Wednesday - July 2, 2008

Olmert: Don't interpret Israel's restraint in Gaza as weakness

By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday warned that though Israel is exhibiting patience in the face of violence from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians should not interpret Israel's restraint as weakness.

"We are in favor of a genuine calm," Olmert said while on a tour of southern Israel. "If it prevails, fine. If it doesn't, we know how to respond with full force, and in a manner that will guarantee complete security to the residents of the south."

Israel and the rulers of the Gaza Strip, Hamas, agreed on an Egyptian-brokered cease fire last month, under which Palestinians would stop firing rockets and shells into Gaza-border Israeli communities, and Israel would open its border crossings and refrain from military operations within the Strip.

Israel once again shut its cargo crossings with Gaza earlier Tuesday, accusing Gaza militants of violating the truce by firing a rocket at southern Israel on Monday. Gaza's Hamas rulers denied a rocket was fired and accused Israel of trying to shirk its commitment under the cease-fire to ease its bruising blockade of Gaza.

Gaza militants have attacked Israel at least three times since the truce went into effect on June 19. Israel has responded by closing its crossings with Gaza, but has not responded militarily.

"The closing of the border today is unjustified and another indication that the Israeli occupation is maneuvering and trying to dodge the conditions of the calm understanding," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.
 

Matthew 11:28-30

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

KJV

 

Thursday - July 3, 2008

Men Who Killed Terrorist: Policeman Was in the Way

by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) Moshe Plesser, the yeshiva student off-duty soldier who killed the bulldozer-driver terrorist, explained how he and security guard Oron Ben-Shimon stopped the murderous rampage.
 

Moshe did not wish to speak with the media, but hours afterwards read a written statement. He began by calling the attack a "murderous attack on our holy and beloved land, part of the war in which we find ourselves."  He then thanked all those who, he said, had a hand in helping him act correctly: "First of all, thanks to G-d, and secondly to the education and upbringing I received, beginning in the Morashah Talmud Torah in Jerusalem, and then the Dimona Yeshiva High School, and then the Yitzhar and Kiryat Arba Hesder yeshivot, and finally to my army training, for helping me act in the way every soldier and citizen should.  I also wish to thank my brother-in-law David Shapira for serving as a personal example [Shapira was one of the two who killed the terrorist in Merkaz HaRav earlier this year - ed.] "

"As far as what happened," Plesser continued: "I was bicycling from the center of town [westward] towards my home, when I saw a bulldozer battering a bus lying on its side and a lot of commotion. I immediately realized that it was a terrorist attack. I threw the bicycle to the side, and I ran towards the scene, trying to get as close as I could to the bulldozer so that I could get on it and stop the driver.  As I got closer I tried to somehow get a weapon.  When the bulldozer stopped, a policeman climbed up, and I climbed up right behind him, screaming at him to shoot." 

"Oron Ben-Shimon, with whom I was privileged to cooperate in stopping the terrorist, also climbed up, and he and the policeman tried to stop him with their hands. At first I could not shoot him, because the policeman stood in between us and the terrorist. The terrorist suddenly got up and started to drive again, screaming out Allahu Akbar, and Oron was able to turn the steering wheel so that the bulldozer wouldn't run over more cars.  Finally, I was able to grab Oron's gun and shoot over the heads of the policeman and Oron, three bullets to his head.  Then a Yassam policeman got on and fired again to ascertain his death."

Moshe can be seen in a blue shirt, outside the bulldozer cabin, in many of the videos of the attack being circulated.

Oron Ben-Shimon, a security guard at the nearby Kupat Cholim Leumit office, also took part in the save.  He said that when he saw the shovel of the bulldozer mowing things down, "I ran towards it. When I got there, the bulldozer was stopped, I got up on it - Moshe helped me - and we tried to stop the driver, who looked like he was fainted on the steering wheel. But then he suddenly got up and started the bulldozer going again. I couldn't get to my gun, and also the policeman was in between me and the terrorist - so I punched him [the terrorist] and that stunned him... Then Moshe - who really deserves all credit; of all the people there, he was the one who responded the most correctly - quickly realized what was happening, and took the gun from my holster and shot the terrorist three times in the head. Then a Yassam policeman got on board, shot another bullet, and that was it."

The journalists listening to the accounts of Plesser and Ben-Shimon praised them highly, as well as the policeman and the Yassam officer.  The fact that the policeman did not shoot and kill the terrorist, and the questions raised as a result, were not mentioned outright.

 

39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

 

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.

12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which cause them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
KJV
 

Friday - July 4, 2008

US military chief says attacking Iran would be extremely stressful

America's military chief has dampened expectations that the United States is preparing a military attack on Iran.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has also hinted that an attack by Israel would be unwelcome by the United States.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, speaking to reporters in Washington after a trip to Israel, was forthright in his concerns about the stability of the Middle East, but said solutions lay in diplomatic, financial, and international pressure.

He highlighted Iran as a destablizing force and said he believed the country was seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but warned that any attack on Iran would have ramifications that no-one could predict. He also warned of the stress a new war would have on the U.S. military.

The chairman said a broad concern exists for the overall stability level in the Middle East. “From the U.S. military perspective, opening up a third front right now would be extremely stressful on us," he said. "That doesn’t mean we don’t have capacity or reserves, but it would really be very challenging, and the consequences of that would be difficult to predict,” he said.

“Every move in the Middle East is a high-risk move, and that’s why it is so important that the international, financial, economic and diplomatic pieces be brought to bear with a level of intensity that resolves this,” Mullen said.

Mullen said his two-day visit to Israel was very informative. Israeli Army Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, the chief of staff for the Israeli Defense Force, hosted the admiral. Mullen also met Defense Minister Ehud Barak and toured Israeli bases in the north near the border with Syria and Lebanon and in the south near the Gaza Strip.

“Whenever I visit Israel, I always am struck by the very real threats they face and what I call the tyranny of ‘close-quarters geography,’” he said.

The prime reason for his trip was to reaffirm the close alliance between the United States and Israel and to forge the personal relationships that underpin the relationship. It was the chairman’s third visit with Ashkenazi since taking office in October.

“My position with regard to the Iranian regime has not changed,” the chairman said. “They remain a destabilizing factor in the area. I’m convinced the solution still lies in using other elements of national power to change Iranian behavior, including diplomatic, financial and international pressure.”

 

2 Corinthians 13:5

5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

KJV

Mark 13:26-27

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

KJV

 

Monday - July 7, 2008

Sderot's Newest Playground to Feature a Bomb Shelter Tunnel

by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) The children of Sderot will soon be able to run for cover from rocket attacks, even on the playground.  The new bomb shelter will look playful, however.

The city is in the final stages of building a playground that includes a tunnel for a quick escape from Kassam rocket barrages, reports the Sderot Media Center (SMC).

According to construction manager Boaz Etzion, “The idea of the park is that when there is a Color Red [incoming rocket] alarm, the children can run quickly to safety in the tunnels.”

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The park, which is funded by private donations, is scheduled to be open next month and will include lights and a fountain.

