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    <title>JEWISH SURVIVAL IN THE WORLD TODAY</title>
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    &lt;strong&gt;JEWISH SURVIVAL IN THE WORLD TODAY&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Saga of 4000 Years &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;by Bernard J. Shapiro &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
January 27, 2013&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
FREEMAN CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES&lt;br /&gt;
P.O. Box 35661 &lt;strong&gt; Houston, Texas 77235-5661&lt;br /&gt;
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 http://www.freeman.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/482-JEWISH-SURVIVAL-IN-THE-WORLD.html &lt;br /&gt;
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The article, Christians Are Guilty of the Holocaust, by Giulio Meotti in Arutz Sheva yesterday is both painful and necessary for all Jews and Christians to read:&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12784&lt;br /&gt;
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While I have studied this history over many years, his article was tough for even a scholar to fathom.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Catholic Church was as bad as Jews believed possible, but Lutheranism was worse. Please read his article at the end of my commentary. As I have written many times before, I fear a Second Holocaust.&lt;br /&gt;
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The reasons for this fear are many and well substantiated. The level of anti-Semitism is rising rapidly and have now reached the level of the 1930&#039;s. There are four kinds of anti-Semitism that today are mixing in todays world into a toxic formula for Jews. They are:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Traditional European Nationalist anti-Semitism. Jews are seen as a foreign race affecting the purity of the various nations.&lt;br /&gt;
2. The Christian religion, evolving between Catholic and protestant Jew haters. Various sects believe in the false accusations of deicide, blood libel and devil worship. Some just simply &quot;replacement theology&quot; (G-ds Israel is replaced by Christians).&lt;br /&gt;
3. The Islamic religious traditions based on the Koran. The Islamist philosophy ranks all nations servants of the true religion founded by Muhammad. It is a cruel and cold faith where murderers of Jews, Christians, Hindus and other non-Moslems are insured a place in paradise. &lt;br /&gt;
4. Once Jews became sovereign in their own land as the Holy Scriptures predicted, many non Jews began to fear retribution for the evil they meted out to the Jews over the last 3500 years.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeman.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/482-JEWISH-SURVIVAL-IN-THE-WORLD-TODAY.html#extended&quot;&gt;Continue reading &quot;JEWISH SURVIVAL IN THE WORLD TODAY&quot;&lt;/a&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;Notes From A Frustrated Zionist  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Not a Nice Jewish Boy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by Bernard J. Shapiro, &lt;br /&gt;
Chairman and Editor of Publications&lt;br /&gt;
Freeeman Cednter For Strategic Studies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Like just about every Zionist, I am in terrible pain because of the continued diplomatic and strategic imbecility of the Israeli government. That doesn&#039;t mean that all members are equally bad, only that as a group they continue doing stupid things together.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1. Since Oslo (1993) they have chosen to empower our enemies.&lt;br /&gt;
2. The policy of retreat and appeasements which never worked with any nation in the history of the world, became an Israel strategic policy.&lt;br /&gt;
3. The minimize the importance of the PA bid for UN recognition as if the fact that they have already lost the battle for unbiased history. Nowhere in their thinking is the concept of fighting back.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Israeli&#039;s raised since the founding of the State of Israel to be Lions of Judah are led into battlefields, like lambs to the slaughter. Israeli civilians, woman, children and the elderly are forced to run for cover during missile barrages. Terrorists rip their bodies apart as if they were not even human. It all makes me think of the Holocaust. Never Again???&lt;br /&gt;
5. Since 1982 (Lebanon) the leftist establishment has used every Dirty Non-Democratic Trick in the book to destroy Zionism and the morale of true Israeli Patriots.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Israel&#039;s Attorney General, the Police, Border Patrol, Supreme Court, News Media, Shin Bet (Israel&#039;s Secret Service) and all the leftist pro Arab political parties (plus Arab terrorist political parties) all conspire to crush the democratic Zionist will of 95% of Israel&#039;s Jewish population.&lt;br /&gt;
7. To me, this is not Kosher. Only a change in the electoral system can force a change. Only a change in all branches of Israel&#039;s government from the Justice Department through the IDF Officer Corp and especially the powers of the Prime Minister. A quick look at Israeli shows that each minister and the very powerful PM have the ability to do the opposite of what they are elected to do.&lt;br /&gt;
8. This sickens and revolts me. I have written about it many time in the past. Unfortunately the left has emasculated the Zionists, dating back&lt;br /&gt;
