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the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



2 Oct 2009

A few questions

IsraelNationalNews published an interesting article about the U.S. Consulate's website in Jerusalem.
"Both Jews and Muslims celebrated holidays in September 2009. However, the United States Consulate in Jerusalem – America's representative in Israel's capital – chose to focus entirely on Islam this year, while ignoring the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur completely.
The consulate's website features Eid il-Fitr greetings from U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Consul General Daniel Rubinstein. Its staff was involved in Ramadan celebrations in Jenin and Shechem, and hosted a meal in Jericho for the Muslim holiday of Iftar."
Read more:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133674

Click on the links below to check out the disproportionate focus on one religion in the following websites.
http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/
http://usembassy-israel.org.il/

For instance, one article is entitled, "Consulate General Jerusalem Celebrates Ramadan with Youth from Jenin and Nablus. "
Where is the corresponding celebration of Rosh Hashanah?

"Deadly crash leaves three people dead. Three Palestinians were killed and 17 more were injured in a brutal car crash on route 443 near the Maccabim checkpoint in the Modiin area. Three of the wounded are in serious to critical condition.
The commercial vehicle transporting some 20 West Bank Palestinians who entered Israel illegally, overturned in the middle of the road."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3784396,00.html

With Palestinians decrying that Israel is committing heinous crimes against their people, why are Palestinians dying to get into the "occupying" country?

"Civilians, including women and children, were killed in an airstrike by coalition troops in southern Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Thursday.
The airstrike occurred Wednesday when NATO-led forces were targeting militants at a compound in Helmand province, according to an ISAF statement.....

....About 1,500 civilians died in Afghanistan from the beginning of the year to August, according to a U.N. report released this week.
The United Nations said civilian deaths jumped more than 20 percent this year compared with last year."


1500 civilian deaths? That number exceeds the civilian deaths in Gaza. Where is the Goldstone report about intentional killings and war crimes in Afghanistan?
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/afghanistan.nato.airstrike/index.html?iref=werecommend

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