The Battle Over the Temple Mount

Zec 12:3 "It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

One of the main obstacles in previous peace-making efforts has been the issue of dividing Jerusalem and control over the Temple Mount. Muslim denial of Judaism's historical and religious ties to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, the Waqf's illegal construction there, and the violent response to Jewish activities there present an obstacle to peace-making efforts...Read more


For Zion's Sake Ministries:

Axis Of Evil: Did U.S. weakness invite North Korea's nuclear provocations? Like Tehran, Pyongyang has rejected Obama administration diplomatic overtures. Are these rogue states seizing a new opportunity? Talked To Death

Paradoxically, despite the alarming ongoing surge of Islamic religious and political extremism in Europe, the European Union and individual European countries seem poised for what could become the ugliest confrontation with Israel since the creation of the Jewish state. Crude threats are being conveyed to the Netanyahu government, making it clear that unless it capitulates to a series of demands, relations will be downgraded and boycotts may even be instituted. Unconfirmed rumors are circulating that the US State Department does not object to these European initiatives. Ugly vibes from Europe


FrontPageMag:

"In the Obama Administration ... It's Easy Being Palestinian"

North Korea and the Real Nuclear Option

Driving Our Allies into Bomb Shelters


Joel Rosenberg:

WILL AHMADINEJAD STAY?

OBAMA HEADED TO EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA: Plans to skip Israel


Lori's links and comments:

Boo chose the wrong venue,"By addressing the "Islamic world" from Cairo, Obama lends credibility to the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and other advocates of political Islam who demand that Muslims be addressed globally and on religious terms..... Rather than buttress a loyal ally, Obama's speech undermines him on his home ground. That is a lose-lose proposition. For his trouble, Obama will get more bloodshed in Pakistan, more megalomania from Iran, more triumphalism from the Palestinians, and less control over Iraq and Afghanistan. Of all the available bad choices, Obama has taken the worst. It is hard to imagine any consequence except a steep diminution of American influence.

"NKorea steps up coastal drills amid fears of naval provocation ,

Israeli Reaction To North Korea: ‘We Told You So’ ,

Missing dimension in Middle East peace process,Although I don't agree with the author, he reveals some interesting points: One being... "The current efforts led by President Obama, former Prime Minister Blair, and King Abdullah could hold great new promise in these regards.

"Bibi: Israel won't put settlement life on hold,

Tony Blair flags 'way forward' in Middle East peace process,

Blair: June will be Critical in Arab-Israel Peace,

US administration blocks sale of 6 AH-64D helicopters to Israel - approves 12 to Egypt,

Op Piece: Hillary's Kiss is Still a Kiss, this article doesn't really match the title

'US may reduce Israel support in UN' ,

What will happen if Israel 'defeats' Boo? ,

Boo Backfires: Media Raise Doubts, Egypt Snubs ‘Instant Peace' ,Congress backs Israel

Egypt rejects U.S. plan for Arab-Israel normalization,

Israeli FM To Russia, Belarus Monday,

Russia creates its own version of NATO in Central Asia to be prepared for big war,

What are the powers of the European Parliament? ,"If the EU's stalled Lisbon Treaty is finally agreed on by all 27-member states, the EU Parliament will gain powers over the entire EU budget, many areas of justice policy, and the appointment of the High Representative, the EU's top diplomat."

“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,

LA Times Un-Solves the "Jewish Problem"

The very fact that this type of debate is being conducted in our supposedly enlightened West is instructive...

The Los Angeles Times published on March 15 two Op-Eds about Zionism. One, by Judea Pearl, argues that anti-Zionism is hateful and a "dangerous threat to lives, historical justice and the prospects of peace in the Middle East." The other, by Ben Ehrenreich, argues that, "put simply, the problem is Zionism," and calles for an end to the Jewish state.

