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CAFI Newsletter
Newsletter #169 Friday, January 23, 2004=20
1.. WHY IS HE SO ANGRY?=20
2.. RESUME TARGETED KILLINGS=20
3.. LADY KILLERS=20
4.. DEFENSIVE CONQUEST=20
5.. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES=20
6.. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES=20
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1. WHY IS HE SO ANGRY?
Jerusalem Newswire Editorial - By Stan Goodenough - January 23, =
2004=20
It's a dreadful depiction, the image of Almighty God visiting His =
fierce anger on the nations of the world.=20
In John's Revelation, the Apostle watches as angels pour out seven =
bowls of "the wrath of God," afflicting mankind with sores, pestilences, =
thirst, tormenting heat, devastating earthquakes, hailstorms and other =
terrors. (Revelation 14)=20
Isaiah, gazing into the future centuries before, sees the Lord =
striding out of Bozrah, His sword crimson, His robes red from the blood =
of the nations He has trampled in "the winepress of His wrath." (Isaiah =
34 and 63).=20
Who, the prophet asks, is this terrible Being traveling "in the =
greatness of His strength?"=20
It is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - the LORD God of =
Israel.=20
Why has He crushed the nations so ferociously as to leave sword =
and clothes drenched in blood? Because it is the day of His vengeance.=20
Vengeance for what? What is it that has made Him so angry? What =
are the nations guilty of that has caused this rage to build up inside =
the Creator until it is ready to erupt in a flood of fury?=20
Isaiah, together with the other prophets - Jeremiah and Nahum, =
Ezekiel and Micah, Zechariah, Zephaniah and Joel - gives us a clear and =
unmistakable answer:=20
It is His year of vengeance for the controversy of Zion. (Isaiah =
34:8)=20
God is furious with the nations because of the way they have =
mistreated and persecuted Israel - the apple of His eye. (Zechariah 2:8) =
And He is bringing them into judgment because they scattered His =
people and divided up their land. (Joel 3:2)=20
The LORD is determined, as He says through Zephaniah, to gather =
the nations together in order "to pour on them My indignation, all my =
fierce anger=85" (Zephaniah 3:8)=20
Why is He so angry? Let us count the whys:=20
For 2500 years the Jews have been singled out for persecution, =
dispersion and destruction.=20
The history of the Gentile nations toward them has been one of =
hatred manifested in every form of cruel violence man, at every stage of =
his progression through the centuries, could devise.=20
Name it; it's been done to the Jews. And it's been done to them =
simply because they are Jews.=20
They have been crucified, skinned alive, broken on the rack, =
burned at the stake, pilloried, impaled, sawn in two, torn limb from =
limb, enslaved, driven from their homes, banished, baptized under pain =
of death, blood-libeled, robbed of all their earthly possessions, torn =
from their families to be raised in "Christian" homes, made the =
scapegoat for every social ill, from plague to fire to defeat in war to =
war itself.=20
The Jews have suffered the swords of the Babylonians, the =
Assyrians, the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs. They have endured =
the pogrom mob murders, the examinations of the Inquisition, expulsion =
from the lands of their birth, incarceration in ghettos, suffocation in =
cattle cars, frenzied asphyxiation in gas chambers and the =
flesh-devouring fires of the crematoria.=20
For millennia, in every generation, the Jew has been the prey of =
the Gentile, while Israel's anguished cry has rebounded, apparently =
unheard, off a bronze, uncaring sky.=20
That cry swelled to a crescendo at Auschwitz where, for Holocaust =
survivor Elie Wiesel and countless others, God died.=20
(But God did not die. God has been there for every minute of every =
one of those 2500 years, watching, agonized and tormented right along =
with His people, feeling their pain, yearning for their release from it, =
but bound by the curses they had brought upon themselves as Moses warned =
them they would.)=20
And then? Surely it should have finally ended then? After the =
liberation of the camps and the revulsion and self-loathing that gripped =
the Gentile nations forced to gaze upon the fruit of the Jew-hatred they =
had nurtured and cultivated for so long. Surely it should have ended =
then?=20
But it did not end. It has not ended.=20
For a brief moment, vows ascended around the globe as nation after =
nation swore that "never again" would such horror and terror be =
permitted to take place against the Jewish people.=20
But as a drunkard sickened by his lack of self-control pours his =
last bottle down the drain, only to instantly regret doing so, so did =
the nations, through the forum that united them, agree to give the Jews =
their own haven state, and then immediately wish they had not.=20
They had a chance - these nations: many of them guilty of abusing =
their own Jews, or of closing their doors to Europe's and abandoning =
them to the Nazis. They had a chance to redeem themselves, to rally in =
support of the Jewish people and stand between them and their enemies =
that remained.=20
After all the evils they and their forebears had inflicted on the =
Jews, or permitted to happen to them, the nations owed it to the people =
of Israel to stand solidly with them and commit to ensuring the survival =
and prosperity of their state.=20
Instead, they have let those enemies (who are every bit as =
determined to wipe out the Jews as Hitler was; they only lack the means =
- for now) hijack the very mechanism that was instituted to ensure a =
Holocaust could not happen again. And these enemies of the people of =
Israel are using the United Nations to drive the Jews into a corner, =
de-legitimizing their state and aiming to eventually annul it.=20
Granted, not every one of the UN's 190 member states is actively =
working to destroy Israel. But this does not pardon those nations that =
abstain from voting on the myriad anti-Israel resolutions regularly =
churned out. They are guilty of letting it happen. Again.=20
If 20 centuries of persecution of the dispersed Jew were not =
enough to fill the cup of God's anger to overflowing, then surely the =
fact that Hitler's unparalleled attempt to obliterate the Jews did not =
stop anti-Semitism, did not teach the gentiles a lesson, is surely =
topping it up.=20
Wait, you say, God Himself punished the Jews because they were =
unfaithful to Him.=20
Yes, God removed His hand of blessing and allowed them to fall =
under the curse.=20
But what has angered Him is the way the nations of the world have =