to the Altalena. And before that Jabotinsky was silenced in Europe, as he warned about the coming Holocaust. [My grandfather, Harry W. Freeman was also waning Jews all over Texas about the dangers of Nazism in the 30&#039;s.]&lt;br /&gt;
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    <title>THE DAYS OF AWE (5773)</title>
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    &lt;strong&gt;THE DAYS OF AWE (5773)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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To all Freeman Center members and supporters and all Lovers of Zion&lt;br /&gt;
We wish you a wonderful Shana Tova (Jewish New Year) filled with Joy, Health, Peace, Prosperity, Sweetness, Love and Security in the coming year. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please remember all our hard work with a tax deductible contribution toward our continued success in 5773. Please contribute to The Freeman Center&#039;s essential educational activities. &lt;br /&gt;
Mail check to address above or by paypal:&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.freeman.org/paypal.htm&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you.....Bernard&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;THE DAYS OF AWE (5773)&lt;br /&gt;
By Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Chairman and Editor of all Publications&lt;br /&gt;
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As we approach the New Year 5773, I am reflecting over lifetime surpassing the biblical three score (20) and ten. I have seen a lot, learned a lot, suffered and been redeemed a lot. I am not a perfect Jew. I have many failings. The worst, I imagine, is my failure to understand Jewish ritual.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Since I was very young, I never seemed to follow authority. It didnt matter who it was: parent, political or religious leader. I was born a rebel and have been a rebel all my life. I was greatly influence by my grandfather, Harry W. Freeman, who had studied to be a Rabbi in the Russian-Polish Pale at the end of the 19th century. Like many young Jews of that period, he joined the Communist Party to overthrow the Czar. They believed that the Jews must be freed from the oppression and persecution that affected their daily life.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Czars secret police blessed him by driving him out of country and he escaped to America. This saved him from Nazi extermination and thus I live today by that Mazal. He landed in Galveston, became an attorney and founded the first chapter of ZOA in Houston as the real solution to the &quot;Jewish Question.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#12288;&lt;br /&gt;
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    <title>NEW YEAR'S GREETING SHANA TOVA 5772</title>
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    &lt;b&gt;NEW YEAR&#039;S GREETING SHANA TOVA 5772&lt;br /&gt;
By Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
September 22, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;My Dear Subscribers and Lovers of Zion,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Another year has passed and we find Israel in a more perilous situation than any year since the War of Independence. The Israel Defense Forces are powerful and fully capable of destroying all enemies.&lt;br /&gt;
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But there is a mighty force that prevents the activation of this force to protect the People of Israel. That force is a polititical, media, judicial, secret service, border police and left wing military elite, who have chosen to permit Arab terrorist to gain dominance in our Holy Land. They deliberately prosecute, persecute and destroy the Builders of Zion and turn a blind eye to the pervasive theft of the Land of Israel by terrorists.&lt;br /&gt;
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When an Arab attacks a Jew, the Jew is prosecuted for defending himself.  The Arab goes free to harass, steal and attack more Jews in the future. There is no deterrence. They laugh at the Jews, like the Nazis did during the Holocaust, as they striped them naked and marched them to their death.&lt;br /&gt;
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I will not be silent as the Israel, we prayed for over 2000 years, is destroyed by week and incompetent leadership. Leadership that has lost the Zionist passion of the Maccabees, Bar Kochba, Ben Gurion, Jabotinzky, Stern and Kahane. &lt;br /&gt;
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On this Rosh HaShona, may the Almighty give strength to his People Israel and courage to fight for survival, even if everyone in the World is against them. May the friends of the Freeman Center be blessed with Health, Love, Prosperity, Security and Peace.......Bernard&lt;br /&gt;
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PS. Attached are the Hardback and paper covers (also E-book) of my new book, due out on Amazon before Chanukah and Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;
 
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    &lt;b&gt;ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE AFTER 63 YEARS&lt;br /&gt;
by Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
May 9, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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No one should fool themselves into thinking that giving the Arabs of Judea and Samaria Jordanian citizenship would solve anything in the long run. Jordan is not as friendly (population wise) as we are led to believe. Though the government is helpful and friendly, that could change in the blink of an eye. Should American troops leave Iraq and it falls to Iran, the consequences would be severe for Israel. With Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza under Iranian control, it could easily extend its reach to Jordan and the Judean-Samarian ridge overlooking Israel&#039;s vulnerable coast.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;My Bottom Line (Conclusion)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Israel&#039;s central problem is psychological and no amount of beautiful rhetoric and wonderful proposals can change that. &lt;br /&gt;
