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The Myth of Palestine Today," Books & more!
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9 Special Report from Israel the Sake of Peace?
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In H eaven
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12 Prophev; in t he N ews
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forces of the neighboring Ar<lb COlllltries, pt'Ople and II fictitiolls land, the pressure on
Israel captured the entire land mass from the Isr;ld to capitulate to their demands grew,
Mediterranean Sea; 10 Lebanon on the north; even a~ they waged a terror war within Israel 's
1 S}'ria and Jonhtn on the east; and the entire
0 borders against civilians. A Israel began
nd
Sinai Peninsula to Ihe Suez Canal in Egypt. gh1ng back the I.and so graciolL'iI~' hestowed by
It seemed a modern-day j)a~d and Goliath Gexl ,l~ a tnlst and Covenant - for the elusive
miracle a.~ ~ l oshe Oay:tIl stood on the lCmple pursuit of peace - with a people pledged to her
MOllnt - the first time ,I Jewish pel"S(lIl had set utter destmction.
fOOL there for near two millennia, Mordechai tno the myth of the Palestinians grew.
In 1948, a Nation from antiquity was Gur'Sremarkable cry, 'The 'lernpleMount is in And now, it is only trab nations, or worldlv
reborn - in a day, jll'it a'i Isaiah prll.licted. our hand'i!" and Rabbi Sh lomo Goren's shofar nations that accept this lie ami are hostile to
(Is. 66) And wi th it, the hand'i of a great b la~t at the Kotel (Wailing Wall) rang Ollt. Israel because of it, it even includes Christian
prophetic dock began to move toward the End This time, howC'er, there wa.~ a new, denominations.
of Days. All generations since the Firsr Century more fonnidahle weapon being fonncd - one From the hegi nni ng, when G gave Israel
od
preceding this event have expected the return wamed of in Scripture - {/(x.;eplioll, at work. In the 1.and, He said Israel must: "...drive out
of the M essiah, bur this necessalY element had 1967, a new people group was invented -the the inhahitants .. Jor I hm'e given the Land for
not yet been fulfilled. "Palestinians" - and their anny, the Palestine YOU to poss~... But if YOll don't dri'e out the
Immediately, nedgling Israel , with Liberation Organization (PLO), backed by the inhabitanlS .. .those YOU allow to remain wil1
almost 110 military or anns, was atracked by hostile Arab mltions, would (~lCmte within the become like thoms in your eyes and thistles in
Egypt, Syria. Transjnrdan, Lebannn and Iraq. Land of Israel with theexprcs.'i purpose, a~ their roursides - theywil l hara% you in the I.and... ··
A miraculous victory over vastly superior chmter stated, to dL. itl1J}' Israel.
" (Nul11. 33:55) And now, Israel h~t'i HtMAS, the
milital)' foret'S W;l~ given tn Israel. This became So, evcn as God gave miraculous victory most Violent of the PI.O groups established
a familiar patlern. after viclOl), to Israel against her enemies, a within her I.and. declaring (~lC llly that her day
In 1967, despite ~reat superiority in anns, more insidiolls enemy was at work ~thin. A'i is o'er. ..
aircraft, and troops favoring the combiJlt-d the world acl'CpK'll tI~is fabricateo claim of a ~. Edito r
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3. Shalom from jonathan!
Where in the
World is
Jonathan
Bernisil
Ph.~ase teln~l1lber
to pray (or Jonathan Dear Ministry Partners and Friend~,
dS he travels around
the world . Why is a little slivcr of Land, smaller than the slate of Rhode Island, with a population of under 6 million,
jonathan 's schedule always in the lllf..'(/ialimelight. , .hare ~'ou ever wondered?
(or March &
April 2006: Over 2,500 years ago, the Prophet 7.echariah wrote that in the Last Days, 'yerusalem will be a beauy stOlle
bwrlen;ng Ibi! {(lorld. And Ibougb af{ Ibe Ila/ions of Ibe earlb un;le in (/II alJem/Jllo mO/le bel: Ibey
M :lrch I ~ 18
/(Jill all be c:rusbed. ., (Zech.12:3 TLB) 'lhis prophecy hm; now come to pas..~ in our da~'.ll seem~ that forcing
Erhiopi:t Israel to give back her God mandated Land h;~~ become an obsession of not only the Europe,U] Community,
Medic:!] Ourrc;u:h but the enUre world. After President fimh's re-eleclion, his first phone call was from British Prime Iinister
Ton)' I1I:tir. After congratulating him on his victory, he implored the President to foclls his attention on the
March 19 -28 creation of a Palestinian stale.
Br:l:zi]
With Israel's recent pu llout from Gaza, Sharon's break-away from the right-wing Ukud Pany, and CTeation
April 213 - May () of a new political palty, Krtdima (meaning fOlvard), it is dear that the current govcmmelll is intent on
Turkey making a Palestinian state a reality. Even with Sharon out of the picture now, acting Prime Minister Elll1d
TjCl1 Olmert has vowed to continue his legacy and complete the Withdrawals fmlll most of the West Bank and the
tcnitorics, if their party wins the election on March 28th.
The 'Pa(eSlillirllls " living in these regions of the Promised Land refer to these areas ,~'i "occufJied lerrHo-
rie..'i. " nlCY claim that they were there for centuries bcfore the Jews c'er C,Ulle along and were drivcn fmm
their homes after the Six Day War in 1967. Now they want ··tbeir" l'llld back. Yet, histo1)' reveals this claim to
be nothing more. than a myth. [n fact. the land conquered by Israel in 1967 was nc'cr under the control of
a people known as P(t/£lI/initms. No sl1ch people ever existed before 1967! The land referred to toda)' as the
West Bank was part of Jordon and the Arabs dwelling there wcreJordanians! In this issue of}ewislJ V oice
TQdfIY, entitled "71Je fl~)'{b oj Palestine," we seek to dispel these false claims and present the real picture
and history of this Land and People.
With the victory of Hamas in r(.'Cenl elections, the origi nal agenda of the PLO remains finnl)' in place ... to
eventually push Israel into the Mediterranean Sea. Until they succeed. or at least until Jerusalem is fully
under Palestinian control, YOll can be assured that the tcrrorism and homicide bombings will conti nue. No
amount of negotiating is going to change this. ~lan 's peace plans will continue to fa il ... it is only G peace
od's
plan, througll the Prince of Peace, Yeshutl, tllm tme and lasting peace will ultirnately come to this troubled
and war torn L1nd.
On the ministry front. by the time you read this I will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. leading a team of ovcr
70 doctors, dentisl~, nurses and ministry workers on the largest medical ministry outreach ollr ministry has
ever undenaken. We are there to reach out to the two Jewish Communities remaini ng in Ethiopia, the Beta
Avraham and the Beta Israel. Our primal" focus will he to pl'Ovide medical and dental care to the Bela Avra-
h,1Il1, an imlXlvcrisllL'd community of ovcr 50,000 dwelling in the poorest area of Ihc city. Ve will have. a fu ll
report for you in the next issue. Your prayers for the team during our time there (March 4- t8) are greatly
appreciated.
Plans are still 11l0ving forward with theJewish Voice International ~ Iessianic ~ l edia Center. Plea..'>e keep this
in prayer as we arc still waiting for various approvals Ilet'{k'd b~' the cityof Phoenix to complete all the work.
We are still hoping to he In this new fad lity h~' the end of August.
2:).2:
Please know that we lovc and appreciate rou, our pannel'S, so vel" much. Thank you for enabling us to
1 "proclaim Messiah 1 lil" world."