enthusiastically pitched in, eager to be instruments of that punishment =
in God's hands. (Zechariah 1:15) They have gone far further than He ever =
intended them to.=20
And it is not just the vicious behavior against the Jews; it is =
also the reason behind the behavior, the core motivation for =
anti-Semitism: Embracing secular humanism and other godless philosophies =
and beliefs, the nations have rejected God, His commandments, and by the =
same token the people He calls His own.=20
As the Psalmist says:=20
Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The =
kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, =
against the LORD and against His anointed, saying, "Let us break their =
bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us." (Ps 2:1-3)=20
They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a =
nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more." (Ps 83:4)
This is the reason the LORD God is so angry.=20
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2. RESUME TARGETED KILLINGS
Evelyn Gordon - Jerusalem Post - January 19, 2004=20
In the wake of last Wednesday's suicide bombing at the Erez =
Junction, the usual suspects were quick to demand that Israel take no =
counteraction against Hamas, the perpetrating organization, and, in =
particular, that it refrain from targeting the group's leadership.=20
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority Chairman =
Yasser Arafat, said that any attempt by Israel to resume targeted =
killings of Hamas leaders would only escalate the conflict.=20
Diego Ojeda, a European Union spokesman, noted that "the European =
Union has spoken on several occasions against the so-called =
extra-judicial killings of suspected terrorists" and warned that =
"proceeding in such a manner against a leading figure of a Palestinian =
terrorist organization would be counterproductive to efforts to achieve =
peace in the Middle East."=20
US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher offered a more =
nuanced warning, saying that while Israel has a right to defend itself =
the US opposes targeted killings, and Israel must "consider the =
consequences of any actions that it might be contemplating."=20
Unfortunately for all these nay-sayers, a sober consideration of =
the consequences of targeted killings favors the conclusion that Israel =
ought to resume them =96 because according to both Palestinian and =
European testimony, Israel's last campaign of targeted killings was the =
main reason why Hamas has refrained from suicide bombings for the last =
four months.=20
In contrast, the subsequent let-up in this campaign enabled the =
organization to regroup and perpetrate last week's bombing.=20
From mid-August to mid-September 2003, the Israel Defense Forces =
conducted a spate of attacks on senior Hamas officials that left 14 of =
them dead. The attacks included a failed attempt on Hamas's so-called =
spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, on September 6. Soon after that, =
according to reports that appeared last month in the Palestinian media, =
Hamas asked Qatari mediators to approach the US and ask it to offer =
Israel a partial cease-fire: a halt to suicide attacks inside Israel in =
exchange for a halt to Israeli attacks on Hamas leaders.=20
Both Palestinian sources and a European diplomat confirmed these =
reports to Haaretz.=20
The very fact that such an offer was made is proof enough of how =
pressured Hamas felt by the targeted killings and how desperate it was =
to stop them. But the European diplomat even explicitly confirmed the =
connection, attributing the group's offer to a combination of two =
factors.=20
One, he said, was the EU's designation of Hamas's political wing =
as a terrorist organization =96 a move, incidentally, that the EU had =
refused to make for years until Silvio Berlusconi pushed it through =
during his recent six-month tenure as the EU's rotating president. The =
second was Israel's assassination policy, which, the diplomat said, made =
Hamas feel that its Gaza leadership was rapidly becoming paralyzed =
(Haaretz, December 23, 2003).=20
Obviously, Israel could not accept this offer since it would have =
allowed Hamas to continue targeting settlers and soldiers while =
depriving Israel of the right to respond. But Hamas was clever enough to =
realize that if it suspended attacks unilaterally Israel would suspend =
the assassinations de facto rather than risk the world's condemnation.=20
And, indeed, that is what happened. The result is that Hamas =
leaders, who had been driven underground in August and September, began =
reappearing in public over the past few months to mobilize support, =
recruit volunteers and otherwise rebuild their battered organization.=20
Needless to say, it is always easier to organize a bombing when =
the organizers are able to move about freely. But the grace period =
Israel granted Hamas was particularly important because Yassin needed to =
build support for a whole new direction: the use of female suicide =
bombers, which he himself had denounced less than two years ago as =
immodest and a violation of Islamic law.=20
Had he still been underground and unable to meet freely with his =
followers, it would have been much harder to persuade them that what he =
said two years ago no longer applied, and that because, as he put it =
last Wednesday, "male fighters face many obstacles on their way to =
operations," today "holy war is an imperative for all Muslims, men and =
women."=20
The culmination of this process, of course, was last week's =
bombing.=20
It speaks volumes about the EU's hypocrisy =96 and its disregard =
for Israeli lives =96 that it can denounce targeted killings publicly =
even as its diplomats admit, off the record, that such killings were a =
major reason for Hamas's four-month cessation of attacks, thereby saving =
the lives of untold innocent civilians. That is equally true of the PA.=20
But Israel's first obligation is to provide security for its =
citizens =96 even if that means defying foreign governments which value =
the life of "a leading figure of a Palestinian terrorist organization" =
above the lives of innocent Israelis.=20
The evidence shows that targeted killings work. Therefore, Israel =
must resume its military pressure on Hamas =96 and this time, keep it up =
unrelentingly.=20
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3. LADY KILLERS
By Mona Charen - townhall.com - January 23, 2004=20
Reem al-Riyashi was a normal-looking 22-year-old Palestinian =
woman. On Jan. 14, she strapped several pounds of explosives and nails =
to her body and approached an Israeli security checkpoint in the Gaza =
Strip. The Israelis usually forbid any Palestinian who sets off the =
