקות
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תג מחיר אינם תגובה לאמצעי המאבק הלאומי הפלסטיני וגם לא לטרור מצד האסלאם הקיצוני
כאן ועל פני הגלובוס כולו. הפעולות הן נגד עצם הלגיטימיות של פתרון שתי המדינות שאנחנו
מייחלים לו ורואים בו את הצעד המשמעותי ביותר בדרך השלום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"><span dir="LTR"></span>. </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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נרתמים אליו תגרום יותר נזק מתועלת למאבקנו המשותף. מרגש אותנו לחשוב שהחיבוק והחיזוק
שתקבלו מנוכחותנו חשוב לכם אישית, אבל באותו הזמן אנחנו יודעים שזוהי חרב פיפיות, שכן
אנחנו נותנים נשק בידם של אותם גורמים ששנאתם ומעשיהם הביאו אתכם לאירוע הזה. המפגש
היום היה אמור להקרין על כל סביבותיו אווירה של שמחה ואחווה, אווירה של פיזור ענני
החשדנות והאיבה. אתם ניצבים כאן, לוחמי השפיות והשלום שדבר לא יזיזם מעמדותיהם, נחושים
להביע עמדה ולהתחזק ועל כך תבורכו. אולם המערכה מתנהלת בחזית רחבה של כלל הציבור בישראל
ובעולם כולו. ברור לנו מתוך ניסיון רב שההד התקשורתי שיגיע היום לכל בית בישראל יעורר
גל עצום של אנטגוניזם למפעלנו המשותף, כולל בקרב רבים מן האזרחים היהודים שהיו נוטים
לברך עליו אך בעת הזאת נפשם חרדה לגורלם של שלושת הנערים הנעדרים ואין לנו דרך לעורר
את ליבם<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>ברגע זה<span style="color: #1f497d;">.</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">בצער רב, בעיקר
על עצם המצב הטרגי שהפך לשגרת יומנו, אנחנו מוותרים היום על הבעת סולידריות אתכם בשטח
למען המשך המערכה הגדולה, לפי מיטב שיפוטנו.</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-17282196674980282352014-01-30T06:06:00.003-08:002014-01-30T06:06:40.566-08:00על גיבורי תרבות ופרסים.<div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin-right: 144.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<b><u><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">על גיבורי תרבות ופרסים.</span></u></b><b><u><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">תהליך היצירה האומנותית כולל
הבעה ספונטנית לצד פיתוח, עיבוד ועריכה. בקרת האיכות של התהליך נעשית על
ידי המצפן האומנותי הפנימי של כל אמן. כאשר יוצר משתמש במצפן חיצוני - של
יוצרים אחרים למשל- הוא לכל היותר שוליה, מתלמד,
בדרכו להיות אמן, או לחלופין פשוט חקיין. במקרה שהמצפן האומנותי שייך
להמונים, או אז אנחנו מדברים על בידור - פופולרי ומצליח ככל שיהיה, אך לא
על אומנות. </span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">האמן נמצא בדיאלוג עם החברה
סביבו. הוא מקבל ממנה חיזוק ועידוד בכל פעם שהוא מוצא הד בליבותיהם של
אנשים בעלי מצפן אומנותי זהה . הרזוננס הזה הוא על כן איכותי מטבעו ואין
הוא נמדד כמותית. ההיסטוריה של האומנות רצופה בגאונים
שמעולם לא זכו להכרה בחייהם.</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"></span></div>
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אומנותית״ בדרך של הענקת פרסים הוא בעייתי מעיקרו, וזאת בין שההכרה נתונה
בידי ״וועדה״ או מבוססת על נתוני פופולריות ברי מדידה. על פי הוויקיפדיה
״פרס אקו"ם החל את דרכו בשנת 1958 כתחרות קטנה נושאת
פרסים על יצירות אשר הוגשו בעילום שם מה שהחל כתחרות קטנה, הפך עם השנים
למפעל הפרסים הגדול בישראל, בתחום המוסיקה והספרות....״ </span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> בחברתנו הציבור כבר הפנים את
העובדה שגיבורי התרבות שלו נמדדים ברייטינג שלהם, או במילים אחרות, בהיותם
״סלבס״. מכאן קצרה הדרך לתובנה הנפוצה בכל תור לאודישינים בתכניות
הריאליטי, שהדרך להיות ״סלב״ מתחילה באמביציה להתגלות
כ״טאלנט״ ולא חשוב במה, ובעצם לתובנה המופשטת עוד יותר שאפשר גם בלי
״טאלנט״.</span></div>
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מקדמי ה ״הכרה האומנותית״ הממוסדת לעשות מלאכתם נאמנה ולתמוך באמנים
ראויים (עד כמה שוועדה נבחרת יכולה להחליט ולהסכים). אך כאמור, ולמרבה
הצער, גם הכוונות הטובות ביותר משרתות בסופו של יום
את תעשיית הרייטינג. מצב דברים עגום זה, גם אם הוא בלתי נמנע, מטיל אחריות
כבדה על כתפי מעניקי הפרסים למיניהם. אחריות זו אינה מסתכמת בבחירת אומנים
ראויים, אלא בהבנה שהפרס מסייע להגדיר את גיבורי התרבות של האומה. גיבור
תרבות, כמו כל גיבור, הוא משאת נפש הזוכה להערצה
וללגיטימציה ציבורית , לא רק כמייצג של אומנותו אלא כ״פרסונה״,
כ״סלב״,כמופת חברתי.</span></div>
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דוגמא מאלפת למצב עניינים זה היא זכייתו של אריאל זילבר בפרס אקום על מפעל חיים השנה.
