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…
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…
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…
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…
By PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Truth is what we are to look for when we read the Bible, not clever or interesting words. The Bible should be read in the same spirit in which it was written – a spirit of humility and total dependence on the…
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,…
By Yoav Sorek As we mentioned in previous chapters, UNRWA is an expensive and inefficient agency, with a budget of $541.8 million in 2008 that rose to $649.9 million in 2009. This budget increases as UNRWA registers more refugees each year, due to its policy of counting descendants of refugees of the 1948 War of…
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…
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…