Israel slams ‘politically motivated and morally flawed’ UN Gaza report

Israel slams ‘politically motivated and morally flawed’ UN Gaza report
Foreign Ministry says investigators ‘lacked much of the relevant information’; Netanyahu concludes ‘report is biased’

Israel on Monday said it would “seriously” evaluate the United Nations Human Rights Council inquiry on the Gaza conflict, while politicians from left and right slammed the international body for bias and declared that the international investigators lacked access to evidence.

The report, released in Geneva on Monday afternoon, said both Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during the 50-day war last summer. The UN Human Rights Council report …placed blame on both parties but focused more on Israel’s role.

… The Human Rights Council “in practice does everything but worry about human rights,” the prime minister (Netanyahu) charged. “The commission spends more time condemning Israel than Iran, Syria and North Korea put together.”

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-slams-politically-motivated-and-morally-flawed-un-gaza-report/

Rare Biblical Discovery Traces Jewish Presence in Israel back to King David’s time

Rare Biblical Discovery Traces Jewish Presence in Israel back to King David’s time
A rare archaeological find offers fresh insight into the biblical era of King David, as recorded in Scripture, and ancient Jewish history in the Land of Israel.

A unique inscription from the time of King David was discovered at Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Valley of Elah, Israel’s Antiquity Authority (IAA) announced Tuesday.
The Valley of Elah, located near the modern city of Beit Shemesh, is famous as the spot where the Israelites were encamped when David slew the giant Philistine warrior Goliath.
A roughly 3,000-year-old ceramic jar broken into numerous shards was discovered in 2012 in excavations carried out by Professor Yosef Garfinkel of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and lecturer Saar Ganor, directors of the IAA’s Khirbet Qeiyafa Archaeological Project. Letters written in ancient Canaanite script could be discerned on several shards, sparking the curiosity of researchers.

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Rare Biblical Discovery Traces Jewish Presence in Israel back to King David  

10 Ways the World is Biased Against Israel

10 Ways the World is Biased Against Israel
David Harris

It’s appalling to see how Israel is treated by a totally different standard than other countries in the international system. Of course, Israel deserves scrutiny, as does every other nation. But it also merits equal treatment — nothing more, nothing less.
First, Israel is the only UN member state whose very right to exist is under constant challenge.
Notwithstanding the fact that Israel embodies an age-old connection with the Jewish people as repeatedly cited in the most widely read book in the world, the Bible, that it was created based on the 1947 recommendation of the UN, and that it has been a member of the world body since 1949, there’s a relentless chorus of nations, institutions, and individuals denying Israel’s very political legitimacy.

Read more here:

10 Ways the World is Biased Against Israel

Israel Braces for Propaganda Assault by the U.N.

Israel Braces for Propaganda Assault by the U.N.

by Joseph Klein

The United Nations Human Rights Council is set to shortly release a so-called fact-finding report on the war last year in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, prepared by its “commission of inquiry.” The report is scheduled for “debate” by the Human Rights Council members on June 29th. The only thing that is likely to be debated is which member of this hypocritical body, consisting of some of the world’s worst human rights abusers, gets to use the most strident adjectives to condemn Israel for alleged “war crimes and “crimes against humanity.”

As Yair Lapid, the chairman of Israel’s centrist Yesh Atid party said in predicting a one-sided anti-Israel report, it will further prove that the United Nations has “lost its mind.”

More here:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/joseph-klein/israel-braces-for-propaganda-assault-by-the-u-n/

Israel Bringing Desalination To California

“And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed” Genesis 22:18

An Israeli company is now building a desalination plant near San Diego, to aid in California’s historic drought.
It’s been an “incredible game-changer” … “What it means is that, even in a year where we don’t get enough rain, that difference can be made up from desalination.”

Read more here:

Israel Bringing Its Years Of Desalination Experience To California
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/06/14/413981435/israel-bringing-its-years-of-desalination-experience-to-california

Obama the Jew

Obama the Jew
by JOSH GELERNTER
On Jewish matters, comparing Obama with his predecessors.

