ISRAEL: Messianic Jews Attacked by Orthodox Jews

What the Israeli government does not want anyone to know is their own hypocrisy toward Jewish Christians, known as Messianic Jews, in Israel. 

The government of Israel claims to be a democracy and claims to offer freedom of religion to worship as one chooses in the State of Israel, yet personal attacks and persecution against Jewish believers in Jesus Christ has been going on for years by the orthodox Jews.  This article reveals the truth of their dirty little secret. 

 What many people are unaware of is the persecution taking place right now in the state of Israel towards Jewish Christians while the Israeli government looks the other way.  This is called government sanctioned persecution.  Even worse is  evangelical Christians and evangelical Christian organizations  who blindly  donate large amounts of  money in support of Israel through various Christian Zionist and orthodox Jewish  organizations; money that often ends up in the hands of those very orthodox Jews  who are persecuting our Jewish brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Let us pray for the unsaved of Israel, but let us not forget our precious brothers and sisters in the Lord in Israel who need our support.

Paula White Says Jesus Is Not God's Only Begotten Son

II Timothy 4:3-4KJV
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 3And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 4

The video mentioned in this article is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Paula White Ministries.

In this short video with Larry Hutch, Paula White mangles the Biblical teaching of Christ's atonement on the cross for our sins, and turns it into a prosperity teaching. She denies that Jesus is the only begotten son of God, and tells us not to pray to Jesus.

II Timothy 3 and II Timothy 4:3,4 is staring us all in the face as we indeed watch these things take place by heretics and false teachers of the Gospel of Christ.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men, shall be lovers of their own selves,covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, unthankful, unholy 2.Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 4Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: FROM SUCH TURN AWAY. 5.

Taag: Paula White

RAISED FROM THE DEAD IN THE NAME OF JESUS !

NOTE TO ALL MY READERS: THIS STORY IS COMPLETELY UNRELATED AND SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTERFEIT REVIVAL TAKING PLACE IN LAKELAND, FLA.

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In South Florida. This story from WSVN is truly newsworthy and remarkable, yet has received little or no mainstream news coverage. For all those who read this factual news account of the wonderful works of our blessed Lord that are occurring in our time but not reported on the secular news, I only ask that you pass this story on to inspire others in their journey of faith and walk with our Lord Jesus Christ.

WSVN -- Dr. Chauncey Crandall isn't your usual doctor. The world-renowned cardiologist is a man of medicine and science, but he's also a man of faith.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "If you come in with a problem into our service, we are definitely going to treat you with conventional medicine, but we are going to believe it too. We are going to attack it with conventional medicine, and we are going to attack it with prayer."
He calls himself the Christian physician because he prays with each heart patient he sees at his Palm Beach practice. The difference, he says, is dramatic.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "The reason I pray for people is because I found, early in my trained practice, that there were miracles, unexplained healings."
But even his strong faith could not prepare him for what would happen the day Jeff Markin walked into the Palm Beach Gardens emergency room.
Jeff Markin: "I drove to the Garden's Hospital, went in, took out my wallet and fell on the floor with a massive heart attack."
For 40 minutes doctors and nurses in the ER tried to revive him. When they couldn't get his heart started again they called for Dr. Crandall, who was doing rounds in the hospital at the time.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "As I entered the ER it was like a war zone. Here was this lifeless body on a stretcher."
The doctor couldn't do anything and could only confirm what everyone already knew, Jeff was dead. He had gone almost an hour without a heartbeat, and his body was starting to decompose.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "His face, his arms, his legs were pitch black with death. I said, 'Let's just call the code, let's end it because there's no life left.'"
As Dr. Crandall turned to leave, he says he got another call this time, a call from God to pray.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "A voice told me to turn around and pray for that man. I looked down at the body, and I said, 'Lord, what can I pray for this man? He's gone.' All of a sudden these words came out, 'Father, I cry out for this man's soul, if he does not know, you raise him from the dead.'"
Despite protests from doctors and nurses who were preparing Jeff's body for the morgue, doctor Crandall insisted they shock him one more time.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "So that doctor came over with those paddles and blasted that man and, all of a sudden, instantly a perfect heartbeat came up on the monitor. The stomach started moving, the chest started moving. This man started breathing on his own, and I said, 'This man has been prayed for, he has been brought back from the dead by prayer in the name of Jesus.'"
Louis Aguirre: "So where was Jeff during all of this? He believes he left his body and crossed over to the after life."
Jeff Markin: "I was actually standing in the back of the funeral home, and I came to realize that this was my funeral.
But, in the middle of sitting alone in darkness, Jeff says a figure suddenly appeared to him.
Jeff Markin: "There was a figure that identified himself as Bob, and he was going to make sure that everything was going to be OK. I'm figuring that was my guardian angel. At that time, a very peaceful feeling and very relaxed feeling came over me, and then he said he had to go and, the next thing I know, I woke up in my daughter's arms."
He woke up to a second chance, one that can't be explained by medicine or science. As Dr. Crandall puts it, the only answer is divine intervention.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall: "You are speaking to a scientist, a cardiologist, someone who loves medicine. I've never, ever seen this. There are always people that do not believe these events, and I will just tell them that it did happen. It was a real story, a real life that was restored."
Jeff wasn't exactly a believer before that day. He didn't regularly attend church or read the Bible, but this experience has made him believe there is a higher purpose for his life.
Jeff Markin: "I feel like maybe I am supposed to be a messenger. I want to get the right message across that miracles do happen."
A miracle that brought him life after death.
Jeff Markin: "I'm so happy I have a second chance."
Louis Aguirre: "Jeff says he is now attending church mainly because he wants to figure out why he was chosen for a second chance at life."