metal detector from approaching further. But al-Riyashi, limping and =
weeping, pleaded with Gal Shapira, the commander of the watch. She =
explained that she had recently undergone surgery and had a metal plate =
in her leg that set off the machine.=20
Shapira told her to wait while he called a female officer to =
conduct a search. That act of compassion cost him his life. When =
al-Riyashi was ushered into a private room, she detonated her body bomb =
killing herself and four Israelis (including Shapira) and wounding at =
least a dozen others, including several Palestinians.=20
Her funeral was a gala affair attended by thousands. She was =
hailed as a heroine and honored for a particular distinction: Reem =
al-Riyashi was the first Palestinian mother to commit murder-suicide for =
Allah. She left behind a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old. In her farewell =
videotaped message, al-Riyashi smiled as she proclaimed that she "always =
wanted to be the first woman to carry out a martyr attack, where parts =
of my body can fly all over. That is the only wish I can ask God for." =
Her act was sponsored jointly by Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade, =
and her husband, a member of Hamas, drove her to the checkpoint.=20
In one way, however, al-Riyashi did not get her wish. She was not =
the first woman to commit such an act. That "honor" goes to Wafa Idris, =
who detonated herself on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem in January 2002, =
killing an elderly Israeli man and wounding many more. Her act was =
praised throughout the Arab world. Al-Quds Al-Arabi, a London-based =
Arabic language newspaper, hailed her for killing "in the heart of the =
occupied city." (Note well: the attack took place in West Jerusalem.) =
The Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram, reports Memri (www.memri.org), =
praised "Her dreamy eyes and the mysterious smile on her lips, that =
competes with the famous smile some artist drew on the lips of Mona =
Lisa." A Jordanian Islamist wrote in the daily Al-Dustour, "Wafa carried =
her suitcase (of explosives) which is ... the most beautiful prize any =
woman can possibly win. Her spirit was raging, her heart filled with =
anger, and her mind unconvinced by the calls for peace and coexistence =
..."=20
Americans have difficulty understanding how people can be driven =
to such lunacy. Liberals, in particular, are inclined to blame poverty =
for most of the hatred and violence in the world. During the Cold War, =
when communist movements were gaining ground in the Third World, =
liberals reflexively blamed poverty. They underestimated the power of =
ideas.=20
Al-Riyashi was not poor and, before her marriage, not particularly =
religious. She came from a prosperous family and lived comfortably with =
her husband and two children. There had been some sort of quarrel among =
her family before the attack, and rumors have circulated that she was =
actually moved to murder-suicide because she had committed adultery. But =
these rumors must be placed alongside the undeniable trend in the =
region. Women are beginning to sign on for jihad in significant numbers, =
and radical Islamists are deciding that while women may not show their =
faces in public, they may explode their bodies in order to kill.=20
Women in other Muslim nations are also succumbing. In Pakistan, =
mothers of "martyrs" are popular speakers. In Chechnya, a women's group =
called Black Widows is responsible for more than 165 murders by suicide. =
In March, an Arabic newspaper in London reported that Al Qaeda is =
setting up training camps just for women jihadis.=20
News events are filtered through a press in the Islamic world that =
is just staggeringly false and propagandistic. Conflicts in Bosnia, =
Chechnya, Kashmir, Iraq and Israel are presented as evidence of a =
worldwide anti-Muslim conspiracy. The most vile and idiotic slanders =
against Jews and Americans are presented as fact. It is the ideas in =
men's minds -- mad or fantastic though they may be -- that move the =
world. And it is the battle of ideas that we must fight with every bit =
as much vigor as we do that on land, sea and air.=20
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4. DEFENSIVE CONQUEST
by Emanuel A. Winston - IsraelNationalNews.com - January 22, 2004=20
Israel has nothing to explain to the International Court of =
Justice at the Hague regarding the defensive wall being built in Israel. =
In 1948, the Arabs in each country announced that they would =
attack Israel, kill all the Jews and, as they proclaimed, "We will dance =
in their blood" and "push them into the sea." As they proclaimed, so did =
they attack. They refused the partition voted upon by the United Nations =
in November 1947 and thus gave up any claim to land they would lose in =
their unprovoked aggressive war against the newborn Jewish State of =
Israel.=20
Israel, as the intended victim state, won that war, resulting in =
what can only be defined as "Defensive Conquest". Israel had to pay =
dearly in lives lost and in what lost monies they had to raise to buy =
junk weapons from the scrap yards of Europe at usurious prices. These =
same European nations now dare to judge Israel for creating a barrier to =
Arab terrorists. These were the same nations who refused to sell Israel =
weapons to defend herself and her people, many just liberated from the =
Nazi death camps.=20
The Arabs attacked and the Jews advanced.=20
In each of the seven wars launched by the Arabs against the Jewish =
State (including the 1991 Gulf War, when Saddam hit Israel with 39 =
SCUDs), the Arabs always attacked with the same intention of committing =
a bloody genocide, and overcoming their humiliation and shame due to =
always being beaten by the Jews they hated and despised - Jews who they =
thought were weak.=20
Their own religious legends assured them that each defeat was an =
anomaly and that the Jews were weak, cowardly people who could not, =
would not, fight.=20
They attacked and we advanced.=20
Each time, the price for the Jewish State to stay alive was paid =
in Jewish blood and great debt. Each war came at a greater cost in both =
lives and treasure, and in the form of more weapons. After each war that =
the Arabs instigated and lost, they retired to spend their treasure on =
re-arming (which should have gone to educate their primitive, backward =
communities). But the Arab terrorist losers diverted all the loot they =
got from donor countries and from sale of the black gold, that is, the =
oil, that the Western countries extracted. The Arab terrorist nations =
and organizations used these billions to buy tanks, guns, missiles, =