Last week, President Obama said that he is “the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat” in the Oval Office. Which means, he said, that when people say he’s “anti-Israel,” “it hurts.”

Since taking office, Mr. Obama has said many noxious things. Mostly overlooked was something he said at a meeting with Senate Democrats early this year: that he understood why the senators were opposing his deal with Iran, because (according to the New York Times) “he understood the pressures that senators face from donors and others.”

More here:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419724/barack-obama-our-jewish-president-josh-gelernter

Related:

Nine Questions Obama Wasn’t Asked on Israel
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/11/nine_questions_obama_wasnt_asked_on_israel_126930.html

FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR: OBAMA HAS A PROBLEM–WITH AMERICA
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/16/former-israeli-ambassador-obama-to-blame-for-decline-in-relations/

Why Would “Christ at the Checkpoint” Compare Israel to ISIS?

“Sadly, while I was in Israel I was also made aware of a video that was released to promote an upcoming conference in July 2015, by and for young adults. The conference promotional piece was advertised as coming from “Christ at the Checkpoint-Young Adults” or CaTC-YA.

While I must admit that I was unable to understand the closing commentaries in Arabic, the video collage that came first was enough to upset any supporter of the truth about the Middle East. The video is rather short and it even repeats some of its footage on a loop.

Yet, what it tries to do will turn your stomach upside-down. It sends the very clear message that Israel is equal to ISIS in violence and human rights violation. You see footage of ISIS thugs getting ready to decapitate rows of “infidels” dressed in the now world “infamous” orange overalls, juxtaposed with Israelis filtering Palestinians though checkpoints. Then, another frame shows the Islamic State brandishing their black flag followed by an Israeli tank brandishing a Jewish flag, making again a “not-so” subliminal connection.”

More here:

Why Would “Christ at the Checkpoint” Compare Israel to ISIS?
by OLIVIER MELNICK
http://www.newantisemitism.com/antisemitism/why-would-christ-at-the-checkpoint-compare-israel-to-isis

Mr. President, You are NO Friend of Israel

Mr. President, You are NO Friend of Israel
By Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison , CP Op-Ed Contributors

President Obama, you recently gave an interview to Israeli television claiming you are “the closest thing to a Jew that has ever sat in this office.” That’s so far from the truth even a GPS cannot find it.

First, there was George Washington. His address to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport in 1790 was the first time in history any national leader spoke to the Jews as fully equal fellow citizens. Then, there was Thomas Jefferson, who thought the Great Seal of the United States should have been the Children of Israel and their Exodus from Egyptian bondage. President Lincoln was so beloved by American Jews that they called him “Rabbi Abraham.”

Then there was FDR. President Roosevelt met the first King of Saudi Arabia. He didn’t bow to him, Sir, as you did to that desert despot’s son. But President Franklin D. Roosevelt insisted on holding Divine Services on board his warship, the USS Quincy, before his Sunday meeting with the Saudi king. Roosevelt got nowhere pleading with King Adbul Azziz for a homeland for the Jews. But at least he maintained his dignity and our national honor. . .

More here:

http://www.christianpost.com/news/mr-president-you-are-no-friend-of-israel-139980/

Justice…for Israel?

Justice…for Israel?
by Jim Fletcher
Prophecy Matters

I am just returning from the Justice Conference, a two-day affair in Chicago. From the website:

“Our vision is to serve the discovery of ideas, celebrate the beauty of justice, and foster a community of people who live justice together. Now, more than ever, people of faith need to come together to wrestle with the injustice in our world. This is the time. This is the place.”

I have many thoughts about the conference, and will be writing and speaking about it more in the coming weeks, but for now I want to focus on two things: Israel and Bible prophecy. . .

Read more of Jim Fletcher’s June 8, 2015 entry, HERE.

