![Israel must continue to be able to deter Hezbollah, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar stressed on Wednesday, speaking amid efforts to reach a ceasefire with Iran's Lebanese terrorist proxy. "We need to keep the freedom to act if there will be violations. And we will have to act in time, before the problem will grow," the minister told a gathering of nearly 100 foreign ambassadors in Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported. A deal to end more than a year of fighting on the northern border must be durable, Sa'ar said, saying Jerusalem “would like to reach an agreement that will stand the test of time." He added that a ceasefire would be an "opportunity" for Lebanon to regain its sovereignty after the Israeli military severely degraded the Iranian-backed group in recent months. He called for the Lebanese Armed Forces to be strengthened and urged the international community to invest more in the economically devastated country, which is drowning in debt following years of mismanagement and corruption. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also emphasized on Wednesday the necessity for Jerusalem to be able to act against any Hezbollah threats that may arise after a ceasefire deal is implemented. “The condition for any political settlement in Lebanon is the preservation of the intelligence capability and the preservation of the [IDF’s] right to act and protect the citizens of Israel from Hezbollah,” Katz said. Meanwhile, U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein remained in Beirut for a second day on Wednesday to discuss "technical details" of an American ceasefire proposal with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who heads the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement. President Joe Biden's point man in the Land of the Cedars announced he would travel to Israel on Wednesday night, speaking after he made "additional progress" in a second meeting with Berri. Hochstein was scheduled to meet with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer shortly after his arrival, followed by a tête-à-tête with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the following day. “The meeting today built on the meeting yesterday, and made additional progress,” Hochstein said. “So I will travel from here in a couple hours to Israel to try to bring this to a close if we can.” The Biden envoy added that he will work with the incoming Trump administration on ceasefire efforts, saying that he has kept the president-elect's transition team informed of progress. Hochstein described as "very productive" his meetings with Lebanese officials on Tuesday. “We have a real opportunity to end the conflict, and now is the moment to decide. We are committed to doing everything we can to work with Lebanon and Israel to end this conflict,” Hochstein said at a press conference on Tuesday. Hochstein also met on Tuesday with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and he was scheduled to meet with Lebanese Armed Forces commander Gen. Joseph Aoun. Mikati emphasized that Lebanon’s primary objectives are achieving a ceasefire and safeguarding its sovereignty. He highlighted the need to implement international resolutions and bolster the Lebanese Armed Forces in the southern part of the country. Lebanon delivered its written response to the latest U.S. proposal on Monday. According to Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Berri, the response included “comments” that were “presented in a positive atmosphere.” He did not provide details on the nature of the comments, saying only that they “affirm the precise adherence to [U.N. Security Council] Resolution 1701 with all its provisions,” according to Reuters. Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said in a speech on Wednesday that the terrorist group had "read the ceasefire proposal. "We have our comments, and Nabih Berri has comments, and ours and the Lebanese government's comments are, Inshallah ['God willing'], identical," Qassem said. "We have decided not to discuss these ceasefire proposals or our comments in the media. All I will say is that Israeli is trying to obtain through negotiations what it couldn't through war." The terrorist leader vowed to “continue our efforts on the ground, whether the negotiations succeed or not. “We are confronting a savage enemy, and we will remain on the ground, no matter the cost, as we will also increase the cost for the enemy. We are facing Israeli human monsters supported by American human monsters,” threatened Qassem. Disarm and retreat Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War, stipulated that Hezbollah must disarm and retreat north of the Litani River, but was never enforced. The Litani lies some 20 miles from the Israel-Lebanon border. Its enforcement, along with Israeli freedom of operation in Lebanon should Hezbollah violate the terms of a ceasefire agreement, are the key sticking points in the current negotiations. Netanyahu emphasized during a speech in the Knesset plenum on Monday that Israel will not allow Hezbollah to “return to the state it was in on Oct. 6, 2023. “We will be required, in order to ensure our security in the north, to systematically carry out operations—not only against