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Burning indignation

Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
His breath is like an overflowing stream,
Which reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of [...]

Annapolis Dispatches - The day before

It’s cold outside and I kick myself for not bringing a jacket. Nearly December in the United States and I pack one flimsy pullover? What was I thinking?
When my Czech mom-in-law heard that I was on my way to the capital of Maryland she said I’d love it. She’s visited here before but it’s my [...]

Israel quivers as Annapolis nears

It woke me shortly after I dropped off to sleep in the early minutes of Saturday morning, causing the windows of our apartment above the Hinnom Valley to drone with a humming sound, and vibrating the mattress beneath me.
The quake was minor, but it effectively ended what little hope I had of catching a brief [...]

Don’t stop praying

Faithful fellow Watchmen
As announced on the homepage of Jerusalem Newswire Friday, I am heading for Annapolis this weekend to be present at the International Conference on the Creation of Palestine on Jewish Land.
Earlier this week I added my voice to others who have called for intense prayer for the derailing of this event.
We have marveled [...]

America - I fear for you

My American readers
Most of you will not see this before the weekend is out, so you may well miss it altogether. Yet I feel to write it now; to get it down.
When you wake up today, starting seven hours or so after we do here in Israel, you will celebrate Thanksgiving, marking 386 years after [...]

Let’s stop Annapolis now

Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them sing aloud on their beds.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,
To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute on them the written judgment —
This [...]

The recognition ’shcam’

Israelis are in uproar over what The Jerusalem Post called in its editorial headline Thursday “The recognition sham” - the Palestinian Arab’s “sudden” adopting of a position whereby they refuse to recognize Israel as a JEWISH state.
After listing some of the numerous occasions when “Palestinians” claimed to have accepted Israel’s right to exist - Arafat [...]

To reverse the rebirth

It will not surprise me at all if, when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns to Israel next week to invite participants to the Annapolis ‘Conference on the Creation of Palestine on Jewish Land,’ that the date she has chosen to convene the event turns out to be November 29.
As Rice sees things, the [...]