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.

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10 Ways the World is Biased Against Israel

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/

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/

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/

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

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/

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

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/

Never forget… Never again

Obama decries anti-Semitism in Remembrance Day message
‘Never forget. Never again,’ US president says, joining European Union in call to combat ‘far too common’ Jew-hatred

US President Barack Obama called for a forceful stand against anti-Semitism in a message marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“It is incumbent upon us to make real those timeless words, ‘Never forget. Never again.’ Yet, even as we recognize that mankind is capable of unspeakable acts of evil, we also draw strength from the survivors, the liberators, and the righteous among nations who represented humanity at its best,” Obama said.

“With their example to guide us, together we must firmly and forcefully condemn the anti-Semitism that is still far too common today.

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/obama-condemns-anti-semitism-in-remembrance-day-message/#!

The Most Important Video About Israel Ever Made

Join Dennis Prager of Prager University as he gives a lucid and knowledgable synopsis of the Middle East conflict. Although his explanation is based on historical fact, these facts are becoming murkier and murkier as the Moslem countries of the Middle East attempt to rewrite them.
(SOURCE: www.israelvideonetwork.com)

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Related:

Oxford and the Crisis of the University
by Dennis Prager
http://www.dennisprager.com/oxford-crisis-university/

THE CASE FOR ISRAEL

The Islamization of Jerusalem

The Islamization of Jerusalem is an international cause. It does not just come out of Gaza City or even Ramallah. Nor Doha or Istanbul. The politicians and diplomats of every major country demand the Islamization of Jerusalem. When they talk about a Palestinian State with its capital in Jerusalem what they are really demanding is the restoration of the Muslim ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem in 1948.

-Daniel Greenfield, The Islamization of Jerusalem
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/the-islamization-of-jerusalem/

Canadian Friends of Sabeel or Enemies of Israel? (UPDATED)

There are many reasons why the upcoming Friends of Sabeel conference in Canada requires a word of caution. Originally scheduled for this October, it has been postponed till next spring. This gives those who are considering registering more time to think about the following questions.

1) What is Sabeel?

“Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, headquartered in Jerusalem, has been a persistent source of anti-Zionist agitation in mainline Protestant churches in the United States since its founding in 1994. The organization subjects Israel, Jews, and Judaism to intense scrutiny while remaining nearly silent about Arab and Muslim extremism in the Middle East. In addition to publicizing the writings of its founder, Anglican priest Naim Ateek, Sabeel broadcasts its message via regional conferences in the United States and regular study missions to Israel. Far-Left American and Israeli Jews are given prominent display at Sabeel conferences, where Israel is held up to a strict biblical standard of conduct while its adversaries are held to no standard at all. By giving its followers the sense that they are engaging in a showdown with the forces of evil embodied by Israel and its U.S supporters, Sabeel reenacts the church-synagogue rivalry documented in early Christian writings.”

– jcpa.org [1]

Paul Wilkinson, who attended the Sabeel conference in 2004, said:

“…the Lord prompted me so clearly to go out to Israel for the very first time and witness this movement called Sabeel, and see all these evangelical leaders assembling in Jerusalem, basically, to condemn Israel, to condemn the United States for supporting Israel, and to condemn all Christians for supporting Israel based on a literal interpretation of the Word of God, and that’s where I met men like Stephen Sizer, Gary Burge, Donald Wagner—leading evangelicals within the Anglican and Presbyterian churches who, as I mentioned in a previous program, lined up with Yasser Arafat and gave him their support and their endorsement, and that shows you the power of this movement I’ve termed, “Christian Palestinianism,” that Yasser Arafat would want to meet with this group involved with the Sabeel conference.”
 [2]

Friends of Sabeel are those who partner and work with Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center and what is described by many as an anti-Israel agenda. They have chapters in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

2) Who are the speakers?

