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Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld—For Europe, Greed and Cowardice Trump Security and Justice:
The news that the EU designated Hezbollah’s “military wing” as a terrorist organization made headlines in the U.S. and Europe. Missing from most reports was the fact that this fictitious distinction between “military” and “political” wings was the result of a compromise.
The EU demands unanimity on such policy decisions. But only 22 of the 28 member states reluctantly agreed to list all of Hezbollah as a terrorist group. Thus, the compromise was to designate only the “military wing” as a terrorist organization. However, Hezbollah, like all terrorist organizations, does not make such a distinction between its political and military activities. They are one for all and all for one.
Moreover, Hezbollah has publicly denied such a division. In October 2012, Hezbollah’s second-in-command, Naim Qassem, declared in Beirut: “We don’t have a military wing and a political one. We don’t have Hezbollah on one hand and the resistance party on the other. Every element of Hezbollah, from commanders to members as well as our various capabilities are in the service of the resistance and we have nothing but the resistance as a priority.”
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Cabinet approves referendum bill ahead of vote on prisoners release
Report: Israel increases number of prisoners to be freed before talks start to 104
Netanyahu on prisoner release: Sometimes PMs have to make unpopular choices for good of the country
Bayit Yehudi MK: Gov’t that releases prisoners, will uproot settlements
Report: Hamas, Iran secretly met in Beirut to talk truce
Egypt’s Brotherhood stays on streets despite killings
Report: Palestinians claim Kerry vowed to reject Israeli bid for interim deal
Three indicted for attempting to bomb Tel Aviv supermarket
Hungarian EU veteran András Pátkai to lobby for Israel in Brussels
IDF bolstering forces on Syria, Sinai frontiers
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Cabinet Okays Referendum Bill for Final Status Agreement
Saar: Freeing Terrorists in Israel’s Interest
Bayit Yehudi: PM Elected to Make Right, Not Difficult Decisions
Weinstein: Draft Religious Girls, Too
Rabbi Ronsky: No Need for Blame Game on Chief Rabbi
Rabbi Lau: Terrorist Release Could Endanger Israel
Voting for Terrorist Release ‘With a Heavy Heart’
‘Why Hunt Down Nazis, but Release Muslim Nazis?’
On Release List: Terrorists who Murdered Children
Kerry Deeply Concerned About Egypt Violence
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‘Israel agrees to release 24 Israeli-Arab pre-Oslo prisoners’
At least 38 Morsi supporters killed in Egypt, medic says
Egypt military builds criminal case against Morsi
Cabinet approves referendum bill on relinquishing territory
Thousands protest government at Tunisia funeral
EU worried about decision to limit IDF cooperation over Green Line
Hamas patches up ties with Hezbollah, Iran
Syria says agreement reached on UN chemical probe
Gunmen kill Libyan critic of Muslim Brotherhood
Turkey issues warning to Syrian Kurdish group
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Cabinet convenes to approve unpopular prisoner release
An open letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
‘Netanyahu is encouraging terror by releasing killers’
Reports: Israel attacked another weapons convoy in Syria
Egyptian army unleashes ‘Desert Storm’ on Sinai Peninsula
Jordan, Israel and Palestinians get new industrial complex in Jericho
Hamas Shuts Media Offices in Gaza over “False” News
Haredim win the battle, but the war of the Jews is far from over
Haredim 1, religious Zionists 0
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Ruthie Blum: Hezbollah’s European patsies— Announcing and furthering a genocidal agenda, while at the same time forbidding others to base their policies accordingly, is a ploy so primitive that it ought to have become utterly ineffective by now.
Aaron David Miller: What Makes John Kerry Think He Can Secure Peace in Israel?—Having analyzed and worked on the Arab-Israeli peace process for more than 40 years, my initial reaction to Secretary of State John Kerry’s success in getting the Israelis and the Palestinians to resume talks was predictably negative: He may get them to the negotiating table, but he cannot keep them there, let alone reach an agreement. The last time I had a role in this movie – the historic Camp David summit of July 2000 – the effort failed, triggering the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence in half a century.
Nahum Barnea: Washington Is a Cemetery for Negotiations—Three diplomatic agreements have been reached between Israel and its neighbors: The peace treaty with Egypt; the mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO; and the peace treaty with Jordan. The talks that led to the signing of these agreements were conducted behind the back of the American administrations. America was asked to join later as the financer, guarantor, mediator and host. Each time America initiated a move it failed.
