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Back from Israel with a Plugin

The week in Israel went really well, and I even had time to put together a quick plugin for all Open AIM clients (AIM 6, AIM Lite, etc.).  The plugin adds a menu item when you right click on a buddy.  The menu item, called Send Quick IM, will quickly send a "yt?" message to that buddy.  Instead of opening up an IM window and typing a message, all you need is a click of the mouse.  I will add some more goodness to the Quick IM plugin in the future.  You can download the plugin here.

Here are some pictures from the trip to Israel...

     
  ICQ Awards for top downloads                                View from my room

     
         Sunrise @ Masada                                              Eerie Dead Sea


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  • #1 Comment from scottsoperson 
    4/22/08 4:54 PM Permalink
    I am a Jewish American. But for some reason my heart bleeds for the plight of
    the Palestinians.

    After 911, I did the opposite of what most Americans did, I think. I looked into
    the reasons why the Muslim world generally does not like America. Most Americans
    dismissed those reasons because of 911, I feel. I specifically focused in on how
    zionist terrorists stole the land of the Palestinians in 1948, according to
    Benny Morris, a zionist historian, and according to Ami Isseroff, a zionist for
    peace.

    When I found out how my Jewish brothers and sisters violated the ten
    commandments in order to form the state of Israel, I was filled with an angry
    justice that has not gone away or diminished.

    Most Americans do not realize how Israel was formed. Perhaps most don't want to
    know. And the US corporate media certainly doesn't want to tell them.

    My suggestion to Muslim and Palestinian leaders is to try to give the American
    people an education in this history whether they want to hear it or not. They
    need to see the context behind those suicide bombers.

    On the other hand, in the present times, since the wall was built, there have
    been few suicide bombers against Israel, yet the Israelis continue to kill
    Palestinians on a regular basis and they continue to build settlements on the
    land they stole. These excesses by the Israelis certainly help the cause of a
    Palestinian state and the cause of justice by turning some Americans against the
    Israelis.

    But I feel without the context of history most Americans will continue to be
    ignorant and unsympathetic to the victims of this brutal, barbaric and immoral
    theft.