Could the World’s Largest Muslim Country Become Israel’s New Friend?

4/7/2016 Sean Savage/JNS.org

At a time when Israel is seeking to boost its ties with Arab and Muslim countries in order to counter the threats posed by Iran and terrorist groups, could the world’s largest Muslim country become the Jewish state’s new friend?

In a March 28 meeting with a delegation of senior Indonesian journalists visiting Israel as guests of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a normalization of ties with Indonesia.

“The time has come for official relations between Indonesia and Israel. We have many opportunities to cooperate in the fields of water and technology. Israel has excellent relations with several countries in Asia, particularly China, Japan, India and Vietnam,” Netanyahu said.

The prime minister added that Israel’s “relations with the Arab world are also changing.”
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You Won’t Believe Which 2 Asian Countries Are Standing With Israel

4/1/2016 Reuters Staff

Israel is looking east to China and India to help drive tourism, as visits to the country have yet to fully recover from the 2014 Gaza war, Tourism Ministry Director-General Amir Halevi said.

In 2015, tourism grew 43 percent from China to some 50,000 visitors and the ministry sees that doubling by 2018. It will be helped by the start of nonstop flights next month by Hainan Airlines from Beijing to Tel Aviv that will add 35,000 extra seats to Israel a year.

“This will change the game,” Halevi told Reuters. “The price of tickets will go down 50 percent.”

Tourism in 2015 fell 3 percent to 3.1 million, following a war with Palestinian militants in Gaza in 2014. A weak Russian economy also weighed.

In the six-week Gaza conflict, Israeli air strikes killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, while Palestinian militants killed six Israeli civilians and 67 soldiers.

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UK Muslim school teaches that ‘Jews are plotting world domination’

April 1, 2016 – by Robert Spencer

When actually it is the Qur’an that commands Muslims to “fight until religion is all for Allah” (8:39). In any case, welcome to the new Britain. The British authorities have tolerated this kind of hatred and supremacism for years from Muslims, and continue to do so. Their energies have instead been devoted to countering the efforts of anyone who opposes jihad terror.

A private Muslim school in the north of England is teaching its students that Jews are plotting to take over the world, and its founder quotes a notorious anti-Semitic tract in the written material he disseminates.

Islamic Tarbiyah Academy in Dewsbury, Yorkshire teaches some 140 students of elementary school age in classes that take place after the school day ends, Sky News reported Friday. The report described the academy’s founder and leader, Mufti Zubair Dudha, as “a respected cleric from the orthodox Deobandi sect, which is thought to control half of all mosques and madrassas in the UK.”

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Presidential Contender Trump Says He is Israel’s “Biggest Friend”

Boaz Bismuth/Israel Hayom/JNS.org : Mar 1, 2016 : JNS.org

My daughter is married to a Jew who is an enthusiastic Israel supporter, and I have taken part in many Israel Day Parades. My friendship with Israel is very strong.”

Everything has already been said about Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination: that the GOP establishment is wary of him, that he intentionally makes provocative declarations, that he is nothing more than a passing fad, and that he will ultimately fail. Yet in the meantime, the billionaire businessman from New York has won three consecutive primaries/caucuses in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada.

How did this happen?

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800 Lighthorsemen seminar with Kelvin Crombie this Satuday 16th April / also on live webcast at CTFM this Sunday 17th April

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) Please click the following link to see a brochure for a very special seminar which will be held at Catch the Fire, 30…

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Perth RUAP campaign launch and Catch the Fire meetings

Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) We thank and praise God for His mighty presence at the meetings in Perth last weekend. The RUAP campaign launch for WA for…

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Syrian Website Thanks Israelis: “May You Always be Safe and Blessed”

Viva Sarah Press : Feb 22, 2016 : Israel21c.org

“Turned away from Arab countries, increasingly unwelcome in Europe, Syrian refugees have found support, aid and assistance from the last place they could have expected: Israeli and Jewish organizations and individuals.” -Aboud Dandachi

Israel)—[Israel21c] Aboud Dandachi, a Sunni Muslim from the city of Homs now living in Istanbul, has created a website dedicated to the Israeli and Jewish organizations and people helping Syrian refugees. (Screengrab via Facebook)

The website, Thank You Am Israel, highlights the humanitarian aid being given to displaced Syrians and also refutes any reasons why Israelis and Syrians should be enemies.