aircraft, explosives and, for many, to attempt to build WMD (Weapons of =
Mass Destruction).=20
Israel is still fighting a war against the unremitting terror by =
Arab/Muslim terrorists, who have proclaimed in their manifesto, their =
Muslim Mein Kampf, that, they shall continue killing Jews even if it =
takes them 100 or 1,000 years.=20
And so, Israel has started to build a "Wall of Life" which fits =
their slogan of "ein breira" (no choice).=20
I do not agree with this wall, not because of its existence and =
purpose, but because of where it is placed. It walls off too many Jews =
who live in the villages, towns and cities called =91settlements=92. I =
believe there already exist two natural barriers against attacks by any =
coalition of Arab armies from the East. A first line of defense is the =
Judean and Samarian mountains and the second is the Jordan River. They =
are effective and they are much cheaper than the "Wall of Life" now =
being built for the protection of the Israeli peoples=92 lives. =
Similarly, the Golan Heights is the first line of defense from the =
Northeast, protecting Israel from attack by Syria.=20
Israel paid for that land with tens of thousands of lives and =
hundreds of thousands of injured. Israel earned that land over and over =
again, because the Arab/Muslims attacked again and again in war, and =
with terrorism between the wars. Israel owns that land because G-d =
promised it to the Jewish people. You can read that repeatedly in the =
Bible. (As a relevant aside, it is interesting to watch the Left liberal =
media give honor to the Koran, but the media scorns the Jewish Bible, =
from which the Christian Bible is derived.)=20
Arab/Muslims knowingly gambled away the land they controlled by =
attacking Israel in seven wars, and now they demand to get back the land =
they lost - as if they deserved it. They made bad judgements in their =
investments in war and death. They killed Jews and they got their own =
people killed. There is a price that unrepentant serial aggressors must =
pay.=20
Each time they attacked, their purpose was to occupy the Land of =
Israel, take as their plunder what the Jews had built and enjoy the =
"dancing in the blood" of their Jewish victims. Israel paid with rivers =
of blood and hundreds of billions of dollars. The Arab aggressors still =
owe compensation for the seven wars and for the Jewish lives and =
property they confiscated in the Arab countries that ejected their =
Jewish populations.=20
The Land of Israel owes no explanation to the world=92s nations, =
to the Court in the Hague or to their American friends. I offer the same =
advice to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon now that I gave to Israel=92s =
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir before the Madrid Conference in October =
1991. Don=92t go! It=92s another ambush for the Israeli nation and the =
Jewish people. Whatever you say will be irrelevant. Whatever proof you =
submit will be considered trivial and ignored. All your planning and =
discussion on the merits of your case are wasted effort. This will be =
another international circus, where Israel will be put in the dock and =
pilloried. Regrettably, I do not expect you to take any sensible advice. =
As for the "Wall of Life", it is only a temporary barrier, much =
the same as one would find in separation walls, moats and bars in a zoo. =
Israel=92s wall is 3% high concrete (but this is all that you see in the =
news) and 97% chainlink fencing. Such walls exist in every civilized =
country, including America, to keep out illegal aliens. But Israel has =
always been judged under different rules, customs and laws - only =
because its people are Jews and anti-Jewish bias still exists.=20
People who take joy in blowing themselves up to kill an enemy who =
is not of their primitive pagan religion are dangerous animals. Perhaps =
one day they will evolve into civilized human beings. But, until that =
time, the Wall of Life must be erected to separate the killers from our =
people, who they have declared are their prey.=20
They attack. We advance. G-d promised.=20
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5. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES
=93[T]he day will soon come when we will see 10-year-old boys =
and pregnant women strapped with explosive belts. How will we be able to =
justify to the world the death of our children by Israeli army gunfire =
when some of us are starting to send their children and mothers with =
explosive belts? How can the Palestinians persuade more international =
peace activists to risk their lives in solidarity with the Palestinians =
when we are beginning to equip our children and mothers with explosive =
belts?=94
=97 Hasan al-Batal, columnist for the Palestinian Authority daily =
Al-Ayyam, praising the families of suicide bombers who have spoken out =
against the phenomenon. (Jerusalem Post, Jan. 20).=20
=93She is not going to be the last [suicide bomber] because the =
march of resistance will continue until the Islamic flag is raised, not =
only over the minarets of Jerusalem, but over the whole universe. It is =
not enough to call her a hero. Calling her a hero does not give the =
whole truth. This woman abandoned her husband and children in order to =
win paradise.=94
=97Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, giving the eulogy for Hamas=92 =
first female suicide bomber, Reem al-Rayashi. (National Post, Jan. 16)=20
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6. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES
a.. A Matter of Life A decade since its creation, the =
Palestinian Authority looms as an exercise in political futility.=20
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<LI><A href=3D"#1">WHY IS <I>HE</I> SO ANGRY?</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#2">RESUME TARGETED KILLINGS</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#3">LADY KILLERS</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#4">DEFENSIVE CONQUEST</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#5">QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#6">HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES</A>=20
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<H3>1. <A name=3D1>WHY IS <I>HE</I> SO =
ANGRY?</A></H3>Jerusalem=20
Newswire Editorial - By Stan Goodenough - January 23, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>I</FONT><B>t's a dreadful =
depiction, the=20
image of Almighty God visiting His fierce anger on the nations of =
the=20
world.</B>=20
<P>In John's Revelation, the Apostle watches as angels pour out =
seven=20
bowls of "the wrath of God," afflicting mankind with sores, =