The escape tunnel, at a cost of 150,000 shekels ($46,000) is being built in the shape of a centipede to make it appear to be part of the playground and not like a bomb shelter.

According to the most recent Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) report, there are 3,578 students in the western Negev city of Sderot.  Between 70 and 94 percent of the city’s children show signs of suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result of the constant rocket fire, according to SMC. 

More than 4,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel since the Disengagement of August 2005, in which every Jewish town in the Gush Katif region was destroyed and all Jewish residents were expelled from their homes by the government.
 

 

Psalms 130:4-8

4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord , my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

7 Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

KJV

 

Tuesday - July 8, 2008

Ahmadinejad: Israel, America Afraid to Attack Iran

 

(IsraelNN.com) Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenged Israel and the United States, in a statement Monday that neither country was bold enough to attack Iran.

The statement, reported on Israel Army Radio, followed news that the rogue Islamic state has resumed work on its atomic bomb project.

Iran Resumes Atom Bomb Project

 

(IsraelNN.com) Iran has resumed work on its nuclear weapons project, according to a Monday report from the British newspaper The Telegraph.

Intelligence reports indicate that the Islamic Republic has resumed development of advanced equipment which, according to nuclear experts, is mainly used for developing atomic weapons.The report adds that the renewed operations were being hidden from international nuclear inspectors.

 

 

Ezekiel 43:13-16

13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

KJV

Ezekiel 43:18

18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God ; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

KJV

 

Wednesday - July 9, 2008

Israeli Arab Terrorists Threaten 'Unprecedented Attacks'

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

(IsraelNN.com) An Israeli Arab terrorist group calling itself the "Galilee Liberation Brigades" (GLB) claimed responsibility for the deadly bulldozer attack in Jerusalem last week. In an interview with a London-based Arabic daily this weekend, a purported leader of the group claimed that GLB committed several other terrorist murders, he threatened more attacks to come and added that they are holding a female IDF soldier hostage. 

In an interview conducted by way of third-party email, a journalist for the London-based Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi posed a series of questions to someone claiming to be the commander of the GLB. In his replies, the unidentified terrorist claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and murders of IDF soldier Oleg Shaichat in July 2003 and of Michael Ronkin in August 2007, as well as for the shooting attack that killed eight students in the MerKaz Harav Yeshiva in March of this year. Also in 2007, the group claimed that a man who was shot dead while carrying out an attack in Jerusalem's Old City was the perpetrator of the Ronkin murder as well.

In the interview, appearing in the Al-Quds Al-Arabi weekend edition, the GLB spokesperson hinted that they are holding Dana Bennet, 17, who was reported missing in August 2003. The group made a similar announcement in 2005. Asked why Israel has thus far refused to acknowledge the GLB's claims that they are holding a hostage, the spokesperson said, "Because it is causing considerable embarrassment to them."

The GLB's ransom demands, according to the Al-Quds Al-Arabi interview, include the release of six Israeli Arabs imprisoned on terrorist-related offenses. Afterwards, the GLB leader said, they would release a video tape "showing a female soldier talking to the people and Government of Zionism." Following that, they would negotiate the release of a larger number of imprisoned Arabs in exchange for the release of the Israeli Jew.

The Objective: 'To Sow Terror'
The objective of GLB, according to the spokesperson, is "to sow terror in the hearts of Zionists" and to "pursue the enemy wherever he is to be found." Claiming the group was founded in 2002, the terrorist said it had established links with the Lebanese Hizbullah, but no coordination with terrorist factions in the Palestinian Authority.

In light of these links, the interviewer asked if GLB is planning to avenge the killing of Hizbullah leader Imad Mughniyah, which the Lebanese terror organization blamed on Israel. The GLB spokesperson replied that coming attacks will be "unlike anything the Zionists have ever seen before." They will strike the heart of the Zionist enemy and "will surprise not just the Zionists, but the whole region."

GLB operatives, the spokesperson wrote, are deployed "throughout Palestine" and "recruited from all its regions." The Arabs living in the State of Israel since 1948, the GLB spokesperson said, should reject all political solutions to obtain their rights, should not serve in the Knesset and should struggle for the "liberation of Palestine."

 

 

 

Genesis 49:10

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

KJV

 

Thursday - July 10, 2008

Iran Test-Fires Missile It Claims Can Reach Israel

by Ze'ev Ben-Yechiel

(IsraelNN.com) Iran claims that one of the missiles it test-fired this week can reach Israel, according to reports on Iranian state media. The missile was one of nine medium- and long-range rockets that were fired in the latest test of the Islamic Republic’s arsenal of advanced weaponry.

The tests of the new Shihab-3 missiles came at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and Israel. While Iran develops its disputed nuclear program and regularly threatens Israel with annihilation, Israel is said to be weighing the option of a pre-emptive strike on Iran similar to the one made on Iraq’s Osirak reactor in 1981.

Iran has repeatedly denied the charge that it is developing nuclear weapons, claiming that its nuclear program is only for power generation. However, a top Iranian official recently threatened the use of nuclear weapons in retaliation to any attack on Iran.
 
Iran’s state television network reported that the missiles test, conducted by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, included a "new" Shihab-3 missile, which Iranian officials earlier claimed could reach targets 1,250 miles away, including Israel as well as American bases in the area.
 
An aide to the Ayatollah, Iran's Supreme Leader, said on Tuesday that if Iran was attacked, the Islamic Republic would first hit Tel Aviv, as well as US shipping in the Persian Gulf and US interests around the world.
 
The comments by the Iranian official escalated tensions by raising fears of military confrontation.  The war of words is also blamed for the record high oil prices of the last few weeks.
 
At a summit of the Group of Eight (G8) countries in Japan, G8 leaders voiced serious concern at the threats posed by Iran's nuclear program. In a statement following the meeting, the group called on Iran to suspend its program, including all activities related to the enrichment of uranium.
 
Last month the European Union offered Tehran an incentives package, which they hoped would encourage Iran to voluntarily abandon its nuclear ambitions. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the G8 countries will be sending European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana to Iran for further talks on the package, but did not specify a date.

Iran officially acknowledged the offer on Friday, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected the stated condition, namely that Iran suspend uranium enrichment.  Ahmadinejad termed the condition on Monday “illegitimate.”
 
Despite the Iranian president’s refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced hope for talks between Iran and the international community that would lead to a suspension of enrichment activity.
 

 

Psalms 101:1-6

101 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

KJV

 

Friday - July 11, 2008

Hamas Preparing to Pounce

by Hillel Fendel and Ze'ev Ben-Yechiell

(IsraelNN.com) IDF sources have warned Western Negev municipal leaders that Hamas is preparing to renew its rocket attacks - and that it has the wherewithal to do so with fury.

The current ceasefire has held, more or less, for three weeks, but it is not expected to last for a long time.  Hamas and other Gaza terrorists have fired an average of two shells or rockets at Israel every three days. 

