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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs Chapter 16 1. The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. 2. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits. 3. Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established. 4. The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom. 5. Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished....

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Looking dazed, a thin and pale Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity.Click here for article

This afternoon in New York City, I watched as Occupy Wall Street tried to turn New York‘s Washington Square into a launchpad for Cairo’s Tahrir Square here at home. The General Assembly– Occupy Wall Street’s cross between the Politburo and a summer camp powwow– held the Washington Square Rally to unify the protest’s message and attract new recruits. The main effort of the Occupiers has become spreading the movement into every sector of society, including the occupation every city and town. They are explicit about this, and they are serious. At around 3:15 p.m., I nestled into the crowd of...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has handed over a historic request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member. The Palestinian leader won huge applause and a standing ovation on Friday from some of the assembly as he entered the hall before beginning his speech. Abbas said he was ready to return to the negotiations, saying he did not want to isolate or delegitimize Israel. "Here I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the negotiating table on the basis of the adopted terms of...

The vote’s on Friday. Hillary, Tony Blair, and other diplomats have been frantically negotiating with them for the past week to get them to reconsider — but so far, Abbas won’t bend. Gosh, I wonder why. A poll released Monday by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research found 83 percent of Palestinians support the unilateral declaration, and half of respondents said they would join any demonstrations that might break out in its wake. Elsewhere in the Arab world, the prevailing sentiment is similar.The website NOW Lebanon carried an unsigned editorial Monday asking, “Is this the Palestinian role in...

We know President Barack Obama is a tenacious fighter. He came into office like a souped-up Mike Tyson and felled all in his path with his relentless assault. Congress pushed through ObamaCare, TKO'd the auto industry and got the white towel from the banking system. With its mouth agape, the country watched silently as the powers of the president seemed to know no bounds. But Obama has taken an embarrassing uppercut from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has jolted him, and he is not one to forget. He is out not only for revenge but for victory. And that...

We know President Barack Obama is a tenacious fighter. He came into office like a souped-up Mike Tyson and felled all in his path with his relentless assault. Congress pushed through ObamaCare, TKO'd the auto industry and got the white towel from the banking system. With its mouth agape, the country watched silently as the powers of the president seemed to know no bounds. But Obama has taken an embarrassing uppercut from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has jolted him, and he is not one to forget. He is out not only for revenge but for victory. And that...

ROME – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi told a visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exactly what he wanted to hear Monday, rejecting recognition of a Palestinian state by the U.N. General Assembly and insisting peace must come through negotiations. Netanyahu was in Italy to rally European opposition to plans by the Palestinians to ask the U.N. to recognize a Palestinian state in September. Israel, backed by the U.S., opposes such a move, saying it will only push peace farther away. Berlusconi echoed Netanyahu when asked about the U.N. statehood recognition at a press conference following the signature of several bilateral...

Obama Signs Document That Tells Israel Jerusalem Is Not Your Capital MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act Obama signed this on June 3, 2011 – Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 7(a) of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) (the “Act”), I hereby determine that it is necessary, in order to protect the national security interests of the United States, to suspend for a period of 6 months the limitations set forth in...

Questionaire on Palestine (feel free to answer or have a little humorous fun) When was it founded and by whom? What were its borders? What was its capital? What were its major cities? What constituted the basis of its economy? What was its form of government? Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat? Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation? What was the language of the country of Palestine ? What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine ? What was the name...

An interesting questionnaire for Palestinian Advocates By Yashiko Sagamori If you are so sure that ” Palestine , the country, goes back through most of recorded history,” I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of Palestine : take the quiz at : http://floppingaces.net/most_wanted/japanese-view-of-the-palestinians/

On October 6, 1973, in a move calculated to attract US attention, Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal, capturing a narrow strip of land. After three weeks of fighting and with a fragile UN ceasefire in place, Sadat's grand plan came to fruition. In November, Henry Kissinger, the US national security adviser, arrived in Cairo for talks. Agreements between Israel and Egypt were brokered and the following year Richard Nixon, the US president, visited Egypt for the first time. A series of diplomatic efforts ensued which ultimately led to an historic peace agreement between Egypt and Israel and Sadat's highly...

Tempers flared in Iran on Wednesday as authorities held a funeral for Iranian nuclear physicians Majid Shahriari, who was killed in one of two reported attacks against the country's atomic brain trust. Iranian officials blamed the West and Israel for the attacks."They mention the names of our scientists in their [United Nations] resolutions and provide the Zionist dogs with a copy and tell them to kill," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Mazandaran province, according to the semi-official Fars news agency  The attacks, which also injured one other nuclear scientist and three others, came as Iran and the...

Joe DioGuardi, Conservative and Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate, today issued the following statement regarding Sen. Gillibrand's failure to stand up for Israel duringThursday night's debate: "Gillibrand failed to stand up for America's number one ally in the Middle East during Thrusday night's debate. Israel is our first among friends, and Iran is our number one foe. Yet, Gillibrand failed to mention either of these facts when first responding to a question about counter-terrorism. This should have been her first instinct! A failure to recognize such facts endangers our national security and the security of our friends, as...

Joe DioGuardi, Conservative and Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate, today issued the following statement regarding Sen. Gillibrand's failure to stand up for Israel duringThursday night's debate: "Gillibrand failed to stand up for America's number one ally in the Middle East during Thrusday night's debate. Israel is our first among friends, and Iran is our number one foe. Yet, Gillibrand failed to mention either of these facts when first responding to a question about counter-terrorism. This should have been her first instinct! A failure to recognize such facts endangers our national security and the security of our friends, as...

Source: Reuters * Iran's Stuxnet worm has fingers pointing at Israel * Israelis seen weighing "deniable" tactics against foe By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Cyber warfare has quietly grown into a central pillar of Israel's strategic planning, with a new military intelligence unit set up to incorporate high-tech hacking tactics, Israeli security sources said on Tuesday. Israel's pursuit of options for sabotaging the core computers of foes like Iran, along with mechanisms to protect its own sensitive systems, were unveiled last year by the military intelligence chief, Major-General Amos Yadlin. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Military sources told debkafile Thursday, Aug. 12, that a threat from Georgia was not the reason why Russian posted advanced S-300 interceptor batteries Russia in Abkhazia and air defense weapons in South Ossetia on the northern shore of the Black Sea -as Moscow officially maintained, but rather possible moves by the US and/or Israel against Iran and its nuclear facilities. Georgia's armed forces do not run to the sophisticated warplanes, missiles or drones that would warrant establishing the high-powered S-300 interceptors for defending the breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Ordinary air defense batteries would do for deterrence. Therefore, US military...

JERUSALEM—Israel's leadership is considering changing its Gaza policy amid mounting international pressure, as it emerged Thursday that an American citizen was among the dead and another was injured in a deadly raid on an aid mission this week. The review comes as condemnations grow on the blockade—including a new push for a change in Gaza policy by the U.S.—after nine activists died in the confrontation Monday. The policy may be changed in an effort to allow aid to reach the territory's citizens more easily, according to Israeli officials.

Ron Paul just threw Israel under the bus on Imus.

Nearly one in five Israeli men between the ages of 35 and 54 do not work, including Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews, says Dan Ben-David. As their numbers rise, so does the economic peril, he says. When people talk these days about Israel's economy, they use words like booming, resilient, even "miracle." Weaning itself off socialist-influenced policies that once brought 400% inflation and 60% income-tax brackets, Israel's economy is now growing despite the international financial slowdown. Debt is manageable, the currency is strong; Israel's high-tech sector is admired worldwide. » Don't miss a thing. Get breaking news alerts delivered to your...