The Great Liberation

By Victor Sharpe I was re-reading an article from May 26, 2003 titled, “The Divine Zionist Roadmap” written by Rabbi Eliezer Waldman. It dealt with the liberation of Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, in that miraculous Israeli victory of June, 1967 over Arab genocidal aggression. It also dealt with the liberation of the ancient…

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Politicide–Volume Two

By Victor Sharpe, 155 pages Just released! A compilation of published articles written by the author over a period of nearly ten years, detailing every aspect of the Arab and Islamist war against Israel and the relentless attempts by them to murder the Jewish State. Politicide is the word originally coined by an Israeli statesman…

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Chapter 6 – Inordinate Affections

By PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Whenever a person wants anything too much, immediately he or she becomes restless. People who allow pride and greed to rule their lives never get enough. Coveting and inordinate affections lead to agitation and bondage. However, even a poor person with humility…

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Israeli Initiative – Chapter 9: How Much Rehabilitation Costs

By Yoav Sorek It is complicated to determine the cost of rehabilitation. It is a process that demands careful and weighty analysis of many factors. The rehabilitation of refugees in host countries requires resources and infrastructure projects in order to improve the refugees’ lives, providing employment and education and freeing hundreds of thousands from their…

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The Great Liberation

By Victor Sharpe I was re-reading an article from May 26, 2003 titled, “The Divine Zionist Roadmap” written by Rabbi Eliezer Waldman. It dealt with the liberation of Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, in that miraculous Israeli victory of June, 1967 over Arab genocidal aggression. It also dealt with the liberation of the ancient…

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Not Worthy of Worship

By Dexter Van Zile Anglican Priest Naim Ateek recently toured Washington state in support of his most recent book, A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation (Orbis, 2008), in which he falsely accuses Israel of perpetrating a “slow and creeping genocide” against Palestinians – who have one of the fastest growing populations in the world. Apparently,…

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Faith Lessons: Mt. Tabor

by Daniel McCabe Transfiguration of Jesus John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” From its peak in ancient days one could look out on the distinctive tribal flags of Naphtali and…

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Party on world

By Stan Goodenough Today, as midnight arrives in country after country, explosions of celebration are set to rend the skies, from over the Opera House in Sydney (GMT minus 10 hours) to over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii (GMT plus 10 hours). Wherever the Gregorian calendar is held to, toasts will be drunk, fireworks fired, dances…

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Reaction – A Strategic Danger to the State of Israel

By Yoav Sorek While the right is busy battling the temporary building freeze, it seems that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using all his force to move towards a major strategic decision that is similar to Sharon’s disengagement. There are many signs pointing to this move: Attempts to add Kadima to the coalition, sharing secrets…

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Israeli Initiative- Chapter 7: How Refugees are Treated Around the World

By Yoav Sorek In previous weeks, we presented the history of UNRWA and its failures as an organization meant to deal with the Palestinian refugee problem. Last week, we presented some information on UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, as a contrast to UNRWA and a possible partner for future refugee rehabilitation. The Israel Initiative proposes that…

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Power Prayer: The Great God

O FOUNTAIN OF ALL GOOD, Destroy in me every lofty thought, Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds, Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness, Implant in me true lowliness of spirit, Abase me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence, Open in me a fount of penitential tears, Break me, then bind me up; Thus…

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Let These People Go!

by Yoav Sorek The Associated Press recently published an article exposing the various ways residents attempt to escape from the Gaza Strip. Desperate Gazans fake fatal diseases in order to get permission to enter Israel and receive medical care, or pay hundreds of dollars to smugglers and counterfeiters in order to cross the border to…

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Dare to Dream of a Rebuilt Temple

by Michael Freund Something astonishing, even alarming, is taking place in the battle over the future of Jerusalem. Even as Palestinian rioters run amok on the Temple Mount, egged on by the radicals of the Islamic Movement, much of the anger and dismay in the Israeli and international press is being directed, ironically enough, at…

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