Hamas overthrew Fatah control of Gaza in June of last year, and was able to amass at least 230 tons of explosives, 30,000 rifles, over six million rounds of ammunition, and scores of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles by the time they had been in power just six months.  Many military experts have warned that Hamas is using the ceasefire period to amass a tremendous arsenal of weapons and explosives, for use against Israel when the time is ripe.

In the meantime, Hamas continues to "drip-drop" mortar shells and rockets at Israel, with the goal of getting Israel used to a situation in which Hamas is "allowed" to respond to perceived Israeli violations of the ceasefire.

Analyst Yehonatan D. HaLevi says that Hamas uses "subcontractors" - small terrorist groups seemingly unlinked to Hamas - to fire many of the rockets is designed, so as to distance the ruling terror organization from official responsibility.  Members of the Hamas leadership are afraid of an Israeli response at them personally, and some of them have gone into hiding for various durations of time.

This morning (Thursday), the ceasefire's first fatality was registered, when IDF soldiers shot and killed a Gaza Arab as he attempted to cross the security barrier near the Kissufim crossing. Though he was not armed, he ignored repeated warnings to stop, and was finally shot in accordance with IDF guidelines.

"The area has seen numerous attempts to infiltrate Israel and plant explosives [along the fence]," an IDF spokesman said afterwards. "When Palestinians attempt to cross into Israel, they are considered terror suspects." The army has published warnings to Gaza Arabs that whoever approaches within 1,000 feet of the security fence does so at the risk of his life.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government has backtracked on its promise to provide rocket-protection to all western Negev communities within range of Hamas rockets.  Some fortifications for communities within 4.5 kilometers of Gaza are being worked on, but the government has put the rest of the project on hold due to what has been called "budgetary constraints."

Chaim Yellin, head of the Eshkol District Municipal Council, told Arutz-7's Hebrew newsmagazine that he was told by the Prime Minister's Bureau that the project will be considered again in 2009 for possible implementation in 2010.  "The problem with this work plan is that the work plan of Hamas is not waiting for 2010 or even for 2009," Yellin said.
 

 

Isaiah 26:1-9

26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord , have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

KJV

 

Saturday - July 12, 2008

Two Years Later: Waiting for Dead Bodies While Hizbullah Re-Arms

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

(IsraelNN.com) This Sabbath marks exactly two years since IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped by Hizbullah. A Cabinet decision 12 days ago declared the soldiers, whom Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said are dead, would be returned to Israel within 10 days. Latest reports are that the exchange of terrorists for the bodies will take place next Wednesday.

Relatives of Goldwasser and Regev have said they still are holding on to a faint hope that the soldiers are alive.

Foreign as well as Israeli media have marked the second year since the kidnappings and subsequent 34-day Second Lebanon War with reports on Hizbullah's possessing three times more rockets than it had in 2006, prior to the war. Prime Minister Olmert told the Security Cabinet on Wednesday that Hizbullah has repeatedly violated the August 2006 ceasefire resolution that ended the war.

He previously insisted that the war would continue until Goldwasser and Regev were returned. After the ceasefire, he claimed that war achieved a new period of quiet for the north.

Deal with Hizbullah Violated Government's Policy
The government-approved deal two weeks ago that calls for freeing Arab terrorists, including convicted murderer Samir Kuntar, for kidnapped soldiers Goldwasser and Regev, completed a total reversal of previously stated policies.

Following the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in late June, three weeks before the Hizbullah attack and kidnappings, Prime Minister Olmert stated, "This is not a matter of negotiations; this is not a matter of bargaining. Release of prisoners is absolutely not on the agenda of the Israeli government."

Prime Minister Olmert told the Knesset on July 17, 2006, "We will insist on compliance with the terms stipulated long ago by the international community: The return of the hostages…; A complete cease fire; Deployment of the Lebanese army in all of Southern Lebanon; Expulsion of Hizbullah from the area...  Israel will not agree to live in the shadow of missiles or rockets aimed at its residents."
 
Defending the ceasefire, he told the Knesset on August 14, 2006, "I believe that the realization of the U.N. Resolution creates good conditions for their [kidnapped IDF soldiers] return.

Olmert: War Subdued Hizbullah
Reports of Hizbullah re-arming have streamed through foreign media since the ceasefire, culminating with this week's report that Hizbullah is fully prepared to attack Israel with more numerous and powerful weapons.

However, Prime Minister Olmert has claimed that the war weakened Hizbullah.

In his Knesset speech in August, 2006, he stated, "In every battle, in every encounter with Hizbullah terrorists, the fighters of the IDF had the upper hand – of this there is no doubt."  He told the Knesset two months later, "Militarily we have dealt Hizbullah a serious blow and succeeded in disrupting the intricate system built by this organization through the long arms of Iran and Syria…. From our standpoint, and that of the entire world, Hizbullah ceased to exist as 'a state within a state' in Lebanon."

More recent statements have maintained that the war was successful because Hizbullah has not attacked northern Israel for two years.

 

Psalms 78:35-41

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

KJV

 

Sunday - July 13, 2008

ANALYSIS / Two years on, IDF starting to look like an army that can fight a war

By Amos Harel

The satisfaction on the faces of the senior officers who came to observe the training exercise of the 7th Brigade in the Golan Heights last week was unmistakable. The Israel Defense Forces is once again starting to look like an army that knows how to deal with a conventional war, a challenge that - due to more pressing troubles - it downplayed during the years between the outbreak of the second intifada in 2000 and the Second Lebanon War, whose opening shots were fired two years ago tomorrow.

The brigade-wide exercise in the Golan marked the climax of three months of training. In four days, the tanks of brigade commander Colonel Ro'i Alkabetz covered about 60 kilometers. They simulated a number of new scenarios, some with live fire. The tank crews ate battle rations, crossed a canal in a drill that the IDF had practically forgotten that it ever knew and slept just an hour or two a night, in over-30 degree Celsius heat. Paratroop, engineering and artillery battalions also drilled.

At the same time, the regular Paratroops Brigade in the Golan practiced a "Lebanese scenario": They landed helicopters in difficult mountainous terrain, contended with a simulated artillery barrage and pressed on to their missions. Armored Corps personnel worked on a scenario that included a clash with a conventional army, one that bore more than a little similarity to the Syrian army, notwithstanding the fact that the two countries have been holding indirect peace talks in Turkey in recent months. The two brigades also grappled with a scenario involving the launch of steep-trajectory rockets, a task the army belatedly identified during the Second Lebanon War as a primary objective.
When Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi visited the Armored Corps drill, he asked who among the 7th Brigade's senior officers had had experience with a similar exercise. One of the battalion commanders hesitantly raised his hand. He had taken part in an exercise, in a different brigade and in a secondary role, eight years ago. The last such drill by the 7th Brigade took place in 1999. This is an excellent example of the seriousness of the situation. Only now, with great effort, is the IDF returning to the model of 19 weeks of training on average per year, which is still significantly lower than the half-year of training that was required at the time the second intifada began.

