fredag 15 april 2022

Välsignad påskhelg!

 I kväll inleds firandet av den judiska påsken till minnet av uttåget ur Egypten. Den kanske märkligaste och viktigaste händelsen i Israels folks historia. Det judiska folket som var slavar blev fria och fick genom Guds ingripande möjlighet börja vandringen mot det land deras fäder fått till arvedel.

Judarnas fortsatta historia ledde ett par tusen år senare till den märkligaste och viktigaste händelsen i hela mänsklighetens historia. Messias, Jesus föddes och tog påskalammets plats, på samma sätt som lammet i Egypten räddade från döden räddar nu Guds lamm människor från dödens och syndens våld och befriar oss.

Israels folk blev förvirrade och besvikna över att befrielsen innebar en ökenvandring där förhållandena tidvis kunde vara svårare än under tiden i Egypten. Samma förvirring kan drabba oss som befriats av Guds lamm, Jesus, inte heller vi kommer direkt in i det förlovade landet.

Israels folk fick ändå efter en tid komma in i sina fäders land. På samma sätt får vi lita på att vi kommer att nå fram till målet.

Därför får vi också denna påsk låta hoppet leva, kanske nästa år i Jerusalem.



måndag 4 april 2022

Palestinska reaktioner på terrorattacker

 PA sides with terror organizations – rejects Israel’s right to stop terror (PMW)

It only took only two days for Palestinian Media Watch’s assessment to be proven correct - that Mahmoud Abbas’ condemnation of the recent Palestinian terror was “insincere,” and not an honest statement rejecting terror.

On Saturday morning, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian terrorists who were on their way to an Israeli city to commit a major terror attack. One of the terrorists Seif Abu Libdeh wrote a long farewell letter - which he read in front of a camera and then placed in their car, assuming it would be found by the Israeli army after their attack. The Islamic Jihad terror organization publicized the video after the terrorists were killed.

In the note he wrote of his motivation to commit a terror attack and die as a Martyr:“I, the humble servant of Allah… Seif Hifzi Abu Libdeh... I surrender my soul easily for the sake of Allah, for the liberation of Muslim Palestine, from the defilement of the attacking Jews.”

In spite of this clear evidence that these men were terrorists with intention to murder Israelis, the two top PA leaders, Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (via his spokesman) and Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh both joined Islamic Jihad and Hamas in condemning Israel’s prevention of the terror attack, as a “premeditated attack,” an “extrajudicial murder,” a “horrific crime” and a “flagrant challenge to… international law”: 


Fatah Official Jamal Al-Huwail Praises 'Lone Lion' Who Murdered Four Israelis In A Beersheba Knife Attack: It Proves Palestinians Believe In Palestine From The River To The Sea (MEMRI)

In a March 23, 2022 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon), Palestinian politician Jamal Al-Huwail, a member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, praised the March 22 stabbing attack in Beersheba, Israel, in which four Israeli civilians were killed and several wounded. He said that Israelis call such attackers "lone wolves," but that Palestinians call them "lone predatory lions." Al-Huwail also said that the Zionists fear that such attacks will serve as a model and spread to other districts. In addition, he said that the fact that this attack took place within Israel's 1948 borders in "the very heart of this criminal Zionist occupation" is significant because it proves that in the consciousness of the Palestinian people, "Palestine still stretches from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea," despite the 70-year "occupation."

Palestinians In Jenin Celebrate, Hand Out Sweets Following Terrorist Attack In Bnei Brak, Israel: 'Millions Of Martyrs Are Marching To Jerusalem!'  (MEMRI)

On March 29, 2022, the Palestine News channel on YouTube posted video footage of celebrations in Jenin following the same-day terrorist attack in Bnei Brak, Israel which left five Israelis dead. In the footage, Palestinians are seen giving out sweets, marching towards the attacker's home, singing, and chanting: "Millions of martyrs are marching to Jerusalem!"

Palestinian Islamic Scholar Mohammed Afeef Shadid: Those Who Celebrate Mother's Day Have Lost Their Identity; We Should Celebrate Women Like Safiyya, The Prophet's Companion Who Killed A Jew, Rather Than Mothers Who Send Their Daughters To Mingle With Co-Eds At University (MEMRI)

Palestinian Islamic scholar Mohammed Afeef Shadid said in a mosque address that was posted on the Al-Aqsa Call YouTube channel on March 23, 2022 that people who celebrate Mother's Day "have lost their identity completely." Shadid said that a mother who sends her daughter to university to dance and intermingle with men fails her daughter, while a son who only gives his mother a present on Mother's Day has failed his mother. He also said that the mothers worthy of reverence are women who resemble Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib, a companion of Muhammad who had killed a Jew who had been heavily armed and who even men could not fight.

