The Temple Mount 2007
Children promise to 'wipe out' Zionists WorldNet
Daily (December 13, 2007) - Two
children have made an appearance on Hamas Television's children's
show called "Liberate" to exhort a liberation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque
on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and to promise to "wipe out"
Zionists. The
new video captured from Hamas Television is being made available
by
the Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors and
publicizes media reports throughout the Middle East. MEMRI also
has a web page that is devoted to Al-Aqsa television clips. The
boy, in the Dec. 3, 2007, appearance, launches the message: "My
beloved brothers, as you know, today the Al-Aqsa Mosque is crying
out: 'Where are the people of the frontline, the Palestinian
people?' Yes, my dear brothers, that is the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The
subject of our lesson today is Jerusalem, to where your Prophet made
his nocturnal journey - the Al-Aqsa Mosque," he says. "Yes, my
beloved brothers, as you know today, and as you knew yesterday and
the day before, the Al-Aqsa Mosque has fallen into oppressing and
malicious hands, the hands of those who know nothing but injustice.
But let me tell you how the Al-Aqsa Mosque will be returned, how we
shall rescue it from the shackles of the occupation, from the
shackles of the Zionist entity. "Will it be through conferences? No,
not through conferences, but by means of force, because the Zionist
entity, your enemy, the enemy of Allah, the enemy of Islam, knows
nothing but injustice and the killing of Palestinians, the
persevering people on the frontline. Indeed, the [mosque] will be
returned only by means of force," he says. He continues to warn
about "what the Zionist enemy has done," lumping Israel and America
together. "But is it too late? No, it is not too late. If we all
unite, the Al-Aqsa Mosque will not remain in the hands of the
Zionist enemy, it will not remain in the hands of your enemy,
despite all their conspiracies against the Palestinian people…" the
boy says. The girl then takes over, saying, "To Al-Aqsa, to Al-Aqsa
- we shall unite our ranks. We will wipe out the people of Zion, and
will not leave a single one of them." The mosque has been the
subject of discussion in recent weeks, as President Bush's Annapolis
summit was held with the intention of getting a focus on the issues
that remain to be negotiated for a two-state Middle East, a goal he
has set to reach before his second term expires in a little more
than a year. Jerusalem and the Temple Mount have been included in
those talks, and Palestinian leaders have told WND Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert has expressed a willingness to give up control
of the Temple Mount. That is the location of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,
which was built on the location where the first and second Jewish
temples, once housing the Holy of Holies and the Ark of the
Covenant, stood. The Temple Mount currently is under Israeli
control, but both Jews and Christians are barred from praying there.
It was opened to the general public until 2000, when Palestinians
launched an intifada by throwing stones at Jewish worshipers. The
Israeli government closed the Mount to non-Muslims, but reopened it
in 2003. The mosque, however, falls under control of the Waqf, which
monitors and enforces its rules against visitors. The mosque was
built around A.D. 709. Revealed: Israel agreed to forfeit Temple Mount WorldNet Daily (December 13, 2007) - In spite of longstanding denials by top officials here, the Israeli government in 2000 agreed to relinquish the Temple Mount – Judaism's holiest site – to the Palestinians during U.S.-backed negotiations, according to declassified documents made public today. The information comes as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert earlier this month denied talks started at November's Annapolis summit would lead to Israel giving up its sovereignty over the Temple Mount, while chief Palestinian negotiators tell WND the Jewish state already agreed to forfeit Judaism's holiest site to a coalition of Arab countries. According to declassified Israeli government documents published today by Israel's Haaretz newspaper, during U.S.-led negotiations in 2000 at Camp David, Ehud Barak, then prime minister, agreed sovereignty over the Temple Mount would be either "ambiguous" or control would be determined based on the bond of each party to the site. The Palestinians would therefore control the upper sections of the Mount, which houses the Al Aqsa Mosque and also is the site of the First and Second Jewish Temples. The 2000 negotiations fell through after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat rejected an offer of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern sections of Jerusalem. Barak at times denied he offered the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, but he also indicated during interviews he was willing to compromise over the site. Haaretz published excerpts from a 26-page document it obtained, signed by Barak's negotiator Gilad Sher and said to be summaries of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The document was titled "The Status of the Diplomatic Process with the Palestinians Points to Update the Incoming Prime Minister." Sher also wrote in his book published after the 2000 negotiations, titled "Beyond Reach," that President Bill Clinton floated a plan that called for the Temple Mount to become Palestinian sovereign territory, while the Western Wall below and its complex would fall under Israeli sovereignty. Barak was said to have initially rejected that plan, but according to participants at the negotiations summit, he was ultimately willing to forfeit the Temple Mount. The 26-page document published by Haaretz also said Barak was willing to give up most of the West Bank and split Jerusalem into two capitals, one called Jerusalem and another Al-Quds. Negotiations would have seen Arab sections of Jerusalem being turned over to the Palestinians. The release of the document follow's last month's Annapolis summit at which Olmert committed to aim at creating a Palestinian state before the end of next year, handing strategic territory to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. In a briefing to reporters upon returning to Israel from Annapolis, Olmert claimed Israel's sovereignty over the Temple Mount is not up for discussion. He said negotiations started at this week's Annapolis summit had no bearing on the situation on the Temple Mount. But a chief Palestinian negotiator, speaking to WND on condition of anonymity, said Olmert's denials were "false." "What Olmert said (regarding the Mount) is absolutely false. I think he's not yet ready to tell the Israeli public and is waiting for the right time, and he fears his coalition with religious extremists will fall apart if he announces it now," said the negotiator. Olmert's maintains a government coalition with the religious Shas party and Russian Yisroel Beiteinu party, but if those two bolt, the prime minister could create a new coalition with leftist parties. The chief Palestinian negotiator said that in the months leading up to Annapolis, the Palestinian team was "surprised" by Olmert's willingness to give up the Mount. "We had intense debates on many topics, which remain open and unsettled, but the Harem Al-Sharif (Temple Mount) is not a sticking point. The Israelis didn't argue with us. We were pleasantly surprised Olmert didn't debate about giving the lower section of the [Mount] either, which was a sticking point in the past." more... I believe the Temple Mount will be handed over in the dividing of Israel, but I also believe that the temple will be rebuilt, just the inner court, once God reveals Himself to Israel in the destruction of the Magog invaders from Russia, Turkey, Iran, Libya and others. The attitude of Israel and the world will shift dramatically, I believe, once God shows Himself in defense of Israel. Temple Institute Announces: High Priest's Crown is Ready! Israel National News (December 2, 2007) - The Temple Institute in Jerusalem announces the completion of the Tzitz, the High Priest's headplate - now ready for use in the Holy Temple. The tzitz is made of pure gold, was fashioned over the course of a more than a year by the craftsmen of the Temple Institute, and is ready to be worn by the High Priest in the rebuilt Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The words "Holy for G-d" are engraved on the headplate, in accordance with Exodus 28:36. A short video clip presenting the tzitz can be viewed here. Rabbi Chaim Richman, International Director of the Temple Institute, explained to Arutz-7 that until it can actually be used, the tzitz will be on view in the Institute's permanent exhibition display, together with other vessels and priestly garments fashioned for use in the Holy Temple by the Institute. Legal Aspects: Impurity and Hekdesh: Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, Director