Well known speakers at the upcoming Friends of Sabeel Conference in Canada include Dr. Naim Ateek, Gary Burge, Donald Wagner (all mentioned above). Another less well known speaker is Ron Dart, a professor at the university where the conference is to be held. Dart, who is a board member of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada, appears to be on the same page as emerging church leaders Brian McLaren and Phylis Tickle[3]. A colleague of screen writer Kevin Miller, Dart has also appeared on his film ‘Hellbound'[4], the controversial documentary that questioned the traditional view of a literal hell. Dart is a main voice opposing the Conservative Party of Steven Harper, the pro-Israel prime minister of Canada. Also listed for the Canadian Friends of Sabeel conference is a potential workshop led by musician Steve Bell, associate of Brian McLaren. Not only have these two partnered in a contemplative music project[5], in 2011 Brian McLaren and Steve Bell were special guests at the ‘Refreshing Winds’ conference at Canadian Mennonite University[6]. McLaren recently spoke at The Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) regional conference that took place this April in Portland, Oregon[7], where he reframed and mocked important scripture passages to fit his interpretations. There will be many other speakers at this conference, but attendees might want to research them before subjecting themselves to their teachings (info below). For example, another speaker listed is director for the United Church of Canada’s Naramata Centre[8]. Not only is this centre completely immersed in contemplative and New Age spirituality, the United Church of Canada has recently adopted an anti-Israel bias[9]. Two years ago they voted to boycott Israeli products[10].

3) What are the issues that will be discussed at this conference?

Some of the main issues that will be discussed from a non-literal view of Bible interpretation will be Christian Zionism[11], Replacement Theology[12] and the Israeli “occupation of Palestine”[13]. Those attending may not be hearing the biblical view of these topics.

4) What about the advertisement for this conference that says: “We are called to challenge the false teaching that undermines the biblical message”?

As you can see, the voices representing Christianity at these Friends of Sabeel conferences appear to be on the same page and claim to have the ‘true’ teaching. However, they are not on the ‘literal’ Bible page. Many of them seem to be opposed to the truth taught in scripture about Israel and may be presenting their own interpretations. These are views held by emerging church leaders, as well as by those who are part of the anti-Israel campaign. Also interesting is how the element of contemplative spirituality is going to be strongly represented at this conference. Fortunately, because it has been postponed, those who wish to be a brave representative of truth for Israel now have more time to research and study before attending this conference[14].

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence Isaiah 62:6

Notes:

[1] Source: 
Updating the Ancient Infrastructure of Christian Contempt: Sabeel http://jcpa.org/article/updating-the-ancient-infrastructure-of-christian-contempt-sabeel/
[2] Source: Paul Wilkinson, T. A. McMahon & Paul Wilkinson (Part 4) https://www.thebereancall.org/content/t-mcmahon-paul-wilkinson-part-4
[3] See: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2014/04/brian-d-mclaren-phyllis-tickle-ron-dart-on-frank-schaeffers-why-i-am-an-atheist-who-believes-in-god/
[4] See: Film Review: HELLBOUND? http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=6943
Dart has said that “we need to transcend a literal way of understanding the Bible because literal interpretation leads to ridiculous consequences” and that “to rescue the church from literalism is to track back to the ancient wisdom of the church mothers and fathers.” See above link for sources.
[5] Lyrics adapted from Teresa of Avila’s prayer/poem Christ Has No Body. Music by Brian McLaren. Recording and lead vocal by Steve Bell. -‘Kindness’ – Teresa of Avila/Steve Bell http://globalworship.tumblr.com/post/66922973770/kindness-teresa-of-avila-steve-bell
[6] See: https://mennolite.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/cmu-student-found-refreshing-winds-very-cool/
[7] Seeds for Justice and Hope for Palestinians and Israelis – What is required of US?
See: McLaren’s Palestinian Justice Speech, Part 1 https://mennolite.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/mclarens-palestinian-justice-speech-part-1/
McLaren’s Palestinian Justice Speech, Part 2 https://mennolite.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/mclarens-palestinian-justice-speech-part-2/
[8] http://www.naramatacentre.net/
[9] http://www.cija.ca/issues/ucc/
[10] STANDWITHUS CONDEMNS UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA ANTI-ISRAEL PREJUDICE AND EXTREMISM UCC https://www.standwithus.com/news/article.asp?id=2402
[11] Understanding Christian Zionism http://www.thebereancall.org/content/september-2013-extra-understanding-christian-zionism
[12] What is replacement theology/supersessionism? http://www.gotquestions.org/replacement-theology.html
[13] MYTH 1: ISRAEL OCCUPIES ARAB PALESTINE http://www.wall-of-truth.org/myths/
[14] HERE IS THE CONFERENCE INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY:

 

 

Upcoming conference on Christian Zionism:

Facing the New Jerusalem:
 Face-to-Face with Christian Zionism and with Palestinian Christians

October 23  – 25, 2014 NEW DATE – SPRING 2015! (details t.b.a.)
University of the Fraser Valley
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada

Why Bless Israel?

