WE WANT YOU TO KNOW! NOVEMBER 2000

​​Recent coverage of the conflict in the Middle East has lacked the element of impartial, neutral reporting. We at Knowing The Times believe that you should know the truth about what is happening in Israel and the Middle East. Since you can't find this truth on CNN and other major broadcast networks, nor can you find it in the New York Times, Washington Post, or other major news publications, we believe it is extremely important that we present it to you here. There are many reasons why this information is not being reported, one being the media doesn't want to offend the Arab countries that control the world's major oil supply. CONTROL is what it's all about. The media wants to control what you know and what you think. If the media controls what you "know", then, by default, it controls what you think! It is our hope that you find the following reports quite informative and eye-opening, causing you to ask, "Why is the media not telling us about this?"

Reported by the BBC on October 19, 2000
Mark Seager, 29, a British photographer, was working on a pictorial study of Palestinian refugees when he found himself caught up in the horrific lynching of two Israeli army reservists in Ramallah. The only journalist to witness the beating, as he tried to take the photograph that would have made his fortune, the crowd turned on him with such hatred, destroying his camera, that he feared for his own life.

This is his exclusive, eyewitness account:

"I had arrived in Ramallah at about 10.30 in the morning and was getting into a taxi on the main road to go to Nablus, where there was to be a funeral that I wanted to film, when all of a sudden there came a big crowd of Palestinians shouting and running down the hill from the police station. I got out of the car to see what was happening and saw that they were dragging something behind them. Within moments they were in front of me and, to my horror, I saw that it was a body, a man they were dragging by the feet. The lower part of his body was on fire and the upper part had been shot at, and the head beaten so badly that it was a pulp, like red jelly.

"I thought he was a soldier because I could see the remains of khaki trousers and boots. My God, I thought, they've killed this guy. He was dead, he must have been dead, but they were still beating him, madly, kicking his head. They were like animals. They were just a few feet in front of me and I could see everything.

"Instinctively, I reached for my camera. I was composing the picture when I was punched in the face by a Palestinian. Another Palestinian pointed right at me shouting "no picture, no picture!", while another guy hit me in the face and said "give me your film!". I tried to get the film out but they were all grabbing me and one guy just pulled the camera off me and smashed it to the floor. I knew I had lost the chance to take the photograph that would have made me famous and I had lost my favorite lens that I'd used all over the world, but I didn't care. I was scared for my life.

"At the same time, the guy that looked like a soldier was being beaten and the crowd was getting angrier and angrier, shouting "Allah akbar" - god is great. They were dragging the dead man around the street like a cat toying with a mouse. It was the most horrible thing that I have ever seen and I have reported from Congo, Kosovo, many bad places. In Kosovo, I saw Serbs beating an Albanian but it wasn't like this. There was such hatred, such unbelievable hatred and anger distorting their faces. The worst thing was that I realized the anger that they were directing at me was the same as that which they'd had toward the soldier before dragging him from the police station and killing him. Somehow I escaped and ran and ran not knowing where I was going. I never saw the other guy they killed, the one they threw out of the window.

"I thought that I'd got to know the Palestinians well. I've made six trips this year and had been going to Ramallah every day for the past 16 days. I thought they were kind, hospitable people. I know they are not all like this and I'm a very forgiving person but I'll never forget this. It was murder of the most barbaric kind. When I think about it, I see that man's head, all smashed. I know that I'll have nightmares for the rest of my life.

"That night when I got back to Jerusalem, I found out that I was the only photographer there and people kept asking me if I'd got the picture, then telling me I would have made my name. I was so shocked that for the first time I didn't call my girlfriend who is back home in west London, five months pregnant with our first child. Of course, she was really worried because she'd seen on television what had happened and she knew that I was in Ramallah and then I hadn't called. She was horrified and, when I did speak to her the next day, she asked: "Did you see?" I just said yes, but I couldn't really talk about it.

"Afterwards, I heard even worse details like that the man's wife was phoning his mobile to see if he was all right and them telling her that they were killing him. From what I saw, I can believe that. I love this country, I'd love nothing more than to see Israelis and Palestinians sharing an argalah or waterpipe but, after the hatred that I've seen in the past few days, I don't think that will happen in my lifetime. Look how many years that they've been talking peace - since 1993. Then, within just a couple of weeks, they are at each other's throats. It seems that it's easier to hate than to forgive.