In the last war, the 7th Brigade's tanks were involved in some serious accidents. Some were hit by anti-tank missiles. The brigade took part in the failed siege of Bint Jbail, and the brigade commander at the time, Colonel Amnon Eshel, was seen in the media apparently trying to deceive his division commander. Since the war, the whole senior staff of the 7th Brigade has been replaced at least once. And a majority of the troops who served in it during the war have since been discharged. In Lebanon, says a senior Armored Corps officer, "a situation arose in which the whole chain of command didn't know what the true level of fitness was of all the forces. The philosophy was, 'We'll do our best with what we have.' There had been a prolonged erosion in the army's fitness, and we were all a party to it. When a battalion commander who has never been through a battalion-wide drill goes into a brigade-wide battle in Lebanon, how can anyone with a head on his shoulders expect him to succeed?"

"We're still seeing a lot of rust," said one of the senior officers after the exercise. "The difference is that, a year ago, people weren't even aware of what it was they didn't know. Now they know what they're lacking. But by the end of the exercise, a certain amount of experience is accumulated, capability is built up. It's still a process and it's happening very slowly." The regular units, in his assessment, are gradually returning to their level of fitness from 2000, on the eve of the intifada. ...

 

John 14:6

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

KJV

Isaiah 35:8

8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

KJV

Hebrews 7:25

25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

KJV

1 Peter 1:21-23

21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

KJV

 

Tuesday - July 15, 2008

Growing Threat from Homegrown Israeli Arab Terrorism

by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) It was cleared for publication Sunday morning that four Israeli Arabs were arrested more than a month ago on charges of selling weapons to terrorists.

The suspects, three of whom lived in the village of Kafr Makr, and the fourth a resident of the northern city of Akko, were nabbed in a joint sting operation by officers from the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police Galilee District.

Public Security Minister Avi Dichter noted Friday night, following an attack on two Border Police officers in the Old City of Jerusalem, that there has been a rise in terrorist activity by Israeli Arabs. Dichter said the attacks appear to be "organized."

The two officers were shot during a routine patrol shift by an unknown assailant near the Lion's Gate entrance to the Old City. Although the attack itself was caught on security camera, the attacker's face was hidden in the darkness and thus impossible to identify. He escaped the same way he entered the area, through a nearby cemetery.

One of the officers wounded in the attack remains in critical condition. His patrol partner, who suffered moderate injuries, is still listed in fair condition. Both are hospitalized at Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

Israeli Arab Terrorist Trend Developing?
Two cousins from the Abu Sakut clan in the southern Bedouin city of Rahat were indicted last week on charges of membership in the international Al Qaeda terrorist organization.

Taher and Omar Abu Sakut were caught in late May in a joint operation by Israel Police and the Shin Bet. Both confessed to a list of crimes under interrogation last month, including aiding the enemy in wartime, delivering information to the enemy in order to harm national security, and membership in a terrorist organization.

In Jerusalem, where a quarter of a million of the city's residents are Arabs, there have been two major terror attacks by Jerusalem Arabs within the past four months.

On July 2, an eastern Jerusalem Arab previously unknown to security forces climbed into the bulldozer he drove as a construction worker and proceeded to mow down civilians in the center of Jerusalem.

The terrorist rammed the huge earth-moving shovel into two buses and then slammed into six cars, killing three people and wounding 45 others before an off-duty IDF soldier and a Yassam police officer shot and killed him, ending the murder spree.

A deadly attack by another eastern Jerusalem Arab resident four months earlier  raised red flags over the issue of how safe it is to hire Arab workers – even those who are residents of Jerusalem.

Eight young students at the Merkaz HaRav Kook yeshiva in Jerusalem were gunned down in a bloody attack by an Arab driver the boys knew and trusted and who had often transported them and others to and from school.

A previously unknown Israeli Arab terrorist group calling itself the "Free Galilee Brigades" (FGB) claimed responsibility for both attacks.

In an interview conducted through third-party e-mail, an unidentified terrorist leader from the organization told a journalist for the London-based Arabic daily Al Quds Al Arabi that the group had carried out a number of other attacks as well and threatened more to come.

 

Luke 16:22315

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

KJV

 

Wednesday - July 16, 2008

Hizbullah Gears Up For War, Olmert Asks for UN Help

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz and Pinchas Sanderson

(IsraelNN.com) Arab reports indicate that Hizbullah is preparing to arm its rockets with chemical warheads and to build extensive fortifications. Defense Minister Ehud Barak blames the Syrians, while Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asks the United Nations to do something. 

"[UN Security Council] Resolution 1701 is being violated. Hizbullah continues to get stronger with the ongoing and intimate assistance of the Syrians," according to Defense Minister Barak. Speaking at a meeting of the Labor party's Knesset representatives on Monday, Barak said, "The delicate balance that exists on the northern border should not be violated on the two-year anniversary of the Second Lebanon War. We should make an explicit statement: Resolution 1701 did not work, it is not working, and all indications are that it will not work in the future. It is a failure."

Adding further weight to Defense Minister Barak's declaration is an article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyasa, which reported Monday that Hizbullah has acquired chemicals needed to make weapons such as nerve gas or mustard gas from North Korean suppliers. The Lebanese terrorist organization is allegedly preparing to arm its Katyusha rockets with such chemical warheads. Echoing Barak's claims, the Kuwaiti paper also stated that the assistance of Syria and Iran has been crucial in Hizbullah's efforts to acquire chemical weapons capabilities. The Al-Siyasa report was based on intelligence provided to the Kuwaiti paper by Syrian opposition figures in the United States.

Other Arab sources also indicate Hizbullah is entrenching itself for another attack on Israel. The organization is reportedly stockpiling "truckloads" of building materials, such as steel and concrete, in order to restore and expand the terrorists' network of fortifications in southern Lebanon.

Beirut-based Dalal Steel Industries, a leading manufacturer of steel-reinforced buildings, reported that it has provided Hizbullah with substantial bunker-building and other materials. The company told Arab media that it had been shipping Hizbullah orders southwards towards Israel's border. The underground bunkers used by Hizbullah, usually hidden by natural cover such as trees and foliage, were coined "nature reserves" by the IDF in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, and they proved difficult targets to find and destroy.

Eyewitness accounts allege that Hizbullah members are preventing UNIFIL forces from inspecting the trucks or preventing their movements. Reports by UNIFIL commanders have confirmed that local Hizbullah supporters have effectively prevented the force from efficiently performing its duties under Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Lebanon War. Among other tasks, the UNIFIL mandate is to assure a southern Lebanon "free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL deployed in this area."

In light of the failure of UNIFIL and the ratcheting up of Hizbullah forces, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert turned to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to prevent weapons smuggling to Hizbullah units in southern Lebanon. "UNIFIL must act much more intensively," Olmert said during a meeting with Ki-Moon on Monday at the end of the Mediterranean Union conference in Paris.

 

Luke 21:24-28

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

KJV

1 Peter 4:3-7

3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

KJV

 

Thursday - July 17, 2008

Obama to meet with Abbas in Ramallah

PA leadership ‘quite excited’ about visit of US presidential candidate

Palestinian Authority offiicials said on Monday they are “quite excited” that as part of his regional tour next week, US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Ramallah, where he will meet with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

"This visit shows that the man is interested in the Middle East," said a PA officials, who added that Abbas will brief him on Palestinian affairs and the status of the peace talks with Israel.