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When will the Nationalist Camp realize that we are &quot;at war already&quot; with the PLO/Hamas/Hezbollah supporting tyranny (the LEFT) that rules Israel? At what point will Israelis realize that the CIVIL WAR they fear, IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE AND THEY ARE LOSING? When will the true Zionists take over Israel and rid the country of the Arab and Jewish traitors.&lt;br /&gt;
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After 2000 years of homelessness, we are privaliged in this generation to see a new and productive Jewish State. Why do we let these evildoers threaten to take it from our hands.&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;FREEMAN CENTER DISGUSTED AT BIBI GROVELING BEFORE ANTI-SEMITES OF EUROPE&lt;br /&gt;
by Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
May 5, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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When I founded the Freeman Center back in 1992, I gave a copy of Bibi&#039;s book, &lt;b&gt;A PLACE AMONG THE NATIONS&lt;/b&gt;, everyone joining. I was very impressed at the clear understanding of history and the Jewish place in it. I especially appreciated the chapter on Czechoslovakia and how it related to the current Arab-Israeli issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now, we see the pitiful image of Israel&#039;s PM running after the princes of Europe hat in hand. Does he have no pride? Does he not know how powerful Israel is really? Has he not read the articles of Paul Eidelberg and Yoram Ettinger broadcast here for the world to see?&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite protestations of Israel&#039;s Supreme Court of the Arab People (and not Jews), there is &lt;b&gt;NO SUCH THING AS INTERNATIONAL LAW!!! &lt;/b&gt;The only thing that has ever mattered in world history is POWER. Machiavelli knew it. So did Lao Tsu, Muhammed, Pol Pot, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Mao, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin.&lt;br /&gt;
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Power can be used for good or evil. The defense of Israel and the Jewish People is the most righteous use of power in the course of human history.&lt;br /&gt;
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    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth... ...Plato &lt;br /&gt;
&quot;The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.&quot; ... Ayn Rand&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;TWO ARTICLES: DEFENSE VS. OFFENSE&lt;br /&gt;
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DM EHUD BARAK VS. BERNARD J. SHAPIRO&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Barak has raised the idea of a separation between the PA and Israel. It is not a new idea and as far back as 1995 I explained why it won&#039;t work. Here is that article. Today in 2011 his big &quot;idea&quot; is missile shields. They won&#039;t work either. Anit-missiles systems are very expensive and the terrorists can keep producing thousands of cheap missiles to overwhelm them.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;SEPARATION &amp;amp; SECURITY FENCES&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;The Primary Fallacy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;By Bernard J. Shapiro (1995)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;br /&gt;
The Maccabean Online&lt;br /&gt;
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The idea of separation has much appeal to an Israeli population feeling threat0ened daily by hostile Arabs. The Israeli government recently advanced an elaborate plan to construct hi-tech fences and new military checkpoints between Israel and the Palestinian West Bank in an effort to reduce the risk of militant violence. Israeli security officials brought the plan before the Knesset a day after Islamic extremists opened fire on an Israeli bus near the West Bank town of Hebron, killing two Jewish settlers and wounding five. The separation plan involves building extensive fences, other barriers and restricting Palestinian access into Israel through eight to ten crossings points. &lt;br /&gt;
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The border would be heavily patrolled by Israeli soldiers and police. Cost estimates range from $300 million to $500 million. An economic report on the draft plan said the cost would be too high and separation would lead to political and economic instability in the PLO areas, perhaps intensifying the danger of attacks from opponents of the Israeli-PLO peace process. Analysts such as Dore Gold, Emanuel Winston and Ze&#039;ev Schiff have discussed many of the reasons why it simply won&#039;t work. &lt;br /&gt;
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For another reason why it is the wrong approach to security, it is worth repeating a story I wrote, which appeared in an article entitled, DETERRENCE OR DHIMMIZATION (THE MACCABEAN, January 1995): Back in 1965, in a small meeting room in Tel Aviv, former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan gave a pep talk to a group of RAFI (Rishimat Poalai Israel) volunteers, myself included. At that time, RAFI, a breakaway faction of the Mapai Party, included such notables as former Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and former Defense Minister Shimon Peres. Peres and Dayan had been considered the &quot;hawks&quot; of Mapai and it was no accident that in the 1965 election they supported a strong defense and security policy. &lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;MORE COMMENTS OF  A FRUSTRATED ZIONIST  &lt;br /&gt;
By Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;br /&gt;
www.freeman.org&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
February 21, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;How Israel Should Respond to Recognition of PA &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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The Israeli policy of expressing regret as country after country recognizes the terrorist PA as a legitimate country is foolish. [See article below:] Such a country, ripped from the heart of Israel is both an economic absurdity, but a serious and existential threat to Israel&#039;s survival.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;WHAT IS A PROPER RESPONSE FOR A SELF RESPECTING NATION:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
1. Withdraw Israeli ambassador and expel that countries ambassador&lt;br /&gt;
2. Immediately renounce OSLO, re-occupy YESHA and launch a new military offensive to root out terrorists&lt;br /&gt;
3. And finally annex YESHA and make the whole  recognition problem mute.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;HOW ISRAEL SHOULD RESPOND TO IRANIAN WARSHIPS OFF THE COAST&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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1. Very simple, sink them preemptively&lt;br /&gt;
2. No warnings, no threats, no words like &quot;unfortunate, provocative&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
3. Just sink them and let their ambassador to Israel complain to the FM and PM. Oh I forgot, they don&#039;t recognize Israel, so who cares.&lt;br /&gt;
4. If the UN takes up the issue then withdraw from the UN and expel all UN personel from Israeli territory.Who needs that anti-Semitic organization&lt;br /&gt;
5. If the US, EU, or Arab/Muslim Nations complain then respond by sending them a short not. It should say: This is the NEW ISRAEL. Wild and Crazy so you had better not &lt;b&gt;MESS WITH US&lt;/b&gt;. It is a great slogan for Texas (&quot;Don&#039;t Mess With Texas&quot;), why not Israel. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Watch our deterence level  shoot up.&lt;/b&gt; In a rough neighborhood like the Middle East, it is always better to be feared than loved.&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;SHAPIRO COMMENTS ON ETTINGER -Israel  America&#039;s Unique Ally &lt;br /&gt;
by Bernard J. Shapiro &lt;br /&gt;
Greeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
February 20, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
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As always Yoram Ettinger writes a clear and well researched article. No one can improve on what he does.  My complaint is more political and strategic. Most of us know about how important Israel is to America. &lt;b&gt;That will never change the 100 years of hostility to Jews and Israel by the US State Department, CIA, NSA, Justice Department and especially the current White House. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Given all the facts enumerated below, why doesn&#039;t Ettinger NOT DEMAND that America treat Israel as a strategic ally and NOT &quot;banana repuplic.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2. And more important, why have Israeli and Jewish leaders groveled before the US like the weak ghetto Jews of the past. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Back in pre WWll days Ze&#039;ev Jabotinsky understood the strategic needs of the Jewish People both in Europe but also in Israel.  His ideas harkened back to the great Israelite warriors who conquered Eretz Yisrael (Israel) during biblical times. Leaders like Joshua,  David, The Maccabees, Shinshon, and Bar Kochba.He was silenced by the organized Jewish leadership. After his death in 1940 was maliciously barred from burial in Israel until Menachem Begin was elected in the late 1970&#039;s. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During, days still fresh enough for me to remember, new warriors emerged to fight for Israel. Though they had many flaws (we all do), people like David Ben Gurion, Menachem Begin, Avraham Stern, Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan and Yoni Netanayhu led the country to many victories on the battlefield. Others like Moshe Arens, Rabbi Meir Kahane zl and Herb Zweibon zl (AFSI) and Moton Klien (ZOA), Emanuel A. Winston fought their battles for Israel on the political front. Caroline Glick, Prof. Paul Eidelberg, Steven Plaut, Helen Freedman (AFSI), Nadia and Ruth Matar (Women in Green) have fought both on the ground and politically. &lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;TRIBUTE TO HERB ZWEIBON z&quot;l (of blessed memory) &lt;br /&gt;
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I founded and AFSI chapter in Houston (1990) and then started the Freeman Center For Strategic Studies in 1993. Herb became a member of the Freeman Center&#039;s Board of Directors and I was on the Board of AFSI. We worked together for Eretz Yisrael. When upset or depressed at the foolish and dangerous events in the world and Israel, I would frequently call Herb. Herb always took the time to talk to me and keep me motivated. If we need money to keep operating, Herb always would send me a generous check.&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Reflections of a Frustrated Zionist&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
by Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
October 19, 2010&lt;br /&gt;
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I am getting increasingly frustrated with the constant repetition of the same mistakes in Israel, year after year. Is there no learning curve for Israeli leaders, politicians, and lets face the Leftist public?&lt;br /&gt;
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Why do we debate the obvious, like does the Land of Israel belong to us. Some other important questions:&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
1. Why do we negotiate with Abbas, Obama, the UN, the Eu, Egypt, Jordan or any other anti Israel nations, leader, or institutions. JUST SAY NO! They are all short change artists as I wrote about many years ago. Please read.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;DONT PLAY WITH THE SHORT CHANGE ARTIST&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Or Why One Shouldnt Make Redeployment Maps&lt;/i&gt;By Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
From an editorial in the January 1998 issue of &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;THE MACCABEAN ONLINE&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
During my 23 years as owner of House of Books in Houston, I learned many valuable lessons. One in particular seems to have an application to the current situation in Israel. Let me explain:&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
In 1978, the store was victimized by a short change artist. One of my clerks was at the register when a well dressed gentleman approached with a paperback book costing $2.95. He gave her a $20 bill and then began a back and forth exchange of money. In the end, the bookstore lost about $60. &lt;br /&gt;
I called the Houston police department and requested that an officer come to the store and brief my employees on how to prevent this crime from happening again. The officer came and told us a little story. It seems that Johnny Carson once asked a short change artist to come to his show and try to fool him while he was fully alert to what was going down. The criminal had no problem and his skill marveled the audience. &lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;i&gt;An editorial form the October 2003 issue of &lt;b&gt;THE MACCABEAN ONLINE&lt;/b&gt;. Re-issued every year I need to.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;MY PRAYER FOR ISRAEL ROSH HASHONA 5771 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;By Bernard J. Shapiro &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As I survey the fragile planet we call home, my mind makes note of the chaos, blood, and tears. The cries of a million lost souls shatter the night in a million corners of the earth. The sensitive, compassionate among them try to feed the hungry, heal the sick, clothe the naked. One by one their energies dissipate. They try to hold back the tide with a teaspoon and then see the impossibility of the task. The Jewish people are but a cosmic speck in this universe. To many Jews who feel deeply about their own people, that speck becomes the whole world. Other Jews are irrevocably tied to non-Jewish pursuits. &lt;br /&gt;
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May we as a people open our eyes and begin to see the world as it really is. Without becoming depressed and morose, we must realize that there are powerful forces in the world that wish us ill. May we mobilize our strength to fight our enemies until they are defeated. May we not succumb to false prophets of peace. We all want peace. We pray for peace in our Sabbath services every Friday night. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After thousands of years, being victims of persecution, expulsion, extermination, and discrimination, it is natural that we yearn for peace with every ounce of our bodies and souls. It is because our hunger for peace is so strong that we must be doubly cautious not to fall for a pseudo-peace. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Today none of us believe Chamberlain really negotiated &quot;peace in our time&quot; with Hitler. Why do some Jews believe that Peres and Rabin really negotiated &quot;peace&quot; with Arafat, one of today&#039;s Hitlers? The Jewish people must learn the value of unity in the face of so many enemies who wish them ill. &lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;BERNARD REFLECTS ON SERIOUS NEWS FROM ISRAEL&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Recently Drawn From Two Days Of Arutz Sheva&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
August 31 &amp;amp; September 1, 2010&lt;br /&gt;
by Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
Chairman and Editor&lt;br /&gt;
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies&lt;br /&gt;