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Jonathan Bemis, President
Jewish Voice ~linisl ries Internation al
March/April 2006 JewiSh Voice Today J
4. Up Front
1 come fit tbe issue of the Mhidle war. there was no serious
/:'a ' a lillIe bit d{ffel'eut{)1 tlxm jllst movement for a Pales-
abOut (lII),olle else. I'm (11/ Amb·Ameri· tinian homeland. 111b)'?
?m OJris/iau journalist. j've arrived at In 1967, during' the
/I~)' conclusious largeo Ibrougb first· Six-Day War, the Israelis
' capUlredjudea, Samaria
baud experience COIJf!rillg the Mideast
onlbe ground and Ellst Jenlsalem. Nut
I/Je)' didn 't Cllplure
Tbrougbout IJ~J' 25·yea/' career (IS t/}ese territories from
a dai()' lJews/JtljJerm(lfJ, rile bad two )'tl~e,. Art!(al. 71JfJ)'
jJrincipal beats - flol(Fll'ood and Ibe captured /belll fium
Middle Easl. YOli miglJl wOl/del' what tian Cnl'laders, bythe Ottoman Empire lind.
jordal/. :~ King l1us,min. 1) ~' did the so-
briell~', by the British after World War I. TIle
tbese two beats have ill COlli mall. called Palestinians suddenly discover their British agn:cd to restore at least part of the
1'lJe C01ll1ll011 denomillator is Ibat national identityailer Ismei llIonlbe Il'ar? land 10 the Jewish people as their hnllle-
!be'y botb deal ill tbe rcallll of to/real- Wh}' wasn'l there a demand for a Palestin- land. Who rejected that idea? TbeArtibs. ll)e
i~J" l1Jey hOlb re(JI011 m),Ib.'. ian homeland hefore? jell!s f.XIuld I1tllle 110 /JklL'C ill /be Alid(!(I.I1.
'Ihe truth is that Palestine is no more NOJ/e.
Wha t i s thi s d e bat e real than Never-Ncver Land. The first time
all about ? There is 110 language known as P:lles-
the name was llSl'ti was after 70 A.D. when tinian. There is no distinct Palestinian CUl-
What a rc I he re al r Oo l s o f the Romans committed genocide against
thi s co nfli c t ? ture. There h:15 never been a land known :IS
thejCvs, sm,L~hed the lemple and declaret1 Palesline govcmcd by Palestinians. Pales-
If you believe what you read in most the L of Israel would be no more, From
and lillllms are Arabs, illdil'lillglll:wablefium
news sources, Palestinians want a home- then on, the Homans promised, it would he .Iol'(/allitms. S)'I'itms. Lebanese, Il'tIqis, etc.
land and Muslims wanl control over known as Palestinc, The name was derived, Keep ill mind thaI the A colltrol 99.9
rahs
sites they consider holy. Simple, right? we think. from the Philistines, a people con- percent of the Middle East lands. Israel rcp~
1171'01lg [n fact. these. two demands are quered by theje,>'S ccnnlries earl ier. resen t~ one-tenth of I percent of the land-
nothing more than strategic deceptions - Contrary to what PLO Founder YasseT mass.
prupag.Ulda ploys. 'I11t~y are nothing more Arafat dainll'd, the Philistines werr extinct 1M that's tuo Illuch for the A rabs. They
than phony excllses and rationalizations for hy thilt time. Arafal liked to pretend his peo- want it al1. Alld tbal i.~·lIllim(lle(}' /l'/xillhe
the terrorism and the ll111nleringofjews. The ple were the descendants of the Philistines. jigbtillg ill I.mlfJ/ i~ (lbolfttod(~JI. No IIItll-
real goal of those making these demand'i is Actuall y, the name was silllply a wayfor the IeI' bOfll m(lm' lalld cOllce&!';ons Ibe /SI'tlC-
the destnlction of the Stille uf Israel. Romans to add insult to injury to the JC~'S h'! make, illi,ill neue,. be ellollgb.
The proof of the pudding is that prior - not only were they annihi1atOO, htl! their Arafat himself explainL'd the ploy of
to the 1967 Arab· lsI<lcli land was renamed after people they had negotiations with Israel in a 1 SI)Cl'( h
994
in South Africa - in English. He's explained
Pal es t ine ha s it in Arabic dozel1s of times: "First we cre-
neve r ex is t e d - ate our own slate. then w use th:lt state to
e
be fo re o r s ince - liberate all of Palestine, ThaI's the goal. II's
"'/{/t~)(· been IblJ goal, "
a s a nat ion s tat e .
Palestinians will tell vou the reason a
It was m1ed altcmatdv bv Palestinian-Arab state is llL't'<led is because
Rome, hy Islamic ilnd Cliris~ Ar.tbs were forcibly fCmoved from their prop-
4 JeWish VOIce Today MarcJv'Apnl 2006
5. Up Fron[
env in the 1948 war. The truth is: ;'The A rab Since th en, milli o ns of J ew+ country viltuallywithout comment.
sta'te which had encouraged the Palestine+ ish refugees from arou nd th e So , what is mea nt by
Arabs to leave their homes tcmpormily in or- world have been absorbed in " Pa lest in ia n '!'
der to be out of the way of the Arab invasion th e lill Y nation of Israel.
annies, hare failL>d to keep their promise to It meant whate''er Yasser Ararat wanted
help thec;e refugees." - The Jordanian daily It makes no sense to expect that same it to mean. Arafat wa~ hom in Eg~l)t and lat-
'wspaper Falastin, Feb. 19, 1949.
Ilf.. tiny Jewish state to solve a refugee crisis it er 1ll0"ed to Jerusalem. Indt'Ctl, Illost of the
There are plenty of historical record~ did not create. Arahs living withi n the borders of Israel to-
showing the Je-.vs pleading with their Arab Do you Ihink Ihe Arabs really care day hare come from some other Arab COUIl -
neighbors to stay and live in peace and har- alxmt the plight of their refugees? J would tr" at some time in their lifc. Arabs continue
mony. Yet, despite the clear, unambiguous submit to yOLI that Israel. of all ihe Middle t<i nock into !sraeltoday. 11ley continue to
words of the Arab obsclvcrs al the time, his- East Slates, has treated the Mab refugees move into the Palestinian Authority. The}'
tOI), has been sllccessfully rt;:wrilten to tum with mure faimess .tIld more compassion. immigr<lll'( there evell before it left Israeli
the Jews into the bad guys. Let me give you an example: The Jor- control. 'Ine Arabs have built 261 scttle-
The Arab states that menl~ in the West Bank
initiated the hostilities since 1967. We don 't
have never accepted re- hear much about
sponsibili ty - despite thei r those. seltlemenlt We
cnonnous wealth and hear instead aoout
their ability to assimi - the number of jeldsb
late tellS of millions of settlements that have
refugees in their largely been created. We hear
undcr-populated nations. how destabilizing they
And other states have failed to hold them ;lC- are - ""'" I'"wocati" they ;lre. Yet, hy com-
countable. dan TImes rcpOl1s that "Palestinian refu- parisoll, only 1 Jewish scttlemenl) have
44
Today, of CQurse, this cruel charade gees in L ebanon, who have long been de- bt'ell built since 1967 - including those sur-
continues. The suffering of millions of Arabs nied many civil rights including the right rounding Jerusalem, in tbe West Bank and
is perpetuated only for political pUflX>SCS hy 10 work, now face a new obstacle ill their inGala.
