Israel can’t rely on ‘weak’ US to deal with Iran

Israel can’t rely on ‘weak’ US to deal with Iran, Ya’alon warns
Tehran has outwitted West ‘in Persian bazaar,’ defense minister says, slamming Oba

Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon issued a scathing critique of the Obama administration, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday, declaring that Israel cannot rely on the US to thwart Iran’s nuclear program, accusing the administration of broadcasting weakness throughout the world, and warning that its perceived weakness was inviting further terrorism against US targets.

Speaking at a Tel Aviv University event on Sunday reported by the Haaretz daily, Ya’alon said Israel could not afford to rely on the Obama administration to lead an action against Iran’s nuclear program, and that Israel could only rely on itself. Israel had believed that “the one who should lead the campaign against Iran is the US,” but instead, “the US at a certain stage began negotiating with them, and unfortunately in the Persian bazaar the Iranians were better,” he said. Therefore, “we (Israelis) have to look out for ourselves.”

Read more:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/defense-minister-we-cant-rely-on-us-to-deal-with-iran/

Israel: A Light to the Nations

“I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness,
I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations” Isaiah 42:6

“Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah 60:3

Look . . .

The Truth About Israel

“. . . Israel is, an “oasis of brotherhood and democracy.” It is the only legitimate democracy in the Middle East. Israel is a country that protects members of the LGBTQ community, as well as the rights of the women and minorities who live here. Israel is a country that from the very day it was reestablished in 1948, adopted a policy of equality for all. Did you know that in 1969, Israel elected a female prime minister, or head of state, named Golda Meir? This is a feat that some democratic countries, such as the United States, have yet to accomplish.

Now, let’s discuss the biggest lie in regards to Israel today, the “apartheid” claim by anti-Zionists. There are people out there who claim that Israel “oppresses Palestinians.” Let’s look at this claim. First and foremost, these people that claim that Israel is an “apartheid state” need to issue an apology. Not to me and not to Israel, but rather, to all the black South Africans who truly suffered under the former system of apartheid in South Africa. This apartheid legally separated blacks and whites, it discriminated against and treated blacks as second class citizens.”

Source: The truth about Israel
‪‪Op-ed: For millions of Jews, Muslims and Christians, Israel is a safe haven in a very scary region.‬‬
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4498000,00.html

‘Revolutionary’ BDS iPhone App to Spread Boycott Israel Message on Smartphones

‘Revolutionary’ BDS iPhone App to Spread Boycott Israel Message on Smartphones
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is to release a beta version of a smartphone app that will allow users to search for a company’s links to Israel in order to boycott its products.
The app will bring activism to a user’s iPhone by informing them of a company’s links to Israel via a large database of researched product information by voluntary staff…

More here:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/revolutionary-bds-iphone-app-spread-boycott-israel-message-smartphones-1440199

5 Year Time Check (on Purim)

Just over five years ago, on January 19, 2009 . . . a timely challenge was offered.

“. . . the incoming president got a pointed reminder Sunday morning of what lies just ahead. Ignoring his mentor-turned-nemesis, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who was preaching in a Washington pulpit, Mr. Obama took his family instead to an old-line Baptist congregation, there to hear the pastor tell of the saga of Queen Esther, the Jewish queen of ancient Persia – now Iran – who by wit and wile saved ancient Israel from destruction. Said the pastor, the Rev. Derrick Hawkins, to the man seated on the second row: “Perhaps, just perhaps, you are where you are for just such a time.” No one could miss the point of the sermon.

SOURCE: The honeymoon ends promptly at noon
Monday, January 19, 2009
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/the-honeymoon-ends-promptly-at-noon/

Candidly Speaking: Obama-Netanyahu rift is unbridgeable

Candidly Speaking: Obama-Netanyahu rift is unbridgeable
By ISI LEIBLER
09/03/2014
In an unprecedented breach of diplomatic etiquette, President Obama once again sandbagged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

In an unprecedented breach of diplomatic etiquette, President Obama once again sandbagged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. In a carefully orchestrated interview with Jeff Goldberg, a columnist for Bloomberg, released a few hours before the prime minister’s arrival in the US, Obama reverted to his May 2011 role as an Israel basher and engaged in personal savaging and humiliation of Netanyahu.

This despite Netanyahu’s intimation that Israel intended to adopt the Kerry framework, albeit with reservations.

Obama accused Netanyahu of leading his country toward disaster, condemned the “more aggressive settlement construction” and rhetorically asked, “Do you resign yourself to what amounts to a permanent occupation of the West Bank?” He effusively praised Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – who had rejected prime minister Ehud Olmert’s offer for 97 percent of territories over the Green Line and refused to even conduct negotiations unless Israel released mass murderers whom he currently fetes as heroes. Obama made no reference to Palestinian intransigence and total unwillingness to compromise.

