Brit-Am Historical Reports (30 December, 2012. 17 Tevet, 5773)
Contents:
1. Interesting Map of Old Testament Israel
2. An Ancient Jewish Kingdom in Yemen. Fortress in the Sky Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam
By Matthias Schulz
3. Amnon Goldberg: YK [Yom Kippur] War & Torah
4. YouTube Clip. 13th Tribe Debunked - Arthur Koestler Refuted
5. Understanding the Nazi Third Reich. Who Really Determined Policy?
1. Interesting Map of Old Testament IsraelÂ
http://www.bible-history.com/geography/ancient-israel/israel-old-testament.html
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2. An Ancient Jewish Kingdom in Yemen. Fortress in the Sky Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam
By Matthias Schulz
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/buried-christian-empire-in-yemen-casts-new-light-on-early-islam-a-874048.html#ref=rss
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3. Amnon Goldberg: YK [Yom Kippur] War & Torah
My letter in this week's Hamodia [Jewish Religious Newspaper]:
Dear Sir
Never say that the incompetencies and miscalculations of the Israeli military and politicians cannot be repeated in the future ("The Tomato Vendor's Success", Hamodia 7 Teves).
Despite the clear evidence of a massive Arab build up in 1973, Yitzhak Rabin advised: "There is no need to call up our forces even when the enemy makes threats and deploys its forces along the cease-fire line; there is no danger!" 2,700 Israeli dead (some claim the true figure was closer to 5,000 dead) and 10,000 wounded paid for his advice.
On Yom Kippur 5734, the entire Mount Hermon garrison was mercilessly butchered in their pyjamas. And the handful of hopelessly outnumbered tankists on the Golan Heights, without reserves or support, desperately attempted to hold back the 2000 tank Syrian thrust, fighting to the last round. The onslaught took place at the height of the Mussaf Avodah, when in the days of the Beis Hamikdash, korbonos were offered to atone for the whole of Klal Yisroel:"Those soldiers who perished in that traumatic hour died as perfect tzaddikim!" (Rav Boruch Horovitz).
When they had been overwhelmed there was nothing was to stop the Syrians from crossing the Bnos Yaakov bridge and fanning out into Rosh Pinah, Tveriya and the Israeli heartland. Yet for some unknown reason they mysteriously stopped: "I will break the bar of Damascus" (Amos 1); see "Duel for the Golan - the 100 hour battle that saved Israel", E.Hammel 1987. Two weeks later the tide had turned, and with Cairo and Damascus beckoning Israeli encirclement, the Soviets prepared to directly intervene, mobilising 95,000 paratroops and dispatching their nuclear-armed Black Sea fleet: "If you hear of Russian warships crossing the Bosphorus, prepare your Shabbos vestments!" (Vilna Gaon). On October 23 the USA declared a DEFCON 3 worldwide nuclear alert. A bolt of fear was felt by many men that day: "The day will come that will burn like an oven" (Malachi 3).
"In the footsteps of the Moshiach....the Galilee will be destroyed, the Gablan (Golan) will be laid waste...."(Sotah 49). When PM Rabin was told by Israeli lawyers that in wanting to cede the Golan he was breaking his election promises and violating the Israel Penal Code of Chok Begidah - "The Law of Treason", sections 97, 99 and 100, he declared "the Golan is not Holy Land - it is Tank Land - don't bother me with legalities", and that "the Tenach is a dusty old book of contracts that has no meaning for today"!
"Warships will come from Kittim and attack Ashur (Syria) and Ever (Iran), and they too will be destroyed" (Bamidbar 24). "Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins" (Yeshaya 17).
"Whoever dreams that he is in Egypt - his welfare will increase, in Jordan - his share is with the righteous, in Edom - misfortune will come, in Kush - he will have great distress, in Damascus - his vitality will be renewed....!" ("The Coat of the Unicorn" volume 4, Reb Nosson Merel). "Jerusalem in the future is destined to be enlarged up to Damascus" (Sifrei, Devarim 1), and ultimately "On that day there will a mighty highway connecting Egypt to Ashur....Israel will be with Egypt and Ashur as a blessing for the Earth....blessed will be Egypt My people, and Ashur the work of My hands and Israel My inheritance" (Yeshaya 19)
yours truly
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4. YouTube Clip. 13th Tribe Debunked - Arthur Koestler Refuted
From: GAshley923@aol.com
13th Tribe Debunked - Arthur Koestler Refuted - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1pFEns8LGo
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5. Understanding the Nazi Third Reich. Who Really Determined Policy?
Studies on Germany during the Third Reich tend to concentrate on Hitler. Baby Adolf was very important but he was not the only factor involved.
For the sake of perspective the following relative weighting should be considered.
1/3 Hitler
1/3 Nazi Apparatus and German Nationalist Ruling Officialdom
1/3 German People
An alternative perspective might give as much as 80% to the German People since the other two elements resonated according to them.