the Arab states. TIley are merely pa'~lS ill the precariolls 1i1'eS:' U nder a bill introducl'(] Is this a Ill'W phenomenon! Absolutely
war to destroy Israel. by parliament, Palestinian -A will be de·
rabs not. This h;l<; always been the ca<;e. A rabs
pril'ed of their right to own prorx~rty. Those have been flocking to Israel and il<; ellvirons
There were so me 100 mil - who already own propel1ywillnot be able to el'er since it wa~ created and el'en hefore, co-
lion refugees afound th e pass it 011 to their children. Can rOll imag- incidi ng with the Wal'C of Jewish immigra-
world foJ1ow in g World War 1
1. ine the. intel'llational OlltCYif Israel passed
I tion into Palestine prior to I94K
Th e Pal es tinian -Arab group stich a law? Mmt would the U nitl'(] Nations According to the 1110st liberal claims by
i s t he o nly one ill t he world hal'e tDsay about thiS? J-Iowwould the media Arab sources, some 600,000 to 700,000 Arabs
not absorbed o r ill t eg r<ll e d establishment in the West view sl1ch a dmco- left Israel ill and around 1948 when theJt'v.
into rh ei r own peop le 's lands . nian plo~'? Yet, th is is happening in an Arah ish State was created. Most were 110t forced
Continued on page 19
Marek/April 2006 Jewish Voke Today 5
6. Guest Author
, COncentrates 011 [srael ;IS the mbom I bmic cbosel!. you descent/mils oj How could the Palestinians be. Canaan-
Nation, the re[x)sitory of the Cov- Abmbam my friend IlooJ! YOli fivm Ibe ites ;lnd Arabs at the S,Ime time? And what is
the channel of the ~ tessi;Hlic Hope, endi' offbe em1b, }i'om il~ jarlbesl comers the origi n of "Palestine?"
th(!'i1!i!"di' '" of the Divinely approved '[em- I calied yOli. I said. ·),{w are Ill)' serlltml; joel 3:4, a biblical 'crse th at Cllrst'<l thc
pie. the keeper of the oraclcs of God, and , btllic chosen you (/nd have uol rejecled Philisti ncs, is often cited 10 prove the mcn-
the capital N ation of the retlll1ling crllci fieti YOll.'" Jacob was chosell) /lol 6iJmael or tion of Palestine. The H ebrew word translat-
and risen King of kings. [srael is the ccntral the Arabs. ed in some versions for Palestine is Palasheth
theme of the Bible. '"7Jms saifb tbe Lord "71)en made Ibi~ vow to Ibe LOHD: which is Philistia, the land of the biblical
God Bebolrl, I Il"ifl ItIMe tbe d)ildrell qf 'ff YOil (('ill rle/ilJ(fr I/)(!W /Jeo/Jle illlO our Philislines, a Iloll-Semitic l>e(~)lc who lived
Ism ellrom fllJlong the nflti()n.I~ to which halld~, I/!e wifi lolali)' destro), tbeir cities. . on 11 small portion of land Oil the coast lilal
tbey fire gOlfe, and urill gather (hem all 11Je LORD Ui1ened 10 israel 'splefl fllld gtllle included only Joppa. Ashdod, Ashkclon,
el'el)1side. lind bring tbem into Ibei,. 01l1Jl Ihe Ctllwtmiles over to tbem. 11)e), COIll- and Gaza. '111is presents a major problem,
land. " /Jlele{J destro)'l.:d tbem (/ud their 101l'lls;so
' si ncc today's Pale;linians claim 10 originate
Then the l.oRI) said to It~ , ·'Ip.lII ·e tbis /be /J!/Il;e ".rL.~ 11({}l1ed NOJ"fJlrtiJ. " Yet I{KhIY from Srmitic Arahs. To I;I~' stake to a land of
place, J'Ou and the people)'011 bl'ollgbl up the Pal!3tinian people cling to the idea that promise by misusing Scrip1l1 re, attributing
Old ofEg)1)1, and go 11/1 10 /be land I prom- they are descendants of the Cana,mites, Je- the Land of Promise to Ishmael, and claim-
ised all oath loAbmhtllll. l~aac find jacob. bllsites, and Philistines. ing to be Philistincs, is a dealh hlow for the
St(ril1g. '11I,i /l gille ilIa )'0111" descendanls. Tbe first occupation of Canaan (the Palestinian argument.
Iw;tJ send allllllgel btt/Ore YOlf alld dl'iu'e Promised Land) was by the Nation of Israel, Palesti nian claims vary, depending on
oUl the Canaamles, Amoriles, HiIIi{es, Pel~ who knew that God was One God: 'Heal' 0 the isslle - if the claim COllCCnlS who was
iz:dfes, liilJiles aJ/d.lebusil(~f. ... Israel. Ihe lORD tb)' G'od iI' One. This was
It there first. then they are descendant<; of the
God promises to give the /IIhole 1.and to a startli ng revelation in the midst of the na- Canaanites - if the goal is to prove who le-
Abraham and his descendant<; fo r an ever- tions who were worshipping innumerable gally deservcs it, then they are /1Ibs. So it
lasting possession, l1lis is established by a gods, so holding onto the rejected heathen all depends 011 what Iype of propagand a is
Covenant of God and God dcclarc.o; in Psalm tribes prior to [sracl's existencc is no honor. being promoted, yet both views are in greal
89:34 "His coven ant lie wil! never break." So wh ~' did Arafat and the Pal ~lini:lIls in- error. With the biblical evidence confinned
But tn which of hi ~ desccmlallt~? 15hmacl? sist thut lhey were of Canaanite and jebusitc by histOlY lLlld by dccmks of archaeological
Isaac? Or both? origi n? At the same lime, they also insisted research, the Hible has pro'Cn to be the most
If we look at the context of Scripture, we that the~' arc Arabs (semites), 10 the extent accurate book 011 Mjddle Eastern history. In
can casil~' sec who this seed refers to: of clairningjesus W,t~ a Palesti nian rerolll- it is recorded GO(rS plan for Canaan and its
'Blft ),011. 0 ll)mei. my seI"I.l{ml, jacob tionary. peoples.
7. Guest Author
'In call today's Israel the land of the It w<t~ onl' in 1878. that hm":'ih condi- they end up belieVing that they themsclvcs
Philislint!S would re<luire a recreation of the tiOIlS furced rmiJ1~t groups to immigmle into hold divine IMh.
other seven nations that made up the land Palestine: Circ:lssians, Algerians, Eg~'v tians, Within the last 40 centuries, A ruled
rabs
of Canaan. How does one relate tooa(s sup- Dnlsai,lttrks, KurtIs. Bosnians. and olhers. the L1nd for less than one of them. I sav to
posedly Semitic Palestinians to the non-Se- Mler the ltlrkish Ollo111ans, the fililish the Arabs, if 'Ollr current claim to the I.;md
mitic I'[evites, Perazitcs, and jebusites? No fough t the 11.lrks for Sl1PIX)rting the Nazis, is based on tlte length of lime YOll rull'<l his-
one today can trace any culture, language, ;U1d legally crealL'{] the State of Israel. '11lC toriC:llly, irs hest to find another argument.
l"t'.!igioll, or f;unily origi n to ,Ul~' Canaanites A then called to wipe out all the jl'VS.
rabs Onl'. would think th'lt the Palestinians
from Palestine, and there is ample histori- which resulted in an Arab defeat, as the Bible who live in the midst of the conAict would
cal l'Vidence showing the "true" origin of pn.>dicted, be expert~ on the. situation. but the opposite
todav's Palestinians. '111ere was never a call for a P;testin- is true; thei r schools <Ire infested with hate-
' In 135 A.D., Emperor lIadlian applied ian state in all of A histoli'-- only after
rab filled lies, their mosques preach hatred from
the le1111 "Palt;'Stine" to the I.and of Israel lhe Jews retunll>U to Israel. Yet ille Jt.'vS made Ihe pulpit. and their priests call (lut ror the
'L~ a propaganda ploy to era5(' Israel. his all the "nevers" possible when thcy made dcstmction of Israel. Christians and Mus-
enemy, and replace it with Israel's enemy this ignored Land <I Nation. They made je- lims alike in Israel are victims of this brain-
instead: Philistines with a new I.atin twist - nlsalem a capital, opened the holy plaL'(!S washing.
