Ok, I hear some rumors, that after the seize fire, a more prolonged and less agressive course will be conducted. Perhaps some of the reflection here regarding the situation and the strategic measures to be taken has helped sway the leaders of Israel.

Anyway, here are some added reflections.

Winston Churchill did not like Islam, in fact he was very much against it. But he had some insights, that I think could inspire us he said;
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Looking at the advent of religion, there is a certain mix of what we today call natural science and religion.

If we look at the genesis, there are traces of true natural science items in it. Maybe not in the biblical telling, but if you dig a little deeper, you realize, that the understanding of nature and metaphysics has always been a two sided coin.

Religion comes from Mesopotamia and Egypt. In these areas, natural science was invented, along most of what we call civilization today. And I think it was one of the losses of the dark ages that actually severed the connection between natural science and metaphysics.

Those acquainted with Plato will know this. It is not that open, but the point that G-d is intelligence, derives from Anaxagoras, a natural philosopher.

Since Plato was one of the founding metaphysicist of most religions, this is a clear link.

But also Abraham was, according to the cabbalists, a true metaphysician.

All in, to really boost religion, we need to rise the understanding of what G-d is. That includes putting him or it, into the frame of understanding we have already in our world.

We should be there when the physicists discuss big bang, multi dimensional universes and so on with our own interpretations.

This will hopefully boost the understanding of what and who we truly are.

G-d bless the will to understand.

Now, the first true causality of the Hamas/Palestinian war has been realized; Israel itself. Understood in the sense, that Israel is much more than just the save haven for Jews. It is also a political as well as a spiritual project.

Israel is, according to the covenant with spirit, the holy nation and is supposed to bring peace to mankind. This is basically the dream of Zionists. This is not going to work now. That is quite obvious. Perhaps after the war something will start again. But the reduced faith in Israel will take a long time to recuperate.

I off cause support the purpose of Israel as a safe haven for Jews, but I really believed that it could be both, obviously it cannot. It will remain a protection of Israelies, and not a peace project.

So what do we do, those of us who believe, that the realm of spirit should be realized here on the the earth? Those of us who dream about a raised consciousness, about mankind understanding that it is much more than just bodies, but that they are sparks of G-d living on earth?

Well, perhaps we did things in the wrong order. Perhaps we need religion to be stronger before we can realize its advent on earth. We need people to realize that G-d is not dead.

At least we can do this without the politicians of Israel, and we will continue on this course.

That means, raising the consciousness and understanding of us as human beings, with a spark of the spirit. That we are G-d. That love is the true being.

G-d bless the Israel we have lost, but will regain one way or the other.

Things are changing rapidly these days, from Israel, over Europe, to Russia and the US.

Often people do not see the greater picture, and therefor let me please give you my interpretation.

In Israel, things are really moving fast, but not in the right direction. I do not say this not to support, I do support, but to give you my honest interpretation.

When we were in the diaspora, since Israel seized to exist the first time, elaborate systems of survival was developed and it basically served us fine. One of the most exquisite examples of this was the fight of the Maccabees, and their victory and consequitive rise of Israel a second time. At that time we have illustrious leadership, and a beconning militia.

Over the time, a complex system of defense was evolved, giving Israel or the Jews one of the most efficient secret services, letting Jews know everything around the world.

We were experts in secrets, and were held together through a deep and very good faith.

Now, some of the qualities that held us together, actually works as deterrents. When you have a state, the secrecy and unity is not always good. One needs diplomacy to survive.

Here in Denmark, it is exactly the opposite. We have been a state for thousands of years, and survived even though we are a small state. Why? Because of an extreme ability when it comes to diplomacy. While Jews are extremely undiplomatic, Danes are far too diplomatic.

When you have a state, you need to use diplomacy to survive. This means having friends, supporting factions, reading the international game, so that you support the right side in a conflict.

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The entire international system is changing. The huge work for peace mr. Barack Obama and I have done, is not the way things are moving anymore. Signs of a catastrophic confrontation between the European states and al Queda and other Islamists organizations are appearing. Open al Queda rallies in London, open defiance of Jews in Germany by Islamist. Possible terror attacks in Norway.

I have a small dream I wish you to know about. I get these sometimes, and this one has haunted me the last few days.

I started with a conversation I had with a member of the Danish people’s party. He said, I do not want to do anything else, than giving people an entrance ticket top this show. Danish people is the right wing party of Denmark.

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When finding the tunnels, I would recommend using sonar, if it is not already in use. When finding something deeply underground, in other areas miners or just treasure hunters use a powerful audio admitting tool to map out what is below.

Should be possible in Israel as well.

Here is is a link to a company that sell these things:

http://www.socon.info/67-1-sonar-tools.html

Well, as I said from the beginning, the ground attack has spurred all the wrong things. Rising casualties, condemnation of the world, growing disparity between what the Israeli public wishes, and what is really attainable. Now the high command are fighting over who to blame, a true crisis sign.

First of all, why not do as I say? Obviously the Palestinians are really afraid of my skills, the obviously read what I write. So when the enemy realizes the true threat, that is the skill of the chosen one. Why not use it?

Secondly, why not let me in? I have a lot of knowledge of warfare, and have read all the classics of strategy. But the day to day choises of the mechanized war machine I have very little knowledge. To truly lead the IDF and shin bet, I need to know what they are thinking, and get the newest info. Right now I can only sipher so much from the media.

Thirdly, this is what I would do in this situation, based on the intel I do have. I would rap up the secret service infiltration of Gaza. Use only the IAF. Redraw the ground troops to behind the wall. Start finding the tunnels that are running under the wall from behind our own wall.

On one hand we need to satisfy the UN and mr. Barack Obama. We do that by minimizing the causalities done by ground troops. Secondly we need to satisfy the Israeli public and their demand for security. We do that by finding the tunnels that are actually a threat, and then taking out the rockets by drones or the IAF.

There is off cause the international game we do not know much about, and there is a risk of a folding on the Israeli side. But we would have to see how the international scene would react on these actions.

G-d bless Israel.

Below is a video that covers the american war on Al-queda using drones. There are a lot of diplomatic and ethical issues to be addressed, but there is no doubt the drones are the future of weaponry.

