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Signs of the Times Relevant Scriptures and Jerusalem |
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"...nation will rise against nation.... And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places." Matthew 24:7
"On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her [Jerusalem], I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves." Zechariah 12:3 |
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This video helps clarify Israel's "right" and need to defend itself from those who seek its destruction: Critical Security Needs of Israel
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September 2010
(September 1) Jews killed where Obama demanded removal of checkpoints: "Today's deadly terror attack that killed four people took place on a road where the Israeli government removed staffed anti-terror checkpoints in line with requests from the Obama administration.... As President Obama was preparing for a Washington summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Palestinian terrorists today carried out a shooting attack, killing two Jewish men and two women, one of whom was pregnant.... The attack took place in the West Bank...near the historic biblical city of Hebron....
"Abu-Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, stated today's shooting was 'a link in a chain-series of attacks - some have been executed, and others will follow.'....
"...the gunmen today approached the Israeli vehicle and shot the victims multiple times at point-blank range. ...Paramedic Guy Ronen described the shooting scene...: 'When we arrived on the scene, all four doors of the car were open and four bodies were strewn on the road. We saw that the vital organs had been struck by a very large number of bullets, and that there was no chance of saving their lives.'...
"Members of Netanyahu's entourage said the prime minister was briefed on the events and that he instructed Israel's security agencies to prepare for the possibility of further attacks aimed at disrupting the Washington summit..... Officially, Hamas took responsibility for the terror attack."
Central Israel in range of Hamas rockets: "The long-range rockets acquired by Hamas are of the Fajar-5 type....Israel is also concerned about the possibility of an arms deal being worked out between Russia and the Syrian military."
Hezbollah terrorists in America: "The report describes terrorist involvement in fundraising for so-called 'charity projects' and engaging in criminal activities such as money laundering, smuggling, drug trafficking, fraud and extortion. The report estimates that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah would likely increase in strength in the coming years inside the U.S. to the degree that it would pose as a national security threat by the year 2014. There is no record to be found of any arrests or deportations of any of these non-citizen terrorists who are quietly going about their business in our communities undetected....
"The 38-page terrorism report further indicates that 'Hezbollah was being directed by the leadership in Lebanon as well as by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).' ...Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood, funneling Saudi money into major American investments and endowments and into the mega mosques that are springing up across the country."
August 2010
(August 31) Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks : The Israeli military says a Palestinian gunman has killed four Israelis in an attack in the West Bank. The shooting comes just a day ahead of a White House summit relaunching Mideast peace talks. Police say the gunman opened fire at a vehicle near Hebron _ a volatile city that has experienced heavy violence in the past. There has been no claim of responsibility. But Israeli authorities are concerned that militants might try to sabotage the U.S.-led peace efforts with violence."
(August 27) Accepting the unacceptable: "The White House is the most stubborn defender of the notion that the Iranian nuclear threat is not as serious a threat as the absence of a Palestinian state. That is, President Barack Obama himself is the most strident advocate of a US Middle East policy that ignores all the dangers the US faces in the region and turns American guns against the only country that doesn't threaten any US interest."
(August 25) Undermining the Jewish State: "Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is one of the relatively more 'moderate' anti-Israel church coalitions....In July, a CMEP delegation met with National Security Council Chief of Staff Denis McDonough to offer 'support' for President Obama’s Middle East policy but also to share 'concerns.' What were these concerns?
"CMEP was distressed by continued Jewish settlements on the West Bank, the 'humanitarian situation' in Gaza, and the 'importance of Jerusalem being a shared city (for three faiths as well as two peoples).'...But this concern seemingly extends only so far as it implicates Israel and does not fault radical Islam or the policies of Arab regimes towards Christian minorities....This very concerned CMEP delegation to the White House included the Evangelical Lutheran Church... a Greek Orthodox representative, several clerics from pacifist denominations, a Roman Catholic bishop, and strangely, an official from the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)....
"...simplistically portraying Palestinians as victims and Israel and America as villains is the underlying constant theme for CMEP and the elites of its member churches."