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של אריאל ועל איכותו כיוצר מוכשר ומקורי. אך בחירתו, ובעיקר בקטגוריית
מפעל החיים, מהווה הפניית עורף לאחריות הציבורית הזו.</span></div>
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דמוקרטי בה הציבור זכאי להיחשף למגוון הדעות והעמדות ומתוכן הוא בוחר את
מנהיגיו על פי שיפוטו, במקרה של אריאל זילבר ה״ממסד״ עצמו כבר בחר, חגג,
אישר, טיהר ולא ביקש הבהרות או התנצלויות.
<span>לציבור לא נותר אלא להריע ולאמץ בחום.</span></span></div>
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מעגלים רבי השפעה בתחומי התרבות יש מקום לביטוי של עמדות וערכים הומניסטיים
בכלל? או שמא העמדה הפוסט מודרנית הביסה כליל את רוח החברה הליברלית ואת
הזדהותם של אמנים בפומבי עם ערכיה? האם יש מקום לאמיל
זולא שנלחם ב-1898 את מלחמתו של דריפוס בישראל של 2014? </span></div>
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להחרים את אריאל זילבר האמן. יתרה מזו, היינו רוצים להאמין שהוא אכן ינצל
את הבמה המכובדת שניתנה לו ויבהיר בפני הקהל מעט מן הדברים המיוחסים לו,
ואולי גם יתנצל בפומבי בפני ההומואים, הערבים, היהודים
החילונים, משפחת רבין, מדינת ישראל, ״פושעי אוסלו״, צה״ל, עובדים זרים
ושאר גויים...
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אלוני אנחנו הוגים במשנתה. אין אנו מצטטים את ״אני מאשים״ של זולא, אלא
מסתפקים ב- ״אנחנו מתביישים בשם הציבור״ ומוותרים על קבלת הפרס למרות
הערכתנו הרבה לאקו״ם ולרצון הטוב של הדירקטוריון להעניק
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">אחינועם ניני וגיל דור</span>Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-13220910281162666692013-08-03T07:54:00.001-07:002013-08-03T07:54:32.452-07:00my visit to the Knesset in support of peace!
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am compelled to share with you my great emotion after
participating in a historic event in the Knesset in Jerusalem this past Wednesday
(July 31, 2013). The event was organized by “<u>One Voice”</u> a wonderful
organization where Jews and Arabs raise their voice together for peace (they
supported Mira Awad and myself on our “Eurovision” adventure) and by <u>the
Caucus for Ending the Arab-Israeli conflict</u>. This caucus supports a two
state solution and the Arab Initiative, which was recently once again approved
by the Arab league and presented to Israel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were many people present, including many
Israeli Ministers and members of Parliament (MKs), both jews and arabs, and people
working in many beautiful peace and co-existence organizations in Israel and
Palestine, like <u>AJEEC-NISPED</u> and <u>the Palestinian Dialogue Center</u>.