How to adopt it to tunnel warfare? Well to me it seems quite easy to equip some of those small quadro copters with a small but lethal payload. Much cheaper than regular army infantry, a technology our opponents will never truly master, because it requires a lot of geekyness, and a tool we can develop on.

There are already small drones called switchblades to be used by infantry, these could be used. But these will not work in tunnelwarfare.

Anyway, drones are game changers, and it could just turn around the game in Gaza.

http://youtu.be/scEqMRNM7xw

G-d bless the will to persevere.

Ok, I think the high command of israelian forces have realized, that going on as what we have done, is not working. Here are some reflections.

First of all, in warfare, the winner is the part with the best strategy it is not always about having the best gear of soldiers, you can turn a very bad situation into a good situation simply by using your gear better.

This we saw in Stalingrad, where the soviets finally beat the Germans. The Germans were much better equipped, had better soldiers, were technically much more advanced, but the Russians were using the terrain to their advantage, sacrificing soldiers at a terrible rate, and digging in on very good defensive positions. Sometimes the Russian soldiers did not even have a gun when they went into the fight. But it did not matter, because often they won over the Germans because the Germans simply could not stomach killing so many people.

So a disadvantage went into an advantage. The superiority in gear became an inferiority, because war is not just about killing people, it is about winning the initiative, having the stomach to fight on and so on.

The same applies for this situation in Gaza. Here the Palestinians are far inferior in terms of intelligence, logistics, manpower and so on, but they are ready to sacrifice themselves, and they are using their defensive position very intelligently.

So instead of redoing the battle of Stalingrad, we need to rethink strategies.

So, what are our weaknesses; we cannot stomach too many casualties, and we are in a very difficult terrain, where the enemy had really dug in.

What does this call for? A siege strategy. In effect we are trying to storm a town. Not an open land, so we need to think in terms of staying ahead of our enemy in a slow but unrelenting manner.

So, the equipment we have are basically developed in the First and Second World War. Especially the First World War saw a lot of first class innovation, the tank was an idea of that time, the helicopter and warplane a result of the second.

These wars were mainly trench warfares, where enormous armies were fighting over open land. So the machines are made for that; big scale confrontation. There were millions of soldiers in those wars.

This is basically why they are so impotent in siege warfare. They were not made for it.

This is why the new methods of fighting is slowly being developed; to meet the demands of the new strategical situation. Obama has already been using it for a while, and it is working.

So far, the robotic warfare is still very much in its infancy, so it is basically just hit and run jobs. You gather some intelligence, and you send a hellfire missile to do the job.

But new developments demand new tactics. Take another example. The Germans were, among other things, innovative in marine war. They developed a new type of boat, the U boat, or rather the submarine.

In the beginning they worked in teams, called wolf packs. The idea was to set up a squadron of ten versatile boats, coordinate, and then sink the enemy ships.

This worked very well in the beginning of the war, until the Brits got the radar.

But the wolf pack strategy is a good strategy to use with the new drones. Setup squadrons of drone controllers, and let them work in coordination.

This could be used in the tunnel warfare, instead of risking lifes, send in the drones!

This is not to minimize the importance of special services, we need feet and ears on the ground. But instead of risking a lot of men, risk a lot of drones.
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The current situation in Gaza is like this; the israelian side is in want of time, the Palestinians can wait forever. The objective; to eliminate the threat of rockets firing has not been met. The objective of suppressing Hamas is not a viable objective, as of now they are much stronger than when they started, since I did isolate them politically, but due to headstrong and stupid actions by Israel they have gained ground again, talk about work wasted.

They are inflicting a serious defeat on not only Israel but the entire western bloque.

The Americans cannot wait that much longer, because if Iran is lost, and serious signs are appearing for that, the entire peace project involving Iran will be of naught. Four years of diligent work by Obama and I wasted. Another Ahmadinejad might appear, and there we go again.

So basically, what is it the leaders of Israel want? To eliminate Hamas? Well since half of its organization is not in Gaza, that objective is not possible to obtain. Is it eliminating the ability to fire rockets? Well, perhaps a better strategy than eliminating tunnels should be devised, after all the tunnels are not firing rockets. The rockets are hidden in numerous other places than the tunnels.

Perhaps it was just about trampling on Hamas in the vain hope they would somehow cave in and disappear. Well, since Hamas is not just an organization in Gaza or more detailed strategy should be devised.

All in all, there is very little time left, Israel cannot afford much more offensive action, and therefor a truce should be welcomed. But it will be very difficult to realize that truce, because Hamas can only benefit from prolonging it.

Well, years of work wasted, just because someone felt the urge to “do something”.

Next time, perhaps a little more thinking should go into the planning than just jumping on the best idea that appeared in the stressful sound of sirens.

G-d bless the wise.

The protective edge mission have come into its second week, and it has, more or less, happened as I said it would. The political capital of Israel is going down the drain, our leverage over Hamas is being fastly depleted, and the almost gone Islamist movement is actually gaining steam again. The Hamas/Muslim brotherhood/Quatar wing is gaining strength from being almost defeated, and even Iran is considering leaving its path for peace, leaving the entire project for peace that I and Obama worked for in danger.

First it was Kerry who thought he could make his own mark on the Middle East, doing more damage than good, and now it is Netanyahu who has the same ambition. Both processes are going in exactly the opposite direction of what it is supposed to. Kerry made more chaos, Netanyahu is endangering Israel not keeping it safe.

The goals of the protective edge is shifting all the time, because it was not seriously planned. If you want to deplete the ability of Hamas to fire rockets, you should not go in from the ground, because then you actually loose the ability to hit the rockets, Hamas knows where you are, and can just move the rockets somewhere else. They are fighting guerrilla style, so they are good at using the terrain to there advantage.
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The Third World War have begun. Rockets over Israel, repercussions in Europe, antisemitism going full scale crazy in France, terror attacks in Norway. We are all hit by the rise and desperate fight of the Islamists. It is as though they sense their downfall, and have decided to go down in a burning blitz.

Some good things have come out of the chaos in Palestine, or whatever you call it. The masks are falling, and Muslims adherent to the foul teachings of Qutb are rioting and showing that it is not just about Israel of Zionism, it is Jews. They hate, with all of the benign and distrustful souls, just hate the Jews. We cannot wear of stars of David, we cannot wear our kippas, we are hunted through the streets, our temples are sought desecrated. They want to hurt us.

