“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122: 6
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Khaled Abu Toameh—Abbas: I Am a Hero. I Said No to Obama:
Even before Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas left Washington on his way back to Ramallah, Palestinian Authority [PA] officials rushed to announce that their president’s talks with President Barack Obama over the future of the peace process were “unsuccessful.”
The officials said that Abbas rejected most of the proposals made by Obama during their meeting at the White House, including the idea of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state and maintaining an Israeli military presence in the Jordan Valley. Abbas, according to the officials, also dismissed as “immature” Obama’s proposal concerning the status of Jerusalem because it did not call for a full Israeli withdrawal from the eastern part of the city.
Abbas’s rejection of the U.S. proposals for a “framework agreement” with Israel did not come as surprise.
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Caroline Glick: The Worst Alternative— PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas must have gotten a kick out of it on Monday when he visited the White House and President Barack Obama praised him as “somebody who has consistently renounced violence, has consistently sought a diplomatic and peaceful solution that allows for two states, side by side, in peace and security.” After all, the same day the men met, Abbas’s regime continued its week-long celebration of the deadliest Palestinian terrorist attack on Israel to date. On March 11, 1978, PLO terrorists commandeered a passenger bus on the coastal highway and massacred 37 people, including 12 children.
David M. Weinberg: Negotiating against ourselves— The “framework” for Israeli-Palestinian peace that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry seeks to promulgate sounds an awful lot like the “shelf agreement” concept of 2008. Then, as now, conceptual agreements have proven to be a disincentive, not an incentive, to Palestinian political maturation and moderation. They create a situation where Israel ends up negotiating against itself with a phantom Palestinian partner.
Dexter Van Zile: Stop Lying About Israel and Bethlehem— Last week, approximately 600 Christians descended on Bethlehem to attend the 2014 Christ at the Checkpoint Conference organized by Bethlehem Bible College. The organizers and presenters of this conference say that they want to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but they just cannot stop themselves from engaging in an ugly propaganda war against the Jewish state. In other words, they cannot refrain from lying about Israel, repeatedly and shamelessly.
Dror Eydar: Comforted over Jerusalem— By a complex coincidence, I spent a day with Christian leaders from the United States who were here on a trip organized by Christians United for Israel. Randy Neal, who was in charge of the group, said that most of its members, who belonged to various Christian denominations, were visiting Israel for the first time. Although most of them were not members of CUFI, the organization provided the funding and logistics for their trip out of a desire to allow the leaders of these Christian communities to see and experience Israel directly — a proven inoculation against the anti-Israel propaganda in the world. It was hoped that when they returned home, they would spread the truth about Israel.
Lee Smith: For Gulf Allies, Obama’s Turn Away From the Region Looks Like a Gift to Tehran— President Obama is going to have his hands full when he visits Saudi Arabia later this month, a trip widely billed as a mission to repair his fraying relationship with Riyadh. His chief task will be to convince King Abdullah that he’s not planning to betray the longstanding alliance between the Saudis and the United States to reach his goal of cutting a deal with the Iranians on their nuclear program.
Claudia Rosett: Waltzing With Iran in the Nuclear Ballroom— Amid the splendors of this ancient city on the Danube, the Iran nuclear talks are waltzing toward a fiasco. Russia’s threat this week to change its position on the talks as payback for the West’s negative reaction to the invasion of Ukraine could hardly make things worse.
Leonard Getz: The Recognition Trap— Recent reports in the Israeli daily Ma’ariv revealed that a PLO Central Committee member suggested that Mahmoud Abbas was ready to recognize Israel as a Jewish State. Subsequent reports denied this notion, but the question is, what are the ramifications if Mahmoud Abbas publicly announces that he recognizes Israel as the Jewish State, as demanded by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and supported by Secretary of State John Kerry? No doubt Kerry will declare this utterance a coup, and waste no time turning on Netanyahu to demand he immediately make those promised “painful concessions.” After all, Kerry got Netanyahu what he wanted, so Netanyahu owes him. Or does he?
Michael Rubin: Kerry’s Diplomatic Double Standards—Secretary of State John Kerry is insulted that Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, criticized U.S. strategy and suggested that the U.S. is exuding weakness. One might also consider if there was something to Yaalon’s remarks, however undiplomatic they might have been. What is truly revealing, however, is how Kerry acts in other circumstances when officials from other countries make similar statements castigating U.S. policy. The administration’s sensitivity to criticism doesn’t apply to the Palestinian Authority when its much-heralded partner in peace talks not only rejects American positions but also lionizes terrorists and murderers, hardly an attitude that advances U.S. interests in the region.