Facing the New Jerusalem: Face to Face with Christian Zionism

Why This Conference
Because even as he turned his face to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51), the followers of Jesus today must confront the hard realities of pain and suffering in the land of promise. Because many Christians and churches, with many Muslims and Jews, are committed to peace, justice and reconciliation with alternatives to Christian Zionism and Replacement Theology. Because our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers have called us to hear their cry for reconciliation by better understanding our own faith. Because we are called to challenge the false teaching that undermines the biblical message of love, mercy, and justice present in the insidious form of Christian Zionism pervasive in our own traditions that remains silent in the face of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Conference Mission Statement
We aim to empower the many Christians and their churches, with many Muslims and Jews, who are committed to peace, justice and reconciliation in Palestine and Israel, with alternatives to Christian Zionism and Replacement Theology. We are called to challenge the false teaching that undermines the biblical message of love, mercy, and justice, present in the insidious form of Christian Zionism, often pervasive in our own traditions, and that remains silent in the face of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Who Should Attend?
• Christians, Muslims and Jews who want to learn from and engage with Palestinian Christianity.
• Leaders locally and nationally of Christian denominations
• Members of churches’ outreach units and service committees
• Faculty and students from theological colleges and seminaries
• Leaders of ecumenical networks

Objectives of this Conference
1. To educate participants on the history and theology of Christian Zionism in Canada and the U.S. and on how its manifestations represent a barrier to peace in the Middle East.
2. To empower denominational leaders with a deeper understanding of active and passive Christian Zionism so that they can educate their members on this aspect of engaging their faith with integrity.
3. To galvanize church-related organizations, faith-based groups and civil society groups who are working in solidarity with the churches and who affirm the role of the churches in challenging spurious charges of anti-semitism and being anti-Jewish .
4. To equip churches, seminaries and teaching centres with updated scholarship and information on the churches’ stand on Christian Zionism.
5. To support Christians in Canada with the knowledge, resources and confidence to participate more actively and effectively in the wider public discourse regarding Canada’s role in Israel Palestine and foreign policy in the Middle East.
To spread the word through the anticipated 200 participants including students, and by providing online access to proceedings during and after the Conference.

BOMBING IN JERUSALEM: Also, more rockets/mortars hit southern Israel

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Speakers:

Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, 
Founder Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre, Jerusalem, Palestine

Natalie Maxson, 
Program Director at the United Church of Canada’s Naramata Centre, B.C.

Dr. Gary Burge
, Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College, Illinois

Dale Hildebrand
, Former Program Director of Middle East work for KAIROS Canada, Canadian Friends of Sabeel (CFOS) Executive Member, Toronto

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, 
Advisory Board Member Jewish Voices for Peace, Co-Founder of Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence, San Francisco

Jonathan Kuttab
, Lawyer, Co-Founder of Al-Haq Human Rights Centre in Ramallah, Chairman of the Board Bethlehem Bible College, Chairman of the Board Holy Land Trust, Sabeel Board Member, Ramallah, Palestine

Ron Dart
, Professor of Political Science and Religious Studies, University of the Fraser Valley, B.C.

Rev. Dr. Donald (Don) Wagner, 
Program Director for Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Co-Founder of Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding, Chicago

Facing the New Jerusalem: Schedule

OVERVIEW SPEAKERS SCHEDULE REGISTRATION

Thursday, October 23rd
3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.: Registration
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.: Dinner
6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.: Greetings/Overview of the Conference
7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.: Palestinian Music
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.: Key Note Address: Christian Zionism and the Palestinians – Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek
8:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.: Audience Q. & A.

