“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122: 6
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Tova Dvorin—Temple Mount Disorder Tied to Site’s Status:
Police arrested three Arab rioters Tuesday morning on suspicion of throwing rocks and firecrackers at police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, right after police opened the Rambam Gate entrance to the Mount.
Two police officers were wounded and are being taken to Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital.
According to Kikar HaShabbat, dozens of Muslims began throwing rocks and fireworks at police once the gate, which is the only entrance through which Jews may enter the Mount, was opened. A police force dispersed the rioters through the use of stun grenades.
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Michael Gerson: Syria’s uncontainable threat— In a section of the camp designated for newcomers, I’m surrounded by about 20 men from the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, elbowing each other for position. The situation quickly degenerates into a geopolitical discussion. “We are not just fighting Assad,” says one man. “We are fighting Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.” Accurate. “The Western countries,” adds another, “are just waiting around.” True enough. Their sympathies are with the more moderate Free Syrian Army, but the radical Islamist group Jabhat al-Nusra “gives us food and assistance.” It is clear who has more resources. The discussion might have taken place at a Washington think tank, except that one man had been in Ghouta in August during the chemical weapons attacks. “I couldn’t get near,” he recalled, “because of all the commotion and screaming. After a while, it was quiet.” After a while, it was quiet.
Claudia Rosett: Iran Nuclear Charades in Vienna— Were sheer diplomatic toil a guarantee of success in the Iran nuclear talks, then the latest round, held this week in the Austrian capital, might count as an achievement. Flying in from Geneva on the eve of the talks, European Union high representative Catherine Ashton went straight into a working dinner with Iran’s foreign minister and lead nuclear negotiator Javad Zarif. Envoys arrived from the six world powers taking part, including lead U.S. negotiator and under-secretary of state Wendy Sherman. Posing for photo-ops with Zarif, surrounded by aides and Austrian security, they all embarked on a diplomatic slalom of closed-door meetings with Iran’s delegation, both plenary and bilateral. There were flags, limousines, more evening pow-wows, and, according to one senior U.S. official, plenty of good food and good wine, to ease the stress of working into the night.
Avi Issacharoff: Hezbollah flinches in the face of its Sunni counterpart— The double suicide bombing that rocked Beirut’s Shiite neighborhood, al-Dahiyah, on Wednesday — killing at least six and injuring dozens near an Iranian cultural institute — illustrated Hezbollah’s near-helplessness in the face of radical Sunni terrorism. Time and again, Sunni terrorists have succeeded in striking at Hezbollah and carrying out serious attacks in the Shiite group’s most sensitive site, despite unprecedented security arrangements taken by Hezbollah to prevent attacks of this sort. Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army deployed dozens of checkpoints across the southern Beirut Shiite stronghold in recent weeks, checking suspicious cars and people. And yet, Wednesday’s attack claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades — the Lebanese branch of al-Qaeda — succeeded in overcoming these obstacles.
Maayana Miskin: After Soda Stream Factory Visit, Church Leaders Reject Boycotts— A delegation of 14 leaders from the Presbyterian clergy, a church that in the past supported boycotting Israeli products manufactured in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), arrived last week to visit Israel. The visit was organized by the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL); the delegates’ goal was to discover Israel personally and to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Geopolitical Monitor: Ukraine on the Brink: A Fragile Calm—Despite the news from Kiev at the time of writing – that the Ukrainian Parliament has dismissed embattled President Yanukovych and secured the release of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko – Ukraine’s woes are far from over. Protests in Ukraine have been increasing in scope and violence since President Yanukovych, under significant financial pressure from Russia, refused to sign a trade agreement with the European Union. According to polls conducted last December, 43% of Ukrainians approve of closer links with the EU. Thus, bowing to Russian pressure was seen as a betrayal by many, and further evidence that the president favors the Kremlin over the western provinces of his own country.
Ben Cohen: Obama, Israel, and the Return of Robert Malley— That there is widespread anxiety over the Obama administration’s Middle East policies is hardly a secret. If we have learned anything over the past six years, it is that, contrary to the conspiratorial theory that the so-called “Israel Lobby” is the ultimate authority when it comes to Washington’s stance in the region, the opposite is true. It is presidents and their appointees who make policies, based on their assessment of the strategic interests of the United States at a given moment. In that framework, the “Lobby” only enjoys success when it pushes for outcomes that are in sync with the thinking of the administration.