"I didn't get the picture that would have made me famous but at least I am alive to see the birth of my child."

Our sources in Jerusalem report that actually the men were gutted by the Palestinians. Something the media giants have never mentioned.

For the last two nights, in my formerly quiet and safe family neighborhood of Gilo, there has been heavy gunfire, tanks shooting rounds into Beit Jala, helicopter gunships hovering over my house as surface to ground rockets were fired into a factory from which the attack was coming. Let me tell you more.

Gilo, a neighborhood on the southern edge of Jerusalem, considered a safe home to 40,000 people, is nestled on the hilltop just north of the little town of Bethlehem and Beit Jalla. I have lived in Jerusalem for 23 years and in Gilo for 12. It is a great place to live because it is situated on a high mountain and you can see the entire city of Jerusalem on one side and Bethlehem and Beit Jalla on the other. Even when things were a bit dicey in Bethlehem during the 5-year Intifada (Arab Uprising) starting in 1987, Beit Jalla was a quiet place where residents just wanted to get along with their neighbors.

However, when Bethlehem was given over to the Palestinian Authority, its adjacent sister community of Beit Jalla went over as well. There were concerns voiced back in the mid-90s when this happened because the Palestinian Police look more like an army brigade than police. They don't don navy blue uniforms and carry a billy club. Rather, they wear army fatigues and carry kalashnikov automatic assault rifles. Many wondered how safe it would be next to the PA if the people ever abandoned the Peace Process and started to fight against the Jews.

Well, that day has come and no one wonders anymore what it will be like.

Since this current "Intifada for Palestinian Independence" (as Arafat calls it) began, Gilo has been literally under the gun. At first, there was the occasional sniper shot into apartment windows every few days. Then, a major attack took place, which critically wounded a border guard and injured two residents. That attack was centered on one small street on the southern edge of the mountain, overlooking Beit Jalla. The Israel Defense Force returned fire and hoped that this was an isolated incident.

However, it wasn't and now sniper fire is a daily occasion.

On Sunday, after the Arab League Summit was held in Cairo, a jubilant, smiling Yasser Arafat was interviewed in English and asked about Israeli Prime Minister Barak's call to take a time out to reassess where to go from here. Arafat said, "My response is that our people is (sic) continuing the road to Jerusalem, the capital of our independent Palestinian state. To accept or not to accept it, let him go to hell," referring to Barak.

After the Sharm al-Sheik conference, Israel was required to open the PA Airport in Gaza, pull the tanks back and open the territories, all of which she did the next day. All Arafat was required to do was call upon his people to lay down their arms and get back to the negotiating table. Arafat has said nothing and the Palestinians keep fighting.

And, now, Gilo is a prime target with the attacks being sanctioned by Arafat in order to stir up an Israeli response, that would allow him to call upon the Arab world and the international community to invade Israel to protect the PA. Excuse me, but I live in Gilo and I can assure you that the Israeli response is just that. A response to deliberate attacks on citizens in their homes, not an army base.

After Arafat made his declaration on Sunday, five streets in Gilo were hit by machine gun fire. No longer do I run on my usual jogging route which is the road that overlooks Bethlehem and the terraced, olive tree covered hillsides to the south. I love this run because it has been a beautiful and quiet pastoral scene. Now, I would be like the carnival duck in the shooting gallery to run on this route. On Sunday, I was in downtown Jerusalem and took the city bus home, and it travels the same route. As we turned onto this overlook road, every eye on the bus was fixed on Bethlehem and Beit Jalla, wondering if a bullet would smash the window. It didn't at 3:30 PM, but only a few hours later, Arafat's hell did break loose. Five streets were strafed with machine gun fire from a stone cutting factory. I was home by this time and we could hear the helicopters coming to the scene of the shooting, which was quite audible. We also heard the firing of shells from our two tanks that have joined us on the mountaintop. We went out on our roof to see the helicopters that sounded like they were landing on top of us. It was easy to see that they were not sightseeing. It was a dark night, and they had no blinking running lights on. And, they hovered for hours as the battle raged. Finally, once the location of the PA machine gun fire was located, the stone-cutting factory, they fired rockets and silenced the guns. By 1 am, Sunday night's action ceased.

