“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.” Psalm 122: 6
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Caroline Glick—The time has come for America to stand up:
Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel were teenagers. They were abducted and brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists from Hamas, a partner in the Palestinian Authority’s unity government, and a terrorist organization dedicated to the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people.
The teens’ abduction and murder was supported by Palestinian society as a whole. While Israelis were united as never before in worry and prayer for the missing boys, Palestinian society was united in its expressed delight at the abduction and murder of the boys.
The government’s response to this war crime, and to the support Palestinian society as a whole provides war criminals while reveling in their atrocities, will be significant. The vast majority of Israelis recognizes that maintaining faith with the mordant peace process can no longer be justified. Fatah and Hamas are equally dedicated to our destruction. By continuing to empower and legitimize the PA, Israel is facilitating its debilitation and victimization.
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Avi Issacharoff: Hamas smells Israel’s fear of escalation, and so the rockets keep coming—D ozens of rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza in the last two days. More were fired in the days before. At yet Israel is still imploring, “Hold me back! Over and over, threats are issued by senior Israeli officials — some anonymously, some by name — but there is nothing underpinning them. Hamas keeps on firing, well aware of the situation: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, and Chief of the General Staff Benny Gantz do not want a wide-ranging military confrontation with Gaza. Hamas smells this fear, and so the rockets continue to fall — albeit only in the Negev for now — in order to indicate that it is not capitulating to Israeli pressure or to its threats.
Mitch Ginsberg: In Gaza, preparing for war, hoping for calm— Once again, and not for the last time, Israeli leaders face the unsavory question of what is to be done with Gaza. As usual, none of the answers are good; most are terrible. Worse still, the dilemma comes amid the month of Ramadan, one day after the brutal killing of a Muslim teenager from East Jerusalem — allegedly by Jewish extremists — and several days after Israeli forces located the bodies of three murdered Jewish teens. Finally, matters are further complicated by the fact that the Israel Police and the Shin Bet, at least publicly, have not arrested the suspected perpetrators in either of the still-festering cases. The army, in response, is sending out uncharacteristically and explicitly soothing messages, on the one hand, and amassing troops on the other. Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said in a phone interview that the troop build-up is defensive in nature and that “we want to deescalate the situation and restore calm.”
Rafael L. Bardaj: Did Anyone Protest the Expulsion of American Jews from the African Union Summit?—A delegation of American Jews was expelled last week from the African Union Summit, to which it had been invited. This happened because the delegates from Egypt, Iran and South Africa could not stand seeing the American Jews wearing the traditional Jewish skullcap. Did any of our leaders make the slightest venture of disgust or disapproval? No.
Michael Doran: The New Middle East War: A Single Conflict from Baghdad to Beirut—The rise of ISIS is a subset of a new conflict that stretches from Baghdad to Beirut. The conflict has three sides: Shiite Iran and its proxies; ISIS and likeminded Sunni extremists; and the traditional allies of the United States: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel. Since the departure of American troops from Iraq in 2011, the Shiite regime of Nouri al-Maliki has become a satellite of Iran, whose Revolutionary Guards have thoroughly penetrated Iraqi security services. Any intelligence the U.S. shares with Maliki’s security services will inevitably land on the desk in Tehran of Qassem Suleimani, the head of the Quds Force. The Iranian leadership probably also calculates that, by pretending to be partners in counterterrorism with the West, it has magnified its leverage in the nuclear negotiations, which is Iran’s number one foreign-policy priority.
Walid Phares: The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East—The decision had already been made a year ago that a deal would be cut with the Iranian regime. If one has a deal, one is not going to enter into a war with the allies of the Ayatollah, such as Syria. That would kill the deal. These advisors and the pro-Iranian lobby in Washington are not made up only of Iranians. They are made of financial interest groups. For all these years there has been the idea that if we cut a deal with the Iranian regime, they will stabilize Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. When the Iranians moved in to Syria, Hezbollah moved in. When both moved in, Al-Qaeda moved in. That was the end of civil demonstrations. The current Middle East policy tracks are in the papers of the academics who are advising the administration. All one has to do is go to the libraries and read what the advisors have been writing for so many decades and then deduce the current policy. We were in Iraq. By looking at a map, one can understand that by being in Iraq, the U.S. served as a wall, disconnecting Iran from going into Syria.
Gallia Lindenstrauss and Süfyan Kadir Kıvam: Turkey Drifting in the Middle East Winds of Change— The abduction of some 80 Turkish citizens in Iraq by Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) militants and their affiliates symbolizes the major potential dangers of the current turmoil in the Middle East to Turkey’s security, economy, and trade relations, as well as to its regional influence. Turkey would like Iraq to remain a unified state. However, it cannot afford the strengthening of IS in Iraq, since it threatens Turkey’s dominance in northern Iraq. Turkey has gained much from the burgeoning relations with the Kurdish Regional Government in recent years, but has not yet accepted the notion of a completely independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq. Thus, Turkey has no good options with regard to Iraq. Contrary to its very activist policies in the years preceding the Arab Spring, Turkey is now, at best, muddling through.