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Eternal Life vs John Hagee's Christian Zionism


Jesus said unto her "I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" John 11:25,26


Some people today have the opinion that if they are good people and do good deeds for others that this is enough to get one to heaven when they leave this earth at death, but the Word of God is clear that no one is good enough to earn their way to heaven and God by doing good works. In fact, the Hebrew Scriptures tell us in Isaiah 64:6 that all "our righteousness" is as filthy rags in the sight of God, which means there is nothing any person can do in the way of good works to ear their way to God. If good works and good deeds could get one into heaven, then the sacrifice Christ paid to atone for the sins of the human race with His own blood was all in vein.

It is quite clear that every religious Jew understands that God's way for the atonement of sin, or redeeming oneself is through blood. As it is written in Leviticus 17:11: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the alter to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."


The Bible is clear that we are all sinners no matter who you are or what "religious tradition" you adhere to, and without Jesus Christ, there is no salvation for anyone. The great Israelite Paul of the tribe of Benjamin and Apostle of Jesus Christ, wrote in his letter to the Roman church "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 and "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" Romans 5:12; Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come" Romans 5:14, "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."Romans 5: 15.

"For as by one man's disobedience (Adam) many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous". Romans 5:19

There is no other way to God except seeking God's forgiveness by asking His Son Jesus Christ to forgive you of your sins who atoned for your sin on the Cross with His own blood, and putting your trust in Him to save you, and there is no dual covenant salvation with the "law" as is being implied or suggested by John Hagee of the Christian Zionist Movement, C.U.F.I. or Christians United For Israel.

This movement, while it may have initially had its good intentions and purposes, has excluded Jesus Christ, which doesn't make it Christian at all, and without Jesus Christ there would be no modern day Israel today; and unfortunately has turned into being nothing more than a political religious zealot movement which esteems Israel far beyond what the Old Testament and New Testament Holy Scriptures teach or mention, and have made Israel and the people of Israel, who remain lost in their sin without Jesus Christ, an idol to be worshipped.

What this movement has completely ommitted is giving the gift of eternal life with the Gospel message to the people of Israel and what they have sadly ignored is that the Jewish people who have returned to the Land of Israel by the divine guidance of Messiah Jesus are just as lost in their sins as any unsaved Gentile person without repentence of their sins and accepting the free pardon that God has given through the blood of His Son Jesus Christ by His wonderful grace and mercy and the gift of eternal life to all who will freely accept the offer; and its principle leader of this radical political group, John Hagee, is on record for saying it is a waste of time to evangelize the Jews, which is in complete conflict and opposition to the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel and the entire world, who taught and came "to the Jew first." The Great Commission of Jesus Christ, given by Him to his Jewish apostles and followers: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" Matthew 28:19,20 has never been cancelled and is very much in effect today. How can anyone claim to be in support of Israel and the Jewish people as John Hagee and his followers claim and not give them this wonderful Gospel message of God's great love for them? I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; TO THE JEW FIRST, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16

The blood of Jesus Christ has broken down the wall. There is the story that Jesus told in John's Gospel Chapter 4:20,21 where the Samaritan woman asked of Jesus as to the most appropriate place of worship, that is Mount Zion of the Jews, or Mount Gerizim of the Samaritans: She said, "Our fathers woshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus' response was that true worship is much more a matter of one's spirit and intent or the heart than of a geographic location as shown in Jesus' reply to the woman:

"Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father." 21

Jesus by his words here in fact is telling Jew and Gentile that a time would come and was in fact here when neither of the locations would really matter, as animal sacrifices offered up in the Temple of God in Jerusalem to atone for sins was no longer sufficient as He is the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the Jews and of the human race, and this would involve what is left of the ancient Jewish Temple known as the Western or Wailing Wall where the orthodox Jewish people pray today. Concerning this Wall, presently it is historically a symbol of what is left of the ancient Jewish Temple that was built by Herod and destroyed in 70 AD by the Roman General Titus when the Romans conquered Jerusalem, just as prophesied by Jesus in Matthew's Gospel Chapter 24:1. Shortly before His death on the cross, Christ informed His Jewish disciples that the Jewish Temple Building would be destroyed, and not one stone would be left upon another.

"And Jesus went out, and departed from the Temple, and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the Temple.
And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down."

In Jesus' time, the Temple was the center of the spiritural world to the Jewish people before Christ, and when the Temple was present, there was religious adherence for God and his laws, unlike secular Israel today. During Jesus' time, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life and PARTICULARLY WAS THE PLACE WHERE ANIMAL SACRIFICES WERE CARRIED OUT AND OFFERED UP TO GOD AS ATONEMENT FOR SIN, along with worship ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF MOSES, and strictly adhered to.

