I'm going to be working on a post about an event that happened recently and what about that event intrigued me. I wanted to go ahead and start a post so that I won't forget. My post should be forthcoming.
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Show posts MenuQuote"In contrast, a poll of 507 Arab-Israelis conducted by the Israeli Democracy Institute in 2007 found that 75 percent profess support for Israel's status as a Jewish and democratic state which guarantees equal rights for minorities. Israeli Arab support for a constitution in general was 88 percent.[31]"
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QuoteOn Wednesday night, a twenty year old Christian Arab is set to make history, as she becomes the first female Arab commander of an IDF combat unit.
Mona Abdo, who grew up in Haifa, but now lives in Kiryat Haim, will take her place at the graduation ceremony for the IDF commanders training course, where surrounded by family and fellow Jewish Israeli soldiers, she will become a commander in Caracal, the first of her sector to ever accomplish something of this magnitude.
Abdo began her journey in December 2010, when she volunteered to join the Israeli army and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps. But, after four months, she decided she wanted more of an active role, and was transferred to the female combat unit Caracal - which has both male and female, and Arab and Jewish soldiers fighting alongside each other.
Abdo worked very hard throughout her training and was then chosen for the elite commander's course. "I'm very excited and I'm thinking about the fact that soon I'm going to get new troops who will be under my command. I hope to lead by personal example," she said.
Abdo received mixed reactions from the residents of her village and from the Jewish counterparts serving alongside her for her desire to join the IDF. "There were people who were very proud of me, but there were those [Arabs] on the street who saw me with the IDF uniform and the fighter pin and told me I was a traitor," she told News 2 online. "I'm very at peace with my decision and my parents are very supportive."
"There were soldiers who were originally in shock, those I met in the course and in the battalion, but they were very impressed with what I did. I was also approached by Arab women who told me they wanted to enlist, but that they were worried about what other Arabs in the village might think."
Throughout the entire process, her parents and family encouraged her every step. Abdo's younger sister even joined the same unit as her and now serves the country alongside her in Caracal. Yet with all that she's accomplished, Abdo wants to accomplish even more, expressing her desire to get as far in the IDF as possible, perhaps rewriting history again as the first female arab officer of a combat unit.
Quote"Mash'al: The Homeland Will Be Restored Only Through Jihad, The Rifle, And Self-Sacrifice," from MEMRI, October 7 (thanks to all who sent this in):
In a fiery speech in Cairo on October 3, 2012, at a rally commemorating Saladin's liberation of Jerusalem, Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mash'al said that the Zionists are enemies of Allah and the prophets, and called for preparing to liberate Jerusalem and restore the homeland once more through jihad, the rifle, and self-sacrifice. The event, under the banner "Jerusalem â€" Together, We Will Defend And Restore Her," was held under the auspices of Egypt's cultural minister and representatives of institutions operating in Egypt to liberate Jerusalem, with the participation of advisors to President Mursi.
In his speech, Mash'al praised Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi and the new Egyptian regime, and stressed that the Arab ummah, and especially the Palestinians, need an Egypt that once again embraces all the problems of the Arab peoples, chiefly the Palestinian cause. He said: "Egypt's swift momentum is not just an Egyptian need, but a Palestinian, Arab, and Islamic one [as well]. Egypt needs to awaken quickly, and to get through the transitional period."...
Mash'al said, "The victory of October 6 [1973] is not just Egypt's victory, but vengeance [against Israel] for the sake of the Palestinian people and the Arabs. It is [also] a message of humiliation to the Zionist entity, which must know that when Egypt prepares for conflict, it is not defeated by any aggressor. The Zionist entity must know that Egypt has returned, and everyone must know that the Zionists are the enemies of Allah and of Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, and Abraham â€" the enemies of the Prophets, of the Messengers, of values, and of morality."...
Mash'al went on to warn that Israel intends to create a new reality in Jerusalem, and that therefore, "following the [Arab] Spring, we [Arabs] must prepare for the project of liberating Jerusalem â€" and the Palestinian role [in this] is no substitute for the Arab role." He called for ending negotiations with Israel: "The time has come to overturn the negotiating table on those who wished to enslave us."
He then called on the Palestinian leadership and all its factions to begin the major step of ending division and completing the national reconciliation, adding: "Resistance, not negotiation, is the path to the restoration of rights. Nothing will restore the homeland but jihad, the rifle, and self-sacrifice."
QuoteBehold, the day of the Lord is coming,
And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then the Lord will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Making a very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.
5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,
For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal.
Yes, you shall flee
As you fled from the earthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
Thus the Lord my God will come,
And all the saints with You.[a]
QuoteToday Hillary said the middle east countries didn't trade the tyranny of a dictatorship for the tyranny of a mob, but folks that have spent any time in this forum had no doubt whatsoever that is exactly what they were doing, from moment one. It's an organized mob governed by the false prophet Muhammad through the spirit of antichrist. What kind of "democracy" can countries be expected to vote into office when citizens are nearly 100% antichrist? Freedom and self-determination are the very antitheses of Islam, and Islamic countries cannot be ruled other than by tyrannical dictatorships.
Quote from: Peter on September 12, 2012, 06:18:57 AMI find that amusing since "full preterists" have to believe that Satan has already been cast into the lake of fire. The dissonance is strong in these ones.Quote from: Azazel on September 11, 2012, 10:09:41 AMI saw a show about Tel Aviv not long ago. I just did a quick Wikipedia which also said it was rated the third "hottest" city in 2011 behind New York and Tangiers. Looks like a pretty cosmopolitan and also hedonistic place ("The City That Never Sleeps"), while being a very high tech society.
From http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/159868QuoteAccording to census stats released for the Jewish New Year, the total population of Israel, not including illegal immigrants, stands at about 7,933,200 people. Of these, 1,636,600 are Arabs and 318,000 are listed under the category of "others." Jews make up 75.3% of the total population in Israel, not including illegal aliens.70,000 people in less than a year, even with all the current existential threats.
The Jewish population has grown by about 70,000 since the end of 2011, when it stood at about 5,907,000.
The Jewish population's rate of growth in 2011 was 1.8%, similar to the rate in the last eight years.
Something to think about.
I have had some chats with preterists lately, and while they really squirm regarding the fruit of their anti-Zionist tree, I pointed out that they must agree that the restoration of the Jews to their land is either of the Lord or it is of Satan. Thus they must believe it is of Satan since their doctrine doesn't allow them to believe it is of the Lord, putting them in some pretty unpleasant company.
That is what I'd call a pretty sharp division. We need to pray for those so sorely deluded.
http://www.islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=2795.0
Made perfect sense that the Dems took God and Israel out of their platform.
QuoteAccording to census stats released for the Jewish New Year, the total population of Israel, not including illegal immigrants, stands at about 7,933,200 people. Of these, 1,636,600 are Arabs and 318,000 are listed under the category of "others." Jews make up 75.3% of the total population in Israel, not including illegal aliens.70,000 people in less than a year, even with all the current existential threats.
The Jewish population has grown by about 70,000 since the end of 2011, when it stood at about 5,907,000.
The Jewish population's rate of growth in 2011 was 1.8%, similar to the rate in the last eight years.