By hosting on its opinion pages this type of debate on Israel's existence, the Los Angeles Times unfairly applies a different standard to the Jewish people and Israel than it does to other nations and nation-states. It outrageously casts self-determination as something that perhaps should be taken away from the Jews. In doing so, the newspaper moves to un-solve the "Jewish problem" that, after thousands of years of persecution, pogroms and mass murder against the Jewish people (and after scores of years of struggle by early Zionists seeking an end to this oppression), was finally and all-too-belatedly solved with the realization of Jewish national rights in their ancestral homeland, Israel. read more

Some articles to track...

The Obama-Muslim Brotherhood Policy

Say it ain't so...I thought all they wanted was some land and peace...

Fatah: We Do Not Recognize Israel

Scapegoating the 'Israel Lobby'

Latest from Joel Rosenberg

RUSSIA TO PROPOSE NEW GLOBAL COMMON CURRENCY: And the Kremlin is not alone

NETANYAHU BEGINS FINALIZING GOVERNMENT: Stopping Iran and “toppling Hamas” top priorities

Lori's links and comments

At G20, Kremlin to Pitch New Currency

Foundations join forces with Alliance of Civilizations

Solana urges Israel to stop illegal settlements

17 G-20 members have taken protectionist steps

Assad: Olmert agreed to give up all of the Golan

Syria's Assad ready to mediate with Iran: report

Lebanese leader: "If Syria signs peace deal with Israel, so will we"

Russia signs deal to supply Iran with air-defense missiles

Russia to deploy new warheads in December

Russia signs visa-free agreement with Argentina

Russian-Chinese exercises to be held in China in summer

Russia could become Cuba's main oil sector partner

Serdyukov Warns of U.S. Buildup "..US beefing up its military presence near Russian borders.." ?

Top UN official accuses US of demonizing IranUh, they don't need our help

'Israel could attack Iran with missiles'

Iran increasing pro-Hezbollah activity in South America

MUST READ: Embracing of Shariah

IDF chief gave U.S. fresh intel on Iran nukes program

US Blocking Visa for Netanyahu’s Security Advisor

IDF to US: Israel Closing In on Taking Military Aim at Iran

Azerbaijan votes on scrapping presidential limits

Constance Cumbey offer

Constance Cumbey has spent many years tracking New Age trends and its slow yet consistent infiltration of Christianity and society at large. She and her team of volunteers also supply cutting edge information on the UN and the Globalist agenda.

While I do not agree with absolutely everything Constance has to say, I think her work is invaluable.

Now she has generously offered her books for free download HERE.

Thank you, Constance.

More headlines and articles to track

Even when defending her people against continous rocket attacks, it seems that Israel can never do enough to satisfy her critics:

Indicting Israel for Self-Defense

Moral Blindness on Gaza

The McGirk Affair: Claims of Cold-Blooded Executions Not Credible

Germany wasn't the only place where Jewish ethnic cleansing was praticed. A priest looks at history:

Priest uncovering beginnings of Final Solution

Thanks to Lori for the following links:

UN says Hamas seized food aid and blankets

Isreal wants EU, US navies to seize arms ships

Time running out for attack on Iran: Israeli expert

Topple Iran to end global Jihad

President Obama seeks Russia deal to slash nuclear weapons

Palestinians showcase new rocket

Obama held secret talks with Syria and Iran, weeks before election

Israel fears Syria might aid Hizbullah

Israel: We're on a collision course with Syria

Senior Iranian official: Obama presidency won't change our ties with U.S.

Obama 'guarantees' West Bank withdrawal

World powers urge Iran to cooperate with nuclear program

Six-nation talks on Iran take place in GermanyTrans-Atlantic relations (Mitchell & Solana)

Iran launch could mean EMP weapon

Bibi’s Bold Message

Bibi’s Bold Message

By P. David Hornik

FrontPageMagazine.com Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Israeli papers carried reports on Monday (here, for instance) about an article in the London-based Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat claiming Egypt was warning Hamas to strike a deal with Israel before Binyamin Netanyahu forms the next government. Otherwise, the Egyptian officials are supposed to have said, Hamas stands to “lose everything.” Read more...

