De Blasio will close Public Schools for Muslim New Year!

Newly-minted Mayor of New York City Bill De Blasio is calling forschool closures on two Muslim holidays and the Lunar New Year.

Eid al-Fitr, which marks the last day of Ramadan, Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice, and the Lunar New Year, which celebrates the first day of the Chinese Calendar Year, were all given the go-ahead; but De Blasio passed over the Hindu festivalDiwali. Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights—which celebrates life, its enjoyment, and goodness—has historical origins dating back to Indian “harvest” festivals.

Dr. Shashi Shah of the Association of Indians in America was saddened that the mayor failed to recognize Diwali: “We are disappointed. We’ve been trying for a long time… It’s very important for the community.”

It is unclear why De Blasio granted two holidays for Muslims and denied the appeals by Indians for one. Estimates of the number of Muslims in New York City vary between 200,000 and 1,000,000. A website called A Journey Through NYC Religions estimates the number to be 600,000—roughly seven percent of the population. Still, NYC has themost Hindu adherents of any city in the United States. Moreover, there are more than 80,000 Hindu adherents in the greater area of New York, NY-NJ-PA. For years, ethnic groups have lobbied for all four holidays to be recognized.

De Blasio is unsure when the school holiday status will take effect: “It is complicated in terms of logistics and school calendar and budget. But it’s something I want to get done in a reasonable time frame.” Former Mayor Bloomberg opposed all of the school closures, saying kids should not miss more school.

Yeshiva Students riot, burn Police Car just like the Shvartzas, Video

At least thirty ultra-Orthodox Jews were arrested after violent protests broke out across the country, Israel Police said.

The riots broke out after the Supreme Court ordered to freeze funding for students who dodge military service.

In the city of Ashdod, the protests came in the form of violence as a police car was set on fire. No one was injured, but the police car was destroyed.

In Ashdod, at least eight people were arrested for disorderly conduct, throwing stones and attacking police officers. Two protesters were slightly wounded, and police officers were also injured.

Some protesters were also angry that a yeshiva student was sent to jail for dodging military service.

As we reported earlier, a yeshiva student was arrested, charged and convicted of dodging military service, Israeli military prosecutors said.

Now, a military court has sentenced the yeshiva student to 5 days behind bars.

The student, identified as Yitzchak Efraim, was sentenced on Wednesday, by the military court in Tel Hashomer.

Before sentencing, the student told the judge that he will only listen to ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis, and that those rabbis ordered him not to respond to military officials.

The student who attends the Grodno yeshiva in Ashdod, was booked in the Prison Six jail.

The student was not the only one to be jailed in Prison Six for dodging military service. Recently, three yeshiva students were jailed after they failed to show up at an IDF recruitment center.

R' David Zicherman organizer of protests against the draft threatens "We will stop paying Taxes?"???????

The arrest of an ultra-Orthodox man who refused to enlist in the IDF sparked widespread protests throughout the country Thursday, as thousands of Haredi demonstrators demanded the young man’s immediate release from army prison and called on the government to reinstate payments to religious seminaries which were frozen earlier this week by Finance Minister Yair Lapid.

In Jerusalem, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators clashed with police forces on the light-rail suspension bridge near the entrance to the city. According to police, several protesters attempted to break through the police security buffer and throw bottles and firecrackers at security personnel and passersby. Fifteen demonstrators were arrested, police said. A number of main roads in the capital were blocked as a result of the protests, causing heavy traffic throughout the city.

“The Haredim [ultra-Orthodox Jews] will never enlist!” an enraged protester filmed by Channel Two News was heard saying.

“We’ve managed to overcome the inquisitions, we overcame Hitler, and we will now overcome the state,” he cried.

In the background, several demonstrates could be heard calling the policemen at the site Nazis.

The demonstrations were largely organized by a radical Lithuanian Haredi group known as “the Jerusalem branch,” Ynet reported.

About one hundred protesters clashed with police at the northern entrance to Ashdod, with twelve people arrested after allegedly attempting to assault a policeman. A police car was reported to have been set on fire by protesters as well.

Two demonstrators were treated on the spot for mild injuries.

Hundred of ultra-Orthodox protesters who attempted to block the main highway near Modiin were removed from the area by police. The protesters began praying along the highway shoulders, Walla reported.

Rabbi David Zicherman, one of the organizers of the Jerusalem protests, called on the ultra-Orthodox public to start a civil disobedience movement and stop paying taxes.

