“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122: 6
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AFP—’Allah’ rings out in Malaysian churches despite ban:
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian churches defiantly continued to use the word “Allah” to refer to the Christian God in Sunday services despite the Muslim-majority country’s leader saying they must obey rules against it.
Malay-speaking Christians prayed and sang hymns using the Arabic word, a practice they have observed for hundreds of years but now the focus of an increasingly tense religious row in the Southeast Asian nation.
“They all contain the word ‘Allah’,” a pastor at a church near the capital Kuala Lumpur said of the songs sung by his congregation.
“(The Malay-language Bible) contains the word ‘Allah’. When we preach we have to read the text. It’s a really difficult situation,” he added, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the passions surrounding the issue.
Under pressure from Muslim conservatives, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Friday that Malaysian Christians must heed rules forbidding them from using the word.
Islamist leaders in the country say “Allah”, which also is used by Malay Muslims to refer to their creator, is exclusive to their religion and must not be used by non-Muslims.
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The ‘Kerry Plan’: Palestinian capital in east Jerusalem, recognition of Jewish state
IDF chief of staff: Every Israeli border more challenging now than in past
Bennett: Jews living in Palestinian state is “U-turn for Zionism”
Bennett is working to placate Netanyahu amid public spat
Peres again raises issue of territory versus identity
Shin Bet, police arrest 16 Hamas activists in Jerusalem
Anti-Zionist haredi who attempted to spy for Iran to serve 4.5 years in plea deal
Suspected al-Qaida members indicted for plotted terrorist bombings in Jerusalem, US embassy
Sinai-based jihadist group claims responsibility for latest Egyptian attacks
Bush’s national security adviser: US is mismanaging Egypt, Syria
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Likud MK Backs Bennett Over ‘Jews in Palestine’ Storm
Peres: ‘Live Under PA, What Are You Afraid Of?’
Palestinian Arab Driver Tries to Run Over IDF Soldiers
Neturei Karta Demonstrate in Support of Hungarian Anti-Semite
Bill to Strip Funding of Schools Supporting BDS Becomes Law
Downing of Egyptian Chopper Corroborates Bennett
Former CIA Head: Obama Will Strike Iran if Needed
Khamenei Warns U.S.: Show Self-Restraint
Morsi Strikes Defiant Tone as Another Trial Begins
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Iran’s nuclear bid ‘only a matter of time,’ says PM’s former top adviser
Obama: I will veto any new Iran sanctions bill
Netanyahu: Iran Set Back Only 6 Weeks by Nuclear Deal
170,000 rockets are aimed at Israel, says IDF intel head
Netanyahu’s aides threaten to fire Naftali Bennett
Bennett: Jews in ‘Palestine’ would be killed
Abbas allows for 3-year IDF presence in Palestinian state
Palestinian official makes rare visit to Iran
Turkish prime minister arrives in Iran for talks
Palestinian Terrorist Killed after Opening Fire on Israeli Troops
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Thomas Friedman: Kerry’s plan envisions Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem
Netanyahu: Israel Not Obligated by U.S. Peace Plan
Iran Will Not “Dismantle Anything” in Its Nuclear Program
Iran Will Not Give Up Arak Heavy Water Reactor
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Denied Holocaust, Praised French Holocaust Denier
Europe Woos Iran as it Shuns Israel
Syria Jihadists Say Liberation of ‘Palestine,’ Golan Will Follow Fall of Assad
Assad’s Future Blocks Progress in Syria Peace Talks
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Leon Wieseltier: Iran Is Not Our Friend—[…] Hassan Rouhani is an improvement over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, since he is not a lunatic. He does not deny that the Holocaust happened, which for the Islamic Republic counts as a breakthrough in enlightenment. But it is important to remember, during this explosion of good feelings, that Iran is still the Islamic Republic, a theocratic tyranny ruled by a single man, a haughty cleric who subsumes the state beneath religion and his interpretation of it, and maintains his power by means of a fascistic military organization that brutalizes the population and plunders the economy—liberticide and prey, as a poet once wrote about another dictator.
Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel: Obama Treats Ally Israel Worse Than Enemy Dictatorships— Earlier this month, it leaked that Israel’s Defense Minister, Moshe Ya’alon, had privately described Secretary of State John Kerry as “obsessive and messianic” in his quest to broker an Israeli/Palestinian peace settlement. The Obama Administration angrily rejected Ya’alon’s words as “offensive and inappropriate,” demanding and receiving an apology. Yet, only weeks earlier, Yasser Abed Rabbo, a close adviser to Fatah/Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas, also excoriated John Kerry as possessed of “dangerous” proposals and seeking to “appease Israel by fulfilling its expansionist demands in the Jordan Valley under the pretext of security. He wants to buy Israeli silence over the Iran deal.” But for these grave, personal PA allegations against Kerry, the Obama Administration has said nothing.