There were also honorable guests from Ramallah. <u>All in all, there were
ministers and MKs there representing 77 members of the Israeli Knesset, a clear
majority in support of the negotiations and the two state solution!</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Everybody, Arabs and Jews alike spoke beautifully, it was
truly inspiring. I too had a chance to speak, and urged my fellow artists on
both sides of the fence to step out and raise their voices, fearlessly, for
peace (personally I think e should ALL be out on the streets!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what was MOST
striking was the fact that <u>for the first time in the HISTORY of the Knesset, the
Palestinian flag was waving alongside the Israeli one!!</u> what a sight to see!! (see
photo)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After I spoke, I hurried out of the room on my way to the
children, and as i pulled my car out of the parking lot, I got a call from Tal
Harris, who heads one voice, urging me to return as there were people who were
eager to meet me. I did so , passed the endless security for the second time
that day, and went back to the place where the meeting had taken place there, I
found Hilik Bar, the founder of the Cauacus (and MK for the Labour party), and
the whole cadre of Arab MKs and guests, waiting to take a picture together with
me! :-) I was deeply honored. After the photo, they extended a personal invitation
to come to Ramallah and meet Abu Mazen! This may even happen later this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have attached a photo, here are the list of people there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From left to right standing: former PA minister Ashraf
Ajrami; Palestinian Legislative Council member and head of the parliamentary
committee of political affairs Abdallah Abdallah; MK Hana Sweid (hadash party);
Dr. Walid Salem – director of the Palestinian Center for Democracy &
Community Development; MK Hilik Bar – Chair of the caucus for Ending the
Israeli Arab Conflict, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, and General Secretary of
the Labor Party (he and i are also seen photographed with the portrait of Rabin, <u>see below</u>), Mohammad Madani – member of Fatah Central Committee and head
of Palestinian Committee for Interaction with the Israeli Society; MK Mohammad
Barakeh (chair of Hadash party); Elias Zananiri – political advisor to the
Palestinian committee for interaction with the Israeli society; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">From left to right sitting: MK Afu Agbariyeh (hadash); MK
Isawi Frej (Meretz party); myself and Tal Harris of One Voice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would like to state that some of the people in this photo
sat for over ten years in Israeli prisons!! And still they are here, supporting
peace!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So..all is not lost…things change, people and perspectives change,
in change there is strength and beauty and where there is life there is hope I for
one plan to do everything in my power to cultivate that hope and turn it into OUR
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Noa (achinoam nini) </span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-78491862439127002852013-05-08T09:24:00.002-07:002013-05-08T09:25:22.469-07:00רגע לפני הופעה בכיכר העיר ביום ירושלים...ולאור התנגדויות מימין ומשמאל..<br />
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16pt;">ירושלים ככל עיר היא מקום שחיים בו
אנשים. לאנשים אלו זהויות אתניות לאומיות ודתיות שונות ומורכבות וסנטימנטים בהתאם.
ההיסטוריה המדינית והדמוגרפית מורכבת לפיכך אף היא. לאור כל אלה אפשר להבין את כל
התביעות לשליטה ולריבונות מכל צד. נכון, אי אפשר לסבול את הדרת האחר ואת דיכויו
כנכבש. אבל הדברים אמורים הן לשלטון היהודי והן לירדני (שאיננו מאפשר ליהודי להיות
אזרח בכלל!) והן לשלטון פלסטיני שהוא לצערנו עדיין משולל ריבונות של
ממש. בתוך כל אלו ירושלים צריכה למצוא את מקומה. ועל כן צצות ועולות שאלות רבות:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16pt;">האם ירושלים צריכה לחזור למעמד בין
לאומי כהחלטת החלוקה, ללא ריבונות של מדינה כלשהי רק משום שהעולם הקתולי (בעיקר)
תמך בכך? האם היא צריכה להיות מנוהלת על ידי אחת המדינות - ישראל או פלסטין? ואיזו
ישראל? החילונית או התיאוקרטית ביום מן הימים? ופלסטין המוסלמית, נוצרית או
חילונית? ואולי יחד? ואיך בדיוק? ומי קובע? והיכן יעברו הגבולות ברבעים השונים בין
שטח ריבוני לשטח בין לאומי? ומה עם הסדרי המעבר וחיי היום יום? האם איחוד העיר (כעיקרון)
במלחמת ששת הימים תוך מעבר מכיבוש ירדני לכיבוש ישראלי הוא אך ורק דבר רע? האם עיר
מפוצלת היא דבר רצוי? האם אין אפשרות שאחת המדינות תנהל את העיר בשכל ובמוסריות ולשביעות
רצון כולם? יש הרבה מקומות בעולם שהם קדושים לדתות שונות. האם קיימת תביעה לבינאום
בספרד ובטורקיה ובדלהי ועוד מקומות כה רבים שיש בהם מקומות קדושים משמעותיים? וכל
אחד מספר מתי אלוהים שלו והקדושים שלו ואבות אבותיו קבעו שזה שלו בלבד, ומאז הוא
מוכן להיהרג עליה?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ליבי פשוטה:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Imagine
there's no heaven<br />
It's easy if you try<br />
No hell below us<br />
Above us only sky<br />
