The Miracle of Zionism

"Israel is the only nation in the world that is governing itself in the same territory, under the same name, and with the same religion and same language as it did 3,000 years ago." - Historian Barbara Tuchman

"Israel is the only nation on the face of the earth that was created by a sovereign act of God" - Pastor John Hagee

"All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?" - Author / Atheist, Mark Twain (long before the Holocaust and Israeli-Jewish statehood)

"They are the most glorious nation that ever inhabited this Earth. The Romans and their Empire were but a Bauble in comparison of the Jews. They have given religion to three quarters of the Globe and have influenced the affairs of Mankind more, and more happily, than any other Nation ancient or modern." - President John Adams - His 1808 response letter criticizing the depiction of Jews by the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Why I Hate the Palestinians

Let me say from the beginning that I don’t hate anyone as a general rule. I look for and desire to see the good in every human being as I believe everyone else should do as well. If someone has been influenced by an evil mindset in ideology, then my first reaction is not to commence hating that person but rather to make an attempt to shake that person out of that destructive mindset by using logic and reason, along with a persuasive passion for what is spiritually right and true.

However, because this is not always possible regardless of the amount of truth that is placed before certain individuals, and because there are those who will always love the evil inwardly more than righteousness, I believe that there can is righteous-based hatred regarding some humans. I don’t believe in living a life for the sole purpose of hating for any cause as do certain political, religious, and non-religious hate groups. But there are things in this life (including evil devoted people) of whom it's righteous to hate.

God judges hatred along with all motivations of the human heart by His law and not by man’s westernized liberal conceptions. There is a big difference between hating your personal enemy on a personal level for personal reasons, and hating an enemy of God on a spiritual level for spiritual reasons. Examine what the scripture states:
"Do not I hate them, O YHVH, that hate thee?
And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting." - Psalms 139:21-24.
(also see II Chronicles 19:2)

In this segment from the book of Psalms, the psalmist was searching his heart before God in which he was making sure that his godly resistance towards his enemies - in the form of righteous hatred - was in check. In this passage Israel’s enemies are the ones who hates God. For the psalmist, his thought was that if he did not have a "perfect" hatred towards God’s enemies, then his thoughts of not hating God's enemy would be of a wicked way within his heart. From my point of view, the politically-correct secular world could learn volumes from the simple declaration that this psalmist proclaimed and of which the first and second Jewish Temple singers sang the psalm:1
Do not I hate them, O YHVH that hate thee?” and "I hate them (God's enemies) with a perfect hatred"
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I have heard people say that they may hate the things evil people do but not the person themselves. I agree with that concept in general but not as an overall concept. An individual can sink so much into evil that they become “as one” with their wickedness. There is a place in the realms of evil where a person has sold out "soul" lock, stock and barrel in effect crossing the point of no return where their whole lives can only be devoted as an enemy against God. Such was the case with Pharaoh during the time of the Exodus whose heart become more hardened after each manifestation of the ten plagues of Egypt.

To bring this reality into modern times, I do not and cannot love any part of Adolph Hitler including his very soul. I not only hate the things that he did on earth but I also hate him spiritually as God's enemy as well. How about you? Are you a hater of Hitler's very soul?

Fact: There is no separation between Hitler's soul and his Holocaust deeds that he did on earth both now and forever.

Hitler made a choice to become the image of evil rather than expressing the image of God he was made in. I don’t believe God loves him but rather hates him insomuch that Hitler’s soul (and not just the things he did) is in a place of the eternally damned where he will be forever separated from the God of mercy, justice, and righteousness. So in trying to be like minded with God’s thinking towards Hitler, I hate the expressed devil that Hitler was and forever shall be known. I not only believe that it's a righteous act to hate Hitler, but in fact it would be evil of me or anyone else not to do so as the above Psalm of David plainly points out. Furthermore, the so-called do-gooders who actually love Hitler are the ones most likely to support him and his deeds.
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Hitler is not the only ambassador of evil to walk around in human form. I feel the same way with the likes of other such devils as Yassier Arafat, Louis Farrakhan, David Duke, and now Jimmy Carter who has devoted the rest of his evil life to the cause of Israel's murderous enemy. These men are not simply misguided fools that are followers of evil (a place where true repentance and the turning away from evil are still available to such a person) but they are in fact actual leaders and forgoers of evil for the sole purpose of leading others in their evil!

Since false prophets don’t repent, (no false prophet in the Bible ever did) I have no desire to pray for these men and others like them for a change of their evil ways. Rather, I choose to pray according to God’s promise to them which is for their destruction as God sees fit according to their relentless evil and unrepentant deeds upon this earth.
"And He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slow to repay him who hates Him. He will repay him to his face." - Deuteronomy 7:10 (See also Isaiah 59:18).

Therefore, my Bible-guided prayer is, "May YHVH according to His holy and righteous Torah promise, repay the Arab-Palestinians to their face, along with and all who support them in their terrorist-expressed hatred acts against YHVH's chosen people."

The Palestinians:
There isn't a greater enemy towards the nation of Israel in all the world today than the Palestinians! The Palestinians have taken the title from the German Nazis as "the greatest threat" to the Jewish nation. Mein Kamph gave way to Jihadi - both meaning "my struggles" in both German and Arabic. When Hitler's struggles expired the Islamic struggles picked up the banner. What now is at stake in the conflict between the Jews and the Palestinians that wasn't at stake during Hitler's Final Solution is the possibility of the most evil people in all the earth, worshiping the most evil god (their god Allah), in the most holiest place (Jerusalem and the Temple Mount) in all the world!

The rebirth of Israel as a nation has given rise to Allah (an Arabian deity) wanting to be worshiped by his subjects at the very place designed for the God of Israel to be worshiped (see Psalms 132:13,14). Just the possibility of this scenario alone should show the secularists that there is a God of Israel that holds an everlasting covenant with the Jewish people (see Psalms 105:8-10). For it is impossible to ask for better stage to be set from what we see in the Middle East today to begin an all out "end of the age" showdown between good and evil.
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There has never been of people in modern times besides the Palestinians whose paradigm is terrorism and whose ultimate goal as a people in the world is towards the annihilation of another people based upon their religion and spirituality. What makes this fact all the more significant is that the Palestinians are given the world's support (7.4 billion dollars worth of support recently > http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1207/west.php3) in their terrorist endeavors and annihilation aspirations, and this was after the Palestinians as a people overwhelmingly voted in the party of Hamas to run their government in January 2006!

World actions of this nature adds a greater significance to the end-time war between good and evil (Ezekiel 38:16-23). Besides the 7.4 billion pledged the to Palestinians, billions of dollars more are added in the form of state of the art weaponry being sold to the enemies of Israel >http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/28/saudi.arms/.

Along with the billions of dollars that the UN is pledging to the Palestinians, the world's plan for tiny Israel becomes very clear! If the nations hadn't taken upon themselves to support Israel's greatest enemies there would not have been a need for Zechariah 12:9 to have been written: "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
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To try and understand the depth of the very evil that lies within the Palestinian society, one must look at what they as a society are capable of. The following is a very small and incomplete list as to the kind of things that comes forth from out of the Palestinian people. While viewing this list ask yourself, "Why are the world nations (especially the United States lead by a conservative president) are so desperately seeking to grant these Palestinians (of all people) any kind of a political state?"

Muslim religious fervor has many different facets of Jew-murdering expressions that are fully exposed in the Palestinian society. From passing out candy at shahid funerals to eating flesh and drinking blood of Jewish victims as they did on October 12, 2000 in Ramallah> http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014886.php Yet, the Muslim world has the audacity to vilify Israel as the blood-libel people and state. It is these Palestinians who are on the front lines (even occupying a huge portion of the ancient land of Israel) in the Islamic war against the God of Israel!

The 64,000 dollar question: Does the God of Israel "hate" the Palestinians?

The politically-correct answer would be, "God loves everybody". However, the Bible is never politically correct. The Bible states very clearly that God hated Esau, who like the Palestinians wished to destroy Jacob / Israel.

"I have loved you, saith YHVH. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith YHVH: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated (Hebrew: sanay-ti) Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Malachi 1:2,3

The New Testament correctly applies this scripture of God's hatred of an individual as also to the nation that proceeded from that individual (see Romans 9:12,13). The land that should be considered for a Palestinian state is all contained in the ancient writings of which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about -the Bible. Aside from Mecca, the Palestinian spiritual base is that of Esau's - Mt. Seir in Jordan, which is why the prophecies of Ezekiel against Israel's most vicious enemy is not against the West Bank, for that is Israel's land and not the Palestinians! http://www.danielpipes.org/article/298

Take another look at the list above as to what the Palestinians are capable of and then see if you notice any similarities in the following scripture: "Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end...Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; [sound familiar? > http://inbrief.threatswatch.org/2006/02/palestine-from-the-river-to-th/ ] whereas YHVH was there: Therefore, as I live saith YHVH God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them, when I have judged thee. - Ezekiel 35:5, 10-111

One of the hardest scriptures for most people to understand and one that I personally had an atheist use in trying to discredit the Bible, is Psalms 137:7-9 which reads:
Remember, O YHVH , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

The psalmist is not promoting that idea of killing innocent children for the sake of killing children. That would be what the enemies of the Bible and Israel would have you believe! This is the same mindset that the "Human Rights Watch" tried to sell the world (which the world willfully bought) when they accused Israel of killing 54 children in Qana, Lebanon during the 2006 Lebanon-Israeli War. Because of their spiritual state they didn't have the ability nor the will to considered the 4,000 rockets that was shot from civilian locations into Israel to start the war by which was indeed meant to kill as many Israeli citizens including children as possible!

When given over to dark forces the human mind can no longer judge between good and evil. This scripture in the book of Psalms is about God's judgment (of what He will allow to occur) in the form of reaping and sowing. Babylon had "dashed" Jewish babies against stones in their invasion against the Jewish people much like the Palestinians shoot rockets targeting Jewish school children. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6977346.stm The scripture of Psalms 137:7-9 is stating that what the Babylonians did against the Jews would divinely return back to them in the form of the coming Persian Empire. In fact, one could argue that Babylon is still reaping from their deeds of old in today's Iraq!

Likewise, the prophet Ezekiel has declared that Israel's enemies would reap what they have sown at the End of Days (Ezekiel. 35: 5-11). Keep in mind that Psalm 137 is one of the most Zionistic portions of scripture in the entire Bible. In it we find the great love for God's chosen people - the Jews, and for Zion - God's chosen place of worship. But also we find in it a bitter hatred for all those who hate and try to kill God's chosen and possess Zion for their own - kind of like what the Palestinians do.

So why do I hate the Palestinians? Simply put; because God does! Not that every single Palestinian is hated by God, for I know that God loves Palestinians such as Walid Shoebat - a Palestinian who has a deep devoted love for Israel and Israel's covenant with YHVH. But according to the Hebrew scriptures God hates all those who hate His covenant with Israel, which puts the Arab-Palestinians as a people first in line to be hated by God!

As God commanded Israel to hate Amalek that his name be blotted out from under heaven for his deeds in using cowardly acts against Israel in possessing her land of inheritance (Deuteronomy 25:17-19) the modern Amaleks of today should be hated for their cowardly terrorist attacks on Jewish civilians who claim their land of inheritance as well. May Arafat's name and the names of those who support his goal be blotted out from under heaven! Amen? Amen!

"The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity." - Psalms 5:5

"YHVH tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence [terrorist Palestinians] His soul hates." - Pslams 11:5

Do not I hate them, O YHVH, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. - Psalms 139: 21-24
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Notes:
1. Psalms chapters 107-150 (the fifth section of the Pslams in the Hebrew Bible) are mostly liturgical psalms for pilgrimages to the temple and festivals.

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Anonymous said...

And continues
"When God said, "...in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed," God was referring to Abram's future decendent who would become the Messiah---the Savior of the world. Satan again tried to prevent the birth of this promised Messiah by tempting Abram's wife, Sarah, to have Abram sleep with Hagar, her Egyptian servant. From this unholy union was conceived Ishmael.
Gen.16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her [Hagar], Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
This wild man is the father of the Arab nations, and through his decendents Ismael's hand is against every man, for the major share of terrorism to this day is committed by Arabs and those they influence. Satan, no doubt, in his insanity thought again that he had defeated God's plan. But, of course, God cannot be defeated, and in due time God let Abram (now renamed Abraham) know that Ishmael was not the promised seed.
Gen. 16:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
God always keeps His promises, and in due time the promised child through whom the Messiah would come was born.
Genesis 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Abraham's firstborn son is thus cast out in shame, and received no inheritance. And in Gen. 22:2, God refers to Isaac as Abraham "only son," thus placing Ismael in the category of a bastard. To this day, the decendents of Ismael refuse to accept this, and passionately hate the decendents of Isaac because of it.

Anonymous said...

And continues
"Esau hated Jacob

Pharoh hated Jewish boys.

Herod hated Jewish boys.

Jewish unbelievers tried to push the Messiah off a cliff.

The whole world rejected the Messiah and nailed Him to a cross.

Satan still hopes to prevent the Messiah from saving His people."

Anonymous said...

Lastly the Article by Louis A. Turk states
"Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Dear Jewish friends, you don't like being rejected and hated without cause, yet you do the same to your Messiah. "Why, what evil hath He done?" You choose leaders to save you, but they always let you down. You turn to anyone except to the only one that has the power to save you. To your Messiah you say, "We will not have this man to rule over us. We will accept anyone but Jesus." His moral stand is too high for your liking. Still, He loves you, and waits patiently to save you when you so will him to do it.

Louis A. Turk, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.

Anonymous said...

Another Online Article States
Why The Jews

Why the Jews – Part 1
Jan 28, 2010 | by Raphael Shore
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Why the Jews – Part 1
Understanding the root of the world's longest hatred.

Prejudice, it seems, is a standard fare of life. In his folksong entitled "National Brotherhood Week," Tom Lehrer sings:

Oh the Protestants hate the Catholics,
and the Catholics hate the Protestants,
and the Hindus hate the Muslims
and everybody hates the Jews.

In this song, Lehrer expresses the truism that hatred for the Jew is uniquely commonplace. The Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, blood libels, pogroms, countless expulsions and the systematic murder of 6 million.

The question is: Why? What lies behind these millennium of hatred? Why has the undercurrent of anti-Semitism bubbled and boiled and exploded against Jews everywhere, time and again throughout history?

Anonymous said...

Another online Article states
"Home » Current Issues » Society

Notre Dame’s Surprising Jewish Treasures
Apr 15, 2019 | by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
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Notre Dame’s Surprising Jewish Treasures
The destroyed cathedral still retains priceless art depicting Jewish heritage in France.

The world was transfixed on the devastating images of flames and clouds of acrid smoke spewing from the burning roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris. As Notre Dame burned, the charred ruin now missing its spire and roof, people around the globe stood with France feeling this loss of an irreplaceable religious and cultural icon.

Notre Dame dates from the 12th century and provides a snapshot of what life was like eight centuries ago. When it was built, the vast majority of the population was illiterate; many people lived in what today would seem like abject poverty. Many of the elaborate friezes, statues and stained glass windows served an educational function, illustrating Biblical and other religious stories and seeking to impart messages to the Christians of Medieval Paris. Surprisingly, some of the most prominent artwork on Notre Dame concerned Jews.

Above the cathedral’s main doorway is a frieze, or raised carving, of two Christian saints: Anne and Joachim, who are thought to be the grandparents of Jesus. Since these individuals were Jewish, the artist used actual local Jews as models.

Anonymous said...

The Article about Notre Dame continues
"Jews were barely tolerated. King Philip II expelled Jews from France in 1182, but within a few years Jews began to trickle back into the country, settling in several cities and towns, including Paris. Their activities were severely restricted: the Lateran Council, convened by Pope Innocent III in 1215, banned Jews from all professions in Europe except for pawn broking and selling old clothes. In addition, Jews were forced to wear special ridiculous clothes that differentiated them from Christians.

We know what special garments the Jews in Paris wore because their likenesses have adorned Notre Dame Cathedral for 800 years. The Jewish wedding guests in the frieze are dressed in long robes and wearing tall pointy hats.

On the left, the frieze shows Anne and Joachim’s wedding and is a seemingly faithful reproduction of a Medieval French synagogue. The rabbi conducting the ceremony is wrapped in a tallit. Nearby is an ark containing the Torah, a pile of books and a Ner Tamid, the lamp that remains eternally lit in synagogues.

On the right, the frieze depicts Anne and Joachim bringing an offering to a synagogue; the artist even carved a Torah scroll resting on a bima. Nearby is the likeness of two Medieval Jews, deep in conversation in the synagogue.

At the time this frieze was being carved, Jews were relentlessly persecuted in Paris and elsewhere in Europe. In 1239, Pope Gregory IX sent letters to church leaders, as well as to the kings of England, Spain and Portugal, enumerating dozens of charges against the Talmud. This led to calls to collect and destroy this Jewish holy work. Nowhere was this horrendous instruction carried out with as much zeal as in Paris. On March 3, 1240, church officials burst into synagogues throughout France. It was a Shabbat and synagogues were full. France’s helpless Jews watched as their holy volumes of the Talmud were confiscated and taken away."

Anonymous said...

The Article continues
"French King Louis IX called for the Talmud to be put on trial. Four rabbis defended the Jewish holy books from a series of accusations; unsurprisingly, the Rabbis were found to have lost and the Talmud was condemned to be burned. On June 17, 1242, church officials brought 24 wagons piled high with volumes of the Talmud, about 10,000 books in all - all known copies of the Talmud then in existence in France - to Paris’ Place de Greve, next to Notre Dame. There, they were publicly burned.

Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, known as the Maharam, witnessed the burning. He penned a haunting lamentation afterwards, recording that “My tears formed a river that reached to the Sinai desert and to the graves of Moshe and Aharon. Is there another Torah to replace the Torah which you have taken from us?”

Synagoga and Ecclesia above the portico of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
Two prominent statues on the facade of Notre Dame captured the feelings of Christians and Jews at this time. On the right, one woman stands ragged defeated, her eyes are covered by a snake and her head is bowed. She holds a broken scepter and tablets of Jewish law are slipping from her grasp. Under her feet lies a crown trodden into the dust: she is “Synagoga”, representing the synagogue or Judaism in general.

The Catholic Church wanted those entering Notre Dame to believe that Judaism was finished, downcast and humiliated. On her left is a finely dressed woman standing upright, carrying a chalice and a staff with a cross at its peak, seemingly triumphant. She is known as Ecclesia, representing the victorious Catholic Church."

Anonymous said...

The Notre Dame Lastly says
"So important were these allegories of Christian dominance and Jewish humiliation that when the originals were destroyed during the French Revolution, they were recreated and replaced in the 1800s.

Above them is yet another depiction of Jews: the Gallery of Kings, featuring 28 kings of ancient Judah and Israel. These too were replaced after being smashed during the Revolution.

In 1306, King Philip III of France took a drastic step. He was short of funds and decided to seize the belongings and assets of the Jews in his kingdom. This was not an unprecedented step: Jews in Medieval Europe were, in the Latin phrase of the time, servi camerae mosrae, or servants of the chamber of the king. As property, they were the king’s to do with as he saw fit.

On July 22, 1306, the day after the Jewish somber holiday of Tisha B’Av, 100,000 Jews were arrested throughout France and forced into prison. There, they were told they were sentenced to exile; each Jew was permitted to bring only the clothes they were wearing and the very small sum of 12 sous each. In the ensuing months, King Philip III auctioned off the Jews’ property. His order of expulsion was reversed by his son King Louis X, but then reinstated in 1322. Only centuries later was it safe for Jews to once again live in France, as the territory of the expanding French kingdom grew to include areas where French Jews had fled and established new communities.

As French officials survey the wreckage of Notre Dame, it’s becoming clear that the front facade of the cathedral is largely intact. These irreplaceable artistic treasures depicting the history of Jews in France seem to be saved. They can teach us a great deal about Jewish history and fortitude in France and beyond." It was a terrible tragedy what happened at Notre Dame Cathedral, Hopefully in a few years it will be rebuilt good as new

Anonymous said...

The Late Hugh Hefner & Playboy Magazine realized Israel is a cool Nation,
On the Front Cover of the April 1970 Issue of Playboy it says "The Girls of Israel" and
in 2013, a "Playboy Israel" was created, Playboy Magazine over years had many many
International Editions, Many of them are still in Publication in 2019, according to Wikipedia, the Playboy International Editions are
Current-
Asia
Philippines (2008–)[83]
South Korea (2017-)
Thailand (2012–)
Africa

African Community (2017-)
South Africa (1993–1996, 2011–)[84][85]
North America

Mexico (1976–1998, 2002–)
United States (1953–)
South America

Colombia (2008–2012, 2017-)
Oceania

Australia (1979–2000, 2018-)—see specific article

Europe

Bulgaria (2002–)
Croatia (1997–)
Czech Republic (1991–)
Denmark (2018-)
France (1973–1988, 1991-2011, 2016-)
Germany (1972–)[86]
Greece (1985–2015, 2019-)
Hungary (1989–1993, 1999–)
Italy (1972–1985, 1987-2003, 2008–)[87]
Netherlands (1982–)
Poland (1992–)[84]
Portugal (2009-2010, 2012–2013, 2015-)[88]
Russia (1995–)
Slovakia (1997–2003, 2005–)
Slovenia (2001–)
Spain (1978–2012, 2017-)
Sweden (1998–1999, 2017-)
Switzerland (2017-)
Ukraine (2005–)

Former
Asia
Hong Kong (1986–1993)
Indonesia (2006–2008)[86]
Israel (2013)[89]
Japan (1975–2009)—see specific article
Mongolia (2012–2015)
Singapore (2015)
Taiwan (1990-1993, 1996–2003)
South America

Argentina (1985–1995, 2006–2018)
Brazil (1975–2018) (see Playboy (Brazil))
Venezuela (2006–2017)
Europe

Austria (2012–2014) (only special issues from time to time)
Belgium (1987-1991, 1994-2003, 2008)
Estonia (2007–2011)[90]
Georgia (2007–2008)[91]
Latvia (2010–2014)[92]
Lithuania (2008–2013)
Macedonia (2010–2011)[93]
Moldova (2012)[94]
Norway (1997–1999)
Romania (1999–2016)
Serbia (2004–2015)[86]
Turkey (1986–1995)"

Anonymous said...

From a 2013 Jerusalem Post Article about the launch of Playboy Israel it states
"“I’m proud to see Playboy Israel embark on its mission to play an important role in strengthening freedom of speech, freedom of choice and freedom of the press,” Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said in a message prerecorded for the magazine’s Tuesday launch party at the Brown Hotel in Tel Aviv, which aptly features a blown-up Playboy cover from April 1970 featuring “the girls of Israel,” as part of its regular decor.


“I am equally pleased that so many of the core values of the magazine are also the core values of the country and the society that has so graciously invited us to be a part of its cultural landscape,” he said.


Despite entering a declining market for printed media, Playboy Israel CEO Daniel Pomerantz says he is confident that the magazine, with its strong brand recognition, will succeed.


“Playboy has been very successful all around the world, even with all the changes in the industry,” Pomerantz – an immigrant from Chicago, where Playboy is based – told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. “We’ve done our market studies, and we know our audience, and what we found is, there’s a very high interest in this particular magazine.”

Pomerantz, formerly a lawyer, said he had noticed on prior visits to Israel that the Playboy brand was popular on all sorts of products, even though there was no magazine.

“When I went back to Chicago, I said, ‘Why isn’t there a Playboy in Israel?’” Mentioning his observation to lawyers from Playboy with whom he was friendly led to meetings and eventually plans, alongside his aliya, to found the 30th international branch of the magazine.

“We’re reaching a point in Israeli life where we no longer see Israel as a house, but as a home; not just a refuge from the dangers of the past, but a place to build our future, and part of that means fun and fashion and debate on serious issues and all the things that Playboy stands for,” he said.

He hopes to build on the model of the magazine in its heyday, which included serious articles on sexual freedom, individual liberty and politics."

Anonymous said...

The United States Embassy to Israel officially opened it's Jerusalem location on
May 14, 2018 , the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Modern State of Israel
From Wikipedia it states "The Embassy opened at its Jerusalem location on May 14, 2018, the 70th anniversary of the creation of the modern State of Israel."

Anonymous said...

From the Wikipedia Article titled
"Frank Sinatra and Jewish activism" about the Legendary Singer,Actor,Producer & cool
Italian American, the late Frank Sinatra , the article states


Sinatra and children in Israel in 1962
Frank Sinatra was a strong supporter and activist for Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. According to Santopietro, Sinatra was a "lifelong sympathizer with Jewish causes".[1] Sinatra participated in Hollywood protests and productions supporting Jews during the Holocaust and the formation of the State of Israel. He actively fund-raised for Israel Bonds, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and helped establish two intercultural centers in Israel which bear his name. Due to his support of Israel, his recordings and films were banned by the Arab League and by Lebanon.


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The Wikipedia Article/entry continues
"Personal relationships with Jews
Sinatra became friendly with Jewish individuals in his youth. His Jewish neighbor, Mrs. Golden, often babysat him while his mother was out working. She spoke to him in Yiddish and served him coffee cake and apples.[2] For many years Sinatra wore a mezuzah charm that Mrs. Golden had given him.[2] In 1944 Sinatra insisted on a Jewish friend, Manie Sacks, serving as godfather at his son's baptism over the vociferous protests of the priest.[3]

According to Swan, Sinatra despised racial prejudice and was quick to put a stop to it. Sinatra said: "When I was a kid and someone called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do – break his head...Let anyone yell wop or Jew or nigger around us, we taught him not to do it again".[4] Once he heard a reporter call someone a "Jew bastard" at a party and punched out the speaker.[4] When Sinatra heard that some golf clubs restricted Jews from membership, he became the second non-Jew to join a club with a majority Jewish membership.[3]

Holocaust era
Sinatra's support of religious freedom found expression in support for Jews being persecuted during the Holocaust.[5][3] In 1942, when the first reports of Nazi brutality against Jews reached the United States, Sinatra ordered hundreds of medallions struck with an image of Saint Christopher on one side and the Star of David on the other, and had them delivered to U.S. soldiers stationed in Europe as well as friends, business associates, and policemen who had provided security at his concerts.[3][6]

In 1943 he joined the national tour of We Will Never Die, a four-month, six-city dramatic pageant staged by Ben Hecht to focus public attention on the Holocaust.[7] In 1945 Sinatra starred in The House I Live In, a ten-minute short film about antisemitism and religious tolerance that won an Honorary Academy Award and was added to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress in 2007.[6][8]

Support of Israel

Sinatra and Ben-Gurion
Like many of his contemporaries, Sinatra supported the establishment of the State of Israel.[3] In September 1947, when the United Nations was weighing ratification of its Partition Plan for Palestine which would create a Jewish state, Sinatra performed at an Action for Palestine rally at the Hollywood Bowl that drew 20,000 supporters.[3][9]

Sinatra was personally involved in a clandestine operation in New York City in March 1948 on behalf of the Haganah, Israel's pre-state paramilitary organization. The Haganah had established a base in New York to smuggle arms to Palestine over a U.S. embargo. The Haganah was headquartered in the Hotel 14, located on the same premises as the Copacabana nightclub, and was under continual surveillance by Federal agents. Haganah representative Teddy Kollek saw Sinatra at the Copacabana bar and enlisted his help for an undercover operation. According to Kollek:[10]

"I had an Irish ship captain sitting in the port of New York with a ship full of munitions destined for Israel. He had phony bills of lading and was to take the shipment outside the three-mile limit and transfer it on to another ship. But a large sum of money had to be handed over, and I didn't know how to get it to him. If I walked out the door carrying the cash, the Feds would intercept me and wind up confiscating the munitions."

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The Article continues
""I went downstairs to the bar and Sinatra came over, and we were talking. I don't know what came over me, but I told him what I was doing in the United States and what my dilemma was. And in the early hours of the following morning I walked out the front door of the building with a satchel, and the Feds followed me. Out the back door went Frank Sinatra, carrying a paper bag filled with cash [estimated at $1 million]. He went down to the pier, handed it over, and watched the ship sail".

Sinatra told his daughter Nancy, "It was the beginning of a young nation. I wanted to help, I was afraid they might fall down".[10] According to Lehman, Sinatra "believed Zionism was a righteous cause".[11]

Visits to Israel

Sinatra in Nazareth in 1962
In 1962 Sinatra visited Israel for the first time as part of his multinational World Tour for Children. The tour, which raised over $1 million for children's charities around the globe, had stops in Japan, Hong Kong, England, France, Italy, Greece, and Israel.[12] In Israel, Sinatra gave seven concerts in six cities.[9] His visit coincided with the country's annual Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day) celebrations. Sinatra sang at the official Independence Day event in Tel Aviv and was seated beside Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and General Moshe Dayan on the reviewing stand during the Israel Defense Forces parade.[9] He also performed for troops at the Tel Nof Airbase[5] and delivered a speech in Jerusalem "urging people all over the world to support Israel".[6] A 30-minute short film, Sinatra in Israel, was later released with highlights of the visit.[9][13]

In 1975 Sinatra performed at the Jerusalem Convention Center; this concert was released as the album Sinatra: The Jerusalem Concert.[5]

According to George Jacobs, his valet, "We often returned to Israel, which Mr. S decided was his favorite country".[14] In 1995 Sinatra marked his 80th birthday with various celebrations, including a trip to Israel on his private plane together with several close friends, including Lee Iacocca and Walter Matthau. An entourage of some 100 participants spent time with him in Eilat, after which they toured Jordan and Egypt.[15]

Frank Sinatra Centers
During his 1962 concert tour, in Nazareth, Sinatra purchased a lot near Mary's Well for the establishment of an intercultural youth center for Arab and Israeli children, to be built by the Histadrut trade union. He donated the $50,000 profit from his Israeli concerts to the project.[12] He returned to Israel in 1964 to attend the dedication of the Frank Sinatra Brotherhood and Friendship Center for Arab and Israeli Children.[9] Returning to Israel in 1965 to film a cameo role in Cast a Giant Shadow,[10] he gave his entire $50,000 salary from the film to the center.[9][1] In 1967 he made another $100,000 contribution to the Center.[12]"

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The Article continues
"In 1976[16] a Hollywood banquet honoring Sinatra, hosted by the American Friends of Hebrew University, raised $1 million toward the construction of a student center on the university's Mount Scopus campus. In 1978, the university named the Frank Sinatra International Student Center in his honor.[9][17] On July 31, 2002, the center's cafeteria was the site of a terrorist bombing by Hamas.[13][18] Nine were killed and nearly 100 injured.[19]

Fund-raising

Sinatra planting a tree in Histadrut Forest of Jerusalem
Sinatra raised significant funds for Jewish causes. In the wake of the Six-Day War in June 1967, he and other Hollywood entertainers pledged a total of $2.5 million to Israel at a cocktail party hosted by Jack L. Warner; Sinatra personally contributed $25,000.[20] In 1972 Sinatra raised $6.5 million in bond pledges for Israel,[21] and in 1975 announced he was personally giving $250,000 to Israel Bonds "in memory of my parents' neighbor, Mrs. Golden, in Hoboken".[22] He raised significant money for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well, including a 1976 Hollywood fundraiser that netted $1 million for a new student center, a $10,000 per couple reception in Chicago in 1977, and a $5,000 per couple trip to Israel in 1978.[16][23]

Sinatra met Simon Wiesenthal for the first time in 1979, telling the Nazi hunter that "he had been his hero for many years".[24] When he found out that the Simon Wiesenthal Center was trying to produce the documentary Genocide, Sinatra told them, "Although I'm not Jewish, the Holocaust is important to me", and offered $100,000 to the project.[24] He also became a member of the Center's Board of Trustees.[24] In ensuing months, Sinatra made four appearances on behalf of the Center, bringing in $400,000 in funding for the film,[24] which won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[13]

Awards from Jewish groups
Hollzer Memorial Award from the Los Angeles Jewish community (1949)[25]
Medallion of Valor from Israel Bonds (1972)[26]
National Scopus Award from the American Friends of Hebrew University (1976)[27]
Israel Cultural Award (1977)[16]"

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The Wikipedia Article continues
"Arab blacklists
Further information: Arab League boycott of Israel
Citing the singer's support of Israel, the Arab League's Israeli Boycott Bureau in Cairo issued a ban on Sinatra's recordings and films in October 1962.[28][29] In a statement, the Arab League said it had conclusively determined that Sinatra "participates in the distribution of Israel bonds and that he exerts efforts for the collection of funds to be sent to Israel".[28] With the signing of the 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, this ban was voided.[30]

In 1964 Sinatra was officially barred from entering Lebanon due to his "moral and material support of Israel".[31] In 2014 NBC News reported that a collection of Sinatra CDs were on display in the March Lebanon office in Beirut, with the note that they were banned for "Zionist tendencies". Sinatra's banned recordings are also posted on the group's website, the Virtual Museum of Censorship.[32]

Despite the ban, Sinatra albums and films still circulate in Lebanon. In 1964, at the same time the country announced it was barring Sinatra, one of his films was showing in Beirut.[31] In 1966 Billboard reported that the ban was having its effect on Middle East sales of Sinatra's international number-one single, "Strangers in the Night", but the disc was still being delivered to Lebanon from other countries.[29] The Virtual Museum of Censorship website acknowledges that despite the ban, Sinatra recordings are available in Lebanon.[33]

Anonymous said...

From the website worldtribune.com an article titled
"Don’t mess with Israel: What happened after Rome destroyed Jerusalem"
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 | BY WORLD TRIBUNE LIFE
By Bill Federer, September 8, 2017

Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 BC on the date in the Jewish calendar 9th of Av, or Tisha B’Av.

The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans on the same date, Tisha B’Av, in 70 AD. Rome’s destruction of the Temple began in 66 AD, when Roman Emperor Nero appointed General Vespasian to put down a revolt in Judea.


Romans depicted destroying the second temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD / Francesco Hayez

Almost immediately, Rome experienced chaos. Nero committed suicide in 68 AD. His successor, Galba, was assassinated within 8 months. His successor, Otho, committed suicide within 2 months. His successor, Vitellius, was executed within 8 months.

Vespasian was the next Emperor and his son, Titus, continued the conquest of Judea. Titus surrounded Jerusalem and starved inhabitants for months. Titus ordered Jewish deserters from Jerusalem to be crucified around the walls. By the end of July, 70 AD, the Roman Army broke through the walls. Jerusalem was completely conquered by Sept. 8, 70 AD. Historian Josephus recorded that over a million Jews were killed in the siege.

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The Article continues
"According to historian Eusebius, Romans hunted down and killed all descendants of the royal line of David. The Jewish Temple was so completely destroyed that only the foundation stones of the Temple Mount were left, which are the bottom rows of the Wailing Wall.

Jewish Temple treasures were carried off to Rome, as shown on the Arch of Titus, and were used to finance the building of Rome’s Colosseum.

The Colosseum was so named as it was next to Nero’s 100 foot high bronze Colossus Statue depicting the Roman sun god Apollo, modeled after the 100 foot high bronze Colossus Statue of Rhodes depicting the Greek son god Helios. France’s gift of The Statue of Liberty-the New Colossus was modeled after it.

Emperor Vespasian caught a slight illness in 79 AD which led to severe diarrhea and death. His last words were: “Oh dear! I think I’m becoming a god!”

