“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122: 6
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Jerusalem Post—Angry Iranians urge their government: Be more like Israel:
Iranians angered by what they perceive as their government’s indifference to the fate of a border guard kidnapped and killed by Pakistani militants this week took to social media over the weekend to urge the administration of President Hassan Rouhani to take a page out of Israel’s playbook.
According to The Times of London, Iranian nationals posted messages on Facebook and Twitter seemingly envious of the country which their government derisively calls “the Zionist entity” and “a cancer,” particularly over the manner in which the Israeli government secured the release of one of its captured soldiers, Gilad Schalit, after he fell into Hamas captivity in 2006.
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Amir Taheri: Syria War Victory Seen as Key to Iran’s Leadership of Muslim World—According to Gen. Ismail Qaanai, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Quds Force deputy commander, the expected “victory” in Syria is only a prelude to “the greatest victory” (fath al-mobin) that awaits Iran. “We cannot stop at Syria,” Qaanai said last month. “Our aim is and has always been to lead the whole Muslim world.” He added: “It is obvious that no other power has the capabilities needed to assume leadership in the Muslim world.”
J. Matthew McInnis: The Supreme Leader is getting the gang back together— As the Syrian crisis enters the beginning of its fourth year, Iran’s Supreme Leader is taking stock of the sectarian and political conflicts in the region. By expending vast resources to bolster the Bashar al-Assad regime and Lebanese Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic has been able to prevent its ally’s overthrow. Meanwhile, Khamenei appears to be looking elsewhere in the Levant and among the Gulf countries to rebuild Iran’s alliances with Sunni states and groups that were lost during the upheaval of the Arab Spring in 2011.
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: PA Religious Leaders: Jews Have No Right to Pray at Western Wall in Jerusalem—Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash and the former Chief Justice of the PA’s Religious Court Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi both recently declared that the PA’s Islamic belief and political position is that Jews are prohibited from praying at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. The PA claims that the area of the Muslim holy site, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, includes not only the mosque itself, but extends over the entire Temple Mount and includes Judaism’s holy site – the Western Wall.
Yoav Sorek: A Sign of Rejection—Big red signs beside Israeli roads leading to Palestinian-governed territories say in three languages: “This road leads to Area ‘A’ under the Palestinian Authority. Entry for Israeli citizens is forbidden, life-threatening, and against Israeli law.” As those of us who live here know all too well, a trip inside one of these areas can indeed prove fatal. Yet not all Israelis need avoid entering these areas. Israeli Arabs come and go freely. Only Jewish Israelis are at risk of death. One encounters such signs on the fringes of Jerusalem and the outskirts of Tel Aviv, just a few miles from Ben-Gurion International Airport.
Stephen Flatow and JNS.org—Should Israel Release more Palestinian Terrorists?: Every time there’s a public discussion about whether Israel should release more imprisoned Palestinian terrorists, my heart skips a beat. My daughter Alisa was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 1995. Two of the killers have been in an Israeli prison since 1995, serving life sentences. I always worry that they will be among the ones released. So yes, it’s personal. But it’s also much more than that.
Kenneth J. Bialkin: Israel Is the “Jewish State”: Why It Matters—The importance of the issue of recognition of Israel as a Jewish state by the PLO lies primarily in the refusal of the Palestinian leadership to agree to that recognition. The Jewish identity of Israel lies in the DNA of the Jewish People, driven by the dreams and tears of thousands of years of longing of the patriarchs, prophets, dreamers and fighters for a return to Zion. So if Jewishness is so firmly instilled in Israel, why must it demand such recognition from the Palestinians? The answer lies in the outspoken refusal of the Palestinians to recognize and accept the obvious truth. It reflects a failure of sincerity to fulfill a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israel conflict, a stubborn refusal that betrays a hatred that may never disappear and contains the seeds of future wars. In short, without that recognition, Israel cannot believe in the sincerity of an Arab world that continues to practice the incitement of hatred of Israel and of Jews. Making peace is not like a business deal, like buying a car or a house. There must be trust that you can live together. Without that trust, there should be no deal.