www.freeman.org&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;1. Barak meets Abbas in Jordan.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Nothing to talk about. The only peace the Arabs can offer Israel is the Peace of the grave.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;2. Lone Zionist at Anti-Israeli Rally.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;That is good, but would it have been wrong to take a few friends along. And go undercover and bash a few heads. The Midrash tells us that it is Kosher to kill those who come to kill us. I am not saying this, Jewish Law says this.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;3. Two terror suspects nabbed on flight from US.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;The US, the World and Israel are responsible for terrorism by showing restraint in destroying it. Also by funding, fearing and appeasing terrorists. Late reports indicate the Dutch will release them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;4. Back Taxes May Stop Ground Zero Mosque.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Jews, Christians, Hindus and 9-11 victims should knock down the doors and sit in that place, like the Civil Rights Movement (1959-1966). Why wait for the IRS which is controlled by a Muslim President?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;5. PA Prime Ministers Diplomatic War Against Israel. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;My dear Lovers of Zion, this is Israels fault. Israeli must stop whining and do something. For example: blow up or jam the anti-Semitic radio and TV Stations. Arrest the Moslem preachers of hate and close their hateful schools. Stop funding anti-Jewish hate education. Stop funding PAs diplomatic hate campaign against Israel.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;6. Shas Leader Rabbi Yosef: Build in All of Judea and Sameria.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Good advice. My advice to Rabbi Yosef: If the Israeli coalition does not follow your advice-WITHDRAW YOUR PARTY FROM COALITION AND BRING THIS GOVERNMENT DOWN. Dont fear for Israel, HaShem will be by your side.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;SHAPIRO/ ETTINGER COMMENTS -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Middle East Sandstorms and Tumbleweeds&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
FREEMAN CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
August 26, 2010&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Freeman Note:&lt;/b&gt; This is abrilliant analysis by Ettinger. I have always appreciated his wonderful insight into Arab-Israel-US issues. I have ONE complaint, not just for Yoram, but for most pro-Israel writers. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;The Apocalypse is coming.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Those of us who understand what is really going on in the world must cease being &quot;nice Jewish boys and girls.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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1. We must stop promoting or even using the word peace or just peace settlement. It is fight or die. Learn this.&lt;br /&gt;
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2. We must cease all dependence on the USA or its Moslem President to save Israel.&lt;br /&gt;
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3. We must stop whinning about anti-Semitism and train ourselves, including youth to defend themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
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4. An Israeli government that won&#039;t defend its citizens against Arab attack is not a Zionist government. When proud Jews in Israel defend themselves from Arab attack, the Israeli police, government, and justice system put them through hell. These people should not rule a Jewish State.&lt;br /&gt;
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5. I am sick and tired of Israeli diplomats trying to win favor with &lt;br /&gt;
ant-Semites, who will never support us.&lt;br /&gt;
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6. I am sick and tired of American Jews refusing to take a stand to protect their fellow Jews. But have some kind of wishy, washy Ghetto mentality. They don&#039;t have to please Moslems, Leftists, socialists, communists, white and black people who do not care about the best interests of the Jewish People. And I hate those Jewish ACLU lawyers who would call me a rascist because I speak truth to lies.&lt;br /&gt;
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7. I am sick and tired of all the delay in destroying Iran&#039;s nuclear threat. I know how difficult it is. But I am also not stupid and I know that five years ago would it have been easier. I know that the Israeli government keeps making it harder for the military to accomplish its mission. My readers on the Freemanlist know why I say this. the proliferation of missiles from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China to Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and back to Iran. &lt;br /&gt;
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8. And by the way the terrorists on all Israel&#039;s borders must be annihilated. We, the Jewish People did not suffer for 2000 years SHOULD NOT lose our Eretz Yisrael, because we are nice Jewish boys and girls.&lt;br /&gt;
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9. I am sick and tired of Barak and Peres still being involved in Israeli politics. They should have been retired long ago.&lt;br /&gt;
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10. Ok I will stop my rant. My final word. &lt;br /&gt;
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I won&#039;t puplish articles any more on the Freemanlist that DON&#039;T GO FOR THE JUGLER. NO PUNCHES HELD BACK. In case you want a few examples (certainly not comprehensive).&lt;br /&gt;
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Caroline Glick&lt;br /&gt;
David Basch&lt;br /&gt;
Herb Zweibon&lt;br /&gt;
Paul Eidelberg&lt;br /&gt;
Bernard J. Shapiro&lt;br /&gt;
The Late Rabbi Meir Kahane&lt;br /&gt;
Elyakim Ha&#039;etzni&lt;br /&gt;
Emanuel A Winston&lt;br /&gt;
Yeddiya Atlas&lt;br /&gt;
The Late Shmuel Katz &lt;br /&gt;
Mark Langfan&lt;br /&gt;
Ruth &amp;amp; Nadia Matar&lt;br /&gt;
Dr. Steven Plaut&lt;br /&gt;
David Wilder  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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