“You are pushing us into a corner,” he said of the government. “We will start a war with the State of Israel, and it will burn like wildfire. We, Holocaust survivors, are now encountering a spiritual Holocaust.”

“They will fail in their attempt to lead us to annihilation,” he warned. “We shall not compromise nor negotiate.”

Earlier this week, Lapid brought to a halt to state payments to religious seminaries that are attended by ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers hours before the cash was due to be paid out.

Lapid ordered the funding to be frozen right after a High Court ruling which determined that the state should stop making payments to seminaries as part of an ongoing effort to draft ultra-Orthodox men into national service.

Menachem Deutsch, Sexual Abuser Moves to Monsey! Parents Watch Out!

A Level 3 sex offender considered to be at high risk of repeating his crimes has moved into a home on Dr. Frank Road, according to information released by the state on Wednesday.

Menachem Deutsch, 21, recently moved from Brooklyn to 25 Dr. Frank Road, according to the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Deutsch — who is about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes — was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse on June 25.

He was found to have forcibly abused two boys, ages 10 and 12, according to the state’s Sex Offender Registry. Deutsch was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years probation.

Visit the state Division of Criminal Justice Services Sex Offender Registry at www.criminal justice.ny.gov to learn more about Deutsch.

Coca Cola will compete with the Israeli SodaStream! Time to support the Jews!

Coca-Cola is looking to tap into a new market, with plans to let customers make its sodas and other drinks at home.

The world’s biggest beverage maker said Wednesday that it’s buying a 10 percent stake in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. for $1.25 billion as part of an agreement to bring its familiar brands into the fast-growing at-home market. Green Mountain is known for its single-serve coffee makers, but is developing a machine for cold drinks as well.

The deal comes as SodaStream makes an aggressive push to make its at-home carbonation machines a fixture in U.S. kitchens. 

The Israeli company has touted its machines as a cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternative to buying Coke and Pepsi drinks. It advertised in the past two Super Bowls, with its latest ad starring actress Scarlett Johansson. Although it’s in just 1 percent of U.S. homes so far, SodaStream has noted that it’s in as many as 25 percent of homes in Sweden.

Investors sent Green Mountain’s stock soaring and SodaStream’s lower after the deal was announced.

In a call with reporters, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent seemed to play down the idea that the deal might eat into sales of its ready-to-drink bottles and cans.

“This is not a zero-sum game,” Kent said, after noting that the Green Mountain machine represented a “real game-changing innovation.”

Coca-Cola’s decision to team up with Green Mountain also comes as soda consumption in the U.S. and other developed nations continues to decline, in part because of the growing number of options people have in the beverage aisle.

Green Mountain’s “Keurig Cold” machine is expected to roll out in the company’s 2015 fiscal year, which begins this fall. The company says the machine will let people make sodas, sports drinks and other beverages with the touch of a button.

Jonas Feliciano, a beverage industry analyst for market researcher Euromonitor International, noted that Green Mountain has said its machine will not require CO2 carbonation cylinders that need to be replaced. The inconvenience of having to replace the CO2 cylinders in SodaStream’s machines has been seen as a barrier to the company’s potential.

As such, Feliciano said the potential of Coke’s deal with Green Mountain was “even beyond SodaStream.”

Green Mountain CEO Brian Kelley said during the call with reporters that the company planned to “do with cold beverages what has been done with hot tea and coffee.”

Before joining Green Mountain in late 2012, Kelley had been a high-ranking executive at Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola and Green Mountain said they have signed a 10-year agreement. 

As part of that deal, Coca-Cola, based in Atlanta, will acquire nearly 16.7 million new Green Mountain shares. Green Mountain, based in Waterbury, Vt., said it plans to use proceeds to buy back stock and fund expenses related to Keurig Cold.

Coca-Cola shares were up 1 percent at $37.98. Green Mountain’s shares soared 30 percent in after-hours trading. SodaStream shares were down more than 9 percent at $32.40

Is Pope Francis an Anti-Semite?

Pope Francis apparently plans to heed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's calls, and use hisupcoming visit to Israel in May as a propaganda move for the Palestine Authority (PA) against Israel, according to reports in Makor Rishon.