Titus became the next Emperor and two months later Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Bay of Naples, including the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Thousands of Romans were buried alive under feet of volcanic ash. Then, in the spring of 80 AD, Rome caught fire.

Flames burned out of control for three days and nights destroying much of Capitoline Hill, the Temple of Jupiter, Pantheon, and Pompey’s Theater.

Then followed the worst outbreak of plague that Rome had yet endured. Titus decided to dedicate the Colosseum to commemorate his victories in the Jewish wars.

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The Article continues
"For 100 days, thousands were killed in executions and gladiatorial fights, in addition to 5,000 animals. Following the games, Titus died after just two years in office. He is rumored to have been poisoned on orders of his brother, Domitian, who became the next emperor.

In 135 AD, on the date Tisha B’Av, Roman Emperor Hadrian had another 500,000 Jews massacred at Betar during Bar Kokhba’s revolt. Emperor Hadrian believed the source of Jewish rebellion was their faith, so he executed Jewish scholars, prohibited the Torah and the Hebrew calendar, and burned the sacred scroll on the Temple Mount.

In an attempt to completely erase Jewish history from the land, Emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea “Syria Palaestina.”

This is the origin of the region being referred to as “Palestine.” Hadrian also changed the name of Jerusalem to “Aelia Capitolina,”

Jews were banned from entering Jerusalem on pain of death.

Eusebius wrote in his History of the Church (ser. II, vol. I, book IV, chapter VI): “The Last Siege of the Jews Under Hadrian — The whole nation was prohibited from this time on by a decree, and by the commands of Hadrian, from ever going up to the country about Jerusalem. For the emperor gave orders that they should not even see from a distance the land of their fathers. Such is the account of Aristo of Pella.

And thus, when the city had been emptied of the Jewish nation and had suffered the total destruc­tion of its ancient inhabitants, it was colonized by a different race, and the Roman city which subsequently arose changed its name and was called Aelia, in honor of the emperor Aelius Hadrian.”

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And continues
"Cassius Dio wrote in Roman History (69.12): “At Jerusalem Hadrian founded a city in place of the one which had been razed to the ground, naming it Aelia Capitolina, and on the site of the temple of the god he raised a new temple to Jupiter.

This brought on a war of no slight importance nor of brief duration, for the Jews deemed it intolerable that foreign races should be settled in their city and foreign religious rites planted there.”

Eusebius wrote in Demonstratio Evangelica (8.3; 405, circa 314 – 318 AD): “Jerusalem … is even now like a quarry, all the inhabitants of the city choosing stones from its ruins as they will for private as well as public buildings.

And it is sad for the eyes to see stones from the Temple itself, and from its ancient sanctuary and holy place, used for the building of idol temples, and of theatres for the populace.”

Emperor Hadrian’s reign was the beginning of the contraction of the Roman Empire, with Hadrian’s Wall across the whole of Britain marking the Empire’s furthest extent.

Jews were later allowed to enter Jerusalem once a year to pray at the Western Wall on Tisha B’Av.

The Land of Israel was invaded or occupied by:

135 AD Roman Empire
390 AD Byzantine Empire
614 AD Sassanid Persians
635 AD Umayyad Caliphate
750 AD Abbasid Caliphate
909 AD Fatimid Caliphate
1071 AD Seljuk Turks
1099 AD Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
1187 AD Ayyubid Sultanate
1260 AD Mongolian Empire
1291 AD Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
1517 AD Ottoman Sultanate
1660 AD Druze Dynasty
1799 AD French Napoleon
1844 AD Tanzimat Ottoman Empire
1864 AD Ottoman Vilayet of Syria
1917 AD Britain Mandate

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The Article continues
"For centuries, people across the world desired to make pilgrimagew to Jerusalem, including Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln.

The Library of Congress has a scrapbook with an account by Rev. N.W. Miner of Springfield, who officiated Lincoln’s burial, in which are recalled President Lincoln’s last words while at Ford’s Theater with his wife:

“Mrs. Lincoln informed me that … the very last moments of his conscious life were spent in conversation with her about his future plans … He said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour. He was saying there was no city he so much desired to see as Jerusalem.”

In 1917, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration establishing the Jewish homeland. On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel came into being again. In 1967, Jerusalem was once again under Jewish control.

Jerusalem was reaffirmed as Israel’s capital with “The Basic Law: Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel,” passed in 1980.

The United Nations was created in part to protect the Jews after they had suffered though the Nazi holocaust. One of the first acts of the United Nations was to recognize the State of Israel."

Anonymous said...

The website nowtheendbegins.com has an article titled
"WHO’S OCCUPYING WHO? LET’S LOOK AT GOD’S ORIGINAL LAND GRANT OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL TO ABRAHAM"
"In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites." Genesis 15:18-21 (KJV)

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The Article mentioned from nowtheendbegins.com is by Geoffrey Grider
by Geoffrey Grider August 17, 2016

The tiny, little fraction of Israel proper that the Jews have at the current moment pales in comparison with how much God says they really have.
In our day, much is made of the current conflict between Israel and the mythical Palestinians and the seemingly endless battle over who is entitled to how much of the land. People talk about the ownership of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the ever-popular canard called the Two State Solution.

“For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.” Genesis 13:15 (KJV)

But all of these are straw men that obscure the real issue. Not only does all the land of Israel belong to the Jewish people, but way more than the current allotment belongs to them as well.

JEW HATERS AND ANTI-SEMITES, GET READY TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN
“In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” Genesis 15:18-21 (KJV)

For those of you who are not geographical scholars, here is the original land grant God gave to Abraham in bullet points:

The upper-right portion of Egypt
All of modern-day Israel
All of Lebanon
All of of Syria
A piece of Turkey
Half of Iraq
The northern half of Jordan
A little slice of Saudi Arabia
Shall we pause while we let that thought sink in for a moment or two? Because that’s how much land rightfully belongs to the Jewish people. If you think of it like a triangle, you go approximately 1,000 miles across the bottom, going from left in Egypt all the way right to Kuwait, up 500 miles to the top in Turkey on the one side, and 500 miles down to the bottom on the other side. You end up where you started in Egypt. That is one massive land grant.

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The Article by Mr. Grider continues
"The tiny, little fraction of Israel proper that the Jews have at the present moment pales in comparison with how much God says they really have. The day is coming when they will finally receive the full amount. This will take place during the Millennial Reign of Jesus the Messiah that happens right after the Battle of Armageddon.

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” Revelation 20:4 (KJV)

And speaking of the Battle of Armageddon, the prophet Joel says that one of the main things that sets God off is when the Antichrist and his minions set about to “part the land” which God says belongs to Him.

“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” Joel 3:1,2 (KJV)

So when you hear people talking about the Two State Solution, and how they are going to divide Israel and give it to the Palestinians, they are playing with Holy Fire and that fire is getting ready to fall.

How much of Israel belongs to the Jews? All of it, and then some. God’s land grant to Abraham is in perpetuity, and will not only last through the Millennial Reign, it will last throughout all eternity as well.

Am Yisrael Chai.

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President Harry S. Truman said about Israel that
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Harry Truman (1944-1952)

Truman with Chaim Weizmann

"I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now."
(May 14, 1948)

"This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel."
(Granting de-facto recognition to Israel, May 14, 1948)

"I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization."
(May 26, 1952)

"I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department."

"I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel."

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President John F. Kennedy stated
"John Kennedy (1960-1963)

Kennedy with Golda Meir, 1962 (Photo Ron Sachs)

“Quite apart from the values and hopes which the State of Israel enshrines — and the past injuries which it redeems — it twists reality to suggest that it is the democratic tendency of Israel which has interjected discord and dissension into the Near East. Even by the coldest calculations, the removal of Israel would not alter the basic crisis in the area. For, if there is any lesson which the melancholy events of the last two years and more taught us, it is that, though Arab states are generally united in opposition to Israel, their political unities do not rise above this negative position. The basic rivalries within the Arab world, the quarrels over boundaries, the tensions involved in lifting their economies from stagnation, the cross pressures of nationalism — all of these factors would still be there, even if there were no Israel.”
(Near East Report, 1958)

“Let us make it clear that we will never turn our backs on our steadfast friends in Israel, whose adherence to the democratic way must be admired by all friends of freedom.”
(Speech at Eastern Oregon College of Education, November 9, 1959)

“We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East — not pressing our case so hard that the Arabs feel their neutrality and nationalism are threatened ... while at the same time trying to hasten the inevitable Arab acceptance of the permanence of Israel ... We must ... seek a permanent settlement among Arabs and Israelis based not on an armed truce but on mutual self-interest.”
(Near East Report, July 1, 1960)

"Israel was not created in order to disappear—Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."
(Speech to Zionists of America Convention, August 26, 1960)

"This nation, from the time of President Woodrow Wilson, has established and continued a tradition of friendship with Israel because we are committed to all free societies that seek a path to peace and honor individual right. We seek peace and prosperity for all of the Middle East firm in our belief that a new spirit of comity in that important part of the world would serve the highest aspirations and interests of all nations. In the prophetic spirit of Zionism all free men today look to a better world and in the experience of Zionism we know that it takes courage and perseverance and dedication to achieve it."
(Message to Zionist Organization of America Annual Conference, 1962)

Anonymous said...

From Wikipedia about the late Edward H. Flannery it states
"Edward Flannery

Born August 20, 1912
Providence, Rhode Island
Died October 19, 1998 (aged 86)
Ordained 1937
Edward H. Flannery (August 20, 1912 – October 19, 1998) was a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, and the author of The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism, first published in 1965.

Fr. Flannery was the first director of Catholic-Jewish Relations for the U.S. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, a position he held from 1967 to 1976.[1]

Throughout his career, he fought against anti-Semitism and defended the State of Israel and the Jewish people against attacks on the local, national and international levels. Through his work he displayed great sensitivity to issues of the Holocaust and strong promotion of education of the history of anti-Semitism, both for the Jewish and Catholic communities.[2]

Flannery spoke in hundreds of churches, synagogues and other settings to promote an understanding of the work of the Second Vatican Council and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning the Church’s bond with the Jewish people. He was also the President of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, and a consultant to Secretariat of Inter-religious Affairs. His other writings include translations of French religious works and essays and articles as well as a variety of publications.[3]

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And continues
"Early life and career
Flannery was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of John Flannery, a police officer, and Elizabeth (née Mulvey).[4]

He studied at St. Charles College in Catonsville; and went on to earn a bachelor's degree at St. Sulpice Seminary near Paris. He then earned his master's degree at Catholic University in Washington; and a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Hebrew Union College.[4]

In 1937 he was ordained, and spent most of the next 30 years in the Diocese of Providence working as a pastor and chaplain as well as writing for the diocesan newspaper.

In 1967, Flannery began nine years as the first director of Catholic-Jewish Relations at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. He became Associate Director of the Institute of Judeo-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, and Director of the Continuing Education of the Clergy for the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island.[2]

In 1976 he returned to Diocese, Rhode Island, and was concerned with the continuing education of the diocesan clergy and with Catholic-Jewish relations.

On October 19, 1998, Flannery died of pancreatic cancer.

Work and views
Flannery devoted his life to the reconciliation of Christians and Jews, and to the study of antisemitism.

In his book, "The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-Three Centuries of Antisemitism", he provided a thorough account of the history of the world's persecution of the Jews, without dwelling on the lurid details of the atrocities. He covers Pagan anti-Semitism in the Greek and Roman empires, the struggles between Judaism and the early church, Christian Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages in the various countries of Europe, the age of the Ghetto, the rise of scapegoat Anti-Semitism in the modern, post religious world (particularly in Russia), leading to Hitler's New Paganism and the Holocaust, as well as economic/racial/social Anti-Semitism in America. In the end, Flannery reviews how things stand today.[2]

In relation to the Holocaust, Flannery illustrated the sympathies for the Nazi regime and the "Final Solution" expressed by prominent Arab personages at the time, such as the close confidant of Adolf Hitler, Haj Amin al-Husseini. He traced antisemitism back to the 3rd century BCE, and identified the following strains: Political and economic antisemitism, Theological or religious antisemitism, (also known as anti-Judaism), Nationalistic antisemitism, and Racial antisemitism, as practiced by the Nazis.[2]

In an interview in 1967, Flannery said: "The anti-Semite, not the Jew, is the real Christ-killer. He thinks he's religious, but that's a self-delusion. Actually he finds religion so heavy a burden, he develops 'Christophobia.' He's hostile to the faith and has an unconscious hatred of Christ, who is for him, Christ the Repressor. He uses anti-Semitism as a safety valve for this hostility and is really trying to strike out at Christ."[3]

Father Flannery was awarded honorary doctorates from several institutions, including Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati and Seton Hall University. He received the prestigious Nicholas and Hedy Munk International Brotherhood Award of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and many other signs of esteem from Christian and Jewish Organizations.[2]

Flannery believes the vast majority of even well-educated Christians have been relatively ignorant of what has happened to the Jews throughout history and the culpable involvement of many facets of the Church. Apart from a few recent publications, there is little about anti-Semitism in Christian history books or social studies. The author states that, by comparison, the Jews themselves are largely and acutely aware of their painful history and physical and verbal attacks in the press.

Flannery also was one of the 53 authors to respond to Simon Wiesenthal's book The Sunflower."

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The Article continues
"Legacy
After his death, tributes to his achievements came from Rabbi A. James Rudin, Father John Hotchkin, Director of the NCCB Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and Eugene Fisher, who succeeded him as Director for Catholic-Jewish Relations for the Bishops' Conference.[5]

Speaking at a Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the priest's 50th anniversary of ordination, in 1987, Msgr. George G. Higgins of the Department of Theology of the Catholic University of America, said Father Flannery had been called by God to break new ground, "to address the anguish of the Jews and this, of course, long before the overwhelming majority of his fellow Christians had given so much as a second thought to the Holocaust."[1]

During Flanny's 60th anniversary celebration of his ordination in 1997, the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, said: “His [Flannery] magnificent spirit, his emphatic heart, his great mind walk with prophets and kings and all those who ennoble the world with their courage and character.”

ADL Director of Interfaith Affairs, Rabbi Leon Klenicki, said: “I know Edward’s limitless energy for dialogue and friendship. He is a person of God, sharing his spirituality with all of us. God bless him.”[6] Cardinal William Henry Keeler said: "He was an early and effective pioneer in encouraging Catholics in the United States on how best to implement Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council's charter for fostering positive Catholic-Jewish relationships."

Rabbi A. James Rudin, National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Committee, (who termed Father Flannery "one of this century's spiritual giants"), said “during Father Flannery's long and distinguished career, he helped build human bridges of mutual respect and understanding between Roman Catholics and Jews.[2] His advice and guidance were always treasured and his articulate voice and writings stirred both Catholics and Jews. The AJC has lost a beloved colleague and friend. He shattered negative caricatures and stereotypes that had existed for centuries. Father Flannery was an unrelenting foe of all forms of anti-Semitism and was a strong supporter of the State of Israel."[1]" RIP Edward H. Flannery, we miss you

Anonymous said...

From the website nytimes.com an article about the death of Edward H. Flannery in 1998
states "The Rev. Edward Flannery, 86, Priest Who Fought Anti-Semitism"
By ERIC PACE OCT. 22, 1998


The Rev. Edward H. Flannery, a Roman Catholic priest and outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism, died on Monday at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. He was 86 and lived in Georgiaville, near Providence.

Father Flannery, a longtime Catholic journalist, won acclaim and a National Catholic Book Award for ''The Anguish of the Jews: Twenty-three Centuries of Anti-Semitism'' (1965, Paulist Press). In it he wrote: ''This book received its first impetus from a personal experience. One evening several years ago, I walked in New York City in the company of a young Jewish couple'' and within sight of ''the huge illuminated cross the Grand Central building displays at Christmas. The young lady declared: 'That cross makes me shudder. It is like an evil presence.' ''

Her comment made him think, he recalled. ''It soon became clear that her fearful reaction was the fruit of a knowledge which she, but not I, had -- a knowledge of the immense suffering undergone by her people at the hands of Christians for many centuries.''

So he wrote the book, which Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher of the Institute of Judeo-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University called ''to the best of my knowledge, the first history of anti-Semitism written by a priest.''

Anonymous said...

The nytimes.com article about Edward Flannery continues
"In a 1967 interview, Father Flannery said: ''The anti-Semite, not the Jew, is the real Christ-killer. He thinks he's religious, but that's a self-delusion. Actually he finds religion so heavy a burden, he develops 'Christophobia.' He's hostile to the faith and has an unconscious hatred of Christ, who is for him, Christ the Repressor. He uses anti-Semitism as a safety valve for this hostility and is really trying to strike out at Christ.''


In that year, Father Flannery began nine years as the first director of Catholic-Jewish relations at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. He was also a professor at the Institute of Judeo-Christian Studies at Seton Hall for some years.

After Father Flannery died, William H. Cardinal Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore and the bishops' conference's episcopal moderator for Catholic-Jewish relations, said: ''He was an early and effective pioneer in encouraging Catholics in the United States on how best to implement Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council's charter for fostering positive Catholic-Jewish relationships.''

Rabbi A. James Rudin, national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee, called Father Flannery ''a major force in the development of constructive Catholic-Jewish relations during the past 30 years.'' Father Flannery also served as consultor to the Vatican Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations and president of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel.

He was born in Providence to John Flannery, a police officer, and the former Elizabeth Mulvey. He studied at St. Charles College in Catonsville, St. Sulpice Seminary near Paris, and Catholic University in Washington. He was ordained in 1937 and was in the Diocese of Providence for most of the next three decades, in pastoral and chaplain's posts and on the staff of the diocesan newspaper.

In 1976 he returned to the diocese, which covers Rhode Island, and was concerned with the continuing education of the diocesan clergy and with Catholic-Jewish relations.

His other writings include translations of French religious works and essays and articles for a variety of publications.

Surviving is a sister, Catherine E. Walsh of Warwick, R.I..

Anonymous said...

The website truthrevolt.org has an article in 2015 titled
"Natalie Portman is Wrong, Scarlett Johansson Right on Boycotts of Israel"
Any boycott of Israel is harmful, and a danger to peace.
9.7.2015 Commentary Ronn Torossian 95
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Actress Natalie Portman recently made her feature film directorial debut with the movie A Tale of Love and Darkness, a story based on the autobiographical novel of radical Israeli extremist author Amos Oz. The Academy-Award winning Hollywood star bought the rights to the book directly from the fanatical Oz.

In March 2011, Oz sent imprisoned terrorist Marwan Barghouti a copy of his book in Arabic translation with his personal dedication in Hebrew:

“This story is our story, I hope you read it and understand us as we understand you, hoping to see you outside and in peace, yours, Amos Oz.”

Barghouti has been convicted of coordinating suicide bombers, has been found guilty of murder, and is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison.

Oz claimed at his seventy-fifth birthday party that those perpetrating so-called “price-tag” actions - what the Obama administration defines as destructive and intimidating actions by Israelis directed against Palestinians and their property - are neo-Nazis. He said,

Anonymous said...

The truthrevolt.org article continues
"“I cannot stand to hear the term ‘price tag,’ and even more I cannot bear to hear the prettified term ‘Hilltop Youth [hardline, nationalist youth from the settlements]. ‘Price tag’ and ‘Hilltop Youth’ are sweet, sugary nicknames, and the time has come to call this monster by its name. We wanted to be like all other nations, we longed for there to be a Hebrew thief and a Hebrew prostitute [alluding to a famous comment sometimes attributed to David Ben-Gurion] — and there are Hebrew neo-Nazi groups... There is nothing that the neo-Nazis in Europe do that these groups [in Israel] don’t do.”

In 1995, Amos Oz wrote in The New York Times that followers of Israel’s Likud party were accomplices of Hamas. This extremist has called for boycotts of certain areas of Israel and said that the capital of Israel, Jerusalem, “is moving in the direction of Qum, in Iran.”

While I am not particularly concerned with what Natalie Portman thinks or says about politics as she’s an actress, she has said “I’m very much against Netanyahu.” While many disagree with her perspective on the democratically elected Prime Minister, I believe that’s a fair political opinion for her to hold.

What is out of bounds and must be condemned is Oz’s political work to urge a boycott against products made over the green line – the “settlements” of Israel.

During the high-profile SodaStream debacle, which saw actress Scarlett Johansson step down as “global ambassador” of Oxfam centered around this very issue. Ms. Johansson noted that she has “a fundamental difference of opinion” with Oxfam International because the charity opposes all trade from Israeli settlements, and that she and Oxfam “have a fundamental difference of opinion in regards to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.”

Scarlett Johansson was right – and Natalie Portman is wrong. Any boycott of Israel is harmful, and a danger to peace." Many people ask, Why would anyone want to Boycott Israel, it Produces Science, Technology,Medicine & Computers that benefit all Mankind

Anonymous said...

Once Website says regarding Jew-Hatred/Anti-Semitism that
"Second, anti-Semitism is the most widespread hatred of all time. It can be traced from the Greco-Roman world to Christianity (yes, Christianity, including vicious comments from some of the church’s greatest leaders); from Islam to Fascism to Communism (intense anti-Semitism links Muslim terrorists, Adolph Hitler, and Joseph Stalin!); from White Supremacists to Black Supremacists (yes, both groups bash the Jews); from university campuses to the world press; from the philosopher Voltaire to the historian Arnold Toynbee; from the composer Richard Wagner to the car designer Henry Ford; from Japan to Russia to Iran. Why the Jews?

A few years ago, a very bizarre group made a big media splash when they claimed to have produced the world’s first human clone. The group, called the Raelians, is a UFO religion, led by its founder Rael, who claims to have been enlightened by aliens. (This is the literal claim: “On the 13th of December 1973, French journalist Rael was contacted by a visitor from another planet, and asked to establish an Embassy to welcome these people back to Earth.”) After hearing the cloning report, which was universally dismissed by scientists as a cheap publicity stunt, I went to the Raelian website, purely out of curiosity. (As of this writing, the site was available in more than twenty-five languages.) To my utter amazement, the featured message from Rael was laced with anti-Jewish sentiments, including the charge that “Israel is engaged in State terrorism” and the claim that “a small handful of the millions of American Jews are holding the rest of the 250 million Americans hostage.” Even the Raelians were polluted by an anti-Semitic stream! Why this widespread hatred of the Jews?"

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Third, anti-Semitism is the most vicious hatred of all time, and both the incredible violence and the depth of animosity against the Jews defy rational explanation. The enormity and depravity of the Holocaust alone is testimony to the viciousness of this hatred, and yet the Holocaust is simply the worst of countless acts of Jew hatred over the centuries. This horrific crime included several nations and led to the cooperative and systematic execution of six million Jews, including 1.5 million babies and children. So depraved were the Nazis (and other Jew killers) that Jewish infants were sometimes thrown into burning pits alive in order to save a bullet, leading to the oft-quoted dictum of Rabbi Irving Greenberg: “Moreover, summon up the principle that no statement should be made [about the Holocaust] that could not be made in the presence of the burning children.” Nothing more needs to be said."
Plus, the late Methodist Professor A.Roy Eckardt once made the following statement observation about Anti-Semitism
he stated "Membership in the religion of anti-semitism is ever open to all. It is the only universal faith. The language of anti-semitism is the devil's native tongue; it quickly becomes the second language of the devil's disciples, and soon it takes command of their original language...The devil is the god of anti-semitism" page 232 from
"The Devil and Yom Kippur"

Anonymous said...

From Wikipedia an article on Pallywood
"Pallywood

Not to be confused with Pollywood.
Pallywood, a portmanteau of "Palestinian" and "Hollywood", is a coinage used to describe supposed media manipulation, distortion or fraud by some Palestinians putatively designed to win the public relations war with Israel.[1][2] The term came into currency with the Muhammad al-Durrah incident (2000) a controversy during the Second Intifada involving a challenge to the veracity of photographic evidence.[3]

The term was coined and publicized in part by Richard Landes, as a result of an online documentary video he produced called Pallywood: According to Palestinian Sources, alleging specific instances of media manipulation.[4][5][6]

Charles Glasser has described Pallywood as a "pejorative phrase used to describe the well-orchestrated and documented manipulation of media by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Hezbollah and their sponsors and sympathizers." According to Glasser, "the coverage of conflict in the Middle East has been heavily salted with outright forgeries, fakeries, and frauds", and "staged images of alleged Israeli brutality have circled the world" for several years.[7]

Richard Landes' video
In 2005, Richard Landes produced an 18-minute online documentary video called Pallywood: According to Palestinian Sources.[8] Landes and pro-Israel advocates argue that the Israeli government is insufficiently robust in countering Palestinian accounts of events in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[3]

In his video, Landes shows Arab-Israeli conflict-related footage that was taken mostly by freelance Palestinian video journalists. He argues that systematic media manipulation (which he dubs "Pallywood") dates back to at least the 1982 Lebanon War, and argues that broadcasters are too uncritical of the veracity of Palestinian freelance footage.[9]

He focuses in particular on the case of Muhammad al-Durrah, a 12-year-old Palestinian who was widely reported to have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip on September 30, 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada. The shooting was filmed by a Palestinian freelance cameraman and aired on the France 2 television channel with narration by the veteran French-Israeli journalist Charles Enderlin, who was not present at the incident. It made worldwide headlines and the conduct of the Israel Defense Forces was heavily criticized internationally, severely damaging Israel's public standing on the world stage.[3]

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The wikipedia entry for Pallywood continues
"Landes questions the authenticity of the footage and disputes whether al-Durrah was killed at all, arguing that the entire incident was staged by the Palestinians.[5][10] A 2013 Israeli investigation concluded that the al-Durrahs had not been hit by IDF fire and may not have been shot at all.[11] The photographers disputed the Israeli conclusion.[12]

Journalist Ruthie Blum, writing in the Jerusalem Post, describes "Pallywood" as a term coined by Richard Landes to refer to "productions staged by the Palestinians, in front of (and often with cooperation from) Western camera crews, for the purpose of promoting anti-Israel propaganda by disguising it as news." Landes himself describes Pallywood as "a term I coined... to describe staged material disguised as news." Besides al-Durrah, Landes cites the Gaza beach blast and Hamas's alleged exploitation of electricity shortages during the 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict, as incidents of Pallywood. According to Blum, Landes's "pretty harsh claims" have earned him a "reputation in certain circles as a right-wing conspiracy theorist."[13] Landes’ terminology, it has been argued by Crisoula, was skewed to be supportive of Israel, exhibiting,’all the hallmarks of conspiracy theory’.[14]

Other uses
Dr. Anat Berko, a research fellow with the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and Dr. Edna Erez, head of the criminal justice department of the University of Illinois at Chicago, say that "the phenomenon of manufacturing documentation about the conflict has been referred to as "Pallywood" (Palestinian Authority Hollywood)."[15] Similar allegations have been made by other media analysts, particularly after cases of media manipulation (dubbed "Hizbollywood")[16] were uncovered during the 2006 Lebanon War.[4][17][18][19][20] The Mackenzie Institute, a Canadian defense and security think tank,[21] has argued that given "a long history of posing for the cameras... the cynical 'Pallywood' nickname from once-deceived journalists for [Palestinian Authority] news services becomes understandable."[22]

The term has been applied beyond the Muhammad al-Durrah case in a number of publications,[23][24] and by conservative commentators such as David Frum,[25] Michelle Malkin[26] and Melanie Phillips.[27] Canadian columnist Paul Schneidereit has written, "[...] we've seen cases where the bodies of Palestinian martyrs carried on stretchers are inadvertently dropped, then, of their own volition, climb back on again. We’ve seen reports of massacres, as in Jenin in 2002, that turned out, after independent investigation, to have been greatly exaggerated. Needless to say, such episodes don’t instil an abiding trust in subsequent Palestinian claims, at least until they’re verified."[28]

Controversies and criticism
David Frum alleged that pictures, taking during the 2014 Gaza War, showing two brothers, weeping and with the bloodied T-shirts after carrying the body of their dead father had been faked. The pictures, which were published by Reuters, the New York Times, and Associated Press, had been targeted for criticism by a pro-Israeli blogger.[29] Frum backtracked from his accusation, and apologized to NYT photographer Sergey Ponomarev, after extensive debunking by Michael Shaw, but justified his "skepticism", describing other "Pallywood" claims.[30]" Pallywood lies should sicken all decent people" Pallywood lies should sicken all decent people everywhere

Anonymous said...

A book many people suggest reading is titled
"A Legacy of Hatred: Why Christians Must Not Forget the Holocaust
by David A Rausch" Also on the Front Cover of "TV Guide" Magazine for January 6, 1979
it says at the top "Arabs vs Israelis: Has TV Taken Sides?"

Anonymous said...

Another book worth reading is

"The Devil That Never Dies: The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism
by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen"

Anonymous said...

An online article by Alan Krinsky is titled

"8 Reasons Leftists Should be Pro-Israel"
07/20/2010 06:55 pm ET Updated May 25, 2011
Israel continues to be the demon poster-child of the Left. The prime example of a repressive regime and abuser of human rights. On the Left, people became outraged and agitated over Israel more than over any other cause. Israel’s supposed villainy will bring out protestors on cold, rainy days in a way no other issue can. Many of these people are earnest, but perhaps misled.

In most ways, my own politics tend to be Liberal-Left: I support single-payer, universal healthcare, I opposed the war in Iraq and the Bush-Cheney “imperial presidency,” I even voted twice for Ralph Nader. However, like French philosopher Bernard Henri-LĂ©vy, I differ on Israel and reject the demonization of Israel, whether at the United Nations, in the world media, or among American and European Leftists.

If my fellow Leftists or even Liberals think that the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement will help bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as peace to the Middle East and harmony to the community of nations, they are sadly mistaken. There is a difference between criticism and demonization, and the campaign against Israel is of the latter type. Criticism, and there is much of it within Israel’s own healthy democracy, can result in positive change. But the focused attempt to demonize Israel, not undertaken against any other nation, is aimed at delegitimizing Israel and undermining its very existence, as if the problems of the world were the fault of the Israelis — the fault of the Jews — and if they would only go away, all would be better.

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The article continues
"Not only is this a sorry illusion, but this concerted assault on Israel itself betrays the principles of the Left.

Here, then, are 8 reasons Leftists should be Pro-Israel (or, at least, Pro-Peace rather than Anti-Israel):

1. Human Rights. The Left fights for human rights in the world. Even if one thinks Israel or its soldiers guilty of human rights violations (and I am not willing at the outset to grant this point), there is no international or historical comparison that could reasonably rank Israel among the worst criminals of the world or of history. Whether we look at the scale of the conflict, the numbers of lives lost, or the treatment of the press or of dissidents, there are far too many examples of bloodshed and persecution dwarfing anything done by Israel against the Palestinians over the last four decades since the Six Day War, when Israel was attacked by its neighbors. Even Arab treatment of Palestinians, such as in Jordan’s Black September massacre, caused thousands of deaths, possibly more in 10 days than in four decades of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And how can we compare Israel to Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, or the Chinese crackdown on Tibet and Tianneman? Or the disappearances and death squads of Latin America Square or the killing fields of Pol Pot? Let alone the genocide pursued by Hitler or Stalin’s murderous reign? Let us be clear: genocide is the attempt to exterminate an entire people and culture; this is not what has happened to the Palestinians, and it is not the goal of Israeli policy. By contrast, the explicit aim of Hamas is to eliminate Israel. So, if we support human rights and oppose persecution, ought we not first to focus our efforts on the places where we find the worst situations? Can anyone rationally claim that among these places, let alone the most horrendous of all, is a small nation on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea?

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2. Internationalism. Leftists tend to support internationalism. One would think that the United Nations would be the world body most dedicated to furthering this aim. But how is it that Israel, this small nation, has become such a central concern? From 2003-2010, there have been more than 900 human rights actions against Israel at the U.N.; the next closest is Sudan at just under 400. Israel is the only member of the U.N. to be excluded from any of the five regional groups. And should not all on the Left oppose the absurdity of the so-called Human Rights Council, whose members include such paragons of humanitarianism as China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Kyrgyzstan? How can Leftists stand silent when the Turkish Prime Minister denounces Israel for human rights crimes while then promising that the Kurds will “drown in their own blood,” in a conflict with human rights abuses on both sides and tens of thousands individuals killed? If Gaza is not the ideal place to live, if the Gazans are suffering, nevertheless the photos in the New York Times and elsewhere and the testimony of reporters clearly demonstrate that Gazans are not starving, their store shelves are not empty, whether for food or consumer goods; as difficult as the situation may be, it is simply not the pinnacle of human rights disasters, and Israel is thus not deserving of international condemnation above all other nations in the world.

3. Peace. Leftists want peace. In the Middle East and elsewhere. The polls make clear that, overwhelmingly, Israelis desire peace with their neighbors; the difficult sacrifices, including the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza make this evident. Israelis are prepared for a secure, two-state solution, to live side-by-side in peace. Meanwhile, the stated goal of its enemies is to end its existence. A simple thought-experiment should make the matter starkly clear: If tomorrow Hamas and other Palestinian groups unilaterally put down their weapons, what would follow? Peace. If Israelis unilaterally put down their weapons, what would follow? Millions of dead or exiled Jews. Anyone on the Left who does not recognize this is living in denial. Leftists should support peace and not live in denial.

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4. Anti-Authoritarianism. Leftists oppose authoritarianism and dictatorship and instead support popular, democratic rule. Israel maintains a vibrant, parliamentary democracy, with a broad range of views represented, much more so than in the United States, for example. Indeed, Arabs parties and Communists have long had representatives voted into the Israeli Knesset. Can we imagine such representation, as well as the freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Israel’s Arab neighbors? In the Gaza ruled by Hamas? In Egypt or Syria or Saudi Arabia? By opposing Israel and supporting groups like Hamas, the Left is not supporting a liberation struggle but rather the effort to replace the Middle East’s only democracy with yet another repressive dictatorship. Do Leftists really desire such an outcome? How can the one major effort to boycott, divest, and sanction be aimed at a democratic nation like this? As Bernard Henri-Levy has written at the Huffington Post of the “Confusion of an era when we combat democracies as though they were dictatorships or fascist States. This maelstrom of hatred and madness is about Israel. But it also concerns, as we should be well aware, some of the most precious things established in the movement of ideas in the last thirty years, especially on the left, and these are thus imperiled.”

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5. Human Dignity and Equality. The Left fights for the values of dignity and equality. Are these traits exemplified more by Israel or its neighbors? Look at how much Israelis value the life of a single soldier, in the willingness to trade hundreds of prisoners for one soldier, and even to trade prisoners to recover their dead for proper burial. Look at the rules of engagement of the Israeli Defense Forces, at how the IDF calls and leaflets civilians to warn them; does any other military do such a thing? In terms of equality and human rights, compare the state of women’s and gay and lesbian rights in Israel with that in the rest of the Middle East. And in terms of human dignity, do people on the Left think so little of Palestinian dignity that they are willing to claim Palestinians have “no choice” but to turn themselves into homicidal-suicidal bombers to kill Israeli children? Can we not expect more of people? Treating Palestinians like helpless victims does less than recognize their human dignity.