Despite their enthusiasm, he said the PA does not see the visit as an endorsement of Obama over his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain. "The Palestinians don't interfere in the internal affairs of the US," assured the senior PA official, reported The Jerusalem Post.

The hope for PA officials is that the new US president, no matter who it is, will make the Israeli-Arab conflict a top priority. "Without US involvement, the peace process can't move forward," he emphasized. "The next US administration must exert pressure on Israel to halt its policy of settlement construction and remove all restrictions on the Palestinians."

PA officials also showed approval of Obama’s latest comments about the fate of Jerusalem. Obama has been forced to clarify several times now that his statement in support of an undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital - made at the annual AIPAC policy conference in May - would still allow for a Palestinian capital there as well.

"You know, the truth is that this was an example where we had some poor phrasing in the speech, and we immediately tried to correct the interpretation that was given," Obama told CNN. "The point we were simply making was, is that we don't want barbed wire running through Jerusalem, similar to the way it was prior to the 1967 war, that it is possible for us to create a Jerusalem that is cohesive and coherent. I was not trying to predetermine what are essentially final-status issues."

The PA officials said they looked upon Obama “corrections" as “very positive,” which “displayed sensitivity and a balanced stance.”
 

John 10:26-29

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

KJV

2 Timothy 2:19-21

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

KJV

 

Friday - July 18, 2008

Iran Praises Release of Murderers by Israel

(IsraelNN.com) Iran praised the release by Israel of child murderer Samir Kuntar and four other Hizbullah terrorists on Wednesday, according to the Iranian state-run IRNA news agency.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, “The glad news of the release of Lebanese prisoners by the Zionist regime is part of the achievement by the Islamic Hizbullah and the dear Lebanese people’s resistance.

Prisoner Swap: Israel Mourns, Hizbullah and PA Celebrate

by Ze'ev Ben-Yechiel

(IsraelNN.com) With the prisoner exchange with Hizbullah approaching its tragic climax, dozens of news crews at Rosh HaNikra and throughout the country are broadcasting the reactions of observers to the latest developments. The bitterly contested prisoner exchange is developing into one of Israel's most riveting and painful episodes, while Hizbullah and the PA celebrate victory and renew their threat to kidnap more IDF soldiers.

The conclusion of the prisoner exchange began Tuesday night with the release of child-murderer Samir Kuntar and four of his co-terrorists, and continued through Wednesday morning with the release of the coffins of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, all caught on camera for the nation and the world to see.

To the families of the two captured IDF soldiers, the news that their sons are dead is a tragedy, while to others in Israel the prospect of handing over alive-and-well murderers of innocent Jews in exchange for dead bodies is a travesty. For those who support terrorism, the release is being hailed as a victory for Hizbullah and the struggle to destroy Israel, coupled with an admission of defeat from the Jewish state. ...

Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens echoed the anti-swap deal sentiment, deeming the decision to release the terrorists a "complete lack of judgement" and calling the Olmert cabinet's deal a "mistake that is forbidden to make," as it encourages the enemy to kidnap more soldiers.

There has been public as well as official outcry in Israel at the prisoner swap.

Shifra Hoffman, founder of Victims of Arab Terror International (VAT) organization, said her group “strongly condemns the government of Israel for agreeing to release Samir Kuntar, the bestial child killer and other Arab terrorists with ‘blood on their hands.’ This obscene exchange with Hizbullah, has, in effect, murdered the Jewish victims twice, and has opened the door for future terrorist attacks by Arab killers, who see that they have nothing to fear in perpetrating these horrendous acts on innocent Israeli men, woman and children.”  .......

Hizbullah boasted about the prisoner swap in a report from the AP. The terrorist group who kidnapped and killed several IDF soldiers announced Tuesday that Israel's approval of the swap deal is an official admission of defeat by the Jewish state.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated the family of Samir Kuntar and sent his condolences to the Lebanese families receiving their loved ones' bodies as part of the deal.

In Gaza, Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh congratulated Samir Kuntar on his impending release from Israeli prison and his triumphant return to Lebanon. Haniyeh praised "the great victory the resistance has had, which proved the righteousness of our ways," and said his own terrorist organization would likewise remain loyal to its operatives jailed in Israel as well, a hint that Hamas has been emboldened by the release to kidnap more IDF soldiers.

"From the al-Bureij camp, the camp of strong standing, I once against congratulate Lebanon," proclaimed Haniyeh. "We tell them that this operation is the best lesson that can be achieved – a victory over the occupation, liberating lands and liberating prisoners."

The Hamas prime minister said that the deal with Hizbullah, which included the return of the bodies of kidnapped soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, gave him hope. "This is a precedent," he said.

Abu Mujahed, a spokesman for the Gaza-based umbrella terror group Popular Resistance Committees, told Ynet Wednesday that the completion of the deal "even after the images of the Israeli soldiers' coffins, proves that kidnapping soldiers will continue to be the most efficient, favored and ideal way to release Palestinian prisoners, particularly those defined by the enemy as having blood on their hands."

 

 

Acts 15:15-18

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

KJV

 

Saturday - July 19, 2008

PA: In Praise of Bloodthirsty Terrorist Murderers

by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority media, including newspapers and television stations controlled by PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, have been singing the praises of mass murderers Samir Kuntar and Dalal Mughrabi in recent days, according to the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).

The PA media have characterized these two terrorists as personifying the ideal hero that a child growing up in the Palestinian Authority should hope to become someday.

Until this past Tuesday night, Kuntar was serving four life sentences in an Israeli prison for the brutal murders of a four-year-old child, her father and a police officer, and the death of the girl's two-year-old sister. In a 1979 attack on Nahariya, Kuntar first killed policeman Eliahu Shachar, then murdered Danny Haran before smashing his small daughter’s skull with his rifle butt and rocks. Little Einat’s baby sister also died, accidentally suffocated by her terrified mother, trying to keep the girl quiet as they hid during the attack.

Kuntar was freed by Israel on Wednesday morning in order to gain the return of IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, kidnapped by Hizbullah terrorists in a cross-border raid that ignited the 2006 Second Lebanon War. Both soldiers were returned dead.

Dalal Mughrabi, whose body was also handed back to Lebanon as part of the exchange for Goldwasser and Regev, led the worst terror attack in the history of Israel. In a 1978 bus hijacking known as the Coastal Road massacre, 37 people, including 13 children and many tourists, were murdered. Before attacking the bus, Mughrabi and her cohorts also murdered photographer Gail Rubin as she took nature photos on the beach.  

