The conspiracy to divide Jerusalem

By Mike Evans

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – In the pre-dawn hours, my car winds its way down the streets of this historic city toward the Naval Academy and the Annapolis summit. Precious fathers, mothers and grandmothers shiver in the cold darkness of the morning. Some of the men blow shofars and pray openly. Most hold signs printed with their pleas: "Don't touch Jerusalem." "Don't touch the Bible land." "Don't touch prophecy."

Unbidden tears slide down my cheeks, for I sense how desperate and hopeless they must feel. These who love Jerusalem are overshadowed by the high and mighty of the world: President George W. Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and foreign ministers from many Arab states. Among those are known terrorists who are being treated as honored diplomats.

This is the first international peace conference since the U.S. organized-Madrid Peace Summit at the end of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. It was during that debacle that I openly challenged former Secretary of State James Baker over Jerusalem. The names change, but the desire to offer up Jerusalem as the sacrifice to appease terrorists is as passionate as ever.

The Madrid Summit destroyed the economy of Israel. It caused the overthrow of the government as literally tens of thousands of Russian Jewish immigrants were forced to sleep in tents. Why? The U.S. froze $10 billion in loan guarantees that would have provided housing for these destitute men, women and children. Israel was ultimately forced to give up more than 80 villages and towns, i.e., Jericho, Hebron and Bethlehem.

Today, the vultures gather again, sensing that more of the City of David will be laid on the altar of sacrifice. President Bush has agreed to what is being called "The Final Status Plan" to divide Jerusalem before the end of his term in 2008. He has also demanded that Israel halt construction in the settlements for refugees. The plan is to turn those settlements over to the PLO.

The Saudis, of course, want the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon to be able to move into Israel, not into the Palestinian Authority land holdings. The plan calls for Palestine to be a state within one year, with East Jerusalem as the capital. This "Final Status Plan" calls for vigorous, unceasing, aggressive negotiations that would end in the creation of a two-state region by the end of 2008.

It seems that the participants of the summit are trying to breathe life back into the Road Map plan introduced in 2003. When Abbas refused to implement the very first clause of the plan – to disarm the terrorist organizations – the plan died in utero.

The Saudis, of course, were overjoyed to hear President Bush's comments during the summit. The Road Map, an invention of Saudi Arabia and the Arab League, was designed to force Israel to the bargaining table. Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon related to me that he had asked for 14 amendments. Secretary of State Colin Powell flatly refused to include any of Sharon's amendments. Phase Two of the plan as outlined was the dismantling of all terror organizations and their infrastructure. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, to name a few, would have been forced to turn over all illegal weapons and stop terror incitement.

Needless to say, Phase Two was not implemented by Abbas. Quite the opposite occurred: Hamas took over Gaza; Abbas' own terror organization, Fatah and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades continue to kill Jews. (The latest murder was that of a 29-year old father of two from the village of Shavei Shomron, just days before the summit in Annapolis.)

The acceptance of this vile plan would turn Israel into a living hell. The Jewish people would be forced to live next door to a state controlled by Islamic fanatics such as Hamas. I am reminded over and over of the Scripture in Psalm 83:2-5:

For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, and consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more." For they have consulted together with one consent; they form a confederacy against You. …

I stand here now with this document in my hand – this "Agreement of Joint Understanding" to which both parties have pledged acceptance. This document, if followed, will result in the division of Jerusalem. I've asked myself how the U.S. government could partner with a terror organization responsible for thousands of terror attacks worldwide. How could President Bush cavalierly shake hands with the man responsible for the Munich massacre?

Is George W. Bush so consumed by his legacy that he would sacrifice Jerusalem and hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews to attain his goal? Israel would have to give up the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in East Jerusalem and evacuate most of the strategic West Bank, which would leave it vulnerable to rocket attacks in Tel Aviv and at its international airport.

What does the future hold for Israel? President Bush has indicated that Israel had "painful compromises" to make during the negotiations that were to begin immediately. I can tell you that Israel seemed very alone during the Annapolis summit. It greatly concerns me. Why? President Clinton attempted to divide Jerusalem in January 2001, before the end of his term of office. He almost succeeded. I believe those negotiations and Arafat's subsequent rejection of Clinton's offer led directly to the events of 9/11.