-Palestine. to all tlucc religions, and built illikc nc'cr Goo has in no lVay eilher rejectl'tl or
Christian A who focus on the New
rabs befm!;!. replaced Israel or lIle jt.wisIJ People.llis Cov-
'
Testament instead of the Old ignore the facl Plior to the 1800's, the l.aJld was nol in- enant with them is llllcondi tional and nUll-
that in the New'lestament the tenn Palestine habited except for small impermanent pock- transferable. Goers Covenants and promises
is never IlSl'<l - only Israel. ~uld no matter cl~ of [lC<~)le scatler<:d throughout the COlllI- were never IU<;ed OIl J srael"s good bclla~or,
how they look al Scripture it always seems try. History contradicts the propagandist~ of but were based O Gt~rS faithfulness loward
n
they have a problem filling it into their po- today: the L Wll'i not a thriving nation.
and His People, Although thejl> People have
wish
litical agenda. l'vel; in the past 2,000 yea~ and never until suffen."l.i the COn5e<lllences of bre'lking G(Ki's
Yet ignorance of Scripture. is not an ex- the Jews made it so, Laws, just as wc all do, they havc not Ix..oen
cuse with God, since the rest of Scripture di- The jews, before the wars. who were replaced or rejected. 'nle Scriptures make
rects ]S to the remaining story and to wlmm already living ,L~ pe;L'itlnLS, hOl1ghl Jan(t~ and Ihm quite ckar.
this se<.-d belongs. 111e promises of the Land cultil'atetl th~m afte r years of neglect. TIle I choose to speak out because I know
in the Abrahamic Co'(~ nant are given strictly jCvs restored tlle l.and and made it what it whm is wrong. When will we get rid of the
t()jacob, who was later called Israel. is today, with an ecollomy tCll tillles the size education propaganda promoting hoth de-
God uses the word Mv in two corlllCC- of that of Egypt.Jordan and Syria combined, stmction and self-destmction? Will it take a
tiOllS: "My people Israel" aild '"My land." In while the Arabs hal'e been plotlill); wafS generation? lim? 111ere is 110 solution unless
I:!ach case He, in a particular way. identifies against her since the 1920's and instead of we liberate the children from an evil and
Ilimsclf with them: ~clti n~ rid of the jews, they displaccd one- growing menace and stop tllC cycle.
"1 will eshlblish My covenant ~L~ an ev- hillf uf the Pale;tillians in 1948. M,at the world must acknowledge is thaI
erlasting covenant betwccn Me and you and Still, many W!'Stemers believc that the Arafat and the Palestinians never wanted a
your descendants after Ylllr for the genera- Arabs aClually want peace. The truth is th at Pale;linian state becausc he never wanted
tions to (':Ollle to lx' your God and the God of the evil saga of the '"final SOIUtiOlJ" will con- the wnmct to end. Ifhedid, he would have
your descendants after you, The whole land tinue as planned by satan. Vcstemers forget accepted the Barak Agreemen t that gave
of Cana:1Il where you are nuw all alien. I that Arafal supported Hitler in World War II him everythin g he cbiml'tl he wantl'tl, He
will give as an everlasting posseSSion to you and Saddam H ussein in thl' Gulf War. Also, rejected it and all ()tllel~. So what then did
and your descendanL~ after you and I will he the PLO Charter calls for Ihe destmction of he want? Ohviousl)' there is no olher amwer
their God." ISrael 10 this da'. but the destntctioll' of Israel and the jews.
$0 these prumiSl'S of land and rctum Arab students are llC'l'r taught Jewish
dearlv involve I!'racl, nor Ishmael. history; they are programmed hy repetitiOn
'Ih! greatm:ljorily of [what are calledl of old pmpaganrla to the poilll ihat
"the Palestinian Arabs" is of vcry reccnt
origin, starting in the nineteenth centllT)'
immigrating from Illany nations, 1110St of
which are not even Arab.
Tod;ty's Palcstini:Uls are immigrantS from
man' nations: Balkans, Greeks, S'rians, Lat-
ins, i~gyptians, ltlrk.~. Annenian's, Italians,
Per.;ians. Kurds, Gcnnans, Afghans, Cir-
cassians, Bosnians, Sudanese. Smnaritans,
Algerians, j'lotawila, Tartars, Hungarians,
Scots. Nav<lJt'Se, Bretons, English, Franks,
Rutheni ans, Bohemians, Bulgarians, Geor-
gians, Persian Ncstorians, Indians, COpL~,
~laronitcs , and Illany (llhers.
MarchJApril2006 jewish VoIce Today 7
8. Western Dhimmitude
Global Reaction to Uproar over "Satanic Cartoons" - Western Embrace
oj Islamic "DIJimmitude" Subtly Disguised as Political Correctlless?
The global reactioll to the upmar oyer contemplate. Scvcntl'Cn foreign ministers from
the" 1 Satanic earloom" demollslr.ltes a
2 There. W;15 a scene in the old '60's series the Arabian I.eague demanded the edi tors
growing Wcstcm embrace of the mentality "Swr Trek" in which all evil android W:l~ responsihle for puhlishing lhc cartoons to he
of Islamic "dhimmitude" subtl y disguised defeated by Mr. $pock's circular logic. Mr, "JJun ished. '·
as political correctness. Spock told the android that he (Mr. Spock) Iran ian President Ahmadinaj;ld, nOI to
U nder [slam, a "dhil11111i" is II n011- was lying when he said he wa~ I}~ng, Sorting be out dOlle, announced Ih at the cartoonists
I us]im living in conquered
~ I uslim land.<i. it all out made the android's head c'x plode. shuuld he kilkd.
"[)himmis" are pennittetl limited freedom Figuring oul how iI religion's As for the c;1TtooniS themselves?
ts
of religion, provided there is no conflict fundamentals Gill inspire terror while TI1CYare. reportedly all in hiding, in fear
with Islamic laws govl'11ling slIch things arguing it is fll1ldmnentally "peaceful alld fo r their lives. A~ Daniel Pipes accurate!)'
as religioLls s~bols and images. However, tolerant" makes me feel li ke that android. noted in a recent coitunll, "the deeper issue
a dhimmi has 1rlmlly no rights in :lema! Dcnlll<l1'k submitted to [slam when here, howercr, is nO! M uslim h)1XlCrisy.
practice. The word of one "offended Muslim-' it apologiZl'tl on hehalf of its press for hut Isl:unic sllpl'cmacism.'· To back lip
can send a dhirnmi to death . publishing cartoons dlat violall'(j Islamic his [}(Jillt, Pipes qU(Jted Flemming Rose,
lIistorically, Jews living as the Danish editor who puhlished
dhimrn is in Mmlim countries have the cartoons: "ll]f 1. :L~ a 11011 -
been subjected to daily humiliations ~ Iuslim, shuuld submit to their
that reduced life to a perilous taboos ... they' re a~king for my
uncertainty. They are r€Cluired to pilya submission." Indeed, Islam has
'Cry high ta:x called the "jizra" for the not only demandl'<i submiSSion,
"privilege of living among ~llIslims. " they' ve gotten it.