of the Institute, explained some of the Halakhic [Jewish legal] aspects of the fashioning of the vessels for the Temple. "For one thing," he said, "they are made in impurity - for now we are impure, and will remain impure until we are able to have a Red Heifer whose ashes can be used in the Torah-prescribed purification ceremony. If no Red Heifer is available, then the High Priest must even serve in the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur in a state of impurity." Asked whether the fact that the vessels are dedicated for the Temple does not render them hekdesh (consecrated) and therefore forbidden for any other use, Rabbi Ariel explained, "There are two stages. First of all, we make it very clear to the donors and to the craftsmen that the ultimate purpose of these vessels is not to be used for exhibitions or the like, but rather for the fulfillment of Torah commandments in the Holy Temple. They must know this in advance. However, to gain the actual status of hekdesh, we similarly make it clear that this does not happen until the vessel is actually brought in to the Temple Mount for use in the Temple. This means that someone can try on and measure the headplate, for example, without worrying that he is benefiting in any way from something that has been consecrated to the Temple." Menorah Moves Closer to Temple Mount Rabbi Richman noted that in less than two weeks from now, on Rosh
Chodesh Tevet, the famous Menorah (candelabrum) - suitable for use in
the Holy Temple, familiar to visitors to the Cardo section of the Old
City of Jerusalem - will be relocated to the landing of the wide
staircase that leads down from the Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall.
It will be protected inside the same type of glass structure that now
houses it. more...
PA official: Olmert lying about Temple Mount YNet News (November 29, 2007) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's statements on Wednesday that Israel's sovereignty over the Temple Mount is not up for negotiation are "false," according to a chief Palestinian negotiator, who told WND the Israeli leader already agreed to forfeit Judaism's holiest site to a coalition of Arab countries. "What Olmert said (regarding the Mount) is absolutely false. I think he's not yet ready to tell the Israeli public and is waiting for the right time and he fears his coalition with religious extremists will fall apart if he announces it now," said a senior Palestinian negotiator Thursady on condition his name be withheld. The chief Palestinian negotiator said in months leading up to Annapolis the Palestinian team was "surprised" by Olmert's willingness to give up the Mount. "We had intense debates on many topics, which remain open and unsettled, but the Harem Al-Sharif (Temple Mount) is not a sticking point. The Israelis didn't argue with us. We were pleasantly surprised Olmert didn't debate about giving the lower section of the Mount either, which was a sticking point in the past." According to the chief Palestinian negotiator, Olmert agreed to evacuate the Mount but not to turn it over to the Palestinians alone. The negotiator said both sides agreed the Temple Mount would be given to joint Egypt, Jordan and Palestinian Authority control. He said the Israeli government felt an umbrella group of several Arab countries controlling the holy site instead of only the PA would help ease Israeli domestic opposition to giving up the Temple Mount, since Egypt and Jordan are considered by Israeli policy to be moderate countries. The Palestinian negotiator pointed out Israeli prime ministers previously denied withdrawal plans only to later carry them out. Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, elected on a platform against evacuating territory, denied for his first year in office he would retreat from the Gaza Strip but in 2005 he carried out a Gaza withdrawal. In a briefing to reporters yesterday, Olmert claimed Israel's sovereignty over the Temple Mount is not up for discussion. He said negotiations started at this week's Annapolis summit had no bearing on the situation on the Temple Mount. At the start of Tuesday's summit, President Bush read a joint declaration agreed to by Olmert and PA President Mahmoud Abbas committing the two to launch immediate negotiations aimed at "two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side." The parties said they would aim to conclude an agreement before Bush leaves office next year, with Israel widely expected to evacuate large swaths of the West Bank and speculation about eastern sections of Jerusalem, handing Abbas the strategic territories. Israel recaptured the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount, in 1967. "The negotiations will address all of the issues which we have thus far avoided dealing with," said Olmert on Tuesday. "I am convinced that the reality that emerged in our region in 1967 will change significantly. I know this. Many of my people know this. We are prepared for it." I'm thinking that we may indeed see the Temple Mount handed over in the name of peace. I also believe that the Magog invasion will come after that division of Israel while the temporary peace is built. Ezekiel says that Israel is dwelling in safety when attacked from the North and this will only happen prophetically between now and the abomination of desolation. After that 2/3 of Israel are killed and 1/3 is taken to the wilderness for the remainder of the 70th week until Christ returns in glory. So clearly they won't be living in peace and safety then. So I believe we could see the Temple Mount handed over in the name of peace with a sudden shift in Israeli consciousness once God demonstrates His power in the destruction of the attackers with fire and brimstone from heaven. I think at that point nobody will desire to stop Israel from rebuilding the temple and many won't want to after seeing God's hand in the destruction of those coming against Israel. Time will tell, but it seems to fit together pretty well that way. 'Vatican-Israeli ties worsening' The Jerusalem Post (November 17, 2007) - A senior Vatican diplomat who served as papal envoy to Israel has described Vatican-Israeli relations as worsening, blaming Israel for failing to keep promises related to church land, taxes and travel restrictions on Arab clergy. Archbishop Pietro Sambi lashed out at Israel in an interview posted Friday on Terrasanta.net, an online publication about the Holy Land. "If I must be frank, the relations between the Catholic Church and the state of Israel were better when there were no diplomatic ties," said Sambi, interviewed earlier in the week in Washington, where he now serves as Pope Benedict XVI's envoy to the United States. "The Holy See decided to establish diplomatic relations (in 1993) with Israel as an act of faith, leaving to latter the serious promises to regulate concrete aspects of the life of the Catholic community and the Church" in Israel, Sambi said. Among the issues hanging are the status of expropriated church property, services that Catholic groups perform for Israel's Jewish and Arab population, and tax exemptions for the Church. The Vatican diplomat also cited a current sore point - the granting of permits for Arab Christian clergy traveling to and around the West Bank. Israel has rescinded some travel privileges for those clergy because of security concerns. Israel and the Palestinian territories are home to a small Christian minority. Sambi complained that the Knesset has failed to give necessary approval to various accords that had been signed by both sides, and noted that an impasse over taxes has been discussed on and off for nearly 10 years without resolution. He blamed the situation on Israel's "absence of political will." "Everyone can see what kind of trust you can give to Israel's promises," Sambi said. Asked about Sambi's criticisms, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said: "Israel is interested in good relations with the Vatican and Israeli and Vatican officials are working to overcome gaps that exist." Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said the interview with Sambi "reflects his thinking and his personal experience" during the diplomat's former posting in Israel. Lombardi said the Holy See reiterated the hope, expressed in September when Benedict met with Israeli President Shimon Peres, for a "rapid conclusion of the important negotiations" and a common solution to "existing problems." Earlier this year, tensions developed between the Vatican and Israel when the Holy See's ambassador to Israel initially decided to boycott a Holocaust memorial service because of allegations that during World War II Pope Pius XII was silent about the mass killings of Jews. Please learn a little of the history of the Vatican and their connection to and control of the plans for global governance through history. Much of my life I had a tendency to just accept without research and I'm discovering that things are not at all what they are made to appear to be. Keep watching.
