“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122: 6
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Steve Apfel—The Zionist Lobby: What’s the big deal?:
The time cannot be far off when the Zionist lobby will stagger under the weight of recrimination for spoiling negotiations that were doomed to fail. (Designed to fail?)
At this moment pundits and politicians will be honing their blades. The open hunting season kicked off when Negotiator-in-Chief, Foreign Secretary John Kerry, browbeat Israel to take it or leave it. Or else.
Conspiracy wannabes will be preparing their bogeyman for public desecration.
When the time comes the Zionist lobby will be wheeled out in full regalia. ‘Omnipotent’ and ‘spoiler’ will clothe verdicts from Washington to Brussels and back again. The Jewish collective will be condemned for holding European – American – foreign policy to ransom.
Why not, if not so long ago Europe’s elect blamed the Jews even for climate change? (Member of the European Parliament Clare Short claimed that Israel “undermined the international community’s reaction to global warming.”)
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Patrick Martin: Leaked Details Show Modest Goals for Kerry’s Mideast Peace Plan—Since the current round of peace talks began last July, a tight lid had been kept on negotiations until now. The publicity transformation reflects the change in U.S. Secretary of State Kerry’s strategic goals. Faced with failure in his ambitious aim of getting Israelis and Palestinians to agree on a framework for permanent peace within nine months, Kerry opted to pursue a more modest goal of a set of principles the two sides could accept, albeit with reservations. With the contours of the new document beginning to emerge, so too is the opposition, the very thing Kerry hoped to avoid by keeping a cone of silence over the talks. Responding to reports that Kerry’s set of principles includes recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said, “If Mr. Kerry thinks this is the sum of his brilliant intelligence, the document will go nowhere.”
Asharq Al-Awsat-UK: John Kerry’s Peace Plan to Recognize Israel as “Jewish State”—According to a leaked report published in an Israeli newspaper on Tuesday, an outline Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement being drawn up by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will include the recognition of Israel as a “Jewish state.” The development may represent a major gain for the Israeli leadership, which has demanded such recognition as a condition of any peace agreement, but runs the risk of an outright Palestinian rejection of the document. The document is expected to gloss over some contentious issues such as the status of Jerusalem and security arrangements for the Jordan Valley.
Ben Barber: Kerry Framework: Compensation for Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands—U.S.-brokered Middle East peace talks have suddenly focused on the long-ignored escape of more than 700,000 Jewish refugees from North Africa and the Middle East to safety in Israel since 1948. While the 700,000 Palestinian refugees who left Israel since 1948 have been cared for by UN programs from Gaza to Damascus, the Jewish refugees from Arab lands have never won UN support or obtained restitution of their properties left behind. A senior U.S. State Department official told Jewish leaders in January that the draft peace “framework” would include compensation for the Jews who fled Arab lands, the New York Times reported. These Jewish communities had been deeply rooted for centuries: in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Iraq; they predated the rise of Islam in the 7th century.
Haim Gvirtzman: Myths and Facts in Israeli-Palestinian Water Conflict—Currently there is almost no difference in per capita consumption of natural water between Israelis and Palestinians. The large difference in water usage that existed in 1967, when the West Bank passed from Jordanian to Israeli rule, has been reduced over the last 40 years and is now negligible. As well, the per capita domestic water consumption of the Palestinians is significantly higher than the minimum human needs defined by the World Health Organization. Israel has fulfilled all of its obligations according to the agreements it signed in 1995 with the Palestinian Authority, and in fact has exceeded them. At least one-third of the water being pumped out of the ground by the Palestinians is wasted through leakage and mismanagement. No recycling of water takes place and no treated water is used for agriculture.
Steven J. Rosen: A European Boycott of Israel?—In July 2012, the EU took unprecedented measures to enhance its relations with Israel in sixty trade and diplomatic policy areas, including increased access to its single market, closer cooperation on transport and energy, and enhanced ties with nine EU agencies. However, in July 2013, the EU promulgated a new directive that could encourage a boycott of Israeli banks operating in Jewish communities in east Jerusalem and anywhere beyond the pre-1967 lines. Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief peace negotiator, said, “True, [the European boycott] starts with settlement [goods], but their problem is with Israel, which is seen as a colonialist country. Therefore, it won’t stop at the settlements, but [will spread] to all of Israel.”
Evelyn Gordon: BDS on a Roll? Not So Fast—Last week, Britain’s Supreme Court issued a major ruling against BDS when it upheld a trespassing conviction against four activists who chained themselves in an Ahava shop in London to protest the Israeli cosmetics firm’s West Bank plant. The court rejected the claim that Ahava was “aiding and abetting the transfer of Israeli citizens to the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territories],” and thereby violating the Geneva Convention. The company was doing no such thing, the court said.
