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21 September 2020

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The News on the Israeli Street

Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .

Palestinian terrorists attacked Israeli motorists with “rocks” and Molotovs at Luban A-Sharqiya, near Tekoa, on the Gush Etzion-Hebron Road and elsewhere.

A terror tunnel collapsed in northern Gaza. Fortunately, 1 terrorist was killed, 3 were seriously injured, and 3 more were moderately injured.

The daily Corona (Covid-19) update as of 8 am . . .

There are 187,902 confirmed cases—an increase of 4,300 since this time yesterday 

134,069 of these confirmed cases have recovered—an increase of 1,620

643 are in critical condition—an increase of 39

170 of the most critically ill are on ventilators—an increase of 5

1,256 have died–an increase of 30

There are 53,833 active cases.

As you can see, another 30 Israelis died yesterday bringing to more than 900 the number who have died since the beginning of July.

However, the most disastrous number above may be the number who are critically ill–which rose by almost 40 yesterday. According to Corona Czar Roni Gamzu, the number of critically ill will reach 800 by the end of this week.

This comes on top of the news that the data shows that 20% of all those classified as “critically ill” in Israel die within 2 weeks.

In the face of this information, guess what the dysfunctional government did this morning? 

Loosened the restrictions. Now, people can go 1000 meters away from their place of residence instead of 500 meters.

The economic toll continues to mount . . .

As the haphazard government Corona effort continues, more businesses and individuals in Israel are declaring bankruptcy.

In July, bankruptcies were up by 48% over July 2019; last month they were up by 52% over August of 2019.

A disturbing incident at the Balfour protest . . .

At the Black Flag protest in front of the prime minister’s residence two nights ago, another threat on the Netanyahu’s life was recorded.

When a passerby told the protesters that prime ministers should only be changed in elections, one of the protesters replied that it would only take “three bullets.”

The police should take that recording and go after the person who issued the threat–just like they did when anti-Netanyahu protests posted threats of assassination online.

It is despicable how the “discourse” in this country now includes threats of murder against our elected officials. 

North Korea transfers technology to Iran . . .

The Iranians have taken another step toward producing a ballistic missile that will deliver a nuclear warhead.

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They have acquired missile components from North Korea to complete their missiles, and that, coupled with the news that they will have a nuclear weapon available by December (we here at OneIsrael believe they already have one) should put all of us on edge.

By the way, in case you missed it, an Iranian spokesman declared yesterday that President Trump is a legitimate target for assassination because of what happened to Qassem Soleimani. 

TODAY’S BLOG

Vocabulary Lesson 2

Yesterday, we discussed how the Israeli and international media use fraudulent terminology to describe what is happening in Israel. 

Today, your humble servant is republishing a blog I posted some years ago, a blog that is as relevant today as it was then. The purpose of that blog was to provide a refresher course on terms you should use to frame the discourse about Israel.

Too long have pro-Israel supporters surrendered the terminological high ground to the Palestinians, leftist Israelis, and so-called international “human rights” groups. 

Herewith:

1. Use “Muslims” instead of Muslim fundamentalists, Muslim extremists, Muslim fanatics, Islamists, militant Islamists, hostile Islamists, radical Islamists, and Salafists. If you must use two words to describe terrorists, use “Muslim terrorists.”

What are Muslim fanatics, Muslim extremists, Muslim fundamentalists, Islamists, and Salafists? They are simply Muslims, and the attempt to cast them otherwise is an obvious attempt to portray just plain old “Muslims” as not fanatic, not extremist, not fundamentalist, not Islamist, and not Salafist. In Gaza, we now have the ludicrous situation in which Palestinian terrorist Hamas–which is one of the most fanatic, extremist, fundamentalist, and Islamist terror organizations on the planet–being portrayed as the “good guys” by the media. The time has come once again to call a Muslim a Muslim.