The revelation comes from Rabbi Sergio Bergman, a member of the Argentinian parliament and close friend of Pope Francis, who claimed the pope intends to define himself as the "Che Guevera of the Palestinians" and support their "struggle and rights."
In late December it was similarly noted that the pope will not host "mass" prayer services in Jerusalem during his trip, but instead in PA-controlled Bethlehem as a show of support. The move is slightly ironic, as most Christians have reportedly been driven out of the city by Muslims, while Abbas has claimed "Jesus was Palestinian."
Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Likud Beytenu) spoke with Arutz Sheva about the subject, noting that the foreign ministry is preparing for the visit and keeping an eye on developments between representatives from the Vatican and the PA.
Elkin claims Rabbi Bergman's description is exaggerated, and that he doesn't anticipate the pope to reference communist revolutionary Che Guevera as a model, even as he stresses that all official visitors are asked to stay balanced and "not dance at two weddings."
"Our role is to ensure that there won't be an unusual gesture, and we have the tools to do so," remarked Elkin, noting that talks are ongoing with the Vatican, which understands Israel would oppose such statements.
Elkin further claims the Vatican has important interests that would prevent it from taking a blatantly anti-Israel stance as described by Rabbi Bergman, saying "they won't want to endanger those interests."
Last July, Elkin rejected reports that the foreign ministry was planning to sign an agreement transferring all or part of King David's Tomb, located on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, to the Vatican. Above the tomb is located a room in which the Catholic Church claims the "Last Supper" occurred.
Despite Elkin's assurances, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, founder of the Temple Institute, warned in late January that the pope's visit may be timed for exactly such a transfer of ownership to occur, referencing the 2008 agreement by the government to relinquish control of the historic Russian Compound buildings in Jerusalem to Russian control. The offices of the Agriculture Ministry and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel vacated the premises in 2011.

Pro Israel Bill in Albany Shelved! IS Sheldon Silver Powerless against the ARAB LOBBY?