More here:

http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=344807

Israeli Gov’t: Christ at the Checkpoint is Problematic

Israeli Gov’t: Christ at the Checkpoint is Problematic

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has issued a last-minute statement suggesting Christians steer clear of the “Christ at the Checkpoint” (CatC) conference that opens tomorrow (Monday) in Palestinian-held Bethlehem. The statement, which came in response to an investigative inquiry by Israel Today, regards the CatC conference as a serious long-term threat to Israel’s security.
In a personal correspondence with Israel Today, an MFA official said that “unfortunately, we well know about the [Christ at the Checkpoint] conference,” explaining that for the Israeli government, the event “is particularly problematic, because it is designed for the evangelical Christian leadership – an extremely important audience to us.”

The official provided statement from the MFA is as follows:

“The attempt to use religious motifs in order to mobilize political propaganda and agitate the feelings of the faithful through the manipulation of religion and politics is an unacceptable and shameful act. Using religion for the purpose of incitement in the service of political interests stains the person who does it with a stain of indelible infamy.”

More here:

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/24489/Default.aspx?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=No-sidebar-news-1&utm_content=1154=

Israel puts cache from seized arms ship on show

Israel puts cache from seized arms ship on show
Weapons placed on display at Eilat naval base; army says mortar rounds made in Iran; Netanyahu and other officials to speak about ‘true face of Iran’

Dozens of rockets, boxes of hundreds thousands of bullets and nearly 200 mortar rounds will be opened for the world to see Monday as Israel puts weapons on show from a recently intercepted ship smuggling arms that it says exposes the “true face of Iran” which allegedly dispatched it.

The IDF says it found 40 long-range M-302 rockets aboard the Panamanian-flagged Klos-C it intercepted in the Red Sea last week, as well as 181 122mm mortar shells and approximately 400,000 7.62-caliber rounds.

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-show-off-cache-from-seized-arms-ship/

Obama’s Betrayal of Israel as a Jewish State

Obama’s Betrayal of Israel as a Jewish State

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has flatly refused to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. Such recognition is a key condition that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded for reaching an acceptable peace agreement on a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

Prime Minister Netanyahu explained the importance of such Palestinian recognition, which would amount to an expression of the Palestinians’ good faith intention to truly end the conflict by accepting Israel’s right of self-determination to once and for all live in peace as the Jewish state its founders envisioned. . .

More here:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/joseph-klein/obama-sides-with-palestinian-rejection-of-the-jewish-state/print/

***Related update:

Lessons for Obama from Canada
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/moshe-phillips-and-benyamin-korn/lessons-for-obama-from-canada/

Carolyn Glick – The Israeli Solution

Conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin interviews Glick about her new book, The Israeli Solution — A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East

Published on Mar 8, 2014

Also see:

Glick Wrote the Alternative – Jewish Press’s review of The Israeli Solution
http://carolineglick.com/glick-wrote-the-alternative-jewish-presss-review-of-the-israeli-solution/

Can Reuniting Israel End the Violence?
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/can-reuniting-israel-end-the-violence/

The Anti-Israel Movement and the Mennonites: Part 1-3

Please find the following three articles informative in the light of current anti-Israel bias.

Part 1:

“The recent Mennonite involvement with anti-Israel movements has not gone unnoticed. Some of these include the BDS campaigns, the Israel Apartheid movement and Christ at the Checkpoint. The Mennonites are not the only Christians to come alongs side the various anti-Israel events and organizations. For those who don’t know what this is all about, here is a bit of background information.”

More here:
The Anti-Israel Movement and the Mennonites: Part 1 – What’s it all about?
http://mennolite.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/the-anti-israel-movement-and-the-mennonites-part-1/

Part 2:

“Just because well meaning people do things in the name of Christ does not mean that they are right, as we have witnessed throughout history. Are the Mennonites who join this anti-Israel crusade just sincerely mis-led? Whether willingly or unknowingly, they seem to have joined the hands of those who are apostate. Perhaps it’s time to get informed”

More here:
The Anti-Israel Movement and the Mennonites: Part 2 – In the Name of Christ
http://mennolite.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/the-anti-israel-movement-and-the-mennonites-part-2/

Part 3:

“If Christ at the Checkpoint is part of the anti-Israel campaign, as all the facts seem to show, wouldn’t all those who attend or speak be considered tools for this propaganda event? Even so, Christian organizations continue to participate in this anti-Israel campaign. Among them are some well meaning Mennonites, some of whom will be participants for the second time.”

