Cabinet Shoots Down Law that would Stymie Freeze Extension
by Gil Ronen
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation decided Sunday to deny the coalition's support for a bill that would make it hard for the government to extend the construction freeze imposed on Jews in Judea and Samaria. The bill, proposed by MKs Carmel Shama (Likud) and Uri Ariel (National Union), would make any additional freeze on construction dependent on Knesset approval.
Bills that do not receive the support of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation are usually doomed to fail in the Knesset plenum.
The decision to shoot down the bill was reached after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu exerted heavy pressure on the ministers. He believed that approval of the bill would embarrass him on his upcoming trip to Washington D.C., where he will meet United States President Barack Obama.
MK Shama reacted to the ministers' vote against the bill by saying that their logic “defies comprehension.” Come September, he said, “the government of Israel will look back with longing at this bill.”
Late September is the when the ten-month Israeli self-imposed building freeze is slated to end. External pressure on Israel to extend the freeze is expected, however.
Shama explained at a public gathering that pressuring the Knesset to continue the freeze will be much more difficult than pressuring the government. “No political person can get Likud to pass a decision to extend the freeze,” he said. (IsraelNationalNews.com)
Bills that do not receive the support of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation are usually doomed to fail in the Knesset plenum.
The decision to shoot down the bill was reached after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu exerted heavy pressure on the ministers. He believed that approval of the bill would embarrass him on his upcoming trip to Washington D.C., where he will meet United States President Barack Obama.
MK Shama reacted to the ministers' vote against the bill by saying that their logic “defies comprehension.” Come September, he said, “the government of Israel will look back with longing at this bill.”
Late September is the when the ten-month Israeli self-imposed building freeze is slated to end. External pressure on Israel to extend the freeze is expected, however.
Shama explained at a public gathering that pressuring the Knesset to continue the freeze will be much more difficult than pressuring the government. “No political person can get Likud to pass a decision to extend the freeze,” he said. (IsraelNationalNews.com)
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Prime Minister Netanyahu believes that if the bill had passed, it would "embarrass him on his upcoming trip to Washington D.C...".
That explanation makes one American wonder what exactly can Israel do to protect her citizens and country that would NOT insult Obama the Narcissist.
Everyone can draw up their own list, but here's a few of my own:
1. Israel could have allowed the terrorist to murder their IDF warriors during the Free Gaza incident and Obama would not have been insulted.
2. Israel could give in to the demands of Abbas and all its surrounding neighbors and that would NOT insult Obama.
3. Israel could sit silently by while Hamas rains down rockets into Serdot and surrounding villages and Obama would NOT be insulted.
4. Israel could cease from building anywhere in Israel and demand that her families stop growing and learn to live in tents (like their Arab neighbors) and Obama would NOT be insulted.
5. Israel could stop praying to the G-d of Abraham; put aside their faith, stop believing that Israel is the "Land" given to them by the one and true blessed Creator of all and begin to pray to Allah - this would be pleasing to Obama and would NOT insult the Narcissist, for just as Obama has stated that America is NOT a Judeo-Christian nation, he does NOT accept that Israel is a Jewish State.
Bee Sting
and as a reminder for those in doubt, Mark Sneider has written a perfect piece on America. July 4, 2010 is a great day to understand why America celebrates her birthday!
The United States is a Judeo Christian Nation, If it Ceases to be one it ceases to be a Real Nation!
Let's get our facts in order! First, Obama has it all wrong. We are a Judeo-Christian Country and we don't own allegiance or take orders from any outside government.The concept of a nation is so notoriously open to controversy that what is normally forgotten is the fact that a nation is first and foremost an idea. It is an idea that springs from the expression of a natural human desire for a community of people with common values and for freedom from dominance over the will and desires of its people in their pursuit of happiness.
The United Sates of America, after successfully defeating its enemy, there arose a unique nation whose people, institutions, guiding philosophy and history, though imperfect, held a promise for both its own citizenry and for the entire world. The United States of America is a nation that unequivocally was created from intentions and ideals matured by Western Civilization. As such, its very survival requires it be guided by an ethos that is particularly and distinctively Judeo-Christian
Much of the conflict and tension within the people of our country are complicated by vagueness and fashionable ideologies. What we know for certain is that these conflicts or culture wars are a clash of values. Some of these values have developed from distinct human experiences, including some rooted in centuries of human deliberations within the framework of philosophy and religion. Others are simply convenient, if not outright fashionable and for a limited and a particular moment in time.