(August 20) All-woman Lebanese ship sails to Gaza : Samar al-Hajj says the ship, the Mariam, named after the Virgin Mary, will be carrying medicine for the seaside strip. Al-Hajj said all the passengers will be women activists. Lebanon and Israel are technically at war and Israeli officials have warned Beirut not to allow the boat to sail. Al-Hajj said Lebanon's president, prime minister and parliament speaker refused to meet with her, which appeared to signal the government's lack of support for the venture."
(August 18) Gunman storms embassy shouting 'I want to kill Jews!': "Employees of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv are being held hostage in their compound by a Palestinian threatening to 'kill Jews'..."
(August 16) Israel will not be a ‘perfect victim’: "Today's Middle East... reflects two developments. One is the rise of Iran and militant Islam since the 1979 revolution, which led to al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah. The other development is the multiplying threat of missile warfare. Now Israel faces a third threat, the campaign to delegitimize it in order to extinguish its capacity for self-defense."
(August 13) John Bolton: Russia's Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack: "News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has touched off a countdown to a point of no return, a deadline by which Israel would have to launch an attack on Iran's Bushehr reactor before it becomes effectively 'immune' to any assault..."
Salah: Caliph will sit in Jerusalem: "Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah tells rally of 50,000 in Umm al-Fahm: Jerusalem will be the capital of the new Muslim caliphate sooner than is thought; says Sharon, Katsav, Clinton punished by Allah for wanting to divide al-Aqsa mosque site Roee Nahmias Published: 09.15.06, 23:20 / Israel News share Head
(August 10) Israel threatened with terror 'resistance axis: "An expert on the Middle East says Hezbollah, supported by Hamas, Syria, Iran and potentially Turkey, will form a 'resistance axis' if Israel attacks Lebanon, from which attacks have come in the past, or Iran, which reportedly is seeking nuclear weapons and has a president who has threatened to destroy the Jewish nation, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. And the result of any counter-attack could mean the end of Israel..." Jerusalem
(August 9) 'Iran has hijacked my country': "'Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, have taken Lebanon hostage, using the country for political and military gain, charged Samy Gemayel, a Lebanese parliament member. 'If Iran wants to escalate the situation in the region it will escalate in our country using Hezbollah's weapons, using Hezbollah's power in the region.'"
(August 8) Anti-Israel ‘Lawfare’ in Europe: "Pro-Palestinian activists are launching a new round of anti-Israel lawsuits in European courts. The lawsuits, which exploit the legal principle of universal jurisdiction, are being used to harass current and former Israeli political and military leaders, with the twin aims of tying Israel’s hands against Palestinian terror and delegitimizing the Jewish state....
"So far none of the lawsuits filed against Israel in European courts have reached the stage of a trial.... But even short of actual prosecutions, pro-Palestinian activists have scored huge propaganda victories by charging Israeli officials with war crimes. This alone makes the pursuit of frivolous universal jurisdiction lawsuits a winning proposition for many activist groups."
(August 7) Europe’s “Decoy Jews”: "Jews are no longer safe in major Dutch cities. ...three Jews with skullcaps, two adolescents and an adult, were harassed within thirty minutes of being out in the streets of Amsterdam. Young Muslims spat at them, mocked them, shouted insults and made Nazi salutes. 'Dirty Jew, go back to your own country,' a group of Moroccan youths shouted at a young indigenous Dutch Jew. 'It is rather ironic,' the young man commented, adding that if one goes out in a burka one encounters less hostility than if one wears a skullcap.....
"In an effort to arrest the culprits who terrorize Jews, the Amsterdam authorities have ordered police officers to walk the streets disguised as Jews. The Dutch police already disguise officers as 'decoy prostitutes, decoy gays and decoy grannies' to deter muggings....Once again, the specter of anti-Semitism is haunting Europe."
(August 6)
Obama's deadly Mideast delusions: "When the Obama administration banned the terms Islamic extremism and jihad from US national security documents back on April 7, 2010, the United States began a new approach toward the war on terror.... On the same day that the Associated Press carried the ‘banned terms’ news release, the assistant to President Obama on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan spoke with law students at New York University, where he referred to Jerusalem by its Arabic name, Al-Quds."A month later on May 28, President Obama informed the world that the war on terrorwas over. 'Our long-term security will not come from our ability to instill fear in other peoples but through our capacity to speak to their hopes,' the US President explained.
