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Each week we provide you with one of the week's most thought provoking articles. | |  A question for Obama
By Claudia Rosett, Forbes.com
America has just thrown one of the world's biggest parties, rejoicing with good reason at the fall of the racial barrier to the White House. But bigotry ebbs and flows on many fronts, and a question for President Obama as he takes up his responsibilities as leader of the free world is whether he will now champion--or at least strive to protect--another minority whose members are today the targets of resurgent prejudice.
I am speaking of a minority that even in the relatively enlightened 21st century is increasingly subject both worldwide, and to a disturbing extent even inside the U.S., to double standards, slurs, threats, arson, bombings, stabbings and other attacks on their persons, shops, homes and places of worship. It is not unusual in some parts of the world to hear them described, not least by official media outlets, as apes and pigs. In some prestigious quarters, notably the United Nations, it appears acceptable--in practice, if not as a matter of official policy--for member states to promote or even issue calls for their extermination. As you have probably guessed, I am speaking of the Jews. To many Americans, that may sound overwrought. American Jews are by and large a prosperous bunch, sending their children to good schools, filling some of the top ranks in publishing, finance, medicine, academia and government. One of their own, Rahm Emanuel, is currently serving as Obama's chief of staff. What's to worry about? Plenty. They belong to a minority that just 64 years ago was subject to industrial-scale slaughter in the heart of Europe. The 6 million Jews murdered in that Holocaust are remembered and their deaths commemorated today with cries of "never again." Continue Reading>> | | One that calls for a Response
Each week we take a meaningful quote, tie it to scripture, and leave you with a take-home. | |  Brigitte Gabriel, an Arab-Christian woman and Middle East expert said: "At this point, no matter what Obama says, [regarding Israel and the Palestinians], he's going to get in trouble. He's going to try to please both parties -- the terrorists as well as Israel -- and he's not going to be able to please them both. He's going to have to take a side, and I believe he will have to take the side of Israel -- because Israel stands for democracy. And should that happen, the Arabs are not going to like it. A lot of Jewish people who supported [Obama] to the tune of millions [of dollars] in the United States are going to be putting pressure on him," ... "And look, Rahm Emanuel's family lives in Israel." Emanuel is Obama's chief of staff. (Brigitte Gabriel is founder and president of ACT! For America)
God says: "I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse" ... "I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you." ... "May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel." (Genesis 12:3; Exodus 23:22; Ruth 2:12)
 The Jerusalem Connection says: On his first day in office President Obama called Prime Minister Olmert. He assured Israel's leader that an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan was a top priority on his agenda. If such a plan is finalized in the next six months, it could have significant Biblical implications, such as the confirmation of the agreement referred to in Daniel 9:27. We can only hope and pray that it is not an extension of the failed, "Road Map to Peace." As an alternative, we will be offering our own Jerusalem Connection Peace Plan. Hopefully, decision makers will give it due consideration. PRAY!
| |  Hamas propaganda Film for Children
by Palestinian Media Watch
On the first day of its ceasefire with Israel, Hamas added a new element to its propaganda campaign claiming that it won the war in Gaza. An animated film for children on Hamas TV depicts Israeli soldiers as cowards who are afraid to enter Gaza. They cry, "Mommy, Mommy," as they head into battle, where they are all killed by Hamas gunfire.
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