Matthew's Gospel Chapter 27 tells us that when Jesus shed His blood and died on the cross, the "Temple veil" was torn in two! "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 50-51


The tearing of the Temple veil is extremely significant as it tells the Jew that it was Jesus' sacrifice and His shedding of His own blood that alone was sufficient for the sins of all forever, and that animal sacrifices were no longer effective to remove anyone's sin. It tells the unsaved orthodox Jew and Gentile that the way into the Holy of Holies was and is now open to everyone everywhere, both Jew and Gentile, through Jesus Christ, the Son of God as when Jesus shed His own blood and died for us, God moved out of that earthly Temple building as He was finished with it and its religious system of animal sacrifices.

The book of Hebrews further describes the significance of this event beautifully. A Temple veil separated the Holy of Holies where God dwelt, from the rest of the Temple, where men dwelt, signifying that man was separated from God by sin. Prior to the death of Christ on the cross for the sins of all humanity, the Temple veil was a constant reminder of how deplorable the human race was and is in God's eyes because of sin and no one was able to enter into the presence of God through the Holy of Holies outside of the sin offering that was offered up by the High Priests through animal sacrifices on an annually and daily basis in the Temple; and God's plan for erasing sin on the human race permanently through the offering up of His Son Jesus Christ once and for all, removed the barrier between God and man so that we can now approach Him anytime and anywhere.

Hebrews Chapter 9:1-8 elequently written, reads:

"Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a "worldly" sanctuary.

For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the Holiest of all;

Which had the golden center, and the ark of the covenant over-laid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests were always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people;

The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the firsts tabernacle was yet standing".

And then Hebrews Chapter 4:14-16 further explains:

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

Hallelujah! Jesus is our High Priest. Let Jew and Gentile come boldly unto the throne of God's grace and find grace and forgiveness for their sins through Jesus Christ our Lord and help in time of need.

ISRAEL-GOG SCROLL Presented To President Bush

Here's an interesting and prophetic article I found on Israel National News today.

Scroll to Mr. Bush Reminds Him of His Historic Role, and in part reads:

"TO THE HONORABLE MR. GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ESTEEMED MR. GEORGE W. BUSH, THE CHIEF PRINCE OF MESHECH AND TUBAL (EZEKIEL 38:1) OF THE WEST."

The Scroll will be presented to President Bush during his historic visit to the Holy Land of Israel in his push to divide this SACRED LAND, in an appeasement of Israel's enemies, by a group of renowned orthodox Rabbis of Israel, and names Mr. Bush as "Gog" (of the West) who is prophesied about in Ezekiel Chapter 38:

"AND the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Me-shech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:" 1-3

The five page Scroll document can be viewed in a larger quality for easy reading at the Temple Site here, with its stern message and warning from the writers to President Bush concerning the LAND OF ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE, WHOM THE CREATOR GOD ORIGINALLY PROMISED IT TO THROUGH THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. Leviticus Chapter 25:23 tells us in plain words "The land shall not be sold for ever; FOR THE LAND IS MINE; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me." This is God speaking here, through His Holy Spirit to His prophet Moses, who wrote it down for all generations. The creator God calls the land HIS own personal possession, and it is not to be sold, bartered, given away or whatever word you want to use to justify meddling with the giving away of and cutting up the land of Israel to Israel's enemies.

To hear the Bush Scroll being read on video go here.

For a more detailed depiction of Gog, see my writings here.

Update: January 12, 2008

We know from the Word of God that all nations, including the USofA, will go against Israel in the latter times, (which we are indeed living in today) as we have witnessed very recently in the so-called Annapolis peace summit, and as God's prophet has prophesied in Joel Chapter 3.

"FOR, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and JERUSALEM,

I will also gather ALL NATIONS, and will bring them down into the valley of Je-hosh-a-phat, and will plead with them there for my people and for MY HERITAGE ISRAEL, whom they have scattered among the nations, and PARTED MY LAND."1-2 Notice here that the creator God calls the land of Israel HIS land again, and Israel HIS Heritage.

The words written by these orthodox Rabbis in this historic Biblical Scroll to President Bush are quite foreboding , as God throughout Jewish history in the Old Testament always warned the leaders through his prophets before God's judgment fell on its leaders and the people. No one, including Mr. Bush, can say he was not warned. Likewise, Jesus Christ who was a foreshadow of the things to come, fulfilled the law and the prophets as it is written; Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill Matthew 5:17; therefore, at the same time, these Rabbi "scholars" must certainly know that Mr. Bush is not the Gog the prophet Ezekiel is speaking of in Ezekiel Chapter 38, because Ezekiel, in verse 15 mentions Gog as coming out of the north parts and not the west: 15 "And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee;" I find it ironic, indeed, in that these Rabbi scholars, the likes of whom Jesus the Messiah of Israel rebuked in his day for their refusal to accept Him as the Messiah of Israel; (To these pharisees, Jesus said:)

"Ye are from beneath; I am from above; ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you,that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." John 8:23,24

continue to refuse to look at the multitude of Hebrew Scriptures throughout the Old Testament that testify to the Messiahship of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ; but cunningly and selectively choose to call Mr. Bush Gog knowing full well that this scripture cannot apply to President Bush at all because of the location Ezekiel pinpoints Gog coming from, which is "out of the north parts."