Now, President Bush is attempting to follow in Clinton's footsteps. Bush's advisers are likely telling him that this agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will affect his legacy in a most positive way. How wrong can they possibly be? Only time will tell.
Can the Palestinian crisis be resolved? YES!

I believe that the first action that must be taken is a rehabilitation package calling for the dismantling of the 59 U.N.-maintained refugee camps. The Arab world needs to provide resettlement, employment and housing for the refugees. This would be similar to what happened to the Jewish refugees throughout Europe and the Arab world in 1948.

Secondly, I would do everything to help Jordan grant citizenship to Arabs in the West Bank. I believe that the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan should serve as their representative body. Jordan granted citizenship status to West Bank Palestinians until the late 1980s.

The Palestinians do not need more land; they need a life free of Islamic kindergarten camps that continue to instill hatred for the Jews into children at an early age.

Jacob's Flight and has Vision at Mariah

by Ron Wexler

Jacob had left his parents to begin his personal exile that, unknown to him at the time, would include 20 years at the home of Laban, a mendacious rogue, who as the Passover Haggadah says, attempted to uproot the Jewish people. Before going to Haran, Jacob spent 14 years at the academy of Shem and Eber, a fact the sages deduce from the chronology of the period. Surely, as great a man as Jacob did not need more years to study to become a scholar. He went there for a different reason.

Rabbi Kamenetsky explained that the first 63 years of his life, he studied Torah with his father, in an atmosphere insolated from the corruption of Canaan. Now he would be living in Haran, among people who were Laban's comrades in dishonesty. To survive spiritually in such an environment, he needed the Torah of Shem and Eber, so they too had been forced to cope with corrosive surroundings. Shem had lived in the generation of the flood and Eber had lived with those who built the Tower of Babylon. Jacob's 14 years in their tutelage made it possible for him to emerge spiritually unscathed form his personal exile. That was his personal preparation of the coming ordeal. Then, God prepared him further with the vision of the Angela and the divine promise with which his portion begins. God's promise sustained him, but it was his won efforts that earned him the prophesy.

In Portion, Rabbi Bressler depicts on Jacob begins a journey to find himself a wife, and essentially begin his life. But when he sleeps and dreams of God telling him that the land he's sleeping on is Holy, he is compelled to bring sacrifices, and promises to give a percentage of what he has back to God as tithe - which we still practice today. In the Torah, however, it says that "Jacob woke up from his sleep and said 'Surely God is present in this place and I did not know'" (28:16), and shortly later it says that "Jacob woke up early in the morning and took the stone that he placed around his head and set it up as a pillar" (28:18). Did Jacob go back to sleep? It seems that he woke up twice.Furthermore, why did he suddenly feel compelled to promise to give a percentage of what he earns?

One way to answer these questions is by examining the dream Jacob had. In the dream, God told Jacob that the land he was sleeping on would be his, for his children, that He would protect Jacob, and eventually return him to his land. Why would the land, which is the least spiritual thing in the world, be so important that God had to assure Jacob thatit would be his, and that he would be returned to it? The answer to this question is also the reason Jacob 'woke up' the first time...He didn't physically wake up, but merely realized how much potential land had! As Jacob put it...."This is the gate to heaven". Through working on the land, and through using it to fulfill God's will, we can create a gate to heaven. Land is no longer just land, but has now become more spiritual, simply because it gives us more opportunities to do positive deeds, thereby becoming more spiritual. Giving a percentage of what we earn to charity is ALSO a way of using a very earthly item (money) for a higher purpose, which is why Jacob saw it necessary to commit to it right then.

We too must realize that there is NOTHING in this world that can't be used to elevate us spiritually, and it's our job to find ways to do just that. So we use Email to read Shabbat Shalom messages and other spiritual "reading material", which is great, but it shouldn't stop there. We must use food, clothes, money, and even nice scenery to bring us closer to the "gates of heaven". The sooner we realize how much potential there is for us to grow spiritually in this world, the sooner we can "get growing".

Shabbat Shalom!

The First War of the Twenty-first Century

By: Dr. Michael D. Evans

America is fighting for its life in the first war of the 21st Century. The battle is, indeed, for the soul of America, and Ground Zero in this battle is Iraq.

According to the Koran, it was on a Tuesday that Allah created darkness. It is not necessary to consult a calendar to see what the date was when Islamo-fascists, with the cry “Allah Akbar,” crashed commercial planes into crowded buildings in New York City. Darkness cast its shadow across America that day...all in the name of attacking the “Crusaders and Zionists.”