6. Anti-Discrimination. Leftists oppose sexism, racism, and any similar sort of discrimination. And so, Leftists do or ought to oppose anti-Semitism in the same way. And yet, Leftists too often give a pass to anti-Semitism masked as anti-Zionism or anti-Israel sentiment. The playwright David Mamet has written in the Huffington Post as follows: “Yet most of the Western Press, European and American, pictures Israel as, somehow the aggressor, and the Israelis as somehow inhuman, and delighting in blood.” As Mamet has elaborated in his book The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews, this is nothing less than a reworking of the old Blood Libel against the Jews—except this time, instead of being accused of using non-Jewish blood to bake matzah, the Jews are accused of spilling blood for no reason other than gratuitous pleasure. Leftists ought to be vigilant in distinguishing between constructive criticism of Israel and dehumanizing caricatures of Jews.

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7. Self-Defense. Only the most uncompromising pacifists oppose the right to self-defense, and certainly most Leftists uphold this right. At least when Palestinians are doing the defending. Why are Israelis exempt from this right? How many Leftists would sit idly by while rockets rained down on their towns and families, with their children traumatized? And if we said, oh, but people are only killed occasionally, would that minimize your commitment to protect your family? Only Jews are expected to lay down their weapons and offer their throats. How dare the Jews have the chutzpah to fight back?!

8. Progress. We want movement on Palestinian-Israeli and Arab-Israeli peacemaking. Yet, demonizing Israel, singling it out, as is done at the UN and on college campuses will do little to advance peace. We all know, have all known for decades the basic outlines of a peace settlement. The Israelis have been prepared for this and have prepared their citizens. The Left should be pressuring Palestinians to accept peace and to stop teaching their children that Jews are monsters after their blood. This sort of pressure might bring some progress.

It was long ago time for Leftists to tear down the poster that features Israel as the demon-child of human rights abuse and repression. It is time for Leftists to become outraged not over Israel, but over the distortions and demonization of Israel on college campuses and at the United Nations and throughout the media and politics. It is time for Leftists to reject the treatment of Israel as a pariah, or Jews as bloodthirsty murderers, and time instead to welcome Israel into the community of nations as a full member, subject to the same criticism and praise as any other nation.

Anonymous said...

A famous well respected Christian website types the following about the topic of
"Islamophobia"
the website states
"Islamophobia is a fear of, prejudice towards, disdain for, and/or discrimination against Muslims. The word is often applied to people who are against Islam - whether those people are informed or not about the teachings of and practice of Muslims. Some of the manifestations of Islamophobia are as hostility towards them, and/or the attitude of condemnation of Islam, its teachings, and those who follow it. The word "Islamophobia" literally means fear of Islam. Is the fear of Islam right or wrong? Should we fear its adherents? Or, are such fears about it the result of propaganda and irrationality?

The term, along with "Islamophobe," are often used by the left and in particular, Muslims, to accuse people of promoting fear and irrationality. It is an attempt to silence those in opposition to Islam whether or not the critics of Islam are informed. After all, Muslims want to appear helpful and peaceful as they promote their religion.

Is it irrational to be afraid of what Islam presents? Not at all. Islam is not simply a religion. It is an entire set of rules and regulations that govern commerce, education, food, medicine, and social structures. It necessarily supplants all other cultural and political systems since it cannot work in concert with a democracy, a republic, or even socialism. The goal of Islam is world domination." of course Not every Muslim is bad, I knew several decent Muslims in my life,

Anonymous said...

Two books worth reading are
--
1. The Crucifixion of the Jews: The Failure of Christians to Understand the Jewish Experience
by Franklin Hamlin Littell and Michael Berenbaum And
2. Anti-Semitism and it's Metaphysical Origins" by David Patterson

Anonymous said...

Another website remarks about the Satanic Nature of Anti-Semitism that
"With every fiber of his depraved, sinister being, Satan despises the Jews. He hates them with a perfect hatred. Their total destruction was and still is his goal. He’s the author and spirit of Anti-Semitism. There is no other way to explain the venomous hostility that has been hurled against the Jews by so many people, in so many countries, for so many years.

Why the Jews?

This is a question that has been asked countless times and many answers have been given. It has been said that Christianity is the chief cause of Anti-Semitism, since the church has accused the Jews of deicide (killing God). But this theory does not explain the presence of Anti-Semitism in Non-Christian countries such as Iran, Syria etc, nor does it account for the fact that Anti-Semitism existed before Christianity began.

Jerusalem and the Jewish people were on the devil’s hit-list long before Yeshua (Jesus) was born (Ezra 4:12 – 16 and the Book of Esther). Some have argued that the reason that the Jews have been so universally persecuted is because of the uniqueness of Judaism and to be a chosen people.

On the other side of the coin, Islam claims to have replaced Judaism and Christianity because of their failure to obey the laws and the calling of God.

Muslims believe in one god (Allah) with high standards and laws and they have traditions that make them separate. Yet, Muslims have not been universally persecuted.

Islam thrived on hatred of Israel. Arab nations eagerly await jihad (holy war). There must be a scrap-goat for the ongoing Middle East crisis and Israel will most certainly be blamed. The devil is convincing the world that Israel is the problem and that it is time to get rid of the Jews.

Hatred against the Jews has been too intense, too universal, and too destructive to be explained in divine punishment. Anti-Semitism has clearly overstepped the bounds of heavenly judgment and chastisement. The origins of Jew hatred are supernatural --- but not from above. In reality, there is only one way to explain Anti-Semitism; the devil hates the Jews and his demented nature is revealed in his treatment of the Jewish people. While many other nations and groups have felt the fury of his wrath, none have felt it so often, so consistently, and so powerfully as have the “seed of Abraham.” If the devil himself, the father of all lies, is not ultimately responsible of Anti-Semitism, then why have so many people believed such ludicrous anti Jewish lies, lies that in any other context would be laughable?

It is not only the ignorant and unlearnt who have been fooled, but it is political and social leaders, spiritual and intellectual giants, who have also been deceived.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Why does Satan so passionately despise the Jews?

For one thing it is a reflection of his hatred for God. The Jews are God’s chosen people! By hurting them he seeks to hurt the Lord. His effort to annihilate the Jews is also an attempt to discredit the Lord because He had sworn in His Word that they will never be destroyed.

“So says Jehovah, who gives the sun for a light by day and the laws of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; Jehovah of Hosts is His name; if those ordinances depart from Me, says Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever.” Jeremiah 31: 35 - 36

If Israel ceases to exist as a distinct people, then God did not or could not keep His Promises. That would mean that He was either powerless or that He had lied! But there is another reason the devil despises the Jews: the salvation of Israel means the return of Yeshua (Jesus), the resurrection of the righteous, the revival of the church and the restoration of the earth. The fulfilment of the Jews destiny will seal the devils doom. Yes, “the God of Shalom (peace) will soon crush Satan under your feet.” Romans 16:20

To understand the Anti-Semitism of this century, one must look back two thousand years to the birth of Christianity and its separation from its beginnings in Judaism.

As we look back to the beginning of the Christian era, the issues are indeed many and complex. Only through knowledge of that critical time of transition can we understand the roots of the prejudice which had developed into Christian Anti-Semitism. And, to understand how a thoroughly Jewish religion of the Nazarene sect became the anti-Jewish religion of the Christian Church, it is necessary to re-trace the events of the early centuries starting with Yeshua (Jesus).

Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth was a Jew ~~~

His childhood was typical of young Jewish boys of his time. He was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, received a religious education, learned a trade, kept the Law of Moses, and spoke both Hebrew and Aramaic, the languages of the Jews of his day. Upon reaching the age of 30, he began to preach and teach about the Kingdom of God, calling people to repentance, and ministering to the sick. Many people began to follow him.

Anonymous said...

After the death of Yeshua, His inner circle of Disciples became the leaders of the first century church and they were also Jews. For a number of years the early believers in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah were culturally and ethnically similar to, and even at times worshipping alongside their mainstream counterparts. However, a number of religious and political events in the latter half of the first century and the early part of the second began to drive a wedge between Church and Synagogue. A record of one of the earliest conflicts is recorded in a book of the New Testament ~~~ The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15.

On the cross ~~~ Yeshua (Jesus) kept saying, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice. Luke 23: 24 (ISV)

How striking is this passage! While they (Romans) are actually nailing Him to the cross, He seems to feel the injury they did to their own souls more than the wounds they gave Him; and as it were to forget His own anguish out of a concern for their own salvation. And how eminently was His prayer heard! It brought forgiveness for all that repented and a suspension of vengeance even for the un-repented.

The ethnic composition of the first century church began to rapidly change from a Jewish majority to a Gentile majority.

The destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70 contributed both to the growth of the early church and rabbinic Judaism. Demoralized after such a loss of Jewish national and religious life, the Jewish people were now grasping for something to believe in. Hope in a Messiah to save the people from the oppression of Rome began to grow. At the destruction of Jerusalem 1,100,000 Jews were killed and 97,000 taken into slavery and captivity.

In AD 132 Simon Bar Kochba ("Son of the Star') was endorsed by the Jewish Leaders to be the promised (false) Messiah. Bar Kochba led a revolt against Rome in AD 135. The revolt against Rome under Emperor Hadrian caused the death of 500,000 Jews; thousands were sold into slavery or taken into captivity.

However, the Jews who had believed in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah (early church) did not join the revolt. Bar Kochba killed a number of them, seeing them as enemies, heretics and traitors to the national cause. Outraged at this, the growing Mediterranean church began to harbour bitterness against the Jewish people. The surviving Jewish believers in Yeshua, who felt both a loyalty to Israel as well as to the western church, were being alienated by both groups.

Anonymous said...

By the second century C.E., both Judaism and Christianity were trying to distinguish each from the other in the eyes of Rome, as both had unique political concerns. Judaism by then had attained legal status in the Roman world as a religion and did not want Christianity, with its loyalty to a King other than Caesar, to be associated with it.

The church, now largely Gentile, also wanted to obtain legal status in the eyes of Rome so that it would not be identified with the Jews, who had rebelled against Rome under Bar Kochba. Once it was clear to Rome that Christianity was not a sect of Judaism, Christianity was regarded as an illegal sect and was no longer under the protective umbrella of the legal status of Judaism. It is interesting to note that from the birth of the early church until the time Emperor Constantine had declared that Christianity to be the official religion, both Jew and the new church were persecuted.

Constantine the Great established "Christianity" as the State religion throughout the Roman Empire issued many anti-Jewish laws

With the establishment of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire by Constantine in the fourth century, Christianity soon began to enjoy a position of superiority over Judaism which caused serious consequences for Judaism.

Under Constantine, the church became “a state church” and the persecution of “Christians” ceased, while the persecution of the Jews continued.

The parting of the ways ~~~

The Council of Nicea AD 325 called by the Emperor Constantine to settle some theological differences that were dividing his Christian Empire. The first act of the three hundred bishops assembled was to set a date for ‘Easter’ to be distinct from the Jewish Passover thereby effectively separating Jews and Christians.

To mainstream Jews, this change appeared as a willingness on the part of the early church to be a lawless society. They also feared this would allow pagan influences into the Jewish-Christian circles and eventually, Israel.

Anonymous said...

"The parting of the ways" had two distinct stages:

The first, in the first century, was a pre-occupation with determining who Christian was and who was not.

The second stage was longer, more tortuous, painful and destructive to Jewish sensibilities.

It was marked by a move from concern with purely Christian self-definition to formulating the Church as a distinct entity from Judaism.

By the year AD 347 - under the teachings of John Chrysostom, a cruel, vicious spirit of Anti-Semitism arose. And under his Leadership, the church, who was now ‘Israel’ had to discredit the physical Israel and turned out volumes of literature to prove that they were the ‘true’ people of God and that Judaism had only been a prelude to, or in preparation for Christianity.

Chrysostom’ teachings were prompted by the fact that many Christians were still meeting on friendly terms with Jews, visiting Jewish homes, and attending their synagogues. He said: "The Jews sacrifice their children to Satan....they are worse than wild beasts. The synagogue is a brothel, a den of scoundrels, the temple of demons devoted to idolatrous cults, a criminal assembly of Jews, a place of meeting for the assassins of Christ."

On another occasion Chrysostom is quoted as saying "I hate the Jews because they violate the Law. I hate the synagogue because it has the Law and the prophets. It is the duty of all Christians to hate the Jews." Chrysostom' teachings were to be used in seminaries and schools for centuries as model sermons, with the result that his message of hate would be passed down to succeeding generations of theologians.

Augustine, the great theologian, was also guilty of the growing hatred. In a sermon on Catechumens, he says: "The Jews hold Him, the Jews insult Him, the Jews bind Him, crown Him with thorns, dishonour Him with spitting, scourged Him, overwhelm with reviling, hang Him upon the tree, pierce Him with a spear...The Jews killed Him."

Important to note here is that it took both Jew and Gentile to Crucify the Lord – neither were innocent. In the Ancient World, the Greeks and the Romans considered beheading a less dishonourable (and less painful) form of execution than other methods in use at the time. The Roman Empire used beheading for its own citizens whilst crucifying others. Thus, crucifixion was considered brutally harsh and was reserved for "barbarians"--slaves and foreigners. (Wikipedia)

Wasn’t it God’s plan of Salvation for the human race…? And, that His Son DIE for us? Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22

The early Church Fathers had sown the seeds of intolerance and Jews were to become the object of hatred and persecution all over Europe for centuries to come.

Anonymous said...

The Dark Ages - years AD 500 – 1506

This 1,000 year period is known as the “dark ages” when the Church, an institution now totally run by man, degenerated into full apostasy. The further they fell into apostasy the crueller and destructive they became in their persecution. As this took place the persecution of Christians and Jews increased into unbelievable acts of torture and death.

The climate of this age was the “inquisition” under Pope Innocent the third. He was the leading persecutor of true Christians and Jews, everywhere the Roman Church had influence. Pope Boniface the third, decreed; “that salvation required submission to the Pope and true believers and Jews were considered to be heretics.”

Bernard and Peter the Venerable, were leaders also well known for Anti-Semitic teachings

As early as 1516, Martin Luther wrote, "… Many people are proud with marvellous stupidity when they call the Jews dogs, evildoers, or whatever they like, while they too, and equally, do not realize who or what they are in the sight of God". In 1523, Luther advised kindness toward the Jews in That Jesus Christ was born a Jew, but only with the aim of converting them to Christianity. When his efforts at conversion failed, he grew increasingly bitter toward them.

Much scholarly debate has focused on Luther's writings about the Jews. His statements that the Jews' homes should be destroyed, their synagogues burned, money confiscated, and liberty curtailed were revived and used in propaganda by the Nazis from 1933 to 1945. (Wikipedia Encyclopedia)

The list of Jewish persecution and Anti-Semitism is so vast that we only mention but a few. To understand the past is to be able to understand the future. And, because the conflict is spiritual, one does not need to understand all the implications of political and social issues. For God is sovereign over all things; the goal is to pray for a spirit of repentance to fall upon all nations, and for the Lord’s will to be done.

Modern Day persecution~~~

1Thesellonians 2:15 -16; Paul wrote two very controversial verses directed towards some Jews of his day.

Although the purpose of these words is illustrative, these verses have caused some to insist that Paul was anti-Semitic. However, before arriving at a decision, read Paul’s words for yourself: “(The unbelieving Jews who persecuted the churches in Judea) who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men, hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.”

Anonymous said...

Paul says that some first-century Jews were responsible for instigating the death of Yeshua (Jesus). Furthermore, the nation of Israel has a long history of rejecting the prophets that God sent to them. Finally, it was the Jewish religious leaders in Thessalonica who instigated the riot that led to Paul, Silas, and Timothy being run out of town. It was also the Jewish religious leaders who resisted Paul’s efforts to share God’s good news about Yeshua with the non-Jewish people.

So in these verses Paul is not talking about all Jewish people of all time, or even all Jewish people of his time. This passage is a condemnation of some of the Jewish people of a particular time in a particular place, specifically the religious leaders who rejected Yeshua and opposed the early church in the first century. What Paul is saying here is that those Jewish people who were engaged in the activities he lists here are under God’s judgment. He’s not talking about all Jewish people everywhere, because Paul himself is Jewish, and the Christians living in Judea who were suffering were also Jewish.

Tragically, horrible evils have been justified toward Jews from a misinterpretation of this passage.

This is not God’s heart, for God loves the Jewish people—they are His chosen people.

Paul makes it clear that the Jews who are hostile to Yeshua (Jesus) are heaping judgment on themselves and their hostility will one day be answered by God. It is important to understand that God’s wrath isn’t referring to God losing His temper and flying off the handle in anger. Paul is talking about God’s justice to those who oppose His work in the world.

As we see in Psalm 2 it will be an awful thing to be found with Anti-Semitism in one's heart when our Jewish Messiah returns. Why, because our Messiah Yeshua is the coming Prince of peace.

Anonymous said...

The Article also says
"Modern Anti-Semitism used by the Palestinians today against Israel is divided in four distinctive negative ways:

1. The labelling of the Jews ~ an inherently evil which defines what they say or describe characterizes the Jews or Israel in a negative way.

2. Creating a threat ~ that the Jews are an existential danger to all humanity!

3. Eliminating the Threat ~ “The Hour (of Resurrection) will not come until the Muslim kills the Jew!”

4. And ~~~ by using their children for propaganda. Sadly they are victims too. From the very young they are brainwashed against Israel.

In a forceful speech at Auschwitz-Birkenau marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day this year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reasserted the right of the Jewish people to self-defence amid growing concern over the Iranian threat and increased attempts to de-legitimize Israel and hand-cuff its military.

“From the cursed ground at Auschwitz-Birkenau and other camps rise the voices of our brothers and sisters, our people who choked to death and were burned and murdered,' said Netanyahu. 'Remember what Amalek did to you,' he cautioned, quoting a passage from Deuteronomy. 'We will never forget. We will not allow the Holocaust deniers or those who desecrate [Jewish] graves and signs to erase or distort [our] memory.”

“The prime minister also warned that though the 'Nazi Amalek' was almost entirely a ghost of the past, 'a new Amalek is appearing and once again threatening to annihilate the Jews. We will not allow it ... We will never forget and always stand guard,' he said. 'After losing a third of our people in blood-soaked Europe, we learned that the only guarantee for the protection of our people is the State of Israel and its army, the IDF.” (ICEJ News)

Today, God is raising up apostolic ministries, spiritual fathers, who by the Spirit are laying foundations for His house; churches where Jew and Gentile constitute “one new man,” being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit (Ephesians 2:13 – 22). God’s word to the church (in Israel and everywhere else) is to look back at what happened in the past ~ we are to learn from the examples of history, and we are to keep our eyes on the Messiah and what He is doing today. He’s doing a new thing on the earth and this is where our eyes are to be focussed (Isaiah 48: 6 and 43: 18 – 19).

The Bible says that God, the Keeper of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps ~ Psalm 121: 4.

Anonymous said...

The same website has another article that states about Why the nations hate Israel
that
"And, after all, Israel has no OIL… correct? Incorrect! In case anyone missed it last summer, oil has been discovered in Northern Israel. Israel is not waiting for an oil discovery – it’s already happened! The oil has and is being produced and sold. What’s more, the exploration company, Givot Olam, based its search for oil in Israel on Scripture. That’s right! Oil has been discovered in Israel, based on Bible passages predicting the discovery and its location.

The same Bible (Torah), passages used by Jim Spillman, back in 1981 in his book, "The Great Treasure Hunt." The same passages Zion Oil & Gas Founder John Brown heard Jim teach on a Zion Temple in Michigan thirty years ago and took to heart. Included Jacob’s Blessing, recorded in Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 33, is the prophecy of a last day’s oil discovery. Jacob’s descendants will be blessed from the "deep that crouches beneath"; "for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth." Issachar and Zebulun "shall suck of the abundance of the seas and of treasures hid in the sand." Asher will "dip his foot in oil."

And, after all, Israel has no GAS… correct? Incorrect! The largest reserve of natural gas, over 16 trillion cubic feet, has been discovered off the coast of Israel, and is estimated to be worth more than $95 billion, U.S. company Noble Energy Inc. announced in December 2010.

The reserve, Leviathan, is the largest amount of natural gas discovered in the world in the last decade and is located in approximately 5,400 feet (1,645 meters) of water, about 130 km. offshore of Haifa and 29 miles (47 km.) southwest of the Tamar discovery. Noble Energy president and CEO David L. Stover said, "This discovery has the potential to position Israel as a natural gas exporting nation…" HaAretz.com

The prophecy of oil and gas in Israel isn’t going to be fulfilled someday ~ it is being fulfilled as we watch!

So, God has a people (the Jews) and He has a land (Israel). He has never changed his mind about either! He has a plan for His people IN the land. If we had lived a century or so ago, we would have sounded like crazy people had we talked about Israel returning to her land. Yet, it has now happened, and much of it in the lifetime of people living today!

Anonymous said...


The centuries old LIE of the Land of Israel… or how to steal a heritage? For centuries the devil, that unseen spiritual enemy, has lied about the people of Israel. It therefore shouldn't surprise us that he has lied about the land of Israel as well. It is probably the most lied about piece of real estate on the face of the earth today. Let us carefully look at the land and try to separate fact from fiction. We need to be prepared however, because peeling off the lies and fiction will be much like peeling an onion.

Today we hear much about Palestine, Palestinians, Palestinian rights, and even a Palestinian state… It might surprise us to learn that far into the 20th century, Arabs vehemently denied being called Palestinians, while strangely, it was the Jews who were referred to by this title. In the early 20th century, the Jewish English newspaper, The Jerusalem Post was called The Palestine Post, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was then called the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra. The esteemed Arab historian, Philip Hitti, stated before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946, "There is no such thing as Palestine in [Arab] history, absolutely not." This strange statement was corroborated by several other Arab leaders at that time.

There was no Palestine in the time of David, or in New Testament times. In the New Testament the land was referred to as Israel, not as Palestine (Matthew 2:20). Yeshua (Jesus) was not a Palestinian! Contrary to what the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) has claimed. In fact, no one had ever heard of Palestine in His day… He was Jewish, wore a Prayer Shawl and quoted from the Torah (Bible) and attended the appointed Feasts. Palestine was a name given to the land of Judea after the unsuccessful ending of the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome in AD 135.

It was a name given in derision by the Romans. The land was re-named after the ancient Philistines, those proverbial enemies of Israel, in an attempt to sever its Jewish connection. At the time, Rome also killed or expelled many of the Jews.

Ancient and Modern THIEVES of the Land of Israel!
The Romans were NOT the first people in history to try and steal the heritage of Israel; they just did the most thorough job of it. Prior to them many other ancient enemies of Israel also tried to take the land. Most of them tried by force and failed. Some of these were the Edomites, Ishmaelites and Moabites, ancient ancestors of the modern Arabs. The attacks of surrounding enemies in biblical times are carefully recorded for us in Psalm 83 and are still the enemies of Israel today.

Anonymous said...

The article also stated that
"Although Israel is one of the older members of the UN, she has remained as the only member state excluded from serving on the Security Council. This is especially odd since Syria, a widely known "rogue state," served on that council. One European diplomat quipped that Israel is "the only permanent non-member of the council."

Anonymous said...

A good book to read is "The Passion Conspiracy: Did the Jews Kill Christ or was Jesus the Victim of Identity Theft?" by Randy Weiss , a Jewish Believer in Jesus, the Amazon.com description of the 2004 book states
"Millions have seen Mel Gibson’s portrayal of the death of Christ.
It created controversy and stirred emotions.

Was Gibson correct?

Jewish believer in Jesus asks, "Did the Jews Kill Christ... or was Jesus the Victim of IDENTITY THEFT?"

The new book, THE PASSION CONSPIRACY by Randy Weiss, Ph.D., declares that in spite of Gibson's outstanding presentation of the suffering of Jesus, the anti-Semitic influences should not be overlooked. Dr. Weiss argues that the Jewish identity of Jesus has been stolen by those who present the Christ as outside the mainstream of 1st century Judaism. Although the suffering of Jesus was portrayed in a tremendous and stunning fashion, Weiss believes that Gibson perpetuates ancient patterns of anti-Semitism. He declares:

· The trial of Jesus was portrayed inaccurately.
Jesus was arrested, tried, convicted & executed by 9:00 AM. The Jews of Jerusalem were unaware of the event.

· The Jews of ancient Israel had not yet turned against Jesus.
Dr. Weiss argues that Jesus was loved as a "hometown hero." Many Jews believed Jesus was their expected deliverer from Rome.

· Gibson alleged that Pilate feared a riot if Jesus was not executed.
In fact, the exact opposite was true. The Jewish leaders conspired in secret knowing that if His Jewish followers learned of the plot to kill Jesus, they would have rioted to stop the Crucifixion.

· The Holocaust denial controversy associated with Gibson's family cannot be ignored.
The founder of America's most famous Passion Play presentation was a holocaust denier!

Only the enemies of Jesus wore the required Jewish prayer shawl or fringed garment.
Gibson's Jesus and disciples ignored this clear Mosaic command of the Torah.

Weiss asserts that apart from the Jewish villains, the cast was robbed of their true Jewish identity. The result is an emotional, yet misinformed audience.

Foreword from a Jewish perspective is provided by Reform Jewish Rabbi Stanley Halpern.

President of World Missionary Evangelism, Dr. John Cathcart, provides another foreword from a Christian perspective." I have read that in recent years Mel Gibson has been quietly working to help Holocaust Survivors, if he truly repents, he should be forgiven

Anonymous said...

An online Article dated April 25, 2019 is Boldly Titled "Jesus Was Not a Palestinian" the article states
"
Let’s set the record straight. Jesus was a Galilean Jew, not a Palestinian Muslim. He celebrated Passover, not Ramadan, and he was called “Rabbi” not “Imam.” His followers were named Yaakov and Yochanan and Yehudah, not Muhammad and Abdullah and Khalid. And he himself had one of the most common Jewish names of the day: Yeshua.

As for the name “Palestine,” it was not used in any widespread way to describe the land of Israel until 135 AD – in other words, more than 100 years after Yeshua’s death and resurrection. And it was renamed Palestine by the Romans to mock the Jewish people, thereby calling their ancient (and sacred) homeland the land of the Philistines.

But it is not only anachronistic to label Jesus a Palestinian. It is also misleading.

That’s because the word “Palestinian” today speaks of non-Israelites, of non-Jews. It speaks of a people who claim that the land of Israel belongs to them, not to the Jewish people. And it speaks primarily of Muslims.

That’s what comes to mind when someone says, “Jesus was a Palestinian.” And that’s why Palestinian activists have tried to recast Jesus in their own image.

Leading up to Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem last year, Fatah officials called Jesus “the first Palestinian.”

Five years earlier, in 2013, the PLO declared, “Every Christmas, Palestine celebrates the birth of one of its own, Jesus Christ.”

Back in 2005, the PA stated that, “We must not forget that Messiah [Jesus] is a Palestinian, the son of Mary the Palestinian.”

And Fatah even declared Jesus to be “the first Palestinian martyr (shahid)” in 2015.

Anything but declaring that Jesus, who is revered in Islam as a prophet (but not as the crucified Son of God), was a first-century Jewish rabbi.

Anonymous said...

The article also states
"Jesus was not a European Caucasian.

But he was also not an African Black. Or a Palestinian.

He was a first-century, Middle Eastern Jew. And he would have been recognized for his Jewish religious garb, including the fringes at the corners of his garments (see Numbers 15:37-41; and compare Matthew 9:20; 14:36 in the RSV; NRSV; ESV; NASB; NLT; TLV).

That doesn’t mean that Jesus is indifferent to the challenges faced by the Palestinians. Or that he doesn’t identify with Palestinian Christians. Or that American Christians who support Israel should be anti-Palestinian.

Not at all.

True friends of Israel – especially true Christian friends of Israel – should want justice and fairness for both the Israelis and the Palestinians. As for Jesus, he is both the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world, giving his life for Jew and Gentile alike.

Anonymous said...

The Wikipedia Article/entry for Judensau states
"Judensau


A Judensau (German for "Jews' sow"[1]),[2][3] is a folk art[4] image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow (female pig), which in Judaism is an unclean animal, that appeared during the 13th century in Germany[1] and some other European countries; its popularity lasted for over 600 years.[5] In Nazi Germany, classes of German schoolchildren were sent to see the Judensau on German churches[6] and the term remains extant as a neo-Nazi insult.[1][better source needed]


Contents
1 Background and images
2 Judensau in Wittenberg
3 Partial list
4 Image gallery
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Background and images

Woodcut from Kupferstichkabinet, Munich, ca. 1470, showing a Judensau. The Jews (identified by the Judenhut) are suckling from a pig and eating its excrement. The banderoles display rhymes mocking the Jews.
The Jewish prohibition against eating pork comes from Torah, in the Book of Leviticus Chapter 11, verses 2 through 8.[7][8] The arrangement of Jews surrounding, suckling, and having intercourse with the animal (sometimes regarded as the devil[4]), is a mockery of Judaism.

The image appears in the Middle Ages, mostly in carvings on church or cathedral walls,[1] often outside where it could be seen from the street (for example at Wittenberg and Regensburg), but also in other forms. The earliest appearance seems to be on the underside of a wooden choir-stall seat in Cologne Cathedral, dating to about 1210. The earliest example in stone dates to ca. 1230 and is located in the cloister of the cathedral at Brandenburg. In about 1470 the image appeared in woodcut form, and thereafter was often copied in popular prints, often with antisemitic commentary. A wall painting on the bridge tower of Frankfurt am Main, constructed between 1475 and 1507 near the gateway to the Jewish ghetto and demolished in 1801, was an especially notorious example and included a scene of the ritual murder of Simon of Trent.[9]

Judensau in Wittenberg

The Judensau at Wittenberg.
The city of Wittenberg contains a Judensau from 1305, on the facade of the Stadtkirche, the church where Martin Luther preached. It portrays a rabbi who looks under the sow's tail, and other Jews drinking from its teats. An inscription reads "Rabini Schem HaMphoras," gibberish which presumably bastardizes "shem ha-meforasch" (see Shemhamphorasch). The sculpture is one of the last remaining examples in Germany of medieval "Jew baiting." In 1988, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Kristallnacht, debate sprung up about the monument, which resulted in the addition of a sculpture recognizing that during the Holocaust six million Jews were murdered "under the sign of the cross".[10]

In Vom Schem Hamphoras (1543), Luther comments on the Judensau sculpture at Wittenberg, echoing the antisemitism of the image and locating the Talmud in the sow's bowels:

“ Here on our church in Wittenberg a sow is sculpted in stone. Young pigs and Jews lie suckling under her. Behind the sow a rabbi is bent over the sow, lifting up her right leg, holding her tail high and looking intensely under her tail and into her Talmud, as though he were reading something acute or extraordinary, which is certainly where they get their Shemhamphoras.[2] ”
In July, 2016, Dr. Richard Harvey, a Messianic Jewish theologian from the United Kingdom, initiated a petition on change.org to have the Wittenberg Judensau removed.[11]

Anonymous said...

The Wikipedia entry for Judensau continues
"Partial list

Map listing (in German) the presence of Judensau images on churches of central Europe; in red, the ones that were removed
Some of these sculptures can be found at some churches today.

Aarschot in Belgium (Our Lady Church)
Basel in Switzerland (Cathedral)
Brandenburg (Cathedral)
Cadolzburg
Colmar in France at (Église Saint-Martin – 2 representations)
Cologne (Judensau at the choir stalls of Cathedral – probably the earliest example, and in Church of St. Severin)
Eberswalde
Erfurt (Cathedral)
Heilsbronn (Cathedral)
Gniezno (Cathedral)
Lemgo (St. Marien)
Magdeburg (Cathedral)
Metz in France (Cathedral)
Nuremberg (St. Sebaldus Church)
Regensburg (Cathedral)
Remagen (Gate post)
Strasbourg (Cathedral, on capital)
Uppsala in Sweden (Cathedral)
Wiener Neustadt in Austria
Wimpfen (Church of St. Peter)
Wittenberg (Town church)
Xanten (Cathedral)
Zerbst (St. Nicolas Church) My Point being that the Judensau is Proof of the Sick Evil Disturbed immature nature of the Medieval Anti-Semitic Mind

Anonymous said...

The website www.algemeiner.com has this article about the Superb Non-Jewish actor
Jon Voight and his Love for Israel
the article says

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 3:51 PM 6
"Actor Jon Voight Reveals Close Connection to Jewish Culture, Says He Feels ‘Responsibility’ to Combat Antisemitism"
avatar by Shiryn Ghermezian


Actor Jon Voight opened up on Sunday about his close connection to Jewish culture, stemming from his father’s childhood, and why he feels it is his duty to fight antisemitism.

The veteran actor, and father of Angelina Jolie, said on the Fox News program “Life, Liberty & Levin” that his strong relationship with the Jewish people, and his exposure to antisemitism, began through his father, who used to work at a Jewish country club in Scarsdale, NY. The club was started by German Jews who came to the US and wanted to play golf but “weren’t allowed in the clubs,” Voight said.

“They didn’t complain,” the actor, 79, explained to the show’s host, Mark Levin. “They went around raising the money to buy land and they built the club, and because of their ingenuity and because of their flexibility and vision, my dad had this job. So I knew at a very early age the insanity of antisemitism.”

Voight, who was raised Catholic, added that he remembered seeing in the 1940s a magazine photo of a young boy behind barbed wire and it resonated with him. He told Levin, “I identified with that boy. I said, ‘That could be me. What are they doing to these people?’ And for — that stayed with me all my life, so I’ve felt a real responsibility in a certain sense to stand up against antisemitism. And in that journey, I’ve gotten very close to the Jewish people.”


Voight further explained that his father came from a very poor family and caddied at the country club starting at the age of eight. His father would tell the golfers at the club that it was his birthday, even when it wasn’t, so they would give him “a little extra money” as a gift at the end of the day. Even after he was caught in his lie once by a club member, he was never booted from the country club.

Voight said about the Jewish members at the club, “They didn’t care. They understood what he was doing, they even admired his chutzpah for a little kid, you know, and they kind of embraced this young man and they taught him many things…They taught him how to behave at the table. Different things. Manners, things like that.”

The actor also said about his father, who later became the head professional at the country club, “It occurred to me when I was 14, I said, you know something? I’ve compared him to his siblings — two sisters and a brother — they were nothing like him. He was so superior in every way, not to demean them. They were very nice people, but they just didn’t have the same qualities he had and the grace that he had. And I said to myself, you know something? My dad was raised in the Jewish culture. That’s who he is.”

Voight also discussed his interest in Jewish history, the “extraordinary” Jewish friends he has had throughout his life, praised Jewish literature and said “the great Einsteins of the Jewish people across the years were rabbis.”

He spoke to Levin about the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov — considered the founder of Hasidic Judaism — and also his support for the Chabad movement. Voight said about the Chabad friends he has made, “They’re a fun group, really lots of fun, and they help people, and I’ve danced on their telethon. Danced the Hasidic dance with these guys and it became quite a deal.”

Anonymous said...

From Wikipedia it says under the Political views of Actor Jon Voight that
"In May 2008, Voight paid a solidarity visit to Israel in honor of its 60th birthday. "I'm coming to salute, encourage and strengthen the people of Israel on this joyous 60th birthday", said Voight. "This week is about highlighting Israel as a moral beacon. At a time when its enemies threaten nuclear destruction, Israel heals."[19] " Truly Israel is a
"Light Unto the Nations" and a Blessing for All Mankind, see also the website
www.israellycool.com

Anonymous said...