Hezbollah’s attacks, which could come. Even if there is a ceasefire, nobody can guarantee it will hold. So it’s not only our reaction, a preventive reaction, a reaction in the wake of attack but also the capacity to prevent Hezbollah from strengthening,” he said. Hezbollah has launched some 16,000 rockets, missiles and drones from Lebanon at Israel since joining the war in support of Hamas on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after the Gaza-based terrorist group’s massacre in southern Israel. More than 60,000 residents of northern Israel remain internally displaced due to the ongoing rocket and drone attacks from Lebanon. Seventy-six people in northern Israel have been killed by Hezbollah cross-border rocket, missile and drone attacks since the start of the war, including 31 soldiers and six foreign citizens, according to the latest data provided by the Prime Minister’s Office, updated on Sunday. In addition, 729 people have been wounded, including 497 civilians and 232 soldiers. Of these, 29 civilians and 37 soldiers were severely injured; 63 civilians and 38 soldiers were moderately injured and 405 civilians and 157 soldiers were lightly injured. Hezbollah’s leadership has been left in tatters following a series of targeted killings by Israel, including that of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Sept. 27. This was preceded by Israeli sabotage of Hezbollah communication devices that killed 39 people and wounded more than 3,400 members of the terrorist group. Israel has been waging a devastating aerial campaign against Hezbollah throughout Lebanon, including its stronghold of Dahieh south of Beirut. According to Israeli estimates, the terrorist group has lost most of its arsenal to the ongoing strikes. Then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in late October that Hezbollah had lost an estimated 80%-plus of its long-range rockets since the start of the war. Israel also continues to battle Hamas terrorists in Gaza. The terrorist group still holds 101 hostages in the Strip, 97 of whom were kidnapped on Oct. 7. Many of the captives are believed to be dead. Brazil summit Meanwhile, G20 leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro for a summit put out a joint statement on Monday calling for “comprehensive” ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon. The leaders of the world’s biggest economies called for U.S. proposals to end fighting in Gaza and free the hostages, and one for Lebanon “that enables citizens to return safely to their homes on both sides of the Blue Line.” The 13-point U.S. proposal presented to Lebanese officials on Nov. 14 includes a 60-day truce, during which Lebanon would redeploy its troops along the border. The proposal also calls for Moscow to prevent Hezbollah from resupplying itself via Syrian land routes. Hezbollah would retreat north of the Litani River, with the border area then being under control of the Lebanese Armed Forces, overseen by the United States and Britain. Israeli officials are emphasizing, however, that the Israel Defense Forces must retain freedom of operation in Lebanon to thwart attempts by Hezbollah to violate the agreement and rearm and reestablish itself. A senior Israeli diplomatic official told Israel Hayom on Saturday that the IDF will retain operational freedom to respond to any security threats from across the northern border, regardless of any diplomatic arrangements. However, a source close to Hezbollah told The Washington Post that the group’s “condition for progress remains clear: Israel must be prohibited from conducting operations within Lebanese territory.” Berri emphasized at the time that any ceasefire agreement must not include the ability for Israel to attack by land, sea or air, Channel 12 reported. “Otherwise, what’s the purpose of an agreement?” he remarked. Another sticking point is Lebanon’s objection to the United Kingdom and Germany monitoring the implementation of U.N. Resolution 1701. Beirut reportedly favors the United States and France. If the ceasefire efforts fail, there are plans in the works to expand ground operations in Lebanon, an Israeli military official told the Post. Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer discussed the proposal with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump during a visit to his Florida estate earlier this month, as well as with senior Biden administration officials in Washington. Dermer also traveled to Russia to discuss the ceasefire proposal. Tehran is telling its Lebanese terrorist proxy Hezbollah that it supports ending the war against Israel, The New York Times reported over the weekend. Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, met with senior Lebanese officials in Beirut on Nov. 15 to discuss the matter. Two Iranians affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps told the Times that Larijani conveyed messages to Hezbollah from Khamenei that he supported the end of the war and that the regime would assist with rebuilding the terrorist group’s forces and recovering from the war.](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Gideon-Saar-1320x880-2-218x150.jpg "Sa’ar: Israel must be free to act against Hezbollah truce violations")
Keridos Amigos i mis Amigitas
Buenos diyas !