Then, last night, it all started again.... The attack from Beit Jalla, the response from the tanks and then the helicopters. There were no misses fired this time, but three rounds were fired from the tanks into the source of the gunfire. (I was supposed to be on a flight to Australia for a three-week speaking tour. I cancelled my trip expecting that this war would escalate... it has, and I am now glad I chose to stay in Jerusalem to monitor the situation, be with my family and keep Bridges for Peace responsive to the current needs in Israel.)

Is this going to end? No. This morning (Wednesday), Israel military intelligence warns that Gilo will now be the favorite target of Yasser Arafat, because it is the closest target to a PA area.... In other words, within range of Arafat's militia.

Has life changed for us? In some ways. I try and stay away from the streets on the south side of our mountain. On the other hand, Israelis are resilient and life does go on, the shops and schools are open and people still walk their dogs. This is very sad because most of us have friends in Beit Jalla who are equally scared. They are not doing the shooting, but Arafat's militia who have come into their town. One friend in Beit Jalla called to tell us to be careful because the PA has a missile aimed at Gilo homes. How comforting! If they fire this, then there will definitely be a reoccupation of Beit Jalla by Israeli troops so as to rout the PA militia to keep Gilo safe. Then, we could expect all out war.... maybe with the participation of Moslem countries in the region. At this point, the IDF has the town surrounded, trying to keep the terrorists out, but it is not working.

So, Psalm 122:6, to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem," has taken on a whole new meaning for those of us who live here. Please join us and let's hope for God's peace and protection to prevail on the innocent, both in Gilo and Beit Jalla. (By Clarence Wagner, International Director Bridges for Peace)

MYTHS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

I've been quiet since Israel erupted in fighting spurred by disputes over the Temple Mount. Until now, I haven't even bothered to say, "See, I told you so." But I can't resist any longer. I feel compelled to remind you of the column I wrote just a couple weeks before the latest uprising. Yeah, folks, I predicted it. That's OK. Hold your applause.

After all, I wish I had been wrong. More than 80 people have been killed since the current fighting in and around Jerusalem began. And for what? If you believe what you read in most news sources, Palestinians want a homeland and Muslims want control over sites they consider holy. Simple, right?

Well, as an Arab-American journalist who has spent some time in the Middle East dodging more than my share of rocks and mortar shells, I've got to tell you that these are just phony excuses for the rioting, trouble-making and land-grabbing. Isn't it interesting that prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, there was no serious movement for a Palestinian homeland?

"Well, Farah," you might say, "that was before the Israelis seized the West Bank and Old Jerusalem." That's true. In the Six-Day War, Israel captured Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem. But they didn't capture these territories from Yasser Arafat. They captured them from Jordan's King Hussein. I can't help but wonder why all these Palestinians suddenly discovered their national identity after Israel won the war.

The truth is that Palestine is no more real than Never-Never Land. The first time the name was used was in 70 A.D. when the Romans committed genocide against the Jews, smashed the Temple and declared the land of Israel would be no more. From then on, the Romans promised, it would be known as Palestine. The name was derived from the Philistines, a Goliathian people conquered by the Jews centuries earlier. It was a way for the Romans to add insult to injury. They also tried to change the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina, but that had even less staying power.

Palestine has never existed -- before or since -- as an autonomous entity. It was ruled alternately by Rome, by Islamic and Christian crusaders, by the Ottoman Empire and, briefly, by the British after World War I. The British agreed to restore at least part of the land to the Jewish people as their homeland.

There is no language known as Palestinian. There is no distinct Palestinian culture. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. Palestinians are Arabs, indistinguishable from Jordanians (another recent invention), Syrians, Lebanese, Iraqis, etc. Keep in mind that the Arabs control 99.9 percent of the Middle East lands. Israel represents one-tenth of 1 percent of the landmass.

But that's too much for the Arabs. They want it all. And that is ultimately what the fighting in Israel is about today. Greed. Pride. Envy. Covetousness. No matter how many land concessions the Israelis make, it will never be enough. What about Islam's holy sites? There are none in Jerusalem. Shocked? You should be. I don't expect you will ever hear this brutal truth from anyone else in the international media. It's just not politically correct.

I know what you're going to say: "Farah, the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem represent Islam's third most holy sites." Not true. In fact, the Koran says nothing about Jerusalem. It mentions Mecca hundreds of times. It mentions Medina countless times. It never mentions Jerusalem. With good reason. There is no historical evidence to suggest Mohammed ever visited Jerusalem.