One website states about the late Israeli traitor Shimon Peres who died in September 2016 at the age of 93 that

"Shimon Peres is a foolish Marxist. He forced Yitzhak Rabin to sign The Oslo Accords against his will (Barry Chamish says that Rabin negotiated them without Peres's knowledge and Peres later re-wrote History to take credit for them.) and when Rabin wanted to stop them since he realized they were a mistake, Shimon Peres organized a conspiracy to assassinate him. Peres also forced Rabin to promise Clinton to give back the whole Golan Heights to our warful neighbor, Syria. Syria refused to condemn the suicide bombings of February and March of 1996. This means they are terrorists, just like Yasser Arafat is. Anyone who wants to give the holy sites in Hebron to this awful terrorist leader who killed Bibi's brother, Yonatan Netanyahu, Z"L, at Entebbe, is a traitor to the Zionist cause. Peres also gave guns to Yasser Arafat's Jew killing terrorist gang which they used to kill Jews with during the 1996 Tunnel Riots because they didn't like that Bibi opened The Herodian Tunnel underneath the continuation of The Kotel to the left of the praying area. Arafat again used those guns to kill Jews with as part of The Oslo War which started in 2000 because he didn't like that Ariel Sharon inserted his right to go up to The Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"But how and why did Shimon Peres organize this conspiracy to kill The Prime Minister? Shimon Peres, the evilest Jew of The 20th and 21st Centuries, came up with a plan to get rid of Rabin so Peres could become Prime Minister. This way, since Rabin wanted to stop The Oslo Accords, Peres could continue with Oslo. This plan was backed by the evil European Union and the Anti-Semitic French government in particular. To put this plan in to action, he organized a Left Wing conspiracy with Carmi Gilon, then head of The General Security Service, GSS agent Avishai Raviv, and Rabin's own bodyguards. The first step to this plan, was to organize a fake Right Wing organization called Eyal. The job of this organization was to provoke real Rightists to commit crimes against Arabs and to oppose the government. This organization was really the one that put up posters of Rabin in a kafiya, an Arab headdress, prior to the assassination. They organized protests including one outside The Orient House and they provoked Yigal Amir. They did this in order to frame Amir for the assassination. On November 4, 1995, after an Oslo rally at the re-named Yitzhak Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Yigal Amir shot a blank bullet at Yitzhak Rabin as he was getting into his car. Then Rabin's bodyguard Yoram Rubin pushed Rabin into the car and shot 2 real bullets into Rabin. Then they drove him in the car to Ichilov Hospital which is normally a minute drive away but it took them 15 minutes to get there in order to buy time so the doctors couldn't save him once he got there. Then Rabin went into surgery and the doctors were able to save his life. After he came out of surgery, everyone was cleared away and his bodyguard shot one more bullet into Rabin, this time killing him. In the meantime, Amir was arrested and framed for the assassination despite no traces of gun powder and metal shrapnel on his hands, which means he couldn't have shot a real bullet. Therefore, Amir's sentence should be reduced to time served, and Shimon Peres, Carmi Gilon, Avishai Raviv, Rabin's bodyguards, and the other conspirators should be put on trial for murder and conspiracy to murder, convicted, and be sentenced to life in jail with no chance for parole. Israel should also request that the officials of The European Union and the French government be extradited to Israel in order to stand trial for their part in the conspiracy. Even the offical inquiry into the assassination tries to cover up the truth, because it lists the actual time that Rabin was shot after Amir was arrested, in order to cover up for the extra time it took to get to the hospital. Action must be taken immediately to bring Shimon Peres to trial before he causes even more harm than he already has with all of his Oslo fantasies and all of his other nonsense."
Does anyone agree with this theory ?

Anonymous said...

From the website emetnews.org an article titled
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Emet News Service logo
There Is No Israeli 'Occupation': It’s Not Arab Land and 98 Percent of Palestinian-Arabs Live Under Arab Rule
Summary ... Ambassador Friedman merely spoke the truth when he used the term 'alleged occupation'. Simply put, there is no Israeli 'occupation' in Judea/Samaria/Jerusalem.

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, recently made headlines for using the term “alleged occupation” during an interview with the Jerusalem Post. Palestinian Authority (“PA”) dictator and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Abbas condemned the term “alleged occupation” and then falsely proclaimed that there is an Israeli “occupation of the territory of the state of Palestine” and variations of the same line some 27 times during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week. However, an honest examination of the facts and actual international law reveal that Ambassador Friedman’s words were correct: In fact, the presence of Israel and Israeli Jews in Judea/Samaria (“West Bank”) and the old city of Jerusalem is not an “Israeli occupation.”

Occupation means possessing/exercising actual authority over another country’s sovereign territory. A nation who has the sovereign rights to land cannot be an “occupier” of that land. Israel has the lawful sovereign right — as well as the strongest historical, religious, and legal connection — to Israel, including Judea/Samaria and all of Jerusalem.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"The Jews are indigenous people of Israel, including Judea/Samaria and Jerusalem. The word “Jew” comes from “Judea” — because this is where the Jewish people lived. (Jordan renamed Judea/Samaria “the West Bank” during Jordan’s 19-year [1948-67] illegal occupation of the area, as explained below). Jewish kings and kingdoms reigned in Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria for hundreds of years (c.920 bce – 597 bce). For over 3,000 years, there was always a Jewish presence in Israel, even after conquests and dispersions of the Jewish people.

Boycott Israel protesters. Moreover, Jerusalem was never the capital of any country except Israel. Jews were also the largest religious group in Jerusalem since at least the first census in the 1840s. Jerusalem is mentioned almost 700 times in Judaism’s holy books. Jerusalem is never mentioned in the Koran. For millennia, Jews pray for Jerusalem and pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray facing Mecca, and have no prayers for Jerusalem. No Arab leader except Jordan’s King Hussein ever visited Jerusalem.
By contrast, there has never been a Palestinian Arab state or kingdom in Israel, Jerusalem or Judea/Samaria. Ever. “Palestine” is not an Arab name but is a Roman name, named by the Romans in 135 ce for the geographic area, to attempt to de-Judaize Israel and Judea/Samaria, after destroying the Second Temple in 70 ce and crushing the Jewish Bar Kochba Revolt (133-135 ce).

Anonymous said...

Israel thus does not “occupy” land belonging to any Palestinian-Arab foreign sovereign — for no Palestinian-Arab foreign sovereign ever existed.

Israel fell into desolation under Ottoman rule (1517-1917) and was sparsely populated then. Mark Twain wrote in 1867 that Israel was a “desolate country ... We never saw a human being on the whole route ... There was hardly a tree or a shrub anywhere.”

Most Arab “Palestinians” are not indigenous to Israel. Most “Palestinian”-Arabs immigrated into Israel from Arab nations and northern Africa (Algeria, etc.) after waves of Jewish communities started rebuilding Israel in the mid-to-late 1800s through mid-1900s. “Palestinian” Arab last names such as “al Masri” (meaning “from Egypt”) and “Mugrabi” (“North African”) reveal some of the Palestinian Arabs’ origins.

Indeed, the world always understood that “Palestinian” meant “Jew.” The media used to refer to Arabs in Judea/Samaria as “West Bankers” not “Palestinians.”

Britain’s Balfour Declaration (1917) and legally binding international treaties, including Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant; the Mandate for Palestine (1922), San Remo Resolution (1920), Feisal-Weitzman Treaty (1919) (an Arab-Jewish treaty, signed by the Emir of the Kingdom of Hejaz, now part of Saudi Arabia), the 1924 Anglo-American Convention [Treaty] (ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1925, making it a binding U.S. treaty obligation), designated the area that is now Israel including Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria and present-day Jordan as a “sacred trust” for reconstituting the Jewish homeland.

Winston Churchill thus wrote in 1922 that “the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine ... is not the imposition of a Jewish nationality upon the inhabitants of Palestine as a whole, but the further development of the existing Jewish community ... [T]he Jewish people ... is in Palestine as of right and not on sufferance.”

Anonymous said...

Also, under the firmly established international legal doctrine “uti posseditis juris,” new states inherit the full borders of the preceding mandate. Thus, Israel is entitled to the full mandatory territory and borders, which include Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria — and originally even included present-day Jordan. (Arab nations in the Middle East — Syria, Lebanon, Iraq — received the full mandatory borders of the mandates that preceded those states, under the same doctrine.) Interested readers may wish to watch international legal scholar Northwestern Univ. Professor Eugene Kontorovich’s excellent video discussing this in detail.

In 1922, Britain, in essence, lopped off 78 percent of the area legally designated for a Jewish homeland, to create Transjordan, later Jordan. The Jews were left with only 22 percent of the Mandate of Palestine designated for the Jewish homeland.

The UN Charter Article 80 (the “Jewish people’s clause), adopted in 1945, preserved intact all rights granted to Jews under the Mandate for Palestine, even after the Mandate’s expiration in 1948. As legal scholar Howard Grief has explained , Article 80 prevents the UN from transferring rights over any part of Palestine to any non-Jewish entity, such as the Palestinian Authority or a “Palestinian state.”

In 1948, the Arabs rejected a UN non-binding recommendation to partition the remaining 22 percent portion of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states (the so-called “partition resolution”).

Instead, six Arab nations invaded the newly reestablished State of Israel, in an attempt to obliterate Israel and murder the Jews. During the aggressive Arab war, Jordan captured and illegally occupied the eastern portion of Jerusalem (the “Old City” including the Jewish quarter) and Judea/Samaria for the next 19 years. Only two countries recognized Jordan’s illegal occupation. Jordan expelled and murdered the Jewish residents, destroyed 58 centuries-old synagogues and vandalized the 3,000-year-old Mt. of Olives Jewish cemetery in eastern Jerusalem.

Anonymous said...

Significantly, during Jordan’s 19-year illegal occupation of eastern Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria, Palestinian Arabs made no claim for a state there. The 1964 PLO Charter proclaimed that the PLO “does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank or Gaza.” It also never mentioned Jerusalem.

The so-called “pre-1967 lines” (a/k/a the “green line” or “1949 Armistice lines” or indefensible “suicide borders”) are not binding internationally recognized borders. In 1949, Israel and its neighbors (which had invaded and tried to destroy Israel), signed armistice agreements establishing “armistice demarcation lines” at approximately the point where the fighting stopped. The armistice agreements stated that the armistice lines were “without prejudice” to a future political settlement. Israel is not required to return to the tiny area within “pre-1967 lines.”

In 1967, Jordan attacked Israel again — even though Israel implored Jordan not to attack, saying: “We are engaged in defensive fighting on the Egyptian sector, and we shall not engage ourselves in any action against Jordan, unless Jordan attacks us. Should Jordan attack Israel, we shall go against her with all our might.” In the ensuing defensive Six-Day War, Israel recaptured eastern Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria and Gaza, restoring Jewish sovereignty to Jerusalem and Jewish sovereign rights to Judea/Samaria.

After the 1967 Six Day War, UNSC Resolution 242 called for Israel to have “recognized and secure” borders, and did not call for Israel to surrender “all” lands captured in 1967. Then-U.S. President Lyndon Johnson stated shortly afterward: “We are not the ones to say where other nations should draw lines between them that will assure each the greatest security. It is clear, however, that a return to the situation of June 4, 1967, will not bring peace.”

Anonymous said...

The Levy Commission (appointed by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and headed by esteemed former Israel Supreme Court Justice Edmund Levy) concluded that when Israel recaptured eastern Jerusalem and Judea/Samaria: “the original legal status of the territory was restored, namely, a territory designated as a national home for the Jewish people, who had a “right of possession” to it during Jordanian rule while they were absent from the territory for several years due to a war imposed on them, and have now returned to it.”

Additional developments and facts further reveal that there is no Israeli “occupation.”

In 1988, Jordan publicly relinquished any claims to Judea/Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. The 1994 Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty recognized the Jordan River (not the “green line”) as the international boundary. In other words, Judea/Samaria is on the Israeli side of the border. This further reconfirms that Israel is clearly not occupying land of a foreign sovereign.

The Oslo Accords (1993-1995), signed by the PLO, acknowledge Israel’s territorial jurisdiction over “settlements.” Oslo never spoke of a Palestinian Arab state and in Prime Minister Rabin’s last speech, he spoke of establishing “less than a State” for the Palestinian Arabs and no giveaway of any part of Jerusalem.

Moreover, a nation cannot be considered to be an “occupier” of land over which it does not exercise governing control. Article 6 of the Fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War states that a foreign power is only considered to be an occupier “to the extent that such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory.”

Israel has relinquished governing control in all of Gaza and 40 percent of Judea/Samaria. The Oslo Accords provided land within Judea/Samaria to establish a “Palestinian Authority.” And, in 2005, Israel unilaterally evacuated 10,000 Jews from Gaza and Northern Samaria.

Anonymous said...

As a result, 98 percent of Palestinian-Arabs are living in these ceded territories, under Palestinian Arab rule. These territories are governed by Palestinian Arabs, with their own legislatures, courts, TV, radio, newspapers, police, hospitals, school system and municipal services. These Palestinian Arab governmental agencies are largely corrupt, brutal and hate-mongering. But they are their own, not Israel’s. In short, Israel no longer runs PA-controlled areas.

Israel remains enmeshed with Palestinian Arabs only with respect to security issues, and that’s only because the Palestinian Arabs continue to wage war on Israeli civilians — with exponentially increased rocket assaults and terror tunnels from Gaza since 2005, and continued terror assaults from Judea/Samaria. Israeli forces must foil dozens of such assaults each month. Thus, Israel is forced to maintain checkpoints in Judea/Samaria to prevent terrorist attacks from terrorist cells based in the Palestinian Authority. And since Israel’s unilateral evacuation of Gaza in 2005, Israel has had to make three significant military incursions into Gaza to try to stop Hamas’ incessant rocket fire on Israeli civilians, and to destroy Hamas’s terror tunnels. But that’s not “occupation”; that’s war to stop terror, and its attendant mess and tragedies.

Palestinians refusal of land Notably, in 1937, 1947, 2000, 2001 and 2008, Palestinian Arabs rejected generous proposals to establish an Arab State in part of the remaining 22 percent of the area legally designated for the Jewish homeland. Instead, Palestinian Arabs maintained their genocidal goal of destroying and replacing all of Israel, and instituted the deadly intifadas, murdering and maiming thousands of innocent Jews.

Anonymous said...

Further, Israeli “settlements” (Jewish communities and cities) are not an “occupation” since they are on sovereign Jewish land, legally designated for “close Jewish settlement” under the Mandate. Nor are settlements an “obstacle to peace.” Israeli “settlements” comprise only about 2 percent of Judea/Samaria. Since 1993, Israeli building has occurred only within existing “settlements” borders. There has not been a single new Jewish community built while the Arabs have built at ten times the Israeli rate in Judea//Samaria and much of it illegally.

Moreover, even if Israel was an “occupying power,” settlements would still be perfectly legal — because only “forcible” transfers by an occupying power are prohibited. Here, Jews returned to Judea/Samaria voluntarily — and there has been no forcible transfer of Arabs out of these areas.

But Israel is not an “occupying power” under the Fourth Geneva Convention (as Israel-haters falsely claim). The Fourth Geneva Convention is inapplicable because it is a specialized treaty among the “high contracting parties.” The treaty solely applies to wars between the countries who signed this treaty — and the Palestinian Authority and Israel are not signatories. Israel is also not an “occupying power” under the Convention because, as explained above, Israel has the sovereign right to Judea/Samaria; Judea/Samaria is not the territory of another sovereign country that signed the treaty, and Jordan withdrew its claims to Judea/Samaria.

The False Claims of “Israeli Occupation” Are a Pretext for Terrorism and Ethnic Cleansing of Jews
So, then, why do the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and their supporters continue to perpetuate the Israeli “occupation” calumny? What is behind the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign aimed at delegitimizing Israel as an illegal “occupier” and “colonizer” of “Palestinian lands”? Why do they falsely label the areas that Israel has the sovereign right to as “occupied Palestinian territories”?

Anonymous said...

Why do Palestinian Arab leaders continue to say anything — no matter how absurd and false — to deny Israel her legally guaranteed rights? Why did PA dictator Mahmoud Abbas, in his UN speech last week, falsely argue that the Balfour Declaration’s promise to the Jews of a national home in Palestine inflicted “a grave injustice on the Palestinian people” because Palestine was “inhabited by the Palestinian people” and was “among the most progressive and prosperous countries” back in 1917 — when in fact there were no “Palestinian Arab people” and there was never a country of Palestine, in 1917 or ever?

It’s because proclaiming “illegal occupation” promotes the Palestinian Authority’s and Hamas’s goals of ethnically cleansing all Jews from the lands that the Palestinian Authority seeks to seize, and “justifies” terrorism. Indeed, Mahmoud Abbas asserted in his UN speech last week that Israel’s “occupation breeds incitement and violence.” Calling any residual Israeli presence, anywhere, within areas that the PA or Hamas deems to be “occupied Palestinian territories” serves as justification to engage in terror, promote international efforts to indict Israel, promote violence over peace, transform Palestinian-Arab terrorists into “freedom fighters,” and avoid negotiations with Israel for real peace.

It is for these reasons that the PA continues to seek UN affirmation that all of Judea/Samaria and Gaza and the old city of Jerusalem is “Palestinian land” and “occupied” — rather than even using the neutral term “disputed.” As Mahmoud Abbas put it in 2012, “We want to establish that the Palestinian territories that were [taken] in 1967 including Jerusalem [are occupied], since Israel has a different approach. It says that the territories occupied in 1967 are disputed territories. In other words, up for negotiations.”

And it is for these reasons that Hamas — and many statements from the PA — insist that all of Israel is “occupied Arab land.”

Anonymous said...

Lastly the emetnews.org article states
"In fact, Israel does not occupy another foreign sovereign’s territory.

Thus, Ambassador Friedman merely spoke the truth when he used the term “alleged occupation.”

Simply put, there is no Israeli “occupation” in Judea/Samaria/Jerusalem.

[ Morton A. Klein, National President, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) | Published: October 9, 2017 ]

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Anonymous said...

A Christian named Russell Moore typed an online article titled
"If you hate Jews, you hate Jesus too!" and it states
"By Russell Moore October 31, 2018
On the Jewish Sabbath this week, a white-nationalist terrorist killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in what is being called the deadliest attack on Jewish people in American history. Sadly, at a time when it seems as though every week brings more bloodshed and terror in this country, we should not let the news cycle move on without a sober reflection of what this attack means for us as Christians.

Such is especially true as we look at a world surging with resurgent “blood-and-soil” ethno-nationalism, much of it anti-Semitic in nature. As Christians, we should have a clear message of rejection of every kind of bigotry and hatred, but we should especially note what anti-Semitism means for people who are followers of Jesus. We should say clearly to anyone who would claim the name “Christian” the following truth: If you hate Jews, you hate Jesus.

Anti-Semitism is, by definition, a repudiation of Christianity as well as of Judaism. This ought to be obvious, but world history, even church history, shows us this is not the case. Christians reject anti-Semitism because we love Jesus.

I will often hear Christians say, “Remember that Jesus was Jewish.” That’s true enough, but the past tense makes it sound as though Jesus’ Jewishness were something he sloughed off at the resurrection. Jesus is alive now, enthroned in heaven. He is transfigured and glorified, yes, but he is still Jesus. This means he is still, and always will be, human. He is still, and always will be, the son of Mary. He is, and always will be, a Galilean. When Jesus appeared before Saul of Tarsus on the Road to Damascus, the resurrected Christ introduced himself as “Jesus of Nazareth” (Acts 22:8). Jesus is Jewish, present tense.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Indeed, much of the New Testament is about precisely that point. Jesus is a son of Abraham. He is of the tribe of Judah. He is of the House of David. Jesus’ kingship is valid because he descends from the royal line. His priesthood, although not of the tribe of Levi, is proved valid because of Melchizedek, the priest’s relation to Abraham. Those of us who are joint-heirs with Christ are such only because Jesus is himself the offspring and heir of Abraham (Galatians 3:29).

As Christians, we are, all of us, adopted into a Jewish family, into an Israelite story. We, who were once not a people, have been grafted on, in Jesus, to the branch that is Israel (Romans 11:17-18). That’s why the New Testament can speak even to gentile Chrisitans as though the story of their own forefathers were that of the Old Testament scriptures. We have been brought into an Israelite story, a story that started not in first-century Bethlehem but, millennia before, in the promise that Abraham would be the father of many nations.


Whatever our ethnic background, if we are in Christ, we are joined to him. That means the Jewish people are, in a very real sense, our people, too. An attack on the Jewish people is an attack on all of us.

The reason this is critically important to reassert is because the blood-and-soil movements often want to claim the word “Christian.” The way they define this, you will notice, is in opposition to some other group. They are “Christian” instead of Jewish, or “Christian” instead of Muslim or some other religious identity. What they usually mean is “European white identity” defined in terms of “Christendom.” This accused killer had posted social media rants not only against Jewish people but also against Jewish people’s efforts to help refugees and migrants fleeing Latin American persecution.

Anonymous said...

The article lastly says
"Such types have long been with us. Notice the way the “German Christian” movement wanted to maintain “the church” and “the Bible” but whitewashed them of their Jewishness. A Bible with its Jewishness wrung out of it is no Bible. A Christ with his Jewishness obscured is no Christ at all. We cannot even say his name, “Jesus,” or “Yahweh saves” without immediately being confronted with our Lord’s Jewishness.


We groan anytime an innocent human life is taken. We weep every time there is a terrorist attack. We should do so this time as well. But we should also make very clear that those who carry out such repulsive attacks on the Jewish people are an attack on the image of God, an attack on Jesus as a son of Adam. But such attacks are, even more specifically, an attack on Jesus as a son of Abraham. When you lash out at a synagogue’s rabbi, you are attacking our rabbi as well.

If you hate Jews, you hate Jesus.

Russell Moore is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. This piece first appeared on his site, russellmoore.com.

Anonymous said...

From the website Jesusisajew.org it states
"Jesus was Born a Jew

Jesus is a real, historical person, born in the Land of Israel, during the Roman occupation, in approximately the year 3 BCE. However, at the time His name was actually pronounced, "Yeshua," (×™ֵשׁוּעַ‬) and that is the name used in this article.

That Yeshua was born Jewish is one of the least contested truths of the Bible. The very first verse of the New Covenant reads: The book of the genealogy of Messiah Yeshua ("Jesus Christ"), the son of David, the son of Abraham (Matt. 1:1). Who were Abraham and David?

Abraham was the first Hebrew. God changed his name from Abram (Gen. 17:5). In Gen. 14:13 he is called Abram the Hebrew. So we can see that Yeshua (Jesus) is descended from "Abram the Hebrew." Even to this day, Jews are also called "Hebrews", and the language of the Jews is "Hebrew."

Abraham and his descendants were given the unconditional covenant of the Promised Land (Gen. 17:8) and the covenant of circumcision (Gen. 17:10). Abraham is the father of the Jews (Acts 3:12-25). Isaac was his son and Jacob was his grandson (Matt. 1:2). Thus, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are known as the Patriarchs, the fathers of the Jews.

Jacob's name was changed by God to "Israel" (Gen. 35:10-12) and he had twelve sons (Gen. 35:23-26) from whom come the Twelve Tribes of Israel. All of their descendants are known collectively throughout the Bible as the Children of Israel (Ex. 1:6-7).

One of those twelve sons was Judah (Gen. 35:23, Matt. 1:2) and it is from his name that we get the word 'Jew'. Although Yehudah (Judah) was only one of the twelve, by 700 BCE, because of the course of Israel's history, the word Yehudee (Jew) came to mean any person descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Jer. 34:9). So, for instance, Saul haShaliach (the Apostle Paul) was of the tribe of Benjamin (Romans 11:1) yet he self-identified as a Jew (Acts 22:3).

Nevertheless, according to the Bible, the Messiah must be descended from the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10) as King David was (1Sam. 17:12, 1Ch. 28:4) and descended from King David himself (2Sam. 7:12-13, Isa. 9:6-7, Jer. 23:5-6). That is why the Messiah is called Son of David (Matt. 21:9).

Yeshua (Jesus) is from the Tribe of Judah (Heb. 7:14). His earthly father was descended from David (Matt. 1:6-16) and His mother was as well (Luke 1:27, 32-34, 3:23-31).

In addition, Yeshua was born King of the Jews (Matt. 2:2). The King of the Jews must Himself be Jewish (Deut. 17:15). His aunt Elizabeth was Jewish (a descendant of Aaron, Moses' brother) and His uncle Zacharia was a Jewish priest (Luke 1:5, 36). Yeshua was circumcised according to Jewish law (Luke 2:21, Lev. 12:2-3), and redeemed according to Jewish law (Luke 2:22-23, Num. 18:15). His mother atoned according to Jewish law (Luke 2:24, Lev. 12:6-8). He is called The Consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25) and The Glory of Thy People Israel (Luke 2:32). Jesus was born a Jew.

Anonymous said...

The Article continues
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Jesus lived as a Jew

Although He was born in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:1, Micah 5:2), Yeshua was raised in Nazareth (Luke 2:39-40). Both were Jewish towns at the time, according to archeologists and historians. Bethlehem is just south of Jerusalem while Nazareth is north, in the Galilee section. Both of Yeshua's parents were from Nazareth (Luke 1:26-27, 2:4, 39) and they returned there with the Child when they had done everything according to the Law of the Lord that His birth required (Luke 2:39). His aunt and uncle were also Torah observant Jews (Luke 1:6) so we can see that probably the whole family took their faith very seriously.

Yeshua's parents made the 140 mile (225 m.) round trip to Jerusalem every Passover (Luke 2:41) in observance of Deut. 16:16. It was at the age of twelve that Yeshua stayed behind an extra three days to learn from the Temple teachers (Luke 2:46). Although He already understood the Torah well (Luke 2:47), His attitude of listening and questioning indicates love of the Hebrew scripture and respect for the teachers. He also respected the Temple itself, calling it His Father's (Luke 2:49). Near the end of His life, He praised a widow for giving all she had to the Temple (Luke 21:1-4).

In adult life, His disciples were Jews (John 1:47, Matt. 20:25-26) and they called Him 'Rabbi' (John 4:31). Mary called Him 'Rabboni' (John 20:16). They sought Him because they believed the Torah and the Prophets (John 1:45).

A Pharisee who had not yet come to faith in Him also addressed Yeshua as 'Rabbi' (John 3:2), as did a crowd of people (John 6:25). A Samaritan woman easily recognized He was a Jew (John 4:9).

Yeshua's disciples spoke Hebrew (John 1:38, 41) and so did He, as well as Chaldean, a closely-related language brought back by the Jews from their captivity in Babylon (Matt. 27:46). In the sermon on the mount He affirmed the authority of the Torah and the Prophets (Matt. 5:17) even in the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 5:19-20). He regularly attended synagogue (Luke 4:16) and His teaching was respected by the other congregants (Luke 4:15). He taught in the Jewish Temple (Luke 21:37) and if He were not a Jew, His going into that part of the Temple would not have been allowed (Acts 21:28-30).

Although He differed with some of His contemporaries on how to keep the commandments (Matt. 12:12), He did not disagree on whether to keep them, saying such things as,"if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments," (Matt. 19:17). When He healed someone of leprosy, he instructed him to,"show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded..." (Matt. 8:4, Lev. 14).

Yeshua not only taught others how to live a Jewish life, He lived it Himself. The outward signs of this were such things as wearing tzitzit (tassles) on His clothing (Luke 8:43, Matt. 14:36, Strong's # 2899) to serve as a reminder of the commandments (Num. 15:37-39). He observed Passover (John 2:13) and went up to Jerusalem (Deut. 16:16). He observed Succot (John 7:2, 10) and went up to Jerusalem (John 7:14). He also observed Hanukah (John 10:22) and probably Rosh haShanah (John 5:1), going up to Jerusalem on both those occasions as well, even though it isn't commanded in the Torah.

The inward sign of His Judaism was a circumcised heart (Deut. 10:16, 30:6).

When faced with temptation, Yeshua answered from the Hebrew Scripture (Matt. 4:2-10, Deut. 8:3, 6:16, 6:13). When teaching, He taught from the Hebrew Scripture (Matt. 22:42-45). When admonishing, He quoted from the Hebrew Scripture (Mk. 7:6-13).

Yeshua self-identified as a Jew (John 4:22) and as King of the Jews (Mk. 15:2). From His birth to His last Passover seder (Luke 22:14-15), Jesus lived as a Jew.

Anonymous said...

And continues
"Jesus died a Jew

When Yeshua was taken prisoner by a Roman captain, his cohort, and some Jewish officials (John 18:12), He was delivered into the custody of the Jewish priests, elders, and scribes (Mk. 14:53). The Roman soldiers would not have placed Him under Jewish jurisdiction if He were not Jewish.

Later, Yeshua was brought before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council (Luke 22:66). He was charged with an offense against Jewish Law (Matt. 26:65-66, Lev. 24:13-14, John 19:7). Pilate, head of the Roman occupation, also recognized Jewish jurisdiction over Yeshua (John 18:31). This was because Yeshua was a Jew (John 18:35).

He unequivocally identified Himself as the Messiah (Mk. 14:61-62) and as we have seen above, the Messiah must be Jewish. He said He is the King of the Jews (Matt. 27:11) and, as we have also seen above, the King of the Jews must Himself be Jewish. The Jewish crowd also called Him 'King of the Jews' (Mk. 15:12). He was mocked, spat on and beaten by the Roman soldiers as 'King of the Jews' (Mk. 15:16-20) and when they crucified Him, their charge was 'King of the Jews' (Matt. 27:37).

The place of judgment had a Hebrew place-name (John 19:13) and the place of crucifixion had a Hebrew place-name (Mk. 15:22).

Joseph of Arimethea, who took custody of Yeshua's body, was Jewish (Luke 23:50-52) and he laid the body in his own new tomb (Matt. 27:59-60). Therefore, Yeshua was buried in a Jewish cemetery. He was also buried according to Jewish custom of the time (John 19:40). Without doubt, Jesus died a Jew.



Jesus was resurrected a Jew

Yeshua the risen Jew told his Jewish disciples to go out and teach all the Gentiles (Matt. 28:19, Strong's # 1484).

Then, after eating, talking and walking with His disciples, Yeshua, "lifted up His hands and blessed them" (Luke 24:50). What blessing is spoken with lifted hands? The Aaronic Benediction (Num. 6:24-26) is given in Synagogues and in Churches even to our day, and in the Synagogues it is still given as it was more than a thousand years before the resurrected Jew Jesus gave it: with lifted hands. In fact, another name for the Aaronic Benediction is "The Lifting up of Hands." (see Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ. Ch.XVII. A. Edersheim. Eerdmans pub.)

Rav Sha'ul (the apostle Paul) tells us that while he was on the road to Damascus Yeshua spoke to him from heaven in Hebrew (Acts 26:14). Sha'ul, a Jew who was born a Roman citizen (Acts 22:27-28), was fluent in Greek (Acts 21:37) and possibly many other languages, but Yeshua spoke to him in Hebrew, the language of the Jews.

Sha'ul did not become a believer until well after Yeshua's death and resurrection, yet an important part of his message is that Yeshua is a descendant of the Jewish king David (2Tim. 2:8).

Many years after His resurrection, Yeshua Himself testified that He is the root and offspring of king David (Rev. 22:16), and in a time yet future, two of His titles will be Lion of the tribe of Judah, and Root of David (Rev. 5:5).

In Matt. 24:20 He told us to pray concerning the coming tribulation, that we would not have to flee on the Sabbath. And in Matt. 26:27-29 Yeshua told the disciples that He will celebrate the Passover seder anew with us in His Father's kingdom.

The standard He will use at the judgement is the Law God gave the Jews. To those who do not do the will of God, He will say, "Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness" (Matt. 7:22-23, Strong's # 458, 459).

In (Heb. 13:8) we are told Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever. So, if He ever was a Jew He was resurrected a Jew, and He is one to this day.

He was born a Jew, He lived a Jew, He died a Jew, and He was resurrected a Jew. He is alive and Jewish now, and forevermore the same."

Anonymous said...

Another Good book is titled
"Why Should Every Christian Pray for and Support Israel? Paperback – 2000
by Norma Duncan "

Anonymous said...

From the Jerusalem Post website it says
"
Jenna Jameson, former adult film star, tweets in Hebrew, posts kosher recipes, and stands up for Israel on her social media accounts. She recently tweeted: "Stay strong people of Israel in this dangerous time. Imagine if you had to fear your children being stabbed." and "I stand with Israel - [US President Barack] Obama does not speak for me." The former star's tweets have been raising a lot of interest on social media, and her Twitter account has become a platform for arguments for and against Israel. Most comments have been in favor of Israel, and Jameson has made sure to fire back at those attacking the Jewish state. She even posted a flag of Israel and stated that she was "a very outspoken supporter" of the country."

Anonymous said...

From the website TimesofIsrael.com an article titled
"Lady Gaga: World is wrong about Israel"
Tel Aviv was magnificent, star singer says in interview, and its people are ‘in good spirits’
By LAZAR BERMAN
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Lady Gaga in Tel Aviv, Sept. 13, 2014 (photo credit: Debra Kamin/Times of Israel)

Pop star Lady Gaga says the world’s image of Israel is inaccurate, calling the country “a beautiful place.”

“Oh it was fantastic!” said Lady Gaga in an interview published Friday by The Independent, talking about her September 13 performance in Tel Aviv. “Tel Aviv was magnificent. The world view of Israel is just not reality. It’s in a beautiful place, the people are in good spirits.”

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"“I had a very emotional show with those fans. It was wonderful,” she said.

The 28-year-old singer also said her duet at the Tel Aviv show with famed crooner Tony Bennett was not planned, but was rather his idea.

“And I was very overwhelmed when Tony surprised me there. I knew he was coming in [to Tel Aviv] for a show, but he came a day early and he said: ‘Hey, you wanna sing “Anything But Love” at the ArtRave?’ And I thought: ‘Gosh, how magnificent! To bridge the jazz and the pop world at the same time.’ And at that show there were 25,000 people singing every word.”

On September 19, she released an album, “Cheek to Cheek,” with the singer.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett on stage in Tel Aviv, Sept. 13, 2014. (photo by Shooka Cohen)
Gaga told AP in a recent interview that she “felt a beautiful energy” in Tel Aviv, prompting The Times of Israel’s editor, David Horovitz, to publish a paean to her.

Gaga, the multi-platinum, multi-hued, multi-talented artist formerly known as Stefani Germanotta, was the first big-name star to confirm a show in Israel after this summer’s 50-day war with Hamas forced the cancellations or postponement of shows by Neil Young, The Backstreet Boys and Lana Del Rey, among others."

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Gaga, who last played Tel Aviv six years ago, put on a show that was so big and bright, it almost made up for those cancellations.

Sauntering on stage at 9:40 p.m., in the first of several blonde wigs and sequined, space-age like bodysuits, she launched into “ArtPop,” her world tour’s signature track, before belting out “G.U.Y. (Girl Under You),” as a bevy of bare-chested male dancers gyrated and convulsed around her.