The secular humanists and the liberal Left were at work in an instant, demonizing anyone that dared acknowledge the doctrine of the terrorists. Thus began the war against Christians and Jews.

The insults, verbal abuse and attacks were so severe that anyone who contradicted them was labeled “ignorant, evil, racist and bigot.” The dumbing-down of America had begun, and all in the name of political correctness.

These same Leftists then began a campaign to blame the Jews (Israel) and Christian fundamentalists for the attack on America. A lethal dose of false guilt was forced down the throats of the American public. When the beliefs of the attackers were defended by those avowing that Islam was a peaceful religion, it signaled an instant victory for the Islamo-fascists.

Since that time, America has continued to fight the war on terror, with Iraq as Ground Zero, but the war is being lost from within. While our troops are in harm’s way, the God-haters are saying and doing everything possible to side with the enemy. None dare call it treason, yet they do all in their power to destroy anyone who stands in their way.

These weak, self-righteous, spineless peddlers of weapons of mass deception have only one goal in mind...to break the will of the nation and force America to surrender to these Islamo-Nazis. They think that leaving Iraq will convince the terror cartel that we wish to be friends.

The battle is, indeed, for the soul of America. These liberal, appeasing God-haters attack our President and every conservative that dares raise a voice with moral clarity, blaming them, not the enemy, for our problems. The lie is that a Right-wing President Bush has squandered the nation’s moral authority. It has been told so many times, that now great numbers of Americans believe it, and are in a state of denial.

Christians are being attacked from within by secular humanists. It began with an attack on family values during the 1960s, and continues to attempt to undermine the freedoms that protect our very lives.

The God-despising, liberal Left has called our President a liar, a warmonger, Hitler, a terrorist, a greater threat than Osama bin Laden. The root of their rage springs from his faith and moral values. The seed was sown when President Bush entered the political arena and declared that Jesus Christ was his greatest hero.

No longer are terrorists called “terrorists.” Quite to the contrary, Christians are rapidly becoming the new group people love to hate, and are now labeled “fundamentalists” and “extremists,” the same terms used for a terrorist. The liberals are more tolerant of terrorists than they are of God-fearing Americans. Democrats are more focused on defeating Bible-believing Christians than the terrorists that want to kill us.

Their plan is to destroy the resolve of the American people and to convince them that the troops in Iraq are not actually fighting a war on terror. These peddlers of perversion are waging psychological warfare which costs them nothing, while our troops daily risk their lives for our freedom.

The goal is to protect the rights of the oppressed; and terrorists are considered to be the oppressed. The liberal Left is more concerned about the humpbacked whale and the spotted owl than winning the war on terror. They have no moral code, and therefore, no criteria by which to identify the real enemy.

These demented New Age humanists blame America, not the terrorists, for 9/11. They consider themselves intellectual superiors. Their pro-choice agenda is a top priority when it comes to killing the unborn; but not when it comes to killing terrorists. They are hostile to everything that is morally right.

Voices such as these brought down the Greek and Roman Empires, fomenting decay from within. It is the cancer that eats at the soul of America. These political appeasers have only one goal: to produce social paranoia which will break the will of the American people and cause Christians to stand down. The cry, “Get out of Iraq,” if heeded, will allow an Iranian Shi’ite Islamic revolution to spread like an Ebola virus from Iran through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to the borders of Israel and beyond.

Every segment of American society has been penetrated by this liberal influence – arts, education, media, government, etc. Partisan politics has been elevated above national security, while the liberal media has adopted the word “insurgent” to define the terrorists in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, etc. The word means “a political activist who is not necessarily defiant.” This term was coined by Daniel Webster during the American Revolution to describe such men as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, who fought for freedom from oppression, not for the right to oppress. Now, the fanatical Islamic suicide bomber is no longer a “terrorist,” but rather a misunderstood and maligned “insurgent.”

No one will admit that the vast majority of our troops killed in Iraq are killed by terror states and regimes outside of Iraq. To do that would be to admit that this really is a war on terror.

The awesome devastation wrought on this nation by Osama bin Laden and company is as nothing compared to the knock-out blow that secular humanist liberals in Hollywood, the media and universities are delivering. This will endanger our very lives and the lives of our children.