***Also see these important articles:

Justice Conference Mainstreams Cornel West to Evangelical Millennial Audience
June 6, 2015
Jim Fletcher, Prophecy Matters
http://www.prophecymattersisrael.com/#!Justice-Conference-Mainstreams-Cornel-West-to-Evangelical-Millennial-Audience/c165a/557309590cf219f1772a5ed7

PM Analysis: Israel, Christian Zionists Marginalized at Justice Conference
June 5, 2015
Jim Fletcher, director, Prophecy Matters
http://www.prophecymattersisrael.com/#!PM-Analysis-Israel-Christian-Zionists-Marginalized-at-Justice-Conference/c165a/55720a1b0cf219f177290502

A One-Sided Attack on Zionism

A One-Sided Attack on Zionism
The many problems with the documentary ‘With God on Our Side.’
Gerald McDermott

The documentary With God on Our Side is anything but balanced. It does not give “both sides their due” but instead interviews only Israelis on the far left and ignores Christian Zionists who defend the rights of Palestinians. The result is a one-sided attack on Israel that treats social and political realities with the same ideological insouciance which the documentary assigns to John Hagee and his band.
One interviewee in the film claims—without rebuttal—that Jews did not live in the land for two thousand years. The truth is that Jewish communities have lived in the land through all this time, flourishing in Jerusalem, Galilee and coastal cities in the 9th and 11th centuries, and then rebounding after being massacred by Crusaders in the 12th century. By the early 19th century, long before the rise of Zionism, more than ten thousand Jews lived in what is now Israel. . .

Read more here:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2011/january/one-sided-attack-on-zionism.html

FOUR THINGS NATALIE PORTMAN GETS RIGHT WHEN TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL

FOUR THINGS NATALIE PORTMAN GETS RIGHT WHEN TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL

Read headlines about Natalie Portman’s recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, and you would be forgiven for thinking that the 2010 Oscar winner appointed herself as Israel’s chief critic by virtue of her cinema stardom – a move that would not be so unusual for most Hollywood elites. But if you read the interview itself, you will find that Portman deserves credit and emulation for the careful way in which she discusses Israel, her Jewish faith, and the importance of principled parenting.

Here are four principles Portman applied that we all would do well to imitate:

Read these on the Philos Project, here:

http://philosproject.org/four-things-natalie-portman-does-right-when-talking-about-israel/

Anti-Jew, Anti-Israel, Replacement Theology Movie

Anti-Jew, Anti-Israel, Replacement Theology Movie

“It was the spirit of anti-christ that brought [the Jews] back to the Promised Land.” (Pastor Steven Anderson at 41:02 in Marching To Zion)

Steven Anderson, quoting 2 Chronicles 19:2, says, “The Bible teaches that if we help an ungodly and wicked nation like Israel, we’ll have God’s wrath on us.” (1:04:38)

Watch movie and read review here:

http://mywordlikefire.com/2015/06/09/anti-jew-anti-israel-replacement-theology-movie/

Jerusalem-born Americans can’t list Israel as birthplace

US Supreme Court: Jerusalem-born Americans can’t list Israel as birthplace
In landmark ruling backing president’s stance, legal body strikes down law permitting US citizens to cite Jewish state on passport

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US Supreme Court struck down a disputed law Monday that would have allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel on their US passports in an important ruling that underscores the president’s authority in foreign affairs.

The court ruled 6-3 that Congress overstepped its bounds when it approved the law in 2002. It would have forced the State Department to alter its longstanding policy of not listing Israel as the birthplace for Jerusalem-born Americans.

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-supreme-court-jerusalem-born-americans-cant-list-israel-as-birthplace/

Netanyahu Blasts World’s Silence on New Gaza Rocket Attacks on Israel

Netanyahu Blasts World’s Silence on New Gaza Rocket Attacks on Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized the international community for what he called “silence” in response to multiple Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel during the past two weeks.