Rabbis recite priestly blessing atop Temple Mount Israel
Today (October 22, 2007) - A
group of Israelis rabbis visiting Jerusalem's Temple Mount last
week publicly recited the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26),
an act that under normal circumstances would results in
detention by the police. The group, which was organized by the
Temple Institute, was visiting the Temple Mount to commemorate
the 1165 visit to Judaism's holiest site by Maimonides, also
known as the Rambam, one of history's greatest Jewish
philosophers. At one point, a rabbi spontaneously began reciting
the biblical blessing, eliciting the expected cries of outrage
from nearby Muslim officials who noticed the Jews were daring to
pray at the site Islam today claims as its third holiest. To the
surprise of the rabbis, Israeli police stationed at the Temple
Mount took their side and ordered the Muslims to stop harassing
them. In the past, Christians and Jews who were suspected of
even praying quietly to themselves were forcibly removed from
the Temple Mount and detained for questioning. Israel's official
policy is to bow to the Muslims' insistence that none but the
followers of Allah may pray atop the Temple Mount. Temple
Institute director Rabbi Haim Richman told Israel National News
that last week's visit marked probably the first time since the
Roman destruction of the Second Temple that descendants of
Israel's priestly caste had recited the Priestly Blessing on the
holy hill.
Zechariah's warning to Bush and Condi WorldNet
Daily (October 18, 2007) - The
Palestinians and Israelis are scheduled to meet at the Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Md., this November. This major "peace summit" is the
brainchild of the Bush administration and is under the supervision of
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Though most of the world –
especially the Arab world – seems dubious about the summit's prospects
for success, the United States appears bent on forcing some sort of
"peace" upon that troubled region. To do so, Secretary Rice is
pressuring Israel to drop all of its redline demands. Redlines are the
points that cannot be conceded. Both sides have redlines. Both sides
have points they will not give up, boundaries they will not cross. But
the State Department is pressuring Israel to drop all of its redline
conditions. For the first time, the division of Jerusalem is on the
table. Since 1967, Israel had steadfastly claimed a united Jerusalem as
"its eternal capital, never to be divided again." I will never
forget when Gen. Moshe Dayan first stood before the Western Wall after
the amazing six-day victory in June of 1967. He dramatically declared,
"We have returned to all that is holy in our land. We have returned
never to be parted from it again." Evidently, to Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert, "eternal" and "never" means about 40 years. According to the
Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Palestinians are pressuring Secretary
Rice to guarantee that Israel will relinquish sovereignty over the
Temple Mount. What's more, they're making this guarantee a pre-condition
before they'll even show up at the conference! According to a senior
Palestinian official quoted by Haaretz, "No Arab country would agree for
a final-status arrangement in which the Temple Mount was not in Muslim
hands, particularly not Saudi Arabia." So, while Israel is not permitted
any redline issues, the Palestinian redlines are not only permitted, but
Secretary Rice is seeking guarantees of Israeli acceptance of them. And
their No. 1 redline demand is that Israel must surrender the very heart
and soul of Judaism as the price of admission to even start discussing
peace. Just suppose for a moment that Israel and the Muslims were in
reverse circumstances. Can you imagine the reaction to Israel demanding
that the Muslims guarantee the surrender of Mecca as a precondition to
"discussing" peace? The world would consider such a demand unthinkable.
Yet, according to
a report in WorldNetDaily, Secretary Rice singled out areas of
Jerusalem that will become part of a future Palestinian state. She
reportedly told Palestinian negotiators that she would publicly blame
Israel for the failure of next month's summit if the Jewish state didn't
agree to evacuate east Jerusalem neighborhoods. Rice traveled to the
Middle East this week to help the Israelis and Palestinians formulate a
joint statement ahead of November's conference. The Palestinians want
the statement to outline specifically a Palestinian state including the
Gaza Strip, West Bank and essentially all of east Jerusalem, which
includes not only the Muslim holy places, but those of the Jews and
Christians as well. They are ostensibly to be put under Jordanian
supervision. But I remember what that was like before June 1967. There
were walls and barbed wire separating East Jerusalem from Israel.
Christian pilgrims had to carry their own luggage across an intimidating
no man's land of about 40 meters while unfriendly Jordanian soldiers
looked on. I am stunned the Bush administration is pressuring Israel to
agree to all of the Palestinian demands in advance, with the threat that
they'll be blamed for the summit's failure if they don't. In view of
this, my question is, "What's the point of the conference?" "What's left
to negotiate?" President Bush and Secretary Rice have already done the
Palestinians' negotiating for them. And all of this despite the fact
that the Palestinians have not lived up to one prerequisite condition
outlined in Bush's own "Road Map for Peace." You know, I fear for both
President Bush and Secretary Rice. I also fear for my beloved country.
