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“All police stations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been ordered shut because all complaints must now be filed directly to God.” This is just one of the many Hamas jokes that are being circulated amongst Palestinians in the wake of last week’s electoral victory by the extremist Islamic group, best known for their support of terrorism and their desire to destroy Israel. And once they actually take power, their election may prove to be no laughing matter. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

Palestine's economic lifelines are seriously threatened following a landslide election victory yesterday for the terrorist organisation Hamas. Israel has threatened to withhold millions of dollars worth of tax and customs revenue that it collects on behalf of the Palestinians unless Hamas renounces its charter commitment to eradicate the Jewish state. Mazen Sinokrot, Palestine's economy minister, said that unless Israel handed over the $40-50 million it transfers each month, the Palestinian Authority could face a financial crisis as soon as next week. The Israeli finance minister Joseph Bachar explained his country's unwillingness to transfer the money, telling the World Economic Forum:...

Israel's supreme court has banned the use of Palestinian human shields in arrest raids, saying the practice violates international law. The court issued a temporary injunction against the practice in 2002 after a teenager was killed when troops made him negotiate with a wanted militant.

MOSCOW, September 26 (RIA Novosti) - A senior Russian parliamentarian told journalists Monday that Palestine was responsible for the difficulties related to the Middle East settlement. Mikhail Margelov, head of the foreign affairs committee of the Federation Council (Russia's upper house of parliament), said the Palestinian Authority "was not flexible enough to compromise and was not ready to contribute to the progress of the Middle East settlement." "Since Israel is pursuing its obligations under the road map for peace by transferring Gaza Strip territories to Palestinian autonomy, reciprocal steps are necessary," he added. The Palestinian leadership "is not only demanding...

At least 19 Palestinians were killed and 85 injured when an explosive-packed car blew up during a rally organized by the militant group Hamas on Friday in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian interior ministry said. Thousands of Hamas activists and supporters took part in an armed parade to celebrate the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last week after 38 years of military occupation. Ismael Haneya, a senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, told the crowds who were waving Hamas green flags that the Palestinians should continue their armed struggle in order to force Israel...

"The Clash of Ideologies" - A Review © 2005 Michael A. Baker Much has been written since the terrorist attacks and events of 9/11 and Islam, most from a secular perspective, but few have been written from a Biblical and spiritual one—until now. "...And so it is today, in the name of wealth, churches are accepting all religions as equal. It was then as it is today expensive to be a believing Christian." [1] Thus, author David Jonsson pilots a journey with the reader through the early years of the dawn of Christianity and a detailed history of the Seven...

SPECIAL ICEJ RELEASE ON DISENGAGEMENT FOR RELEASE - 21 JULY 2005 FOR ZION'S SAKE WE WILL NOT KEEP SILENT "For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land. They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,...

Over 3000 years ago, during these very forty days, twelve men walked across this land to gain insight and inspiration. Ten of these men walked in fear and trepidation. Every where they looked confirmed their worst fears about themselves and their deepest concerns about the inhabitants of this land. They saw themselves as "grasshoppers" and felt unable to possess the land that had been promised them by the Almighty. It was impossible not to think about those steps taken in fear and trepidation as we watched tens of thousands of Jews walking through dusty fields and roads and highways attempting...

By Joseph Farah © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Sometimes, you just have to realize when to say no to a bad idea. That's what Israel and the United States need to realize about the plan to force thousands of Jews from their homes and businesses in the Gaza Strip next month. As many as 100,000 Israelis have walked away from their families and jobs in the last few days to march to the Jewish community of Gush Katif in an attempt to save it from Israeli bulldozers. The confrontation threatens to turn Israel upside down and draw the country into a civil war. And...

Palestinians Who Cling to Israelby Daniel PipesNew York Sun July 6, 2005 Israel's interior minister recently declared that after their release from long jail sentences, four Palestinian Arabs convicted of helping with suicide bombings in 2002, killing 35, will be expelled from Israel. They would, the Associated Press reported, "lose the privileges of permanent residents, such as social security and health insurance."The minister's decision raises a question: Why would Palestinians engaged in destroying the state of Israel feel punished by losing the right to live in Israel? One would expect that anti-Israel terrorists would prefer to live in the Palestinian...

Civil war is national suicide AITON BIRNBAUM, THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 29, 2005 As disengagement draws closer, some fear that growing tensions may erupt into armed conflict. Worst-case scenarios of disengagement, security chiefs warn, include assassination of the prime minister or other leaders and violent civil unrest . The more we positively discount such possibilities, the more likely it is that we are in denial. Civil war could threaten our very existence – the prospect of which, while naturally engendering avoidance of the topic, also demands overcoming anxiety in order to perform a realistic risk assessment. Clinicians evaluating suicidal clients...

