Arab leaders are responsible for refugee problem

For Zion's Sake Ministries:

"....In recent years, Palestinian leaders, writers and refugees have spoken out in the Palestinian media, blaming the Arab leadership for the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. According to these accounts, and contrary to the Palestinian myth that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were deported by Israel in 1948, the vast majority of the Arab exodus from Israel was voluntary, and the result of orders by the Arab leadership...Read more


CAMERA:

Claim About Destroyed Gaza Hospitals Contradicted By Dugard's Own Findings


Joel Rosenberg:

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF IRAQ?


Lori's links and comments:

US Policy: Jews in Eastern Jerusalem are Unwanted ‘Settlers’ ,

Fatah: No Recognition of Israel – Ever,

Haniyeh: Hamas will not stand in the way of state on '67 borders,

The world has finally spoken, but awaits Israel’s response,

Barkat: We'll resist attempts to divide J'lem,

Israelis Wary of US-Backed Peace Process,

US to transfer $200 million to Palestinians,

Water Crisis in Iraq: The Growing Danger of Desertification,

The Future of Babylon Project,

Russia: Iran reactor to be switched on this year,

Shanghai urges 'two-child policy' ,

Italian ambassador says there can't be EU without,

Cuba says ready to discuss bilateral relations with EU,

All hail the planet ,

Friday sermon in Khartoum ,

File under "More Vodka!"... Russian Navy UFO records say aliens love oceans,

“Peaceful” Stone-Throwers

I was recently asked about an incident that had allegedly occurred in Gaza that put Israel in a bad light. The person who asked the question has been consistently critical of Israel. At that point, I hadn't been aware of the incident, and I still haven't checked the facts. But my immediate response was to ask my friend what he knew exactly. As it emerged, he knew about as much as I did - zilch. He'd heard in the media that Israel had acted in some inappropriate way and someone wasn't happy about it and that was good enough for him. Apprarently some people naturally expect Israel to be the oppressive aggressor.

Here's an article from CAMERA that highlights media "savvy":

Fox News Channel's coverage from the West Bank on a Friday in mid-July left some viewers a little puzzled. First, the station broadcast footage of Palestinians hurling rocks toward Israeli troops. A minute later, a Fox correspondent in Israel, Reena Ninan, told viewers that the demonstrators were actually "peace activists." And after another minute, she relayed the Palestinian claim that Israel used "extreme force" when it fired tear gas because the protesters did not even throw stones — just before the footage of Palestinian stone-throwers again appeared on television screens...Read more


Asia Times Online:

Has it all come to this? The wars and invasions, the death and destruction, the exile and torture, the resistance and collapse? In a world of shrinking energy reserves, is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet? Will it all end not with a bang, but with a gusher? The latest oil news out of that country offers at least a hint of Iraq's fate...Iraq on track to its true destiny

DAMASCUS - Attacks on six churches in Iraq early this month and the targeting of Christians across the country have served as a microcosm of the difficulties facing Christians in the Middle East today. Migration, whether forced or to pursue a better life and employment opportunities elsewhere, has seen Christian numbers in the Middle East drop dramatically....Middle East Christians hit the road


Lori's links and comments:

Netanyahu: ‘Jews Can Buy in East Jerusalem; Arabs Can Buy in West Jerusalem” ,

Blair hails Israeli/Palestinian Start up,

US May Allow Building in Return for Setting Borders,

Israel to U.S.: Keep Out of Jerusalem,

Jews to Reclaim Land in Jordan? ,

Qatar Sheikh Funds Hamas to Buy Jerusalem Buildings,

Islamist Movement: The Temple Will Never be Rebuilt,

Iraq wants urgent water talks with Turkey, Syria,

Erdogan to make surprise trip to Syria,

Aly Gomaa’s WMDs,scroll down

Understanding Russia,

Russia & China warn US: Israeli attack on Iran means world war,

Russia set to build up its naval facilities in Syria , "Russia has reportedly been involved in talks to establish naval facilities in Yemen, Syria and Libya, among other countries in the Mediterranean."