They must be ignorant of a prophecy God made 2,500 years ago through the
Hebrew prophet Zechariah. It applies to this precise time and situation
in history. God said, "Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. …"
The people surrounding Jerusalem are all the current Muslim nations. As
predicted, they have become intoxicated over possessing Jerusalem. Like
drunken people, their emotions, inflamed with religious zeal, are
causing them to do unwise, reckless and violent things. The truth is
hardly any Muslims traveled to visit Jerusalem before the Jews returned
to it. Now you would think there is no other holy place on earth as
important to them. These are the exact conditions Zechariah predicted
would be part of the last stages of this age. He continues, "And
it shall happen in that day that I WILL make Jerusalem a very heavy
stone for ALL PEOPLES. …" – meaning the entire world. Now here's
the punch line: "ALL who would seek to heave it
away will surely be cut in pieces." The original Hebrew makes the
meaning of this even clearer. It reveals that everyone who tries to
remove the heavy burden of the Jerusalem crisis will be utterly
destroyed for getting involved with it. Isaac and Ishmael's fight over
possession of Jerusalem has drawn the whole world into it – just as the
prophets predicted. It is the culmination of Ishmael's 4,000-year-old
hatred of his half-brother Isaac, the forefather of the Israelites. I
pray that somehow this message will get through to President Bush and
Secretary Rice. This prophecy applies to this very moment in which we
live. And in light of what they are forcing on Israel, it applies to
them personally. While Bush and Rice strive to create legacies for
themselves – just as most presidents have tried to do with the Middle
East conflict for the last 40 years – they not only endanger themselves,
but also endanger this nation with the divine curse promised above. Mr.
President, there is nothing on this earth worth what you are doing. In
the power of God's Spirit, I warn them both, "Stop, before it's too
late!"
Likud official infers Temple Mount not Jewish holy place
Jerusalem
Newswire
(October 17, 2007) - The head of the
Likud Party's foreign relations department gave a massive boost to the
claims of Islam - Israel's most implacable enemy - Tuesday when he
inferred that Jerusalem's Temple Mount was not sacred to the Jewish
people. The Temple Mount is the Jewish people's holiest site. Arab and
other Muslim leaders and clerics, who assert that the hill is Islam's
third holiest site, have long and fiercely maintained that the Jews have
no historical connection or claim to the outcrop the Bible calls God's
"holy hill." While secular Jews often appear content to limit their
"right" to the Western Wall, Israelis who have the fear of the Lord and
who know that their nation's First and Second Temples were built on top
of the mount will not agree to relinquishing it to the followers of
another god. Zalman Shoval, a former ambassador to the United States,
and traditionally a right thinker on Israeli security issues, told a
meeting of the Foreign Press Association that the Likud - which is led
by former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu - could allow an Arab or
Muslim country to administer the site for the sake of securing peace for
Israel. "It is not in Israel's interest to be in any way in charge of
the holy places other than those of the Jewish faith," the secular
Shoval said, adding he believed there were "ways to adopt formulae to
this end." Using politico-speech (universally known as the language of
compromise) Shoval first insisted that "the question of Israel's
sovereignty in Jerusalem, and first and foremost the Temple Mount, is
not negotiable." But he then reminded his audience that "actually there
have been plans for a long time" to find a way around this "immovable"
political reality. "Arab and Muslim countries, Jordan for instance,
could play a leading role," and it was even possible that the
Palestinian Authority could "run" the Temple Mount if there were real
peace. more...
Israel signals shift on Jerusalem split
Associated Press
(October 8, 2007) -
Two senior Israeli politicians, including the prime minister's closest
ally, talked openly Monday about dividing
Jerusalem, signaling a possible shift in Israeli opinion about
one of the Mideast's most contentious issues. The dispute over Jerusalem
has derailed negotiations in the past, and the latest comments come at a
time when Israeli and Palestinian teams are trying to agree on
principles guiding future peace talks. The ideas raised by Vice Premier
Haim Ramon still fall far short of Palestinian demands to establish
their capital in all of the city's eastern sector, annexed by Israel
after the 1967 Mideast War. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
meanwhile, told parliament he will not be deterred from seeking a peace
deal with the Palestinians. He said Israel has missed opportunities in
the past, and warned that continued failure would mean a "demographic
struggle steeped in blood and tears." Olmert was unusually impassioned
but short on specifics. He made no mention of Jerusalem. Later Monday,
Israeli and Palestinian teams met for the first time to start drafting a
joint declaration of principles that would guide negotiators if peace
talks were to resume after a seven-year freeze. Abbas aide Yasser Abed
Rabbo said afterward that no results could have been expected from the
first meeting, but he hoped a meaningful document would emerge. The
document, which is to address the key disputes — borders, Jerusalem,
Israeli settlements, Palestinian refugees — will be the centerpiece of a
U.S.-hosted Mideast conference in November. Olmert's speech appeared to
be a careful balancing act — sending an encouraging message to the
Palestinians, while not giving his hardline critics at home too much
ammunition by going into detail. His central theme was a pledge not to
miss an opportunity to reach a long-elusive peace deal, even if it
requires costly concessions. Olmert said Israelis will have to led
go of some of the beliefs that "fed the national ethos for many years,"
a reference to giving up West Bank land. more...
Abbas: Jerusalem key to peace
YNet News
(October 6, 2007) -
The Israeli and Palestinian teams asked to draft a joint statement ahead
of a Mideast peace conference will hold their first meeting Monday,
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said. The teams are to write down
the principles that would guide future peace talks. The US-hosted
conference is to take place in November or early December. Abbas said he
expected at least 36 states to attend, including 12 Arab states, three
Muslim nations, the permanent members of the UN Security Council and the
G-8. "We hope that the number will increase to 40 states," Abbas was
quoted as telling Palestinian dignitaries from Jerusalem on Friday
evening, during a meal breaking the dawn-to-dusk fast of the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan. The remarks were carried by the Palestinian news
agency WAFA and confirmed by a participant. Abbas did not provide a list
of countries expected to attend. The US has not released such a list, or
set a date yet. In Friday's meeting, Abbas told his guests that a
solution for Jerusalem would be key to any peace deal. Israelis and
Palestinians both claim the city as a capital. "Jerusalem has always
been in our hearts, and the hope that we have been looking at," Abbas
was quoted as saying. "There is no independent Palestinian state without
Jerusalem as its capital. It is a concern in the coming, difficult
days." Abbas has met six times since the spring with Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert, to explore the chances of resuming negotiations,
which broke down in January 2001. more...