This is, indeed, a conspiracy, but a Left-wing conspiracy. “He who defines the terms controls the debate.” Osama Bin Laden, wrote a famous letter to Al Zawahari when he was still alive in Iraq and pointed out to him that this was a battle in the media, and that it was more than half the battle. Currently, bin Laden is winning that war by destroying the resolve of the American people. Every opportunity is taken to elevate the terrorists and denigrate a patriotic American public.

The goal of the Left is to drive America out of the Middle East. This will mean surrender to the terrorists. In the terrorist mind, this will mean that they, then, have won the battle and will declare that it’s time to take the war to the streets of America, the Great Satan; just as they have been doing for years against Israel, the Little Satan. Their ultimate aim is to kill not thousands, but millions of Crusaders and Zionists. Why? They believe that a world conspiracy between these two groups is the root cause of all the poverty and other problems in the Arab world.

As these Leftists fight to defend the rights of terrorists, they howl with liberal hysteria over Christians that are pro-American and pro-Israel. Terrorists are rejoicing because the liberal Left in America is doing their job for them by undermining American national security and aiding our enemy.

There was a time when a nation’s military was the decisive factor in any war. That is no longer true. Battles are now fought, and won, in the media. Modern-day pundits in the form of politicians, preachers, producers and the press hold enormous sway over public opinion.

Unlike the engagements in World War II, today battles, and indeed, wars, are no longer fought to a final conclusion, i.e., Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, etc. Tactics revolve around incursions, intifadas, insurgents, jihads, and suicide bombers. Superpowers that engage in combat are constrained by the Geneva Convention and accepted rules of engagement; the enemy, on the other hand, is free to break all the rules while pointing a finger of blame at the opponent.

Loyalty to one’s mother country is no longer a given when engaged in combat situations. Americans are no longer willing to sacrifice for the good of the nation. The truth is: Had the “greatest generation” of World War II had the mindset of today’s generation, we might well be speaking German as our mother language.

Loyalty may be decided by op-eds, news clips, advertisements or the latest spin-doctor on the nightly talk show. It may be tied more to political interests, i.e., liberalism, conservatism, Islamism, etc., than to patriotism. America is no longer “one nation under God,” we have become fragmented and polarized.

Victory in the war on terror will remain elusive as long as the liberal factions deny that America is engaged in a war for its very survival, and continue to embrace the lie that the response to 9/11 is merely a “police action.” The liberals refuse to believe that there are millions of would-be Osama bin Ladens waiting for the opportunity to attack. Rather, they have a simple solution to the war on terrorism; give the terrorists what they want, and they will leave us alone. Neville Chamberlain believed that, as did the world during the 1930s.

These crazed liberals believe that you only need to show love and understanding and the Islamo-Nazis will leave you alone. These lies are no different than those told by Hitler during the 30s. At the time, no one believed he really meant it when he said he wanted to rule the world and exterminate the Jews. Six million Jews in Europe thought the same thing; and died because of it, as did 55 million people worldwide.

Terrorists for Tea

by Mike Evans

The mid-term election celebrations have just begun in the Middle East. Iranand Syria, terror states that "harbor, aid and fund terrorists," are hostingthe parties. These same countries are responsible for almost 100 percent ofthe improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that are used to blow up Americantroops in Iraq and for proxy terrorists entering Iraq from other countries.

Suleiman Hadad, a member of the Islamic fascist cartel, articulated the truefeelings of the terrorists worldwide, "Bush deserves a Saddam-like deathsentence." A tape released by a terrorist group on November 11, threatened:"We haven't had enough of your blood yet." The speaker, purported to be AbuHamza al-Muhajir, also claimed that he had "12,000 fighters under hiscommand who have vowed to die for God's sake." Al-Muhajir boasted that histerrorist army would not rest until the White House had been blown up andJerusalem occupied.

The anti-war Democratic Party of the '90s considered terrorism simply a"police action." They believed in a doctrine of containment, neverpre-emption. It was all about tolerance and understanding. In their minds,terrorists were simply "freedom fighters" expressing their displeasure withAmerica. Their belief in the '90s was that America was the problem; theybelieve that more today.