Nevertheless, God's prophet Isaiah, in Chapter 11, tells us that all who go against Judah will be cut off.

"And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

........and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off." vs. 12,13

I fear that tampering with God's Holy City of Jerusalem as Mr. Bush is doing in his push to divide the Holy City to create a "palestinian terrorist state" within the biblical heartland of Israel is a slap in the face to the creator God, and will result in severe consequences as God's prophets have forewarned. God's prophet Zechariah tells us in Chapter 12:

"The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 1

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 2.

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." 3

The handwriting is on the wall for all who have eyes to see, and there is most definitely a spirit of antichrist at work pushing to divide up Jerusalem. At the same time, these orthodox Jewish Rabbi's need to turn to Christ Jesus the Messiah of Israel themselves for the salvation of their souls. Even the religious Rabbis and religious Jew understands that God's way for the atonement of sin, or redeeming oneself is through blood. As it is written in Leviticus 17:11: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the alter to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."

They are right about the land of Israel insofar as no one has a right to give any of it away to anyone. God, in His Word, has vowed to defend Israel in the latter days and this He will do, just as He has said He would bring the Jewish people back to their ancient homeland of Israel after 2,000 years of exile of being scattered among the nations, after which the nation of Israel was rebirthed in a day, which we have witnessed in our generation.

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DR. MICHAEL L. BROWN, OLD TESTAMENT JEWISH

scholar, and follower of Yeshua, the Messiah for thirty -four years presents an outstanding lecture right here in this video for all of our Jewish friends. Dr. Brown holds a Ph.d in Near Eastern Languanges and Literature from New York University and is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of Jewish Religion, and is the author of the highly acclaimed multi-volume series -answering Jewish objections to Jesus. He is also well known for his debates with orthodox Rabbis on radio and television and brings a wealth of experience to this subject. Either Jesus is the Messiah of all or He is the Messiah of no one. Which is it? With Scriptural references you have not heard before, Dr. Brown compels our Jewish friends to look at the scriptural evidence right here in this video, since Yeshua is Jewish, and answer this question.

John Hagee Refuted By Dr. Michael L. Brown

Note to all readers:  The video referred to in this post below has been censored and removed from You-Tube by John Hagee. See this post

You can hear John Hagee here in his video In Defense of Israel making these blasphemous claims concerning the Messiah Jesus Christ.

Dr. Michael Brown has completed a superior refutation, posted here below in its entirety,concerning the false and erroneous teachings of John Hagee, who in October in his Defense of Israel Book, stated that Jesus did not come to earth to be the Messiah, and that the Jews cannot be blamed for not accepting what was never offered. You can read this brilliant refutation below as written by Dr. Michael L. Brown, a Messianic-Jewish  brother in Christ.

IS THERE SERIOUS ERROR IN THE NEW BOOK, "IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL?"

by Dr. Michael L. Brown

Pastor John Hagee’s new book, In Defense of Israel: The Bible’s Mandate for Supporting the Jewish State (Lake Mary, Florida: Front Line, 2007), was publicized by announcements stating that the book would “shake Christian theology.” The following positions are explicitly laid out in the book:

-The Jewish people, as a whole, did not reject Jesus as Messiah.
-Jesus did not come to earth to be the Messiah.
-Jesus refused by word and deed to be the Messiah.
-The Jews cannot be blamed for not accepting what was never offered.

Statements like this must be evaluated in light of 1 John 2:22: “Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ [i.e., Messiah]. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son.” As commentator Stephen S. Smalley explained, “The true believer is the one who accepts the Christhood of Jesus, whereas those who deny his messianic identity declare themselves to be on the side of the antichrist” (Word Biblical Commentary).

What could possibly be the motivation for teaching such error? First, In Defense of Israel desires to dispel once and for all the notion that all Jews are Christ-killers, a terrible lie that has fueled anti-Semitism in the Church for more than 1,500 years. Second, the book wants to refute the false teaching of replacement theology, explaining that, “Replacement theologians have said that ‘the covenant with Israel was broken because she would not accept Jesus Christ whom God sent.’” (See p. 132 of In Defense of Israel.) Tragically, in the attempt to fight against these serious errors, a more serious error has now been introduced. Yet some believers – and even leaders! – are buying into this error hook, line, and sinker, and some have begun to teach and preach it as well.

Since the publication of the book, Pastor Hagee issued some clarifying remarks, but the clarifications only complicate the issues and fail to renounce and remove the error.

Here are three fundamental statements that all believers should be able to affirm without hesitation:

1) Jesus came to be the Messiah. This is the fundamental message of the New Testament, which is why we call him “Christ” (meaning, “Messiah”). And it is a fundamental message of the Scriptures that the Messiah had to suffer and die if he was one day to rule and reign (see, e.g., Luke 24:25-27, 44-47), a biblical truth that most of the Jewish people of Yeshua’s day missed, a biblical truth that most Jews through the ages have continued to miss, and a biblical truth that In Defense of Israel has now fed into as well.

In the clarifying statements that made since the publication of his book, it was explained that Jesus came to be the suffering Messiah but not the reigning Messiah – something, of course, that we all knew, and something that would hardly “shake Christian theology” – but these statements have simply introduced another nuance to the error, since nowhere in the New Testament is such a distinction made.