So how did Jerusalem become the third holiest site of Islam? Muslims today cite a vague passage in the Koran, the seventeenth Sura, entitled "The Night Journey." It relates that in a dream or a vision Mohammed was carried by night "from the sacred temple to the temple that is most remote, whose precinct we have blessed, that we might show him our signs. ..." In the seventh century, some Muslims identified the two temples mentioned in this verse as being in Mecca and Jerusalem. And that's as close as Islam's connection with Jerusalem gets -- myth, fantasy, wishful thinking. Meanwhile, Jews can trace their roots in Jerusalem back to the days of Abraham.

The latest round of violence in Israel erupted when Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon tried to visit the Temple Mount, the foundation of the Temple built by Solomon.(Note from KTT: Sharon's visit did NOT start the violence. It started a week earlier when a member of the PA Army shot and killed an Israeli soldier who was working jointly WITH the PA.) It is the holiest site for Jews. Sharon and his entourage were met with stones and threats. I know what it's like. I've been there. Can you imagine what it is like for Jews to be threatened, stoned and physically kept out of the holiest site in Judaism? So what's the solution to the Middle East mayhem? Well, frankly, I don't think there is a man-made solution to the violence. But, if there is one, it needs to begin with truth. Pretending will only lead to more chaos. Treating a 5,000-year-old birthright backed by overwhelming historical and archaeological evidence equally with illegitimate claims, wishes and wants gives diplomacy and peacekeeping a bad name. (by Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily, Oct. 11, 2000)

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A Letter To CNN:
Your Middle East Coverage
Date: 10/26/2000 12:06:46 AM Central Daylight Time
I would like to respectfully ask why CNN journalists when interviewing Arab guests never ask them any questions regarding the use of children in the front lines. Why they never ask if these children are being paid by the PA to be there.

I would also like to ask why items such as these don't make the CNN news nor do your journalists mention them.

I too was on the Temple Mount in August. A friend I was with prayed. We were forced to leave. You do know of course that according to the Arabs and their often stated desire to provide everyone with religious freedom, that neither Jews nor Christians are allowed to pray on the Temple Mount. If we are caught doing this dastardly deed we can be arrested and sent to prison. I haven't heard that mentioned very often by any of your journalist.

GILO Three gunshots struck the Egged 31 bus traveling in the southern Jerusalem suburb of Gilo. There were no reports of injuries.

You regularly report that Israel is the aggressor and yet you offer no substantial proof of this. You don't mention that Israel goes in to Arab areas and kills the women and children who are innocently walking their streets, that we bomb schools, attack buses, or carry out a variety of dastardly deeds. You don't mention that we lynch people and walk around with their blood on our hands!!

You also don't mention that we regret every person, child or adult who is hurt, killed or whose mind is forever changed through the brain washing techniques of telling lies. But I don't hear much about what is being taught in PA schools or in the mosques on CNN either.

Last night I watched your interview with Edward Said who recently stood at Israel's Lebanese border and threw stones at Israeli soldiers. What a pathetic action. And how he hates the country that has given him refuge. You do know of course that he is not a Palestinian as he claims, but was born in Egypt. Arafat too was born in Egypt. Now why aren't these facts ever mentioned? Why are people deluded into thinking that these two men are poor Palestinians whose homes have been taken away from them. Why were Arab homes taken away to begin with? Because they left them, they ran away, they didn't want to live in a Jewish state. What makes it any different now? Why are they kept in refugee camps and not resettled in one of the 22 Arab countries. Israel has taken in over 800,000 people who were expelled from their Arab homelands and they are not living in refugee camps. Why isn't this ever mentioned.

In 1920 my father and his family voted with their feet too. They left communist Russia and moved to Canada. They took nothing with them and were not recompensed for either their homes or their businesses. Now do you supposed that I have the right to go back to the former USSR and say hey kids, you owe me. Can you just imagine their response.

I have yet to see mentioned on any of CNN's in-depth newscasts that Israel once went to the UN and requested, pleaded to be allowed to help Arab refugees by resettling them in homes, cities and town but was rebuffed by the UN, the Arab world and all the countries who have kept these tragic people hostage for the past 52 years. I don't understand why there have been no news interviews and special programs to show why the refugees are still in camps. What has Arafat done with the billions of dollars that the world including Israel have given him during the past seven or more years to help the refugees under his control. Why are his people still being forced to live like animals. Maybe this is why families are willing to sacrifice their children for the $300 or the $2000 they can make. A tidy sum when you live in poverty. And whose tax dollars are being used to keep the refugees homeless. Certainly not Arab oil dollars.