“I have not heard anyone in the international community condemn this firing; neither has [the] U.N. said a word,” Netanyahu said during his weekly cabinet meeting Sunday. “It will be interesting if this silence continues when we use our full strength to uphold our right to defend ourselves.”

More here:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/06/07/netanyahu-blasts-worlds-silence-on-new-gaza-rocket-attacks-on-israel/

Nobel winners to flock to Israel, ignoring campus boycott push

Nobel winners to flock to Israel, ignoring campus boycott push
The BDS movement has scored some victories recently – but Israeli academia racks up one with august August gathering

While the BDS movement is using its brawn – in the form of boycott power – to urge companies to stop doing business with Israel in protest of its policies vis-vis the Palestinians, the Jewish state is responding with its brain – or rather, it has attracted the brain power of nearly two dozen Nobel laureates, who will arrive in Israel in August for five days of discussions, panels, and research.

And despite the growing strength of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement on college campuses, the Nobel winners, all of whom have prestigious positions at universities around the world – as well as hundreds of students, professors, and other guests – have accepted invitations to two events surrounding the Nobel laureates, Foreign Ministry officials said.

More here:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/nobel-winners-to-flock-to-israel-ignoring-campus-boycott-push/

Israeli warplanes strike Gaza targets after rocket attack

Contrary to the media bias in Time Magazine’s Headline Fail . . .

Israeli warplanes strike Gaza targets after rocket attack

The Israeli Air Force attacked four targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, following an earlier rocket attack on Israeli territory, the IDF spokesperson said.

The IDF identified the targets, in the southern part of the coastal enclave, as terror infrastructure.

The army added that it viewed the Tuesday rocket attack on Israel with severity and it holds Hamas responsible.

More here:

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israeli-warplanes-attack-Gaza-targets-after-rocket-attack-404199

Israel’s Burning Man

One more proof that Israel offers more freedom than her surrounding nations.

Dust and ashes: Israel’s Burning Man explodes in the Negev
Desert art festival with 7,000 goes forth despite challenges with police permits, two bomb disposals and a fatal heart attack

The Man burned. Towering five stories over a temporary city of 7,000 people near Sde Boker for the five-day Midburn festival, the effigy central to the Burning Man Festival lit up in flames as scheduled on Friday night, shooting out swirls of hot air and fire across an ecstatic crowd.

Held from May 20-24, Midburn is a combination of the Hebrew word for desert, “midbar” and “burn.” The festival is modeled after the annual one-week Burning Man event held in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Participants set up a temporary city celebrating a communal life style, radical self-expression, creativity, art, and self-reliance. After paying for their ticket and bringing all of their supplies, there is no money exchanged, except for ice.

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/dust-and-ashes-israels-burning-man-explodes-in-the-negev/

What is it about?

Carl Teichrib explains the Burning Man Festivals here:

Transformational Festivals — CARL TEICHRIB of Forcing Change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j51Datdv4E

A Look At The Burning Man – From The Inside
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/we-are-the-remnant/2013/08/25/a-look-at-the-burning-man–from-the-indie

BDS really stands for Bullying, Delegitimizing and Slandering!

BDS really stands for Bullying, Delegitimizing and Slandering!

In my travels, I meet a lot of people from the Evangelical Christian community. Many of them have never heard of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) and frankly, this frightens me. This movement has picked up a lot of momentum in the past few months and has become quite pervasive.

I find it ironic that most of the people taking such a political stand have very little knowledge of how it got started and by whom. This decade old movement was started in 2005 by the Palestinian civil society. They claim that Israel must meet three obligations for BDS to stop:
1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands occupied in June 1967 and dismantling the Wall;
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.

More here:

BDS really stands for Bullying, Delegitimizing and Slandering!

GOD’S NOT DONE WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE

GOD’S NOT DONE WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE

It’s no secret. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, despises Israel. But what is even more apparent is his hatred for Israel’s leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We now know that Obama did everything possible behind the scenes to sabotage Netanyahu’s recent re-election. Fortunately, Obama’s attempts to undermine Netanyahu’s campaign backfired. When Israeli citizens saw Obama’s open disdain for their Prime Minister, it turned the election — which had been a tight race — into a landslide victory for Netanyahu.