Th is latest example of Muslim Said U.N, High Commissioner
intolcrance and violencc ovcr all' for H uman Rights Louise A "IrbOl;
hint of insult to their religion displa~ find alarming any behaviOrs lhal
dearl . . . for all to s{''e thm thei r core disregard theheliefs of others. '111is
beliefs inspire hatred and violence, kind of thing is unacceptahle.'·
TIle behm~or of the V:l~t majority (Then she annOlllll'ed an
of Muslims puts the lie to "the investigation into racism and
political correct image of Islam as Is!alllophobia. Harnunphhh!)
inherently [X!llceful and tolcnlnl " Yel, [n the U nited Statei, dlC
dle contillliing ad'aJlce of this patently false law, Some members of the European [llt'S.~ mainstream meJia, which ha'e already
idea byWestcm lcadcrs, despitc dlC tot:l.llack estahlishment, unaware of the mles of all ied themselves ''lith dlCpolitical (Ulimmis
of evidence to lillppon it. is all admission dhillllllitllde, rC[lllhlishcd the carlexlilS :L~ Oil the left. kncw better. With thc exception
thai we're alt dhimmis now. an exercise of joumalism's religious defense of CNN - which pixc!atcd the images the
It is evidence that w voluntarilv
e've of freedom of the Preis. Soon, thei r various first time (suppressing them altogether
submittL'(j most of our cul ture In "Islamic national lellders also slIbmitted to Islamic thereafter) - the U.S. mainstream media
dhimmiturlc," hy censoring dlOSC who dare dhimmitude, apologizing to Islam 011 devoled hours of c()'crage to thc sto!),
to point out the inherent contradictions behalf of their citizens for violating Islamic wi thout daring to show dle Satanic CaJ10011S
evident in thc conti nually repeated myth religious prohibitions, themsclves.
dlat Islam is l)tl~icalty tolerant and peaceful. Fomler president Clinton, speaking nhil1lmis know their I)l ace.
It is a myth dri'en byfear of Muslim viol~ nL'e from Qatar, callet! the publication of the
and temlrism. cartoons "!lppaIHng"' and "outrageous."
A Christian fundamentalist is one who In true dhilllllli fashion, his outrage was
adhcres to the fu ndamentals of C hristianity. reservcd for the cartoonists, not the raging Hal l.indsc), iJ {be bt.>s!·selllll,~ till/bor
AJt!'lish fl.lIldamcntalist is one who adheres sea of fo nnerly "moderate Islamists" calling of 20 booJ:s, il/cluding "I.ale Grell! Plalle!
for thei r exccution. Harl/}," He Il'r/'le-. {/ It'eeklJ'
to the fundamentals ofJudaism. 'nlcre is no
other logicalullder.;:tandi ng of the tenllS. The illlmn at the Islamic Center in column jo,'trorkINeIDtli{I' alid
bis //(11 J.iudl·/",')' Rl1xJI'i pmgmlll
If an Islamic fundmnentalist is one Brussels denounaxl the cartoons. "Where are I~' bl'OlldcflSf t'in Slife/life find
who adheres to the fundamentals of Islam, the hUlllan-righl~ organ izations? Why ,IJ'C Il'eixllSl, For II/J-/O-fbe-millllfe
then a "mfK lerate" Islamic majority thL')' silent? he demanded. A the Mll~lim
" nd (/I/(/{rsis of ltorld LI(/enls ill fbt,
means a majority of Mlislims reject Islam's W Leaguc callcd 011 U,N. Secretar)' K
orld ofi ligbt of allclelll prO{Jbcdes, l'b'il:
fundamental teachi ng5. This is so self- Annan to implemcrH international laws bll/l://II'II'II '. lxlllil1(l~e;'Qrtlde. COli}
evident l~' circular that it makes one di7.7.)' to against insolence of religions.
8 Jewish Voice Today March/April 2006
9. 111e radi c. .1 Hamas mO'ement
1 and elsewhere to somehow keep alive Ule #- Muslims, or Olrer hllld currently or previ
shocked Israel and the world by its fusion that the long-frozen peace process has control led by Islamic govcmments. Instead,
landslide 'iClory in the Palestinian 1I0t been totally blllied, the new leadcr pro- the IsI;unic holy blxJk adju11.'S J uhammad's
legislative el ections on j ltnllary 2;th. claimt:d he would aitt!r that stance if the ter- folluwers tu wage jihad war against "the in -
Virtuall ), no one forecast the over- rorist movement did three vital thin&li. fidels'· until thc end of time---an Islamic I'C-
whelming triumph by the extremist Olmert"s or.;t condition for e'I'emually Iigious '·duty" that H:u n;l~ leaders and their
terrori st group, found ed in 1988 dealing with I- lamas was that the group agree devout followers whulehear1edly ,Uld happily
from the same Islamic fund amental- to disann it~elf and halt all lel'ror aUilck~, embrace.
ist wellspring that later produced which group lc:tder.; (I llickly made clear they The Ha11l :L~ political earthquake jol ted
Osruml Bin Laden 's AI Qaida interna- will nerer do, Uis second condition was that Washingtun and other intemalionai capitals.
tional terrorist network, Hamas renouncc and al ter ilS 1988 founding Several right-wi ng Isr~l i politicians said the
The unanticipau.'ti e1~cti{)n outcome dwrter's call for Israel's total annihilation Bush Adminislralion W:l~ only reaping whal
also took llamas leaders themselves by sur- and replacement by an A rab-Islamic regime. it had sown, having insisted that ';democ-
pri~e. Their main pl'e-eleclion goal was to Hi:>. final condi tion was lhat Ihe militant
win enough seats to thwart the U,S.-backed group fonnally recognize Israel's right to ex- What WOu.1lI the
Road Jlap peace plan's call for thc Palestin- ist, and then agree to honor all previolls PA
ian Authority (PA) to completely disann lind peace accords and amendments contracted hi te Hou.se say if Ehud
ciismantle the group's illegal militia and ter- wi th theJewish State. O/me rt or Ton)1Blair
mristcells, The huge H ama~ triumph insure.1i Hamas leaders laughed out loud at the
that no SHch action will lake place, Instetld, suggestion that they might change thtctntral dellltilule d that A l Qailla
Hamas seems certai n to take full governmen- plank in their Koran-based charter calling for be allowe d to field calldi-
tal contml ovcr the PA, its institutions and. Israel's destnlction, even though many pun-
most importantly, ilS 30,000 plus anlled se- dilS around the globe mysteriollsly predicted tildes ill Alneric{l.'s 11Ii,l-
curity forces. While this will insure the radio such action as the group "assumes the 1'C- ler ln cOllgressional
cal movement's stm'ival on the Palestin ian spollsihilities" of [loweI'. ~ l ahrlloud ZahaT, it
stagt, it apparrntly also spells tht! end of the senior llamas official t wId reporters ten days elections?
