Doc's Talk: Thou Shalt Tell The Truth

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Thou Shalt Tell The Truth

Nurit Greenger

The Bible is filled with slogans and commands, only that people do not follow on them as they should.

The Biblical prophets spoke the word of God – the truth - and thus commanded the Jewish people and warned them to hear, listen and act. But the people preferred to ignore them and the consequences soon became reality.

We are in the 21^st century and we do not have the kind of Prophets who walked the land of Israel in ancient times but we do have other people who deliver the message of truth.

Last week, at the Saban Theater/ the Temple of the Arts of Rabbi David Baron, in Beverly Hills, California, attended by the Israel Consulate officials and a full house of Christians and Jews who support Israel, Christians United For Israel (CUFI) have put together their second Night To Honor Israel annual event in Southern California. The event was electrifying with the most poignant messages, delivered by: the Christian Zionist Pastor John Hagee, the Pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas and the National Chairman of Christians United For Israel (CUFI), a grass roots national association through which every pro—Israel Christian ministry para-church organization, or individual in America can speak and act with one voice in support of Israel in matters related to biblical issues; David Brog, the Executive Director of Christians United For Israel, Uri Resnick Deputy Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, and Malcolm Hoenlein is the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

David "Dudu" Fisher the Israeli cantor and stage performer have sealed the evening with his music.

The message of CUFI is very clear, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

And for that action is required.

Since that Jews and Christians have, together, entered times of peril from Islam, their destiny is now closely intertwined and we better recognize this reality. Numbers matter.

So hear them, the truth tellers, learn from them and follow their leadership:

"a Bible that falls apart normally belongs to someone who is not"

"Persistence overcome resistance."

"It is never wrong to do the right thing."

"The only way to love is the Torah way or the wrong way."

"You cannot change what you cannot confront." Pastor Hagee advocates to confront the UN/UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority, both harming Israel, by defunding them, as both want to erase Israel's past so she has no future.

Those who know the Biblical story of the twelve spies, whom Moses sent to spy on the promised land, probably remember the names of only two spies. Why? Because, "Those who say bad things about Israel are erased from the memory of history."

God had promised the Israelites that they would be able to conquer the land with its incumbent Canaanite nations. Moses instructed the spies to report back on the agriculture and lay of the land. During their spy tour, however, the spies saw fortified cities and resident giants, which frightened them and led them to believe that the Israelites would not be able to conquer the land as God had promised (Doubting the power of God). Ten of the twelve spies, their name were deleted from history, decided to bring back a false report, emphasizing the difficulty of the task the Israelites will be facing. They gave Moses this account: And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.— Numbers 13:27-28

The names of the two spies who we do remember are Hoshea (Joshua) son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah. These two true tellers did not go along with the other ten spies; they tried to convince the Israelites that they could conquer the land. However, the Israelites preferred to believe the spies majority's conclusions because it is easier not to make an effort. "It is too easy to succumb to negativity and/or to keep silent." As a result, the ten spies were struck down with a plague and died and Joshua and Caleb were spared.

"We are tested to ignore the truth, to be politically correct." CUFI's warning: while 2/3 of Americans are pro and support Israel, on campuses, where the future leaders are being groomed only 1/3 are pro and support Israel. Anti-Semitism is rampant in campuses and in the streets on the West. One main reason is money. The Saudi oil money, they earn from the gas money we pump into our cars, then is poured into our universities; that money funds the well of knowledge that is poisoning our young generation and turns them into anti-Semites and hostile to Israel. The call to action, make the United States energy free and free the future of this country of Islamic Wahhabism - conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia and is exported into our country through our democratic system.

As far as the State of Israel's official stance, CUFI is a very important organization and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated it clearly in his whole hearted endorsement of the work of CUFI in his video message to the event's attendees. Our Jewish indelible paranoia that claim that CUFI members are working to convert Jews to Christianity and they believe in replacement theology must be closely examined. We are all big boys and girls and by now we should know how to defend our Jewishness and Judaism against any attacks of this type. We are no longer living under the mercy of a host country where we are a fringe minority. We are a sovereign nations, a strong country and must know how to act as such.

If you have any reservations about CUFI, the Prime Minister of Israel does not. Please watch this video of Prime Minister Netanyahu addressing a group of Christian Zionists at CUFI Jerusalem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqgDKbGUdT0

In principle CUFI is a non-conversionary organization focused SOLELY on educating Christians on the importance of support for Israel as a Jewish state AND on further developing the relationship between Christian and Jewish communities.