Gaza Doctor Says Death Toll Inflated

Some of Lori's news links:

Analysis: Testing Israel's deterrence

U.S. Consulate Mistakenly Sells US Secret Files in Jerusalem

Abbas blames Hamas for Gaza destruction

Jerusalem Conference: 'Jerusalem Was Always a Jewish City'

R&R from the Rockets Suggests the Resilience of Israeli Youth

Netanyahu: 'Sooner or later we'll have to finish the job in Gaza'

IDF struck tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border

US president: We must talk to Iran

Netanyahu: Obama Will Try to Internationalize Jerusalem Sites

Obama hails 'anti-Israel' Arab plan

Charge: Ahmadinejad Rants to Hide His Jewish Roots

Hamas armed wing clashes with Israeli troops in central Gaza

Netanyahu: A divided J'lem would mean Iranian base mere meters away

Thanks Lori!

Myths and Facts about the Fighting in Gaza

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) takes a look at some Myths and Facts related to the Gaza conflict...

Myth: Israel’s attacks against Hamas are illegal since Israel is still occupying Gaza through its control of Gaza’s borders and airspace, and it is therefore bound to protect the civilian population under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Israel has control over Gaza’s air space and sea coast, and its forces enter the area at will. As the occupying power, Israel has the responsibility under the Fourth Geneva Convention to see to the welfare of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. (Rashid Khalidi, What You Don’t Know About Gaza , New York Times Op-Ed, Jan. 8, 2009)

Read more HERE

Recently, several papers and the UN have variously inferred, and accused, Israel of using White Phosphorous in its incursion into Gaza. Camera takes a look at some of the claims HERE

U.N. outrage – but only when it's safe

Article by Hal Lindsey at WorldNetDaily.

According to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters and elsewhere, Israeli forces deliberately shelled a United Nations compound filled with "hundreds of refugees" and buildings filled with "humanitarian supplies."

"The U.N. compound in Gaza had only that morning become a makeshift shelter for hundreds of Gaza City residents seeking sanctuary from relentless Israeli shelling," said a U.N. official in Gaza. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

The official claimed that shortly afterwards a shell hit one of the U.N. schools used as a sanctuary. Three people were wounded. He also said that two other shells hit a warehouse that contained humanitarian supplies and a U.N. parking lot.

A school. A warehouse housing humanitarian supplies. Three Israeli shells also hit a hospital in the al Quds neighborhood, setting its pharmacy afire. It couldn't sound any worse.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the damage caused to the al Quds hospital was "completely and utterly unacceptable based on every known standard of international humanitarian law."

U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon thundered into the region to express his outrage at the targeting of the U.N. school and compound being used to shelter hundreds of refugees. He expressed "strong protest and outrage" at the shelling of the compound and demanded an investigation...Read MORE

More articles and news:

Academic Jew-Hater

Israel Must Defeat Hamas

A Petition to the U.N. on Hamas’s Crimes

IAF Pounds Hamas; 40 Targets Hit

More from Joel Rosenberg plus some more headlines

NOTES FROM CONFERENCE CALL WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: Warns of Iran’s “nightmare scenario”

Iran warns Hamas not to accept truce

Gaza economy grinds to a standstill

Dr. Gary Frazier and Jan Markell talk about the war in Israel HERE

More headlines on the current conflict...

Once again, no surprises. It seems that the world looks the other way whenever Hamas or the PA attacks Israel and then retreats to hide among their own people (making it difficult to weed them out). But as soon as Israel defends herself the vocal critics find a stage.

UN condemns 'disproportionate' Israeli airstrikes in Gaza:

Mr Ban said he condemned excessive use of force which resulted in the killing and injuring of civilians.

The Security Council called for the restoration of calm to "open the way for finding a political solution to the problems existing in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement".

The White House statement is notably more astute:

The White House however, put the main responsiblity for the violence on the Hamas government in Gaza.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the US strongly condemned the repeated rocket attacks against Israel, and held Hamas responsible for breaking the ceasefire, which she said should be restored immediately.