Vos auguro una demanyanada klara i ermoza en este diya de Mierkoles, el 12 de Decembre 2018. Estan las 6.oo de la demanyana i dayinda no amanesyo. Las luvyas empesaron i el tiempo esta klaramente muncho mas yelado de antes una semana, al kontraryo de la hemisfera del Sud ande muestros amigos del Sud de Amerika i de Australia ya estan en enverano.
Yo penso ke todas las sezones tienen sus ermozuras, sus atraksyon, basta ke tengamos la alegriya de bivir i ke topemos la falesitad en muestro korason-mizmo. Penso ke tenemos el mazal de bivir las kuatro sezones del anyo porke en syertos lugares de la Tierra no tienen este privilegio….
Oy vos kere avlar de EDIRNE en TRAKYA (Thrace), una sivdad en el Nord-Este de la Turkiya a la frontiera de BULGARIA i de GRESYA i ke fue durante 88 anyos la kapital del Emperyo Ottomano, fina la konkista de Istanbul (Konstantiniye) en 1453. Se trata de la ermoza sivdad ke se yamava ADRIANOPOLIS en los tiempos ke Istanbul se yamava KONSTANTINOPOLIS i Izmir era SMYRNA. Era de los Bulgaros i fue konkistada en 1363 por el Sultan Otomano Murat II.
Oy es la kapital de la provinsya de EDIRNE en Trakya, la grande peninsula de los Balkanes (Europa) antes de yegar a Anatolia ke aze partido de Asya. Estos dos kontinentes se separan en Turkiya por el Bosphorus en Istanbul i el estrecho de Canakkale (Dardanelles) entre las mares AEGEE i MARMARA.
Durante su egzilyo en el Emperyo Ottomano el Rey de la Suede, Charles XII kedo el anyo entero de 1713 en esta sivdad.
El fundador de la relijyon BAHAI bivyo en Edirne en 1863-1868. Eskrive ke es una sivdad de misteryos. Fue egzilado a Akko.
En 1905 un grande fuego konsumo kuaji la sivdad. Biviyan en Edirne 30.000 Turkos, 22.000 gregos, 12.000 Judyos, 10.000 Bulgaros, 4.000 Ermenis i otros 2.000 sivdadinos de diferentes puevlos, en todo 80.000 personas. Oy en diya unos 400.000 habitantes biven en Edirne. Es un sentro de komersyo de textiles de lana, de seda, de tapetes i de produktos agrikoles.
ARTE I KULTURA EN EDIRNE
Munchos Hanes (fondas, hosteles para las karavanes de al tiempo), mezkitas, merkados fueron fraguados en esta sivdad ke servyo de
Kapital para el Emperyo Otomano. Se pueden vijitar los kompleksos (kulliye) de Beyazit II i de la MEZKITA SELIMIYE. Estos kontienen un Medrese (Universita de al tiempo), biblioteka, hospital, salas para dar a komer a los povres, fuentes. Se fraguavan al lado mizmo de las mezkitas.
LA MEZKITA SELIMIYE
Se puede dizir ke es la mas grande ovra architektural de Turkiya, konstruida por el mas grande architekto de la historia Turka Mimar Sinan en 1569. La eskapo en 6 anyos….INKLUIDO el komplexo. El UNESCO lo aksepto komo erensya de la humanitad en 2011. Tiene 4 minarets kada uno kon tres balkones al deredor
EL MUEVO PALASYO IMPERYAL
Yeni Saray – es el palasyo ande biviyan los Sultanes Otomanos al Ouest del Rio Tundja- era el mas grande palasyo dospues del palasyo de Topkapi en Istanbul. Se uzo fina el siglo 19. Se metyo fuego al palasyo para ke no kayga en mano de los Rusos en la guerra de 1877-78 entre el Sultan Abdulhamid II i el Tsar de Rusya Alexander II.