Each time I attend an event that involves CUFI I leave it with euphoric feelings. Last night was no different. I know, we, Jews, are not alone, Israel is not alone.

The world is facing crisis on many levels and it is all inter-related. The truth is not depressing, rather it is enlightening. The truth, no matter how doom and gloom, cannot be changed or metamorphose, lies can. Every word counts as words can kill.

"Leaders of democracies lie, dictators tell the truth". "Many red lined become pink lines and this is dangerous sign." And this pertains to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is the biggest threat to the USA, Israel but more so, to the entire world. "Iran must be stopped. We have the muscle to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons and then there will be peace."

One person – Moses – took the leap of faith to accept God and led and with that he has changed history. Each person has a Moses in him or her; as individuals and together we can take a leap of faith, make the difference and redirect history.

Do we now take to the streets, as we should, before it is too late, or we continue living in a bubble of apathy and remain silent?

Up to you, and you, and you.

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The IDF’s Minorities in Numbers and Pictures

In honor of IDF Diversity Week, we present diversity through numbers and pictures. Each year, more and more Muslims, Christians, Druze, Bedouin and immigrants from around the world take on the responsibility of defending Israel.

MUSLIMS:

Muslim Arab Israelis are not required to draft in the IDF, but there are many who volunteer. In 2013, there were over 200 Muslims serving in the IDF and over 300 in the reserves.

Bedouins:

Bedouins are nomadic Muslims who were in Israel when modern borders were set in place and are now considered Israeli citizens. They are not required to draft but a growing number choose to enlist. In 2012, there were over 1,400 Bedouin Muslim soldiers doing regular IDF service and almost 1,500 in the reserves.

Read more:http://www.idfblog.com/2014/02/27/truth-idf-numbers-pictures/#more-34027

Are you aware that in 2013, Middle class taxes go up-significantly?

In January of next year, the federal income tax rate for middle-class taxpayers is scheduled to rise from 25 percent to 28 percent, and the payroll tax is scheduled to rise from 13.3 percent to 15.3 percent… This drives the marginal tax rate based on the aforementioned three taxes to 48.12 percent. Add in state and local property, corporate, excise, and other state and local taxes, and the percentage of each additional dollar that is taxed hovers around 50 percent… When half of each additional dollar earned is taxed away, taxpayers experience a disincentive to start businesses or expand existing ones. This leads to fewer jobs being created.

Why is HAMAS Inside Tampa Schools?

Clare Lopez

Kelly Miliziano, who teaches history classes at Steinbrenner High School in the Tampa, Florida area apparently thinks it’s perfectly OK to invite a senior official of a HAMAS-affiliated organization into her classroom to discuss Islam with her students. According to local media reports, not only has this been going on for years, but in spite of the civil and criminal proceedings that could result from such reckless negligence, the Hillsborough County school superintendent, Mary Ellen Elia, and the chairman of the school board, Candy Olson, also expressed approval for students under their responsibility to be exposed repeatedly to guest speaker, Hassan Shibly, who is the Executive Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the Tampa area.
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Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad

‘Conquest through Da’wa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! Not through sword but through Da’wa.’
-- Yousef al-Qaradawi , Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader The Arabic word ‘Da’wa’ means the “call to Islam.” But do not think that Da’wa is the same thing as an invitation to an optional holiday event. The classical Islamic doctrine of jihad mandates that enemies must be given the opportunity to convert to Islam or pay the jizya tax before it is permissible to attack them.
Clare M. Lopez

Who is being discriminated-facts tell the truth

Religious bias

Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,409 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-bias offenses showed:

65.4 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-Islamic.
9.5 percent were anti-other religion, i.e., those not specified.
4.3 percent were anti-Catholic.
3.8 percent were anti-multiple religions, group.
3.3 percent were anti-Protestant.
0.5 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/narratives/hate-crime-2010-incidents-and-offenses.

On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview

with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

In March 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

The Arab Apartheid

Ben-Dror Yemini
In 1948, the Arab countries refused to accept the UN partition proposal and they launched a war of annihilation against the State of Israel which had barely been established. All precedents in this matter showed that the party that starts the war - and with a declaration of annihilation, yet - pays a price for it. Between 550,000 and 710,000 Arabs fled because of the war and a larger number of 850,000 Jews were expelled or fled from Arab countries (the "Jewish nakba").
Population exchanges and expulsions were the norm at that time, occurring in dozens of other conflict points and affecting about 52 million people. In all the population exchange precedents that occurred during or at the end of an armed conflict, there was no return of refugees to the previous region, which had turned into a new national state.
Only the Arab states acted completely differently from the rest of the world. Instead of assimilating the refugees, they crushed them despite the fact that they were their coreligionists and members of the Arab nation - instituting a regime of apartheid. So the "nakba" was not caused by the actual dispossession, which had also been experienced by tens of millions of others. The "nakba" is the story of the apartheid, oppression, abuse and denial of rights suffered by the Arab refugees at the hands of the Arab countries. (Maariv)