Imagine all the people living for today<br />
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Imagine there's no countries<br />
It isn't hard to do<br />
Nothing to kill or die for<br />
And no religion too<br />
Imagine all the people living life in peace.... etc</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">אז אני פחות מאמינה בזכויות ויותר
בחובות, ובהן החובה היסודית להתנהל על פי העיקרון ההומניסטי הבא: <u>ואהבת לרעך
כמוך!</u> אני גם שותפה לאינסטינקט הבסיסי לשמור ולהגן על חיי ועל חיי ילדיי ועל מעגל
הולך ומתרחב ככל שאפשר של רעיי ולכן אני, כמו מרבית בני האדם, מתמודדת עם
הקונפליקט המובנה בין אוהב לאויב כי בעולם האמיתי גם לנון וגם רבין וגם סאדאת
ומרטין לותר קינג ומהטמה גנדי סימנו במותם קווי גבול בין אינדיבידואלים וקולקטיבים
שונים, קווים שהם כל כך השתדלו למחוק. ואנחנו שואלים היום <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ביום ירושלים היכן עובר הקו?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">מאזני הצדק רגישים וקשים מאין
כמותם לאיזון. אנחנו מטילים על כפותיהם את ה"צדק" שלנו או של אחרים
בניסיון לאזן ובינתיים הכפות משתוללות ומיליונים מתים בדרך אל ה"צדק"
המהולל שלהם.</span><span lang="HE" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="HE" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">אז אולי נסתפק בפחות צדק ויותר
ניהול תקין ומוסרי וכאן יש הרבה מה לתקן. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">דרך השלום, שאני עושה ככל שביכולתי
ללכת בה כבר שנים, עוברת בירושלים ורק הכרה הדדית ברגשות של שני הלאומים תפתח את
הדרך לפשרה, פיוס ושלום. התבצרות חד צדדית מאחורי בריקאדות לא תועיל. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">יום ירושלים חוגג את זיקתו של העם
היהודי לעיר באופן כללי וגם את יכולתם של יהודים מאמינים להתפלל בכותל המערבי
(גברים ונשים ! הללויה!) ואת גישתם של ישראלים לעיר העתיקה אחרי מלחמת ששת הימים,
גישה שנחסמה ונמנעה בשנות הכיבוש הירדני ומי יודע מה יילד יום? כל זה נאמר ללא כל
קשר לשאיפתי לחזות בחתימת הסכם שלום. לשם דוגמא, ממשלה שתמסור את האגן הקדוש לרשות
הפלסטינית ותשמור את הכותל או תסכים על מה שתסכים ובלבד ששני הצדדים יגיעו להבנה
תהיה מבורכת בעיני ולא משנה מה צבעה הפוליטי. האם אז נפסיק לחגוג את יום ירושלים?
האם אז תפסיק ירושלים להיות לב האומה באופן סמלי (עד שיתגשם חזון ג'ון לנון?) ולמה
שתפסיק? האם ההיסטוריה והזיכרון הקולקטיבי ישתנו? האם המסע הרגלי המפרך דרך
מדבריות ערב שערכה משפחתי בסוף המאה ה19 מתימן לעיר הקודש ישכח בעידן השלום? הנה לרגל
חג מתן תורה, האם הר סיני בידנו? ומה בכך? נכון שחלק מאזרחי ישראל החליטו לחטוף את
הסמלים הלגיטימיים שלנו ולהפכם לנושאי חגיגות לאומניות קיצוניות וחבל, אבל האם זה
אומר שאנחנו צריכים לוותר על הפרשנויות שלנו? אני אזרחית במדינה הזאת וירושלים היא
בירתי ולמרות ביקורת מימין ומשמאל אני אחגוג אותה בשמחה ובאהבה כשמה – עיר שלום!
ואעשה הכול כדי לאסוף רבים ככל הניתן תחת דגל המשמעות הזו של החגיגה. עצם הזמנתי
על ידי עיריית ירושלים היא ניצחון של תפיסה זו.</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-54722356535428199652013-04-22T15:41:00.001-07:002013-04-22T15:41:22.429-07:00in the presence of true greatness
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have to
write this, so I don’t forget, and because it’s bubbling inside me…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past
weekend gil dor and myself had the unbelievable privilege of spending time with
Mr. Quincy Jones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have
known him since 2000…i have been on stage in several events he has produced,
coincidentally pregnant every time </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (he calls it my baby bump </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) , he attended our concert last year
in Barcelona, we met with him in his home last year, and now he invited us to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles, where he was being
inducted, and insisted we ride in his Limousine with him on his way to the red
carpet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It took an
hour to get there, I sat beside him and listened to his stories about his
childhood, his musical education, his experiences and insights…I had to pinch myself
(again and again)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did you know
Quincy Jones was raised in a poor family in Chicago, son to a father who worked
for the mob…young Q was on his way to becoming a mobster himself when at the
age of 11 he had an epiphany of sorts while breaking into a community center
and stealing Lemon Meringue pie…there was a room with a piano…he was drawn
in…touched the instrument and knew his fate was calling him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music saved
this man’s life, and he in turn has saved music: he has not only played and
created it but excelled superbly in it, celebrated it, glorified it and spread it
far and wide to the most remote reaches of the globe by the grace of his
enormous talent and unmatched spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The list of
people Quincy has worked with is way too long to list here, from Ella , Miles
and Sinatra to Michael Jackson and We are the World , with literally everything
in between and beyond. The title Living Legend attaches itself naturally to his
lapel. His curiosity is insatiable, his hunger for life and knowledge enormous.
