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Arab Spring: Coming to Free Jerusalem By Ari Bussel Tahrir Square, Egypt. The message this week: Coming to free Jerusalem from the Jews. Finally, not only a free and independent Palestine is awaiting us in September, but also millions are promising to walk onto the tiny Jewish state, from Egypt in the South, Syria in the North East to possibly Lebanon in the North. For the moment, Jordan’s majority of Palestinians is quiet, but that can change without notice. Imagine the Third Intifada: Millions, a virtual sea of people, simply walking toward Israel’s borders. 
There was a practice run recently...

Gone in a Snap – Will Israel be Saved? by Ari Bussel We are told to trust God, that everything will be OK. We will do what we want, behave any way we see fit, expect no consequence for our actions and everything will be forgiven, forgotten, passed over and ignored. “If we do not live the moment, then we are victims,” was told to me by a person who could not understand my focus on preparedness and fighting back. So let us rejoice and celebrate, while our enemies attack and get ready to finish a job began long ago,...

(IsraelNN.com) The issue of "Arab refugees" has long been a matter of widespread consensus in Israel, with even left-wing parties declaring that allowing them into Israel would endanger its very existence as a Jewish state. Nevertheless, the subject does not appear to be going away. Reports are that Prime Minister Olmert has now agreed to allow 50,000 Arabs who left Israel in 1948 - or are descendants of those who did - to enter and live in Israel. Channel Ten reported Thursday night that in a private meeting between Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen, the two agreed that...

July 20, 2006, 11:57 PM (GMT+02:00) Jordanian military intelligence relayed information that Hamas had recruited a bomb team in the kingdom. It was on its way to cross into Israel for the strike. Israeli and Jordanian border troops are on a high state of preparedness. The potential targets are the southern port of Eilat, its Arava main road link to the north, the Dead Sea, or the Beit Shean Valley on the Jordan River. This information led defense minister Amir Peretz to announce the closure of the West Bank Thursday, July 20. Israeli security officials have grounds to suspect that...