Malhorazamente kayo en ruinas i solo una chika fragua kedo de esta grande ovra. Se topa a las afueras de la sivdad i se espandiya sovre 3 milyones de metros kuadrados kon sus guertas, sus boskes para kazar i varios edifisyos. Oy en diya es el grande kampo ande se azen las luchas tradisyonales del KIRKPINAR.
La entrada i las kozinas fueron renovadas. Los lavoros se terminaron en 2013. Se estan renovando tambien Los Banyos Turkos del KUM KASRI, El KASTILYO DE LA JUSTISYA ke aze parte del komplexo. Kedo intakto i se topa al lado del chiko PUENTE DE FATIH ke kruza el rio Tundja.
Otra ovra de architektura es el KOMPLEXO BEYAZIT II de la Universitad de Trakya . El MUZE DE LA SALUD kon munchas annexas ke se uzavan en akeyos tiempos aze partido de este komplexo.
EL SOLDADO SIN NOMBRE es un monumento ke reprezenta el soldado Otomano a la entrada del SIMETARYO en memorya de los ke kayeron en las guerras de los Balkanes i se topa serka del Palasyo de Edirne.
La GRANDE SINAGOGA se topa al interyor de la FORTERESA. Es la mas grande sinagoga en Turkiya i la tresera mas grande en Europa. Se restoro durante 5 anyos i se avriyo de muevo dospues de 41 anyo, por la boda de la ija de la d’alkavo novya ke se kazo en la sinagoga de Edirne.
Se topan tambien dentro la forteresa La IGLESYA KATOLIKA de los Italyanos, la IGLESYA SVETI GEORGI de los Bulgaros en Kiyik i la IGLESYA SVETI KONSTANTIN-ELENA de los Bulgaros en Kirishane.
Edirne tiene tres grandes merkados kuvyertos : SELIMIYE, BEDESTEN i ALIPASA ke son verdaderos kuevas de Ali Baba….. Se topa de todo i son immensos.
Edirne era un sentro renomado por sus lavoros de fayansas i de seramika. Se topan en munchos edifisyos i el palasyo era dekorado kon estas. Oy en diya se lavoran los produktos de madera i estos muebles se pintan. Pintores desinan flores, munchos se okupan de agrikultura i ay artistos ke lavoran el marbro para los simetaryos. El artizanato de las eskova kontinua fina oy en diya. Los sabones perfumados son muy en vista tambien.
KIRKPINAR -Oil wrestling-
Edirne es konosido lo mas por los tradisyonales festivales de los luchadores ke vienen de todo el payis para ganar la famoza sintura de oro del championato. Se visten un pantalon de kuero a tres kuartos de largura, i se kovren de azeyte todo el puerpo inkluido el pantalon. Son los Agas ke arresiven la gente i los espektatores. Les prokura kamaretas en los hoteles, organiza festivitades i pransos. Es el ke da a kada uno de los ganadores los premios. Antes del final del Kirkpinar se vota por ken sera el AGA el anyo siguiente. Los etranjeros no pueden partisipar a las luchas. Ma munchos vienen komo espektatores. Timpanos -davul- i karamillos -zurna-
akompanyan las luchas….
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Los judyos fueron trayidos por los Romanos en el tiempo del Emparador Adrian ke dyo su nombre a la sivdad, en los anyos 120 dospues de muestra era.
El los anyos 1750 el Granrabino Eli Geron kontribuo muncho a enfuerteser la komunitad. Egzistiyan unos 13 sinagogas, ke fueron kemados en el grande insendiyo de 1905.. En el siglo 20 Edirne teniya una eskola judiya de grande importansya, la Alliance Universelle.