Friday October 24
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.: Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.: Plenary: Types of Christian Zionism – Don Wagner/Gary Burge
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Audience Q. & A.
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Plenary: A Jewish Palestinian and Dialogue – Lynn Gottlieb/Jonathan Kuttab
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunch
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.: Plenary: Canadian Christian Zionism/Canadian Foreign Policy – Ron Dart
2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Panel Response/Audience Q. & A.
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Coffee
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Workshop I
Evening: Dinner at a Local Restaurant

Saturday October 25
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.: Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Plenary: Action and Application – Natalie Maxson/Dale Hildebrand/Don Wagner
9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Panel Response/Audience Q. & A.
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Coffee
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Workshop II
12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Final Reflections/Benediction – Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek

Potential Workshops
16th-17th Century Roots of Philosemitism-Christian Zionism – Gerald Hobbs
Authentic Christian Pilgrimage – Rev. Robert Assaly
Orthodox Christians and the Palestinians – Adam Yaghi
Nakba and Palestinian Memory Mining – Nawal Mutut
Thinking Outside the Oslo Box – Jonathan Kuttab
Jewish Voices for Peace – Rabbi Linda Gottlieb
Dialogue and Zionism – William Roberts
The Future of Jerusalem – Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek
Music and Justice/Peacemaking – Steve Bell

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UPDATE:

Anti-Zionist Lectures in Canada
https://olivepress.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/anti-zionist-lectures-in-canada/

NEW ARTICLE:

Palestinian Liberation Theology Exposed Jan 20, 2014
Reverend Dr. Naim Stifan Ateek (Arab Palestinian Anglican priest and founder of Sabeel International Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem) attempts to revise history.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/susan-warner/palestinian-liberation-theology-exposed/

UPDATE:

NEW SCHEDULED DATE FOR SPRING 2015:
Facing the New Jerusalem :
Face-to-Face with Christian Zionism and with Palestinian Christians
April 23 – 25, 2015
Vancouver B.C.

Also see:

Sabeel: the Devil in Canada’s Churches
http://www.anglicanfriendsofisrael.com/2005/11/sabeel-the-devil-in-canadas-churches/

From Zionism to Palestinianism

“For at least the last 100 years, Christian Zionists have been the one arm of the Evangelical church that maintained a very friendly, positive attitude towards Israel and the Jewish people. Most Israeli Prime Ministers since 1948, have recognized the friends they had within Christian Zionist circles.
Unfortunately, the tide is changing. . .
. . . This changing tide is known as “Christian Palestinianism” and will turn into a tsunami if nothing gets done. It has already swept a large number of Evangelicals into questioning, disliking AND rejecting any kind of Zionism. Christian Palestinianism is Christian anti-Zionism, and as such it must be confronted.”

Source: From Zionism to Palestinianism: The Great Christian Betrayal!
by Olivier J. Melnick
http://www.newantisemitism.com/2014/08/from-zionism-to-palestinianism-great.html

The Case for Israel

Bill Whittle: The Case for Israel

As Israel is under attack from Hamas in the Gaza strip and BDS — Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions — right here in America, Bill Whittle makes the historical and moral case for Israel, and shows just who, indeed, are the tyrants and aggressors in the Middle East.

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Transcript here:

http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-case-israel

Israel Attacked on Four Fronts

Israel Attacked on Four Fronts

The wreckage of earlier Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts – the Camp David Accords, Oslo, the Road Map to Peace and all the rest – was on particularly vivid display this week.

Reuters reported Monday that “at least one rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Monday….The rocket was fired from the area around the southern city of Tyre, Lebanese security sources said.” AFP noted that “a rocket fired from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on Sunday.” Rockets from Gaza continue to hit Israel despite the Israeli defensive actions. And according to Al Arabiya, “Egyptian security thwarted on Sunday an attempt to launch two rockets from Sinai at Israel.”

More here:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/robert-spencer/israel-attacked-on-four-fronts/

The White House Stabs Israel in the Back – Again

The White House Stabs Israel in the Back —- Again

Let us engage in a brief thought experiment. Imagine if a top American official during World War II, say Eisenhower or perhaps Bradly, publically blasted Britain while British troops were slugging it out with German panzers at Caen, while British blood was being used to secure the Allies’ left flank and the roads to Paris. It is an inconceivable thought, but had it occurred, evidence of a fissure among allies would have served to embolden Hitler and would have had a devastating demoralizing effect on our British partners.