Ariel Ben Solomon: Experts Pessimistic on Chances for Peace Agreement with Palestinians—Israeli experts and former government officials voiced pessimism regarding the chances for any agreement with the Palestinians at a conference Thursday at Bar-Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA). BESA director Efraim Inbar noted that Asian Muslim countries want relations with Israel, but are not too concerned about the Palestinian issue. The Palestinian economy is better than in much of the Arab world, he added. “The economy of Gaza is better than Egypt.”
Nasouh Nazzal: Hamas Announces New Islamist Legal Code—Faraj al-Ghoul, head of the Legal Department at the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza, recently announced that the Palestinian parliament in Gaza will impose a new legal code to replace the current one dating from 1936. A senior Hamas official said the new law “is inspired by” Sharia (Islamic law). The law stipulates a minimum of 20 lashes for a minor offense, with the number of lashes increasing with the seriousness of the offense. A minimum of 80 lashes is to be imposed in criminal cases. The law also widens the use of the death penalty and stipulates the cutting off of the hand of a thief.
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore: Chinese Believe that Jews Are Clever—In China, Jews are widely perceived as clever and accomplished, and these are meant as compliments. Scan the shelves in any bookstore in China and you are likely to find best-selling self-help books such as 101 Money Earning Secrets from Jews’ Notebooks and Learn to Make Money with the Jews. The Chinese recognize, and embrace, common characteristics between their culture and Jewish culture. Both have a large diaspora. Both place emphasis on family, tradition, and education. Both boast civilizations that date back thousands of years.
Michael Curtis: Anti-Semitism Gets the Boot— The fight against and the rejection of the virus of anti-Semitism and racism is gathering steam in unexpected quarters. The latest groups to reveal this are prominent football associations, the English Football Association, and UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). The latter is the European governing administrative body of soccer, founded in 1954 to represent national football associations of Europe but which now has 54 member associates. From its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, it runs national team matches or club competitions.
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Report: PM tells US that coalition could collapse if Israel-Arab prisoners released
90 reasons not to create a Palestinian state
Danon: Peace talks going nowhere, Palestinians only want terrorists freed
Top US general to visit Israel, Ya’alon amid strategy spats
Pro-Palestinian groups can’t get no satisfaction from Rolling Stones concert in Israel
Putin calls Obama to discuss US proposal on Ukraine
US issues scathing attack against UNHRC for singling out Israel
Turkey security breach lays bare once-mighty Erdogan’s vulnerability
Hamas PM Haniyeh: Those who talk about reoccupying the Gaza Strip are being stupid
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PA: Israel Will Regret Not Releasing the Terrorists
IDF Eliminates Terrorists Near Syrian Border
Syria Says Israel and Turkey Collaborating to Support Rebels
Obama to Saudi King: There Will be No ‘Bad Deal’ with Iran
Boycott? PA Reports Increase in Imports from Israel
A Mosque At ‘Settler’ Ariel University
More Than 1500 Religious Women Enlist in IDF
Journalist Killed in Day of Violence in Egypt
State Department Denies Talks are Failing
Minister Tells Rabbis ‘Leave Europe Or Disappear’
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‘Netanyahu told Kerry gov’t could fall if prisoners released’
Outgoing security adviser: ‘Palestinians haven’t budged’
Peace talks in crisis after latest PA-US meeting
UN special envoy to talks: This is moment of truth
As deadline passes, PA says Israel has made clear it will not release prisoners
Russian FM: We have no intention of crossing into Ukraine
UNHRC slams Israel, delays controversial Palestine appointment
Israel terror victims seek Persian relics in reparation
Obama defends not using force in Syria
Half of Israelis back recognition of Reform, Conservative Judaism
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Israel Cancels Deal to Release Terrorists as Scheduled
Abbas Under Pressure to Extend Peace Talks
Middle East Matters Most to Obama–Not Putin
Obama Seeks To Reassure Saudi Arabia Over Iran, Syria
Obama Appears Ready to Expand Covert Assistance to Syrian Opposition
Syria Rebels Advance in Latakia by Mediterranean
Something is rotten in Erdogan’s kingdom
Profile: Who Is New NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg?
Election commission in Kabul under attack by the Taliban
Krauthammer: Should We Believe The Pope Or The President Who Told The Lie Of The Year?
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Malachi 2: 6-9
“True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh Sabaoth. But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh Sabaoth. So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.”
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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.