Sheldon Silver

by Ryan Karben

There was a political earthquake in Albany yesterday and its tremors reached Jerusalem.
A bill to penalize organizations at New York universities that participate in academic boycotts of Israel was yanked from consideration by the State Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education at the last minute. When I served in the Assembly, bills were rarely placed on committee agendas unless they were certain to pass; even when we discovered technical errors, the bills would often be passed in committee and amended later on.
But this bill is different: it had already passed the state senate 56-4, directed its ire at enemies of Israel in a state where Jews are 10% of the population and was sponsored by the Speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, who wields an absolute veto over what bills the chamber considers.
Bills opposed by the Speaker never see the light of a legislative day; bills sponsored by the Speaker pass easily and never receive the sunlight of scrutiny.
But this bill, which had already been watered down from a tougher draft that would have financially penalized the universities rather than just the groups aiding the boycotts, disappeared from consideration under pressure from the state teacher’s union and two left-wing legal groups.
Capitol watchers were stunned because of what it might say about the Speaker’s influence over the committee (no change- it remains intact). But supporters of Israel are floored because of what it says about the state of Middle East policy in American politics. And it says a lot.
Disappearing Albany bill shows shift in support for Israel
When Israeli officials speak about fighting attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state through academic and economic boycotts, they hardly think they need to start with New York’s Democratic Party. Most Democrats, in New York and across the nation, are pro-Israel. They support military and foreign aid. They roundly and genuinely condemn terrorist attacks. They sign on to congressional letters circulated by the influential American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
And many Democrats regularly support symbolic bills, like Silver’s anti-boycott legislation, which has more impact in declaring the state’s affinity for Israel than in depriving publicity-hungry anti-Israel campus groups of meaningful funding. Every Democrat in the State Senate backed the bill.
But on the flashpoints in the Middle East debate today—academic and economic boycotts of the Jewish state and harsher sanctions on Iran to stop its march to nuclearization—there is an unmistakable and growing divide. Democrats and the interest groups that fire the party’s base and fill its coffers are moving away from global pro-Israel talking points.
The political shift is dramatic and consequential.
Bill and the Bubbe express
In 1992, Jewish voters and other strong supporters of Israel flocked to Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign after the then-Secretary of State Jim Baker snarkily told a congressional panel that Israel’s prime minister should “call him” if he was serious about peace. Republican candidates for Congress, already tied to the floundering first Bush administration, spent the campaign distancing themselves from Baker’s testimony.
In 2000, the Bubba express turned into the Bubbe express, as legions of Jewish grandmothers flooded Florida polling sites to support Al Gore and running mate Joe Lieberman, the first Jew nominated on a major party ticket and an observant one to boot (we know how that turned out). There was no shortage of pro-Israel speeches at the party convention that year; we feasted on an endless supply of LA’s best kosher deli in Lieberman’s private skybox at the Staples Center. It was such a proud Jewish moment, I called my mother. Joe took the phone to accept her “mazal tov.”
A few months prior, I had helped organize a private coffee for Jewish women who were reluctant to support Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate bid after her infamous kiss with Yasser Arafat’s wife. If elected, she pledged to be “the pro-Israel leader” in the Senate. And she kept her word. If there was daylight between Senator Clinton and the pro-Israel agenda during her eight years in office, I never found any.
But the center of gravity in the Democratic Party on American policy in the Middle East is shifting- and fast.
How a little move can become a movement
Today, Hillary Clinton is backing President Obama’s opposition to new Iran sanctions, to the delight of more liberal Democratic primary voters and the consternation of many pro-Israel Democrats who believe the Iranian regime will never cease its efforts to acquire nuclear arms to use against the Jewish state. Bill DeBlasio, New York’s new progressive mayor and a pro-Israel stalwart, is under fire from some Democratic party activists for telling AIPAC activists that “part of my job description is to be a defender of Israel.”
Support for Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was dropped from the 2012 Democratic platform by the Obama Administration and restored by a staged voice vote from the party’s convention floor that no one seriously believes pro-Israel forces won.
Two years ago, when Israel strategically bombed Gazan military targets in response to ceaseless rocket fire from Hamas terrorists, 74% of Republican voters polled supported the Jewish state’s self-defense. Only 40% of Democrats backed Israel.
And yesterday in New York, the teacher’s union- one of the Democratic party’s largest donors- publicly stood up to one of the most powerful legislative leaders in America on anti-boycott legislation, raising questions about academic freedom even though the bill would have zero impact on academics. The union’s statement opposing Silver’s bill even justified academic boycotts for “issues of public concern” and contained not a single word of support for Israel’s universities, the most academically free in the Middle East and among the most open institutions in the world.
I support Palestinian statehood. I am among the many Jews anxious to end a military administration of the West Bank that places Israeli soldiers in dens of terror, sometimes forcing ugly choices between survival and humanity. But I also know that the Israeli people have repeatedly sued for peace and received a verdict of terrorism, hatred and isolation from the Arab world. Global Jewish memory is still keen to the intellectual and social boycotts in 1930s Germany that ripened the windows for Kristallnacht.
Democrats seeking nomination for President in 2016 can enhance the chance for peace by strongly making the case for America’s enduring partnership with Israel. Its strong trade unions, nationalized health care and strong environmental laws mirror what we Democrats seek for our own country.
Or Oval Office aspirants can echo the rhetoric of our party’s extreme elements and slowly retreat into the boycott-laden double-standards of Israel’s adversaries.
Israel’s government can either cling to an outdated fantasy of robust bipartisan support or make Israel’s case to liberal Democrats who are identifying more strongly with Palestinian aspirations that Israel’s multiethnic resilience and embracing a narrative that see Israel as a permanent Goliath rather than an imperfect democracy struggling to retain its values in the Middle East quicksand of terrorism and political disintegration.
Otherwise, Democratic voters’ support for Israel can disappear as quickly as Silver’s anti-boycott bill, and one small vote in Albany will look like a giant step forward for Israel’s enemies.
Ryan Karben is an attorney and public affairs consultant who served in the New York State Assembly from 2003 through 2006. A 20-year veteran adviser and fundraiser for Democratic candidates for federal and state office, Ryan blogs on politics and policy at karbencopy.blogspot.com.

Gital Dodelson gets her get!

Gital Dodelson, the “chained” woman featured on the front page of the New York Post last fall, says she has received a get, or religious writ of divorce, from her husband.

The announcement appeared Wednesday afternoon on a Facebook page dedicated to helping Dodelson obtain a get and was confirmed by a publicist who has worked with the Dodelson family.

In a story than ran in the Post on Nov. 4, 2013 and in subsequent media interviews, Dodelson detailed her struggle to obtain a religious divorce from her ex-husband, Avrohom Meir Weiss, whom she had divorced in civil court in August 2012.

According to traditional Jewish law, or halachah, a woman must obtain a get from her husband to be considered divorced; women whose husbands deny them a get are called agunot, or chained wives.

Shira Dicker, the publicist who has worked with the Dodelson family in their public campaign to compel Weiss to give the get, said the pressure finally worked.