Terror group broadcasting from Temple Mount Associated
Press (September 18, 2007) - The
official radio network of a major terror organization has been
exclusively broadcasting daily from the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest
site, WND has learned. The radio network regularly features Iranian and
anti-Semitic propaganda and death threats against Jews. The Al-Quds
network, the official radio station of the Islamic Jihad terror group,
has been exclusively broadcasting special nightly Ramadan prayers from
the Mount's Al Aqsa Mosque since last week. The station also is
broadcasting the Tarawih prayers, special Sunni Muslim prayers recited
at night during Ramadan. Saleh Al-Massri, Al-Quds radio station manager,
told WND the Temple Mount broadcasts provide Islamic Jihad with "an
opportunity to spread Islam and its values and to bring some happiness
to the suffering Palestinians who can't reach the Al Aqsa Mosque for
Tarawih prayers." Islamic Jihad, together with Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades terror group, took responsibility for every suicide bombing in
Israel the last three years. Islamic Jihad also carried out scores of
deadly rocket and shooting attacks and is one of the most active
Palestinian terrorist organizations. According to Palestinian leaders in
the Gaza Strip, the nightly prayer broadcast on Islamic Jihad's station
is currently the most popular radio program in the Palestinian
territories. The last few days the special broadcasts, sampled by WND,
have been preceded and followed by Islamic Jihad speeches featuring
anti-Israel propaganda, such as calling for the destruction of the
Jewish state and advocating Palestinian solidarity with Iran. It was
unclear whether Islamic Jihad had official permission from Israel or
from the Waqf Islamic custodians of the Temple Mount to broadcast from
the holy site, located in Jerusalem and jointly administered by the Waqf
and Israeli police. A spokesman for Israel's Police Authority did not
return phone calls before press time. According to Palestinian security
sources speaking to WND, Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds radio has been using
technicians from the Voice of Palestine, the official radio network of
the Palestinian Authority, to facilitate the Temple Mount broadcasts,
even though the program is not aired on PA radio. The sources said the
Waqf as well as the PA is "well aware" Islamic Jihad is broadcasting
from the Mount. more... Muslims Ransacking Israel’s Temple Mount
Jerusalem Newswire (September 3, 2007)
- Two thousand years ago, Roman Legions pillaged and burned Israel’s
Second Temple, turning the hilltop on which it once stood into a
desolate heap. As they wandered the planet, looking for a place to find
rest for their feet, hounded and harried everywhere by anti-Semitic
Christians and others, the descendants of the exiled Jews prayed for and
looked toward their return to the Temple Mount and the rebuilding of the
house of worship to their God. It is their holiest site—the place where
God’s glory once shone visibly for the entire nation to see, and the
place from which their Messiah is prophesied to reign. And yet, despite
this purported highest importance to their nation, Israel’s government
is apparently unmoved by reports of ongoing and unrestrained destruction
of the site and its priceless remains at the hands of the Palestinian
Islamic Waqf. In an exclusive report Monday [September 3], WorldNetDaily
[WND] revealed that the Waqf—or Islamic Trust—has been caught
“red-handed” destroying Temple-era antiquities, including parts of what
may well be a wall from the Second Temple. The destruction is being
wrought as the Arabs blast trenches in which to lay new electrical
wiring for their mosques and other Muslim-controlled structures. Whereas
Muslims throughout the Middle East and around the world have rioted and
protested violently any plans by Israel to carry out excavations or
repair work anywhere near the Temple Mount, Israel’s Jews are
conspicuous by their silence and almost total lack of interest in what
the Muslims are doing to their holy of holies. One of the few Israelis
to register their shock and anger is Eilat Mazar, considered one of the
most prominent Temple Mount archaeologists. WND reports Mazar analyzed a
photo showing damaged stone elements and said they “might be part of a
Jewish Temple wall Israeli archaeologists charge the Waqf found and has
been attempting to destroy.” “It certainly looks like Second Temple
antiquity and could very well be part of a Second Temple courtyard
wall,” Mazar said. If authenticated, said WND, the wall would be one of
the most important Temple Mount archaeological discoveries in recent
history. Mazar said she would need to examine the stone in the photo to
certify it. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reportedly gave the Waqf
permission to use earth-moving gear to dig a long, deep trench across
the top of the mount. Israeli police are protecting the diggers and, in
fact, helping oversee the destruction of the most important piece of
their national heritage. Archaeologists like Mazar are prevented from
inspecting how the work is being done. more...
Sheikh Salah: Israel wants to encroach on parts of Temple Mount
YNet News (August 30, 2007)
- Israel is conspiring to encroach on the Temple Mount to build a Jewish
temple near the Al-Aqsa mosque, Sheikh Raed Salah, the head of the
Islamic Movement northern branch, said Thursday. Salah called on Arab
and Muslim nations to "prevent the division of the Al-Aqsa by Israel."
In a letter to Arab kings and leaders of Muslim countries, Salah urged
all Muslims to torpedo "Israel's plan that aims at dividing the Al-Aqsa
Mosque between Muslims and Jews whereas in the Jewish part it plans to
build its imaginary temple." Salah also lamented Israel's practice of
allowing groups of religious Jews to visit the Temple Mount, and
according to Salah, to pray and perform religious rituals. The Temple
Mount, which houses the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock Mosques, is the
holiest site for Jews. The Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest Muslim
shrine, nests just above the last remaining wall of the Temple, the
Western Wall. Salah said the whole complex was Muslim but Israel was
trying to expropriate parts of it.
The Blood-Red Moon, the Temple Mount and the Bible Bill
Koenig (August 28, 2007) - August
28, 2007, had very revealing headlines: A Blood-Red Moon
Rises over North America | Olmert Offers Temple Mount Sovereignty
to the Palestinians | Olmert and Abbas Meet on Israel's Land and
Jerusalem | Bush Says Iran's Actions Could Lead to a Shadow of a
Nuclear Holocaust | Bush Arrives in New Orleans for his 15th
Post-Katrina Visit |
These
were the news headlines on the day of a total lunar eclipse that
produced a "blood-red" moon, the second one in seven years with a
connection to the Temple Mount. A total lunar eclipse/"blood-red" moon
occurred on July 16, 2000, while U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat were
at the Middle East Summit at Camp David. The sticking point that
caused the summit to fail had to do with who would have sovereignty over
the Temple Mount — the Israelis or the Palestinian Arabs. During
this year's total lunar eclipse/"blood-red" moon of Aug. 28, 2007, that
rose over North America, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered
the Palestinians sovereignty over the Temple Mount. What was so
incredible about the timing of this offer is that it didn't take place
days, weeks or months after the "blood-red" moon but on the very same
day. In other words, the Temple Mount’s sovereignty was a central
focus during both total lunar eclipse/ "blood-red" moons in 2000 and
this week. Blood-Red Moon The Old and New Testaments speak of
blood-red moons prior to the Tribulation.
