Below is a note from Mark Dorf, a local entrepreneur, who was discussing the situation in Israel:

Dear Friends,

When is enough, enough! How many rockets need to land in Israel before the world community makes any reference to this travesty? Rockets have been raining down upon Israel for a long time now without a peep from the media pointing the finger at Hamas. Injuries are taking place while homes have sustained direct hits. Schools are being suspended in certain areas where residents proximity is close to Gaza.

While the Iron Dome continues to prove its effectiveness by intercepting rockets intent on killing Israeli’s, the reality of living in a city targeted by rockets from Gaza remain surreal and disturbing.

As most of us live in a safe environment, it’s hard to imagine hearing sirens at all times, whether walking down the street, driving, or dropping children off at school. Many Israeli’s living under such difficult conditions suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

This makes me angry. I know it makes Arsen Ostrovsky, an international human rights lawyer living in Israel angry too. In a piece he penned recently in the Huffington Post titled, My Country Is Under Attack. Do You Care?, Ostrovsky’s words detail what Israeli’s are dealing with. He writes;

“I’m angry. As most Americans were waking up Wednesday morning, and those in Europe and elsewhere were going about their daily routines, here in Israel, over one million people were running for cover from a hail of rockets being rained down by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. In the space of 24 hours, 80 rockets were fired, more than three rockets per hour. One million Israelis is roughly 13% of the population, which compares to about 40 million Americans.

I’m angry that in 2012, over 600 rockets have already been fired from Gaza with no end in sight. I’m angry that the world only notices when Israel undertakes its (sovereign) right to defend its citizens. Can you imagine if even one rocket was fired on Washington, London, Paris or Moscow?

I’m angry that newspapers like the New York Times lead their stories about the rocket attacks with such headlines as “Four Palestinian Militants Killed in Israeli Airstrikes,” and not “Palestinian Terrorists Rain Down 80 Rockets Against One Million Israelis.” I’m angry that there is someone out there who does not know me and has never met me, yet still wants to kill me – for no other reason than my being Israeli. “

So, when Israel reaches the point, it’s had enough, they will put a stop to Hamas firing their cylinders of death at Israel and the world will be in an uproar of how Israel is responding with disproportionate response and how there is too much loss of life of Palestinians.

Recently, however the IDF has captured something Hamas has tried to avoid and play down. Hamas fired another 20 rockets into Israel but this time they actually distributed films showing rockets being launched from the heart of populated areas using civilians as shields, just as Israel has claimed all these years. So far the Israeli response has been restrained – targeting crews that are launching rockets. But this could change if the rocket fire persists AND this time we can show the world in detail the cowardly methods Hamas employs. Click here and see the video footage Hamas Grows Bold in Gaza

Of course the UN fails to condemn the culprit as HAMAS has not launched 600 rocket attacks on innocent Israeli’s. Last year HAMAS reigned down upon Israel 680 rockets. At their current pace this year they will exceed that number by the end of the year. From the UN’s post, you would think that all is quite on the Gaza front.

In the face of this most recent bombing of Israel, neither the European Union (EU) nor the United Nations (UN) has issued any statements resembling a condemnation. In fact, the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, who recently criticized Israel for building apartments in Jerusalem, was deafeningly silent.

Fortunately, casualties thus far have been limited, but I would surmise a lot has to do with the millions of dollars Israel spends on bomb shelters and their missile defense system to protect its citizens. These bombings are an act of war on the part of HAMAS. I find it quite amazing that Israel has not stepped up its counter strikes against HAMAS. It certainly would be appropriate, even necessary. Any other country would not sit idly by without doing something.

Think about it. Recently, in response to the Syrian shelling of a border town in Turkey, Turkey responded by shelling Syrian military targets over a two-day period. And just today I read that Turkey is putting former Israeli military chiefs on trial in absentia for the incident that happened last year on the Mavi Marmara. Is this incredulous!

This is the nonsense that Israel deals with consistently. This kind of worldwide pressure Israel faces, I feel has made them skittish to respond on provocations unless they are catastrophic. This is surely the double standard Israel unfortunately has to deal with.

An Enemy of Our State
Many of you have heard about The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). They make the news often usually with a frivolous lawsuit or trying to spread propaganda about how moderate and a champion of peace their organization is.

The first time I was made aware of this organization was by a presentation from Steve Emerson of the Investigative Project (http://www.investigativeproject.org/) over a decade ago. After reading and immersing myself in more information about this nefarious organization I have felt that our government needs to debunk this group and show America its true colors. Unfortunately, to date, that hasn’t happened.

Another great organization, Citizens for National Security (www.CFNS.US) has also been investigating this group. I am dearly hoping that the time will come sooner than later that we purge this organization from our homeland. Dr. Bill Sexton, the Chairman at CFNS, in a recent newsletter spells out some interesting insights I want to share with you.
Directly from Dr. Sexton, the following is a good outline about an organization I encourage you to familiarize yourself with;
• The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was founded in June 1994 by Omar Ahmad, Nihad Awad, and Rafeeq Jaber, who, at the time, were officers of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), a U.S.-based Muslim organization which was founded by senior Hamas operative Moussa Abu Marzook. CAIR is headquartered on Capitol Hill in DC, and purports to be America’s largest Muslim civil rights organization. It positions itself as mainstream and moderate, claiming to seek nothing more than equality, civil rights and full societal participation for Muslims.