'(11ite Housc-sponsored peace plan, with all after the startling Palestinian election l'CSltllS
tll,I1 implies for this troubled region and the were lwe<lled that "Ismel is not a legitimate raev" meant that Ollllerl lllust allow Ham<l~
entirr planet. entity, and no amount of pres.IiUI'C can force to Rlll in the electiolls, e~'en in mainly Arab
Reeling ovcr the sudden exit of stroke LIS W rt'Cognizc it~ right to exist." neighborhoods in cast JCnlsaiem, including
victim Ariel Shamn from the dramatic Is- Israeli political analysts were nearly lhe walled Old CilV. This was an absunl de-
raeli political scene, <Kting Premier Ehud unanimous in stating that llamas would mand, thcy mainiained, gi'Cll that llamas
Ohnert was quickly faced with his fil'S t ma- never adhere to even (Jnc of Olmert's fair has openly claimed to have murdered ncarly
jor clisis: How to resp to the unfureseen
ond conditions, Hmnas leaders did reveal plans 400 Israelis in ,I series of vicioliS terror atroci -
llamas land~lide 1C(01)'. He wasted no time to fold their outlawed 3,000 strong militia ties launched sincc carly 2001. ''Vhat WOllid
in clarifying that his govcmmcllt would not force illto lhe much larger itnnt'tl PA Sl'Curity the W HoU5£: say if Ehud Olmert or TOllY
hite
recogni7£ or deal with a Hamas-led PA gu'- foret'S. But th is action would not even ful fill Blair demanded that Al Qaida be allowed to
el1llllcnt. llo,cver, the acting Premier's first condition lhat the field candidates in An"ICrica's mid-term con-
faci ng pressure fmm group sUITCnder i t~ illegal a nn~ . gressinrllli elections?·' :t5ked onl.:! Likud Party
Washington. InllduJl Israeli experts on the growing Islamic Knt.'SSC1mtmbcr.
faith noted thm lhe derisive Hama charters '111e U nited States and thc European
is huilt u j}(}n Union have 1x..'Cn the main foreign ftlnders
scveral Koranic urthe PA, togcthcrdonati ng over 800 million
verses which dollar.; each year. The two world 1}()'Crs were
dearlv state therefore instantly f,lced wi th a seriOllStli lem-
that jL'. .s can ma. Should they uphold their own laws that
never mil' oVer 01111:lw transfening PllUlic money to knuwn
Continued on page '9
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10. · ,.. ' '- .,',' ' . " . ,~ ..
26J:lIl.. 2006 'il
Mariam f'arahal, was ki lled himself.
who w:t~ elected to the Urn Nidal's home h:t~
Palestinian parii:unent, can hecome a shrine to her
a crowd like :t veteran dead sons, ~th admirers
politician-shaking hands and other members
:md greeting supporters. H:unas often dropping by.
In Gaza, Farahat is Destroying Israel is
known :1.~ Um N idal, or not something llamas h:t~
~Iother of the Struggle - a jlromoted much during
mother who sent three of ~I..._ _" this elect ion carn llaign. 19J:lIl. 2006
her six sons un Ham:1.~ ...._...;; - But at the gm~srool~ k",'el In the (Iuesl 1 find new and profitable wa~'S
0
homicide missions against Israel i targets. in Gaza, I,~lere Urn Nidal camraigns, most to attract consumers, the banking industry has
"W consider it holy duty," she told A
e IK P:llestinian surporters believe itwas the violent found religion. Islamic banking is emerging as
News, "Our land is occupieu. Y lake allihe
Oll :lt1l1cks ag:linsllsraci !lmt forced them to pull a small hUl growing trend among lenders in [he
means to banish the occupier. I saCri ficed my out fmm the Gaza Strip last fall. U tl States.
nil<.'
children for this holy, I )atriotic duty. I love my "'J11is is our strategy," she said. "We are Sharia forbids ~lus1i ms from accepting
children, but as ~ I us l irns Vie pressure oU!Seh-es paying interest - a challenge for Western hanks
working on two parallel lines - Ihe political
[hal are based in the interest-paying system.
and sacrifice our emotions for the interest and the jihadist."
Currently there are tllrce banks that offer Isl:un-
of the homeland. The greater interest takes Um Nidal is now a politici:m, but she says ic banki ng in the U.s" includi ng international
precedence to the personal intel"e)t." violence is still an option and she does hm'e giant HSBC (R esearch), but experts expect that
She is most famous for her pfCSCnce in a tlln.e sons who are still alive. If nl'Ccssary,
' number to rise as the ~l us1i m population grows
H am:t~ video, showing her 1 7-year-old how to she says, t he~' wi ll fo llow in their brothers' ~md the community begins to demand more
attack Israel is :Uld telling him not to return. fool~teps . ' hup:I/;,b<: ncws. gl>.~l>rn spt'Cialized services.
he killed fi'C students in a PI~" COO'ISC")' "f: hul':lI".. w.. ·.~lqa~:;;I"' .w~
Deipie tlle difficul ties in creating ~Ul entirely
different finance system, hanks such :t~ Ann
Biblical Robe Produced for lise by High Priest in Holy Temple Arbor, illichig:Ul based Unirersity B ~Ulk , arewi ll-
2IJ llo:c .. MJj ~hould not he tom. And you sld l ing to put in tllC ext.m work to create banking
!fter much hard work and make on i l~ hem pornegramncs alternatives that appeal to tlle growing market.
re;carch, !llC 7ecbelel (azure of bluc, purple, ;Uld scarlet wool, The banks deposit accounts allow Muslims
blue) mbe of the High Priest has on its hem all around, and gold [0 open accounts where any profi ts are shared
been oornpleled by !lle Temple bells between them, all around; with customers rather !llan paid as interest.
Institute and it is hoped to be fit :I gold hell and a pomeg("jJl<lIe, A instead of traditional mortgages, the b:U1k
nd,
10 be wom in the Third T emple. a gold bell :lIld a pumcgranate, essentiall ysel~ up :t special trllst for the property
Thc blue coat, or mc'il tech- all around. It must be on Aaron the consumer is trying t<l buy.
elet as it is called in [he 'lorah, in order tn minister. Ito; sound Ch icago-based D evon Bank also offers a
SpurL~ 72 gulden bells alternating shall be heanl when he enters lIlur:lhaha mortgage product and plal l~ 10
with 72 pomegranates allachcd the Sanctuary befure Hashem expand il~ islamic banking to include comrli-
around its hem, wo'en of blue, .1, and when he lea'cs, so that he ant money market and checking accoullts and
pu ~) l e, and scarlet wool. not die." (Exodus 28:31-35) CDs upon appro'al from federal regu lators, said
The bluc foix, dispb)lU OWflllC
"And you shall make the robe leXt uf lh' 1 %li('".d cumm~nd JlII:IJI In Ihe near future, the Insti- D Loundy, corporate counsel for the bank.
a1d
of the ePhud entirely out of blue h, 1!r"l.-1,ar~ iI, ~:,{)dw; lllJl ,~5 tute plans 1 embark on anolher
0 "The rise of IslamiC lXUl king i~ a sign of the
wool. Its head-opening shall be The roh,~'s hem. 1IIIh lIS bdb major project: Ihe production maturity of the Muslim community in Ameri-
folded over within it, i t~ opening ;md limen POIDt;<.gr.lHal~"" and supplyi ng of the 'lorah-spec- ca," said Rabiah Ahmed, spokeswomen for the
shall have :t horder all <lI1Jl lnd
of weaver's work - it shall he for t . :C.U:...l.(.
j ified white garment<; of the urdi-
nary pricsts for every maJe)e'ish
Council of American- Islamic Rclalion~. "The
trend is defini tely incrensing."
it like the opening of a coat of mai l, that it descendant of Aaron. ,'Io'olv.:iSr:k' in:UIOl1 :Wk'll"S.COtn ,C NN Mon~y.,"om
10 jewish Voice Today March/April 2006
11. News
8 Stabbed by Knife-Wielding Assailant at Moscow Synagogue
llJ:m.,lOO6 ciety faces gr~l'C: danger, " said Borukh Gorin, Zuyev said.