Jerusalem Post Editorial: Capital Offense—Since the 1947 UN Partition Resolution placed Jerusalem under international control, U.S. presidents have declined to take a position on the status of the city. The parts of Jerusalem that fell under Israeli control in the wake of the War of Independence were never recognized by the U.S. as part of Israel. The U.S., Israel’s most important ally, stubbornly insists on maintaining an anachronistic foreign policy that relates to Israel as if the year were 1947. That policy must change.
Herb Keinon: Pre-1967 Lines as Basis for Talks Contravenes U.S. Commitments—Any U.S. guarantee to the Palestinians that the upcoming negotiations with Israel will be based on the pre-1967 lines would be a violation of written U.S. commitments given to then-prime minister Ariel Sharon, former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker wrote in a letter on behalf of the Legal Forum for Israel sent this week to Secretary of State John Kerry. Baker participated in the negotiation and drafting of agreements and peace treaties with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinians, including the Oslo Accords.
Reuel Marc Gerecht: Egypt’s Islamists Will Rise Again—Conventional wisdom says that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has immolated itself after just a year of grossly incompetent government. Yet grossly incompetent governance has been the norm in Egypt, and it is highly doubtful that the Islamist critique of Egyptian society has been routed. The vast slums of Cairo are hothouses for Islamism. Only the deluded, the naive and the politically deceitful can believe that Islamism’s “moment” in Egypt has passed. More likely, it’s just having an interlude.
Matthew Levitt: Europe’s Moment of Decision on Hizbullah—Hizbullah had resumed terrorist operations in Europe after years of financial and logistical support activities there. If history is any guide, failure to respond in a meaningful way would almost certainly have invited further Hizbullah attacks. The most significant impact of the EU ban on Hizbullah’s military wing will be to enable EU governments to initiate preemptive intelligence investigations into Hizbullah activities. This should make Europe a far less attractive place for Hizbullah operatives.
Herb Keinon: Israeli Official: Turkey Wants to Humiliate Israel, Not Reconcile with It—Turkey is not interested in a diplomatic reconciliation with Israel, but rather in humiliating it, Israeli officials said on Thursday after Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said Israel needed to admit committing a wrongful act in the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident. One Israeli official said, “All of a sudden he says the money is not the issue. Indeed, they want to bring us to our knees and read the text that they dictate to us.”
Leslie H. Gelb: The Democracy-Elections Trap in Egypt—Following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, President Obama and the foreign-policy crowd began demanding immediate elections. The absolutely predictable winner soon thereafter was the organizational juggernaut of Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, which proceeded to turn their majority into an effective weapon against democracy. If elections were held once again six months or a year from now, the likely outcome would be the same. The MB is the only political organization capable of turning out a massive number of voters.
Brendan O’Neill: Anti-Zionists and Anti-Semites Have One Key Thing in Common—The line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is getting thinner all the time. There is one inescapable thing that they share in common: a tendency to trace all global problems and instabilities back to the behavior and beliefs of a Jewish thing, whether the Jewish people or the Jewish state.
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Hosea 9: 10-11
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, and they became as detestable as that which they loved. As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird—no birth, no pregnancy and no conception!
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback. It’s also available for free in PDF format.
- God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
- “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
- “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)
- Yeshua said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” (John 8: 58)
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Peace in the Middle East: The Facts Tell an Interesting Story
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Blessings in the Book of Revelation is a book that you need to read, especially now. There are blessings throughout the Scriptures but Revelation is the only book in the Bible actually containing a specific blessing for reading it. It’s repeated twice, once at the beginning and again at the end. This is the reason that I believe Revelation should be the first step toward studying biblical prophecy. Though not easy to do, Revelation can be broken down and understood by anyone, not just the academic elite. So, Revelation’s blessings are for everyone. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Other Books by Neil Snyder
- Stand! is a suspense novel that exposes the lies, corruption, and greed underlying the theory that man-made CO2 emissions are responsible for global warming. Professor Wes Carlyle and Karen Sterling, his research collaborator, carefully scan the audience for their would-be attacker—a member of the enviro-gestapo who has been following them for days. Wes spots his man in the back of the room leaning against the wall. Suddenly, another man in the audience steps forward and moves toward Karen at a menacing pace. With a vicious stroke, he swings a billy club at her head. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- Falsely Accused is a true story about a young woman who was accused of committing a double homicide. It’s about a travesty of justice, and it reveals Yahweh intervening in the life of a believer to rescue her from danger in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Everyone will enjoy the book, but young people in particular need to read it because the mistakes made that led to the problem could have been avoided. They were the kinds of mistakes that young people are prone to make. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