So the action in Gaza have shown to the world who they really are. As in Egypt after the fall of the Muslim brotherhood.
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It is over time for dialogue to commence in Ukraine. What are we waiting for. As the situation stands, there is an opening by the European community to enhance and develop peace talks. There is an inherent understanding by all, that there should not be an escalation, and now some wise and intelligent leader should craft a compromise. It should reflect the interests of both sides, and it should be felt fine by both sides. Perhaps a solution where Lugansk and Donetsk have a range of rights within the overall frame of the state of Ukraine. This would reflect the true power of all represented, and be an honorable solution for all.

I call upon all responsible leaders to be fair and just. Do not think so much about your own needs, but about the needs of the citizens of Ukraine.

Decisive action should be commenced, true leadership should be shown, all in the interest of peace.

G-d bless the will of the humble citizens as the are put in terrible harms way.

I suppose progress is two steps forward and one backwards. A few months ago everything just seemed rosy, and world peace was actually at hand, or rather, after the shift of American push policy towards the palestinians and the israeli, things have turned for the worse. Well I suppose the Ukraine conflict is also a spoke in the wheel. Russia is down in positive ratings, now Israel is down in ratings. Luckily the Vatican state is still running high, as well as the US.

Anyway, this calls for reflection, are we really heading for another cold war scenario? Or are these things just bumps on the road?

First of all, if we look at the political alignment, that defines who are really enemies, the alignment does not call for another cold war. Russia is not anymore the communist behemoth, but is actually trying to find its own roots, and rekindle its glory. So the antagonism does not dig that deep.

If we look at the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, it has changed in character, this conflict used to be a proxy war between the West and East. But as we speak, it is truly just a local war, but it has tremendous and devastating potential.

The new antagonism is between the world and what I have defined as islamism. Or rather it is between a renaissance Islam and the rest of the word. Islamist truly believe that Islam will rule the world.

This is only a part of Islam, and does not include all of the Muslim world. Recently the major Muslim states have drawn away from it, and that was actually the basic crux around which the first part of Mr. Barack Obamas presidency revolved. We tried to push back the radical version of Islam, and actually did it by pushing back Ahmadinejad, and supporting Mr. Al-Sisi. This gave a whole new positive progression within the Muslim world, and actually hope for progress both spiritual as well as materially.

There is only one ager dabei; the islamists are still here, and obviously they are not just going away.

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In Ukraine we are putting pressure on the wrong parties. In the west we try to put pressure of Putin, and on the east we are trying to put pressure on the Ukraine government, and as Ukraine is supported mainly by EU and the US, the pressure is basically put on they west.

The fight is absolutely meaningless, and the pressure will not go anywhere. No one wants to start a Third World War now when people have started thinking, so the obvious conclusion is not to put pressure for this to happen, but to put pressure on our allies for them to go to the negotiation table.

The US needs to realize, that the Second World War and First World War is still so much in the imaginations of Europeans, that we will simply not enter another war. So we cannot be persuaded to pressure Putin. It will not happen.

The conflict will continue to exist until either one side has won, or a comprise is found.

Why not try the compromise? Is this not what peacemaking is about?

Through dialogue, find a way to solve the problems?

At least, this would be an ethical path to pursue.

G-d bless the will to find a way.

If we look at the broad picture of the Middle East right now, there are tremendous work for the peacemakers, and some of the less enlightened keep on wrangling with their destiny in the material world. The gates of paradise are closing in on them as each minute goes. Lifes are thrown away without any sense, and the mechanics of tit for tat is ripe with bounty.

But, behind the scenes true missionaries for peace awaits. In general all who truly believe in Abraham and his descendants heed his ideas and work with diligence for peace. The makings of a new era is abound, and we will seize this opportunity with or without the help of the leaders of specific countries.

It is all about diplomacy. Some say that the pen is weaker than the sword, some say that the pen is stronger than the sword, but it will come to a realization some day.

We will continue the dream of Abraham and Moses, we will not accept the luring of the material world, and we will realize the advent of religion.

There are good things happening, and bad things, but it all comes to will of spirit, are we on his side, or are we against him? Do we think too much on our own needs or do we share and realize the unbound feeling of connection.

I do realize, that we have to protect ourselves against the warriors of darkness, but to what extent, to the extent that it just does not make any sense, especially if there are more wise paths to chose.

The reign of G-d cannot be stopped now, this is my feeling, no matter how much the leaders try to fight it.

This is just a dream, but that dream has a hold in many people of different religion, so that one day man will live in peace, without the need to destroy each other.

One day, mankind will unite as one, and shed the need to war and destroy, and if we realize that dream, we are truly the heirs to Adam, and not to Eve.

G-d bless the will to see clearly in this terrible, destructive situation.

To counter the threat of Hamas, we need to have a strategy. Without a strategy, there will be no victory, with a well devised strategy, we will win.

Let us try to recap the current situation, and discuss the strategic advantages and disadvantages of the situation.

The current strategy of invasion and destruction of tunnels and so on is basically what you in Clausewitz terms would call a French Revolution scenario. Napoleon used fear to subdue his opponents, and he won his wars in that way.

So again, we are talking psychology, and use of fear tactics. In order for this to work, it really has to be scary, and target the most vulnerable parts of the enemy.

Are we doing that? No, we are going after specific tunnel openings and trying to find a way to infiltrate Gaza. Ok, seen from a strictly operational perspective this may make some sense, but as a strategy, it is totally stupid. Either you use fear tactics to your advantage, or you do not. Right now we are doing something in the middle. It will not work.

If we look at the past, this is EXACTLY the lesson we can learn, in the war with Hezbollah and other past wars with Hamas or the PLO, we have focused on the material game, having not the slightest clue about the psychological game, and as a very natural consequence we lost. Maybe not in the ground game, but the image or perception of Israel was dragged through the mud over and over again. So we lost the psychological game.

I have supported Israel staunchly for some time now, and consequently the victories I have had, as the initiation of the peace talks with Iran, the rise of Sisi is rightfully put at the feet of Israel. So Israel has dragged itself up from the very deep hole it has dug for itself in the conflicts with the Palestinians.

Well, you can go on digging deep holes for Israel, or you might discuss the idea of changing tactics.