Aknife-wielding man shouling, "! will kill chief spokesman for the Federal.ion of Jewish Officials and witnesses said a son of the
. ! attacked a synagogue in d()~l I0Wn Communitit<i of RUSSia. "Fascism will come agogue's r.lbhi, Yitzhak Kogan, wrestled
IM,,,,,,,w yesterday. slashing and s!:lbbing at knocking at the door of l.''C1Y citizen if we do tacker to the ground ~uld held him until
least eight people before a rabbi's son wrestled not take serious me,L~ures nO~ " arrired.
him to the ground, officials and eyewitnesses Among the eight men wounded wcn: an
i American, an Israeli, and a man from thcCcn-
W itnesses said the shaven-headed attacker tral Asi an nation nf Tajikistan, chit!f Moscow
"Heil Hitler!" a.~ he aimed at victims' prosecutor Anatoly Zuycv told reporter.i out-
I';:~~l~~:'~~l'~:' torsos in wllat appcan.'( to be a side the synagogue. showed he Iv:.L~ motiV:ltt.'(1
II I I attack. "shouted wurds thM
He said the attacker had
'Ille :lIIack at the Chahad Bronnaya Syna- nyethnic and religious hatred."
came runid an incn:ase in hate-group ZU)'CV said Alexander Kopt~', a Muscovite
I",iv;,y in l~u$Sia. Jewish l eadc~ said it shou ld hom in 1985, was in custOO)' ami faced charges
I
message to Russian authorities and the including hate-ha..o:.ed allcmpted murder, It was
to fight prejudice. not immediatel' drar whether he was:t mem-
.. If 100lay's act docs nol souml an alimn, su- her of ,Ul~' :Inti-Semitic or nco-Nazi groups,
Saudi Professor Exhorts Muslims to "Positive
Hatred" of Christians
161lrt., zoo; a Muslim ..:' He jOJ:m. .mi ~lid in reg.1rds to the
Shcikh /Ix1AI-Aziz went un to ex- 1lile stoping in Ne- Ayatollahs' regime and
Fawzan AI-Faw- plain that such tany:! yeslemay, l.ikud the l'alib:m. There are
zan, a profco;sur of an altitude "is ChaimlaJl MK Benj a- urgent waming signs
Islamic law at A I- not racism" min Ketanyahu com- thaI [scremnJ out II lusl
Imam Uiliver$ity, since the Chris- pared I-amas' I'ictory
l f{X" murder alld dt!'Jtruc-
who frequent ly ap- tian is not haled in last week's Pales- lion.
pears on Saudi TV, "because of his tinian parlial11cnl:lry ;;j~~~j~ Ukud ill not conlin-
recentlr made lUlti-Christian 00111- color, gender, blood, country, or be- elections to the rise of }o ue tnOlsferring territory,
the Nazis in Gemmnv ["t!) need 10 SlOp giv-
ments on Saudi A I-r-.lajd W, He told cause he is American, Eumpean, illthc 1930·s. ' ing ~elll lIlont!y - ou~ and the
his audience to hate mwone "who Chinese, or Asian," and stipulatoo "A ft.".1' days ago, a 1It.'W foc arose. world's - and [we[must pm'enl
w{)rships Christ, son of ~Iary" and that this hatred should be "llOSitil't! ~11en Hitler rose to pov.'er, it was them from establishing an anny
added ~lat "whoever says 'I don 't hatred" that gUides and refonns. said that being in power would in ,Ulywaypossible," Netanyahu
hate him [L a Christian}' is [Jot
e. -M I RJ M '~I(h hllp:/Illv.'AA1l'1T1r1lY.orgl
K oola moderate him, [md it was also said. -~!tJ1:1I;unllt'dltrus3kl1l.(lll:
Americans Pessimistic About , liddle East Peace,
~Iore Sympathetic to Israel
19 j;llI•• _
1006 I) Fm .. .!006 sympathies lie mort: Witll
Exccrplt.'d from an 'l1le anllllal Gallup the Israelis or with the
I",klress by H~n'" l,,,dcr 1'011 on W Affairs was
orld Arabs of the P:ilcstiniml
KhaIL'Ci Mash 'al: 'We conducted on a r:ulIiolll Authority. 11le numhcr.i
commiHL'l:i tu ... '1
1le samplin~of 1,002 adults this y ear: 59% lire with
resistance and adhere to its un F 6-9, some two
eb. Israel. and only 15% with
I~::~~:';~;;/" HaJna.~ is not the [Israel] III
I( - for recognizing kind of ~:m~~dc~n~,:::~:~,~1
weeks after the H:unas thc PA. These figures
terrorist organization repl"t:senl OIlt: of the most
I . to pres.~llre., . We wi!! not ll:Cogni7.e it , I
won power in the Palestinian Authority lnpsidecl margins in favor of thc IsraeliS erer
time passcs.. , (PA). Some findings: Ignorance on the recorded byGall up.
say to the Americ<UJ iddle E:L~t conflict does not w to Israci"s
Europeans, and tile internatlonal It ,
M ork %en not culllpa~1 with each other,
make all tht!SC demands, likt! stopping the '[ adv:mtagc. according to Gallup, Americans Israel received a "favorable" rating from
liT stupping 'terrurism: as they call it - :tlld
who say th!.'}' follow nl'l'S about world affairs 68% of Americans, :Ind the PA rt'Ccil'l>d the
Idil;amll, .. I sal' to them: If vou ha'e a H ery closely" are morc likely to sympathize
' salTle from I 1 .%
the factions' w eapons, 'wc are with the Israelis (66%) than Alllt!riC,U]S By a 2-1 margin, Americans now say
unite the Palestinian wellpOIlS based on 1 I 1 who follow foreign n~ only somewhat there will never cOlne a time. when Israel
understandings, and to (onn an army, like . closely (59%) orwho do not fnllnw it closely and the Arab nations willlivc in pcal."C, '[1le
cownry, cl'en ~lOugh our COUIIII)' is not (52%) . 65% to 32%split ct)mpares with II roughly
independent." .I Gallup also asked whether American SO-50 sp l illa.~t }'C:!r. -http:lr~ln:uioll;llIlI'"s.C<)(11
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Fatah Party could care I<5S about. But Hamas
E
promises 1101 to pull il<; pk'llge to destroy Isra~1.
A dditionally, it will go'cm by Ihe Kor.ln-Shana
l.aw-which Ahhas was not hlatantly doing.
A~ many have said in fl'Cen t years, "demo(;-
rae' in the Middle East" will be tough 10 pull off,
and this is the proof of the pudding when terror-
isls arc allowed to nUl in "democratic elections."