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the
moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord
come. The Jewish Talmud (book of tradition/ interpretation) says,
"When the moon is in eclipse, it is a bad omen for
Israel. If its face is as red as blood, [it is a sign that] the sword is
coming to the world." Total-eclipse “blood-red” moons are rare.
The next total-eclipse/ "blood-red" moon will occur on Feb. 21, 2008.
Having another total eclipse this close to a previous one is extremely
rare; to say the least, we will be watching that day with much interest.
News From
the Last Two Blood-Red Moons more...
Holy forfeit! Israel willing to give up Temple Mount World
Net Daily (August 28, 2007) -
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Egyptian government the
Jewish state is willing to forfeit control over the Temple Mount –
Judaism's holiest site – to the management of Egypt, Jordan and the
Palestinian Authority, according to an Arab media report. The
Egyptian Al Massrioun daily reported last weekend Barak informed
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the
Jordanian government Israel is willing to hand them joint control
over the Temple Mount. The report follows a
WND exclusive article last
week stating Palestinian negotiators drafting an agreement behind
the scenes with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office made clear they
will not accept any final peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish
state forfeits the Temple Mount. According to the Egyptian media
report over the weekend, Barak stated an umbrella group of several
Arab countries controlling the holy site instead of only the PA
would help ease Israeli domestic opposition to giving up the Temple
Mount, since Egypt and Jordan are considered by Israeli policy to be
moderate countries. Ronen Moshe, a spokesman for Barak, told WND the
Egyptian media report is "untrue." "We do not comment on the
specifics of private conversations with world leaders, but this
report is not what was said during the talks," Moshe said. A senior
Palestinian official, speaking on condition his name be withheld,
told WND yesterday Israel "understands there won't be any deal with
the Palestinians unless it forfeits the Temple Mount." The official
said the Mount was previously a sticking point in
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, but he said Prime Minister
Olmert's government has expressed a number of times a willingness to
compromise on the Temple Mount. "We've recently received many
Israeli plans that showed Israel is willing to allow another body,
whether Palestinian or international, to control the [Temple Mount].
The issue is no longer a sticking point," the Palestinian official
said. During U.S.-led negotiations in 2000, Barak, then prime
minister, reportedly was willing to forfeit the Temple Mount to
international control. Those negotiations fell through after
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat rejected an offer of a
Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern sections
of Jerusalem. Adviser Gilad Sher – who represented Barak at initial
Israeli-Palestinian planning meetings in 2000 during which President
Clinton discussed the Temple Mount – wrote in his book "Beyond
Reach" that Clinton's plan called for the Temple Mount to become
complete Palestinian sovereign territory, while the Western Wall
below and its complex would fall under Israeli sovereignty. Barak
was said to have initially rejected that plan, but according to
participants at the negotiations summit, he was ultimately willing
to place the Mount under international sovereignty. Some reports
claimed Barak offered the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, but the
Israeli politician has denied those claims. more...
Israel offers Palestinians control of Temple Mount WorldNetDaily (August
28, 2007) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office
today presented the Palestinian Authority with a formal plan in which
the Jewish state would forfeit the Temple Mount – Judaism's holiest site
– to Muslim control, according to top Palestinian sources. The sources
said Olmert's plan calls for the entire Temple Mount plaza to fall under
Arab sovereignty; Jerusalem's Old City holy sites near the Mount to be
governed by a Jewish, Christian and Muslim task force; and the Western
Wall plaza below the Mount to be controlled by Israel. The report
follows a
WND exclusive article last week stating Palestinian negotiators
drafting an agreement behind the scenes with Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's office made clear they will not accept any final peace deal
with Israel unless the Jewish state forfeits the Temple Mount. According
to Palestinian negotiators who took part in today's Olmert-Abbas
meeting, the Israeli leader today also presented Abbas with a plan for
Israel to evacuate most of the West Bank and cede eastern sections of
Jerusalem. The plan called for Israel to retain three main settlement
blocks and in exchange Israel would offer the Palestinians Israeli Arab
towns in the north of the country, the Palestinian negotiators told WND.
David Baker, a spokesman for Olmert, would neither confirm nor deny the
prime minister offered the Temple Mount. He said ahead of today's talks
the summit would center on "the development of Palestinian-governing
institutions, bolstering Abbas' government and issues concerning
Israelis and Palestinians living side-by-side." Over the weekend, an
Egyptian newspaper reported Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the
Egyptian government the Jewish state is willing to forfeit control of
the Temple Mount to the management of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian
Authority. The Al Massrioun daily reported Barak informed Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the Jordanian
government Israel is willing to hand them joint control over the Temple
Mount. According to the Egyptian report, Barak stated an umbrella group
of several Arab countries controlling the holy site instead of only the
PA would help ease Israeli domestic opposition to giving up the Temple
Mount, since Egypt and Jordan are considered by Israeli policy to be
moderate countries. Ronen Moshe, a spokesman for Barak, told WND the
Egyptian media report is "untrue." "We do not comment on the specifics
of private conversations with world leaders, but this report is not what
was said during the talks," Moshe said. A senior Palestinian official,
speaking on condition his name be withheld, told WND yesterday Israel
"understands there won't be any deal with the Palestinians unless it
forfeits the Temple Mount." more...