In other words, God did not say to Israel, “It’s fine that you rejected Jesus as Messiah because he did not come in the political way you expected. He had to die in order to be the Savior of the world, so you are not guilty.” There is not a hint of such a message in the Scriptures, which simply proclaim him as the Messiah, period.

That’s why Jesus explicitly identified himself as the Messiah in the Gospels (see, e.g., Matt 16:16-17; Mark 14:61-62; Luke 7:20-23; John 4:25-26; 5:39, 45-47; 10:24-25) – not as the suffering Messiah, whom his people were supposed to reject so that he could die, as opposed to the reigning Messiah, whom they would one day receive, but simply as the Messiah – and that’s why the Gospel authors frequently announced him as the Messiah (in Greek, the Christ; see, e.g., Luke 2:11, 26; John 1:41; 3:28; 11:27; 20:31). And that’s why the apostles proclaimed him as the Messiah in Acts (see, e.g., Acts 2:31, 36; 3:18, 20; 4:26; 5:42; 8:5; 9:22; 17:2-3; 18:5, 28; 26:23).

I would encourage you to look up every reference cited here. It is all quite simple, forthright, and easy to understand, and nowhere is any distinction made between the suffering and reigning Messiah. To repeat: Jesus is proclaimed as the Messiah of Israel, period, and because he is the Messiah of Israel, he is the Savior of the world.

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2) The Jewish people rejected their Messiah. Although all Jews are not Christ-killers (God forbid!), and although the entire Jewish nation did not play a role in the crucifixion of Jesus, God held the Jewish people in Jesus’ day responsible for his death and, more significantly, he held them responsible for rejecting Jesus the Messiah after his resurrection. The New Testament witness is explicit and consistent on this.

That’s why the apostles preached to “the people of Israel” that they were guilty of rejecting the Messiah (Acts 2:22-23, 36; 3:13-15, 17, 19; 4:10-11; 5:30; 7:52; 13:27-28; see also John 1:12), and that’s why Paul spoke of Israel’s hardening, breaking off, stumbling, transgression, and rejection (see Rom 9:31; 10:3; 11:7, 11-12, 15, 20 – although with the full expectation of Israel’s future redemption; see Rom 11:11-15, 25-26). Again, I encourage you to take a moment to look up these passages. They are striking in their force and consistency.

Because of this rejection, severe judgment came on the Jewish people in the first century, as prophesied by Yeshua with tears (see Luke 19:41-44; see also Matt 23:29-37) and as taught in his parables (see, e.g., Matt 21:33-46; 22:1-14).

As painful as this witness is, it cannot be rewritten, nor can anyone lessen Israel’s guilt because it was God’s will that Jesus died on the cross. To the contrary, just as it was God’s will that Joseph be sold into Egyptian slavery and yet at the same time his brothers were guilty of sinning against him (Gen 44:16-45:5; 50:14-20), so also it was God’s will that Yeshua die for our sins while at the same time the Jewish people, along with Herod and Pilate and the Romans, were guilty of having him crucified (see Acts 2:22-24; 4:27-28).

It is scripturally impossible to claim that “the Jews cannot be blamed for not accepting what was never offered.” A glorious offer was made and refused, and that’s why Paul’s heart was broken (see Rom 9:1-5).

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3) Jesus remains the Jewish Messiah, and there is no salvation for the Jewish people outside of faith in him. Although Pastor Hagee has consistently stated that he does not teach “dual covenant” theology, referring to the false concept that Jews can be saved outside of faith in Jesus, his new teaching certainly aids and abets that error. After all, if “The Jews Did Not Reject Jesus as Messiah” (as stated in bold print in his book), and if “Jesus refused by word and deed to be the Messiah” (be it the “reigning Messiah” or not), then, not only can it be said that “the Jews [in Jesus’ day] cannot be blamed for not accepting what was never offered” but that the Jews in any day cannot be blamed for not accepting Yeshua.

This again is a fundamental denial of the Word of God, and although In Defense of Israel claims that the “message of the gospel was from Israel, not to Israel,” Jesus, Peter, and Paul declared that the message of the gospel was to Israel first, and then from Israel to the nations (see Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8; 3:26; 13:32-39; Rom 1:16; in Paul’s words to the Jewish leaders in Rome, it was “for the sake of the hope of Israel” that he was bound in chains; Acts 28:20).

To be sure, there are a number of other errors found in the critical section of In Defense of Israel (including the myth that there was a so-called cup of the Messiah, the alleged fourth cup of the Passover meal that Yeshua supposedly refused to drink), but this is not the place to address those concerns, and to focus on the smaller problems would detract from the larger picture.

If you are not currently on our e-list, I would encourage you to sign up (www.revolutionnow.org) today. And let’s continue to make the truth known: Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel, the King of the Jews, the Savior of the World!

In Him,

Michael L. Brown, Ph.D.

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Pre-Tribulation Rapture False Doctrine

• For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. I Thessalonians 4:14

For those of us who read and take the words of Jesus and Paul to mean what they say, it is easy to understand that there is no such thing as a pre-tribulation "rapture" of the saints of God.