I look forward to your interview with an Israeli tonight and hope that you will give as fair a picture of what is really going on over here something you haven't been doing very well up to now. As a journalist I visited south Lebanon in August of 1982 at the end of Israel's involvement with South Lebanon. The war there you know was not against the Lebanese people (or so they told me during my visit) but was against Arafat and the PLO who had destroyed Lebanese infrastructure. Upon returning to Canada I asked CBC reporters on air why the falsehood in the media. What I saw and what they reported were not the same thing. I was told that the nightly news aims to get viewers. Viewers get advertisers. Background and accuracy weren't really thought of as important. I guess that you must concur with this statement.

With best regards, Rena Cohen.

"JERUSALEM MAYOR: ARAFAT USING CHRISTIAN VILLAGE TO LAUNCH ATTACKS (By Julie Stahl CNS Jerusalem Bureau Chief October 24, 2000)

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The Palestinian Authority selected a Christian village on the outskirts of Jerusalem as a launching pad for attacks on Israeli civilians in order to exploit the expected Israeli response for propaganda purposes in the Christian world, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert charged on Tuesday.

Beit Jalla, a heavily Christian-populated Arab town alongside Bethlehem, has been the source of automatic gunfire attacks on the nearby Jerusalem suburb of Gilo over the past 10 days.

Bullets have struck about 24 homes in five separate attacks, many times narrowly missing the inhabitants.

In response, Israel has directed what it considers a "restrained" response at the source of the fire, sending two tank shells into the area Monday evening after warning residents of the town that a counter-strike was imminent.

"Beit Jalla was very carefully chosen by the PA [because it is] a mostly Christian village," Olmert told reporters.

The PA hoped that Israel would strike a "massive blow" against institutions, factories and homes there so the PA could then use those attacks to stir up anti-Israeli sentiment in the Christian world.

Footage of the Israeli strikes has shown ruined rooms with crucifixes still affixed to the walls.

Olmert said those participating in the initial attacks are not, for the most part, from Beit Jalla itself but were gunmen who commandeered homes, schools and businesses there to attack Jerusalem and draw Israeli fire.

Beit Jalla, which was transferred to full Palestinian control during the first wave of Israeli land handovers five years ago, has continued to have good relations with the neighborhood of Gilo. The two areas share similar names: Gilo and Jalla mean "joy" in Hebrew and Arabic, respectively.

Until the last month, residents of Beit Jalla were welcome to use the Gilo community's gym, swimming pool and other facilities.

Olmert said he had good relations with the Christian former mayor of Bethlehem, the late Elias Friej. However, attempts to establish a relationship with the new Palestinian mayor of Bethlehem and Beit Jalla had gone unanswered.

"I have no war with the civilians living in Beit Jalla," Olmert said, but warned that Israel would not tolerate attacks on its capital's citizens.

If they didn't stop, he said, Israel would take "more severe measures" to ensure they did.

"If the Palestinians won't stop, then we will have to stop it. It will cost them dearly," Olmert said."

ICEJ NEWS UPDATE:

Today's JERUSALEM POST reports that since the outbreak of violence in Judea/Samaria and Gaza, hundreds of Christian Arab families have left PA areas with the assistance of Israel's Foreign Ministry and foreign embassies, such as those of England, Canada, and Cyprus.

In some cases, embassies sent cars to pick up the families from their homes in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Gaza, Nablus, and Tulkarm, granting passports to spouses and grandparents and offering financial assistance or air tickets to leave Israel. In many cases the embassies eased restrictions and granted passports where only one of the couples had citizenship, to assist in their departure. A small number of those seeking to leave were Muslims. "Lately the number of requests has subsided. Those left don't have foreign citizenship, but all those able to have left," said Shlomo Dror, spokesman for the coordinator of activities in the territories. He recalled the speech made by a Muslim preacher in a Gaza mosque after prayers on a recent Friday, in which he called on Palestinians to attack Israelis and Christians. Shortly afterward, a group of Christians was attacked in Gaza, he said. [As we go to press, from a Gaza mosque the message of incitement is again being broadcast across the Palestinian Authority that all Jews are the enemy whether Labor or Likud.]