Iranian elections update from Joel Rosenberg

AHMADINEJAD COULD LOSE ON FRIDAY: WHAT TO WATCH FOR DURING THE IRANIAN “ELECTIONS”


From IFCJ:

Israel Tests Her Defenses in "Turning Point 3"


Moriel Ministries:

President Obama’s Cairo speech was nothing short of an earthquake — a distortion of history, an insult to the Jewish people, and an abandonment of very real human-rights victims in the Arab and Muslim worlds...President yet again makes his intentions clear

A Christian analysis of BHO's speech in Cairo


For Zion's Sake Ministries:

More than 100,000 Arabs living illegally on Jewish-owned land.In an unusual move, Arabs who built illegally on Jewish-owned property in key sections of Jerusalem have been hand delivered eviction notices, WND has learned...Jews working to halt division of Jerusalem


Lori's links and comments:

Joel's post Ahmadinejad could lose his re-election bid in Iran on Friday,

Bye-bye Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, roar Iran crowds,

Ahmadinejad lashes out at rival just before vote ,

Hong Kong: The race for cheerleader-in-chief ,

China calls for 'balanced' UN resolution on N.Korea ,

North, South Korea hold rare talks amid nuclear tension,

Egypt's Mubarak says BO has new approach to Islam&sp=true,

Dark Horse seeks Afghan presidency,

Jimmy Carter hopeful for Mideast peace by 2012 ,

Carter: Mideast peace not possible without Hamas,

Israel Ninth Most Innovative Country,

Likud MKs to Netanyahu: No PA State! ,

Netanyahu's speech: Yes to road map, no to settlement freeze,

Peres calls for Palestinian state with provisional borders,

Turkey Prepared to Mediate between Israel and Syria,

Israel limits military ties with Georgia due to 'Russian pressure,

Solana to EJP: In the Middle East, the EU has to build on the momentum generated by US President ,

Livni to Solana: We expect world to back Israel's stance in peace talks,

EU should play key role in US negotiations with Iran, experts say ,

US Administration Pushes Corporatist Globalization,

Libyan wins post of UN General Assembly president,

Putin could imagine a Russia with no nuclear weapons,

Russia tells US to drop missile shield to help ties,

IS A supervolcano brewing beneath Mount St Helens? ,

PENTAGON LOOKING AT TRANSFORMERS-TYPE TECHNOLOGY,

NOT my pocketknife!!! ,

Landmark Decision in Iraq

...For years, Kurdish officials and Baghdad’s central government have fought over the right do develop oil in the north of Iraq. As Iraq’s federalists struggled to come up with a national oil policy, Kurdish officials entered into contracts with foreign firms seeking to strike it rich in the northern part of the country. After Baghdad drew up its policy, the national oil industry said that Kurdistan’s contracts were null and void, claiming that the individual state had no authority to sell these contracts without federal approval. As a result, no oil has been pumped from Iraq’s Kurdish regions...Read More

Please note that the term Christian in the following article is sometimes used loosely:

Palestinian and other Arab Christians are a perennial political football, especially with Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Holy Land.. Seen by some as the epitome of what happens to minorities under Islamist rule when their shops are firebombed in Hamas-ruled Gaza, they are also continually used by the Western media to show how the Israeli security fence divides those in Bethlehem from Jerusalem. Even as their community shrinks, they seem to get more and more attention. They were a centerpiece of Jimmy Carter’s Palestine: Peace not Apartheid...Israel's Christian Beneficiaries


A Jewish couple with five children had tried to make a reservation by email at the Haus Sonnenhof hotel in the Tyrolean village of Serfaus, in western Austria...'No Jews' policy employed at Austria hotel


In early April, Vice President Biden was asked if the administration was concerned that Israel might strike at Iran's nuclear facilities. "I don't believe Prime Minister Netanyahu would do that," Mr. Biden replied. "I think he would be ill advised to do that."...Obama's Signal to Israel: Submit


Saudi media quotes top Iranian official as confirming Revolutionary Guard has recently deployed anti-aircraft missile batteries in Persian Gulf following reports of imminent US-Israeli attack on country's nuclear facilities...Tehran preparing for attack on its nuclear sites


From Joel Rosenberg:

IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER HINTS: VOTE FOR AHMADINEJAD

THE POPE VISITS THE EPICENTER: “I am certain that this will be a continuation of the dialogue between Judaism and Christianity in the spirit of the Prophets,” says President Peres


Lori's links:

Sheikh attacks Israel, Pope walks out,

Vatican vowed to stop missionary activity to Jews,

Chief Rabbi to Pope: Tell the world Jews belong in Israel,

Benedict XVI, the first pope to enter the mosque of the Dome of the Rock,

Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Sharm el-Sheikh,

Jordan's King Abdullah woos Assad in peace push,

UN Security Council calls for a Palestinian state,

'Iran deploys missiles in Persian Gulf',

Ahmedinajad to Iran/Syria delegates: We should look for new world order,

Killing Civilians: A Muslim View ,

Jordan king woos Syria in Mideast peace push,

Netanyahu: Peace talks to begin 'soon',

Boo's new Middle East Policy,

A growing divergence between J'lem and Washington? ,

Signs Point Toward ‘Cataclysmic’ War in Middle East,

Boo to visit Russia ,

Russia plays up its international role – especially in Mideast peace,

Russia, Japan looking to resolve disputes through economic ties,

Russia waits for U.S. proposals on stored nuclear warheads,

Gas deal between Turkey and European Union breaks Russian stranglehold ,

Angel or Demon? In the Vatican, Boo Is Both ,

Colombian president's ally arrested,

UAE ruler replaces top posts in cabinet reshuffle,

Iraq arrests minister's brother,

Turkey's prime minister reshuffles his Cabinet,

EU talks with Cuban foreign minister,

zerbaijani Foreign Minister Meets with U.S. Secretary of State,

Are You a Christian Zionist?

This is an excellent article!

Around the world, the mantra is heard with increasing volume. "Down with the Zionist Satan!" "Zionism is illegal … and racist and imperialist!" Within intellectual circles, books, articles and tracts are carrying the same message. And it's not only the Israeli settlers who are targeted. Those who support modern Israel are equally blamed by the same groups. A growing number of churches believe that Christian support for Israel as a divinely ordained nation is naïve and destructive...Read More


From Joel Rosenberg:

REPORT FROM AIPAC: Iran priority #1, but Netanyahu, Peres say Israel ready for “final peace” agreement

NETANYAHU COMING TO WASHINGTON ON MAY 18: New ambassador appointed


From FrontPageMag:

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, addressing the Palestinian Youth Parliament last week, rejected Israel's identity as a Jewish state, mocking the idea. Bringing the audience to smiles and cheers, Abbas said with a grin that as far as he is concerned Israel can call itself "the Zionist Republic, the Hebrew, the National, [or] the Socialist [Republic]."... The "Good" Palestinian Rejects Israel

In Praise of Extraordinary Activists


From CAMERA:

One oft-cited principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Churches is a commitment to the “free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” Unfortunately, the preaching of Rev. Tim Kutzmark, who leads the UUA church in Reading, Massachusetts, fails to meet this standard. His commentary about the conflict is free, but not responsible...UUA Pastor Remembers the Holocaust, Ignores the Hate


Lori's links and comments:

EU, Canada in free trade talks,

Egypt: Israeli nukes 'greatest threat',

Jordan, Egypt agree on outlines of Arab vision for Mideast peace,

As the US retreats, Iran fills the void,

Rahm Emanuel: Thwarting Iran easier with Israeli-Palestinian talks, "...Clinton warned Israel that it risks losing Arab support for combating threats from Iran if it rejects peace negotiations with the Palestinians."

AIPAC delegates to push two-state solution,

US' Biden urges Israel to support two-state solution,

Israel Outraged at 'Biased' UN Report on Gaza Operation,

Lieberman Gives Iran Three Months - Or Else,

Gates: 'No grand bargain' with Iran ,

Boo whitewashing reality of Islamic threat,

Israeli president: Iran threatens US, Europe,

Khameini publicly rebukes Ahmadinejad,

Iran's Ahmadinejad cancels trip to three Latin American countries,

Without Russian air defense system, Iran a sitting duck,

Russia's Medvedev welcomes new U.S. stance on missile defense ,

Russia amassing ships off Georgian shore,

Armenia officially pulls out of NATO-led drills in Georgia,

Turkey's military facing showdown with PM,

Pope heads to Mid-East as Pilgrim of Peace,

China to hold large-scale military drills in second half of 2009,

NKorea accuses US of plotting war,

EU wants 'Internet G12' to govern cyberspace,

Walking in the Messiah's Footsteps: Israel Opens Jesus Trail,

Shekel Gains on Dollar, Euro

“Peace” Imam Calls for Extermination of Jews

A Hamas cleric who once participated in an international conference of "Imams and Rabbis for Peace" -- whose delegates vowed to "condemn any negative representation" of each other's religions -- has wholeheartedly espoused Hamas's racist ideology in a recent Friday sermon on Hamas TV. ..read more

Rashid Khalidi, the former PLO spokesman-turned Columbia University professor, is convinced that Israel has constructed a "matrix of control" in the Middle East. Khalidi once cited books and articles to back up his skewed views of Middle East history. Now he cites obscure Internet claims of an "occupation settlement industrial complex." ...The Professor's Paranoia

