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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Presbyterian Church USA Criticizes Israel, but Ignores Christian Persecution!

WHO WANT TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL, MUST BE BOYCOTTED!

Raymond Ibrahim
Days before the recent Israel/Hamas conflict erupted, the Presbyterian Church USA withdrew $21 million worth in investments from Israel because, as spokesman Heath Rada put it, the Israeli government’s actions “harm the Palestinian people.”
Soon after, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and was asked if he was “troubled” by the Presbyterian Church’s move. Netanyahu responded:
It should trouble all people of conscience and morality because it’s so disgraceful. You know, you look at what’s happening in the Middle East and I think most Americans understand this, they see this enormous area riveted by religious hatred, by savagery of unimaginable proportions. Then you come to Israel and you see the one democracy that upholds basic human rights, that guards the rights of all minorities, that protects Christians—Christians are persecuted throughout the Middle East. So most Americans understand that Israel is a beacon of civilization and moderation. You know I would suggest to these Presbyterian organizations to fly to the Middle East, come and see Israel for the embattled democracy that it is, and then take a bus tour, go to Libya, go to Syria, go to Iraq, and see the difference. And I would give them two pieces of advice, one is, make sure it’s an armor plated bus, and second, don’t say that you’re Christians.
It’s difficult—if not impossible—to argue with Netanyahu’s logic. Indeed, several points made in his one-minute response are deserving of some reflection.
First, the obvious: why is it that self-professed Christians completely ignore the horrific Islamic persecution of fellow Christians in the Middle East, while grandstanding against the Jewish state for trying to defend itself against the same ideology that persecutes Christians?
And he is absolutely right to say that the persecution of Christians in the Mideast has reached a point of “savagery of unimaginable proportions.” Perhaps the only thing more shocking than the atrocities Mideast Christians are exposed to—the slaughters, crucifixions, beheadings, torture and rape—is the absolute silence emanating from so-called mainline Protestant churches in the U.S.
Note also the nations Netanyahu highlighted for their brutal persecution of Christian minorities: Libya, Syria, and Iraq. Indigenous Christians were markedly better off in all three nations before the U.S. got involved, specifically be empowering, deliberately or not, Islamist forces. Now, according to recent studies, Christians in all three nations are experiencing the worst form of persecution around the globe:
  • Libya: Ever since U.S.-backed, al-Qaeda-linked terrorists overthrew Gaddafi, Christians—including Americans—have been tortured and killed (including for refusing to convert) and churches bombed. It’s “open season” on Copts, as jihadis issue a reward to Muslims who find and kill Christians. This was not the case under Gaddafi.
  • Syria: Christians have been attacked in indescribable ways—wholesale massacres, bombed and desecrated churches, beheadings, crucifixions, and rampant kidnappings—since the U.S.-sponsored “Arab Spring” reached the Levant.
  • Iraq: After the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein, Christian minorities were savagely attacked and slaughtered, and dozens of their churches were bombed (see here for graphic images). In the last decade, Christians have been terrorized into near-extinction, with well over half of them fleeing Iraq.
If the Presbyterian Church has problems with governments that persecute people—in this case, the Israeli government’s purported treatment of Palestinians, hence the Presbyterian Church’s divestment from Israel—perhaps it should begin by criticizing its own government’s proxy war on fellow Christians in the Middle East.
Christians are also being targeted in the P.A. territories—by the very same elements the Presbyterian Church is trying to defend.
In 2012, for example, a pastor noted that “animosity towards the Christian minority in areas controlled by the P.A. continues to get increasingly worse. People are always telling [Christians],Convert to Islam. Convert to Islam." And in fact, the kidnapping and forced conversions of Christians in Gaza is an ugly reality.”
More recently, nuns of the Greek-Orthodox monastery in Bethany sent a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urging him to respond to the escalation of attacks on the Christian house, including the throwing of stones, broken glass, theft and looting of the monastery property. “Someone wants to send us away,” wrote Sister Ibraxia in the letter, “but we will not flee.”
Sadly, the hypocrisy exhibited by the Presbyterian Church is not limited to that denomination. Some time back, fifteen leaders from various U.S. Christian denominations—mostly Protestant, including the Lutheran, Methodist, and UCC Churches—asked Congress to reevaluate U.S. military aid to Israel, again, in the context of supporting “persecuted” Palestinians.
Yet nary a word from these same church leaders concerning the rampant persecution of millions of Christians at the hands of Muslims in the Middle East—a persecution that makes the Palestinians’ situation pale in comparison.
Other “leftist” Protestants do find time to criticize Muslim persecution of Christians—but only to blame Israel for it. Thus, Diarmaid MacCulloch, a Fellow of St. Cross College, wrote an article in the Daily Beastostensibly addressing the plight of Mideast Christians—but only to argue that the source of Christian persecution “ in the Middle East is seven decades of unresolved conflict between Israel and Palestine.”
In reality, far from prompting the persecution of Christians, the Arab-Israeli conflict is itself a byproduct of the same hostility Islamic supremacism engenders for all non-Muslims. The reason hostility for Israel is much more viral is because the Jewish state holds a unique position of authority over Muslims unlike vulnerable Christian minorities who can be abused at will (as fully explained here).
Little wonder, then, that more Arab Christians—double the number of each of the preceding three years—are now joining the Israel Defense Forces.
They know they can count on basic human rights protection from Israel than from many of their fellow Christians in the West. After all, beyond the sophistry, distortions, and downright lies emanating from some of these Christian denominations, the fact remains: both Jews and Christians are under attack from the same foe and for the same reason: they are non-Muslim “infidels” who need to be subjugated
SOURCE: http://m.cbn.com/
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GOD BLESSES YOU AND SHALOM!