He cares about music and the world, the world and music. He’s always on the
lookout for new talent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He breathes
music. He <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>travels the globe like a 20
year old learning about people and their habits, their languages and history
(he says: “you gotta go to know!”), trying to unravel the grand puzzle of human
communication and the seemingly unattainable dilemma of why peace is so often
beyond our reach. He is involved in numerous projects aimed at bringing people
to a better understanding of each-other through music and education. He cares
about history, and the African American role in shaping it, from Pushkin to
Samba and he’s been chosen to advise the president of the Republic of China in
all things musical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that’s just the
beginning. Quincy never stops, he has plans, he is a party animal and he’s just
80! </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So you ask
yourself, how and why in God’s name does this man have the time and will to
hang out with two relatively unknown Israeli musicians??<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The night
after the Hall of Fame bonanza, we were playing a few songs opening for an
Iranian singer in a tiny room called the Edye at the Broad theater in Santa
Monica LA, courtesy of the sweet Adam Fell, Q’s VP. Quincy came early and hung
out in our dressing room like one of the guys, we talked about music and
politics, played him songs, we laughed like old friends…and all the while I’m
pinching myself…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then he went
up and introduced us before the show. He said the kinds of things that only in
my most secret and whackout out dreams would I ever allow myself to imagine
anyone saying about me and gil. And here was quincy jones saying them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then we
sang. And it was magic. All the angels of song where there on my shoulders and
I, the humble servant of the God of music, prayed in his temple with Gil at my
side, the moments of grace we live for. Pure and simple, guitar and voice and
the soul in between them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And Quincy
loved it and hugged and kissed us again and again and went on and on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quincy
says:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "</span>When you walk into the room, leave
your ego at the door…"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And he
practices what he preaches …(how many people really do??)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He also says:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">"when
musicians make music only <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for money, God
walks out of the room…."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, I don’t
know about God, but gil and I have walked out of the music-for-money room over
and over for 23 years, we have sacrificed fame and fortune on the altar of our
intense dedication for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>music in what we
perceive to be its purest form. We deal with waves of frustration and career
hardships, we are constantly climbing up that mountain, we have been criticized
for our choices and our political activism , we’ve been banned and boycotted,
blacklisted and picketed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the list
goes on and on…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And here.
God has given us a beautiful gift : the love and admiration of an amazing man,
a living legend, a musician through and through and true and true.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you, God
, for walking into the room. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you Quincy,
for the amazing experience of your presence and wisdom, and the gift of your
love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you Adam
for making this all happen and for your beautiful soul.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now I got it
out of my system. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friends, Romans, Countrymen….</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">(I just got back from Rome, so still under the influence
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">President Obama has just left Israel…may the good spirits
guide his way safely back home. He made a courageous and beautiful speech in
Jerusalem the other day. At first it seemed he came to "bury peace, not to
praise it"… but then, our tall and handsome black eyed Anthony gave his
brilliant soliloquy and left the country stunned…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two states for two peoples, because it is the <u>just</u>
thing to do, he said, and we the people must urge our leaders to do what will
otherwise remain undone. Courage! He said, courage is needed! Believe that
there is a partner, believe that peace can be our reality, WANT that reality,
STRIVE for the well-being of your neighbor's children as you do for that of
your own…for it is truly the only road to security and prosperity for ALL! Ah,
yes, it is not 'ambitious', honorable Brutus…it is the only way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Had only these words been said four years ago..where could
we have been? But it's never too late to wash your feet of fear and hate,
you're always welcome at love's gate…</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">(I admit I have been making that speech for the last ten
years at least, mostly to myself, sometime to whoever will listen , on stages
and pages around the globe....but when Prince Obama says it…the world listens.