Edirne es una sivdad muy importante para los judyos porke biviyan unos 22.000 ermanos de muestra komunitad en los anyos 1920. Dospues ? Partyeron… Unos a Istanbul, otros a Amerika, Kuba, Meksika, Palestina i mizmo a Egypto. Fueron forsados a partir i desharon o vendyeron todo lo ke teniyan kuaji debaldes.
Durante la primera i la segunda guerra mundial sufriyeron ambre dezgrasyada kon todos en la sivdad malgrado ke eran komersantes i personas rikas por lo mas. Dayinda son nombrados los kezos ke los judyos vendiyan en Edirne.
Aviyan munchas sinagogas, un chiko hospital, unas eskolas, un orfelinato, assosiyasyones de karidad i lugares ande se reunisavan….. Kon tiempo todo se derroko i kedaron oy unos dos o tres judiyos solamente.
El simetaryo judyo fue derrokado enteramente en 1973. Los estudyentes de la Universitad de Trakya (Thrace) empesaron a renovarla en 1996. Solo un diez por syen kedo de este simetaryo i no ay mas enterremientos des de 1970.
El grande kal de la sivdad ke aviya kayido en ruinas se fraguo de muevo dospues ke el governo dyo su permisyon. Se avriyo en las pasadas kon una grande seremoniya i muy munchas personas de todos los lugares se fueron ayi por esta okazyon. Sus trezoros de plata aviyan dezaparesido… Aviyan rompido sus maraviyozas almenaras de kristal i las kreaturas aviyan echado piedras a todas sus ventanas. Las siyas se aviyan espedasado i aviyan servido de lenyo para kayintarse en invyerno…
Ke kedo de los judyos de Edirne ? De Albert Sarfati, Nesim Marko Kohen i de los Malki ke eran grandes kezeros ? De Nisim el Blondo ke aziya eskovas i del ornero Altin de Ishak, los dos muy renomados bomberos de sus epoka tambien?.. De Naftali Mitrani ke teniya su botika ande vendiya manteka i kafe al empesijo de la kaleja ke saliya a la meskita Tamburacilar ? Del bakkal (epicier) Moshe, de Menahem ke
aziya papeleras, de Bello nombrado por sus chiroz (pishkado seko) i lakerda (pishkado salado) ? A la vanda siedra de la Avenida de la Republika biviyan Bohor Filozof, Dr, Sami Haras, Dr. Toledo, el maderero (keresteci) Salomon, Yuda Romano …. Del Sinema Reshadiye, de la Sinagoga Italiana ? Todos estos judyos ke partisiparon tanto a la vida kultural, ekonomika i sosyal de la sivdad ? Los ke aziyan los vinos… los grandes patiseros, los fabrikantes de la azeyte de tornesol ?…
La gente ke se pasavan muy bien i se keriyan kon sus vizinos turkos nunka se olvidaron de sus vieja sivdad. Oy en diya munchos Edirnelis vijitan sus lugar de nasimyento kon lagrimas en los ojos. Rogan por la alma de sus dezaparesidos i se akodran kon sus vizinos, de los ermozos diyas pasados.
LA BODA DE GUNES MITRANI i de HARUN ESENTURK
kon la partisipasyon del Mayor de la sivdad Recep Gurkan i sienes de invitados ke vinyeron de Istanbul i de otros lugares….
Muevamente se selebro dospues de 41 anyos una boda maraviyoza en el grande kal de Edirne ke se inoguro el anyo pasado. Ke pekado ke informaron ke uvo munchas demonstrasyones antisemitas i sloganes del puevlo keshandose (!) ke Hitler no puido eskapar el echo ke empeso !!!! Savemos ke Ibrahimzade, el dirijente de la komunitad judiya esta tenyendo diskusiones kon el Ministeryo de la Justisyo i el Parlemento para estas manisfestasyones ke kavzan el odyo entre el puevlo.
Kon karinyo
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