Monday, July 28, 2014

WHO IS BRAZIL TO SPEAK AGAINST ISRAEL?

Brazil not only condemned Israel that defends itself against PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS, but will make a note against Israel along with the countries that form the Mercosur.
But who is the Brazil to speak against Israel?
Israel is a developed country that does not have a century of existence, but the Brazil with 5 centuries of existence, always was an underdeveloped country.
Israel is one of the most advanced countries in the world, Brazil is one of the countries the most backward in the world.
Without wars, Israel would be a country completely peaceful, but the Brazil doesn't have "war", but die more than 56 thousand people in Brazil every year, levels that surpass most of the wars.
While Brazil has no doctors and hospitals, and needs doctors from outside, Israel has many hospitals and has 1 doctor for every 5 people.
The education of Brazil is one of the worst in the world and Israel is one of the best in the world.
Israel may even have unemployment and misery, but nothing compared to Brazil.
The corruption and prostitution prevail in Brazil, but in Israel is not hear talk of these things.
Israel wants and seek peace, but Brazil has already complied with the lack of peace.
Israel does not support dictators, but Brazil has supported the worst dictators like Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro.
Even with the war, the Israelis have pride of Israel and do not want to leave their country, and many people want to visit and live in Israel.
Even without "wars", the Brazilians have shame of Brazil, where many went out and even fled the country, where many Brazilians only do not leave Brazil, because they don't have the means to do so.
I am Brazilian and American, I am ashamed of being Brazilian and I love Israel UNCONDITIONALLY? Do you proud to be Brazilian?
Brazil condemns Israel for defending themselves against terrorists, but does not condemn countries like Venezuela, which is killing thousands of Venezuelans disarmed and is committing a genocido against its own people.
Who is the Brazil to speak against Israel?
Brazil is nothing compared to Israel.
Brazil has many riches, but the Brazilian people live in poverty.
Brazil is a large territory, but it is a dwarf compared to many countries such as Australia and Japan.
Israel is rich even not having many riches, and even being small in territory, has contributed so much with the whole world, exporting technologies and humanitarian aid.
After all these, now I ask for you last time:
Who is the Brazil to speak against Israel?
Think about it and Shalom!


GOD BLESSES ISRAEL AND HAVE MERCY OF ALL ENEMIES OF ISRAEL!

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Mourning For Innocent Children

THESE INNOCENT CHILDREN KILLED BY ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

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GOD PROTECT ALL THE PEOPLE IN ISRAEL!
SHALOM!