Like many of this summer’s pre-war musical acts, including The Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake, Gaga sprinkled bits of Hebrew into her show, opening her performance by telling the crowd “Ani ohevet et’chem” (I love you) and closing off several of songs with the words “Todah Rabah” (thank you very much).

“Put your hands up and cheer for yourselves,” she told the crowd. “You are strong, you are brave, you are confident, and I f*cking love you, Israel.”

Anonymous said...

From the website blogs.timesofisrael.com an article titled
"Madonna: Thank you for supporting Israel"
APR 13, 2019, 10:13 PM

Dear Madonna aka The Queen of Pop,

I’m writing to say thank you for announcing that you will be traveling to Israel to participate in Eurovision 2019! I have no doubt that prior to and now after making this decision you have been attacked online every minute of every hour of every day by the vocal supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. I also hope that you have seen that immense amount of positive support you are receiving online from the people of Israel and the Pro-Israel community around the world.


We are thrilled that you will be joining Eurovision 2019 and we can’t wait to hear your new music. Now, let me share some facts with you about Israel and the BDS movement that you may or may not know.

The BDS movement recently tried to convince Airbnb to de-list properties that are located in the Judea and Samaria region of Israel. At first, Airbnb did in fact de-list these properties but I’m happy to share with you that they reversed the decision and all properties in Israel are now available on their platform. This is what we call a BDS FAIL!
Earlier this year, the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index was released. In 2018, Israel ranked # 10 on the index and in 2019, Israel jumped up to #5!!! Israel is leading the world in innovation – from healthcare technology to water filtration systems to cyber security technology. Why does the BDS movement seek to boycott a country that is quite literally leading the world in innovation and creating water out of thin air for countries in Africa and around the world?

Anonymous said...

Over the last two years, tourism in Israel is up over 40%! More and more citizens of the world are recognizing Israel as top travel destination for singles, couples and families. The BDS movement aims to convince countries to boycott visiting Israel – well, it doesn’t seem to be working out so well for the BDS movement. Again, this is what we call a BDS FAIL!
Madonna, Israel is home to the largest LGBTQ community in the Middle East. In Israel, this community is represented in the Knesset, they are celebrated by the majority of Israel and they have no restrictions on their human rights. In the Gaza Strip, it’s illegal to be gay and if you are caught, you can be sent to jail. There are many stories of gay couples fleeing the Gaza Strip and seeking refuge inside Israel after fearing for their lives. In the majority of Arab countries and most notably in Iran, being a member of the LGBTQ community carries a death sentence. Yes, this is a fact. Just recently, Iran publicly executed a man because he was gay. He was hung from an industrial sized crane in the town square – he was made an example of for the world to see. Why does the BDS movement support oppressive regimes while ignoring that Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, denies basis human rights to all of their citizens?
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Every citizen of Israel – Jewish or Christian or Arab has the same voting and universal human rights as one another. Why does the BDS movement aim to hurt democracy?

Anonymous said...

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Every citizen of Israel – Jewish or Christian or Arab has the same voting and universal human rights as one another. Why does the BDS movement aim to hurt democracy?
Lastly, it is reported that over 70% of the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip live below the poverty line. Clean water, basic access to food, education and reliable electricity that are enjoyed by the majority of the world are not a basic human right in the Gaza Strip. The BDS Movement will tell you that these Palestinians are suffering because of Israel and blame Israel for everything. Madonna, this is false and couldn’t be father from the reality. They are suffering because their “government”, Hamas, has been designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States Department of State. Hamas chose to use the millions (Hundreds of millions) of foreign aid dollars received over the years to build more rockets, bolster their military and to build underground “terror tunnels. Yes, the people in the Gaza Strip are being denied basic human rights but this is because they elected a terrorist organization to be the ruling government. Not because of Israel.
In closing, I hope this brief editorial gives you more information about the reality of the situation in Israel and all of the amazing things that Israel does on a daily basis for the world. Thank you again – everyone is excited to welcome you to Israel next month! Can’t wait to hear the new song and album!

There’s a saying… Haters are going to hate, because that’s what they do. Lovers are going to love, because that’s what they do. I’ll let you decide if the BDS Movement are haters or lovers. All the best, Madonna! See you at Eurovision 2019!

Sincerely,

Bryan E. Leib

Anonymous said...

It was Terrible what happened to CBS News Reporter Lara Logan in 2011
from Wikipedia it states
"Reporting from Egypt and sexual assault
Logan and her CBS crew were arrested and detained for one night by the Egyptian Army on 3 February 2011, while covering the Egyptian revolution. She said the crew was blindfolded and handcuffed at gunpoint, and their driver beaten. They were advised to leave the country, but were later released.[20][21]
On 15 February 2011, CBS News released a statement that Logan had been beaten and sexually assaulted on 11 February, while covering the celebrations in Tahrir Square following Hosni Mubarak's resignation.[22] CBS 60 Minutes broadcast an interview with her about it on 1 May 2011; she said she was speaking out because of the prevalence of mass sexual assault in Egypt, and to break the silence about the sexual violence women reporters are reluctant to report in case it prevents them from doing their jobs.[23][24][25]
She said the incident involved 200 to 300 men and lasted around 25 minutes. She had been reporting the celebrations for an hour without incident when her camera battery failed. One of the Egyptian CBS crew suggested they leave, telling her later he heard the crowd make inappropriate sexual comments about her. She felt hands touching her, and can be heard shouting "stop", just as the camera died. One of the crowd shouted that she was an Israeli, a Jew, a claim that CBS said, though false, was a "match to gasoline". She went on to say that they tore off her clothes and, in her words, raped her with their hands, while taking photographs with their cellphones. They began pulling her body in different directions, pulling her hair so hard she said it seemed they were trying to tear off chunks of her scalp. Believing she was dying, she was dragged along the square to where the crowd was stopped by a fence, alongside which a group of women were camping. One woman wearing a chador put her arms around Logan, and the others closed ranks around her, while some men who were with the women threw water at the crowd. A group of soldiers appeared, beat back the crowd with batons, and one of them threw Logan over his shoulder. She was flown back to the U.S. the next day, where she spent four days in the hospital.[23][24] She was contacted by President Obama when she arrived home.[26] CBS said it remained unclear who the attackers were, and unlikely that any will be prosecuted.[23][24]

Anonymous said...

It was terrible what happened to the late Bob Simon during the 1991 Persian Gulf War
from Wikipedia it states


Bob Simon c. 2013
Born
Robert David Simon
May 29, 1941
The Bronx, New York, United States
Died
February 11, 2015 (aged 73)
Manhattan, New York, United States
Cause of death
Head trauma (car crash)
Occupation
News reporter
Years active
1969–2015
Television
60 Minutes (1996–2015)
Spouse(s)
Françoise Simon
Children
Tanya Simon
Robert David "Bob" Simon (May 29, 1941 – February 11, 2015) was an American television correspondent for CBS News. During his career, he covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries.[1] Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Israeli-Lebanese Conflict in 1982, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, he and four of his TV crew were captured and imprisoned by Iraq for 40 days. He published a book about the experience titled "Forty Days."
He became a regular correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes in 1996 and, in 1999, for 60 Minutes II. At the time of his death in an auto accident, he served as 60 Minutes senior foreign correspondent. Simon is described as having been "a giant of broadcast journalism" by CBS News President David Rhodes,[2] and is recognized as one of the few journalists who have covered most of the major overseas conflicts since 1969. For his extensive reporting over a 47-year career, he earned more than 40 major awards, including the Overseas Press Club award and 27 Emmy Awards for journalism.[3]
On February 11, 2015, Simon was severely injured in a car accident in Manhattan, New York. He was transported to St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.[4]

Anonymous said...

An online article is titled
"Seven Biblical Reasons Why Christians Should Support Israel By Pastor John Hagee
Everything Christians do should be based upon the Biblical text. Here are seven solid Bible reasons why Christians should support Israel.
1. Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all nations of the earth be blessed." Point: God has promised to bless the man or nation that blesses the Chosen People. History has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the nations that have blessed the Jewish people have had the blessing of God; the nations that have cursed the Jewish people have experienced the curse of God.

2. St. Paul recorded in Romans 15:27 "For if the Gentiles have shared in their (the Jews) spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things."



Christians owe a debt of eternal gratitude to the Jewish people for their contributions that gave birth to the Christian faith. Jesus Christ, a prominent Rabbi from Nazareth said, "Salvation is of the Jews!" (St. John 4:22) consider what the Jewish people have given to Christianity: a) The Sacred Scripture 
b) The Prophets 
 c) The Patriarchs 
d) Mary, Joseph, and Jesus Christ of Nazareth 
 e) The Twelve Disciples 
 f) The Apostles


It is not possible to say, "I am a Christian" and not love the Jewish people. The Bible teaches that love is not what you say, but what you do. (1 John 3:18) "A bell is not a bell until you ring it, a song is not a song until you sing it, love is not love until you share it."

Anonymous said...

3. While some Christians try to deny the connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the Jews of the world, Jesus never denied his Jewishness. He was born Jewish, He was circumcised on the eighth day in keeping with Jewish tradition, He had his Bar Mitzvah on his 13th birthday, He kept the law of Moses, He wore the Prayer Shawl Moses commanded all Jewish men to wear, He died on a cross with an inscription over His head, "King of the Jews!"



Jesus considered the Jewish people His family. Jesus said (Matthew 25:40) "Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren (the Jewish people… Gentiles were never called His brethren), ye have done it unto me." 4. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee." (Psalm 122:6) the scriptural principle of prosperity is tied to blessing Israel and the city of Jerusalem.
5. Why did Jesus Christ go to the house of Cornelius in Capernaum and heal his servant, which was ready to die? What logic did the Jewish elders use with Jesus to convince Him to come into the house of a Gentile and perform a miracle?



The logic they used is recorded in Luke 7:5; "For He loveth our nation, and He hath built us a synagogue." The message? This Gentile deserves the blessing of God because he loves our nation and has done something practical to bless the Jewish people. 6

Anonymous said...

Why did God the Father select the house of Cornelius in Caesarea (Acts Chapter 10) to be the first Gentile house in Israel to receive the Gospel? The answer is given repeatedly in Acts 10.

Acts 10:2 "a devout man, (Cornelius) and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always." Who were the people to whom Cornelius gave these alms? They were the Jews!



Again is Acts 10:4 "… thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God." 



Again in Acts 10:31 "… and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God."
 The point is made three times in the same chapter. A godly Gentile who expressed his unconditional love for the Jewish people in a practical manner was divinely selected by heaven to be the first Gentile house to receive the Gospel and the first to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.



These combined Scriptures verify that PROSPERITY (Genesis 12:3 and Psalm 122:6), HEALING (Luke 7:1-5) and the OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT came first to Gentiles that blessed the Jewish people and the nation of Israel in a practical manner. 7. We support Israel because all other nations were created by an act of men, but Israel was created by an act of God! The Royal Land Grant that was given to Abraham and his seed through Isaac and Jacob with an everlasting and unconditional covenant. (Genesis 12:1-3, 13:14-18, 15:1-21, 17:4-8, 22:15-18, 26:1-5 and Psalm 89:28-37.)

Anonymous said...

Pastor John Hagee also writes
"“For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After He has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye - I will surely raise My hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent Me. Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion...” Zechariah 2:8-10
There are several biblical reasons why Christians should stand with Israel, her people and their claim to the land.
1- Israel is the only nation on earth created by a sovereign act of God.
Israel belongs to God himself! As Creator of heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1), God has the right of ownership to the universe and therefore can give His land to whomever He chooses.
God gave the title deed of the land of Israel to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their descendants forever. (Genesis 15:18; 17:2–8; 26:3)
2- Christians owe a debt of eternal gratitude to the Jewish people for their contributions, which gave birth to the Christian faith.
No matter from what nation or people—every Christian owes their thanks to the Jews for their spiritual inheritance. Paul is primarily writing to the believers of Gentile origin in Romans 11 “I am talking to you Gentiles...” (Romans 11:13 NIV)
God has shown Christians mercy because of the Jewish people and it is now our obligation to show mercy to them by:
Demonstrating indebtedness for our faith
Expressing unconditional love
Praying for the peace of Jerusalem
Displaying practical acts of kindness
3- Jesus never denied His Jewishness.
While some try to deny the connection between Jesus of Nazareth and the Jews of the world, Jesus never denied His Jewishness. Jesus told the Samaritan woman in John 4:22 NIV, “You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.” The “we” in this verse refers to the Jewish people—Jesus was identifying Himself with His own people.
Jesus considered the Jewish people His family for He said, “...‘Truly I tell you,whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine [the Jewish people], you did for me.’” (Matthew 25:40 NIV) He spoke as one of them. Jesus is called “the Lion of the tribe of Judah” in the Book of Revelation. The words Judah and Jew are derived from the same root word— there is no doubt that Jesus identified with the Jewish people during His time on earth and throughout eternity.
If Jesus didn’t deny His Jewish roots why should we?

Anonymous said...

From the website realclearpolitics.com an article titled
"Lara Logan and Media Rules"
By Caroline Glick - February 19, 2011

Among the least analyzed aspects of the Egyptian revolution has been the significance of the widespread violence against the foreign media covering the demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The Western media have been unanimous in their sympathetic coverage of the demonstrators in Egypt. Why would the demonstrators want to brutalize them? And why have Western media outlets been so reticent in discussing the significance of their own reporters' brutalization at the hands of the Egyptian demonstrators?

To date the most egregious attack on a foreign journalist in Cairo's Tahrir Square took place last Friday, when CBS's senior foreign correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted and brutally beaten by a mob of Egyptian men. Her own network, CBS, took several days to even report the story, and when it did, it left out important information. The fact that Logan was brutalized for 20 to 30 minutes and that her attackers screamed out "Jew, Jew, Jew" as they ravaged her was absent from the CBS report and from most other follow-on reports in the US media.
The media's treatment of Logan's victimization specifically and its treatment of the widescale mob violence against foreign reporters in Cairo generally tells us a great deal about the nature of today's media discourse.
But before we consider the significance of the coverage, a word must be said about Logan and her colleagues in Tahrir Square. For some time, the common wisdom about journalists has been that they are cowards. Multiple instances of journalistic malpractice led many to conclude that reporters are prisoners of their fears.

Anonymous said...

The Article continues
" For instance, recall the story of the Palestinian lynching of IDF reservists Vadim Nozhitz and Yosef Avrahami at the Palestinian Authority police station in Ramallah on October 1, 2000.
There were dozens of reporters on the scene that day as the Palestinian police-led mob murdered and dismembered Nozhitz and Avrahami.
But only one camera crew - from Italy's privately owned Mediaset television network - risked life and limb to film the event.
After Mediaset's footage was published, Ricardo Cristiani, a reporter for RAI television, Mediaset's state-owned competitor, published an apology in the PA's official trumpet Al-Hayat al-Jadida.
Among other things, Cristiani wrote, "We [RAI] emphasize to all of you that the events did not happen this way, because we always respect... the journalistic procedures with the Palestinian Authority for work in Palestine and we are credible in our precise work."
Cristiani's behavior, like that of his colleagues who failed to film the lynching, led many to believe that the international media are nothing but a bunch of cowards.
Then there was then-CNN news chief Eason Jordan's remarkable op-ed in The New York Times in April 2003. In that article, Jordan informed the public that for more than a decade, CNN had systematically covered up the brutality and criminality of Saddam Hussein's regime. CNN hid the information from the public because it thought it was more important to maintain access to senior Iraqi officials - who fed the network a diet of lies - than to lose that access by reporting the truth.
These stories and many like them are what caused many to believe that that journalists are cowards. But the behavior of the international media in Tahrir Square proves that reporters are by and large brave. Logan and her colleagues willingly went to Tahrir Square to cover the demonstrations in spite of the dangers."

Anonymous said...

While the reporters on the scene in Cairo serve as a rebuke to the notion of journalistic cowardice, the international media's tepid and superficial coverage of their brutalization at the hands of the demonstrators shares important features with the negligence of CNN in Iraq and the reporters in Ramallah.
TO BEGIN to understand those common components, it is worth considering another story about sexual misconduct that hit the presses in the US around the time the story about Logan's victimization was first reported.
This week, a group of female US soldiers filed a class action lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and his predecessor Donald Rumsfeld. The plaintiffs allege that both men and the US defense establishment are responsible for the sexual assaults they suffered during their military service. They claim that the men who abused them were a product of US military culture.
The US media has provided blanket coverage of the story, which effectively places the entire US military on trial for rape.
What is interesting about the lawsuit story is that it highlights the alleged perpetrator. Coverage of the lawsuit has been heavy on details about the alleged misogyny of US military culture.
In stark contrast, coverage of Logan's sexual assault makes almost no mention of the perpetrators.
Certainly the issue of Egypt's societal misogyny has been ignored.
What makes the distinction between coverage of the two stores so remarkable is that there is there is no comparison between the alleged anti-female bias in the US military and the actual misogyny of Egyptian society.
According to a 1999 report from the World Health Organization, 97 percent of Egyptian women and girls have undergone the barbaric practice of genital mutilation. A 2005 report by the Cairo-based Association for Legal Rights of Women submitted to the UN explained that Egyptian women are constitutionally deprived of their basic rights, including their rights to control their bodies and property. Males who murder their female relatives are often unpunished.

Anonymous said...

When they are tried and convicted for premeditated murder, their sentences average from two to four years in prison.
So far the only culprit the US media have managed to find for the sexual assault perpetrated against Lara Logan by a mob of Egyptian men has been a radical leftist reporter named Nir Rosen.
On Tuesday, Rosen wrote defamatory attacks against Logan on his Twitter account. He mocked her suffering and bemoaned the fame the attack would win her.
Rosen's statements on Twitter set off a feeding frenzy of reporters and commentators who raced to condemn him. New York University's Center for Law and Security, where Rosen served as a fellow, hastened to demand his resignation.
The onslaught against Rosen for his anti-Logan statements is extremely revealing about the nature of the international media. Rosen's writings reveal him as an anti-Semite and an anti- American. Rosen has written prolifically about his hope to see Israel destroyed. His war reporting from Afghanistan and Iraq unfailingly takes the side of America's enemies. He was an embedded reporter with the Taliban and is an outspoken champion of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Taliban.
Rosen's hateful politics have brought him book contracts, prestigious fellowships, interviews on influential television shows and even a request to give testimony before the US Senate. His work has been published in elite magazines and newspapers.
No one batted a lash when he called for Israel to be destroyed or supported the Taliban - whose treatment of women and girls is among the most brutal in history. But for attacking Logan, he was excommunicated from polite society.
In the hopes of rehabilitating himself, Rosen gave a groveling interview to CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night in which he called himself "a jerk."
But it is too late. He broke the rules.
THE STORY of the media at Tahrir Square exposes those rules for all to see. The bravery of the journalists on the scene, the media's determination to ignore Islamic misogyny, and their expulsion of Rosen from polite society all tell us that what drives the international media is not a quest for truth. It is a quest to advance the ideology of identity politics.

Anonymous said...

Identity politics revolve around the narrative of victimization. For adherents to identity politics, the victim is not a person, but a member of a privileged victim group. That is, the status of victimhood is not determined by facts, but by membership in an identity group. Stories about victims are not dictated by facts. Victim stories are tailored to fit the victim. Facts, values and individual responsibility are all irrelevant.
In light of this, a person's membership in specific victim groups is far more important than his behavior. And there is a clear pecking order of victimhood in identity politics.
Anti-American Third World national, religious and ethnic groups are at the top of the victim food chain. They out-victim everyone else.
After them come the Western victims: Racial minorities, women, homosexuals, children and animals.
Israelis, Jews, Americans, white males and rich people are the predetermined perpetrators. No matter how badly they are victimized, brave reporters will go to heroic lengths to ignore, underplay or explain away their suffering.
In cases when victim groups are attacked by victim groups - for instance when Iraqis were attacked by Saddam, or Palestinians are attacked by the PA, the media tend to ignore the story.
When members of Western victim groups are attacked by Third World victims, the story can be reported, but with as little mention of the identity of the victim-perpetrators as possible. So it was with coverage of Logan and the rest of the foreign reporters assaulted in Egypt. They were attacked by invisible attackers with no identities, no barbaric values, no moral responsibility, and no criminal culpability. CBS went so far as to blur the faces of the men who surrounded Logan in the moments before she was attacked.
When we understand the rules of reportage as dictated by adherents to identity politics, we understand why Rosen was excommunicated when he mocked Logan and not when he called for Israel's destruction, condemned the commemoration of the September 11 attacks, or sided with the Taliban and the Iraqi insurgents killing Americans. In those cases, he followed the rules - preferring the cause of "victims" over the lives of "perpetrators."

Anonymous said...

The article lastly says
"But when he mocked Logan, he crossed the line. He treated Logan as a perpetrator because he thought of her as an insufficiently anti-American reporter. He didn't realize that when she was brutalized, she had slid into the victim category.
Identity politics are nothing more than socially acceptable bigotry. Those who practice it are racist bigots who have replaced liberal values that hold everyone to the same moral and criminal standards with illiberal values that judge people's morality and criminality by the identity group with which they are most readily associated.
When we understand identity politics, we understand how it is that the wholesale assaults against foreign journalists have received so little analysis. Lara Logan and the other hundred reporters attacked in Tahrir Square are real victims, not because of who they are, but because of what happened to them. The Egyptians who attacked them are real criminals, not because of who they are, but because of what they did.
But until reporters are willing to admit this - that is, until they dump their ideological attachment to identity politics in favor of the truth - news consumers worldwide will continue to receive news reports that obfuscate more than they tell us about the world we live in"

Anonymous said...

From the website broaderview.org an article titled
"Arab Supporters of Israel"
These are some Arabs who have spoken out in support of Israel and a peaceful Palestinian-Israeli coexistence.

Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh is an Israeli Arab journalist and filmmaker, the son of an Israeli Arab father and a Palestinian Arab mother from the West Bank. A former correspondent for the Palestinian newspaper Al-Fajr and senior reporter for The Jerusalem Report, He is currently the West Bank and Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and U.S. News and World Report, and Palestinian affairs producer for NBC News.

Qanta Ahmed, MD.

Dr. Ahmed is a physician who has practiced in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, in the National Guard Health Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Ahmed is also the author of In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor’s Journey in the Saudi Kingdom. Dr. Ahmed wrote in the Huffington Post (June 2010) that “Israel is judged by very different measures and with decreasing objectivity by every actor independent of Israel.”

Abdel Bioud

Algerian-born Abdel Bioud is a graduate student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and the vice president of communication for McGill Students for Israel. His essay, “Arab, Muslim and pro-Israel,” was published by the Times of Israel in February 2014.

Emilio Dabul

Dabul, an editor with ACT! for America Education (formerly American Congress for Truth), is author of “Deadline,” a novel about terrorism. Dabul wrote in the New York Daily News (September 2007) of his support for Israel, which, “with all its imperfections, remains the beacon of light for the Middle East.”

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Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish was born and raised as a Muslim in Cairo, Egypt, and the Gaza strip. Her father, a senior Egyptian military intelligence official, was killed in 1956, when Nonie was eight years old, and became a national hero. She is a writer, translator, public speaker, and author of Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror.

Dr. Mamoun Fandy

Mamoun Fandy is the a senior fellow at the Baker Institute and at The United States Institute of Peace. He is a former professor at Georgetown University and at the National Defense University and the author of Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent. Dr. Fandy writes for the Christian Science Monitor and for pan-Arab dailies Al-Ahram (Cairo) and Asharq Al-Awsat (London). In January 2008 he urged Arab leaders to advance peace, saying that “99% of the playing cards, and a solution in the Middle East, are in the Arabs’ hands.”

Brigitte Gabriel

Gabriel, a Lebanese Christian, is a journalist, news anchor, and TV producer. In 2001, she founded ACT! for America Education (formerly American Congress for Truth), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating millions of uninformed Americans about the threat of radical Islam to world peace and national security. Gabriel is the author of Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America.

Ayoob Kara

Kara is an Israeli Druze from the Galilee, a member of Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) from the Likud party, an IDF veteran, and a staunch supporter of the State of Israel. He has even spoken in support of Jewish settlements on the West Bank.

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Aatef Karinaoui

Israeli Bedouin Aatef Karinaoui founded pro-Israel Arab party, El Amal Lat’gir — “Hope for Change” in Arabic — to run in the Knesset elections on January 22, 2013. Karinaoui’s goal is to prove that Arab Israelis “are loyal and faithful citizens” of Israel. He says, “What I want is to solve our problems here, as part of Israeli society, hand in hand with the Jewish public.”

Fred Maroun

Lebanese-Canadian Fred Maroun wrote in a Times of Israel blog post (May 2015) that “we [Arabs] must start by recognizing that Jews have as much right to be in the Middle East as we do” and “Israel is strong because it is driven by love.”

Maikel Nabil Sanad

Sanad, an Egyptian pacifist and human-rights activist, has been persecuted and jailed for his solidarity with Israel. He has expressed admiration for Israel’s democratic freedoms, respect for women’s rights, and religious tolerance while voicing rejection of Arab terrorism and outrage over the blatant anti-Semitism propagated by the Egyptian military and political establishment during the Mubarak years.

Walid Shoebat

A Palestinian born in Bethlehem who was a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Shoebat participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was imprisoned for incitement and violence. After moving to the U.S., Walid studied Tanach (Jewish Bible) and the history of Israel and the Jewish people. He became an outspoken advocate for Israel and for peace.

Wafa Sultan

A secular Syrian-American, Sultan rose to fame after her February, 2006 appearance on Al Jazeera in which she referred to the current conflict between the West and militant Muslims as “a clash between civilization and backwardness, between the civilized and the primitive, between barbarity and rationality.”

Najem Wali

Wali was born in Basra in 1956 and fled Saddam Hussein’s regime in 1980. Today he lives in Hamburg, Germany. He is the author of the novel “Joseph’s Picture.” In 2007, he traveled to Israel, and uncovered some uncomfortable truths about the Arab leaders. He reported on his experience an essay, “A journey into the heart of the enemy,” later published (in German) as a book.

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The website en.mida.org.il has an article in 2018 titled
"The Zionist Quran"
IQ al Rassooli |
30/08/2018
The Quran itself verifies with detailed explanation that Allah promised the land of the modern State of Israel to the Jewish People. Are Muslims denying the words of Allah or is the Quran a Zionist document?


The Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Photo - Rene Schlaefer - http://www.reneschlaefer.de/)

Most Muslims have absolutely no idea what Muhammad’s Quran reveals, since its contents is a jumble of disconnected, non-sequential thoughts, ideas and stories.
The BDS (Boycott Disinvestment & Sanctions) movement against Israel was started by the Arabs and has chapters in many countries in the world, supported invariably by clueless indigenous members of these countries who claim that they are not being anti Jewish but rather, are fair minded regarding the alleged oppression of the ‘Palestinian People’ by Israelis.

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The article continues
"The so called “Palestinians” (who are actually Arabs and Muslims from all over the Middle East and Central Asia) claim with incredible degrees of historical and theological contortions and deception, that the Jews are occupiers of their Arab land. This, in absolute and in obvious contradiction of the Bible, not to mention Muhammad’s Quran and the historical record.
The Arabs and their supporters never mention the following facts:
Arab imperialism conquered and subjugated the Holy Land in 635AD and remained as occupiers for 1330 years (until 1967)
The Balfour Declaration addressed the territories that today make up Jordan, Israel and Palestinian Authority. The British, without the consent of the Jews or the League of Nations, unilaterally gave Jordan to the Hashemite Arabs. Thus the Jews lost almost 72% of the land promised to them at the stroke of a pen
There was a “Two-States” UN resolution (181) in 1947 which was accepted by the Jews but rejected by the Arabs.
In 1948 the Arabs started a war of extermination against the newly created Israel (in territories allocated to them by the UN).
The war resulted in alleged 700,000 Arab refugees and a cessation of hostilities in 1949.
Because of the Arab war against Israel and the Jews, there was a mass expulsion of over 950,000 Jews from the lands of their nativity by Arab and Muslim countries
Had the Arabs not started the war against the Jews, there would have been no Arab or Jewish refugees

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What people don’t know, including many Muslims themselves, is that the Quran is actually quite a pro-Zionist document. By which I mean that Allah, in the Quran, asserts repeatedly and unambiguously that the Promised Land belongs only to the descendants of Abraham, through the bloodlines of Jacob-Israel and Isaac called Israelites, the Chosen People.

To the Arabs and Muslims, calling Quran Zionist is tantamount to blasphemy. But is it though?

Let me explore this issue based entirely upon Muhammad’s Quran itself and no other. A simple review of the relevant verses of the Quran provide all the necessary evidence.
Those who want the complete verses, can read them in the Quran, as I am giving you chapter and verse where to find them. It is important to understand that Allah, and no one else, is speaking these words in these verses and Muslims (and Arabs) all over the world have been defying and disobeying their god Allah’s commands and statements with impunity and without reverence:
Al Baqara 2:47 – “O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favor which I (Allah) bestowed upon You and that I preferred you above the whole world “
Al Baqara 2:122 – “O Children of Israel! call to mind the special favor which I bestowed upon you and that I preferred you above the whole world”

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Al Maida 5:21 – “O my people! enter the holy land (al-Ard al-Muqaddasa) which Allah hath assigned unto you and turn not back ignominiously for then will ye be overthrown to your own ruin.”
Al Aaraf 7:137 – “And We (Allah) made a people considered weak (and of no account) inheritors of lands in both east and west lands, whereon We sent down our blessings. The fair promise of the Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy and We leveled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride)”
(“inheritors of lands in both east and west lands” is actually the Promised Land of the Israelites on BOTH sides of the river Jordan).
Al Aaraf 7:138 – “We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea…”
Yunus 10:93 – “We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place and provided for them sustenance of the best”
Al Israa 17:2 – “We (Allah) gave Moses the Book (Torah) and made it a Guide to the Children of Israel (commanding): “Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your) affairs.”
Al Israa 17:104 – “And We (Allah) said thereafter to the Children of Israel “Dwell securely in the land (of promise)”:
Ta Ha 20:80 – “O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy and We made a Covenant with you on the side of Mount (Sinai) and We sent down to you Manna and quails…”

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Al Mu’min 40:53 – “We did aforetime give Moses the (Book of) Guidance and We gave the Book (Torah) in inheritance to the Children of Israel”

Al Dukhan 44:32 – “And We chose them (People of Israel) aforetime above all the nations knowingly”
Al Jathiyah 45:16 – “We did aforetime grant to the Children of Israel the Book (Torah) … and We favored them above all the nations”
Allah, in very clear Arabic, asserts that he fulfilled his promise to reward the Children of Israel with the Promised Land, the same land that the later conquering hordes of Muhammadan Arabs claim as exclusively theirs, contrary to their own Quran.
Allah, in verse after verse and in different chapters, repeatedly and unambiguously asserts that it was Allah and only Allah who did the “choosing”, contrary to the hate-mongering declarations by anti Jews that it is the racist and arrogant Israelites and Jews who declare themselves the Chosen People.

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The article lastly says
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Based upon all that has been presented here, how can any sane and fair minded person accept the wild and unsubstantiated claims by Muslims, that the loose leaf and arbitrary collection of the Quran is correct, whereas the older Book, the Torah of the Bible, whose pages, chapters and verses are in perfect order and upon which the Quran’s foundations are rooted, is not?
It is obvious that Muhammad did not realize that his loose-leaf notes had fully captured and preserved – though somewhat scrambled up from the more ancient accounts – actually verifying with detailed explanation, that the Israelites and the Jews had lived many centuries before him, settled and made their homeland as a nation in the very state of modern Israel and territories that have since been restored. These are the very lands that his Arab followers absurdly deny had ever previously belonged to anyone else but themselves.

It is crystal clear, that contrary to the untested beliefs of hundreds of millions of Muhammadan Arabs and Muslims in the world today, their very own Quran in fact, fully supports and verifies the claims of the Jews for the land of Israel as their ancient and rightful home and nation.
Thus, in a nutshell, the Quran is Zionist.
(Our gratitude to Rene Schlaefer of www.reneschalefer.de for use of his photograph of Jerusalem)
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IQ al Rassooli is an authority on the subjects of Islam, Arab – Islamic history and the Arab – Israeli conflict.

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From the website israelbehindthenews.com an article titled
"Jordanian Sheikh: “There is no ‘Palestine’ in the Koran. Allah gave Israel to the Jews”
By Eliyokim Cohen -
August 19, 2014


Sheikh Ahmad Adwan, who introduces himself as a Muslim scholar who lives in Jordan, said on his personal Facebook page that there is no such thing as “Palestine” in the Koran. Allah has assigned the Holy Land to the Children of Israel until the Day of Judgment (Koran, Sura 5 – “The Sura of the Table”, Verse 21), and “We made the Children of Israel the inheritors (of the land)” (Koran, Sura 26 – “The Sura of the Poets”, Verse 59).

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"“I say to those who distort their Lord’s book, the Koran: From where did you bring the name Palestine, you liars, you accursed, when Allah has already named it “The Holy Land” and bequeathed it to the Children of Israel until the Day of Judgment. There is no such thing as ‘Palestine’ in the Koran. Your demand for the Land of Israel is a falsehood and it constitutes an attack on the Koran, on the Jews and their land. Therefore you won’t succeed, and Allah will fail you and humiliate you, because Allah is the one who will protect them (i.e. the Jews).”
The sheikh added: “The Palestinians are the killers of children, the elderly and women. They attack the Jews and then they use those (children, the elderly and women) as human shields and hide behind them, without mercy for their children as if they weren’t their own children, in order to tell the public opinion that the Jews intended to kill them. This is exactly what I saw with my own two eyes in the 70’s, when they attacked the Jordanian army, which sheltered and protected them. Instead of thanking it (the Jordanian army), they brought their children forward to (face) the Jordanian army, in order to make the world believe that the army kills their children. This is their habit and custom, their viciousness, their having hearts of stones towards their children, and their lying to public opinion, in order to get its support.”
It is worth mentioning, that the above mentioned sheikh visited Israel and met Jewish religious scholars. The “Israel in Arabic” site conducted an interview with him, in which he said that the reason for his openness towards the Jewish people “comes from my acknowledgment of their sovereignty on their land and my belief in the Koran, which told us and emphasized this in many places, like His (Allah’s) saying ”Oh People (i.e the Children of Israel), enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned unto you” (Koran, Sura 5 – “The Sura of the Table”, Verse 21), and His saying “We made the Children of Israel the inheritors (of the land)” (Koran, Sura 26 – “The Sura of the Poets”, Verse 59) and many other verses

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The article lastly says
"He (Adwan) added: “(The Jews) are peaceful people who love peace, who are not hostile and are not aggressors, but if they are attacked, they defend themselves while causing as little damage to the attackers as possible. It is an honor for them that Allah has chosen them over the worlds – meaning over the people and the Jinns until the Day of Judgment. I made the reasons for Allah’s choice clear in my books and pamphlets. When Allah chose them, He didn’t do so out of politeness, and He wasn’t unjust other peoples, it is just that they (the Jews) deserved this.”