The problem is that the UN han't got any solutions, and either has anyone else for that matter.

This includes JAVIER SOLANA who always seems to find voice at times such as this, yet lacks any answers:

'The current Israeli strikes are inflicting an unacceptable toll on Palestinian civilians and will only worsen the humanitarian crisis as well as complicate the search for a peaceful solution,' EU High Representative Javier Solana said in a statement.

'I call for an immediate cessation of military actions on both sides. The EU has repeatedly condemned rocket attacks against Israel,' the statement said.

Solana's comment came hours after the French government, which holds the EU's rotating presidency until the end of the year, condemned a series of rocket attacks on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip as an 'unjustifiable provocation' and the Israeli response as 'disproportionate.'

Déjà vu? It seems like only yesterday that the "powers" that be were striving to force the division of Jerusalem.

Thanks to Lori for the following news items:

Israel tanks mass near Gaza as jets again pound Hamas

IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities

IAF Destroys 40 Tunnels in 270 Seconds

IAF Warplanes Seen Flying Over Lebanon

Iranian Red Crescent vessel heads to Gaza

Syria, Turkey Break Off Talks with Israel Because of Gaza Op.

Pray for the inoccent Palestinians caught up in this war and pray for Israel.

Rockets Fly, The UN Lies

Listen to most media reports and celebrity gushes and you would be inclined to believe that the UN was a paragon of virtue, that it was interested in peace and that it would never take unfair sides in a war.

During the 2006 Israel - Lebanon conflict, UNIFIL forces routinely relayed information to the Hezbollah forces as related HERE by Lori Lowenthal Marcus. This is only one of many reports detailing this incident.

UN prejudice against Israel is an ongoing phenomenon. Arlene Kushner outlines some of the UN’s inconsistencies when dealing with the Israeli – Palestinian issue. Read the article HERE.

Who is Rahm Emmanuel?

By John Perazzo

FrontPageMagazine.com Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Two days after defeating John McCain, Barack Obama made his first appointment as president-elect when he named 49-year-old Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff. Formerly an aide to Bill Clinton and currently the Democratic Representative for Illinois’ 5th congressional district, Emanuel has suddenly become a figure of great interest to the American public.

Read it HERE

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Durban II: An Early Test

By Joseph Klein

FrontPageMagazine.com Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Less than three months after Barack Obama will be sworn in as the next president of the United States, he will have to decide whether or not to participate in a replay of the ignominious hatefest known as the United Nations Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa in 2001. The follow-up to that conference, the Durban Review of the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, is scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland during April of 2009 (“Durban II”).

Read it HERE

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Also:

Israel worried about possible German sub sale to Egypt

Obama to Abbas: I'll support peace talks

Al-Qaeda 'awakens' in Iraq

U.N. Masquerade

By Benny Avni

New York Post Tuesday, November 18, 2008

THE Saudi king won much praise last week for convening talks at the United Nations ostensibly meant to promote peace and "religious tolerance." He even snagged a private audience with President Bush.

But if you take a close look at King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud's agenda, some of it is hardly praiseworthy. In fact, if he gets any traction at the UN (or anywhere else), it'll mark a giant step backward for both peace and tolerance.

Indeed, behind Abdullah's Kumbaya facade was a downright scary agenda: Essentially, he wants the world's moral blessing to restrict any and all speech about Islam, its adherents and regimes that promote them - except, of course, that which is approved by official censors. He also wants to throw the UN's moral weight behind punishments meted out to those who violate such restrictions, even if he doesn't say that explicitly.

Meanwhile, Abdullah failed to make even the slightest gesture toward softening his own regime's brutal intolerance of other religions and cultures. Some parley on "religious tolerance."
Consider one key draft resolution at the event. Introduced jointly by the Philippines and Pakistan, it openly seeks to limit press freedoms. Sure, as read by Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, the language pays lip service to the notion of freedom of expression.