John Kerry's bad "joke" was, in reality, no joke. He, like other liberalLeftists, are anti-war platinum members of the Neville Chamberlain academyof appeasement. No wonder, Yasser Arafat, the Nobel Peace Prize winninggodfather of world terrorism was outraged when Bill Clinton handed him acheck for $30 billion and his own state, with one-half of Jerusalem as thecapital. He considered Clinton's offer simply to be "chump change." He believed the achievements of his terrorists were worth much more.

It is no wonder that all the terrorist organizations emerged from undertheir rocks the day following the mid-term elections, when the announcementwas made that Donald Rumsfeld was being replaced by Robert Gates. Gatesopposed the Iraq war, and is part of the Iraq Study Group headed by formerSecretary of State James Baker, and former Representative Lee Hamilton. Itis common knowledge that the report to be release in December includes aphased withdrawal of American troops in Iraq. Another suggestion is toinvite Syria and Iran to join the talks in order to secure their assistance.Under no circumstances would either of those two countries join the U.S.without demanding that Israel be punished in some fashion. These twoJew-hating countries would never agree to anything that would not includefurther "land-for-peace" concessions from Israel.

This is the same James Baker that said, "F--- the Jews!" The same JamesBaker that forced Israel to a Madrid Peace Conference to demand moreland-for-peace concessions from Israel, and appease Arab rage. This was ameans to reward Israel for not attacking Iraq when that nation brutalizedthe State of Israel during the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991. Israel's"reward" included the freezing of $10 billion in loan guarantees. You canbe sure, if Baker has his way, Israel will be again be coerced to pay theappeasement bill for Arab rage.

The Baker plan to partition Iraq into three states would, in essence,accelerate the Sunni and Shi'a ethnic cleansing with Saudi Arabia on theside of the Sunnis, and Iran on the side of the Shi'a.

This liberal outrage over Iraq is a theater of the absurd and a festival ofhypocrisy. Why did America go into Iraq? Why did the President call Iraqthe "central front in the war on terror?" Simply because the plan was tofight the war on terror from Iraq. So, what's the problem? Is it that Iraqdoes not have a stable democracy, and has not been liberated? When you invite terrorists worldwide to fight you in Iraq, not New York City orWashington, D.C., can you expect a stable democracy?

What in the world does stability and democracy in Iraq have to do withwinning the war on terror? Indeed, Iraq is worse, not better, since we wentthere, but that was the plan. A global swamp full of terrorist alligatorscannot be drained without expecting to be bitten. He that defines theterms, controls the debate. The best sign of victory in fighting the war inIraq, is chaos. In the simplest terms, it means that al-Qaeda and theterror networks of the world are there fighting. The U.S. is staring intothe crosshairs of two of the most diabolical terrorist states destabilizingthe Middle East, Syria and Iran, and both know it.

How do you define success or failure in Iraq in the global war on terrorism?Did anyone really believe that the weapon of choice, the intifada, inLebanon would not become an intifada in Iraq? Israel has never beenpermitted to win a war on terror despite over 20,000 attempted suicideattacks on the nation. Every time Israel attempted to fight a war, the U.S.State Department constrained the Israelis, asking Israel to feed theterrorists, not fight them.

The big mistake made by President Bush was declaring that democracy was thesilver bullet that would defeat Islamo-fascism. It is not, not in thePalestinian Territory where HAMAS is the government; not in Lebanon whereHezbollah is part of the government; and it certainly is not in Iraq whereIran's personal Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army has 32 seats inparliament, five cabinet posts, and 20,000 terrorists. They are turning Iraqinto a living hell with the aid of Iran. And, by the way, Prime MinisterNouri al-Malaki, a former Shi'ite radical won the top government post lastSpring, thanks in part to the support of al-Sadr. Al-Sadr is afundamentalist Shi'a cleric whose father, the Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Fadiqal-Sadr, was the most powerful Shi'a cleric in Iraq in the 1990s. Hisuncle, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqar al-Sadr was the leading Shi'a radical beforehis execution by Hussein's forces in the '80s. Al-Sadr's plan is to becomethe president of Iraq under the leadership of Iran.

There is no democracy in Iraq, and there will not be one with a Shi'apopulation of 60-65 percent. The Shi'as and Sunnis in Iraq are the problem,not the solution. Their support from Gulf rich oil states is enormous dueto the fear they will be next in line. Al-Maliki is harboring, aiding andeven funding terror. A prime example is his intervention when the U.S.government attempted to arrest a notorious death squad leader, Abu Deraa, orhis demanding that America accelerate funding and training of the very sameIraqi security forces that moonlight as death squads.