Daniel S. Mariaschin: The EU and Kerry: ‘Piling On’ Israel— In American football, being charged with “piling on” by the referee can result in a team being assessed a 15-yard penalty. The website SportingCharts.com defines the transgression as “one or more players jumping on top of a player or a group of players after a tackle has been made…the action could also be considered ‘a late hit.’” Piling on is exactly what the European Union appears to be doing to Israel. Lars Faaborg-Anderson, the EU’s ambassador in Israel told a TV interviewer that should there be a breakdown in the negotiations now underway with the Palestinians, “the blame will be put on Israel,” and that Israel will encounter “increasing isolation.” Faaborg-Anderson warned that Israel would face immense economic consequences if it continued its settlement policies.
Glenn Kessler: Obama’s claim that 7 million got ‘access to health care for the first time’ because of his Medicaid expansion—The Fact Checker has written several times about the fuzziness of the Medicaid numbers issued by the Obama administration. But it is like playing whack-a-mole. Every time we rap someone for getting it wrong, the same problem pops up someplace else.)
Amatzia Baram: Putin’s Ukrainian Port at Sevastopol Is the Heart of Russia’s Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean—Russia maintains an enormous military port in the Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, home of Russia’s mighty Black Sea Fleet. All Russian activity in the eastern Mediterranean is currently dependent upon the Sevastopol port. However, it is through the Syrian ports of Tartus and Latakia that Russia is transferring increasingly large arms shipments to Assad’s army and safeguarding its interests in Damascus. With America’s recent wariness of Egypt, contacts are being pursued between Moscow and Cairo for a $2 billion arms deal that would be financed by Saudi Arabia. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Sevastopol port is indirectly the key to Syria and perhaps to Egypt and the entire Mediterranean in the future.
Lee Smith interviews Michael Rubin: In Iran, It’s the Guys with the Guns Who Call the Shots—We shouldn’t become so invested in the negotiating process that we lose sight of national security. We shouldn’t be afraid to walk away from the table. Rogue regimes aren’t simply adversaries, they are – according to the Clinton administration – states that eschew the rules of diplomacy. Why would you negotiate with a state that doesn’t abide by anything it says in negotiations or simply uses diplomacy to run down the clock? What makes Iran so dangerous is both its messianic ideology and the effective autonomy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Most Iranians are wonderful and care little for their regime. But it’s the guys with the guns who call the shots. If Iran develops nuclear weapons, not only the IRGC but its most ideologically pure members would have command and control over the nuclear arsenal.
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Stormy debate: Knesset hosts first-ever parley on Temple Mount sovereignty in plenum
Israeli official confirms: IAF hit missile convoy entering Lebanon last night
Lebanese media: Israeli air raid hits Hezbollah ‘missile site,’ kills militants
Senior Navy source: Hezbollah probably has advanced missiles
Ukrainian envoy to UN downplays anti-Semitic violence in his country
White House mulled waging a cyber war in Syria
MKs to Shapiro: US taking side of Palestinians in peace talks
Netanyahu urges Germany not to allow Iran to enrich uranium
15 Hamas Members Arrested for Firebomb Attacks on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway
Grenade thrown at Petah Tikva shop wounds 5
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Knesset Temple Mount Debate Tackles Jewish Prayer Rights
Terrorists Sentenced Over Temple Mount Firebombing
Jordanian MPs: End Peace Treaty Over Temple Mount
Israel Behind Latest Syria-Lebanon Airstrike, Says Official
PA ‘Honor Killings’ Up 100% in 2013
Praise for Chabad Schools’ Emphasis on Compassion
Yaalon: Iran More Worrisome than Before
Alert Students Thwart Attack on Homesh
Hamas Thinks It Found Offshore Gas Field
Greek Jewish Community Takes Germany to Court
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Striking while the weather is hot
After reported strike on Hezbollah, PM says Israel will defend itself
In no mood for fight, Hezbollah downplays reported Israeli strike
Hezbollah trainer said killed in reported Israeli strike
Germany’s Merkel backs main Israeli stances in peace talks
Israel urged to send forces to guard Ukrainian Jews
The truth behind the Palestinian water libels
Medieval Jewish mikvah discovered in Spain
PA’s Unpaid Electric Bills Prompt Price Hike Proposal
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UC Berkeley Liberals Expose Elementary Kids to Giant Penis and ‘Pin-The-Tail on the Anus’ Game
3 Muslim worshipers arrested in Temple Mount riot
Merkel: Iran a threat not just to Israel, but also Europe
Iranian parliament calls on Zarif to clarify Holocaust remarks
Jihad in Haifa? Radical Salafis threaten city’s imam
Hizbullah “Missile Base” Targeted by Israel
Iraq Signs Deal to Buy Arms from Iran, Breaking UN Arms Embargo
Israel Is Not Alone, Has an Abiding Friend in Germany
The Impotence of Foreign Forces
Historic unity: Ultra-Orthodox factions unite against conscription
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Zechariah 8: 18-19
Then the word of Yahweh Sabaoth came to me, saying, “Thus says Yahweh Sabaoth, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’”
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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.