“As a Syrian, I am morally obligated to ensure that the goodwill that Israelis and Jews have displayed towards my people will not be overlooked nor forgotten. The day will come when the conflict in Syria will come to an end, as all things come to an end. On that day, it is imperative that Syrians reciprocate the enormous goodwill shown towards us by Israelis and the Jewish people. Whatever supposed reasons we may have had to be adversaries is dwarfed by the compassion shown to us during our darkest days, a time when we have nothing to give back except our gratitude,” writes Dandachi in a January opinion article on his site.

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Owner of Ohio deli attacked by jihadi screaming “Allahu akbar”: “I am going to get a bigger Israeli flag”

February 15, 2016 – by Robert Spencer

This is what we need: defiance and courage in the face of evil. Instead, the whole West is surrendering, and calling it “respect.”

“EXCLUSIVE: Owner of Ohio Deli Targeted by Machete Terrorist: ‘We Are Israeli, We Fight Back,’” by Shiri Moshe, The Tower, February 14, 2016 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

Hany Baransi has been serving authentic hummus and falafel in his central Ohio eatery for 27 years, proudly giving diners a taste of his Israeli Christian Arab heritage between bites of rich Mediterranean fare.

A sign bearing an Arabic greeting—“Ahlan Wa Sahalan”— hangs prominently near the glass doors of his Nazareth Restaurant & Deli in Columbus, through which passersby can also spot an Israeli flag. Baransi says he has always been outspoken about his Israeli identity, and so when his restaurant was attacked on Thursday evening by a machete-wielding man, he believed it was no coincidence.

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World Globe, Sold in Australia, Removed from Shelves after Customers Notice State of Israel Replaced with Fictitious Country

News Staff : Feb 3, 2016 : United with Israel

In other words, since the area in question is so small, the manufacturer had to decide which country name to include and which to merely note with a code number, and so they opted to code a country name in existence since 1948, entering instead a country in existence since never ever.

(Australia)—[United with Israel] After being caught by sharp-eyed customers, Australian stationary retail chain Typo has removed the world globes with Palestine printed over the area of Israel from sale and online. (Photo via United With Israel)

Addressing its customers on its Facebook page, the company stated on Thursday: “We are reviewing processes around artwork selection. We never intended to offend anyone with this product and we are uninterested with any political commentary. We take on board your concern that some countries are represented in a key, and as a result we have decided to remove the globes from sale in-store and online and will halt all future production until our supplier can provide artwork that eliminates the need for a key entirely,” The Australian Jewish News reported.

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Obama’s Dubious Mosque Choice

Feb. 3, 2016 – Jewish World Review – Steve Emerson

Barack Obama is scheduled to visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB) today, his first visit to a U.S. mosque since becoming president.

ISB leaders have amassed a record of support for radical Islamic causes over the years, including endorsing the Chechen jihad and Palestinian suicide bombings. Its former imam was active in a charity later linked to terror financing including Hamas, the Taliban, and for providing “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to Osama bin Laden.

More recently, a resident scholar described homosexuality as a threat to societal health, in stark contrast to the president’s views on the issue.

It’s safe to assume the White House vetted the ISB and found it an acceptable venue for a presidential appearance despite this history. And that is not surprising. The Obama administration has repeatedly embraced contact with the Muslim Brotherhood, repeatedly meeting with its officials during and after the Arab Spring while ignoring secular democracy advocates.

