From Keyboard to Computer: Selected Writings on Jewish Themes

In 2003 Yossi Beilin, a member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), together with a number of Jews and Arabs proposed what they termed "Geneva Accord - Model for a Permanent Israel-Palestinian Agreement," namely the setting up of both a Palestinian and a Jewish state in the area west of the Jordan river, the borders of the Jewish state approximating to the demarcation lines before the Six Day War of 1967. This "Accord" included the transfer of about 100,000 Jews from the Palestinian State to the Jewish State, but not even one Arab from the Jewish State to the Palestinian State. Beilin and co-authors conveniently forgot to include in their proposal the remaining 77 percent of Mandatory Palestine, namely the area today known as the country of Jordan. It should be noted that the country of Jordan was illegally created by Britain and until this day is of questionable legality. After studying Beilin's "Accord," I wrote a paper entitled "Geneva Accord Alternative Version - Model for a Permanent Israel-Arab Agreement." In this accord the Jews were allotted the area they held prior to the Six Day War, plus the area of Judea and Samaria (popularly known as the "West Bank") and the Gaza strip. The area east of the River Jordan today known as Jordan would become the Arab state, thus giving it an area three times the size of the Jewish State. Arabs not recognising the entire area of the proposed Jewish state would have to move to the Arab state, and likewise similarly with Jews not recognising the Arab state. This article of mine is one of the many papers in my book "From Keyboard to Computer." The title of my book is a modernised form of the expression "From Pen to Paper" where the Keyboard is today's Pen and Computer the Paper. This book is a selection of my writings over the past half century. Included is a number of polemic articles. Amongst them is one where Yasser Arafat receives Israeli citizenship, becomes a member of Knesset, and then defence minister of the State of Israel - according to Israeli law this cannot be excluded as a possibility! Another paper describes the traumatic situation that could occur if Israel gave the "Palestinian" Arabs autonomy over areas on the "West Bank," an idea which the Israeli government has since implemented. Yet another paper describes the true situation where for over 20 years the electricity supplied to the Israeli Military Headquarters at Bet-El was supplied and controlled by the Palestinian Liberation Organization, who could at will have cut off the electricity supply - a crucial element in the defence of a country. In this book there is a section containing numerous letters which I sent over the years to various newspapers in Israel, the United States and Britain. Almost all these letters deal with the political situation in Israel. and some were published by the respective newspapers. The longest section of the book comprises nine scholarly articles, most of them interdisciplinary. One of these papers analyses the legality of Jewish settlement beyond the Six Day War lines. Another paper is a study according to Jewish law of the murders in Agatha Christie's book "And Then There Were None." Another is a discussion of anti-Semitism in Richmal Crompton's "William Books," and yet another involves an unusual case of conversion and adoption, in which Jewish and English law on these subjects are compared. As regards all these scholarly articles, readers may request photocopies of the source material, sent without charge, from my e-mail: chaimsimons@gmail.com to their e-mails.

Table of Contents:
Preface v Section one: POLEMIC WRITINGS 1 Liquidation of the Jewish State 3 Kiryat Arba after Two Years of Arab autonomy 8 Yasser Arafat elected to the Knesset 12 Believe it or not! 15 Self Defence Strictly Forbidden 17 Racial Discrimination in Jerusalem 20 Sallah Shabbati and the J.N.F. 21 The Allon Plan in Reverse 23 Mr. Baker, Please Visit Israel Every Week 24 When will the Nationalists Learn that Unity Preceeds Power? 26 The Second Deafening Silence 28 Section two: A PROPOSAL 31 "Geneva Accord" - Alternative Version 33 Section three: LETTERS 49 An Open Letter to President Carter 51 An Open Letter to Shulamit Aloni 53 An Open Letter from Israel to one's Uncle in the Diaspora 55 Various Letters to the Editor 57 Section four: SCHOLARLY PAPERS 77 Israel's Title under International Law to Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") and the Gaza Strip and the Legality of Jewish Settlement in these areas, including special reference to Hebron 79 The Secular Zionist Agenda for a Jewish State 116 The First Shabbat spent by Civilians in Hebron after the Six Day War 135 Was Theodor Herzl's Wife Jewish? 144 Who Originated the Idea of the Daf Yomi Learning Schedule? 171 An Unusual Case History of Adoption and Conversion with Particular Reference to Jewish Law 187 Richmal Crompton's "Just William" and the Jews 215 Analysis according to Jewish Law of the Murders in Agatha Christie's Book "And Then There Were None" 247 Comparison of History and Fiction in Docudrama on Rescue of Danish Jews during the Holocaust 268

About the Author :
CHAIM SIMONS was born in London in 1942. At the age of 20, he was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Chemistry and Physics from the University of London. Three years later he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from the same University. At a later date, he was awarded a Bachelor degree in Educational Technology. He also possesses a Rabbinical Diploma and is a qualified teacher with decades of experience in Education, which includes the setting and marking of Matriculation examinations. He has written a number of books and booklets on a variety of subjects. These include the subject of population transfer, various topics in relation to the Land of Israel, genealogy, autobiographical material, papers on Rabbinical subjects which have been published in scholarly journals, and pupils' workbooks for different age groups.