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June 23, 2001

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MK Kleiner calls to respond to EU financing of Israeli Left
Freak dancing

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Subject: [bprlist] MK Kleiner calls to respond to EU financing of Israeli Left
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 19:56:07 -0400
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MK Kleiner calls to respond to EU financing of Israeli Left by closing EU
embassy to PA located in Eastern Jerusalem

Aaron Lerner Date: 22 June 2001

Reporter Yoav Yitzchak revealed in an article appearing in Ma'ariv on 22
June that the European Union has been bankrolling activities of various left
wing groups in Israel.

Among the groups:

+ 400,000 Euro to MK Roman Bronfman's Institute for Democracy and World
Leadership to encourage immigrants from the former USSR to support
"peace".

+ 250,000 Euro budgeted for the "Four Mothers" group pressing for Israeli
withdrawal from Lebanon. They never saw the money because Israel pulled
too
quickly.

+ 400,000 Euro to Peace Now for "peace education".

+ 250,000 Euro to Committee Against the Destruction of Houses and 250,000
Euro to Ir Shalem for activities in Jerusalem against the destruction of
illegal Arab buildings in Jerusalem.

In response to this report, MK Michael Kleiner (Herut)issued the following
statement:

In the wake of the expose by reporter Yoav Yitzchak (Ma'ariv 22 June 2001)
regarding money transferred by the European Union to extra-parliamentary
leftist movements in Israel (Peace Now, Ir Shalem and the group associated
with MK Bronfman) in order to shift right wing voters to the left, the
chairman of Herut, MK Michael Kleiner, demands in a letter to Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres to call back Israel's ambassador to the European
Union for
consultations and to immediately close the embassy of the European Union
to the
Palestinians Authority that is located in Eastern Jerusalem. According to
Kleiner, this is gross interference of foreign governments in the internal
matters of Israel and a clear attempt to affect the outcome of Israeli
elections.

Two months ago Kleiner called on the Prime Minister not to continue
extending the permission that Israel granted to the European Union to keep
the European Union's embassy to the Palestinian Authority in Eastern
Jerusalem. "This is an insane anomaly that when the European Union's
embassy to Israel is located in Tel Aviv that their embassy to the
Palestinian Authority is located in Eastern Jerusalem with Israel's
consent."

In light of Yoav Yitzchaki's findings, Kleiner maintains, Israel must carry out
sharp measures against the European Union in order to prevent the repeat of
such
incidents.

He also intends to study the legal ramifications of the receipt of funding
from foreign countries for political purposes by left wing organizations. If it
turns out that there is a gap in Israeli law Kleiner will propose a law in the
Knesset (along the lines of American law) according to which an Israeli
citizen
who receives funds from a foreign state or official foreign bodies for political
purposes will be labeled a "foreign agent" and be subject to strict restrictions
set by the law. "Certainly a foreign agent cannot be a member of Knesset" -
Kleiner said.

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Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-5480092
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
pager 03-610666 subscriber 4811
Website: http://www.imra.org.il

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Subject: [bprlist] Freak dancing
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 19:57:19 -0400
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[This was sent to me by a list member.]

Bill O'Reilly (archive)
(printer-friendly version)

June 23, 2001

Freak dancing

Here's how bad it's gotten. In June of 1963, I was about to graduate from St.
Brigid's School in Westbury, Long Island. There were celebratory dances, and
parties and barbecues all over the place. The big show dance song was "Hey,
Paula," by the unforgettable duo Paul and Paula. Whenever that 45 hit the
turntable, it was time to get close to the 13-year-old girl of your dreams. But
there was a rule for the eighth graders at St. Brigid's -- we had to leave room
for "The Holy Ghost." There was no "cheek-to-cheek" dancing allowed, and
certainly no fusion of body parts. What the Holy Ghost was doing at the
dance
remained a mystery to me, but chaperones and shark-circling nuns strictly
enforced the rule.

Thirty-eight years later, we have "freak dancing" going on. This is basically
"lap dancing." Somehow what they do in the strip clubs has been adopted by
some
of America's children, and all over the country, teen dance clubs and school
proms have turned into "Playboy After Dark."

You think I'm exaggerating, don't you? Well, I'm not. Kids from coast to coast
are grinding and simulating sexual acts on the dance floor. They are
mimicking
Kama-Sutra positions to the beat of rap and techno music. They are
touching each
other in ways that would frighten Pamela Anderson. Ask any kid.

This is not Elvis swiveling his hips. This is not Chubby Checker twisting like a
madman. This is intimate bumping and grinding. How did it happen? How did
the
USA suddenly become Denmark?

The answer to that question lies in the popular culture and in the adult world.
I asked the owner of a dance studio in Washington, D.C., whether she was
disturbed by 14-year-olds "freak dancing." Not at all, she said. It's just
"creative expression."

Ah, "creative expression," so that's it. Another rationalization that allows
conduct that would have been unacceptable 38 years ago to flourish today.
We
don't abuse drugs and alcohol -- we have a "chemical dependency." We don't
fail
to control ourselves -- we have "anger management issues."

So what's so bad about teenagers bumping and grinding on the dance floor
anyway?

Well, first of all, it is inappropriate behavior. Do we use that expression in
America anymore? Sex, or the simulation of it, is supposed to be a private
pursuit. It's not supposed to be flaunted as public recreation.

Secondly, sex is supposed to have some meaning to it. We are not
wildebeests --
at least not yet. Humans are supposed to form some kind of emotional
attachment
before we start bumping around. What kind of lessons are teenagers learning
from
doing these mating dances? Are they auditioning for a spot at the "Hot Pants
Gentlemen's Club"?

When I first editorialized about "freak dancing" on television, I received a
bunch of letters from kids who called me an "old fogey," or other words to that
effect. And I guess that's true. I am of the opinion that America now accepts
behavior that is corrupting and destructive, behavior that would have been
condemned just a few years ago.

I am not coming at this from a prudish point of view. What adults do in private
should be of no concern to the government or cranky columnists. But what
kids do
in public should be scrutinized, and this "freak dancing" deal is appalling.

Thankfully, some schools have banned the dancing at social events on
campus. But
I have heard little social outcry from the media. The reason, I believe, is that
the media panders to youth. Magazines and television feed young people a
steady
diet of salacious images because they sell. All kinds of adult conduct are
funneled into articles and programs designed for teens. Seldom is there a
lesson
at the end of the provocative display, and that leaves many kids up "Dawson's
Creek" without a paddle.

There is no question that America's children have been sexualized to a greater
extent than ever before. In the early '60s, kids had their dances and their
fantasies and their stolen kisses. But there was a mystery to adult behavior,
and there were taboos for most of us who were young back then.

Now the mystery and the stop signs are gone. And the kids are freaking out.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/billoreilly/bo20010623.shtml