• But CAIR’s reality is far from this false image it tries to project. In fact, CAIR is a seditious and subversive organization, operating within the United States and Canada as a direct operational extension of the radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood (MB). In July 1994, there was a meeting identifying CAIR as one of four organizations of the MB’s Palestine Committee.

• CAIR’s success in intentionally misrepresenting itself to the American political elite is a classic example of an expertly executed campaign of Denial and Deception. CAIR has always been, and still remains, deeply associated with numerous terrorist organizations and sponsors, including Hamas. It is itself an instrumental facet of the radical and violent Islamist movement.

• What CAIR’s work throughout the United States primarily entails is lobbying against radio, television and print media journalists who dare to produce anything about Islam that is at variance with their fundamental agenda. CAIR demands special preferences for Muslims and the prioritization of Islamic practices over American law and tradition. When its demands are not met, CAIR maliciously accuses its targets of “Islamophobia” and bigotry. Individuals, corporations, and even government agencies often capitulate to CAIR’s demands because failure to do so may result in the loss of reputations, jobs or profits.

• One of CAIR’s main objectives is to shut down any person or company that is perceived to have a negative view of Islam, speaks out against Islamic terrorism, or reveals the truth about CAIR. Rather than arguing its positions in the free marketplace of ideas, CAIR regularly engages in strong-arm tactics to stifle free speech on any Islam-related subjects. These tactics typically include frivolous lawsuits, threats of lawsuits, boycott campaigns, pressuring companies to withdraw products whose emblems resemble a symbol in Islam, pressuring radio and TV stations to fire hosts who speak out on the subject of radical Islam, pressuring for the removal of anti-Islamist billboards, and pressuring campuses to refuse guest speakers on Middle East topics unfavorable to Islam.

• In addition to silencing corporations on anything Islam-related, CAIR has also labored to Islamize the workplace. A favorite CAIR tactic is to file EEOC complaints. Though some of the complaints that CAIR files might consist of legitimate cases of discrimination, much more often CAIR demands preferential treatment for Muslims and the prioritizing of Islamic practices above workplace profits, efficiency, and procedures. It is notable that virtually all of CAIR’s EEOC cases settle out of court and do not go to litigation.

• CAIR was founded, in part, by money donated to it by the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), another U.S.-based Muslim group. When HLF was indicted and tried in Texas, CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator. During the trial, CAIR consistently refused to explain its connection to Hamas. Ultimately, this trial became the largest involving terrorism financing in the history of the United States, and resulted in numerous convictions.

• Several Jihadists affiliated with CAIR have been arrested in part for implementing military training within the United States in support of international terrorism. It is fascinating to note that many of the larger Islamic Centers in the United States have indoor firing ranges; and, one of the flagship Muslim Brotherhood organizations in America, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), has a very large indoor shooting range in the basement of its headquarters.

• In 2009, CAIR solicited funds from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Because Gaddafi did not provide the money, CAIR claims that it did nothing wrong. However, a former member of CAIR’s Board of Directors, Abdurahman Alamoudi, was arrested by British customs officials in September 2003 at Heathrow Airport as he was returning from Libya with $340,000 in cash given to him by Gaddafi to finance a plot involving two U.K.-based al-Qaeda operatives intending to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince (later King) Abdullah.

• CAIR also refuses to condemn Islamic extremism or Islamic terrorism, but makes only vague and general statements against “religious extremism” or “terrorism.” A study of Islamic ideology will reveal that such utterances mean nothing in Islam, and this is undoubtedly how it avoids specific condemnations.

• In June 2011, “CAIR Action Network” – the successor to the original CAIR lobbying organization – lost its 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status for failure to file its 990 forms for three years. CAIR also had a separate corporation, named “CAIR Foundation,” which was also a 501(c)(3). This entity also lost its tax-exempt status.

• Unfortunately, none of this has slowed CAIR’s progress!

Waste Not Want Not
I thought I would close on a more uplifting note. I recently read that Israel has announced plans to build the largest recycling plant in the Middle East, producing “green” electricity from the 1,000 tons of waste it will take in each day, reported in Maariv recently. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons. The plant is expected to begin operating in 2016. Each day, the plant will handle double the amount of daily waste produced in Tel Aviv. The Environmental Protection Ministry declares the plant to be the largest such recycling facility in the Middle East.

The facility is another step toward the implementation of the government’s policy to promote renewable energy production.

Does this tiny country simply amaze you with the brain trust it has. As the saying goes, Israeli’s might not have the oil, but they certainly have the “sechel.”

I thank you for taking the time to read this email. I welcome any thoughts, comments and suggestions.

Wishing you peace, blessings and safety.