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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Palestinian terrorists

Agape Press

by Associated Press

...Dozens of
evangelical Christians from the United States, Europe and Asia have been touring Jewish settlements in the West Bank in recent days, taking time out from their organized pilgrimage to the Holy Land to show their support for Israeli settlers. Many of the evangelical Christians are Zionists who believe that Jews are the chosen people whose return to the biblical land of Israel is a precursor to the Second Coming of Christ. At a Jewish settlement south of Jerusalem Sunday, Diana Liedtke of Michigan said, "You can see God's plan coming to fruition, and it seems like it's speeding up." {That’s because: the generation that sees the re-birth of Israel will still be living when Christ returns as King of kings and Lord of lords. Matt. 24:32-35; Mark 13:28-31; Luke 21:29-33} Thousands of the evangelical Christians marched last week in a parade to celebrate Israel's 1967 capture of east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim {But have NO RIGHTS TO} as the capital of a future state.


by Bill Fancher

...Despite Israel's ongoing land concessions, Palestinian terrorists are continuing to kill Jews inside the borders of Israel, and one pro-family advocate feels the media is largely ignoring the situation.

{What else is new? Mainstream media is so obviously pro-palestinian~~when they should be pro- nothing~~they should be non-biased, simply reporting “the FACTS” and nothing more!}


Campaign for Working Families director Gary Bauer feels it is odd that the liberal media seem not to care about Palestinian terrorist acts. "The attack against Israeli young people is, of course, disgusting, obscene, outrageous," he says. And yet, he observes, "It's getting virtually no attention in the mainstream media." Meanwhile, although the Israeli pullout of Gaza and portions of the West Bank was supposed to encourage peace, the Campaign for Working Families spokesman maintains it has not helped to stem the tide of Palestinian violence.

"It never, never pays to make concessions to terrorists," Bauer says.

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Do I hear an AMEN out there?


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Saturday, October 22, 2005

Senator Rick Santorum


"The enemies of Israel are tyrants and sponsors of terrorism from Iraq to Iran, from Libya to Syria ... We know that if we do not protect the freedom of Israel and all true democracies today, we will soon fall victim to those same evil forces. So we have two missions ahead of us. One is to assist Israel in its struggle against anti-democratic enemies and two, defend ourselves here in America, against the rising tide of anti-Semitism."

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Please do not get all freaky that I have blogged your quote and am responding to it. It is called debate. When possible (or interested) I will respond!

>>>Anonymous wrote: yeah, kick those palestinians off of their land, kill them and humiliate them... take their resources, take their wealth, and take their dignity... this is what the Testament has taught us! <<<

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Actually, You could paraphrase your own statement: 'kick those Jews off of their land, kill them and humiliate them... take their resources, take their wealth, and take their dignity.'

Rebuttal: No, the "Testament"; which I assume you to mean the Bible; has taught us that the land of Israel belongs to Israel. It is Israel's land, wealth and resources that are desired.

God had other plans and blessings planned for the descendants of Ishmael.

Genesis 16:10 "The angel added, 'I will give you more descendants than you can count." Genesis 21:13 "But I will make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he also is your son." 21:18 "Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants."

Even though Sarah initially had so little faith and sent her servant Hagar in to Abraham to insure the birth of the son God had promised~~then grew jealous of this~~and Abraham failed to solve this problem~~God did not forget Ishmael in all this or his descendants!

Later one of Ishmael's daughters MARRIES Hebrew Esau. (Genesis Chapter 36)

Realistically, this is just one HUGE dysfunctional family. The Israelites and the Middle Eastern tribes are cousins. Same patriarch, different matriarchs.

What most evangelical Christians have a problem with is the Middle Eastern nations who desire to completely DESTROY Israel. It is their goal and has been for a very long time. We also have a problem with their desire for the entire world to worship "Allah".

As an evangelical, my hopes are for each to come to know the saving grace of Jesus. I will witness when given the opportunity. Here is the difference: While I will be sad if your choice is denial, I'm not going to call for your death if you choose not to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

When you reject Allah, Islam is NOT this forgiving.

Check this out for yourself~~it's not just Israel they are intolerant of: Christian Freedom

The Land Dispute:




Israel by comparison to all her neighbors is a very small land mass. They are not greedy~~unlike those neighbors who want even that little bit of land.