Of course, the Allies had their differences (Montgomery and Patton were notorious critics of one another) but generally kept them hush and within the family. It would be unfathomable for members of the Allied powers to publically censure one another, for such action would be deemed counterproductive. On the rare occasion where a ranking member of the Allied forces veered from accepted protocol and issued public criticism, he was scolded and quickly forced to issue a retraction or apology.

Fast forward to July 2014. . .

More here:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ari-lieberman/the-white-house-stabs-israel-in-the-back-again/

Israel comes to standstill as sirens wail for 6 million lost

Nation comes to standstill as sirens wail for 6 million lost

Two-minute Holocaust commemoration precedes ceremonies across country to mark annual memorial day

Millions of Israelis paused for two minutes Monday in solemn silence as air raid sirens wailed across the country to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day…

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/nation-comes-to-standstill-as-sirens-wail-for-6-million-lost/

HOW JEWISH VALUES ENRICH THE EARTH

The Jewish people were entrusted by God with awesome purpose. No nation in the history of the world has had a more significant and positive impact on human development than the Jews.

– Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, HOW JEWISH VALUES ENRICH THE EARTH
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/04/20/How-Jewish-Values-Enrich-the-Earth

Christians rediscovering Passover

Christians rediscovering Passover
By David Parsons/JNS.org

For Jews and Christians, the Passover season is a special time for reflection on the rich spiritual truths contained within this remarkable holiday. Indeed, we can all observe the command to “remember” the incredible Israelite deliverance from bondage in Egypt.

For Christians, the events of a momentous Passover some 15 centuries later have given added meaning to this holiday, so that the truths of the first are reinforced in the latter. Deliverance from Pharaoh’s taskmasters became freedom from slavery to sin. The blood of a lamb on the doorposts became a typology of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross…

More here:

http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2014/2/19/christians-rediscovering-passover#.U0vd5Fxv0wg

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/

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

Israel: The World’s First Modern Indigenous State

Israel: The World’s First Modern Indigenous State
by Ryan Mervin Bellerose

The following essay by Ryan Mervin Bellerose a pro-Israel native-rights activist in Alberta, Canada – first published on the israellycool blog (israellycool.com) and then on Calgary United with Israel – explains “why Jews are indigenous to the Land of Israel and why Palestinians are not.”

I am a Métis from Paddle Prairie Metis settlement [in Canada]. My father, Mervin Bellerose, co-authored the Métis Settlements Act of 1989, which was passed by the Alberta legislature in 1990 and cemented our land rights. I founded Canadians for Accountability, a native rights advocacy group, and I am an organizer and participant in the Idle No More movement in Calgary. And I am a Zionist.

More here:

http://moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/discernment/israel/israel-the-worlds-first-modern-indigenous-state

Harper: Canada supports Israel because it is right to do so

Harper: Canada supports Israel because it is right to do so
Harper stresses Canada’s strong bond with Israel, saying ‘Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state is absolute and non-negotiable’, apologizes for Nazi-era negligence, denounces boycotts of Jewish State – and is heckled by Arab parliamentarians

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the Knesset on Monday as part of his four-day visit to Israel and the West Bank. He became the first Canadian leader to address the Israeli government.

More here:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4479073,00.html

Stephen Harper’s deceased father a key influence in PM’s support for Israel

Stephen Harper’s deceased father a key influence in PM’s support for Israel
PM has called his father the ‘greatest influence’ on his life
Mark Kennedy

OTTAWA — His father was an army cadet too young to see active service in the Second World War but who swore never to forget the horrors of the Holocaust.

So when Stephen Harper was growing up in Toronto with his two brothers, he learned from his dad, Joseph Harper — a man he later described as the “greatest influence” on his life.
Joseph Harper, an accountant who became a member of the Presbyterian Church, was a student of military history who despised totalitarianism.

He had seen what it can produce, how Hitler’s Nazis had obliterated six million Jews from the face of Europe. He understood why the Jews wanted a Jewish state called Israel to prosper and be safe.

More here:

http://o.canada.com/news/national/stephen-harpers-deceased-father-a-key-influence-in-pms-support-for-israel/

Netanyahu’s Warning

Netanyahu’s Warning

Thirty years ago President Ronald Reagan famously said, “We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.”

Winston Churchill summed up the fatal flaw of appeasement years earlier this way: “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken these words and the lessons of history to heart. He has warned repeatedly how a bad deal with Iran over its nuclear program can have catastrophic consequences for international peace and security.