pestilences,=20
thirst, tormenting heat, devastating earthquakes, hailstorms and =
other=20
terrors. (Revelation 14)=20
<P>Isaiah, gazing into the future centuries before, sees the Lord =
striding=20
out of Bozrah, His sword crimson, His robes red from the blood of =
the=20
nations He has trampled in "the winepress of His wrath." (Isaiah =
34 and=20
63).=20
<P>Who, the prophet asks, is this terrible Being traveling "in the =
greatness of His strength?"=20
<P>It is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - the LORD God of =
Israel.=20
<P>Why has He crushed the nations so ferociously as to leave sword =
and=20
clothes drenched in blood? Because it is the day of His vengeance. =
<P>Vengeance for what? What is it that has made Him so angry? What =
are the=20
nations guilty of that has caused this rage to build up inside the =
Creator=20
until it is ready to erupt in a flood of fury?=20
<P>Isaiah, together with the other prophets - Jeremiah and Nahum, =
Ezekiel=20
and Micah, Zechariah, Zephaniah and Joel - gives us a clear and=20
unmistakable answer:=20
<P>It is His year of vengeance for the controversy of Zion. =
(Isaiah 34:8)=20
<P>God is furious with the nations because of the way they have =
mistreated=20
and persecuted Israel - the apple of His eye. (Zechariah 2:8)=20
<P>And He is bringing them into judgment because they scattered =
His people=20
and divided up their land. (Joel 3:2)=20
<P>The LORD is determined, as He says through Zephaniah, to gather =
the=20
nations together in order "to pour on them My indignation, all my =
fierce=20
anger=85" (Zephaniah 3:8)=20
<P>Why is He so angry? Let us count the whys:=20
<P>For 2500 years the Jews have been singled out for persecution,=20
dispersion and destruction.=20
<P>The history of the Gentile nations toward them has been one of =
hatred=20
manifested in every form of cruel violence man, at every stage of =
his=20
progression through the centuries, could devise.=20
<P>Name it; it's been done to the Jews. And it's been done to them =
simply=20
because they are Jews.=20
<P>They have been crucified, skinned alive, broken on the rack, =
burned at=20
the stake, pilloried, impaled, sawn in two, torn limb from limb, =
enslaved,=20
driven from their homes, banished, baptized under pain of death,=20
blood-libeled, robbed of all their earthly possessions, torn from =
their=20
families to be raised in "Christian" homes, made the scapegoat for =
every=20
social ill, from plague to fire to defeat in war to war itself.=20
<P>The Jews have suffered the swords of the Babylonians, the =
Assyrians,=20
the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs. They have endured the =
pogrom mob=20
murders, the examinations of the Inquisition, expulsion from the =
lands of=20
their birth, incarceration in ghettos, suffocation in cattle cars, =
frenzied asphyxiation in gas chambers and the flesh-devouring =
fires of the=20
crematoria.=20
<P>For millennia, in every generation, the Jew has been the prey =
of the=20
Gentile, while Israel's anguished cry has rebounded, apparently =
unheard,=20
off a bronze, uncaring sky.=20
<P>That cry swelled to a crescendo at Auschwitz where, for =
Holocaust=20
survivor Elie Wiesel and countless others, God died.=20
<P>(But God did not die. God has been there for every minute of =
every one=20
of those 2500 years, watching, agonized and tormented right along =
with His=20
people, feeling their pain, yearning for their release from it, =
but bound=20
by the curses they had brought upon themselves as Moses warned =
them they=20
would.)=20
<P>And then? Surely it should have finally ended then? After the=20
liberation of the camps and the revulsion and self-loathing that =
gripped=20
the Gentile nations forced to gaze upon the fruit of the =
Jew-hatred they=20
had nurtured and cultivated for so long. Surely it should have =
ended then?=20
<P>But it did not end. It has not ended.=20
<P>For a brief moment, vows ascended around the globe as nation =
after=20
nation swore that "never again" would such horror and terror be =
permitted=20
to take place against the Jewish people.=20
<P>But as a drunkard sickened by his lack of self-control pours =
his last=20
bottle down the drain, only to instantly regret doing so, so did =
the=20
nations, through the forum that united them, agree to give the =
Jews their=20
own haven state, and then immediately wish they had not.=20
<P>They had a chance - these nations: many of them guilty of =
abusing their=20
own Jews, or of closing their doors to Europe's and abandoning =
them to the=20
Nazis. They had a chance to redeem themselves, to rally in support =
of the=20
Jewish people and stand between them and their enemies that =
remained.=20
<P>After all the evils they and their forebears had inflicted on =
the Jews,=20
or permitted to happen to them, the nations owed it to the people =
of=20
Israel to stand solidly with them and commit to ensuring the =
survival and=20
prosperity of their state.=20
<P>Instead, they have let those enemies (who are every bit as =
determined=20
to wipe out the Jews as Hitler was; they only lack the means - for =
now)=20
hijack the very mechanism that was instituted to ensure a =
Holocaust could=20
not happen again. And these enemies of the people of Israel are =
using the=20
United Nations to drive the Jews into a corner, de-legitimizing =
their=20
state and aiming to eventually annul it.=20
<P>Granted, not every one of the UN's 190 member states is =
actively=20
working to destroy Israel. But this does not pardon those nations =
that=20
abstain from voting on the myriad anti-Israel resolutions =
regularly=20
churned out. They are guilty of letting it happen. Again.=20
<P>If 20 centuries of persecution of the dispersed Jew were not =
enough to=20
fill the cup of God's anger to overflowing, then surely the fact =
that=20
Hitler's unparalleled attempt to obliterate the Jews did not stop=20
anti-Semitism, did not teach the gentiles a lesson, is surely =
topping it=20
up.=20
<P>Wait, you say, God Himself punished the Jews because they were=20
unfaithful to Him.=20
<P>Yes, God removed His hand of blessing and allowed them to fall =
under=20
the curse.=20
<P>But what has angered Him is the way the nations of the world =
have=20
enthusiastically pitched in, eager to be instruments of that =
punishment in=20
God's hands. (Zechariah 1:15) They have gone far further than He =
ever=20
intended them to.=20
<P>And it is not just the vicious behavior against the Jews; it is =
also=20
the reason behind the behavior, the core motivation for =
anti-Semitism:=20
Embracing secular humanism and other godless philosophies and =
beliefs, the=20
nations have rejected God, His commandments, and by the same token =
the=20