Marc Champion: Why Turkey Now Wants Iraq to Break Up—Officials in Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s government have indicated at least twice in recent weeks that they are willing to end Turkey’s historical opposition to the creation of an independent Kurdish state. The most urgent reason is the electoral arithmetic Erdogan faces in next month’s vote for president. The Aug. 10 vote is the first time the Turkish president will be elected directly rather than by parliament. The even split between Erdogan and the main opposition means that Turkey’s Kurds will be the kingmakers. For them, any concern over Erdogan’s authoritarian bent pales next to securing an independent Kurdish state in Iraq and a better deal for themselves in Turkey. Erdogan is letting them know he is the man to deliver both. As the Council on Foreign Relations’ Stephen Cook, just back from Iraqi Kurdistan, told me: “[Kurdish leader] Barzani can make Erdogan king of Turkey and Erdogan can make Barzani king of Kurdistan.”
Paul Richter: Amid Push for Iran Nuclear Deal, Two Sides Maneuver to Shift Blame—Six world powers and Iran began a three-week push Wednesdayto complete a deal aimed at stopping Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, but they also started positioning themselves to deflect blame if negotiations collapse. With the talks in Vienna gridlocked since mid-May, senior Iranian and U.S. officials have stepped up claims that they made every effort to reach a compromise while the other side pressed unrealistic demands that made an agreement impossible. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif put out a YouTube video Wednesday in which he said the West pursued “a game of chicken in an attempt to extract last-minute concessions.” Previous Western pressure “didn’t bring the Iranian people to kneel in submission, and it will not now.” The negotiators have been unable to close three major gaps: the number of centrifuges Iran will be permitted to operate to enrich uranium; the duration of the agreement; and the schedule for lifting the sanctions. Iranian officials insist they will not disable key parts of their $100-billion nuclear infrastructure.
Samuel Westrop: UK: Fundamentalist Fun and Games—Sahib Bleher and his Islamic Party of Britain [IPB], like many, seem happy to contradict themselves publicly — possibly in the hope that where there is contradiction, there is uncertainty; and where there is uncertainty, there is room for fundamentalists to claim victimization at the hands of their supposedly “Islamophobic” critics, while at the same time reassuring their Islamist supporters that their dogma has not been cut back.
Col. Philip Dermer: Sunnis Who Battled Al-Qaeda in Iraq Now Being Slaughtered by ISIS—A slick YouTube video shows ISIS thugs attacking captured Iraqis. Many of the men being taunted, tortured and killed were leaders of the Sahwa, the Sunni militants who once fought against the American military before they realized that their bigger enemy was al-Qaeda and joined us in the fight. The Sahwa’s decision to ally with us was the primary contributor to the calming of central Iraq from 2007-09. Without the Sahwa, I suspect the outcome of the vaunted military “surge” would have been vastly different. In 2007-08, I worked with representatives of Prime Minister al-Maliki on how to reconcile with the Sahwa and integrate them into Iraq’s post-surge environment. We, the United States of America, had made the Sahwa and their Sunni popular base a promise, a moral commitment, when they took up the fight beside us beginning in 2007. We told them we would work out the operational mechanisms with the Iraqi government and not leave them twisting in the wind. America’s promises and moral commitments must stand for something. If not, no one will believe anything we say.
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Palestinian rioters on Temple Mount clash with security forces
Netanyahu: If quiet not restored to South, troops amassed near Gaza will act with power
Family of Murdered Israeli Teen Condemns Murder of Arab Teen
Two Palestinians Mistaken for Undercover Israeli Police by Mob and Beaten
Netanyahu promotes ‘bookends doctrine’
Jerusalem police step up presence ahead of slain teen’s funeral
Intifada in the age of social media: Facebook page offers how-to guide on confronting Israel
Israel Police officials on edge as rumors abound of major scandal
Liberman: Not all terrorist targets can be destroyed from the air
US declines to meet Iran ‘half way’ in final diplomatic push over nuclear crisis
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Gaza Rocket Fire Continues Amid Ceasefire Rumors
Liberman Slams Ceasefire Proposal With Hamas as ‘Huge Mistake’
Video and Pictures of Jerusalem’s Destroyed Light Rail
Third Day of Riots: Clashes on Temple Mount
Possible Third Hamas Kidnapping Suspect Identified
Suspected Arson Terror Shuts Down Haifa Trains
Police Deny Hiding Evidence AgainstTop Official
Rabbis Slam IDF for Targeting Hareidi Soldiers
Sderot Resident Pessimistic Rocket Fire Will End
Gaza Rockets Rain On Despite IDF’s Ultimatum
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Heavy rioting in Jerusalem as slain Arab teenager laid to rest
Vandals paint swastikas on road to Western Wall
Murdered Palestinian teenager’s family says new footage shows his abduction
Israelis pelted with rocks after entering West Bank village
Through Egypt, Hamas and Israel move close to cease-fire
Israeli restraint holds as rocket range grows
How did the Shin Bet fail to spot the Hebron kidnap cell in time?
Arab teen’s killing limits PM’s options against Hamas
Pope calls Rome chief rabbi to offer condolences for slain teens
Boston memorial service: ‘Break the silence’ about Israel
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Timing of Calls for Israeli Restraint ‘Strange’
The Middle East at a tipping point
Egypt’s invisible protesters, one year after the coup
Iran’s Water Crisis the Product of Decades of Bad Planning
Iraq Receives New Su-25s Warplanes from Iran
Germany arrests suspected double agent spying for US
France steps up airport screening for US flights
Israel: A proportionate response?
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Genesis 15 is probably the most important chapter in the Bible. Read it carefully and see why.
Genesis 15: 17-20
17 It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces. 18 On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite 20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim 21 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”
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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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Jeremiah said the Messiah is Yahweh
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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.
