RUTHFULLY YOURS

 To begin, please open http://q4j-middle-east.com to see a Roman coin of conquest for another of its very troublesome provinces. Note please, Iudaea (Judaea) Capta—not Palaestina Capta.

Vespasian helped subdue early Brits as he‘d done with Jews. See accounts of contemporary Roman historians, Tacitus and Dio Cassius, here http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10171

While not a British citizen nor subject, I can’t help hearing upbeat Rule Britannia without sensing pomp and glory. At times, the song has taken on different meanings, but it has certainly epitomized the heyday of British imperial power… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule,_Britanni!

Across the Channel, other hypocrites have been in full bloom as well, adding to British audacity… “European Union foreign-policy chief Josip Borrell put forward a surprise resolution on Israel’s new government that included the following: ‘The E.U. does not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. The E.U. reiterates that any annexation would constitute a serious violation of international law’”… https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2020/04/27/applying-israeli-sovereignty-changing-the-when-not-the-what/

Indeed, much of the world is now having a conniption over the thought of Judeans once again residing and ruling in parts of Judea and Samaria.

Why is the red carpet, which welcomes Palestinian leaders to Western capitals, exchanged for a shabby rug when they land in most Arab capitals?
In 2020, the widely-disseminated Arabic hashtag, “Palestine is not my cause,” reflects the growing Arab disdain toward Palestinians.

It is consistent with the policy of key Arab leaders, who facilitated the successful conclusion of the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace negotiations, by avoiding the myth of Palestinian centrality.  For example, Morocco’s King Hassan, who provided an essential tailwind to the initial stage of the peace negotiations, proclaimed: “The PLO is a cancer in the Arab body.” It is also compatible with a statement made by Egypt’s former President Sadat, a co-signer of the peace treaty: “Why would I want a Palestinian state?! A Palestinian state would enhance the Soviet standing in the region and would join the radical Arab camp.”  This position was echoed by Mubarak, Sadat’s deputy, who succeeded him as President: “Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are not concerned about the Palestinians, and Jordan does not want a Palestinian state either…nor does Israel” (No More War, E. Ben Elissar, 1995, pp 106, 209, 207).

The tangible Arab walk – rather than the placating Arab talk – on the Palestinian issue reflects Arab contempt of the Palestinian track record, as well as the peripheral role played by the Palestinian issue in shaping Middle East reality.

In 2020, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and all other pro-US Arab regimes are preoccupied with domestic and regional epicenters of subversion, terrorism, conventional, ballistic and nuclear threats, which significantly transcend the Palestinian issue.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16093/palestinians-problem-peace

As far as the Palestinian leadership is concerned, Israel and the US administration are now the main enemies of the Palestinians. It is prohibited to talk to any Israeli or US official. It has also become taboo for any Palestinian to talk about holding meetings with Israeli or US officials.

When you radicalize your people against Israel and the US in such a way, how can you expect Palestinian leaders not to veto meeting with Israelis?

Moreover, as Malki is also under attack also from the “moderates,” one can only ask what the “non-moderates” could have in store for the besieged foreign minister — or for any leader who might dare to return to a negotiating table with Israel?

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki seems to have committed a “crime”. He said that the Palestinians are prepared to hold a meeting with Israelis! Malki made this scandalous statement during a meeting last week with foreign journalists.

“The Palestinian leadership has confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Malki said, referring to the possibility of holding a video conference meeting between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the auspices of the Russian president. “The Palestinians will consider this possibility if Russia determines that its useful.”

The Palestinian leadership, since 2014, has been boycotting peace talks with Israel. Since 2017, the Palestinian leadership has also been boycotting the US administration in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

An Arab Palestinan homeland? OK, but where?      

Where can, and should it be located? Is it feasible and realistic? Will it ensure the survival of Israel and Zionism? Is it politically and economically coherent? Is it historically consistent? Will it allow Arab Palestinians to express their sense of national identity, decide their destiny (e.g. to vote), and will it contribute to a better life? In order to make our way through the maze of complexities, competing arguments and myths, we need to understand the history of an idea – Palestinianism — and how and why it became such a contentious issue.

Prior to the defeat of the Turkish/Ottoman Empire in World War I, there is no indication of an Arab, or Palestinian subgroup living in the area; local Arabs considered themselves to be “southern Syrians.” After the war, the League of Nations created nation-states in the area (e.g. Syria, Iraq, etc) and assigned the area which became known as the “Palestine Mandate” to be administered by Britain, as a national homeland for the Jewish people. In 1921, Britain created “Transjordan,” (east of the Jordan River) and installed a  Saudi tribe to rule, which became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. During the 1920’s and 1930’s, anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist riots and pogroms, led by Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem and Nazi supporter, and Islamist groups (e.g. the Moslem Brotherhood) espoused a virulent form of Palestinian nationalism that remains at its core.  