people He calls His own.=20
<P>As the Psalmist says:=20
<BLOCKQUOTE>Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain =
thing?=20
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take =
counsel=20
together, against the LORD and against His anointed, saying, =
"Let us=20
break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us." =
(Ps=20
2:1-3)=20
<P>They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a =
nation,=20
that the name of Israel may be remembered no more." (Ps=20
83:4)</P></BLOCKQUOTE>This is the reason the LORD God is so angry. =
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<H3>2. <A name=3D2>RESUME TARGETED =
KILLINGS</A></H3>Evelyn=20
Gordon - Jerusalem Post - January 19, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>I</FONT>n the wake of last =
Wednesday's=20
suicide bombing at the Erez Junction, the usual suspects were =
quick to=20
demand that Israel take no counteraction against Hamas, the =
perpetrating=20
organization, and, in particular, that it refrain from targeting =
the=20
group's leadership.=20
<P>Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority =
Chairman=20
Yasser Arafat, said that any attempt by Israel to resume targeted =
killings=20
of Hamas leaders would only escalate the conflict.=20
<P>Diego Ojeda, a European Union spokesman, noted that "the =
European Union=20
has spoken on several occasions against the so-called =
extra-judicial=20
killings of suspected terrorists" and warned that "proceeding in =
such a=20
manner against a leading figure of a Palestinian terrorist =
organization=20
would be counterproductive to efforts to achieve peace in the =
Middle=20
East."=20
<P>US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher offered a more =
nuanced=20
warning, saying that while Israel has a right to defend itself the =
US=20
opposes targeted killings, and Israel must "consider the =
consequences of=20
any actions that it might be contemplating."=20
<P>Unfortunately for all these nay-sayers, a sober consideration =
of the=20
consequences of targeted killings favors the conclusion that =
Israel ought=20
to resume them =96 because according to both Palestinian and =
European=20
testimony, Israel's last campaign of targeted killings was the =
main reason=20
why Hamas has refrained from suicide bombings for the last four =
months.=20
<P>In contrast, the subsequent let-up in this campaign enabled the =
organization to regroup and perpetrate last week's bombing.=20
<P>From mid-August to mid-September 2003, the Israel Defense =
Forces=20
conducted a spate of attacks on senior Hamas officials that left =
14 of=20
them dead. The attacks included a failed attempt on Hamas's =
so-called=20
spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, on September 6. Soon after =
that,=20
according to reports that appeared last month in the Palestinian =
media,=20
Hamas asked Qatari mediators to approach the US and ask it to =
offer Israel=20
a partial cease-fire: a halt to suicide attacks inside Israel in =
exchange=20
for a halt to Israeli attacks on Hamas leaders.=20
<P>Both Palestinian sources and a European diplomat confirmed =
these=20
reports to Haaretz.=20
<P>The very fact that such an offer was made is proof enough of =
how=20
pressured Hamas felt by the targeted killings and how desperate it =
was to=20
stop them. But the European diplomat even explicitly confirmed the =
connection, attributing the group's offer to a combination of two =
factors.=20
<P>One, he said, was the EU's designation of Hamas's political =
wing as a=20
terrorist organization =96 a move, incidentally, that the EU had =
refused to=20
make for years until Silvio Berlusconi pushed it through during =
his recent=20
six-month tenure as the EU's rotating president. The second was =
Israel's=20
assassination policy, which, the diplomat said, made Hamas feel =
that its=20
Gaza leadership was rapidly becoming paralyzed (Haaretz, December =
23,=20
2003).=20
<P>Obviously, Israel could not accept this offer since it would =
have=20
allowed Hamas to continue targeting settlers and soldiers while =
depriving=20
Israel of the right to respond. But Hamas was clever enough to =
realize=20
that if it suspended attacks unilaterally Israel would suspend the =
assassinations de facto rather than risk the world's condemnation. =
<P>And, indeed, that is what happened. The result is that Hamas =
leaders,=20
who had been driven underground in August and September, began =
reappearing=20
in public over the past few months to mobilize support, recruit =
volunteers=20
and otherwise rebuild their battered organization.=20
<P>Needless to say, it is always easier to organize a bombing when =
the=20
organizers are able to move about freely. But the grace period =
Israel=20
granted Hamas was particularly important because Yassin needed to =
build=20
support for a whole new direction: the use of female suicide =
bombers,=20
which he himself had denounced less than two years ago as immodest =
and a=20
violation of Islamic law.=20
<P>Had he still been underground and unable to meet freely with =
his=20
followers, it would have been much harder to persuade them that =
what he=20
said two years ago no longer applied, and that because, as he put =
it last=20
Wednesday, "male fighters face many obstacles on their way to =
operations,"=20
today "holy war is an imperative for all Muslims, men and women."=20
<P>The culmination of this process, of course, was last week's =
bombing.=20
<P>It speaks volumes about the EU's hypocrisy =96 and its =
disregard for=20
Israeli lives =96 that it can denounce targeted killings publicly =
even as=20
its diplomats admit, off the record, that such killings were a =
major=20
reason for Hamas's four-month cessation of attacks, thereby saving =
the=20
lives of untold innocent civilians. That is equally true of the =
PA.=20
<P>But Israel's first obligation is to provide security for its =
citizens =96=20
even if that means defying foreign governments which value the =
life of "a=20
leading figure of a Palestinian terrorist organization" above the =
lives of=20
innocent Israelis.=20
<P>The evidence shows that targeted killings work. Therefore, =
Israel must=20
resume its military pressure on Hamas =96 and this time, keep it =
up=20
unrelentingly.=20
<HR>
<H3>3. <A name=3D3>LADY KILLERS</A></H3>By Mona Charen =
-=20
townhall.com - January 23, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>R</FONT>eem al-Riyashi was a =
normal-looking=20
22-year-old Palestinian woman. On Jan. 14, she strapped several =
pounds of=20
explosives and nails to her body and approached an Israeli =
security=20
checkpoint in the Gaza Strip. The Israelis usually forbid any =
Palestinian=20