So, I advised a precise hard hitting strategy that involved only the IAF and the clandestine operations. Why? Well first of all, because it will put Hamas at a serious disadvantage. They need the pictures to win the psychological war. But if they never know when or where we hit, they cannot construct all the killings of their own children.

The strategy has been used to a great efficiency by Obama for some time. The constant search for leaders of Taliban and other Islamist insurgents has really payed off.

So what are the reflections? First of all tech has always been the edge of western culture. First it was the Viking vessels, then the cannons, then the machine gun, then the flying fighter bomber.

So to use this advantage, we need to use the newest tech. The newest tech are the robots. This does not include no action by shin bet, on contrary, it should be used as a complementary to shin bet.

But the good thing about using spooks combined with high tech precision targeting, is the fact, that the media will not be feeded with pictures.

Then there is another reflection. When Alexander the Great beat Darius the Persian prince, he did it with 44 thousand grunts against 3 hundred thousand enemy fighters, or even more.

How did he do that? By using the weaknesses of the enemy against themselves. As Hamas, the Persians were a motley crue of soldiers gathered at the occasion. I was only held together through a strong dictation by the prince. This was acknowledged by Alexander, so he went for the prince, and routed him. When the prince was routed, the army fell to pieces.
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The situation in Ukraine is slowly turning ugly again. Please do not do the same mistake as Israel have just been done, and rush into another senseless fight. Why do we fight? Is it to win? To gain territory? To entrust the public with a sense of justice of security? There is no winning scenario in Ukraine. If the fighting continues, it will just lead to more misery and reduce the peace of the world.

We therefor need to start the talking, Ukraine needs to crawl down from its ultimate demands, and initiate the discussion about a solution.

If we just continue on this course, well there will be nothing more to fight over because people will be dead or the land you are fighting over will be desolate.

Start discussing the endgame, what is it you want. Just revenging will not lead to any solution, and remember you are all Slavs, so why do you fight?

G-d bless a peaceful solution.

Ok, to understand the current strategical situation, please let me explain some of the basics of what I have been teaching over the last five years and has changed the basics of warfare.

Soviet strategy was far beyond western warfare. Despite being seriously outnumbered and extremely weak when it came to economics, Russia, and the soviets in general managed to conduct at very, very efficient war against the west. Something we still have not totally recovered from.

What did they do? They used, unscrupulously, the new science of psychology. When they wanted to turn a country, a set of very precisely defined stages was conducted. First they used the cultural and political life to demoralize the target. Think the anti atomic bomb movement for instance, what was that good for. The soviets of cause.

Then they infiltrated media in a very cunning way, used communist and socialist groups to demoralize the target country, by assigning them specific tasks, and supporting any movements that was in their favor.

One of the great successes of the Soviet Union was to garner a tremendous in country resistance against the Vietnam war. So spooks in the US worked against their own countries. Thereby giving the Vietnamese an easy victory. They fought very well, but had it not been for the psychological mind games KGB played with the American public, they would have lost.

So, this is the point, it is all about mind games for the soviets.

Enter Hamas, who were very well tought by KGB, they used to be an asset of KGB, and there you have it. Another pawn playing mind games.
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If we do not control the onslaught of IDF, we will be at the rear position. Hamas will only need one good picture, and the entire war effort will be theirs. To really beat an enemy, you need to understand how they think. Hamas are Cold War fighters. They fight in soviet style. That is manipulation with media, trying to demoralize the enemy. So if Israel just see it as a territorial war with aim to reduce the fighting power of Hamas, we are only looking at a small part of the scheme.

It is all about media.

Add to this the fact that Hamas power is not solely embedded in Gaza, fighting them only there will not really help. We need to see it in a much broader perspective.

As the situation stands, it is like this. The Arabs are tired of Hamas, they wish for peace and process. The wise Persians wish for peace, and the peace process to succeed, so much is invested. Then there is the Americans, the Russians, all the churches and not to mention me.

So the entire system is ready for peace, and this is the problem for Hamas and for Isil. They need chaos.

In the past Israel was stopped in its progress, why. Because of lack of luck in the fight in the media.

So we need to keep an eye on that fight. If we get just one bad picture it is over. And look at it this way. If we win the battle in the media, the Arabs will stop funding Hamas, and the. They are gone!

Without too much bloodshed we can stop Hamas. But if we get involved I the tit for tat revenge system, we loose all the progress we ha e made. It took us years to get this far, and everything is balancing on the very, very sharp edge of a knife. Be careful, and please instead of just using the might of your arm, use that sling of David. Because only with the sling can we win.

G-d bless the beautiful dream of Yesrael.

What will happen is, more or less like this;  after a few days with rising civilian casualties, the positive support for Israel that we did make after we commenced a careful bombs only campaign will falter. It will take two to three days. What will be the determining factor will be the amounts of civilian casualties. So the Palestinians will do everything they can to photoshop, put a horde of small girls in front of us and so on. Eventually they will get their picture, and it will turn the tide.

Remember it is about the moral high ground. We are supposed to hold that.

If and when that happens. We will lose. If we lose, it will be a major setback for the entire effort against Islamism. I will also lead to demoralization, the shame of the current presidency, and a weaker voice for the lightbringers.

If we pull out after a few scores, it will show that we can show restraint. This will give us the necessary time to rebuilt the confidence lost in the current ground offensive.

It is a contest on ethics, and when we lose the moral high ground, we lose the ground game.

The material world is like this; it will call its siren song to us, and if we heed it, we will be sucked into the maw. Right now it is sucking us in, and if we do not pull out, we will be lost in it for a long, long time. We have to stay afloat, and be sharp on this otherwise we will not reach our destination.

G-d bless the will to be patient.

I see that IDF have entered Gaza. That is a huge mistake. Hamas looks for only one thing. What they call a “victory picture”. That is a picture where some Israeli can be depicted as a tyrant. Preferably something involving a small girl.

With all the troops on ground, this possibility has just risen tremendously. If we do not pull the troops back, we will loose, because they will get their picture.

So this is my advice, stay calm. Be careful, do not rush, otherwise we will lose.

G-d bless the will of the patient.

I am a sailor. Not one of those ancient sailors, who roamed the sevens seas with death and glory as their followers, but just a normal seaman with a small vessel. We do a little competition in it, and then we go on summer holiday, me and the smallish family.

