Unity Coalition for Israel

Where Israel did get wiped off map

It looks as if Iran has found allies in its quest to wipe Israel off the map -- the dopes at your friendly neighborhood Target store.

On sale exclusively at Target is this innocent-looking toy globe. Thousands of these trinkets have already moved out of malls, from Queens to Honolulu, and landed in living rooms and kids' rooms across America.

But folks who forked over a buck for the miniature worlds got less than they bargained for.

These planetary models contain just about all the countries on Earth -- from France to China, Singapore to Spain. But there's one glaring exception: Israel

Dan Brinzac

In the spot where Israel should be, this word is printed: "Palestine." Some of those who unwittingly purchased the Israel-free orbs feel as if they've played a role in a modern-day Final Solution....

Civilization's Lies

...2) Israel. We are inundated with constant talk of the "Middle East crisis" and "the need to restart the peace process."

Why? Is there a new Goldstone report on Tibet? Are the American people sleepless over the divided city of Nicosia? The brutal Turkish occupation of Greek Cyprus? The rough Russian annexation of Ossetia? The callous treatment of Muslims by the Chinese?

Of course not. A noble lie is that there is a "Mideast crisis" at all. "Occupied land" is not unusual. Palestinians are no more refugees than Cypriots or Tibetans. The IDF is far more moral a military force than the Russian or Chinese or Turkish army.

The reality? Hating Israel as a unique aggressor is simply predicated on five unspoken truths: 1) rampant anti-Semitism (one can hate Jews by the loftier notion of being "anti-Zionist"; 2) fear of radical Islamic terrorists; there are apparently no radical Tibetans hijacking planes or blowing up Madrid train stations due to Spanish ties with communist China; 3) oil, oil, oil. The Cypriots cannot enlist the Greeks to withhold 500 billion barrels of oil in the Aegean from world markets. If such a fantasy were true, Nicosia would be on the front pages; 4) Israel is Western, like the U.S., and in a most un-Western neighborhood, so hating Israel is a mechanism of hating the U.S. on the cheap; 5) demography. If there were a billion-person Orthodox community energized by a half-billion Greek-speakers, we most certainly would wish to solve the "Cyprus crisis".

The truth? Money, fear, and age-old hatreds all are masked by "principles" and "morality."...

Iran informs international agency it will increase uranium enrichment

TEHRAN -- Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday that it will start producing higher-grade enriched uranium, a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the production, prompting the United States to renew threats of carefully targeted sanctions.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the Vienna-based IAEA, handed over a letter informing the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency that his country on Tuesday would start enriching uranium up to 20 percent, the state-run English-language news network Press TV reported. The higher-grade uranium would be significantly beyond the level needed to fuel nuclear power plants, the ostensible reason to date for Iran's uranium-enrichment program.

The program has already led to international sanctions against Iran, and the decision to produce higher-grade nuclear fuel appears likely to heighten suspicions by the United States and its allies that Tehran secretly plans to build nuclear weapons....

IDF purchases ATVs for risky transport

In an effort to improve IDF logistic capabilities, The Ground Forces Command has purchased dozens of Polaris all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) that will be distributed to infantry battalions to transport supplies behind enemy lines.

Each battalion will receive a number of two-seater ATVs, which an IDF source said, could carry 700 kilograms of supplies in the back compartment, as well as at least one wounded soldier. The vehicles have a maximum speed of close to 80 kilometers-per-hour....

Israel Reportedly Training Kurdish Forces

...Kurdish commandos have also reportedly accompanied Israeli operatives across the Iraq-Iran border in recent years to install sensory devices meant to monitor suspected Iranian nuclear facilities.

Like Jews, Kurds are a non-Arab indigenous Middle Eastern people seeking independence in their ancestral homeland. Active Israeli support towards a free Kurdistan is seen as a natural and pragmatic policy by many in the region. "By aligning with the Kurds, Israel gains eyes and ears in Iran, Iraq and Syria," a former Israeli intelligence officer told the New Yorker.

Hamas leaders are reportedly concerned by reports of Israel operating in Iraqi Kurdistan and have begun investigating the possibility of Israeli infiltration into their own ranks. According to the terror group, the recent assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai could have been planned and executed by Israeli agents operating beyond the Jewish state's borders.

Sovereignty Now!!

...Extending Jewish sovereignty is not to aggrandize; it is an authentic statement of the historic and spiritual relationship between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. The return of the Jewish people to their homeland, the establishment of the State of Israel, and Israel's achievements in science and technology are physical, material representations of a profound spiritual dimension--the fulfillment of Jewish destiny.

Sovereignty speaks to the purpose and the promise of the State of Israel and to everyone, Jew and non-Jew, who is inspired by that vision.

Israel should focus on Area C [part of Judea and Samaria "settlements" under Israeli control, including the Jordan Valley and Judean Desert], in which 300,000 Jews live. Arab "Palestinians" living in Area C, about an estimated 30-40,000, most of whom have Jordanian citizenship, should be free to remain as residents, or opt for Israeli citizenship, taking on the obligations that come with it.

There are many details to work out, but that is for later-- once the principle of Israeli sovereignty is affirmed.

To live in peace, to strengthen its strategic and security interests, to safeguard vital water resources, prevent environmental and ecological deterioration it is imperative that Israel maintain control of Judea and Samaria and embrace enthusiastically -- Sovereignty Now!