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Jerusalem News-787
Jerusalem News-787
13 Tammuz 5768, 10 July 2008
Contents:
1. Two Israeli Policemen (one Jewish,
the other Druze or Arab) hit by Palestinian gunman.
2. Poll: The more religious the Jewish voter, the more pro-McCain
3. BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY....
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1. Two Israeli Policemen (one Jewish,
the other Druze or Arab) hit by Palestinian gunman.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126705
2. Poll: The more religious the Jewish
voter, the more pro-McCain
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=1000200
For those who like to entertain themselves with questions of religion and
politics, this new Gallup analysis is a blast. Although the bottom line is quite
obvious - the more religious the voter the more likely he is to support McCain
over Obama - some of the details are still interesting.
1. As we've seen last week, religion is not very important to American Jews.
But for those still saying it is important, the political implications are
clear:
Just 39 percent of U.S. Jews report that religion is important in their daily
lives, well below the overall national average. Among this smaller group of
religious Jews, however, Obama and McCain break even, 45 percent to 45 percent.
This compares to Obama's 68 percent to 26 percent lead among the majority of
Jews for whom religion is not important.
2. By the way, Pew reported that religion is "very important" to 31 percent of
Jews, and "somewhat important" to 41 percent. This might mean that eight percent
of the "somewhat" group will shift to the "important" group if only two options
are available. The rest of the somewhat" group will move to the "not important"
group if the "somewhat" option is not available. One has to be careful with such
conclusions, as these are two different polls with two different methods.
3. According to the Pew study, only 17 percent of Jews are Republicans. Only 21
percent are conservatives. But according to the new Gallup study, even among the
"religion is not important" group 26 percent will vote for McCain.
In a previous Gallup study it was revealed that 32 percent of Jews intend to
vote for McCain. From the new Gallup study one can learn that this hasn't
changed much: McCain will get between 30 to 40 percent of Jewish voters.
Is that enough? Read here.
4. For some reason, the Orthodox Union has decided that what the new Gallup poll
means is that the Orthodox are split by half. I don't see it. One might
convincingly argue that most Orthodox Jews will agree with the notion that
religion is important to their lives, but this does not mean that most Jews who
find religion to be important are Orthodox. In fact, 39 percent of Jews say
religion is important to them, but as we all know, the percentage of Orthodox
Jews is around 15 percent of all Jews.
This probably means that Orthodox Jews support McCain in even greater numbers
than the 50-50 predicted for "religion is important" Jews. If the larger group
also includes more liberal Jews - including conservative and reform Jews who
feel religion is important to them - it's likely that these Jews will be more
prone to support Obama, though probably still less so than other Jews. Thus, to
reach the total of 50-50 you'll need more than half of the Orthodox to support
McCain.
3. BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT
TODAY....
From: shieldofdavid@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [shieldofdavid] Digest Number 788
Posted by: "Marc Samberg" marcsamberg@yahoo.com mechelsamberg
Tue Jul 8, 2008 8:11 pm (PDT)
#12 is most interesting!!! This may come in handy when you are engaged in
debate.
BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY....
(1. Nationhood and Jerusalem: Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E. Two thousand
years before the rise of Islam.
(2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a
Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern
State of Israel.
(3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E., the Jews have had dominion over
the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the
past 3,300 years.
(4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 C.E. Lasted no more than 22
years.
(5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has
never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians
occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders
did not come to visit.
(6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures.
Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.
(7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.
(8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
(9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: In 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave
Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent
left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.
(10 The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab
brutality, persecution and pogroms.
(11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be
around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be
the same.
(12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab
lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the
100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the
world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their own peoples' lands.
Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than
the state of New Jersey.
(13. The Arab - Israeli Conflict: The Arabs are represented by eight separate
nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The
Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time
and won.
(14. The P.L.O.'s Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of
Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy
under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them.
(15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were
denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian
sites have been preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.
(16. The U.N. Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council
resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
(17.
(18. The U.N was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the
Jordanians.
(19. The U.N. Was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the
ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
(20. The U.N. Was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy
of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
These are incredible times. We have to ask what our role should be.
What will we tell our grandchildren we did when there was a turning point in
Jewish destiny, an opportunity to make a difference?
Neil Walker
PublicEdge Communications Inc.
21A Pretoria Avenue
Toronto, ON M4K 1T2
Tel. 416 283-4852
Cell 416 949-7088
Herm Albright
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough
people to make it worth the effort.
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