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Ask JTF for Sunday, March 20, 2011

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Secularbeliever:
Shalom Chaim,

I know that I (and I assume most of us) would prefer to look at those who disagree with us as decent people who are not yet convinced, rather than enemies.  However, clearly some people are hardened  enemies.  Clearly Obama, Helen Thomas, Farrakham, Sharpton, Achmedinejad(sp?) Nazis are pure evil.  Jews such as those of the ISM like Adam Shapiro have chosen pure evil over good.  But other cases are not as clear.  You may not agree but, I am convinced that Sarah Palin is a well meaning person.  I know we were all disappointed that in the debate, she said she favored the two state solution.  However, she has spoken against the building freeze, saying Israel needs buildiing for an influx of Jews (we all hope that turns out to be correct) which is probably more strongly pro Israel than the last six Israeli governments.

In any case, my question is, where is the dividing line between evil and potential good that has not yet been realized or those who are more good than evil even if you, or most of us, (of course even among ourselves we don't agree 100%) don't fully agree with them.  Are there specific red lines?  Obviously someone who does not favor the right of Jews to defend themselves against aggressors and live in sovereignty in the Land of Israel is beyond the pale.  What are your red lines?

Minuteman:
Dear Chaim,

Are people who convert to Islam more dangerous than those who were born into it?

God Bless America, Israel, and the West.

Minuteman

Zelhar:
Shalom Chaim,

How should Israel respond in case a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally with American and UN recognition of the state itself as well as backing its claim for the entire Yesh"a territories ? What is the response you expect the Israeli regime will take ?

Irish Zionist:
Shalom Chaim

Here are the zootube questions.

P.S. This is from our friend the self hating Jew (getting tired of them yet?) I know I am.


From: oc00011

Question 1
Regarding African language, yes apart from nsibidi (which is anything but "minor" by the way, you could write a book on it). There are many other examples e.g. adinkra, akan, mende/kikakui, shumom, vai etc.. To note, this is all in spite of the effects of colonialism i.e. Europeans attempts of wiping out black history, culture, language, religion etc., of which they succeeded to an extent. I'm surprised you’re ignorant to all of this, such a shame. Its even more shameful that you seem to think blacks are uncivilized & intellectually inferior. Go to any 'Western World' top-class university & you'll find countless blacks doing bachelor degrees, masters, doctorates etc.

Question 2
"To judge Jews based on the deeds of some of their ancestors is an anti-Qur'anic idea." [Abbas p.178-179]. Qur'an 2:256 - preaches tolerance towards Jews & others. The famous Islamic theologian al-Ghazali praised the piety of Jews, and described them as "steadfast in faith" [Abu Abd el-Rahman, Description de k'Afrique septentrionale d'El-Bekri, 1859, p.158]. "The Ottomans were more tolerant of Jews and promoted their economic development. The Jews flourished as great merchants, financiers, government officials, traders and artisans." [Schweitzer, Perry. Anti-Semitism: myth and hate from antiquity to the present, 2002, p.266-7]

Question 3
In response to your claim that if Egypt wanted to help Israel, the Hamas tunnels wouldn't have existed, your so wrong. Does Israel support Hamas because they often fail to locate the tunnels in time? No of course not! The Cairo anti-war conference in 2009, which was going to criticize the Egyptian government's lack of action *against* Israel, **was banned** by the Egyptian government. It’s well known that Egypt has been generally supportive of Israel.

Question 4
Finally, I'd like to add that you're claim of 'sons of Israel' being Muslim according to the Qur'an is false. Islam defines the Jews as 'sons of Israel' - this is backed up at Lichtblau, Eric, '4 in Florida Are Cleared on Many Terrorism Charges', New York Times, 06/12/05. Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan said "In the name of their faith and conscience, Muslims must take a clear position so that a pernicious atmosphere does not take hold in the Western countries. Nothing in Islam can legitimize xenophobia or the rejection of a human being due to his/her religious creed or ethnicity. One must say unequivocally, with force, that anti-Semitism is unacceptable and indefensible" [UN Chronicle; Haaretz]


G-d Bless you, your loved ones and Israel. My prayers for the Itamar Hero's and may G-d avenge their blood.

Manch:
Shalom Chaim,
I very strongly disagree with your assertion that Japanese are nazis and deserved the earthquake and tsunamis. I have Japanese friends and colleagues and it is very difficult for me to hear such a slander - you don't know Japanese people. They are some of the most wonderful, honest and hardworking people in the world. Your claim that Japan helps "palestinian" and that this, somehow, makes Japane responsible for the latest calamity is ill-founded and ill-timed. By this token, if we were to measure the evilness of the people by their government's help to "palestinians", no other country deserves a calamity as Israel, for no other government is responsible for the "palestinian" resurgence and no other government helps "palestinians" as much as the Israeli government. A lot of Japanese have a fascination with Jews or very ignorant of Jews, in WWII Japanese protected Jews under their control, even though they were under a tremendous German pressure to murder their Jews. 

I could only wish that Jews were a bit more like Japanese - self-confident, polite, self-respecting, patriotic and honorable. Do you think, for one minute, that Japanese would tolerate the type of nonsense from an alien population that Jews do in Israel?! Look, Israel behaves as a ghetto-minded coward, a puppet without a self-respect. How do you expect other people, particularly Japanese, who are totally dependent for their resources on OPEC, support, respect or admire a country that behaves as exact opposite to the traditional Japanese values? Do you know that Japan still have not signed a peace agreement with Russia (USSR) because of a dispute over the 4 unpopulated Kuril islands which are of absolutely no significance to either country.

As much as I respect and love you, and support JTF goals in Israel, I have to say, regrettably, that I believe that your statement was ill-timed, in bad taste and unfair. I think, if our movement had a higher profile, this type of statements would really hurt us, in Israel and outside. These statements will be used against us, G-d willing we obtain the desired prominence. I do applaud your decision to stop the highly entertaining but controversial "affirmative action" stories, and I would ask you to weigh your words more carefully in the future, particularly on the subject that you may know little about.

My position is a position of principal and loyalty to JTF and my Japanese friends but since I was really offended by your statement, please let me know if you think that I can or should remain in JTF. Regardless of your decision, I will still have a lot of admiration for you, this movement and our goals, I just hope you would withdraw or rethink your statement.

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