Doc's Talk: The Saturday-Sunday People, Unite

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

The Saturday-Sunday People, Unite

Nurit Greenger

The news are bleak and stacking:

'World Council of Churches stands by as Christians perish, churches wither' - http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4028/world-council-of-churches.

'Murdered Christian children - The price of Obama's pro-Moslem Brotherhood jihad and the degradation of Christian women under Islam; Muslim persecution of Christians: June, 2013 by Raymond Ibrahim' (http://www.meforum.org/3649/egypt-murdered-christians and http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3967/christian-women-degradation-islam)

Few days ago I attended a Forum and Rally evening event, organized by American Freedom Alliance (AFA) (http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/) that was held at the Luxe Hotel in West Los Angeles. Though 76.5% (159 million) of Americans identify themselves as Christian, though the subject was 'The Worldwide Persecution of Christian Communities' has an urgency tone to it, though the speakers' panel was impressive, the room was not even full. People are in denial, asleep or both.

Paul Marshall, a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom and the author and editor of more than twenty books, Lela Gilbert, the authors of the books 'Persecuted' and 'Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner', Raymond Ibrahim, the author of 'Crucified Again, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the founder of the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny (BOND), an organization dedicated to 'Rebuilding the Family By Rebuilding the Man' and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center words were alarming.

Lela Gilbert-Photo by Nurit Greenger

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson-Photo by Nurit Greenger

R-Raymond Ibrahim, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson-Photo by Nurit Greenger

Panel-L-Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Raymond Ibrahim, Lela Gilbert, Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein-Photo by Nurit Greenger

Reality check:

The enemy is Islam. Moslems' morality is appearing to be substandard; they are not the people of the Ten Commandments and are not about truth. Moslems do not believe in the same God that Christians and Jews worship, they are children of darkness. Moslems' torrent of religious intolerance has reached historical heights in all corners of the world. We see wholesale attacks on Christianity all over the Moslem world where Moslems live. Islamo-antisemitism is on a fast rise where Jews and Moslems reside. Today, throughout the world, Christian communities are suffering greater persecution than at any time since the days of the early Roman Empire. Statistics indicate that approximately 100 million Christians suffer violence related to their faith, subjected to persecutions of all sorts. Mass slaughter, church burnings, suicide bombings, expulsions, intimidation and ritual killings have been reported from Nigeria to Egypt; from Pakistan, Indonesia, Iraq to Syria there is a systematic killing of Christians. Centuries old Christian communities are disappearing before our very eyes and the world seems to be shrugging its shoulders. It simply apathetic. Christians in Muslim countries, in particular, are paying with their lives for their identification with their religion - most noticeably the Christian Copts of Egypt, whose trials under both the secular regime of Hosni Mubarak and the Muslim Brotherhood, have shaken that society to its core. By withdrawing US aid funds to Egypt the Obama administration is now punishing the victims of the Moslem Brotherhood. Obama in his own foolish way is aiding and abetting the persecution of Christians.

This is not an issue for Christians alone. Jews, were the target of persecution for 2000 years while stateless. Today the nation state of the Jewish nation, Israel is a target of bigotry and anti-Semitism, boycotting and demonization; Buddhists, Bahai and followers of other world religions are persecuted as well.

Religious persecution is not new in our world. History attests that where Jews lives, due to persecution synagogues were turned into churches and according to our world's new reality churches are now being turned into Mosques.

Christians are second class citizens in Moslem countries. Christians are forced to pay jizya, which is a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Moslem citizens. Jizya is a mafia tactic, a substitute to saying, I pay you to remain alive. Apostasy and blasphemy end up in death in Moslem societies.

In North Korea the state head thinks he is God. In Iran, the ruling mullahs think they are God. We need to tell them they are not. If they are seen as the king with no clothes, their Godly power will end. They are threatened because all other religions bow to a higher than them power. In Iran many are most unhappy with the Moslem regime. If the regime represents what Islam stands for, they do not wish to be part of it and growing numbers are seeking to belong to a new faith and Christianity is on the rise.

Jews cannot claim that the world was not with them, turned a blind eye while they were massacred, during WWII Holocaust if they are not now there for others in need. For to bury our heads in the sand and ignoring persecution of this nature may come to haunt the world for decades to come and result in even broader persecutions.

If Jews are trying to wake up Christians, Christians better listen.

We must get over the fear. It is time that all religions come together and make the tidal wave of persecution of Christian communities their own cause. Popular pressure and sanctions work. Good example for it is the newly founded country South Sudan with majority Christian population. South Sudan achieved sovereignty because of effective international pressure after the genocide of 2 million Christians in that region due to decades of persecution by Moslems.

In the Middle East where Islamic supremacy trumps humane behavior and human rights, Israel is the safe bay for all religions; a country in which all religions are equally respected and thrive.

We must learn from history. The ongoing persecution the Jews experienced while they were stateless and scattered all over the world for 2000 years, that culminated in the Holocaust, is a vital proof to the importance of the existence of the State of Israel, especially to every Jew and in general to every member of any other faith. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=12907

Solutions:

It is a topsy-turvy world. Canonically the world is in a spiritual and religious world war. Today's leading forces are Jews and Christians, the United States and Israel. We need to pray and we need to irritate the daylight out of our government's representatives so they act right. We also need to educate, which is vital and most important to a good outcome.

If Jews and Christians do not depend on each other to fight persecution, especially from Moslems, they will find themselves hanging next to each other sooner than soon.

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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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