New Israeli Prime Minister!

from Agape Press
by Bill Fancher

...A Middle East observer is welcoming the news that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is stepping down as leader of his political party, a move that will force new elections in the nation of Israel. Columnist and talk show host Don Feder welcomes the news of Sharon's decision to resign his leadership post.

"I think it's a great idea," Feder says. "I think philosophically Ariel Sharon doesn't belong in the Likud Party any longer -- he's no longer a nationalist." The Israeli official has continually bowed to outside pressures, the columnist contends, and he says the Israeli leader is "willing, as he's demonstrated, to compromise Israel's security interests in the cause of international relations or keeping the Bush administration happy."

Feder believes Sharon's resignation will strengthen the Likud Party and offer the people of Israel an alternative in dealing with the Palestinians. {That last horrible deal "brokered" by Condaleeza Rice should be aborted for the horrible idea it always was......}

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'Pandering' to Palestine

With Nazi Appeasement
from Agape Press
by Chad Groening

Esther Levens, founder and CEO of the Unity Coalition for Israel, says the recent Palestinian-Israeli "agreement" brokered by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is nothing but more appeasement of terrorists at Israel's expense. It is reminiscent of the way Adolph Hitler was appeased by the Western powers leading up to the Second World War.

The Bush administration would never concede U.S. territory to al-Qaeda, Levens asserts, yet she says the U.S. government appears perfectly willing to make Israel sacrifice its territory and security to the Palestinians.

America is not giving its terrorist enemies New York, Levens says, "because they killed 3,000 people there." It would be a farce even to consider such a thing, she adds, "and yet we pressure Israel to do what we would never do."

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The bigger question is: Why Israel are you LISTENING TO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE? It is YOUR land. It is YOUR nation. It is YOUR very survival.

Quit conceding that which G-d has given YOU.

Quit listening to Condi Rice who is so PRO-Palestinian and so ANTI-ISRAELI. She does NOT have your best interests at heart........

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The Betrayal of Israel

Read the full article here: Agape Press
by Jim Brown

Author Dave Hunt says the United States has betrayed Israel in a major way over the past century. This betrayal, he says, involves far more than just urging the Jewish state to give portions of its land to the Arabs.

In his new book 'Judgment Day: Israel, Islam and the Nations', author Dave Hunt argues that the U.S. has the blood of Holocaust victims on its hands. In 1938, he says, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated at a meeting in Evian, France, that America would do nothing about Adolf Hitler's plan to exterminate 11 million Jews he had marked out in eastern and western Europe. The author also documents that in 1944 the German dictator offered 500,000 Hungarian Jews for two dollars apiece, but Roosevelt and the State Department refused to take them in.

{It has always been my belief that God used the hubris of the Japanese empire to bomb Pearl Harbor. It was His way to insure a remnant of His people would survive. Without the United States getting involved, no Jew would have survived~~Hitler's killing machine was that efficient. Perhaps if America had taken the opportunities presented in 1938, Pearl Harbor could have been avoided.}

Hunt says in 1973 -- just before the Yom Kippur War -- the U.S. knew an Israeli "Pearl Harbor" was coming, yet did nothing, fearing it would upset the Arabs.

Hunt contends that because of these and many other betrayals of God's chosen people, the Jews, the U.S. is heading for a horrible judgment at Armageddon. He claims that at that apocalyptic battle God will destroy the nations of the world for accepting "the Arab lie" that Israel is occupying the Palestinians' land. {We deserve it. I pray my government will wake up and change their stance. But with people like Sec. of State Rice, and now President Bush, I just don't see that happening.}

He says it is unfortunate that America's alliance with the Jewish nation is not out of conviction or in obedience to God and to His Word -- "even though we claim to have Christians in high office." {Just because you can talk the talk doesn't make you a Christian. It requires walking that walk as well. Or for more secularly inclined people: putting your money where your mouth is.}

Hunt authors a monthly newsletter that is distributed through the website for his ministry, The Berean Call.

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No More Concessions

Read the full article here: Agape Press
by Chad Groening

Esther Levens, the founder of a coalition of Christian and Jewish organizations (Unity Coalition for Israel) dedicated to a safe and secure Israel says she cannot understand why the United States has once again forced the Jewish state to cave in to the demands of Islamic terrorists. {I don't understand why Israel agrees to it. Reminds me of the little kid who gives away all his best toys in the hopes that the other kids will then like him. Only it never happens. Instead, they scorn him. Israel must stop giving away their land and making concessions. It is not bringing them respect or tolerance~~only more hatred and scorn.}

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice(?Is she Muslim?) is hailing this week's agreement between Israel and the Palestinians as a big step forward to independence for the Palestinians. Among other things, the agreement gives the Palestinians direct access to Egypt through Gaza, bus convoys through Israeli territory between Gaza and the West Bank, and a seaport in Gaza.

