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When you wish upon a star | Poem

Jan. 13, 2005 / 3 Shevat, 5765

When you wish upon a star ...

By Cal Thomas

 "When you wish upon a star your dreams come true."

When there are no dreams - no dreams comes true.

"If your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme"

Is the dream of peace too extreme?

"Bush praised the election and the turnout, as if an election held in a dictatorial culture resembles one held in an open society in which political opponents are not murdered."

And in our open society we have the murders of political opponents like John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King to name only two - for the rest we have the Patriot Act and humping for more repressive laws against descent.

In a replay of past failed strategies, Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Israel to release Palestinian prisoners

Well, if not them, how about they release Vanunu?

Palestinians must also commit to "the end of violence, the end of terror," but that requirement has never been enforced.

When will Israel get rid of their nuclear weapons?

"...Calling an election free and fair (as monitors did) in a society that continues to support the elimination of Israel..."

This number is small - just as the elimination of Palestine is small in number - BOTH sides have extremist elements.

A "free and fair" election has nothing to do with society's stance on support and non support - while, not allowing Palestinians to vote in Jerusalem is not "free and fair".

teaches virulent anti-Semitism in its schools

Jews and Arabs are Semites so....???

"...Abbas is no more a legitimate leader than are the deputies of the Taliban or Iraq's Baath party...."

If you are not Palestinian you have no voice in who is chosen for a leader.

"...beliefs and practices of Abbas. Does he become "kosher" simply because he is declared so by the United States?

Kosher? now that is good irony!

Israel's goal is peace

And that is why Sharon expanded the settlements during peace negotiations - and the reason he went to the Temple Mount?

"...The more Israel gives, the more terror and death it receives...."

How many months ago (or is it now years) since Sharon said he was moving Israelis out of the Gaze and the West Bank? Are we there yet? Or more specifically --- lots of words...please do tell me Cal - EXACTLY what has Israel given in actual deed?

This "Palestinian state" (in furtherance of the myth that such a state will live at peace, side by side with Israel)

Then it is as Joseph Good said on God's Learning Channel
"We Jews all know what G_d wants us to do - we have to push them (Palestinians) out or kill them." ???????????

"...A solid Jewish majority of 60 percent has been sustained - between the Jordan River and Mediterranean - since 1967.

And it grew to what percent between the years of 1948 and 1967?

How many Jews from around the globe have been paid to move to Israel?

"...error about Israel is that Palestinian-Arabs are demographically in the majority, while the Jewish population is declining. The study shows the opposite.

Where did all the Pales go? Were they killed or pushed out?

"Facts and intentions are important if true peace is to be achieved."

Amen.

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