In a significant ruling, the BBC's highest body has substantially upheld CAMERA's complaint that BBC News's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen violated the broadcaster's guidelines that require impartiality and accuracy. Below is CAMERA's press release on the breaking development...read more

Ahmadinejad Attacks Israel, U.S. at U.N. Racism Conference


Lori's links and comments

Conference details: Adapting to a New World Order,

BO gets friendly with Chavez,

BO: Durban 2 Making 'Hypocritical Allegations' vs. Israel,

New Zealand pulls out of UN racism conference,

U.S.: Palestinians need not recognize Israel as Jewish state before talks,

BO's stance worries Israelis,

Israel stands ready to bomb Iran's nuclear sites,

Israel preparing to attack on Iran within days, claims The Times,

Ahmadinejad: 'Iran is like a train with no brakes' ,

Washington Wants Six Months to Talk to Iran, "nuclear issues will remain in the hands of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana"

Mitchell: Egypt vital in ME peace plan,

Russia, China stage war games in Central Asia,

Russia’s Restless Muslim Republics,

12 Russian targets for U.S. nuclear missiles,

Radical cleric wants Islamic rule across the world,

Somali parliament approves Islamic law,

Cast of Characters in Bolivia plot,

Joel Rosenberg talks to Glenn Beck re Israel & Iran

TRAIN WRECK COMING IN U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS OVER IRAN: Transcript of Glenn Beck’s interview with Joel


IDF tightens borders with Egypt and Jordan


From Jerusalem Watchman:

That His name may be declared in all the earth


Lori's Links

EU Parliament Removes Religious Exemption: Churches Could be Forced toPerform Same-Sex "Marriages"

Tony Blair's faith in new mission

U.S. Criticizes Pakistan’s Embrace of Islamic Law

Islam's warFree world is barring free speech

Turkey: Washington's geopolitical pivot

Turkey pushes for nuclear arms-free Middle East "... Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Iran had prepared a package toresolve its nuclear dispute." ...... "Ahmadinejad did not give detailsabout the package, which he said would be presented to the West soon."

Ahmadinejad's political advisor resigns

Iran Profilerates, We Disarm

Iran working on new rockets: Ahmadinejad

Egypt: Hizbullah will pay a heavy price

The Golan Heights revisited

Re-Connecting With the Land of Israel Over Passover

Iran's UN envoy complains against Israel laughable

Israel lobbies Russia on Iranian arms sales

Russia Boosts Its Satan and Stalin Missile Arsenal

Senior U.S. senator sees 'historic' chance for BO, Medvedev

Russian Lavrov Demands EU Respect cached version... sorry other was removed. "He said a "fusion" wasunder way in Euro-Atlantic politics that provided an opportunity forcooperation between Russia and the West."

IAEA says North Korea is expelling its inspectors

India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile

Thousands of dolphins block Somali pirates

BO's speech on the economy A Hidden Message? The foundations of Islam is based upon 'FivePillars.' Read carefully, Is he sending a message?

Israeli Spy Chief: Time Running Out

Iran has “crossed the technological threshold,” Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin, head of Israeli Military Intelligence, told the Israeli cabinet this week. “Iran is continuing to amass hundreds of kilograms of low-enriched uranium, and it hopes to exploit the dialogue with the West and Washington to advance toward the production of an atomic bomb.” ...read more


Jimmy Carter’s Second Draft

Former President Jimmy Carter has clearly been chastened by the criticism of his last error-laden text, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (Simon & Schuster, 2006). His follow up book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work (Simon & Schuster, 2009), is much more moderate in tone. Nevertheless, the text is still, in essence, an extended attempt to deceive its audience about issues of central importance to the Arab-Israeli conflict...read more


More from Joel Rosenberg

52% NOW BACK FORCE TO STOP IRAN FROM GETTING “THE BOMB”: Meanwhile, Russia and China building closer ties with Iran


Lori's latest news links and comments:

Russian senator critizes N. Korea rocket launch plans

Turkish official lauds ties with Israel

Turkmenistan leader pledges to build ties with Russia

Syria: Damascus getting courted from all sides

Iran, China sign $3.2 billion gas deal

Nasrallah vows Hezbollah will never recognize Israel

Russia weighs Cuba, Venezuela basesRussia and the West "It was Russian soldiers who liberated Auschwitz" ???

Could Moscow become an international financial center?