More here:

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/netanyahus-warning/

Stop the lies – Jerusalem isn’t occupied

“We’re being told that right behind this succa [the Old City of Jerusalem] is occupied territory, and we may be boycotted as long as we’re there.

Whoever thinks our capital of 3,000 years is occupied doesn’t understand anything. Stop the lies,” . . .

-Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett to Christians: Stop the lies – Jerusalem isn’t occupied
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=326811

Rewriting the History of Israel

According to Palestinian Media Watch:

“Rewriting the history of the Land of Israel in order to deny Israel’s right to exist is central to Palestinian Authority (PA) policy. Long before it started the PA terror campaign (the ‘Intifada,’ 2000-2005), the PA was fighting a history war – erasing Jewish history and replacing it with a fabricated Palestinian history.

“Erasing Jewish history in the land of Israel is followed by the PA’s invention of ancient and modern histories that support its political ideology and claim to the land of Israel. The Holocaust and other aspects of Jewish history are alternately denied, downplayed or distorted. Another distortion is to hide from Palestinians that Jesus was a Jew who lived in the Land of Judea/Israel. PA leaders repeatedly define Jesus as a Palestinian who preached Islam, thus denying not only Jewish history, but also the history and legitimacy of Christianity.”

–THE PALESTINIAN JESUS
by Jim Fletcher
http://balfourpost.com/the-palestinian-jesus/

Obama’s Mirage in Israel

Obama’s Mirage in Israel

Before clicking Like of President Barack Hussein Obama, who seeks a public relations benefit on the eve of Holy Week and Passover, Israel and its supporters might consider how much Obama has UnLiked them to date.

Obama’s background, worldview, and policies make him no friend of the Jewish state…

More here:

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/larry-greenfield/obamas-mirage-in-israel/

Matisyahu “Happy Hanukkah”

Matisyahu “Happy Hanukkah”

Like it or not, the state of Palestine is semi-officially on the map

Like it or not, the state of Palestine is semi-officially on the map

Nearly unanimous support for Abbas’s UN bid shows that even some of Israel’s closest allies blame the Netanyahu government for the impasse in the peace process

On Thursday night, the world made much more than just a symbolic gesture. In recognizing Palestine as a nonmember observer state at the UN General Assembly — the same status as The Vatican — disregarding Israeli and American warnings that such a step was premature and would impede the resumption of peace talks, the overwhelming majority of nations sent an unambiguous message to Jerusalem: We want a Palestinian state and we’re tired of your obstinacy in preventing it.

More here:

http://www.timesofisrael.com/like-it-or-not-the-state-of-palestine-is-semi-officially-on-the-map/

Also see:

Analysis of UN vote recognizing “State of Palestine”; also Israel’s UN ambassador quotes passage from Old & New Testaments
http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/analysis-of-un-vote-recognizing-state-of-palestine-also-israels-un-ambassador-quotes-passage-from-old-new-testaments/

Should Christians support the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state?

Should Christians support the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state? The UN is essentially set to vote for one on Thursday.

(Los Angeles, California) — Should Christians support the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state? This has long been an important question. But it’s particularly relevant this week.

On Thursday, the Palestinian leadership will ask the United Nations General Assembly to vote on a resolution that will give them enhanced international legal status, not quite a full sovereign state, but very close. The resolution is expected to pass decisively. France, Russia, China and most nations of the world have indicated they will vote “yes” on the resolution. That’s right, the world is poised to say yes to a sovereign Palestinian state despite the fact that Palestinians in Gaza just committed more than 3,000 war crimes last week…

More here:

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/should-christians-support-the-creation-of-a-sovereign-palestinian-state-the-un-is-essentially-set-to-vote-for-one-on-thursday/

RELATED:

The Palestinians could have been celebrating the 65th anniversary of their state today. What happened?
http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/the-palestinians-could-have-been-celebrating-the-65th-anniversary-of-their-state-today-what-happened/

Want to Occupy Something? Occupy Gaza!

Want to Occupy Something? Occupy Gaza!

Steven’s getting slammed by the Jew-hating left (and oh yes, they are), so you might want to give him your support.

Must see video(s) here:

http://pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/2012/11/16/want-to-occupy-something-occupy-gaza/