"...in Barack Obama’s world, there are no ideological-driven terrorists (only al-Qaeda), jihad against non-Muslims does not exist, and Jerusalem is a city exclusively rooted in an Islamic past....
"For the 111,000 residents of Ashkelon, located 21 kilometers (13 miles) away from the Gaza Strip, this past Friday, July 30, was a terrifying day. An Iranian Grad missile launched from Gaza exploded in the heart of a residential neighborhood....The following Saturday night, July 31, an upgraded Qassam rocket fired against Sderot directly struck a children’s hydrotherapy rehabilitation center.....'These rocket launchers fire these rockets and hope to indiscriminately target anything.”'
Lights, camera, peace process! "No, Obama is not threatening to end US training of the Palestinian army. That $550 million training will continue despite Israel's position that a Palestinian state must be demilitarized and its concern that the US trained force will turn its guns on Israel. Among other things, that concern is based on the fact that members of the Palestinian security forces and their Fatah affiliates have been responsible for most of the lethal attacks against Israelis
..."Obama's decision to upgrade the PLO mission in Washington signals that he is willing to consider accepting a Palestinian state formed outside the framework of a peace deal with Israel. That is, he is willing to consider supporting a Palestinian state that will be at war with Israel....
"Abbas has no legal authority to represent the Palestinians. His term of office ended in January 2009. The only reason he continues to be referred to as the president of the Palestinian Authority is because the US insisted that he pretend that he is still represents someone."
U.S. raises status of PLO mission in Washington: "The U.S. has raised the diplomatic status of the PLO mission in Washington to that of a 'general delegation.'The new status is short of what states have, but it gives officials in the mission diplomatic immunity and enables them to display the PLO flag.... President Obama has arranged to double U.S. subsidy of the Palestinian Authority (P.A.), bringing the annual total up to $1.3 billion. P.A. Arabs get more foreign aid per capita than does anyone else."
Netanyahu: Extending settlement freeze will cause government to collapse : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has conditioned upgrading to direct negotiations with Israel on a continued halt on West Bank construction. See ARTICLE
Anti-Semitism in mainstream Christianity : "John and Charles Wesley, the founders and spiritual fathers of Methodism, were themselves both fiery supporters of the Jewish people....In considering Charles Wesley's burning heart for the restoration of the Jewish people to the land of Israel and their Messiah, it is all the more sad to consider the recent radical decision made at the Methodist conference... to boycott Jewish goods and services produced in Judea and Samaria as well as to endorse a brazenly anti-Semitic document known as the Kairos Palestine Document.... 'Up to this point, the Methodist Church has never boycotted any country; Israel has the distinction of being the first.'
"He then brings to remembrance two other historical boycotts against the Jewish people. The first example cited is Hitler's boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, which started on April 1, 1933. The second example cited was 'the Muslim Arab boycott of all Israeli products from circa 1922 until the present day.'...
"Not surprisingly, the Kairos Palestine Document nowhere condemns or calls for an end to terrorism, but instead endorses it, referring to brazen terrorist acts in glowing and positive terms."
July 2010
Putin’s War on Israel: "Now that another Middle East war seems imminent, concerns are growing about the new powerful weapons that are available to Palestinian terrorists. It appears to be virtually unknown that these weapons are being steadily supplied by Putin’s Russia.... Indeed, the world is willing to turn a blind eye."
(July 31) Abbas: Palestinian State To Be Judenrein: "If a Palestinian Authority state is created in Judea and Samaria, no Israeli citizen will be allowed to set foot inside, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said this week in a meeting with members of the Arab League. The PA chairman also stated that he would block any Jewish soldiers from serving with an international force stationed on PA-controlled land....'I will never allow a single Israeli to live among us on Palestinian land,' Abbas declared. ...Abbas has demanded that Israeli completely freeze construction for Jews in areas east of the 1949 armistice line, including north, south, and east Jerusalem..."
