Tamuz 12

Torah :

 " Balak " Numbers 22:2-25:9

Haftarah :

Micha  5:6-6:8



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And the LORD said to Abraham:

“Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. …  Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.” (Genesis 13:14,15,17)

Do you support God’s purposes for the nation of Israel and its land?

Do you oppose the discredited and immoral “land-for-peace” process, the unjust and unworkable “two state solution,” the outrageous international demand that Israel stop building Jewish towns and restrict the growth of Jewish families – aka “settlement activity” – in Samaria, Judea and Jerusalem?

Are you angered by the plot to divvy up the land the LORD God gave exclusively and forever to His Chosen People, and to which He has been restoring them through miracle after miracle for more than one hundred and fifty years?

Are you incensed at the bullying tactics employed by the international community, increasingly led by the United States, to coerce little Israel into handing over to antisemitic Arabs the cradle of Jewish nationhood, the land settled by Israel’s founding fathers, and the capital established by ...   more »

By Hilmar von Campe
 
On June 3 of this year, the American president addressed the Muslim world from Cairo. There were several dubious pronouncements made, but I only want to refer to one where he said, "Israel has been depriving the Palestinians of their homeland for 60 years."
Since Obama doesn't seem to know the history of the area he talks about nor visited Israel, the following, based on a section of my book "Defeating the Totalitarian Lie," is meant to clarify the background of the dispute. If he were to act as a Christian, he would not make promises disposing of the God-given land of another nation, Israel, and not have the impertinence to order that government what it should do.
Israel became a state in 1312 B.C, two millennia before Islam existed. Arab refugees from Israel began calling themselves "Palestinians" in 1967, two decades after the creation of the modern state of Israel. Upon conquering the land in 1272 B.C., Jews ruled it for 1,000 years and maintained a continuous presence there for 3,300 years. The only Arab rule following conquest in 633 B.C. lasted 22 years. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem was the Jewish capital and ...   more »

Haredi Community leaders promise stormy rallies against decision to keep Karta parking lot open on Saturdays. Police, Border Guard to deploy in great numbers across haredi neighborhoods, vow zero tolerance in response to violence

The Jerusalem police are preparing to deploy in great numbers across the city this weekend, ahead of what authorities believe will be another violent Shabbat in light of planned ultra-Orthodox rallies against the opening of the Karta parking lot.  

Mayor Nir Barkat received threats to his life this week over the controversial decision to keep the parking lot open, and leaders of the prominent Haredi Community stream have already promised that the demonstration Saturday afternoon will be "very hot." 

Rabbi Yosef Rosenfeld, head of Jerusalem's Committee for the Shabbat, told Ynet that "Unlike last week, when it was just a bunch of kids, this time we'll see something much stormier." He added that on Saturday the leaders of the Haredi Community will join the march.   

Hundreds of police and Border Guard officers will deploy in the ultra-orthodox neighborhoods of the capital, and mainly in Mea Shearim. Police sources told Ynet they plan to allow "a quiet, legitimate rally," but vowed zero tolerance in response ...   more »

Israel committed war crimes and carried out reckless attacks and acts of wanton destruction in its Gaza offensive, an independent human rights report says.

Hundreds of Palestinian civilians were killed using high-precision weapons, while others were shot at close range, the group Amnesty International says.

Its report also calls rocket attacks by Palestinian militants war crimes and accuses Hamas of endangering civilians.

The Israeli military says its conduct was in line with international law.

Israel has attributed some civilian deaths to "professional mistakes", but has dismissed wider criticism that its attacks were indiscriminate and disproportionate.

Amnesty says some 1,400 Palestinians were killed in the 22-day Israeli offensive between 27 December 2008 and 17 January 2009, which agrees broadly with Palestinian figures.

More than 900 of these were civilians, including 300 children and 115 women, it says.

In March, Israel's military said the overall Palestinian death toll was 1,166, of whom 295 were "uninvolved" civilians.

Pattern

The 117-page report by Amnesty International says many of the hundreds of civilian deaths in the conflict "cannot simply be dismissed as 'collateral damage' incidental to otherwise lawful attacks - or as mistakes".
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