PA - Temple Mount the price for peace
Jerusalem Newswire
(August 21, 2007) - The
Palestine Liberation Organization/Palestinian Authority will enter
into no peace pact with Israel that does not award the Muslim Arabs
who call themselves "Palestinians" full and irreversible control
over the site most sacred to the Jewish people. This is according to
a
WorldNetDaily report published Friday detailing some of the
issues being discussed in secret meetings between officials
representing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Arabs
negotiating on behalf of PLO/PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The meetings
are meant to be setting the stage for the International Middle East
Peace Conference called for by US President George W. Bush and
scheduled to be held in November this year under the chairmanship of
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Headlined with the question,
"Israel to give up the Temple Mount?" the report suggested that the
Olmert government would be willing to consider such a demand, a
suspicion fueled by the fact that three days have passed since its
publication without an outright denial from the Prime Minister's
Office. This "Palestinian" position, long held by the PLO leadership
at the aggressive insistence of the entire Islamic world, remains as
solid and unyielding today as it did when it helped scupper the
talks at Camp David in July 2000. There, under the benevolent eye of
US President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered
PLO chief Yasser Arafat all of Gaza, 97 percent of Judea and Samaria
- with the other two percent exchanged for pieces of land from
"Israel proper" - the Arab-populated eastern parts of Israel's
capital, the Old City of Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. What put
an abrupt end to the summit, and caused Arafat to hurl insults in
Barak's direction and storm out of the room, was the Israeli
leader's groveling plea for his nation to be awarded sovereignty
over the rubble from the First and Second Temple periods that lies
buried beneath the Temple Mount platform. Arafat could have
everything possible for the creation of his state, including the
coveted site of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Barak
said. All Israel wished for was control over the "sub-terrace
spaces" containing dried-out pottery shards and other dusty remains
from an era those who discount the Bible don't even believe existed
at all. The arch-terrorist responded by returning to the Middle East
and igniting the Oslo War - or Al-Aqsa Intifada - that saw gallons
of Jewish blood spilled in Israel. But while the explosion of
terrorism awakened many deluded Israelis to the true goal and nature
of the "Palestinian" leadership and people - who consistently
supported and celebrated "suicide" and other massacres - it drove
dyed-in-the-wool Jewish leftists to advocate even further extremes
and carte blanch appeasement. more...
Should Jews build the Third Temple? The
Jerusalem Post (July 24, 2007) - Traditionally the Temple Mount Faithful attempt to set up a
foundation stone for the Third Temple on Tisha Be'av, and the police
routinely prevent them from doing so. The occasion for this street
theater is the anniversary of the destruction of the First Temple in
586 BCE and that of the Second Temple in 70 CE, both said to have
occurred on the same calendar date. It is certainly right that the
date be commemorated; but would rebuilding the Temple be an
appropriate act for the State of Israel today? Assuming there were
no Dome of the Rock and no Muslim presence on the Temple Mount, no Wakf and no Aksa
Mosque, the pressure to rebuild the Temple would be enormous - but
would it, in historical terms, be sound? The last time such an
opportunity occurred was in the time of Julian the Apostate, in 362
CE. That Roman Emperor, who succeeded Constantine, reversed his
predecessor's decision to turn the empire into a Christian state and
returned to the former pagan religions, which were permissive of
other cults, including the Jewish one. It seems that he gave
permission for the Temple to be rebuilt, and then went off to fight
his enemies. In Jerusalem work commenced on reconstructing the altar, but hardly had a few
stones been put one on another, when a massive earthquake hit the
area and the work collapsed. Worse still, Julian was killed in
Persia and his place was taken by the Emperor Jovian, who
reinstalled Christianity as the official religion. Any hope of
rebuilding the Temple ceased, never to return. IN 638 CE, the hordes
of Islam conquered Jerusalem and by 692 the Caliph Abd al-Malik had
completed the Dome of the Rock, which stood on the mountain inviolate for the following 1,315
years. During the Crusader years it was converted to Christian use,
and most Crusaders thought it had been built originally as the
Temple of Solomon, but it was not changed structurally and returned
to the Muslims on expulsion of the Crusaders in 1187. However, it
did not return as a mosque, as it had never been one. more...
Jerusalem hosts month of Temple activities Israel
Today (July 10, 2007) - A full range of activities focusing on the history and
future of Israel's Temple to the Almighty will be held in Jerusalem
this month. Israel National News reported that the activities will
include seminars with leading experts and rabbis, exhibits of
rebuilt Temple artifacts, and walking tours on and around the Temple
Mount. Many of the tours will also look at the events of the past 60
years that have moved Israel closer to the day of the construction
of the Third Temple. The activities have been scheduled to coincide
with the period of mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av (July 24),
which is the Hebrew calendar date on which both the First and Second
Temples were destroyed.
Muslims seeking to tighten grip on Temple Mount Jerusalem
Newswire (July 4, 2007) - The God of Israel calls it His Holy Hill, it is the Jews’
most sacred site – upon which stood the first and second temples, and
the Bible describes it as the throne room of the coming Messiah.
Muslims know the centrality of this location to the Jewish and
Christian faiths, and have made a priority out of securing and keeping
it under Islamic control. The Islamic presence has been compared to
that of a beast squatting over the Temple Mount, greedily keeping
control from slipping away. Jews and Christians are thus banned from
praying and reading their Bibles on the height, over which four
minarets tower and upon which a fifth and largest minaret is set to be
built by Jordan. For many years the Waqf (or Islamic Trust) has been
defying Israeli law, excavating massive areas of the mount at will and
constructing more mosques on it. Hamas – the “Palestinian” Islamist
terrorist group that took control of the Gaza Strip two weeks ago in a
show of murderous violence – was reportedly recently thwarted in its
efforts to extend its tentacles of control over the Temple Mount.
Recent years have seen Hamas invest millions of shekels in Jerusalem
charities and religious institutions, as well as in construction on
the Temple Mount, according to The Jerusalem Post. A senior
official in Israel’s internal security services said Hamas’ goal “is
to gain full control over the Temple Mount. Meanwhile, the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan has been working surreptitiously to strengthen its
already strong hold and influence over the mount by purchasing real
estate in the area in order to control access to it.
Woe to Ariel! (Jerusalem to suffer
EU occupation) Ezine
@rticles - Isaiah
29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel,
the city where David dwelt! Carl Sandburg, an American writer
warned: "If America forgets where
she came from...if she listens to
the deniers and mockers, then will
begin the rot and dissolution."
The same principle applies to our
Jewish brethren in Israel. The
most merciful God of Jacob-Israel
resurrected the nation of Israel
from the graveyard of history and
offered us a new opportunity to
fulfill our unique calling to
become a model nation, a kingdom
of priests, a light to all
nations, based upon the Law and
the Prophets. Yet secular Jews,
Hellenist Jews, UNJews, have
divorced themselves from the Bible
and have sought to make Israel
just like all the other
nations. And the corrupt Chief
Rabbinate and blind religious
leaders have woefully neglected
(and forfeited by default)
Judaism's most holy site: the
Temple Mount. Despite the
faithlessness of many of Israel's
leaders, the Great God of the
Universe liberated areas of Judea
and Samaria and restored Judaism's
holiest site (supposedly) - the
Temple Mount - into Jewish hands.