(July 30) It's springtime for Jew haters: "...Stone said that Adolf Hitler had been given a bum rap and that through 'Jewish domination of the media,' the Jews have inflated the importance of the Holocaust and wrecked US foreign policy.... Cole wrote, 'Jerusalem not only was not being built by the likely then non-existent 'Jewish people' in 1000 BCE, but Jerusalem probably was not even inhabited at that point in history. ...the traditional dates for the united kingdom under David and Solomon.
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...an audience that demands an explanation of why evil is evil is an audience that has already sided with evil." See Moses a myth? Archeological and historical evidence of Biblical accuracy(July 29) Putin’s War on Israel: "Now that another Middle East war seems imminent, concerns are growing about the new powerful weapons that are available to Palestinian terrorists. It appears to be virtually unknown that these weapons are being steadily supplied by Putin’s Russia."
(July 25) Salah: Caliph will sit in Jerusalem: "Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah tells rally of 50,000 in Umm al-Fahm: Jerusalem will be the capital of the new Muslim caliphate sooner than is thought." See Jerusalem
(July 23) Change has come to the Middle East: "...multiple press reports indicate that Turkey is collaborating militarily with Syria in a joint campaign against the Kurds of Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Turkey is a member of NATO. It fields the Western world's top weapons systems. Syria is Iran's junior partner. It is a state sponsor of multiple terrorist organizations and a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction. ...on the Kurdish New Year, Syrian forces launched an operation against Kurdish population centers throughout Syria. Wednesday Alarabiya reported that hundreds of Kurds have been killed in recent weeks."
Al-Arabiya Director Calls Nuclear Iran ‘Most Dangerous Threat That is Facing Our Region in 100 Years’: "While recognizing that Iran may not attack the Gulf States with nuclear weapons, Al-Rashid says that Iran, 'would certainly seek to dominate them, and perhaps take over a number of Gulf States, in the knowledge that no major power in the world will dare to interfere as they are protected by their nuclear arms.”
(July 22) Abandoning Israel: "Israel, however, must assume that should the same people who have repeatedly called for their physical annihilation gain the means to accomplish their oft-stated goal, they will not hesitate to destroy the Jewish state. Israel is certainly preparing for the worst. It is moving full speed ahead with its Iron Dome missile defense system, continues to push for international diplomatic action against Iran, strives as always to hold its military to the highest possible standards of behavior and is continually reaching out to Washington."
(Posted July 18, though dated earlier) Anti-Semitism. History Behind The Scenes: "Roosevelt’s concessions to Stalin at the Yalta conference with Winston Churchill at the close of the Second World War conceded the nucleus of the Soviet empire, namely all of Eastern Europe, to the communist dictator. ...Roosevelt told Stalin and Churchill that he was going on to meet with the Saudi king after the Big Three disbanded at their Crimea confab. ... Stalin asked FDR if he would make any concessions to the king. 'The president replied that there was only one concession he thought he might offer, and that was to give him the 6 million Jews in the United States,' the notes read."
(July 18) Gas field threatens fresh Lebanon-Israel dispute: "A field known as Leviathan might contain 16 trillion cubic feet of gas – enough to serve Israel’s domestic needs and make the country a substantial exporter. But Lebanon is eyeing some of that income, badly needed to pay off its $50bn national debt. Some Lebanese politicians say the field may extend into their country’s as yet undeclared maritime zone. Israel and Lebanon are still formally at war and the two neighbours have never agreed a maritime boundary."
(July 12) Compliment in Presbyterian Report Embarrasses J-Street: "The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) ... will debate this week whether to endorse an official church study committee report that compares Israel to the worst regimes of the 20th century, including Nazi Germany. The report, which also mentions ultra-liberal Jewish lobby group J Street as a sign of 'hope,' seems to have embarrassed that group. J Street Vice President Rachel Lerner called out to the Presbyterians to reject the 'study.' ... 'with the passage of this study, the Church will alienate us and as a result our activists will not want to work with you and this will damage completely the possibility of a future relationship.' She said she was 'saddened' and 'angered' by the report. However, Lerner clarified that even if the study is adopted, J-Street will not be issuing a directive to its local branches to cease partnering with local Presbyterian churches."
