Christians Suffer Under the Palestinian Authority

The American government refuses to acknowledge the medieval abuses of Christians at the hands of the Palestinian Authority.

Rev. Bill Harter is a charismatic and well-respected Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor who has taken forty church missions to Israel and the Palestinian Authority territories. On various occasions at meetings with State Department officials, Rev. Harter revealed to them that Christian Palestinians say one thing in public and the opposite in private.

He requested that the State Department appoint a human rights officer and station him at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem in order to monitor, record, and redress the abuses that Christian Palestinians are undergoing at the hands of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas-sponsored gangs.

Rev. Harter was told in whispers, in the privacy of Christian Palestinian families’ homes, about the fears they have of remaining in their towns and living there under the control of a Palestinian state. During his earlier trips, members of the Arab Christian community had expressed great fear for their safety as Israel withdrew from the Bethlehem area and handed it over to Arafat and the Palestinian Authority (PA). According to Harter, Christians under PA control are intimidated into speaking out against Israel and are abused if they seem to accuse the PA of any wrongdoing...Continue Reading


From CAMERA:

The board of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) unanimously voted to reject a proposal by staff members to boycott Israel. The Board stressed the need to maintain open communication between scientists at NTNU and those at academic institutions in Israel. This comes after a counterpetition of professors at the same university (which drew three times as many signatories as did the original boycott proposal ) and an international counter-boycott petition (which drew over 3,500 signatories — i.e. more than 1.000 times as many as the original proposal) became public...Norwegian University Votes Down Anti-Israel Boycott


President Jimmy Carter and Judge Richard Goldstone have a lot in common. Both prominent men of international standing have published hefty reports slamming Israel. Both made their arguments with countless factual errors that were exposed by critics. Both denied that their critics dealt with the substance of their reports and insisted that their detractors resorted to launching only ad hominen attacks...Carter, Goldstone and Gaza


From American Thinker:

I served in the U.S. Department of State as the first Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism from 2006-2009. As the Obama administration considers its options to fill my position, I offer the following analysis on the severity of antisemitism in Europe...Fomenting Anti-Semitism in Europe


Don't forget to read the latest Off The Wall News

Jan Markell interviews Jim Fletcher

Jim Fletcher from Prophecy Matters and Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries discuss BHO's Cairo speech; his agenda, and the Leftist church's attitude to the Middle East...HERE

Jan also interviews Dr Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission...HERE.

I also recommend visiting Joel Rosenberg's weblog for frequent updates on the Iranian election aftermath.


Lori's links and comments:

Ancient Holy Land quarry uncovered, team says,

Dead Sea peril: sinkholes swallow up the unwary,

IDF to Emboss Ten Commandments Emblem on Military Korans,

McCain on Iran: We have to be on the right side of history,

US exports to Iran up in Boo's first months,

Ahmadinejad tells US, UK to butt out,

Democrats urge - to keep 'fingerprints' off Iran crisis,

Bibi: Nuclear Iran could lead to ME tinderbox,

Iranian air force to hold exercise,

Italy calls on Iran to accept G8 invite,

Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons,

Putin spies in America,

Russia has great credibility in the Middle East,

Russia buys 12 spy drones from Israel,

Israel and Russia to renew, upgrade tourism agreement,

Korean ship with suspicious cargo heads for Myanmar,

Irish PM hails 'successful' EU summit result ,

Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France,

Sarkozy in historic address to French parliament ,

The world will know the Ark? ,

Thanks, Lori!