But the document then goes on to emphasize the "special duties and responsibilities necessary for the respect of the rights or reputations of others, protection of national security or of public order, or of public health and morals."

Translation: Don't even think of publishing those Danish cartoons or anything even close to them. And forget about questioning authorities in places like, say, Riyadh.

Meanwhile, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, a dominant UN voting bloc, plans an additional resolution, to be voted on tomorrow in the General Assembly, that would openly frown on any speech that is considered defamatory toward religion.

But it's not like the censors - and, specifically, their efforts to establish Islam as a dominant, superior religious and political force - need encouragement.

Last month, an appellate court in Afghanistan sentenced a student, Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, to 20 years in prison for distributing "blasphemous" material regarding the role of women in Islamic societies. Arrested a year earlier, Kambakhsh was accused of downloading material from the Internet and passing it to other students, according to a recent State Department report on international religious freedom.

Mohammad Shafeeq was cited in the same State Department report. He was sentenced to death in Pakistan in June for blasphemy after he allegedly defiled the Quran and used derogatory language to refer to the Prophet Mohammad. His arrest in 2006 was based on a complaint by local religious leaders.

Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, is among the worst of the bunch. In May, the Saudi government charged a lawyer and businessman, Ra'if Bedawi al-Shammary, with "setting up an electronic site that insults Islam." The prosecution asked for a five-year prison sentence and an $800,000 fine.

What exactly did Shammary do? His online writings detailed abuses by the religious police and questioned the government's interpretation of Islam. As a result of the charges against him and several physical threats, Shammary and his family were forced to flee the country.

Meanwhile, conference participants showed just how tolerant they were: Famously "moderate" Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad directly challenged Jewish sensibilities by suggesting that Jerusalem was not holy to Judaism.

King Abdullah insists that everyone refer to him as "The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" - that is, the biggest of the big-cheese Muslims. To that title, he now hopes to add a new one: Brave King of the Muslim Moderates.

Indeed, some of his back-stabbing brothers at home, I'm told, are already sharpening their knives - labeling him a traitor for merely suggesting that a dialogue with other religions is possible. And pressure at home, his backers say, is limiting just how far Abdullah can go in reaching out to non-Muslims.

That might be believable, however, if the king took just one small step toward curbing Arab/Muslim hostility toward non-Muslims or easing restrictions on free expression. Seeking greater support for sanctions on speech is not exactly a sign of moderation.

In the end, the Saudi UN p.r. coup may end up encouraging repression and intolerance around the world.

Until he makes significant changes at home, let no one be fooled by his stunts.

World Government to Reign in "Fascist" America?

Another interesting article from FrontPage Mag written by Joseph Klein. Klein is right in sounding this warning and his observations are spot on...

Richard Falk, who justly earned his way into David Horowitz’s book The Professors as one of the “101 Most Dangerous Academics in America,” now lectures more august audiences at the United Nations. Appointed as the United Nations Human Rights Council to serve as its special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories in March, Falk has in a matter of months lived down to his opponents’ worst expectations. In addition to The Professors, Falk should be added to a list of the most biased anti-Israel UN human rights investigators, not an easy list to make at the UN. He believes Israel, and the United States, are guilty of Nazi-like barbarism, which the United Nations decries even as it dismisses investigations into North Korea and Cuba. Falk would abolish the alleged democratic atrocities by establishing a “world government” in which foreigners could overturn U.S. policies through “binding referenda.”

And:

He has a plan to make sure Nazism never breaks out again: allowing foreigners to veto the American voter.

Falk is a strong advocate for “world government” and “global law.” The United Nations General Assembly, in his view, does not have enough power to legislate and enforce its decisions. He suggests the possibility of forming a Global Parliament, either operating as a subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly or taking some more autonomous character within the UN system.” He has recommended consideration of “allowing persons outside the United States to challenge policy affecting their wellbeing by way of binding referenda or even by casting votes in national elections held within the United States.”

Read the full article HERE