“The community pressure really just began to multiply, and then something changed,” Dicker told JTA.

Dodelson’s claim of having received the get could not be independently verified with Weiss, who is a great-grandson of the late Orthodox luminary Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

Dicker said Dodelson will continue to advocate for the countless Orthodox women chained to recalcitrant husbands.

“The family wants to remain as aguna advocates,” Dicker said. “It doesn’t end with Gital’s get.”

Afghanistan imposes "Laws of Sedoim" on its citizens!

Afghanistan has effectively legalised domestic violence by changing a law so it will become impossible for anyone to testify against relatives. 

The legislation would allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without the fear ofpunishment. 

It would ban relatives of the accused from bringing evidence against them. 

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The legislation will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without the fear of punishment

The change to the law has been passed by parliament but still has to be officially signed off by president Hamid Karzai. 

Manizha Naderi, director of the charity Women for Afghan Women, told The Guardian: 'It is a travesty this is happening. 

 

'It will make it impossible to prosecute cases of violence against women. The most vulnerable people
won't get justice now.' 

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The law has been passed by parliament but is waiting to be officially signed off by the president Hamid Karzai

Those who carry out honour killings would be impossible to prosecute. 

Cases such as that of Sahar Gul would never get to court. 

The child was chained in a basement where she was starved, burned and beaten after refusing to prostitute herself to make money for her family. 

A heroin addict who told his wife to sell her jewellery so he could buy drugs hacked off her nose and lips when she refused to do so. 

Despite life for women improving since the end of Taliban rule, domestic abuse is still rife andforced marriages are the norm. 

Women are not encouraged to go to school and suicide rates for women are among the highest in the world. 

Afghanistan brought in the Elimination of Violence Against Women law in August 2009.

The law criminalised child marriage, selling and buying women to settle disputes, assault and other acts of violence and abuse against women.

But according to the UN, prosecutions of such cases have increased by only two per cent. 

In 2010, an Afghan teenager called Aisha featured on the front cover of Time. 

Her husband hacked off her her npse after she tried to run away from home. 

President Karzai will now have to decide whether to bring the law into effect. 

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Shocking: In 2010, an Afghan teenager called Aisha featured on the front cover of Time magazine

Eida Chareidis, "Badaatz" rip off the people charging an extra 16%......

A Channel 2 News report addresses the high cost of dairy products in Israel, turning our attention to the Badatz Eida Chareidis, the kashrus organization that certifies the milk powder used in Israel’s dairy industry.

The report cites the Eida charges 16% more than the fair marketplace rate, 
seeking to understand why the additional cost. 

When the Ministry of Agriculture was approached for a response, the spokesman instructed the reporter to seek a response at the Chief Rabbinate. The Chief Rabbinate does not really see the need for added costs with dairy, throwing the blame on the Eida.

The Eida is not operating as a non-profit and it does have added costs to supervise and maintain the mehadrin standard of the product. 

However, many consumers feel that while most of the country wishes to eat kosher, they do not understand why the Eida has been given exclusivity regarding milk powder when the Chief Rabbinate of Israel can do the job at a lower cost. The latter will suffice for the majority of kosher consumers. However, the situation is reversed and the most stringent kosher certifier manufacturers milk powder which is used by the nation’s dairy industry, and it appears consumers must pick up the additional cost.

Minister of Religious Services Naftali Bennett this week announced the planned kashrus revolution,  which he promises will “earn back the public’s trust and lower the prices in the marketplace”. 

Bennett is confident that once the new system is up-and-running, many will no longer feel the need to rely on one badatz or another for the Chief Rabbinate promises three levels of kashrus to satisfy all consumers, accompanied by total transparency.

Bennett explains that even in hospitals, when newborns are given formula, four brands will be used because once competition is introduced prices will drop. 

Today there is one company which maintains exclusivity and Bennett promises those days are about to end. Bennett warns however that the changes will be gradual and one cannot expect the marketplace to change overnight. He estimates it will be a six-month process. 

Bennett is cautious, explaining there are matters that must be probed but he adds his idea is that those not demanding a higher level of kosher should not have to pay for it while those who do want it, are able to receive that product as well.

Three Arab Terrorists caught planning to blow up Wedding Hall in Bayit Vegan dressed as Chareidim

Israel - The Jerusalem District Attorney today filed an indictment in the District Court against three Arab residents of the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in East Jerusalem for planning to carry out a shooting at a banquet hall clad as Haredi Orthodox Jews.