Not only is al-Sadr part of the government, so is Badr, an Iraqi Shi'aterrorist that was trained in exile by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. HisBadr Brigade is a powerful terrorist armed wing for the supreme council ofthe Islamic Revolution in Iraq, SCIRI, a political organization that wasestablished and financed by the theocratic regime in Tehran. It is Iraq'slargest Shi'a political organization and holds the largest number of seatsin the parliament.

America has a war to fight, and ground zero is Iraq. The terrorists have tobe fought regardless of whether or not they are members of the Iraqigovernment . Like a marriage for better or worse, America cannot divorceitself from the war on terror, and leaving Iraq would not only be as big avictory as the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, but would create an IslamicShi'a caliphate from Tehran to the border of Israel, destabilizing theMiddle East and the world.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah al-Khamenei, called President George Bush'sdefeat in the mid-term elections a "victory for Iran." In fact, it is.The belief that America can build Iraq's security forces and mediate itssectarian division while conducting a phased withdrawal is totally absurd."Stay the course" has not run its course. It's time for President Bush totake the battle to the American people. They are willing to support a longwar in Iraq, but they will not support nation-building and a democracy inIraq. They are intelligent enough to know from their Sunday School lessonsthat Arabs have been fighting with Jews for thousands of years, and willcontinue to do so.

The radical Islamic fundamentalists are the same group that feel theydefeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan which caused the collapse of the"evil empire." America's fall in Iraq would be perceived as the same,emboldening the terrorists beyond comprehension. I ask you, since when isdemocracy the answer? The Germans elected Adolf Hitler by a landslide. Weare fighting a global war on terrorism with Iraq as the central front. Itis time to stop playing politics. A committee needs to be established tomove innocent Iraqis to other countries so that the war on terror can befought and won in Iraq.

President Bush needs to go back to the "T" word, terrorism, and stop callingterrorists "militia" and "insurgents." There are no George Washingtons, Benjamin Franklins or Thomas Jeffersons running around Iraq. War is hell;it has never been heaven.

Nancy "Alice in Wonderland" Pelosi needs to have her tea party under herdesk. You can be sure that tens of millions of Islamic fascists that wishto kill us because we are "infidels" will be more encouraged to attack theGreat Satan now, while our soft underbelly is exposed.

Iran has threatened to wipe Israel off the map, has threatened to send52,000 suicide bombers into the U.S., is responsible for the majority of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq, and we offer to have tea with them. Syria is thepipeline for terrorists into Iraq to kill Americans with impunity, and weoffer to have tea with them.

Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East, must be allowed tobecome a true partner in the war against terrorism. They can do more tohelp the U.S. in the Middle East than anyone. They have proven that fordecades.

I find it strange that the very terrorists killing American troops in Iraqare parroting al Gore's political theme, "one man, one vote." They knowthat the Shi'a are the vast majority in Iraq, and a true democracy wouldguarantee a Shi'a revolution. It is disingenuous to say that instead offighting a war on terrorism in Iraq, we need to spend our time playingpolitics and appeasing Arab rage.

Christian's Show Israel their Solidarity Part I

In the past year, much has happened. Iran has increased its nuclear program and increased its threats to Israel. Hezbollah has invaded Israel and now there is an uneasy cease-fire in Israel.

I believe the battle for Jerusalem has already begun. In January I published a book by Pastor John Hagee called “Jerusalem Countdown” which has sold more than 750,000 copies. It chronicles in chilling detail the serious threat that Israel faces at this time and why Christians must stand with Israel as never before.

In the past year something very wonderful has happened in the Christian community with thousands of Christian Zionists banding together in the newly formed Christians United for Israel. I serve as director of Region 6 including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

Last November, something historic happened in Orlando. We had our first ever “A Night to Honor Israel”. About 1,000 Christians and Jews turned out to stand in solidarity with Israel and to begin to appreciate the common bond we have as people who serve the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

We patterned it after Pastor Hagee’s events that he has held annually since 1981 in San Antonio.

I attended his event in the fall of 2004. That night his church was packed. The building was charged with electricity. Heaven came down and kissed the earth.

I longed for such an event in my city. I asked Pastor Hagee to help me and he agreed.

