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{image_1} The Muslim Brotherhood has announced it will create a political party to vie in Egypt’s September parliamentary elections. The party, which will call itself the Freedom and Justice Party, will officially be independent from the Brotherhood but “will coordinate with it” according to a spokesman for the group. The distinction appears to be nothing more than a legal technicality. Since the downfall of Hosni Mubarak became inevitable, observers have wondered openly whether the new political situation in Egypt would open the door to Islamist organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
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{image_1} The Palestinians officially have the support of the Arab League to pursue statehood recognition and membership in the United Nations, according to the BBC. A committee with the Arab League, which is made up of 22 Arab states, released a statement in May that said it “supports the appeal to the UN asking that Palestine, within the 1967 borders, becomes a full-fledged state.” This refers to the armistice lines between Israel, Jordan, and Egypt prior to the 1967 Six Day War, which would place the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] and the Gaza Strip in Palestinian control.
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{image_1} Iran said it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile that is harder to detect and will now start mass-producing them. The missile, called Qiyam, is reportedly designed without stabilizer fins and was delivered to the aerospace wing of the Revolutionary Guards. Iran’s state television, Al-Alam, said the surface-to-surface missile was a pure Iranian project. The missile’s range wasn’t disclosed, but experts believe it is similar to Russian-designed Scud rockets, which can reach several-hundred kilometers. They make up the core of Syria’s arsenal, and reports said the new Iranian missile could find its way to Hizbullah in Lebanon.
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{image_1} An extensive campaign was undertaken in May to prevent the illicit trafficking in antiquities excavated and plundered from archaeological sites. In an operation conducted by the Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery, an American tour guide was identified while selling antiquities to a group of American tourists he was leading in Israel. Inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) were present at one of the sales that took place in a hotel. Upon conclusion of the sale, the suspect was detained and hundreds of ancient archaeological artifacts were seized.
{image_1} A key official with Hamas told the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency that they would be willing to accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines—regarding the West Bank [Judea and Samaria], East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip—but that they would not recognize Israel. Comments by Mahmoud al-Zahar, cofounder of Hamas, to Ma’an radio imply that, for Hamas, the creation of a Palestinian state could result in a long-term truce with Israel, but would not lead to permanent peace with Israel. Zahar said that formally recognizing Israel would threaten to prevent millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants from coming to Israel as well as “cancel the right of the next generations to liberate the lands [presumably the rest of Israel].”
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{image_1} Since Israel gained statehood in 1948, the Jewish people have returned to their native soil in waves, bringing millions into the Land from all over the world. Israel is not just a country, but a national and religious homeland. After thousands of years of forced exile, the freedom to make aliyah (immigration) is the answer to the millennia-old collective cry of the Jewish heart. Israel has, indeed, become a melting pot with over 120 nationalities represented among its citizenry, and over 80 languages spoken among them.
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{image_1} There are more volunteers per capita in Israel than anywhere else on the face of the earth, but the enterprising volunteer project started by 26-year-old Meir Partosh provides a truly unique service. Every Thursday (when most people do their Sabbath shopping), he and a small army of high school students ply the Machane Yehuda open market in Jerusalem, offering to help elderly shoppers carry their unwieldy market baskets to the bus stop or the car—and sometimes, even all the way home.
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{image_1} Open your imagination, and you might just find some lifesaving, time-saving, and entertaining robotics invention that has already been invented in Israel. Many of the advances in this science fiction-inspired field are based on the kind of real-world computer programming and artificial intelligence at which Israeli researchers excel.
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{image_1} Israel has a somewhat unexpected new set of supporters—British Muslims for Israel (BMFI). The independent grassroots initiative, founded in 2011, describes itself on its Web site as a “Muslim pro-Israel advocacy group based in the United Kingdom,” saying they are “representing moderate Muslims and advocating democracy and liberty in the Middle East.”
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{image_1} When it comes to the great debate on who was responsible for the death of Jesus, the Lord took that decision on Himself. “No one has taken it [My life] away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father” (John 10:18, NASB).
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