www.verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com  

To the idiots and cretins who bash, libel, and propose boycotting and divestment from Israel, I say:

#Check your antisemitism – There is not an hour in the day when Israel does not contribute to the quality of life in every corner of the world including yours. rsk

ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
 
Keeping Covid-19 patients off ventilators. (TY UWI) Israel’s Respinova developed Pulsehaler to help COPD patients improve their lungs and avoid ventilation. Repinova is now preparing for clinical trials in Israel on patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as caused by Covid-19.
https://www.israel21c.org/copd-innovation-may-keep-covid-patients-off-ventilators/
 
Detecting Covid-19 in India. Israel’s Zebra Medical was being deployed last year (see here) to detect TB cases across India. Zebra is now assisting Apollo (India’s largest hospital group) to diagnose coronavirus cases using its machine-learning algorithm that analyzes CT scans of suspected Covid-19 infected patients.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3829337,00.html
 
Testing CPAP on Covid-19 patients. Israel’s Itamar Medical (reported here previously) is funding a trial of its disposable WatchPAT ONE CPAP device. It will be given to 200 confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients in the Mount Sinai Health (US) system with respiratory symptoms but who do not require hospital admission.
https://ir.itamar-medical.com/news-releases/news-release-details/itamartm-medical-funds-clinical-study-evaluate-potential-impact
 
BGU doctors on the Covid-19 front lines. A webinar from Israel’s Ben Gurion University featuring a student developing software to help advance Covid-19 treatment trials and two alumni – one working for the World Health Organization, and another helping implement a Covid-19 surveillance system in the state of Oregon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYlm9PKm5JI
 
Bacteria protects cancer cells. Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have discovered that bacteria exist inside all types of cancer cells. They protect the cancer by “digesting” and de-activating chemotherapy. These anti-cancer treatments may be made more effective by targeting or manipulating the bacteria.
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/cells-inside-cells-bacteria-live-cancer-cells
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6494/973  
 
Nitric Oxide treats babies with Bronchiolitis. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Beyond Air announced positive top-line results from its third pilot study in bronchiolitis patients. 89 infants under 12 months were treated at 8 sites in Israel. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/05/20/2036389/0/en/Beyond-Air-Achieves-Primary-Endpoint-in-Pilot-Bronchiolitis-Study.html
 
US approval for latest exoskeleton. Israel’s ReWalk Robotics received FDA clearance of its Exoskeleton Personal 6.0  https://investorplace.com/2020/06/rewalk-robotics-news-boosts-rwlk-stock/
 
DNA editing to cure diseases. Israel is establishing a consortium to make CRISPR genome editing more precise. Israel’s Innovation Authority has allocated NIS 36 million to CRISPR-IL, for the country’s academic institutions and bio-techs to use AI to advance the technology for repairing disease-causing mutations.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-aiming-to-enable-unprecedented-dna-edits-to-help-cure-illnesses/
 
Free prosthetics for children. (TY Janglo, Hazel & ILTV) Scientists at Israel’s Technion 3D-print prosthetic hands for children in Israel, Gaza, the PA and Syria – all for free. They are built to the child’s specifications –and can be even better than a normal hand.
https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/iron-mans-hand-technion-gives-prosthetic-hands-to-children-629839
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCu8gIdPTeU  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgpSr5cFaHU
 
Keeping transplants alive. Israeli courier Mishel Zrian races against time for NGO Ezer Mizion, delivering life-saving transplants for bone marrow patients. During the pandemic he often performs logistical acrobatics to avoid quarantine and get transplants to their destinations amid the shortage of flights and restrictions on travel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/70-days-in-airports-an-israeli-courier-keeping-global-organ-transplants-alive/
 

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/why-the-uproar-over-sovereignty-630551

Predictably, on cue, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he intends to extend Israeli law and sovereignty to Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) has elicited a tsunami of opposition, fears of dire consequences, threats of sanctions by the EU and threats by Jordanian and PLO leaders to abrogate treaties and agreements. 

Why, however, is this so controversial and upsetting?In Jerusalem, Hebron and other areas, there have been Jewish communities since the First and Second Temple periods. After the destruction by the Romans, they rebuilt.

In Hebron, a Jewish community was reestablished in the Byzantine period, and then reconstituted in the 16th century. It was destroyed in August 1929, when 67 Jewish residents were murdered.

Jewish communities such as Gush Etzion, built in Judea and Samaria during the 1920s and 1930s, were destroyed during the 1947-1949 war and were rebuilt and expanded since the 1967 Six Day War. About half a million Jews live in 121 “settlements” in Judea and Samaria.

PLO leaders and the international community recognized Israel’s claims to these areas (in Area C) in the Oslo agreements in return for creating a Palestinian National Authority under the PLO.

Why, then, do plans to extend Israeli law and sovereignty provoke such extreme responses? It seems to be nothing more than confirming what already exists and has been agreed upon.