During Central Florida’s inaugural “A Night to Honor Israel” we sang “Ha Tikva” and also the “Star Spangled Banner.” We were blessed by rabbis and heard wonderful speeches from the Israeli Counsel General Dr. Itzak Ben Gad from Miami. We enjoyed a wonderful black choir that sang Christian songs from the Bible. One rabbi told me he was inspired but regretted that every Jew in the area wasn’t there.

Pastor Hagee’s electrifying speech reminded us why Christians support Israel. God said to Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse” (Gen. 12:3NKJV).

This is God’s foreign policy statement concerning the Jewish people.

And then he walked us through the pages of history to remind us of the nations that persecuted the Jews that have been crushed by the mighty hand of God.

I can almost hear him now with his deep baritone voice and Texas accent saying:

“Pharaoh’s army was drowned in the Red Sea. The first born in every Egyptian home died. Where are the Babylonians? Where are the Greeks? Where are the Persians? Where is the Ottoman Empire? Where is that lunatic Adolph Hitler and His Nazi hordes? All are historical footnotes in the bone-yard of history.
Where is Israel? Where are the Jewish people? (They are) alive and well, ruling the only democratic society in the Middle East, and America’s only friend in the region.”

That night was very special. We collected $30,000 for Magen David Adom to buy an ambulance. With money from some local churches and from the readers of Charisma magazine, we collected a total of $120,000.

There was so much love in the room that night. People laughed and cried. Strangers hugged each other. Bridges were built between Christians and Jews like nothing ever held before. One rabbi called it “historic.”
Our message that night was this: Israel, you are not alone. This year two nights to honor Israel will be held in the state of Florida. One will be held in Jacksonville on Nov.13 and the other in Orlando on Nov. 14, Pastor Hagee will speak at both. For more information or to register for “A Night to Honor Israel” go to http://www.nighttohonorisrael.org/register.php.

Iran is Winning the War in Iraq

by Michael D. Evans

Where were you on the fifth anniversary of 9/11? In a televised address to the nation, President Bush was praising Iraq as “a young but hopeful democracy.” Iraq’s leader, Nouri al-Maliki was cozying up to the leaders in Iran, in particular the Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, who Maliki called “a good friend and brother.”

Maliki was not the first Iraqi leader to court Iran; his predecessor Ibrahim al-Jaafari also paid homage to the Iranians. Of course, there is also the Shi’ite firebrand, Moqtada al-Sadr, whose Iranian-backed terrorist militia is intent on destabilizing Iran and driving the hated American troops out. Al-Sadr is, literally, getting away with murder.

If the U.S. does not change course in Iraq, Iran will win the war!

Ninety-three Americans have died in Iraq this month, many killed by powerful improvised explosive devises. These are not “home-made” bombs, thrown together with a handful of ingredients from the kitchen; these are powerful, military-grade IEDs imported directly from Iran. Lt. General Moshe Ya’alon, former IDF Chief of Staff reported that 85 percent of the IEDs used in attacks on the U.S. military in Iraq were imported from Iran.

Iranian-funded death squads roam the streets of Baghdad and other hot spots in Iraq waiting for the precise moment to wreak the most death and destruction and create the most havoc among the Iraqi citizens. It is a blatant attempt to discredit the U.S., and to foment the atmosphere for civil war among the Sunnis, Shi’ites and Kurds.

Not only is Iran winning the war in Iraq, it is winning the media war in the Western world. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s seemingly mad ranting is, in reality, the perfect plan to keep Iran in the forefront of American politics during this crucial mid-term election process. He understands how important the media is. Perhaps he learned that from Osama bin Laden’s second-in-command, Al-Zawahiri.

In a famous letter from bin Laden to Al-Zawahiri, Osama wrote that this was “a battle in the media, and that’s more than half the battle.” The liberal media is, by and large, aiding the enemy by rewarding them with free PR and not holding the terrorists responsible for their acts. The terrorists manipulate the media to glorify martyrs, recruit members, raise money and exhaust the soul of democracies, so the determination to fight to achieve their political objectives is lost.

Iran’s intent is to take the Islamic Revolution sparked by Ayatollah Khomeini through Iraq and Syria to the very borders of Israel. Ahmadinejad is a student of Khomeini who said: “war is a blessing for the world and for every nation. Islam is a tree that needs the blood of martyrs to grow.”