"I don't understand the need to pressure Israel, unless it's just to make concessions to look good in the Arab world," she offers. "And it isn't the Israelis that are creating the terrorism; it is coming from radical Islam. How can we forget that? I mean, we're our own worst enemy here." {The current Israeli leaders ARE selling out Israel. No doubt, during WWII they would have informed on their fellow Jews to glean some comforts for themselves.}

Levens sees some contradiction in White House policy. {YES} "[The president is] losing the moral argument against Iraq when he's helping the terrorists in Gaza," she says. Consequently, she feels the president's followers are "increasingly disappointed with him." {YES AGAIN}

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Archaeologists Unveil Ancient Church Site

from Yahoo News or here AP News
by RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press Writer

{Conservative~by~natures disclaimer: Since you must have the written permission to utilize AP material, I have commented about the highlights of the article. I have NOT utilized any direct quotes; therefore, you will not see quote marks. I have been extremely careful in not altering the content or meaning from the original. My thoughts about the material will be in parentheses. You can read the original story for yourself at the links provided. Not sure how long either of these sites "keep" the material. AP probably archives~~not sure about YahooNews. }

This ancient church is found IN ISRAEL. It is too soon yet to state if it is the oldest church in the world yet. {But I wouldn't be surprised~~in recent years God has allowed a great deal of evidence to be discovered.}

Part of the discovery included mosaics; one of which had the Christian fish symbol on it

Interestingly, the Israel Antiquities Authority says this church's location, in the town of Megiddo, is very near where the future battle between good and evil takes place as recorded in the book of Revelation.

During this particular time period, according to Stephen Pfann, worshippers met in secrecy due to persecution. {I was taught the fish symbol was a way for believers to recognize each other. One would draw half of the fish and if the other person was a believer he knew to draw the other half. Then they could talk as brothers in Christ; otherwise, it was just doodling in the sand and prevented that persecution. So, it would make sense that a church existing during a time period of persecution would have the fish symbol in it. }

The archaelogists believe they may have discovered a baptismal site here as well {which would be significant since Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist thus setting the standard for all believers to follow.}

One anthropologist has already questioned the dating of this find. {There is ALWAYS someone who just cannot believe....... }

Joe Zias states that there is no evidence of churches before the fourth century.

{This would be correct UNTIL the first one IS found.

With such compelling finds already uncovered, I believe the evidence will prove conclusive.

And it is IN ISRAEL, the nation of God's Chosen People! What more proof is needed?????}




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Abbas or the Abyss?

from International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
by Jonathan Tobin
Quotes from the article are in " "; while my sentiments follow without them.


"Ironically, it was at Bush's meetings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week — an event that provided a respite from bad press — at which the greatest administration blunder of the month occurred: Bush gave Abbas the green light to allow Hamas terrorists to keep their arms and run in next January's Palestinian elections."

I fear Bush and Condoleezza Rice, and everyone else in our government sees Mahmoud Abbas as the "savior" of the middle east. When in fact, this man is a wolf in sheep's clothes. He has NO intention of stopping the violence.

"The Bush team's approach to the Israel-Arab conflict has boiled down to a simple prayer that somehow Mahmoud Abbas can transform Palestinian politics and culture from one of terrorism and war to one of peace.

Needless to say, they're simply dreaming."

Or stupid.

"True, Abbas plays his role as would-be peacemaker much better than his former chief. He dresses properly, and adopts the right tone of conciliation when called upon to do so."

Wolf, in sheep's clothes.....

"Bush could have laid it on the line to Abbas about Hamas and his own killers. But the belief that this particular Palestinian is indispensable appears to have overcome any sense of danger.

The tipping point is fast approaching. But it appears that few in the administration realize that they have already struck a devil's bargain with Abbas. "

Which is why the Republican party could be in danger of losing the support of Christian evangelicals who support Israel. While Bush cannot be re-elected, he should be taking the 'long-view' in regards to his party.

As for Condoleezza Rice running for president~~no true evangelical should vote for her. She is Anti-Semitic; a Jew hater; and has thrown her support to murderers. This woman does NOT speak for me.....

"So convinced was the Clinton administration of the need to preserve Yasser Arafat as a peace partner that they preferred to deceive themselves and others in order to avoid facing the truth about him. The same is going on now with Abbas, whose meeting with Bush last week had all the earmarks of Clinton's endless romancing of Arafat."

I don't worry too much about Israel because I know that God has them in His hands.

Israel CANNOT be destroyed.

America, however, CAN BE.

God has clearly stated, those nations who TRY to destroy Israel will themselves be destroyed instead. While Rice and her ilk will be destroyed~~who cares~~I very much care about the people who support Israel that could be destroyed because of Rice and her ilk.

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