International Law and Military Operations in Practice - Col. Richard Kemp

"Islamist fighting groups study the international laws of armed conflict carefully and they understand it well. They know that a British or Israeli commander and his men are bound by international law and the rules of engagement that flow from it. They then do their utmost to exploit what they view as one of their enemy's main weaknesses. Their very modus operandi is built on the correct assumption that Western armies will normally abide by the rules, while these insurgents employ a deliberate policy of operating consistently outside international law. "

Lost Historical Moments

What Rabin’s last Knesset speech really said:repudiation of a Palestinian state

Rabin ruled out a fully sovereign Palestinian state :

“We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.”

Rabin ruled out a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and thus a return to the pre-June 1967 borders :

“The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”

Rabin ruled out withdrawing form the Jordan Valley:

“The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.”

Rabin ruled out uprooting settlement blocs, like the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza (which was subsequently uprooted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon):

“The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.

AND

Rabin ruled out removing any settlement before coming to a full peace agreement with the Palestinians:

“I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.”

Rabin insisted on Israel retaining full security control of the borders with Egypt and Jordan, contrary to Israel’s relinquishment of the Philadelphia Corridor on the border with Egypt:

“The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.”

Correcting Oslo Myths-Part 2

3) Kuttab laments that the post-1993 Oslo process resulted in a Palestinian Authority "whose ministers and legislators are not guaranteed passage between Gaza and the West Bank ...."

Before free passage or other perquisites, PA leaders were obligated, among other things, to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, end anti-Israeli, antisemitic incitement in schools, mosques, and communications media, and resolve all outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. They met none of these commitments, sometimes bolstering terrorism and greatly increasing incitement.

4) Kuttab complains that under Oslo the PA got "lightly armed police ---- but no real sovereignty over the land or contiguity between our communities in Gaza and the West Bank."

Oslo agreements repeatedly were revised, regardless of Palestinian non-compliance, until the authorized number of police grew from 8,000 to 40,000. Though they were to be the only armed forces in the territories, Israeli estimates early in the second intifada put the number of gunmen - police, "security services," terrorists, and armed gangs - at 85,000. Their armament reportedly included not only heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but also anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Sovereignty was to be negotiated in the envisioned 1998 "final status" talks - after a five-year period of confidence-building. Palestinian leadership chronically undermined the process. Palestinian terrorism made the 1993 - 1998 Oslo period more deadly for Israelis than the 15 years preceding it.

The United States doesn't have contiguity between the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii; territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip - that is, through the 20 miles of Israeli territory between them - was never promised and would destroy Israeli contiguity.

5) "Palestinians have been made to endure hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, an eight-foot wall deep in our territories, and tight Israeli control over borders."

The security barrier is not "deep in Palestinian territories," but rather encompasses less than 8 percent of Judea and Samaria, and is mostly a fence, rarely a wall; the land in question is not "our [Palestinian] territories" but disputed territory to which, according to the authors of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, Jews as well as Arabs have claims; and there are no international borders, only the 1949 armistice lines with Jordan. Under 242, borders remain to be negotiated. As for checkpoints - like the security barrier and "tight Israeli control" - Palestinian Arabs precipitated these measures themselves. No terrorism and there would be no fence or tight Israeli control and few checkpoints - like before the first intifada.

Correcting Some Oslo Myths

1) In Oslo "Israeli, Palestinian and other world leaders promised that ... Palestinian sovereignty would be solidified."

No, they didn't. The 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent Oslo agreements outlined a process by which final status negotiations about the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be reached. The process required an end to anti-Israel terrorism and incitement and a commitment to peaceful negotiations. The PA, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist groups, sabotaged the process from the start.

2) "The reality is that, in defiance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which states that it is inadmissible to occupy land by force, Palestinian territories are still under foreign military occupation."
Wrong again. Resolution 242 (1967) does note "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." It also affirms the right of every state in the area "to live in peace with secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." There were no "Palestinian territories." Jordan occupied the West Bank, Egypt controlled Gaza. Israel did not have "secure and recognized boundaries," so retention of some of those territories was possible under 242. Israel is not a "foreign" military occupier in the West Bank but, pending final negotiations, the lawful military administrator as a result of a successful war of self-defense.

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