Secretary Of Fatah's Jenin Branch, At Rally Celebrating Bnei Brak Attack: The Shooter Was A Fatah Hero; Some People Think Fatah Has Retired But When Fatah Carries Out An Attack – It Is A 'Quality Attack  (MEMRI)

On March 29, 2022, the Sawt Fatah Facebook page uploaded a video of a rally in Jenin celebrating the March 29 shooting in Bnei Brak, Israel that was carried out by Fatah member Diaa Al-Hamarsheh and that resulted in the deaths of five Israelis. The secretary of Fatah's branch in Jenin, which neighbors Al-Hamarsheh's hometown of Ya'bad, praised Al-Hamarsheh as a hero and as a "lion" of Fatah. He also said that some people think that the Fatah movement "has retired," but when Fatah carries out attacks, they are "high-quality" attacks, and he said: "As President Abu Ammar [Yasser Arafat] said: Millions of martyrs are marching to Jerusalem!" The crowd waved Fatah flags and chanted "With our souls and our blood, we will redeem you, oh Palestine!" and "Millions of martyrs are marching to Jerusalem!"

Ribhi Dola, Mayor Of West Bank City Of Beitunia: Even If We Agree To Live On Part Of The Land, We Pledge To Restore All Of It; All Palestinians Will Return To Haifa, Acre, Lod, And Ramla; Our Borders Were Drawn With The Blood of Martyrs  (MEMRI)

Ribhi Dola, the mayor of the West Bank city of Beitunia, said in a March 22, 2022 speech that was aired on Palestine TV that even if the Palestinians agree today to live on just part of Palestine, their ultimate goal to is to achieve complete freedom, and to bring back all the Palestinian refugees to "Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Lod, and Ramla, to every inch of our Palestinian land." He said that this is the right of the Palestinian people, that it has no statute of limitations, and that no agreement, decree, or law can annul it. He also said that Palestine's borders and laws have been drawn up with the blood of martyrs and will be defended.

British-Palestinian Journalist Abdel Bari Atwan Praises Hadera, Israel Shooters: I Am Truly Happy That Palestinians From Within Israel's 1948 Borders Took Up Arms And Killed Israeli Police Officers; This Spoiled The Negev Summit (MEMRI)

British-Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan said in a video that was uploaded to his YouTube channel on March 30, 2022 that he is "truly happy" and "gloating" over the fact that four Arab foreign ministers attended the Negev Summit in Israel only for their celebration to be "ruined" by Ayman and Ibrahim Aghbariya, the two ISIS terrorists who carried out the March 27 shooting in Hadera, Israel that killed two Israeli Border Police officers and injured several others. He praised the Aghbariya cousins for being Palestinians from within Israel's 1948 borders, for using firearms, and for killing only Israeli police officers. He said: "There is loftiness and tolerance in saying: We are against the police, not the civilians." Atwan did not mention the fact that the Aghbariya cousins had pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Fatah Official From Jenin Jamal Al-Huwail Praises Bnei Brak, Israel Terrorist: He Restored The Glory Of Fatah, Hamas, PFLP, And Islamic Jihad; The Solution To Occupation Is The Use Of Force

Jamal Al-Huwail, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council from Jenin, said in a March 29, 2022 interview on Al-Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that Diaa Al-Hamarsheh, the terrorist who carried out the same-day terrorist attack in Bnei Brak that left five Israelis dead, brought light into the hearts of the Palestinians. He said that Al-Hamarsheh and his family restored the glory of Fatah, Hamas, the PFLP, and Islamic Jihad by stating that the "solution to occupation is force." Al-Huwail also said that the "nuclear bomb" facing Israel is the Palestinian people within the borders of the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, he said that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whom he called "that dwarf," will fall. Al-Huwail also criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for not having spoken to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas except in May 2021. On March 23, Al-Huwail has also praised an ISIS terrorist who stabbed four Israelis to death in Beer Sheba, Israel. For more information, see MEMRI TV Clip No. 9451.