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"1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work...

http://www.aish.com/wallcam/default.asp http://www.internationalwallofprayer.org/INTERNATIONAL-WALL-OF-PRAYER.html http://www.koach.org/israel-prayer.htm "ROSH HASHANA 5764 By Bernard J. Shapiro As I survey the fragile planet we call home, my mind makes note of the chaos, blood, and tears. The cries of a million lost souls shatter the night in a million corners of the earth. The sensitive, compassionate among them try to feed the hungry, heal the sick, clothe the naked. One by one their energies dissipate. They try to hold back the tide with a teaspoon and then see the impossibility of the task. The Jewish people are but a cosmic speck in this universe. To many Jews...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered "unrestricted" military strikes against Palestinian militants after rocket attacks from Gaza. Overnight Israeli aircraft launched a series of air raids, injuring several people, and arrested more than 200 suspected militants in the West Bank. Israel has also taken the unprecedented step of posting artillery pieces on the border with Gaza, and practice-firing. Palestinians warned the moves could force a ceasefire to collapse. Amid threats of revenge attacks from militants, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat called on US President George W Bush to step in to calm the conflict "so we can sustain the cessation...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he has given his troops a free hand to launch a crackdown on Palestinian militants. His announcement came only seven days after the election of new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. "Despite the change in Palestinian leadership, we have yet to see them taking any action against terror," Mr Sharon told his cabinet. Hours later, the PLO urged militant groups to end attacks on Israel. On Thursday, six Israelis were killed in an attack at a Gaza Strip crossing. Israel severed contacts with the Palestinian leadership after the attack. [snip] On Saturday eight Palestinians were...

Israel's foreign minister has urged Russia not to go ahead with alleged plans to sell missiles to Syria. Israel is said to be concerned about the possible sale of modern missile systems and anti-aircraft weapons to one of its Arab neighbours. Mr Silvan Shalom's comments were the first official confirmation that Israel had contacted Moscow about the issue. Russian Defence Minister Sergey Ivanov has denied that any talks on selling missiles to Damascus have taken place. [snip] The Russian Kommersant newspaper said that the missiles in question were of the Iskander-E type - an upgraded version of the Soviet Scud...

A group of settlers opposed to Israel's plan to force Jews out of the Gaza Strip have begun wearing orange stars recollecting the Holocaust. "I want to shock Israel, and if I have to don a Star of David I will do it," said Gaza settler Aharon Tzur said. The move has touched a raw nerve in Israel, where many support the Gaza pullout and see the settlers' protest as trivialising the Nazi genocide. Critics say the protest equates the Israeli army with Nazi forces. "With all the empathy one feels for people being uprooted from their homes, the notion...

Rescuers are searching for survivors of the biggest of three bomb blasts at Egyptian resorts popular with Israelis, in which at least 33 people died. At least 10 people are still missing after the attack on the Hilton hotel in Taba, on Egypt's border with Israel, where most of the victims were killed. Two died in explosions at a backpacker camping area near the resort of Nuweiba, 60km (38 miles) further south. Israeli officials say they suspect al-Qaeda involvement in Thursday's blasts. Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Zeev Boim said it was too early to say who carried out the attacks....