Jerusalem News (12 January 2017, 15 Tevet, 5777)
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(A) News Items
1. Trump Swearing-In to Be Blessed by Prominent Rabbi By Abra Forman
2. Forwarded by Steven Collins: Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter had converted to Islam before joining the Army
3. Palestinian Lies about Jews Rebuilding the Temple (but we wish it would be true one day).
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(B) Opinions
1. Women in the IDF.
2. The Palestinian War Against Israel
3. Freethinking Immorality is a Provocation to Arabs
4. Opinion: Why Nationalist and Jewish Orthodoxy Are Taking Over Israel
by Carlo Strenger Jan 12, 2017Â
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(A) News Items
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1. Trump Swearing-In to Be Blessed by Prominent Rabbi
By Abra Forman January 10, 2017 , 10:30 am
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/81787/popular-la-rabbi-bless-trumps-inauguration/#KfZmFyVYIv6ewdmX.99
'And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Hashem thy God.' Deuteronomy 28:2 (The Israel Bible)
Rabbi Marvin Hier, a prominent California rabbi and founder of the influential Simon Wiesenthal Center, will bless Donald Trump's presidential inauguration ceremony with a Jewish prayer on January 20.
Rabbi Hier will join five other faith leaders for the ceremony. He plans to give a reading, recite an original prayer, and bless both Trump and future Vice President Mike Pence with individual benedictions.
He will be the first rabbi to pray at a presidential inauguration since Ronald Reagan was sworn into office in 1985.
The other five prayer leaders joining Hier at the inauguration are all of the Christian faith. Participants include Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York; Reverend Franklin Graham, a prominent Evangelist; Reverend Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; Pastor Paula White of New Destiny Christian Center; and Bishop Wayne Jackson of Great Faith Ministries International.
"And it shall come to pass in that day that I will make Yerushalayim a stone of burden for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it" (Zechariah 12:3).
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2. Forwarded by Steven Collins: Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter had converted to Islam before joining the Army
By World Tribune on January 11, 2017
http://www.worldtribune.com/ft-lauderdale-airport-shooter-had-converted-to-islam-before-joining-the-army/
Extracts:
The gunman who killed five people at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport had converted to Islam and created a 'jihadist identity' for himself prior to joining the U.S. Army, according to public records.
Esteban Santiago took on the Islamic name Aashiq Hammad, downloaded terrorist propaganda and recorded Islamic religious music online, records show...
The newly uncovered information linking the shooter to radical Islam flies in the face of the official story from authorities that he is a mentally ill Army veteran who became unhinged after a tour of duty in Iraq.
'This is pertinent information that the Obama administration apparently wants to keep quiet, bringing up memories of the Benghazi cover up, in which the president and his cohorts knowingly lied to conceal that Islamic terrorists attacked the U.S. Special Mission in Libya, Â Judicial Watch said on Jan. 10.
Besides taking on a Muslim name, he recorded three Islamic religious songs, including the Muslim declaration of faith ('there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger') known as the Shahada. He also posted a thread about downloading propaganda videos from Islamic terrorists on a weapons and explosives forum.
The investigative news site connected the dots between Santiago, who is of Puerto Rican descent, and Hammad, an identity he created in 2007.
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3. Palestinian Lies about Jews Rebuilding the Temple (but we wish it would be true one day).
The Palestinian news Service says that Israel is inserting chemicals under the Al Aksa Mosque in order to destroy it and build the Temple on its site.
They claim that traces of the necessary chemicals have been found. This is yet another lie that they spread through their Media as if it was the Truth.Â
https://www.quora.com/Does-Israel-want-to-destroy-the-Dome-of-Rock
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(B) Opinions
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1. Women in the IDF [Israel Defence Forces].
Women soldiers contribute. In some fields they may be better than males. Nevertheless, on the whole their service is superfluous. It is harmful to the army and NOT ECONOMIC.
Numerous studies from all over the world (including the USA and UK) have been done on this issue.
The main justification for the use of women in the IDF is IDEOLOGICAL.
This service is against the Jewish Religion.
The resources devoted to train and maintain women soldiers would be better expended in other directions.
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2. The Palestinian War Against Israel
The Palestinians have in effect declared war against Israel.
The recent Truck Driver attack on Israeli soldiers in which four or more (some were seriously injured and may not survive) were killed and many injured is being praised as a saint (sahid).
His wife and family will receive an official monthly stipend from the Palestinian authorities.
This will take care of them for the rest of their lives and give them status in their community.
The attach took place in a Jewish neighborhood bordering an Arab one in Jerusalem.
During the attack Arab bystanders clapped their hands in glee and afterwards gave out sweets in celebration.
They teach their children in the schools to hate Jews and glorify dying in order to kill Jews.
For the moment the Israeli Establishment is ignoring all this.
Pretending that no war exists enables the Power That Be not to overduly react to provocation and perhaps see it all go away on its own.
There may be a certain logic to this but it is not a long term solution.
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3. Freethinking Immorality is a Provocation to Arabs
A new film about a conservative Muslim woman who gets swept up in the liberal lifestyle of Arabs in Tel Aviv
has just been released. It is in Hebrew and Arabic and produced by an Arab.
Israelis were probably also involved in its production and it is intended for Israeli and Arab audiences.
The film involves rape, lesbianism, and such like. It depicts religious Muslims as rapists.
Arabs have protested saying it is offensive to them.
They are correct.
I mentioned to an associate that such things unnecessarily offend Arabs.
He replied that the Arabs will hate Jews no matter what they do.
This may be true but there are degrees of antagonism.
The Arabs will try to hurt Jews according to how much we let them i.e. how weak and vulnerable we let ourselves become.
On the other hand they will usually keep their hatred under control as long we are strong and also as long as we do not provoke them.
The apparent immorality and revealing cloths of many Israeli women is offensive to Arabs.
Having girl soldiers tell Arabs what to do at checkpoints etc., is also insulting to them.
Militant Feminism and sexual liberalism are promoted by leftwing freethinkers.
There are liberal Arabs and Jews who try to influence the Arab world in this direction.
Mainstream Arabs feel threatened by this.
In our opinion more consideration should be taken of Arab sensitivities in these matters.
You should not keep a mad dog in one's possession but if you do refrain from tormenting it.
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4. Opinion: Why Nationalist and Jewish Orthodoxy Are Taking Over Israel
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.764497?=&ts=_1484228724761
by Carlo Strenger Jan 12, 2017Â
Extract:
 Empirical research in existential psychology has shown that humans have a tremendous need to connect their identity to cultural and religious traditions that have historical depth. We all fear death, and we all want to belong to something larger than ourselves that promises immortality. This is religion's enormous strength, reflected in the fact that about 85 percent of humanity continues to adhere to some form of religion.
The need for the promise of immortality increases even more when humans feel threatened in their survival and reminded of their mortality. Unfortunately, Israel is located in one of the globe's most unstable and violent regions, and Israelis constantly feel under threat. As a consequence, the young Israeli-Hebrew culture does not provide enough psychological protection and Judaism becomes ever more attractive for Israelis.
Israelis are embracing religion because, as political scientist Uriel Abulof has shown using existential psychology, Israelis feel deeply insecure, and because they have doubts about the Zionist project succeeding in the long run. Hence they want to connect to 3,000 years of Jewish history and the biblical promise that Abraham's offspring will live forever - that the Messiah will come and the world will recognize the Jews as the Chosen People.
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