who sets off the metal detector from approaching further. But =
al-Riyashi,=20
limping and weeping, pleaded with Gal Shapira, the commander of =
the watch.=20
She explained that she had recently undergone surgery and had a =
metal=20
plate in her leg that set off the machine.=20
<P>Shapira told her to wait while he called a female officer to =
conduct a=20
search. That act of compassion cost him his life. When al-Riyashi =
was=20
ushered into a private room, she detonated her body bomb killing =
herself=20
and four Israelis (including Shapira) and wounding at least a =
dozen=20
others, including several Palestinians.=20
<P>Her funeral was a gala affair attended by thousands. She was =
hailed as=20
a heroine and honored for a particular distinction: Reem =
al-Riyashi was=20
the first Palestinian mother to commit murder-suicide for Allah. =
She left=20
behind a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old. In her farewell videotaped =
message,=20
al-Riyashi smiled as she proclaimed that she "always wanted to be =
the=20
first woman to carry out a martyr attack, where parts of my body =
can fly=20
all over. That is the only wish I can ask God for." Her act was =
sponsored=20
jointly by Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade, and her =
husband, a=20
member of Hamas, drove her to the checkpoint.=20
<P>In one way, however, al-Riyashi did not get her wish. She was =
not the=20
first woman to commit such an act. That "honor" goes to Wafa =
Idris, who=20
detonated herself on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem in January 2002, =
killing an=20
elderly Israeli man and wounding many more. Her act was praised =
throughout=20
the Arab world. Al-Quds Al-Arabi, a London-based Arabic language=20
newspaper, hailed her for killing "in the heart of the occupied =
city."=20
(Note well: the attack took place in West Jerusalem.) The Egyptian =
government daily Al-Ahram, reports Memri (www.memri.org), praised =
"Her=20
dreamy eyes and the mysterious smile on her lips, that competes =
with the=20
famous smile some artist drew on the lips of Mona Lisa." A =
Jordanian=20
Islamist wrote in the daily Al-Dustour, "Wafa carried her suitcase =
(of=20
explosives) which is ... the most beautiful prize any woman can =
possibly=20
win. Her spirit was raging, her heart filled with anger, and her =
mind=20
unconvinced by the calls for peace and coexistence ..."=20
<P>Americans have difficulty understanding how people can be =
driven to=20
such lunacy. Liberals, in particular, are inclined to blame =
poverty for=20
most of the hatred and violence in the world. During the Cold War, =
when=20
communist movements were gaining ground in the Third World, =
liberals=20
reflexively blamed poverty. They underestimated the power of =
ideas.=20
<P>Al-Riyashi was not poor and, before her marriage, not =
particularly=20
religious. She came from a prosperous family and lived comfortably =
with=20
her husband and two children. There had been some sort of quarrel =
among=20
her family before the attack, and rumors have circulated that she =
was=20
actually moved to murder-suicide because she had committed =
adultery. But=20
these rumors must be placed alongside the undeniable trend in the =
region.=20
Women are beginning to sign on for jihad in significant numbers, =
and=20
radical Islamists are deciding that while women may not show their =
faces=20
in public, they may explode their bodies in order to kill.=20
<P>Women in other Muslim nations are also succumbing. In Pakistan, =
mothers=20
of "martyrs" are popular speakers. In Chechnya, a women's group =
called=20
Black Widows is responsible for more than 165 murders by suicide. =
In=20
March, an Arabic newspaper in London reported that Al Qaeda is =
setting up=20
training camps just for women jihadis.=20
<P>News events are filtered through a press in the Islamic world =
that is=20
just staggeringly false and propagandistic. Conflicts in Bosnia, =
Chechnya,=20
Kashmir, Iraq and Israel are presented as evidence of a worldwide=20
anti-Muslim conspiracy. The most vile and idiotic slanders against =
Jews=20
and Americans are presented as fact. It is the ideas in men's =
minds -- mad=20
or fantastic though they may be -- that move the world. And it is =
the=20
battle of ideas that we must fight with every bit as much vigor as =
we do=20
that on land, sea and air.=20
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<H3>4. <A name=3D4>DEFENSIVE CONQUEST</A></H3>by =
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Winston - IsraelNationalNews.com - January 22, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>I</FONT>srael has nothing to =
explain to the=20
International Court of Justice at the Hague regarding the =
defensive wall=20
being built in Israel.=20
<P>In 1948, the Arabs in each country announced that they would =
attack=20
Israel, kill all the Jews and, as they proclaimed, "We will dance =
in their=20
blood" and "push them into the sea." As they proclaimed, so did =
they=20
attack. They refused the partition voted upon by the United =
Nations in=20
November 1947 and thus gave up any claim to land they would lose =
in their=20
unprovoked aggressive war against the newborn Jewish State of =
Israel.=20
<P>Israel, as the intended victim state, won that war, resulting =
in what=20
can only be defined as "Defensive Conquest". Israel had to pay =
dearly in=20
lives lost and in what lost monies they had to raise to buy junk =
weapons=20
from the scrap yards of Europe at usurious prices. These same =
European=20
nations now dare to judge Israel for creating a barrier to Arab=20
terrorists. These were the same nations who refused to sell Israel =
weapons=20
to defend herself and her people, many just liberated from the =
Nazi death=20
camps.=20
<P>The Arabs attacked and the Jews advanced.=20
<P>In each of the seven wars launched by the Arabs against the =
Jewish=20
State (including the 1991 Gulf War, when Saddam hit Israel with 39 =
SCUDs),=20
the Arabs always attacked with the same intention of committing a =
bloody=20
genocide, and overcoming their humiliation and shame due to always =
being=20
beaten by the Jews they hated and despised - Jews who they thought =
were=20
weak.=20
<P>Their own religious legends assured them that each defeat was =
an=20
anomaly and that the Jews were weak, cowardly people who could =
not, would=20
not, fight.=20
<P>They attacked and we advanced.=20
<P>Each time, the price for the Jewish State to stay alive was =
paid in=20
Jewish blood and great debt. Each war came at a greater cost in =
both lives=20
and treasure, and in the form of more weapons. After each war that =
the=20
Arabs instigated and lost, they retired to spend their treasure on =