Even our heard-headed middle-eastern ears shiver and perk: there is much to be
learned here our instincts say. Aya, aye, captain)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">may we all now bettter days, and may this passover holiday soon to be upon us lead us to TRUE freedom, from the prisons of fear and prejudice, on the wings of trust and communication to the open fields of peace.</span></div>
Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-70653785439180072642013-01-20T13:04:00.000-08:002013-01-20T13:04:18.270-08:00דברים שאמרתי בכנס פעילי התנועה של ציפי ליבני בשדרות 20-1-13<br />
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חושבת על ציפי ועל התנועה אני חושבת על </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span>"דְּרָכֶיהָ
דַרְכֵי נעַם, וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם" </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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הזה הוא דרך ארץ, זו שאנחנו כל כך מייחלים לראות גם בכבישי ארצנו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ארץ הקודמת לתורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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שבה נותנים לאחר להשתלב בתנועה :) אם הוא בא מימין או משמאל.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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הוא מחפש כתובת, אם הוא מאותת מתוך מצוקה, אם הוא מאט או נתקע בדרכו או נפגע חס
ושלום. חס......<b>ושלום</b></span><b><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 14pt;">!</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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בעיר שדרות, עיר שחוויה וכבוד גדול הוא לי לבקר בה לראשונה, מתכנסים היום אזרחים
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העיר יודעים, אולי יותר טוב מכל אזרחי המדינה, מהו שיתוק בצל פחד וייאוש,
וגם מהי תקווה. הם חוו התפתחות ומהפכה בחינוך ובכל תחומי החברה עם מנהיג
מקומי בעל חזון ומצפון כעמיר פרץ. אנשי שדרות וסביבתה חיים במשך שנים בין
טילים מחד לבין אזלת יד מנגד. כשאני מעיזה לומר אזלת יד, אין אני מתיימרת אלא לצטט
שישה ראשי שב"כ - שומרי הסף של כולנו ואיתם עשרות אנשי צבא עטורי
תהילה מיצחק רבין זכרונו לברכה ועד איש היושב איתנו, ששמו אומר הכל - עם רם,
מצנע! כולם כאחד שבו משדה הקרב ובפיהם בשורה אחידה: לא זו הדרך! המלחמה
,חברים, היא עצירת התנועה. להתגונן ולהלחם אנחנו יודעים היטב. מה שמשום מה כל כך
קשה לנו הוא להתחיל את התנועה מחדש. לשם כך צריך להזכיר מהי דרך השלום:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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השלום יש נופים פתוחים לכל העולם, יש גשרים על פני יבשות וימים, יש מחלפים של מדע,
תרבות וסחורות ויש תחנות רענון נפלאות בהן יושבים בני אדם שותים קפה יחדיו
ומחליפים חוויות בדרכי נועם.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אז מה אני עושה דווקא כאן? אני מאמינה בשלום, ובכך שהוא מבוסס, כדברי הלל הזקן, על
כך שכל התורה על רגל אחת היא "ואהבת לרעך כמוך". אבל כדי לחיות על פי
יסוד אנושי זה, יש צורך להבין מהו ומיהו רעך. לשם כך יש להצטייד במנה גדושה של
חופש וגמישות מחשבתית. את הגמישות הזאת אני מוצאת בתנועה!</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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עשרת הדיברות נתן אלוהי החופש והחירות - כך הגדיר את עצמו: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal;">"אָנכִי ה</span></em><span lang="HE" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">' </span><em><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal;">אֱלהֶיךָ</span></em><span lang="HE" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> אֲשֶׁר
הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים"</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">היציאה היתה מן המיצר, ממקום של עבדות. </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- "לא תעשה לך פסל וכל תמונה...לא תשתחווה להם ולא תעבדם".</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ה"פסל"! היא עבודת הפסילה - פסילת האחר והזר והשונה. זה שאיננו
"אנחנו". לא משכונתנו, לא מעדתנו, לא מגלותנו ולא ממפלגתנו, לא בן דתנו,
לא מאוהדי קבוצת הכדוררגל שלנו. זהו חטא היוהרה וגבהות הלב שמקורו באכילה
מ"עץ הדעת טוב ורע", כמאמר הנחש: "והייתם כאלוהים יודעי טוב
ורע"! חטא שמתבטא בשיפוטיות זחוחה נעדרת שמץ ספקנות, צניעות וענווה. חטא
שתוצאותיו צדקנות בנוסח: "אין על מה ועם מי לדבר". אילמות ואלימות בלבד!</span></div>
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למסגרת אידיאולוגית נוקשה ודוגמטית. אמירת אמן ואמן ללא קשר לתוכן ומהות
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מקור המילה "תמונה" הוא מסגרת בעלת
שמונה צלעות בצורת מתומן - כמה סימלי שגם היום התמרור המתומן היחידי הוא תמרור
ה"עצור" !<br />
התמרור העוצר את ה"תנועה".