In my opinion, Israel’s decision to re-elect Bibi Netanyahu may have been as much a vote against Obama as a vote in favor of Netanyahu. Even when Barack Obama first ran for the office of US President in 2008, polls showed that a vast majority of Israelis opposed him. Unlike a majority of American Jews at the time, Israeli Jews did not trust Obama. His very pro-UN positions on Israeli/Palestinian issues deeply concerned them. Yet, despite his well-known positions Americans voted him into power; then elected him a second time, fully aware of what he stood for.

Read more here:

http://standupforthetruth.com/2015/05/gods-not-done-with-the-jewish-people/

Antisemitism and Anti-Israelism on Campus

Antisemitism and Anti-Israelism on Campus

Daubing swastikas on walls has always been a deliberate way to convey hostility— a short-hand for inspiring hate, fear and intimidation.

A college fraternity at Stanford University was vandalized with swastikas and other written epithets in late April.

Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., also suffered recent attacks, with swastikas found in a campus library in April and one scratched into a student’s car in January 2014.

Reading of this vandalism, I was reminded of an incident I experienced in the fifth grade, some 55 years ago. . .

More here:

Antisemitism and Anti-Israelism on Campus

Boycotting the Boycotters

What happens when the boycott is directed to the people who want to boycott Israel? Read about how a movement to boycott supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is gathering momentum, here:

Boycotting the Boycotters: Anti-BDS Movement Gains Legal Momentum
Reactions from the anti-Israel crowd? Fury and panic.
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/boycotting-boycotters-anti-bds-movement-gains-legal-momentum

Vatican recognizes state of Palestine

Vatican recognizes state of Palestine in new treaty
Jerusalem says move not conducive to peace, will consider ‘next steps’ after Holy See announcement ahead of weekend meeting between pope, Abbas

The Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty Wednesday, drawing criticism from Jerusalem.

The treaty, which was finalized Wednesday but still has to be signed, makes clear that the Holy See has switched its diplomatic relations from the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the state of Palestine.

The Vatican had welcomed the decision by the UN General Assembly in 2012 to recognize a Palestinian state.

But the treaty is the first legal document negotiated between the Holy See and the Palestinian state and constitutes an official recognition.

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/vatican-recognizes-state-of-palestine-in-new-treaty/#!

Ottawa threatening hate charges against those who boycott Israel

Ottawa threatening hate charges against those who boycott Israel
Canada / 11-05-2015

The Harper government is signalling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel.

Such a move could target a range of civil society organizations, from the United Church of Canada and the Canadian Quakers to campus protest groups and labour unions.

If carried out, it would be a remarkably aggressive tactic, and another measure of the Conservative government’s lockstep support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

While the federal government certainly has the authority to assign priorities, such as pursuing certain types of hate speech, to the RCMP, any resulting prosecution would require an assent from a provincial attorney general.

And it would almost certainly be challenged under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, civil liberties groups say.

The government’s intention was made clear in a response to inquiries from CBC News about statements by federal ministers of a “zero tolerance” approach to groups participating in a loose coalition called Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS), which was begun in 2006 at the request of Palestinian non-governmental organizations.

Asked to explain what zero tolerance means, and what is being done to enforce it, a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney replied, four days later, with a detailed list of Canada’s updated hate laws, noting that Canada has one of the most comprehensive sets of such laws “anywhere in the world.”

SOURCE:
http://antisemitism.org.il/article/96473/ottawa-threatening-hate-charges-against-those-who-boycott-israel

The Truth About Israel The World Doesn’t Like to Admit

Actions speak louder than words…

It’s so easy to condemn and make up facts without checking what is reality. The people speaking on this video, have made up their minds and will not let the facts confuse them. Yet public opinion is swayed by what public figures say.