Public Congratulations and Blessings from Abbas
PA TV and the Al-Hayat Al-Jadida newspaper both recorded blessings and congratulations to the returning terrorists. Al-Hayat Al-Jadida published a statement by official Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abdul-Rahman on Thursday, who said, “the Fatah movement sends warm blessings to Hizbullah, to all the resistance [terror forces –ed.] and to the Lebanese nation, and the Palestinians for their historic victory over the Israeli arrogance in their victorious July War…"

‘And on the return of the heroes of freedom, the heroes and the Martyrs, headed by the great Samir Kuntar and the martyr fighter Dalal Mughrabi, who led the most glorified sacrifice action in the history of the Palestinian-Israeli struggle...  The Fatah party… vows to the Palestinian people that Fatah will continue to struggle in the way of the pure Martyrs, until the state is liberated and the Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as the capital. The Fatah movement turns on this day that abounds with sincere blessings to Hizbullah."

“The battle against the theft of Palestine is the battle of all the fighters and all the Arab nations. Blessings to the free heroes and their head, the heroic fighter Samir Kuntar, and blessings to the spirit of the heroic Dalal Mughrabi and to the friends of the heroes. President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated yesterday’s exchange of prisoners and bodies of Martyrs. The president sent blessings to Samir Kuntar’s family.” ...
 
 

Trilateral PA-Israel-US Talks Set for Washington July 30
PA negotiator Saeb Erekat told reporters Thursday night that his team will meet with Israeli negotiators in trilateral talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice later this month.  Erekat said chief PA negotiator Ahmed Qureia and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni would meet with Rice on July 30 to continue final status talks.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Aryeh Mekel claimed he had no knowledge of the plans.

 

Ezekiel 11:19-21

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God .

KJV

 

Sunday - July 20, 2008

Hizbullah infiltrating 'every town' in south Lebanon

IDF raises alert level on northern border

Reports indicate Hizbullah has been expanding its military presence into southern Lebanese villages with non-Shi’ite populations by purchasing land and establishing fortifications and missile launch sites.

Under its post-war strategy, Hizbullah stopped hiding most of its Katyusha rocket launchers in forested "nature reserves" in southern Lebanon and started building facilities in non-Shi’ite villages against their wills, according to IDF sources.

The new UNIFIL mandate drafted by the UN Security Council after the Second Lebanon War in 2006 is a main reason for the change. Currently, UN peacekeeping troops are allowed to patrol rural areas of south Lebanon but cannot go into villages without an escort from the Lebanese army, which often forewarns Hizbullah of any possible inspections.

Hizbullah’s new strategy comes as Israel is urging the UN to amend the UNIFIL mandate  to allow its peacekeepers to freely patrol the villages as well. "Hizbullah is moving into every town that it can," a top defense official told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. "This is in order to evade UNIFIL detection."

With this week's prisoner swap now complete, the IDF has heightened its alert level on the northern border in anticipation that Hizbullah will try to retaliate for the death of its top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated last February in Damascus.

Meanwhile, Lebanese citizens are complaining of receiving recorded warnings of “harsh retaliation” from Israel on the phone if Hizbullah attacks. The automated messages warn against Hizbullah creating “a state within a state” in Lebanon, and sign off by identifying the caller as “the State of Israel.”

Israel has yet to respond to reports of the recorded messages, which also occurred during the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

 

John 15:18-21

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

KJV

 

Tuesday - July 22, 2008

U.N. Soldiers Saluted Coffins of Hizbullah Terrorists

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

(IsraelNN.com) Israel has protested the action of two United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldiers who were photographed by the Associated Press while saluting coffins of Hizbullah terrorists freed by Israel.

UNIFIL is mandated to patrol southern Lebanon and prevent Hizbullah from re-arming. Its original mandate also calls on them to disarm the terrorist organization, but UNIFIL officers said at the outset of their mission they would not try to carry out the orders

The photograph shows the soldiers saluting the coffins, which passed through the coastal city of Tyre and bore a large image of Hizbullah mastermind terrorist Imad Mughibyeh, who was assassinated in Syria earlier this year.

Outgoing Israel Ambassador to the U.N. Dan Gillerman said he was "shocked and horrified" by the photograph. “I think this is a very tragic and sad day for the United Nations when its soldiers who were sent there because of Hizbullah terrorist activities salute the terrorists and the killers,” Gillerman said. He urged the U.N. to return the soldiers to their home countries because they "compromised the integrity of the United Nations." The soldiers' identifies were not confirmed, but one report said they are from Italy.

However, a UNIFIL spokeswoman said the soldiers routinely salute all coffins that are draped with Lebanese national flags. Another spokesman, Farhan Haq, told Fox News that the peacekeeping force "is an impartial source; it doesn’t show a bias for either side."

Israel released the bodies of 199 dead terrorists as well as 5 living terrorists, including child murderer Samir Kuntar, in exchange for the bodies of kidnapped and murdered IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were returned to their families on Wednesday.

 

Revelation 14:1-7

4 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

KJV

 

Wednesday - July 23, 2008

Another Bulldozer Attack in Jerusalem: 12 Wounded

by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) For the second time in three weeks, an Arab commandeered a bulldozer to commit a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. He wounded several people before being shot and killed.

The terrorist began his attempt to murder Jews on King David St. near the Yemin Moshe neighborhood.  He took a tractor from a construction site, and began plowing into vehicles along the street, hitting three cars and a bus. When he reached the intersection of Keren HaYesod St., a citizen and Border Guard policeman shot and killed him.  The entire incident was over very quickly, eyewitnesses said.

Less than three weeks ago, an Arab from eastern Jerusalem killed three people in a similar attack before he was himself killed by a heroic yeshiva student/soldier.

Of the 12 injured, one is reported in moderate condition - apparently with an amputated leg - and the others have light injuries or are suffering from trauma.  The tractor used in today's attack was smaller than the one used in the previous one.

Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Likud's Manhigut Yehudit faction, was an eyewitness to the attack. He told Voice of Radio that his first impression of the attack was the tractor-shovel attempting to drop down upon a passerby. "At first I thought it was some kind of accident, but very quickly we realized that it was an attack.  Thank G-d, it ended very quickly, because of the alertness of passersby who shot him - I saw a youth I know from the southern Judea community of Susia, who does not want me to mention his name, but he was the first one to shoot the terrorist, and then the Border Guard policeman came and finished the story."

"We have long called for a policy of not hiring Arabs in construction," said Shifra Hoffman of Victims of Arab Terror.  "We hold the government guilty of this attack for not implementing this policy."

 

Revelation 1:8

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

KJV

Revelation 1:11

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

KJV

Revelation 21:6-8

6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

KJV

Revelation 22:13-16

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

KJV

 

Thursday - July 24, 2008

ANALYSIS / Obama visiting Israel to impress Jewish voters, not Israelis

By Aluf Benn

Not since Yitzhak Rabin's funeral has Israel hosted as many senior officials from abroad as it has this year. There was U.S. President George W. Bush (twice), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. And yet, the visit by presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, who landed here for a lightning stay last night, has aroused more interest than any of them. Even more than Carla Bruni.

Four months ago, presumptive Republican candidate Senator John McCain visited Israel, and created a precedent. It was the first time a U.S. presidential candidate came to the Middle East in the midst of the campaign. But the 2008 race for the White House is different. It brings together two generations, two social groups, and two approaches for dealing with the world's problems.