re-arming (which should have gone to educate their primitive, =
backward=20
communities). But the Arab terrorist losers diverted all the loot =
they got=20
from donor countries and from sale of the black gold, that is, the =
oil,=20
that the Western countries extracted. The Arab terrorist nations =
and=20
organizations used these billions to buy tanks, guns, missiles, =
aircraft,=20
explosives and, for many, to attempt to build WMD (Weapons of Mass =
Destruction).=20
<P>Israel is still fighting a war against the unremitting terror =
by=20
Arab/Muslim terrorists, who have proclaimed in their manifesto, =
their=20
Muslim Mein Kampf, that, they shall continue killing Jews even if =
it takes=20
them 100 or 1,000 years.=20
<P>And so, Israel has started to build a "Wall of Life" which fits =
their=20
slogan of "ein breira" (no choice).=20
<P>I do not agree with this wall, not because of its existence and =
purpose, but because of where it is placed. It walls off too many =
Jews who=20
live in the villages, towns and cities called =91settlements=92. I =
believe=20
there already exist two natural barriers against attacks by any =
coalition=20
of Arab armies from the East. A first line of defense is the =
Judean and=20
Samarian mountains and the second is the Jordan River. They are =
effective=20
and they are much cheaper than the "Wall of Life" now being built =
for the=20
protection of the Israeli peoples=92 lives. Similarly, the Golan =
Heights is=20
the first line of defense from the Northeast, protecting Israel =
from=20
attack by Syria.=20
<P>Israel paid for that land with tens of thousands of lives and =
hundreds=20
of thousands of injured. Israel earned that land over and over =
again,=20
because the Arab/Muslims attacked again and again in war, and with =
terrorism between the wars. Israel owns that land because G-d =
promised it=20
to the Jewish people. You can read that repeatedly in the Bible. =
(As a=20
relevant aside, it is interesting to watch the Left liberal media =
give=20
honor to the Koran, but the media scorns the Jewish Bible, from =
which the=20
Christian Bible is derived.)=20
<P>Arab/Muslims knowingly gambled away the land they controlled by =
attacking Israel in seven wars, and now they demand to get back =
the land=20
they lost - as if they deserved it. They made bad judgements in =
their=20
investments in war and death. They killed Jews and they got their =
own=20
people killed. There is a price that unrepentant serial aggressors =
must=20
pay.=20
<P>Each time they attacked, their purpose was to occupy the Land =
of=20
Israel, take as their plunder what the Jews had built and enjoy =
the=20
"dancing in the blood" of their Jewish victims. Israel paid with =
rivers of=20
blood and hundreds of billions of dollars. The Arab aggressors =
still owe=20
compensation for the seven wars and for the Jewish lives and =
property they=20
confiscated in the Arab countries that ejected their Jewish =
populations.=20
<P>The Land of Israel owes no explanation to the world=92s =
nations, to the=20
Court in the Hague or to their American friends. I offer the same =
advice=20
to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon now that I gave to Israel=92s Prime =
Minister=20
Yitzhak Shamir before the Madrid Conference in October 1991. =
Don=92t go!=20
It=92s another ambush for the Israeli nation and the Jewish =
people. Whatever=20
you say will be irrelevant. Whatever proof you submit will be =
considered=20
trivial and ignored. All your planning and discussion on the =
merits of=20
your case are wasted effort. This will be another international =
circus,=20
where Israel will be put in the dock and pilloried. Regrettably, I =
do not=20
expect you to take any sensible advice.=20
<P>As for the "Wall of Life", it is only a temporary barrier, much =
the=20
same as one would find in separation walls, moats and bars in a =
zoo.=20
Israel=92s wall is 3% high concrete (but this is all that you see =
in the=20
news) and 97% chainlink fencing. Such walls exist in every =
civilized=20
country, including America, to keep out illegal aliens. But Israel =
has=20
always been judged under different rules, customs and laws - only =
because=20
its people are Jews and anti-Jewish bias still exists.=20
<P>People who take joy in blowing themselves up to kill an enemy =
who is=20
not of their primitive pagan religion are dangerous animals. =
Perhaps one=20
day they will evolve into civilized human beings. But, until that =
time,=20
the Wall of Life must be erected to separate the killers from our =
people,=20
who they have declared are their prey.=20
<P>They attack. We advance. G-d promised.=20
<HR>
<H3>5. <A name=3D5>QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES</A></H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG>=93[T]he day will soon come when we will see=20
10-year-old boys and pregnant women strapped with explosive =
belts. How=20
will we be able to justify to the world the death of our =
children by=20
Israeli army gunfire when some of us are starting to send their =
children=20
and mothers with explosive belts? How can the Palestinians =
persuade more=20
international peace activists to risk their lives in solidarity =
with the=20
Palestinians when we are beginning to equip our children and =
mothers=20
with explosive belts?=94</STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>=97 Hasan =
al-Batal, columnist=20
for the Palestinian Authority daily Al-Ayyam, praising the =
families of=20
suicide bombers who have spoken out against the phenomenon. =
(Jerusalem=20
Post, Jan. 20).=20
<BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG>=93She is not going to be the last [suicide =
bomber]=20
because the march of resistance will continue until the Islamic =
flag is=20
raised, not only over the minarets of Jerusalem, but over the =
whole=20
universe. It is not enough to call her a hero. Calling her a =
hero does=20
not give the whole truth. This woman abandoned her husband and =
children=20
in order to win paradise.=94</STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>=97Hamas =
leader Mahmoud=20
Zahar, giving the eulogy for Hamas=92 first female suicide bomber, =
Reem=20
al-Rayashi. (National Post, Jan. 16)=20
<HR>
<H3>6. <A name=3D6>HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES</A></H3>
<UL><FONT size=3D-1><STRONG>
<LI><A=20
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href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/isreport/janfeb04/life.html">=
A=20
Matter of Life</A> <FONT color=3D#4b4549 size=3D-2>A =
decade since its=20
creation, the Palestinian Authority looms as an exercise in =
political=20
futility.</FONT> </STRONG></FONT></LI></UL>
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