Did Israel immediately invite the
God of history to return with our
exiles (now making aliyah)
by building the Third Temple? Did
they honor the God of our fathers
by creating an Embassy for the
Eternal upon the Temple
Mount? No! Instead Israelis
despised their most sacred
inheritance, the crown jewel of
Jerusalem, and permitted militant
Muslims to continue their
abominable occupation. The foreign
foxes terrorize faithful Jews and
Christian Zionists who attempt to
worship upon the Temple Mount and
illegally refuse to let them pray
or read the Bible. Israel has
failed to uphold religious rights
for non-Muslims (that are trampled
daily) and has failed to guarantee
"freedom of access." The biblical
solution is to build the "House of
Prayer for All Peoples" spoken of
by the Prophets. Queen Victoria
said: "I think it very unwise to
give up what we hold," referring
to territories of the
British-Israelite empire. Judah
has been "very unwise" to
surrender holy land to the enemies
of God and Israel in the name of a
lying peace. The accursed and
treacherous Oslo accords, like a
murderous cancer, continue to eat
away at the very foundations of
the Jewish state and the Jews have
only themselves to blame. Does
someone have to be a prophet to
recognize prophetic trends and to
be grieved about them? Or to
perceive that divine judgment is
surely coming upon our beloved
nations? Can't we just be like
righteous King Josiah who HEARD
AND BELIEVED the inspired words of
the PROPHETS? (2 Chron. 34:15-33).
He took God's "ancient" warning
seriously and then did everything
he could to avert national
disaster! God respected him for
it. Yet the American, British and
Jewish peoples today despise those
who dare come forth, teaching and
preaching the Word of God,
encouraging repentance to spare
our people from the unprecedented
"Time of Jacob's Trouble," "the
Great Tribulation" (Jer. 30:7,
Matt. 24:21). At least, when
they're temporarily crushed
under the heels of a German-led
Europe, when the Jewish
Quarter is made Judenrein
and the
Temple Mount
seized and occupied by
Vatican
forces that are intent on ripping
the heart out of Israel for their
pagan purposes (Dan. 11:45, Zech.
14:2), they will remember that they had been warned by a
loving God, and hopefully will
then have a change of heart and
attitude that will hasten the
process of redemption and welcome
home the Messiah whom Two
Witnesses will announce to the
cities of Judah
and proclaim to the world (Zech.
12:10).
The Secret Nazis Covet the Temple
Mount Ezine
@rticles - "Even before the
end of this war, I revealed to you
the plans for a NAZI UNDERGROUND
MOVEMENT, to go underground as a
SECRET organization the very
moment they lost the war - to lay
low...then come forth when least
expected, RESTORE GERMANY TO
POWER, and go on to finally
accomplish their aims in a WORLD
WAR III" - The Plain Truth, Sept.
1948.
The Philadelphia Trumpet
magazine (Feb. 2000) reminded its
international audience that
Herbert W. Armstrong wrote those
prophetic words long before they
were confirmed by Reuters Arthur
Spiegelman, who wrote on May 10,
1996: "Realizing they were losing
the war in 1944, Nazi leaders met
top German industrialists to plan
a secret post-war international
network to restore them to power,
according to a newly declassified
U.S. intelligence document. The
document...says an SS general and
a representative of the German
armaments ministry told such
companies as Krupp and Rohling
that they must be prepared to
finance the Nazi Party...when it
went underground." Ella Steinberg,
executive director of the World
Jewish Congress stated: "Now that
the Nazi secret plan has been
confirmed, the central question is
whether it has been carried out."
Need we wonder? Considering German
hegemony throughout Europe is
practically a done deal (with the
Vatican's blessing), aren't
Herbert W. Armstrong's warnings
about the final revival of the
"Holy Roman Empire"
being fulfilled before our very
eyes? Only the deaf, dumb and
blind could deny that the Germans
have thoroughly carried out their
plans! But what is the
German-Catholic kingdom without
the crown of Jerusalem? "Woe to
Ariel, Ariel, the city where David
dwelt!" (Isaiah 29:1). The
Vatican covets
Mount Zion
and the Temple Mount and Europe
won't quit until it occupies the
eternal capital of Israel! Both
the Arabs and the Jews had better
beware any European moves into the
Middle East. David Ben-Ariel,
a Christian-Zionist writer and
author of
Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and
Fall,
shares a special focus on the
Middle East, reflected in
hard-hitting articles that help
others improve their understanding
of that troubled region. Check out
the
Beyond Babylon
blog.
Chief rabbis, EU president discuss
'interfaith UN' Jerusalem
Post (May 30,
2007) - European
Parliament President Hans-Gert
Pottering said Wednesday in a
meeting with Israel's chief rabbis
that he would support the
establishment of an "interfaith
United Nations"
that would bring together
religious leaders from all over
the world to promote peace. Chief
Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger first
proposed the idea at an interfaith
meeting several months ago. But
Metzger said that Wednesday's
meeting with Pottering marked the
first time a political figure had
shown interest in concrete steps
towards achieving that idea.
"After our meeting, the president
sent an envoy to discuss in more
detail the creation of an
international body made up of
religious leaders who could foster
peace," said Metzger. "I envision
the body being based in the holy
city of Jerusalem,
which is sacred to the three
monotheistic religious. But
disputes over its location should
not delay the establishment of the
interfaith UN," Metzger added. In
a press release, the Chief
Rabbinate said an interfaith UN
could help combat anti-Semitism.
Metzger said that the controversy
sparked by the Mughrabi bridge
excavations near the Temple Mount
was a perfect example of how
dialogue between religious leaders
assuaged religious extremist
rancor sparked by misinformation.
"After explaining in the
international media that
construction of the bridge did not
endanger Al-Aksa Mosque, people
calmed down," said Metzger.
more... Increasing number of rabbis are allowing Jews to enter Temple Mount Haaretz (May 26, 2007) - An increasing number of religious Zionist rabbis are allowing their followers to enter the Temple Mount, contrary to the religious consensus on the matter. This weekend, the rabbis Haim Druckman and Avraham Zukerman, of the Bnei Akiva youth movement, and Tzafania Drori, chief rabbi of Kiryat Shmona, are set to join this growing group with an ad in the Orthodox media. The rabbis, who are major figures in the religious Zionist movement, will call on Jews wishing to enter the Temple Mount "in purity, to ascend at this time to the to the places permitted for Jews to enter." The three rabbis are known for their principle support for letting Jews on to the Temple Mount. But they had not yet expressed their stand formally, because of the religious sensitivity of the issue. Now, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem's unification, with many right-wing movements placing the Temple Mount on their agenda, the rabbis have decided to call publicly on Jews to go to the Mount. In publishing the ad, they will be joining dozens of other rabbis of the religious Zionist stream, among them rabbis in West Bank settlements, who in recent |
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