Israelis don't interest McCain and Obama. Rather, it is their Jewish voters and contributors at home. Barack Hussein Obama - with his Muslim stepfather and his childhood in Indonesia, his suggestion to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leftist image that adheres to his advisors - has raised deep anxieties among the Jewish establishment. Republicans sensed a massive defection of Jewish voters. Obama's campaign managers have identified it as a problem and their candidate has been working on calming things down and issuing pro-Israel statements. McCain visited Sderot and expressed his support for Israel. Obama will follow in his footsteps Wednesday, as the city is experiencing a rare moment of lull. But Obama will also have a chance to denounce terror in real time: Tuesday's bulldozer terror attack took place next to his hotel in Jerusalem.
To the Israeli establishment, McCain seems like the natural choice. With his white hair, expression lines and combat experience, he embodies the Israeli concept of leadership - a kind of American version of Yitzhak Rabin or Ariel Sharon. If McCain continues Bush's policies, Israel will benefit from the term of another U.S. president who understands its needs.

Obama represents an exciting option, albeit a more dangerous one: If he manages to rehabilitate America's international stature, reduce its dependence on oil and push through peace between Israel and the Arabs, Israel's strategic situation will improve dramatically. But on the way, he might have to pressure Israel. If he fails, Israel will have to pay the price without reaping any returns.
 

Matthew 5:2-8

2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

KJV

Friday - July 25, 2008

Abbas threatens to pull PA forces from West Bank cities

Unless Israel halts its military operations inside West Bank cities, Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas threatened on Tuesday to withdraw his security forces from these areas. Abbas has been trying to step up efforts against terrorist activities in the West Bank in recent months and Palestinian forces have been deployed in two of the most troubled towns, Nablus and Jenin. Israeli troops continue to operate in Palestinian cities, however, due to the ineffectiveness of the PA forces. Abbas claims this is underming his authority. "If the incursions and the aggression and the insults to the Palestinian police continue, we will withdraw these forces," warned Abbas, who is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday to discuss the ongoing IDF operations in the West Bank, reported Reuters.

 

Luke 16:22-23

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

KJV

Luke 16:28-29

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

KJV

Saturday - July 26, 2008

Judea/Samaria Jews Talk Tough: ‘We are not IDF’s Punching Bag'

by Ze'ev Ben-Yechiel

(IsraelNN.com) Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria lashed out Thursday at their treatment by the Israeli Defense Forces after a day of  tense clashes in those regions, promising to exact a ‘price’ in response to the IDF’s  physical aggression, refusal to protect them, and above all the way the IDF treats them in the media.

"We're not the IDF's punching bag," they proclaimed in a statement from the Binyamin-area ‘Homesh First’ activist headquarters, referring to several instances throughout the day when the army spokesperson’s office accused Jewish civilians of violently attacking soldiers. The civilians were vehemently denying that they assaulted any troops, and some of them plan to sue the army for libel.

Confrontations broke out Thursday in several locations between local Jewish residents and Israeli armed forces, in which the IDF was sent in to forcibly remove Jewish residents from their homes. The first incident of the day occurred at 11 a.m., when Yasam special police forces conducted a raid on the outpost of Adei Ad, near Shiloh in Samaria, and carted away a bus that was being used as living quarters.

The Binyamin activist headquarters said in response that if the security forces continue to harass Jewish pioneers in the existing communities, they will have to deal with the pioneers in new locations as well.

In another confrontation at Adei Ad, two Jewish men were arrested by Israeli forces after one of them snatched a rifle from a soldier and fired it into the air. IDF spokesmen described the incident as another violent act committed by ‘settlers,’ and denied any wrongdoing in the incident. The civilian involved in the incident claimed that he took the weapon to save his life from Arab assailants, while the soldiers did nothing to protect him.

Homesh First said the man who took the gun was an air-conditioning technician from Jerusalem who was travelling with a passenger from the town of Kedumim to Itamar in Samaria. The two were attacked by dozens of Arabs who pelted his car with rocks and then attempted to extract him from the car to lynch him. Panic-stricken, he ran to a group of IDF soldiers standing nearby who refused to do anything. Desperate for the soldiers to do their job, he gave up trying to convince them, took the weapon of one of the soldiers, fired in the air and then gave it back. It remains unclear whether the civilian took the rifle forcibly or the soldier agreed to let the civilian use it.

'Army must apologize for false report'
After the initial statements from the IDF accusing the Jewish civilians, police determined that the lives of the two men had truly been in danger, and that their car had indeed been seriously damaged by rocks thrown by Arab rioters. The two were released immediately.

So far no apology for the false report has come from the IDF spokesman’s office. Nor has there been any investigation into why the soldiers, who saw two Jewish civilians in mortal danger at the hands of an Arab mob, failed to act to protect them, even when the Jews begged them to.

Homesh First said it expected the IDF to issue a formal apology for releasing the "negligent" report.

In yet another incident, the IDF said that during an altercation with a group of Jews at Havat Gilad, one of the Jews threatened a soldier with bodily harm by brandishing a knife and pressing it to the soldier's neck. The army spokesman’s report said that the Jew then grabbed the soldier's helmet and fled the scene. The soldier was unharmed. 

Ynet quoted military spokesmen as saying that the incident was viewed “severely” and would be dealt with. "A red line has been crossed here, this is very serious," said the spokesmen.

However, the Havat Gilad Jews vehemently denied that anyone from their group had threatened a soldier with a knife or in any way. Meanwhile they confirmed that a helmet had indeed been stolen from a soldier, and said it would be returned to the military promptly. 

Itai Zar founded Havat Gilad (Gilad’s Farm) and named it after his brother, who was killed in an Arab terror attack. He told reporters that the army's claims "are utter lies. There were two witnesses here – one of them the regional security officer and the other one a lawyer. They both saw the helmet being taken from the soldier, but there were no threats made with a knife. Therefore, we intend to sue the IDF Spokesman's Office."

 

Ephesians 2:12-13

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

KJV

Colossians 1:13-14

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

KJV

Hebrews 9:14

14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

KJV

1 Peter 1:18-21

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

KJV

Sunday - July 27, 2008

Report: Ahmadinejad says Iran now has 6,000 centrifuges

By The Associated Press

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that Iran now possesses 6,000 centrifuges, machines used to enrich uranium, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

"Islamic Iran today possesses 6,000 centrifuges," Fars quoted Ahmadinejad as telling university professors in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

The new figure is double the 3,000 centrifuges Iran had previously said it was operating in its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. In April, Ahmadinejad said Iran had begun installing 6,000 centrifuges at Natanz. His reported comments Saturday provided the first public assertion that Iran has reached that goal.

The announcement is another act of defiance in the face of demands by the United States and other world powers for Iran to halt its enrichment work, which Washington and its allies fear Iran is intent on using to develop weapons.

However, Ahmadinejad said those nations - the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany - have tempered their demands, asking Iran not to freeze enrichment but rather not to expand its current program beyond 6,000 centrifuges, state-run radio reported.