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התמרור הזה זועק עצור!, עצור, סכנה!, מוקשים הזהר - קפא על מקומך בפחד.<br />
ומה אז? שואלים המתכנסים כאן ועמם אזרחים כה רבים ואני ביניהם. והתשובה מגיעה:
כשאתם לא בתנועה קל יותר לשלוט בכם.<br />
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אתם אומרים אבל שליטה לשם מה? לאן מובילה הדרך?<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>והתשובה ממהרת לבוא: דרך? מי דבר על דרך?
בואו נדבר על מנות קרב חברתיות שתקבלו מההליקופטר של יחידת החילוץ כשאתם קופאים
בלב שדה המוקשים, זה המשתרע על פני כל המזרח התיכון, אפריקה, אירופה האנטישמית,
ארה"ב של הדמוקרטים ואזהרת מסע לאוסטרליה על כל מקרה.<br />
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והנה קמה "אשת חייל מי ימצא, ורחוק מפנינים מכרה" ואיתה אנשים
חכמים ונבונים ואמרו די לקיבעון המחשבתי! די לעצירת התנועה, די למחסומים על
דרך השלום, די לכבישים העוקפים.הבה נעלה על דרך המלך! הבה נבטל את תמרורי הזכות "קדימה"
לימין או לשמאל בלבד. הבה נאפשר לכולם להצטרף לתנועה על הדרך. דרך שיש בה רק תמרור
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Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-53011453329686940292012-12-07T12:26:00.001-08:002012-12-07T13:19:15.458-08:00an interview with Noa dec 2012<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Noa: My
heart was bleeding. The seemingly unbreakable circle of violence is so
desperately frustrating, futile and miserable! On a personal basis, we were
safe where we live. But so many others, in gaza, sderot and other places, were
not as lucky!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have the
feelings that only one voice emerges from the country: The voice of the
government for many many years. How can you make your voice hearable especially
when the voice of the government is so powerful and strong? </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Noa: I
have raised my voice on countless occasions. In blogs, in articles, in
demonstrations. I have paid a high price for my views, many who disagree with
me hate me, they do everything in their power to hurt my career and my image,
but I continue! And I am not alone, there are so many wonderful people here in
Israel fighting for peace, for Israel’s character as a pluralistic, humanistic
society…and yes, this government is strong, they are bullies..but as the saying
goes say, “it aint over till it’s over”…everything can change still!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The vote of
the Palestine as a non member state at the UN. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How did you
live this vote? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Were you for
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NOA: here
is what I posted on facebook: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #1f497d;">I would like to join millions of people in Israel and the
vast majority of the international community in congratulating the
Palestinian people for their important achievement in the UN, hopefully a step
towards their full independence in the near future, living side by side
peacefully with Israel, with good relations on every front. I admire President
Abbas and his adamant adherence to ways of peace, his outreach to Israel in
every possible way and his infinite patience. My dream has been, for years, to
sing in the signing of the peace agreement between our two countries…who knows?
It may still come true </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"> !</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the
bombings in Tel Aviv, in Israel, where were you? What did you feel for your
country, the Palestinians? For yourself, for your family…</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NOA: I
live outside of tel aviv. In my area there were no sirens. We were lucky. I
felt great fear in my heart when the sirens went off, and relief every time a
bomb was felled by the defense system. But I also felt terrible for all the
gazans suffering from the Israeli bombs. And above all, I felt disgust with the
“easy” way both the Israel government and the hamas in gaza are taking: the way
of war, the way of cowards!! Peace is for the brave of heart, the real heroes
are those that dare to talk, to fight for life and a dignified way of living,
not those that hide behind the dogmas of religion, the rhetoric of jaded
politicians and the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bodies of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the dead!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have the
feeling that some artists in Israel represents this left side of the politic,
some might represent the voice of peace. But, when we are talking really about
what to give, in order to make peace, settlements and some part of Jerusalem,
it becomes harder. Are you really ready to “give” some part of what is now part
of Israel? Until what/ should we go?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Are not you
afraid to give too much, and then, to be in danger, for your, for your
children?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">How to
“give” and keep being an citizen of Israel?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NOA: I am
not afraid to give, no, not at all. Of course, any give-and–take must be done
responsibly, but have we not been there already? Have not agreements been made,
drafts drawn? Have not very wise men sat and deciphered a decent, plan of
action? In Oslo, Wye Plantation, Camp David, Geneva, just to name a few?? Everyone
knows the solution. It simply has to be implemented. Two states for two
nations, based on 67, with some land swapping and other adjustments. Jerusalem
shared, according to neighborhoods. I did not invent this. It is well known. Am
I willing? Of course!! Because the alternative is to send my son, my grandson,
and all generations after to an eternal and abominable war!! Or to move to
Australia, or to the moon. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;"> What do you think of american or british artist who
refuse to perform in Israel?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;"><strong>NOA: I totally reject their attitude! As I myself try to
demonstrate throughout my own career, it is the role of those within the
artist's community, who have an opinion, to voice it in Israel and abroad, loud
and clear. Those in Israel who share these artists' views and swarm to their
concert should be <u>rewarded,</u> not punished! Many great artists have chosen