Growing Israeli interest in Yeshua (Jesus): "The Messianic ministry Revive Israel located just outside Jerusalem reports that its staff and partner ministries have experienced an upsurge in interest among secular and religious Israelis in the person and ministry of Yeshua (Jesus). ...[A] group of 40 young Israeli college students...were surprised to discover that the promise of a new covenant is written in the Hebrew prophets (Jeremiah 31)....The group was reportedly surprised at the level of kindness shown by the Messianics despite frequent harassment of and attacks on believers in Jesus in Israel." See God's love
(July 10) Hizballah deployed across southern Lebanon: "The Israeli army on Wednesday declassified and presented to the press hundreds of photographs, maps and video clips showing that the Lebanese terrorist militia has deployed inside some 160 villages throughout southern Lebanon in preparation for another war with Israel. ...the village of el-Khiam, which lies just 2.5 miles from the border with Israel, have become weapons caches and command-and-control centers. Additionally, heavy explosives have been positioned throughout the town as booby-traps. ....
"UN Security Council Resolution 1701...called for the disarming of Hizballah.... But Lebanon has refused to disarm the group, which also holds sway over the parliament and government.... What most Israelis are angered by is the UN's continued apathy...
Palestinian leader calls for Arab invasion of Israel: "The official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on Tuesday wrote that when Abbas met recently with media figures at the home of the Palestinian ambassador to Jordan, he recounted that during an Arab League Summit in Libya in March he told his fellow leaders that he still preferred war against Israel, but could not do it alone."
(July 7) Obama 'guarantees' no new Jewish construction -- Palestinians satisfied with behind-the-scenes results of White House meeting: "...the PA negotiator and other PA officials... were satisfied with the Obama administration's explanation that the U.S. extracted from Netanyahu -- a concession that he would not allow any new construction in both the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem besides the main 'settlement' blocks....
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Netanyahu, meanwhile, said yesterday Israel is prepared to take additional steps to ease Palestinian movement in the West Bank, referring to the removal of anti-terror roadblocks and checkpoints. Previously, the removal of such barriers many times led to an immediate increase in terrorist attacks from those locations....'The point is, we are prepared to do them. But what we want to see finally is one thing: We want President Abbas to grasp my hand ... to shake it, sit down and negotiate a final settlement of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.'"(July 5) Alarming video: Muslim protesters disrupt homecoming for U.K. soldiers... "calling them cowards and butchers." "Why are they protected?' shouted a British woman. "We are not protected!" "...they were stirring up hate!"
Villagers disarm UN patrol in south Lebanon: "Villagers disarmed a French patrol of UN peacekeepers Saturday and attacked them with sticks, rocks and eggs in south Lebanon, in the latest in a string of such incidents, the Lebanese army said."
(July 4) Hamas: Ships do more than rockets: "Hamas believes that the recent flotilla incident caused more damage to Israel than military operations, a conclusion that may signal a shift in the group's condcutg. "When we use violence, we help Israel win international support," senior Hamas man Aziz Dweik was quoted as saying. "The Gaza flotilla has done more for Gaza than 10,000 rockets."
Dr. Richard L. Rubenstein, Yale fellow, on Obama: "Dr. Richard L. Rubenstein, Yale fellow, 'Distinguished Professor of the Year', and Harvard Phd, states that president Obama's intention is to 'correct the historical mistake of the creation of the state of Israel.' Moreover, Dr. Rubenstein states that president Obama is extremely pro Muslim due to his family past to the point of 'wanting to see the destruction of Israel.'"
Making the World More Dangerous: "Syria had obtained a sophisticated radar system from Iran (in violation of U.N. sanctions -- but don't hold your breath for an emergency Security Council session). The radar would make it much more difficult for Israeli jets to fly undetected over Syrian air space en route to Iran. If shared with Hezbollah, a Syrian/Iranian client based in Lebanon, the radar would vastly improve the accuracy of Hezbollah's missiles and bolster its air defenses. This is merely the latest signal of contempt by Syria for the Obama administration's sedulous courting."