It was Winston Churchill who said that the world lacked the “democratic courage, intellectual honesty and willingness to act.” Every time the terrorists kill a civilian they win. Every time the terrorists get the democracies to kill a child they win. It’s a win/win for the terrorists, it’s a lose/lose for the democracies, and it’s all because of the asymmetry of morality.

No one is willing to admit who the enemy is in Iraq; the enemy is Iran. The U.S. is fighting, not against the Iraqi people, but against Iran’s proxies, bombs, intel and money. And, Iran is winning the war.

Shabbat shalom!

The ten generations from Abraham to Noah had ended in failure; mankind had stumbled into a downward spiral until God resolved that when all the inhabitants of the earth would be wiped out, with the exception of Noah and his family, and enough animals to replenish the earth after the destruction. Like Adam the father of the entire human race, Noah would become the father of mankind after the flood. Therefore, although the Torah had listed him previously as the last in the genealogy of his predecessors, it mentions him again now, since he and his children were to become the new ancestors of mankind.

"Noah was a righteous man" the verse began to introduce of Noah's offspring, but once he was mentioned, scripture praised him as a righteous man. According to the sages, the Torah means to teach that the primary "offspring" of the righteous are their good deeds, for the worthwhile things that a person does are his primary legacy.Rabbi Ressler asks in his "Dvar", has God proclaiming Noah as being both a "Tzaddik" (righteous), and "Tamim" (perfect). What's tricky about that is that the term "Tzaddik" denotes a person that has been accused of something and has been proclaimed righteous, while the term "Tamim" describes a person that required no defense or exoneration. So which one was Noah?Rabbi Moshe Feinstein explains that if you're an individual, working on yourself and no one else, your goal should be to perfect your actions and in using the guidelines of the Torah to achieve that perfection. However, if you're a leader, or in a position to influence others, many times that involves saying or doing things that evoke allegations and accusations. For this reason, many people would rather stay away from communal affairs, and lead a quiet life. However, God told Noah and us that although Noah could have kept to himself and become perfect, He prefers that we stand up for the Torah even if it means facing opponents because of it. The biggest scholars of our past weren't known as Tamim, but as Tzaddikim (righteous people), because they stood for something! And the best way for us to achieve this goal is to find ONE good deed that we're willing to embrace and stand up for. By becoming a "mini-Tzaddik" in this one aspect, may we grow in rank, and one day become Tamim (perfect) human beings!

Christians United For Israel "CUFI Leadership Update"

This weekend was the grand celebration of the Feast Of Tabernacles at Cornerstone Church for the leadership and supporters of Christians United For Israel.

If you were here you know it was simply sensational. There was a powerful anointing on the very grounds where thousands came from all parts of America to celebrate our solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people.

Our celebration began Friday night with a powerful drama presented by Faith Bible Chapel of Arvada, Colorado. Mac Hammond and Gary Bauer were our Keynote Speakers. Every night there was food, fun and fellowship on the church grounds.

The Feast continued on Saturday with a Middle East Intelligence Briefing featuring James Woolsey, former CIA Director; Walid Shoebat, former PLO terrorist who converted to Christianity; Brigitte Gabrielle, a Christian Lebanese who suffered atrocities at the hands of radical Islam; Dr. Joseph Ginat of Netyana College and General Moshe Ya'alon Of Israel. We ended the day with a fireworks display.

Sunday night was the top of the mountain! The church was packed to the rafters. The spirit in the building was electrifying.

The Cornerstone Choir and Orchestra presented a magnificent musical program followed by a drama of the history of Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein of New York was our Keynote Speaker.
This magnificent night was climaxed by the presentation of our gifts to various humanitarian causes in Israel. We gave 7 million dollars to bless the Jewish people according to Genesis 12:3 and Romans 15:27.

OUR NEXT EVENT

We are now planning for CUFI's Washington DC Rally July 16-19. Last year we had 3500 people in Washington, which shocked the world. This year we want to set as our goal 7000 Christians to invaded Capitol Hill on behalf of Israel.

We can do it! It begins with every Regional and State Director beginning to rally their troops now! I guarantee you Washington DC 2007 is going to be over the top.

Blessings to you and those you love, as we work together to fulfill the Word of God concerning Israel and the Jewish people.

Sincerely, Pastor John Hagee
National Chairman,
Christians United For Israel