Judeo-Christian Realism and Cultural Relativism
For the sake of simplification, and to avoid a politically correct discourse of the histories, cultures, religions and civilizations that gave rise to today's most debated values, I take the position that the current culture wars can be defined within two philosophical categories.
1) Judeo-Christian Realism
2) Cultural Relativism
These two categories are necessarily limited and do not take into consideration certain values existing outside of each other. I believe, however, that people holding these other values would find sympathetic support or rejection within one or both of these categories. Therefore, I must begin somewhere.
In spite of this culture war the United Sates of America is Judeo-Christian. The principles that allows the exchange of ideas among our citizens and tolorates the freedom that allows these "cultural wars" to pursist are precisley because we live in a a Judeo-Christian nation. The principles of the United Sates of America believe in the reality of objective principles of right and wrong. Furthermore, I believe these principles are easily understood by a reasonable person and are evident in natural law.
On the other hand those who are Cultural Relativist rejects the reality of objective principles of right and wrong and argues that there is no absolute truth or a natural law. Cultural Relativism holds the view that all cultures are of equal value and that truth depends upon the believer. Therefore, what is of value to one will not necessarily be of value to another; what is right to one can be wrong to another.
Life, Family and Culture
There is no doubt that the clashes of values from a Judeo Christian Realism position are most clearly defined within three key social realities.
1) Life
A realistic look at our current society reveals a fundamental problem - the loss of respect for human life and dignity. This is evident in many ways: the legal void that permits abortion right up to birth; medical research that authorizes the destruction of embryos; increasing acceptance of euthanasia and assisted suicide; abuse of women and children; the silence that surrounds so many situations of poverty; widespread prostitution, pornography and drugs.
Human life and human dignity encounter too many obstacles in our current society.
The culture war must first be fought over human rights, with a clear understanding that the most basic of all human rights is the right to life. If the right to life is not respected, we should not be surprised that other rights – rights that come with life - will eventually be threatened.
2) Family
The attempt to redefine marriage contradicts the reality inscribed in nature.
The success of our culture must begin with an acknowledgement of this indisputable fact: love and marriage between a man and a woman is the foundation of the family. The family is the basic unit of a stable society. Our public schools must respect these convictions and not propose conflicting visions to our children.
The family, as the vital social unit, is not at the service of the state; rather, the state should be at the service of the family.
3) Culture
Our culture is distinctively Western and Judeo-Christian. Currently, many novel and pernicious principles have been introduced to our culture by special interest groups claiming both civil rights as minorities as well as a first amendment right to be heard. Each of these principles seeks to incorporate itself into modern society under the guise of so-called cultural or sexual diversity. The groups promoting these principles do so with vagueness and without any attempt to foster an open and free discussion of their possible threats to the very civilization from which we derive our most important principles.
The United States of America is not opposed to the study of the world's great religions, cultures, and traditions. In fact, our schools promote their study and their appreciation and contribution to the understanding of human nature. The world's great religions, cultures, and traditions share our conviction in the reality of objective principles of right and wrong as they are evident to any reasonable person and are evident in natural law. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the United States of America was founded and flourishes from a foundation that is deeply rooted on laws, philosophies, and institutions that are clearly and distinctively Western and Judeo-Christian. To deny this fact is to dismiss the obvious. Any attempt to alter this reality would be foolish and deficient since reality constitutes itself independent of anyone. Any attempt to alter reality is subversive and dangerous to our culture and civilization since it would oppose a fact.
Our country is under a pernitious attact. Our schools are undermining the very freedoms our Judeo-Christian values give us. Our public schools or our local, state or federal government do not have any right to undermine parents in their efforts to teach our Western Judeo-Christian heritage to their children. We should all be concerned that special interest groups have succeeded in passing laws that promote alternative lifestyles and diversity school curriculums that teach vague values and principles that conflict with the parents’ child rearing efforts and the clear values upon which our country was founded. Our government should not be allowed to govern education.
A Real Nation is a sovereign state whose citizens are united by a common language and commonly shared attitude, religious sense and behavior. It is a sovereign territory with its own laws and government and with no legal authority outside of its territorial limits.
A Real Nation has a military and citizens who are willing to fight to the death for the sovereignty of their territory and for the protection and security of their family and property. A real nation is based on the idea of a democratic community ready to prevent its governors from embarking in new and deadly war adventures. A Real Nation has an establishment document that forms the foundation of the legal and political system for which it stands. This document in the United States is called the United States Constitution. It preserves the intentions of the founding fathers. In addition, most importantly, it guides the country towards a continuity of clear principles and values that define the particular identity of its citizens.
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