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Pharisees got something to hide?
You'd think these shining examples of propriety would *welcome* an
honest investigation.
"The Jewish religion as it is today traces its descent, without a break,
through all the centuries, from the Pharisees."
— Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within
full of dead (men’s) bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Matthew 23:27,28
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestinians-cry-
blackmail-over-israel-phone-service-threat-1796145.html
Palestinians cry 'blackmail' over Israel phone service threat
By Ben Lynfield in Jerusalem
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Israel is threatening to kill off a crucial West Bank economic project
unless the Palestinian Authority withdraws a request to the
International Criminal Court to investigate alleged Israeli crimes
during last winter’s Gaza war.
Shalom Kital, an aide to defence minister Ehud Barak, said today that
Israel will not release a share of the radio spectrum that has long been
sought by the Palestinian Authority to enable the launch of a second
mobile telecommunications company unless the PA drops its efforts to put
Israeli soldiers and officers in the dock over the Israeli operation.
“It’s a condition. We are saying to the Palestinians that ‘if you want a
normal life and are trying to embark on a new way, you must stop your
incitement,” Mr. Kital said. “We are helping the Palestinian economy but
one thing we ask them is to stop with these embarrassing charges.”
As long as the Wataniya Mobile company is unable to begin its
operations, communications costs are likely to remain inordinately high
for Palestinian businesses and individuals. But thwarting the company
benefits four unauthorized Israeli operators who make sizeable profits
in the Palestinian market using infrastructure they have set up in the
illegal Israeli settlements across the West Bank.
The Qatari-owned Wataniya had begun making what was planned as the
second largest private investment in West Bank history - to total seven
hundred million dollars. But amid frustration at more than two years of
Israeli foot-dragging over the frequencies it is now warning that if
forced to miss its launch date of 15 October it may close down West Bank
operations and seek the return from the Palestinian Authority of its
$140m licensing fee and other damages. Mr Kital said the possibility of
Wataniya closing “is something the PA will have to take into
consideration.”
“This is sheer blackmail by the Israelis,” said Nabil Shaath, the former
PA foreign minister. “Israel has no business stealing the frequencies,
keeping them and using them as blackmail to escape an international
inquiry into its violations.”
Nearly 1400 Palestinians, most of whom were not taking part in the
hostilities, were killed during the Gaza war, according to the Israeli
human rights group B’tselem. Fourteen Israelis died, some from Hamas
rocket fire that Israel says forced it to mount its operation. A UN
probe released last month found that both Israel and Hamas had committed
“war crimes”.
Mr Shaath said the PA would not back down over the matter.“The
Palestinians in Gaza suffered greatly and we are responsible for them.
We are the aggrieved party. Israeli soldiers and those who gave orders
should be questioned and be liable to prosecution.”
The Palestinian request to the ICC dates back eight months. But Israeli
concern over international legal steps has intensified since the UN
commission, headed by South African judge Richard Goldstone, concluded
that the Israeli military judicial system did not meet international
legal standards of independence and impartiality. It called for the ICC
to activate an indictment process within six months unless the country
mounts its own credible investigations of its troops actions.
The Israeli stance on the frequencies marks a flouting of the efforts of
the international community’s Middle East envoy, Tony Blair, who last
month urged that they be released and warned of harm to the local
economy if Israel persisted in its refusal. Mr Kital said today that Mr
Blair “is very aware” there will be no release unless the Palestinians
drop their request to the ICC.
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