Maariv (http://bit.ly/Lyki00) reports that the suspects, ages 19-21, are accused of conspiring to aid the enemy in wartime.

According to the indictment, in December 2013 the men decided to carry out a terrorist attack against Israelis in Jerusalem to aid terrorist efforts against Israel by Palestinian terrorist organizations.

They decided to carry out the attack in a Jerusalem banquet hall to kill the largest possible number of Jews. The banquet hall could see from 800 to 1,500 guests for events at any time.

The men planned to arrive at the hall dressed in Orthodox garb and had “mini Uzis” purchased from an arms dealer to carry out the attack, stating the weapons were suitable for the attack because of their small size and shooting ability to kill large numbers of people.

ADL tells off Kerry in a well written letter!

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in response to his comments February 1 at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, in which he described the price he believes Israel will pay if there is a breakdown in the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

The following is the text of the open letter to Secretary Kerry from Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director:

Dear Mr. Secretary:
We are writing to you at this moment with great respect for the exemplary and devoted efforts you are putting in to try to move peace forward between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
We have all witnessed the suffering and loss on all sides as the conflict continues year after year, decade after decade. We welcome your perseverance and optimism in trying to accomplish something that has eluded others time and again.
It is with this perspective in mind that we regretfully read of your comments this past weekend in Munich. In speaking about the price Israel will pay if the peace talks break down and Israel is blamed, you may have thought you were merely describing reality. But as the key player in the process, the impact of your comments was to create a reality of its own.
Describing the potential for expanded boycotts of Israel makes it more, not less, likely that the talks will not succeed; makes it more, not less, likely that Israel will be blamed if the talks fail; and more, not less, likely that boycotts will ensue. Your comments, irrespective of your intentions, will inevitably be seen by Palestinians and anti-Israel activists as an incentive not to reach an agreement; as an indicator that if things fall apart, Israel will be blamed; and as legitimizing boycott activity.
What is particularly troubling about your comments is the absence of similar tough talk about the consequences for Palestinians should the talks fail. We make this comment not in search of some theoretical balance. Rather, its absence suggests a historical amnesia about why there has been no peace and no solution all these years. Israel always must be willing to compromise for peace and at different times it is not unreasonable to ask Israel to do more.
But the core of the conflict was and remains Palestinian unwillingness to accept Israel’s legitimacy and permanence as a Jewish state. That is why the Palestinians rejected the 1947 partition, that is why they rejected recognizing Israel after the 1967 war, and that is why Israeli offers at Camp David in 2000 and Annapolis in 2008 were rejected or allowed to go unanswered.  It is Palestinians who must hear the message that not only has their rejectionism been the major obstacle to peace, but it has also been the main source of their suffering and misery over the years. It is time for them to make the qualitative leap toward peace and acceptance of the legitimacy of the Jewish state.
It is encouraging that reportedly in the talks you are raising these matters with the Palestinians. Your comments in Munich, however, threaten to undo all this by ignoring the historic compulsion of the Palestinians to look for ever new reasons and incentives to reject the Jewish state. Concerns of the kind you expressed therefore would have been better left unsaid or at most discussed in private conversations with Israeli representatives.
We wish you continued success in moving this process forward. We urge you to understand, however, that those who are most against peace are the ones who will benefit the most from the unintended encouragement in the comments you expressed in Munich.

Satmar loosing its biggest ideological supporter, Toldos Aaron is now against the Asra Kadisha Savages!

How things quickly change! 
The Satmar barbarians were throwing leaflets all over the streets of Monsey, Williamsburg, Boro-park and Yerushalyim, against Rav Shternbuch, because he supports building on what the Asra Kadisha savages and Satmar Hooligans, consider kevorim...

But now Toldos Aaron is backing Rav Shternbuch.

The truth is that's its all about money. Asra Kadisha cares about kevorim like I care about last years snow. 
If the developers give them some money, they allow them to build.

What happened was that last year a developer in Beit Shemesh got fed up with the constant demands and blackmail and went to Rav Sternbach who investigated and found no Jewish people buried at the site and ruled that the developer could build....
That left Asra Kadisha in a bind, they are made up mostly of Satmar Romanian barbarians! So they started saying that the world renowned posek Rav Sternbuch lost his mind and is a "Shaygetz"

Till now these animals had the support of Toldos Aaron....
but now the party is over!
So what will the two Satmar leaders do now?