More here:
The Anti-Israel Movement and the Mennonites: Part 3 – Pawns at the Checkpoint
http://mennolite.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/the-anti-israel-movement-and-the-mennonites-part-3-pawns-at-the-checkpoint/

About Israel Apartheid Week that just ended across the United States

The world from here: Hamas and BDS
By DAN DIKER
04/03/2014

Israel Apartheid Week, that just ended across the United States but continues with boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns across Europe, is widely misunderstood.

Many accept BDS as grass-roots pressure on Israel to complete the peace process and accede to a Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 lines, with its capital in east Jerusalem. This is a fundamental misrepresentation. Much BDS and pro-Palestinian NGO activity in Europe and the United States is connected to radical Islamic groups and Palestinian terror organizations such as Hamas.

Hamas and its parent Muslim Brotherhood organization fuel and direct international BDS and anti-Israel political activities on hundreds of university campuses across the United States via the Muslim Students Association.

Many of the MSA’s 600 chapters in North America have been branded “extensions of the Muslim Brotherhood,” as the MB itself stated in its operational plan, captured in the FBI’s raid on the Holy Land foundation – a Hamas charity, in 2001.

During Israel Apartheid Week, pro-Palestinian BDS groups were heard (and documented on You- Tube) chanting on US campuses, “from the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” Scores of other Pro-Palestinian BDS groups that are active in Israel Apartheid Week, such as American Muslims for Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine, have funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Hamas. The Investigative Project revealed material support the American Muslims for Palestine provided to Hamas.

More here:

http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=344303

Popular Blog Takes Messianics to Task Over Christ at the Checkpoint

Popular Blog Takes Messianics to Task Over Christ at the Checkpoint

Popular Messianic Jewish blog “Rosh Pina Project” has posted a biting critique of the upcoming Christ at the Checkpoint conference in Bethlehem, and of the Israeli Messianic leaders who continue to participate in and speak at the event.

On Sunday, we highlighted that Israeli terror victim Kay Wilson was turned down after requesting to speak at the 2012 Christ at the Checkpoint. Kay and her visiting Christian friend, Kristine Luken, were brutally attacked by Palestinian terrorists in 2010. Kay was severely wounded and forced to watch Luken murdered before her eyes.

As both Israel Today and Rosh Pina Project clearly suggested, Kay Wilson would have been an ideal speaker at Christ at the Checkpoint, assuming the organizers genuinely intended the event to be a platform for reconciliation. But that wasn’t the case…

Read more here:

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/24443/Default.aspx?archive=article_title

Christ at the Checkpoint: the Failing Experiment

A recommendation from Rosh Pina Project . . .

Christ at the Checkpoint: the Failing Experiment
roshpinaproject.com

I’d like to heartily recommend this very perceptive and well-researched document – Christ at the Checkpoint: the Failing Experiment, by Hannah Weiss.

Click the link to download the Word document

http://www.restorersofzion.org/checkpoint_checkup_0214.docx

Netanyahu at AIPAC: Rebutting Obama, Affirming Israel

Netanyahu at AIPAC: Rebutting Obama, Affirming Israel

On Sunday, even before Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu had arrived in America for his current visit, President Obama was portraying him in an interview to Bloomberg’s Jeffrey Goldberg as the obstacle to Israeli-Palestinian peace.

At the same time, Obama lavished praised on Netanyahu’s opposite number on the Palestinian side, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, calling him “somebody who has been committed to nonviolence and diplomatic efforts to resolve this issue.” Abbas, in another one of countless such instances, has just sent a representative to glorify a Palestinian who murdered an Israeli mother and her two children, and has also sent a wreath to honor a suicide bomber who killed eight Israelis on a bus.

Read here:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/davidhornik/netanyahus-aipac-speech-rebutting-obama-affirming-israel/

Related Update:

Lessons for Obama from Canada
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/moshe-phillips-and-benyamin-korn/lessons-for-obama-from-canada/

Netanyahu to Obama: Peace Is ‘Not a Piece of Paper’

“Now, I know this flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but it’s the truth,” Netanyahu continued. “And the people of Israel know that it’s the truth because they’ve been living it. What they want is peace. What we all want fervently is peace. Not a piece a paper –- although that, too — but a real peace; a peace that is anchored in mutual recognition of two nation states that recognize and respect one another, and solid security arrangements on the ground.”

“…The Palestinians expect us to recognize a Palestinian state for the Palestinian people, a nation state for the Palestinian people. I think it’s about time they recognize a nation state for the Jewish people. We’ve only been there for 4,000 years.”

SOURCE:

Netanyahu to Obama: Peace Is ‘Not a Piece of Paper’
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/03/03/netanyahu-to-obama-peace-is-not-a-piece-of-paper/?singlepage=true