June 2010
(June 30) No Palestinian state by 2012, Israeli envoy says Comment puts Israel under new criticism: "'...I see no chance that a Palestinian state will be established by 2012,' Mr. Lieberman said at a news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. 'We can express interest, we can dream, but in reality, we are still far from reaching understandings and agreements on establishing an independent state by 2012.' Russia, along with the U.S., European Union and United Nations, make up the 'Quartet' of Mideast negotiators — an international group that has spent nearly a decade trying to forge a peace agreement." The next link explains why:
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Second Thoughts (Israel & peace process): "Uzi Arad, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's national security adviser, appears to be having second thoughts about the so-called 'peace process.' 'Have you failed to notice....that the more we lend legitimacy to a Palestinian state, the more it comes at the expense of our own?' ... [The peace process] was launched by Israel back in 1993 in the expectation of actually achieving peace with the Palestinians. But it soon became evident that Yasir Arafat and his gang of cutthroats had a different idea. They sought to use their newly established (courtesy of Israel) strongholds in the West Bank and Gaza as springboards from which to 'liberate' the rest of 'occupied Palestine.' The Palestinian leadership called this a 'strategy of stages,' and they launched a new and terrible wave of terrorist attacks to implement it."Turkish Rally for Flotilla Raises Flag with Nazi Symbol: "Turkish supporters for flotillas aimed at breaking Israel’s maritime embargo on Hamas-controlled Gaza recently raised the Nazi flag with an expression of gratitude." See Socialist stepping-stones to Communism in America
(June 29) Hamas says asked by US to keep silent on talks: "Islamist group source says senior American officials request contacts remain secret 'so as not to rouse Jewish lobby.'"
Growing Israeli interest in Yeshua (Jesus): "The Messianic ministry Revive Israel located just outside Jerusalem reports that its staff and partner ministries have experienced an upsurge in interest among secular and religious Israelis in the person and ministry of Yeshua (Jesus)."
(June 28) Hugo Chavez: 'Genocidal' Israel will be put in its place: "Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez described Israel on Saturday as a genocidal state that acted as an assassin for the United States....'But one day the genocidal state of Israel will be put into its place...' Chavez received a hero's welcome when he visited Syria in 2006."
(June 27) The "Samson Option": Choice in the Absence of Choice? "The interests of all the players are very clear except for the West. The goal of Iran is to strengthen its base on the Mediterranean Sea coast to escalate the confrontation with Israel and moderate Sunni Arab regimes, and at the same time to distract the world attention from its nuclear program.
"The goal of Turkish Justice and Development Party led by Erdogan is to get points before the elections, make Turkey the leader of the Sunni world and to revive the national ambitions.... Russia is supporting Iran and Turkey in attempt to restore the previous Soviet influence, push the US out of the region....
"The aims of these powers are completely contrary to the aims of the other two leading players in the region: Israel and the moderate Arab regimes.... The goal of Israel is to provide its safety by weakening HAMAS and depriving it of its life support: weaponry.... The goal of the moderate Arab regimes coincides with that of Israel....
"Theoretically both Israel and the Arab regimes are allies of the West. So it would be right to assume that the West will protect them from regional predators. Alas! Common sense and political expediency do not work....If the situation does not change (that is extremely improbable), we will witness a two-act drama. The first act will be the fall of moderate Arab regimes....If it happens, the second act will follow. Israel will be backed into his corner.... The next Holocaust will cease to be an abstraction and become a reality." See Jerusalem
US-Israeli relations suffer 'tectonic rift': "Unlike his previous encounter with Mr Obama in March, when he was given a stern dressing-down and denied permission to hold a joint press conference, Mr Netanyahu's visit to the White House next Tuesday is likely to be cloaked in civility....But the show of unity is being seen as a sop to members of Mr Obama's party who afraid of angering Jewish American voters ahead of November's midterm elections than as a sign of genuine rapprochement."
June 25) Israel informant risks deportation: "Yousef, son of Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, is credited by Israel with helping thwart countless terror attacks. He is now being threatened with deportation....'He risked his life every day in order to prevent' violence, [Ben-Itzhak] said.