Speak out. Israel is a democracy and gives Israeli Arabs full rights (and at times practices affirmative action).

Say it like it is. Israeli respects human rights and dignity and only falls back upon force when threatened and attacked.

Be honest. Israel respects the rights of the Palestinians and treats them in Israeli hospitals.

Many Muslims respond with hatred, deligitimitize Israel, attack Israelis verbally and physically, create historical fiction and blame Israel for it.

The Muslim world has been succesful in its propaganda crusade. We need to stand strong and refute the lies.

Please watch the video here:

The Truth About Israel The World Doesn’t Like to Admit
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-truth-about-israel-the-world-doesnt-like-to-admit/

Israel Is Your Only Home

Israel Is Your Only Home

May 6 2015

BIDEN TO JEWISH AMERICANS: ISRAEL’S YOUR ONLY TRUE HOME [Excerpts]

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s words last fall to senior Jewish American leaders are serving as a daunting reminder —with the escalating anti-Semitism witnessed in Europe, American campuses and the White House — that Israel is the only true and secure home that the Jewish community can count on.

While speaking at a Rosh Hashanah party last September, Biden oddly brought up a quote he remembered from former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir….“You understand in your bones that no matter how hospitable, no matter how consequential, no matter how engaged, no matter how deeply involved you are in the United States … there is really only one absolute guarantee, and that’s the state of Israel,” Biden expressed to Jewish leaders, who were wary about the point he was trying make.

“Of course, it can and has been argued that Biden’s point of view is correct, and that ultimately even the Jews of America will have no choice but to flee to the relative safety of Israel,” reported Israel Today magazine. “Much has been made of rising anti-Semitism in Europe, but the same is true of the United States of late.”

More here:

http://www.thebereancall.org/content/israel-your-only-home

Dionne Warwick Says Roger Waters’ Political Views on Israel ‘of No Concern

Celebrated Singer Dionne Warwick Says Roger Waters’ Political Views on Israel ‘of No Concern
May 6, 2015

Legendary American singer Dionne Warwick said on Wednesday that her decision to perform in Israel this month would not be swayed by the “hard pressures” of prominent anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions activists in the music industry.

A statement released by the singer and U.N. global ambassador said Warwick “would never fall victim to the hard pressures of Roger Waters, from Pink Floyd, or other political people who have their views on politics in Israel.”

“Waters’ political views are of no concern,” the statement read.

Unlike singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill, who decided to cancel her Tel Aviv show just a few days before her performance this week, Warwick said that if she had “had an objection to performing in Israel, no offer would have been entertained and no contract would have been signed.”

“Art has no boundaries. Ms. Warwick will always honor her contracts,” the statement read.

More here:

Celebrated Singer Dionne Warwick Says Roger Waters’ Political Views on Israel ‘of No Concern’

Warwick is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on May 19.

Antisemitism: Time for Christian Individuals and Congregations to Speak Up

Antisemitism: Time for Christian Individuals and Congregations to Speak Up
May 6, 2015, ERIC MALLOY

The dark and damning cloud of Christian antisemitism over the centuries has morphed, changed names, and re-defined itself many times, but its momentum and influence are as evil and pervasive as ever. Among today’s manifestations within a swath of Canadian (and world-wide) Christianity is the organization Sabeel.

In Vancouver in April, under the conference banner of Seeking the Peace of Jerusalem: Overcoming Christian Zionism in the Quest for Justice, Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek and his entourage treated attendees to a blend of false teaching that inevitably flows when Christian leaders decide to stray from Biblical truth, justice, and authority and a balanced view of history. The conference, presented by Canadian Friends of Sabeel and co-sponsored by the Anglican Church of Canada, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Presbyterian Church in Canada and United Church of Canada, was both an anti-Christian Zionist diatribe, and a pro-Palestinian / anti-Israel series of messages.