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From the WashingtonPost.com website an article titled
"LOST HISTORY DEPT.
"The Holocaust's Arab Heroes"

By Robert Satloff
Sunday, October 8, 2006

Virtually alone among peoples of the world, Arabs appear to have won a free pass when it comes to denying or minimizing the Holocaust. Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah has declared to his supporters that "Jews invented the legend of the Holocaust." Syrian President Bashar al-Assad recently told an interviewer that he doesn't have "any clue how [Jews] were killed or how many were killed." And Hamas's official Web site labels the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews "an alleged and invented story with no basis."
Such Arab viewpoints are not exceptional. A respected Holocaust research institution recently reported that Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia all promote Holocaust denial and protect Holocaust deniers. The records of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum show that only one Arab leader at or near the highest level of government -- a young prince from a Persian Gulf state -- has ever made an official visit to the museum in its 13-year history. Not a single official textbook or educational program on the Holocaust exists in an Arab country. In Arab media, literature and popular culture, Holocaust denial is pervasive and legitimized.

Yet when Arab leaders and their people deny the Holocaust, they deny their own history as well -- the lost history of the Holocaust in Arab lands. It took me four years of research -- scouring dozens of archives and conducting scores of interviews in 11 countries -- to unearth this history, one that reveals complicity and indifference on the part of some Arabs during the Holocaust, but also heroism on the part of others who took great risks to save Jewish lives.

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Neither Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to Holocaust victims, nor any other Holocaust memorial has ever recognized an Arab rescuer. It is time for that to change. It is also time for Arabs to recall and embrace these episodes in their history. That may not change the minds of the most radical Arab leaders or populations, but for some it could make the Holocaust a source of pride, worthy of remembrance -- rather than avoidance or denial.
The Holocaust was an Arab story, too. From the beginning of World War II, Nazi plans to persecute and eventually exterminate Jews extended throughout the area that Germany and its allies hoped to conquer. That included a great Arab expanse, from Casablanca to Tripoli and on to Cairo, home to more than half a million Jews.
Though Germany and its allies controlled this region only briefly, they made substantial headway toward their goal. From June 1940 to May 1943, the Nazis, their Vichy French collaborators and their Italian fascist allies applied in Arab lands many of the precursors to the Final Solution. These included not only laws depriving Jews of property, education, livelihood, residence and free movement, but also torture, slave labor, deportation and execution.
There were no death camps, but many thousands of Jews were consigned to more than 100 brutal labor camps, many solely for Jews. Recall Maj. Strasser's warning to Ilsa, the wife of the Czech underground leader, in the 1942 film "Casablanca": "It is possible the French authorities will find a reason to put him in the concentration camp here." Indeed, the Arab lands of Algeria and Morocco were the site of the first concentration camps ever liberated by Allied troops.
About 1 percent of Jews in North Africa (4,000 to 5,000) perished under Axis control in Arab lands, compared with more than half of European Jews. These Jews were lucky to be on the southern shores of the Mediterranean, where the fighting ended relatively early and where boats -- not just cattle cars -- would have been needed to take them to the ovens in Europe. But if U.S. and British troops had not pushed Axis forces from the African continent by May 1943, the Jews of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and perhaps even Egypt and Palestine almost certainly would have met the same fate as those in Europe.

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The Arabs in these lands were not too different from Europeans: With war waging around them, most stood by and did nothing; many participated fully and willingly in the persecution of Jews; and a brave few even helped save Jews.

Arab collaborators were everywhere. These included Arab officials conniving against Jews at royal courts, Arab overseers of Jewish work gangs, sadistic Arab guards at Jewish labor camps and Arab interpreters who went house to house with SS officers pointing out where Jews lived. Without the help of local Arabs, the persecution of Jews would have been virtually impossible.

Were Arabs, then under the domination of European colonialists, merely following orders? An interviewer once posed that question to Harry Alexander, a Jew from Leipzig, Germany, who survived a notoriously harsh French labor camp at Djelfa, in the Algerian desert. "No, no, no!" he exploded in reply. "Nobody told them to beat us all the time. Nobody told them to chain us together. Nobody told them to tie us naked to a post and beat us and to hang us by our arms and hose us down, to bury us in the sand so our heads should look up and bash our brains in and urinate on our heads. . . . No, they took this into their own hands and they enjoyed what they did."

But not all Arabs joined with the European-spawned campaign against the Jews. The few who risked their lives to save Jews provide inspiration beyond their numbers.

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The Article lastly says
"Arabs welcomed Jews into their homes, guarded Jews' valuables so Germans could not confiscate them, shared with Jews their meager rations and warned Jewish leaders of coming SS raids. The sultan of Morocco and the bey of Tunis provided moral support and, at times, practical help to Jewish subjects. In Vichy-controlled Algiers, mosque preachers gave Friday sermons forbidding believers from serving as conservators of confiscated Jewish property. In the words of Yaacov Zrivy, from a small town near Sfax, Tunisia, "The Arabs watched over the Jews."

I found remarkable stories of rescue, too. In the rolling hills west of Tunis, 60 Jewish internees escaped from an Axis labor camp and banged on the farm door of a man named Si Ali Sakkat, who courageously hid them until liberation by the Allies. In the Tunisian coastal town of Mahdia, a dashing local notable named Khaled Abdelwahhab scooped up several families in the middle of the night and whisked them to his countryside estate to protect one of the women from the predations of a German officer bent on rape.

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And there is strong evidence that the most influential Arab in Europe -- Si Kaddour Benghabrit, the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris -- saved as many as 100 Jews by having the mosque's administrative personnel give them certificates of Muslim identity, with which they could evade arrest and deportation. These men, and others, were true heroes.

According to the Koran: "Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world." This passage echoes the Talmud's injunction, "If you save one life, it is as if you have saved the world."

Arabs need to hear these stories -- both of heroes and of villains. They especially need to hear them from their own teachers, preachers and leaders. If they do, they may respond as did that one Arab prince who visited the Holocaust museum. "What we saw today," he commented after his tour, "must help us change evil into good and hate into love and war into peace."


Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, is author of "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands" (PublicAffairs).

Anonymous said...

Another book people have suggested
"
Jews and Money: The Story of a Stereotype
by Abraham H. Foxman |

Anonymous said...

Another good book people suggest is,
The Myth of Hitler's Pope: Pope Pius XII And His Secret War Against Nazi Germany Hardcover – June 24, 2005
by Rabbi David G. Dalin (Author) This book claims Pope Pius XII worked behind the scenes to Save Jews from the Nazis, see also the website, www.palwatch.org
which is the website for Palestinian Media Watch

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From the website www.MythsandFacts.org
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March 31, 2008 | Eli E. Hertz
Palestinians
‘Peoplehood’ Based on a Big Lie
Eli E. Hertz

The Palestinians claim that they are an ancient and indigenous people fails to stand up to historic scrutiny. Most Palestinian Arabs were newcomers to British Mandate Palestine. Until the 1967 Six-Day War made it expedient for Arabs to create a Palestinian peoplehood, local Arabs simply considered themselves part of the ‘great Arab nation’ or ‘southern Syrians.’

“Repeat a lie often enough and people will begin to believe it.”
Nazi propaganda master Joseph Goebbels

“All [that Palestinians] can agree on as a community is what they
want to destroy, not what they want to build.”
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman

There is no age-old Palestinian people. Most so-called Palestinians are relative newcomers to the Land of Israel

Like a mantra, Arabs repeatedly claim that the Palestinians are a native people. The concept of a ‘Stateless Palestinian people’ is not based on fact. It is a fabrication.

Palestinian Arabs cast themselves as a native people in “Palestine” – like the Aborigines in Australia or Native Americans in America. They portray the Jews as European imperialists and colonizers. This is simply untrue.

Until the Jews began returning to the Land of Israel in increasing numbers from the late 19th century to the turn of the 20th, the area called Palestine was a God-forsaken backwash that belonged to the Ottoman Empire, based in Turkey.

The land’s fragile ecology had been laid waste in the wake of the Arabs’ 7th-century conquest. In 1799, the population was at it lowest and estimated to be no more than 250,000 to 300,000 inhabitants in all the land.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Arab population west of the Jordan River (today, Israel and the West Bank) was about half a million inhabitants and east of the Jordan River perhaps 200,000.

The collapse of the agricultural system with the influx of nomadic tribes after the Arab conquest that created malarial swamps and denuded the ancient terrace system eroding the soil, was coupled by a tyrannous regime, a crippling tax system and absentee landowners that further decimated the population. Much of the indigenous population had long since migrated or disappeared. Very few Jews or Arabs lived in the region before the arrival of the first Zionists in the 1880s and most of those that did lived in abject poverty.

Most Arabs living west of the Jordan River in Israel, the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza are newcomers who came from surrounding Arab lands after the turn of the 20th century because they were attracted to the relative economic prosperity brought about by the Zionist Movement and the British in the 1920s and 1930s.

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This is substantiated by eyewitness reports of a deserted country – including 18th-century reports from the British archaeologist Thomas Shaw, French author and historian Count Constantine Volney (Travels through Syria and Egypt, 1798); the mid-19th-century writings of Alphonse de Lamartine (Recollections of the East, 1835); Mark Twain (Innocents Abroad, 1867); and reports from the British Consul in Jerusalem (1857) that were sent back to London.

The Ottoman Turks’ census (1882) recorded only 141,000 Muslims in the Land of Israel. The real number is probably closer to 350,000 to 425,000, since many hid to avoid taxes. The British census in 1922 reported 650,000 Muslims.

Aerial photographs taken by German aviators during World War I show an underdeveloped country composed mainly of primitive hamlets. Ashdod, for instance, was a cluster of mud dwellings, Haifa a fishing village. In 1934 alone, 30,000 Syrian Arabs from the Hauran moved across the northern frontier into Mandate Palestine, attracted by work in and around the newly built British port and the construction of other infrastructure projects. They even dubbed Haifa Um el-Amal (‘the city of work’).

The fallacy of Arab claims that most Palestinians were indigenous to Palestine – not newcomers - is also bolstered by a 1909 vintage photograph of Nablus, today an Arab city on the West Bank with over 121,000 residents. Based on the number of buildings in the photo taken from the base of Mount Gerizim, the population in 1909 – Muslim Arabs and Jewish Samaritans – could not have been greater than 2,000 residents.

Family names of many Palestinians attest to their non-Palestinian origins. Just as Jews bear names like Berliner, Warsaw and Toledano, modern phone books in the Territories are filled with families named Elmisri (Egyptian), Chalabi (Syrian), Mugrabi (North Africa). Even George Habash – the arch-terrorist and head of Black September – bears a name with origins in Abyssinia or Ethiopia, Habash in both Arabic and Hebrew.


Palestinian nationality is an entity defined by its opposition to Zionism, and not its national aspirations.

What unites Palestinians has been their opposition to Jewish nationalism and the desire to stamp it out, not aspirations for their own state. Local patriotic feelings are generated only when a non-Islamic entity takes charge – such as Israel did after the 1967 Six-Day War. It dissipates under Arab rule, no matter how distant or despotic.

A Palestinian identity did not exist until an opposing force created it – primarily anti-Zionism. Opposition to a non-Muslim nationalism on what local Arabs, and the entire Arab world, view as their own turf, was the only expression of ‘Palestinian peoplehood.’

The Grand Mufti Hajj Amin al-Husseini, a charismatic religious leader and radical anti-Zionist was the moving force behind opposition to Jewish immigration in the 1920s and 1930s. The two-pronged approach of the “Diplomacy of Rejection” (of Zionism) and the violence the Mufti incited occurred at the same time Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan and Iraq became countries in the post-Ottoman reshuffling of territories established by the British and the French under the League of Nation’s mandate system.

The tiny educated class among the Arabs of Palestine was more politically aware than the rest of Arab society, with the inklings of a separate national identity. However, for decades, the primary frame of reference for most local Arabs was the clan or tribe, religion and sect, and village of origin. If Arabs in Palestine defined themselves politically, it was as “southern Syrians.” Under Ottoman rule, Syria referred to a region much larger than the Syrian Arab Republic of today, with borders established by France and England in 1920.

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In his book Greater Syria: The History of an Ambition, Daniel Pipes explains:

“Syria was a region that stretched from the borders of Anatolia to those of Egypt, from the edge of Iraq to the Mediterranean Sea. In terms of today’s states, the Syria of old comprised Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, plus the Gaza Strip and Alexandria.”

Syrian maps in the 21st century still co-opt most of Greater Syria, including Israel.

The Grand Mufti Al-Husseini’s aspirations slowly shifted from pan-Arabism – the dream of uniting all Arabs into one polity, whereby Arabs in Palestine would unite with their brethren in Syria - to winning a separate Palestinian entity, with himself at the helm. Al-Husseini was the moving force behind the 1929 riots against the Jews and the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt against two non-Muslim entities in Palestine – the British and the Jews. He gathered a large following by playing on fears that the Jews had come to dispossess, or at least dominate the Arabs.

Much like Yasser Arafat, the Grand Mufti’s ingrained all-or-nothing extremism, fanaticism and even an inability to cooperate with his own compatriots made him totally ineffective. He led the Palestinian Arabs nowhere.

The ‘Palestinian’ cause became a key rallying point for Arab nationalism throughout the Middle East, according to Oxford historian Avi Shlaim. The countries the British and French created in 1918-1922 were based largely on meridians on the map, as is evident in the borders that delineate the Arab states today. Because these states lack ethnic logic or a sense of community, their opposition to the national aspirations of the Jews has come to fuel that fires Arab nationalism as the ‘glue’ of national identity. (see details on the ramifications of British and French policy, which plague the Middle East to this day in the chapter “The European Union.”)

From the 1920s, rejection of Jewish nationalism, attempts to prevent the establishment of a Jewish homeland by violence, and rejection of any form of Jewish political power, including any plans to share stewardship with Arabs, crystallized into the expression of Palestinianism. No other positive definition of an Arab-Palestinian people has surfaced. This point is admirably illustrated in the following historic incident:

“In 1926, Lord Plumer was appointed as the second High Commissioner of Palestine. The Arabs within the Mandate were infuriated when Plumer stood up for the Zionists’ national anthem Hatikva during ceremonies held in his honor when Plumer first visited Tel Aviv. When a delegation of Palestinian Arabs protested Plumer’s ‘Zionist bias,’ the High Commissioner asked the Arabs if he remained seated when their national anthem was played, ‘wouldn’t you regard my behavior as most unmannerly?’ Met by silence, Plumer asked: ‘By the way, have you got a national anthem?’ When the delegation replied with chagrin that they did not, he snapped back, “I think you had better get one as soon as possible.”

But it took the Palestinians more than 60 years to heed Plumer’s advice, adopting Anthem of the Intifada two decades after Israel took over the West Bank and Gaza in 1967 – at the beginning of the 1987 Intifada.

Under the Mandate, local Arabs also refused to establish an ‘Arab Agency’ to develop the Arab sector, parallel to the Jewish Agency that directed development of the Jewish sector (see the Chapter “Rejectionism”)

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The Article lastly says
"Under the Mandate, local Arabs also refused to establish an ‘Arab Agency’ to develop the Arab sector, parallel to the Jewish Agency that directed development of the Jewish sector (see the Chapter “Rejectionism”).

In fact, the so-called patriotism of indigenous Muslims has flourished only when non-Muslim entities (the Crusaders, the British, the Jews) have taken charge of the Holy Land. When political control returns to Muslim hands, the ardent patriotism of the Arabs of Palestine magically wanes, no matter how distant or how despotic the government. One Turkish pasha who ruled Acco (Acre) between 1775 and 1804 was labeled Al Jazzar, The Butcher, by locals.

Why hasn’t Arab representative government ever been established in Palestine, either in 1948 or during the next 19 years of Arab rule? Because other Arabs co-opted the Palestinian cause as a rallying point that would advance the concept that the territory was up for grabs. “The Arab invasion of Palestine was not a means for achieving an independent Palestine, but rather the result of a lack of consensus on the part of the Arab states regarding such independence,” summed up one historian. Adherents to a separate Palestinian identity were a mute minority on the West Bank and Gaza during the 19 years of Jordanian and Egyptian rule - until Israel took control from the Jordanians and the Egyptians in 1967. Suddenly a separate Palestinian peoplehood appeared and claimed it deserved nationhood - and 21 other Arab states went along with it.

Palestinianism in and of itself lacks any substance of its own. Arab society on the West Bank and Gaza suffers from deep social cleavages created by a host of rivalries based on divergent geographic, historical, geographical, sociological and familial allegiances. What glues Palestinians together is a carefully nurtured hatred of Israel and the rejection of Jewish nationhood."

Anonymous said...

From the website www.catholicbryan.org an article titled
"← Religion and War
"Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust"
Posted on May 30, 2018 by Bryan Mercier
worth reading

Anonymous said...

From the website Israelnationalnews.com an article titled
"

"Animal Abuse Exemplifies Palestinian Character"


"While animal abuse is a problem in almost every country on earth, it is socially acceptable in very few. Internet vigilantes are now posting, in contravention of UK law regarding public identification of teenage offenders, the identities of teenagers who tortured a puppy. My personal opinion is that these individuals deserve to be shamed in public and never allowed to own any kind of pet.

In contrast, I just saw a video on Facebook in which a young Palestinian child, with the encouragement of an adult (a man's voice is heard in the background while he makes the video) pushes a kitten off a roof to smash into the ground far below. The bottom line is, however, that the adult who made the video has no reservations whatsoever about circulating the child's picture, along with that of another nearby individual, all over the Internet because animal abuse is part of the "Palestinian" culture. In Hamas' Tomorrow's Pioneers, in fact, an actor in a bee suit swings a cat by its tail and throws rocks at caged lions before a child tells the audience to not imitate his be‎havior. Sorry, when the show's adult role model exhibits this be‎havior, that example is far more powerful than anything anybody says about it, and it is obvious that Palestinian children and adults act on the example and not the admonition. Tomorrow's Pioneers is an official publication of the terrorist organization that passes for the Palestinian government.

Anonymous said...

The Article continues
"Three Palestinians were meanwhile arrested for abusing a striped hyena, a member of an endangered species. (Warning, news article includes graphic images of the animal's injuries.) The individuals made a video in which their faces are clearly visible. They are not worried about the possibility that their friends, family members, and neighbors might see it because Palestinian culture attaches no social stigma to this kind of be‎havior. Australia is meanwhile contemplating a ban on the export of live cattle to Gaza because of videos of Palestinians torturing the cattle in a public spectacle.

Footage has emerged apparently showing Australian cattle being tortured in Gaza.

The footage, filmed by civilians during the Festival of Sacrifice in October, shows tagged bulls and cows being kicked, stabbed and shot while being dragged - with legs bound - through streets and makeshift slaughterhouses as crowds cheer.

These are the people who keep telling the world that the evil nasty Israelis (the ones whose veterinarians try to rehabilitate the animals who survive this kind of mistreatment) are oppressing them, and that they deserve an independent state. "

Anonymous said...

About the 2017 film "Wonder Woman" with Israeli Actress Gal Gadot , the Wikipedia entry for the 2017 "Wonder Woman" film states
"Controversies
Lebanese ban
On May 31, Wonder Woman was banned in Lebanon after the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel asked the Lebanese government's Ministry of Economy and Trade to block the film because its star, Gal Gadot, is Israeli.[163] The Lebanese government did not ban Gadot's Fast & Furious films which did screen in Lebanon.[164][165] On June 7, Variety reported that a Tunisian court suspended the theatrical release of Wonder Woman after a lawsuit brought by the Al-Chaab party and the Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers to have the film blocked due to Gadot's Israeli citizenship, military service, and public comments in support of the Israeli military during the 2014 war in Gaza.[166] Jordan was reportedly also considering a ban of the film and suspended screenings pending a decision,[167] but on June 11, it was reported that the government decided not to do so, as there was no legal precedent for it.[168]"

Anonymous said...

The website www.theatlantic.com has an online article from the April 2015 issue
titled "Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?" a man is quoted in the article as saying
"“It will never go away, this hatred of Jews … and the proof of this is that barely 50 years after the Holocaust, the desire for Jewish bloodletting isn’t over,” he said. “Couldn’t they have given us a bit longer? Give us 100 years and we’ll return to it.”

“I know this is a dangerous thing to say … but the Holocaust didn’t satisfy.” Very Sad,
It's Very Sad, My Prayer is for All Hatred to Ultimately End, and for All Peoples of the World to Live Together in Peace, Harmony & Friendship , Reconciled to God and to Each Other

Anonymous said...

A Pamphlet online by the late Christian pastor R.B. Thieme Jr. is titled
"
"ANTI-SEMITISM"
Anti-Semitism is a masterstroke of treacherous evil. Endless Jewish persecutions verify Satan-inspired antagonism toward God’s elect people. History authenticates the devastating effect of such virulent bigotry.


The biblical portrayal of this heinous intolerance presents the divine perspective and solution and outlines the plan of God for the Jew throughout human history. In the unconditional covenants to Israel, God guarantees that the Jew will survive despite cruel treatment. Therefore, He condemns anti-Semitism as a contradiction to His sovereign will and purpose.


No one should ever be guilty of this insidious prejudice. Divine judgment and utter ruin are the ultimate destiny of individuals or nations that practice anti-Semitism—in the past, present, and future." His full name was Robert Bunger Thieme Jr

Anonymous said...

Some good books to read are

1. Jewish Self-Hatred: Anti-Semitism and the Hidden Language of the Jews
by Sander L. Gilman &
2. What did they think of the Jews ? by Allan Gould

Anonymous said...

Countless Jews & Non-Jews in America & Worldwide Love Science Fiction, it's very mainstream, not just for "nerds" or "geeks" what would the Jew Haters & Anti-Semites think of these Jewish themes in Star Trek, from an online Star Trek Encyclopedia it states
"
Hebrew was a language spoken in Israel and by Jews on Earth. An edited scroll containing Hebrew script was also found in the White Church shrine on Terralysium.

In 1930 New York City, a sign near the Fischer's Infants Wear was written in this language. The sign said בשר כשר, an advertisement meaning "kosher meat" was sold there. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")

In 1996, a standard greeting containing Hebrew text was transmitted by Rain Robinson to the unknown object she had detected in orbit. The single word of Hebrew read peace, a standard salutation. (Voyager: "Future's End")

While the word is intended to be שָׁלוֹם (shalom), it was misspelled as שׂלוֹם (solom).
An image of Moses holding the Ten Commandments was stored in the USS Enterprise library computer. The text on the tablets was written in Hebrew and read "You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." (TOS-R: "The Cage")


Appendices Edit
Background information Edit
The planet Zeon of TOS: "Patterns of Force" also appears to be a play on the Hebrew word "Zion", which is a Hebrew word that can refer to either Jerusalem or the Jewish people. As well, its known inhabitants, Isak, Abrom, and Davod all have Hebrew names. This serves to strengthen the episode's intentional parallel between the people of Zeon and oppression of Jews at the hands of the Nazis.

Most of the biblical names referenced throughout Star Trek are of Hebrew origin, and most are plays on Hebrew words. These include Adam and Eve, Daniel, David, Gabriel, Jonah, Moses, Methuselah, and Solomon.

The Vulcan salute was devised by Leonard Nimoy based on a hand gesture used in some Jewish rituals. The hand gesture, in turn, aims to mimic the Hebrew letter shin. The letter shin is commonly used in Hebrew and Jewish iconography to represents the word shaddai, meaning "God" or "Almighty".

Anonymous said...

On the website townhall.com there is an article dated January 9, 2017 titled
"The Sickening Nature of Anti-Israel Hatred"

Anonymous said...

Some Good News, Willis Carto finally died on October 26, 2015 , Thank God, Many people are thrilled this Vile Racist Hatemonger loser is finally gone , From Wikipedia it states

Born Willis Allison Carto
July 17, 1926
Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Died October 26, 2015 (aged 89)
Virginia, U.S.
Known for Holocaust denial, antisemitism, right-wing populism
Title Head of Liberty Lobby (defunct), founder of the Institute for Historical Review
Willis Allison Carto (July 17, 1926 – October 26, 2015) was an American political activist on the American far right. He described himself as Jeffersonian and populist, but was primarily known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial.[1][2][3][4]

Anonymous said...

Why they fight: Violence in the Mideast is a timely reminder of the source of Israeli-Palestinian tensions
By DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD
| NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 07, 2019 | 4:00 AM


A flareup in violence over the weekend brings us to an agonizing but clarifying moment for the Mideast as the Trump administration readies rollout of its always-around-the-corner blueprint for peace.

It reminds the United States and the world that the chief obstacle to progress between Israelis and Palestinians remains a contingent led by Hamas terrorists in Gaza whose strategy is to wage eternal war against Israel and whose goal is to eliminate the Jewish state entirely.

Say what you will about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s substantial shortcomings; it is Palestinian militants who prevent any and all progress.

These are the individuals who just fired nearly 700 rockets at civilians at Israel, all but begging the Israeli military to answer — which it did, launching airstrikes aimed at terror sites that tragically also took civilian casualties.


Gaza’s 2 million residents are not under the thumb of Israeli occupation; Israel pulled out more than a decade ago. Their economic desperation and humanitarian conditions are the responsibility of Hamas, which rules the roost. And which, unable or unwilling to improve conditions for ordinary people, aims vitriol and weapons at Israel.

There will be no peace until that madness ends." This Article is on the website
NYDailyNews.com

Anonymous said...

From the Website for the New York Post Newspaper, nypost.com

OPINION EDITORIAL
Hamas is showing why peace is far out of reach
By Post Editorial Board May 5, 2019 | 7:28pm | Updated

Palestinian terrorists launched hundreds of rockets from Gaza into Israel over the weekend, showing yet again why any lasting peace deal is now far, far out of sight.

Israel’s Iron Dome defense system intercepted many rockets, but hits still killed at least four innocents. Meanwhile, the inevitable retaliatory airstrikes took 12 or more Palestinian lives.

The rockets — shot off by the Hamas rulers of Gaza and their Islamic Jihad rivals — are pure terror weapons, far more likely to cause civilian, not military, casualties. Israel’s response, by contrast, aims at military targets, though Hamas & Co. intentionally base military assets near homes and other civilian buildings precisely to increase the death toll among Palestinian innocents.

That is, the terrorists work to maximize civilian deaths on both sides of the conflict, even as Israel strives to limit them. They’re happy with any death that serves to increase hatred.

Apologists for Hamas claim the rocket barrage is an effort to make Israel speed up actions to ease Gaza’s economic crisis. That’s transparently ridiculous: The violence has already forced Jerusalem to completely close the border; the airstrikes will inevitably damage productive assets, and Israel certainly won’t do any loosening while it’s under attack.

In fact, the rocket barrage is plainly timed to darken Israel’s coming Independence Day celebrations, as well as its hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest next week. It may also be an effort to undermine Egypt’s ongoing efforts to reduce Israeli-Palestinian tensions.

Peace advocates will note that it’s the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas, that’s supposedly going to come to a “two-state solution” deal with Israel. Yet the PA is supposed to control Gaza as well as the West Bank — but Hamas took over there more than a decade ago, and now seems more likely to win power in the West Bank than to lose it in Gaza.

The Trump administration will soon release its own vision of the best way forward for peace. The plan had better be very hardheaded about what’s achievable when the monsters of Hamas can’t be kept out of the equation."



Anonymous said...

The website billmuehlenberg.com has an article titled

Israel and the Myth of Moral Equivalence
Aug 13, 2014
I was actually asked by a Christian recently why I was taking sides in the current Israel-Hamas conflict. I was rather taken back by that one I must admit. It seemed to me that one might as well ask why one took sides in the Second World War. You see, this comment and those like it, which we hear so often, are based on the bogus notion of moral equivalence.

And what do we mean by this? It means that when we compare – in this case – Israel with Hamas and the surrounding Arab nations, we have to say each one is no better than the other. They are identical, morally speaking. We cannot say one is better than the other.

‘Yes Hamas and the Muslim world may have some bad eggs, but so too does Israel.’ So therefore we cannot criticise Hamas and the others, unless we are willing to criticise Israel in equal measure. This is the faulty and pernicious notion of moral equivalence.

Israel-CrosshairsIt is used all the time by the secular left and by not very discerning Christians. Its last major usage was during the Cold War. The same sloppy thinking and mushy moralising took place then. ‘Yes Communist Russia has some bad eggs, but so too does America. Yes the Marxist world is not perfect, but neither is the West. Yes, socialism kills, but so does capitalism.’

On and on it goes. These useful idiots, as Lenin called them, could not see any moral difference between the free West and the tyrannical Marxist hell holes. And we have the same situation today with Israel. These clueless wonders cannot see any moral difference between a free Israel and the tyrannical Muslim hell holes.

And many of these secular lefties have even moved beyond moral equivalence. They in fact actually believe that Israel is worse than Hamas and the Muslim world. Many of these guys actually believe Israel is the bad guy, the aggressor, the bully, while the surrounding Muslim nations are the good guys. So they have moved well beyond moral equivalence to making Israel the great Satan here, and the other nations paragons of virtue.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"My critic went on to say, in full moral equivalence style, “Both sides in this conflict seem to be behaving abominably.” Umm, no – not even close. Again, one might as well foolishly suggest that both the Allies and the Nazis were behaving equally abominably.

The truth is, one side during WWII was clearly the epitome of evil, while the other side was on the side of what was right. That did not mean the Allies were pristine and fault free, but compared to who they were fighting, they were angels of light.

Israel is also not perfect, but compared to who she is up against, she is looking pretty good actually. So let me try to dispel the myth of moral equivalence in simple form here, by highlighting a few obvious contrasts:

-Israel is simply trying to exist and defend itself, while it is surrounded by nations (as well as Hamas in Gaza) who want to see it driven into the sea. The Hamas Charter for example specifically says Israel must be destroyed.
-Israel since its inception in 1948 has always been willing to make great compromises with its neighbours, while Arab leadership has always demanded the expulsion of the Jews.
-Israel has a number of times now traded land for peace, but generally to no avail.
-Israel is a nation of 8 million people surrounded by over 300 million hostile people.
-Israel would disappear if she were to lay down her arms, but if the Arabs laid down their arms, there would be peace in the Middle East.
-Israel is the last bulwark against Islamist imperialism in the region.
-Israel has a million plus Arabs living in its midst, while Gaza has no Jews living there.
-Israel uses weapons to defend its children, while Hamas uses children to defend its weapons.
-Israel does all it can to protect innocent civilians both in Gaza and Israel, while Hamas deliberately targets innocent civilians both in Gaza and Israel. Setting up command and control centres in or near hospitals, schools and mosques is standard Hamas practice. Israel is not doing this at all.
-Israel is shipping tonnes of food, water, medical and humanitarian supplies into Gaza, and even treats wounded Hamas terrorists, while Hamas would never dream of doing this.
-Israel has kept every single cease fire until Hamas has violated them – and they have violated every single truce in this conflict thus far.
-Israel even has women leading the country, while they are mere chattel in the surrounding Arab world.
-Israel is the only genuinely free, democratic and pluralistic nation in the region.
-Israel is an outpost of civilisation in a place of barbarism.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Israel has of course been in this land off and on for three thousand years. She has endured plenty of harrowing experiences over the centuries. And now she is surrounded by a host of nations which have vowed to destroy her. Also she has a bit of recent history to still fully and properly digest. If you had just recently gone through something like the Holocaust, then it is fully understandable that you might be a bit testy and on edge as well.

Notice that I have not made one appeal to Scripture here, to biblical prophecy, or to any type of theology. Arguments about Israel’s place in God’s divine order of things is not my concern at present. What I offer in this post is merely the secular case for Israel, and why it differs enormously from its enemies.

There is just no comparison between the two, and those who either ignorantly or deliberately try to drag up a spurious and unhelpful moral equivalence here are in fact taking sides no matter how much they deny they are doing so. They are effectively taking sides with the enemies of Israel when they foolishly claim the two are morally identical.

Postscript

And as a perfect example of the very thing I have been talking about, this classic case of idiotic moral equivalence just came to my attention:

Opposition assistant treasury spokesman Andrew Leigh said the image was “horrendous” and noted “extremism comes in all sorts of guises”. “We need to celebrate the Australian Muslim community to recognise that there are many peoples of different faiths in the world and extremism comes in all sorts of guises. The Oklahoma bombing was carried out by a Christian.”

This comment, from the Australian, refers to the shocking photo of the young son of a Sydney jihadist holding the decapitated head of a victim in Syria. Just as I said above: ‘Yeah, Islam has its bad eggs, but so too does everyone else.’

Utter baloney. Not only was McVeigh not a Christian, but he is the only non-Muslim terrorist these mental midgets can come up with. Every day we find more Islamic bloodshed and terror, but all these guys can do is point to an event which took place two decades ago. Useful idiots indeed." Many Mideast Commentators have Noticed that when Israel Defends Itself against Arab Terrorism, how Israel does NOT use "Disproportionate" Force, or Excessive Force, but Israel uses Restraint, People point out how Israel's enemies don't know the meaning of the word "ceasefire" to them it means Israel ceases while they keep firing

Anonymous said...

The website camera.org has an article titled
" CAMERA - Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America

WHY PALESTINIANS STILL LIVE IN REFUGEE CAMPS
BY: ALEX SAFIAN, PHD AUGUST 14, 2005

• Why do Palestinians in Gaza still live in refugee camps? Did the Israelis force Palestinians to stay in the squalid, overcrowded camps?

Palestinians still live in refugee camps, even when the camps are in Palestinian Authority controlled areas, because the PLO opposes and prevents refugee resettlement. As the PLO slogan goes, A Palestinian refugee never moves out of his camp except to return home (ie, to Israel).

While the PLO has done its best to keep Palestinians in refugee camps, Israel has done its best to move Palestinians out of the camps and into new homes. Israel even started a heavily subsidized “build-your-own-home” program for Palestinian refugees. According to an early description of the program:

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Nine new residential schemes have been built so far, housing some ten thousand families that have chosen to vacate the camps. Each family was given a plot of land with full infrastructure…

The new neighborhoods were built on state land within municipal areas near the camps, and each had an electricity network, water and a sanitation system … a road system, paved sidewalks and developed surroundings. Public buildings were constructed in each neighborhood such as modern schools, health clinics and shopping centers, and land was allocated for mosques.

… As soon as his house is built, the refugee becomes the full property owner, and in due course his property is registered in the Land Register. (Judea, Samaria and the Gaza District, 1967 – 1987; Israel, Ministry of Defense, 1987)


The vacated homes in the refugee camps were taken down with the goal of eventually creating enough open space so that the camps themselves could be rebuilt as further new neighborhoods for the refugees.

It’s not surprising that the PLO vehemently opposed this program – after all, former residents of a refugee camp, now living in a nice home in a new neighborhood, would have a stake in supporting peace and opposing violence, exactly the opposite of the PLO’s strategy.

Anonymous said...

What is perhaps surprising is that the United Nations also opposed the program, and passed harsh resolutions demanding that Israel remove the Palestinians from their new homes and return them to the squalid camps. For example, UN General Assembly Resolution 31/15 of Nov. 23, 1976:

Calls once more upon Israel:

(a) To take effective steps immediately for the return of the refugees concerned to the camps from which they were removed in the Gaza Strip and to provide adequate shelters for their accommodation;

(b) To desist from further removal of refuges and destruction of their shelters.