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'Yousef, for his part, called Ben-Itzhak 'a true friend' who was always concerned about his safety.... Yousef’s advocates have warned that he could be killed if deported to the West Bank, but he himself maintained that he would keep up his fight against intolerance and terror regardless of where he ended up."(June 24) 87 US senators support Israeli self-defense: "Eighty-seven of the US Senate's 100 members have voiced support for Israel's right to self-defense.... 'In response to thousands of rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Israel took steps to prevent items which could be used to support these attacks from reaching Gaza,' they said, referring to Israel's four-year naval blockade of the Palestinian territory....The lawmakers, from both sides of the political aisle, also stressed that 'it is our national interest to support Israel at a moment when Israel faces multiple threats from Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the current regime in Iran.' The lawmakers brought particular attention to the Turkish Muslim charity involved with organizing the aid flotilla, and urged Obama to consider branding the IHH -- the acronym for the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation -- as a terrorist organization..."
(June 23) Dark War Clouds Loom on Mid-East Horizon: "The only wild card that can change this slide into warfare is an active United States policy. Yet curiously, the U.S. is engaged in both an emotional and physical retreat from the region.... Despite the investment in blood and treasure to allow a stable government to emerge in Iraq, the anticipated withdrawal of U.S. forces has prompted President Maliki to travel to Tehran on a regular basis. And despite historic links to Israel that gave the U.S. leverage in the region and a democratic ally, the Obama Administration treats Israel as a national-security albatross that must be disposed of as soon as possible....
"As a consequence, the U.S. is perceived in the region as the 'weak horse,' the one that is dangerous to ride. In every Middle East capital the words 'unreliable and United States' are linked.... It is no longer a question of whether war will occur, but rather when it will occur.... There are many triggers for igniting the explosion, but not many scenarios for containment."
(June 22) Israel and the Surrender of the West: "At every turn 'world opinion' ... takes offense and condemns Israel for yet another infraction of the world's moral sensibility. And this voice has achieved an international political legitimacy so that even the silliest condemnation of Israel is an opportunity for self-congratulation.... A demonstrator at an anti-Israel rally in New York carries a sign depicting the skull and crossbones drawn over the word 'Israel.' White House correspondent Helen Thomas, in one of the ugliest incarnations of this voice, calls on Jews to move back to Poland. And of course the United Nations and other international organizations smugly pass one condemnatory resolution after another against Israel while the Obama administration either joins in or demurs with a wink.
"This is something new in the world, this almost complete segregation of Israel in the community of nations. And if Helen Thomas's remarks were pathetic and ugly, didn't they also point to the end game of this isolation effort: the nullification of Israel's legitimacy as a nation? There is a chilling familiarity in all this.... The Jews are being scapegoated again.
"...it is good manners to be outraged at Israel's blockade of Gaza, and it is bad manners to be outraged at Hamas's recent attack on a school because it educated girls, or at the thousands of rockets Hamas has fired into Israeli towns—or even at the fact that Hamas is armed and funded by Iran.
"...it is safer in the white West to see the Palestinians as they advertise themselves—as an 'occupied' people denied sovereignty and simple human dignity by a white Western colonizer. The West is simply too vulnerable to the racist stigma to object to this 'neo-colonial' characterization."
(June 21) Obama and the War against Israel: "Geographically tiny, Israel is surrounded by theocracies that reject its very existence as a 'nakba' — a catastrophe — and call for its destruction. To carry out this malignant ambition, anti-Israel Islamists have mobilized three rocket-wielding armies, sworn to wipe Israel from the face of the earth....
"Given that hatred for Jews is the animating passion of the Hamas militants, their response to Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 was not surprising. Far from greeting this as a gesture of peace, Hamas regarded the Israeli withdrawal as a surrender to its terrorist attacks and an opportunity to escalate them. In the days and months following the withdrawal, Hamas launched 6,500 unprovoked rocket strikes on towns and schoolyards in Israel before the Israelis decided to strike back....
"On Israel’s eastern border is the West Bank, home to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and other terrorist groups, armed and protected by the so-called 'moderate' Palestinian Authority. Like Hamas, the Palestinian Authority officially rejects Israel’s existence....