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Sweden: A Church with No Conscience

by Nima Gholam Ali Pour – January 28, 2016

The response from the Church of Sweden to the Kairos Palestine document contained no criticism at all against the massive lies, racism and distortions it contains. More sadly, there seems not to have been the slightest attempt to verify if any of the allegations in it were even true.

A church that genuinely believes in love and understanding would long ago have renounced the Kairos Palestine document, which has been pointed out by serious organizations out as anti-Semitic and racist.

The country’s largest religious institution is therefore helping and encouraging people to study a rawly anti-Semitic, racist document

Attacks against Jews in Sweden have partly originated through such normalization. When the Church of Jesus Christ in Sweden supports an anti-Semitic document, the Jews in Sweden become fair game.

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Ohio: Machete-wielding Muslim injures multiple patrons at restaurant owned by pro-Israel Arab Christian

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The owner is an “outspoken Christian” from Israel. “Inside the restaurant, guests are greeted by…a small Israeli flag.”

Yet “Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner said ‘right now there’s nothing that leads us to believe that this is anything but a random attack.’” Nonsense.

If Rich Weiner were as knowledgeable about Islam and jihad as he (and all others like him) should be, he would know exactly what this was — especially since Mohammad Barry later lunged at police with his machete and a knife. Israel, Arab Christians, police — three prime targets of the jihad.

“Cops Kill Suspect After Violent Machete Attack At Northeast Columbus Restaurant,” by Evan Anderson, Tylar Bacome and Nathan Baca, WBNS-10TV, February 11, 2016 (thanks to Darcy):

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police have shot and killed a suspect after he attacked multiple people at a restaurant in northeast Columbus with a machete.

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Mighty Australia Day Prayer & Holy Spirit Revival meetings in Hallam

Dear family & friends in Christ,

What a wonderful weekend it was to see God’s awesome presence at every single meeting and then on Australia Day yesterday at the interdenominational prayer meeting for Australia’s spiritual revival and transformation!

Hundreds packed the CTFM auditorium over the weekend to hear the Word of God, with people travelling all the way from Perth, Darwin, Sydney and other places around Australia to soak in the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Ps Petrus from Indonesia preached the Word of God with power and authority as many received a mighty touch from Heaven.

At the Australia Day United Prayer Service, Church leaders from Baptist, Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian, Salvation Army, Messianic Jewish, CRC and other Pentecostal denominations led in prayer for Government, Armed Forces & Emergency Services, Youth & Families, Business & Marketplace, Israel, Indigenous people etc.

The worship from the Indonesians & CTFM was absolutely awesome, as the Holy Spirit moved most powerfully, including when we sang ‘The Great South Land of the Holy Spirit’.

You may click the following link to listen to a very special worship item from Ps Daniel’s son & daughter.

https://youtu.be/_sa3oLzQN9w

You may also click the following link to watch the conclusion of the meeting as we sang our national anthem, ‘Advance Australia Fair.’

https://youtu.be/qgW89oyAHQs

We praise and thank God for a great weekend of Holy Spirit revival fire!

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What France Can Learn from Israel in Confronting Islamist Terror

November 16, 2015 – The Times of Israel – Gregg Roman

As my French friends, colleagues, and acquaintances agonize over what is to be done in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, the best advice I can think of is to look at Israel.

This tragedy was not “France’s 9/11.”  Al-Qaeda effectively depleted its stateside human assets in that attack and never regained the ability to strike the American heartland.  This is France’s Al-Aqsa Intifada – unfortunately, more of the same is absolutely going to follow. Whatever one’s political predisposition to Israeli counterterrorism policies may be, its success fighting Islamist terror over the past two decades is the only real-world model for overcoming the specific challenges France now faces.

Here are some of the main takeaways.

First, it’s time to sacrifice some freedoms of convenience. Most Israelis don’t know what it’s like to walk into a mid-size concert venue of the kind targeted in France without passing through a metal detector and their government intends to keep it that way.  They may gripe about it, but they would feel less free if their government wasn’t inconveniencing them on a daily basis.

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