Yesterday was a very cool, but rough day. I ventured over a small strait called Kattegat, and in my 23 footer, it was a bit of a rough ride with waves as tall as my eyesight, and a bit bobbing up and dawn. It made me think though.

When you sail, especially in a small boat, and the riding is rough, you feel the wrath of nature. If you happen to fall over the boat, and that is pretty much an option, you will die a slow death of cooling down.

So you sit there with your life in your own hands, and if you do not control your boat, you will die.

This is a lesson that has been lost on us after we left the boats. The wrath of the ocean, the smallishness of our being. It brings a certain humility to be cast from here to there, and you start to feel the pain in your arm from tearing at the steering wheel over and over again, as you surf up and down the waves.

When you are out there on the sea, you really long for home. But to get there you have to be patient. There are no easy fixes, no fast tracking, no cheating. You have to look at your gear, and just get on with it.
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I am really sorry about the situation in Ukraine. The Ukrainian army seems to have grown absolutely callous and unrealistic on their power. The only reason why Putin has not fought them down, is because he is responsible as a world power. It is extremely painful for the Russian patriots to see their brethren suffering as they do.

Again, let us be reasonable, let he peacetalks start, do not just use your might, but be honest towards your goals.

I really advice the Americans to look at Russia, and see their actions for what they are; responsible, honest and worthy a true world power.

Putin can be reasoned with and talked with, please do that, he is a good man, and can be dealt with on a good basis.

G-d bless the wise and the true.

We are entering another phase of the ongoing feud with the so called Palestinians. First they thought they had us, and could use the normal methods of attack and then manipulate the media to their advantage.

Not this time, the world is different, and their ideology is not that popular anymore. The shift from socialism to Islamism is not that wise, if you want to keep the sympathy of the world.

So Egypt proposed a truce, that was not met, and now Hamas is trying a new negotiation on better terms for Hamas.

Well there is one aber dabei. The leverage Hamas used to have has diminished considerably, and therefor the terms should reflect this.

Be real, if Hamas want a truce, well ok, we can have that, but it should at least be a truce that reflect the situation.

Secondly, I would advise Israel to take it easy. The negation situation is to our advantage, and we do not therefor need to haste.

The end result should be a truce that will, truly give peace, not just some temporary stop in the fighting. So to be realistic, this would include some kind of termination of the power of Hamas. It can either be done by eliminating their infrastructure, or it can be done by making a deal.

But the wise waits for the right result. Do not shake on the hand, and acts with providence at exactly the right time.

G-d bless those who are wise and patient.

I remember reading Hegel. Hegel is the predecessor of the current socialist paradigm, that practically rules the world. (Marx saw himself as a follower and a rebel towards Hegel). Hegel has this one little piece of light that shone through one of his books. He said that G-d would open the gates of heaven and a beam of light would descend upon the nation of Germany. Well, after a long walk in the dark, finally this beam has once again illuminated Germany. Lost in the dark after the second world war, antisemitism, the abuse of all that was German in way by Hitler. Then through a long walk after the war, and now, with all the traditional values it has won the world cup.

Germany is a mix of Danish culture, Christian/Jewish culture and Roman culture. The discipline setup by the Romans, is mixed with the positive Christian culture, and then as a final ingredient the warrior culture of Denmark is the basis.

You could see this in the field. The discipled manschaft was never broken and rarely under true pressure. The team worked as a team, and really seem to like each other. But finally, the krieger, Bastian Schweinsteiger, arose and straight-backed and mighty, defended the colors of his tribe.

At the other hand, Argentina was extremely good, but at a day where the individual does not live up to his full potential it all flounders. At the other hand, it was well fought by the glorious Argentinians, and may they arise again with their pride intact.

Finally, I believe that Brazil will acknowledge after the world cup, that being a host is not about winning, it is the opposite, it is about being a good host. Showing the qualities of a country. Brazil has done exactly that. Given the world the feeling of a football crazy nation, supporting the all the guests with warmth and actually precision and order. This calls for an international appraise.

G-d bless you all, will you all prosper in the light of the maker.

We are entering a more peaceful phase of the war between Israel and Hamas. In the ancient times when Israel was first ejected and stood tall, there were numerous wars with the surrounding tribes and empires. When Israel was at its greatest under David, it understood and fought the wars to its benefit. This was a commandment that came directly from Moses, who dreamed of a monotheistic nation, under the rule of G-d. This initiation of monotheism, is therefor not all liberal, but somewhere in between, because David and Moses were also great believers in justice and love.

To really connect to the spirit of Israel as it stood the first time, we need to find that balance between at one hand defense of Israel and all it’s values, and at the other hand a firm understanding of justice and love in warfare.

David defeated Goliath, and I believe we all see the beauty in that, why? Because it underscores a basic paradigm of Davidian prowess. He was at his best when he was fighting against innumerable odds. Why? Because there is absolutely nothing wrong in fighting against a supreme enemy who wants to defeat you with his might. It forced David to use skill and intelligence. The same he did when he was excommunicated into the desert and came back to Israel with a motley crue of fighters and won the day for Israel again.

So what are the teaching of this? First of all, David fought not with superior numbers he fought with courage and skill. He sought the solution that would use his superior skill (using a sling at close range to hit an eye is almost impossible). He fought with audacity, not worrying too much about his own safety.
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One of the very overlooked tradegies of the current development of the Isil held parts of Syria, is the destruction of ancient relics. So far Isil have only destroyed Iranian holy sites, and not the older and, to the east and west, more significant objects.

Think about it as the birth cradle of democracy, religion, natural science, rule of law, writing in fact most of what we today see as the foundation of our own culture. It was invented here. First in the town of Eridu (Eden in the bible) and then Ur and Babylon.

The rule of law for example was invented in its modern form by the king Hammurabi of Babylon.

Will Isil respect these relics, that are, by all means also a part of their own history, or will they destroy it.

If they do, we are even more compelled to stop them. It would simply but an outrage, and a loss for all of humanity in the future.

G-d bless the protection of ancient culture.

When people look upon Scandinavia, they are perhaps in two minds. Who are the Scandinavians really supporting; the free democratic world, or the caliphatists of the Muslim brotherhood and al-Queda?

Well to answer that question one has to understand the history of the said countries to see the history in a modern context.

Scandinavia is not filled with secular peaceful democracies, on the contrary it is filled with very tyrannical governments who use their powers in a manner not suited for democracy.