Similarly, UNGA Resolution 34/52 of November 23, 1979 declared that:

measures to resettle Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip away from their homes and property from which they were displaced constitute a violation of their inalienable right to return;

1. Calls once more upon Israel to desist from removal and resettlement of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip and from destruction of their shelters;

Perhaps thanks to this support from the UN, the PLO began threatening to kill any refugee who would move out of the camps. After a few such attacks, the build-your-own-home program died, and that is why there are still Palestinians refugee camps in Gaza.

Anonymous said...

• How does the UN define just who qualifies as a Palestinian refugee? And are the UN’s figures for the number of Palestinian refugees accurate?

The UN’s figures are notoriously inaccurate, first of all because of the organization’s curious definition of who qualifies to be considered a Palestinian refugee. According to the UNRWA website (the link to the paragraph below no longer works, but here is a link to a similar UNRWA statement):

Under UNRWA’s operational definition, Palestine refugees are persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. UNRWA’s services are available to all those living in its area of operations who meet this definition, who are registered with the Agency and who need assistance. UNRWA’s definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948. The number of registered Palestine refugees has subsequently grown from 914,000 in 1950 to more than four million in 2002, and continues to rise due to natural population growth. (emphasis added)

There are serious problems with considering descendants of refugees to be refugees themselves. Indeed, if one follows this definition, then the more than 500,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries who came to Israel after 1948 were nonetheless still refugees even after receiving Israeli citizenship, as are all their descendants (since, in these claims, descendants of Palestinian refugees are themselves considered refugees, even if they have acquired citizenship, such as Palestinian refugees in Jordan). That is, there would be in Israel today at least 3 million Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

In addition, the UN definition contradicts international law, under which descendants of refugees are not considered to be refugees. Thus, under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who:

owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membe rship of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.

There is no room under this definition for a descendant of a refugee to be considered a refugee. The UN got around this problem by creating a loophole – the usual refugee conventions do not apply to people receiving aid from UNRWA (and only Palestinians receive aid from UNRWA).

Anonymous said...

• Whatever the definition, are the UN figures for the number of Palestinian refugees accurate?

No, as the UN itself has admitted. For example, in the Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East – 1 July 1997 – 30 June 1998, the UN concedes that:

UNRWA registration figures are based on information voluntarily supplied by refugees primarily for the purpose of obtaining access to Agency services, and hence cannot be considered statistically valid demographic data; the number of registered refugees present in the Agency’s area of operations is almost certainly less that the population recorded.

Since the refugee figures are based on “voluntarily supplied” information given for the purpose of obtaining services, such as financial aid and food rations, there is obvious incentive for people to falsely claim to be refugees to get services to which they are not entitled. Especially since, as previously stated, refugees don’t actually have to live in refugee camps.

There is also incentive never to report deaths of people considered to be refugees – since the rations for the deceased would be discontinued.

The results are predictable: sacks of rice and flour with the UNRWA logo are resold everyday by merchants in Arab marketplaces in, for example, Jerusalem and Gaza.

• Do most of Gaza’s residents live in refugee camps?

The short answer is no. Of the 1,275,000 residents of the Gaza Strip, the UN considers 961,645 to be refugees, but of these only 471,555 live in refugee camps. (Refugee figures from UNRWA as of March 31, 2005, Table 1.0 and Table 2.1. Since links for these tables no longer work, here are links to the updated Table 1.0 and Table 2.1, as of 30 June 2008.)

Anonymous said...

The camera.org article lastly states
"• Is Gaza “the most densely populated place in the world”?

Again the answer is no – many places in the world, some rich and some desperately poor, are more densely populated than Gaza. To cite just a few examples:

Area Population Density (persons/sq. mile)
Gaza 8666
District of Columbia 9176
Gibraltar 11,990
Singapore 17,751
Hong Kong 17,833
Monaco 41,608
Macau 71,466
Cairo 82,893
Calcutta 108,005
Manila 113,810
(Sources – Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2004-2005, Tables 18 and 1321; Demographia — Population Density: Selected International Urban Areas and Components ) Once Again, Israel is NOT an "Apartheid" or "Racist" state , those are lies

Anonymous said...

The website foreignpolicy.com has an article titled

UNRWA Has Changed the Definition of Refugee
The U.N.'s agency for Palestinians should stop playing word games and do its job.
BY JAY SEKULOW | AUGUST 17, 2018, 7:00 PM

Last week, Foreign Policy published a story about Palestinian refugees that claimed I am among the “activists trying to strip Palestinians of their status.” The article obscured basic facts about the matters at hand—both my own role as a policy advocate and the questions that lawmakers in Congress are presently considering that pertain to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). I feel compelled to correct the record on both points.

This requires first understanding the legal facts. UNRWA was founded in 1949 through U.N. General Assembly Resolution 302 at the conclusion of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948, aiming for “the alleviation of the conditions of starvation and distress among the Palestine refugees” from that conflict. The agency defines Palestinian refugees as “persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict.”

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"In 1965, UNRWA changed the eligibility requirements to be a Palestinian refugee to include third-generation descendants, and in 1982, it extended it again, to include all descendants of Palestine refugee males, including legally adopted children, regardless of whether they had been granted citizenship elsewhere. This classification process is inconsistent with how all other refugees in the world are classified, including the definition used by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the laws concerning refugees in the United States.

Under Article I(c)(3) of the 1951 U.N. Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, a person is no longer a refugee if, for example, he or she has “acquired a new nationality, and enjoys the protection of the country of his new nationality.” UNRWA’s definition of a Palestinian refugee, which is not anchored in treaty, includes no such provision.

Last month, members of Congress introduced a bill asking that with respect to refugees under UNRWA the policy of the United States should be consistent with the definition of a refugee in the Immigration and Nationality Act, such that “derivative refugee status may only be extended to the spouse or minor child of such a refugee” and “an alien who was firmly resettled in any country is not eligible to retain refugee status.”

Foreign Policy’s article includes a claim that deserves closer scrutiny and reflects the sleight of hand often performed by UNRWA. The author writes:

“Palestinians, [Sekulow and his organization] claim, are the only refugees in the world who pass on their refugee status through the generations. The view is not shared by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the State Department, which maintain that multiple generations of Afghan, Bhutanese, Burmese, Nepalese, Thai, Tibetan, and Somali people have been recognized as refugees.”

The clear implication of that paragraph, and the similar claims made by UNRWA, is that the laws I have cited above are wrong, that UNRWA’s definition of a refugee is consistent with the standard definition, and that in all of these cases the descendants of refugees are considered to be refugees as well. In actuality, what the article has done is to conflate two different issues.

Anonymous said...

And continues
"The 1951 refugee convention has a lengthy definition of refugee that is personal: A refugee is a person who “owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.” In registering refugees on this basis, the UNHCR interprets the convention as requiring “family unity,” and it implements the principle by extending benefits to a refugee’s accompanying family, calling such people “derivative refugees.” Derivative refugees do not have refugee status on their own; it depends on the principal refugee. UNRWA’s definition is also personal: Palestinian refugees are “persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict,” but it also registers “descendants of Palestine refugee males, including adopted children.” The status for descendants is not dependent upon accompanying the principal refugee.

Here is where the sleight of hand comes in: Of course it is possible for there to be multiple generations of refugees, if the multiple generations all fit the primary 1951 definition of a refugee. For example, if the granddaughter of a refugee is also outside the country of her nationality due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted, she too is a primary refugee. But she is not a refugee due to descent, because there is no provision for refugee status based on descent in the 1951 refugee convention or in internationally accepted practices for refugees who are not Palestinian refugees.

Those are the laws. Now, consider the broader political facts. Since the end of World War II, millions of refugees have left refugee camps and have been resettled elsewhere, including hundreds of thousands of Jewish people who were forced out of Arab countries. Many hardworking agencies have played a role in making sure that the descendants of these refugees were never refugees themselves. These agencies include the UNHCR, whose mandate is to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration, or resettlement to a third country.

Anonymous said...

The foreignpolicy.com article lastly says
"The only refugees who do not fall under the UNHCR and instead have their own agency are the Palestinians. While the UNHCR has resettled millions of refugees, since the time it was created, UNRWA has not managed to solve or even diminish the problem at all. Instead, using its own metrics, the number of refugees has grown exponentially, while UNRWA has become one of the larger U.N. agencies, with 30,000 personnel and a $1.2 billion budget. This is despite the fact that many of the UNRWA “refugees” are not actually refugees at all under the standard international definition of that term. For example, of the 2 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan, most have been granted Jordanian citizenship.

UNRWA, moreover, is the only refugee agency in the world whose purpose is not to resettle refugees and help them go on with their lives. UNRWA spends more to do less, while perpetuating a problem it was created to help solve. This situation, which does little to advance the interests of actual refugees and much to expand a bloated UNRWA bureaucracy, needs to be addressed.

The United States has been UNRWA’s biggest donor since its inception and contributes a disproportionate amount toward Palestinian refugees in comparison to other refugees around the world. What I, and concerned citizens including members of Congress and members of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), are asking is that the United States support UNRWA solely to the extent necessary to accomplish its original and intended purpose to resettle refugees from the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948 under the internationally recognized definition of refugees that applies in every other instance.

In the words of Lt. Gen. Alexander Galloway, then the director of UNRWA in Jordan, in 1952:

It is perfectly clear that Arab nations do not want to solve the Arab refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront against the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel. Arab leaders don’t give a damn whether the refugees live or die.

We at the ACLJ, on the other hand, do believe that U.N. agencies should exist to solve problems and help people. We are calling on the United States to do this for the sake of everyone involved, including the legitimate refugees who deserve better treatment than a failed agency like UNRWA can apparently provide.

Jay Sekulow is chief counsel of the American Center for Law & Justice and serves as counsel to U.S. President Donald Trump."

Anonymous said...

On the website blogs.timesofisrael.com an article by Fred Maroun is titled
"Debunking 25 left-wing and Arab myths from a left-wing Arab perspective"
I'm left-wing and Arab myself, but no, I don't believe this conflict is really a dispute over land
APR 24, 2018, 5:04 PM

Left-wing and Arab enemies of Israel make a number of accusations that they repeat as if they were facts. Here I take apart those myths from a left-wing Arab perspective.

I summarize the facts, but I include many links to other articles that provide further background. Some of the articles referenced are mine, where I reference serious sources not considered pro-Israel, including Haaretz, BBC, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, and The Huffington Post. I also reference pro-Israel sources that are known for their journalistic integrity, including The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, and The Gatestone Institute.

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The article by Fred Maroun continues "This article is not for everyone. It is intended only for a narrow audience: People who are willing to base their opinions on facts and not lies. Others are kindly advised to stay away, lest they be contaminated by facts that they would rather continue ignoring.

1. “Israel can end the conflict by withdrawing from the “West Bank””

I would welcome the creation of a Palestinian state, but I would be lying if I said that the possibility is realistic under current conditions. Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, and the resulting transformation of Gaza into a terrorist base shows what happens when Israel withdraws unconditionally. Since Israel left Gaza in 2005, many thousands of rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel and many tunnels were built to try to infiltrate Israel. As reported by Haaretz in 2014, an online clock timer showed “how much time has passed since the last rocket was fired; Sadly, this counter never really gets above an hour”.

Israel cannot afford to make the same mistake in Judea & Samaria (the correct name for the “West Bank”) which is much closer to Israel’s large cities than Gaza is. If Israel withdrew from Judea & Samaria unconditionally, it is virtually certain that the newly evacuated land would be controlled by terrorists dangerously hostile to Israel. Until Arabs agree to a reasonable solution that provides Israel the security it requires, Israel’s military presence in Judea & Samaria is fully justified, and even as an Arab, if I want to be honest with myself, I have no choice but to support it.

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2. “Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land”

Israel’s victories in defensive wars do not constitute stealing land. The land of Israel that is within the armistice lines resulting from the 1948 war (and usually referred to as the Green Lines) was legitimately acquired by Israel in a war of self-defence. Judea & Samaria and Gaza were also legitimately acquired by Israel in another war of self-defence in 1967 when several Arab armies congregated around Israel with the objective of destroying it. Israel later gave back the vast majority of that land in a peace agreement with Egypt, it voluntarily relinquished Gaza, and it voluntarily agreed to allow the Palestinian Authority to administer a large part of Judea & Samaria, referred to as areas A and B. What disturbs me as an Arab is that Arabs have at every turn made the wrong decisions, leaving them with less land, and even now that the Palestinians have had a chance to show their administrative capability in Gaza and parts of Judea & Samaria, they transformed Gaza into a terrorist base and they chose to fund terrorism in Judea & Samaria.

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3. “Gaza is an open-air prison / under siege”

When Israel voluntarily left Gaza in 2005 under the hawkish Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and evacuated all Israeli settlements, it imposed no blockade on Gaza. Even the anti-Israel Al Jazeera admits that the blockade “has been in place since Hamas violently took over power from Fatah in 2007”, two years after Israel’s withdrawal. The blockade was imposed by Israel and Egypt only after the Hamas authority in Gaza started attacking Israel. The purpose of the blockade is to stop Hamas and other terrorist groups from obtaining weapons with which to attack Israel. The legitimacy of the blockade was even recognized by the United Nations, not usually known as a friend of Israel since it is controlled by a majority of countries hostile to the Jewish state.

A siege is defined as surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible. This concept does not apply to Israel’s blockade on Gaza since Israel provides for the regular transfer of non-military goods into Gaza from Israel and through Israel, even when Israel is under attack from Gaza. Every day, “an average of 800 trucks enter the Gaza Strip carrying food, medical equipment, fuel, building materials, agricultural inputs, textile products and more”.

In 2005, the Palestinians of Gaza had a choice. They could have used their newly acquired freedom to build a strong economy in that coastal and fertile land, or they could have used that freedom to fight Israel. The fact that they chose the latter is not Israel’s responsibility, and it is not too late for Gaza’s Palestinians to choose a different path. As an Arab, I hope that they do so for their own sake.

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4. “Israel is an apartheid/racist state”

Israeli laws and police practices do not give preference to any race. All ethnicities, including Arabs, are treated equally. Freedom of religion is also guaranteed and strictly enforced, and so is protection of holy sites of all religions. One proof that Israel values diversity is its fast growing Muslim population. The only preference given to Jews is that Jews have an unlimited right of return to Israel, under the Law of Return, which is understandable considering that one of the reasons Israel exists is to be a haven for Jews who are persecuted elsewhere. Any of many Muslim and Christian countries, some of which are very rich, could provide such a law for Muslims or Christians if they so wished, but none of them do. Israel should be praised by leftists like me for ignoring race, gender, level of education, and economic background in order to accept and support any Jews who wish to return to Israel.

Israel also guarantees freedom of assembly, movement, and voting to all citizens, which include Arabs. There are a dozen Arabs in the Knesset (Parliament) and an Arab judge of the Supreme Court. Further, Arabs are very well represented in Israeli universities, both among students and staff. As a left-wing Arab who knows the level of bigotry and racism that exists in the Arab world, Israel is a breath of fresh air. I want the same for us!

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5. “The “West Bank” is an even worse apartheid”

Judea & Samaria is indeed an apartheid system, but to the disadvantage of Jews, not of Arabs. Arabs can live and travel anywhere in Judea & Samaria, although Arabs who do not hold Israeli citizenship cannot live in the 1% of Judea & Samaria that consists of Jewish communities, and they must have a security permit to visit. Jews, on the other hand, can only live in that 1% and cannot even travel to large portions that are controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). Overall, Arabs have far more rights and far fewer restrictions in Judea & Samaria than do Jews. The ban on Jews in PA-controlled areas reflects the Arab world’s attitude towards Jews since Arabs countries have expelled practically all Jews they once had.

As a left-wing Arab, I think that the Arab inability to accept Jews among them is shameful and counter-productive. Religious and ethnic diversity is an asset, not a weakness.

6. “Jewish settlements in the “West Bank” are illegal”

There are reasonable legal opinions on both sides of the question of whether Jewish settlements in Judea & Samaria are illegal, but there is no dispute on one fact, which is that the Arab deportations of Jews from Judea & Samaria during the war of 1948 were illegal and even criminal. The return of Jews to that land is only fair, and there is no reasonable rationale as to why Jews in Judea & Samaria should not be welcome within a Palestinian state if such a state was formed on that land, unless one is to accept that Arabs are incapable of living peacefully with Jews.

As an Arab, I know that many if not most individual Arabs are capable of living peacefully with Jews. If Arab regimes are not capable of it, Jews should not be the ones punished by being banned from settling on land that has a Jewish history that is far deeper than any Palestinian history.

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7. “It is the Israel-Palestinian conflict”

At the time when Israel gained independence in 1948, those who referred to themselves as Palestinians were the Jews. Zuheir Moshan, PLO Commander from 1971 to 1979 said, “The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestine state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity.” But even if we accept a distinct Arab Palestinian identity, it is very clear that the conflict is not between Israelis and Palestinian, but between the entire Arab world and the Jews, as indicated by the Arab world’s refusal to accept the 1947 UN partition plan that gave the Jews a tiny state where they had only a slight majority.

Arabs had a choice from the start, and they still do: accept the Jewish state and benefit from Israel’s contributions to the Middle East, or fight the Jews tooth and nail. It is unfortunate for Arabs like me that they chose the latter. The Arab world is very slowly moving towards acceptance of Israel, but we are not there yet, and the support that the Arab world still provides to the Palestinian extremists in continuing the conflict is an important obstacle to its resolution.

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8. “Trump caused Arabs to riot in Jerusalem”

The attacks on Jews in Jerusalem date back to long before US President Donald Trump was involved in politics. In the war of 1948, Israel barely retained part of Jerusalem, the Jewish residents were forcibly exiled from the portion that the Arabs occupied, and Jewish religious sites were destroyed and desecrated. After the war of 1967 during which Israel took back all of Jerusalem and annexed it, no Arabs were deported by Israel, and Israel even voluntarily granted Jordan guardianship of “Haram al-Sharif”, the Islamic holy site on the Temple Mount.

Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem at the time, made the claim in 1929 that the Jews wished to destroy Al Aqsa Mosque, causing a massacre of Jews by Arabs. Israel clearly has the military capability today to destroy Al Aqsa Mosque if it wished to do so, but it does not, yet that lie is still repeated, and it is the cause of Muslim riots.

Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem was simply the recognition of a fact. Trump, in my opinion, did not go far enough, and should have declared Jerusalem indivisible and fully part of Israel; a position that Barack Obama expressed six months before he became President. Arabs like myself who are truly concerned about preserving all religious sites and all religious rights in Jerusalem are quite pleased with Israel’s administration of Jerusalem.

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9. “Israel threatens Lebanon”

As a Lebanese person, I want what is best for Lebanon, and that would be peace with Israel. Israel has absolutely no interest and has never had any interest in occupying or threatening any part of Lebanon. Its only interest has been to prevent terrorist attacks from Lebanese soil, first by the PLO then by Hezbullah. It is the Hezbullah-controlled Lebanon that insists on maintaining a state of war with Israel, and that state of war does not benefit the Lebanese people. It only benefits Hezbullah and its Iranian master by giving Hezbullah an excuse to remain armed and to maintain an illegitimate control over Lebanese institutions.

10. “Israel is run by a right-wing government that is no better than Hamas”

The analogies between Hamas and Israel’s Likud party are nothing more than a dishonest attempt to demonize Israel. Israel has accepted, and even initiated, on several occasions, partition plans that would have seen the creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel. Many Israelis today typically vote for right-wing parties due to their doubt that the PA will ever agree to a reasonable peace plan. However, even the current Israeli government, which is a coalition of mostly right-wing parties, has consistently requested to negotiate peace with the Palestinians, whereas the PA has consistently refused. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even released hardened terrorists in an attempt to kick-start peace talks, and as an Arab who opposes terrorism, I thought he went too far, but it is certainly a proof of his commitment to peace. Before him, Menachem Begin negotiated peace with Egypt, and Ariel Sharon withdrew unconditionally from Gaza; both were considered hawkish right-wing Prime Ministers.

Palestinian authorities, on the other hand, continue to encourage terrorism and to refuse to pursue peace. That is the real obstacle to peace.

The Netanyahu government is right-wing by Israeli and Western standards, but it is in fact far to the left of any Arab regime, including on the issue of peace. Left-wing people, as well as peaceful Arabs, have every reason to support Israel, and no reasonable excuse for opposing it.

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11. “Israel commits genocide against Palestinians”

This is the most absurd of all the myths. The populations of Palestinians in Gaza and Judea & Samaria keep growing by record numbers. Even the Ma’an News Agency, a Palestinian news agency, reported in 2011 that since Israel’s independence in 1948, the Palestinian population had grown 8-fold; this is an average of 3.4% yearly growth rate, far higher than the average world population growth, which varied between 0.8% and 2.1% during the same period. If Israel is attempting to massacre Palestinians, it is the most ineffective genocide in history. Yet we know that Israel’s military is powerful and extremely effective. Israel has clearly never shown any inclination towards genocide.

But even though the accusation is easy to refute, enemies of Israel repeat it anyway because they know that it deeply pains many Jews who still carry the scars of the Holocaust and who have pledged that “Never Again” would genocides be allowed to take place. As a left-wing Arab, I am deeply embarrassed that my fellow leftists and Arabs sink so low as to make this highly callous and calculated accusation.

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12. “If some Palestinians behave badly, it is out of desperation”

There are hundreds of groups worldwide that are actively seeking independence and typically under far worse conditions and with far fewer options than the Palestinians. Those include Armenians in Azerbaijan; the Jumma people and the Bengali Hindus in Bengladesh; a dozen different groups in Burma; Mongolians, Tebetans, and Uyghurs in China; Abkhazians, Ossetians, and Armenians in Georgia; seven groups in India; and many others over all continents. If any of these groups was offered a state, as Palestinians were offered several times already, it is highly unlikely that it would have turned it down, yet terrorism is typically a very rare occurrence among those groups.

Palestinians have been mistreated and continue to be mistreated by Arab regimes, and they face apartheid in Arab states (which, as an Arab, I am ashamed of), and some may be understandably frustrated that they do not yet have an independent state, but they receive extensive support and funding, and they do not face any sort of genocide at the hands of Israel. Compared to practically any other group that seeks statehood, Palestinians have far less reason to feel desperate, yet they are extensively involved in terrorism. Hamas even admits to targeting civilians while predictably claiming to have excuses to do it.

Palestinians have had many choices to make over the last 70 years, and they have far too often made the wrong ones. Palestinian terrorism continues in fact because Palestinians are not desperate and can afford, due to international aid, to hold off on accepting any solution until they can get what their terrorist organizations have always openly demanded – the destruction of the Jewish state.

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13. “Israel created the Palestinian refugee crisis”

There would not be a single Palestinian refugee today if the Arab world had accepted the 1947 UN partition plan, which the Jewish leaders did – even PA President Mahmood Abbas admits that the Arab refusal was a mistake. Both Jewish and Arab refugees resulted from a war that Israel did not want but the Arab world imposed on Israel. While the Israel-Arab conflict generated 711,000 Palestinian refugees, it also generated 856,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands. The Jewish refugees were absorbed by other countries, mostly Israel, but the Arab world refused to absorb Arab refugees, keeping them in camps with limited rights. As an Arab, I regret that the Arab world lost the richness of diversity that Jewish Arabs offered, and I am angry that the Arab world uses Palestinian refugees as pawns against Israel.

In 1952, the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) director, Sir Alexander Galloway, put it bluntly when he said, “It is perfectly clear that the Arab nations do not want to solve the Arab refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront against the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel. Arab leaders don’t give a damn whether the refugees live or die.” The Arab world, not Israel, created the Palestinian refugee crisis and ensured that 70 years later, it is still not resolved. Imagine if Canada, 70 years after a Syrian refugee came here, he, his children, grand-children, and grand-grand-children were still considered refugees and had much less rights than citizens? There is no doubt that it would be denounced as racism and xenophobia, yet the Arab world gets away with the same crime when it comes to Palestinians.

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14. “The conflict is a dispute over land”

Israel is less than 0.2% of the size of the Arab world, not to mention other enemies of Israel such as Iran. When the Arab world refused the 1947 UN partition plan, Israel was even tinier and even more fragmented. The conflict has never been about land but about Arabs rejecting Jewish self-determination in the Middle East. After the 1967 war during which Israel took a significant amount of land in a war of self-defence, Israel sought to return land for peace, but the Arab world’s response was three Nos: no peace, no negotiations, and no recognition of Israel.

Why are my fellow Arabs so afraid of one tiny Jewish neighbour? I never understood that.

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15. “Zionists are the new Nazis”

Like the accusation of genocide, this accusation is easy to refute and is mainly meant to bring back painful memories for Jews. Nazism was marked by two significant aspects: Military expansionism and a form of racism/bigotry that led to the coldblooded murder of ten million non-combatants, including six million Jews. But Israel is not engaged in any racist activity and even less in any genocide. Israel’s wars were always undertaken in self-defence to stop military and terrorist attacks. Any land acquired by Israel was legitimate under the laws of war, and Israel has already returned the vast majority of that land (most notably the Sinai which alone is more than double the size of Israel) in exchange for peace, and it would have returned even more if Syria and the Palestinians had agreed to peace agreements that Israel was willing to accept.

In addition to the Jews not being “the new Nazis”, what disturbs me most as an Arab is that it is in fact the Palestinians who in the past had ties to Nazis and who today, as explained by Palestinian writer Bassam Tawil, behave in ways that are similar to the Nazis.

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16. “Even Jews think that Israel is a terrorist state”

Some naĂŻve Jews feel guilty over accusations that Zionism is a modern form of Nazism, and a few are simply antisemitic. However, the number of Jews who buy the dishonest anti-Zionist rhetoric is very small and very marginal. They are a convenient tool in the hands of Israel’s enemies, so they are quoted often and their importance is magnified well beyond their numbers. Their existence, in fact, demonstrates the democratic nature of Israel and the Jewish community. The Arab world, on the other hand, tolerates no dissent from imposed opinions.

In Lebanon, my country of origin, it is even illegal to communicate in any fashion with an Israeli. Because of my support for peace with Israel, I can never visit my own native country.

17. “Israel targets civilians and children”

When civilians or children are unintentionally killed in IDF operations, it is front-page news all over the world, resulting in very negative publicity for Israel. Israel gains nothing from killing Palestinian civilians, but Palestinian terrorist organizations gain world sympathy, which is why they often place civilians in dangerous positions during conflicts with Israel. Israel goes to great extents to avoid civilian casualties. When civilians are killed, it is in spite of Israel’s best efforts, not because of them.

Those who mistreat Palestinian children are in fact the Palestinian authorities who teach them hatred towards Jews and Israel, thus ensuring that the conflict can never be resolved peacefully.

The targeting of Israeli civilians by Palestinian terrorists is largely ignored by mainstream media, but even more surprisingly, while some courageous Arabs such as Khaled Abu Toameh and Bassam Tawil often raise the issue of Palestinian terrorists’ violence and abuse against Palestinian civilians and children, the mainstream media ignores that too. As an Arab, I believe that this is a form of racism against Arabs, indicating that the world neither expects much from Arabs nor cares about their wellbeing.

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18. “Israel is an imperialist project”

Jews are aboriginal people to the land of Israel. They are the ones who have been victims of imperialism. They suffered many massacres, including two sieges of Jerusalem by the Romans (63 BC and 37 BC), massacres by the Romans (4-6 BC, 36, 66, 115-117, and 132-136), the massacres by Christians (605 and 1099), the Hebron and Safed attacks by Kurds and Muslims (1517), the destructions of Tiberias and Safed by the Druze and Arabs (1660), the siege of Jaffa by the French army (1799), the Hebron massacre by the Egyptians (1834), the attack on Safed by the Druze and Arabs (1838), The Arab attacks on Petach Tikva (1886), the riots in Jerusalem instigated the Grand Mufti (1920), the Jaffa Arab riots (1921), the Arab Riots in Safed (1929), the Hebron massacre instigated by the Grand Mufti (1929), the Great Arab Revolt (1936-1939), and the Tiberius massacre by Arabs (1938). As a result of these massacres, many Jews were forced to flee.

As an Arab, it is my duty to recognize the Arab responsibility in several of these massacres, and I wish that other Arabs did the same rather than fabricate claims of imperialism. The Zionist project of allowing Jews to return to their land is in fact the opposite of an imperialist project. It is an attempt to reverse in a small way centuries of imperialist attacks on the Jews. Of course, the dead and their potential descendants can never be brought back, but Israel allows the descendants of the Jews who survived to return to the land that they should never have been forced to leave.

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19. “Israeli Jews are European”

Some of Israel’s Jews have European lineage, but it would be false to say that all or even most of them do. There are a little over 6 million Jews in Israel today. Many of them are Jewish refugees from Arab lands or their descendants. We know that there were originally 711,000 Palestinian refugees, and the UNRWA claimed in January 2015 that living refugees and their descendants total 5 million people. It is logical then to assume that from the original 856,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands, we now have at least 5 million Jewish refugees and descendants. By that estimate, Arab Jews make up the majority of the six million Israeli Jews. There are also many Israeli Jews who are descendants of Jews who never left the land of Israel. Even among the Israeli Jews whose ancestors lived in Europe, the only ones who would have no Middle Eastern blood are those who converted to Judaism, but conversion to Judaism is relatively rare since Jews, unlike Muslims and Christians, do not proselytize.

Israel’s official numbers from 2015 show the following counts based on paternal country of origin for a total of 6.3 million Israeli Jews:

Israel: 2.8 million.
Africa: 0.9 million.
Russia: 0.9 million.
Asia: 0.7 million.
Europe: 0.7 million.
America and Oceania: 0.3 million.
In addition, implying that Israelis who emigrated from Europe to Israel are somehow less worthy than Israelis who have been in the Middle East for generations is offensive. As an Arab who immigrated to Canada, I would not want Canadians to consider me or other Arab Canadians any less worthy of being here than those who were born here. That’s what we immigrants call xenophobia.

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20. “Jews have no right to have their own state”

The Jewish state has at least as much the right to exist as any other state on earth. Jews have a continuous history of over 3000 years in the land of Israel, despite being repeatedly massacred and forced to flee. If the Jewish people is not allowed to be independent on that land then no people should be allowed to be independent anywhere. How could I demand that my fellow Lebanese be independent if I can’t accept the independence of another people? The reality is that rejecting the Jewish people’s right to self-determination cannot be described as anything other than antisemitism, regardless of whether the person rejecting that right is an Arab like me or a leftist European.

21. “Europe supported Zionism because of guilt over the Holocaust”

The reverse is in fact true: Europe’s support for Zionism, although always weak, was stronger before the Holocaust than during and after the Holocaust.

The First Zionist Congress took place in 1897, 36 years before the Nazi party came to power in Germany. Britain’s Balfour Declaration supporting “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” occurred in 1917, two decades before the start of the Holocaust, but instead of helping Zionists, Britain imposed restricted immigration of Jews through the White Papers of 1922, 1930, and 1939, even while the Holocaust was taking place in Europe.

An embargo was imposed by the United States and supported by Europe on the sale of weapons to Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, starting in December 1947, soon after the United Nations announced a partition plan for Palestine. The embargo did not prevent Arabs from obtaining weapons, but it severely affected Israel which was able to survive only due to secret sales of armaments from Czechoslovakia, with the quiet approval of the Soviet Union. None of the countries that should have felt guilt for the Holocaust, most notably Germany, helped Israel get established or survive the Arab onslaught.

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22. “Israel’s support for LGBT rights is a cover for its crimes”

Israel’s support for LGBT rights should be praised, not demonized. Accusations of “pinkwashing” are in fact themselves a smokescreen for supporting Israel’s enemies who consistently use terrorism and hatred to ensure that the conflict continues.

As a left-wing Arab, I have supported LGBT rights all my life and I have always been disturbed by the fact that LGBT rights are practically non-existent in the Arab world. Instead of denouncing Israel’s support for LGBT rights, leftists should show their support for Arabs by demanding that Arab states emulate Israel.

23. “The BDS movement is a reasonable response to Israel”

The boycott-divestment-sanctions (BDS) movement is not an appropriate response to Israel because Israel’s actions are lawful and justified. The BDS movement – founded by Omar Barghouti who opposes the concept of a Jewish state – is in fact detrimental to peace, and it is driven by antisemitism not by peaceful idealism. Even if we ignore the anti-Semitism widely promoted by BDS advocates on university campuses, social media, and elsewhere, the stated demands of the BDS movement alone show the truth about the BDS movement. The BDS movement presents an image of respectability, but that is far from the truth. Since, its objectives, if achieved, would result in the killing of Jews and the return of the remaining Jews to the stateless and precarious status that they had before May 1948, the BDS movement represents an anti-Semitism at par with Hamas.

As an Arab who would like to see the Arab world become modern, liberal, democratic, and innovative, I would like to see exchanges between Israel and its neighbors, and lots of it, including trade, tourism, economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and much more.

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24. “Hatred of Israel is okay because anti-Zionism is not antisemitism”

Hatred of an entire people is never justified, and it is particularly wrong in the case of hatred of Israel because it is very clearly based on antisemitism and not on legitimate reasons. The related claim that Arabs cannot be antisemitic because they are Semites is a deflection based on a misleading and false interpretation of the term antisemitism. As explained by Encyclopedia Britannica, “The term anti-Semitism was coined in 1879 by the German agitator Wilhelm Marr to designate the anti-Jewish campaigns under way in central Europe at that time”. Anti-Zionism is in fact antisemitism, whether the person holding the belief is an Arab like me, a leftist like me, or neither.

25. “Israel is the cause of conflicts in the Middle East”

Israel’s enemies have accused Israel of initiating or encouraging conflicts to divert attention from itself. They have accused Israel for example of supporting ISIS. None of these accusations have ever been supported by credible evidence. The reality is that the Middle East has been involved in wars and conquests for many centuries. The Jews were several times massacred and expelled. Middle Eastern wars have a long history and were caused by several factors unrelated to Israel, including the two world wars, Shia/Sunni rivalry, Turkish imperialism, Roman imperialism, Persian imperialism, the Muslim empires, European imperialism, and tribalism.

Israel on the other hand, has only had one objective, existing in peace, which it has so far not been allowed to do. As an Arab who would like to be able to visit my native country Lebanon without risk of being jailed because I communicate with Israelis, peace cannot come soon enough.

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The entire Article by Fred Maroun can be found here, https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/debunking-25-left-wing-and-arab-myths-from-a-left-wing-arab-perspective/ Fred Maroun is a Canadian of Arab Origin who lived in Lebanon until 1984

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From Biblehub.com a good verse,
◄ Amos 9:15 ►
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New International Version
I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.

New Living Translation
I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

English Standard Version
I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

Berean Study Bible
I will firmly plant them on their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
"I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them," Says the LORD your God.

King James Bible
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

Christian Standard Bible
I will plant them on their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them. The LORD your God has spoken.

Contemporary English Version
I'll plant your roots deep in the land I have given you, and you won't ever be uprooted again. I, the LORD God, have spoken!

Good News Translation
I will plant my people on the land I gave them, and they will not be pulled up again." The LORD your God has spoken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will plant them on their land, and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them. Yahweh your God has spoken.

International Standard Version
I will plant the people of Israel in their own land, never again to be torn out of their land that I gave them," says the LORD your God. Coming Judgment against Edom

NET Bible
I will plant them on their land and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.