 Jesus' disciples, in Matthew 24:3, asked Jesus for the sign of His coming, and of the end of the world. When we get to verses 29-31, Jesus answers his disciples question and he made it perfectly clear that the world would have tribulations from that time forward and right up to the end, and that we would see the abomination of desolation. He made it crystal clear, or the days of antichrist's reign/tribulation, then the sign of the Son of man would appear in the clouds of heaven.   Jesus made no mention of a secret pre tribulation rapture of the saints as your pre-trib promoters are peddling.AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS,
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER." vs. 29-31

The sign of the son of man appearing in the clouds of heaven is every believer's "blessed hope", and not a pre-tribulation rapture as your pre-tribulation rapture promoters try to tell you. Neither Jesus or Paul or Peter, John, James,  Daniel or Isaiah or any of the NT and OT prophets and writers ever taught such a thing as a pre-tribulation rapture.  Even James, the brother of Jesus wrote in his epistle in  James 5:7 to the saints "Be patient, therefore brethren until the coming of the Lord.  How could James ever  tell us that we must wait patiently  until the coming of the Lord, which is after the tribulation, unless we must be on earth enduring the entire tribulation?

 Likewise, Peter also associates and connects the coming of the Lord for his saints just before the Day of the Lord, or Armageddon  in 2 Peter 3:10-12 where Peter writes:

But the day of the Lord will comes as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.

LOOKING FOR AND HASTING UNTO THE COMING UNTO THE DAY OF GOD, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

The glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is our blessed hope that the Apostle Paul also wrote of in Titus 2:13 and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ", and not a pre-tribulation secret rapture; at which time the righteous dead will be resurrected followed by the catching away of all the saints alive on earth at that time.

This is exactly what Paul is talking about in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17:"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrorw not, even as others which have no hope."

"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you, that we which are alive and remain UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD, shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God;

AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST, THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR; AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD." 

Additionally, Paul also writes in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53:

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP,; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."

There is nothing written here that even implies a pre-tribulation rapture of the saints as you pre-tribulation rapture promoters would have you believe. Notice carefully here in the words of Paul what he is saying and what Paul is NOT SAYING is that we just disappear in an instant, as your pre-tribulation rapture promoters would have you believe. This is a complete distortion of the Word of God.

Paul is saying exactly what is written, i.e., we will be changed from corruptible to incorruptible in an instant before we are caught up to mee the Lord in the air, Those who are alive and remain must first be changed from corruptible to incorruptible because, as Paul writes in I Corinthians 15:50, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.

First the dead saints must be resurrected from their graves in their new bodies and afterwards, those living saints will get their new bodies, and as I have already pointed out from the words of Jesus, the resurrection of the righteous dead as recorded in John's Gospel, this does not take place until the last day.l!!John 6:39-44; John 11:24. Jesus will come for His elect, or saints on the last dayl, which is the day of the resurrection. All of this occurs on the same day and this day is the same day that Jesus appears in the clouds as shown from Matthew's Gospel Chapter 24:29-31.

 Please read my presentation here on the Pre-Tribulation Rapture to learn more about this fallacy when you have completed reading this presentation here.

Today, there are multitudes of message boards on the web that call themselves "christian" that refuse to allow the pre-tribulation rapture fallacy to be exposed for what it is, and that is a lie from satan himself used to divide and deceive the body of Christ. Scripture is distorted and twisted, hacked up and cherry picked to say something that is not written at all in the scriptures to fit into a pre-tribulation rapture scenario.

 Your pre-tribulation rapture promoters would rather take the words of a man made false doctrine who tell them what their itching ears want to hear over the words of Jesus, and John, James  and Paul and Peter and all of your NT and OT writers and prophets.You will be locked out of these message board forums by their moderators or shunned and intimidated if you present the words of Jesus, John, Peter, James  and Paul to refute their false pre-tribulation rapture doctrine, which is a very dangerous belief.

This is just another example of the deplorable condition the professed body of Christ is in today, and any attempt to expose this deplorable condition will be met with derision, judgementalism, and condescension. When one cannot refute the catching away of the saints after the tribulation of those days from the scripture presention of the truth from the Word of God, the only thing left for pre-tribulation rapture promoters to do is falsely accuse. And, if one cannot get the simple truths of the catching away of the saints after the tribulation of those days as given to us directly by Jesus and Paul in the Holy Scriptures, then certainly these same people on these message boards cannot be trusted with other pertinent "religious" material and doctrines they promote on their message boards in the name of "christian." The safest thing for any believer and follower of Christ to do today is to simply check a message board's terms of service or rules before registering or partaking in any discussion there. If a message board has a "pre-trib only policy", or promotes a pretribulation rapture of the church, then it would be best to simply stay away from it entirely, as the truth of God's word is being attacked on all fronts today and especially from the "professed body of Christ" who participate in these "so-called Christian message boards."