Bin Laden: Conquer Jordan after Iraq, or something

Golden Report: A Very Hot Summer

Lebanon's Suleiman to visit Paris for talks with Sarkozy

New website of **Russian/EU Club***presented in Paris ...

and here it is ...

the merge?

Sarkozy to open first Gulf military base in Abu Dhabi France restricts international corruption investigations "Earlier this week, UK-based NGO Global Witness named several French banks in a report unveiling their connections with corrupt regimes in Africa and Central Asia"

Merkel Confident G20 Summit Will End in Global Agreement

G-20 officials pledge "whatever action necessary" to restore global growth

Madagascar opposition gives president 4 hours to quit

Madagascar's president defies ultimatum

Iraq's president to retire from office next year

Pakistan information minister resigns to protest restrictions on media

World Agenda: Have Zimbabwe's generals sidelined Mugabe? This article explains what happened politically just before Tsvangirai's "accident" that killed his wife.

Kyrgyzs opposition says Sadyrkulov death political murder

Joel Rosenberg: EPICENTER CONFERENCE

A pity I'm living Down Under, half a world away. I'd love to attend this one!

RELEASE: EPICENTER CONFERENCE SET FOR APRIL 4 IN SAN DIEGO

Headlines and articles:

The toughest challenge Americans face in dealing with Vladimir Putin's Russia is that we insist on complicating the obvious. Putin's schemes are plain as day, but we insist on polishing up his motives... Doubting Russia

The economic downturn we are now experiencing has rippled throughout the world. The news is not good and yet, every cloud, even this cloud, does have a silver lining. And while they are few in number, there are a few positive changes that have occurred specifically because of this colossal calamity. The number one change is worth discussing... A Silver Lining in the Clouds Over Iran

Senator Barack Obama judged Ahmadinejad worthy of a healthy dialogue. It was a point on which Obama was not shy in his pursuit of the 2008 presidential nomination. To the raised eyebrow of his main competitor for the nomination—Senator Clinton—Obama implored America to talk to the Iranian madman, to give peace a chance, to not overreact to the Iranian threat...Deadly Naievete

Lori's news links:

China prepares to buy up foreign oil companies

Thousands Dance and Pray around Old Temple Gates

Amnesty denying Israel the right to defend itself

Israel calls Iran nuclear plant test 'bad news' for whole world

Iran's nuclear chief to announce "good news" on April 9

France and Italy sign nuclear deal

UAE orders military planes worth $2.9bn

'Turkey ready to play role in Iran-US relations'

Russia to focus on upgrading its nuclear arsenal

Russia says M.East Quartet may meet March 1

Russia provides 10 MiG fighter jets to Lebanon for free

Thanks to the anonymous poster for this news tip.

Russia provides 10 MiG fighter jets to Lebanon for free:

Tony Halpin in Moscow

Russia gave Lebanon ten MiG fighter jets yesterday in a deal to boost defence cooperation.

The MiG29 Fulcrum fighters would be provided free to Lebanon under an agreement on military-technical assistance, the head of Russia’s defence cooperation service said. Mikhail Dmitryev said that the jets would come from Russia’s existing stock.

He said that Moscow was also in talks to supply Beirut with heavy armour, adding that supplies of such weaponry were “now possible after the situation in this nation has stabilised”.

He said: “We view the Lebanese army as the main guarantor of this nation’s stability, therefore the armed forces of this country must be strengthened.” The deal followed a meeting in Moscow between Anatoly Serdyukov, the Defence Minister, and Elias Murrhis, his Lebanese counterpart. Mr Serdyukov said that Russia had received a detailed list of armaments sought by Lebanon.

Read the ARTICLE.

Also....

Missing the Target

By P. David Hornik

FrontPageMagazine.com Friday, December 19, 2008

It was just a few days ago that Russia succeeded, along with its fellow Quartet member the United States, in getting the UN Security Council to pass a resolution on Middle East peace.

Yet by Thursday tensions had surfaced between Israel and Russia over a purportedly imminent Russian sale of an antiaircraft missile system to Iran. The system, the S-300, is one of the most advanced of its kind in the world and would seriously hinder an attempt to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. Russia has already sold TOR-M1 surface-to-air missiles to the regime of the mullahs.

A report by Russia’s own RIA news agency claims Russia is now “fulfilling a contract” to deliver S-300 systems to Iran. One site, by no means to be dismissed, says Russia is already physically transferring the systems and it’s a done deal. Jerusalem, though, is interpreting the RIA report as pressure aimed at getting Israel to sell Russia 100 of Israel’s advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).

Read it HERE.