  
The split in the Eida Chareidis appears to be widening as Toldos Aaron has come out publically against Asra Kadisha. 
The  flyers against Asra Kadisha were distributed after Asra Kadisha held an event in Beis Medrash Ohel Rochel, using the forum to protest ongoing construction in Beit Shemesh. 
Asra claims that construction compromises the integrity of ancient kevarim. 
Harsh words against Eida Chareidis Ravaad HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita were heard at the event along with criticism against the Toldos Aaron Rebbe Shlita and his kehilla.

Toldos Aaron did not remain silent and flyers denouncing Asra Kadisha were distributed in the kehilla.

Asra and Satmar have now met their match... Toldos Aaron will not back down and will fight the barbarians!

Crazy Satmar Parents made this sweet boy go off the derech!

Uzi Perlmutter Before & After

מאת עוזי פרלמוטר

בגיל 13 השתנו חיי מקצה לקצה, היום אחרי 6 שנים אני מרשה לעצמי לקום ולספר, מיד לאחר הבר מצווה שלי אבי הודיע לי כי אני נוסע לחתונת בנו של האדמו"ר מסאטמר בחו"ל, אני כמובן שמחתי לא כל יום יוצא לי להיות בחו"ל, מיד לאחר החתונה הודיעו לי שאני נשאר ללמוד בישיבה של חסידות סאטמר בחו"ל, אני כמובן התנגדתי בכל תוקף והסברתי שאני צעיר ולא בשל לשהות לבד בארץ זרה, כמובן שהדיבור היה לקיר ולמרות התנגדות מצידי מצאתי את עצמי שוהה אצל משפחה זרה מחסידי הקהילה בלי רצוני. בחצי שנה הראשונה ישבתי בישיבה והסתובבתי שם בעצבים על הוריי שלא התחשבו בי והטיסו אותי כביכול לחתונת האדמו"ר ואז הוכרחתי להישאר שם, העצבים היו בשיאם, הייתכן שהוריי שיקרו אותי?!, ובחצי השני של השנה עבדתי בעבודות מזדמנות כדי לממן לי כרטיס טיסה חזרה לישראל, ואז בגיל 14 עליתי על מטוס וחזרתי לארץ, שמתי פעמיי לכיון בית הוריי ונחתתי עלייהם בהפתעה, כמובן שקיבלתי מטר של צעקות הייתכן שאתה מעז כך לחזור לארץ ללא רשותנו? צעקו עליי הוריי. כמובן שנפגעתי נורא לא רק ששלחתם אותי נגד דעתי לארץ זרה אתם עוד מטיחים בי אשמה?! נורא נפגעתי ועזבתי את ביתי בזעם. מאז ועד היום אני מסתדר בכוחות עצמי, אך תמיד שאלתי את עצמי איפה היה אלוהים בכל הסיפור הזה? למה בגיל כה צעיר הייתי צריך לסבול? היום כשכל הסיפור מאחוריי אני מרשה לעצמי לפתוח את הקלפים על השולחן, והנה אני חי חיים חופשיים ונהנה

My Loose Translation
From Uzi Perlmutter
When I turned 13, my life changed completely. Now after 6 years I have the courage to finally tell my story.

Immediately after my Bar-Mitzvah, my father informed me that we were to travel to America to the Wedding of the Satmarer Rebbe's son. I was very happy because its not everyday that one gets to travel out of Israel.

After the wedding, my father informed me that I would remain in the USA learning in Satmar Yeshivah!

I, of course fought this tooth and nail, explaining to my father that I was too young to be alone in a foreign country. But all my pleading was like talking to a wall and I wound up living by a strange Satmar family.

For the first half year, I would sit and contemplate the betrayal of my father, tricking me into thinking that I was going to a wedding, when all along his plan was to have me live in the USA! 

I couldn't fathom that he would do something like this!

But the second half of the year, I managed to find odd jobs that payed, enough for a return ticket to Israel!
So at the young age of 14 I returned to Israel. 
I arrived at my house suddenly without warning, and you cannot imagine the screams of my parents chastising me for returning without permission and without giving them prior notice.
What Hypocrisy? Did they give me prior notice before shipping me off under false pretenses?

I left my house with anger and since then I have some how managed to be on my own, but all this time I asked "where was G-D while this was going on?" "Why did I have to suffer at such a young age?"
Now that all this is behind me I allow myself to place the cards on the table, so to speak, and I live a life of freedom and I'm enjoying life!