Lior Akerman: Ya’alon Just Said What Everyone Else Is Thinking—”No agreement with the Palestinians will be reached in our lifetime,” newspaper headlines this week quoted Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon as stating publicly. Both Israel and the Palestinians have red lines they are not willing to cross. The Palestinians claim that Jerusalem is their capital and at the same time Israel says that under no circumstances will Jerusalem be divided. The Palestinians demand that the Jordan Valley be demilitarized of Israeli forces, whereas Israel insists that IDF troops remain. The Palestinians demand that refugees be allowed to return to Israel, but Israel refuses. Israel is demanding that the Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people, but the Palestinians refuse.
Matthew Levitt: A Palestinian Return to Armed Struggle Would Be a Disaster—A Palestinian return to armed struggle would be a far greater political, economic, and humanitarian disaster than any short-term frustration with the negotiations. As the tempo of negotiations between the main parties picks up speed, more radical actors have reemerged to violently oppose the process. There has been a sharp increase in rockets fired at Israel from Gaza in the past few weeks as well as an increase in violence across the West Bank. Israeli and Palestinian sources agree that PA security forces have been weak in the face of recent unrest. The PA suffered a serious blow when Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned in April 2013. Meanwhile, Hamas appears to be expanding its presence in the West Bank, intending to take advantage of the PA’s decline.
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2 Palestinians killed in gun battles with security forces in Jenin
Palestinian teenager killed by IDF fire near Hebron
IDF soldier shoots dead Palestinian rock thrower
IDF injures two Palestinians trying to scale Gaza security fence
Behind the Lines: Israel-Syria border escalation
Rule of Law: Comparing Crimea and Kosovo
US still waiting for apology from Israeli Defense Minister Ya’alon for Obama remarks
Rabbi, student arrested for trying to slaughter donkey as sacrifice for sins
Manufacturers: Leave ‘Made in Israel’ label off products from beyond Green Line
Barkat: Jerusalem Marathon one of the top in the world
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Abbas Greets Iranian People, Hopes to Strengthen Ties
U.S. Still Waiting for Apology from Ya’alon
Palestinian Arabs Try to Disrupt Jerusalem Marathon
IDF Official: We Will Destroy All the Tunnels
Missing Iranian Jews Murdered on the Way to Israel
Native Israelis Given Incentives to Return Home
Jewish Home Leaving Gov’t Over Terrorist Releases?
Turkey’s Twitter Ban Met with Condemnation
Russia Agrees to International Monitors in Ukraine
Pro-Palestinian Groups Reject Pro-Hamas British MP
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TV report: Abbas said ‘no’ to Obama on 3 core peace issues
Why Abbas wants Marwan Barghouti to go free
Hezbollah, Israel’s nasty new neighbor in the Golan
US ‘disappointed’ at lack of apology from Ya’alon
IDF kills wanted Hamas man, two others, in Jenin raid
Dutch populist Wilders faces huge backlash on Moroccan critique
On the trail of ‘Israel’s Petra’: Amram’s Pillars
Egypt: Hamas was wrong in support of Brotherhood
Norway museum to return Matisse looted by Goering
UN’s Falk accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing
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Report: Hezbollah planted bomb that wounded 4 soldiers
IDF Chief Benny Gantz: ‘We need to retake Gaza’
Caregiver’s Violent Abuse of Israeli Holocaust Survivor Caught on Tape (VIDEO)
British Fighters in Syria Urge Others to Join Them
MI5 Focuses on British Jihadists Returning from Syria
Russia Says Iran, World Powers Far Apart on Uranium Enrichment
Majority of US Lawmakers Demand End to Iran’s Nuclear Program
U.S., UK Urge UN Probe of Iranian Arms Ship Seized by Israel
Disillusioned Foreign Fighters Abandon Rebel Ranks in Syria
Israel’s Envoy Courts Democrats on Iran
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Zechariah 14: 16-19
Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh Sabaoth, there will be no rain on them. If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which Yahweh smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
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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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Does it matter what we call God?
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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.