One of the basic rules of a democracy is the rule of not using propaganda on the constituency. Ideally the citizens will in a free rational, democratic dialogue reach a conclusion on a given subject.

All of the Scandinavian states use white ops, grey ops and even black ops sometimes.

The discussion is steered over to subjects that will not harm the central powers, and if there is a threat to the central power, it will use media to defame and ostracize the given person. All in all a classical socialist dictatorship. Not as violent as the soviet under Stalin. But with the same methods.

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Now, the bombs are raining down on both Palestinians and Israelies. Both are we trapped in our own self understanding. We as Israelies should defend ourselves, and always stay calm and focused on our path. But we should never succumb to the level of idiocy that is defined by seeing our enemies as evil.

There is evil, but not always as we think it is. Evil is egoism and selfishness. This is not the case with the Palestinians, they are quite sacrificing, their goals are just different, and we are just a tool they use to obtain their goals. They hate us, but they hate us, because it brings them allies and resources. You could say it is a kind of professional hate. Something all other antisemites can hook onto.

But basically they are dreaming their dreams too, and their dreams are getting further and further away. This is why they are so desperate. They dream of the eternal caliphate, and are revolutionaries. But their dream is bursting. Their plot is seen through, and they are getting desperate.
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Now the war in Israel has changed character. In the beginning it was basically just an uprising, although a very well planned uprising. It has now turned into a war.

When Barack and I fought the war in Libya, we did it to counter some of the strategies that Gadaffi made, and had learned from the Palestinians. Here is how we won.

First of all, the Palestinian see warfare in a much more modern optics than we do. They have recognized, that the main battle is not on ground but in the media. You win or lose your wars in media. So the media has to be the central part of your strategies from the beginning.

The palestinians have taken it to it a extremes by sacrificing women and children to make good pictures. This is smart, but only smart as long as the media do not realize the plot. Not to mention that using women and children is, ethically, extremely gruesome.

With the advent of the internet, this strategy was weakened, because the world has become much more transparent. Gadaffi made a kind of a theatre, but nobody fell for the plot, because it was too obvious that it was just smoke and mirrors.
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Well a lot of my friends who are really fighting for peace are very disappointed about the developments lately. They believe that the fight was in vain, and now we are just reduced to the eternal wheel of action and reaction. Revenge calls for revenge and this goes on in an endless circle.

Well, first of all. Peace is not won just by dialogue. Dialogue is the first and foremost principle, but if your opponent refuses to listen and is stubborn in his attack on you, you end up in war. That is just the way it is.

When we come to that phase of a conflict, either you reduce or you increase the fighting. Again if your opponent is not interested in defusing the fight, you cannot help but respond to his or her actions.

The point is, it is not about action or reaction, it is about the mindset of the fighters. If just one of the actors are not interested in peace, there will never be peace.

With the Muslim brotherhood/Al Queda/Isil, they have been living in a dream world for too long to be realistic about their prowess. They are seriously believing that their dream of spreading Islam to the entire world will succeed. This is absolutely absurd, as events have showed us lately. Now they have a piece of land in Iraq, and that is what they will remain with for a long time. But they will continue the barrage and the fight. It is delusional.
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Israel is in the line of fire. So far we had a terrible but prolific start. Then we had a huge downfall, and now we are slowly climbing up of the hole again.

It is about the moral high ground when we fight. Who are doing things most ethically. We cannot just fall over, because we need to protect Israel, and we cannot just go crazy and bomb all of Gaza. We have to take it one action at a time, slowly diminishing the war power of Hamas, and ultimately relieve all of Gaza from enemies.

It will be an agonizing process, but it will end in a much more stable Israel, without any enemies lurking at our doorsteps.

We just have to be patient.

G-d bless Israel.

Germany won an astounding victory over Brazil. Being a fan of both countries, I like Germany; Hamburg, Coburg, Berlin, I like Brazil; Salvador, Rio, Fortaleza, I really find the win both amazing and cynical.

First of all, Europe is back. Football reflects the national strength in terms of organization, morale and spirit. With Germany and Holland reaching the semifinales and now the finale, the mood of the countries are good. As well as the organizations.

This spells for change in Europe, and we will see, but to my mind, it will be a change for the better.

At at the other hand, beating Brazil so much was cruel. It was not necessary. It reveals another side of European mood, the relentless pounding of enemies. It has happened since Europe was invaded by Danes four thousand years ago, Celts felt it, the Americas felt it, the world felt it under the rule of the empires.

This relentless action will be the downfall of the Islamists. They deserve it by all means, but there is no quarter given to them, or will be. It will be a truly devastating scene.

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I have had a long story of digging into the maw of the Middle East, reading about the Hittities, the ancient Egyptians, the long walk of the Jews, the nascent Persia and the courageous bedouins. There are still some remnants of this ancient world. People long forgotten by the world, living on the edges, still holding on to ancient lore and an identity that brought us what we today call civilization. We recall Babylon, Ur, the birth city of Abraham. Some even know that ancient Christian and Jewish scrolls were written in Aramaic. The thing is, these ancient peoples still exist, and we even work together with them. As the Assyrians and the Armenians.

Today they are Christian, but originally they were inventors of the law and democracy. They invented what we today see as our own ideas.

Now, they are in harms way. Because we conquered Iraq and allied ourselves with them. First the British then the American. After the British left, a genocide was conducted. They payed a heavy price for the collaboration they did with us. Now the situation is the same, or worse because the new master is Isil. A caliphate on a vengeance.
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Now, we have made a huge loss in Iraq. A state that we thought, unwisely we see know, that we could turn into a well governed state. We should have been much more clear on our priorities and now we pay for our faults.

But, if you enter into a fight, you need to be ready to take punches, that is the way fighting goes.

We have to rethink our strategy with the new situation, and hopefully regain the momentum.

The stakes are high, and the fallout of the conflict has the potential to alter our known world, at least seen from a western/eastern perspective.

But let us take the positive things first. We are still in some kind of cooperation in the northern world, including Russia and the US. Had we not been, matters would have been much, much worse. The conflict with The caliphate of Iraq is so much more dangerous to us all, that it will take the attention, and put the Ukraine conflict to rest. I really ache for the poor Russians in Donetsk and Lugansk, but the winds of war are blowing against them. I cannot help anymore, and I, with a bleeding heart, recommend a truce and a cooperation with Ukraine in the interest of peace and reconciliation.

