Post by Daniel on Sept 28, 2015 9:29:06 GMT -5
Memo to Ayatollah Khamenei: Israel Wins
Erick Stakelbeck
September 26, 2015
Yom Kippur is the most solemn day of the year for the Jewish people–and it arrived this week during an extremely solemn and troubling time for Israel.
There’s no easy way to say it: Israel’s enemies are clearly gaining momentum. In the Middle East. In Europe. And yes, right here in the United States.
Before you throw up your hands and say “Oh great, another depressing ‘Israel is in mortal peril’ piece,'” bear with me, because there is a major silver lining in all of this (although, incidentally, Israel is indeed now in mortal peril thanks to the West’s unconditional surrender to Iran over its nuclear weapons program).
We’ll get to the encouraging part shortly. But first, let’s review the bad news:
–Iran is emboldened and ascendant in the wake of the aforementioned disastrous nuclear deal, unleashing a steady barrage of genocidal threats against Israel and openly mocking the United States for its weakness.
–Russia is increasing its military presence in Syria, at Israel’s doorstep, by the moment. Vladimir Putin’s regime has reportedly now struck an alliance with Iran, the Syrian regime and the terror group Hezbollah to save Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Meaning we’re apparently about to witness the strange spectacle of Russian forces fighting alongside the Shia jihadists of Iran and Hezbollah, even as Russia continues to battle Sunni jihadists in Chechnya, Dagestan and elsewhere in the restless Caucasus region. By the way, shouldn’t we be alarmed that a nuclear-armed, militarily powerful, expansionist Russia is now pretty much openly aligning itself with Hezbollah, a notorious Islamic terror group with global reach?
–Palestinian jihadists have laid siege to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount over the past few weeks, rioting and violently targeting Jewish worshipers–and garnering global Muslim support and mainstream media sympathy in the process. Memo to the rioters: Jerusalem is mentioned literally hundreds of times in the Bible, in both the New and Old Testaments. It is never mentioned in the Koran. Not even once.
–Although its foot soldiers are heavily involved in the Syrian conflict, Hezbollah remains armed to the teeth in southern Lebanon and Hamas is re-arming as both prepare for their inevitable next confrontation with Israel.
–ISIS continues to draw closer to Israel’s borders, both in Sinai and in Syria.
–The Obama administration and Europe badly want a Palestinian state. The Vatican has already recognized one. Rest assured, the usual rogue’s gallery of anti-Israel despots who will parade before this week’s UN General Assembly will have something to say about it as well.
–Anti-Semitism in Europe–driven largely by Muslim immigrants–is approaching levels unseen since the days of Hitler. And then, there’s this.
All of this global momentum against Israel–particularly the West’s outright capitulation to Iran’s nuclear demands–has given Israel’s greatest enemy a swaggering confidence and sense of imminent victory. Indeed, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, recently published a book describing in detail Iran’s strategy for destroying Israel and has declared that the Jewish State will cease to exist within the next 25 years.
Folks, that’s where the silver lining comes in...
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Erick Stakelbeck
September 26, 2015
Yom Kippur is the most solemn day of the year for the Jewish people–and it arrived this week during an extremely solemn and troubling time for Israel.
There’s no easy way to say it: Israel’s enemies are clearly gaining momentum. In the Middle East. In Europe. And yes, right here in the United States.
Before you throw up your hands and say “Oh great, another depressing ‘Israel is in mortal peril’ piece,'” bear with me, because there is a major silver lining in all of this (although, incidentally, Israel is indeed now in mortal peril thanks to the West’s unconditional surrender to Iran over its nuclear weapons program).
We’ll get to the encouraging part shortly. But first, let’s review the bad news:
–Iran is emboldened and ascendant in the wake of the aforementioned disastrous nuclear deal, unleashing a steady barrage of genocidal threats against Israel and openly mocking the United States for its weakness.
–Russia is increasing its military presence in Syria, at Israel’s doorstep, by the moment. Vladimir Putin’s regime has reportedly now struck an alliance with Iran, the Syrian regime and the terror group Hezbollah to save Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Meaning we’re apparently about to witness the strange spectacle of Russian forces fighting alongside the Shia jihadists of Iran and Hezbollah, even as Russia continues to battle Sunni jihadists in Chechnya, Dagestan and elsewhere in the restless Caucasus region. By the way, shouldn’t we be alarmed that a nuclear-armed, militarily powerful, expansionist Russia is now pretty much openly aligning itself with Hezbollah, a notorious Islamic terror group with global reach?
–Palestinian jihadists have laid siege to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount over the past few weeks, rioting and violently targeting Jewish worshipers–and garnering global Muslim support and mainstream media sympathy in the process. Memo to the rioters: Jerusalem is mentioned literally hundreds of times in the Bible, in both the New and Old Testaments. It is never mentioned in the Koran. Not even once.
–Although its foot soldiers are heavily involved in the Syrian conflict, Hezbollah remains armed to the teeth in southern Lebanon and Hamas is re-arming as both prepare for their inevitable next confrontation with Israel.
–ISIS continues to draw closer to Israel’s borders, both in Sinai and in Syria.
–The Obama administration and Europe badly want a Palestinian state. The Vatican has already recognized one. Rest assured, the usual rogue’s gallery of anti-Israel despots who will parade before this week’s UN General Assembly will have something to say about it as well.
–Anti-Semitism in Europe–driven largely by Muslim immigrants–is approaching levels unseen since the days of Hitler. And then, there’s this.
All of this global momentum against Israel–particularly the West’s outright capitulation to Iran’s nuclear demands–has given Israel’s greatest enemy a swaggering confidence and sense of imminent victory. Indeed, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, recently published a book describing in detail Iran’s strategy for destroying Israel and has declared that the Jewish State will cease to exist within the next 25 years.
Folks, that’s where the silver lining comes in...
continue reading
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