Barbara Opall-Rome: Israelis Rally Against U.S. Plan for Securing Jordan Valley—After months of shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State Kerry and thousands of hours of strategic dialogue led by retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, Israeli leaders are as resistant as ever to trading the Jordan Valley for technology, U.S. security assurances, and joint force patrols which they insist fall short of Israel’s fundamental right to defensible borders. “There’s no way to provide security by way of foreign forces or any combination of advanced technology. If there is a crisis, history has shown us that foreign forces are the first to vanish….Satellites, drones and all the other goodies cannot compensate for IDF control of the ground and airspace of this vital sector,” said retired Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan, a former national security adviser who commanded the theater that includes the Jordan Valley.
Michael Freund: Ethnic cleansing and apartheid Palestine— Nearly 15 years ago, a tall, lanky legislator from Massachusetts arose in the US Senate and delivered a brief yet impassioned call to stop what was deemed to be ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. With a concurrent resolution on the table authorizing US president Bill Clinton to launch air operations and missile strikes against Yugoslavia, the lawmaker turned to his wavering colleagues and implored them to vote in favor. “The essential objective,” he said, according to the March 23, 1999, Congressional record, is to “minimize the capacity for ethnic cleansing. That is the overpowering strategic and, I think also, humanitarian interest here.”
Salim Mansur: Pakistan and the Arab-Muslim Culture of Denial— Since 9/11, Islamist culture is seen to be synonymous with violence, misogyny and a pathological hatred for others; and, ironically, it has made Muslims themselves its most numerous victims. “Impure,” or non-authentic Muslims, meant those whose Islam had been weakened by un-Islamic or non-Islamic values imported from the West, or contaminated by the Hindu culture of India. Eventually political differences came to be viewed, by the measure of Islam, in terms of the “purity” and “impurity” of people. In the “Land of the Pure” [Urdu for Pakistan], those suspected of impurity must be cleansed, purged or driven out.
Isi Leibler: Candidly speaking: Pollard, American Jewish leaders and anti-Semitism—American Jews are experiencing a nightmare. They are finally accepting the reality that the draconian treatment of Jonathan Pollard emanates from anti-Semitic strains in the US intelligence hierarchy. Some had believed this to be the case for some time, but with additional convincing evidence, the realization is rapidly gaining ground. American former naval intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is no hero. He is a convicted spy. He may have provided valuable intelligence to Israel relevant to the Gulf War, but was remunerated for his actions. One can appreciate the outrage of American intelligence authorities against an American Jew spying for Israel. However, Pollard’s punishment grossly exceeds his crime.
Danny Danon: Three Lessons From Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day— I am overwhelmed, at Auschwitz, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, where I join somberly with fellow Israeli leaders to remember and to learn lessons for the future. The infamous arched sign over the gates to the concentration camp still commands: Arbeit Macht Frei. This was no mere motto. It was the final element of the Final Solution, an elusive promise that having endured the roundups and ghetto liquidations, the hunger and the forced train journey, here at last was the hint of humanity. Just obey the rules, my people were told, and somehow it would all turn out all right.
Richard K. Vedder: Federal Government Has Declared War On Work—The 73-week benefit provision ended recently, but President Obama and the Senate want it extended — preventing the creation of many jobs. Food Stamps If the government subsidizes the purchase of life’s most critical essential — food — it reduces the need to work. In 2000, 17.1 million Americans received food stamps; in October 2013, 47.6 million did. Higher Taxes on Workers A decade ago, in 2004, the top marginal federal income tax rate was 35%; today, it is about 43%, counting ObamaCare-related taxes. There is overwhelming empirical evidence that high income taxes impede economic growth. There has been a vast migration of Americans, for example, from the 41 states with state income taxes to the nine states that do not tax work income.
Mark Landler: Iran’s Message at Davos Has Eerie Echo—When President Hassan Rouhani of Iran commandeered the spotlight this week in Davos, Switzerland, with a message of peaceful intentions and a desire for dialogue, it was an eerie echo of 10 years ago, when Iran’s last would-be change agent, Mohammad Khatami, delivered the very same message at the World Economic Forum. Comparing their appearances demonstrates how much Iran has changed in the last decade, but also how fragile the current diplomatic opening is, and how little time Mr. Rouhani may have to negotiate a nuclear deal, while holding Iran’s hard-liners at bay.
Malcolm Lowe: Who Are the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem?— There is no individual or group that is empowered to act as “the voice of Palestinian Christians.” It is not “the Palestinian Christians” but just one or two individuals who pen those public statements, even if these appear under a title that can vary from the respectable (“Heads of Churches”) to the preposterous (“Kairos Palestine”). The only worthwhile question is whether the message is composed in a truly Christian spirit or is merely political agitation clothed in theological verbiage. Something was written by somebody and sent to various people, then put out in the name of “the churches in Jerusalem,” whether or not the people contacted had even reacted to it.
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Haggai 1: 7-11
Thus says Yahweh Sabaoth, “Consider your ways! Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says Yahweh. “You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares Yahweh Sabaoth, “Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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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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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.