I have read numerous times on various message boards and elsewhere where professing Christians will ask, "why are we even concerned about this?" "It doesn't affect our salvation." "Why does it even matter that some believe in a pre-trib and some believe in a post-trib rapture?" I have read where professing Christians have said, "as long as we believe in the core issues concerning salvation, it doesn't really matter." YES IT DOES MATTER..
This is yet another satanic deception and wrong, because the pre-tribulation rapture theory is heretical and false teaching and neither the Lord nor His Apostles ever taught such a thing and it is not what the Bible teaches. Secondly, this is a lukewarm attitude toward what the Scriptures have to say to us. All Christians are required to search the scriptures themselves for the truth, as the bereans did, so they are equipped to defend and stand on the Word of God when the enemy attacks. The pre-tribulation rapture changes the very teachings of Jesus, Peter, and Paul and the prophet Daniel to tickle the ears of the people who have sadly bought into this deception and this is no small matter.

The writings of Jesus, Paul, Peter, and Daniel never gave us the option to choose between a pre-trib or a post-trib rapture, therefore, only one can be right. The fact is, there is absolutely no Scripture written that even remotely suggests a pre-tribulation catching away of the saints; however, we do have Scripture that points to a catching away of the saints after the tribulation of those days, spoken by Jesus himself.

As it is written in Revelation 2:26 "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works UNTO THE END, to him will I give power over the nations:", so shall it be.
POST TRIBULATION RAPTURE


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PROPHECY OF JUDEA!!

Jesus said in Matthew's Gospel Chapter 24, vs. 16 "Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains."

We really do not know how long before this will take place, but from the recent article printed below from Israel, it may be very soon that Christians and Jewish settlers will be fleeing to the mountains from Judaea, as we do not know exactly what took place at Annapolis last week behind closed doors, nor do we know what has been taking place behind closed doors with the corrupt Israeli government, the arabs and the EU, the Quartet, of which the USofA government, the UN and Russia is a part of. Has a peace agreement or covenant already been "confirmed?" as written in Daniel 9:27?

The list of invitess and attendees at the Annapolis Summit of November 2007 represents the entire world of nations who are going against Israel just as prophesied and are now forcing Israel to give up its biblical heartland of Judaea and Samaria for peace, which will never happen until the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ returns and defeats the enemies of Israel. Following is a list of attendees according to the US State Dept. involved in the Annapolis peace summit:

The heads of each delegation attending the Mideast peace summit in Annapolis, Md., as provided by the State Department.____ Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert_ Palestinian Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas_ United States, President George W. Bush_ European Union Commission, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, external affairs commissioner_ European Union High Representative, Javier Solana, high representative for common foreign and security policy, secretary general of the council of the European Union_ European Union Presidency, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado_ Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov_ United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon_ Quartet Representative, Tony Blair, Middle East envoy_ Algeria, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci_ Bahrain, Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa_ Egypt, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit_ Jordan, Foreign Minister Salaheddine al-Bashir_ Lebanon, Acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri_ Morocco, Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri_ Qatar, Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud_ Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal_ Sudan, Ambassador John Ukec_ Syria, Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad_ Tunisia, Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah_ Yemen, Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi_ Arab League, Secretary General Amr Moussa_ Canada, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier_ China, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi_ France, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner_ Germany, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier_ Italy, Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema_ Japan, Tatsuo Arima, special envoy for the Middle East_ United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs David Miliband_ Brazil, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim_ Denmark, Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller_ Greece, Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis_ India, Kapil Sibal, minister of science and technology and earth sciences_ Indonesia, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda_ Malaysia, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar_ Mauritania, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine_ Mexico, Foreign Relations Undersecretary Lourdes Aranda_ Netherlands, Frans Timmermans, minister for European affairs_ Norway, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store_ Organization of the Islamic Conference, Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu_ Oman, Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla_ Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan_ Poland, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski_ Senegal, Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio_ Slovenia, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel_ South Africa, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma_ Spain, Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos_ Sweden, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt_ Turkey, Ali Babacan, foreign minister and chief EU negotiator_ United Arab Emirates, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan_ Vatican, Pietro Parolin, undersecretary of foreign affairs_ International Monetary Fund, Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn_ World Bank, President Robert Zoellick


"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease...." Daniel 9:27

Go here to read about this prophecy that appears to be in the making right now!

It is being reported that the IDF will be taking away weapons from the settlers in Judaea, which will leave them defenseless when their enemies attack them! Judaea and Samaria is the heartland of biblical Israel which the governments of the world claim is "occupied" territory by the Jewish people whom God deeded it to through the Abraham Covenant and his descendants through Issac, who are the Jewish people!

For those of you reading this, if you have not repented of your sins to the one true God of the universe, Jesus Christ, I urge you to do so without delay, as He will soon be returning to this earth as written in His Word in Matthew's Gospel Chapter 24, after the tribulation of those days, which everyone alive at this time will go through. The end of days prophecies are in the process of happening before our very eyes. Time is indeed short.

The Dividing Of Jerusalem-Annapolis

It Is Written

What is going on today in Israel, we cannot pray it away or fight against it because it will happen as the Lord has already spoken. In Mark's Gospel it is written:

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and after three days rise again.