"On Israel’s northern border, in Lebanon, is Hezbollah...which is stockpiling tens of thousands of Iranian rockets in anticipation of the war of annihilation it has promised to wage against the Jewish state."
Celebrating Genocide: "Many are puzzled by the widespread support in European democracies of Palestinian groups and Arab states that promote genocidal anti-Semitism. After all, Palestinian and broader Arab anti-Semitism draws heavily, in its anti-Jewish propaganda, on Nazi models....
"Hamas employs its media, mosques and schools to convey the same message. Its schools and children’s television programming teach their young audience the necessity of killing Jews. Nevertheless, in many quarters of the European mainstream, the Hamas rulers of Gaza are besieged heroes and Israel and “the Jews” are the villains." See Loving evil
(June 17) Obama's Actions Will Only Strengthen Hamas: "Never before have Palestinians been forced to make a stark choice between supporting terrorism and pursuing prosperity; they’d more or less been able to enjoy both simultaneously. While growth was stagnant or negative during most of the so-called 'intifada,' Palestinians started their terror campaign in the fall of 2000 with the wealthiest non-oil Arab economy.
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Faced with the reality that continued Hamas leadership likely would result in even greater misery, most Gazans had soured on the terrorist group. According to figures released this January by respected pollster Nabil Kukali of the Palestinian Center For Public Opinion, Gazans’ support for Hamas had plummeted to 22%....In a surprisingly candid interview with Public Radio International this January, Hamas Senior Advisor Ahmed Yousef admitted that Hamas’ popularity was suffering 'because of the sanction[s], the pressure.'..."With Egypt temporarily opening its border with Gaza....Hamas appears to have rebounded considerably. That’s even before Gaza receives its portion of the proposed U.S. aid package of $400 million for the Palestinians."
(June 16) Hamas Rises in the West: "Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his advisors have deliberated around the clock about how to contend with the US-led international stampede against Israel....
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It is not surprising that Obama is siding with Hamas. His close associates are leading members of the pro-Hamas Free Gaza outfit. Obama's friends, former Weatherman Underground terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and William Ayres participated in a Free Gaza trip to Egypt in January....Another leading member of Free Gaza is former US senator from South Dakota James Abourezk. All of these people have open lines of communication not only to the Obama White House, but to Obama himself."Obama has made his sympathy for the Muslim Brotherhood clear several times since entering office. The Muslim Brotherhood's progeny include Hamas, al Qaida and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, among others.... His administration's decision to deport Hamas deserter and Israeli counter-terror operative Mosab Hassan Yousef to the Palestinian Authority where he will be killed is the latest sign of their support for radical Islam."
(June 15) Funding Hamas: "We are $13 trillion in debt.... Yet, the President wants to send $400 million for 'humanitarian aid' to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, an area controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas....If the money given to the late PLO chief Yasser Arafat is any indication, our dollars will be used to fund more terrorist activities and line the pockets of those in charge."
(June 14) EU will move to end blockade': "Spain will propose the European Union exert strong diplomatic pressure on Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza Strip....The Spanish prime minister said at a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Spain wants to 'forge a strong common position' with EU countries in the face of the humanitarian [see June 11 below] situation in Gaza."
Confronting Europe’s War on the Jews: "Why don’t we see demonstrations in London, Paris and Barcelona against Islamic dictatorships? Or demonstrations against the Burmese dictatorship? ...As a journalist it is my duty to search for the truth beyond prejudice, lies and manipulations. The truth about Israel is not told."
Find previous links on this topic at Signs of the times -
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One of the most effective weapons against Israel is deceptive propaganda favoring those who seek Israel's destruction. Remember that "Humanitarian relief is delivered to Gaza from Israel on a daily basis. During the first three months of this year,
94,500 tons of supplies were transferred to Gaza from Israel, including
48,000 tons of food products;
40,000 tons of wheat;
2,760 tons of rice;
1,987 tons of clothes and footwear; and
553 tons of milk powder and baby food..." [Theater of War, 2nd link below]
But there is little thanks from Gaza to Israel.
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