Dror's statements came as Israeli security officials said that the Palestinian Authority did not choose Beit Jalla as the focus of violence by coincidence, but in an attempt to draw the Christian population into the conflict, a step it hopes will generate international support and criticism of Israel for shooting at civilians.

Central Command chief of staff Brig.-Gen. Ya'acov Zigdon noted that those shooting at Gilo from Beit Jalla are not local residents, but extremists from elsewhere. "What we have here are cells that are not necessarily from Beit Jalla," he said. ...These are individual cells which we more or less know how to locate. The cells are organizing themselves and are opening more than one front with us. One is at Gilo. The night before they opened a front at Har Homa. They know how to open a wide front in order to pin us down on a broad front."

While many of the families have fled the area, those left behind are being held hostage by the situation. "The armed Tanzim enter the village and take over homes and rooftops, and threaten the occupants if they object," one official said.

Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz clarified that the purpose of the partial encirclement of Beit Jalla is to prevent the Tanzim terrorists from entering the town and shooting at Gilo. It is nearly impossible to close off Beit Jalla since it is adjacent to Bethlehem, and it is highly unlikely that the IDF would reinvade PA-controlled areas. While other Jewish neighborhoods in the capital are adjacent to Arab neighborhoods, none is as close to Palestinian Authority areas as the several streets being targeted in Gilo.

We were shown violence data on a day by day basis, and it was clear Arafat was turning the violence faucet off and on when it suited him depending on other events in the area. We were shown photographs of some of the 40,000 illegally armed "Tanzim" or tiger troops of Arafat...a direct violation of the Oslo accords. We saw photos of Arafat's "summer camps" for young kids where they were learning to fire rifles.

A few of today's (10-31-2000) headlines from Israel:

BreakingNews-Israel
Gush Etzion shut down -- el-Hader area under heavy fire
(IsraelWire-11/1-15:52-IST) The Jerusalem-Gush Etzion road near Neve Daniel and Efrat has been closed due to shooting attacks in that area throughout the day. At this time, it has been confirmed that two persons, apparently IDF soldiers, were shot and seriously wounded. The roads in the entire area have been closed to civilian traffic. The IDF commander in the area has ordered tanks, helicopter gunships and armored personnel carriers into the area, in the hope of reaching the wounded and evacuate them to hospitals. Gunfire remains heavy near el-Hader and IDF troops are doing their utmost to reach the wounded in the field.

BreakingNews-Israel
Gush Etzion under heavy gunfire 16:05-IST
(IsraelWire-11/1) IDF forces waiting for reinforcements are under heavy PLO Authority (PA) fire from the village of el-Hader. It has now been confirmed that four soldiers have been injured. They are currently being evacuated by armored personnel carriers under heavy enemy fire. They will receive primary care and then transported by military ambulance to hospitals, presumably the trauma center of Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem. Tanks and helicopter gunships have been summoned to the area. Shooting between the IDF and PA forces is reported as heavy at this time.

Israel Radio is also reporting that PA forces are firing on the Minharot road and the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. There were no immediate reports of injuries in those attacks.

From ICEJ Newsletter, a story from USAToday from Oct. 25, 2000: From Voice Of Palestine radio

"...Soon after she spoke, another bulletin was broadcast by the station. "'Palestinian people: Our war is about to begin,' yet another breathless commentator said. "'Our brother and liberator in Iraq, President Saddam Hussein, has just phoned us to say that hundreds of jets and helicopters are taking-off from the aircraft carrier belonging to the criminal occupation force. They are heading this way to destroy our -"

Suddenly, the report came to an end. Perhaps the commentator realized that Israel's navy doesn't have -- and never has had -- an aircraft carrier as part of its fleet."ICEJ (NORMAL inciteful reporting! KTT)

BOTTOM LINE

Why is the media not telling us about this? Anti-God always has been and always will be the reason why God's Chosen People Israel are treated as they are.

CHOICE

Ps. 122:6-9 "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.' For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, 'May peace be within you.' For the sake of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good."

FROM THE BRIDEGROOM

"...And give him (God) no rest, till he establishes, and till he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth." Isaiah 62:1-7 KJV

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Baruch Haba B'Shem Adonai

Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name Of The Lord!

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