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men Chapter 8:31-33

So many have commented regarding President Bush going against God for helping to divide up the land of Israel, as well as the PM of Israel E. Olmert. But, in retrospect, none of us but God knows their minds, and none of us know if he or Olmert knows that they are fulfilling the prophetic scriptures concerning the land of Israel and God's plan for it. The only thing we do know is that Scripture is being fulfilled in our generation and in our day and that Jesus Christ will very soon return to earth immediately after the tribulation of those days, and every eye shall see him, as it is written in Matthew 24:29,30

Almost sixty years ago, on May 14, 1948, the nation of Israel was birthed in a day, as God's prophet Isaiah wrote:
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children Chapter 66:8

And God's prophet Ezekiel wrote:

Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel Chapter 37:12. Since that time and up to the present, Jerusalem has been and is becoming an increasingly burdensome stone for all people, just as written by God's prophet Zechariah, as all eyes are on Jerusalem today in the political and spiritual sphere:

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the seige both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it Chapter 12:1,2

Jerusalem will again be divided and be under seige in the end before it's over. Zechariah 14:1-2.  This has to happen for it is written, and the land will be divided as it is written. As it stands today, Judea and Samaria, falsely dubbed  the "West Bank" or the heartland and Holy Land of Israel, is considered by the world governments to be "occupied territory" by the Jewish people and Israel is now being forced to trade it for peace with her hostile arab neighbors.

Peace will never come until the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ the King and Messiah of Israel, returns to defeat the enemies of God and the Jewish people.

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

I will gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Johoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. Joel Chapter 3:1,2

BEHOLD, the day of the Lord cometh and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; AND THE CITY SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE HOUSES RIFLED, AND THE WOMEN RAVISHED; AND HALF OF THE CITY SHALL GO FORTH INTO CAPTIVITY, AND THE RESIDUE OF THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT BE CUT OFF FROM THE CITY. Zechariah 14: 1-2

Eventually this too will happen.

Annapolis is but a stepping stone as all prophesy will come to pass just as it is written. We have seen and are now seeing in part just what our Lord said would come to pass. I have great sorrow for Israel, but at the same time I rejoice because I know time is short and we must make the most of what time is left for the Lord, as the Lord's return is near. One third of Israel will be saved and two thirds shall be cut off, as it is written by God's prophet Zechariah:

And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Chapter 14:8,9

It will happen just as it is written.

We are witnessing the entire world going against Isreal, just as prophesied. Following is the list of invitees and attendees from the United States State Dept. who will be present at this so-called peace summit.

The heads of each delegation attending the Mideast peace summit in Annapolis, Md., as provided by the State Department.____ Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert_ Palestinian Authority, President Mahmoud Abbas_ United States, President George W. Bush_ European Union Commission, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, external affairs commissioner_ European Union High Representative, Javier Solana, high representative for common foreign and security policy, secretary general of the council of the European Union_ European Union Presidency, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado_ Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov_ United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon_ Quartet Representative, Tony Blair, Middle East envoy_ Algeria, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci_ Bahrain, Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa_ Egypt, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit_ Jordan, Foreign Minister Salaheddine al-Bashir_ Lebanon, Acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri_ Morocco, Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri_ Qatar, Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud_ Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal_ Sudan, Ambassador John Ukec_ Syria, Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad_ Tunisia, Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah_ Yemen, Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi_ Arab League, Secretary General Amr Moussa_ Canada, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier_ China, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi_ France, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner_ Germany, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier_ Italy, Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema_ Japan, Tatsuo Arima, special envoy for the Middle East_ United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs David Miliband_ Brazil, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim_ Denmark, Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller_ Greece, Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis_ India, Kapil Sibal, minister of science and technology and earth sciences_ Indonesia, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda_ Malaysia, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar_ Mauritania, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine_ Mexico, Foreign Relations Undersecretary Lourdes Aranda_ Netherlands, Frans Timmermans, minister for European affairs_ Norway, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store_ Organization of the Islamic Conference, Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu_ Oman, Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla_ Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan_ Poland, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski_ Senegal, Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio_ Slovenia, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel_ South Africa, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma_ Spain, Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos_ Sweden, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt_ Turkey, Ali Babacan, foreign minister and chief EU negotiator_ United Arab Emirates, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan_ Vatican, Pietro Parolin, undersecretary of foreign affairs_ International Monetary Fund, Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn_ World Bank, President Robert Zoellick

UPDATE

Sunday, April 13, 2008
Olmert government signing away Jerusalem

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni last week concluded an unofficial agreement to hand over control of the Atarot Airport in the Atarot Industrial Zone of northern Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority, according to local Jerusalem newspaper Kol Hazman.

Citing "senior Foreign Ministry sources," the report indicated that Livni and the Olmert government are ready to let the Palestinian Authority integrate the Atarot Airport into the greater Ramallah area in yet another effort to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' regime against rival Hamas.

Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski pointed out the obvious security risk in surrendering the Atarot Airport, which Palestinian terrorists are likely to use as a base for aerial attacks on the Israeli capital.

Lupolianski vowed to accelerate his plan to build 10,000 more Jewish units in Atarot to thwart the government's intentions in the area.

Both Livni's and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's offices refused to answer questions from Israel National News regarding the original report, insisting that the contents of behind-the-scenes talks with the Palestinian Authority need to remain secret.

Israel legal groups, however, have filed suit against the government for violating Israel's Basic Law by entering into negotiations aimed at dividing Jerusalem.  The city's unity is guaranteed by Israel's law, which can only be altered by a special majority in the Knesset.

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