2. Use ‘Judea and Samaria’ instead of ‘the West Bank‘. ‘West Bank’ is a term of occupation and exploitation created by the Jordanians to refer to the area west of the Jordan River illegally seized and annexed to Jordan in 1948. Prior to 1948, the land was referred to as Judea and Samaria for almost 3000 years. In the 1947 U.N. Resolution that partitioned “Palestine”, “Judea” and “Samaria” were the terms used.

3. Use ‘Jewish community’  or ‘Jewish city’ instead of ‘settlement‘. How in the world can anyone call such  cities/communties as Ma’ale Adumin (40,000), Modi’in Illit (66,000), Betar Illit (54,000), and Ariel (25,000) ‘settlements’?

4.  Use ‘construction of Jewish homes, schools, and hospitals’ instead of ‘settlement activity’. By obscuring what the activities are, the activities are delegitimized.

5. Use ‘new Jewish communities’ instead of ‘outposts‘. An outpost is a small military encampment not a place where people are planning to permanently live.

6. Use ‘Jewish community member’ instead of ‘settler‘. Are we living in the wild west? Most Jewish community members are suburbanites commuting to jobs in Tel Aviv and elsewhere.

7. Use ‘conservative politicians’ instead of ‘right-wing politicians‘. Smearing someone as ‘right-wing’ is a convenient way of dismissing what they have to say.

8. Use ‘PLO’ or  ‘Palestine Liberation Organization’ instead of ‘Palestinian Authority‘. Mahmoud Abbas has made it clear that the PLO runs the show in Areas A and B of Judea and Samaria, and the United Nations recognizes the PLO–not the Palestinian Authority. Your humble servant was the first to use the abbreviation “PLO/PA” when writing about the governance of Areas A and B–an abbreviation now used by various newspaper columnists here in Israel.

9. Use ‘Palestinian Terror Organization–HAMAS’ instead of merely ‘Hamas‘. HAMAS is an acronym for “Harakat al Muqawamah al Islamiyya” which means ‘Islamic Resistance Movement’–which is a euphemism for Palestinian Terrorist Movement. It is easier to say or write HAMAS, but the acronym does not tell what the organization is about.

10. When possible, use ‘Israeli men, women, and children’ instead of  ‘Israeli citizens‘ when referring to those of us assaulted by terrorists. After all, Palestinian terrorists delight in trying to kill all Israelis–regardless of age or gender.

11. Use ‘Palestinian cities’ instead of  ‘Palestinian refugee camps‘. Who is kidding whom? Cities such as Qalandiya are huge places with massive construction going on all the time–the city’s residents are not nomads living in tents.

12. Use Palestinian ‘settlements’ instead of  Palestinian ‘villages’ or ‘hamlets’. Who is kidding whom?  “Village” is a word blatantly used to make the West think that the Palestinians are (and have been) living peacefully and sleepily in bucolic hamlets for thousands of years.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

13. Use Palestinian ‘settlers’ instead of Palestinian ‘farmers’ and ‘villagers’. Let’s call people what they are, not what the delegitimizers would have us believe that they are.

14. Use “so-called human rights organizations” or “self-proclaimed human rights organizations” instead of “human rights organizations” to denote the so-called human rights organizations operating in Israel. None of these organizations are in the least interested in protecting Israeli or Jewish human rights.

15. Use international ‘lawbreakers’ instead of international ‘activists’ when referring to those members of the international community who come to Israel for the express purpose of breaking Israeli law and attacking Israeli police and soldiers.

16. Use ‘the suicide bomber prevention fence instead of the ‘separation fence’ or ‘wall’. Have we all forgotten why the suicide bomber prevention fence was built? To stop suicide bombers.

17. Use “Israel concession process” instead of “peace process”. There never has been a peace process between Israelis and Palestinians–only a process of trying to wrench ever more concessions out of Israel in return for nothing.

18. Use ‘eastern Jerusalem’ or the ‘eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem’ instead of East Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem must never be divided again.

Once again, your humble servant encourages you to use the vocabulary in the OneIsrael lexicon when you have conversations, attend meetings, and write letters! What have you done for Israel today?