JERUSALEM – It has spread like a fierce contagion. People wear it. Billboards shout it. Kids distribute in on the streets. See it dangling from cars, buses, baby carriages, backpacks. It's the color orange and it is everywhere. As Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate the Jewish communities of Gaza and parts of the West Bank on Aug. 15 draws closer, grassroots anti-withdrawal campaigns have geared up exponentially. With the color theme of orange, signifying the citrus groves that thrive in Jewish Gaza, the plan is to have as many Israelis as possible drape the country in orange to...

It would be few contemporary parents who are not familiar with the animated children's film, "Finding Nemo." In the oceanic fantasy story, the young Nemo, a clown fish, is inadvertently captured in a fish collector's diving net and his father, Marlin, accompanied by an absent-minded Angel-fish friend named Dory, sets out on a quest to find his abducted son. At one point in their travels and trials, they are waylaid by a massive brute of a toothy Great White shark named Bruce and forcibly invited to a “get together.” Steered by the fins of the massive beast, they soon find...

Solidarity, Curiosity Sends Thousands of Israelis to Settlements By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief April 29, 2005 Homesh, West Bank (CNSNews.com) -- Thousands of Israelis, taking advantage of a warm, holiday week, flocked to the West Bank settlement of Homesh on Thursday, one day after an even larger gathering in the Gaza Strip's Gush Katif settlement bloc. The YESHA settlers' council organized the gatherings to protest Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan. Under the plan, the government will remove some 9,500 Israelis from all 21 Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip and four in the northern West Bank,...

CAIR and terrorism Posted: April 18, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joseph Farah © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com How many people do you know personally who have been convicted of supporting terrorism? How many people associated with your company have been convicted of supporting terrorism? How many people associated with organizations in which you are a member or a leader have been convicted of supporting terrorism? If you're like most Americans, the answer to all three questions is probably none. If you're like me and most other Arab-Americans, the answer is still probably none. What would you say about an organization linked...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) -- France, the world's fourth largest economy in the world, would continue its efforts to rebuild the tattered Palestinian economy. French External Trade Minister, Francios Loos said his government had been working with Palestine and Israel towards helping the economy, mired in deep recession, unemployment and poverty. "A group of French, Palestine and Israel intellectuals have been working for a long time to try to find a better economic solution," Loos who is on a two-day visit to Malaysia told Bernama here Monday. "We are ready to help and they (Palestine) should have a new...

Pipes criticises Middle East leadersLateline - Australian Broadcasting Corporation February 9, 2005 TONY JONES: Joining us now is Dr Daniel Pipes, the Director of the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum. 18 months ago, President Bush appointed him to the board of the US Institute for Peace. Dr Pipes was a scathing critic of Yasser Arafat, and he recently claimed that the new Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is potentially a far more formidable enemy and remains intent on eliminating Israel. Daniel Pipes, thanks for joining us.DANIEL PIPES (DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST FORUM): Thank you, Tony.TONY JONES: It's time, isn't it, to put aside...

MADRID (AFP) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana lauded Palestinian efforts on progress towards a peace deal for the Middle East in the two months which have elapsed since the death of their former leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites). AFP/File Photo "Palestinians, both citizens and leaders, showed extraordinary maturity in such a difficult period following the death of Yasser Arafat and through to the election" of his successor Mahmud Abbas two weeks ago, Solana told Catalunya Radio. Solana voiced his hope that it would in due course prove possible for the Palestinian people "to obtain what they...

Bombed bus prompts mixed reactions INLAND: A pro-Israel Christian group displays evidence of a year-old terrorist attack. 08:13 AM PST on Monday, January 24, 2005 By BETTYE WELLS MILLER / The Press-Enterprise HEMET - The bent and burned shell of an Israeli bus destroyed by a suicide bomber last year is a reminder that people in the Middle East live with violence every day, some said as they inspected The Jerusalem Connection International's display Sunday. But a handful of Palestinian Christians who visited the display at First Baptist Church after morning services said it implies that all Palestinians are...

Several Berkeley residents plan to protest Sunday’s display of the remains of a Jerusalem commuter bus blown up by a suicide bomber last January. Protesters say the display, which will be held on Center Street beside Martin Luther King Jr. Park from noon to 3 p.m., is out of context and creates an inaccurate representation of the complex Middle East conflict. Among the organizations planning to protest is the Middle East Children’s Alliance, which said it will also display pictures of the Palestinian children killed during recent violence. “I want them to understand that there is suffering on both sides,”...