New Heart English Bible
I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them," says the LORD your God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will plant the people of Israel in their land, and they won't be uprooted again from the land that I gave them, says the LORD your God.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will plant them upon their land, And they shall no more be plucked up Out of their land which I have given them, Saith the LORD thy God.

New American Standard 1977
“I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them,” Says the LORD your God.

Jubilee Bible 2000
For I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, said the LORD thy God.

King James 2000 Bible
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.

American King James Version
And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, said the LORD your God.


Anonymous said...

From the website www.oneplace.com an article titled
"Israel and Bible Prophecy What Does the Future Hold? Part 1"
"Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, yea, the set time is come. For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favor the dust thereof. So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord and all of the kings of the earth Thy glory. When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory." Psalm 102:13-16

People sometimes ask me, “Pastor, why do you keep going back to the land of Israel?” Because I love the land and I love her people. They are God's chosen people, a people of destiny. I go to Israel for two reasons.



One, I love her past. I love to look back and see the land where my Savior lived and walked and talked. I love to study the Bible on location. It causes the Bible to burst aflame in your hands.
Two, I want help in understanding the present and the future, because there is Bible prophecy yet to be fulfilled. Keep your eyes on Zion, God's holy land. As the Jew goes, so goes the world. The Jews are God's yardstick, God's outline, God's blueprint, for what He’s up to in the rest of the world.


The land of Israel, I believe, is the most important spot on earth. The most important city is not Washington or Moscow, but Jerusalem. The most important land, believe it or not, is not America but tiny Israel, about the size of New Jersey.



Israel: the geographic center. “See, I have set thee in the midst of the nations (Ezekiel 5:5). Israel, called “the navel of the earth,” is strategically located at the hub of three continents.



Israel: the revelation center. From this land, the land of Moses, the prophets and the apostles, came the Word of God.



Israel: the spiritual center. In Bethlehem Jesus was born. In Nazareth He grew to maturity. In Galilee He walked and taught on the mountainsides and beside the Sea. In Jerusalem our Lord was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. From the Mount of Olives He ascended. And to the Mount of Olives He will return; His feet will first touch down upon the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4).

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"Israel: the prophecy center. Prophecy is “pre-written history.” The land of Israel is the only land belonging to God’s people. The details of their future are minutely recorded in the Bible. If you want to know what God is doing, study Israel and her people.

Israel: the storm center. The Middle East, specifically Israel, is the world’s greatest trouble spot. The Bible says “Jerusalem will be a burdensome stone for all people” of the world[CAP1] [CA2] - (Zechariah 12:3), and indeed we see in the daily news the gathering storm clouds of Armageddon.

Israel: also the peace center. We’re told to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6). There will never be peace on earth until there's peace in Jerusalem, until Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, rules and reigns from Jerusalem. When we're praying for the peace of Jerusalem, we're praying, “Even so, come Lord Jesus.” We want our Lord to reign from Zion, to sit upon the throne of his father David.


Israel: one day will be the glory center. When our Lord returns, all nations of the world will come to Jerusalem to worship (Micah 2:3). Jerusalem will be the capital city not only of Israel but of the entire world, and the Word of the Lord shall go forth from Zion (Isaiah 2:3). Jesus will reign from Jerusalem (Luke 1:32). Israel is at the center of God’s plan.



FOUR MIRACLE PROPHECIES

(THREE BEING FULFILLED TODAY)

As we look at Israel, I want you to see four miracle prophecies about this land.

Anonymous said...

1. The prophecy of Israel’s miraculous generation (How Israel came to be a nation)

In Genesis 18:18 God gave Abraham, the father of the Jewish people, the promise of a son—and descendants. He said, “Abraham, through your son all the nations of the world are going to be blessed” (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). When Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was 90, God gave them a miracle child. Every Jew alive today is the direct result of a miracle birth. Therefore, our precious Jewish friends should have no difficulty believing in the virgin birth because every one of them is here because of a miracle birth. That's the miracle of the generation of the Jewish people.



Then God promised Abraham a land for His people. God Himself gave Abraham the land we call Israel. And He gave it irrevocably. (Genesis 12:1, 15:16, 15:18-21, Deuteronomy 9:4)



2. The prophecy of Israel’s miraculous preservation



Not only did God bring Israel into being as a miracle nation, but God keeps Israel as a miracle nation. Psalm 89 shows God’s heart on this.



18 For the Lord is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king…. 20 I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom My hand shall be established: Mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. 24 But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him: and in My name shall his horn be exalted…. 27 “Also I will make him My first born, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy will I keep for him forevermore and My covenant [an unbreakable promise] shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven.”



God declares the descendants of David shall endure. Looking down through the tunnel of time, He foresaw (v. 30) that if David's descendants 30 “forsake My law and walk not in My judgments [and by the way, they have forsaken God's law and not walked in His judgments] 31”If they break My statutes and keep not My commandments,” [they have broken His statutes, they have not kept His commandments], then God says, “32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. 33Nevertheless,” [highlight the word “nevertheless]“My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail, 34My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips, 35Once have I sworn by My holiness that I will not lie unto David. 36His seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before Me. 37It shall be established forever as the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky. Selah.” [Selah means “pause and think about that.”]

Anonymous said...

God has said:

the Jews would be disobedient—and they were,

the Jews would be disbursed—and they were,

the Jew would be discredited—and they were,


but you could no more destroy the Jewish race than you could destroy the sun, the moon and stars. They may be chastised, they may suffer, but God said, “I will keep My word to David, his seed shall endure” (v. 29).

Jeremiah 31:35-37 confirms this.

35 Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The Lord of hosts is His name): 36 “If those ordinances depart from before Me, says the Lord, then the seed of Israel shall also cease from being a nation before Me forever.” 37 Thus says the Lord: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,” says the Lord.


If you want to get rid of the nation Israel, you will first have to get rid of the sun, moon, and stars. In other words, God is saying, “I'll tell you when I'll cast off Israel: the same day you can tell Me how high is ‘up.’ I'll cast off Israel the same day you can show Me what this earth suspended in space is resting upon. You’ll have to pluck the sun, moon, stars from My heaven before you can annihilate this nation.”


They exist as a miracle nation. They stand beside the graves of their persecutors. They live on. When they returned, the land was a rock-filled desert. Zion now is blooming as a rose.


Every Jew is here today because of God's keeping, preserving power upon His chosen people.


Throughout history, Satan, Israel's ancient foe, has tried to eradicate this nation and obliterate this promise, but he could not do it.


Egypt’s pharaoh could not diminish God's chosen people.

The Red Sea could not drown them.

Jonah's whale could not digest them.

Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace could not burn them.

The gallows of horrible Haman could not execute them.

The dictators of this world have not been able to annihilate them.

The nations of this world have not been able to assimilate them.

Anonymous said...

The article continues
"When other peoples have been taken from their homelands, when they have been scattered, soon they’ve been absorbed, assimilated—swallowed up, so to speak—into the culture of their new location and cannot be traced.


But for nineteen centuries the Jewish people, wherever they were found, kept themselves together, maintaining their traditions, laws, statutes and even language. God preserved them as a nation, an identifiable people.

God said He would “visit their iniquity with stripes” and indeed He has. They suffered unmentionable atrocities under Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great and the Greeks, Nero and the Romans, under the Turks, and Hitler. Under Russia they have and are now suffering. Under the Arab nations they have and are suffering. But they have endured because God's Word prophesied they would endure.

Anonymous said...


Israel and Bible Prophecy What Does the Future Hold? Part 2, from oneplace.com


We are looking at four miracle prophecies concerning God’s plan for His people Israel. In Part 1 we saw the miracle of Israel’s generation—the beginning of the Jewish people. Then we saw the miracle of Israel’s preservation. God protected and preserved His people through thousands of years of persecution.



As you study history, you learn that the indestructible Jew has left his indelible mark upon history. The Jewish people are not great in number. Of the world’s population, they are only 0.2%. That’s not two percent. That’s less than one-fourth of one percent. Yet did you know that 22% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jews? In 2013, six of the 12 laureates were Jewish. Think of that.



Abraham’s descendants consistently win high percentages not just of Nobel Prizes but other awards in medicine, health, music, and public life. What a mark they've made upon our world.



Did you know it was a Jew who financed Christopher Columbus when he set sail for the west? Of his crew members, the first to set foot on American soil was a Jew. Did you know that a Jew, Haym Salomon, financed General George Washington in our Revolutionary War?



Have you ever taken an aspirin? Friedrich Bayer, whose company developed aspirin, was a Jew. Were you vaccinated for polio as a child? The injectable and oral polio vaccines of Salk and Sabin were so effective, the disease has been all but eradicated.



Has the dentist ever deadened your tooth before he started to drill? Alfred Einhorn, who developed Novocain, was a Jew. If you're an anti-Semite, the next time you go to the dentist, why don't you say, “Just drill away, don't deaden my pain.” Have you ever had local anesthesia? Its inventor, Carl Koller, was a Jew.


When you developed an infection, the doctor prescribed streptomycin, developed by Waksman, a Jew. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was a Jew. Are you a student of philosophy? Spinoza was a Jew. Do you appreciate the Salvation Army? Its founder, William Booth, had a Jewish mother.

Anonymous said...

It's amazing to study the mark God's chosen people have made on the world. Jews can be thanked for the discovery of electromagnetic waves, the transistor, the first laser, oral contraceptives, antihistamines, anti-leukemia drugs, the electron microscope, vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague, the camera phone, nuclear fission reactor, sound-on-film technology, the discovery of neurotransmitters, the process by which we do MRIs, the Hepatitis-B vaccine, the first exact map of the moon—and do you like American music? Thank George and Ira Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Lerner and Lowe, and Stephen Sondheim, to name only a few.


All history has been dramatically impacted by six Jews: Moses, Paul, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, and above them all, the Lord Jesus Christ.



3. The prophecy of Israel’s miraculous restoration


After centuries in exile, God once again brought His people back into their land. In my estimation the most amazing thing that has happened in recent history has not been the end of World War II or placing a man on the moon, but the day when Israel was reborn, reconstituted as a nation.


Through the prophet Amos, God said,

“And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the way cities, and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof; and they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.” (Amos 9:14-15)


God says, “I'll bring them back and plant them there, and no one will uproot them.” God has brought them back to stay, regardless of what anyone says about it.

Anonymous said...

Military Miracles

May 14, 1948, Israel’s declaration day of independence, I was playing high school football. Little did I realize the impact of that moment—God’s fulfillment of Bible prophecy. At that moment, 650,000 Jews were surrounded by six Arab states and 40 million enemies who had sworn by Allah that they would exterminate Israel, drench the soil with Israeli blood, and drive them into the sea. With a fury, immediately five Arab armies swept down from the east toward the west and on to Tel-Aviv. But God miraculously preserved this little nation. Before that time, a Jew was subject to arrest for even carrying a gun. But by the time the UN called for an armistice, these people who were supposed to be “pushed off into the sea” were 150 miles into Egyptian territory. How did that happen?

The Israelis secretly took old automobiles and buses to sheds, where they welded boiler plates to the sides to make tanks. They took hoe handles and broomsticks and painted them to look like guns to appear better armed.


As Arab legions advanced through some groves, they encountered thousands of beehives. The Israelis are beekeepers. After all, you can’t have a land flowing with milk and honey without bees. And it just so happened in the attack, these hives were overturned. Millions of bees swarmed out and began stinging. They dropped their modern weapons in consternation and fled. Later, when the bees went back into their hives, the Israelis went out and picked up the much-needed weapons.


At the same time, coming from the north, others from Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq attacked across the Jezreel Valley. When they got to the middle of that valley, a strange sickness like dysentery disabled them. They were so weak they couldn’t fight. At that same moment, here came the Israelis with the weapons they had picked up from the battle of the bees. An American newspaper ran this headline, “The Bees Fight for Israel.” They captured those who were sick in the valley of Jezreel. The record reports that on one occasion, 20,000 Arabs were captured by 400 Israelis.


Don’t give Israel credit for that. God said, “I will bring them again into their own land.” I don’t think the Israeli cause has always been just. I don’t think the American cause has always been just. I don’t think the Arab cause has always been just. I don’t think you can say any cause is always just if man has to do with it. But God is over the affairs of men. God rules in the affairs of men. And God said, “I will bring them back.” God brought them back.


Similar things happened in the Six Day War in 1967. Again it seems God wasn’t neutral. Jordan, Egypt and Syria united with one stated goal: “Wipe Israel off the map.” But it was over in six days. Outnumbered 80 to one, God gave His ancient people victory.

Anonymous said...

The same was true in 1973, the Yom Kippur War. Israel’s enemies invaded on Israel’s holiest day, when no one would expect it. God again seemed to intervene when both Israeli and Syrian forces reported strange events that caused Israel’s enemies to surrender.


The Bible predicts that in the last days the same will happen when Russia invades the Middle East. Russia will be brought to her knees on the mountains of Israel. Ezekiel 38 and 39 relate this amazing prophecy.


When the battle of Armageddon is fought, when the forces of anti-Christ gather once more against Jerusalem, God will again come to the rescue of His people in that great, final war for Israel and her survival. What we see today is a foretaste of that.


“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about when they shall be in siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. In that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people. All that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:2-3

When that battle comes, Zechariah says the LORD will fight for Israel.

In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. (12:8-9)

Anonymous said...

4. The prophecy of Israel’s miraculous regeneration

Look what happens in their hearts after all this occurs.


“And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications, and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for Him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for Him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.” Zechariah 12:10



What a day that will be! The eyes of God’s people will be opened. With deep mourning, they will recognize their Messiah as the one their forefathers pierced.



…there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (13:1)



God will remove the idols from Israel once and for all (v. 2). Then He will bring those remaining through the fire,



…and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, “It is my people,” and they shall say, “The Lord is my God.” (13:9)


One of the signs that Jesus Christ is coming soon is the sign that Zion is being built up.

We long for this day! This is Israel’s glorious future—and you may be sure, God is going to bring it to pass.

Anonymous said...

From the website DanielPipes.org
an article titled
"
"Palestinian Word Games"
by Daniel Pipes
New York Sun
January 4, 2005

We read that "Prime Minister" Mahmoud Abbas is running in the elections on Sunday to succeed Yasser Arafat as "president" of "Palestine."

Excuse me, but prime minister, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, means the "head of the executive branch of government in states with a parliamentary system." Despite tens of thousands of references to Mr. Abbas as prime minister, he in not a single way fits this description.

Oh, and there is also the matter of there being no country called Palestine. Arab maps show it in place of Israel. The U.N. recognizes its existence. So too do certain telephone companies – for example, France's Bouygues Telecom and Bell Canada. Nonetheless, no such place exists.

One can dismiss use of these terms as symptoms of the same unrealism that has undermined Palestinian Arab war efforts since 1948. But they also promote the Palestinian cause (a polite way of saying, "the destruction of Israel") in a vital way.

In an era when the battle for public opinion has an importance that rivals the clash of soldiers, the Palestinian Arabs' success in framing the issues has won them critical support among politicians, editorial writers, academics, street demonstrators, and NGO activists. In the aggregate, these many auxiliaries keep the Palestinian effort alive.

Especially in a long-standing dispute with a static situation on the ground, public opinion has great significance. That's because words reflect ideas – and ideas motivate people. Weapons in themselves are inert; today, ideas inspire people to pick up arms or sacrifice their lives. Software drives hardware.

Israel is winning on the basic geographic nomenclature. The state is known in English as Israel, not the Zionist entity. Its capital is called Jerusalem, not Al-Quds. Likewise, Temple Mount and Western Wall enjoy far more currency than Al-Haram ash-Sharif or Al-Buraq. The separation barrier is more often called a security fence (keeping out Palestinian suicide bombers) than a separation wall (bringing to mind divided Berlin).

Anonymous said...

In other ways, however, the Palestinian Arabs' wording dominates English-language usage, helping them win the war for public opinion.

Collaborator means someone who "cooperates treasonably" and brings to mind the French and Norwegian collaborators who betrayed their countries to the Nazis. Yet this term (rather than informant, mole, or agent) universally describes those Palestinian Arabs providing Israel with information.

Refugee status normally applies to someone who, "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted . . . is outside the country of his nationality," but not to that person's descendants. In the Palestinian case, however, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of refugees also merit refugee status. One demographer estimates that more than 95% of so-called Palestinian Arab refugees never fled from anywhere. Nonetheless, the term continues to be used, implying that millions of Palestinian Arabs have a right to move to Israel.

A settlement is defined as a small community or an establishment in a new region. Although some Jewish towns on the West Bank and in Gaza have tens of thousands of residents and have existed for nearly four decades, settlement, with its overtones of colonialism, is their nearly universal name.

Occupied territories implies that a Palestinian state existed in 1967, when Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza. That was not the case, making these areas legally disputed territories, not occupied ones.

Cycle of violence, a term President George W. Bush has adopted ("the cycle of violence has got to end in order for the peace process ... to begin"), implies a moral equivalence between the killing of Israeli civilians and Palestinian Arab terrorists. It confuses the arsonist with the fire department.

The peace camp in Israel – a term that derives from Lenin's usage – refers to those on the left who believe that appeasing mortal enemies is the only way to end Palestinian aggression. Those in favor of other approaches (such as deterrence) by implication constitute the "war camp." In fact, all Israelis are in the "peace camp" in the sense that all want to be rid of the conflict; none of them aspires to kill Palestinian Arabs, occupy Cairo, or destroy Syria.

Anonymous said...

Arabs may have fallen behind Israel in per capita income and advanced weaponry, but they lead by far on the semantic battlefield. Who, a century back, would have imagined Jews making the better soldiers and Arabs the better publicists?

Palestine and Palestinian: The above article does not deal with the very terms Palestine or Palestinian. I do not consider these a victory for the enemies of Zionism because the Zionists themselves abandoned these terms in 1948 when they adopted the term Israel and Israeli. On their doing so the words Palestine and Palestinian became available. Israelis after that date no longer sought to have their country called Palestine or they to be called Palestinians.

Two background points: (1) That the British in 1920 carved out a mandate in the Holy Land and called it Palestine was a signal Zionist victory. (2) The year 1920 also marked the beginning of the Arab recognition – out of necessity, not enthusiasm – of the territory called Palestine, a topic I cover in depth at "The Year the Arabs Discovered Palestine."

West Bank: I did not discuss this term above because I do not see it as part of the Palestinian lexicographical assault. Here is why I use West Bank rather than Judea and Samaria:

(1) Judea and Samaria only approximates the area defined in a 579-word paragraph United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 that partitioned Palestine. It reads in full:

Anonymous said...

The article also states
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Therefore, as "West Bank" trips off the tongue a bit more easily than the above huge paragraph and is more accurate than "Judea and Samaria," and as it is not tantamount to adopting the Palestinian narrative but being historically and geographically precise, I use the term West Bank.

Jan. 4, 2005 addenda: (1) For a 1981 discussion of terminology, see my 1981 article, "Understanding the Middle East: A Guide to Common Terms."

(2) This article came out once before, under the title "Language: The Other Battlefield," at WorldNetDaily on the unfortunate date of Sep. 12, 2001. Figuring that not a person in the world noticed it then, I kept working on it and a bit over three years later, here it is. Note that the first version had a quite different introduction, about India and Pakistan.


Aug. 13, 2012 update: Philippe Assouline offers a delicious lexicographic study of Palestinian English titled "Palestinese Lexicon," where Palestinese refers "a parallel language ... that Palestinian activists and their allies have indeed invented," today at the Times of Israel. Here is the first entry:

Aboriginal/Native: Any non-Jew, preferably Arab, who has immigrated to Israel/Palestine within the last 150 years or is a remnant of Arab colonial conquests. For example, Yasser Arafat and Edward Said who were both born in Egypt are "Native" Palestinians.

N.B.: The latter link is to an article by me on this topic.

Oct. 23, 2013 update: On a far more earnest level, the Vienna-based International Press Institute brought six (unnamed) journalists from the Middle East and had them work on finding neutral terminology for 150 words and phrases used in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the result of which has been published as the 59-page long Use With Care: A Reporter's Glossary of Loaded Language in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict. As Al-Monitor explains,

Each term is listed in English, Arabic and Hebrew, along with a phonetic transcription of both the Hebrew and Arabic words in Latin characters. Alongside every term are two or three paragraphs explaining the meaning of the term, how it is used and why one side or the other might find it problematic. Finally, another column suggests alternative terms.

Sep. 17, 2014 update: Michael Weiss offers a snippy "Lexicon of the Contemporary Middle East Expert" that covers narrative, political solution, facts on the ground, imperialism, anti-imperialism, resistance, soft landing, and neocon.

Nov. 5, 2014 update: The PLO has issued a directive today instructing journalists to call the most holy place in Jerusalem not the Temple Mount or even the Haram ash-Sharif but Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, a neologism. All other terms than this one, it pronounces, are "null and void."

Aug. 1, 2016 update: Khaled Abu Toameh documents in "A Guide to the Palestinian Lexicon" the terms that the Palestinian Authority uses internally to describe Israel, including such delights as "the Other Side," the "State of Occupation," the "Government of Occupation," "Prime Minister of Occupation," "Prime Minister of Tel Aviv," the "Minister of War," and the "Occupation Forces." Well said Daniel Pipes

Anonymous said...

Also from DanielPipes.org an article titled "99 Percent of "Palestine Refugees" Are Fake"
by Daniel Pipes
Washington Times
January 10, 2018
In the words of a veteran Washington hand, the problem of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main UN agency dealing with Palestinians, is always important but never urgent.

Well, it just became urgent.

That's because President Trump tweeted "with the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?" Then, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley added that the U.S. government is prepared to cut off funds to UNRWA. And, Axios reported, a U.S. payment of $125 million was not delivered (though that was later denied).

Anonymous said...

The American taxpayer is UNRWA's largest donor, paying in $370 million in 2016. Few expenses would be more satisfying to cut from the federal budget, for UNRWA has a long record of misbehavior: incitement against Israel, supporting violent attacks on Jews, corruption, and perpetuating (rather than ending) the refugee problem. Not surprisingly, many attempts have been made in Congress to cut its funding. But, as Steven J. Rosen documented with regard to ten initiatives in the years 1999-2014, every one of them ended in failure because of Israeli government opposition.

Because of what, you ask? Yes, contrary to what one might expect, the Government of Israel wants continued U.S. payments to UNRWA, fearing that their termination might cause a new intifada, the collapse of the Palestinian Authority, or renewed warfare with Hamas. Also, Jerusalem sees UNRWA as a lesser evil than alternative recipients of the money, such as the PA.

Perhaps this time, with the president wanting funds to be stopped, that will happen? Not likely, because, as a news report from Israel indicates, while Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has publicly endorsed an American cut, behind the scenes he seeks to block or slow down this move, and for the usual reasons. Should that be so, it's hard to imagine the president and members of Congress ignoring his wishes, as they never have until now.

Even were U.S. funding to UNRWA ended, plenty of governments – and even individuals – could easily replace the $370 million, and have incentive to do so. Qatar could consolidate its role as protector of the Palestinians. Beijing could purchase a role at the heart of Arab politics. Moscow could reverse some of the damage of siding with Tehran. Carlos Slim, estimated by Forbes today to be worth $67.9 billion, could decide to burnish his Arab credentials. Worse yet, were any of them to fill the funding gap, the Trump administration would look ineffectual and isolated.

Anonymous said...

And even if no one replaced U.S. donations, denying UNRWA money does not get to the heart of the problem, which lies not in its sponsored activities but in its perpetuating and expanding population of "Palestine refugees" in three unique, even bizarre ways: allowing this status to be transferred without limit from generation to generation; maintaining the status after refugees have acquired a nationality (such as the Jordanian); and assigning the status to residents of the West Bank and Gaza, who live in the putative Palestinian homeland. These tricks allowed UNRWA artificially to expand the refugee population from 600,000 in 1949 to 5.3 million now; an accurate count of real refugees now alive numbers around 20,000.


UNRWA claims that this child, pictured in 2015 in Syria, is a "Palestine refugee."

Therefore, while enthusiastically endorsing Trump's political goals, I suggest that withholding funds is not the right tactic. Better would be to focus on the "Palestine refugee" status. Denying this to all but those who meet the U.S. government's normal definition of a refugee (in this case, being at least 69 years old, stateless, and living outside the West Bank or Gaza), diminishes the irredentist dagger at Israel's throat by over 99 percent. It also puts the "Palestine refugee" status into play, permits millions of Palestinians to live more healthily, addresses the dank heart of Arab anti-Zionism, and helps resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Accordingly, I propose that the president adjust U.S. policy to work with Jerusalem and continue to send aid to Palestinians while making it contingent upon the overwhelmingly majority of recipients formally acknowledging that they are not now and have never been refugees.

Anonymous said...

The Middle East Forum, which has been working this issue since 2010, has proposed legislation to make such a shift. It's both simple and feasible, as it does nothing fancier than bring Washington's relations with UNRWA into line with U.S. law and policy. About time.



Jan. 10, 2018 addenda: (1) The link at "20,000" above goes to an article reporting on a U.S. Senate bill estimating that "about 30,000" true Palestine refugees remain. That was in 2012. I estimate that one-third of those elderly refugees have since died.

(2) A source in the State Department confirmed that the $125 million tranche was not delivered to UNRWA and that the department is debating what to do about these funds.

Jan. 16, 2018 update: I pursue the financial topic started above at "U.S. Efforts to Defund UNRWA: Successful or Not?"

Sep. 1, 2018 update: How many real Palestine refugees does the U.S. government count? The usual number bandied about these days in 500,000, but that appears to include residents of the West Bank and Gaza, who by definition cannot be refugees, as they are "home":

The US, which is shortly set to issue a report on the whole Palestinian refugee issue, in which it will reportedly state that there are only some 500,000 Palestinian refugees — as opposed to the 5 million-plus claimed by UNRWA — considers that there are only some 20,000 genuine Palestinian refugees outside the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the TV report also said.

Anonymous said...

Comment: That 20,000 number precisely tracks the number I used above and elsewhere.

Sep. 26, 2018 update: In a "revolutionary" new report, the historically waffling Israeli Foreign Ministry has savaged UNRWA.

Instead of providing social aid, UNRWA exacerbates the conflict by inflating the number of fake refugees, instilling a narrative of hatred and undermining Israel's right to exist and having ties with Hamas. There are in practice very few Palestinians who meet the legal definition to receive refugee status. Only a few tens of thousands of the 5.4 million registered beneficiaries are refugees.

By inflating the number of registered 'refugees,' UNRWA sustains the demand for '[the right of] return' – a euphemism for Israel's destruction. Actual Palestinian refugees deserve to receive the same international assistance that other refugees around the world receive from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, in order to bring an end to and not perpetuate their status.

Oct. 14, 2018 update: Israel Hayom reports on an unpublished Government of Israel study of the number of real Palestine refugees and finds it, in the thousands, not the millions.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely described 2018 as a "turning-point" for UNRWA and its definition of Palestinian refugees, "in that the United States has said 'no more' and the State of Israel is closing rank with this policy."

Speaking to Tel Aviv radio station 102 FM, Hotovely said researchers in her ministry and in Israel's National Security Council have compiled a report determining that there were "a limited number of thousands" of Palestinian refugees today. "It does not come close to millions," she said, without elaborating on how Israel's researchers had calculated those lower figures.

The article also mentions the State Department study done in fulfillment of the Kirk Amendment which the Middle East Forum initiated:

Anonymous said...

Members of the U.S. Congress are demanding the State Department make public a key report that includes precise figures on the number of people who became refugees in the 1948 War of Independence. Sources who have seen the report say that the State Department's assessment was that only 20,000 of the 700,000 Arab refugees who fled Palestine during the War of Independence are still alive and displaced from their homes.

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Anonymous said...

The website en.mida.org.il has an article titled
"Arab Historian Admits there is No Palestinian People"
Judith Bergman | 09/11/2017
When the Ottoman rule ended, there was no Palestinian national identity or political borders. It was all made up later. Arabs themselves say so, but the west isn’t listening

One of the biggest, most stubborn and costliest untruths of our time is the notion that the jihad waged by Arabs in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Gaza against Jews in Israel is a national struggle of an indigenous people for independence.

No matter the facts, the lie persists to the tune of billions of dollars in international aid and political prestige, which makes it increasingly difficult for anyone involved to admit that the whole thing is nothing more than a propaganda stunt.

Unlike the fairy tale of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, everyone pretends to be blind and deaf when it is pointed out that the emperor is naked. In fact, if the emperor himself were to stand up and yell, ‘I am naked folks, go home!’ the crowd would go on complimenting his non-existent garments.

Last week the naked emperor did just that:

“Before the Balfour Promise, when the Ottoman rule [1517-1917] ended, Palestine’s political borders as we know them today did not exist, and there was nothing called a Palestinian people with a political identity as we know today”, historian Abd Al-Ghani admitted on official PA TV on November 1.

“Since Palestine’s lines of administrative division stretched from east to west and included Jordan and southern Lebanon, and like all peoples of the region [the Palestinians] were liberated from the Turkish rule and immediately moved to colonial rule, without forming a Palestinian people’s political identity.”

Anonymous said...

In 1917, says this Arab historian on official PA TV, there was no such thing as a Palestinian people. This statement amounts to saying that the whole narrative of an ‘indigenous Palestinian people’ was made up at a later point in time.

As Hamas Minister of the Interior and of National Security Fathi Hammad speaking on Al-Hekma TV said in March 2012: “Brothers, half of the Palestinians are Egyptians and the other half are Saudis. Who are the Palestinians? We have many families called Al-Masri, whose roots are Egyptian. Egyptian! They may be from Alexandria, from Cairo, from Dumietta, from the North, from Aswan, from Upper Egypt. We are Egyptians…”

There is a reason, why the “Palestinian National Museum” is empty of historical artifacts.

The Arab historian’s admission corroborates the observations of 19th century travelers to the region, who notably had no specific political agenda when they visited, unlike so many visitors to Israel today:

”Outside the gates of Jerusalem, we saw indeed no living object, heard no living sound”, wrote French poet Alphonse de Lamartine about his visit in 1835.

”The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population.” wrote British Consul James Finn in his 1857 description of the Holy Land.

Anonymous said...

”The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population.” wrote British Consul James Finn in his 1857 description of the Holy Land.

”Palestine sits in a sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that withered its fields and fettered its energies. …Palestine is desolate and unlovely….It is a hopeless dreary, heartbroken land.” wrote American author Mark Twain in his description of his visit in 1867.

Nevertheless, the Arab propaganda machine gets away with publishing fantastic falsehoods, such as this one on the Palestinian Authority’s tourism website: “With a history that envelops more than one million years, Palestine has played an important role in human civilization. The crucible of prehistoric cultures, it is where settled society, the alphabet, religion, and literature developed, and would become a meeting place for diverse cultures and ideas that shaped the world we know today”.

The international community not only approves of these falsehoods, it happily pays for them.

Historian Abd Al-Ghani’s declaration on PA TV was a historic, highly newsworthy admission that ought to have made the headlines everywhere, considering the importance the issue is given by political leaders, diplomats, the media and other establishment figures all over the world.

Anonymous said...

After all, if the Arabs themselves admit that the ‘Palestinian people’ is an invented entity, should not the consequence be that the countless UN projects, billions of dollars in international aid, and the endless campaigns against Israel cease and be used for more noble purposes?

The answer is yes, but no one is paying attention.

We live in a post-factual world. Facts no longer have any currency, unlike feelings and ideological posturing. The truth has been reduced to a troublesome inconvenience and if it happens to stare you in the face, nothing could be easier than closing your eyes or simply looking away.

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Judith Bergman is a columnist and political analyst

Anonymous said...

The website elderofziyon.blogspot.com has an article on January 10, 2019 titled
"The Arab Freshman member of Congress you Aren't hearing about because she is pro-Israel and anti-BDS" The Article is an interview with the brave courageous congresswoman
Donna Shalala, who stands with Israel !!!
Some People commented on this article -
"Did not know this. Interestingly, many might consider her a "self hating Arab" for her support of peace with Israel. Think about that. An Arab desiring peaceful coexistence gets no press and is likely shunned by her peers. But the self hating Jews advocating for "Palestine from the river to the sea" are the progressives' besties.

Zvi cbusa • 4 months ago
"many might consider her a "self hating Arab" for her support of peace with Israel"

But in reality, being a friend of Israel does not make any Arab a "self-hating Arab", because Israel is not, in fact, an enemy of Arabs or intend harm to Arabs. Rather, being a friend of Israel means that she is a positive-sum thinker rather than a zero-sum thinker. It means that rather than prostrating herself before the hateful and the violent and spreading their lies, she looks at Israelis and sees people and friends.

In fact, the most violently anti-Israel crowd have ultimately done enormous damage to their societies and their people. Nasser, Khamenei (not an Arab), Assad, Saddam, Qaddafi, Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Arafat, Abbas, Hamas, and other viciously anti-Israel leaders and factions have all been enormously DESTRUCTIVE forces in Arab societies and have brought untold tyranny and bloodshed upon their own peoples, usually at their own hands. They have launched wars against Israel that failed. They have trained, armed and funded terror groups that have failed – and which subsequently brought terror and sometimes civil war to their own countries. They have turned decent people against them. They have invested in hatred rather than in health, built terror tunnels rather than tourist centers, boycotted the very people who could make their desert farms more productive and who could help them advance their own technology sectors. They have invested in vendetta and spite, propaganda and illusion rather than science and reality and people. They have reaped death and desert, and a kind of paranoid dementia.

Contrast this with the Arabs and Muslims who are reaching out to Israel and to Jews, and who prefer to live and grow in the real world. Al-Sisi has brought Egypt back from the brink of the "death spiral" in which the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas / al Qaeda terrorists had combined to leave it. Egypt also gained the entire Sinai and ended 30 years of bloody warfare by signing a treaty with Israel; and now Israeli gas is helping to propel Egypt toward a status as a strategic energy hub. Farming in Jordan would be increasingly impossible if Jordan could not rely on Israel's delivery of water, a gain achieved through a peace treaty; and for years, Jordan's ability to call on Israel at need has deterred attacks by Syrian and Iraqi groups that would have been tempted otherwise. Arabs like Sultan Qaboos, like the late King Hussain, like Anwar Sadat, like the foreign minister of Bahrain, like Fred Maroun and like Dr. Shalala are not self-hating or Arab-hating. They are the ones who DON'T squander their natural gifts on hatred because they are too busy trying to build something BETTER.

Rather, the self-hating Arabs, the Arab-hating Arabs, the Muslim-hating Muslims, THOSE are the ones who hate Israel the most."

Anonymous said...

I guess it's worth mentioning that not all "Arabs" are Muslims. This is even moreso in Lebanon.

Shalala was born in Cleveland, Ohio of Maronite Catholic Lebanese descent. People have said about Donna Shalala that "She is also very smart"

Anonymous said...

The website iris.org.il has an article titled
Comparison of the size of Israel vs. New Jersey


Scaled map comparing the size of Israel to New Jersey
New Jersey is the 5th-smallest US state, covering about 7800 square miles or 20,000 square kilometers.
As the comparison map above shows, the land currently controlled by the State of Israel (including disputed territories) is not much larger. Israel in its pre-1967 borders was 8,019 square miles or 20,770 square kilometers, just barely bigger than New Jersey.

Considering the its size, is Israel large enough that it can afford give away land to try to placate the Arabs?"

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