The conference sub-title was: “…examining the prevalence of Christian Zionism, its influence in the mainstream churches, and its adverse impact on the realization of a just peace.” That’s quite a mouthful from “Christian” leaders who apparently have little if anything to say about the attitudes, activities and actions of Israel’s enemies and haters. Could it be that they are among them?

More here:

http://www.cija.ca/antisemitism/christian-individuals-congregations/

The MOST Important Video About Israel You’ll Ever See!

Israel – Nothing Short of a Miracle

Did you know that…

“According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel is the second most educated country in the world, placing behind Canada and ahead of Japan. While there were 64,000 Israelis enrolled in higher education institutions in 1984, there are currently 306,000 enrolled in colleges and universities across the country. Of the 148 countries analyzed, Israel ranks first in innovative capability, second in entrepreneurship, and third in global innovation.

Over the last 20 years, the Israeli economy grew by 180%, while the number of residents increased by only 45%. Israel ranked 19th on the United Nations Human Development Index, which uses life expectancy, education, and income to calculate its results — ahead of Belgium, Austria, France and Finland.

Let us conclude with an interesting figure. The U.N.’s 2015 World Happiness Report, released last week, found that Israelis are happier than most people in the Western world. Israel ranked 6th among the OECD states and 11th overall, out of 156 countries worldwide.”

More here:

Israel is nothing short of a miracle
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=25183

Jewish Founder of Weight Watchers Passes Away

Here is one more thing to add to the long list of Jewish accomplishments. For all those who have used ‘Weight Watchers’ to lose weight, did you know it was founded by a Jewish housewife?

A former housewife, Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch dies at 91
http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-former-housewife-weight-watchers-founder-jean-nidetch-dies-at-91/

Princess Alice

She is Charlotte. But had they named the princess Alice . . .

A life-saving Jewish connection, if new UK princess named Alice
Baby’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is buried in Jerusalem, and was recognized as a ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ for hiding Jewish family from the Nazis

Bookmakers Sunday touted Alice and Charlotte as the most likely names for Britain’s newborn princess, the second child of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, who was born Saturday.

The name Alice has particular resonance for the Jewish people: The newborn’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is buried in Jerusalem, and was recognized by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial as a “Righteous Among the Nations” and by the British government as a “Hero of the Holocaust.”

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-life-saving-jewish-connection-if-new-uk-princess-is-named-alice/

So Many Reasons to Love Israel

Israelis who hate Israel—and the Christians who fund them

Israelis who hate Israel—and the Christians who fund them
Using church funds, Zochrot promotes a “de-Zionized Palestine,” meaning free of Jews.

While most Israelis celebrated 67 years of independence last week, a fringe Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) hopes this year will be the last for the Jewish state. Zochrot, a tiny radical anti-Zionist group, was established with the aim of “rais[ing] public awareness of the Palestinian Nakba (“Catastrophe” in Arabic)” and “recognizing and materializing the right of return,” an agenda equivalent to calling for the abolishment of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. With no local support base or constituency, Zochrot operates only through generous funding from a coterie of foreign Christian aid organizations.

Read more and see who funds this (including Christian Aid (U.K.), the Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), and the United Church of Canada), here:

http://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/Israelis-who-hate-Israeland-the-Christians-who-fund-them-400534

Ben Shapiro: First They Came for the Jews

Israel’s aid team to Nepal larger than any other country’s

Israel’s aid team to Nepal larger than any other country’s
Field hospital begins work; nearly 2,000 Israelis evacuated since Saturday; just one Israeli remains unaccounted for
April 29, 2015

Israel’s aid team to the earthquake-battered Himalayan nation of Nepal is the largest in manpower of any international aid mission.
Over 250 doctors and rescue personnel were part of an IDF delegation that landed Tuesday in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, in the wake of Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated large swaths of the mountainous country, killing at least 5,000 and leaving some 8,000 wounded and tens of thousands seeking shelter and food.

MORE HERE:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-aid-team-to-nepal-larger-than-any-other-countrys/
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