I am so sorry, I wished for your independence and perhaps in the future it will come, but as things are right now, it will probably not come.

I will, however not forget you, and if there is a chance in the future for a solution that will ensure full rights for all, I will fight for your cause. To the Ukraine side, I understand you see this fight for at fight for your territorial integrity. But at least see the plight and needs of Russians and give them full rights. Give them right to speak their own language, and right to pursue a understanding of their own culture.
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The conflict in and around Israel is theoretically quite simple to understand and act on, but in practice extremely difficult.

We are suspended between the material world and the spiritual world. The material world drags at us all the time, an, as Adam, we are often seduced into eating the apple.

We however, if we want the cherubs to keep the gates of paradise open, have to understand the ways of the material world to act in accordance with the will of spirit.

Putting up a screaming horde of vigilantes, marauders and evil men in front of us. Is that the act of Eve or of Adam? Well it is quite clear to me, that the snake in paradise, that tries to lure us away from the wise path is the marauders. If we follow their chant and their seductive manners. We will act as them, and are then cast out of paradise.

The material world should be treated as it is; something to keep away from oneself, something that will always challenge us as a nation and as a people. Something we can only win over, if we see through all its schemes.
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If we look at the confrontation in Israel, we need to see it in connection with the other actions the Muslim brotherhood/Al Queda/Isis have done the last few weeks.

The MAJOR operation was the annexation and consequently plundering of half of Iraq. The SMALL operation was that in Israel. The proportions are quite simply not to compare. Therefor the conclusion is quite obvious, the real important action for Isis was not to attack the three boys, it was to take a piece of territory it could use as a base to spread its ideology.

In other words, the attack on Israel was more a diversion than a real threat. While everybody look upon Israel, they have time to consolidate their power in Iraq, remove obstacles, regroup, get stronger.

And, it worked.
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In these times of chaos and destruction one perhaps needs to remember why we are here, and what the purpose of religion really is.

There are basically two confronting mechanisms in the world; the loving part and the hating part.

Love is the means to construction, while as hate is the means to destruction. We are all one, but sometimes we forget it.

When this urge comes over us, it clouds our judgement, and we are all fired up by the wish to seek revenge. Both in families and nations, these feelings are always destructive. After the action is done, we look upon our relationship or our nation, and we see that something is broken.

That is why most philosophers advice temperance, not to be weak, but to act wisely.

Justice can be many things, but central to most understanding of justice is the fact that it should bring the society onto a more positive path, not a negative path. By protecting the weak, or by bringing more health to the society. Therefor justice is not an easy thing, it is a complicated thing, that takes a lot of reflection and is something we wish for wise men and women to do.

G-d bless the justice of the birth cradle of civilization called today the Middle East.

The confrontation with Hamas/Fatah is really not going that well, we are all upset, and in this climate of anger and frustration we are not thinking clearly. Our feelings rule our actions.

We mourn for the teens, and we are filled with anger and a wish to “get back” on Hamas.

This is exactly why Hamas did the heinous act, and if we do it, they would have won. They are using our own weaknesses against us.

Nobody sets the same high moral standard for Hamas as they set high moral standards for us. Why? Because they are not the chosen people, they were not the one tribe that was chosen by spirit to spread the light of the creator. We are.

So, we need to act in accordance with what we are supposed to do, otherwise people will not accept our claim to make Israel.

According to Kabbalah Israel is the holy nation. This is really what it is all about. Israel is not a piece of land, or just somewhere we live, it is one great temple.
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It has been a few weeks of nightmarish proportion for the people of Israel. The threat of elimination of the poor teens have been a terrible situation. And now it came to nothing all the money spend on investigation, all the searching, all the heartache, no consequence. The realization of the fragility of young people of Israel is terrible.

The threat comes from Hamas, but to really counter it, one has to see the complicated threath, and act in unison with our allies.

The threat is actually not that large anymore. We are talking about an almost isolated Hamas, the core of Sunni rebels without much support, and a host of allies.

Securing the borders of Israel is therefor not that hard.

First of all, I would recommend Israel to try to reach out and get a consolidated and coordinated handling of Hamas. Egypt is also very keen on stopping them, and there might be other in the Middle East that would like to help settling the matter.

Hamas still have a few friends in Europe and in the US. These should be considered, but not given any control.

The pressure on Hamas should be gradual and not sudden.

If a deal with Egypt could be made, a slow suffocation could be tried. Not on food and medical appliances, but on weaponry and money.

They are weak, and could be slowly forced to give up and move somewhere else, but it should be done in accordance with everybody else. If Israel just thunders in, we will loose too much international support, and we are very dependent on that.

G-d bless the families of Gil-Ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Fraenkel, I hope they will carry them in their hearts for all of us to remember.

I think we can conclude now on the first two three years of the work done here on rubicon in relation to Israel and the work of peace.

Basically peace did not jump out of the box and settled everywhere in the world after the internet appeared and man could understand all of what happens. On the contrary, more conflicts appeared because man all of a sudden realized how they were treated and who actually tried to harm them.

But, Israel has had a very positive impact on world politics. This is in relation to the awareness of principles that could lead to peace, help where we could be used, but most important; as a peace broker in real conflicts. One thing is the good feeling of progress and peace, another thing is the actual bridge building between parts in conflict. I must say, I was extremely worried about the conflict in Ukraine, sometimes I though perhaps everything was lost. But due to the good will of both Putin and Obama, what could have turned into a large scale conflict was avoided.

Here, we in Israel helped in the understanding and brokering of peace.
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The European Union has come to a halt. The entire process up to the election of Juncker was marred with internal fighting, lack of progress and some very esquisit political handling.

I, for one, am quite impressed by the skill of Ms. Angela Merkel. She is a good politician. It never went her way however, and ethically there is no doubt that Mr. Cameron was the one person who actually took the different constituencies serious.

As Paul Kennedy had propheticed, The European Union is not imbued with all the mechanisms and sound principles that will lead to success. China is, and hopefully both The USA and Russia is, but not the EU.

It seems to me quite clear, that what we can aim at however is a Northern Union. I know that this is a wish of many, especially the Scotsmen, and why not? It would recreate the Viking empires, and that is something the voters will like.