So by giving a nation that isn ', a nation-."Pal-
estinc"-- the right to have a "dcrnocr;lt!C elec-
lion," they have voted in the world's first official
termrist gO'C nlllIcnt, all with U.s. assistance and
aid over many yeilrs. Democracy does not uver-
The futile efforts in Ihe Middle East to have come tyranny and terror in the M uslim ~liddlc
Barnas ranks Israelis and Palestinians live in security side by
side 1l:L~ jllst tx.>etl dealt what could he a fatal hlow.
East. It solidifies it. New idea, in a region where
filming beheadings is the rage are not going to
with al-Qaida This may he good Ill'V$ and I'll expand. )- lamas be successful.
won a vieton' O'e f Fatah, the patty of Mahmoud This is a poli tical eal1hquake and will de-
in its love for Abb,LS, 011 Jaimary 25. 111is may drive a nail into stabilize the regiun. Hamas lIlay ha't.~ '011, but
the coffin of the "Road Map to Peace" just as the those del uded with the hope of peace in that spe-
Jew-killing and Oslo Accords hit <l dead end. The "I~o jd M ap's" cific region have lost. Humus ranks~vith :11~Qai~:1
FIRST requirement was to disaml groups like in its love for Jew-killing <lnd Amenca-hatlllg; III
America-hating; llama'). ht~lcad . the Palestinian people revealed fact, they have aClIally killed thirty Americans
much aooulthelilselvcs-Ihe}' elected them. The over the ve:1r.; and never been held accoun table.
in fact, they have Palestinian people have chosen terror, not peace. 011 a more positive note, it could put thl'
and Mahmoud A hhao; could not he tl1L~ted any formation of a Palestinian S(;lte nn hold. Any na-
actually killed more than Hallla5. lion that agree<; to do bu~inl'~s with Hamas will
As my friendJack Kinscllasays in his Omega
thirty Americans Intelligence Briefing, "Washington h,L<; only it~lf
fC'Cal its tmc color.;, On whal basis can anyonc
in Israel or the u.s. still argue that the answcr
to blame. The Bush A inistration's lIllWa'Cnng
dm
over the years and faith in democracy causc<i it to push for Palestin-
to Hamas' success is to gil'e mvay more precious
land and force more Jews out of their homes?
ian elections, convinced, as it is, of the existellt"C
never been held of a moderate majority mnong lslamics. It was
Ll'1 us pra~' for P~idl'nt B mld Condo-
lLo;h
Icc7za Rice, thaI they will make wise choices in
accountable. convinced that if tbe majority of Palestinians the dal's and week.o; ahead. The President is talk-
ttlmed out t() vote, the}' would overwhelmingly ing tm'lgh ahout Har11<lS, lt~ is Rice, now that real -
reject violencc and terror and embrace peace- ity has S in. While they were in 100%S
link llpport
ful co-existence with Israel. The election was of these elections, I suspect they ne'ef expected
touted as the Palestinian's first real chance at a the results that occufll.'d. Again. 11 b:L~ic flaw in
lin M:l.rkcll is popular peace." X11ilc somc Palestin ians c1:ari}' not understanding Islam is at the root. While it
FQunder /D irec(Qr w.tnt to jllst raiSt! familit!s and ha'~ dl'cc.n~ Jobs, looks like the Administration will not deal with
of O [iv( Tree lhe greater majority set:m to have Ilul~ des~re fo r Hama'i thcy ··undcrstand the reaction of the Pal-
Ministries, Inc. living "side by side in peace and secuntyw lt~ is- estini:u'l peOplc for being sick uf the cormption of
To learn nto.)re rael." But haVing said thm, the 'ote was hkely Arafat tlnd AbbiL~, ,. Rut if they th ink Hamas offers
"bour her mini~[ry more a vote against the corruption of Abbas & As-
or to reques t he r some fonn of non-cormpLion, they are in for a
sociates tban it was for Ila.llla~. sad surprise. Further, Israel will nel'er sit down at
free newsletter, In rt'Cenl year.;. Amcricah;L~scnt 1.7billion
wri te TO Bo" 1452, a peace whle with 1 ·lamas-we hope. They have
dollar.; to the Palestin ian Icadclship. They hal'C been duped before in the longing for peace and
Maple Grove,
MN 553 11 01' visirJ.1n's website,
squandered it. spent it on lhemselves, or st,lsh:d security. Onl ~' one per.;on will offer il and pro-
www.olivcrro:eviews.org w here you
it away in foreign banks. Hamas has a "SOCial duce it- lheAnti -christ .
can also listen [0 her weeklr radio program" proViding medical aid and other pcr~~
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12 jewish Voice Today March/April 2006
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ISLAM WILL RULE THE WORLD•
'·Iama" remains undeterred in " WesaJl lotbis If/est ... IJpAllab,
its quest to uitillllllcly see Israd )'ou lf'iII be defeated. }(:u / will be
'
annihilated, and says one day defeated in Palestine, alld )'our
Soon the tables will tum and the defeal tbere btlS afreatljl begun.
so will whoever supported ;'Christian" West will be dependent
all the good graces of its Muslim
True, il Is I~.,.ael Ibal is being
defeated tbert!, bill wbell Israel
is de.foalell, its plItb is defcated,
or supports it. Tomorrow, our overlords.
For the time being, the United tbose 1l,llO (;all to slIj)porl U lire
defeated. fllld tbe cowards 1I1
States and Europe can 1,1I,c their bo
nation will sit on the throne of much needed financial aid and
drop dead.
bide hebilld il alld suppor' ;J are
defeated. /srtlelu'ill be defeater/,
Washington, and to a lesser twd so willwboever slipported or
the world. This is not afigment degree W cslCrn Europe, ha'c been
threatening to CUI off the flo w of
sfljJjJort,· il . ..
money to 11 'lamas-led Palestin- "Tomorrow, 0 111' /lation will
01 the imagination, but a ian ,ulhority unless the group
reJlOUllces its violent intentions,
sit 011 tim tbrone of the world.
1bis is 1/01 lIjigmt!1l1 qftbe imag-
recognizes the Jewish State and inatioll, bill (/filcL. ·'
works fol' a negolimed peace sct-
tlement. Mashal went on to point OUI
Meeti ng with PLO chjd Mah- the obvious reason why the West
moud Abbas in Gaza Saturday, continues inching itself closer
'-
lamas' top parliamentary candi- to defeal by pandering to whal it
date, Ismail lIaniyah, reiterated believcs arC the "moderate" Mus-
that his group will never accept lim masses:
Jewish so'creigIllY over even one "Thev do nOi understand the
inch of this land. Arab or' Musli m mentlliity, which
G ala-based HaJ1l:L'i leader rejects the foreigner."
Mahmoud al -Z:lhar followed up by This tnltll wa...;; exposed last
lelling The Washinglon I> in his
osl month with 1 ·lamas' landslide d cc-
usual fOl1hright manner: toral victory. despite a sscI1ions
bv the Bush Administration that
'}srael is all illegal ellli~)I, Ihe I}alestinian-Arab public would
alld 110 amQuIII uf pressure call ncver vOle in blood-soaked terror-
force us 10 recognize Us rigbt 10 ists.
e.tisl... tbe western coulllries C(l1I
take tbelr aid and go /0 bell..,
1
·lalllas' determination to not
"".jJlI.''l>1Iire.cum
,........,.
compromise on Israel's destruc-
tion stems from its Islam-based
belief that wiping 0 111 the Jewish
State is just the fi rst slep towards
world domjnation, as revealed by
ovcmll Hamas chi ef Khaled Mashal
during an address at a D:Ul1llSCUS
mosque on February 3:
14 Jewish Voice Today March/April 2006