Adel El-Adawy: Russian-Egyptian Meeting in Moscow Does Not Signify a Foreign Policy Realignment in Cairo—While Egyptian Field Marshal Abdul Fatah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy’s trip to Moscow is significant, there is no foreign partner that can replace Washington. The decades-long U.S. investment in the Egyptian military has served as an anchor. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called Sisi more than twenty times in the past few months, with some calls lasting more than an hour. Washington and Cairo’s mutual strategic security interests remain the central pillar in their relations.
Phil Sands and Suha Maayeh: Revealed: How Syrian Rebels Seek Medical Help from Israel—When a rebel was shot and severely wounded during a new offensive on Syria’s southern front, his colleagues knew the only hope of saving his life was to get him to Israel. After the rebels took the injured fighter to a crossing point, they pulled back and Israeli soldiers checked the patient for booby-traps and weapons, then rushed him to hospital. This scenario has played out more than 200 times in the past six months, rebels in southern Syria said.
Abdel Bioud: Arab, Muslim and Pro-Israel—I was born and raised in Algeria during a brutal civil war where Islamists were trying to take over the country to impose their worldview on everyone else. Friends and family members were killed. Individual liberty and freedom are values that I cherish very dearly. By applying that freedom filter to the Israeli-Arab conflict, you get the following: All Arab countries are dictatorships, with ruling gangster families on top, who use their monopoly of violence to kill/imprison anyone who questions them. On one hand, you have the families in power who are trying to steal as much money as possible, while using violence against their own people. On the other hand, you have the by-product of this insanity – the Islamists – confused people who had their vision of reality completely distorted by the system they were born in.
Brookings: The Arab World Learning Barometer—About 8.5 million children and youth are out of school at the primary and secondary level (having never enrolled or dropped out prematurely). Many are girls from poor, rural communities often living in regions affected by conflict. Even those who do attend and stay in school are not receiving a good-quality education. 56% of primary students and 48% of secondary students cannot read or write fluently or perform basic numeracy functions.
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Bennett to ‘Post’: Gov’t to spend NIS 1b. a year to keep Diaspora Jews Jewish
Bennett warns cabinet of rising anti-Semitism
Bennett: No ties between Israeli actions and rise of anti-Semitism
Eritrean president said his compatriots in Israel living in ‘concentration camps’
Hadassah, hospital unions negotiations fizzle
Pinto sends letter to supporters, claims innocence
Defense Ministry names new export control branch chief
Think tank finds education in Arab countries is falling short
The role of Arabic-language Nazi-era propaganda
Iranian official: Hezbollah’s arsenal has deemed Israel’s Iron Dome a joke
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‘Time is of the Essence’ to Halt Iran Proliferation
Kerry’s Brother: He’s No Anti-Semite
Iran: We’ve Developed a Missile ‘Better than S-300’
Urgent EU Confab on Anti-Semitism
Gas Stations Refuse to Serve PA Vehicles
Syrian Regime Say Israel, US Undermining Talks
Anger Over Far-Right Rally in Former Synagogue
Germany Debates Law on Looted Art
MK: Kosher Slaughter Ban ‘The Height of Hypocrisy’
Venezuelan Protest Turns Lethal, Govt. Teeters
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Man gunned down in broad daylight in Tel Aviv mob hit
Obama pledges $1 billion in loan guarantees for Jordan
Jordanian Islamists burn Israeli flag, protest Kerry deal
Saudis reportedly to arm Syrian rebels with advanced weaponry
Spain shuts border crossing to avert Syrian migrants
Nazis researched using mosquitoes to spread malaria
Gaza pagan treasure poses cover-up dilemma
French vigilance on anti-Israel speech provoking backlash
Lebanese PM forms government after 10-month stalemate
Lebanon rallies behind nude skier
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Congress Warned About Evolution of Jihadist Networks
Expert: Iran ships a dry run for later nuclear/EMP attack; humiliate Obama
The Verbal War Intensifies, Again: Iran Proclaims Readiness for War with the US!
New Book Shows Rise of Terrifying Anti-Semitism in France (REVIEW)
Hizbullah Cancels Annual Beirut Rally after Bombings
Escaped Inmates from Iraq Fuel Syrian Insurgency
Iraqi Official: ISIS Seeks Foothold along Jordanian-Iraqi Border
U.S. Providing Modest Support to Rebels in Southern Syria
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Zechariah 5: 1-4
Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying scroll. And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side. “I will make it go forth,” declares Yahweh Sabaoth, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.”
SnyderTalk Comment:
Someone said, “But I don’t believe in God.”
I said, “Yahweh’s existence is not dependent on our believing, but our believing and obeying has everything to do with our eternal destiny.”
James 1: 22—”But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.”
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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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Yahweh is the Name of God Forever
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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.