(Israel is in red on the above map.) Their land mass is .1% of the total or about 8000 square miles; whereas, the surrounding 22 Arab countries are 640 times larger than tiny Israel yet they expect Israel to turn over all the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and half of Jerusalem... territory they lost after they started the 1967 war! Fresh Hope

Palestine/Palestinians~~not a "real" people or land. They are displaced Jordanians, Syrians, and other Arabs. The only reason the Middle Eastern countries even acknowledge these people is because it helps their cause of grabbing the land. Otherwise, they could CARE less about the Palestinians~~if they truly did care, any or all of these nations could give a few miles of their country to give these people their own homeland.

“And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism. The antisemite rejoices at any opportunity to vent his malice. The times have made it unpopular, in the West {Not so anymore}, to proclaim openly a hatred of the Jews. This being the case, the antisemite must constantly seek new forms and forums for his poison. How he must revel in the new masquerade! He does not hate the Jews, he is just 'anti-Zionist'!”

Quote from a man who knew first hand: hatred, and discrimination.....Martin Luther King, Jr. who today WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN! Not Islamic Muslim.


Finally, my dictionary defines

sarcasm-- a taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark; gibe or jeer, generally ironical.

sarcastic--implies intent to hurt by taunting with mocking ridicule, veiled sneers, ect.

Both I find to be the impediment to honest discourse.

Yes, on occassion, being HUMAN, I too can feel the urge to be sarcastic. I do try however to use it minimally as it really serves VERY LITTLE purpose.




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Friday, October 21, 2005

Gaza Evacuees

Came to me via e-mail:

A Gaping Wound
By Rachel Saperstein

Jerusalem Gold Hotel
September 22, 2005

The wound grows larger, wider, deeper. The Israeli government has now demanded that each expelled family pay 150 shekels per day for living in a hotel room. Considering that we have no income, nor any home to return to, it is quite a chunk of money to be deducted from our compensation package. Indeed, absolutely no money has been paid to the vast majority of expellees. We are dependent on the kindness of donors even for pocket money.

“Ah,” says the government, “but 900 families have received keys to caravillas (caravans made to look like villas). You just don’t want to leave the hotel. That’s why we’re fining you.”

“But we do want to leave,” we reply. “We want our own homes. Our own kitchen table. Where are the caravillas?”

“They aren’t built yet. We’re working on them.”

“So even the few of us who have received keys have no doors in which to put them...”

“True, but we’re telling the media you just want to enjoy the hotels.”

“Where is the money you promised us so we can maintain our dignity until the final compensation is worked out?”

“We gave you half a million dollars when you were forcibly removed from Gush Katif.”

“But we never received any money...”

“Doesn’t matter. We are telling the media you are choking on all the money we’ve given you. We have the best public relations firms working for us, and collaborators throughout the press. And today people believe what we say. Our message is repeated over and over in all the media. Whom do you think the world believes, the government of Israel or... the settlers?”

“Why are you doing this to us? No homes, no money, no jobs, and dependent on the charity of others. And even forced to continue paying mortgages on the homes you destroyed.”

“Because if we succeed in convincing the world that we are the good guys and you are the liars we’ve set the stage for the next expulsion. The settlers of Judea and Samaria understand this very well. They won’t give us any trouble when they get their eviction notices. They’re watching how we squeeze you and make you suffer. They won’t want to be in your shoes. They’ll sell out quickly enough. You are the example.”

“We may be the example of people you have expelled but we have retained our self-respect despite your best efforts.”

“But we are working overtime at breaking you, depriving you of your dignity. We signed an agreement to give the people of Kfar Darom an apartment building in Ashkelon so they could stay together. But we reneged.”

“Why?”

“We can do with you as we wish. We can make you disappear. We have the power to do so. You witnessed our power first hand. Anyway, elections are on the horizon and Gush Katif must be forgotten – and soon. That’s why we torment and humiliate you. So you’ll give up and just go away.”

“We will not go away. We are a community and will remain a community. We are a symbol to the world. Our strength lies in our belief in our country, our people, our Torah. Through us Eretz Yisrael will remain strong despite your efforts to weaken it. The love of the people that we inspire will overcome your power. The gaping wound that you have created in Israel’s society will heal only through our strength and belief. We will be the healers and we will not be forgotten and you will not be forgiven.”

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The Gaza Evacuees Still Need Lots of Help!

We cannot give up now as they face even more frustration and confusion from the government.

I have heard that many churches through out North America are "adopting" a family for one year to help them through this very difficult time.

Meanwhile, individuals can help at this link: Giving to Gush Katif Refugees



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