We will see. The systems are preparing for a turnover. The English system is in the forefront of this development, and will continue to tear the European Union into pieces.

At the end of the day. I do not understand why the Eurocrats have been so arrogant. Acted as though the european voters were small children to be put into their rightful place. Using the wip all the time.

Maybe it was because they wanted it too much? If you want something too much, you never get it. If you take it a bit more easy, and actually listen to the voters and the people, you could have handled it much better, now it is just down the slide.

G-d bless the will to listen to what people actually says.

Often politicians think too much about money, and too little about ideology. I suppose it is because this is often what politicians really do; make budgets and control the flow of the money of the state.

Socialism is really born with the focus on money. Karl Marx was an economist who had a warm heart for the workers. But he did not care much for G-d.

So as a natural tendency, socialism has focused on the mundane world and not so much on the spiritual world.

This is changing, and it has brought forth a new paradigm of economics. It is usually defined as “obamanomics”, but it is much more a liberal version of the economics of Adam Smith. Smith really defined the ideas that fueled the expanding British empire. But due to haste or simply bad luck, the political world did not really grasp the true balance of Smith, and it is basically this simplemindedness that we are suffering with today.

Because, freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility.

Thus the natural consequence of this progress is the rebounding of Smithsonian economical ideas, but in a more complete way.

The conservatives have normally based their economical philosophy on Smith, and this, naturally, leaves the liberal side to choose the other side of his philosophy. Conservatives choose the freedom, the liberal chooses the ethical part.
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If we take a look at the current political situation in the game of world powers, it is, more or less as follows.

First of all, the world is truly united against the Sunni rebels. That is Al Queda in collaboration with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Taliban.

This gives the world a respite after the catastrophic developments in Ukraine, where the new world order of peace was seriously compromised. Only due to the fortitude and great and grand heart of mr. Vladimir Putin was the confrontation eased and did not end up in a major conflict. Thank you so much for that mr. Putin, had it not been for you, we would have ended up in a conflict that could have spurred the world into total destruction, thank you.

Isis/Al-Queda or whatever you call it has attracted a lot of attention. Why? Because it is not a local militia, it is a part of the Muslim Brotherhood led network of opaque players, that has reorganized after the loss in Egypt, and has proven a resilient opponent.
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The Middle East is embroiled in yet another bloody war. Since the days of the first pharaohs, the Middle East has been the fighting ground for thousands of armies, and still is.

One thing is certain however, we need to understand the current conflict in order to progress with the peace plans.

Both the Sunni as well as the Shias have actually progressed a long way on the path of peace. On one hand we have Egypt, who are ready to rebuild the nation and reaches out for the West. We should off cause take this opportunity. At the other hand we have Iran, who are really also trying to reach a peaceful solution. Also Saudi Arabia are interested in peace.

In the middle however we have Sunni rebels, who are, ideologically, too far from the ideas of a united Middle East, and consequently destroying hope in the Middle East for progress and harmonious relations.
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There is a certain tremor in the American economy. The momentum we created in the election is passing out, this will tell the observant reader one thing; the economical development has to be induced into the academic world.

To be realistic about the economical process we have started, we need to understand these ideas in a philosophical as well as a practical sense.

Most economical theories are supported and passed on to new generations of scholars, politicians, businessmen through education and political ideas. Like Keynesian ideas, or the ideas of Adam smith.

As we see in the metaphysical area, where I have the fortitude of being invited to Oxford, I hereby pledge the economical academic work to do the same. We need the ideas to be a part of day to day discussion and be passed on to new generations and good servicemen. Please remember that I have a very limited budget.

Adam Smith saw the equilibrium of ethics on one hand combined with free markets on the other.

To reach a balance between the two principles, we need to teach both principles in academia.

G-d bless the will to be wise in the field of economics.

The world is moving away from my perspective, slowly but consistently. Yes, the readers are still there, and there are movements that I have had the honour to inspire that is moving forth with vigor. But it is going in the wrong direction. The Middle East is embroiled in another bloody war, Europe is not gaining in independence, and the peace process I have been a part of is slowly stopping. I know, that all my readers want this to start again, but the material world is as it is.

I have to change tactics. We have to go back to the drawing board, and rethink the strategy.

Peace is only obtained, if people are satisfied. How are they satisfied? They are satisfied, if they are fulfilled in terms of needs.

The entire world is about giving and taking. The mechanisms that are working in the business of giving and taking, are a bit more complex than what you would superficially believe.
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There is a great disturbance in the spirit of the world, at least this is how I feel it. The conflict between the Sunni lead Muslim brotherhood and Europe is getting more and more intense, and the rethorics is harsh. The ideas and the methods I have put in place is slowly turning the conflict away from all out war into controlled handling, but still, the stakes are so high, and the problems so severe, that whatever we do, it will be bloody.

On the international scene, the Muslim Brotherhood have had a great victory in the carving out of a sharia state in Iraq/Syria. This is a set back, but, at the other hand, it was expected that after the loss in Egypt, they would do something to rectify the situation. Now they have a territory at their disposal, where they can resupply and organize without the scrutiny of the West or other enemies.

At the other hand, the strategy has one great minus; it makes the end result or the aim of the Muslim brothers quite clear to the world; it is not some kind of democracy they want, they want a Muslim kingdom based on Muslim law and Muslim values. No democracy.
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Israel is much safer now than a few years back, Egypt is really pro Israel, Iran wants to make peace, even Saudi Arabia is positive towards Israel. How has this come to be?

I will not diminish the epic work done by mr. Netanyahu. He has protected his people against innumerable enemies, and successfully so. IDF as well, professionally and carefully.

At the other hand, Israel has been bestowed with one of the most illustrious liberal leaders of the time mr. Peres. His leadership will also be legendary.

In a way, this has been the blessing of Israel; balance between strength and forgiveness, between dialogue and defense.

This is how nature works. On one hand there is the material world, where the strong rules the weak and there is no justice, on the other hand there is the spiritual world where we are all connected.

Politics is about finding that difficult balance. I know how difficult it is. I have tried to have my mother taken away, having my daughter in harms way. In the face of these difficulties, insisting on the path of dialogue and peace is extremely difficult. Sometimes we have to fight, but if we forget that our true mission is a mission of peace we loose. This task is almost inhuman, but it is these stakes that are put up in front of us.
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