to do so. Role models such as Leonard Cohen came and expressed their support
for dialog and peace. Moreover he has personally donated his profits from the
concerts to a wonderful organization call "Parents Circle" which
consists of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli Parents mourning their lost loved
ones together, and at the same time working for dialog. Many many such
organizations operate in Israel, very often far from the public eye. They are
the "frontline" in the battle for peace and they could use all the
support these boycotting artists could summon. On many occasions boycotting
Israel, both academically and artistically is a result of unfortunate
brainwashing by sworn enemies of peace who demonize Israel and achieve nothing
but generating more and more disappointment and resentment within Israel. On
other occasions it is simply a case of Artists and managements caving in
pressure because they care more about their pockets<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>than about the issues themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I have previously stated Israel is a
democracy and every voice can and should be heard.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When you are
for your concerts outside of Israel, abroad, how is it to cope with the
questions, sometimes rude, of the people who, for some of them, have it all in
mind, and do not know much about the complexity of the region? How do you
explain it, if you have to? In a way, if you are for peace, you always have to
define yourself as an Israeli, a citizen of a country at war. Isn’t it tiring? How
is it to be part of a country which is more and more isolated on a diplomatic
level?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NOA: Yes,
it’s tiring, but I understand it is part of my responsibility towards the state
of Israel, my home and my people..especially my children! They will know their
mother was a warrior for peace! . As a famous Israeli abroad I very often
encounter blind, uneducated hatred towards Israel. It is frustrating. I work
hard to balance the perspectives. But above all, it is my duty, as it is the
duty of every human being to be as kind and compassionate as possible, to be
generous, to respect all human beings regardless of race and religion, and to
work for a society in Israel that will live according to these universal
values. At present Israel often justifies the antagonism it has been
experiencing, due to the very irrational, almost suicidal policies of the present
government. We in Israel must do everything to rid ourselves of these
destructive forces! To end the occupation and congratulate the Palestinians on
the birth of their new state! and then to work HARD to build trust, to start a
dynamic of positive thinking and growing, educating and living. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, Israel has other representatives beyond
her government: her writers, dancers, musicians, all her artists, and many
wonderful Israeli citizens living and working abroad. As I see it, they, we, are the
un-paid, un-biased and un-politically-correct <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israeli ambassadors, the true face of Israel. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Noahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18416517105638755696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7824766025878992289.post-61137735492284882932012-11-05T03:01:00.003-08:002012-11-05T03:01:42.449-08:00a moment before election day in the US....
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<span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244); color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;">This goes to all my friends and relatives in
the USA (but could be good reading for the rest of you too..)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244); color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><br />
<span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244);">Please do not buy the Bibi-Sheldon rhetoric!
to the best of my judgment Israel's government seems to be following a most
dangerous track. It ignores all voices of sanity from within and without. It rejects
all signs of peace (see Abu Mazen’s historic interview on Israel’s Channel 2
news! Or his speech at the UN GA, and that’s just one of many examples) with
downright tautological arguments. Today 17 years after the murder of Rabin, (May
he rest in peace! As for us, we are destined to UNrest without it..), We face a
paranoid and suicidal leadership and a scared torn society that desperately
needs your help. We need <u>you</u> to teach us the values of liberty, freedom,
equal opportunities and separation of church and state, and a humane
constitution which is well equipped to preserve and amend itself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244);">The values
which brought you to America and gave you a home there? Don’t keep them to
yourselves! Share them with us! You know: all men are created equal, freedom,
liberty and justice for all, etc…all that good stuff!</span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244);">If you care so much about the Jewish people
and if that care has led you to believe that Israel's mission is to be an
eternal warrior on behalf of the Jewish people, then let us please switch places.
Come here! Send your children to the army! Leave the great American dream with
its values and comfort and make “Aliyah”! Practice what you preach! So many of
us would be happy to find shelter in America. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244);">But if, on the other hand you
have the <u>slightest doubt </u>regarding your certainty as to "what's
good for Israel" - follow your heart! follow honesty and truth and human
values such as " <span dir="RTL" lang="HE">ואהבת לרעך כמוך </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>" …Love your brother as you love
yourself…no manipulations, no paranoia, rather courage and faith. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244);">We are strong
here. We know how to fight when we need to but at this point <u>we prefer the
risks of peace to the horror's of certain war</u>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="background: rgb(237, 239, 244);">Guess you should know who to
vote for by now! And we will do the same when our election day comes, not too
far down the road.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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