"Today, they have consented that the existing 5,000 or 6,000 centrifuges not be increased and that operation of this number of centrifuges is not a problem," state radio quoted Ahmadinejad as saying on Saturday.

In its negotiation with Iran, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have offered a package of technological, economic and political incentives in return for Iran's cooperation.

A report by the UN's nuclear monitoring agency that was delivered to the Security Council in May said Iran had 3,500 centrifuges, though a senior UN official said at the time that Iran's goal of 6,000 machines running by the summer was pretty much plausible.

Uranium can be used as nuclear reactor fuel or as the core for atomic warheads, depending on the degree of enrichment. Iran says it is interested in enrichment only for its nuclear power program.

The workhorse of Iran's enrichment program is the P-1 centrifuge, which is run in cascades of 164 machines. But Iranian officials confirmed in February that they had started using the IR-2 centrifuge that can churn out enriched uranium at more than double the rate.

A total of 3,000 centrifuges is the commonly accepted figure for a nuclear enrichment program that is past the experimental stage and can be used as a platform for a full industrial-scale program that could churn out enough enriched material for dozens of nuclear weapons.

Iran says it plans to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment that ultimately will involve 54,000 centrifuges.
 

Matthew 25:32-34

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

KJV

Matthew 25:41

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

KJV

Matthew 25:46

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

KJV

 

 

Tuesday - July 28, 2008

Latest PA Libel Exposed: Israel Dispatches Anti-Arab Rats

by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports that two Arab newspapers in the Palestinian Authority are accusing Israelis of unleashing bands of rats against Jerusalem's Arab population.

PMW, which monitors media in the Palestinian Authority for anti-Israel items, reports on what it calls "yet another wild accusation about Israel" in the PA press.  "Two PA newspapers - one directly controlled by the office of PA President Mahmoud Abbas - are accusing Israel of releasing rats with  supernatural qualities to chase away the Arab residents of Jerusalem," write PMW's Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook.

According to the PA papers, the Israeli-Jerusalem rat is:
1. Immune to rat poison
2. Aggressive and larger than usual
3. Unafraid of cats and able to scare them away
4. Highly fertile, with females giving birth to 140 young rats a year, four times the normal average
5. Highly selective, as Jewish residents of Jerusalem apparently are not affected by these rats.

Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, an official PA organ controlled by the office of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, reported on July 18:

"[Israeli] settlers have been bringing chests filled with rats and releasing them in the Old City's [Arab] neighborhoods; they breed and have become a major curse... the [Arab] residents' efforts to counter this infestation have failed, especially since cats run away from these rats because of their size and ferocity... All of the conventional efforts to kill them have not succeeded, because they seem to be immune to poison and they breed in the sewers. It is known that this female rat gives birth seven times a year, each time giving birth to 20 babies, which compels Jerusalem's [Arabs] today to face the dangers of settlement and the infestation of rats..."
    
This followed a report by another paper, Al-Ayyam, the day before:
"Large numbers of [Israeli] settlers have been bringing huge cages full of rats and releasing them onto the streets and alleys of the Old City... in order to turn the [Arab] residents' life into a living hell, forcing then to leave..."

"Creating libels against Israel," PMW reports, "is a pivotal aspect of the Palestinian Authority's incitement to hatred against Israel and Jews." The organization reported earlier this month that the PA media were accusing Israel of conducting Nazi-like experiments on Palestinan prisoners. 
 

 

 

1 Peter 2:24-25

24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

KJV

 

 

Wednesday - July 30, 2008

Third of British Muslim Students Justify Killing for Religion

by Hana Levi Julian\

(IsraelNN.com) A new report released Monday by the London-based Center for Social Cohesion reveals that British Muslim students are not far behind their Middle Eastern peers in their social values, especially those who are members of on-campus Islamic societies.

The report, entitled "Islam on Campus: A Survey of UK Student Opinion," reveals that approximately a third of those surveyed supported the idea that one can kill in the name of religion, a finding that has raised alarm bells.

The Center drew its information from field interviews as well as a YouGov poll of 1,400 students.

"Universities should be places where people of all faiths and backgrounds can come together in an environment of mutual tolerance," said Center director Douglas Murray.

The study also found that 43 percent of Muslim students said they felt that Islam was compatible with secularism.

Among the Muslim students surveyed, 32 percent said killing in the name of religion could be justified. However, almost double that number, 60 percent of those who are active members of Islamic student organizations, supported the idea.

Only 2 percent of non-Muslims felt killing in the name of religion was justified.

The report also showed that the vast majority of students polled – 79 percent – said they respected Jews. Only seven percent said they had "very little or no respect at all" for Jews.

"These findings are deeply alarming," said one of the authors of the report, researcher Hanna Stuart. "Students in higher education are the future leaders of their communities."

She noted, however, that there was a striking difference between the average Muslim and those who join on-campus Islamic groups, who "often hold opinions that are significantly more extreme than those of ordinary Muslim students." 

The director of the center, Douglas Murray, concurred. "It is vital that students and government understand that groups like [the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS)] – who often promote a highly conservative interpretation of Islam – are not representative of all Muslim students. Empowering these groups risks giving an official stamp of approval to extreme forms of Islam," he warned.

The study also found that 40 percent of the students supported introduction of Islamic Sharia law (Islamic religious law) in Britain, as well as significant support for the concept of worldwide Islamic rule.

 A third were in favor of a worldwide caliphate (worldwide Islamic government) based on Sharia law, as opposed to the 58 percent of active members of Islamic student organizations, who supported the idea.

"It is important that pluralist and democratic Muslim voices are encouraged and promoted and that intolerant voices are sidelined. University authorities need to urgently take steps to reduce Islamist influence on campus," said Center director Murray.

Researcher Hannah also noted that the research showed significant numbers of students "appear to hold beliefs which contravene liberal, democratic values. In addition, there are signs of growing religious segregation on campus. These results are deeply embarrassing for those who have said there is no extremism in British universities."
 

1 Peter 2:24-25

24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

KJV

Romans 5:11

11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

KJV

 

 

Thursday - July 31, 2008

Hamas Warns of Revolt against PA

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

(IsraelNN.com) Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri warned Tuesday that the Fatah crackdown on the rival Hamas terrorist party in Judea and Samaria could spark a revolt. A Fatah leader dismissed the threats as being made by "irresponsible people."
 
Fatah has arrested hundreds of Hamas members and leaders and is closing down businesses, schools and institutions associated with Hamas.

Hamas, which ousted Fatah from political power in Gaza after bloody clashes in June 2007, has charged that Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad are cooperating with Israel by trying to wipe out Hamas's strength.

"Now the Zionists [Israelis] are protecting you," Hamas said in a statement addressed to PA forces in Judea and Samaria. "You know that once the protection of the Zionists is over, people will enter your headquarters and kick you out."

A Fatah military officer challenged Hamas to try to stage a revolt. "What are they waiting for? Why is it allowed for them to kill and arrest people in Gaza?" he said.

Hamas has arrested more than 200 Fatah members in Gaza, and Fatah has retaliated in Judea and Samaria, causing an overflow in PA jails.

 

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

KJV